Tension Rising - Main thread [Fight or Flight]

[GeneralZod]

Hayden


Hayden kept eating and chatting though his exhaustion was obvious. "Fox Redtail? That seems a bit ironic." He listened to what she said some of it made sense though he was quite skeptical. "Well I am not a wolf persay, its much different than what you're thinking of, I had the same powers as you once." He paused for another bite before elaborating. "I got caught mid transformation and it didn't turn out too well. So you can say rather than a wolf I am a werewolf, there is quite the difference between them." Fox seemed like a nice girl and apparently had a good deal of knowledge about animals but it may not work just as the thinks for a werewolf.


@theunderwolf

 

[Shura]

Sen Harper


Sen smirked slightly as she started peeling her orange, "Eh I don't thing I can come close to your record." She shook her head. "Your quicker and have better reflexes. With out the graduates shooing you would have probably beaten it" She pointed out as she leaned back in the chair. She looked around the hall spotting a few students who had been in her class for the grid challenge. She noticed a fairly large red head who had nearly beaten the challenge on what looked like a harder difficulty. before being dyed pink by a paint bomb. She chuckled softly remembering how pissed he look afterwards. "I'm hoping today is much easier as well..." She spoke up after a moment before popping a piece of orange into her mouth.


She noticed a fuzzy brown... thing with a beak scurrying around pecking at things along the ground "What in the..." She muttered. "Am I seeing things?" She looked over to gray before back to the brown thing watching as it made its way around the room and eventually over to them. She pulled her legs up when she saw it not really sure if it would try to peck her or not. "What is that?" She asked leaning over the chair to look at it.


@Prizzy Kriyze @Alex Phalin

 

[Gobbo]

Gray nodded, watching her. "You keep selling yourself short... You've got the potential to be way better than me." he said, taking another bite of his apple. He blinked, looking down at where she was pointing.


"Huh? It looks like a kiwi." he said, scooping up the little bird. He set it on the table and smiled a bit, cutting off a small piece of apple to feed it.


"I wonder whose it is..."


@Shura @Prizzy Kriyze

 

[theunderwolf]

"A what now?" Fox asked,"I've never heard of werewolf before but it's at least part wolf right? doesn't sound to different. Hmm." Same powers? He doesn't seem to have the same up bringing as me though. Weird. "Did you grow up with humans?" She asked.


@Godman873

 

[Prizzy Kriyze]

The elevator finally arrived, and he pushed himself from the floor, and staggered into the elevator. He pushed his hands into his pockets, and frowned at his reflection in the metal elevator door. Why was he in such a bad mood anyway. Oh right, his nerves were screwed.


The doors came apart and he wandered through the hallway to the cafeteria. He scanned the room, and his expression changed to a slightly happier one when he spotted Pandora running around on the floor. He started towards him, but slid to a stop just by the table he was under, and looked on in terror as some poor boy scooped him off the floor.


"You probably shouldn't do...."

Pandora let out a high-pitched tweet as something picked him up. That only lasted for half a second though, as he quickly and decisively bit at whoever touched him before he was dropped on a table. He got apple shoved in his face, which he squealed to as well, and backed away from the apple.... Right off the table. Into the lap of another featherless one. This was just a little too much for Pandora, and he froze in the lap of this one, not daring to move at all.


Some might find his timing for playing dead less than satisfactory, but Pandora don'tgiveafuck™.


@Shura


@Alex Phalin

 

[Gobbo]

Gray let out a yelp when he was bitten, yanking his hand back quickly. He frowned, letting out a small sigh as he picked up the slice of apple that had been offered and ate it.


"This thing yours?" he asked, turning to look at the pink-haired boy.


"Not very friendly, is it? Getting bitten by a kiwi was not how I was planning on starting my day." he said, an obviously irritated tone in his voice. He sighed and finished his apple, setting the core on the table. Rubbing his finger where he had been bit, he was surprised that the little bird could bite so hard.


@Prizzy Kriyze @Shura

 

[Shura]

Sen Harper


Sen watched as Gray tried picking up the bird only to make it freak out and some how have it end up on her lap. She was going to warn Gray but the whole thing happened way to fast. she sat frozen in place, the last thing she wanted was to be pecked by the bird. She wasn't really sure what the hell to make of the small creature. "What the hell is a Kiwi. I thought they were fruit not.... this." She muttered before looking over to the pink haired boy that approached the table. "uh... I'm guessing this is yours?"





@Alex Phalin @Prizzy Kriyze

 

[GeneralZod]

Hayden


"Well you see, a werewolf is different than a wolf, a werewolf is much more humanoid than a normal wolf, not to mention bigger and stronger." He took some final bites of his meal though still kept the conversation going with Fox. "I was raised with humans yes, although I did spend some time in the woods when I had the same power as you, though after my powers changed I have kept within school grounds just in case I lose the struggle." Hayden had indeed lived at the school for a while at this point in fear of what might happen if he lost control, so better to be closer to metas who he knew could stop him. "While I do enjoy having my power, its the struggle that I have that makes me wonder if it is worth it." He sat back and put his hands behind his head and thought for a moment. "If I could only have the transformation without the tradeoff that would be amazing." Then a thought crossed his mind, what would happen if he allowed himself to lose total control, still keeping a small portion then wrestling control back to his consciousness, perhaps that would settle the struggle?


@theunderwolf

 

[Prizzy Kriyze]

Alec's eyes went from the boy, to the girl, to Pandora, and then back to the boy again. "I.. I'm sorry, he's.. No, he's not very friendly." He looked down at the bird in the girls lap. "Eh, yeah, just stay still, and let me.." He slowly crouched down by her, and slipped his hands around the kiwi. It didn't like that either. He was bit quite violently on his index finger when he picked him up. He grimaced and went "Ooouch..! Pandora..!". Pandora let go of him, and glared at him like normal. Despite having played dead half a second ago, he seemed to feel no shame about it.


While holding Pandora in his hands, he looked at the two excusingly. "... My bad... I should keep a closer eye on him.." He looked at the girl and added "Yeah, this is a kiwi bird. His name's Pandora." He blinked a couple times, and then turned back to the boy again. "I'm actually kidna surprised you managed to pick him up, though. You have to be pretty quick. What's your name?" Suddenly, Alec's usual inquisitive happy demeanour poked it's head out again.


"Sorry, I should introduce myself first! My name is Alec Schiffer. Nice to meet'ya." He seemed to have completely forgotten about the whole Kiwi ordeal... Well, Pandora hadn't. He slipped out of Alec's hand, and rushed away from the table. "Oi! Pandora!" He quickly spun (faster than he should've, ouch that hurt) and chased after his bird.


Huh.


@Shura


@Alex Phalin


(Goin' to bed. See ya in 15 hours or so.)

 

[Gobbo]

Gray forced a small smile, still irritated at the bite.


"Grayson. You can call me Gray for short." he said.


"Yeah, that's my power. I'm pretty quick." he explained with a little smile.


"Keep an eye on that bird, there's a lot of people around here that are careless when they walk." Standing he sighed a bit, picking up his apple core.


"Sen, I'm gonna head outside and try this mask out, if you want to join me." he said, moving to throw his core away.


@Shura @Prizzy Kriyze

 

[Shura]

Sen Harper


Sen lat out a relived sigh as the bird was picked up. "Well Pandora doesn't seem to like anyone really..." she muttered softly before recognizing the pink haired guy from the day before. "Hey your the guy who managed to get 8 targets yesterday." She smiled slightly "Nice to meet you Alex, A'm Sen." She introduced before seeing the bird scurry off. She chuckled softly and shook her head as he ran off. "And that is why I don't bother with pets." She muttered before looking over to Gray and nodding "Yeah sure, it's starting to get crowded in here any way." she replied eating the last bit of her orange as she got up and headed out of the hall. She made sure to toss away the orange peals as before crossing the threshold out into the court yard.


The air had a cool chill to it despite the sun shining above, autumn was starting to set in fully now which meant thing were going to get colder. Sen didn't mind so much though, she had dealt with all types of weather from sweltering heat to freezing cold back home but autumn always had a nice balance to it. "So what did you have in mind?" She asked looking over to Gray

 

[theunderwolf]

"No offense, but you sound a little tame bud." Fox said,"It sounds like your running from your problems with your powers instead of facing them." She was familiar with the experience, and in the woods, running from problems tend to mean going hungry. And she had the feeling something similar would happen to this boy if she didn't.


@Godman873

 

[Gobbo]

Gray pulled the mask off his belt and slid it over his face, making sure it was properly adjusted.


"I'm just going to see if this makes it easier to breathe at high speeds. I needed some decent space to get up to speed." he explained, his voice muffled. Shaking out his arms for a moment he let out a sigh, getting warmed up for a moment. He suddenly vanished, the air vacuum he left behind closing with a loud CRACK. He reappeared on the opposite side of the courtyard, perched horizontally on the wall near the third floor windows. He seemed to hang there for a moment before vanishing again, a sudden gust of air shooting right past Sen.


"Not bad... It's a marked improvement." he said, his voice sounding right behind her. He smirked a bit, watching her for a few moments.


"Do you trust me?"


@Shura

 

[GeneralZod]

Hayden


Hayden kept listening to Fox respectfully but did not believe that he was running from his problem. "If you knew what a werewolf was from experience you would see understand why I don't like the idea of letting loose persay." It was all truthful, after all what would happen if he did end up losing control while he was transformed? Would he never transform back? Would his transformation have a mind of its own? The whole idea left Hayden a bit uneasy. This wouldn't be the first time someone thought they had an idea to help Hayden. When he got the chance he would consult Morgan about Fox's solution and see what she would think of it.

 

[Shura]

Sen Harper


Sen stood back as he put on his mask jumping slightly at the sudden crack as he blurred off in a random direction. She blinked a few times barely able to keep up with him. She smirked slightly seeing him perched on the wall before speeding off again. He was a hell of a lot faster with the mask which entertaining to watch. She wondered how the heck he was able to not hit anything along the way. The gust of wind brushed her hair back leaving it in a bit of a mess. She brushed her bangs back down with her figures as she turned around with a slight smirk. "Impressive"


She quirked a brow at his sudden question though, it wasn't something easily answered. But decided to humor him. "As much as one can trust a guy they've only know for two days." she replied with a small smirk.

 

[Gobbo]

Gray adjusted the mask a bit, smiling under it. The mask had made a huge difference, and now he felt like he could move even faster. At her answer he laughed a bit.


"Good point..." he said, suddenly sliding an arm around her shoulders, scooping the other behind her knees. He picked her up easily, making sure she was secure.


"You were curious about what it's like at high speed. Hold on tight." he said, suddenly taking off across the courtyard. He jumped, his feet planting firmly on the wall as he quickly changed direction. She was easy to carry, and he wondered why she weighed so little.


Figuring it would be better not to ask her that he continued straight up the wall, leaping off the top. The flew upwards, being granted a bird's-eye view of the entire school grounds.


They seemed to float there for a long while, and though she couldn't see it he was grinning.


They began to descend, falling rather slowly for how high up they were. He let out a small breath of air as they landed on the roof, soaking up the landing with his legs and back.


"That's what it's like."


@Shura

 

[Shura]

Sen Harper


"Huh, Hey what-" before she could really finish asking he he answered her, but the answer wasn't one that was very reassuring. When he told her to hold on she wrapped her arms reflexively around his neck just as he took off. Her scream became caught in her throat as the world raced by her at an alarming rate. She was lucky she had tied her hair up in a braid or it would be everywhere by that point. She felt like she was on some kind of roller coaster watching go past her suddenly shifting direction to go up the wall. Her breaths became shallow as breathing became difficult with the air resistance.


Her stomach dropped as they took off into the air fear clenched her heart firmly. Her arms tightened around his neck as she buried her face in his neck after catching a overview of the campus. Several flash backs to the last time something similar had happened just adding to her overall anxiety. By the time they landed she was trembling slightly and hyperventilating.

 

[theunderwolf]

Fox threw up her hands in frustration "Fine, Fine." It annoyed her how a person clearly having a problem wouldn't ask for any help. "But someday, you're going to lose control and it won't be pretty. She flinched, remembering the first human life she ever took, the smell of his blood came back like it was yesterday. Shaking away the memory, she stood up and cleared her plate, passing by the boy on her way out, "If you want help, sniff me out, my doors open." She said as she passed. Then with nothing else to do she closed her eyes and sniffed. letting the schools unique blend of scents assault her nose, she searched through them until she found the one she wanted, ozone. following it carefully she walked out the doors of the cafeteria and found Zach,. She smiled and sat down next to him. 'Hey Zach." She said simply, can i ask another weird question?"


@Godman873


@Alex Phalin

 

[Gobbo]

Gray was grinning, up until he saw her reaction. He cursed under his breath and sat down quickly, placing her on his lap. Pulling his mask off he set it off to the side, worry in his eyes.


"Sen? It's alright... I'm sorry if I scared you..." he said, his eyes wide with concern.


"Steady your breathing, it's alright... You're safe."


@Shura


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Zach sighed, watching Sen and the silver-haired boy shoot off onto the roof. "Well, -that's- reckless..." he said under his breath, sighing a bit. He couldn't help but jump a bit when Fox spoke up, she was awfully quiet and came up on his blind side.


"Hey Fox, good morning. Sleep well?" he asked with a little smile. He was thinking about striking up another smoke, but decided against it. With Fox's acute sense of smell, it would probably disgust her.


@theunderwolf

 

[theunderwolf]

"Of course!" Fox said with a grin, "Sleeps always really peaceful after a heavy rain like yesterday! Besides I got some great nuts from this family of squirrels and they made an amazing midnight snack, and I slept like a log for the rest of the night! but seriously I do kinda have a really weird question and its kinda eating me alive right now..."


@Alex Phalin

 

[Shura]

Sen Harper


Being back on solid ground helped tremendously when it came to calming down. Being high up didn't bother her much so long as she had her feet planted on the ground but being in the air with out any kind of control terrified her to no end. It took a few minutes before she started to recover form her mini-panic attack. Her breathing returned to a normal rate but was still shivering slightly and had her head rested on Grays chest while recovering from the shock.

 

[Gobbo]

Gray sighed a bit and held her tightly, frowning.


"I guess we won't be doing that again... I'm sorry, Sen." he said softly, rubbing her shoulder gently as he tried to calm her down. He felt terrible about freaking her out like that... He couldn't tell if it was because of the sudden speed, or the heights that did it, though.


@Shura


---


Zach smiled a bit, watching her for a moment. He envied how carefree her life seemed to be, and started to wonder what it would be like. He soon snapped out of it though, looking at her curiously.


"Hm? Yeah, go ahead and ask me whatever you want. I don't mind." he said with a little grin, turning to face her more.


@theunderwolf

 

[Shura]

Sen Harper


Sen nodded her head managing to calm her breathing before managing to find her voice. "Y-yeah..." she muttered softly. "I-it was fine until we were suddenly in the air." She informed her voice still a bit shaky. Her hair was a mess to say the least but she didn't care much by that point. She took a few deep breaths trying to shake off the last bits of fear. "Just don't... ever do that again." She looked up at him part of her was angry at him for pulling the stunt but he didn't know of her phobia so she couldn't exactly yell at him for it. Not this time at least.

 

[theunderwolf]

"Ok say I met this guy and he had this problem and he was really annoyed by it and it was making him shout weird things," Fox said without pause," So I went over and talked to him for a bit and he sad he was having control trouble and I told him that I had control trouble and offered to help, but he was saying something how he didn't think it'd work or how it was too scary and a bunch of other excuses so um... Whats a werewolf?"


@Alex Phalin

 

[Gobbo]

Gray tried to smooth down her hair, his cheeks slowly reddening.


"I promise, never again." he said quietly, his voice cracking slightly. Being this close to him was making his stomach do flips, but even though his first reaction would be to get some space between them, he fought the urge to do so. She seemed to be calming down, and he didn't want to give her a reason to relapse.


@Shura


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Zach listened intently, tilting his head a bit. He frowned a bit at her question.


"Well... In most mythology, a werewolf is someone that transforms into a half man, half wolf creature every full moon. The human side vanishes, and is completely taken over by the animal side. When a werewolf transforms, they go on killing sprees, not because of hunger but because of bloodlust." he explained, scratching his head. "You always have the most interesting, oddball questions for me." he teased with a smile.


@theunderwolf