Outside Field
"Sam? Sam? You okay?"
Jasmine shook Sam's shoulder in an effort to wake him from his impromptu slumber. She hoped that it was nothing more than exhaustion, though she couldn't just leave him sprawled out on the field like a deadbeat. "Wakey wakey, eggs and bakey! Or something. Come on, Sam..."
Surrounded by weirdoes
It wasn't too long before Sam could feel his consciousness coming back to him, and Jasmine shaking him was the first thing he realized, as he tried to get up.
But when he tried to get up, he felt a sharp pain on his hands and fell to the ground again with a grunt.
Did I try to carve a mountain with my hands or something?
Trying to roll and trying to sit, he looked around, confused and worried.
"Did I... do this?"
Wake me up at your own risk.
Field
"Yeah," said Jasmine, "but don't worry about it. You were just doing what comes naturally. Besides, no-one got hurt. Well, okay, for all I know you might have mauled a few critters or something, but hey, that's life. The important thing is that you got all of that pent-up stress and other crap out of your system. That and getting in touch with your wild side. After this, using those claws or whatever else should come as naturally as taking a breath. But the ''really' important thing is not to keep it all bottled up inside like you've been doing. Or else this field's not gonna be the only diaster zone."
Edited by kkhohoho on Jul 3rd 2018 at 2:25:15 PM
Cafeteria
"Ah okay, very cool, Mister Spaceman," Remix said, nodding his head. "I am from the Netherlands, I am betting you have heard of Amsterdam, no? De Wallen? Party city, am I right? Yes." He continued nodding his head, the LEDs on his suit lightly pulsating red for added effect."But..." he asked, looking to the right, to the left, over his shoulders, and straight ahead. Seemed to just be the one person - besides himself. Did 'we' sometimes mean something else? "Who is Caleb?"
Surrounded by weirdoes
Sam just nodded. He felt... lighter, somehow. More than he'd felt in a good while. As he tried to sit down once again, he reflected on everything that's happened.
"I'll try" He said "It's an habit, and the way I could kept going when everything starts going to hell"
Once again, he winced because of another sting from his hands.
"Thank you for the help, really" He said, rather embarrassedly "Hopefully, I didn't do anything permanent to my fingers and Miss Flora won't try to maim me for the mess. Mind helping me to take off the collar, please? I kind of need my ice right now"
Edited by Blueace on Jul 3rd 2018 at 3:18:15 PM
Wake me up at your own risk.
Cafeteria
"I..."
He was about to say he'd never been but it then occurred to him that he didn't actually know if he had. He suspected that he wasn't actually American, though Dutch seemed like a long-shot given that he only spoke unaccented English.
"I've heard of it, yes."
He hesitated for a moment and sat up as Remix asked the entirely fair question.
"Oh, we haven't been properly introduced! I'm Harmony, space person!"
A glob of ooze extended from Caleb's neck before forming into an arm and waving excitedly. Caleb sighed and withdrew it, a notable change coming to his voice as he took over.
"I'm Caleb. Of Earth. Somewhere."
"We met about a year ago. I'd just hatched and Caleb was hurt, so we fused!"
"Except now we can't un-fuse, at least not for a while. Don't really mind though; I get to use her powers and I might be dead otherwise."
Harmony took this moment to take over and summon a massive grin, which quickly faded as Caleb took back control.
"So, yeah... there's two of us in here."
Caleb paused for a while, wondering what level counted as over-sharing.
"So, what's you deal?"
"Cool powers? Cool gadgets? Both?!"
Breath of the Sun
Training Room
"Please, you know I already have a girl- fuck!" Mikael hissed and reflexively shut his eyes, digging his claws deeper in her back. He almost considered spitting fire back at her, but as durable as she was he was worried being set on fire again would traumatize her or something.
So he settled for beating his wings as he leaned back, turning the motion into a flying backflip as he moved his hands to her shoulders, claws still gripping tightly. Then another wing beat sent him straight down, intending to smash Matten into the ground with his weight.
What is so amusing about this? Why do you take lives? How can you forget?
Field
"Eh, don't worry about it," said Jasmine. "This stuff was only grown for today anyway. And you didn't rough up the greenhouse too much. Anyway, let's get this off of you, shall we?" She pressed a small button on the collar, unlatching it as she removed it from Sam's furry neck. "There! Anyway, once you're ready, you should head over to the Training Room. That's your first real class of the day, sides from this. Though I guess there's enough time to get some grub if you want. Assuming you didn't eat a sparrow or something in your little rampage."
Surrounded by weirdoes
Sam was helped up by a couple ice figures. Moving in a floating chair, he was soon in front of the nurse office. Knocking the door, hoping he didn't mess up his hands that badly.
Wake me up at your own risk.
Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign?
Training Room
"Language," the daeva admonished before Mikael slung them both into the air. Oh careful with this most precious object! She winced at his jerky flight. And then he let her go to reposition his claws. Well, technically, his last mistake was touching her at all.
The daeva's blood absorbed into the demon's skin and began to coagulate into a withering gel while Mahvash drew her hand across her stomach and swatted it in front of Mikael's face during his move, using the other to push herself off the big red ride.
"Pro tip," she said, landing just before immediately moving away from the spot where she spoke. "Tap out before you asphyxiate." Note: fighting beings with superstrength; not a scenario appropriate for angles and koshti pahlavani flips, at least at my size. But there's always deprivation.
Edited by CenturyEye on Jul 4th 2018 at 6:52:52 AM
Look with century eyes... With our backs to the arch And the wreck of our kind We will stare straight ahead For the rest of our lives
Nurse's Office
Nurse Hello put down her treasured copy of The Man In The High Castle before opening the office door. "Well hello there, Sammy! Ready for another round?"
Surrounded by weirdoes
Sam just sighed.
"You could say that" He said, raising hands "The rest will work itself out in a while"
Wake me up at your own risk.
Nurse's Office
Nurse Hello took Sam's paws, massaging them as she examined them. "Huh. Honestly, this isn't that bad. It's not nearly as bad as last time, that's for sure. If I didn't know any better, I'd say you're getting the hang of this! Anyway..."
She gave both paws a quick little peck, healing the both of them in short order. "There! All better!"
Surrounded by weirdoes
"At this point, I'll be happy if I end up the year with my hands still attached to my body" Sam admitted as he left the nurse, trying to walk for a bit, still a bit weak on his legs as he got to the cafeteria for something to eat before training.
Still wondering what to practice, he decided to cross that bridge later.
Wake me up at your own risk.
Breath of the Sun
Training Room
Somehow she slipped out of his grasp. And she was trying to corrode him from within, apparently, based on the feeling under his skin. No, wait, she was trying to strangle him.
I need to beat her fast.
Not bothering to speak, conserving his oxygen, he warped again, this time directly in front of her, and his fist shot forward in a haymaker aimed at her chest (center of mass, natch. Couldn't have her trying to duck it).
What is so amusing about this? Why do you take lives? How can you forget?
Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign?
Training Room
"!" Mahvash spared her own words, what with Mikael flash punching her. Her redirecting force thing went slightly worse this time, what with her catching the punch in her instinctively crossed arms and flying back.
"And after I go out of my way, to do something nice for you." She put effort into keeping her own essence in that blood from unmaking a certain red thing. And so accurate. I'll remember to go for bile over saliva to the eyes. All the same, flexing with blood clots in that hand is difficult, so kudos for that, but dangerous too. But I won't give you embolisms. You need only worry about what color your hands turn without blood. Of course, maybe you'll address the oxygen issue first.
The daeva winked at the demon. "You don't have to show off to me. I know you enjoy that banal means of movement. I told you that you'd get flabby if you kept doing that." I wonder if Interceptor had developed a move for dealing with force redirect when they teleport. I'm sure the koshti has it, and it will come in time.
Edited by CenturyEye on Jul 4th 2018 at 1:23:53 PM
Look with century eyes... With our backs to the arch And the wreck of our kind We will stare straight ahead For the rest of our lives
Cafeteria
"Nice to be meeting you properly, then - Harmony Space Person, Caleb Earth Person," Remix said with a grin. Not that anyone could see it. But maybe they could hear it."I am Remix, Earth Person. And my power is to manage my rhythm and flow," he held one hand out, palm outstretched, and jerked it forward and back, as if he were rotating an invisible plate. "Just like playing it live on the ones and the twos. How about you two, why are you in this school? And more importantly - what type of musics do you like?"
Cafeteria
Caleb nodded as Remix explained his power. Guess that explained the name then.
"We..."
Caleb hesitated and trailed off, again struggling with what level to share.
"We're on power control. I wanna be a hero but Caleb's body, his say."
"It's just... it's a lot."
Caleb peered down at his watch, despite it currently showing his vitals and not the time.
"When do we need to start training, anyway?"
Hallway -> Training Room
Oh. Right. That would make sense. Hei mused, creating a gate to the venue, where he immediately noticed Matten and Mikael sparring.
"Um...I'm n-not late, am I?" He asked, quickly glancing at a nearby clock to verify.
Edited by svenorzokarkoff on Jul 5th 2018 at 12:30:48 PM
Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign?
Training Room
"Of course you're not late, little darling." Mahvash gave Lin a little wave and a curtsy, albeit keeping her tactile senses focused on Red. "I'm just working on our classmate, early bird check, so that he isn't troubled later."
"Anyway, you're very early. Assist Mikael why don't you?" The daeva smoothed out her robes, legs having already twisted into 3 fleshy and clawed tentacles while she hovered in mid-air. Centipede like crawlies pinched out of her exposed skin before vanishing under her robe. Repeatedly. And I suppose, I shouldn't keep wrestling then. They do need to know that I can keep them.
Edited by CenturyEye on Jul 5th 2018 at 7:55:48 AM
Look with century eyes... With our backs to the arch And the wreck of our kind We will stare straight ahead For the rest of our lives
Breath of the Sun
Training Room
Matten wouldn't kill me, right? Mikael nodded to Hei Lin but didn't say anything. His chest was feeling tighter, his head lighter. No, but she would leave me out cold. Fuck. Need to end this... I'm stronger than her, so maybe...
He charged forward with a beat of his wings, arm cocked back as if going for another punch.
Then he teleported, appearing behind her, arms wrapping around her as he had before. Except this time, one arm went around her chest, and the other moved at her neck level, intending to grasp her in a chokehold.
Mikael briefly considered that Matten might not actually need to breathe, but his brain was rapidly losing oxygen and he figured 'two can play at that game' was a decent enough response.
What is so amusing about this? Why do you take lives? How can you forget?
Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign?
Training Room
The daeva smirked when Mikael disappeared (from sight) again. She raised twirled, slightly ascending and feeling him reappear in the same instant, before she met his wrap with her own. Two clawed 'legs' wrapping around one of his arms in turn with him wrapping his arms around her. The other leg snaked around his back to claw at his wings.
"Oh where to start with this one," she lowered her eyes briefly to his arm around her waist, presumably meant for her chest. "You seem to think that we're very familiar after all. And at the same time not. There is a third dimension to start with."
She tilted her head before leaning in nose-to-nose. "Or did you want to dream of my beautiful face... or something else when you drifted off?" She lightly patted the demon's cheek before grinning. "By all means reach, but you could look all the same after bending the knee. You wouldn't lose the time from your nap either."
Edited by CenturyEye on Jul 5th 2018 at 9:22:46 AM
Look with century eyes... With our backs to the arch And the wreck of our kind We will stare straight ahead For the rest of our lives
Training Room
Suddenly, at what could have been perhaps the worst possible time, a familar blueish gray demon teleported into the Training Room, a field of static surrounding her as she did. "Hey there, Mikael! Turns out we're in the same class today, so I just figured I'd, uh..."
It took Ellie a moment for what she was seeing to fully register, but only a moment. Her bushy tail started swishing back and forth like a duster as she crossed her arms together, her eyes crackling with electricity. "Well. Didn't think you were that fast. Unless you wanted to make it a threesome?"
Edited by kkhohoho on Jul 5th 2018 at 8:23:33 AM
Breath of the Sun
Training Room
Mikael was mere moments away from collapsing, and suddenly felt a woman very close to him. Matten, he thought, but then he heard Ellie's voice. Just like then...
As spots danced in his vision, he recalled when he'd fought Ellie before, and remembered how he'd finally beaten her last time. This time should work the same, right? So Mikael opened his maw and bit down on Matten's shoulder as hard as he could.
Then his eyes closed, and he promptly passed out from lack of oxygen, his jaw somehow still shut tight.
What is so amusing about this? Why do you take lives? How can you forget?
Training Room
Well, kung fu daeva she was not, but she did know Mikael favored coming up from the back at least in the tourney. He still outweighed her. Her adding her own pressure to his lunge to disturb his balance ended up pushing her around.
"Well, we're to face to face," Mahvash gave the boy a half smile while he dug his claws into her back and she gripped him strongly in turn. "All the same, you should not do that," she tilted her head back to where his claws were drawing blood. "And not just because we're not that familiar."
"Also," her smile turned fuller, "you'll have to pardon me." She spat at the demon's eyes while they were nose-to-nose while pressing her fingers into his spine. "And now?"
Edited by CenturyEye on Jul 3rd 2018 at 9:24:11 AM
Look with century eyes... With our backs to the arch And the wreck of our kind We will stare straight ahead For the rest of our lives