[i][u]Red Winston[/u][/i]

Not Amanda. Not so early in the morning. It was a torture to start his day talking to her, but at least he had enough coffee to function properly. He figured that she wanted a victim to have some fun with and he was the one to pick the (un)lucky straw. Straightforwara as always, Amanda's topic for the day was Red's interactions with the female students of the Academy. Well, from a normal person's perspective, it would seem that he was hitting on them, but, oblivious as always, he didn't realize that someone would look at it that way until Amanda pointed it out. He had another sip of coffee, after swallowing the last bite of his first toast.

"You couldn't be more wrong, Amanda. I am not in any way trying to form any sort of sexual or love relationship with either your cousin or Poppy. I am not interested in this sort of thing. Relationships of that kind are not productive in any way and, besides that, they require affection and time and I can't provide either of them. On the other hand, both of them and any person I may encounter in the future could be a valued friend, but nothing more. I only loved my father and it resulted in me being broken from his loss. As for the latter statement, even if I was interested in that sort of thing, you would certainly not be my type. I tend to appreciate intellectual people and you are certainly not one." he said in a straightforward tone of his own.

Normally, he would just leave Amanda alone, but it was a great opportunity for him to find out more about the Academy. After all, it was his main reason for coming here and Amanda would probably know a thing or two about the place. Besides, her personality gave him an idea of how to extract information from her, albeit a dangerous one.

"Despite of what I said, I think I can give you an opportunity to get even with my on what I said, in your own, sadistic way. Tell me everything you know about the Academy, from rumors, facts, secrets, anything and everything and I will do anything you ask me. And by anything you ask me, I [i]do[/i] mean anything!"

With the stakes placed, Red waited for Amanda's response.

[i][u]Christopher Fox[/u][/i]

Chris was making progress. He managed to eat a slightly bigger portion of food, without stopping. It was time for him to gain some weight, so it made him especially happy that he managed such a feat. While congratulating himself in his mind, someone else sat on the table. He looked at him for a moment and turned to his plate, before turning again suddenly, realizing that the man was missing an arm as well. He was also surprised to see that the man's tissue was replaced by metal. It was pretty ironic that the man sitting nearby had one arm and was made of a material related to Chris' own powers.

Curiosity overcame Chris. If someone lost his arm at school, Henry would have probably told him, so it must have been an accident outside the school. That was relieving, because for a moment, Chris considered that he might have hurt the stranger in the accident and he came to ask for revenge. He realized that he was staring at the stranger for quite some time. He was probably a teacher, his age indicating so. He decided to not sit by and watch and just talk to the person, as good manners indicate.

"Good morning, sir...Are you a new teacher? I haven't seen you around before. My name is Chris! Nice to meet you!" he said and extending his arm.

Normally, he wouldn't extend his arm before a one-armed man did, but, now, since he was one-armed himself, he figured it wouldn't be a problem.

"I guess we are somewhat lucky to both lose the same arm, otherwise a hand-shake would be impossible..." he added to lighten the mood.

A few moments later, a girl also sat in a nearby table and glanced at them every now and then. Well, it was a strange sight after all. Two disabled guys, one of them looking like Terminator. It wasn't so strange for even the whole school to be curious about them, so he didn't give much thought into it.