[IC] Xavier Academy for Gifted Youngsters

[Dahlia Hawthorne]

Ren sighed as he rushed to pile up as much food as he could onto his plate, and attempted to exit the line. He was stopped however by a group of anonymous students asking him to sit with them. He shook his head no, and then turned to exit the cafeteria. When he went through the living room he was met by the sight of two shirtless men. This flustered him, but he managed to restrain from saying anything. He hoped if he crept silently enough he would be able to slip past the two unnoticed. He just wanted to get back to his dorm and eat in peace. He stopped when he noticed two girls as well, and his decision to hurry was multiplied. Girls were always the hardest to deal with, and he didn't bring any pepper spray just in case it got too bad.

[HylianRose]

Sera frowned looking at the crowd of people outside. She sighed, beginning to think she'd never find a place of solitude. Maybe she should just find someone to talk to anyway. She looked around, searching for someone to sit with. If she was going to look crazy, she'd rather it be with someone. That way, only they would think she's crazy, right? She took in a deep breath and let it out, still looking around.

She shook her head and then headed back inside, to the living room and sat down on the sofa, ignoring the people around her for the most part. She swallowed, being so near to the guy from before, the intimidating one. Though, she didn't want to judge so she just sat silently, munching on her food, Reggie sitting politely beside her. "S-Sorry." She whispered her head held down. She didn't know why, she just felt like she was interrupting, being rude. She didn't want either so she covered it all with a sorry. She looked down at her meal, the unease evident on her face.

[paigesweetheart]

Alison was still eating her lunch, but she got really full. She grabbed her waterbottle and took a sip of her water as she would grab her tray standing up and going back inside to the lunchroom, she threw her food away and as she turned around someone tripped her as she fell on the floor, and water splashed all over her skirt. "Awwww..." atleast it wasnt alot. The guy laughed and walked away. Alison sighed standing up brushing herself off, and flipping her hair passing a hand through her hair fixing it a bit as she walked around and past the living room seeing two guys shirtless and some girls there with em. She stopped for a second but kept walking, she didn't want them to notice her skirt was wet. Alison walked outside again and walked around admiring the beauty outside. She wasnt covering her skirt because it wasnt that bad...

[Demon Shinobi]

Alex chuckled a bit. "Alright. Offer stands if you change your mind." He said as he sat on one of the recliners on by the table. He leaned forward though to avoid getting crumbs and the like on the seat or floor. However, about halfway through the meal a rather condescending girl made an appearance. "Ugh..." He focus on her tone more than her words and didn't really notice until Kevin reacted. "Way to be cool dude." He commented before continuing to eat. It would take way more than that to get to him. "And what does it matter if we were anyway? The spoiled brat can't handle things that aren't perfect?" Okay maybe it wouldn't take more than that to get to him. "Hey you. What do you think? She's totally making something out of nothing isn't she?" He then asked Ren pointing at the boy using his fork.

[Dahlia Hawthorne]

Ren jumped slightly and faced the boy who had asked him something. "It may seem strange, but perhaps she has a valid reason to act that way?" he replied coolly. He had to keep his nerves down, hopefully he would be able to stay calm long enough he could make his leave before anything related to his powers would happen. The word perfection always brought a sour taste to his mouth, because for the majority of his life people defined him this way. It was fine at first, but it just turned sour, and now while he didn't like the word, people who were obsessed with it were people he easily made friends with. "Harsh upbringing...? Firm expectations? Parents forced their views?" Ren suggested. He picked up a blueberry muffin from the mountain of food on his plate, and nibbled it.

[Silyan]

The two boys had two very different reactions. Watching the first of the two, as much as she didn't want too, an almost genuine giggle bubbled up before Citali quickly silenced it. Instead, the edge of her lips tugged up into the smallest semblance of a smile manageable. Just the tiniest. "Yes, Citali." She nodded, searching in her head if any of the few names she'd lesrned matched his face. They didn't, and she flinched internally, how rude of herself... Her eyes following the other girl that had came in, not judging but just observing, her attention snapped over towards the two boys who seemed to be discussing Citali's own reasoning.
Hearing the slightly too...perfect looking? Boy's words...Citali tensed up as a bitter taste hit her mouth. Ha. If they had even been around to drill that into me as well. Citali hissed the words subconsciously, her words sending a very vague whisper of themselves out into the room for anyone to listen to if they caught it. Her lips hardened into a foreceful frown and she had to keep herself from glaring. "Or maybe the situation might have just been innapropriate for this setting?" Citali spat the words with a certain venom and tossed her hair to the side with a humorless chuckle, seemingly taking more offense to it than she ought to have. She tapped her foot impatiently, bordering on anxiously, crossing her arms too.

[Expllo]

"Uh, yeah, she does make a good point there guys," Kevin said as he nodded towards Citali, he wasn't taking sides or anything, but he felt she her words were justified in a sense, "It's reasonable that people would think two guys with their shirts off would be inappropriate....Inside a school...With children? Yeah, well, I think I should be heading back upstairs to see if my paint dried. Just when the static was getting good too." Kevin wasn't sure what came out of his mouth at the end there even made sense to the others, but it didn't matter as long as he understood. As he walked past Citali he patted her head and gave a low chuckled, surely with her attitude she'd punch him or something later, luckily he was already gone before she could do anything. He was on the stairs, heading up them, he walked back into his room getting hit in the face by the smell of cherry blossoms. Better than art and old sandwiches, Kevin thought as he walked to his skulls and slightly dappled them with a clean and thin paint brush. Still wet, oh well then, Kevin thought.

He didn't know what to do then, so he decided to clean his room, always the last resort of having nothing to do. He went on the search for old food first, hopefully with the random powers here nothing was turned into a food monster. But with his luck, two sandwiches later he found one that opened it's mouth, mouth as in two pieces of bread and peanut butter.....Yes, just, peanut butter. He couldn't believe it, despite calling that it would happen, he couldn't believe he called it. He couldn't believe that it had actually transformed into a semi-living being. He couldn't even believe it wasn't butter, because, well, it was peanut butter but it wasn't the time to be thinking of that.

He grabbed an old fish tank from his shelf and sat it on his desk, the fish tank wasn't used yet as he was saving it up for when he actually got fish....Long story short he never got any fish. He picked up the mutant sandwich and gently placed it in the fish tank, thinking he'd give it to one of those science geeks or something. He continued cleaning until he was done, running a hand through his now dry hair he decided to finally put a shirt, a light purple one, but a shirt nonetheless. Walking downstairs he saw that the line had cleared up, so he walked in, grabbed a bagel, and walked out. He went down to the sub levels and entered the Danger Room control room where the teachers were. He didn't have training today, but he wanted to watch the younger students train. Biting into his bagel, he stood behind everyone watching.

[paigesweetheart]

Alison sighed walking around, the sun shining, the sky blue as ever and it was just a beautiful day! She had no type of friends, but it was still good! Good to spend the day alone.....eventhough she didn't want that but still! It was all good. She will make friends....eventually. Anyways. Alison walked to the closest lake, kneeling down and seeing the little fishes swimming around. She loved animals. All kinds. Except for Spiders....if that is called an Animal. She stood back up from the ground and walked back inside of the Academy, she saw alot of children running around using their powers and all. It was so cute seeing them, she was that same age when she came here and now she is all grown up, a woman, eventhough she was 15 but still! Anyways, she walked down the steps and walking towards the Danger room but she was at the window seeing the children, training. "Hm." She turned her head seeing Storm, she smiled waiving at her, Storm smiled waiving back and got back to what she was doing. Aaand there Alison stared at the children in the danger room.

[HylianRose]

Sera grew more and uneasy with the atmosphere of the room and ate her food with haste, wanting nothing more than to leave now. She thought she would enjoy this more but she just felt like a frightened mouse sitting in a room full of cats much larger and scarier than herself. She let out a shaky sigh as she stood back up, her plate now empty. She walked over to the cafeteria once again, trying to ignore the people in the room. Though, she couldn't help but glance up at the snappy female, Citali was it? She looked away just as quickly and threw away her trash.

It took her a few tries but eventually she found her way down to the Danger room, the array of security intimidating her but at the same time... it also made her feel safe. She shook her head and took in a deep breath and she entered the room. It was mostly bare and she noticed a few others kids there as well, some there to train and others there to merely spectate. She could feel her insides beginning to churn as she looked around. They all looked so much more well prepared than her. Plus Mr Xavier had told her she was probably one of the older newcomers to the school. She felt infinitesimally small in this very moment, as if she were looking at herself from space.

She sucked in her breath when Wolverine passed by her, stopping just in front on her. "Just in time, Miss Sera. If you wouldn't mind, please, step into the playing field." He told her, eying her with rough, crude eyes. She could still sense the compassion deep down but that was deep down. He still scared the living bejesus out of her.

Taking careful steps, Sera walked down to the center of the room, looking up at the crowd of students watching and then the control room where Wolverine sat. "Alright. Everyone who isn't Virginia Carter needs to step out of the battle area and into the spectators area. We need to judge the little miss alone for today. Alright, Sera, whenever you're ready." He told her but before she could even say anything, the scenery changed around her. She could almost faintly hear Wolverine chuckle, "Need to be ready for the unexpected." She could feel every fiber of her being tense up, her emotions already rising as the scenery changed and formed around her. She was in an empty city, the streets clear of all life. The sky was crystal blue, the sun glaring down at her. The others had disappeared, she felt like she'd been transported somewhere else.

She tried her hardest to stop the shaking, her knees were buckling, her hands couldn't keep still. Even Reggie was gone from her sight. She fought the urge to simply lay down and curl into a ball, pretend she could disappear. Instead, she tried to focus on what this test could possibly be. Her hands gripped around her wooden staff as tightly as they could manage, her small frame looking absolutely frail out on the field. Suddenly, she noticed something, a small black dot on the horizon and she watched as it slowly got bigger and bigger. Soon, a stampede of black figures were running at her, full speed ahead. Without thinking, she held up her staff in front of her and tucked her head down, her body shivering and shaking out of fear. "Stop! Stop! ..S-STOP!" She screamed at the top of her lungs, her eyes closing tightly. She could feel the closeness of the figures to her and could tell she was about to be hit but before that could happen, she felt a sudden breeze all around her and the figures all stopped. There was a sudden stillness all around her and when she looked up, the figures were staring at something behind her. She looked over and noticed the wings from before. Glowing golden wings of the seraph were attached to her back, fluttering gracefully behind her. She turned back to look at the figures and noticed the smirks on their face. "Hello... Angel. Time to tear off those wings." One of them hissed at her, the whites of it's teeth showing through it's smile. Then, they lunged at her with dark claws, scratching at her. She did her best to smack them away, but there were simply too many of them and soon she was on the ground, curled up in a ball, a mess of tears and sobbing.

She heard the faint clicking off something turning off and could hear people shuffling around. The only thing going through her mind was how weak they must all think she was. If she felt small before, she felt like a grain of sand now, and she almost preferred it. She felt hands lift her and take her somewhere, setting her down on a white bed, presumably the infirmary.

"She just needs to calm down. First day in the Danger Room." She heard Wolverine tell the doctor. She curled up in the sheets, her wings falling limping over the side of bed. She felt defeated and pretty crummy too.

[SomeoneSomewere]

Austin finished his food, where he sighed and looked at his hand. He closed his eyes tightly then stood up and walked inside, throwing away his tray before walking into the living room. He froze, looking around at all the people in there. So much for relaxing in there. He quickly put his left hand in his pocket, watching the people. He swallowed, trying to back out of the room without being spot, not wanting any questions to be asked.

[Demon Shinobi]

"Yeah i get that some could perceive it as inappropriate were we in a normal school. But we should also take into consideration this place is also our home and we need to be able to feel comfortable. Not to mention to fact that most of the kids see worse on TV or the internet." Alex said calmly using words he'd mostly just learned a day or two earlier in class. And he thought they were useless. "But whatever. I ate so I need to go get dressed anyway. Pops is gonna give me a little extra training." He said referring to Wolverine though it wasn't very well known that he would be. He walked away. "Oh and maybe you should knock it off with that condescending tone. Not that I really care though." He added as he left the living room and headed up to his own room.

Once he was there he got dressed in one of his usual training or mission outfits(The one in the picture in his appearance). "Alright. Danger room training for the day should be almost over." He as he cracked his knuckles. "I guess I'll head down and check out how everything's going." He said as he left and headed to the elevator. It was definitely easier than going all the way down the stairs. Especially with so many different levels to the damn place. But that's what made it cool right? They were like superheroes. Soon he was in the danger room. That girl with the red hair was there. "Hey Alison." He said as he came up beside her. "Anything happen down here?" He asked calmly wondering how some of the newbies did.

[Divine Darkness]

STORMY

Stormy sat quietly for the most part at the table surrounded by fellow students as she ate her breakfast. The sixteen year old had managed to awaken a good twenty minutes before the announcements were made this morning, and thus was able to avoid a long line. She had been at the academy for roughly two weeks now. Getting up early was a result of sleeping in a strange bed. At least that's what she told the faculty when asked. It wasn't a total lie, but it wasn't the entire truth either.

Finished with her breakfast, Stormy got up from the table, flashed a polite smile at the couple of girls who said good-bye, and proceeded to get rid of her tray and trash. She brushed her long, silky black hair behind her ear as she made her way out of the cafeteria. As Stormy began to pass by the living room a voice, no louder than a whisper, invaded her mind. *Ha. If they had even been around to drill that into me as well.* The unexpected voice in her head surprised her, and caused the girl to stop in her tracks. She scanned the room in an attempt to find the invader. Since the voice sounded feminine and there was only one girl in the living room it was pretty obvious. Stormy straightened her tops - a red short-sleeved stretch top over a white lace trimmed tank- while flashing a glare of warning at the girl. But, her glare didn't last long as Stormy had to quickly sidestep one boy who was backing out of the room and apparently oblivious that someone was behind him. He also earned himself a glare from Stormy's dark eyes.

The conversation in the living room seem to end quickly as two of the boys said their piece, and one disrespectfully patted the girl on the head, and then left. This left the girl and Ren in the living room alone. Yes, Stormy actually knew Ren's name. How could she forget it? The boy was so pretty... so very pretty.

[Expllo]

Kevin crossed his arms as Logan told everyone to clear the room as Sera, or Snow White as he referred to her, walked in. He guessed it was time for her to practice alone, which was proven correctly by Logan's next dialogue. He slightly nodded to himself in achievement for getting it correct. Watching as the simulation started, he gave a light smile hoping she would do well. Black figures ran at her, then they stopped and stared at her wings. He thought it was an on command thing when she yelled, but he saw what they were looking at which didn't support that, then they went after her clawing at her. He frowned at the sight, he didn't blame her by the way she reacted, those things did look a bit scary.

Poor kid, Kevin thought as he watched her curl on the floor crying. The simulation was turned off, and someone went to go pick her up and take her away. Kevin put his hands in his pockets and followed after them to the infirmary. Kevin kept watch over her as Logan and the others left to go elsewhere, Logan probably back to the Danger Room, doctor to get more stuff probably. After a bit, Kevin walked over to Sera and lightly sat beside, careful not to press down too hard or move her at all by his weight. He looked down at her and gave a reassuring smile, but he wasn't sure how that looked to her. He was a giant compared to her, plus his stitches, he hopped he didn't freak her out too much. "How you feelin' Snow White?" Kevin asked softly.

[paigesweetheart]

Alison looked at the others doing a Danger Room session, she wanted to do it aswell. It would be super fun! Plus she could show her true powers, besides she needs the training aswell. Alison noticed someone speaking to her she turned around starteled as her whole bodyturned invisjble. It usually happens when someone scares her by surprise. She sighed turning back visible a hand in her heart. "You scared me.....oh my god." She shooked her head and continue to speak. "Um...no nothing is happening. Welll......they just finished doing a session. Its done." She smiled at him. "Anywaysss how are you? I walked past the living room and I saw you with some girls and another shirtless guy, i didnt want to interrupt."

[HylianRose]

Her eyes slowly open as someone speaks to her. It was a soothing voice, one she would expect from Mr. Xavier. But... he didn't call her Snow White. Curious, she turned to look, her eyes till wet from her tears, her chest softly convulsing as the sobbing began to wan. Her eyes grew wide and her heart began to race. The man from before. Her mouth opened slightly, her eyes clearly showing her fear. [i]No, I can't do this. I don't want to upset him. He's probably like me...[i] She thought for a moment, her wide eyes narrowing as she looked down at his hands. They appeared normal despite the stitches. After taking a moment to gather her courage, she glanced back up at him.

"I've been better." She replied solemnly, turning over, still curled up into a ball. "I didn't expect it to be so... hard." She mumbled, her eyes staring into her own pillow, embarrassed at her frail nature both physically and emotionally. "Thank you for... asking." She beamed, smiling up at him the best she could. "I'm Sera. Mr. Xavier calls me The White Seraph. But... I like Snow White too." She told him, wiping her tears.

[Expllo]

He saw the fear in her eyes as she looked up at him, he showed no signs of worry from it and kept his light smile, he expected that reaction. What he didn't expect was her own little smile, he nodded and replied, "Oh, so it's ok that I call you Snow White?" he gave a small chuckle before speaking again, "And yeah, The Danger Room can be a bit hard....Even on easy difficulty, but don't worry, you'll get used to it the more you go in. It's always scary the first go around, but you'll get better with your powers, and better control over yourself believe it or not. All you have to do is let that fear go away, although some of the damage can be real, all it really is is a simulation, illusion of sorts. Just keep that mindset throughout your time training and I promise it'll go better. You'll get the hang of it in time Snow White, I promise." His smile grew a bit bigger, and brighter afterwards, hopping that would cheer her up as he lightly patted her head.

[HylianRose]

She smiled brightly at his name for her. "Of course. I have no qualms." She told him, already sitting up in the bed, her wings limp behind her. She pulled one up into her lap and started to run her fingers through the feathers, looking at them, wondering where they came from and why they were there. What were their purpose? What did they provide her? Maybe one day... she'd go and try to fly with them. She sighed. That was on easy? Somehow, I doubt it.... Still, his words did make her feel better. His voice alone, his presence made her feel better. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad after all if everyone were all like this.

She smiled looking up at him, her eyes bright. "Thank you..." She tells him, her voice trailing off. She lets out a long sigh as she hears the sound of a familiar pair of foot steps.

"What was that Vir-Sera?!" Reggie asked, running through the wall. She sighed slowly and looked up at the man from before.

"Can... I call you Stitch?" She asked him, smiling up at him warmly. "It's fine if not. I'll call you whatever you want to be called." She felt Reggie's glare at her back. I'm getting to it Reggie, just hang on. I at least want to know what to call him before I explain how crazy I am.

[SomeoneSomewere]

Erik quickly slipped around the corner and walked out, not noticing the glare that he was sent. He quickly walked, seeking quiet. He thought he had found it, entering an area he had never been before. The smell of the sterilized infirmary. His breath caught in his throat, hands beginning to shake as memories flooded back to him. His body shook, both of his hands outside of his pockets. In his fear, the air was full of electricity, and suddenly a light that was above him blew out with a small bang. He let out a whimper, crouching slightly, electricity sparking around his hands. He crouched, holding his left arm tightly, not able to distinguish his experience from the lab and the homely others fear it.

[Demon Shinobi]

paigesweetheart said
Alison looked at the others doing a Danger Room session, she wanted to do it aswell. It would be super fun! Plus she could show her true powers, besides she needs the training aswell. Alison noticed someone speaking to her she turned around starteled as her whole bodyturned invisjble. It usually happens when someone scares her by surprise. She sighed turning back visible a hand in her heart. "You scared me.....oh my god." She shooked her head and continue to speak. "Um...no nothing is happening. Welll......they just finished doing a session. Its done." She smiled at him. "Anywaysss how are you? I walked past the living room and I saw you with some girls and another shirtless guy, i didnt want to interrupt."

"Sorry. I didn't mean to surprise you." Alex said with a small laugh. He didn't expect to scare her. But it was pretty cool to see her turn invisible. "Me? I'm fine. Got a little annoyed and kind of snappy before with the girl who was kind of condescending and annoying in my opinion, but I'm fine." He smiled at her before glancing into the danger room. Wolverine was handling another newbies training. Who'd been in there before Alex arrived. There was a faint stain of tears on the floor. He glared at Wolverine for a moment. The dude seriously went too hard on newbies some times. "Are you sure nothing went wrong in the last session or anything?" He then asked Alison. Of course, it might not have been a problem though. Someone was probably checking on her and making sure she was okay as he spoke to the red haired girl. "So you can turn invisible huh? What else can ya do?" He then asked changing the subject before she could give him an answer on his previous question.

[Expllo]

Kevin nodded with a chuckle, "Stitch, I think I like that....You can call me whatever you like, though if you wanted to know, my real name is Kevin. Others call me Iris though, but call me whatever pleases you. I'm fine with all," he told her then looked at her wings. He gave a quick point, "Know how to use 'em yet? Or still practicing? Kinda reminds of Angel, Warren Angel anyways....an angel too." He felt better that she showed signs of being happy, and was trying to keep that energy positive by what he said. He never enjoyed seeing people sad....Children, anyways. They had too much ahead of them to be sad in recent times, especially trying to control their powers, messing up would either bring them down more or motivate them. He always hopped for the last one, to start a better generation of mutants, which is why he liked the academy so much. Genosha also had his interest, a place only for mutants, no one being judged because of it. Was probably a better place for the younger ones he thought, he noticed he was going to drift off into his thoughts and instead snapped out of it, keeping focus on Snow White.