POSTODOBLE
I had a passing thought that maybe we could create one ability system that everyone would have to go by, but i think that's the way it was back at the labs. Except that this time it would be harder to do, probably wouldn't work, and everyone would hate it just as much. Hmm.
I also thought that we could force everyone to try to tack one of five classic elements (Fire, Water, Earth, Air, something else) on each of their abilities so that we could make a system, but that would be kind of restricting to some abilities, probably wouldn't work, and everyone would hate it just as much. Hmm.
In closing, dice is our savior and our current system works fine.