Editing Spur (section)

==Abilities and Powers==
Spur is a [[thinker]] whose precognition functions best when everyone around him is at their worst; FUBAR, in the midst of chaos and heightened emotions.<ref name="29.3 e1"/> He doesn't appear to be a powerful pre-cog, but is competent cold reader, bluffer and more even without his powers boosted.<ref name="29.3 e4">“And how did he know the passwords?” Golem asked.<br/><br/>''“He guessed the cake thing through cold reading. White with blue, like Weaver’s costume. Made sense. That Taylor didn’t eat much… well, look at her. The rest… torture? Coercion through other means?”''<br/><br/>“Torture?” I asked.<br/><br/>Spur raised his chin a bit, but didn’t do or say anything to suggest otherwise. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/09/24/venom-29-3/ Excerpt] from [[Venom 29.3]]</ref>

His association with [[Blowout]] is probably intentional, as both their powers react to heightened emotions allowing for power synergy.<ref>That wasn’t the big issue. Blowout was. He wasn’t as stylish or attractive as the others, with a featureless mask that had a single ‘eye’ at the brow, his head shaved. His armor panels had lights that slowly rotated from one color to another, like a chintzy car stereo. Unassuming, when he wasn’t engaged in a fight. When he was, the lights would be flaring, muscles would be standing out, and there would be noise, shock and awe involved.<br/><br/>Blowout wasn’t a tinker; he had telekinetically assisted strength, which meant that when he was hoisting a car over his head, he was doing it with his mind more than with his arms. The strength and durability increased with the size of the audience and the reaction he got from them. His secondary power was the effect he had on his enemies, feeding on the same reactions that fueled his strength to new heights and leaving his targets stunned, reacting slower, taking longer to pick themselves up off the ground. On paper, he was the case-in-point of what Leonid had been talking about, the hand that distracts while the other hand sets up the trick. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/10/01 Excerpt] from [[Venom 29.6]]</ref> This and the above may be what really made him able to operate in the Thinker heavy environment of Las Vegas.

Spur possibly has an enhanced memory, as he is able to remember all of [[Canary]]'s songs as well as the lyrics, when even she claimed to have trouble recalling them.<ref name="29.3 e2">“I remember you, [...]You were famous,” he said. “The whole trial thing. You-“<br/><br/>Canary’s expression fell.<br/><br/>“-got robbed,” he said.<br/><br/>“Dick,” Floret said. “Like that’s how she wants to be remembered.”<br/><br/>“I remember the music too,” he protested.<br/><br/>“Yeah,” Canary said. She rubbed the back of her neck, avoiding eye contact. “It doesn’t matter anyways, does it? Long time ago, and we’ve got better things to worry about.”<br/><br/>“Vulgarishous,” he said. “Ur-sound? Lineless?”<br/><br/>“You’re probably cheating,” she said.<br/><br/>“I could sing the lyrics,” he answered.<br/><br/>“It would make me sure you’re cheating. I barely remember the lyrics.”<br/><br/>“I don’t believe that for a second,” Spur answered her. “Eh, guys? Back me up. My power doesn’t give me a way to cheat, does it?”<br/><br/>“No,” Floret said. “He’s genuine. And none of us have ways to clue him in.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/09/24 Excerpt] from [[Venom 29.3]]</ref> It's possible that he is genuinely that big of a fan of her work but his manipulative behaviour makes that hard authenticate.<ref name="29.3 e10">Either Spur was fucking with me, or things were fucked.  Fuck it all.<br/><br/>“People like you are the reason we deserve to lose,” I said, gripping the knife.  “Every step of the way, it’s been people refusing to cooperate, refusing to talk plain truth.  From day one, even.  You’re the reason humanity deserves to get wiped out.”<br/><br/>“Great,” he said.  “You’re still not going to use that knife on either of us.”<br/><br/>It was said with the smug tone of someone who could see the future.<br/><br/>I glanced at Canary.  I could see the hurt on her face.<br/><br/>“I get it,” Spur said.  “See it coming.  If it helps, I ''do'' remember the music.”<br/><br/>Rachel stepped forward, giving me a little push to get me out of the way, and then slugged him.<br/><br/>He dropped, unconscious.<br/><br/>Golem set about binding him to the cave floor with hands of stone. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/09/24 Excerpt] from [[Venom 29.3]]</ref>