Well that sounds weird, Sebastian thought. I guess people in America were a lot more used to these powers. I mean, if they're so competitive that they would just show her off like that, they have to be. He shrugged. He didn't see their powers as anything bad. They were just able to do things that normal people couldn't. They didn't ask for these powers.
"I'm sorry to hear all that, Grace. Really, I didn't even have it so bad. It wasn't easy, but a lot of people like us have rough pasts. You're right, we have to just keep moving forward. And God, I am so cold," he said, shaking his head and rubbing his arms. He looked up to see her leaving and waved goodbye. "Oh, uh, yeah! I'll see you tomorrow." When she'd left the room, he immediately teleported back to his room, and when he was there he reached out and grabbed 2 sweaters and bundled up in his sheets until the cold left him.
After a few minutes he took the sweaters off and laughed to himself in the empty room. That was really fun, he thought looking back on what had happened. It had been a while since Sebastian had ever really connected with someone like that. All his life he felt different from everyone around him, because he was. The people here were nice, and he really felt like he belonged, for the first time in his life. He felt like he and Grace were more alike than he'd thought when he first met her. As he closed his eyes, he hoped he wouldn't screw this up. This was his chance to help her and prove that he could do this job. If he failed, it wouldn't just be his job being lost. Grace wasn't safe from her own power until she learned to consistently control it. She was a lot of progress, though. What she did was impressive, the most incredible thing Sebastian had ever seen. He was excited to see what she could really do as he closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep.
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Sebastian followed her slowly, trying to keep his balance. Ice skating was very different from normally walking, as he was now learning, so he stumbled a few times on the ice. Gradually he was able to stand up straighter, and learned from watching Grace's form how to move his feet in a more controlled motion so he didn't lose his balance. She asked him where he came from now, and he looked over at her.
"I was actually born in Argentina. I grew up in this poor town with my mother, but she died when I was little. It was okay, I guess. I had to learn how to kind of fend for myself, since there weren't really any places for me to go. I got along okay, though. Better than a lot of the other kids I knew growing up. I had to steal sometimes, but that was just what we had to do to get by. I got pretty good at it, but I always felt bad about it." Seb shrugged. He wasn't bitter about the way his life had turned out. It had been difficult, yes, but he was actually pretty lucky when he thought about it. He wasn't roped into crime or anything like that, like some of his old friends. It wasn't a great childhood, but he always kept in mind that it could have been much worse.
"Well, anyway, one day- I think it was four years ago now- I was just walking around in the neighborhood, and I saw this old TV set that a couple of guys were huddled around that was showing this report for this school. I remember it looked so pretty, I wanted to be there more than anything. I remember it really well, actually. I closed my eyes there, and I pictured the big fountain in my head, and when I opened my eyes I was here." He laughed lightly. "I freaked out, obviously. I had no idea what I just did, but after a while when I learned how to speak English the teachers here helped me a lot. Even the students were nice to me. I never really felt like I belonged back in my old town, but here, it's... I can't really explain it, but I like it."
He looked over at her now. "How about you? What was your hometown like?"
"I was actually born in Argentina. I grew up in this poor town with my mother, but she died when I was little. It was okay, I guess. I had to learn how to kind of fend for myself, since there weren't really any places for me to go. I got along okay, though. Better than a lot of the other kids I knew growing up. I had to steal sometimes, but that was just what we had to do to get by. I got pretty good at it, but I always felt bad about it." Seb shrugged. He wasn't bitter about the way his life had turned out. It had been difficult, yes, but he was actually pretty lucky when he thought about it. He wasn't roped into crime or anything like that, like some of his old friends. It wasn't a great childhood, but he always kept in mind that it could have been much worse.
"Well, anyway, one day- I think it was four years ago now- I was just walking around in the neighborhood, and I saw this old TV set that a couple of guys were huddled around that was showing this report for this school. I remember it looked so pretty, I wanted to be there more than anything. I remember it really well, actually. I closed my eyes there, and I pictured the big fountain in my head, and when I opened my eyes I was here." He laughed lightly. "I freaked out, obviously. I had no idea what I just did, but after a while when I learned how to speak English the teachers here helped me a lot. Even the students were nice to me. I never really felt like I belonged back in my old town, but here, it's... I can't really explain it, but I like it."
He looked over at her now. "How about you? What was your hometown like?"
Sebastian stood with his mouth agape as Grace used her powers for the first time in front of him. The sight was incredible; she raised her arms after forming what looked like a glowing ball of ice, which rose in the air and exploded magnificently over their heads and sent snow- real snow- falling from the ceiling. Before he knew it, the floor was also covered with a layer of ice.
He looked up at her in the center of the room, and when she gestured for him to come closer, he ran over excitedly, sliding a little on the slippery ice below them.
"Grace! That was amazing! I told you you could do it, you just had to trust yourself." Sebastian smiled along with her, looking down at her feet and seeing she'd formed her own pair of ice skates underneath her shoes. He pointed down at them with a light chuckle. "Now that is cool. You know I've never actually ice skated before. Not a whole lot of those back where I come from. I've always wanted to, though. I'd see it sometimes on TV, or in movies and things. Do you think you could teach me how? Please?" he asked, putting his hands together and giving her the patented puppy dog eyes.
He looked up at her in the center of the room, and when she gestured for him to come closer, he ran over excitedly, sliding a little on the slippery ice below them.
"Grace! That was amazing! I told you you could do it, you just had to trust yourself." Sebastian smiled along with her, looking down at her feet and seeing she'd formed her own pair of ice skates underneath her shoes. He pointed down at them with a light chuckle. "Now that is cool. You know I've never actually ice skated before. Not a whole lot of those back where I come from. I've always wanted to, though. I'd see it sometimes on TV, or in movies and things. Do you think you could teach me how? Please?" he asked, putting his hands together and giving her the patented puppy dog eyes.
Sebastian smiled when she said he was persistent. It was true. He was a very difficult person to say no to. He assumed it was just a habit of his, maybe something he'd gotten from his mother, a kind of tenacity that took him over when he was really dedicated to something. Right now, he was dedicated to help Grace overcome her fear and learn to control her powers.
"Yup. I won't take no for an answer."
Finally she gave in, probably seeing that there was no point in arguing with him. She seemed reluctant again to touch him, but like before, nothing happened to him. He smiled, seeing that he was right that she had the power to control her abilities, and when he felt her grab his hand, he took them to the lecture hall.
He obeyed her when she told him to move over to the side of the room, and when he was there he put up a thumbs up sign. However, when she voiced her concern over whether she would get in trouble, he waved it away. "Yeah, sure. It's fine," he assured her, but he actually had no idea. He wasn't an employee of the school, so he really doubted he had the authority to allow a student to freeze an entire lecture hall. But his curiosity to see Grace actually actively use her powers surpassed his thoughts that what they were doing could get them in trouble.
"Go ahead, Grace! Let's see what you can do!"
"Yup. I won't take no for an answer."
Finally she gave in, probably seeing that there was no point in arguing with him. She seemed reluctant again to touch him, but like before, nothing happened to him. He smiled, seeing that he was right that she had the power to control her abilities, and when he felt her grab his hand, he took them to the lecture hall.
He obeyed her when she told him to move over to the side of the room, and when he was there he put up a thumbs up sign. However, when she voiced her concern over whether she would get in trouble, he waved it away. "Yeah, sure. It's fine," he assured her, but he actually had no idea. He wasn't an employee of the school, so he really doubted he had the authority to allow a student to freeze an entire lecture hall. But his curiosity to see Grace actually actively use her powers surpassed his thoughts that what they were doing could get them in trouble.
"Go ahead, Grace! Let's see what you can do!"
Sebastian shook his head quickly. "N-No, of course I'm not following you! I'm out here for the same reason as you, actually. I like being alone too. It clears my head. I mean, I guess it's a little different, but still." Too much explanation, he thought. He decided to just shut up and let her speak. It was better this way, because he liked the way she looked in the light of the moon and from the lights of the fountain. He didn't have to think so much.
He watched as she froze some of the water in the fountain, amazed by what she could do. However, it didn't seem like she was very impressed by herself. When she expressed her doubt in controlling herself around people, however, Sebastian spoke up. "But Grace, you can control yourself around people. When I touched you today in your room you didn't hurt me. Obviously you have some control, we just have to find a way to get you to see it."
Sebastian thought for a moment, then had an idea when he thought back to what she said about finding big empty spaces. "Wait a minute, I've got an idea. There's a big lecture hall on the other side of campus, I can take you there if it'll make you feel better." He stood up from the bench and walked closer to her, slowly so she wasn't threatened or scared of him being so close. "It's a long walk, though. I can just teleport us there, but you're gonna have to trust me. And more importantly, yourself." He reached out a hand for her to take. "I can teleport more than one person or thing if I touch it. Grab my hand, we'll be there before you even realize we left."
He watched as she froze some of the water in the fountain, amazed by what she could do. However, it didn't seem like she was very impressed by herself. When she expressed her doubt in controlling herself around people, however, Sebastian spoke up. "But Grace, you can control yourself around people. When I touched you today in your room you didn't hurt me. Obviously you have some control, we just have to find a way to get you to see it."
Sebastian thought for a moment, then had an idea when he thought back to what she said about finding big empty spaces. "Wait a minute, I've got an idea. There's a big lecture hall on the other side of campus, I can take you there if it'll make you feel better." He stood up from the bench and walked closer to her, slowly so she wasn't threatened or scared of him being so close. "It's a long walk, though. I can just teleport us there, but you're gonna have to trust me. And more importantly, yourself." He reached out a hand for her to take. "I can teleport more than one person or thing if I touch it. Grab my hand, we'll be there before you even realize we left."
Sebastian nodded. The key to getting Grace to be able to control her powers was first to find out what was making her lose control in the first place. Grace and her father had told them that the point where she began to fear her own power was when she accidentally killed her sister. That was not going to be an easy subject to discuss, but he was determined to help her. He could only imagine the guilt she felt, and how afraid she was that it would happen again.
Hopefully it won't happen to me, he said, feeling a twinge of fear, but then letting it go.
"Okay. Thank you for the advice, Melissa. I think I'm going to go back to my room. In the morning I'll go and talk to Grace again." He stood up and, saying good night once more, left the room and just wandered around the halls for a while, thinking about Grace and how he was going to help her. He played over a mental conversation in his head a thousand times, with all of their consequences playing out in his head. He finally went back up to his room and stayed there for a while, laying back on his bed, unable to sleep.
When he had trouble sleeping, Sebastian liked to go up to the roof so that he could think in peace. Closing his eyes, he disappeared in a cloud of smoke and reappeared sitting on the ledge of the roof as he had been before. Taking a deep breath, Sebastian looked up at the stars and sighed contentedly. He liked being alone. There was something about going somewhere to be alone with his thoughts that relaxed him, probably since he'd grown up more or less his whole life on his own. Not that he didn't like to be around other people, but he always felt more comfortable just by himself.
After a while, Sebastian looked down over the grounds, at the yard that was now much more empty than it had been earlier in the day. Most of the students were now asleep or otherwise in their rooms, so he didn't expect to see anyone. However, he could see the shape of a girl walking alone in the yard. Curious, he tried to get a better look at who it was, only to find that it was none other than Grace.
It was pretty late for her to be going for a walk. He debated going down there for a few minutes, since all he'd done was invade her privacy since the moment he met her. Then he had an idea. He could pretend that he was in the yard the whole time, and that it was just a coincidence! Sure, it wasn't entirely honest, but it would seem less creepy for her. Maybe it was more creepy that he was thinking so hard about this.
Sebastian shook his head forcefully. This was stupid. He was overthinking this whole thing. Without another thought, he teleported down to the yard, in one of the benches by the large memorial fountain, which was now brightly lit. He sat back in the bench, now thinking this was a pretty good spot to come and relax now too. He looked to the left and noticed the Grace was coming up one of the paths and feigned surprise.
"Grace?" he asked. "Is that you? Well, this is weird. What're you doing out here?"
Hopefully it won't happen to me, he said, feeling a twinge of fear, but then letting it go.
"Okay. Thank you for the advice, Melissa. I think I'm going to go back to my room. In the morning I'll go and talk to Grace again." He stood up and, saying good night once more, left the room and just wandered around the halls for a while, thinking about Grace and how he was going to help her. He played over a mental conversation in his head a thousand times, with all of their consequences playing out in his head. He finally went back up to his room and stayed there for a while, laying back on his bed, unable to sleep.
When he had trouble sleeping, Sebastian liked to go up to the roof so that he could think in peace. Closing his eyes, he disappeared in a cloud of smoke and reappeared sitting on the ledge of the roof as he had been before. Taking a deep breath, Sebastian looked up at the stars and sighed contentedly. He liked being alone. There was something about going somewhere to be alone with his thoughts that relaxed him, probably since he'd grown up more or less his whole life on his own. Not that he didn't like to be around other people, but he always felt more comfortable just by himself.
After a while, Sebastian looked down over the grounds, at the yard that was now much more empty than it had been earlier in the day. Most of the students were now asleep or otherwise in their rooms, so he didn't expect to see anyone. However, he could see the shape of a girl walking alone in the yard. Curious, he tried to get a better look at who it was, only to find that it was none other than Grace.
It was pretty late for her to be going for a walk. He debated going down there for a few minutes, since all he'd done was invade her privacy since the moment he met her. Then he had an idea. He could pretend that he was in the yard the whole time, and that it was just a coincidence! Sure, it wasn't entirely honest, but it would seem less creepy for her. Maybe it was more creepy that he was thinking so hard about this.
Sebastian shook his head forcefully. This was stupid. He was overthinking this whole thing. Without another thought, he teleported down to the yard, in one of the benches by the large memorial fountain, which was now brightly lit. He sat back in the bench, now thinking this was a pretty good spot to come and relax now too. He looked to the left and noticed the Grace was coming up one of the paths and feigned surprise.
"Grace?" he asked. "Is that you? Well, this is weird. What're you doing out here?"
What's up guys, I'm Pangusman, and I'm looking for some cool partners to do some RPs with.
First a little about myself, I've been roleplaying for a couple years now. I like getting immersed into the RPs that I'm in, and because of that I'd like a partner that can work together with me to create a more in-depth world for the characters to kind of live in. I prefer to have some kind of romance somewhere in the RP as well, so I'm really only looking for female partners (sorry dudes).
As far as limits go, I don't really have any. I'll do graphic violence, gore, sex, pretty much whatever, although I won't do incest or furry stuff. Just ask, more than likely I'm okay with whatever you want to do.
As for what kind of RP I'm looking for setting-wise I don't really have any specific craving or idea. I'm a pretty agreeable person, so if you have anything you've been craving to do or an idea you want to flesh out, definitely run it by me and I'll let you know if it's something I'd like to do. More often than not, it probably is, so don't be shy :P. That being said, there are some things that pique my interest more than others. For example, I usually prefer RPs with a sense of fantasy about them, as I'm not very good with the "slice of life" kind of stories. I'll do anything from:
Supernatural kind of RPs (vampires, werewolves, that jazz, if it has a more interesting plot than the generic stuff)
Sci-fi (Lot of potential for world building, cool plots, and other stuff)
-Side note, I'm a huge fan of the Mass Effect series, and I'm always up to listen to a cool plot idea (and it doesn't have to be a canon RP that follows the game's storylines either, since the Mass Effect universe is extremely open to extended universe kind of stories.)
Adventure (Could be a combination of the above, you can really use your imagination here.)
...And probably much more.
For post length, I'd generally prefer a meaty kind of post, at least more than 2 good paragraphs unless there isn't much going on, like just dialogue or something like that.
For grammar, it really is kind of a turn-off of interest in the story for me if my partner's grammar is really bad, or if there's a lot of spelling mistakes and such. But like everyone says, everybody makes mistakes so I won't flip out at a mistake here and there. As long as your writing is generally solid grammar and spelling-wise, that's good enough for me.
And there we go! So if you've got any plot ideas, cravings, stuff you wanna try out or run by me, feel free to either post here or PM me. I check the site pretty often and I'll likely be able to post a couple times a day, but I completely understand if life gets crazy and you're unable to post. Just let me know if it's going to be excessively long, and if you start getting bored or losing interest, please tell me and we'll either fix up the RP or drop it entirely. Remember, I'm a very non-confrontational person, so I won't take it personally.
Anyways, I'm looking forward to having some awesome RPs with you guys!
First a little about myself, I've been roleplaying for a couple years now. I like getting immersed into the RPs that I'm in, and because of that I'd like a partner that can work together with me to create a more in-depth world for the characters to kind of live in. I prefer to have some kind of romance somewhere in the RP as well, so I'm really only looking for female partners (sorry dudes).
As far as limits go, I don't really have any. I'll do graphic violence, gore, sex, pretty much whatever, although I won't do incest or furry stuff. Just ask, more than likely I'm okay with whatever you want to do.
As for what kind of RP I'm looking for setting-wise I don't really have any specific craving or idea. I'm a pretty agreeable person, so if you have anything you've been craving to do or an idea you want to flesh out, definitely run it by me and I'll let you know if it's something I'd like to do. More often than not, it probably is, so don't be shy :P. That being said, there are some things that pique my interest more than others. For example, I usually prefer RPs with a sense of fantasy about them, as I'm not very good with the "slice of life" kind of stories. I'll do anything from:
Supernatural kind of RPs (vampires, werewolves, that jazz, if it has a more interesting plot than the generic stuff)
Sci-fi (Lot of potential for world building, cool plots, and other stuff)
-Side note, I'm a huge fan of the Mass Effect series, and I'm always up to listen to a cool plot idea (and it doesn't have to be a canon RP that follows the game's storylines either, since the Mass Effect universe is extremely open to extended universe kind of stories.)
Adventure (Could be a combination of the above, you can really use your imagination here.)
...And probably much more.
For post length, I'd generally prefer a meaty kind of post, at least more than 2 good paragraphs unless there isn't much going on, like just dialogue or something like that.
For grammar, it really is kind of a turn-off of interest in the story for me if my partner's grammar is really bad, or if there's a lot of spelling mistakes and such. But like everyone says, everybody makes mistakes so I won't flip out at a mistake here and there. As long as your writing is generally solid grammar and spelling-wise, that's good enough for me.
And there we go! So if you've got any plot ideas, cravings, stuff you wanna try out or run by me, feel free to either post here or PM me. I check the site pretty often and I'll likely be able to post a couple times a day, but I completely understand if life gets crazy and you're unable to post. Just let me know if it's going to be excessively long, and if you start getting bored or losing interest, please tell me and we'll either fix up the RP or drop it entirely. Remember, I'm a very non-confrontational person, so I won't take it personally.
Anyways, I'm looking forward to having some awesome RPs with you guys!
Despite his feelings, Sebastian couldn't help but smile a little at Melissa's reassurance. She wouldn't lie to him about something this important just to make him feel better. She really did believe in him. But the next thing she said made his face start to heat up. "She likes you?" The way she said that made him curious, but immediately he dismissed what he was thinking. Grace must have just appreciated his trying to help her.
Sebastian looked down at the floor and nodded his head slightly before looking back up at Melissa again, this time with a much wider, more confident grin. "Alright, I won't give up yet. I really do want to help her, I'm just afraid of screwing up again. Do you... Do you think I should go and talk to her? If I'm going to be continuing to help her, it would probably be better to go and apologize for leaving like that."
He sighed, sitting back in his chair with a pensive look. "But... I have no idea how to start. Or what to say. You're a mind reader, what should I say?"
Sebastian looked down at the floor and nodded his head slightly before looking back up at Melissa again, this time with a much wider, more confident grin. "Alright, I won't give up yet. I really do want to help her, I'm just afraid of screwing up again. Do you... Do you think I should go and talk to her? If I'm going to be continuing to help her, it would probably be better to go and apologize for leaving like that."
He sighed, sitting back in his chair with a pensive look. "But... I have no idea how to start. Or what to say. You're a mind reader, what should I say?"
Sebastian was sitting on the roof of the school, looking down at the courtyard where the students were walking around and spending time with their friends. His mind replayed the scene from just a few minutes ago over and over in his mind, until finally he got fed up with it and stood up from where he was sitting. He had to go tell Melissa that he wasn't up for this, being a mentor for these students. Just because he could control his own powers, it didn't mean that he could teach others to use theirs.
So now Sebastian teleported down to the front of the building where he knew no one was walking and stepped inside the building. He couldn't be reckless about where he teleported, especially if it was inside a populated building where students were walking to and fro all day. The chances that he could teleport where someone was walking were too high to risk. Regardless, he made his way up to Melissa's office and knocked on the door before opening it up slightly and peeking his head through to make sure he wasn't interrupting anything.
He stepped inside the office, and, despite the fact that she could just read his mind anyway, he decided to say what was on it.
"Melissa, I, um... I wanted to apologize for what I did earlier, again. I shouldn't have been so impatient to help. I just... I don't think I'm cut out for this. I'm afraid I'll make some other mistake like that and ruin all the progress that Grace is making. By the way, how did she do?"
So now Sebastian teleported down to the front of the building where he knew no one was walking and stepped inside the building. He couldn't be reckless about where he teleported, especially if it was inside a populated building where students were walking to and fro all day. The chances that he could teleport where someone was walking were too high to risk. Regardless, he made his way up to Melissa's office and knocked on the door before opening it up slightly and peeking his head through to make sure he wasn't interrupting anything.
He stepped inside the office, and, despite the fact that she could just read his mind anyway, he decided to say what was on it.
"Melissa, I, um... I wanted to apologize for what I did earlier, again. I shouldn't have been so impatient to help. I just... I don't think I'm cut out for this. I'm afraid I'll make some other mistake like that and ruin all the progress that Grace is making. By the way, how did she do?"
Sebastian jumped. "Oh, I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to... I just wanted to show you that you weren't completely out of control. I'll... I won't do it again, I promise."
Never before had he wanted to use his powers more than right now. He wanted to teleport to some mountaintop far away from humanity and just sit alone. How could he have been so stupid? That was completely uncalled for. Sure, it worked, he was still alive, but that was too reckless. God only knew what Grace was going through, and he just barged into her life trying to help her when he had no idea how. He knew he wasn't cut out for this. He would just tell Melissa to find someone else for the job.
Swallowing a lump in his throat, Sebastian stood now and walked over to the door. With every step, he could feel his body heat up more and more despite the cold. He wanted to get a million miles away from there, before he did any more damage to Grace's emotional state.
"I should get going. Sorry, again," he said before opening the door and stepping out into the hallway.
Never before had he wanted to use his powers more than right now. He wanted to teleport to some mountaintop far away from humanity and just sit alone. How could he have been so stupid? That was completely uncalled for. Sure, it worked, he was still alive, but that was too reckless. God only knew what Grace was going through, and he just barged into her life trying to help her when he had no idea how. He knew he wasn't cut out for this. He would just tell Melissa to find someone else for the job.
Swallowing a lump in his throat, Sebastian stood now and walked over to the door. With every step, he could feel his body heat up more and more despite the cold. He wanted to get a million miles away from there, before he did any more damage to Grace's emotional state.
"I should get going. Sorry, again," he said before opening the door and stepping out into the hallway.
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