Violet smiles, turning back toward Jack. She giggles at his last sentence and runs a hand through her hair before tucks a piece of the auburn hair behind her ear. The stubborn thing doesn't stay and winds up falling out again, but she doesn't notice. "Well, I would have never noticed until you told me just then. But that's not as bad as being nervous and scared of everyone." She sighs. "My best friend when I was on the streets forced me to use my powers immensely. That's what caused me to eat up most of my shadow. I get really nervous and fearful around people now because of that. I don't really trust anyone anymore."

Jack would look upset at that. "I didn't have many friends to begin with, so no one really knows about my powers except my parents. And that's just wrong to force it on someone to abuse their gift. I'm sorry that they hurt you." He would look like he's thinking before he would speak again. "You definitely deserve someone who would treat you better than that. It's hard to trust people when you have a gift, especially after you've been wronged. But... Umm.." He would stutter over his words for a second. "You can definitely trust me, if you want, I mean, I wouldn't..." He would just plant his face on the table. "There it is." He would say, referencing his nervousness.

Violet giggles softly and says, "Don't worry about it. I'm a normal person. You don't have to be so freaked out around me." She smiles at him. "And I do trust you. More than anyone here anyways. You're the only one who seems real." She smiles down at the top of his head. She had to admit, the guy was funny. She had never met anyone like him before. Of course, she has never met a speedster before, so she doesn't know if they are all like this. She draws another shadow out of her vial and begins to mess with it, twirling it around her fingers.

Jack would take a breath before lifting his head. He would be smiling, his face a bit red. "I can't help but get tongue tied sometimes, it's never gone away since I was little. But I'm glad you do. Makes me feel better about being here if I can brighten someone's day." He would say, watching her play with the shadows. Jack would finish off his massive amount of food and be sighing contentedly, finishing his page and putting the book away, looking embarrassed all the while.

Jack really liked Violet so far. She seemed really nice, and he was glad to have a friend, someone he could actually get to know. He never really was friends with many girls, so he really hoped he wouldn't make a fool of himself too often.

Violet sees him finish and smiles. "You want to go check out the rest of the school with me? We might as well figure out where we're going before our classes start." She grins at a sudden thought. "Hey maybe they have a training room where we can practice with our abilities! That would be fun. I've always wants to try creating something bigger than a knife out of shadow." She smiles at him, excited. "Well do you want to?"

Jack would nod, throwing his book in his bag and standing up. "I already took a quick run around, but it'd be more fun with you. And I'd love to get some real training in! It's hard to practice when you're afraid to disturb the peace as you go." He would say with a smile. He would look full of energy and ready to go. "Maybe if the place is right I can finally break the sound barrier! I've always wanted to go supersonic!" Jack would look ecstatic. "Let's go!" He would say as he took Violet's hand and began to lead her towards the halls.

Jin sat in the cafeteria, eating a hamburger with the focus of someone performing surgery. She was always hungry somehow, and she didn't know why. It wasn't like she was growing. The morning's assembly had been... informative. She was still so angry at Chance for forcing her to be here. He said she had to learn to be a kid- that he couldn't teach her to act her age around people like her. Who said she wanted to be her age at all?

She polished off her first burger and started on the second. Luckily she'd gotten a room to herself- she didn't know what her brother had pulled for that. Hopefully he didn't reveal anything important. She didn't want to start the school year by being labeled the insomniac troublemaking freak student. Of course her brother loved her- even when she was angry enough to hate him, she never doubted that. Still, she was just a thief. Why was she going to a school for people who had real power. All she could do was make stuff move, and even that wasn't really useful.

The second burger went the way of the first and she started walking with the third. She was wearing an oversized hoodie with binary code spelling out 'f*** off' on the back, and jeans that hid her slim frame. Maybe if she stuck to the corners, no one would notice her. Maybe then she wouldn't have to get into trouble and get thrown out.

James hung around the door watching people come and go. Noticing Jack and Violet exit together leaving Terry behind he approached the boy. "Well aren't they cute." He said in a rather dead pan tone, a little bit of his Texan draw slipping out. Offering a hand to shake James introduced himself. "My name's James. Or if you prefer aliases, Synthesis."

Violet stumbles behind Jack, laughing as he pulls her along. They head toward the halls as she says, "If you try to go supersonic, just don't exert yourself. I don't need a passed out speedster on my hands." She grins at him. "I hope they have a target area. I've always wanted to make a shadow bow and shadow arrows." She smiles at the thought and looks down at her vial. It should be enough to last her the month, if she doesn't totally expend her powers.

With a bored look on his face, Terry listened to the speedster reply. Terry knew that speedsters were pretty powerful but he didn’t think that the kid’s overconfidence was totally earned. Terry figured if anyone here had all the answers then they wouldn’t be here. He didn’t reply and just listened as the speedster talked to shadow girl. He made a mental note when Mach 1 was mentioned but otherwise just listened and studied their body language and facial expressions.

Terry felt that Shadow’s girl reply was of a similar nature, a sort of nonchalance in the face of possibly limitless future danger. Although she seemed a bit more nervous, Terry wondered if the pair were oblivious to threats, didn’t care, or something else entirely. He did note that Shadow girl’s name was Violet Turner and her alias was Shadow.

Terry got the private vibe from the two well before the speedster said anything but had decided to exhaust their hospitality before he slinked away. Terry remembered that the speedster’s name was Vector as soon as the kid said it again. He had said it once before when he had zoomed into the auditorium earlier. Terry even remembered that Mammoth had jokingly called the kid ‘Vasectomy’. Terry decided he would have less forgetful in the future as he slid away from the couple.

He moved away far enough so that they would feel he was gone but he remained close enough that he could hear what they were saying. The pair seemed interesting to him but he turned away from them and continued to scan the cafeteria while he listened to the remainder of their conversation. After they took off, Terry noted that they had a lot of fun, almost like younger kids.

Terry noticed another kid approach and wondered with the new interaction would bring. Terry attempted to memorize the new guy’s face, voice, name, and alias. Terry shook hands with Synthesis. “Yes. Quite. You can call me, Brass.” Terry spoke in a neural tone. He would release James’s hand and sip his milk again.

Studying behavior was somewhat of a pass time for James. Being an observer himself it was sometimes easier to spot another in the crowd. That was good because he'd rather talk with someone who is paying attention. Pointing out little details was no fun if the other party was oblivious. That would be more frustrating that anything.

"Nice to meet you, Brass." James smiled lightly and turned looking at the other students mulling around or sitting and eating. "So what do you think so far? Notice anything interesting?" Referring to the other students. "We know there are some hot heads in the bunch, a hotshot speedster, and shadow girl. Am I missing anyone so far?"

Jack would slow down a bit, making sure to point out which classes are which to Violet as they went. "I wish I had a sword to practice with. I've never had any real lessons, but I try to teach myself. It's in my family history, after all." He would say. "And you don't need targets, I can be your target!" Jack would smile pretty big. "Don't worry about me passing out over it, I've gotten really, really close. I just need the right place to do it. The only time I've made a sonicboom was in my hands, gotta try with my feet!"

She giggles and draws out her vial. She moves her hands over it and draws a decent amount of shadow from the vial. She then caps the vial and tucks it back under her shirt. She began to manipulate it with her hands until she made a sword. She pauses and hands him the sword. "Here. It will last as long as you need it to. Just don't put it in direct sunlight. That will make it completely dissolve." She smiles at him.

Jack would almost stop in his tracks as he takes the sword from her, feeling how light it is and testing the grip. He would look positively ecstatic. "YES! You are awesome! I can't wait to practice with this too! Oh, I've been waiting such a long time but my parents wouldn't get me a sword andIalwayswantedtopracticeswordplayanditsgoingtobesocool!" Stopping himsf, Jack would breath, looking embarrassed. "Sorry. Mouth faster than my head."

Violet chuckles. "It's fine. I understand how excited you are. I would be excited too if I got the thing I wanted most." She watches him swing the sword. "That, you will find, is a very good sword. I learned that trick back on the streets. I need something to defend myself and when a gun wouldn't do, I decided to go with a sword." She looks down at the ground, a little embarrassed. "I taught myself how to use it when I was younger. I did a lot of damage with it. I think a little more than I should. I took out two windows and nearly killed a cat." She smiles sheepishly.

Coming up on the training room, Jack would be smiling brightly. "Poor cat! Good thing it was only nearly, huh? That's a really awesome ability! I'm starting to get jealous!" He would say enthusiastically. He would be telling the truth, as Jack had always been envious of such things. "Some speedsters can make stuff, but not me. Maybe sometime I'll figure it out though. We'd be like light and dark!"

Violet frowns when he says this. "No never dark and light," she snarls. She sighs, realizing her sudden outburst of anger was uncalled for. "You have to understand. Most powers have opposites. Mine is light or a light bender of some sort. They are the people who can take you done the easiest and kill you the fastest. Light would overpower me, causing me to use up my vial and the rest of my shadow." Violet sighs again. "What you have to understand is that my entire life force is balanced on my shadow. As soon as my shadow disappears, I do too."

Ryan walked into the training room with a blank look on his face. He looked behind him and made sure his "dad" had left. After doing so he relaxed his face and smiled. He walked up to Jack and Violet, stopped to make sure he looked at least a little presentable, and then began to speak. "Hello there fellow students. How are you on this fine day? I'm Ryan."

Jack would look a bit more downcast as he realized he'd upset her. "I was just... That's not what... I'm sorry.." He would say a bit quietly. The last thing he had wanted to do was upset her, and he hadn't meant to bring it to such a subject. "I just kinda meant how you would have shadow creations and mine would be speed lightning and stuff, I didn't mean it that way. I'm sorry." Jack would take her hand and squeeze it a bit softly. "Besides," he would whisper to her, "I would give you a piece of my shadow before I ever let something like that happen."

Noticing the new guy, Jack would put on a happier face for the moment. "Hey! My names Jack, or Vector, if you like. We're just getting used to the school, thought about putting in a little training. And yourself?"

"I just got here about ten minutes ago and I wanted to get used to the place. Might as well if I'm going to live here right?" Ryan explained with a grin.