Tension Rising - Main thread [Fight or Flight]

Andrew looked at her and smiled, her touch pleasantly light.


"Luckily the only other part of me harmed is my pride." he teased, his eyes meeting hers. He could see the concern in her eyes, and he felt a small flutter in his chest for a moment. He knew that look well, because of his antics she usually was concerned about him. This time was different though, somehow...


"I'm glad to see you didn't get injured yourself." he added quietly, suddenly feeling self-conscious.


---


Zach heard the coughing and looked up, holding his cigarette a little lower. Despite his tough looks, he was usually pretty considerate about making sure his smoke didn't bother anyone. He reached out and shook Zeb's hand with a small smile, though the act caused some of the larger cuts on his arms to ache.


"Zach. Sorry about the smoke." he said. "So, you don't look terribly torn up. You lucked out." he chuckled a bit.


"I don't recall if we've met before or not. Is this your first year?"


@The Out Of World @Shura
 
Zebediah smiled, which was rare for his normally unmoving face. "Yes, this is my first year here. I was there when the Leprechaun-looking clones attacked the gym. I may not have gotten stabbed or cut, but I think I had an aneurysm at some point during the fight. I got better, though, thanks to some Pentazemin. So, do you have any interests to discuss? Hobbies? Music?"


@Alex Phalin
 
Last edited by a moderator:
Glaedwyn laughed. "I wasn't stabbed, though I'm going to be really sore on my left side for a while, and I'm gonna have a nice scar on my neck. Otherwise, I'm going to be perfectly fine. I would suggest getting a cat. The purring is very therapeutic, it helps heal wounds faster, increases bone strength, and helps with headaches and other ailments. It's also good for muscle relaxation and sleep." Glaedwyn smiled at her.


@Shura
 
Jon looked around his general vacinity. At another bench, Sen was still sat, although now she had been joined by the boy who had had the outburst at Kiara earlier. They both seemed to be calm from what he could tell, but he didn't do much more than simply glance over at them for the sake of not being rude. I suppose they share similar viewpoints when it comes to our new local celebrity couple, he thought. At any rate, he was glad that they had both calmed down, and had no intention of barging in on them.


Also nearby was a thin cloud of cigerette smoke, and Jon was immediately thankful that what little wind there was was not directed in his direction. Stood in the middle of it was Zeb (who seemed to get about everywhere, he thought) and the smoker, an older, fairly rugged boy with an eyepatch. Jon really wasn't a fan of smokers amd smoking in general, and that and the fact his legs had begun to hurt more was excuse enough not to go over and introduce himself. Still, after his debate with Kiara he reminded himself that it wasn't healthy to judge based on appearences. After all, he had clearly had something bad happen to him to take out his eye.


Still finding himself oddly alone, Jon noticed that Emily too was sat on a nearby bench. She seemed a little calmer than before, actually, and she wore big, chunky headphones. She was sat in her regular seme-self concious state dressed in jeans and a simple t-shirt, her unique and intriguing red-brown hair straight and shoulder-length as always. He wondered what she had been up. Evidently she wasn't injured, which relieved Jon a bit.


@The Out Of World


@Alex Phalin


@King Of Imagination


@Anybody in the courtyard, both mentioned characters (Emily and Jon) are available for interaction.
 
Morgan Winford


She smiled slightly. "Yeah... but I was at a significantly lower chance of getting hurt." she shrugged. "I'm still glad that things worked out... for the most part and I'm glad you weren't hurt any more." She she put an arm around his shoulder as well in some kind of awkward side hug. She would have hugged him fully but had a feeling that he was lying about not being injured further.


@Alex Phalin


Sen Harper


"It's good you didn't get hurt any worse though." Sen tilted her head slightly in interest at the comment about the cat. "Thats really cool... I never had a cat before, mostly just fed ones in the alleys by my house. I will say that they are a hell of a lot easier to manage than dogs though. Dogs tend to be way too hyper for me at least." She replied, It seemed there were a lot of interesting people around campus.


@King Of Imagination
 
Andrew smiled warmly at that. At least, until she hugged him around the shoulder. He winced a bit at that, chuckling slightly.


"Okay, I also might have dislocated my arm by tackling a giant ice boulder that was flying at the students. That one was my fault, though." he admitted with a little grin. Returning the hug he smiled, looking out at the students.


"I wonder how many of them are going to leave..."


---


Zach blinked, a little caught off-guard by the sudden wondering about hobbies.


"Well, I play guitar, been playing for about ten years or so. Used to be in a metal band, before I was sent here." he said, taking a drag off his cigarette. He blew the smoke off to the side and away from Zeb, trying to be courteous.


"When things go back to what passes for normal around here, you'll probably hear me playing. I like to entertain the rest of the floor, whether they like it or not." he joked with a small smirk.


"What about you?"


@The Out Of World @Shura
 
"Heh, I used to play violin, but I haven't practiced in years. I'm a bit of a fan of metal and rock from before the 90s. The idea of having some original music to hear is quite entertaining, I look forward to it. If you don't mind me asking, what was the name of your band?" Zebediah tilted his head to the side curiously.


@Alex Phalin
 
Morgan Winford


She knew it, he was hiding other injuries, but she didn't scold him. Morgan new Andrew would do almost anything to make sure the students were safe. "I figured you were hiding something." she smirked slightly then gazed out at the rest of the students. "I don't know... I hope not many." she sighed. "I know many aren't exactly reassured after what happened yesterday but its probably safer here than if they went home. I don't know the full extent of the Rogue issues but I know its getting bad."


@Alex Phalin
 
"It may be a good idea to send some of the teachers out to scout around. It's likely that there might be more rouges in the area." Andrew suggested. He smiled a bit at her comment about his injuries.


"You know I don't like worrying you. You've got enough stress to deal with, you don't have to fret over my well-being." he teased with a little smile. It was odd... He had known her for years now, and there was always this place in his heart for her. Most of the time he saw her more as a close friend, but times like this, when they could find time to speak privately, he always felt a little light-headed and happy.


"Don't worry too much about me. I'm not planning on going anywhere."


---


Zach smirked a bit. "Pre-90's? You may not enjoy too much of what I play." he said with a little chuckle.


"My band was called the Mourning Report. We usually alternated between Melodic Death Metal and Power Metal. The only reason we did Power Metal is I was actually able to play the solos."


He thought for a minute and took another drag from his smoke.


"Violin, huh? You'd fit right in with a Pagan Metal band with something like that. You should pick it up again, it's a great instrument to know."


@The Out Of World @Shura
 
Kojiro

Kojiro, now having the urge to punch things, or people, looked around for something to do. The gym was an utter chaos of debris and it looked like clearing it would take a while. Unless...


Kojiro went to where the builders where. He didn't even bother attempt stepping over debris in the way to them, simply stepping on it and crushing it instead.


"Ya look like ye need help with this. What can I do?"


"...I suppose you can help us clear up. This whole building is a mess and needs taking down, but the demolition crane still hasn't arrived on site yet."


"Tell them to go back home with it, it ain't gonna be necessary."


Kojiro cracked his knuckles while the builder looked confused.


"Oookay...hey Bob? Apparently we don't need the demo crane. This guy says we won't need it."


Kojiro had a large grin on him as he walked to the wall, stretching his arm. It had been a while Kojiro had knocked down a school building, the nostalgia was already building.


"GET OUTTA MA SCHOOL!" Kojiro screamed joyfully as he punched with a large exaggerated windup into a wall of the gym, directly into the beam. A large crater, no, shockwave occurred across the wall, large cracks spreading to all the corners of the wall.


He then flicked it lightly with his finger, as though now taking the piss.


With it so brittle with all the cracks, the flick sent the wall tumbling down into a pile on the floor.


"OH YEAH!" Kojiro screamed as he then continued breaking up all the rubble, having fun with it by stomping, punching or throwing it in the air and kicking it to dust or crushing them together. Other rocks he headbutted to oblivion.


One he jumped on landing with his crotch and broke the rock into rubble, then another he shattered to dust by slamming his fist down.


He was breaking very hard rock at an alarming pace and Kojiro savoured every moment of it.


The builders on the other hand stared in horror at the sheer power of the man. As for the students, well, that was up to their judgement.


Sent from my stone tablet using Tapatalk because I used a Tardis.
 
***

​



Morgan Winford


"It's something we've considered but we need people here its not possible. But Stephan has several graduate student teams out going to investigate." Morgan explained "There are still a few graduate students who have yet to arrive. There might not be a whole lot we can do out there but we can at least make sure nothing like yesterday happens again." She added her words taking on a much more determined tone.


@Alex Phalin
 
Training and practice? The only training and practice she needed was actual, physical action. Nothing beats fist on face activity. She had to, however, concede that Iren was at least right in that she can't really do anything at this moment. Her shoulders slumped forwards slightly and she exuded a defeated sigh. "Alright, Miss. I'll get to that. Catch you on the flipside, Miss Iren." Julian jogged backwards, waving, before turning and started off towards the main office.


--------


The keycard analyser beeped and the door unlocked. Julian shut the door behind her and threw her bag onto the bed, and then herself. Her eyes studied the walls, then travelled down to the decor of the room. It was barely changed from when she left. At least they bothered to clean it when she wasn't here. There was dust settling, but at least it wasn't a thick layer, and it beat the stupid recliner that she had to be lying on for hours on end in that dumb office. With the recent announcement that the classes for the day would be cancelled, Julian figured that this day would be another uneventful one. She wondered, out of curiousity, if that guy, Kojiro, was that his name?, had returned to the school. Last she heard of him was that he graduated, but man, he did pack a huge punch. Just thinking about that heavy blow was more than enough to get her pulse rising. She wanted more of this in the school. She wanted something or someone that could impress.


Julian sat up and unzipped her bag, pulling out a laptop and its charger. She supposed that if Kojiro wasn't around for her to play around with, she would just fall back on plan B. She snapped on the charger to the nearest port, flipped on her laptop and went straight to the emulator at the side bar. She dug around in her pockets and produced a pair of earpieces, which were promptly jacked in to the computer and into her ears.


She settled for Gods Eater.





@PicaPirate (in reference, tho)
 
Andrew nodded. "Good to hear." he said simply, watching her for a few moments. She seemed so high-strung since she took on her job. He was happy for her, of course, but it also meant that they rarely had any time to spend together.


"You know what? You're not dodging out of this one." he said, taking her hand with an impish grin.


"You're joining me for some coffee, and you have no say in the matter." he said, tugging at her hand to lead her back inside with him. He knew that some time to just sit and relax would do her good.


@Shura
 
Nikolas


Nikolas had only awoke a few minutes before the announcement, so he rushed getting dressed and quickly teleported to the location, Stephan was giving the speech. Nikolas wasn't aware Stephan had even showed up on campus and he seemed to have brought friends. Nikolas had met Stephan during the six years Nikolas had been traveling he had met Stephan and Stephan had actually helped Nikolas deal with Seth, several times. After the announcement ended Nikolas started to just take a walk around campus. Seth was a thorn in Nikolas's side, one that couldn't seem to be removed.


Seth wasn't rogue, nor was he evil, he was just misguided. Nikolas was in the Sahara desert at the time of their meeting, he had been traveling everywhere by foot because he had not yet had the stamina for teleporting many times in a short time span. After some traveling Nikolas had found himself in an odd sand temple of sorts, stepping inside he had used it for shelter but unknown to him, it was actually a shrine created by Seth's followers. It only took them an hour or two for them to return, when they tried to 'convert' Nikolas but by him refusing that any sort of god exist they had been angered. They attacked Nikolas and used a poison that did nothing but exhaust him, making him unable to teleport. Seth arrived not long after Nikolas had been held hostage, after finding out about a 'heathen' who refused to believe in gods Seth demanded Nikolas become a sacrifice but by the time they were about to sacrifice him Nikolas had enough energy to teleport away. Seth, wasn't too happy that a 'heathen' had been allowed to live decided to take matters into his own hands and has been after Nikolas since.
 
Morgan Winford


"Coffee?" Before she could really formulate an argument she was being pulled along. She was tempted to argue against it; she had a mountain of work that still needed to be done, but she could use the caffeine. She saw a glint in Andrew's eye and any arguments would be in vain. Andrew was persistent especially when it came to needing a break. "Fine... but only a small one."
 
"Good. You've been dodging this for weeks now." he said, chuckling a bit. He had been bugging her to join him for coffee since before the term began.


Once they were inside the building he stopped tugging, but didn't let go of her hand just yet. After a few long moments, he brushed his thumb across her fingertips and let go.


"You need time to relax. I know you have work to do, but you'll drive yourself crazy if you keep working like this." he said, a concerned tone in his voice.


@Shura
 
Morgan Winford


A faint tickle of warmth was left when Andrew let her hand go. It wasn't something that happened often but when it did it tended to linger a while. Morgan suppressed a blush as she walked along side the white haired man. Time like these were always so weird, most of their interaction revolved around work or him telling her to take a break from work... or her telling him to actually get his work done. They used to talk about more than that but over time the school became what Morgan had on her mind 90% of the time.


She looked up at Andrew "Since when has crazy ever been a bad thing?" she teased with a light chuckle. "I know I need to relax more often but its kind of hard when your responsible for hundreds of students. Some more so than other because of them have no other families." She smiled slightly. "Can't help but want to help them..."
 
Glaedwyn laughed again. "A friend of mine has a cat. He swings by the school every year, perhaps he'll pop in and let you borrow her." Glaedwyn said, thinking back to last year, to the crazy magician with the black cat. He was late this year. Maybe he had a show or whatever that was holding him up, he was only a few days late. He hoped that he would bring some fun back to the school, everyone was so solemn. As chill and happy Glaedwyn was all the time, some crazy shit still just happened, they needed some entertainment.


@Shura
 
Sen Harper


"Would be interesting." Sen commented before coming to a thought. "I've heard animals can be therapeutic but just thought it was an emotional thing. But with the purring thing... is it the cat its self or just the noise that has the effect? I mean you could snap your figures and make the sound but I'm guessing it wouldn't be the same as a real cat." She asked curiously. She never paid much attention to science classes beyond the basics. Sounds was in a class all its own and could do a lot if you knew enough.
 
"Mourning Report, eh? Clever. I'll consider trying out the violin again when I get the chance, but I don't think of myself as a person with the aptitude for performing in a band. By the way, could you tell me some of what you know about the staff here? I don't know all too much and the ones I have seen appeared to be a bit...eccentric. Also, is there any way to send mail or communicate with people outside the school? I neglected to bring anything capable of connecting to the internet....."


@Alex Phalin
 
Fox was wandering through the courtyard when her sharp ears picked up something interesting. "Well I can hardly resist that now can I? "she muttered. Then with a smile she turned into a ginger cat and jumped on the girl's head.


@Shura
 
Jon's peaceful reflection was violently interrupted by what sounded like and earthquake going on in the nearby gym, and Jon wondered for a brief second if they were under attack again. Then he heard gleeful yet none-the-less frightening cries amongst the uproar and, perplexed, struggled to his feet and went to see what was going on. Thankfully, it was only the muscle-mountain from earlier, now helping out with clearing the gym in a masterful flurry of chaotic punches. Jon watched from a safe distance, amused at the man's obvious delight in beating the rocks to a pulp. He was certainly very talented at what he did, and Jon was glad that it were only rocks, not people he was beating up.


The man continued his emphatic destruction, included a particular crotch-crush that burst Jon into laughter. When he was finally done, Jon clapped his efforts, wearing a beaming grin. I'm very glad this guy's on our side, he thought.


@PicaPirate
 
Kojiro

Kojiro bowed in silliness at the builders and the kid who clapped at his performance. There was little to nothing left of the building except a lot of dust. Someone would need to bring a hoover before the asthmatics of the school have a fit on the ground from all this dust.


He walked over to where the kid was, who appeared to be a student of the school. He couldn't quite tell his abilities, though he supposed as the returning student he's meant to be helpful. His desires to hit things was pretty much sated right now anyhow.


"Phew, that was a workout! What's yer name kid? Never seen you around here." He grinned while talking, since Kojiro had only variations on two moods, Glee or Anger. At the moment it was the former, which was usually safer for people.


@SkyGinge


Sent from my stone tablet using Tapatalk because I used a Tardis.
 
"I bet. I'm Jon, Jon Byrd," said Jon Byrd, noting the man's behaviour. Even in the way he walked, there was dangerously oblivious simplicity about him, and thought Jon was willing to be proven wrong, he was already guessing that he was stood face to face with a real life example of all brawn no brain. The aggresiveness of his pummeling extended to even his speech and smile; his grin felt jagged, overbearing, his voice too loud and slightly grating. Still, at least he's eccentricity is relatively easy to grasp, Jon noted, unlike most people here.


"I'm one of the new students," he explained with a easy smile, "I presume you're somebody who's come to help with the reform?"


@PicaPirate
 
He nodded while his hands rested on his waist, bringing his elbows out.


"Yep! Stephan called on me to come back to beat up Meta's, though I was kinda doing that already..."


He was talking in a slightly sarcastic tone at the end.


"What can ye do then? Set fire to things? Move with yer mind? Eat foot long sub's within seconds?"


Sent from my stone tablet using Tapatalk because I used a Tardis.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Users who are viewing this thread

Total: 2 (members: 0, guests: 2)
Back
Top