Tension Rising - Main thread [Fight or Flight]

[Shura]

Sen Harper


Sen had started to reach for her crutches when Gray's hand was extended. She paused a moment before accepting the moment since it was much easier than trying to get up on her own. "Sure. I don't mind." She replied before grabbing her crutches feeling a lot better now that she had a short rest and pain killers in her system. "Most of the people around here are nice... A little nutty but nice overall." She chuckled before starting to lead the way to the cafeteria.


Campus Wide Time Skip

First day of training


Thursday Morning


7 a.m.
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[King Of Imagination]

When Mica awoke, the entire world was upside down, and he had a mild headache. He looked around, confused, wondering why his entire world was topsy turvy. It was only when he looked "down" at his feet that he saw he was actually hanging upside down himself. He laughed quietly as he remembered running into a young boy with bat wings and bit ol' ears telling him how comfortable sleeping upside down was, and how good it was for the back. He then remembered he was outside of Iren's office. He drifted back off to sleep with the thought that Iren would be quite surprised to see him just chilling like this outside her office.

 

[PicaPirate]

Teru

After their rather heartfelt and personal conversation, Teru and Kiara spent most of the rest of the day and evening relaxing and watching films. Kiara chose to sleep in her room, he presumed because she wanted some time to herself after what they had discussed.


Teru woke up at 7am with a dream. It was a bit different though. Usually he had nightmares of Alyssa dying like he had witnessed. In this case though the dream was not quite so tragic and Kiara was in it.


He didn't dwell on the meaning of it and got up and dressed, showering first to warm himself up and general personal hygiene such as brushing his teeth.


He made a mental note to talk to Sen later after what had happened yesterday. After all, leaving it will only make the whole situation turn sour like milk.


Teru had finally done sorting himself out in terms of appearance, so decided to go wait outside Kiara's bedroom like last time.


@Kharmin


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[Robin man]

Malcolm was awake at dawn. He went for a morning run around the school. For being human regular exercise is needed. He checked his time, seven minutes and ten seconds. After his run he looked for the gym. Once there he started lifting weights. At max he can lift only 220 lbs

 

[Kharmin]

<p><a href="<fileStore.core_Attachment>/monthly_2014_09/Kiara.jpg.4880f5818f4be64ccf41184490970bbc.jpg" class="ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image"><img data-fileid="29019" src="<fileStore.core_Attachment>/monthly_2014_09/Kiara.jpg.4880f5818f4be64ccf41184490970bbc.jpg" class="ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed" alt=""></a></p> Bloodshot eyes welcomed the morning that crept around the edges of the coarse, heavy curtains draped across Kiara's window. For hours, she had laid in her bed and stared at the ceiling. How had it come to this? she wondered for the umpteenth time.


She missed Teru's presence. The previous night, when they slept together with just his arms around her and expecting nothing else, had been the best sleep Kiara recalled having in years. The sense of safety and security that envolped her that night had eased her mind like no prescription drug she had been given – and there were plenty of those throughout her past.


Lest their relationship take off in too fast a pace, Kiara adamantly decided to sleep in her own, stoic, institutional room. Deep down, she knew that it was the right thing to do; she couldn't deny her feelings and desires, especially when she was so close to him.


With great effort, Kiara pushed away her academy-issued cotton sheets and woolen blanket. She got up and collected some clothes and her toiletries and headed for an early shower. Since the gymnasium was still in disrepair, there would be no morning swims for her for a while.


The hot water that coursed over Kiara in the shower did little to flush the fatigue from her body. It took a lot of effort just to stay standing in the shower stall. As she washed, her mind cast back to yesterday and the feelings she had had when she was with Teru.


Was this truly how one feels when in love? Kiara thought as she tried in vain to shake the cobwebs of exhaustion from her mind. She could no longer deny her emotions when she thought of Teru and the intimate moments that they had shared. Kiara respected him as a gentleman, for he hadn't taken advantage of their situation or made her do anything that she didn't want to do. Teru had showed that he actually cared for Kiara, which was something no one else had done since her parents died nine years ago. Countless foster homes and foster families had tried with varying degrees. Some took her in only for the money that the State provided; others, sincerely tried to make her part of their family. In the end, though, Kiara could never live up to the kind of person that each family expected her to be, and she would be relegated back as a ward of the State.


At eighteen, all of that changed. She had to find her own living arrangements and provide for herself. Kiara had long since learned of her talent, and used it to great effect as she lived in abandoned buildings and ran with a crowd of anarchists. No door that she encountered could withstand her ability to force open, as Kiara and her pack of wolves lived off of the riches of others. For a while, the police had a difficult time catching up with her larcenous group, but they were tipped from one of her own, and she was caught, tried and convicted of a laundry-list of felonies and misdemeanors.


Kiara knew that it was her own fault, and no one else. She could have tried to fit in, to conform, and become a more productive member of society, but that wasn't who Kiara was. At every turn, someone else dictated to her how to live, what to do and who she was expected to be. The constant and never-ending bombardment from people of authority – foster parents, school teachers, psychiatrists and so on – forced Kiara to erect the barriers around her that, until Teru, were insurmountable.


She turned off the water, dried and dressed. Kiara's signature sunglasses shielded her eyes from the blazing intensity of the academy's fluorescent lights that had flickered on in the hallway according to some pre-set timer. Even the lights are uniform, Kiara mused in disgust.


The early risers had started to mill about as she discarded her clothes and things in her room. Kiara grabbed her ID card, Zippo and cigarettes and exited back into the hallway where she found Teru was waiting.


@PicaPirate

 

[PicaPirate]

Teru

He looked at Kiara and raised an eyebrow and a slight frown. Those who paid less attention or knew her less would see her as perfectly normal with the sunglasses on. He saw through her body language of dragging her body and above the sunglasses her eyes, not helped by the fact he is rather tall.


He ruffled her hair slightly and gave Kiara a kiss on the forehead.


"Morning dear. You clearly didn't sleep well, maybe I should ask my parents for another bed or something similar."


He looked at her in a way that said 'what am I going to do with you'. He thought a bit, but hit a wall.


"Well, at least we share the same classes. Next time I shoot you I'll remember to go easy." He jested, hoping to lighten her groggy state.


@Kharmin


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[Kharmin]

<p><a href="<fileStore.core_Attachment>/monthly_2014_09/Kiara.jpg.d2b4801341b2dbd77cbcd65d5f23cf5c.jpg" class="ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image"><img data-fileid="29018" src="<fileStore.core_Attachment>/monthly_2014_09/Kiara.jpg.d2b4801341b2dbd77cbcd65d5f23cf5c.jpg" class="ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed" alt=""></a></p> Kiara sighed at Teru's touch and gentle kiss. "The bed wasn't the problem," she muttered under her breath, but loud enough for only him to hear. "Don't worry about it. I'll get by."


She smirked at the mild rebuke she saw in his face as he ran his fingers through her damp hair. It was the closest that Kiara could come to a smile in her current state.


Talk of classes made Kiara sigh again. She just wanted to crawl back into bed and fall into blissful sleep, but the increasing traffic in the dormitory hall dictated otherwise. Kiara glared at him above the rims of her sunglasses. "You go easy on me," she warned, "and I'll slam your ass against the nearest wall."


Teru's jest was taken as intended, but Kiara was not in a joking mood. Maybe breakfast would help, but remembering the encounters yesterday morning in the cafeteria made her doubt that she would be able to enjoy it. Just keep your head down and shut up, she told herself. People who wish to remain ignorant of what's truly at work here can remain blissfully ignorant. I won't let it ride on my conscience.


"Come on," Kiara said as she yawned. "Let's get some breakfast and coffee in me and then I'll see how the day progresses." She slid her arm around Teru's waist and leaned close into him as they walked down the corridor and Kiara paid no heed to the glances that were passed in their direction. She was simply too tired to care.


@PicaPirate

 

[theunderwolf]

Fox snapped awake at what she was informed was 7:00 by a student screaming about being late for something. Not wanting to sleep again she yawned and climbed out of her hammock, landing on one of the old oaks more solid branches. Her skill unhindered by the early hour, she deftly climbed down to her rooms window, which she had left open the previous night. Landing on her empty floor, fox yawned and stretched , grabbing a pair of pants to change into after her shower. Before that though she cleaned the room and left some food out for her friends, who were fond of breaking into rooms and stealing from students anyway. After all her chores were done she went to the bathroom and took a short cold shower. After she was done freaking out everyone in the bathroom ( All worshipers of the scalding morning soak). She changed into the jeans and fresh underwear then threw her hoodie on. Now, she mused, what should I do for breakfast?

 

[Elegy]

Vladislav woke up at five A.M. sharp, as he had done for the past several years. He immediately readied himself, washing and dressing himself meticulously but with brisk and concise pace. Vladislav looked at himself in the mirror. He saw his formal military uniform clean without a single wrinkle. The golden shoulder pads glinted under the light of his room as he swiftly turned around and walked out, his medals jingling in unison as his spotlessly polished shoes moved in a constant and firm pace.

Today was training day, and Vladislav had to make preparations. The students would NOT like this training, that was gauranteed at least. These students were under mortal danger now, and it was his responsibility to make sure they were prepared and ready to fight and survive at all costs. The training would be just as extreme in turn.

Vladislav paced around silently, his arms behind his back as he decided whether to physically condition them, develop their powers, or go with the pre established training regimen that he approved of but did not think was quite as effective as his method. Vladislav slowly headed for the cafeteria for break fast once it reached near seven while beginning to plan his training out.

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[Sir Raime]

Having properly dressed himself and taken care of all his daily hygienic needs, Zebediah decided to temporarily put aside breakfast in order to run down to the Reception Office and check to see if his father had responded yet. When he arrived at the office in question, he asked the female receptionist currently stationed there, "Excuse me, are there any packages from a 'V.V. Kanier?'" The receptionist gave him a look that conveyed a feeling of 'are you for real' and relied, "So you're the Kanier boy. Holy hell, Honey, what did you order, a chaingun or something? There's been talk around here all mornin' about that box of yours."


Zebediah grew nervous upon hearing the clerk's questions. "Erm, well...it has a lot of Tungsten in it. Dense metals, you know? Hrm. May I take the package or...?"


The receptionist laughed at the boy's question. "Take it? Okay, but do you need, you know, any help moving that darn thing?" If there was anything her last few years of working at this academy taught her, it was that the students wouldn't order something particularly heavy without having a power to lift it. Still, it was important to ask, you couldn't let one of the kids get hurt trying something stupid.


"Oh, it's okay. I have a power that'll help me carry it." Zebediah looked past the reception desk to see two staff members working in tandem to carry the box, holding opposite sides of it. The poor people looked as if they were having a hard time of it, as well. With a sigh, his aura reached out an grabbed the inorganic package and its contents, easily lifting the normally heavy object. Zebediah walked out of the Reception Office, making sure to remember the jaws of what seemed to be some newer employees almost reaching the floor.


He determined that it would be in his best interests to hit the mess hall before taking the package to his dorm, so he tried his best the put it down gently (it still left an indent and some cracks on the floor) by a table while he went to get breakfast. When he returned, he had a plate carrying his usual serving of a mile-high mountain of breakfast foods, making sure to go heavy on fruits this time around.

 

[Shura]

Sen Harper


A small yawn escaped Sen as she shuffled her way into the cafeteria feeling tired from not getting a whole lot of sleep but that was entirely her own fault. After talking a bit with Gray Sen managed to find a quiet spot in one of the study rooms to relax. She ended up reading a book that she ended up getting sucked into. So much so she ended up passing out mid read, she didn't realize it until some early risers decided to go one some kind of morning run but weren't exactly quiet about it.


She decided to forgo the crutches this time around though, her arms were sore from the fight before now they were sore from using the crutches as well. Plus the pain killers helped cut the pain of walking to a manageable level. She left them tucked in the corner of her room just in case they were needed later though.


Sen moved through the lunch line grabbing her usual two pieces of toast with butter already starting to munch on one as she left the line. She noticed the Cafeteria already starting to fill with people but didn't see anyone she particularly new. Briefly she wondered if Jon was doing any better, he had looked exhausted the day before. She pondered on the thought as she made her way out to the courtyard not really wanting to be crowded so early.


The sun was still low and the air cool making it nice to sit outside where it was calm for the most part. She glanced around watching some of the less than awake student meander their way down the pathways towards the cafeteria like zombies. She spotted one student carrying something that looked fairly big but couldn't tell what it was since it was still wrapped. "That's right... today where supposed to training. Anything could happen today... hm."

 

[Gobbo]

Zach woke up and growled a little under his breath, having been woken by another sharp pain in his side. He considered getting painkillers, but decided against it. He had a bad history with prescription drugs.


After getting showered and changing his bandages he headed down to the cafeteria to get breakfast. He was starving, and maybe food would help keep his mind off the pain.


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Gray had been awake for hours, not being one to sleep very much at any given time. He would keep waking up in a cold sweat, and would have to spend several long minutes calming himself down. After a while he got tired of it, and just decided to stay awake.


Music pumped through his headphones, relaxing him as he sat up in one of the trees in the courtyard. He had eaten breakfast already, and was enjoying the cool morning air. His teal eyes were closed comfortably, and he let out a long sigh as he relaxed. He had a long school year ahead of him, so finding time to relax where he could was important.

 

[Shura]

Iren Winford


Iren made her way to the academic building she was running later then usual but that was mostly due to a migraine that had decided to interfere with her sleep the night before. The past few days of stress had started to take its toll. She was feeling much better which was a good thing, she just hoped nothing else would happen today. A new level of training was supposed to start one that would push the students more. The older students might stand a better chance since they had trained here before but the newer ones would most likely struggle at first.


She had warned some of the teacher and graduates not to push too hard as some of the students were still recovering from the attack, time would tell if they actually listened though. Enemies didn't care if you were injured, hell they would rather you missing a limb most times. There was no room for babying and going easy anymore, not when it was a matter of survival.


Iren took a sip of her coffee as she entered the building and greeted the secretary behind the desk as per her normal routine. The older woman made her way towards her office stopping short of actually entering due to the strange person hovering upside down in front of her door. For once it wasn't Dex.


"Can I help you?" she asked with a slightly raised eyebrow.


@King Of Imagination

 

[Shura]

Sen Harper


Sen eyes wandered towards the sky watching the cool colors of night mix and fade to the warm tones of sunrise. She smiled slightly watching thy sky for a minute or two before looking else where wondering how training was exactly supposed to go and if she would be able to keep up with her injuries. She caught sight of something in one of the trees and half expected it to be the shape shifter from the day before. She seemed like the type to be in a tree. To her surprise it was Grayson lounging on one of the thicker branches.


She debated whether or not to bug him, he'd been nice to hang out with the day before. What could it hurt? Pondering how best to get his attention she remembered his bracers were made up of metal and smirked. She reached out with her abilities and took hold of the bracers finding it much easier to do compared to yesterday. she gave the bracers a slight tug, not enough to knock him out of the tree but just enough to catch his attention.

 

[Gobbo]

Gray was deep in thought when he felt the tug at his bracers, and looked at them for a few moments as he tried to figure out what caused it. After a while he looked around, seeing Sen standing there below him. He smiled a bit and pulled his headphones down around his neck.


"Hey, good morning. No crutches today?" he asked with a little grin, content with staying where he was for now.


"I'm guessing you're feeling better." he added, moving from a lounging position to more of an upright one. He was surprised that she would come over and talk to him, the day before she didn't seem very social.


@Shura

 

[Shura]

Sen Harper


"They were a bit too difficult to deal with. Figured with training and all, better to just deal with a bit of pain than be hobbling around." She shrugged slightly. "Hope I'm not bothering you though." She added, still feeling a good bit of awkwardness in approaching someone to talk when the past few days others had been the one to approach her.


She had honestly given up on trying to stay completely unnoticed like she had in previous years. For one it seemed that unless she had the power to turn invisible, someone would notice her. Second was if they were going to be fighting, having a friend or two to watch her back wouldn't hurt.


@Alex Phalin

 

[Gobbo]

Gray waved his hand a bit and smiled. "You're not bothering me. It's not like I was doing anything important anyways." he explained with a little laugh. At her comment about the crutches he nodded.


"Good idea. Plus, it makes your arms all raw and sore. I broke my leg a few years ago, I hated my crutches." He smiled a bit at her and reached down to turn his music off, he didn't want to bother her with the sound.


"So... What're we supposed to be doing today? Classes or something?"


@Shura

 

[PicaPirate]

Teru chuckled slightly at her comment about going easy. He wasn't quite sure whether to take her statement for serious or not, seeing how exhausted she was.


He wasn't quite what to pinpoint as a reason for her not able to sleep. Seeing as she slept so well the night before with him, did it have something to do with him then? Maybe a sense of security or similar. He decided to dwell on the matter later though, seeing as breakfast called and his stomach harkened for nutrition.


As Kiara put an arm around him he had one around her too by her side. He felt happy with the connection they had, where they could trust each other. And eventually, they reached the lunch hall in peace.


@Kharmin


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[GeneralZod]

Hayden


He walked through the woods in next to complete darkness, he had gotten lost but he felt like he knew where he was going. Then all of a sudden his legs were chained to the ground, he could not break free, as he struggled a large figure approached him with glowing red eyes and a deep intimating growl. The dark figure jumped at him growling and snarling about to tear him to shreds. When he woke up he was curled into a ball on the floor, sweating and exhausted. His room had nothing but a mattress in it anymore, due to the occasional transformation in the middle of the night. He stood up and had only a moment of peace for he had to begin the toughest part of his day, fighting off the animalistic urge. It was always there, never gone always struggling against him wanting to take control. To others this seemed like Hayden wasn't paying any attention to them but he actually doing his best to pay attention to them, so conversations were really his thing.


He stood up in a ripped pair of jeans and a shirt that was only hanging on by threads. He exited his room making a beeline for the shower, usually it helped him wake up a bit more so he could continue the mental battle and regrettably he usually came out smelling like wet dog, it had made zero sense to Hayden but he learned to live with it. After spending about thirty five minutes in the morning routine he had finally been ready to head out to breakfast, which usually eased both of his minds a bit.


He finally got to the cafeteria and walked up in line asking the lunch lady for a special order, which she was happy to do considering Hayden's usually required minimal effort. "Could I have a plate of raw bacon and two feet of raw sausage links?" The lunch lady looked to him a bit weird as he explained his power was a lot more tolerable with raw meat in his system, again it didn't make any sense but it somehow worked out that way. When he got his order he walked out with his tray and placed it on a table scarfing as much down as he could. This was one of the few ways he was able to relax and raw meat actually had a rather nice taste to it, at least for him.

 

[Shura]

Sen Harper


Sen nodded slightly at the comment about the crutches, they honestly did more harm then good in her mind. "We're supposed to train. Whatever that means. Last time we just demonstrated out abilities so I'm not really sure what were going to do this time around." She replied, giving it some thought. "Think it has something to do with the graduate students returning?"

 

[PicaPirate]

Kojiro

As the alarm clock went off, he slammed his fist and broke the alarm clock...and the table.


He knew he should have requested for his old hardened furniture, but left that for another time.


He crawled out of bed from having an average sleep and dragged himself to shower and other personal hygiene routines. Having done with said routines, he got dressed into loose jeans and a tank top with his black leather overcoat, which is what he typically wore.


The journey to the lunch hall felt like a silent lifetime, being in desperate need for food.


At the cafeteria he got himself two trays of food both filled with carbs and protein by as much as one can fit.


He noticed some kid also eating a good amount of meat, though not as much as Kojiro had. He sat down next to the fellow and began eating away at his own repertoire of nutrition.


"So what's your name? Not seen you around here before."


@Godman873


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[Gobbo]

Gray thought for a few moments, smiling a bit. "Well... Sounds like I'll actually get to train. I'm not really sure what to think of that." he said with a small, nervous laugh. He hadn't seen much of the teachers, or the other students for that matter, so he wasn't sure what to expect.


"So, what are the chances of me getting killed during training?" he joked with a little bit of a smirk.


@Shura

 

[Kharmin]

<p><a href="<fileStore.core_Attachment>/monthly_2014_09/Kiara.jpg.be6f000ac412c837850b0d8c32cdf3a5.jpg" class="ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image"><img data-fileid="29022" src="<fileStore.core_Attachment>/monthly_2014_09/Kiara.jpg.be6f000ac412c837850b0d8c32cdf3a5.jpg" class="ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed" alt=""></a></p> Kiara wasted no time in scanning the cafeteria. She already knew that the majority of the student, and probably faculty as well, didn't really care about her, so the feeling was mutual. She allowed Teru to escort them to the chow line where she picked up her industrial, prison-quality tray and proceeded down the line.


Randomly, Kiara selected items from the school chefs: eggs, bacon, ham, a cup of mixed fruit and so on. At the beverage station, she took two cups of coffee and would have taken a third if she could have found a way to fit it onto her tray without dropping everything.


She led Teru across the room a bit and found an isolated table. If anyone wanted to talk with them, then they would have to come over. Kiara wasn't about to intrude on anyone else, especially with the mood she was in at the moment.


Without preamble, or much talking, she almost drained the first cup of coffee before she dug in to the rest of her breakfast with earnest. Slowly and surely, as the meal went on, some life began to return to her and she became a bit less ... mechanized ... in her actions.


"What do you think they'll do to us today?" Kiara asked Teru as she diligently worked on her second cup of coffee. "That whole desk-on-the-ceiling thing was pretty stupid. I hope it will be more entertaining than that."


@PicaPirate

 

[GeneralZod]

Hayden


Hayden finishing eating a raw piece of bacon like spaghetti when a very large fellow sat down next to him. He took two raw sausages from his plate and devoured them with a complete lack of manners. "Hayden" He spoke quickly with a mouthful of food spitting out some of the raw sausage unintentionally. After he swallowed his latest mouthful he looked to the big guy. "What's yours?" Hayden went back to his plate as he took another slice of raw bacon. It was nice to have a momentary break from the everlasting mental dispute. Hayden wondered what they were going to do for power training that day, he certainly hoped it would not require him to transform.


@PicaPirate

 

[Shura]

Sen Harper


Sen chuckled softly before giving a slight smirk "Eh I'd say about 50-50?" She replied in a joking tone. "Well... some of the teachers are just kind of... crazy, to say the least. One can defy gravity, and another one can teleport around."She thought a moment to see if there was anyone else she could think of. "That's kind of all I really know. Classes were kind of interrupted the first day." she shrugged slightly before looking back up to Gray. "I guess we'll find out once classes start." she reasoned.