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[Duwang]

Chapter 1: Schoolyard Smackdown​

August 30th. Semester 1. DAY 0.

Monday morning must have begun with an air of lethargy. Wherever they were- if it was an airport or a detention center. The bus was well airconditioned, the AC unit loudly whirring over any form of talking in the bus. The air that circulated around, despite being nice and cold had a sizeable amount of people inside and had a constant smell of must and mold. It was a normal sized bus and therefore not very crowded. It looked like all the Juniors had been packed onto the same bus with all the other years being in another bus. The outside was that of a normal school bus- the mustard yellow outside, the blackened windows, the white top, the unusually short walk up to the seats, and the stop sign behind the vehicle. It had a California driver's license, though it drove all the way out to Arizona to pick up students.

The bus driver was an unassuming man. He was tall and lanky with combed over hair that had perhaps too much gel in it. He didn't look like a bus driver, sporting a brown tweed suit which made him look more like a teacher. His defining feature must have been the widened bags under his eyes, perhaps from long nights of driving.

The California scenery was uncannily beautiful, with rolling green hills interspersed with farmland and city, the roads going through cut-aways in mountains, landscape slightly marred as a result of the Meta-Human Wars of years past. Of course, the bus driver intended that the students slept during the journey. He himself was equipped with a quirk cancelation device that could be used in case of an emergency, though he hoped that he did not have to use it. After all, with his quirk, Caffeine, allowing him to stay up for continuous hours, using such a device was also detrimental to himself.

The bus stopped to pick up students and sometimes to rest so that its guests could get food- under close supervision of the bus driver- of course. Each stop took about ten minutes, though it would be quite some time before it finally reached its destination...


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Spoiler: Suggestion!

The school bus has arrived! Describe your character's circumstance, his/her thoughts and feelings leading up to entering the bus and upon entering the bus. Describe his/her summer, whether it was spent with friends or rotting at a detention center. If your character had to be flown in, describe the plane ride- maybe he/she met another students during the plane ride over? Then once on the bus, be sure that your character interacts with the other students. It doesn't have to be much; just say hi in the awkward way any high school kid would.

 

[Seniju_Anele]

Fuck this. That was the only thought rolling unceremoniously through Philomena's head as she dragged her (minimal) belongings in a tattered suitcase. All she'd done was make a guy go to a hospital (yeah, sure), so why the fuck was she being dragged to a shitty detention center? She was gonna be surrounded by people she didn't even like for God knows how long, and she'd have to listen to their grading voices for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

God should've had some mercy and just ended her, eh?

Her summer wasn't even that good. It could be something she could reflect on the painful drive ahead, but it was mostly her just doing her usual shenanigans. She picked at the loose threads on her suitcase. She had to be flown in from Queens, New York, where the shitty orphanage she'd lived in for a majority of her shitty life. The plane ride was shit. She was sat next to a sobbing baby, just her luck, and she swore the mom was staring at her with an evil smirk on her face. It's not that hard to harbor some basic dignity and shut your kid up. She didn't even meet any of her classmates on the flight. Hurrah, she supposed.

If she was in her right mind, she would've just made sure she was tired and touched the damn thing. Then it would shut up and sleep.​

 

[Captain Lycanroc]

As the bus stopped at what seemed like some kind of prison parking lot, a large pick-up truck with a cage drapped in canvas drove up next to it, slowly coming to a stop and two armed guard exited from the front.

"This the pickup for Ferdinand, Nile?"

Asked the female guard through their helmet, with a static like sound to the voice as if she was talking through a radio, when the driver nodded the guard turned to the truck and shouted.

"Affirmative, this is the stop. Here is the key for his... Mussle.."

The woman places a small key from het gloved hand into the bus driver's, whilest the other guard slowly tugged the tarp off the cage, leaving the back slightly in shadow, a low grumbling his was projected from the darkness.

"C'mon, Nile. Best ya don't fight back, you know what it gets ya."

Said the other guard tapping the cage with a stun rod and chuckling, his gleeful laugh was cut short however, when from the shade pounced a massive muscled scale young man, slamming into the bars and mashing a musled maw of sharp and jagged teeth against the bars.

The guard stumbled back in shock before catching himself and turning to the driver and saying in a shaky voice

"J-just give em food and a warm patch of sunlight and he'll be pretty passive... But just don't keep him away from his meal, he gets real bitty when he hasn't eaten.."

After the scare the guard took out a piece of chicken breast and open the cage, out crawled Nile, the boy look my beast than man, a tooth necklace hung from his neck and clattered against itself, he had a hollowed out crocodile head worn over head and shoulder, that added with the swinging tan green tale made him look like a lurking beast from above.

With another low hiss through a grimmesed face he was led to an open window seat that had the meat tossed onto it, crouching up from his crawl he climbed up to the seat and sqauted down, the mussled was lifted from his mouth, not giving any attention to the one who took it off him he began ripping away at the chicken happily, after hw finished he merely sprawled out over the seat and basked in the sun with his mouth slightly opened as he landed softly.

"Best of luck, he's quite the handful. Send my reguards to the prensepel for accepting this beast."

And with that, she turned and entered the truck with the other guard, driving back to the prison like building, leaving Nile in the bus.

 

[iijora]

For Dominick, the past couple of months had been a pretty relaxing -- if not boring state of affairs after everything he'd gone through up to that point. As part of his sentence the judge ordered that he'd do a brief stint at the juvenile detention center, where his days consisted of trying to figure out how to pass the time without starting a fight. Knowing that his sentence ended sometime around summer break, Dominick hatched a plan to get the 'ultimate summer bod'. Spending the majority of his time in his room working out in preparation and by the date of his body was definitely showing the fruit of his efforts. However things changed pretty quickly when he finally got home.

Ankle monitor now strapped to his leg, it didn't take long to figure out he probably wasn't going to be enjoying any beach's, or beach babes this summer. Stuck at home, he spent the days uneventfully watching movies and playing video games in his room until now. With the school year officially starting, Dominick sat on his porch steps, bags in hand as he waited for the bus to arrive. After about fifteen minutes of waiting, the sound of a rumbling engine made its way down his street, the yellow coated bus coming to a stop in front of his house.

Finally

With a grunt he picked himself off the steps, and made his way toward the vehicle. The doors opening with a hiss as he approached. Taking a look at the haggard bus driver, he grinned, giving a goofy overenthusiastic wave, before making his way inside. "Thanks for the pickup, Boss.", he'd quip before pausing for a single moment as looked down the aisle towards the few people who'd already arrived. The first thing that caught his eye was the girl with fur lined winter jacket ( Seniju_Anele ). Her skin was deathly pale, with pointed ears like an elf. What interested him more however was the eyepatch. He'd definitely make sure to get the 411 on that situation. His eyes would immediately dart to -- whatever it was. Sprawled out onto the seat, with its limbs leaking out into the aisle was a behemoth of a teenager with scales all over his body ( Captain Lycanroc ). Dominick let out an incredulous laugh at the hollowed out crocodile head accessory. The best way Dominick could sum up what he was looking at was, 'Extreme'.

When he was done sizing up his fellow criminals, a few seconds had passed. Clearing his throat, Dominick would tilt his head back in greeting before flashing another friendly grin. "Sup' losers!", he'd call out loud enough to get their attention, before making his way past them towards the seats all the way at the back. Leaning against the window, he got comfy pretty fast, letting his legs flop out over the seat and into the aisle.

 

[PlusUltra]

Beatrix Twitch
Tags: Open
Location: The Magic School Bus

Well the days definitely was getting along fantastically, The heat was blaring and really starting to wake her up again back to her energetic self as she finally escaped the confines of the bus once again with an enthusiastic leap and stretch, when only moments prior she appeared to have been dozing off within the chill of the Bus's AC. Ideally, she would have liked to shut off the entire thing though sadly with the number of observers around even she couldn't make it to the front to do so, and the mass of wiring she could reach may just as easily screw up the lights as the AC so for now she just had to bear it and she would be free of this cage to a more spacious one before long.

The driver had not taken kindly to her first occupation on the bus or absurd attempts to ride along on the roof instead, well she was still adamant it was ON the bus rather than inside but noooo that was crazy apparently, and with no openings in the window anything short of breaking it or using the emergency exit she was stuck in between breaks. She had attempted to pass some of her waking times sketching across a thick notebook but once again the chill just seemed to dull her creative spark as well as energy so sleep or scanning the familiar scenery was all she had left to her, well might as well do the later again to pass the time. Let's see there were a caged guy, corpse girl, and smiling cherry top...maybe they could get to see if any could be fun later when she was back in the heat but for now, she really wasn't feeling it.

This entire trip to a new school really wasn't on her list of things to look forward to in the first place given the circumstances, sure she may have snuck into one too many places but she put up some awesome art in her wake, and didnt take too much in return, just a few souvenirs....sure she could likely buy them but they just didn't have the same sentimental value, and well the other things she honestly forgot she picked them up in the excitement. In the end she chalked it all up to a learning experience, pretty much how to do it and not get caught though despite lacking evidence after a while the reputation and other antics had her rents get either scarred for her future....or maybe just embarrassed so this new school likely was either meant to scare her straight her straight or just get her out of the way. Never the less she was set on making the most of it, i mean it cant be that bad right? and if it is that just means she needs to make it better.

 

[EkoEkoAzarak]

Hayley S. Matthews
Mentions: Seniju_Anele Captain Lycanroc iijora
Interactions: PlusUltra
Location: The bus, same as everyone else.

The day was off to an awkward start, Hayley's mother had done nothing but cry over the idea of her only daughter being shipped off to a school for troubled youths. Hayley herself didn't see any issue with it, she knew she was tough enough to deal with anyone dumb enough to pull something but no matter how many times she explained this, her mom would just keep crying. Oh well, she would have to get over it sooner or later and Hayley wouldn't have to deal with it after today. At least her father was handling it better, he simply shook his head every time he saw Hayley. It was a little annoying, but still better than the crying.

After a painful farewell, Hayley headed outside to wait for the bus. It was fairly warm outside, but not uncomfortably so which was fortunate for her since she had her usual hoodie on. She had spent too much of her own hard (illicitly) earned money to not wear it whenever possible. When the bus finally arrived, Hayley slung her duffel bag over her shoulder and boarded the bus and immediately spoke to the driver. "Fuck man, you catch somethin'?. You better not be spreadin' that shit." Without waiting for a reply, she stepped out into the aisle of the bus and scoped out the other kids. The first one to catch her eye was a girl that looked even worse than the geezer behind the wheel. Speaking to no one in particular, she couldn't help but voice the first thought that crossed her mind. "Shiiiiit. This bitch needs a hearse, not a bus." No way was she going to sit next to a corpse. The next student was obviously one of those freaks that dresses up like an animal before going at it and she was shocked that the bus driver let him get on looking like that. Hayley quickly averted her eyes, trying to pretend she didn't look at him. After all, if you treat them like real people they get agitated and might try to bite someone.

The first normal looking person was a boy with a goofy grin on his face and Hayley would have sat next to him if his freakishly long legs weren't in the way. Fucking show offs with their height and shit. That just left the final student, a girl who was much taller than she was but even worse was her hair dye was way too close to her own. Hayley hated her options, either sit by herself like an anti-social freak or sit next to someone copying her style. Accepting her fate, Hayley flopped down next to the tall girl. "S'up. You cool?" She struggled briefly to move her bag out of the way without losing sight of it, after all it'd be stupid to trust anyone here. "I'm Hayley, you got a name or somethin' too right?"

 

[Seniju_Anele]

Philomena was leaning back, surveying her oh-so-interesting cans of spray-paint when she heard a voice from the front of the bus. Hurrah, more annoying teenagers to grade her ears. And two more. Wow, wonderful! When Dominick spoke up, she gritted her teeth, before breaking to a sarcastic remark. "'Sup yourself, bud. I must've had a colonoscopy, since I feel a pain in the ass." She gritted her teeth, before hearing the sound of food being ripped to pieces (kind of like her goddamn will to live). She looked at the thing....and cringed. "Shit, who let Killer Croc on this ride? Aren't animals not allowed on buses?" She said, drumming her fingers on her legs. Nile could tear her to pieces for her remark. She'd actually like that.

She heard the girl entering the bus (god-fucking-damn it, more of them?), and at her remark about the 'hearse', Philomena just laughed. "A hearse, hmm? Fitting. I'd rather die than be stuck with the girl who looks like she used a mop doused with fuckin' silly string and used it as a hairstyle." Yes. This coming from the one with hair greasier than the fucking pizza at Round Table. She leaned back, closing her eyes. 'Besides, makes no difference. My emotions already had their damn funeral, might as well get mine over with."

She took her spray cans out, and surveyed the bus. Surely, a bus of delinquents wouldn't care too much about her destructive behavior, right? Besides, the bus already looked like it had been crashed five times over, so it could withstand more damage. She began spraying in small spritz at the metallic walls, her boredom overpowers her common sense, since even though she was already going to a school for troubled kids, she was causing more trouble. She was a dumb-ass, in a sense, but probably couldn't care less about her perceived intelligence. She was smart; just chose not to showcase it.

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[Captain Lycanroc]

Interactions: Seniju_Anele
Mentions PlusUltra EkoEkoAzarak iijora



Nile wasnt in the best mood, every time he was about to doze off in his little patch of sun and finnaly have a moment of rest, some new student would come on to the bus, rock it around or just scream about something, one kid even had the nerve to laugh at him.

But suddenly the girl he legitimately thought had died on the ride spoke up, throwing out a couple insults to him, the laughing boy, and the girl next to her, back at the detainment facility he didn't hear many jokes, he was mostly kept alone in his large charmbers, so when he heard this he let out a low grumble of a laugh.

"Mhmhmhm. Nice one..."

He rumbled a yawn, and sat slightly up to watch her paint, he'd seen spray paint and stuff like this down in the sewers, back when his basic freedom was still intact, but sitting in the sun in a warm bus wasn't the worst thing that could have happened, it could have been a cold bus.

Surveying the area he looked around at all the other kids, he already had taken note of the two infront of him, looking to the back he saw that boy who shouted upon entering the general area, and there was a girl whose hair made him think of a tomato with a really long stem, and that was about it.

He didn't really care if they'd be annoying or not, if they tried to annoy him he'd just tear them to shreds, and if they ignored him completely it changed nothing for Nile, what matter is that he was out of that damn cell... For now...

"Welp... This'll be interesting... Hope we get there soon, I'm gettin hungry."

Nile tried to take his mind off food and returned to watching Philomena spray paint, grumbling in a quiet tone:

"Whatcha workin on, Zombie girl?"

He didn't want to ask her name so that'd have to do for now, it was fitting enough that she'd probably know who he was talking too

 

[PlusUltra]

Beatrix Twitch
Tags: EkoEkoAzarak (Hayley)
Location: Magic School Bus

Beatrix's head perks up at the sound of the voice turning slightly with the tail of hair moving to the side as she does to inspect the new arrival, before flashing a wide grin to them in return "So cool its getting tiring, and that's not just the AC!" letting out a low chuckle "And got a ton of names, few depend on the company i mean but still got a few to spare....Beatrix Twitch or B for short, always felt that had a sharper sting to it" sliding the pad away within the confines of her satchel.

"So how about you? What are the names sitting down next to this fun little corner of automotive confinement?" extending her hand in greeting all the same with the rattling of many bands clinking around her wrist and a somewhat rough unusual appearance to the underside.