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Caits said
Phoebe smiled, pleased to try and be able to answer the questions. "Well, I imagine there would be. You can ask at the office, or have a look on one of the computers" She said, "But I'm pretty sure there is such courses offered" She glanced about as well, then shrugged, "I really don't know why. It could be he just wants to talk...." She said musingly. "I haven't had much of a chance to really interact with him. I don't know what I'm suppose to do" She managed not to continue talking and just spill everyone on someone new. "In any case, if he wants to join us, he will" She headed inside the girls dorms, "I know where a free room is, actually" The thought of her friend out there, saving the world made her smile. One day, she'd be out there too. "The student that had it graduated a little while ago, and I'm sure no one has taken it" She lead the way, and continued speaking. "I think we can do anything with the rooms as long as we don't destroy them. They're quite nice. Here we are" She nudged the door open, pleased to find it empty still. "Here we go" She said, and smiled at Makoto.

"Maybe a good place to start would be like how you would make a friend. Just talking, about anything at the beginning." Makoto suggested, following Phoebe inside, past what seemed to be the main reception desk and up a set of stairs to a door labeled 215.

"Wow." Makoto breathed, surveying the room. It was actually quite large, larger than her bedroom back home... Makoto pushed the thoughts from her mind. This would be a lovely place to live. There was a bare single bed and mattress, an old night stand and a standard (well loved) looking desk and chair. There was a dresser too, a lamp, a tall thin bookshelf and the front area of the room was tiled. She assumed this was for shoes since a rung hung beside her with 2 lonely hangers. Just inside the door to their left was a door, Makoto assumed it was a bathroom. It would most certainly be a comfortable bedroom for just herself. "This room is great!" Makoto smiled, letting ideas of decorating pop into her head. "Thank you Phoebe." After looking around the room once more she fully turned back to Phoebe.

"I guess I get the key from the main desk downstairs?" She asked, wondering how she was going to be able to pay everything off. Certainly all of this must cost something.

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@Caitis:

I didn't realize that you were in a totally different time zone from me :P Sorry if i post at weird hours for ya.

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Caits said
(3.30 in the morning. Posting then going back to sleep)Phoebe wasn't too sure that Makoto was alright. But right then, she wouldn't push it. Give her some space, so her the normal reutine of the school and all. Don't freak her out too much. "Alright. Uh. Timetable. Well" since they were still near the office, she grabbed a list of classes. "The only two you need to attend without choice is gym first thing in the morning, after breakfast, and power development after lunch. There's a class after gym, then lunch, and a class after power development. You can choose which classes to go to from here. You have a week to decide your classes" she sounded very offical without meaning to. "Well. This is the office, you can use the computers nearby to register in classes, as well as registering for a dorm room. There are doubles and singles, and there is probably one or two single rooms left by now. This building has a lot of the classes in it, so let's get you a map too" Phoebe quickly acquired onw, giving it and the class list to Makoto. "Since it would probably take a little while to show you are this building, let's head outside and I'll show you the gym, the cafeteria and the dorms, as well as some other aspects. We have two pools I believe, inside and out. Therese several court yards, grass areas, gardens, uh, science labs, gym type areas for your more physical classes, I'm sure there's a theatre around here somewhere. The school prepares you for both aspects of a heroes or villains life-the normal side and the super side. A lot of students do degrees Here if they are old enough. I'm doing a business degree online, as an example" she talked as they walked, heading towards the cafeteria, "you can get all your meals here, and a good variety of them. Of course the city is close by if you want to do anything there or such. We will come back and have lunch when we've finished the outside." phoebe decided, moving towards the gym "we have our morning class here, and we never know what it invokes. It's a good gym, and a lot of functions are held here" she then started towards the dorms. "We can find an empty room here, and set you up if you like now" she said with a smile. "Sorry. I think my brother has been following us"What did nicholas want? She had seen him come out the gym too, and follow her, but so far he hadn't stepped up, and spoken. She wasn't too sure what to do. "Half brother actually. We only meet recently, so I guess it's still a little awkward. Anyway. Do you have any questions? I'll try to answer them. I've been here...jeez, going on 8, 9 months now I guess, and know the school well"

Makoto followed Phoebe through the school. Looking at the size of the campus as well as all of the many places on the campus. Makoto decided that if her super power is going to be static electricity and goodness knows what else, she should stay away from the pools until she can control it. She figured that maybe the library and gym may be a place that would be the safest for her. Finally the two arrived at their end point so it seemed, the dorms.

"That would be great." Makoto responded, her smile beginning to brighten. "I do have a few questions. First of all; wow, this place is so much bigger than it looks. I think i'll stay away from the pools though... um, are there any health science kind of courses here?" Makoto looked around, mildly wide eye from taking in the whole experience. She also looked around for Phoebe's brother. "It's cool that you have a sibling though, even if he's a half-sibling, i'm an only child. Why on earth would he be following us?" Makoto thought she saw movement and tried to wave in that direction, though the idea of family brought her back to a melancholy state of mind. "If it helps, he is allowed to join us." Makoto suggested.

It was going to be a big change but she hoped that maybe Phoebe and her could be friends. It would be a good first step at starting a new life, turning a new leaf. She began to think of finding a safe place or someone around to show her how to potentially use her powers. Makoto found her self both struggling to get up the will to tackle the world ahead of her but at the same time excitidly making goals for herself. She had to remind herself to take a breath and take it all one step at a time.

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Makoto turned back to face Phoebe and giggled a somewhat hallow laugh.

"Yeah, I'll be fine." She said, expressing a half smile. Mkoto could still feel the sting of potential tears in her eyes but she wanted to be strong, make most of the opportunity she was given and ultimately make Storm proud of her. "I'm sorry Phoebe, I forgot to give you my name." Makoto paused, contemplating what name to give. "I'm Makoto but please, call me Gale."

Makoto chose this name because it suited her power and it also actually sounded like a legitimate name. The actual definition of the word, violent storm, suited her and her abilities more than she realized. Makoto had a lot to work through and a lot of grieving to compete before she could progress with much of the training that was to come.

"Maybe we should start with a time table?" Makoto asked, thinking back to how her high school was set up in terms of attending classes. This was a school after all.

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Makoto smiled a kind of half smile at Pheobe.

"Yeah, I just got here." she sighed. Standing up she straightened herself out and adjusted her backpack. "I guess you are supposed to show me around?" Makoto inquired. She had nothing to start from. After all, she was here with the clothes she had on her back, the few things she managed to pack in her backpack and Storm's cell phone. She may have left a notebook and pen from school in her bag, but that would only be if she was lucky. Meeting Storm and coming here seemed to her to be the only good luck she'd had in years. Makoto's mind drifted to the events of her childhood and of recent. She gripped the strap of her backpack herder with one hand. Thinking back made her feel like she was going to cry, like a stone had settled in her throat and like her heart was being squeezed so tightly that it couldn't pump blood. "I-... I really don't even know where to begin." she said, trying to force her voice not to shake as she looked out of the class walls of the office to the empty hallways.

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Someone could also show Makoto around. She's sitting in the main office right now. It could be a student, teacher or the principal himself.

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Storm was the silver haired woman that had convinced Makoto to leave her home with them. She is a very kind and soothing person but a force to be reckoned with as Makoto observed the woman's interactions with others. It was not hard to see that this individual was very intelligent or that Makoto took a shine to her quite quickly. On the ride over to The Academy it was clear that their powers were similar and Storm showed Makoto that control could be gained with guidance and practice. Storm had encouraged Makoto in great amounts in the short time they were together. Though nervous, Makoto walked with Storm to The Academy's main doors. The pair walked to the nearby office and spoke with the secretary about enrolling Makoto in the school. After a few words, it was decided that with some paperwork Makoto could begin attending class right after lunch.

"Here, I want you to have this." Storm said, turning to Makoto with a smile. Holding out her hand she presented an odd looking device. "It's a cellphone that a few acquaintances modified for me so that it could withstand my own abilities." Makoto looked at it and picked it up, immediately holding it close to her as if it may float away.
"Thank you Storm!" She exclaimed happily, bouncing a little on the spot. "What should I do with it though?" She wondered out loud.
"It's so that we can keep in contact with each other. I should be able to work on a new one within the next two weeks. This way we can stay in touch." Storm explained. Makoto's eye's began to water and without much of a thought she gave Storm the biggest hug she had ever given anyone in a very long time. She so appreciated the kindness Storm had shown her.
"Thank you so much Storm." Makoto pulled away, trying to wipe her eyes in a discrete manor.
"You are welcome, Makoto. Now I suggest you wait over on one of those seats there. Someone will come to show you around. I have to go now." This time Storm smiled a smile that showed she was happy Makoto. The two said their byes for the time and Storm left the building to re join her team.

Makoto sat in one of the seats, waiting for someone to show her where to go next and contemplating this new opportunity. It would be a good time to start over, maybe be someone better than she was before. She could leave the crushing sadness behind her. Maybe someone here could help her with that. With all of this came the question, should she keep her given name or choose a new one?

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Name: Makoto まこと(Gale) Izumi
Gender: Female
Age: 17
PARENTS: Storm mentored her but her birth parents were Kaito and Jessica Izumi
Powers: Lightning and electrical currents. She can manipulate intensity of the electrical energy as well as form. She can withstand higher levels of electrical disturbances in her body than other people.
She also has the ability of cytokinesis (self healing).
Studying a mix of Chinese martial arts; Baguazhang and Iron Palm

What she has to learn

- Being able to manipulate what voltage of power she releases during a strike (knows how to release it but can’t control how much to release)
- how to accurately generate electricity by herself
- the martial arts styles listed

Voltage Reference

Voltage Reference

Bio:

Bio

Makoto’s father was Japanese and her mother was Caucasian/Canadian. They lived happily together in a small home. At the age of 10 her father was diagnosed with cancer. He battled and they tried to get him the best treatment they could. In the end the doctors had caught it too late and he died when Makoto was 12. Makoto’s mother did her best to cope and continue to raise Makoto the best she could.

The loss of her father took quite a toll on her mother. She began to drink in secret. As time went on and the effectiveness of alcohol wore off, Makoto’s mom began to drink more frequently and in greater amounts. Often her mom would go to a local bar and not be home until practically the next morning just in time to go to work. One morning, Makoto awoke to the doorbell ringing. She opened it and to her surprise there was a police officer there. He explained to her that earlier in the evening her mother had gotten into a car crash while still intoxicated and died. In a way Makoto was glad that when her mom crashed, she hadn’t hit another car and killed others, but she was still pained by her mother’s passing. Makoto was 14.

There were not many people left around her since her mother had pushed most of their family friends away and didn’t make it easy to build relationships with people at school (not allowed to go out or have people over). Makoto managed alright after that, being in a suspended state of shock. Her world came crashing down one day when it came to the attention of her high school teachers that she was underage and without parents. Child services was notified and Makoto did not take the action lightly. It made everything real, she couldn’t just pretend that her mother was still out at a bar somewhere. It was in this moment that 15 year old Makoto manifested her powers, scaring the social worker and company away.

She tried to pack up and leave, maybe find somewhere else to go so that they couldn’t find her again. Maybe enroll in a night school or something to continue her education. As she bundled up and left, it was spring, she couldn’t help but notice that as she walked by people their hair would begin to stand on end. If she loitered people would begin discussing that it’s a phenomenon that happens right before a lightning strike, yet no storms were forecasted. It was all too close to the truth for Makoto and she kept moving until she came across a quiet area she could sit and think without hurting anyone. She closed her eyes, trying to calm herself down.

“Hello young lady.” Makoto looked up. There was a very attractive woman standing in front of her, talking to her. “You seem upset, are you alright?”
“I’m fine.” This woman made her uncomfortable. Something was wrong…
“Are you sure? Why don’t you let me buy you a hot chocolate?” The woman persisted.
“No thanks, I’m alright.” Makoto began to squirm and try to scoot away.
“No, you need to come with me.” The woman reached out to grab Makoto’s wrist, succeeding.
“No! Let go!” Makoto yelled, releasing an amplified amount of the static electricity she created into the area and the women. The lady cried out in pain, her skin flipping like scales to reveal many identities and settling on a blue face. Makoto was stunned, as much about the woman as she was about herself. She tried to get up and run but by the time she was able to recover herself, the woman was moving again. The people around had begun to shriek and cry out for help. Not long after other people, mutants clashed in a fray. Makoto seemed to be in the middle of it. Finally she seemed to land under the care of a team of mutants in black and yellow uniforms.

“What’s going on?” Makoto asked, trying to put pieces together. “Where are you taking me?”
“To a safer place than this where you can learn to control your powers.” A woman with silver hair said to her. Soon and with little argument from Makoto, they were off. It wasn’t long before they arrived at their destination, The Academy.

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