Tension Rising - Main thread [Fight or Flight]

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


He pulled up and drove around to the parking lot, parking it in the back of the lot. He got out and walked back across the campus to his room, and cleaned himself up before starting the day. He put on a fresh suit, tossing his slightly torn suit in the trash. He grinned, shined his shoes, and walked out, back to his normal appearance.
 
Hayden


For as long as he had been in the school Hayden had never actually visited the infirmary. "Well, its good that your leg is healed now, that explains why you can jog." The idea of her leg being healed never really registered to him when he first saw her jogging. Then as the conversation went on Hayden was actually impressed she remembered him. "Yes I was on a different setting, I was on level 4, it is also my last year in the school so I have practiced on that course for a while now." Then he took note of the 'no class' that she had mentioned. "No class? Why would tha- Oh, right." He was mentally kicking himself in the head for not remembering that it was saturday. "Anyway, the course gets easier over time, as long as you don't have the graduates shooting paint balls at you since they usually aren't even there to begin with."
 
Sen Harper


Sen looked over to Hayden as he mentioned being around the school for some time. She nodded slightly as he spoke about the grid an idea popping into her head "Ah wow level 4? I guess it makes sense if you've been where a while." She chuckled softly as he mentioned the graduates "Yeah... I can understand why really..." she muttered softly "Well graduates and a bum leg." She added before looking forward once more. "Hey do you think they would let students practice on the grid? or is it a class only thing?" She questioned. Sen had wanted to try the grid again while being able to move freely, more so now that she could use the wires to defend and attack.


@Godman873
 
The Previous Day


Bidding his farewells to Sen, Jon quickly showered and changed into a long checkered shirt that extended down to the knees of his skinny black jeans. With his appointment imminent, he had been forced to send Sen off with Gray once more. After quickly dressing, he left to go to the far side of school where Timestorm and Emily awaited. Passing down the corridor, he heard the pair's faint voices from their dorm and sighed. But he was powerless to intervene and, shrugging, he headed down the lift.


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Jon and Emily slumped down on the bench together, exhausted. "You're slowly improving," Timestorm announced unceremoniously. "Even if you are unable to control these things yet, the amount of time you maintained the time bubble increased from our last meeting. Your minds are getting a feel for the emotions, the reflexes you are learning. The effects of your perseverance will not immediately be visible, but I am confident that you will soon achieve success."


With a respectful nod, the teacher began to walk away, leaving the pair to discuss their ordeals once more. But as he reached the edge of the building, he paused and turned back to watch them. His presence was pretty much invisible anyway, so it wasn't as if they were going to spot him. For a long moment, he watched them, and then sighed deeply. He wondered what he had gotten himself into, why he had ended up settling down at this particular time period out of every other option. He could have easily settled down and lied a quiet life in the days before the meteor storms, or maybe even the more simplistic Victorian times.


But no. He had been weak minded and unable to keep up his self-control when he had taken his loss. The temptation had proved too strong. And now he was here, cursed to live out his days into the tragedy he knew would befall them. For another moment he felt incredibly guilty for not warning them all. But it was his motto now not to directly intervene in prominent history unless necessary. It was inevitable now, he realised, but he could at least attempt to resist it.


Timestorm sighed again, his peculiar jawline and almost skeletal face shape like an impassive mask to his internal worries. And like many other times, he walked off, disappearing like a ghost.


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Present Day


After giving his alarm clock a familiar preemptive bash, Jon arose from his bed like a circus zombie. It was a long moment before, joyfully, he remembered that it was finally the weekend. With everything that had happened, it had felt like much longer than a week, and Jon had completely lost track of the time. Now regretting setting his alarm clock, he found himself up much earlier than he would usually wake at the weekend. I'll pay for that later, probably. Ah well, might as well rise and shine.


As he showered, he recapped back over the previous day. After his training, he and Emily had remained there on the bench for a decently long time. She was now much more confident around him, and they had shared a little of their backgrounds, which was nice. He'd then attempted, unsuccessfully, to find Sen and then the robot guy, until a long call home to some of his old friends had interrupted his plans. He felt a little anxious over the likely fact that once again Sen and Gray had been spending time together, but reminded himself that it was pointless to just speculate.


Dressing into the same get up as the previous day, he made his way downstairs and devoured his daily marmalade on toast. As he was early, he decided to try and find Sen, but to his luck, he actually finally spotted the robot guy from earlier. A hopeful grin now on his features, he sprinted towards the man.


"Hey! Good morning!" He panted as he arrived, a wall of alcoholic odour hitting him. "I'm Jon, Jon Byrd. Pardon me for introducing myself so abruptly, but I have a request for you." With a little bit of nervous fumbling, he pulled out the weapon design that was still lodged in his sleeve and handed it over to the man. "A weapon I dreamt up," he explained, "Is there any chance you could make it work?"


@tomio
 
Fox flinched at the mention of the grid. And despite being relatively cool and untried she broke out in a little sweat. "I'd like to give it another try too." She said hesitantly, "I feel like I could've done much better."

And maybe not freak out when a paintball hits me this time.

She thought to herself.


@Godman873
 
Kojiro

Kojiro was weary. After leaving Lightbulb (that is his nickname for Damion) to himself, Kojiro trained for the rest of the time. He was beginning to grow weary of this peace.


Kojiro shouted in the middle of the halls "WHERE'S THE ACTION GUDDAMNIT?!", as he walked to the cafeteria. He was bored out of his brains, which was usually not very safe for anyone.


He wondered if Julian was about to eat with him. Except for the catch-up they had before, he didn't really have an opportunity to be with his lil sis (not blood, just how they are). He looked around the cafeteria for the crazy sonuvabitch after stacking two trays full with food.


@ProcFailures


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Hayden


"The grid? Of course it is open! It is always open to students but it requires supervision, why do you think I was able to beat it? I spent a good portion of last year on the grid. I can take you guys to it if you want." Hayden said being completely honest, he would even give them advice if they did want him to go with them. There were some very simple tricks you could use on the course to improve your performance dramatically, most of which Hayden found out himself. "The course is more of a test of how you can use your powers intelligently, going headlong into action isn't always the best bet." A thought about Kojiro instantly passed through his mind. "Well, unless you're Kojiro, he could just run into action like a freight train." Turning his attention to Fox he decided to ask her a few questions. "What is your friend's name and I hope you did some degree of research on werewolves so you can understand my power more." Hayden gave a friendly smile towards both of them waiting to see their responses.
 
Sen Harper

"That would be great. I wanted to give it another go to test out some stuff I learned the past few days." She smiled slightly excited at the prospect of getting to try again. It was very intimidating the first time but that was mostly because of the graduates have free rein from above. She chuckled slightly at the mention of Kojiro trying to place the name before remembering him being the graduate who had ruined peoples day with the pain balloons and let out a small chuckle. "Oh sorry!" Sen cursed her self for being forgetful. "I'm sen..." She introduced "Nice to meet you."





@Godman873 @theunderwolf
 
Boris could distinguish the features of one of the students coming to him, a young boy who introduced himself as Jon. He also showed him a somewhat decently drawn plan for a mechanical arm, most of which was too impractical to use. Some parts of it, however, could easily be used to make him what he wanted anyways.


"Sure. It's not gonna have everything in there. You'll need to power it, and unless you want to drink more than one bottle of wodka a day, I'll have to include battery. Might be able to do reactor, but you will have to feed it materials. Can't fit both, because that takes up too much space. Mhm, weaponry might be restricted to kinetic, because lasers are huge drain on the battery. Might be able to fit some sort of taser, but don't use it on Kojiro, unless you have way to make sure you don't get face destroyed."


Boris took a deep breath, and another sip of the bottle in his hand. With a slightly stronger alcoholic odor emanating from his mouth.


"Now, we'll probably have to do this in parts, because doing it all at once is fool's errand. Also, lots of work. Have to talk to some John dude at the administrative building for robot parts anyway. Maintenance, you see. You can come along, or give me your dorm room."
 
"Sounds good," Jon nodded, not finding the rich stench particularly pleasant. He had been to a few such drinking parties back in the UK, and although he tolerated them, he'd never liked the idea of getting ridiculously drunk. It weakened his control, and he saw through some if it's charms. Thus he was often the one left caring for drunken assosiates and friends at such events, the only sane one in a crude house of stumbling drunkards.


Still, he noted the man's accent and grinned. "Yeah, maybe the lasers were a little extreme," he smirked, adding, "And perhaps the unicorn illusion machine should go too." Neither of those things were on his design, but he thought he might as well jest. "Actually, I was thinking you could do it all without a battery," he explained, "If you have some sort of chain pulley system inside then it could all be activated by pulls and mini weights, which would save the space and mass of something like a battery. But you're the expert, so I'll leave off of trying to give you advice. Honestly I just appreciate that you're willing to do this for me, so thanks a bunch!"


"If it's alright twith you, it'd be much more convenient to just leave my room number with you," Jon explained, "And that is... erm... 536. All the same, thanks for the help, and I hope you have as much fun with the challenge of trying to bring my abomination into reality as I had with designing it."


@tomio
 
Gray had been awake for several hours before dawn, putting the finishing touches on a few of the projects he had spent all night on. He hadn't got much in the way of sleep, though it hardly showed by the time dawn came around.


After grabbing a quick shower he gathered up some of the stuff he would need for the day, sighing a bit to himself. He really wanted to try out his new weapons, but he would have to do it somewhere quiet. He didn't need to ruin his day by accidentally hurting someone.


He left his room, checking to make sure he had his phone. He had attached a light chain to it to avoid losing it like the previous day. Making his way downstairs he headed to the cafeteria to get breakfast, noticing Jon as he walked. He scowled a bit and mumbled something under his breath, obviously a little irritated. Probably because of his lack of sleep the night before.


@SkyGinge
 
Hayden


Sen? It was quite a nice name, though one he hadn't heard before. "Well then the question is, do you want to run it now or later? Though since you are jogging you might be too tired to try it." Hayden looked at the surrounding area trying to think of what else to share, at this point he wasn't sure what else to do other than wait for their response. Despite remembering Sen he couldn't remember her power for the life of him. "What was your power again? I can't recall." Hayden had started to wonder why his mind had just suddenly been calm though, it certainly did make it wonder what happened and if it would be back or not, the feeling of him being the only thing in his mind way too relaxing.
 
Still checking through the designs, Jon noticed Gray pass him, looking a little irratable. He wondered what had annoyed the boy and hoped he wasn't already backing out of the friendly pact they had agreed on the previous day. He thought back to their previous question. Surely Sen would become a pretty big conversation point if the two of them were ever left alone now? He wished he knew what the other boy was thinking, what he was planning, even who he really was. Jon shrugged, and turned back to regarding the designs.


@Alex Phalin
 
Sen Harper

Sen slowed her pace slightly as they started jogging back towards the dorm building and the dining hall. "Hm I wouldn't mind going now... Though I should probably eat something so I don't get light headed." She mused aloud. She had thought about doing another lap around the academy but if she was going to try the grid again then it was better that she save her energy. "How about after breakfast?" She suggested before being questioned about her ability. "Oh, I can manipulate metal."


@Godman873
 
Gray paused for a moment, looking over at Jon. He scowled a bit, his eyes narrowing as he looked at the designs he was holding.


"Training room. Ten minutes." he said plainly, turning to make his way down the hall towards the rooms. If anything was going to help his mood, it would be sparring.


@SkyGinge


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Zach sighed as he walked out of the clinic for the second time that week. His side had been bugging him, so he finally got it taken care of completely. Of course, he'd miss having Fox help him with his bandages, but he figured that wouldn't stop them from hanging out. He smiled a little at the thought and made his way to get breakfast, a silly little grin on his face every time he thought about her.


@theunderwolf if she can pick up his scent. xD ))
 
"I'll second breakfast!" Fox said salivating a little, "I'm hungry for that rabbit I caught this morning and there's nothing like a long ear after a ru- did you say metal?" She finished surprised, "All these powers keep getting cooler! How does it work?"


@Godman873
 
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Hayden


Hayden thought about it remembering that he had eaten a fuzzy bagel. "Well, I suppose breakfast would be in order given that fuzzy bagels aren't particularly edible." He said completely oblivious to how disgusting it sounded. "So I shall be on my way to the cafeteria." Walking off into the direction of the cafeteria he began to think of what he should eat, maybe since his mind was calm he could actually eat non raw meats! Perhaps scrambled egg, with bacon, french toast and hashbrowns. He was excited to eat like a normal person for once as he drew closer and closer to the cafeteria. "So what do you plan on having?" He spoke out loud to whoever was following him.
 
Zach grabbed food and sat at an empty table, being preoccupied with eating enough to stop thinking about Fox for a while. He didn't know why he was so smitten with the girl, he had met plenty of women when he was with his band, but somehow she was different. It was probably the blatant honestly that attracted him.


He sipped at his milk, lost in thought and looked up, nearly choking. She was there with Sen and someone that he didn't recognize. He waved at them, motioning for them to come and sit with him.


@Godman873
 
Jon frowned at the other boy's simple, unarguable sentences, and tried to call after him as he left. But it was no use. Clearly he was in a foul mood, and with Sen involved, Jon wasn't sure he wanted to be on the receiving end of that anger, especially as he knew Gray was a far more experienced fighter than him. He sighed. He couldn't afford to fight him right now, as he had only just got up: he was still waking up and felt tired from being around earlier than normal. In addition to that, he needed to phone his Mum for the first time since his arrival, an eager agreement they had made before.


Sorry bud, Jon thought towards Gray, But'll I won't be coming this first time. A little later though, he would take up Gray's offer, for the sake of pride. "I'll leave you to your business," he nodded to the robot guy, before walking cheerily off towards his dorm.


@tomio


@Alex Phalin
 
Sen Harper

Sen didn't really know what Hyden meant by fuzzy bagel nor did she really want to know come to think of it. She shook her head and followed along side the older student feeling hungry for once. She moved through the line looking over the different foods not really sure what to have. "uh... Not sure.,.." she muttered looking up at the tall red head before grabbing her usual two pieces of toast. She reached to put butter on it but paused seeing the numerous other jams that were available to be tried. She was already changing thing up a bit why not?


She took picked picked up some marmalade, something she had heard Jon go on about once or twice. It looked orange so it was bond to be something familiar. She spread it on her toast before moving on grabbing and actual orange and gabbed some sausage links figuring actual protein would help. It wasn't a much compared to everyone else but it was something. She spotted Zach sitting off to the side waving over and smiled slightly happy to see that he was doing better. She started heading over to the musician. "Hey, long time no see. How are you?"


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Fox didn't notice Zach right away, too busy being caught up by the smell of deliciously cooked rabbit that she immediately investigated and was rewarded with a delicious "breakfast rabbit" as the proud chef called it. She delicately took the platter and looked around for sen, but caught a different scent first. Ozone and cigarettes. Zach! She beamed as she recognized his unique smell."Zach!" She happily declared, running over to him,"Good morning! I caught a rabbit! You want some!?" She said, her excitement overriding the idea of a complete sentence.


@Godman873
 
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Gray waited. And waited. Ten minutes went by, fifteen, twenty... and no sign of Jon. He growled under his breath and walked out of the training room, grumbling under his breath. It was fine, but without being able to spar and get his frustrations out on a target that would fight back meant that he was still in a foul mood.


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Zach grinned hugely at Fox's excitement.


"Sure, I'd love to try some. I've never had rabbit before..." he said, turning to Sen.


"I'm doing pretty good. Went to the clinic one last time, now I'm back at 100 percent. How's your leg? It doesn't look like you're limping around, so that's good." he said with a little smile. The girl looked like she was doing much better, and she didn't look quite as quiet as she did before.


@Shura @theunderwolf
 
Sen Harper

Sen sat near Zach "Ah, I'm glad your up to 100% then." She said with a slight smile. "I got my leg healed up as well. Just in time to run the obstacle course thankfully." She sighed softly "Was nice to not be so limited any more..." She took a tentative bit out of her toast not really sure if she would like it or not. To her surprise it was really really good! sweat yet tangy which was a plus her her book. She took a bigger bit eating as normal as she watch the every ecstatic Fox offer Zack some of her rabbit.


@Godman873 @theunderwolf @theunderwolf
 
Hayden


In the cafeteria Hayden began to get a plate of normal food for once. It was nice being able to actually pick normal people food. He had not had scrambled eggs in ages as he always had to eat the raw meat to calm down the beast, though he didn't have to worry about it now. This is what he needed to talk to Morgan about. Following Sen to the table and sitting down Hayden began to eat his meal though still lacking manners. "So who is the new guy?" Hayden said looking to the newcomer-ish to the table. "So is he coming with us to the grid?"


@theunderwolf @Alex Phalin
 
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Cyrus inspected himself in the mirror. He was proud about his outfits, and believed he always had to look his best, especially when more or less free loading at the school. When he was finally satisfied with his clothing, he let out a relieved sigh and exited his room with a jian and a cutlass hanging at his side.


With a straight posture he walked out his door and down the hallway. With his swords bouncing on his side, and the tail of his longcoat sliding through the air after his legs, he rounded a corner and almost collided with a familiar fellow. "Oh, sorry. Good mornin' Mica. How are you?"


@King Of Imagination
 
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