Tension Rising - Main thread [Fight or Flight]

Jon laughed along with her and then nodded as she made her explanation. He was glad at least that it wasn't Gray dishonourably pulling the strings that had led to their rapid leaving of the dining hall. He couldn't help but notice now, actually, just how thin she was. Her slim clothes seemed baggy in spite of everything else, her tiny amount of visible flesh largely skin and bone. He wondered why she ate so little. "I'm surprised you didn't get more after all that exercise we did," he chuckled, although the concern was evident in his voice. "But metalworks with Gray, hey? Wonder why he's so interested in metals and things." Jon mused.


@Shura
 
Zach let out a long, pained sigh as he sat next to her, laying out on the grass as he tried to get his breathing under control.


"Well... I think you did just fine. I'm pretty sure I failed." he said, gasping for air.


"I really need to quit smoking... My endurance is shit." he said with a pained laugh, looking over at Fox with a grin. His side was screaming in pain, but she didn't need to know about that.


"So, what now?" he asked breathlessly. "I kinda want to get food, but I also don't want to move."


He pulled out his pack of smokes and lit one, sighing as it helped to open up his lungs.


@theunderwolf


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Gray looked over Sen's work when she left, smiling a bit. She was working with the titanium fairly well. If she was feeling up to it later, he would have to see how she finished it. Of course, he didn't want to push the girl past her limits, she didn't need to strain herself because of his projects.


As he finished up what he could on his bracer at the moment he sighed, leaning back in his chair. His shoulder was aching, and he knew if he pulled his shirt back it would still be that nasty reddish-purple.


After a few moments he took another painkiller and stood, leaving to head down to the cafeteria. If he didn't want to get sick later, he'd need something to eat with the painkiller.
 
Sen Harper


Sen shrugged slightly "I don't eat much." she replied which was true over the years she had basically adapted to running off the bare minim even if she exert herself with any kind of exercise. It wasn't exactly healthy then again most of how she lived back in the city wasn't healthy to begin with. "Don't worry though, it's kind of normal for me." She smiled slightly not wanting Jon to worry. She would slowly eat a little more as time went on but eating too much at this point would just make her sick. "Hm? He's trying to make some kind of grappling hook. Possibly for when runs up a wall and launches himself again he has away to catch himself instead of just plummeting." She shrugged having a similar question earlier but this was the only answer she could come up with.


@SkyGinge
 
Fox sighted and rolled her eyes as he pulled out another cigarette, If you say you should quit, you really should just do it. She thought grumpily,I just dn't get humans sometimes. She was too exhausted to be annoyed for long. She closed her eyes and dug into her pocket for a moment before pulling out some nuts and dried fruit, extending them in an open hand to Zach. "I always have food on me," She giggled quietly, "You just gotta ask."


@Alex Phalin
 
<p><a href="<fileStore.core_Attachment>/monthly_2014_09/Kiara.jpg.da1191fd2803492ecd24daf5d0c9d042.jpg" class="ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image"><img data-fileid="29938" src="<fileStore.core_Attachment>/monthly_2014_09/Kiara.jpg.da1191fd2803492ecd24daf5d0c9d042.jpg" class="ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed" alt=""></a></p> Kiara exited the examination room with a scowl that was much more pronounced than earlier. She hated being poked, prodded and examined by doctors and nurses. Her ribs were the problem; why then did they need her temperature, blood pressure and to take a blood sample? Kiara was hard pressed to not slam them all against the wall and simply walk out, pain be damned.


They had worked on her contusions and after some discussion called a "specialist" who came and performed some talent that apparently satisfied everyone on staff with its success. Kiara's pain receptors were still blocked, so she had no idea if what the specialist did actually helped.


Teru's embrace was a welcome feeling and Kiara almost asked if she could curl up in his strong arms and have him carry her back to the dormitory. Instead, she allowed him to escort her there and when they had arrived in his room and Kiara kicked off her shoes, she climbed up on the bed and laid on her un-injured side.


Kiara was tired, but Brittany's intrusion still weighed heavily on her especially as it drummed up her suppressed memories of another part of her torrid past. Kiara struggled to get the thoughts from her head and the images out of her mind, but it seemed the more that she dwelled upon them, the more pronounced they became.


At least, for now in Teru's room with him nearby, Kiara felt safe. She exhaled in a deep sigh and swept some stray hair out of her face. "Well," she said, "it's been a hell of a day, hasn't it?"


@PicaPirate

 

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"As you do," he smirked of Gray's exploits, wondering why somebody would randomly want to build a grappling hook. Then again, he was the one trying to pitch an elaborate weapon to a robot-creating Russian, so he could hardly talk. Sen's eating explanation was typically short, and for a moment he contemplated on pointing out how skinny she was and how she really should eat more. But for now he thought it'd probably just offend her, so laid off commenting.


"So," he said, as they began to head down the corridor, "where are you heading next?"


@Shura
 
Zach looked over at her with a wide grin.


"You're awesome, thank you." he said happily, taking some of the fruit and munching on it. He already felt better, having skipped breakfast that day. Sighing happily he struggled to sit up, bracing himself on his arms. Pain shot through his side again and he struggled to suppress the growl, but failed miserably.


"I think it's about time I change my wraps again. I may need to go back to the clinic and have them finish clearing this up." he explained with a little pained smile.


@theunderwolf


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Gray made his way into the cafeteria and grabbed his usual meal, sighing slightly as he took a bite. His mind was preoccupied with other things, so when his phone went off in his pocket it took him a moment to realize that it had. He pulled it out and checked the text he got, reading it over as he walked. He was so preoccupied with what he was doing he didn't notice that he walked right past Jon and Sen, making his way back towards the dorms.


When he was done reading he deleted the text and slid the phone in his pocket, not realizing that he had missed and dropped his phone. He walked off, his phone laying in the middle of the hall.


@SkyGinge @Shura
 
Sen Harper


Sen tucked her stuff under her arms as she walked along side Jon . "I dono. Was thinking about possibly heading back to the dorms and getting a shower." She replied brushing some dried dirt off of her her shirt. "Figured were not running any more obstacle coarse so might be safe to change. Though if I do train later maybe not." She shrugged. "Watching you and Gray train made me think that maybe I should learn how to actually fight instead of just... well flail... and hope I hit... something." She said muttering the last part shyly.


@SkyGinge
 
Jon couldn't help but chuckle at her expression of fighting. "That was pretty much my style of fighting too," he chuckled, "'The Flounder', I call it. Which is why I decided to up the ante and learn to fight properly. Doubt there's many people out there who scream and hide at the sound of something like 'The Flounder.'" He flailed his arms ice as if to emphasise his point, then laughed again. "But yeah, after everything else we've done, I think I'll join you for a shower. Although by that I mean... erm... in separate showers of course, in case I made that sound... eheh..." He tailed off, saving himself from genuine awkwardness by faking melodramatic awkwardness. He cast his eyes down to the floor in mock embarrassment, and that was when he saw it.


Suddenly stopping, he picked up the phone, a curious expression on his face. "Hey, looks like somebody dropped this," he said, holding it up and touching the on button curiously. To his surprise, it was left open, unlocked, but the homepage display of text messages read: 'No messages to display.' He pressed the button again with a shrug, not wanting to rudely scour through somebody's private texts. "Looks like we found the long lost phone of Billy No-mates," he smirked, "Not a single text for him, poor guy. Well, what do we do with this then?" he sighed. He had no idea whose phone it was, but it was right to try and return it.


@Shura


@Alex Phalin
 
<p><a href="<fileStore.core_Attachment>/monthly_2014_09/Brittany_originalcrop.jpg.52650e17e7f0270f02a90302bd28080b.jpg" class="ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image"><img data-fileid="29940" src="<fileStore.core_Attachment>/monthly_2014_09/Brittany_originalcrop.jpg.52650e17e7f0270f02a90302bd28080b.jpg" class="ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed" alt=""></a></p> {{Don't judge too harshly,}} Brittany warned Morgan with a gentle smile in her mental voice. {{Kiara wants to be here, but she is too proud to admit it. I didn't get a chance to really ... commune ... with her, but on the surface, she feels a sense of security and it isn't just from Teru.}}


Brittany removed her headband, reset her hair and placed the headband back on her head. {{She is an interesting case for sure,}} she continued, {{but if you push her too hard, she will run. Morgan, I felt the strength of her talent when she hit me with it and it is formidable. If things are as dire as you and your mother say that they are, then you need to find a way to nurture this girl. If her will is as strong as her talent, there might be nothing that can penetrate those defenses of hers once she's realized her full potential.}}


Brittany shook her head lightly. {{But I'm sure that you know more about her than I,}} she said with a grin and a shrug of her shoulders {{so don't feel a need to listen to my brief, unsolicited, un-professional opinion of a student that I've not officially met or thoroughly scanned.}}


@Shura

 

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Fox hopped to her feet and helped him up, "No use delaying then!" She said,"Lets get back to the dorms and i'll take a look at your wound and we'll see what we can do about em!" She gently grabbed his arm and started walking, purposefully trying to keep weight from his injured side. And just maybe I'll get my hands on some of those fantasy novels he mentioned. She grinned to herself, unashamed by her ulterior motive.


@Alex Phalin
 
Sen Harper


Sen burst into a small fit of giggles as Jon flailed which seems fairly very similar to what she felt like when ever she was trying to fight. Nodding in agreement as the last bit of giggles escaped her. She grinned "yeah it would be hard to find someone afraid of just flailing." She chuckled softly a faint blush colored her cheeks at his slip up, "It's okay I know what you meant." she assured before looking over as Jon picked up the phone. She tilted her head as he pressed buttons a tickle of deja vu in the back of her mind before it clicks. "Oh wait. This is Grays phone."


@SkyGinge
 
Zach stumbled a bit and laughed a little, smiling as she held his arm.


"Alright, alright... No rush." he said with a grin. As they walked he grew comfortable with her arm in his, and he couldn't help it but his face reddened a bit.


"You're in an awfully big rush... What's the hurry?"


@theunderwolf
 
"Gray's, you say?" Jon asked, still smiling at the aftermath of her giggles. Their raw spontaneity hadn't gone unnoticed by him, and he felt his heart warm up a little at how much he was making her laugh. After all, that was what he lived for, and the laughs of someone shy like Sen were more precious to him than most other things. That it just so happened to be his crush laughing took things to another level entirely. And had she blushed when he mentioned the showering? You're like an excitable puppy, he scolded himself, without successfully stopping his grin. So this is how all those thirteen year old lovers feel.


Still, it was Gray's phone. Pretty conveniently dropped near us, Jon mused, wondering if was another potential trick to steal her attention. "I wonder why he chooses to delete his texts," Jon speculated, before shrugging and handing the phone over to Sen. "Well, if we're both heading up for showers, why don't we give it to him on our way up? I've got extra ability tutoring pretty soon though so I won't stick around. Sorry to leave you hanging." They reached the lift and Jon pressed the button for floor 5, beginning their gentle ascent.


@Shura
 
Fox emboldened by his question turned and grinned while keeping her semi-quick pace, "I'm really curious about those novels you've talked about!" she declared brightly, "Plus um y'know, your health and well being. You should really be a little more careful with a wound like that Zach." She finished a little more scoldingly. Her smile came bursting right back out though.


@Alex Phalin
 
Zach smirked, watching her.


"Don't worry, I'll live." he reassured her with a light laugh. As they made their way up to the dorms he was tempted to slide his hand into hers, but decided against it for now.


Once up at his dorm he opened the door with a sigh, enjoying the air conditioning. He normally kept his room pretty cold, which was how he preferred it. Grabbing the gauze he pulled his shirt off, checking his bandages. There was a dark crimson stain on his side, and he could tell that he was long overdue to change it.


@theunderwolf
 
Sen Harper


Sen nodded slightly "Yeah... it is weird..." She muttered softly, another mystery to add to the pile. Then again he probably deleted them for moments like this. It was a good policy if your use yo loose your phone often. She smiled slightly and accepted the phone putting it in her pocket. "Ah alright. Cool, maybe I should keep training a bit later." She muttered softly. "No worries if anything there's no class tomorrow so we can train a bit then." She offered as they headed towards the dorm.


They went back to the dorms and up to the fifth floor and went there separate ways. Sen made her way to her room to grab a change of clothes before showering. 15 minutes or so later she was mud free. She set her clothes off in a hamper making a mental note to actually do some laundry at some point. She let her hair fall free as oppose to tying it back in a pony tail. She spotted Grays phone on the night stand and remembered she had to give it back. instead of going around the hall she knocked on the door which linked their rooms hoping she wasn't interrupting anything.


@Alex Phalin
 
Gray was deep in concentration, so when he heard the knock he jumped. Due to his reflexes he was able to keep the tension spring from unraveling, and let out a long sigh.


"Just a second." he called out, closing up the bracer for now. He wiped the grease from his hand and opened the door connecting their rooms, smiling a bit when he saw her.


"Hey. How's your head?" he asked, noticing that she was starting to overexert herself earlier.


@Shura
 
Sen Harper


"Hey, yeah its gone away pretty much." Sen smiled slightly noticing the new smudges of grease. She glanced past him spotting metal bits and pieces once more scattered every where and rationalized that he was most likely working on his project again. "Sorry if I interrupted your work on your gauntlet." She said reaching into her pocket a pulled out the phone. "You dropped this earlier, figured you might want it back in case you were worried." She said offering it to the him.


@Alex Phalin
 
Gray waved it off and smiled.


"I don't mind the interruption." he said with a little grin, though his smile vanished when she pulled out his phone. He quickly checked his pockets and cursed under his breath, his face going white.


"Where did you find this?" he asked, grabbing the phone quickly. He had to quickly compose himself and force a smile, realizing that he was close to snapping at her.


"Thank you so much. This is really my only line to my family, if I lost this permanently I'd be screwed." he said with a forced laugh, sliding the phone back in his pocket.


"Plus it has my music on it. Thank you."


@Shura
 
Sen Harper


Sen blinked noticing the rapid fluctuation of moods Gray went though when he saw that he looked, once again, fairly angry. She just wasn't sure if he was angry at himself or at her. Still she kept her own expression fairly neutral compared to the myriad of expressions that played along Graysons face. "Yeah you dropped it when you were in the admin building. You walked right by Jon and me when it fell. I figured you wouldn't want to loose it." She muttered softly. "It didn't go off or anything so at least you didn't miss any calls or anything."


@Alex Phalin
 
Gray smiled warmly and gave her a sudden hug.


"I really appreciate it... You're my guardian angel." he said with a light laugh, back to his normal self.


"Really, I owe you a big favor. I need to put a chain on it or something." he said, before blushing a bit and letting go of her.


"Uh, so... Yeah. What are you doing right now? You busy?"


@Shura
 
"Oh look at that," Fox said chidingly," You really need to change it more regularly." She sighed and easily untied the bandages. "Well the good news is that its healing pretty well by the looks of it." She pulled out some of her salve and gave the cut a once over with it before tying on the bandages silently. She blushed a little every time her hand brushed against his bare skin. He is fit, she thought and giggled a little under her breath. Unfortunately she finished dressing his wound and tied the bandages. "Can I see your books now?" She asked brightly.


@Alex Phalin
 
"I know, I'm bad about it... What's so funny?" he asked, hearing her faint giggle. He could see the blush on her cheeks and narrowed his eye knowingly, a tiny little smile on his lips.


"Oh, right, the books." he said, checking the bandages for a moment. She did a fantastic job, as usual. His cheeks flushed a bit as he moved over to his bookcase, thumbing through the huge amount of books there. It was obvious that he was an avid reader.


"Um, well... Lord of the Rings is fantastic, if a little dry... I could also let you borrow the Dragon Riders of Pern if you want. That one's fantastic. Really, you can borrow whatever you'd like."


@theunderwolf
 
Sen Harper


Sen tensed slightly not really expecting the sudden hug. Normally she would have kept a phone if she found it but knowing who the phone belonged too made it difficult keep. It was much easier to keep stolen goods when you don't know who they belonged to that much could be said. Still even though she returned it the last thing she expected a hug and to be called some kind of angel. "Uh... no... problem." She muttered quietly "It really was nothing..." she muttered softly "A chain would be a good idea though." she smiled slightly brushing some of her damp hair back from her face. "I'm not doing much really just relaxing..." she shrugged slightly


@Alex Phalin
 
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