Tension Rising - Main thread [Fight or Flight]

Penny


Penny stared at her food with a forced restraint present in her eyes. Her entire being wanted to gobble the whole thing down with speed, but she knew that would only increase the Hunger's influence. Taking her time, Penny slowly started picking up each individual piece of fried chicken and threw it into her mouth. As she was slowly eating her meal, Penny took the time to think back to the beach and the situation that had almost come of it. Due to her protectiveness over her friend, she had accidentally started slipping closer and closer into Hunger territory. That wouldn't have been good for anyone, and would have made more problems than even she probably knew of. Penny was just glad that she was able to calm herself. The thought of attacking someone again made her gut almost literally bubble from the repulsive feelings that came with it.


Penny shook her head of the thoughts, her gut actually bubbling and ruining the meal, before beginning to spoon the mash potatoes on her plate into her mouth. Her acid level had decreased again, and Penny hoped that the decreased level would stop any unfortunate spoon killings. However, as the handle of her spoon suddenly felt a lot less heavy, and was able to move easier, Penny groaned and just shoved the entire thing into her throat, her acid level raising just enough to cleanse her of the remaining scrap metal and food. Penny sighed as she got up from the table she was at and went to get another spoon, or maybe five more...
 
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Nikolas


Nikolas had been lucky, most of his vital organs had been missed, though now he was going to have two nasty scars where the swords had entered his body, though at the moment his entire lower torso had been wrapped up. Lying in the infirmary bed was something Nikolas not accustomed to and it was almost as bad as getting stabbed the first time. As much as Nikolas wanted to feel better and get out of bed the shooting pain was too much. He had refused to take any sort of pain medication and as much as the staff wanted to argue with him they knew he could always teleport back to the bed in his room, so they let him suffer in silence. Nikolas was not a fan of any sort of medication and he did need to get a higher pain threshold.


Hayden


Hayden's left shoulder hurt immensely even with the pain killers and the sling. Pulling the barbed bolt out of raging werewolf was nothing sort of life threatening but once it was out they managed to heal it up, unfortunately the damaged muscle was going to take a few days longer to heal unlike the rest of his shoulder. His left arm being in a sling bothered him to no end, not to mention the danger of transforming over the next few days, he had been lucky the wound did not get much worse as he was transforming back to human form but he had to deal with his reckless now. He made his way to the cafeteria, he was hungry and he needed food as soon as possible.
 
Sen & Gray

Sen got back to the school feeling tired, with the adrenalin wearing off she felt exhausted. She was glade she wasn't injured but knew it was only a minor victory. When the buss arrived back at the school Sen didn't see any sign of Gray which worried her. She managed to see a flash of him before the buses too off so she knew he made it back with everyone else but now he was just gone. She had a sinking feeling that she might have said something to strike a cord in him.


She made her way up to the doors and dropped her belongings on the ground. Some stuff spilled out including one of the Grays throwing knives she had picked up before leaving. She found it near her stuff when she went to collect it and figured it might have fallen out. Grabbing a change of clothing she made her way to the showers.


A fairly long shower later sen managed to get most of the sand off of her and out of her hair. she knew there was still bits and pieces tangled in her hair but they would fall out in time. She brushed through her hair for possibly the hundredth time untangling it and getting it back into some form of order before braiding it back. She spotted the knife near the rest of her belongings and gnawed on her bottom lip. She knew he was probably not happy with her but wanted to give the knife back in case he realized it was missing.


She picked up the knife carefully turning it over in her hand wondering how the hell he could even throw it correctly. Any time she tried throwing something it would miss or turn awkwardly bouncing off her intended target. Yet another thing she would have to work on. The more attacks were made on the school the more she realized that for as much training as she did there was no way she could contend with a Rouge. The cultist didn't have any powers, so fighting them just wasn't fair on some level. Meanwhile the fight with Tox was decent but the only reason she even survived was because of Zack's help and Johns intervention.


Sen glanced over to her bag spying the bracer poking out from her clothing and just shook her head. She came to the school to learn how to use her powers in the first place... now she wasn't sure she would get the chance to get any stronger.


Pushing the thoughts a side for later she shuffled over to the connecting door between her room and Grays. Starting at a moment she debated whether or not to even knock. She glanced down at the knife before reaching up and hesitantly knocking on it to the point it was barely audible.


Gray was sitting in his room, staring intently at his phone. He had enjoyed a rather... heated conversation, and because of that he was in a pretty foul mood. The text messages he received afterwards weren't that inspiring either.


He jumped when he heard the knock and looked up at the door. He sighed a bit and stood, opening the door with a little smile.


"Hey, Sen. What's up?" he asked, tilting his head a little. Her hair looked wet, and he assumed that she had a shower.


"C'mon in. I made up some hot chocolate earlier, if you want some." he said, moving back over to his phone. With a practiced motion he cleared the information on it, and sat it back down on his desk.


Sen was relived to see he wasn't fuming mad anymore but at the same time he still seemed... tense? Perhaps it was her paranoia kicking in again but she was still in a fairly pessimistic mind set. "uh... no it's okay. I found this on the beach." She spoke up softly holding up the dagger before putting it on the desk neatly lined up with the rest of them. "I found it near the rest of my stuff after the fight..."


Gray took the knife and smiled. "Wow, good eye... Thanks, I didn't even know I dropped it..." he said with a grin. After watching her for a moment he rested a hand on her shoulder lightly, his head tilting a bit.


"You okay? You seem tense. Is something the matter?" he asked.


"Is it about the fight today?"


Sen tensed slightly when she felt his hand on her shoulder but managed to relax. She looked up to Gray with silvery observant eyes studying him a second. "No... somewhat... just... tired really." She muttered brushing the hair from her face. "That and just kinda doing a bit of thinking about what happened on the beach..."


His eyes met hers with the usual mystery they held, a tiny smile on his face.


"Oh? What do you mean?" he asked, moving over to sit on the bed. He left enough room for her to sit next to him, if she wanted.


"About the fight? Or why that rogue decided to attack us?"


Sen leaned back against the wall beside the desk and shrugged slightly "Both I guess. The principal said there would be more... that's the whole reason we're training. To at least be able to defend ourselves. Still can't help but feel its kind of pointless though."


"Well..." he started, scratching his head.


"These attacks are happening with surprising frequency. It's only natural to feel helpless when we hardly get any time to do real training." he said with a shrug.


"The thing is, the school's trying to do a very generalized training regimen. It's not like we're going to be stronger as individuals just doing shit that non-metas can do. That's why I'm glad I got all the training I did. I don't have to rely on the school's shoddy training to be safe." After a few moments he sighed deeply.


"Then again, I also come off as kind of an asshole by saying that. I just don't think this school has its priorities straight."


Sen quirked a brow slightly at Grays rant. He had a point... the schools method of teaching was mean for something long term emergency training. The graduates who had returned were very strong and could stand up no problem to the other Metas... but they had three or more years of training already. Though something did strike her as odd. "Then why are you here?" She questioned. He had his training already, it showed in how he fighting and handled the challenges.


Gray's smile faded a little at the question, and he just shrugged a bit. "I guess because Father was tired of me being bored around the house. He sent me here so I'd have something to do, and maybe make some friends." he said with a little chuckle.


"I've made friends, there's just not a whole lot this school can teach me. At least from what I've seen so far."


"Okay..." She muttered softly doubting his words slightly. There was a lot the school could teach him, just nothing he would probably find useful. Whether by choice or just not knowing about it he always questioned the purpose everything that wasn't training. "Well...that's great for you." The rest of us are kind of screwed though.... she added mentally


Gray tilted his head at her words, frowning slightly.


"Well... I'm more than happy to teach you. Hell, I'd run my own classes if I were allowed to teach. As it sits now, our only real choice is to train each other." he explained with a small sigh. He could tell that she was irritated with him, though he wasn't sure why. "If I've said anything to annoy you... I'm sorry."


"I'm guessing that's what the graduates are for..." she muttered with a soft sigh before sliding her hands in the pocket of her hoody. She honestly looked more tired and discouraged than anything. "No you haven't really done anything... Honestly I thought I said something to annoy you earlier." She muttered .


"I understand... You didn't say anything to annoy me, exactly. It was everyone's attitudes on the subjects." he said with a small shrug.


"I mean, who are we to say we're 'good guys' and they're 'bad guys'? Just because they attack the school? Everyone has their own view on things, so it's a little unfair to trivialize that by making jokes about a 'League of Villians'." he said with a little sigh, leaning forward on his knees.


"Then again, I might be crazy... Father always taught me there's two sides to every story. If you only want to listen to your own, then you're doing something wrong."


Sen looked off else where knowing she had said something stupid. "I guess... I just brought it up cause it crossed my mind." She shrugged. "Good and bad is kind of irrelevant. There are those who want to want to live normal lives and there are those who want to fuck everything else over. Happens on a daily basis on scales small and and big, human and meta. Nothing new." She muttered softly. "Regardless of how many systems we put in place or hoe we try to make things even everything boils down to survival and the methods you use to get there."


Gray listened to her speak, a curious light flashing in his odd, pupil-less eyes.


"Really now... That's an awfully mature way to think about it." he said, his voice shifting tone.


"So, you're not one of those 'read too many comic books when they were younger' types? Awfully hard to find someone like that, at least in our age group. Tell me something, do you believe that an individual should be punished for the sins of a group?"


Finally, someone he could have an intelligent conversation with and not be judged... It was like a dream for him.


Sen looked over seeing a shift in Gray but it wasn't anger or irritation. "I read them... it's fun to think about living in that kinda place but kind of hard to believe in that kind of three when you live in the city slums." She tilted her head slightly at his question "One person taking the blame for everyone else? No, not unless they want to be a marter or something..."


Gray rested his cheek in his hand, his head tilted with curiosity as he watched her. His eyes never wavered, huge and teal, and he only occasionally blinked. It was a look of fascination that people rarely ever saw.


"I see... You used to live in the slums? Were you homeless?" he asked her, his voice a gentle one. He knew it would probably be a sensitive subject, so he tried to step lightly.


Sen mentally cursed for letting her home life slip, it wasn't something she liked talking about but it did explain while she really did have a neutral view on things. "No, I had a home. Decent apartment, parents never home, also nothing to do." She shrugged. "I just spent a lot of my time on the streets... any kind of picture childish innocence kind shatters pretty fast when there gangs running around and Girls dressed to.. entertain on every corner."


"That certainly explains things..." he said, his voice friendly and light.


"You've seen good and bad, and what people will do if they're desperate... You probably know it better than anyone else. So why stick around a place like this?" he asked, leaning a little further forward.


"There's plenty of other options. Survival would dictate that staying in a school that seems to have a huge target painted on it's roof would be a bad idea."


Sen quirked a brow slightly at the question, "Cause it was either go here or get sent to juvi..." she replied. "Besides where else am I supposed to go? At least here it's somewhat safe. I can learn how to use my abilities better and there are other who are are leaps and bounds ahead of anything I can accomplish any time soon. When everything hits the fan the strongest are targeted first. We either win or the tide start to turn and... well its easy to disappear in the middle of a fight." She said knowing she probably sounded fairly callous in her ideals. "I mean when it comes down to it... I would much rather try and get out alive preferably with those who can trust to watch your back... but if you have to do it on your own then that's how it goes."


Gray smiled, the corners of his lips stretching a little further than normal.


"I like the way you think. I knew you were smart, I never expected you to be prudent as well. I just assumed everyone here would have a hero complex." he said with a little laugh, patting the bed next to him for her to sit down.


"Sit. Your legs must be killing you." he said, scooting over a bit.


"You know, there are other options... I mean, what would they do to you in Juvi? Put you in a room with metal bars? Most prisons aren't equipped to handle Metas, that's why they're normally sent to places like this."


Sen smiled slightly and shrugged "I know I'm not much of a hero... Helping a friend and going out of your way to save people are two different things." She muttered before going over and sitting back on the bed. Surprised for once there wasn't a tone of scraps on it. She quirked a brow "Bad enough living in the slums, worse if your trying to avoid cops. They are everywhere." she shook her head. "Besides... I heard about this place and figured it was better than my old school. Room and board, decent food and you don't have to hide your powers. Jail might not be equip to handle all metas but all I can do is bend metal... you put me in an all concrete room and I'm screwed."


"There's always a way out..." he said with a little smile, regarding her remark about concrete.


"All concrete needs steel rebar to help it keep its shape. Otherwise it would just crumble away. It's funny..." he looked over at her for a moment.


"It's a lot like how our society is now. Huge, strong walls, seemingly unbreakable... Yet held together by impossibly thin supports. All it would take is one little tweak, and it all comes crashing down. I don't know about you, but I certainly wouldn't mind being the one doing the tweaking. Our world needs a change... Even though metas have been around for a while, society just can't seem to keep up. So they build places like this." he said, laying back on his bed.


"Don't get me wrong, the school is awesome. Great food, and they're certainly trying with teaching... Plus, for people in your situation, it's better than sleeping on the street or in a cell. Still, I can't shake this feeling like those little steel bars are gonna get tweaked soon, and I certainly don't want to be under the wall when it falls."


"Yeah... but some walls are too thick." She muttered before looking back to Gray as he flopped back on the bed. In the back of her mind she started to see the similarities between him and another paranoid girl but he seemed to have a much less extreme view on it. "There's always someone trying to tweak things to fit them. Take away from one group to provide from another. Shuffling laws and resources around to try and fit their interests. In the end threads are kinked and fucked up being pulling in seven different directions and no one wins." She sighed


"It's only a matter of time before something snaps, things are always so tense out there... someone I knew once went to some state in the south were things were in a borderline war zone. Metas and Normals fighting, neither of the winning." She scoffed. "Fucking stupid." she grumbled "Places like this town... close to everyone is a Meta... everything works just fine hell Nikolas would have probably died if treated by normal standards but He was patched up and ready to go back home in an hour. I swear people should just got their separate ways and be done with it. If they don't want us around then just split the damn country down the middle metas stay on on side normal's on the other. Make two nations, don't fuck with each other and be done with it. People have enough crap to deal with on a daily life to have to deal with some BS governmental war of rights and acceptance. It's not like it's the first time there has been racism... sure things got better but it's never completely resolved. There are always those narrow minded idiots who think they're right and the solution was a cop out." Sen ranted a bit bitterly. "It's like... watching two gangs get into some pissing match over territory... no one wins. Streets are wrecked, people not even involved in the fight end up getting hurt anyway and everyone's miserable in the end even the so called winners."


She glanced over to Gray realizing she was ranting. "Sorry... just... tired of this whole us vs them thing. People in power and the ones trying to push their point are so focused on being right or achieving some kind of ideal state they don't even realize their just fucking everything up more." She looked off.


Gray listened with a raptured fascination, his eyes never wavering from hers. It would almost be unsettling, if she wasn't already used to his odd eyes.


"I see... You have a very good point. I agree, we should just split the humans and metas and be done with it. Otherwise, there's going to be nothing but hatred and distrust at best, and bloodshed at worst." he said with a smile.


"This may be a bit biased of a question to ask, seeing as you've been hurt by them... What do you think of the Rogues?"


Sen smiled slightly when Gray agreed with her. Then again most probably wanted the same thing, to end all the conflict already. "Rogues? They should calm down and stop making such a scene. If you going to use your power for crime then don't get caught. Then there the ones of questionable sanity... I mean... The professors here are kind of bat shut as well but at least they aren't going around killing people. All they're doing is giving. The people who hate us what they want. More proof they all met as are dangerous."


"Maybe they're just causing a ruckus because they see the school as a threat?" he offered with a shrug.


"That would be my guess anyways... A lot of people at this school are the types to develop hero complexes, and a lot of the things the rogues do might be considered 'evil' in their eyes. I suppose it's only natural to want to strike first to avoid any further conflict. As for the ones who are obviously unstable, like Seth..." he said, sighing a bit.


"Powers will sometimes have that effect on people, especially those with pre-existing mental conditions. The guy was probably crazy before his powers ever showed up."


Sen stared at Gray a moment before nodding. "Yeah maybe... " She muttered agreeing with the mental instability part. Seth didn't seem to sane to be gone with. "If rogues are attacking just cause we're being taught how to not wreck shut and be responsible with our powers they're either stupid or petty. I mean... Most of us come from places where we have hid our powers and can't learn about them. Even the mental unstable. If someone wants to be a hero it's in then it's their choice but no one here is saying we have to fight. Only to defend ourselves. "


"There may be other reasons why they're attacking... I mean, how well do we know the administration here? I don't want to sound paranoid, but as far as we know, Iren could be grooming us for world domination and we don't even know it." he said with a little shrug.


"By the way, you were talking about being sent to Juvi earlier. What for?"


"I dono..." Sen shrugged slightly not really having much of an answer, it honestly sounded like more paranoid theories. She sighed softly before looking off. "Ended up pick pocketing an off duty cop."


Gray couldn't help but laugh at that. "Wow... I'm sorry you got caught. You're a pretty good pickpocket, I'm surprised he even noticed." he said with a little grin. "Picking up spare change, I take it?"


He couldn't help but smile at her. He could understand her struggles, and knowing that she was comfortable enough with him to tell him meant a lot.


Sen was very tempted to punch for laughing and was about to but let it slide, this time. "I think he was a Meta or something... I ran through six allies jumped two fences and ducked into a werehouse. He still found where I lived." She grumbled under her breath. She let out a heavy sigh "Yeah you can get a decent haul, people are always so distracted. Made $50 once. When my powers showed up things got a lot easier..."


He nodded, tilting his head a bit. "I see... I'm sorry if my laughing made you mad. I just thought it was kinda interesting. I was arrested once, so I know what it's like." he said with a reassuring smile.


"At least you're here now, not stuck in a prison somewhere."


Sen looked over and nodded slightly "Yeah... it beats sitting in some cell..." She muttered softly "What were you arrested for?" She questioned curious as to what he could have done


Gray seemed to subdue a bit, sighing a little.


"Well, it's only fair..." he said, scratching his head.


"Assault and attempted manslaughter. I got in a fight at my old school, and I kinda lost control. I just ended up tearing the other guy up." he said with a little shrug.


"That was back when my temper was much worse than it is now."


Sen blinked a few times before shaking her head. "Well... at least you didn't actually kill him." She muttered remembering how Zach had told her how he lost control and killed several people. Everyone had their breaking point, it didn't help that he actually knew how to fight.


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Gray seemed unconvinced, but forced a small smile anyways. "Yeah, I guess..." he said quietly. Shaking his head for a moment, he looked down at the floor. "Hey, wanna get something to eat? I'm starving." he chuckled a bit, now seeming to have issues with looking her in the eye.


"Unless you just wanted to stay here. I don't know."


Sighing deeply he shrugged, finally looking over at her.


"I... I really hope that you don't think less of me for the mistakes I've made."


@Shura
 
Sen looked over to Gray seeing how much he was avoiding eye contact and realized he was probably feeling a shamed much like she had with Jon the first day. She forced a small smile "Yeah... I'm starving as well." She said getting up from the bed honestly feeling starved, she hadn't eaten anything since earlier that morning. She looked over to Gray. "I don't think any less of you, Gray." She replied honestly.


"You snapped... it happens. I mean... there are other who have done the same. Besides after today..." She paused a second. "I'm pretty sure the people I fired the bolts back at aren't exactly alive or int good condition at the moment." She muttered realizing she had probably killed several people, then again she didn't exactly feel bad about it. "And going forward it's probably not gonna get any better." She shrugged slightly.


@Alex Phalin
 
"You don't know how happy it makes me, hearing you say that." he said with a warm smile, standing up with her. Stretching a bit he sighed and made his way towards his door.


"Hey, after what happened today... I guess I.." he paused, sighing. "What I'm trying to get at, is if we keep getting attacked, some of us might not make it. You wanna go out on a date some time? I'd love to take you out somewhere." his voice cracked a bit, and he stared at the ground. It was obvious he had no idea how to ask someone out.


@Shura
 
Sen smiled slightly and made her way out of the room as well glad the awkwardness was over until she Gray spoke up again. She looked over to him as he asked his question and stared at him blankly for a moment. Was he asking her out? Why? what? "Uh...." She muttered not really sure how to reply. "Gray... I'm... kind of not looking for a relationship or anything... well more than a friend...." she muttered rubbing the back of her neck.


Part of her was scared of things now becoming much more awkward between them. She liked having Gray as a friend but dating? Now? "Sorry... I just... not good with that kind of stuff and don't have a good history in terms of relationships. Plus your a good friend I don't want thing... to well get ruined..." She rambled tripping over her words slightly.
 
Gray sighed a bit, watching her for a few moments. He just chuckled and waved it off, acting nonchalant.


"Well, a date doesn't mean we have to get together. I just wanted to take you out somewhere nice as a thank-you." he said quickly, laughing a bit.


"I don't have the best track record either. Hell, I don't have a track record. If you're not up for it, I understand." he smiled warmly. Something in his eyes said he wasn't okay with it, but he wasn't going to mess up their friendship just because he wanted to throw a tantrum. At least he knew that Jon had the same chances as he did, so there was that.


@Shura
 
Ezekiel





He finished up his plate, he was fairly certain after three fried chicken legs maybe one or two large scoops of mac and cheese, his caloric needs had been fulfilled for the day. Though he didn't feel like going into a food coma, he still wasn't exactly tired. He looked around the room, there were a few familiar faces, still a vast majority of the people there were...well unknown. Still a newbie among a sea of strange faces. He did notice someone in particular, with a whole lot of food on her plate. He waved trying to get her attention "Penny. Over here!"


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Sen sighed knowing things are just going to be awkward for a while. "I'm still getting used to friends so... yeah." She muttered softly not really meeting his eyes knowing he was hiding how he really felt. "Sorry..." She added "But yeah lets get some food.." She said opening the door out to the hall wanting to change the subject and move past it already. She shoved her hands in her pocket falling quiet as they went down the hall and took the elevator down to the first floor.
 
Gray smiled widely, shaking his head. "Don't be sorry. We're still friends, and I'm happy that we can share that. Hell, I'm not going to push for anything you're not comfortable with, you've been through too much already." he said, resting his hand lightly on her shoulder for a moment.


"Think nothing of it. At least for me, nothing's changed. I'm just glad you're willing to be my friend after a question like that." He followed her to the elevator and smiled warmly.


"Hey, you were talking about learning how to fight earlier? I could teach you some basic hand to hand combat, if you want. Maybe after lunch?"


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Penny


Penny leaned up from heavy amount of food and looked at where sound had called out from. Her eyes split with curiosity over the possessor of the voice and the taste of the particularly juicy looking chicken leg, Penny looked across the cafeteria and tried not to accidentally burn the table with her acid. Penny was about to put her head back down into the mound of food she had went back for after finishing her earlier measly amount of food, when she spotted a familiar figure, "Zeek!" Penny called out surprises, and her cheeks turned dark as she realized how loudly she had proclaimed the name. Penny looked at her food and then Zeek and suddenly felt like she was in the middle of a rock and tough place...or at least, she thinks that how that goes.


Nodding to her head, Penny had her slime heavily condense in the regions making up her arms, her powers always seemed to be more controllable with the promise of food, and she picked up the entire tray of food, before taking careful steps over to where Zeek was, not wanting to spill any precious food, and sat down, smiling shyly at the boy who had proclaimed her his friend.


@Der Kojote
 
Sen sighed feeling a little relived that thing were still okay between them. "Thanks for understanding." she smiled slightly. The elevator dinged as they reached the ground floor. "Hm? Yeah that would be great. I know one or two critical spot to hit but other than that its more running than anything else." She muttered moving towards the dinning hall. There wasn't a whole lot of people around most were probably in their room resting.


Though she did spot Hayden and the two new students she was talking to earlier. She made her way towards the line actually feeling hungry so getting more than just a piece of fruit or toast. She settled for a sandwich some juice and an orange. She then moved towards the other students. "Hey."





@DamagedGlasses @Der Kojote @Alex Phalin
 
Gray smiled and nodded, following her. "Yeah, what you'll need most is how to avoid getting hit. If you don't present your opponent with a target, they can't attack." he explained, grabbing up an apple as usual. He took a bite as they walked up to the other two, offering a little wave as a hello. His mouth was full, so he couldn't really do much else.


After finishing the bite he sighed a bit. "Hey, you two. Sorry for disappearing so quickly earlier, I didn't get a chance to really talk. You guys new?"


@Shura @Der Kojote @DamagedGlasses
 
Penny


Penny suddenly felt the wave of fear from earlier soak into her again. She pushed it down, knowing that these two were Ok, well, Sen was alright, but she hadn't been able to talk with Gray that much since, as he admitted, he had left rather quickly. Plopping a whole chicken leg into her mouth to calm her nerves, and her stomach, Penny spoke, "H-Hi,um, ye-yeah. I g-got here t-the morn-morning everyone was g-going on the b-beach trip."


She couldn't help, but also feel a small amount of irritation at having the small amount of private time with Zeek being ruined. She felt truly comfortable with him, and that was a virtue in itself.


@Shura @Der Kojote @Alex Phalin
 
Ezekiel


He nodded, "Yeah new transferred in last night, third time I've said this today I think? So far, interesting first day, though your PR department skipped out on the details of: see exotic things, fight exotic things, almost die to exotic things. I was hope this wasn't regular but after the conversation waiting for the bus, well I can tell it really isn't anything new." He leaned back a bit. "Ahh well, just need to be inventive next time something happens. I just hope that it's something more solid we fight next time..."
 
Sen sat across from the two and smiled slightly. "Yeah... not exactly what I expected when I signed up to come here either." She chuckled softly before taking a bite out of her sandwich. She nodded slightly at Zeeks comment. "Honestly I'm with you in that I hope we don't have to fight any more. But yeah someone we could hit would be nice... also someone who doesn't throw lightning or hail the size of soft balls..." she mused before shaking her head. "Issue with fighting other Metas like us is that they could have any power at all.. just.. for all we know they could be able to control our minds..." She muttered with slight shiver hating the thought of there being someone who could manipulate someone mental state.
 
Penny thought about her own powers and raised a green hand, thinking about their conversation. She wondered how well she would do in a fight with her physiology, sine apparently non-hittable foes seemed to be all the rage. She didn't like fighting though, it was time and energy consuming and would only gain her extra time trying to control herself. Smiling slightly, feeling a bit of confidence after throwing two more chicken legs down her mouth, Penny spoke up with a slight smile, "I-I don't thi-think I have much t-to worry abo-about." Penny emphasized her meaning by stretching out the green slime that made up her arm.


@Shura @Der Kojote
 
Gray looked at the green girl and frowned a bit, his pupil-less eyes narrowing slightly.


"As much as I try, I can't seem to figure out what your power is. Aside from having a translucent green body..." he said, taking a bite of his apple. The look he was giving her was one of curiosity and fascination, tempered with no small amount of caution. The way she was eating was suggesting a type of acid, but if that were the case she would have been eating through the floor.


"If you're curious of mine, I basically can move extremely fast. I demonstrated it earlier, at the beach." he said with a little grin.


@Shura @DamagedGlasses @Der Kojote
 
Penny blushed at the attention, her signature dark green hue gracing her face once more, as she thought of what to say. She had actually never been asked this question so bluntly before, so she was at a loss of how to answer. Thinking over what she was about to say, Penny opened her mouth, "W-W-Well, I ha-have slime ph-physiology, and I-I can control t-the slime, wh-which includes things, li-like its acid le-level. Al-Although, doing an-anything makes me hun-hungry."


Penny couldn't help, but think about those men she had ate for sustenance. She tried to forget it, but those screams followed her everywhere! Never letting her escape their revenge from the grave!


@Shura @Alex Phalin @Der Kojote
 
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Indy joined all the others in the meal hall. He got his found and sat at a random table. He was planning to keep to himself at the moment and choose to contemplate what had happen today. There fun in the sun say was ruin by some man who thought he was a god of chaos. He did cause chaos, Sent everyone on the beach into a panic for sure.


Indy mostly worried about him not helping. He control the water itself, Why not help. He only did what he was told and that was run to the buses like a weak coward. Indy sat at the table and ate his meal. It was good, Not better then moms or even grannies but still good or at less to him.


@WHOEVERWANTSTOTALK, YES, IPUTTHEMALLINCAPITALS
 
Zeek nodded, "about the whole mind control comment, "If there was a meta that had mind control either they'd be not awakened, hiding it really well, or doing a really good job of hiding it. Personally I'd prefer to believe one doesn't exist...though to be fair one probably does, and we're going to deal with one." He sighed resting his head on the table. "So...what can someone do to better their powers here? If you are telling me that we're going to be dealing with worse and worse things...probably best to practice up." He suppressed a yawn, "Not today though, right now I'd like to get used to my surroundings, and try and get a good nights rest. All I know is my room, the hall, and the cafeteria. Oh and something about a bunker. You guys mentioned that."
 
Mica wandered into the cafeteria, not entirely sure what he wanted to eat. He grabbed a plate and put some salad on it, as well as a piece of baked chicken. He picked up a water bottle and, looking around, spotted some people he'd yet to talk to. He walked over and sat down next to a young man, who seemed to be discussing the layout of the school, and asking how to better his powers. "Well, hello, I'm Mica. If you'd like a tour of the grounds, I'd be glad to help. As for bettering your powers, it really depends on what they are." He gave a smile and started cutting his chicken.


@Der Kojote
 
Boris Gerasimov





Boris entered the food hall about half an hour after everyone else, and sat down on a random spot. It was a funny story, really, how he managed to totally miss a gigantic fight on a totally flat beach.


Funny to others, at least, not in the least to him. That sandcastle had totally asked for the full complement of the Mannequin's lasers, honest! Now, that incident led to him being brought to the local police, who knew him by reputation, and let him off the hook with a warning when they found out there was a battle going on. Obviously, they displayed competence in not letting the drunk man participate in said fight, even though he had a robotic companion. Truly, a display of brilliance.


So, Boris was somewhat pissed off that he couldn't even join the fight, even if it would have been through proxy, and miss Winford would probably not be very happy about that. Still, he sat down at a table with a bunch of random students and began eating.


@Random students at a single table.
 
Stephan


Stephan pulled up in a parking lot in his his new car. Pulling into a spot big enough he pulled out the keys and headed to a building across the street. It had nothing discerning on it aside from the single eye that read 'psychic readings' underneath it. Stephan stepped into the dimly lit building noting the various 'potions' assorted around the single room with a table in the middle and a counter that had a register on top to the far end of the room. There was a doorway behind the counter that was covered with red drapes. Stephan stepped up to the counter about to ring the bell when I man stepped through with messy jet black hair, dark circles of sleepless nights under his brown eyes as the only thing hiding his boney face was a poorly maintained beard. His clothes were just as bad, he wore a black leather vest with a long sleeved striped shirt alternating black and gray with black dress shoes and black jeans completing his look. Speaking in a dead and flat tone he began to speak to Stephan. "I will not help you. Your business is nothing I wish to be concerned of, we agreed to these terms years ago."


Sighing Stephan stepped forward trying to keep his eye away from the piercings on his eye lids, lips and chin. "I require your assistance now, just a relatively easy question for you to answer." Stephan was careful around this man, he had never taken any side and he served his own purposes. While Stephan had a small idea of what James or Nesth the Vessel, as he preferred to be called, Stephan did not know to what extent he could use his powers. Stephan knew that he could 'communicate' with 'spirits' and that was all he knew of, nothing more. He watched as James's facial expression did not change at all, nor did he express any sort of emotion through his body language. "We had a deal, I will no longer fulfill any of your requests and you will leave me out of your business."


Stephan was ready to scream in frustration. James was incredibly stubborn and once he made a deal he never went back on it. "I just need you to find the location of a person named Tox. Early 20s, Green clothes, there might be more than one of him." There was a long pause as he saw James sit down at one side of the table. Wind grew louder as green wisps flew around the room, wind whistled around him in the room as James began to whisper unintelligibly. Stephan tensed up as James finally opened his eyes again. "We are willing to free you from the contract but there will be a cost." Stephan nodded willing to accept the cost as long as James answered him. "I am willing to pay, I just require the answer to the question." James conversed further as the green wisps mysteriously disappeared for roughly ten minutes as Stephan sat there alone waiting for James's answer. When the green wisps returned to the room James answered the question. "He is on a moving rail car with two others, the others both have an unknown insignia located on their clothes, just as your person wears one around his neck." James stopped talking as the room grew quiet again and the wisps seemingly disappeared. "Now for the payment."


James stood up walking behind Stephan's chair as Stephan tried to twist around to see what was happening. Shortly after feeling a prick at the back of his neck Stephan grew dizzy. Stephan attempted to speak but nothing came out but unintelligible babble. After passing out several minutes later James dragged his body into the backroom.
 
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