Devika exhaled silently, letting out a low and calming breath. She'd never been in a school this big before. It made sense, considering the type of students it was for. It was quite busy, as well, a lot more than she'd thought it would be. That meant there were a lot of people like her. Whatever that meant. She had no idea what she really was. A mutant? A metahuman? An alien? She'd never questioned her own identity so hard as she had within the last year. Nothing else mattered- her grades had gone to hell, she could barely concentrate at work. Luckily her parents knew a lot of people. Even the good guys needed legal defense sometimes, and so they'd called in a lot of favors to get her enrolled.

Her schedule stated that she should be in lunch right now, and she was making a beeline for the cafeteria. She could feel the emotions concentrated within, which lined up with what should have been a crowd of teens and young adults. She started up another calming breath and started focusing, imagining her mind as a maze of walls that looked like something out of an MC Escher painting. Once she was sure she was suitably prepared, she stepped into the cafeteria.

She could feel the emotions hitting her from all sides, around her like she was a goldfish in an empty aquarium. It had been a while since she'd gone to such a large, public place. By the time she got a tray and started to load it with food, her hands were shaking lightly with the effort of keeping her walls in place.