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He wouldn't know until its too late.

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Pat had improved considerably by the time he had taken the medication and gotten to his feet. Considerably meaning he was able to make out the "-I need you to have seat." and his vision had cleared up enough to make out that Doctor Wilson was the one tending to him. Pat didn't have very high hopes for the medication, but there was no harm in trying. Worst case scenario, nothing would happen. Pat chose to ignore the fact that this was probably also the best case scenario as well.

"I said I'll be fine. This isn't my first migraine and it won't be my last. It just caught me off guard, that's all."

Pat's speech was significantly louder and steadier than it was before, adding a bit of validity to his claim. Pat was somewhat relieved that it was the Doctor that had found him first. Not because he could provide some kind of treatment, but because the Doctor would have probably found out about his migraines anyways. Pat took a shaky step away from the Doctor, then another before stopping himself. His senses may have improved, but he was still in no state to be walking around. Pat sighed and took the seat that had been offered to him.

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If you called Sam she's in a coma right now.

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"Wilson, I found a ninja and she followed me home. Can we keep her?"

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Sounds good. Lets just hope Ranae's easy t convince as I doubt any of the Charlies have the power to bring her in the "hard way" at this point.

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Pat's head was swimming. His body had switched into some kind of standby mode. All of his senses were extremely muddled, his vision was nothing more than colored blurs. Pat knew in a few minutes he would be fine, or at least functioning. It was the same every time but that didn't really help when you were in the middle of it. With his body pretty much froze nothing else to do, other than mentally brace against the waves of pain he felt assaulting him, Pat took the time to curse his migraine's bad timing. Why did it have to happen in the cafeteria? Had it happened ten minutes earlier, he probably could have recovered in time for breakfast and no one would be the wiser. In the cafeteria someone was sure to notice and he was in no state to come up with an excuse for his odd behavior. Pat had previously vowed to try and keep his migraines a secret, he didn't know what the Reformers would do when they found out their "superhero" was actually disabled. It didn't look like that was going to be possible anymore. A sudden touch on his arm snapped Pat, at least partway, back to reality.

Pat's vision had cleared enough that he could tell someone was in front of him, but he was still unable to recognize who it was. He heard the person say something, but it was completely incomprehensible, as if Pat was hearing it from underwater. Even though he couldn't hear him, he had a pretty good idea of what he probably said. After all, this wasn't that uncommon of a situation. Pat tried to muster up some kind of generic response, but he wasn't quite fit for talking yet so it came out as an uneven mumble.

"I'm... fine. I'll be fine in a few minutes."

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Seems Ranae was able to escape the whole shootout situation entirely. Not too surprising seeing as she was the most combat ready of anyone at the time. Should be interesting.

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Also, for those of you who don't want to read the conversation on titanpad, the only things that make any difference at this point in the RP are:

1. The pain you'll feel increases the closer you are to Pat

2. Multiple people being near Pat will reduce the effects

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BlessedWrath said
I would point out that, for a person who is accustomed to a certain level of pain (i.e. it happens more often than not, or at least more often than others), any given pain will be more tolerable than if a person who had never felt it before were to experience the same pain. I would actually estimate about 65-75% of a migraine for one who's never felt it before, just in comparison to a person who's used to it. But that may be me being too picky. It's been known to happen.Having some experience with migraine sufferers (my mate once forgot how to speak during a migraine), I can say this for certain: You will probably be sensitive to light and sound, will feel as though your brain is trying to inflate to the point where it pops your skull, and certainly will not feel like doing anything physically-intensive.Half a migraine (to me) would be somewhere between calling in sick to work, spending the rest of the day with an ice pack on your head and a steady supply of industrial-strength Ibuprofen, and trying to knock yourself unconscious just to make the pain stop.That may be at the top end of the scale; I'm not sure, since I've never felt one before.

Yes, it was my intention that Pat would be more resistant to his own migraines than an average person (although not immune). As for what half a migraine feels like, your definition is probably as good as mine, there's quite a bit of room to work with in that area and everyone's reaction would probably be (at least in some way) unique to them.

Also I posted my two cents in the chat of the Pat's Power discussion pad on titanpad, so you can read that if your interested.

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At long last Pat's power is now at full swing. Since his power is a little weird (the pain aura radiates half the pain he feel, but what does half a migraine feel like?) I'll provide a bit of clarification. Anyone near Pat will get a headache that's bad enough that you'd probably want to take some kind of painkiller, but not bad enough that you'd have to call in sick for work/school. These aren't the most specific specifications so as long as you stay away from the extremes (your character isn't going to go into shock if they walk near Pat) you should be fine.