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The Monkey's Paw

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Granted. You now operate a dam.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Granted, you must consciously control all the water inside your body at all times. If you break concentration for even a moment, you might accidentally rupture all your cells.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Granted. The water gets the power to control you back.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

Everything you use your power, your hair falls out. It can grow back, but it takes a while.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

Any water you control smells increasingly like piss the more you interact with it. As a byproduct, you generally start to be kind of a smelly guy