Tension Rising - Main thread [Fight or Flight]

Gray smiled and let her inside. "Still, you have my gratitude. I'll make it up to you one day." he said, moving back over to his table. He reopened the bracer and smiled a bit, going back to work.


"I don't mind the company, if you want to hang out in here. It's nice to have someone to talk to." he said with a little chuckle.


@Shura
 
"Ok I'll start with these she said, grabbing the dragon riders books and the lord of the rings books, storing them both in their sweatshirt." She grinned and made herself comfortable on his bed,"I don't suppose you mind if I start" she said flipping open the first pages of the dragon riders book. She grinned and kicked her legs, eagerly anticipating the story.


@Alex Phalin
 
Zach shook his head and grinned a bit.


"Sure, I don't mind. You didn't answer my question, though..." he said with a little smirk, sitting down next to her. He picked up one of his guitars and started taking the strings off, pulling out a new pack from one of the drawers in his dresser. He found it endearing how excited she could get about books, and found something else to occupy his time so he wouldn't just stare at her like a creeper.


@theunderwolf
 
Fox flinched back, grinning despite herself So he had heard her little giggle. Well she wasn't going to admit that now was she. So in response, grinning and continuing her blush, "Question?" She asked, feigning innocent though she realized her voice had gone up an octave,"What question are you talking about?" She used the book to hide her grinning face.


@Alex Phalin
 
Zach looked at her knowingly, smirking.


"You giggled when you were patching me up." he said, pointing to his fresh bandage for emphasis. He still hadn't put a shirt on.


"I heard you. I was wondering what was so funny. Then again..." he said with a tilt of his head.


"I saw you blushing, too."


@theunderwolf
 
Fox giggled again as she saw that Zach still didn't have a shirt on. "Sh-shut-up" She stuttered, kicking him playfully. "I just remembered something.. funny." She feigned, "That a squirrel told me. Yeah. Sir.Fluffsalot the vain!" She flippantly turned a page in her book, pulling her legs in close, scrunching into a ball with her book.


@Alex Phalin
 
Zach couldn't help but laugh at her reaction. She was adorable.


"I see... Well, I won't harass you about it anymore." he said with a smirk, turning back to his guitar. As he restrung it he smiled a little, occasionally stealing glances over at the girl.


"It's cool how you can talk to animals. I've always been curious to know if they thought like we do."


@theunderwolf
 
"I... Well... Y-Yeah..." Madison said. She looked at Mark's shirtless torso, then looked away, embarrassed. She walked up to him, and hugged him, blushing and smiling. "I... I really like you Mark..." She really wasn't sure what else to say... She decided she didn't need to say anything, and continued to hug him. She began kissing him on the lips, pulling him tighter. She loved being close to him, feeling his warmth. As long as it wasn't warmth from when he was on fire, that is. Then she preferred to get away. But just embracing him in her arms, being close to him... It was amazing. She'd never had anyone who she could just be with before.


@Alex Phalin
 
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(Sorry, I succumbed to slumber :c)


Alec quickly hopped up from his split when Mica took of towards the building. As he got closer he detached the sheathes and gently put them on the ground in the middle of his sprint. He grimaced at the climb. He'd spent time jumping between buildings in Asia, but that didn't mean he was an expert at freerunning. He may have to cheat with his ability later on.


He jumped onto the building and followed close behind Mica, making it up onto the roof just after him.


@King Of Imagination
 
Sen smiled softly "Hm? Ah no worries it's fun honestly." She chuckled molding the steel into a spiked pyramid then set it on his desk. Unlike her work with the tungsten the steel was perfectly smooth as if it were made in a factory. Years of messing around with metal and practicing in her free time gave her fairly good at creating what she pictured in her head. It was part of the reason why she liked her powers so much she didn't have the trouble of her hand not creating what she saw everything was done primarily through her mind or will depending on what school of thought you subscribed to.


"I certainly appreciate it." he said with a smile. The bracer was comfortable, luckily. His last few experiments never really worked out that well.


"So, once you're done with the spike, I'll be able to test this thing out."


"Ah yeah.... I'll work on it some more tomorrow." She muttered softly while toying the the pull stings to her hoodie. It was honestly better than she had thought it would be thick enough to be warm but not too thick as to make it unbearable when outside. Plus it was softy and didn't have and worn patches of holes. She knew is was a bad habit and she treated it like a security blankets of sorts but it was one of the few comforts she did have growing up and put her at ease having one again.


"Alright, there's no rush." he said with a little smile, pulling the bracer off. He had wanted to test it out, but he didn't want her to push herself too hard. After a few moments he pulled over another bracer, it almost seemed like had a box of those things around. As he sat he started piecing things together in his mind, smiling a bit. So many different ideas, he wondered if he'd ever have time to make them all.


Sen tilted her head slightly seeing him pull out another set of bracers confused as to where he was getting them. "How many of those things do you have?" She asked curiously watching as he set to work once more on another set. "And how many have you already worked on?"


"I've got a ton of them. I've made... twenty different sets? All of them are different, and most of them are useless junk. I guess you could call this a hobby." he said, shrugging.


"I find it therapeutic. Making machines... I don't really know how to explain it. The rush I get from making something that actually works is amazing."


"Twenty Different sets?" She muttered surprised that he have so many. Then again there were worst hobbies to have. It still brought up a multitude of other questions that surrounded Gray overall. His shoulder, history of injuries, insane amounts of materials, weapons training, knowledge of combat... being put down his whole life it all made her think that he wasn't just another student who go their powers and then started training or only started training in the past year. She was tempted to ask about his past but was hesitant to pry considering sharing was a two way street and she wasn't all to keen about sharing details about her self she wasn't exactly proud of.


"Yeah, a lot of times I'll just get an idea in my head and I'll start building. They don't always work out. I built a blade once that just ended up exploding in my hand. That wasn't a fun week, I had to get the tendons in my hand reattached." he said with a small laugh. Turning to look at her he tilted his head a bit.


"What's on your mind? You look worried about something."


Sen winced slightly not even wanting know what that kind of injury could feel like. Her fore arm tingled in phantom sympathy pains at the thought of it. She rubbed the inside of her forearm to rid herself of the sensation. "No... I guess..." She muttered though it wasn't really convincing. "You seem to get hurt a lot... like more then the normal person..."


"I guess I just take bigger risks. I like to push myself, and I end up paying for it most of the time." he explained with a little shrug.


"I was raised to never allow myself a break. Apathy breeds weakness, and with all this stuff going on with the rogue metas, I can't afford weakness. It might end up getting me killed, if I'm not careful." he said solemnly.


Sen tilted her head slightly as she listened to gray finding it slightly amusing how different and similar they were. "I guess I can understand that..." she muttered softly. "I wasn't much of a fan of being idle... but I didn't have a whole lot to do either." She shrugged toying with one of the wonky worn out springs recoiling the metal absentmindedly. "Apathy breeds weakness..." She muttered softly not really sure if she would agree with it or not. Mostly it because it was how she spent most of her life. Disconnected from events that happened to her and the people around her. It wasn't a particularly good defense mechanism but it was how she knew how to deal with things.


"What did you do before you came to the school, anyways?" he asked, looking over at her for a moment. He picked up a few scrap pieces of metal, looking them over for a few moments.


"Can you make these into needles? It's just steel, it should be easy for you." he asked absentmindedly before turning back to his work.


"Before the school?" She repeated softly before shrugging. "Nothing special." she replied. "Mostly walk around the city." She added examining the metal once more and shaping them into needle like shapes but no point. Mostly so she wouldn't stab her self in the process


"That's all you did? Walk around the city?" he asked with a little smirk.


"Kinda vague... I understand if you don't want me to pry. We all have our secrets." he said with a warm smile.


"You're pretty damn good at that." he commented, turning back to his work. It was an oddly shaped cylinder, with dozens of tiny holes in it.


"If you have any questions for me, don't hesitate to ask. I'm an open book, at least for you."


Sen blinked feeling slightly guilty for keeping so much from him and we'll everyone. Some walls were harder to breakdown than others. She scratched the back of her head finders trying with her hair. "Sorry... I'm still getting used to having decent friends again... it's a nice change but kind of weird after sitting on the side lines for a few years." She shrugged slightly.


"I understand. I know it's hard to open up to people you just met... I mean, look at me. I don't really tell people about my life. You're really the only person I've halfway opened up to." he explained with a little smile.


"I'm interested to learn more about you, but I'll never push you further than you want to go. If you ever feel uncomfortable, you don't need to say anything."


He turned back to his device and smiled warmly, content in his work. He had a lot of ideas, and was just glad that she was willing to help him. She could work metal much better than he ever could.


Sen smiled slightly glad that Gray was able to understand about her hesitancy to start telling her life story. It was only the first week of school, she didn't expect to be close to anyone let alone have friends to hang out with and train with on a regular basis. She told them little bits here and there which was more than most other got. Eventually she would be more comfortable and perhaps trust them enough to tell them more.


@Alex Phalin 
Morgan Winford


Morgan shrugged. "I hope you're right Britt. However I can only help those who are willing to accept it. I won't chase after her, or any student. Not when there are other students who want and need the assistance. Every student here is special and has the potential to do amazing things with some attention and aid. Some have already show vast improvements in control and strength with a bit of encouragement. It's my job as well as the rest of the staff to help as many of them as we can." before its too late. She thought the last part mentally as she watched the last of the students disappear inside the school buildings.


@Kharmin
 
Fox stole a glance at him from behind her book glad that he had dropped the previous subject. "They can think at a level that would surprise a lot of people," She said cautiously, "It's just a very different form of communication, a lot of its body language and scent . They do have and interesting little society among themselves. The squirrels are run by a constitutional monarchy y'know.


@Alex Phalin
 
<p><a href="<fileStore.core_Attachment>/monthly_2014_09/Brittany_originalcrop.jpg.753ca12f575bdcad99f0f6668d9c2cec.jpg" class="ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image"><img data-fileid="29957" src="<fileStore.core_Attachment>/monthly_2014_09/Brittany_originalcrop.jpg.753ca12f575bdcad99f0f6668d9c2cec.jpg" class="ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed" alt=""></a></p> {{I understand,}} Brittany said although she really didn't. Morgan was being her usual, focused self that Brittany had remembered. Plus ça change, she thought to herself. Morgan would defend her position to her last breath regardless of any argument that Brittany could bring to bear.


But there was something special in Kiara – no, extra-special – that Brittany had barely touched when she had entered the girl's mind. Kiara was a rare, gifted talent that Brittany very much wanted to unlock, but with her unsolicited touch she doubted that Kiara would ever trust her.


But the girl was absolutely, deeply in love with Teru. If Brittany could convince him to get Kiara to trust her, then she might have a shot. The problem would be in getting him apart. A brief frown of concentration passed over Brittany's face as she contemplated her dilemma. She noticed Morgan was still watching, so she casually waved away any concerns with a wave of her hand.


{{Sorry, I was just thinking,}} Brittany said and she hoped that Morgan hadn't recognized her conniving expression from years gone past. The best course now would be to excuse herself before questions could be asked of her. {{I should go get cleaned up,}} she managed a smile as she nodded to Morgan. {{It's good to see you again, although I wish it hadn't been under such circumstances,}} Brittany added with sincerity as she made to turn to leave.


@Shura

 

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School Wide~Time Skip

Saturday - 7 a.m.

Weather: Cool, Sunny and Clear

No Classes​

 
Sen Harper


The rest of the day had past calmly for Sen. She spent a good chunk of it working more on the spike for Gray practicing and pushing her powers as much as her body allowed. Which was a decent amount. By the end of the night she had gotten a migraine but had also changed the misshapen cone of titanium into a more polished spiked shape. The only thing left was smaller detail work like the spikes which would be a bit trickier. She turned in early due to the headache but it was worth it because she got to push her abilities.


The sun rose on the next morning and Sen was already up and ready for the day. She had gotten up at her usual time even though there were no classes. The extra few hours of sleep had worked wonders on her headache a well as her body giving it the needed rest to recover from yesterdays class. Her legs were little achy but it was manageable. A bit of stretching helped to relieve some of the tension in the sore muscles so it wasn’t terrible.


Sen left her room earlier than usual and looked over at Grays door before remembering how he had spent most if not the entire night working on his projects so let him rest. There was no mandatory wake up time so he might as well enjoy the rest while he could get it. She headed down stairs feeling restless from the relatively sedentary evenings. Practicing her powers was always enjoyable but she missed walking around the city and exploring. She remembered the rush she got from running the course and decided to go for a run. As the elevator descended she braided back her hair tucking it back into the hood of her hoodie as she pulled it up. She by passed the dining hall not really feeling hungry and exited out of the building.


The cool dewy morning air greeted her, perfect conditions for a good run. The tall buildings and lush trees cast long shadows shading most of the campus save for the green grassy fields just beyond the reach of the recovering gym. A few groggy students wandered the courtyard waiting for a class that would never come or some insomniacs reaching the end of their sleepless night. She took in a deep breath feeling the last bit of grogginess dissipate as she let out a held breath leavening behind restless energy in need of an outlet. A small smirk curved Sens lips as she set herself to start, stretching the her hamstrings one last time before taking off down one of the empty pathways at a slow jog but quickly picked up the pace to a light run.
 
Fox woke at dawn that morning, her long stretch of reading had failed to tire her out much so her sleep was kept short. Happy to breathe in the dawn air, she quickly showered and dressed. And jumped right back out the window. She gleefully explored for a few hours familiarizing herself with the school even more and, to her unbridled happiness, she caught a rabbit napping and snapped it's neck quickly and neatly. After taking it to the kitchen (the chefs promised her they'd make breakfast for her with it) she set out on the grounds once more, idly wondering what to do til breakfast. That is until Sen passed under her. "Hi sen!" She said gleefully, following the girls jog from the trees for a few seconds before landing next to her and keeping pace with a long lope, "How're you this morning?"


@Shura
 
Sen Harper


Sen looked around confused as to where it came from until looking up and seeing Fox above. She smiled slightly keeping a consistent pace with ease. "Morning Fox." She greeted. "I'm alright. how about you?" She asked turning her gaze forward as to not crash into anyone or thing. It wouldn't be the first time it happened while running.
 
"I'm doing great!" Fox declared as she easily kept pace with the girl," The first week of school was easier than I thought it'd be and I've met so many people, it's amazing! I mean I can still count the people I know on my fingers but still an improvement! Did you have a good week? I feel like I haven't seen you in an age!"


@Shura
 
Sen Harper


A small chuckle escaped sen at the sight of Fox's excitement. She had probably woken up in a better mood then she had been in a while. Sen nodded in agreement to her question. "Yeah, all thing considered I had a pretty good week. Ya know a side from being stabbed and all." She smiled slightly. In truth it was a good week despite the attack on the campus the rest of the week had been fine. At some points it was fun and enjoyable. "Hm Yeah, I've spent a lot of time training when not in class really."


@theunderwolf
 
@SkyGinge


Boris was walking around the campus, generally not contributing much to the general order of business. He didn't really notice, as he was getting pretty drunk. He did notice a few of the students bumbling around, being young and all that it implied. Well, not all, as some of that couldn't be done, as they weren't allowed to drink on the campus.


((Just gonna start the interaction with SG atm. If he/she/it would like to come on TS, that'd be great.))
 
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Hayden


Hayden had actually been able to sleep last night and he walked out of his room a bit hungry but above all feeling normal for once, which was weird to him. He hadn't felt particularly normal in years, it was as if nothing else was in his mind, it was nice. Walking to a closet in his room he pulled out a cinnamon raisin bagel with absolutely nothing on it at all. Making his way outside Hayden had taken another bite of the bagel, a fuzzy bite. He looked down at the bagel as he realized it was old and moldy, after instantly sprinting to a trashcan to spit out and throw away the bagel he saw Fox running along with another girl. Deciding that it was a good enough morning to converse with someone new and perhaps have more of a conversation with fox . "Hello there." He said a bit more upbeat than usual towards fox and the girl next to her.


@Shura


@theunderwolf
 
Sen Harper


Sen jumped slightly caught off guard by the new comer to the group. It took her a moment to recognize the older red head with out being furry... or pink. He was the other student who had turned into some some kind of werewolf and nearly beat the coarse. "Morning." she greeted with a slight smile.


@Godman873
 
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Alec got out of bed and stretched his arms. It'd taken a couple days, but he felt a lot better today. An early morning sun had spread it's light over his wall (I'm not sure about the positioning here, is that possible @Shura ?), and broken his deep concentration(sleep). As he sat on the corner of his bed he suddenly felt very positive about today. It was a saturday, so he could literally do whatever he wanted to!


He hopped out of bed and once again heavily pelted himself with clothes. He looked at the silver chain hanging from his wrist and pursed his lips to the side. He wouldn't admit it, but he kinda missed home. He'd never been away for this long before, and on top of that, he'd already been in mortal danger once. People died here, and he'd lie if he said he wasn't scared too.


He pushed the thoughts aside and instead just left the room. After having no luck in locating Pandora on this floor, he left for the cafeteria to have himself a small breakfast. He looked at his plate and frowned. He wasn't very into eating food early in the morning, but he'd always been forced to at home. Reluctantly he bit into his sandwich.


@anyonewhowantstohangout
 
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Hayden


Fox seemed to have zoned out a bit so Hayden placed some attention on Sen. "I saw you run through the course, you did a good job, specially when you had that leg injury. My name is Hayden, I met fox yesterday." Hayden tried to think of what he could do today, perhaps he could get a sparing match in with someone, provided there was a supervisor nearby. There was also the matter of talking to Morgan. "Going for a light jog I see." Small talk was never really his best trait and either way Hayden's real question was for Fox and why she seemed a bit confused yesterday when he first talked with her.


@Shura


@theunderwolf
 
Sen Harper


"The course?" She muttered before remembering class from the day before. "Oh right, Thanks. My leg isn't really injured any more though. One of the clinic nurses fixed it so it was reduced to only a light cut instead of a deep wound." She explained with a slight smile. "Mhmm, no class so I figured why not. Hey, you did really well in the Grid if I remember correct. Were you on a different setting?" She questioned remembering his run was different than the others.


@Godman873
 
Mica was rather unsure how he awoke in the position he was in. Both of his legs were behind his head, and he had some sort of gag around his mouth. He snickered, wondering what he'd done the night before, or maybe who he had pissed off. He stretched his legs back into a normal position and stood up, putting his clothes on and walking out of the room to see that he was in the middle of a city... Well, he definitely had a good night. He wondered where he was. He checked his phone, seeing that he was about twenty or so miles from the school. That wasn't too bad.


He walked around until he found a car dealership, a small Ford dealership. He was excited, he had yet to drive a Mustang. He walked in and pointed to the neon green 2006 in the lot. He pulled out his debit card from a hidden pocket in his suit and offered it to the man.


"I'd like to purchase that car."


"Alright sir, over what period of time would you like to pay it off?"


"I can pay for it all now. How much?"


"Umm, twenty-three thousand dollars."


"Ok, that's fine."


About 20 minutes later, Mica was driving down the street in a neon green mustang, blasting showtunes and acquiring many confused looks from those he passed. He laughed and pulled out his phone at a stop light, texting Morgan.


Morgan
right
Hey, on my way back to the school, mind okaying a neon green mustang being driven by a guy in a white suit?
 
Morgan Winford


For the first time all week Morgan had woken up not buried under a pile of papers or some sort of file. No she had called it an night early and decided to catch up on sleep as some what of a reward for making it through the week with the school in one piece. For the most part anyway. The past few days thankfully had been uneventful. A side from a few student spats everything was calm went according to schedule. Classes had already been lined up and planned as well which meant she didn't have to spend her weekend playing catch up with work. She had mostly her mother to thank for that since the older woman had taken on most of the paperwork and red tape.


Morgan sighed softly as she drank her coffee, even though it was her "day off" She still wanted to be up early and around the campus in case anything happened. Whether it be student issues or a more threatening problem is liked to be ready instead of lingering in bed being lazy. Her phone chimed bringing her attention to it as the screen lit up displaying a message from Mica. "Hm? Wonder what he wants..." She muttered swiping her finger across the screen and checking it. She read over the message and just shook her head with a chuckle knowing better than to question the magician.


Mica
right
Hey, on my way back to the school, mind okaying a neon green mustang being driven by a guy in a white suit?
left
So long as you park it in the lot and don't try to drive it around campus it's fine.
 
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