InfernoBlaze

Academy 218 - Superhuman School (Always open)

Red Winston, Christopher Fox, Victoria LaRouse, Shannon Balore, Deborah Termellio, "Pink" Vincigarru, and Ben Voss

Red was one of the first people to jump on the ship. Even though he was almost certain that Deborah would already know if something fishy was on the shipwreck, he still had to check things on his own, with his own eyes, his own perspective. He followed the group that was already aboard, while checking his surroundings. To his dismay, apart from the destruction around, there was nothing to noticable - or interesting - to grab his attention. The only thing that was out of place was some unnaturaly bent mettalic parts of the ship, although Red couldn't make the connection with Chris' ability. He was still ignorant of his time at the school, or his abilities to do so.

Victoria was one of the last people to board the ship, knowing what she would face up there. The stench that surrounded the deck, a result from the "hangouts" of the students was something that she hated. If she knew, she would have a mask with her, or at least a ton of air fresheners. The only one that stayed behind after her was Chris, who wasn't in a condition to climb the ladder Shannon created. That was a minor problem, though, because Victoria used her power to swap places with him, then climb up the stairs again. As soon as she climbed, she gave Chris a warm smile, to which Chris smiled back.

"You have an interesting power Victoria, I can give you that!"

"You should see the more creative ways I use my ability...This much is pretty standard to me!"

This conversation, however, was probably the last pleasant he would have while on the ship. Things around him started to shake him off, although not so much initially. He recognised the damage around him. Most of it was his doing. There were so many things he wanted to forget about this place, it made him sick. A shiver ran down his spine as soon as he entered the foyer, though.

It was here that it happened. One by one, memories of what happened here twelve years ago started to unravel. Chris mentally came back to the time where the shipwreck was in a better condition than this. The objects that remained from the time the ship came down were in their proper places, relocated by the students who were using it as their hangout at the time. Some metahumans even repaired the chandeliers in the foyer so they could be used at night. The metallic parts of the ship were intact at the time, giving the place more stability than it had now. It was perfect for a hangout, especially for the more "misbehaving" students, since it rarely - if ever - was observed by the staff of the school.

Chris wasn't a frequent visitor of the shipwreck, since it was usually full of people who would do something stupid and Chris didn't like that at all. He didn't really know what happened inside at the time, since he was a child back then, so he referred to what the older students did as stupid. Innocent times. It was back then that Chris was hot-headed, rushing to anything that seemed injust. That's what happened and set things off.

Deborah kept her oh-so-observant eye on Chris the entire time. She stared at him, not a single thing he did went unobserved by the extra-perceptive girl (Chris is regressing back to that day). This place is important to him, a defining moment I might add. I must learn more.... Deborah kept looking at Chris, letting the information pour, until she had seemingly lost herself. Deborah started scanning the room, nothing moving but her eyes. To an outside observer, it appeared as if she spaced out. Everything in here was a piece of information. A piece of a distant story. Something she must uncover. The information kept pouring into her head, and she loved it.... Until... that head of her started filling. Seconds passed, and more and more information kept pouring into her head... She just... Couldn't handle it!

She dropped to her knees and screamed at the top of her lungs. Grabbing the sides of her head. This was an information overload, her head was getting bombarded with more info than she could possibly process. It flooded her thoughts, she couldn't even think for herself. It was hellishly painful. Blood had begun dripping down from her nose and ears... Some even started leaking out from her eyes. "Make.... make it stoooooooooop!" She screamed loudly, thrashing around on the ground.

(Chris had ruined-This is what happens when you lose control- You should not have co-This school is a place of-Everyone here is worried about you-Your life is on the road to ruin-What is the Headmaster hiding...Bloodsucker is coming....)

Deborah could even tell what was going on with her power. What happened was that Deborah's power went on overdrive, telling her random bits and pieces of information.

"Debby!" Shannon shouted as she ran over to Deborah. She embraced her, wrapped her arms around her tightly. "What is wrong!? C-calm down!" She grabbed Deborah by the shoulders, staring her dead in the eyes. She was honestly at a lost for what to do. What in God's name had triggered all of this? "... It's... I'm going to get you out of here!" She shouted.

By the time Shannon had embraced her however, Deborah had already faded out of the world. Falling into a trance-like state. She... Didn't know how to describe it. Her drive to learn what happened here was finally going to be sated. Everything she wanted to see, and more, flashed before her mind's eye....

The vision showed that Chris had boarded the ship with Henry and Vera. He wouldn't normally go to the shipwreck, but it was a magnificent night to go check the sea from there. A few hours after their arrival, one of the older students found it rationable to hit on Vera, in a not so appropriate way, to add. Chris was ticked by this and the provocative demeanor of the other party made things worse, leading to a quarrel, which took bigger proportions when their abilities got involved. Chris was on the losing side, quite beat-up from the more experienced student. However, the situation forced Chris to tap to the very dephts of his capabilites, granting him a collosal boost of his powers, at the cost of his control over them. With his powers out of control, little by little, screws of the ship were attracted to him, then whole pillars of metal and many other metallic objects were flying around the ship. The ship shaked, being so unstable that most of the students fell down and were dragged to whichever side the ship was moving to.

The students that were alarmed soon enough didn't think twice before using their powers to get out of the shipwreck and save their lives. The guy Chris was fighting, along with 10 more people weren't so lucky though. Chris' power also misplaced one of the chandeliers, which took his arm away, the crystalline parts of it causing him the many scars on his body and taking his consciousness away.

It wasn't long before Deborah awoken. Wondering what the hell just happened. She was still experiencing a pain like no other, but the overload, the overload just stopped.... She didn't feel right in the head. The room was spinning, and there was a pounding headache as she tried to process everything that she just learned. Her eyes were half-opened as she looked around, her vision was blurry. Deborah's face felt wet. She lazily used a hand to swipe whatever off her face, and when she looked at her hand... it was covered in blood. She jolted, then everything began to sink in, and become clear to her. What happened here... she suffered a nasty information overload. She hung her head, and put a palm to her forehead. She went overboard. Again.

"... Debby?" Shannon asked her, with puppy eyes. Deborah didn't even notice that someone was holding onto her. "Are you... okay?"

Deborah didn't waste any time in embracing Shannon, quietly saying, "... Yeah, yeah, I'm fine..." A tear went down her eye. "I... Just want to leave here."

The memories that flashed through made Chris sit on his knees, showering in his sweat and mumbling to himself so fast that he wasn't making any sense. Red noticed a small, metal shard going near Chris. Then another one. It was the worst possible way to finally make a connection between Chris and the shipwreck.

"Oh, no...Things are gonna turn really bad if what's happening right now is what I think it is..."

When Chris fell to his knees, Deborah's head darted towards him. She was coming-to, slowly, but had enough of her senses to know what was going on. When the shard slid over the ground towards Chris, Deborah's eyes widened (... He is losing control). Suddenly, Deborah panicked (This is only the beginning), her heart started racing, she gasped, an she started crawling away from him, pulling Shannon with her. "He's losing control! Everyone move!"

Deborah could barely walk straight right now, when she tried to climb to her feet, she almost fell over. Which is where Shannon stepped in and threw her arm over her shoulder. Helping her get out the door.

Red had already figured out that Chris was losing it. They had to move quick. Red had to process everything in a matter of seconds, but things turned complicated when a bending sound happened. A big supporting pillar of the ship was bending and more and more shards were gathering around him. It wasn't long before the ship itself started shaking, endagering their lives.

"You heard Deborah! Everyone head to the rafts! Things will turn ugly any moment now!"

Victoria followed Deborah's advice and headed to the door. She stood there to help the others get out with her power, replacing the falling debris with any light object she could see at the time. As soon as Shannon and Deborah made it to the exit, Victoria followed them, supporting Deborah from the other shoulder. She hoped that Shannon wouldn't mind for once to get help from someone else, since it was an emergency.

Meanwhile Ben was working to make sure everyone had gotten out safely. He played caboose on the way out, his goliath form allowing him to potentially sponge some impact from the ship if something went wrong. With an inhuman sound, huge treetrunks shot out of the floot, smashing through the metal and curving around the entrance to provide support. The golem then turned, and slowly but steadily began picking up speed. It's footfalls were heavy and shook the ground slightly. It took several seconds for it to reach a running pace, but by the time it did it was already upon Deborah, Shannon, and Victoria. But Ben was ready for this. With arms wide and open the great golem scooped up all three of the girls with one arm without breaking it's pace, and only began to slow down as soon as it exited the ship. Huge and thick vines shot out of the sand and wrapped around Ben's body to keep his avatar from running into the water with the girls in his arms. He skidded, but slowed enough to deposite the girls onto the rafts, and then began to push the raft they were on away towards the main island. He turned back and waited for Red and Chris to come out, he wouldn't leave without them. Not yet.

"What the hell?!" Pink loudly shouted from the water front. She didn't want to go on the boat for herself, rather stay in the water and relax. Then a bunch of screaming could be heard, then everything started shaking and falling apart! Pink couldn't handle it, she was about to bail out when Ben came charging out of the shipwreck and dropped the gals that were with them on the raft. Whatever the hell happened in there, it might be raw. Whatever the case, Pink was going to help. "Big man!" Pink shouted, she manipulated the water around the raft again, and started pushing the raft back towards the shore. "I got them, you get the others!"

Red was left alone with Chris in the foyer by now. The situation demanded Red to act quickly, but with the metallic shards moving towards Chris, it was far to difficult to approach him to get him out of the shipwreck. He tried taking a step closer, but a shard cut part of his suit, at the height of his right bicep, although it didn't harm him. He considered leaving Chris, but then he thought that he would be letting another person die in front of him.

Bracing himself for a painful experience, Red approached Chris step by step, the shards tearing his suit apart, eventually wounding his body. Red finally approached Chris and tried to reason with him. Nothing that he said would go through his head, though. Chris was shut off from any outside sound at the moment. It was after tenuous thinking that Red finally found something to get through him.

"Chris, if you don't stop now, you will get me killed! You will have killed one more person! Since I am not planning on leaving you behind, just get back to your senses and stop!"

A shard cut a deep wound on Red's right side of the forehead then, causing intense bleeding and blurring of his respective eye. However, it seemed that this was the last metallic shard to move towards him and the only thing that could be heard was the ship's moving and Chris' panting. Understanding that Chris came back to his senses, Red didn't lose any time. He picked Chris and piggy-backed him to the exit, but it was obstructed by yet another metallic pillar. Red laughed at the irony and was about to give up.

"Well, I tried..." he said to himself.

Suddenly, the big chunk of metal started to move and Red turned his head to see Chris' arm raised towards the direction it was. He didn't have to think what was going on and just dashed out as fast as he could. He headed to the direction the rafts was and jumped in the water. He emerged a few seconds later, swam to the rafts, helped Chris get on and then boarded them himself. The injury on his forehead was bleeding more than before and it messed his whole right side, the blood dropping on the floor. He was feeling a bit dizzy too.

"This will probably leave a mark..."

Ben, seeing that the other two had gotten out, followed quickly in suit, pushing the raft off and then, well, his whole avatar fell apart piece by piece. It had been running on battery life here on the ship wreck, and now most of it was drained. That and the addition of getting wet dampened his power as well. As his avatar fell apart Ben fell out of the golem, but didnt remain the way he was to catch his breath for long. With the power a big man like himself had, he pushed himself up and ran into the water, pulling himself onto the raft that Chris and Red were on. He was no medic, but anyone could tell they were both out of it. Red had a head injury, and Chris was probably in shock. He wished he could call out to Pink, but with his injury he couldnt. He simply waved in her direction hoping to catch her attention.

The raft went to shore, and Shannon and Deborah jumped out of them like they've seen a ghost. Deborah hit the sand, and lied there on her back, panting. Jesus, this whole trip was a disaster. But what happened back there...? She saw the course of events like she was a bystander. A vision. This was... something else. She would have to describe it to Adam later. But for now, she just wanted to sleep. Her head was on fire, she was in pain, and blood was dripping down everywhere.

Though, Shannon came by with a cloth and wiped off the blood from Deborah's face. "You can't go back to school looking like that, now can you...?" She knelt down above her injured lover. Both their eyes had connected. "I hope you're okay, Debs." She put a hand on Deborah's shoulder.

"... I think I'm fine...." Deborah began to get up on her behind, coming at even level with Shannon's face. "... With you here, I'm even better." She said, with a smile. Right now, she wasn't too self-conscious about keeping her little secret. There were more important things going on here.

Shannon actually smiled, "... Maybe once we're alone, we can improve upon even that."

"Sure." Deborah was hoisted over Shannon's shoulder again, her lover was shorter than her by two inches, so it wasn't too much of an effort. She thought it was about time they end this little incursion and head back to school. But first... "Alright, is everyone okay!?" Deborah shouted loudly, "Let's get out of here! This was a disaster!"

Academy 218 - Superhuman School (Always open)

Red Winston, Christopher Fox & Victoria LaRouse

Chris was reclutant to follow the group to the shipwreck, because of everything that happened there over a decade ago. He did plan to go there and pay his respects to the people that died there - it was the least he could do - but he didn't plan to go there so soon. His hand trembled from anxiety and he was faintly sweating. He closed his eyes and felt the breeze touch his face to calm down. He realized that, sooner or later, he would have to go to the shipwreck, so he opened his eyes and braced himself for the moment they would arrive at the place he hated the most. He wondered if anything had changed since back then. If the ship he destroyed was still there, or if Dellamore had covered the incident. After all, Dellamore could possibly cover this - or any- incident happening inside the Academy with incredible efficiency, which made Chris curious about their lil' old principal, one of the reasons he joined the Mystery Hunters.

Victoria, who was with Chris from the get go noticed his changed expression, but decided to not ask about it, although she would usually ask to help. Chris expression had a deeper sorrow she could not comprehend, but she could feel it was something overly personal, something that he could share only if he felt like doing so and not because he was asked. However, she did guess that it had something to do with the shipwreck, because it was since it was mentioned that they would go there that Chris' expression changed. Victoria didn't know much about the shipwreck herself, what happened over there really disgusted her to the point that she considered using her powers to move the ships away, piece by piece. Maybe there was a monster or something that scared Chris inside and Victoria would be glad to smack it one.

Red on the other hand was not so sure about Deborah's intentions to their little expedition in the shipwreck. Red clearly remembered Amanda telling him about the shipwreck being a place for students to gather and illicit activites happening, so, since students were already visiting the place before their group, it was safe to assume that, if anything was on the shipwreck, Deborah would already know about it. He decided to keep his thoughts to himself, though, since he decided from way before that he would let Deborah lead the group. She was capable and he believed that she would know where the group should go and look for clues about their quest.

Unexpectedly, when the time to seperate came, Red decided to go with Shannon, maybe because he hoped to establish some solid contact with her, but to no avail. He didn't have much to say to Shannon, she didn't trust him after all and he was uneasy about it, because he knew that internal conflict always led to no good. On the other hand, Chris and Victoria followed Deborah's group, because Victoria insisted on following her beloved, messy roommate. Without much to say, the group once again united before the shipwreck, which gave a chill to Chris the moment he saw it. The ship he destroyed was there too.

"Fucking Dellamore...How can you have the ship around, without giving proper explanations about what happened?", Chris said to himself.

Chris' expression confirmed Victoria's thought about the shipwreck causing him to feel stressed. Red did notice Chris' behavior too, but was more interested in Shannon and Deborah moving away. He didn't follow them, of course, but he knew that something was off. Something that one of them had to discuss personally with the other, but he had no idea who it was, or what did they want to discuss. Everything was fine from their group, so it was most possibly Deborah that wanted to say something to Shannon, but everyone on the other group was fine, except, of course, from Chris. He tried to understand what was going on, but stopped as soon as the duo came back. Clearing as much as he could from his previously well-polished shoes, he decided to take the lead and go to the shipwreck. Being in the front would make it easier to see and spot things that would interest him, since his field of vision would not be obscured by the others.

"I'm going in..." Red simply said, passing the others the torch to do the same.

Academy 218 - Superhuman School (Always open)

Red Winston, Christopher Fox & Victoria LaRouse

Shannon's comment was not unexpected and a possible outcome in Red's calculations, but, still, it was not the most pleasant thing to hear. He needed as much allies as possible and not a single enemy if he could. This applied especially to Shannon, since she was the best friend of his most valuable ally. Of course, he would prefer skipping the explanations, he hated to talk about his father and his guilty conscience after all, but there was no other wait around it. What was sure, was the fact that he was not going to discuss it now. Not here. There was a crowd gathering one by one and Red dispised commotion. If he could help it, he would only explain to Shannon and Deborah, maybe Nikki too, if she was interested.

Red couldn't help but notice the glances of people when he was called a murder. It was bound to interest some people after all. What he didn't know was the reason. Maybe he was considered a threat and they wanted to get rid of him? Maybe someone wanted him to do some dirty work? That would be funny, since Red was not literally a killer. He wondered how many people would he disappoint if he said that. He was aware that it was guilt that made him feel that way, but he couldn't get rid of the idea. At least, this could provide a protection of sort and people might think twice before messing with him. If that worked, Red would be safer against all these crazy-strong students.

Luckily for him, Deborah gave the cue to discuss this elsewhere. It was a god-sent gift to Red. He had the luxury to discuss things with the two girls away from all the crowd around him. He nodded to Deborah in approvement and whispered to Shannon:

"As long as we are more private and you give me enough time, I can explain, or, even better, I can show you...", the last part implying that they could use Deborah's power to actually see as much as her power could see.

Meanwhile, Chris was also intrigued when the word murderer came up, even more so when it had to do with Red. He was curious about what he meant when he said that, so he interrupted the conversation with Victoria, saying:

"Ehm, would you mind going over there? There is something I want to check out..."

Victoria replied positively, being curious about the murderer part herself. If a murderer was among them, Victoria would smack him one. She didn't like people like that loitering around the school. With that, they both headed towards the group.

Academy 218 - Superhuman School (Always open)

I'M BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!

Academy 218 - Superhuman School (Always open)

Red Winston

After CTF was over, Red returned to the locker rooms. After a quick bath and a change of clothes, he headed for the lounge. He had an appointment with Deborah after all. Of course, he was still concerned about what happened before the CTF and was not sure of how she and her friend, Shannon would be thinking about him right now. Maybe there it created a rift in their alliance, but, on the other hand, Deborah could probably see that there was more than meets the eye in what he said. Not that he wanted to discuss it if he could avoid it. The situation made him anxious, so he decided to go for a smoke before he found the others. Changing his direction to outside, he rolled a cigarette in an isolated spot, smoked it quickly and then rushed back.

There was quite the commotion inside. Apparently, everyone had already gathered inside, but he wasn't going to check if anyone was actually missing. His main objective was to find Deborah and it was fairly easy. She was playing pool with someone Red didn't meet yet. From the way Deborah was playing and the other man was teaching her, it didn't take much to understand what was going on. The guy was trying to approach Deborah, maybe to hit on her. Shannon was there too, talking to someone else Red didn't know, but the way she was looking at the two players made Red wonder. It was like she was disturbed with a stranger being nearby Deborah, but maybe it was because she didn't like that some stranger was so casual around her good friend. Red approached the group, even though he hated commotions. He would prefer to talk to Deborah and Shannon alone, but then again, you can't always have what you want.

"Hello, Deborah! I hope I am not interrupting something! After all, I was a little late for our appointment!" he introduced himself in the conversation.

He watched the game closely, ultimately deciding that it was a fairly easy one. It was all about calculations of angles and rotation of the ball. Red would probably excel at pool if he tried it, but he wasn't the type to show off, especially in front of a stranger. Although he wanted the game to end quickly, he decided to wait and not disturb Deborah. Talking to Shannon was out of the question, too. He was too hesitant to engage in a conversation, since he didn't know her reaction to their last meeting.

"I can wait for your game to end, so take your time! We can talk as soon as you finish!"

Victoria LaRouse & Christopher Fox

Victoria headed to the lounge after a small jog and a bath. She would always take a jog after an activity. It was relaxing her. The lounge was packed. Many people were around, some of them, she never met before. That was the problem with this school. Anyone could come at any given time, so Victoria never had a set list of people she wanted to challenge.

She entered the lounge looking for her beloved one, but Henry was not around. It made Victoria pissed off. He goes off somewhere and he doesn't even invite her. Then she remembered about him inviting her to the jungle expedition he had and she missed it because of the jog. She wanted to hit herself so hard for forgetting it, but kept the urge because she didn't want to be made a fool of in the lounge. She would look for Henry in the jungle, but she didn't have the slightest idea as to where to look for him. She could handle herself with wild animals, but she didn't have the slightest clue about wandering through the jungle.She wanted to talk to someone, but didn't know who. Instead, she sat in a couch when a man approached her.

It was Chris, who was also late to come to the lounge, because he had to take things slowly with his body in this weakened state. He saw Victoria sitting over there and he remembered that she was the one who challenged Adam straight. This fact alone, was enough to make Chris amused with the girl. He sat on the couch with her and extended his sole arm for a handshake.

"Hello, miss! I am Christopher Fox! I saw you challenging Adam before and I was quite surprised. I just wanted to meet the person who was bold enough to challenge someone as powerful as him!"

Victoria didn't expect someone to talk to her so soon after she arrived at the lounge. With no other option in hand, she shaked hands with Chris and replied:

"I am Victoria LaRouse! It's nice to meet you!"

Victoria was not annoyed at all with Chris' missing arm and looked him straight in the eyes, which made him feel comfortable around her. With that, the two began their conversation.

Academy 218 - Superhuman School (Always open)

I'm on my way back younglings! I'm bringing the party to you when I get back and read the posts after my departure!

Academy 218 - Superhuman School (Always open)

Guys, I told you before, but I forgot to mention it until now. I will be away for a week or so, that's why you are free to use my characters for the game and for as far as the RP goes until I am back...or you can add them to the inactive section until I return. Don't forget about me fellas! I love you all and see you soon!

Academy 218 - Superhuman School (Always open)

Red Winston

So, capture the flag has started. Gladly for Red, they were given preparation time, otherwise there wouldn't be much for him to do. Being in the front line is useless, so he should provide a suggestion at least. He cut himself from the world, feeling his temples with his fingertips, this time going too deep into his Memory Hall. He needed all the information he had on both teams and their surroundings and come up with something decent. He first accessed the "Profiling" section of his memory Hall and dig out all the profiles he had made up to now.

"Kristen: Control over pheromones, Deborah can find missing links in deductions, Jaska seems to be under the Super-system class, but I am uncertain, Ella has control over fire, Aislin has animation powers and Jake has his pseudo-illusions. That's what I know for my team. For the other team...Amanda is absorbing abilities and seems to have control over metal now, Tetsuya is a Panda-man, Christopher has control over magnetism, Henry is a bipedal lizard, Matthew is omnikinetic and Nikki has control over insects. The tower is a significant spot, so the team who has access to it gets a significant advantage. There are also many things scattered throughout the field, probably to help some people with their powers, or they are coincidentally there, although it is unlikely. However, the main point is to capture the flag. Now, what would be the best plan?"

Red then moved to an empty room in his mind. It was a room that entered only in special cases, where he could unfold all the info he had, analyse it and make his estimations. He processed every single piece of available data, reprocessed it as many times as needed and finally he came up with his decision. His first action was to go to Deborah. She was a senior student and her power should be known to others, so she would be great as the voice of reason in the team. Without delay, he rushed to her. Fortunately, they had been on "good" terms, although he wasn't sure how the incident with Chris could have affected that. But, right now, it was for mutual gain to co-operate and Deborah should be able to see that. He approached her and said:

"Deborah, I have come up with something...Although my information is limited, I think I have a basic plan that we can use and you can improve it! I think that our ace for getting the flag should be Jaska. His stature makes me believe that he can be as agile as needed and also be able to tace care of himself in a hand to hand fight. His support group should be Jake and Gabe, who are more familiar with each others powers and can probably make a great use of it. Meanwhile, to disrupt the other team, I think that our best bet should be Ella. Her fire manipulation should surely prove effective against Henry, who is a reptile, Nikki, who controls insects, Chris who is a living magnet and probably Amanda, who is currently controlling metal, by heating her up and the Panda-man. I can't think of many animals who like fire. Panda-man's other weakness should be his forehead. That's where most of the nerves are on bears, so I think the same should apply to pandas. Aislin's power should also prove effective with the things on the ground, since it can make them unusable to the enemy with her animation ability. But most importantly, I think that Jake should use his illusion abilities to change the appearance of the fighters of our group and mix them, so the enemy group should think that the one they see will use his power, while in reality he will use the power he really has. You should be the one to improve the plan and explain it to the team, if you find it good, though. I think that they will listen to you more eagerly than me."

Victoria LaRouse

Victoria was tired of waiting, but, now, the time for action has come. Her prayers were heard when she found out that she was on the same team as Henry. He wanted to fight side by side with him, not against him, although she wouldn't go easy on him if she had to. But the real good news were that Valjean was on the other team. Even though Sylvia proved to be the better fighter of the two, Valjean was still one of the toughest around, which gave him priority in Victoria's list of opponents during the game. Despite that, what he wanted to do right now was to get ahold of the promise that Henry made. He went to him, touched his shoulder from the front, so as to not startle him again and once again climbed on his back. Henry did say that she could stay on his back if they were on the same team, after all. Gently feeling his cheek, she said:

"You do know what I can do Croco. So, if you manage to take me close enough, I should be getting the flag with a single swap. Just promise me that you will not worry about me and trust that I can take care of myself. I take airborne attacks. You handle the ground! We are winning this thing, one way or another!"

Now that she was on Henry's back, she was by far the tallest person in the room. Looking at everyone else on the team now, she blatantly said:

"Don't hold me back, folks! I will get this flag for the team before you can blink, as long as you support me! Oh, Sylvia, next time, I hope I get to fight with you, mon amie!"

Christopher Fox

(Christopher will do something after the game starts)

Academy 218 - Superhuman School (Always open)

Red Winston

A girl approached the group and introduced herself, while asking for help about what was going on in the Training Hall. Red couldn't help but check out the girl a bit, only to start profiling, yet again.

"Well-built, not bulky, but athletic. Eye color is pretty unusual, Red in color, which is shared among albinos and, judging by her characteristics, she is not one. Possibly related to her mutated DNA. The same applies to her hair, though in that case, they could be also dyed, which is more probable. Scars on her arms are from knife cuts, the direction and shape of the scar suggest so. She is new in the Academy, so adaptability plays a vital role, so she decided to talk to someone. Picking our group is coincidental, but, even if it is not, it is of no importance, unless she has a hidden agenta. Being in the school for twenty minutes, as she claims, this is highly improbable. Conclusion: Ella is a new student, trying to socialize."

Red stopped focusing on his predictions and deductions and returned to Earth. He introduced himself to his new acquaitance, after all, it was common courtesy.

"My name is Red Winston. Although a new student here, let me welcome you to Academy 218! It is nice to have you here! People like you, who are bot pretty and humble, are always a good company!"

Red's compliment for Ella was not because he was hitting on her, but because she wanted to say something encouraging. Being pretty had no value to him after all. But, he chuckled, because he remembered Amanda telling him that he had a harem. He wished that she wasn't watching him now. It would just be adding oil to the fire.

Nikki's suggestion to practice their powers was not something Red was excited about, for the sole reason that he didn't think that his power could improve. He had a passive ability of limitless memory. Period. No fire out of his mouth, no flight, no faster than speeding bullets, stronger than a locomotive or jumping tall buildings in a single bound. Of course, he didn't want to spoil it for the sole friend he had in the Academy, apart from Jake, so he decided to go with Nikki's flow.

"I cannot practise my power, since it is a passive one and, as far as I know, I cannot improve it. But I can gladly help you with anything you might need and, of course, I shall accompany you!"

Victoria LaRouse

Victoria noticed that Asae was looking at her and Kyuuji and she didn't need long to understand what was going on. Blushing from embarrasment of what she did, she hid her head in Kyuuji's fur. Right now, she wanted to disappear, so she would not have to look at Kyuuji. She didn't have the slightest idea that he had a girlfriend, otherwise, she wouldn't use him in her little jealousy act. It was not her style to do something so treacherous and, worst of all, Henry could get the wrong idea about her. That was the most frightening thought of all. She tried to speak to Kyuuji, but her mouth was covered with his fur. It was like trying to talk through a pillow.

"Am whilly sowy! I vivnt min to! (I am really sorry, I didn't mean to!)"

She lifted her face from his fur, which was bloody red from shame. To her, no words were enough to describe what she had done, despite Asae laughing at the whole situation. Actually, right now, she didn't pay attention to her surroundings at all. She whispered:

"I didn't know you have a girlfriend! Je suis desole! I swear that I did not have the intention to make you think that I am flirting with you! I had a reason for doing what I was doing! But, but..."

She was speaking so fast that she was forgetting what she wanted to say. Calming down a bit, she took a deep breath and said, this time, whispering to the point that it would be hard for Tetsuya to listen to her, even though her mouth was only a few centimeters away from his ear.

"The truth is, that, uhm, j' aime Henry. How do you people say it, I like him...But he doesn't like me, so I am trying to make him, by trying to make him jealous. That's why I did what I did, so, please forgive my behavior! By the way..." now she speaked in a louder tone, "...I am French, but you have probably understood that!"

Academy 218 - Superhuman School (Always open)

By the way, Jazzy, I copied your seal picture and used it on my facebook cover photo! :P