[hr][h1][i][color=f26522]Diego[/color] & [color=ec008c]Lupe[/color] [color=f26522]Bella[/color][color=ec008c]squez[/color][/i][/h1]
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In the middle of Diego's meal, the lights snapped off. Perfeeeeeect. Not only was Diego on edge, but now shit's dark. Worst of all, it had to be when he was with Cassidy. Either way, a little light wouldn't hurt. He snapped his fingers and his hand was engulfed in an orange flame. He raised his fist to face-level, and the firey light was cast on the environment. Diego reached down and took a bite of his chicken with his free hand - quickly stripping the flesh from the bone. He dropped the bone onto the plate and grabbed another piece - hastily eating it. While this simple fire didn't take too much away from Diego, he still needed to replenish what he lost during that first skirmish.... He also felt like he'd be fighting soon. Though, Cass was talking to him, he adjusted his hand so that he'd shine the light on her face. She made a comment about holding his hand, to that, Diego smirked. [color=f26522]"I don't know... I might burn you."[/color] He outstretched all his fingers and pivoted his hand a bit. He wasn't too worried about this school becoming a horror movie... on his fist day. Probably just the power going out. Nothing to be worried about. He reached down and took a few fork fulls of his mashed potatoes. A hot-pink light shined into his face, which made him raise his head. He looked, and saw someone very familiar on the other side of the room. [color=f26522]"Lupe?"[/color] He raised his head.

[color=ec008c]"Diego? Yoooo, why is it dark in here all the sudden? I can't see shit!"[/color] Lupe shouted back, as she closed the distance between herself and her brother. She had her power activated, she created a orb of her energy around her hand that was bright enough to illuminate the area around her. Along with a few other cosmetics (Her hair was a gassy plasma, her forearm started to glow, and there was a thin layer of light around her). When she stepped up, she gave off a bit of heat - which wouldn't have bothered Diego. When she walked up, she was at a lost as to what to do/say next. [color=ec008c]"Sooooo..."[/color] She said, until her eyes drifted towards Cassidy. A pleased smirk found it's way onto her face. As she said, [color=ec008c]"Nice."[/color] 

[color=f26522]"Um..."[/color] Diego scratched the back of his neck. Okay, it wasn't like that - at least not yet. Still, he should get the introductions out of the way. [color=f26522]"Cassidy, this is my older sister, [i]Lupe[/i]. And Lupe, this is Cassidy... a friend."[/color] He stumbled on that last word. He didn't know what to call Cassidy, honestly. He shrugged. He snapped his fingers and dispelled the flame. Lupe's Energy was much brighter.

Lupe laughed quietly underneath her breath. Trying not to embarrass Diego. She walked over to Diego, and slapped her hand onto his shoulder. [color=ec008c]".... I know what it is, no need to beat around the bush, lil' bro."[/color] She took a step away from Diego and turned towards Cassidy. Keeping that smile on her face. [color=ec008c]"Nice. To. Meet. [i]You....[/i]"[/color] She would have extended a hand... but that would be painful. For her, that is.

The cafeteria doors slammed shut, interrupting their conversation. Lupe shined the light on them, and saw that some.... thing, scrambled to lock the doors. They didn't know why he was locking everyone in here, but they were going to find out. Diego and Lupe walked up to Harmon.

Lupe looked at the strange little creature before them. Her light made it hard to see him, as [i]something[/i] was reflecting light off his head. She dimmed the lights a little to get a clearer look at him... and he looked fucking weird. Tall-ish, white skin, no eyes or ears, and these shards in his head. Like hot damn, wasn't that [i]painful[/i]? [color=ec008c][i]You look like something off a death metal album.[/i][/color] She thought to herself. She kept her eyes on Harmon. Despite his looks, he's still human. [color=ec008c]"Hey, [i]loco[/i], what's the problem?"[/color] She shifted her weight, and put her hand on her hip. [color=ec008c]"Just breathe, honey, it's all gonna be okay."[/color] Her eyes drifted towards Diego. She put her arms out, shrugging.

Diego just rolled his eyes. Something was wrong here. He noticed the blood seeping from Harmon's head. He took a step forward, ignoring Harmon's freakish appearance. He asked [color=f26522]"Hey, you're bleeding, are you oka-"[/color] Diego was interrupted by the commotion that came from the door.

[i]Something [/i]crashed into the door with enough force to send a loud crash through the room. It wildly growled as it pulled back, and slammed into the door again, breaking even more of the wood. It repeated the process a few more times.

[color=ec008c]"Oh shit!"[/color] Lupe shouted. She took a few steps back from the door, and outstretched both hands tipped off with orbs of her energy. If one was observant enough, they'd notice more of the energy quickly traveling down her arms into her hands.

Diego did the same, spreading his legs shoulder width, then dropped his weight. He balled his fists up, and they exploded in flames. Just set whatever is barging through the door on fire.

However, nothing happened. The slamming stopped, and they heard the beast skitter away.

[color=ec008c]"Uhh... let's all take a few steps back, a'ight?"[/color] Lupe deactivated her powers, and started taking steps steps - with Diego not too far away from her.

A loud crash of metal and glass, followed by a bestial roar, could be heard not too far way from the cafeteria.


[hr][h1][i][color=fff200]Mika Baozai[/color][/i][/h1][hr]


It wasn't long before Mika found herself back in the school. Guided by her make-shift flashlight, she made her way through the halls of the school, before she met in the very nexus of the Academy. The Garden. She looked around, shining her flashlight. Surprisingly enough, there wasn't anyone in the Garden. Hm. They're all likely heading back to their rooms, or at the Cafe. She kept it moving. She would enjoy the scenery when the lights were back on... She was certain that somebody would be trying to steal out of her room. That's just what a [i]redneck[/i] would do. Steal what they're too dirty to acquire themselves. She kept marching through the Garden. She preformed a telepathic sweep of the area - just to make sure that nobody was nearby. However, she managed to pick up something, a thought process so frantic and frenzied that it overwhelmed her search.

[i]"N͜͜O̷͜Ņ̷̸O͜͏́N̡͜ỜN͠͡O͜Ń̸͜ƠN̨͡ON͟͠O͢͜N̵O̴̧͜N͏͞ON̶͏O-̡"̀[/i]


[color=fff200][i]Har... mon?[/i][/color] She asked, she recognized the voice in his head as the strange creature that she met yesterday, and also participated in Ruben's class. His thoughts seemed... erratic. Something had him terrified. Before Mika could even ask him, he was long gone, out of her range. She wanted to know what was wrong, she heard something... animalistic. Something was telling her to turn away, while something else was telling her to follow. He was heading in the direction of the dorms anyway - so she could just retire to her room for the rest of her day. She started following after Harmon, going in the direction she felt his telepathic presence go. She continued down the hall very slowly. Shining her phone's light ahead of herself. She heard something walking up... four legs, followed by inhuman noises... almost like laughter. She stopped, and took a few steps back. Mika shined the light ahead of herself and nearly dropped her phone.

She didn't see much of it - but what she did see made her heart [i]race[/i]. She saw... teeth. A creature with a blackish-purple skin, and her light shined on what had to be it's mouth. Rows and rows of teeth. Nothing but teeth. That wasn't the only thing, there was a... there was an arm... [i]dangling[/i] from in between it's teeth. Mika didn't even pay enough attention to tell that it belonged to a girl.

Mika started breathing heavily, taking steps back. Her heart was racing. With every step she took, the beast took another step towards her. Mika's eyes shot to the left and right - hoping there'd be an easy exit. She spotted a vending machine. Quickly, she switched from Telepathy to Telekinesis and quickly [i]slammed[/i] her hand on the side of the vending machine. Just as the beast turned it's walk into a fierce pounce, Mika dragged the vending along the ground with as much willpower as she could and slammed it into the creature's side. It let out a pained roar. The resulting momentum bashed the monster against the wall, causing a cloud of concrete and wood to carpet the area and cloud Mika's vision.

A wave of pain overwhelmed Mika for a moment, she knelt over and clenched her head - but it was fortunately brief. Mika stood straight up, and immediately turned around, and ran. She was obviously never the most athletic sort, but like hell if she was going to let that stop her. Mika ran as fast as her legs could take her - not looking back. She didn't hear it behind it, and she didn't want to check if that attack killed it or not. She was going to find out later.

One way or another.