[IC] Academy of Heroes and Villains

[Dioxide]

Gretchen

“Nah, you don’t know me. I’m no one AND! someone at the same time!”

Genius, tall, athletic, just like daddy, she thought to herself.

“Williams. Child of well-established scientists. Apple aficionado!

You picked a good apple!” as she returned it to him, half-gone.

“Your turn. What’s the schedule like? I literally just got here yesterday and I’m already kind of lost ya know? Ya know what I’m saying? Ya know?”

She eyed the boy who was next to them, and gave a subtle, roll of her eyes in condescension.

[knight125]

"It's partially up to you," Anthony answers, "There are four class periods each day. Two before lunch, two after. If you're in this group, you're required to go come to Gym first period and go to Power Development in third period. You're allowed to choose which classes you attend for second and fourth periods. Every Friday, we have one class before lunch called Battle Simulation." He notices her immediate dismissal of Flood and frowns as he takes the apple, feeling a pang of indignation. "It would benefit you to not underestimate your classmates."

[knight125]

"It's partially up to you," Anthony answers, "There are four class periods each day. Two before lunch, two after. If you're in this group, you're required to go come to Gym first period and go to Power Development in third period. You're allowed to choose which classes you attend for second and fourth periods. Every Friday, we have one class before lunch called Battle Simulation." He notices her immediate dismissal of Flood and frowns as he takes the apple, feeling a pang of indignation. "It would benefit you to not underestimate your classmates."

[Dioxide]

Gretchen

“You’re one to talk, Luthor! That’s actually adorable coming from you, a titan amongst the skies and land.

And who said anything about underestimate? I’m simply sizing them up to see how much fun they might be! You’re not too bad yourself.

Oh! Rumour had it you had a thing with that recent graduate of the Academy! How on Earth did you manage that?” her eyes crazed with excitement and curiosity.

[knight125]

Anthony falls silent as he mentally begins to put all of the pieces together. "If she really was a 'menace' like she claimed, she would have been forced to come here. If she was to be brought here against her will, she would need special transport to keep her from escaping by using the light form that she seemed fond of. She'd need to be brought in a vehicle that was completely airtight and dark. I've been mistaken. That armored truck wasn't to contain some hulking brute, but this woman in front of me. How disappointing." He chuckles as Gretchen inquires about Sue, "It's simple really. Have you seen me?"

[Mistress Dizzy]

Kijani got up earlier than usual, and did some practicing with her powers. She pushed all her furniture to the walls, and went through a jian sequence, weaving sheets of paper that moved from sharp to lighter than air, and everything in between as she pierced the air with her blade. Once she was satisfied that she was combining the two, she took a shower and readied herself for the day. After a quick, protein heavy breakfast, she headed for the gym to wait for the first class. She nodded politely at Anthony, cast a mildly curious look at the tall blonde he was conversating with, and settled her sword on the bleacher beside her, as she pulled a book from her bag and started to read. Sun Tzu's Art of War had long been one of her favorite books, and she owned several copies. One of them was even in Chinese, now that she was getting a handle on the language. The copy she was reading was miniature, and could easily fit in her jacket pocket. Her eyes stalled on one of her favorite lines.

All warfare is based on deception.

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Devika got up and meditated for a half hour before she got dressed. Long sleeves and gloves were part of the wardrobe for today- even though her meditation she could feel her powers being more sensitive than usual. Either her period was coming, or she was getting stronger. It wouldn't be good if she accidentally triggered someone by brushing their skin. Once she was ready, she headed to breakfast. She ate alone, outside, still musing over what John had suggested for her last night. Could she really do some kind of martial art? All the martial arts she'd ever heard of required a lot of speed and fast movement, to her eyes. Even if she did lose weight and get in shape, she'd wasn't going to be doing any high jump kicks. With a faint sigh, she yanked out her phone and ran an interesting info search: martial arts for fat people.

[Dioxide]

Gretchen

“Oh you! Okay I’m bored.” She groaned dramatically and exuberantly.

She sat next to Anthony, her legs bouncing, face in between her thighs and arms, unable to contain herself.

[Flood]

Flood watched Gretchen dismiss him and smiled. He then pulled out a gun and held to her head while she was distracted with Anthony. "I will kill you if you treat me as if I'm inferior. Everyone either finds me weird and immediately dismisses me and tells me to go away or dismisses me as if I'm not a threat. I suggest you do neither without getting to know me. Hell I suggest you do neither if you get to know me. I'll kill you. Maybe not today, maybe not even tomorrow, but I will kill you. We clear?" He said as he continued smiled and put the gun away. "In response to your question Anthony, I noticed you have a lot of people gunning for you in this school whether you know it or not. I was hoping I could be your bodyguard." Flood suggested and asked at the same time as he began staring at the rest of the class.

[Dioxide]

Gretchen

The cold metal pressed against her head, and she tensed up, in fear, paying attention to his words.

She snickered loud, so loud her nasal cavity started to hurt.

“How cute!”

In an instant, from light to solid in a matter of seconds, she dashed, and shoved him, a burst of speed and force sent him flying off the bleachers. She raised her arms to the side, taunting him.

“What a terrible bodyguard, hahah!”

[knight125]

Anthony stands up, his eyes black as night as he grabs Grethen from behind and holds her rather tight. ""Apologize, Ms. Williams," he whispers seductively in her ear.

[Mistress Dizzy]

The sound of a body impacting another pulled Kijani from her reading. She watched, with more annoyance than curiosity, as a flash of light send Flood flying from his seat. The light consolidated into that blonde girl from before. Kijani felt an unbidden shiver run through her body. Something in her voice, in her stance, was very... off. Despite enjoying a good taunt as much as the next mouthy smartass, there was just something different, in the pitch of the blonde's voice. The briefest thought passed her mind that perhaps Anthony should watch his back... which was immediately followed by the odd, comforting realization that Anthony was indeed watching his back, front, and every other angle besides that. She returned to her book, but not after scooting closer to her jian.

[Dioxide]

Gretchen

Her body tensed to the touch of his hand and the words to her ear.

With that, a sudden obedience from fear and terror made her scared. She trembled and her voice shook:

“I’m sorry. Let me go. Please.”

[knight125]

Anthony nods and in the same tone, replies, "Good girl." He backs away, his eyes returning to normal as he sits down and finishes his breakfast. As he begins eating, he thinks, "How likely is it that you're about to be attacked, Luthor? Very."

After Ben finishes eating, he goes to the locker room, gets dressed, and jogs to the gym. He notices Kalinda sitting alone and looking angry, so he sits next to her and asks, "What's up?"

[Dioxide]

Gretchen

A sudden return to normalcy, and she was scared, but that fear intrigued her. Fascinated her, almost. She turned around with her marble, watery eyes:

“You did that? Woooooahhh… I like that!”

And only to finish the job, she sped towards the boy she shoved, and shoved him once more in bright light, impacting hard against a surface she didn't care, returning back to Luthor boy.

“Could we do that again? Another time, maybe! Turn me on with your sex-inducing powers, maybe!”

[MarshiestMallow]

"New girl. Apparently thinks I am her toy. She threatened to break my guitar" Kalinda said and realized how whiney that sounded. "She called me nothing" she sighed and set her guitar down "why do people look at me and thing that?"

[knight125]

Ben frowns, "If she does, she'll have more than just you to deal with." He then continues with a sigh, "You can't hear the opinion of one or two people and think that everyone feels the same about you. You're an awesome person with powerful abilities, you are definitely not nothing." He picks the guitar back up and hands it to Kalinda, "Can you play something for me?"

When Gretchen draws closer to him, Anthony says quietly enough that only she would hear, "I need you to quit bothering them so much. They're mine, but they're no use to me if you damage them. That fear you felt? I can do far worse than just make your heart race, I can make it burst. Do we have an understanding?"

[Dioxide]

Gretchen

“Well you’re no fun,” she pouted hard.

“How about this, we share them, and I won’t hurt them as much as you want me to, and I don’t pummel the crap out of you and you don’t make my heart burst, everyone wins, am I right?! Food for thought.”

Up above in the gym ceiling are rungs and ropes for climbing exercises, and she rushed upwards to them and she hung there with her legs, suspended upside-down, giggling to herself.

“This Academy is great!”

[MarshiestMallow]

Kalinda nodded, accepting her guitar back. She played a few strings, then satisfied, she began to play a piece. For Kalinda, music was her way of expressing herself. Her expression was blank as she played, but her eyes were alight

song

http://youtu.be/j8OlGb01KSc

[Flood]

Flood got up and smiled. "Thank you Anthony. Very kind of you to make her apologize. Back to the previous topic though, would you like a bodyguard? We both need friends in this school, and I need connections to the higher parts of society. It seems like a win win." He finished as he walked towards Anthony and held out a hand for a handshake. He was also on guard so if someone tried anything he would immediately pull his gun.

[Anime_Freak]

Kyra got dressed and went down to the cafeteria looking for someone, anyone, to sit with.