ShiZhen looked behind her as a a girl with purple hair came into the crowded room, whose seemed to have a strand of hair burning.  Without thinking, ShiZhen reached out with her still-moist hand and snuffed out the tiny flame. It was a reaction based on instinct, having taken care of younger siblings. The girl was soon followed by an ominous figure, who showed the nurse his arm with the hand apparently having been severed. ShiZhen let out a small whimper and covered her eyes with her hands. She had taken care of small cuts, bruises and skinned knees,
 but never anything like this. [color=a187be][i]That's a sparring accident?[/i][/color] She thought to herself.  Since her own power was nothing but an inconvenience for her, it never occurred to her that the manipulation of the elements could be so dangerous. She broke out in a cold sweat...or so she thought. She was gathering moisture from the air again as droplets coalesced on her body and began dripping onto the floor, creating a puddle beneath her that some might have misinterpreted as another natural response to fear. She grabbed Jake's sleeve, [color=a187be]"J-Jake! Wh-what's going on?"[/color] Looking back at the arm in horror, she saw it reform magically, the headmaster explaining his position and intent to 'welcome' them to the campus. ShiZhen noticed, with some sympathy, the girl with purple hair running out of the infirmary. ShiZhen was too afraid to leave Jake's side at the moment. She looked at the headmaster, wiping some tears of shock from her eyes, though given how wet her arm was, she merely redistributed the moisture. [color=a187be]"S-so th-that was j-just a trick, right?"[/color] she asked, trying to find some happy excuse to escape from the horror that she had just witnessed, looking to the nurse for validation.

[@Zelosse][@Lord Orgasmo][@Aquanthe][@KRAZY J][@Aiyanna]

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AS Catherine hovered over the school grounds, making her presence known as a way to inhibit unnecessary rough-housing or belligerence; people, especially children, usually behaved better when they knew they were being watched. In her scanning of the area, she noticed two girls gazing up at her. She didn't recognize the students, so she assumed they were newcomers. She floated down to them with a mature grace, smiling.  [color=f49ac2]"Welcome to the Academy,"[/color] she greeted, gauging their body language to see if they had any questions or merely wanted to be left to their own devices.

[@Pseudo Stygian][@Raptra]