Kid Psyche/Trust
From Unofficial Handbook of the Virtue Universe
A lot of things go through you mind when you’re falling, especially if you’re falling a long way, like I am now. First, you get that awful queasy feeling in your stomach as gravity beats your body’s will to stay put. Alarms start going off in your head and then you notice the wind, it gets pretty fierce.
If you’re still going falling at that point, you might start thinking about other things besides the fact that you’re not on solid ground. Things like, some of the times you’ve had, good ones and bad ones. Like joining the Youth League, that was a plus. Fighting Dr. Vahz however, well, I’d call that one a negative.
…still falling... What have I gotten myself into this time? It all seemed like fun at the time. Veronica’s my friend, she’d never let me come to harm, right? Yeah. So why am I falling again?
I remember the time we went up against all those Freakshow creeps. Me and V, what a team! Things looked pretty grim there for a while, but we had trust. We each knew the other was going to do their level best to see each other through, and we did. Things like that build bonds, I tell you. When you enter that dark cave, or that burnt-out warehouse with another Youth Leaguer, you feel confident, you know you’ve got each other’s backs. That’s trust. Yeah, trust. Like I trusted Veronica... …I’m still falling…
The evening started off simple enough, a little down time in Pocket D, followed by a quick flight through the park. It was all going so well. (Man, this wind is really getting loud, mental note, if I survive this, I’m adding baffles to this helmet!) Somebody, Lin maybe, mentioned what a beautiful night it was and how pretty the moon was. Well, one thing led to another and before long we were all on top of the tallest building we could find, looking at the night sky. I have to admit, she was right, it really was pretty. I wish Charlie could have seen it. I wonder what he’d think about my predicament? He’s probably going to be really pissed when he finds out, he’ll say I was being reckless, and maybe he’d be right, I mean, I am still falling…
Where was I, besides rushing towards the ground? Oh yeah, after a while you start to build up trust with your teammates, when they tell you something’s OK, you believe them, at least I did. I even scanned V’s mind, she really believed I’d be OK. We were both fools. Heck, even Kid Physics listened to her plan and said he thought it'd work. This has got to be the dumbest thing I’ve ever gotten myself into. …still falling…this is probably going to hurt. After months of trusting your teammates, you can sometimes get talked into some pretty foolish things I guess. …bungee teleporting…it sounded so much better when I was on top of the building. She said she’d catch me in time. I really hope she hurries.
Trust was inspired by a story I read in the first Prima Guide for City of Heroes, the situation seemed to fit the Youth Leaguers perfectly.
