Kyle Grayson

Kyle stopped walking to class and leaned his head forward, until it was touching Kalindas head. He knew that skin to skin contact was dangerous, with her powers, but She needed to stay awake.

"Hey hey! No! No falling asleep. Cmon you need to stay awake."

Kyle started to get slightly emotional, hiding his emotion behind his stage face. But on the inside he was a whirlwind of different emotions, all heading straight toward Kalinda. Kyle a moments thought that since he did this she would realize that he may or may not have had thoughts about her, but Kyle shook away that thought. No time for that.

Kyle had another thought. He pulled out his phone, and pressed the second speed dial button. As the phone rang, Kyle put the phone up to his ear and still talked to Kalinda, who he was still holding.

"Kal, lets focus. Talk to me. Hey tell me something? Why did you show up in my room this morning? Was it because of my adorable ass and good looking face?"

Kyle laughed as the person on the other end of Kyles call answered.

"Grandpa! Grandpa Bruce! Hey its me Kyle. So listen...We may have a situation you may already be aware of. And I may need some help."

Kyle spoke quickly explaining the situation to Bruce Wayne.

@caits

@DFTBA



Not seeing any effect on the illusion Tsura vanished back into the ultra violet a few seconds to prepare her reflection. She to could create illusions only her's were holographic and used as distraction or visual slight of hand to make potential threats act on a false target.

Ready Tsura appeared back in the classroom prepared to act and react on a moment's notice and looked at Rebekah the girl who might become her friend.
"Sorry about all that I hoped I could overload the false images.

It was an illusion of the mind but it didn't account for the fact that to me reflected light and source light flow in defined patterns and my mom being a sorcerer having a familiarity with the art."

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Location: Academy
Interacting With: Conner @Caits

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Nathan felt hands on his back, and immediately lifted himself to a crouching position, his fist clenching and his arm readying to strike before another wave of nausea slammed through him with enough force to make him crumble back to the ground. He turned his head to the person standing above him, Trying to focus his vision onto the man's face. After several moments of struggle, he was able to make out the man's blurry silhouette through the darkness. The ringing continued, and after a few moments of focus he saw that the man wasn't attacking him. Looking back to the floor, he closed his eyes and struggled to drown out the ringing in his ears. The ringing subsided a bit, not completely, but enough to make out bits and pieces of what he was saying.

"Hey... Deep Breath... three. One, two... just an Illusion... Concentrate... break it. It isn't real."

Nathan clenched his fists as the ringing flooded back to it's full volume, his eyes staying tightly shut as he tried to focus. His heaving subsided, and his gasps slowed as he forced himself to take slow, deep breaths. He felt the trembling throughout his body subside slowly, and the knot in his stomach untwisted, but the darkness still clouded his vision.

It isn't real, it's just an illusion, just focus, it isn't real.

He slowly opened his eyes, watching the darkness slowly recede to display the carpet on the floor below him. Letting out a sigh of relief, he moved back up to his knee, steadying himself by placing his hand on the ground and speaking softly.

"Thank you."

Suddenly and for some unexplained reason, everything went dark. Arachne could barely see in front of her, even if she used her phone's light. "What the shit is going on?" Arachne said as she put her hand against the wall and started walking. Was the school under attack? Did some student get pissy and decide to throw a tantrum? Arachne didn't know, but she wasn't about to be a casualty. Carefully she pulled the white paper mask from her pocket and took a deep breath. Since she's already fed the Black Beast, she should have some more control over it this time. She just hoped it wasn't afraid of the dark. For a beast that looks like it's made from shadows, it would be ironic if it feared the dark. "Here goes nothing!"

Arachne donned the mask, transforming from her humble human self into that of a large, slimey monster in a vaguely humanoid shape. Sure enough it's black skin melded with the darkness around it, make it practically impossible to see it with normal eyes. Even it's white mask was hard to see in this absolute darkness. But in this form, Arachne was a bit more confident in protecting herself; the black beast couldn't be stabbed in the back after all, and it's natural camouflage ought to help it hide from danger. And since Arachne was in full control, she hopefully won't hurt anyone by accident. "Now let's figure out who turned off the lights."

When the darkness engulfed them all in the room, Nakajima didn't feel scared or startled as everyone else in the darkness, she felt odd, more at ease and comfortable not being seen or noticed in this vast cloud of darkness. She almost felt at home till she heard a familiar voice swear, it was Jin like the others the darkness surprised her, the ninja held her sister's reaching hand trying to give her some comfort in her moment of fear." You should do your best to not swear so often." Emily spoke in a calm tone." Father would be angry knowing you have a potty mouth."

She noticed that her sister's cellphone light wasn't helping with the situation and Naka just put a hand on her little sister's shoulder." Jin don't feel afraid of the dark, there's nothing to be afraid of." She attempted to calm her sister. Suddenly a voice from the darkness said that the darkness was only an illusion, hearing that Naka began to tense up a little hearing that the darkness she was just a mere illusion, out of the darkness another girl's voice spoke up taking about helping people see through the illusion, but before Nakajima could ask the girl to help her sister, Nakajima felt someone else's presence in front of her, and a mature woman's voice spoke to her saying she could help her out of the darkness." Only if you help my sister as well, I wouldn't want her to be scared in the darkness forever." She held out her other hand willing to take the mature woman's hand

@Caits @Mistress Dizzy

Griffin growled annoyed. Someone, he thought it was Connor but it was hard to be sure in the dark, said that the darkness was an illusion. Apparently that was enough for some of the others to break free but not enough for him. The darkness lessened but didn't disappear completely. He heard Kassy say she could help. He used his sense of smell and hearing to find the girl. Once he found her he growled. "Help us get ride of this illusions."

Kassy nodded quietly, and tried to give an encouraging smile to the furry boy who had just showed up in front of her. "Alright. I'm sorry in advance for this." She brought up her hands to cup his face. Griffin would probably realize that Kassy's hands, while soft, were rather cold and clammy, almost slick. Kassy exhaled slow, and nudged her way into his mind, pushing the illusion that the room was bright. She didn't look through his psyche or dig at all. She simply told his mind that there was light, and she felt the presence, the other illusion, start to loosen. Once she was certain it was gone, she let her own illusion free. "There, you should be able to see."

Emily Nakajima

When the darkness engulfed them all in the room, Nakajima didn't feel scared or startled as everyone else in the darkness, she felt odd, more at ease and comfortable not being seen or noticed in this vast cloud of darkness. She almost felt at home till she heard a familiar voice swear, it was Jin like the others the darkness surprised her, the ninja held her sister's reaching hand trying to give her some comfort in her moment of fear." You should do your best to not swear so often." Emily spoke in a calm tone." Father would be angry knowing you have a potty mouth."

She noticed that her sister's cellphone light wasn't helping with the situation and Naka just put a hand on her little sister's shoulder." Jin don't feel afraid of the dark, there's nothing to be afraid of." She attempted to calm her sister. Suddenly a voice from the darkness said that the darkness was only an illusion, hearing that Naka began to tense up a little hearing that the darkness she was just a mere illusion, out of the darkness another girl's voice spoke up taking about helping people see through the illusion, but before Nakajima could ask the girl to help her sister, Nakajima felt someone else's presence in front of her, and a mature woman's voice spoke to her saying she could help her out of the darkness." Only if you help my sister as well, I wouldn't want her to be scared in the darkness forever." She held out her other hand willing to take the mature woman's hand.

"I am not scared, dam- erm... darnit." Jin had to give her sister a win on that part at least. She cussed like a sailor when she was upset, so the fact that she was unsettled was obvious. Emily was also correct in thinking that her behavior would upset their father. He'd be disappointed to see her panic over something as unobtrusive as darkness. "I'm not afraid of the dark. Haven't been for years." Her sister's warm hand found her shoulder, and she lifted a hand to squeeze back. "I'm okay now, Naka-chan, I just-"

Before Jin could finish speaking, someone started speaking in front of them. Immediately her hackles were up. It may have been dark, but she could still hear fine. This woman hadn't made any sound in her approach. The door hadn't opened, there were no footsteps - nothing. "I'm sorry, who are you?" She didn't put her hand out, and actually reached out to pull Naka's away from the stranger. This could easily be an enemy, but could also be a teacher. Being polite and wary wouldn't hurt.

Kalinda flinched as Kyle's emotions poured through her, potent and right there. It overwhelmed her slightly, her nerves frayed slightly by what she had done earlier. And Kyle's emotions were just...potent without the skin contact. Adding the skin contact...Kalinda very nearly lost her grasp on control, and she fought for it.

what was that? Does...no.

When he asked why she had followed him that morning, Kalinda felt her cheeks heat, and she bit her lip. Finally though, she sighed and said "there was just something about you that caught my attention" That was the simple truth of it, "And I couldn't help myself. You interested me. Still do"

As he spoke into the phone, Kalinda drifted again. Slowly her own emotions seemed to transfer to kyle via the skin contact. Fear. A soft happiness, tinged with sadness. Attraction. And exhaustion. She didn't seem to be aware of it, in the state she was in.

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Bruce wayne let Kyle speak, but he was reading screens and checking over the security as they slowly got it back up.

"Thank you, Kyle. We're aware. You two have done well. Your power development classroom seems safe enough for now, however you might find it more beneifical to go to the nurses station. We have had trouble with this empathy before, but mostly it effects the user rather than others. Despite this, I'd advise you to be careful. Kainda has had control issues before when exhaused. For now, everything seems to be under control"

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The woman removed her cloak, and dispelled the darkness slightly, making it seem like she was merely fighting it rather then control it, a small circle of light forming around them. She smiled sweetly, "A nurse, what a day to be running late, huh? I can help you get to safety" She said again, "And of course, I shall help both of you"

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Connor gave Nathan a reassuring smile. "No problem. Anything affecting the mind can be tricky. I'm lucky I knew what was going on" He heled out a hand to help Nathan up, "You fought well. I suspest if Mimic wasn't merely trying to test everyone, you could have won. Take a seat, okay? Everything should be under control shortly" Or so he hoped. Keeping everyone calm would help them, he knew. "I'm Connor"

Mimic seemed to have disappeared, which made Connor frown as he looked about, returning his gaze back to Nathan. "are you alright, now?"

@Mistress Dizzy@Spriggs27@hagroden@dabombjk

Kyle Grayson

Kyle gasped, slightly over run with everything Kalinda was experiencing. He had expected some whiplash from skin to skin contact but this.......this was insane! Kyle spoke into the phone again.

"Thanks grandpa. Later I wish to meet with you to discuss whats happening. Thank you."

Kyle hung up the phone and looked at Kalinda. He felt another burst of emotion, and he felt everything she felt. It was insane that one person could feel all this, with heightened sensitivity no less, and not go insane. Kyle felt her feelings and realized something.......

Kyle leaned forward and kissed Kalinda.

@caits

@DFTBA

Blue smoke drifts out of the backpack near Rebekah. A small, sky blue capuchin monkey lays stretched out on the desk in front of his mistress. He yawns lazily while looking around the room, his inhuman eyes piercing the veil of darkness to witness the worrying of the students. A tingling in the tips of his ears betrays the presence of something similar to illusionary magic. Assuming the strange forces at play must be the cause of discomfort in the children surrounding him, he lets himself into Rebekah's mind, his voice but a quiet whisper like a late night breeze over desert sands, "Are you in need of my assistance mistress?"

Kalinda stirred at the kiss. Since she had developed her empathic abilities, skin to skin contact was generally a high risk for her. Such intimate things like kissing, Kalinda had never thought to have. Yet for one shining moment, it was just Kyle. All Kyle. She responded to his kiss, returning it, an overwhelming sense of...it wasn't happiness, or joy...satisfaction? Flowing over her. For a moment it seemed like their emotions mixed perfectly, and she was scared, just for a flicker of a second. She broke away before anything more could happen, wondering what that had been.

"Well" she said after a moment, "that's certainly one way to wake a girl up" she managed a smile, but she was still quite pale. And besides. It was nice being carried by Kyle.

She gave a soft, contented sigh. Her first kiss, and she was half comatose. Still, she was sure this was how a satisfied cat felt like. "Maybe when I'm more aware, we could try that again"
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@Mistress Dizzy
Griffin flinched at Kassy's touch. He didnt like to be touched but he would allow it since doing so would allow them to see through the illusion. He growled low in his throat when he felt another presence in his mind. He moved to stand in front of the box that protected from the intruder. He would keep his brother safe no matter what the threat. He relaxed alittle when the illusion broke and he felt the girl ease out of their mind. "We thank you."
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@Caits
Katherin was relieved to see her friend. "This isn't good Phoebe. Whoever caused that illusion is strong. It can't be easy to cast an illusion that big. There are alot of very strong minds in this school." she had been hoping for a quiet year where she could concentrate on building her confidence. But it looked like that wouldn't be the case.

Kyle Grayson

"My dear I would be more than over joyed to experience the bliss of your tender lips upon mine. For in my heart I know nothing but the look of your face, the sound of your voice, the feel of your touch, the sensation of your lips upon mine. And whie I wish for nothing more than to hold you in my arms for all eternity we should move as quickly as we can."

That is what Kyle wanted to say. Unfortunately that is not what he said. He said something along the lines of-

"I-I.....Um I....yea no I....I mean-you know......we should.....do...yea..."

Kyles face blushed a crimson red. He had no idea where that bolt of courage came from. He had never done anything like that before. Kyle set Kalinda down, but kept his arm around her so she could support herself on him.

"Maybe.....we should not go back to class....they will know we skipped if we did. Is there anywhere else we should go?"

@caits

Tsura seemed to be all right now, but around the classroom, more and more things were happening, and most of them were making her profoundly uneasy. A big guy in a hoodie was going into a panic attack, and while an older student stepped in to calm him down, the general air among the students seemed to be one of rising anxiety. They were bristling, in one case literally, and on alert for some kind of threat. Mimic hadn't stepped in or said anything since the darkness came down on them. Clearly, things were not as they should have been.

Then there was this cloaked woman who appeared suddenly. She hadn't been in the room before the darkness came down, and seemed to appear from nowhere. At first, Rebekah thought that she was another illusion, the same as the darkness had been. Disbelieving her existence didn't change much though, so perhaps she was real. Either way, she was a little bit creepy. Rebekah got a bad vibe from her.

Then Toto was at her side, speaking quietly into her mind. He at least seemed calm, which helped to anchor her in the moment.
"Yes, Toto" she breathed quietly. "Find out what's going on here. Something's wrong, and I don't like it. I just wish I knew what. We're still in the dark, really."

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Tsura was a little surprised by the little blue monkey that popped up but it wasn't much different than the imps her mother had used from time to time.

So she waited till Mistress and pet concluded with their conversation and added

" This could be an elaborate test still if this goes sideways don't look directly at me.

I warn this because of the intensity at which I lase might blind you temporarily.

Also I feel the need to add that in either case I cannot hear or speak when in light form and will act as close support to you because you can.

If I flash red then my attack will be heat based, if I flash blue it will be a blinding attack.

If I disappear then I have become ultra violet or Infrared but will maintain a distance of no more the visual site range no exceeding twenty meters

Just point at a target or as warning of attack and cease fire is crossed wrists.

Really wish we had more time to chat but time and defense don't ya know."

She says in a cheerful and breezy tone just before becoming a creature made of a soft white light.

With a polite nod, The One turns his attention to the cloaked woman that seemed to have enthralled a couple of the students. Pausing for a moment to ponder how to proceed, snorts derisively at the shoddy illusion. He flicks his fingers in the direction of the image, flinging an empty desk at it, hoping the sight of a desk flying through the apparition would break its holf over the students. Without waiting to see if it was successful, Toto morphs into a long, slender snake and slithers out of the room, his tongue waving in the air, hunting for the source of the magic.

At the classroom, a creature crawled in. Not many would see it while it was in the darkness, but it could sense them... It could smell them... And it approached. "Hello? What's going on? Who turned out the lights?" Those who either overcame the darkness or could see through it would see the Black Beast crawling up to them, but with Arachne's voice, curious and concerned. She had no idea where she was at or where the Black Beast was taking her, as her senses were blind to what it could detect. She did, at least, keep a tight rein on it so it didn't decide to sneak a snack in under her nose. Unbeknownst to her the Black Beast was approaching Tsura and Rebekah, and when Tsura turned into a creature of light, it harmed the Black Beast and caused it to lash out.

"Whoa whoa whoa! Calm down! Hey, someone, anyone, what's going on? Where's that light coming from?" Archne shouted as she tried to control the Black Beast and prevent him from hurting anyone or running off somewhere.

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@dabombjk
Kalinda smiled as Kyle struggled for words, finding it cute. She made a sound as he put her down, but managed to keep her feet. She shook her head and said "I don't care if I get in trouble, I want to check up on Zack and Griffin. I can't just abandon my friends for fear of getting in trouble" She said, "besides, you didn't skip. You ducked out early, and you had your fight. You'll be okay" She said, trying to be reassuring.

She gave him a smile, and said "Besides, I don't think the teachers will be too worried about leaving class early, with everything that's gone on"

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Phoebe gave Katherin a hug, relieved she was okay and glad to see her after so long. "I don't think it's any student, and the way the teachers have been acting, it isn't them" She said, looking about them, but it seemed everyone had broken the illusion.

"I'm sure Dad is getting things under control, but...something doesn't seem right"

Kyle Grayson

Kyle nodded at Kalinda's words, not trying to speak anymore. He was certain if he opened his mouth he would act a fool. Kyle guided Kalinda and himself back to their class. When they arrived, they arrived under the watchful gaze of their classmates. Kyle kept a watchful eye on Kalinda while guiding her to two empty seats next to each other.. @katherinwinter

Another student caught his eye as he walked with Kalinda, a young female. He was not looking at her as he does Kalinda, but he could have sworn he recognized her from somewhere. Her bright colored hair and facial features reminded him of somewhere. It was on the tip of his tongue...........Grandpa Bruce! She looked just like Grandpa Bruce! Then he remembered His father telling him something a long time ago. He was told Grandpa Bruce had a child,but she was left at an orphanage. The few times though Kyle was able to get into the old batcave, he remembered on the big computer there were satelite images of her. He believed her name was......Phoebe? @caits

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Location: Academy
Interacting With: Conner @Caits

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As the effects of whatever had just happened to him wore off, he stood, making a gesture to Conner, turning down his hand. He wasn't one to enjoy help, and often found it belittling. He didn't need pity, he wasn't some scared child lost in the street, and even if he was grateful he wouldn't display it very openly. Instead, to subtly show his gratitude, he nodded thankfully to Conner.

"I didn't fight, that was an exercise, not a battle. Had it been, one of us would be dead."
He said spitefully, looking to the training room with a sense of disdain, and a bit of disgust.
"I prefer to stay standing."
He then replied to Conner's suggestion of taking a seat. He pulled his hood back over his head, turning to walk away before Conner introduced himself. Nathan turned back to the young man that had helped him, a bit of skepticism and confusion apparent on his face.
"Nathan."
He responded, a skeptical expression on his face, expecting the hostility he often saw in others to become apparent. Instead however, he was a bit drawn back that the next thing he said was not something mean-spirited, but an inquiry into his well-being.
"Yes, I'm fine."
He confirmed quizzically, caught off guard by Conner's apparent kindness.

"Right, got it" Rebekah nodded to Tsura as she rattled off her list of battle protocols. The young Eisenhardt was escalating things further than the other students had, fully preparing for a fight rather than just standing around looking anxious and watching for sources of danger. Rebekah could respect that. They weren't fighting yet, the whole thing might still blow over, but it was looking more and more like something was very, dangerously wrong. Tsura was right to be ready for the worst. To get herself prepared as well, Rebekah grabbed her shield and grew it back to its usual size.

Toto's thrown desk crashed into the cloaked woman, but somehow went straight through her. She was either intangible, or she wasn't quite there in the room the same way the rest of them were. That would make sense with how suddenly she had appeared among them, but knowing all of this didn't alter the fact that Rebekah still saw her standing there. Something different was happening there. Maybe she was a nurse, maybe she wasn't, but now that Toto had taken action, things there were at a critical juncture. What she did about the desk would say a lot about why she was here.

And then, just because things had to get just a little more bizarre, what could only be described as some sort of monster slammed the door open and wandered into the room. Rebekah was quickly grabbing for some kind of weapon to fend it off, before it spoke with a voice that was didn't at all match it appearance - the voice of a young human. That thing was a student? Heck, why not - everything else about this place was going nuts, so why not this too?

The monster-girl was calling out to them, asking for help, so Rebekah called back to it, though still keeping a healthy distance. She signaled to Tsura with crossed wrists, so that she wouldn't accidentally use violence on a classmate.
"The darkness is an illusion. Stop believing in it and you will be able to see again. Try not to panic, we're all OK in here."