TaliPaendrag

Hogwarts: Ignition - Year One

Dani gave Peter a smile when he walked up to her, nodding when he asked if she was okay, though she looked at him with a quizzical expression on her face when he mentioned his fear of receiving something known as a “howler.” Unfortunately, if they were actually in trouble, their parents were mostly likely going to be informed, but Dani kept that particular observation to herself. Not that she could share it anyway, however, as she didn’t have her whiteboard on her.

Despite having Peter for company, Dani wished that Pearleane would join them, as it would be nice to have another friend nearby when their sentence was issued. It seemed that Peter may have spotted her off in the midst of the crowd, but, no matter how hard she tried, Dani failed to pick her out of the crowd, as everyone obstructed her view due to the fact that they were all significantly taller than she was.

The incessant murmuring of the first years concerning what had transpired on the train and what their punishment might be died out immediately as the door to the headmistress’s office opened to reveal an elderly-looking woman with sharp features who wasted no time in delivering their sentence, which was one detention after their first day of classes.

Even though the verdict was quite unfair to Peter, Pearl, and herself, Dani simply sighed in response and was willing to let it go, especially when she saw the professor to whom they were to direct their appeals. The rigid posture, set jawline, and harsh expression were all clear indicators, at least to someone as versed in reading body language as Dani, that she would not be changing her mind anytime soon. In fact, it would probably have been easier for them to have moved the whole castle by pushing it.

Still, Dani didn’t actually leave the foyer immediately. Instead, she wanted to wait for Peter and/or Pearleane to join her. They, in addition to being her friends, would at least understand that she couldn’t communicate effectively without her whiteboard and be able to explain that to anyone she ended up sitting with who tried to ask her a question.

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Beth Carson

Beth waited patiently while Michelle closed her eyes and took a deep breath, figuring that something had just gotten under the larger woman’s skin and that she was attempting to calm down. In the meantime, Diego had stopped playing his music and the group of four had departed for an unknown destination. When Michelle spoke, Beth directed her attention back towards their conversation.

She was a little surprised when Michelle mentioned the monster, as she was pretty sure most of the students were entirely unaware of the cause of the blackout the week before, but she let out a gasp when she saw Michelle’s hand missing most of its fingers and wrapped in bandages. Before she could ask what happened, Michelle explained that she had gotten into a fight with a monster while trying to protect someone and that it had managed to tear off part of her hand.

Though a little nervous to be talking about the event when the staff had instructed them not to, Beth felt like Michelle deserved an honest response when she asked if Beth had heard anything about other monsters. Before she responded, however, she also took a look around to see if anyone was paying them any undue attention. Of course, the sight of a dwarf sitting on a couch next to an Amazon was interesting enough to draw people’s attention, so it was rather hard to tell if they were looking at them because of the conversation or not.

”Y-yeah,” Beth replied after she finished looking around, nodding. ”Me and a few other people killed one outside the cafeteria last week. It was really strong, though. Even being smashed with a vending machine didn’t stop it completely. I didn’t know that there was another one though.” In fact, the thought of there being more of those beasts made Beth’s face turn even paler than it normally was, as the feeling of claws tearing into her back, a remnant of her nightmare from earlier, came back.

Hopefully, the school would be on the lookout so a pack of them didn’t just come in a wreak havoc, but the thought did little to alleviate her fears. Still, she couldn’t help but subconsciously slide closer to Michelle while she waited for the larger girl to respond, gaining some measure of comfort from being closer to the Amazon.

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Sorry that it's a little short, but I got a post up. :3

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Beth Carson

Sleeping soundly, Beth rolled over on her bed, balancing precariously on the edge for just a moment before gravity won out and sent her to the floor in a jumble of blankets. Of course, the impact woke her up pretty quickly, which was obvious from the soft moan she let out as she struggled to free herself from her fluffy trap. Once she was free, she stood and stretched before she gathered up her blankets and tossed them back onto the bed, yawning as she did so.

Unfortunately, she had been dealing with nightmares ever since the incident the week before, which meant that she hadn’t been getting the best sleep. Usually, she would toss and turn for a few hours before jolting awake in a cold sweat, the phantasmal sensation of claws or teeth digging into her skin lingering beyond the dream. Absently, Beth hoped that she wasn’t bothering her roommate, whom she still hadn’t really met, with her nightmares as she went about getting dressed, tossing her pajamas onto her bed.

Once she was dressed in her blue and black flannel shirt and a pair of simple blue jeans, not to mention her regular green and black sneakers, Beth left the dorm and made her way towards the lounge, figuring that there might be something that she could do there to take her mind off the memories of the nightmare she had had while napping and what had happened the week before.

Beth spotted Michelle sitting on the couch, arms crossed and looking more than a little miffed, almost immediately after she stepped foot in the lounge. On a whim, Beth decided to see if she wanted to do anything, and so she made her way over to the couch. Thankfully, there weren’t that many people around to hinder her progress, so it wasn’t long before she climbed up onto the couch next to the massive woman.

”Hey, Michelle,” Beth said, giving the Amazonian woman a smile. ”How have you been? I haven’t seen you around all week.” As she spoke, she noticed the massive frame of the meathead, Titus, from the week before talking to Diego, Lupe, and Cassidy before Diego pulled out a guitar and started playing, the fringes of the melody reaching Beth’s ears despite the noisy atmosphere of the lounge.

Hogwarts: Ignition - Year One

I'm still around. :3 I'm just waiting on Miss to post, as there is very little that I could write in the meantime.

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@Mr Allen J Thanks! :3 I would be interested in joining the party in the ruins. I'm hoping to be able to get a post up tonight once I get some final homework done.

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I'm still here. I've just been busy finishing up the semester.

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Okay. It seemed like Agni formed around Diego, which would have made it look like a transformation to Beth. I'll edit it tomorrow. :)

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Sorry that it took me so long to post. I was, unfortunately, quite busy today. :\ Let me know if I need to fix anything.

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Beth Carson

In all honesty, Beth wasn’t super thrilled when Lupe explained to the musclehead that their plan had been simply to save him somehow, though she had to agree that it appeared that they had the monster on the run. The small smile that had made its way to her face when she realized that the whole ordeal might be ending shortly withered when Beth noticed that Lupe was not happy that she was there.

Fortunately, she didn’t get the chance to say anything before Diego nodded his assent to her idea for incapacitating the thing, which wasn’t quite the response that she had expected. She wasn’t going to argue, however, taking the time to get close enough to use her powers without adversely affecting the others while Diego charged at the beast.

It became readily apparent as Diego jumped at the monster that it had probably been pretending to be stunned, as it lashed out with its tail and struck Diego in the stomach, knocking him back a few feet before running over and jumping onto him, mouth wide open and aimed for his head. That wasn’t enough to stop Lupe’s brother, however, as he burst into flames and kicked at the underside of the monster and coercing it to get off.

Beth gasped, heart fluttering, and Lupe screamed as the monster came back for another go while Diego seemed to be recovering from the exertion, panting for air while trying to rise to his feet. That was when Diego’s form changed from that of a black-haired male of Spanish descent to a massive body of molten rock and heat, a transformation that was accompanied by maniacal laughter that sent a shiver down Beth’s spine despite the heat.

Almost immediately, Diego slammed his fist into the monster’s gaping maw, knocking several teeth loose while sending the monster flying back down the hallway. The molten rock and flames that had surrounded Diego subsided as drywall dust rained down on the beast. Diego didn’t take too much time to recover before darting forward and slamming the blade into the monster’s torso before diving out of the way and shouting for Beth to do her part.

Nodding, Beth began pulling the charge that had accumulated on her bracelet over the past several hours into her hands as she hurried a little closer to the monster, though not so close as to be in danger of it lashing out, to increase the effectiveness of her ability. ”Cover your ears!” Beth shouted when she was within a suitable range and the bracelet was void of charge, promptly clapping her hands to her ears and holding her breath while she formed and launched the arc at the knife that was currently sticking out of the monster’s flesh.

A loud rumble, roughly equivalent to a jet taking off, filled the hallway, shattering the windows with the sudden force caused by the sound waves, as the arc leaped towards its destination. At the same time, the sharp odor of ozone filled the area immediately surrounding Beth, the oxygen in the air having been given enough energy by the electricity to transform into the less stable gas.

Once the arc had completely entered the body of the monster, melting the knife and causing the beast to spasm as the electricity wreaked havoc on its nervous system, Beth turned and hurried back to the others before removing her hands from her ears and taking a few deep breaths of air to make up for having held her breath for the duration of her attack.

Her face and arms had also turned a rosy shade of pink due to the waves of heated air that had washed over her as the arc passed through the air, and her ears were ringing something fierce, but there was a smile on her face. She had contributed to the safety of the Academy, even Diego and the others had done most of the dangerous work, and it seemed that the monster was down for the count.

”Do you think that that did it?” Beth asked the others, shouting in order to hear herself over the ringing in her ears.