Starting thinking that our characters aren't really superheros but little kids playing pretend. Just imagine a bunch of 5 year olds(?) in a room with a giant red doll or stuffed animal on top of a pile of toys. 'He's burning everthing, we need to stop him'. 'How, he's too strong?' 'I know, the ice axe, but we sent it to space.' 'Oh yeah, we have to get it.' Then they pretend to fly in space when they get attacked by imaginary aliens. Then an actual kitten comes near. You can hear the cries of 'Kitty!', when one of them, a little girl, runs up and plays with it. 'She's stopping the giant alien, we can beat them.' They continue playing until it's time to leave, all happy to see their friends.
This story is about to go from cute to dark, so don't continue if you don't want to be emotionally compromised.
So the reason they play together is because they are all in the same pediatric rehabilitation. They are all ill from different diseases. And their superheros are based on them, and their sickness. I did think of a real condition for every kid which is possible and somewhat matches, but I won't say it here. If someone in the group wants to know it, I'll tell them for their character only. As example, my character, Sleetstorm, is actually a little boy with a condition (not saying what) that requires treatment several times a week. Afterwards it makes him feel cold. He doesn't like the cold but knows it means he's getting better. And like many kids, he gets a treat for being well behaved. It would be ice cream but he can't have dairy. So he gets a snow cone instead. Of course he doesn't eat it right away, too cold, but saves it for later. Plus he likes it when it melts a bit. All the melted ice and syrup mixed together is like soda. When he started going to the rehab and playing superheroes, he picked ice powers, because cold means getting better / stronger. While playing he gets hungry and eats the snow cone, which he tries to share but it's mostly melted by then. That's why Sleetstorm likes making snow cones, to share with his friends.
P.S. the cat is a therapy pet to help the kids with stress / keep clam.
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