<Snipped quote by paigesweetheart> Shane didn't stop his assault on the training dummies. His energy was focused on perfecting himself. "I was the reason we lost today. I lost control and almost killed two people. I'm not letting my imperfection get in the way again", he grasped Riya with both hands and plunged the sword into the torso of the dummy and lifted it upwards. "If this happened while I was on a job..", his mind went back once more to the warehouse but he quickly removed it from thought. He didn't want to say it but another reason for him pushing himself so hard was because he was afraid of what he could have done to Ariella. She was probably his only friend here and his only real friend in a long time. To think that made him upset because the last time he had a friend she ended up dead. He sheathed Riya and turned to face Ariella, "What I meant to say was; If I had hurt you I wouldn't be able to live with myself. Your my only friend here and..", he never was good with sentiment "..well you get the idea".

Leon had really managed to screw up, being so late he had taken cleaning duty over a failing grade for the day. God Gotham was less harsh than this crap! Leon sighed as he walked to the cafeteria and grabbed some pizza and burgers. He walked around the cafeteria not sure where to sit, he saw Jin with that speedster and felt a twinge of...Jealousy? What the hell? Why was he feeling that? She was his friend yeah but he didn't exactly have the right to feel that way, but still...there it was. Leon waved at her a bit before making his way to an empty table and sitting down to seriously think about things.

Ariella smiled at Shane as she walked towards him giving him a hug! Yeah, she felt bad for him and that was only because he said that she was his only friend. That was really amazing of him to say that, and to be honest...they both have something similarly in common, she was lonely at times as well as himself. Now taking a step backwards standing next to James, she elbowed him so he could say something to Shane as well.

Jack would smile a bit and sit back, taking a big drink of water. He's wave at Leon as well, recognizing him from the assembly. "I have to eat almost all the time, or my energy will drop and I really could pass right out. I do a lot to keep up." He would hold up his small bag that he carried with him, pulling out protein bars, some weird paste tubes, a few drink mixes, and some chocolate. "This stuff keeps me going well enough. Most of it is specially made for me by some of the people I know. And I can burn through a 5 hour energy in 5 seconds, so this is some strong stuff. Wanna try one?" He would ask.

<Snipped quote by paigesweetheart> Shane wasn't expecting a hug so when it happened bit caught him off guard. It felt strange because it had been a long time since he had an actual friend. It was a refreshing feeling, the constant brooding and indifference he usually had gone and to be honest it felt good not to feel that way. Despite all this he still wasn't good with words of sentiment so he figured it be best to just say what came to mind, "I-uh..thanks Ariella, I'm not used to this emotional stuff so I'll just say it. If you need anything, anything at all just let me know.". Shane noticed Ariella nudge James to say something as well and smirked saying,"Don't worry James you don't need to say anything".

Jack would hand Jin a tube of the protein paste. "It goes down easy enough and its chocolate flavored. Should give you a real kick."

"You heard her, up and at 'em good to walk?"

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Jack would be cheering up a bit, feeling better to have a couple people to get his mind off things. "Here, take a couple bars and tubes. They're a mix made for me personally, so they should all hit like that. If you ever need more, just let me know." He would hand her a few flavors. Looking at Leon, he would nod a bit. "I've always been fast, but this was all a dream come true for me. I've always idolized the speedsters. Wish I was as fast as them though." He would say with a tinge of regret.