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Northwood Academy

I make no apologies for the sap.

Northwood Academy

Stella Herbalem and Tobias Rivenridge

Gym: Shortly after all the Stuff went down

Stella was keeping close to Tobias in the gym as the Headmistress started talking. Stella pretty much already knew what was going, since she had been one of the students to find poor Arro. However, suddenly, something happened.

She wasn’t quite sure what had happened at first. Then suddenly, she heard all the plants screaming and could feel every single little movement. She was suddenly one with nature in a way that she had never been before. The plants around the gymnasium suddenly covered the windows, and darkened the gym.

She was suddenly snapped out of it as it started getting wet and she got a very puzzled look on her face, and then looked around the gymnasium. “Wh…” There were students on fire, a… dragon? Her puzzled look soon disappeared as knowledge entered her mind. She turned to look at Tobias and then paused as she looked at him.

What she saw was the person who had been comforting her only minutes before turning as white as a sheet. His eyes widened briefly as they looked at his feet- or rather the metal structure he sat on- then flicked over to her, dripping wet among the rest of the students. Horror visibly filled his countenance as he seemed to come to a realization, and as the air around them began to snap and crackle he was standing and shoving himself away from her. Stella was a bit confused for a moment, and then realized what that crackle meant. They had found seats near the edge of the bleachers closest to the door, which meant Tobias had gone no more than 2 steps before he was leaping off of them toward the floor. As soon as he landed, electricity began to arc and leap off of him in random directions. By some miracle none of them struck the now soaked bleachers, but there was no mistaking the shout that came from Tobias’ mouth as he wrestled with it.

Stella’s eyes went wide, and she focused. The plants suddenly burst through the windows, and started absorbing the water, lessing the shock factor. Now was not the time to play dumb. She look and realized that it wasn’t just her pulling the water away, there was another older student pulling the water into a cloud of sorts. ”Well that’s one less problem at the moment… no one is going to have their hair ruined… is right now the time for humor Stella? Really? There is a dragon, Tobias is a human Tesla Coil, and one of the teachers is yelling at the headmistress and Miss Standiford… oh… that Mrs. Wellington… No! Focus!” Stella focused the plants, which started going back outside and returning to their normal size. She then slumped over a moment and groaned. ”Ugh...I’ve never used them like that before…”

She looked at Tobias, trying to see if he was still sparking, and winced, still recoiling from the over usage of her powers.

As she looked, the sparking seemed to be affecting the area less, but at the same time there was more of it flashing around Tobias himself. His head rotated slowly, like he was looking for something, before finally settling on the gym doors that had been blown open by some student or another. The electricity condensed even more around him, until finally a great flash blinded her and anybody else in the area as a bolt of lightning erupted from Tobias’ hand, outstretched toward the open doors as a way to direct it outside of the gym and into the empty air. There was a bit of cussing at the flash. Finally, as the light show died away and Stella could see again, she found Tobias laying on his back, arm still extended as though he was waiting for a second bolt, and breathing heavily… but alive, and seemingly unharmed.

“Tobias!!” Stella bolted from the bleachers and dashed over to Tobias and dropped to his side. “Are you alright? I mean… besides the whole being a human conductor thing, are you alright?” She asked, concern written all over her face.

He didn’t answer, for a moment. It was some time before he even took his eyes off of whatever point he had focused on outside. When at last he looked at her, he exhaled significantly and leaned back on the ground, tension leaving his shoulders as she watched. “Yeah,” he said, “Yeah, I’m alright. Arm’s a little tingly, but I don’t shock myself when I do that, thankfully.” His eyes went wide again as he sat up partially, looking over her. “Oh God! please tell me I didn’t…!”

“No no no… you missed. Luckily. The water has been dissipated, so, no one here is that much at risk anymore, I guess. Well at least from being shocked, however, there is a dragon, and uh… I’m pretty sure the bleachers are broken beyond repair, and I kinda broke the windows, and may have caused some damage to some lovely plants, but you’re alright, and I’m alright and uh…” Stella was rambling, and she knew it. It was a coping mechanism.

Suddenly, her rambling was broken up by a bout of laughter. Tobias’ laughter, in fact, as he reclined onto the floor again. When he saw the confused look on Stella’s face, he pulled himself up and patted her on the shoulder. “Sorry, so sorry,” he apologized, “It’s just kinda funny to me. We were just talking about how this place seemed odd this morning, and then we find out about… well, all of this!” After a few more chuckles, he took a deep breath and calmed down again. “I suppose I owe you something of an explanation. Though, I’m not sure what else there is to explain after all of that.”

Stella blinked and let out a small chuckle. “Uh… well in case you couldn’t tell, my power has to deal with plants. Surprise,” she said and chuckled again. “But an explanation would be lovely, but maybe not right here and now… I think most of the student body is still wigging out here. Also, I’m not sure if staying at this school is the smartest move at this point,” she said and frowned a bit.

He paused and seemed to consider that. “You may be right,” he responded after some time, “This place being what it is, suddenly those deaths and missing persons are even scarier than they were before.”

“But at the same time,” he continued, “I’m not sure what other options we have. And personally? I’ve got some questions I’d like answered. Best move right now might be to sit tight and let the dust settle before any of us do something rash. I think I can say that not many blokes’ll be looking to tangle with me after that just now, though,” he said as he nodded his head toward the students staring at him bewilderingly, “So you’d probably be pretty safe sticking round me. If you wanted to, that is.”

Stella blushed deeply. “I should be the one saying that. Of course I want to stick around you! I’m not going to abandon you just because I found out that you can create your own power. I actually think it’s kinda cool. I mean...uh…” She blushed more, her face resembling a shade close to her hair. “Ugh I’m a dork… I don’t see why you’d want me to stick around,” she mumbled.

“Oh?” Tobias replied as he raised an eyebrow in what she could only assume was sarcasm, “How about this reason, then?” When she turned to look at him quizzically, he leaned in and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek. Her face went redder still, and he took the chance to rub her head affectionately, with the static he produced by accident tousling it all the more. “Come on now,” he said, “No need to go beating yourself up. I like you just the way you are, Stella. Now come here,” he finished as he put his arms around her and invited her back toward his chest again.

Stella smiled and cuddled a bit close and closed her eyes. “And I like you just the way you are as well Tobias,” she said, wrapping her arms around him. She leaned up and gave him a kiss on the cheek in return. “Just in case you couldn’t tell,” she said and let out a small giggle. Sure, things were awful all around them, but in that moment, only really one thing mattered to Stella and that was knowing that she would be alright with Tobias.

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Sorry for double post, but @Saltwater Thief we should probably do another collab since Stella and Tobias are literally next to eachother.

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Oh boy.

Also warning for everyone. If any of your characters has plant allergies, its going to suck.

Also its going to get wet.

Frontier – [ Full || Sci-Fi || Firefly-Inspired ]

JINXY'S WORST FEAR EVER!

That would actually be hilarious if that is what happened.

Frontier – [ Full || Sci-Fi || Firefly-Inspired ]

It won't matter much who goes with who for the first couple of posts so if anyone goes with anyone that'll be rad. My recommendation is to pick someone your character hasn't talked to yet, though!

On a somewhat related note, would you guys prefer to have important plot things and NPCs (in fights etc) controlled by me to have your characters react to in actual IC posts, or would you prefer to have me PM what'll happen so you can write it out yourselves?

@McHaggis

I'd prefer to be able to react to things myself, if that is alright. However, not sure what Jinxy will be able to react to since she will be cooped up in the ship.

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Luca Agnelli

Katalina Hargraves

It had been a long day for Katalina. She hadn’t slept well and had woken up to find out that Amy was missing. On top of the other girls that were missing. One of her best friends was missing and apparently the school just didn’t care. Similar to what had happened with Natalie last year, there were no police at the school. Three girls missing and they were in art and design listening to the same boring spiel from the previous years! Katalina fidgeted in her seat and looked over at Luca. She knew however she felt about Amy missing, Luca was feeling it at least ten times over. Amy had never said anything outright, but Katalina could just tell.

She scooted closer to Luca and set a hand on her shoulder. “I won’t ask how you’re holding up, since I know how much she means to you, but I will offer this. After classes are over, if something still hasn’t been done, I’m sure we can try to hitch a ride into town with the music teacher, if you’d like,” she said softly.

Luca flinched away from the gesture. Her eyes slid from a dreamy gaze out the window to peer at Katalina curiously. They were bloodshot, and despite the dark circles under them, they were alert. “Amy’s probably still here, though.” Confusion was evident in her voice as if the concept of leaving the academy was so foreign and an unnatural a concept. “I’m not sure– there’s nothing even there but people. I don’t think they’d help.”

“Luca, I’m sure Amy’s still here, but isn’t odd that the police aren’t here, again, after what happened last year with Natalie? We should get help from them early, before…” Katalina sighed. She was positive Amy was alive as well. Amy was smart and resourceful. However, the other two girls… “It’s not just Amy that is missing you know. And I’m not going to just sit around and wait for their bodies to be found,” she said, trying to keep her voice low as to not alert anyone else. Last year she had just kinda let the teachers do as they wanted, and then… she was not losing another friend. Not like this.

“I don’t think they’d help,” Luca repeated, brows furrowing in confusion. “I’m not sure if they can.” She glanced down at the page of lined notebook paper in her hands and the scrawled, almost illegible words written on it before scrunching it up and stuffing it into her blazer pocket. “The dead girls, Amy would’ve gotten to the bottom of it eventually…”

She coughed and looked away again. “I suppose it’s worth a shot.”

“What do you mean ‘dead girls’ Luca? ...What do you know?” Katalina asked. Girls, plural, meant that it wasn’t just Natalie. Was one of the missing girls…? But, how could Luca know that? How could anyone know that? She was about to say something when the PA buzzed to life.

“Would all students and staff report to the gym for an announcement.” Well, that wasn’t good.

“What is happening now?” Katalina said aloud and stood up, and looked at Luca. “I guess we’ll finish this later then?”

The girl nodded as she stuck her fountain pen behind her ear and reached down to pick up her bag. After a few moments of chewing her lip, she moved closer, speaking in a low whisper. “I don’t know if they’re dead or not, but two people today have lied to me when they said they’d find them safe and sound.”

Katalina looked at Luca and grasped her shoulder. “Luca… I know you and Amy were working on something. Was it related to this school? Look, don’t ask me how I know, just, either nod or shake your head,” she said.

Already the class was starting to up and move out. Luca looked around the emptying room surreptitiously and nodded.

“Thanks,” Katalina said and took her hand off of Luca’s shoulder. “I just… I’ll see you later. I hope,” she said and sighed. She picked up her things and went to head to the gym.

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Collab between kitty and I posted.

Vote Stella & Tobias, 2015 Cutest RP coup- *shot*

@Saltwater Thief

I am Kittyluna and I approve of this ship. Also please don't shoot Saltwater.

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I'M ALIVE.

And now officially er...hitched. And pregnant. (In spite of two layers of contraceptives) It's been a few crazy weeks. What's been happening?

@Feisty-Pants

O_O HOLY CRAP WOMAN! Welcome back and congrats, times two?? Uh, as for what has been happening... a lot.

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Kata is also in art & design... three way? [...I am so bad.]