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1	-> '''James''': ''“But why me? I have no powers; I'm just a regular guy!”''
2	-> {{Beat}} (The two burst into laughter)
3	-> '''???''': “There’s nothing normal about you!”
4	-> '''James''': “Ya got that right!”
5	--> -- '''James Thales''' during a FlashBack, Chapter 4
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7	One day, when a raid on his house goes wrong, [[BulletTime James]] [[SharpDressedMan Tha]][[BadassInANiceSuit les]] realises that he is more than just a lonely [[TeenGenius teen genius]], disillusioned with humanity.
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9	He isn't human at all.
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11	Recruited by a mysterious organisation of underage bodyguards and magical contract killers and given a [[KillerRobot robot-building]] [[OTaku Otaku]] [[GadgeteerGenius mechanic]] and a [[CastingAShadow shadow-controlling]] [[DarkIsNotEvil butc]][[TerrorHero her]] as teammates, James must perform his assigned "Missions" while searching for something that has eluded him for years:
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13	A reason to live.
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15	But what of these memories, these disjointed glimpses into a past he does not remember?
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17	Can be read [[http://www.fictionpress.com/s/3082873/1/I-of-the-Storm Here.]]
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19	!!Tropes for ''I Of The Storm''
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21	%%* AwesomenessByAnalysis: James's entire fighting style can be summed up with this, plus BulletTime and [[ExtremityExtremist kicking]].
22	* BerserkButton: Doctor Professor Marcus Kudzu is a [[HealingHands Biokinetic Specialist]] or [[TheMedic medic]], [[BerserkButton NOT]] a [[WhiteMagicianGirl Healer]].
23	%%* BadassInANiceSuit: James Thales's suits. He has a wardrobe full of identical suits in his bedroom.
24	%%* BloodKnight: James Thales.
25	* BulletTime: James can use this to avoid actual bullets, as well as magical attacks.
26	%%* CastingAShadow: Corvus Nyte.
27	* DrivenToSuicide: James, out of boredom, and disillusionment with humanity.
28	%%* DualWielding: Max Taylor takes this up to 11, due to his metal powers letting him make anything out of metal.
29	%%* EnragedByIdiocy: James Thales.
30	* ExtremityExtremist: James Thales kicks, and only kicks.
31	* ExtraOreDinary: Max Taylor, as a Steel Elementalist, can manipulate steel and make it into anything.
32	* GadgeteerGenius: Max Taylor. He built and programmed XD-65535 himself, only using his powers to make the required parts.
33	* HammerSpace: Max Taylor. Justified, due to his abilities allowing him to make anything, usually weaponry, out of any metal, usually steel.
34	%%* HealingHands: Doctor Professor Marcus has these.
35	* InsistentTerminology: Corvus is a [[CastingAShadow Shadow Elementalist]], not a demon.
36	** Doctor Professor Marcus demands that everyone uses both of his titles when speaking to him. And he is a [[HealingHands Biokinetic Specialist]] or [[TheMedic medic]], [[BerserkButton NOT]] a [[WhiteMagicianGirl Healer.]]
37	%%* JerkAss: Doctor Professor Marcus Kudzu.
38	%%* KamehameHadoken: Soulfire, and anyone capable of using it.
39	%%* KidWithTheRemoteControl: Max Taylor.
40	%%* KidWithTheLeash: Again, Max Taylor.
41	* KillerRobot: XD-65535, Max's robot. His priority is to keep Max alive and assist him in his mission objectives. If that requires obliterating an entire continent with a MacrossMissileMassacre just to kill one corrupt politician, so be it.
42	%%* OneHitKO: James's kicks can do this to most people.
43	%%* OtaKu: Max Taylor
44	%%* PaperMaster: Daigaku's secretary.
45	%%* SharpDressedMan: James Thales.

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