[IC] Academy of Heroes and Villains

[knight125]

Mimic's bored voice rings through the classroom as he asks, "Who's next?"

[Mistress Dizzy]

Kijani snickered at Anthony as he dropped Connor off. "Way to win, Luthor. Can't even rely on your own strength." Her laughter was low and nasty. "Oh, that's right. You don't have any. And you've just proven your worthlessness to the entire class. Ladies and gentlemen-" She gestured and bowed to Anthony as sarcastically as possible. "The heir to the Luthor throne. Daddy Lex must be proud." Yes, she was striking some very low blows. But they felt so good.

[twave]

While she didn't like the result, Estella couldn't deny the effectiveness. She turned and actually seemed to defend Anthony. "Work smarter, not harder. None of you should be surprised by his tactics. Connor walked right into that."

[MarshiestMallow]

Connor smiled. He didn't have to say anything at all, Kijani said it all anyway. And better then he could in anycase.

"It's okay" he said to her "if he has to result to cheap shots like that to win, it just proves I was too skilled for him" he smiled "thank you, such a nice way with words anyway"

He turned to Estella, annoyed at her comment "should have expect a needle with posion in it? Hell Estella, I may be smart but I can't see the future! He got lucky that he had that in his pocket"

[knight125]

Anthony turns to look at Kijani, anger brewing as she insults his method of winning, his expression unchanging, however. He begins writing on a piece of notebook paper, then folds it up and hands it to Kijani. He returns to his seat, a cool and collected smile on his face the whole time.

The note reads:

Ms. Rayne

I've been working on a little speech to let our classmates know a little more about you. Please let me know what you think of it:

Ladies and gentlemen, have any of you wondered why Kijani was so terrified the first day we had this class? I'm sure at least some of you thought that the experience may have caused an old memory of her's to surface, and you'd be right. 'What was the memory,' you may ask. The memory was of the time she was kidnapped by men who were simply doing as her grandmother ordered.

Also, if you want to have any chance of finding out exactly why your grandmother had her people commit such horrible atrocities against you, you better apologize. If I don't think it's sincere, then you can forget about ever getting to the bottom of this affair.

-Anthony Luthor

P.S.
Apologize so the whole class can hear.

[KatherinWinter]

Griffin tapped Kalinda's hand to get her attention. "I wish to compliment Connor without giving offense. He fights better then most smart people. How should I word this?"

[MarshiestMallow]

Kalinda smiled "just say you fought well. Don't add 'for a smart person' that should be enough" she said, "although, Connor doesn't seem to take offense easy, so you should be okay with him"

[twave]

The soldier side of Estella's personality was showing itself pretty clear right now. She snapped back without hesitation. "Him having it was no accident. We knew we would be fighting today. He would have tried to use it on whoever he fought. The fact that we went down so easily should have put you on guard. Did you really expect him to submit?"

[MarshiestMallow]

"Again, how was I meant to predict he had access to something like that? What has he been doing, testing posion on people to find one that will act like that did? No one just has that laying around" Connor said "he was slow, and only got the one hit in. It seems he has only focused on his muscles, rather than skill these last few months. He won't always have posion to back him up"

[KatherinWinter]

Griffin nodded. He had noticed that Conner took less offense then others. Griffin spoke loud enough that many would hear him. "You are both right. Conner should have been more on guard. But Anthony's move was a low blow especially for a first battle. Connor held his own and fought well for one who mostly uses his mind."

[Mistress Dizzy]

Kijani read the note in a state of calm. Outward calm, anyway. Inside, she felt a thousand things at once- anger (how dare he!), sadness (how could she?) disbelief (he wouldn't!), uncertainty (would he?) and a small hint of respect, (well played). If it were just about having her classmates know, then she would have taken her chances. Not all of them would know who her grandmother was. But... to get her hands on the truth? Unfortunately, she was putty in Anthony's hands. Dangerous place to be.

She let out a silent sigh through her nose. "Hey, Anthony!" She said it loud enough to be heard over the growing argument between the other students. "...well played." She inclined her head to him. "You won it. And that's all that matters, in the long run." She rolled her tongue in her mouth, as if to force out the next words. "I'm sorry for insulting you." The only outward indication of her feelings was an intense gaze, as if she was wishing she was Storm and could call down a thunderbolt from the sky and roast Luthor where he stood.

[knight125]

Anthony matches Kijani's gaze with a slightly amused smile and says, "Don't worry about it. Perhaps it was a bit of an underhanded move, but I did admit to Connor that he was the better fighter." While he speaks, his tone sounds sincere and forgiving, but his eyes say, "Not good enough." He then turns his attention back to the TV and waits for another fight to begin.

[twave]

She wanted to say more, but Estella crossed her arms and held her tongue. She couldn't say where the poison came from for sure, however she did recall the day before her change that Anthony wanted a sample of Ben's venom. It was a little hard to forget since the arrogant human 'yelled' at her for using telepathy. No more access to the ship for Anthony. He was worse than she initially anticipated.

[Mistress Dizzy]

Kijani carefully packed her things, with an utmost show of calmness and decorum. She kissed Connor on the cheek and whispered in his ear. "Call me later." Aloud, to the teacher, she spoke. "Mimic, I'm excusing myself... Feminine problems." That excuse was usually good enough for most male teacher. She strolled out of the classroom, and made it out of the building before her scar started to sear with pain. It hurt enough for her to double over, groaning.

[MarshiestMallow]

Connor smiled "thanks. I really don't care about the outcome, I just wanted to show I don't have to rely on the suit to fight, and that I am not the same as I was the first time I fought on the first day."

Connor frowned, as Anthony passed a note to kijani. Was Anthony manipulate kijani, and if so, how? He didn't like it. But what could he do about it?

He hesitated, debating about asking what was going on, but stopped. If kijani wanted to tell him, she would when she wanted to. He couldn't make her tell him.

So instead he stayed silent, watching and thinking. He couldn't help but smile when Kijani kissed his check, and he nodded. "Sure"

[knight125]

As Kijani runs out, Anthony's smile fades while he thinks, "That'll do."

[SomeoneSomewere]

Austin growled, a deep low rumbling sound. He wasn't fond of what they were saying, especially to his best friend. He said, his voice low with a growl mixed in," you and Connor are some of the smarter people in our schools. But when your too high and mighty because your apparently too damn smart for anyone else and decided not to put the effort that most people have on how to actually fight and handle those that can fight that you have to rely on low blows like that to keep up your so called reputation." Anger raged under green eyes, fur rippling as his muscles coiled as if to spring into action," you best hope you are never on the receiving end of my claws, Luther."

[MarshiestMallow]

"It's okay" Connor said to Austin, "really. I think I made a point today. Don't waste any effort on seething against Anthony, he isn't worth the time or effort"

Connor was pleased that Austin would stand up for him, as always. But he wouldn't let his friend get in trouble because of him, not again. Not that Austin had had any punishment. "Thank you"

---

Kalinda sighed and stood "well, I guess I can go next. Got no one to fight with though" she said, glancing around at who was left to fight with.

[twave]

Maxine glanced around a bit still looking like nightcrawler. She was kind of enjoying the look. Never the less she pointed out. "I'm here."

[Dioxide]

Sue

Sue had mixed emotions with the spar of Anthony and Connor. Sure the needle was an advantage over Connor, but Sue thought all their powers were an advantage over everyone else. Sue wasn’t even trying to be biased and thought Anthony did fine. People for some reason just had it out against Anthony, and it sort of bothered Sue.

Sue looked at Kijani and Connor, both people she cared about, with a face of concern and annoyance at the same time, a pouting face with watery eyes. A stare she maintained for a while on the two before turning to Anthony, with the same look.

”People really hate you…Because you’re a Luthor…”

She turned to face Kijani and Connor, and signed to them:

”So am I cheating for using my headphones…?”, she almost tearing up, disappointed with the reactions all her classmates had, as if they all had a vendetta against anyone with a name so tarnished.