[Naoi] “I get it now! This school makes us superheroes, and now we have to fight the evil monsters!” Alice exclaimed happily. [i]I can’t. I can’t even. When she had that accident, did something hit her in the head as well? … She got hit in the head I bet.[/i] Naoi lets out an exasperated sigh, [i]Normally I don’t show this much emotion but this Alice aggravates me to no end for some reason. Anyhow… I should act now.[/i] As the blight monster lunged towards a poor student, Naoi created several ice spikes and speared it. The blight monster let out a pained screech, shuddered, and then collapsed, dead. “Everyone, keep calm and stay near me! I can protect you guys! If you run off, I can’t guarantee you’ll keep your lives,” Naoi instructed urgently. Students clamored to get close to him and he materialized a floating ice platform so he could see over their heads. More seals kept appearing on the ground and Naoi freezed the blood in the monsters’ veins, instantly killing the abominations. For additional protection, he made thick walls of ice appear to shield the students from monsters. Naoi smiled, this was what he had trained and prepared for. He created a handful of vanilla and chocolate mochi ice cream and snacked on them while rapidly imagining one ice construct after another. [i]Feels so satisfying to be able to display this level of skill in something.[/i] He noticed a monster leap towards Alice, but he ignored it. Cripples should not have gone here in the first place. Alice barely swerved in the air in time to dodge it. “What did you do with your promise to protect everyone, huh? What kind of superhero are you??” Alice shouted, barely controlling her rage. Slicing a monster in two with a diamond blade, Naoi stared at her evenly, “You’re not part of it. You would drag everyone down with your liability.” “Just when I thought you might be an okay person, you proved me wrong! I’m leaving!” Alice yelled, tears threatening to well up in her eyes. “Leave then,” Naoi stated callously, while using a large chunk of ice to shatter a nearby window so she could leave. Naoi focused his attention back to protecting the class, slaying monsters left and right. [Alice] [i] Wow, Naoi is something. Killing all those monsters like it was nothing. He could be one of the best superheroes with that! Maybe he isn’t all so bad.[/i] When the blight had started, Alice immediately used her wings to fly as high as she could go in the classroom. It wasn’t much, but it allowed her to see seals on the ground easily and dodge the monsters that spawned from them. But when a monster leaped at her from the chalkboard and she narrowly dodged it, fury welled up in her. [i]He knew that it was coming for me too! He was staring right at me when it happened![/i] She exploded and berated Naoi for not doing anything. [i]Why does he hate me so much?[/i] When Naoi said “Leave then,” Alice’s heart felt like it was being squeezed. “So you’re going to blame me for something I had no control of?? How long and hard do you think that my parents and I have been looking for a cure?!” Alice screamed at him. But he simply gave her the cold shoulder. “Who else agrees with me and wants to come with me instead of staying here with [i]him[/i]?” Alice asked, looking at all the faces around her. “But Alice, even if we went with you, could you protect us? Your word only allows you to have wings and fly. If we stay here, at least we get to live,” one student piped up. “Yeah, and it’s not about who’s right or wrong in this scenario, we just want to survive,” another student added. Out of sheer frustration, grief and anger-- Alice punched the chalkboard as hard as she could and then used the broken window to fly outside. However, she exited the window sloppily and was scraped up slightly by the jagged edges of the broken glass. She flew higher and higher, until she had a good idea of the campus layout. Spying a lot of activity on the track field, Alice decided to check things out. The knuckles on her right hand throbbed with pain, swollen and bruised. When Alice was hovering above the track field, she saw that a huge clump of monsters surrounded one giant, blood covered person, while two smaller, normal sized people stood off to the side chattering away. She decided to introduce herself to them and yelled, “Hey, my name is Alice, I have the word ‘wings’! Who are you two?” [i]Hopefully they’ll be nicer.[/i]