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[b][code]Circling the venue, DOVE Rally
Regal Square, Prince Ed-Field_[/code][/b]

Kannix put on Casey's jacket and circled the venue slowly, her eyes gazing and sometimes glaring at the people around her as she snaked her way through gaps and excused herself to cut through lines in front of the booths. Sure, her motive was to get herself something to eat and drink but the more she observed how people were, and the fact that they were so calm to Metahumans using their abilities in the booths... what was she to make of it? She herself was a Metahuman. Was it something to be proud of, why on earth not? The Metahumans who give their own kind a bad name by committing bad deeds - rest in peace those that lost their lives and others in the tragedies they've had - can go fuck themselves. Sure, she's done some mischievous acts herself but none to the scale- uhm, never mind, she thought. She's not as bad, but she could use a bit more work.

The point was the things that linger (and can linger) in the back of people's minds such as the disasters they've had will stick to their forefront memories and impressions are made. Metahumans are bad. Kannix was bad. This rally was trying its best to correct things, but Kannix... she shook her head as she stepped forward in the line she'd queued. Could she really just say "fuck it" to everything?

"Hi, could I have that turkey leg please?"

Probably not. She bit hard and deep into the thick, juicy thigh. She savoured its flavours and decided to fuck overthinking. Off in the far end, she saw her new acquaintance Casey minding his own business. Best to do the same with the general public. Wow this is good turkey, she thought.

She continued circling the venue, weaving through crowds, the massive turkey leg as a deterrent to make way. She looked around some more. Many interesting figures of all types jutted out to her, by appearance and by appeal, as if something about that made her have to notice them. Not exactly noteworthy people, though; in fact they looked droll and generic. Still, she looked back at them every now and then, taking some free drinks other booths, tossing them for the three points into bins. Then a taller African-American girl just about ran past her turkey leg towards her Asian colleague. DOVE rally volunteers. Motherfucker almost knocked her half-finished leg. She'd yell but she could wait to finish for the two to finish their conversation and throw the bone at her. She took bigger bites but then noticed the strange interaction between the two.

Dude was just staring blankly at the air and then at the girl. Kannix couldn't help but giggle, her face contorted in confusion, choking slightly on her food. She watched as the girl walked away content in herself. Shame Kannix couldn't finish her leg in time for her to fling it at her, but she was now more interested at this Asian dude. She walked towards him enough so that he finally saw her in his sight.

"Freak."

Rein's brows furrowed at the sudden entrance of yet another female stranger, this time someone of his ethnicity with a queer combination of a wild appearance and half-eaten turkey leg in her hand. He shouldn't be surprised that not everyone who had come to this rally was a pro-Meta. Some people, like the Chinese newcomer before him, were probably here just for the free food.

He shrugged at the rude greeting, but he couldn't help wondering if she had caught him using his power a little while ago. It wouldn't be the first time someone had commented about his ability to space out pretty much anywhere and everywhere. "Um... so how may I help you?" he asked, maintaining a polite front.

Funny that everyone seemed to need him for something. [i]Him[/i], of all people.

[i]"I'm strangely attracted to you."[/i] would be a bad reply to that, though she did just insult the boy as an introduction. But still, she felt slightly drawn to him - the same sort of feeling that she had with Casey, a moment they had not too long ago when she jumped into his way. Kannix swallowed a chunk of meat and replied:

"Okay, I'm [i]ssssooorrrryyy~[/i] that I called you a freak, but why were you just staring at her, though? Are you like, short-sighted or something?" She mockingly waved her turkey leg in front of him as she stepped closer, sizing him up to be almost a head taller than her.

"Okay, I'm sorry again," she giggled, "but please: explain yourself." Kannix smiled, her two front teeth glistening in the ambient light and chunks of flesh lathering her lips.

Correction: seemed like he was a magnet for weird chicks today. Rein tried his best to keep up with what the Chinese girl was babbling to him, enough to get the main question directed at him from among the crude jabbers.

"She's an acquaintance, I guess," he began, averting his eyes from the rather unsightly way the girl was wolfing down the turkey. "Just asking for my help with something, that's all."

"Huh. I'm guessing you're either a Metahuman or you were in some sort of boys' school." Oh yeah, she saw the look that he made as she kept eating her turkey. She's not stopping.

"I'm not so much a lady myself, but I have [i]some[/i] manners in me. I'm Kannix. I'm a bit of a freak like you myself." Finally done with her turkey, she scanned behind the boy and, spotting a bin, flung the bastard of a bone at it. Three points again.

Rein watched the girl - Kannix - throwing the finished turkey leg into the air before it landed neatly into a bin behind him, awed at her good reflex. Then he turned back to face the girl once more. "I'm Rein, nice to meet you. So we're both Metahumans, then? What can you do?"

Hhmph. "What can I do, huh?" She could just say it, but she felt a need to show off. How else was anyone going to really understand what she could do. It's not super-strength, but it's not super-defense either. Though it was comforting to know that she could show off: she needed to feel important - not because of pride, but... because... so she could have his attention. There was a hint of sadness to it, she admitted, but her smug face did not betray her thoughts. She felt that familiar sensation reverb course through her body - that feeling of an incredible invulnerability.

"Hit me."

Rein raised his eyebrows at the command. Hit her, a girl? Not like he was particular about gender and stuff, but throwing a punch at a lady (even if she didn't seem like one) in broad daylight - especially at a supposedly peaceful rally - didn't seem like a good idea. He looked at Kannix in the eye, watching her closely. She had a smirk on her face; she seemed pretty confident about it, but he couldn't feel any obnoxious vibe from her.

He sighed. She didn't order him to hit her at full force anyway. Maybe just enough to feel a bit of pain but without hurting her too much would suffice.

"Er, oh-kay..." He raised a hand and balled into a fist, narrowing his eyes at her. "Here I go." And lashed out a half-assed punch to her shoulder.

...Only to feel his fist going numb upon contact. Almost like he was trying to punch an invisible wall, not the person. He pulled back his hand, rubbing his sore knuckle.

"Wow, how do you do that?"

"Not going to lie - I can't explain it in the simplest of English. I can stop things from impacting me like punches and wooden bats. Bullets sting a bit - I'm from Spring Town, so we ghetto-a-f like that. I can also reverse the incoming impact, but that's taking me some practice as well. That's why I can break through walls. Did I mention I can break walls?"

"Though not going to lie - I could still tell you half-assed it. So you're not the physical kind, I devise," ending that sentence with a Frenchy, bourgeoisie laugh. "Do you, like, zoom in on things with your eyes, then? Microscopic vision? You checking out the imperfections on my face right now, aren't you? I lotioned, alright?"

Kannix's convoluted way of talking was starting to give Rein a bit of a headache - he had to make an effort to register the key points of what she was rambling about in his mind. Though, he had to say something in response, or else the girl would get suspicious at the long silence. "Yeah, I'm not exactly a sporty type of person like you. And no, my eyes are as normal as any ordinary human beings." He scratched the side of his chin with a finger. "My power has something to do with the mind, actually. I'm a clairvoyant."

That was only half the whole truth. Not a complete lie as far as whatever stated in the official records, but only the tip of the iceberg of what he was truly capable of. A power that people would kill for, and put him back to the days of eternal darkness. Being treated like a political tool.

He couldn't tell anyone the truth. He didn't want to lose the current 'freedom' he had, the chance to live as normally as he could. To hang out and have fun with friends like this... even meeting eccentric people like Kannix. Even if all of this was built upon one lie after another.

God Kannix felt dumb.

"The fuck's a clairvoyant?"

Rein was surprised that she didn't know what a clairvoyant was, after all the big words she had been using in her conversation with him so far. "Well... basically I can sense and detect the presence of people. Do you still remember the African-American just now before you came? She was asking me to help her search for a person. It'd be difficult to do that in a crowd like this, but my power allows me to pinpoint where they are."

"Ahhh... so you can, like, see girls taking showers, huh?" Okay that was uncalled for. "Heh, sorry. I meant it, but I shouldn't have said it."

"So uh... walk with me? Get me a drink with your volunteer privileges? Show a girl around?" she posed her signature smile - a vicious eye-smile so sweet no being on Earth could deny her.  Not to overshadow their time with Casey after all, but he was a kid, and not here at the moment. She shouldn't even be thinking of him. They're just neighbours. They'll catch up later. This guy, though. [i]Rein...[/i] he's adorably weird.

[i]Seems like she has a habit of speaking her mind out loud.[/i] Rein was beginning to take whatever crass comments she threw at him with a pinch of salt. Beyond her outward rudeness, he didn't feel any ill will from her. Maybe she was just like him, an awkward person in her own way, still struggling to communicate with others better.

"Uh, sure," he replied, gesturing her to go first. "I don't have any duties anyway, so I'm free for the rest of the day. Where do you want to go first?" Though, he should probably address one of the earlier misunderstandings.

"And also... I don't go to a boys' school. Besides, I can't - I'm a Metahuman just like you." A sad smile appeared on his face. "I'm enrolled in the Academy Program, and I'm currently in Academy 61. That's in Roseview."

"Yeah, cool. No, nevermind that. Let's-"

[i][right] "Hey, faggot, stop standing around like a retard and get out of the way!"

“Maybe take a chill pill. The food isn’t going anywhere, Pablo Escobar.” [/right][/i]

[i]"Hm..."[/i]

"Hey, Rein. Watch this."

The feeling of power coursed through her again. She prepared herself, looking for the right angle for entry and escape. She had to get it right, and fortunately she had a way of getting it right.  The two men were tall, so the trajectory shouldn't be hard. She found an opening, and with Rein as her audience, she smiled almost viciously. 

Her shoes creased as her heels arched up, her body leaning forward. With her own mass against the ground's, her powers deflected her off of the Earth's mass - propelling her into the air. With a somersault mid-air, upside-down just in time for her to reach down and swipe the taller of the two men's gaudy hat, she landed (thankfully) safe in an open spot, and disappeared into the middle of the crowd. Small, fast, nimble, she went out of the two men's sight.

"If there wasn't a fight then, there is one now." She saw Rein through gaps of people in the crowd, and winked before wandering off to find her neighbour Casey.