Khulan - Serious Business

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"Height is not important to the girl who took the crown," Khulan stood atop the desk and, with as serious a face as she could maintain, pointed a finger straight at the nose of her purple rival. "Nice to meet you, now I challenge you. You and I shall meet in a contest of purple-ness! Because eating whatever for my height will take too long, so that's over with."
Khulan raised her finger to the air and briefly manifested a visible battle aura. Which only partly helped, because her aura was green, a color that was certainly not purple. "But I will get the purple-ness crown, my rival in lilac goodness."

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

Lucy Livingston

“R- Really...?” Lucy stammered, almost choking with surprise before she caught herself and nodded rapidly in agreement in case Rebecca changed her mind. “I-I... I-I'd like that. Um... y-yeah. Sooooo...”

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SPEAK

“...s-so ESPers are really rare, yeah...” she gulped, fidgeting visibly before forcefully shoving her hands into her hoodie's pockets to stop them shaking. “I-I know a few b-back in my old school...? Roger's High...? I-In Newport, there's... a-a few ESPers there. D-Don't know why... b-but you're right...! The... the powers are locked to- to families...”

She shook her head, realising she was rambling out probably useless information. That and restating information Rebecca had already said. Still, this was going great, compared to her usual attempts at making friends.

“...wh-what's your medium...?” she deigned to ask, even though the subtle wrinkling of her nose suggested she was aware of the foul stench emanating from Rebecca. She was too shy to point it out, however. “M-Mine's... um... p-pretty weird, y'know? ESPer powers aren't really uh... th-the best, usually...”

Edited by Enirboreh on Dec 5th 2021 at 10:10:12 AM

bork

Kana

Kana tilted her head, not entirely understanding some of the things Khulan was saying. But what she did understand was friendship! That's what this was the start of, probably.

"Very well! Though I will have you know, beating me in a contest of purple is going to be quite difficult. I tend to get very purple during a fight because of my power."

Khulan - Homeroom

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"Difficult is my middle name!" Khulan declared, both fists clenched and up in the air. "I-I mean 'overcoming difficulty' is my middle name!" She hopped off the desk then, and realized she had to look up at Kana and decided to stay back. At least she could pretend to not be tilting her neck up when they were a couple meters apart.
"How did you get a purple power anyway?" Not that she would give up the green. She could have both.

Edited by CenturyEye on Dec 5th 2021 at 3:12:26 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

Kana

Kana shrugs in response.

"I'm not really sure, actually. My powers just sorta showed up at one point, y'know? My parents have them, so I guess I have my own, too. That's about all the rhyme or reason there is to it, as far as I know. What about you? How'd you end up with yours?"

Rebecca Raleigh

Of course Lucy would ask about her medium. It wasn't like it was a secret, how could it be? But it was still a little embarrassing to say out loud.

"I'll bet that mine's weirder. You can probably make an educated guess, but my medium is... filth. My hygiene certainly isn't like this by choice." She played it off like she was joking around to disguise her bitterness. "My mom says my bond to my medium is unusually strong... my body just shuts down if I'm separated from it. Thanks to that, I've been told I'm not pleasant to be around..." Rebecca trailed off.

"But whatever! New school, fresh start! Right?"

Edited by PossiblyQuiteInsane on Dec 5th 2021 at 4:17:21 AM

Lucy Livingston

“O-Oh...” Lucy mumbled, tugging anxiously at her hair as her gaze fell to the floor. She felt pretty ungrateful for her powers, now. “I-I'm sorry. Th-That sounds... that sounds hard to deal with. U-Um... i-it probably doesn't mean anything, but you're pretty nice so far...”

She offered Rebecca something resembling a wobbly smile. It had effort put behind it, at least. Enough for her to momentarily forget her ink, and after clearing her throat she allowed a small tendril to sprout out from her sleeve and encircle her wrist.

“M-My... my medium's ink. I have a um... one of those biogenesis powers. I-It's weird. But I can... do stuff with it. It's kinda gross, though...” she murmured, inspecting her own ink construct before letting it absorb back into her hoodie. From what was visible for a brief moment, the fabric was actually a deep navy that was only stained black by what was presumably Lucy's ink overflowing from between its threads. “I-I basically make lots of it, then I... keep it in my clothes. Easier to use, that way...”

I'm boring her.

Maybe, yeah...

bork

Sam saw Clio leave and just shrugged, before starting to see if anyone else needed to talk, or wanted to. Whatever else, he supposed.

You've done this song and dance before

And every time it sucked

As it was, he didn't really notice the small merry-go-round that formed behind his head.

Wake me up at your own risk.

Beatrice Bianca :> Enter

Amid all the conversation and extravagant entrances and explanations of powers, it might be hard to notice one fairly average girl with short hair wander into the classroom and take a seat in the back.

Those that did notice probably found her a little odd, between the poorly-fitting clothing and the utter silence and the blank expression as she sat down and started staring straight forward into the middle distance.

It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.

Fern sits on her desk “No one…” she says, what did I do wrong, is it what I said or what I am wearing? And removes her glove showing a hand with claw like fingers, well great is looks like she was keeping her-

Her hand makes contact with the sun light and is set on fire

“AHHH!” The hoodie girl screams as her hands burn and she jumps out of her desk and begins to roll on the floor.

Edited by This on Dec 5th 2021 at 5:02:31 AM

I can do it. For the sake of my master and seonbae…

Sam jumped into action as soon as the screams and fire started, as a cold gust seemed intent on freezing the flames.

He could only pray he was doing it right.

"You ok?" He asked "What just happened?"

Wake me up at your own risk.

“GLOVE!” she yells out “GET THE GLOVE!” soon the fire slowly begins to spread to the right of her hoodie, still rolling on the floor.

I can do it. For the sake of my master and seonbae…

"Oh my!"

Clio stared at Fern as she tried to take the fire off. She spots the glove on the floor and carefully hands it to Fern.

Victor of HGS S320 | "There's rosemary, that's for remembrance. Pray you, love, remember."

The absurd numbers of roll soon stops the fire at her hoodie as she gets up, she see a girl holding her glove to her “THANKS!” She yells out before grabbing the glove and putting it on stopping the fire on her hand, going on her knees and heavily breathes from what happen, “Hi.. she says to Clio “I’m Fern…”

I can do it. For the sake of my master and seonbae…

Lee.

...It was certainly livelier than Lee was expecting. With some stuff going completely over his head. The young lad was doing his best not launch into a barrage of questions considering at least half of the powers being described sounded, well, cool.

There didn't really seem to be much of a concrete dress-code given how...different everyone else seemed to be dressed, so the most recent newcomer wearing something that didn't quite fit didn't seem too out of the ordinary at this point. Maybe it was power-related? Either way, he happily waved at Bea with a cheerful 'Good morning!'

And then that shadow-y melty girl got set on fire and definitely made Lee panic, wondering whether to use his powers to maybe help fix things...but that'd potentially make thing worse. Or get into trouble. And it looked like that at least two other students...probably had it under control as he nervously adjusted his tie, glancing around the classroom, remembering to take deep breathes and compose himself.

"W...Well, there's certainly a lot of us, huh..."

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

"Hello, I'm C-Clio." She muttered. "And you're welcome. Also how come your hand inbursts into flames without the glove?"

Victor of HGS S320 | "There's rosemary, that's for remembrance. Pray you, love, remember."

She gulps “Like the rest of you I’m different” She moves her bandanna away to reveal pure darkness with only two white eyes before putting the bandanna back “It’s my gifted curse.”

I can do it. For the sake of my master and seonbae…

Kirby-The First Day

He'd debated bringing the Suit onto school grounds, but decided it would seem too show-offy. Besides, he was here to learn to get along with other heroes, right? Not how to 'be' one. After the company car dropped him off, the young man was briefly puzzled as to how to get in the building until he saw the intercom, as well. Once in, Kirby managed to grab a student to walk him to the right door. Skateboarding would have been faster, but he doubted the faculty would allow it.Would they? So walking it was. Oh well, more exercise. Besides, all I need is to get in an accident and shift on my first day.

He was almost to the door and a crash of glass made him jump. Next came a huge crunch that had him at five feet before he settled down and grew again. Kirby took a moment to shake out his arms and breathe before opening the door onto madness. A demon. Another one who was apparently cosplaying as Pig Pen. A very purple girl. A very tall girl. A very furry girl. And a young man with a glowy hand. There were a few more, but he just kind of kept an eye on folks as he made his way to a seat. I wonder if any of them are famous? I didn't look at any of the info they gave me to get ready for today. Shrugging, he pulled a can of soda out of his pocket and opened it, alert for any teacher that might pop in and disapprove of his snackery. Though anyone who could teach in this kind of school... He glanced around, trying to take in more faces. It would be nice to know at least one person... Then a familiar form using familiar powers caught his eye. As usual, she seemed to be trying to compress herself into a very small compartment, perhaps a dumbwaiter.

Kirby got up and ambled over. "Hey....Inkwell, isn't it?" He extended a hand and a big grin. "I'm a fan. You've made a difference in RI for sure."

Edited by Booky on Dec 5th 2021 at 6:44:14 AM

"Well, that ended well" Sam commented. Looking at Fern. "Good to see you better" He saw the shadow form.

"So, we have to keep you out of sunlight or stuff?" He asked, a bit confused.

"I am Samuel, by the way" He introduced himself, trying to get that out of the way.

Wake me up at your own risk.

“Oh hey Samuel, I’m Fern and what I did was pretty dumb” she says with a laugh.

Edited by This on Dec 5th 2021 at 8:04:17 AM

I can do it. For the sake of my master and seonbae…

Lucy Livingston

“I-I—!” Lucy froze up momentarily, forgetting Rebecca for a moment as she whipped her head around to look at Kirby. “Y-You... y-you know me...?”

Wait... this guy's...

She squinted at him, carefully examining his face as she tentatively took his hand and shook it gently before taking it back just as suddenly.

“...you were in RI. Saw you a couple times. Never... knew who...” she trailed off, realisation crossing her face as she managed a small smile and a slight shrug. “I-It's nothing. Just... t-trying to protect where I grew up, y'know...? Thought I'd... th-thought I'd branch out a little...”

Intriguingly, her stammer had lessened for a few moments as she said this.

bork

Theo

"Nice ta meet ya, Vic." Theo said, "And yeah, puttin' it mildly, I did a lot of really stupid things." He rubbed the back of his head in embarassment, "Broke a lot of AT Ms, graffitied a lot of walls, stole a whole bunch'a stuff..." he looked away briefly, "And it all ended in someone real close to me gettin' real badly hurt." He turned back to face Victor, "But that's why I'm here, I wanna learn how to actually help people with my powers, I owe it to my brother to do my best here, the guy gave an arm for me to help me get here, so—" Before Theo could continue, he was startled by the sound of Sue's staff smacking the ground, and immediately turned toward the source of the noise.

"Jesus, Lady!" He shouted in surprise, before noticing the damage she did to the floor and letting out a low whistle. "Damn, impressive, bet the janitor's gonna hate cleaning that up though.' He said with a small laugh before extending his hand, "Theo Sampson, by the way. What do ya call yourself, monkey girl? And uh, where can I get a staff like that?"

Edited by bestmand902 on Dec 5th 2021 at 10:44:57 AM

Mikael

He didn't flinch as Sue smashed the ground. He merely smirked, sheathing his claws as he took note of the cracked floor tiles and broken earth.

"Impressive. But if you really want to see who's stronger, we'll have to spar at some point." He grinned, then paused to look at the damage again. "Though you shouldn't break the floor. Teachers here will probably be pissed about that."

Mikael looked around the room a moment. The teacher still hadn't arrived. Were they late? Well, the entire class had pretty much spilled in last minute, so it wouldn't surprise him if the teacher had had difficulty getting here as well.

"Speaking of, I wonder when our teacher's actually going to show up. If they're 15 minutes late, do we get to leave?" Mikael wondered aloud.

Edited by kagescorpionakki on Dec 5th 2021 at 10:57:47 AM

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

Sue

"Heck yeah! Gonna whoop your stupid butt, hot demon guy!" She hopped into the air, waving her arms and tails with exuberance. No matter how it turned out, she was looking forward to it.

"...but wait, you sure they'll be pissed? I mean, I went and whacked the ground and stuff back home, and no-one got pissed about that! Except for that one guy who started yelling at me cuz I kept whacking his tree cuz it had a bunch of fruit in it, but he said it was his fruit so I tried to stop, but then the tree started tipping over and stuff..."

Before Sue could get an answer, her attention was diverted to Theo, her gaze drifting towards him. He looked a bit shrimpy, but she was a sucker for praise.

"Thanks, shorty!" Despite her words, there wasn't any sense of malice or condescension. She said it with clear affection, shaking his hand with vigour.

"Name's Sue, but this staff ain't for you!" She lifted it off the floor, resting it against her hairy shoulder.

"It's kinda-sorta a keepsake, or a special weapon thingy or something. Think it only works for me. Some other monkeys tried to steal it one time, but they couldn't cuz it disappeared and went POOF as soon as they touched it. Then I wacked 'em in the river and they started screaming and hollering so I lifted em out again, but then they tried to steal it again so I whacked them back in again. So don't go stealing it or I'll whack you in too, m'kay?"

Edited by kkhohoho on Dec 5th 2021 at 10:33:21 AM

Bea :> Take Notes

The girl in the odd-fitting clothes turned her head to regard the waving Lee and after a moment she silently waved back, expressionless as ever. Slowly she looked over at the other interactions between students, her expression twitching as her gaze lingers on the broken floor tiles and the one responsible for them. Eventually, once she's gotten a good lay of the land she grabs a small notepad and pen from the breast pocket of her garb, giving the pen a little ~click~ and she gets to writing.

Class hasn't even started and she's already taking notes.

It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.