Makoto looked at the intricacies of the mask Flood had made. She agreed with Phoebe. "Yeah, the inside looks so intricate, wouldn't it be uncomfortable? Could you depict multiple people's fear at once?" She wondered allowed. If many people were looking at the mask at once, then it would have to project many different fears, or a common fear.

Makoto looked at the intricacies of the mask Flood had made. She agreed with Phoebe. "Yeah, the inside looks so intricate, wouldn't it be uncomfortable? Could you depict multiple people's fear at once?" She wondered allowed. If many people were looking at the mask at once, then it would have to project many different fears, or a common fear.

" It cannot depict multiple fears at once. Yet. I'm working on a way to make one glance at the mask cause fear for ten minutes at a time. And I don't need to worry about it being uncomfortable." He grabbed a small part of the mask to reveal the mask had a cover for the switches. "I'm not going to reveal how my mask works. If I did then everyone could make one." He said in a somewhat offended tone. "I'm not stupid."

"Unfortunately it is like they say no pain no gain...but perhaps just go slowly at your own pace so not to hurt yourself further..." Nicholas said deadpan watching her closely. "Damn she is so sexy..." The thought coming to his head but ignored it by chuckling on how dumb it was since she was no into him.

Devika nodded a bit, then tried a few more reps. It still hurt, but less so as she continued. She knew the bell would ring soon, so she got up. "I need to wash up before class. Thanks for the help, Nick. Maybe we could meet again tomorrow morning?"

Connor sighed. "It's more then that, Kijani. You look as though you just shoved whatever you could on. Which isn't like you" he said. "it's more then that, but I'm not going to push" He said, giving a shrug himself. "The satellite hacking works. I tested it, with m mother." He said easily, "I'm going to try it out later, see if I can find Magneto" His tone was conversational.

Kijani nodded, smiling warmly. "That sounds awesome, Connor. Just be careful. Magneto is no one to trifle with." She tried to fix her hair a bit. "Don't worry about me, alright? Everything will be fine, I'm just fixing a problem."

Arnold was not happy. By the time he made it through campus it was almost time for gym. He hated gym. Ye hated gym. He didn't see the point of all that physical activity. He was brains not brawn. He had little interest in proving his superiority physically. Then again why limit himself? He needed to better then these pea brains in all ways. He plotted his reign over then as he changed into some gym clothes he had 'borrowed'.

Phoebe leaned in and said "Why would I want to know how it works? If I did, I'd ask Nicholas. His father is Crane, so I bet Nick could figure it out" Maybe she would ask Nicholas, just to satisfy her curiosity. She leaned back. And glanced at the time. "Gym's starting soon" She said Connor sighed heavily, and said softly, "I don't have a choice in worrying about you. It's not something I can turn off. But I trust you. So everything will be fine" He said, "I'll be careful with Magneto"

"Unfortunately it is like they say no pain no gain...but perhaps just go slowly at your own pace so not to hurt yourself further..." Nicholas said deadpan watching her closely. "Damn she is so sexy..." The thought coming to his head but ignored it by chuckling on how dumb it was since she was no into him.

Devika nodded a bit, then tried a few more reps. It still hurt, but less so as she continued. She knew the bell would ring soon, so she got up. "I need to wash up before class. Thanks for the help, Nick. Maybe we could meet again tomorrow morning?"

Connor sighed. "It's more then that, Kijani. You look as though you just shoved whatever you could on. Which isn't like you" he said. "it's more then that, but I'm not going to push" He said, giving a shrug himself. "The satellite hacking works. I tested it, with m mother." He said easily, "I'm going to try it out later, see if I can find Magneto" His tone was conversational.

Kijani nodded, smiling warmly. "That sounds awesome, Connor. Just be careful. Magneto is no one to trifle with." She tried to fix her hair a bit. "Don't worry about me, alright? Everything will be fine, I'm just fixing a problem."

"I would like that...." Nicholas nodded his head before walking over to hug her for a a few moments,After a while he took his leave to Gym class since it was his next class and his least favourite.

A rather uneventful morning it appeared. Maybe that was for the best though since Kagerou had herself a headache anyway. Being left alone gave her the chance to read some notes she made to herself. Such a thing was probably odd to other people. Who really needed to leave full notes to themselves? Gym time was coming. At least she could remember where that was. Getting up she closed her booklet and headed that direction.

Nicholas was already in the gym before anyone else came before he did and even before the teacher came,He was by himself sitting near the end of the bleachers writing something down in his notebook of his relationship with Devika and the many different ways he could try to get a date with her.After finishing up he put the notebook away into his small backpack and looked around at the incoming students.

Phoebe leaned in and said "Why would I want to know how it works? If I did, I'd ask Nicholas. His father is Crane, so I bet Nick could figure it out" Maybe she would ask Nicholas, just to satisfy her curiosity. She leaned back. And glanced at the time. "Gym's starting soon" She said

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Connor sighed heavily, and said softly, "I don't have a choice in worrying about you. It's not something I can turn off. But I trust you. So everything will be fine" He said, "I'll be careful with Magneto"

"No, he couldn't. His fear is based off of chemicals, mine is based off of pure machinery." Flood bragged as he put away the mask. " When you can build an assault rifle out of spare parts from a junkyard, maybe you might be able to figure out how I put the mask together. Until then, this mask is a glorified paperweight to anyone but me." He got up and began heading towards the gym. "Now then, off we go."

The kiss made her feel nothing - maybe that was sad but it was definitely a thought for another time - but it definitely worked as a distraction. She didn't have to wait for his flaunting to notice what had happened, the glaring blankness of the table was immediately evident to her. Kat looked up to the doorway as he disappeared and had to decide then and there what to do. If she was another girl she would go straight to an authority figure; the case was damning when spun the right way which would be easy enough. But she was not another girl and the weak, vulnerable act wouldn't work around here. Instead she stood and walked - not run - out and into the halls. Unfortunately for Lee she had been in attendance for far longer than she liked, she knew the building inside and out. Seeing the way he ran off Kat ducked in the opposite direction, expertly navigating her way around. She briefly considered meeting him with fire but the set-up would be no where near the payoff; that was just the dramatic flair that would get her killed one day. She walked out in time to see Lee turn the corner and stood her ground, blocking his way as those who were around quickly scuttled away. "That was a neat trick but it won't work twice. Seems a shame to waste it on a book you can't read." One look at him now showed the contents of the book were secondary to its worth. She noted his staff but drew no weapon of her own, it would only reveal a power of hers anyway which she would forestall for as long as possible. Keep your hands clean. "Give it back, or we start playing the game by my rules. And here I was thinking we were on the same team..." As she stood tall before him she considered the many responses and briefly wondered whose word would be believed: the thief or the deceiver.

Well that was definitely Lee's awful luck for him. In hindsight he should have focused on understanding his environment first instead of looking for potential recruits. In fact Lee broke thieving rule no. 2 always understand your surroundings and plan ahead! Ugh if Phantom was here now the old man would have smacked him over the head with a book not to dissimilar to the one he just stole. Feet came skidding to a halt against the tile floor screeching in the process. Brown eyes peered from underneath the hood at the woman standing before him. Then Lee did the only thing Lee would confronted by an annoyed woman, he smirked. "Good I want to see what your rules are Kat. If we are going to be on the same team lets see the Kat chase the rodent." Ok that was without a doubt one of the dumbest lines he ever said to a girl. "By the way...." Lee said slowly taking a step back. "Did I tell you my rule no. 3?" Lee asked taking yet another step back the grin on his face still visible beneath is dark hood. "Improvise!" with a twirl of his staff he slammed one of the ends resembling a wrench down causing both ends of the weapon to suddenly release its smoke bombs. Plumes of thick dark smoke quickly filled the hallway startling some of the students present watching the scene. Several shrieked, some swore outloud with others whispering it under their breaths. The students' outcries of protest towards this situation only grew worse when the smoke reached the sprinkler systems and set them off releasing showers of water down upon the students who quickly began to exit the hallway and flee from the minor chaos that was occurring. By the time the smoke cleared, Lee was gone the only signs of where the thief could have gone was one of the nearby classroom doors hanging open. While the other possible escape route was a nearby ventilation shaft with the grate barely hanging to the wall above a row of lockers that looked barely big enough to fit someone of Lee's thin shape.

Flood suddenly stopped in his tracks as he saw smoke and students screaming. He also saw the sprinkler systems were on. "Who did this! This is awesome!" He yelled as he pulled out a gun and shot another sprinkler causing more water to pour out. He also saw Kat standing still and smiled. " Hey Kat! Did you make it rain indoors?" He waved.

The look on her face suggested it was one of the dumbest lines she had had said to her. She didn't have time to reaffirm that though as he quickly spun and slammed his staff. "I don't think it counts as improvisation when you have the weapons on you!" She shouted through the smoke, just before the sprinklers began to rain water on her. She only rolled her eyes, and allowed the water to clear the hallway of both smoke and students. Kat quickly clocked both the possible escape routes and sighed at the vent. She did not want to be scrabbling about the innards of the school. Before she could make a decision though Flood walked up, shooting at the sprinkler. Bracing against the extra water she turned to him with hair and clothing clinging to her pale skin. "No. I did not." Her words were clipped by her annoyance, but quickly suppressed that. "But if you help me find who did, I'd be in your debt." She stepped forward towards him and pointed towards the grate. "Just head into the shaft and tell me if you find a rat... I don't mean an actual rat."

Nicholas felt the water on his face and looked annoyed mostly standing up slowly form the bleachers,"Son of bitch will pay..." He thought walking down the bleachers to the hallway pasted Flood and Katlinda.He stopped for a second the sprinklers,"What is going on?" He said to Flood in a monotone voice.

"What about my father?" Phoebe called after flood, "or Connor? I'm sure either of them could figure it out too" she rose, grabbing her pack, starting towards the gym as well, stopping and looking back to Makoto. She smiled and said "come on, let's go!"

There as some noise coming back behind her in the hall. Looking back Kagerou saw smoke. Not a moment after that though the sprinkles went off drenching her and her book. Her first reaction was to cover herself with the book before her telekinesis did if for her creating a bubble. That taken care of the girl realized that her notes were soaked. Carefully opening it the words were bleeding together and across pages. "Great, just great." Closing it again she continued out of the hall to get away from the water.

The look on her face suggested it was one of the dumbest lines she had had said to her. She didn't have time to reaffirm that though as he quickly spun and slammed his staff. "I don't think it counts as improvisation when you have the weapons on you!" She shouted through the smoke, just before the sprinklers began to rain water on her. She only rolled her eyes, and allowed the water to clear the hallway of both smoke and students. Kat quickly clocked both the possible escape routes and sighed at the vent. She did not want to be scrabbling about the innards of the school. Before she could make a decision though Flood walked up, shooting at the sprinkler. Bracing against the extra water she turned to him with hair and clothing clinging to her pale skin. "No. I did not." Her words were clipped by her annoyance, but quickly suppressed that. "But if you help me find who did, I'd be in your debt." She stepped forward towards him and pointed towards the grate. "Just head into the shaft and tell me if you find a rat... I don't mean an actual rat."

"I don't need any debt. I just want to some form of entertainment. Love the new look by the way." He commented as he was soaked as well. Flood ran up to the grate and crawled in. He didn't need any reward, but he did want some excitement. He began looking for someone or another as he crawled around.

"What is going on?Why are the sprinklers on?" He said calmly looking back at Kat,He wondered why Flood was going into the vent was it because of the sprinklers going off.

"All the better for me then, and I wear it far better than you." She said with a smile, watching as he crawled into the shaft. Turning to Nicholas, she explained "Someone has taken something of mine - setting off the sprinklers in the process - I want it back. However, first he needs to be found." Having Flood do the hard work was a bonus she hadn't expected, so with a playful nod to Nicholas she kicked the half open class door and burst in, looking around.

Devika stood frozen in place when Nicholas hugged it. It was just so unexpected. She hadn't given that kind of affection to anyone in a long time, and anyone who knew her well enough to hug her knew the consequences of doing so. Nick was stronger than she'd expected, and warm. It took her several minutes to shake off the feeling of it. After a quick wash and a five-minute meditation, she headed off to class. The sprinklers were on and the hallways were flooding, and she really wasn't surprised by weird things anymore. -- "You won't have to worry soon, that's all I'm saying." She reached over and squeezed Connor's hand. She let her touch linger, as if she was trying to memorize the way Connor's skin felt. Then the sprinklers went off and she was very quickly dripping wet. "That's... that's ironic." She shook her head and stood, going to toss her tray. "I'm not even going to bother changing. Let's go to class."

"All the better for me then, and I wear it far better than you." She said with a smile, watching as he crawled into the shaft. Turning to Nicholas, she explained "Someone has taken something of mine - setting off the sprinklers in the process - I want it back. However, first he needs to be found." Having Flood do the hard work was a bonus she hadn't expected, so with a playful nod to Nicholas she kicked the half open class door and burst in, looking around.

"And where is the person right now?I am guessing inside of the vent because Flood went inside of the vent to i guess find this person..." Nicholas said in his emotionless voice walking behind her into the classroom,"Do you need help with finding this person?" He asked walking behind her still wet form the sprinklers.