Brokk

The teacher finally revealed herself, and it suddenly made sense why someone had left a red staff near the front. Brokk wasn't an expert in myths, but after hearing stories of the Aesir, he got curious of the other gods, and he knew at once who Sue was descended from. The Monkey King was one of the few legends of the East that was well known even in the West. Fitting, Brokk supposed.

As the others introduced themselves, Brokk reached into his backpack, withdrawing a pair of bronze-colored gauntlets. He slipped them on, and stood up. Then he slammed his fists together, with a metallic clunk.

Metal unfolded from the gauntlets, sliding up Brokk's arms and over his body, until it covered him entirely, leaving only the lower half of his face exposed. Two great horns sprouted from his helm, and then a long pole from his back, before the pole grew two large axe-blades. To complete the ensemble, five small hatchets seemed to grow from his belt. All in all, the transformation took only a few seconds.

"I am Brokk Ivaldison, or the hero Forgemaster. As ya might have guessed, I can forge magical armor and weapons. No offense to you, Daniel." He nodded towards the boy, before giving a wry smirk. "But you'll find no finer smith in the nine realms than a Dwarf. If there's anything to be forged, built, or fixed, you need but ask."

So saying, he sat back down, still in his armor, in case they were doing any combat tests today.

What is so amusing about this? Why do you take lives? How can you forget?

James found himself going a slight shade of red again and meekly nodding in agreement. "It's c-certainly flashy a-and cool...um, w-well, as l-long as it can protect y-you a-and let you move a-around, t-that's the main thing...?"

Although the mention of his own costumes made him glance away, looking at his backpack and seeming unsure.

"I-It's, um, k-kind of...I-I'd like to show t-them off, but they're sort of locked u-up until I n-need them. I-I mean, I-I can kind of understand w-why, but...I-I mean, I-I'd rather not draw a-attention to m-myself by showing o-off or g-getting a bad reputation, b-but..." James fidgeted and gave a meek apology.

...And Sue's sudden introduction made the youth even more uneasy, especially when he was told he'd have to introduce himself and would have to have to wait for writing down notes later. Couldn't help but give a slight smile at how...cheerful Nikolai was.

"U-Um, w-w-well...my name's James. ...J-Just James, n-nothing flashy. E-Erm, my specialty is s-support, like...c-creating s-shields or...healing..."

...Well, he wasn't exactly wrong. Just wasn't going to say how he did it.

Edited by TheRealWren on Feb 22nd 2021 at 10:36:57 PM

Hope you weren't expecting anything witty here. Maybe some day.

Alice/Carol

Well that was... not reassuring at all. All Alice or Carol were able to glean from Rab's rambling was that he apparently palled around with mad scientists and serial killer enthusiasts, and was thus definitely someone they should avoid in the future. And the fact that there were apparently people keeping an eye on them that they didn't know about was still very concerning. They hadn't exactly broadcasted what had happened to them. As far as official records went, Alice Lane and Carol Lang were dead.

Shit. Teach's here. Let's not make a scene.

A little mud down his windpipe won't kill him...

As much as I want to agree with you, attacking another student on the first day is not a good plan.

Fine...

"Stay away from us. We don't appreciate being watched by anyone. Let alone the kind of people who 'follow' serial killers."

Alice's face went back to her normal, cheery disposition as soon as she looked away from Rab. Without warning, her body lost a good foot of height as a second head formed at her shoulder, with Carol's face and even her cowboy hat.

"I'm Alice! And this is..." "Carol. Hello, sweethearts. I look forward to getting to know you all."

"We're made of mud, so we're all liquid-y and can change our shape." "We can also harden parts of our body. So we don't just splat ineffectively when we try to, say, pick something up, or hit someone."

"Also, we're kind of dead. Or... undead?" "It's a long story, and not a pleasant one for either of us to recall, but we were regular human girls until we died about 7 months back."

Edited by PossiblyQuiteInsane on Feb 22nd 2021 at 9:24:55 AM

Whilst everyone introduces themselves, Daniel decides he wants to incite a fight, intrigued by Seez's ability. Therefore, when the gumball comes his way, he swipes it out of the air, gives Seez a malicious grin, narrows his eyes, and crushes the gumball between his index finger and his thumb, then flicks it into the trash. He knew it was a rather small action, but he hoped his staring into Seez's eyes while he did it would give it a bit of a harder impact. If necessary he'd send some more signals, and if all else failed he didn't have a problem with straight-up asking for a fight.

YOHOHO!

Well, the teacher is...quite something Lambert thought, with a rather uneasy expression. But beyond that, he took a couple quick notes about the others.

Huh, a scientist and a dwarf smith. That'll come in handy later And a bunch of oddballs, even one that's oddly similar to him. Even if the personality is so opposite.

Well, time to introduce himself really.

"Hello" He said, so that everyone could hear him "Lambert Lake, just an Ironheart Knight"

Now, how to explain himself.

"I make magic swords" He said "Both by the usual smithing and by my own power"

"I can also enhance my body" A strange lightning formed around him, as his eyes' colors seemed to invert in a second to illustrate his point.

"And I also have these" He said, slowly unsheathing Deuil and Gloir to display them in all their splendor, both its beauty and their danger "These are Gloir and Deuil. Found them in a... rather dangerous incident and I kind of stuck to them. They seem to have been one weapon at one point but they still have some impressive power in this state" He slowly sheathed them again, trying to not cause any undue hostilities.

"I think that's all the important parts, really"

Wake me up at your own risk.

Zachaia

For now, Zachaia watched the ongoing introductions.

The teacher was...something else. Loud, verbose, combative...definitely a teacher - and very, very vulgar. Vulgar Zachaia could understand, relate to.

Dear little Nikolai and oh, so Lambert really did style himself a knight. A defender of the innocent, a stalwart minded righteous warrior. The more she thought about it, she thought with a sigh, the less chance she had. Why would someone like him, who was so radiant, ever even countenance the idea of anything more than a first day's discussion with someone like her.

She pondered it.

More than just romance. I need to show I'm capable of it. Capable of more than just my wanton nature. I need to be...more. If only to keep my position and advance it, as I suspect the last thing Saint Academy will ever be...will be boring. She looked around the classroom, trying to find some way of showing in the moment she was magnanimous.

And there it was.

Some errant little punk looking to try and start a fight by tossing some kid's little candy freely given into the trash. It was petty, it was crude, and it was perfect. He made it so obvious by his body language and expression what he hoped to get out of this random, petty try-hard behavior. Zachaia quickly got up and moved when she saw Daniel grin like a little goon and do that. So obviously hoping for a fight.

"Now now," she said on her way, stopping by over there, "I was just about to introduce myself, but I noticed you and your...manner toward dear little Seez's freely given gift. Do cut it out. There is no place here for that kind of behavior, ugh, so infantile."

Edited by NickTheSwing on Feb 22nd 2021 at 11:41:46 AM

Sign on for this After The End Fantasy RP.

Daniel sighed, giving a faux-solemn expression. He frowned, resting his head in his hand. "I know, I know, really not my best work, is it? But I don't think I'm at fault for wantin' to see the fucker's lil'... bubble machine power in action. After all, it takes care of two things at once!"

His grin returned, light gleaming off the sharp points of his filed teeth. "I get myself a reputation, whilst also gauging my new pal's abilities..." He seemed as if he was taking pleasure in this, but all of this was simply to mask oh so many of his own issues, not to mention his general distaste for most people, especially those whom he deemed 'arrogant white knights.' People needed saving, not bragging about said saving.

He went straight-faced, a dark energy in his eyes, his hand just itching to go for his blade. "All this to say, I don't take kindly to bullshit 'Holier Than Thou' comments from pricks like you. Try again when you've seen half the shit I have."

YOHOHO!

Lux - Class 1-A

Pollux's glare softened. He didn't really pay any mind to Rab's jab at him. "Phew...", he sighed in relief as he went back to his desk. He was just glad that the hostile atmosphere of a few minutes ago died down. However, they went from a somewhat crazy event to an even crazier one, as a chair just started growing and then shrinking back into a monkey girl.

This Sue girl certainly seems like a fun person to have around, especially as a teacher.

She eventually prompted everyone to introduce themselves and their powers, and then, some people did. Pollux was also going to introduce himself but, in the meantime, some tensions were starting to escalate to a preposterous degree. And Pollux instinctively felt like he had to quickly defuse them.

"Hey, hey, hey! What is this about?", Pollux approached the scene of the conflict.

It happened first with Rab and...it freaking happened again with this dude.

"You need to calm down, man!", Pollux told Daniel, with a somewhat annoyed expression that closely resembled a pout. "I don't know what exactly happened that is making you this antsy, but let's just...not cross any line, okay?"

Edited by Noussibonne on Mar 8th 2021 at 6:53:49 PM

Sweet dreams are made of this~ Who am I to disagree?

Having finished his dynamic intro, Seez settled into kicking back on his desk again, watching the others introduce their selves. He was happy that Sue didn't care about the way he chose to trance - the squareoid teachers from back home always used to spew waterfalls at him for putting his feet up. Sue's a mondiamond.

He liked the look of Earlybeard, or Brokk as he called himself; giving off a real old-school transmission, and by old-school, he meant old-school. Even for Seez. ...Did he have, like, all that armour in his pocket or did he conjure it from outta the back of Bielefeld? He knows who he's going to if he ever needs a weapon. ...Maybe a fresh club. Tonfa, maybe.

Then while Turquoise (AKA James) and Ms. Terra (AKA Alice and Carol... huh, two girls in one. Acid. The whole laying down mud thing, though... still a Q.O.C.) introduced themselves, he caught sight of Gnasher (Daniel, he thinks) ahead of him catching his gumball and then grinning happily at him with those teeth. Rad. The sight of the teeth did make it a little more gunge than Daniel probably intended, but Seez didn't hold it against him - maybe his teeth were just naturally like that. Must be hard to smile at cats when you've got rippy teeth, people jumping to conclusion city and all.

"Heyyyy, nice catch, dude! Enjoy!" Seez said to him, smiling and giving him the finger-gun, before looking away and going right back to trancing. ...Might have sunk a bit too deep into that sea, actually, as he tuned out whatever talking came afterwards and glanced out the window again. ...Was nice outside. He wondered if they do outdoor classes...

"If you think like a child, you will do a child's work."

Rosa

...this was their teacher?

Rosa stared. She couldn't help it. This...monkey-woman was far from what she had expected. She supposed that this teacher would likely be a good one, given that Saint Academy had hired her, but...well, a culture shock couldn’t be avoided.

Oh, and apparently, there was a villain out there named Baron Dildo.

Wonderful.

Several people had already introduced themselves, so Rosa stood up and cleared her throat. "My name is Ro—"

And that was as far as she got before one kid squished a gumball, causing Kaia and Pollux to start yelling at him.

She let out a sigh.

Rosa walked over to the scene of the conflict, taking out her parasol as she did so. Once she'd reached the three of them, she swiftly swung her parasol down between them, eyes hardened into ice.

"You," she said to Daniel. "I would advise you to not try to provoke anyone. Ms. Sue is unlikely to take very kindly to it."

Then, she looked at Kaia and Lux. "You two—calm down. It is just a gumball. No need to fight anyone over it."

With that, Rosa pulled her parasol upward, resting it on her shoulder. Her eyes were still icy as she stared at the three. "It would be unadvised to get into a fight on the first day. Let's try not to give Saint Academy a bad impression of us before we have truly settled in."

After a few moments, Rosa turned away and returned to her seat, primly setting her parasol by her chair.

Edited by LilyTheLitten on Feb 23rd 2021 at 5:25:13 AM

"Kept me waiting, haven’t you? Tch. No matter. Dawdle all you’d like. In the end, your defeat remains inevitable."

"Yes, please, friends, listen to Rosa of Linden!" Nikolai nodded as he turned his attention to the little altercation with as much energy as he could muster for everyone, nodding his head as he did. "There is no need for the fighting, we are all here to be He-Rohs, so let us be He-rohs together! No arguing or squabbling or the swearing, let us make good example and behave, yes? Is like my father used to say: Behave, or I put you three in the hole." He nodded wisely, as if that were an entirely normal thing a father would say to his children.

Pausing, he turned to Rosa. "Do they have holes to put people in topside?" He asked with an overly loud whisper.

Is it selfish that I'm happy as we pass the setting sun?

Zachaia

"It's not even about the little candy." She gestured at Daniel - personally, she found his behavior funny in a sad way. Like getting growled and howled at by a dog that had to be something like 6 lbs sopping wet. Her intentions somewhat abated when she heard Daniel talk about his reputation, and even as Rosa stepped in over this she had to bite her lip to avoid laughing at Daniel openly.

"It's the message he was so obviously trying to send. The fight he openly admits he was looking for. And the laughable nature he has."

Looking at Nikolai, she said, "No need to worry, Nikolai, I think everyone now can tell what a failed gadfly our classmate is. So I don't see anyone rising to his bait. Now, I believe introductions were in order."

Leaving the confrontation for the front of the room, Zachaia honestly hoped the little troll doll went for her instead of anyone else. She knew she had the resilience to handle whatever he had to throw around. And it wouldn't be boring.

Once she got to the front of the room, Zachaia promptly looked around and commenced, "My name is Zachaia Elmsdotter, and I don't really remember all that much about my past. Just a few minor details. Something gave me this amnesia, though really, I don't find it all that important to find out what." She waved her hand a little bit to indicate such.

"Now, personally, I prefer to live in the here and now. I'm, to use a certain phrase, a wanton, a...pursuer of one's own needs and desires. But I've come here to...try and be better. I know myself enough to know being better - whatever that really means - is going to be an uphill battle. But not a totally unpleasant one."

She then looked around the room, "As far as my powers, I have the power of "absolute shapeshifting". Every cell, every single part of me, is an extension of my will. I can reshape the slightest fingernail into a diamond blade..." She lifted her hand and her gloved fingers turned into five dangerously sharp looking blades slightly extended.

"All the way to my very structure and create intriguing little compounds and poisons. What you see is simply my preferred form. I can structure and restructure myself according to my every whim and need."

She slightly bowed at the waist and reverted her fingernails to normal. "I hope to get to know all of you as friends~"

Edited by NickTheSwing on Feb 23rd 2021 at 8:51:28 AM

Sign on for this After The End Fantasy RP.

Mara Springwood

Seez's time powers were...cool. Totally cool. Mara figured they'd come in handy in all sorts of rough scenes, and that was totally groovy. For several long moments, Mara stared out the window at the place where the bubble had just been, thinking about how cool it was that Seez could just reverse time on a whim.

Mara felt a little like she was about to puke.

It took her a while to tune in to the scene in the classroom itself, but she was definitely with it by the time one of the students said something aggressive about all the shit he'd seen. Mara audibly snorted and had to stop herself from commenting, out loud, that she had literally seen it all. She was trying to keep that issue under wraps for as long as possible.

However, Mara's demeanor grew more serious as the other students involved themselves in the situation. Her gaze grew assessing, and she considered each of their approaches.

Are these the heroes of the future? Will they be enough? Do they even care?

She'd missed the start of the conflict, but at the very least some students seemed to be trying to make peace, with varying degrees of eloquence. That was a good sign, as long as it didn't lead to passivity.

One chick, Zachaia, was a bit more aggressive, although there was a righteous vibe to her approach. It could very well have been sincere, too, but it seemed to Mara like it might also have been a total crock. Plus, she looked vaguely familiar... Still, no point in being antisocial. That'd get her nothing, and would be rude to boot.

She waved loosely in Zachaia's direction.

"Looking forward to it. Hey, does all that mojo let you do your makeup on, like, a biological level?"

Homeroom

---

Really fast stalker, a floating... person..., Mitzi dutifully marked what each could do and how they did it. Though she hadn't expected to get back to her desk so soon. Tough crowd.
"...wha?" She stopped marking and stared wide eyed at Nikolai when he declared them all 'friends' O-okay then... Alice and Carol had recovered in time to do their intro. That was something.
"You sure you've got enough plate?" Mitzi asked the 'forgemaster' who notably had stayed armored when he sat down. On a side note, Ivaldison must have had the best cheap school chair in history. "And enough axe?" she made a show of looking up and down his poleaxe. "I suppose if you're trying to match Lux..."

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

Dizzy

Izzy had been on the ceiling still, because being on the ceiling was about twice as interesting as not being on the ceiling. But a confrontation seemed to be brewing, and she sighed irritatedly from her by-now laying positions lifting her head up (relative to her, of course) and looking over to see what was going on.

Considering basically everyone (or rather, a decent sum) of her class were now congregating around one particular kid, Izzy tried to figure out why he looked so frowny. Following his gaze to Seez, she eventually got to her feet and idly strolled over to him—albeit while still stuck to the ceiling.

Reaching up, she tapped him on the shoulder—standing on her tiptoes momentarily so she could definitely reach. It wasn't that hard, considering her sheer height and how lanky she was.

“Yo. Cool duder. I'm your vertically-challenged bodyguard,” she remarked, only to pause and frown a moment at her own words. “Wait, that's not... uhhh, gravity-challenged? Eh, whatevs. Look! I'm on the ceiling! And ‘is that guy bothering you’ etc etc. He looks pretty frowny...”

She frowned back at the kid in question, if only to see if she could replicate the look. It began to hurt the muscles in her face after only a short while, and as such she eventually stopped.

Hmm...

Edited by Enirboreh on Feb 23rd 2021 at 1:09:07 PM

bork

Mako looked on in mild confusion that rapidly became appreciation when the teacher seemed to shift from a furry chair into a woman. Nice. It's different than his of course, but it was always cool to meet other people who can change their body with their powers.

She wasn't saying anything to him either, which meant he probably did manage to find the right classroom. He smiled to himself a little bit. Neat!

He listened to his classmates as they went around the room introducing themselves. Then it got to Rosa, and all of a sudden someone tried to start a fight somehow. Weird. He hadn't really been paying attention to whatever it was.

Based on what Izzy was calling down from the ceiling though it seemed like the guy had tried to start a fight with Seez. He turned to Cesar and gave him a thumbs up. "I got you too man. Getting beat up on the first day would be kind of crappy." He shrugged, his arms beginning to lengthen and turning to a dark pinkish red. His fingers merged together,curling into an end with suction cups beginning to emerge, until finally they were full blown squid tentacles.

Mako had absolutely no plans to really get involved if he didn't need to, but still, he didn't plan to just let a guy get beat up for no reason.

With James anxiously keeping an eye on those who were speaking up and others who were getting somewhat...annoyed because of Daniel's...antics. All while rapidly scribbling down notes...observations...theories of everyone else who'd been introducing themselves, all without needing to look down at the notepad.

It was a bit of a shame his attention was divided and too nervous to ask questions, some of the descriptions and introductions WERE certainly interesting. Still, he'd hastily put on his backpack again, just in case since if a fight did break out, with his desk being in the middle of the room, he'd possibly get caught in the crossfire.

Best not to take chances or sides, he didn't want anyone to get in trouble, but at least try to calm things down.

"I...It's o-only the first day...t-there's no n-need to f-fight or disagree o-or cause trouble...i-it's not a c-competition. H-Hopefully. I-I mean, w-we might need to s-show off s-soon but t-that's...um, besides the point...and w-well, we might not have, um, s-seen what you've s-seen...D-Daniel, b-but we all n-need to try and g-get along regardless, r-right...?"

Edited by TheRealWren on Feb 24th 2021 at 12:33:59 AM

Hope you weren't expecting anything witty here. Maybe some day.

As Seez was still glaring out the window, he could hear those voices elsewhere in the room get all... ehhhhh. Not cool. Kinda gunge. A definite Q.O.C. here.

As he turned back, he caught sight of Izzy up on the ceiling, asking if some kid was bothering him? That's kinda shortpin...

"Hey, don't sweat it, sister," he said, casually waving a hand. "What cat you talkin' about, anyways? ...That dude over there, Gnasher? The one with the rippy teeth?" he asked, following her cone of sight to the dude in question, who seemed pretty swathed with attention right now. "I dunno what's even breakin' over there. He caught my candy, next minute, everyone looks like they're about to go boom."

Seez then turned his attention to Mako. He smiled at him, appreciating the lingo-shield he was throwing up for him, but he soon lowered his shades, letting them see his eyebrow perk up in confusion.

"Seriously, dude, I'm fresh. Could someone 'semble what's breakin' right now? I dunno what it is, but it's pretty shortpin, an' more than a little gunge. Not radical, nuh-uh. ...Lovin' those tentacles, though!" he said after a pause, pushing his shades back on. "From now on, I'mma call you Inkling. Just zhwooped into my head!"

Edited by PresidentStalkeyes on Feb 23rd 2021 at 2:19:15 PM

"If you think like a child, you will do a child's work."

Sue

Before someone could set the room ablaze and spin things completely out of control, a large red staff pounded the floor like a gavel. Sue stood tall, growing to the size of the ceiling and making herself loud and clear.

"HEY! BREAK IT UP!" Getting her message across, she shrunk back down, clutching her staff tight

"Just cuz you've got somethin' to prove doesn't mean you get to start shit! I mean, sure, I start shit all the time, but that's only when I'm off the clock! Point is, if you want to be a hero, you can't go picking fights with someone just cuz. Heroes need to work with each other. You go calling them names or sparring in the middle of downtown, you think anyone's gonna trust you after calling them shit-for-brains? Or that Hardy Barny won't shoot you a mega death laser up your ass while you're pounding your friends into the pavement? Trust me, I've been there, and it ain't fun. Think I had to make myself a whole new set of teeth. So the next time I see someone tryin' to start somethin', I'm givin' 'em a big fat pink slip in the face! Got it?!"

Taking a deep breath, she sat back on the desk, picking her teeth as she waited for the students to get back to their seats. "Okay, anyone else wanna introduce themselves? Or maybe you got some questions before we take the kid's gloves off?"

Edited by kkhohoho on Feb 23rd 2021 at 8:33:43 AM

Doctor Who — Long Way Around: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13536044/1/Doctor-Who-Long-Way-Around

Lux - Class 1-A

"Hey, I-I wasn't fighting him over the gumball!", Lux raised his hands at Rosa, getting a bit defensive. He got a bit quieter, though. "I was...I was just telling him to calm down, that's all...".

Fortunately Ms. Wukong - with her staff and size-shifting powers - stepped in and seemed to have managed to calm things down a bit.

"...I guess I'll introduce myself...", Lux went to the front of the roof and stood in front of his fellow classmates.

"Um...I'm sure you've heard it a thousand times already, but my name is Pollux. Pollux Grigoriani, but just call me "Lux".", he began to introduce himself. "I'm a nephilim. I'm like an angel and a human's love child or something...". He then lightly pounded his chest with a fist. ''And because of that, I'm big, super strong and durable and stuff. But that is NOT the only stuff I can do.", he chuckled a bit. "This is just the beginning!"

The giant extended his left arm, with an open palm. His rune markings then started glowing with a white light that gradually intensified until something ignited. A white flame had come into existence on his palm. "I can conjure this ethereal energy. But if I put too much power into them...I'm gonna get a severe burn...heh-heh, I probably need to work on that...", Pollux then put out the flame with next to no effort. "You definitely did notice my, uh...tattoos, right?", he turned around to show the exposed part of his back, where the runes converged into a single spot. "They neatly merge into this spot here"

From that exact spot, a big tendril-like appendage - that was seemingly made of gems as small as feathers - materialized, as if it faded into existence. It glimmered with every single color imaginable, like a rainbow. "It holds my "Opalescent Wing". It's like an inbuilt biological weapon.", Pollux explained - as he turned back to properly face the others - as the Wing slightly enveloped him, in a wavy motion, as if it had a life of its own. "I can also shoot its gems from it and morph its shape to almost my heart's content...", the Wing suddenly stopped enveloping the giant and morphed into an arm, whose hand then formed a peace sign.

"Lastly, I can sense people when they are in danger or in need of protection...", Lux concluded as his Wing slowly faded away.

"I honestly look forward to working with you and knowing you better, guys.", he smiled. "You really seem like an interesting bunch."

Sweet dreams are made of this~ Who am I to disagree?

Alice/Carol

Well... that had happened. Alice and Carol weren't entirely sure what it was that had happened, but it definitely happened, and the teacher broke it up. Everyone seemed to have calmed down for the time being.

Hey, let me steer for a while.

Huh? Alright.

Alice's head dissolved back into the body as it assumed Carol's shape.

Who are you flirting with this time?

Who said I was gonna flirt?! ...The real classy looking girl with the parasol. Ro-something. She got cut off during her intro.

Carol walked over to lean her elbows on Rosa's desk.

"Well hey there good looking. Anyone ever told you you're radiant?"

Edited by PossiblyQuiteInsane on Feb 24th 2021 at 3:56:33 PM

"Well, that was stupid" Lambert commented in a whisper. Looking up, he thought about some encounters with his cousin, which ended in them going aside and having a scuffle. Even if neither of them obviously liked each other, they at least just glare at each other until it gets bad enough for them to walk out. Doing something in front of everyone is just bad form, and

Good thing I hid Arondight when he comes to visit He thought Either that moron would try to use it or try to find one for himself, boy that'll end badly

Studious ignorance is hard to maintain, but he had to act responsibly. He closed his eyes and thought of something, to at least calm himself.

"I am steel" His arms started glowing, leaving a circuit-like pattern all over them, flashing intermittently, as he breathed. It always felt more like a stretch or a flex, really, but he needed the heat, if only to distract himself for a moment.

Wake me up at your own risk.

"I-I'm...c-curious on w-what exactly our s-schedule w-will be. Would b-be kind of nice to know what t-to expect, b-but I think that's the only q-question I have for you, M-Miss Sue." James quietly commented.

A quick double-check of his notes he'd taken Seez's introduction earlier literally by having it all written down, confused at...quite a few of the words as he flicked through his notes, glancing at his classmates, fidgeting as he turned to Lux.

"S...S-So, um, i-is it j-just for c-changing shape and u-using as a f-fancy r-rifle or c-can you use that w-wing to fly o-or glide, too?" He meekly asked, glancing over at Nikolai and looking at his notes.

"...A-And only weapons? S-So d-does that m-mean you can't make a shield e-even though you could, um, b-bop someone over t-the head with it?"

Hope you weren't expecting anything witty here. Maybe some day.

Classroom

"My name is Marco, my powers allow me to shapeshift and regenerate my body," he saw the other students going over some interesting parts of themselves and figured this would be a good a time as any to prevent any misunderstandings. "I lived most of my life in an underground laboratory being experimented on, so I'm still a bit new to the world in general outside of basic knowledge on social structures and the bare minimum needed to collapse a government." which was of course all spoken in a deadpan that made it quite clear there was no punchline incoming. "I hope to prevent any misunderstandings and gain understanding of other people throughout the year. Not in the sense of vivisection so please don't worry about that sort of thing."

Be better, because what is the harm in trying?

Rab

He'd mostly rolled his eyes during the "confrontation" with whatsisname-Daniel. Sounds pretty tryhard to me. Reputation is something people get by their actions, but it doesn't always work out the way they intend. Case in point-whatever happened just now with Muddy Mary here. Why'd she react like that? Why did everyone jump down my throat? All I said was that she was interesting and my friends had been-oh. OH. Well, that's not going away anytime soon. Still, I couldn't really explain myself without spilling beans, could I? And I'm no snitch.

Rab sat back in his chair in irritation, watching as his classmates introduced themselves. The first problem, of course, was how to repair the damage he'd caused. No doubt they all thought he was some kind of weirdo. It feels like most of these folks are here because they really want to be a hero. That's refreshing, I guess. A thought occurred to him, and he resolved to approach Brokk after class.