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As he began chanting the words on the paper, he thought about what he was doing. Having dealt with so many big shot tech heroes, he didn’t need much luck to get his hands on some juicy info, such as schismatic and passcodes to Portal corp’s labs. It was almost childsplay to get around that place with all the traffic in and out of their portals. Arainn even had a chance to ‘borrow’ some of their tech to pay off a few favors but more importantly, peek through a few portals to see if there were any fun places to play around. He managed to stumble across a place he thought was an alternate dimension where a group called the Masters of Mayhem ruled. From what little Arainn could see, it was a horrible place where the environment was a mess, only patches of trees scattered, the oceans horribly polluted and the air dark and foul.

The first thought that popped in his head was, ‘What apes these no use Masters of Mayhem are! If Tara were here…’ Then it hit him. He began devising a plan to trap or trick his sister, Tara, to come to this ‘alternate dimension’. With her compulsive need to balance nature and no Council of Mystic Beings bogging her down, Tara would have a field day causing hurricanes, tidal waves, droughts, earthquakes and the like that would shift the balance on a global scale. And more importantly, she would be out of his own hair so he could go wherever he pleased and enjoy using his powers. It didn’t take him long to prepare a spell capable of summoning a portal wherever he pleased to get said job done.

Bullocks, I’m not even sure if this summon will work a second time…Oh well, I’ll scheme up something new for Sister dearest hehe, he laughed to himself meniacally. The portal that was summon wrapped itself around the cat man who’s anger was apparent by the lightning that was jolting from its jet black fur and his feral snarling and clawing. “No need to be embarrassed, I’m bleedin’ deadly with me spells. Don’t think of it as losin’ to a boy, but think of it as being outsmarted by a bang on senior sorcerer.”

The portal began to warp the black feline until he erupted in a surge of lightning which incinerated the roots holding him. Although the portal was consuming his body, Marcus did not leave that plane but instead pounced on the unfortunate dryad boy. Arainn was tackled to the floor under an electrified claw. The boy spasmed and jolted from the current of energy through his body and eventually fell unconscious under the punishment. When he noticed his prey was subdued, Marcus let his over charged fur disperse the electricity through the air but that energy was the only thing protecting him from the portal spell so was promptly sucked in but not alone.


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“Aye, me head is poundin’….” Arainn groaned when he finally came to. When he finally pushed himself upright, he only took one look around the unkept buildings around him and then glared angrily at the little black cat that was sitting silently beside him. “You bold little puss! Ya weren’t suppose to take me with you!”

“Wherre are we?” the cat asked in a surprisingly moderate human voice but you’d still be able to tell it was from the tongue of a feline.

“Far from home, I can tell ya that!” Arainn answered back. “And guess what,” he continued with his hands on his hips. Marcus looked up with intent yellow and green eyes and listened. “Yer master ain’t here, you’ll be fendin’ for yerself, you won’t be getting any tuna for dinner and don’t expect me to scratch that spot behind yer ear that you fancy so much.” The cat let go a distressed meow and he began to pout. “Now don’t start yer bawlin’. If we’re ever planning ta get home, I’ll need your help. Ya keen?”

Marcus simply nodded and awaited orders. The prospect of never seeing his beloved mistress, Tara, again was a very frightening thought to him. To say the least, little Markie is easy to manipulate.

“Well, let’s take a peek about. I’ll take an eagle’s eye around and find directions. Stay put,” Arainn ordered and glided up through the air. Above, he could see a group of mostly armor clad men racing toward one of the war walls. He silently vanished and a few moments later slowly materialized behind the cautious Entity Restorer. “Pardon me, lad. Would you mind explainin’ where we are?” It wasn’t difficult to keep up with the group but he was growing curious about where they were hurrying to.

((Apologies for the drawn out post, and another apology to Burning for not posting after agreeing to but I needed time to get my character's accent right....I'm horrible at accents in RP writing.

Oh, and if you don't want to read the extra stuff you can skip to the last part of the next post separated by the tildes.))

Within a dank damp dungeon of a stone castle, a boy floated within his cell, lying on his back as if there was no such thing as gravity. He looked to be of the age of 12 or possibly 14 but if you were lucky, or unlucky depending on the circumstances, enough to deal with him you’d know he was no human and the limitations of human mortality could not touch him. He wore nothing but leaves which gloved his hands and feet and covered his shoulders and thighs. His skin was tanned, which seemed to blend well with the green moss that grew over other parts of his body, mostly his lower body and legs. His other distinguishing features would consist of bright green runes tattooed down his tanned back, around his shoulders and on his chest, long imp ears, a pair of small thorns protruding from his head and through his long green hair as well as a brown monkey-like tail that would make it obvious he was descended from some sort of magical being.

His cell looked quite plain to the normal eye but to a mystically trained eye, barrier spells were caked on every inch and in every corner of the cell and even on the debilitated bars of the door. He tried to take a quick nap before figuring out how to get himself out but his plans changed when he heard footsteps. His pointed ears perked at the sound and his form faded from the visible plane. When a dark haired girl dressed in martial arts attire and a bit of defensive padding stepped up to the cell door, the boy reappeared, this time next to the bars. “Jinny!” the boy cried. “Get me out of here! Please?”

The girl rolled her eyes, “Arainn, I told you. My name isn’t Jinny, it’s Jin Lei….or just Lei.”

“Sure, a’course,” the mysterious boy laughed in an obvious Irish accent. “Yer here to pull me out, eh?”

“No,” Lei answered tersely. “Where’s Hyun-ki?”

“Aye, you’re ‘ere for Kenny? Well I can lead ya to him but I can’t very well do that from inside here,” Arainn said with a smile.

Lei sighed for a moment before striking one of the bars with a pinpointed finger and followed up by backhanding the same bar which caused the rest to bend and fall apart. Arainn once again disappeared then faded back into view behind Lei. “A sweet lily for the sweet,” he whispered in her ear as he placed a delicate yellow flower behind said ear.

Lei just grumbled and pulled the flower from her hair and tossed it to the floor. It only took a second more for the flower’s stem to sprout woody thorns and wriggle about as if alive. “Let’s just go before another swarm of Karamatengu get here,” Lei growled and followed behind Arainn.

“Whassat? Those wind blokes are here?”

With a nod, Lei answered. “How’d you think I snuck inside? Apparently, your sister is out on business so I’m guessing she left Hyun-ki unguarded, no thanks to you,” Lei hissed to the horned boy.

“Hey, I never said I’d risk me own neck when he begged for help trackin’ down that blasted vigilante. I’m the kicked dog here.”

Soon, the two were outside of a pair of tall double doors. When Lei pushed them open, the room was tall and spacious, and the stone walls and floor had a distinct static about them. “Look, there’s Kenny,” Arainn called out and sure as fact, a long haired glasses wearing young man was hanging in the air by special symbols that set his whole body aglow. “I recognize those glyphs. Seems Tara has been snoopin’ in mum’s notes again.” With a wave of his hand, the glowing letters cracked and shattered, allowing Hyun-ki to collapse to the floor.

“He’s unconscious,” Lei cried and sprinted toward the inactive Hyun-ki only to freeze in her tracks went something blocked her path.

An innocent looking black cat in a golden spiked collar dropped down from the high ceiling and landed on its feet before her. It stared unassumingly at the girl so long as she didn’t take another step. “Oh bullocks, it’s Marcus,” Arainn sighed , “I’ve got an idea. You fend off the puss and I’ll get Kenny to safety.”

“Pft, no way!” Lei cried, “You got him in this mess so I’ll make sure Hyun-ki isn’t hurt and you take care of your sister’s pet.”

“Well, I suppose….anythin’ for a bird like you,” Arainn grinned and winked. Lei rushed to her friends side and began hauling him away while the black cat scowled at her with his menacing yellow and green eyes. “Now now, Markie. I know you’re guard cat and all but I dunnot think it’s safe here anymore, ya keen?” Of course the cat didn’t listen and hissed angrily at the boy. Crimson energy began to spark and jump from the cat’s collar which soon consumed its whole body. “Oh boy.” Giving up on reasoning with the beast, Arainn gathered a handful of seeds that budded from his fingertips.

As Arainn flicked the seeds in a hailing barrage at the creature, the cat grew larger and taller in a manner of moments. At first to the size of a full grown man but its growth continued. Now possessing the features of a cat and a man with a spiked metallic collar and a chain wrapped in an X across his chest as well as faded and dingy black cloth pants with a few deep purple patches, Marcus growled in a feral manner after his transformation was complete but it was a second too slow. Marcus was ensnared in a mess of entangled thorny roots and branches. “No play,” Marc growled in an animalistic voice.

“I’m sorry, Markie, but if you’re plannin’ on acting like a bloody loon then I’m putting you in time out…permanently.” At Arainn’s feet, a large bud sprouted and stretched up from the stone floor toward his hand. When it bloomed into a lush purple flower, it presented him with a parchment which he opened and spread along the ground.

“Don’t listen to him,” groaned the RED team leader as he pushed himself to his feet.

“He’s just manipulating you!” said another before a loud rumble shook the floor. Ed’s head was drooping down and his limbs looked heavy but he was far from subdued by their weapons. He lifted his foot and stomped the ground, sending a visible ripple through the tiles, some tiles ricocheting off the walls, accompanied by a pshock wave that went through Sis who was now between him and those threatening him(but causing little movement to her rock covered body) and knocked the guard group off balance.

Ed’s eyes were glossed over and his body seemed to act independently from his mind. He whipped his arm out toward the offending guards, the pshock from the movement picking up the tranqs that were randomly scattered around him and hurtling them back to those that fired them. Even with their body armor, there was a good chance a dart would catch one or two of the RED team in a weak point which would certainly put men such as them in a comma.

Continuing his aggressive assault, Ed clapped his hands together, creating a strong wind and horribly loud bang that would definitely knock the guards around and put them in a stupefied state. But this was no ordinary super strong hand clap. No, this was Ed’s signature Seismic Pshock Wave move which would turn the quickly stirred up air movement of his clasped hands into searing telekinetically charged whirlwinds that would rip the tiles from the floor and rend the walls apart. But of course, Edward wasn’t at 100% due to the previous examination and various other circumstanses so the attack wasn’t at its full potential to the fortune of those in that hallway. It was obvious he wasn’t using digression on Sis’ account and simply wanted to remove all threats.

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This….this is wrong, Ian thought to himself when Ella flashed him that smile that was turning him to puddy. ….but it feels so right, his thoughts contradicted as Ella hugged him tighter which he gladly accepted.

When the two finally exited the locker room, Ian was semi brought out of his little fantasy. “Hey, why are the lights out?” In the locker room, he had seen the lights flicker a few times but he figured there was a problem with the lighting. He had been using his enchanted sight when Ella had destroyed the wiring so was oblivious that she was the culprit.

The next thing he noticed was the gathered BLUE team and he nearly jumped away from Ella’s grasp but instead more securely grabbed her, using his free hand to take her hand from his waist so it looked less obvious what they were doing. “Hehe, too late,” he mumbled to himself when he figured he couldn't get Ella to her room before the orderlies were called in then spoke up to the not-as-organized-as-usual security team. “Haha, um. I found her,” Ian laughed through a wide grin. “I think the situation is under control.”

Then he heard the loud clap of Ed’s and the shacking that insued through the room. “I bet I’m in trouble now,” he sighed.

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Are you talking about that little infection that primarily risks teens that is transmitted by sharing soft drinks and/or through kissing? I can't think of the name but I do remember some stuff about it.

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Heeeey, I had this. XD Mononucleosis!

I got it in 6th grade, at girl scout camp.

Judge me as you will. <____<

And this thread idea sounds cool. <3

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*Wonders what girls Ess was kissing in girlscout camp*

Are you talking about that little infection that primarily risks teens that is transmitted by sharing soft drinks and/or through kissing? I can't think of the name but I do remember some stuff about it.

Sorry for the necropost but a quick question.

Can you use the emote macro trick for Aid Other and Stimulant? My macro is /macro Mez "e Roar$$powexec_name Stimulant" and it just isn't working for me I also tried switching the order to execute stimulant then the roar but still no dice.

((I just felt like adding something ^^))

The leader of RED team slowly approached, hoping the sedatives were quickly taking effect. Edward was lying back, holding his side. The rest of his movements seemed non threatening though. “Are you alright?” the RED security team lead asked Sis, putting away his gun and pulling out a syringe while the other three members covered him, their guns still at the ready. “I…I apologize…I didn’t see you behind him,” he continued. It would most certainly seem odd that such an elite well trained group of men would make such a mistake but mistakes like that happened a lot when Edward was involved.

If one of those darts had missed and hit Sis, she might have been out for a week or two, maybe a day if she had powers similar to Edward’s. Anyways, the RED leader seemed slightly unnerved as he readied the syringe. His hand was shaking slightly and he seemed to hesitate a bit although that might be difficult to see in the flickering dim light of the emergency generators. “The situation is under control now,” he assured Sis in a shaky voice while the others reported to central security. As the leader neared the needle to Ed’s skin, his movements stopped and started and his whole body shook and after another moment he was holding his throat and gasping for air. The syringe dropped and rolled along the tile floor, stopping when it reached Sis’ feet.

Having disarmed his assailant, Ed thrust his palm into the abdomen of the team lead accompanied by a pshock that sent the guard hurtling into one of his other men. At first, Edward struggled to push himself to his feet but when he heard their tranquilizer guns prepping to fire, he seemed to be pulled up by an unseen force but it was too late. He was being peppered by darts from the neck down but he did not fall. His eyes just burned in anger as RED team fired with trembling guns at the unstable patient.

The instant Ella began to spin, Ian’s arm froze. He would have pulled it back but didn’t want to make her think she was threatening by withdrawing; too bad because now she was in his arms and holding his hand. ….um, well that’s not so bad….it’s kind of nice actua- Ian changed his mind when he felt a hand on his waist. He felt a temperate stirring in his stomach when Ella's breath warmed his cheek and his brain didn’t seem to be working as fast as it usually did, if at all.

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“Why Ian, you don’t want to fool around with me?... Oh! I’m getting your clothes all dirty… You don’t mind being dirty with me?”

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He swallowed hard before opening his mouth to respond but his brain was actually processing slower than his body could react to, something that was always the other way around in every respect. “Aaaauum duuu yyyaaaee um.” A mix of a babble and a moan and he quickly shut his mouth to stop himself from looking any more stupid and shook his head to get his head thinking again. Get your head together, man! She is obviously just kidding around. Women don’t court men….it’s the other way around except it usually ends with a brush off or a slap to the face….you know that! Well, that’s how it usually ended for him seeing as he’d often go after older women but that’s neither here nor there.

Where at first he couldn’t keep his eyes from nervously exploring her curves, now Ian turned his head to the far end of the room. “Haha, y-you’re too f-funny,” he managed to stutter out and paused again. Yes, it took him a moment to collect his next sentence which is definitely not his normal behavior. “You are kidding, r-right?” he asked in an almost inaudible whimper as the two began to stroll to the exit.

Even though he got his mind semi-together, Ian was still putty in Ella’s hands at this moment. Seeing as he was definitely not going to make a huge life choice like his friend Hyun-ki did, Ian really needed a woman otherwise such a weakness would eventually get him killed.

((Well I won’t let any of that stop me….I’ll let my ADD stop me. Eventually I will find something more engaging and lose interest that way.))

“Your talk is all futile as words don’t prove strength. If you wished to boast your immunity to this weapon then you should have challenged me,” Kanata called back to the two as they soon vanished. After a moment or two they disappeared and he let out a relieved yet proud sigh. The young warrior felt as if he had fended off a dangerous attack himself even though he knew it was with everyone doing their part to protected the helpless unconscious students.

With the intruders gone, Kanata began tending to those that were put to sleep. Teachers finally arrived and began helping him but when everything seemed to be under control Kanata stepped back and took in the whole situation.

Meanwhile, Jase reclined against the wall of an adjacent room smiling to himself. If this is how exciting this place would always be, he might actually find some new things to ‘learn’.

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She continued to rub Kia’s shoulders as her strength came back slowly, but was again sapped by the psychic emanations (When Edward shoved the guard).

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((Actually, when Ed shoved the guard, I was trying to demonstrate that he still retained much(if not all, just unable to use his muscles to their proper potential) of his physical super strength.))

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“Geeze man! Take it easy, will ya?” Sis started to jog after Edward, the heavy rocks on her shoes slowing her down some. “Gah…off!” The rocks seemed to melt back into the earth and Sis put on a burst of speed. She angled to get in front of him and halt his progress. “Dude, you are in a seriously bad mood. What gives?” Sis backpedaled a little as he walked, making sure to keep in front of him, whichever way he turned.

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Ed had been hastening the movement of his legs down the hall until Sis intercepted his path. He paused and narrowed his gaze, his eyes emitting odd transparent pulses of what looked like heat waves but there was no heat.

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“Ian isn’t that irritating, is he?” She flashed another grin, this one a little friendlier than before. “He’s who you’re trying to dodge, right? I wouldn’t stress, he took off after some other patient chick.” Sis chuckled a little. “Rescue instinct, I guess.”

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“I wouldn’t be so sure,” Ed growled in response, knowing full well that Ian was moving closer to his position but that wasn’t exactly what he was concerned about. “What kind of mood would you be in if someone purposely tried taking away your powers? Performing tests and experiments on your body? Suddenly waking up and not being able to move your muscles?” His temper was in check and his voice was cool but the aura he gave off was quite hot in the rhetorical sense.

Suddenly, a few shots were heard from behind him. They sounded almost like gunshots but much less harsh and more quiet but easily perceivable from several hallways away. RED team had arrived and fired, their rounds consisting of tranquilizers with special sedatives. Despite their bullet speed, Ed turned and backhanded the nearest dart out of the air. A wave swirled and coiled through the air behind the path of his hand, similar to the heat-waves that pulsed from his eyes which deflected a few other darts but one managed to get by the wave of force and pierce his abdomen.

Edward lost balance and began to topple backward toward Sis where she braced him from hitting flat on the ground. His hands shook as he grasp the tranq and pulled it from his skin, crushing it in his grip. Ed wasn’t passing out or falling asleep even though the sedatives injected in him were easily comma inducing for most. “Now see why I’m in such a bad mood?” he grumbled to Sis as the 4 members of RED team approached.

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Ian began straining his vision to keep track of Ella, trying to focus varying amounts of chakra into the enchantments in his eyes. It didn’t take long to get to the point of pain which forced him to close his eyes. “Gah, that stings,” he hissed to himself and rubbed his eyes with one hand but keeping his other hand on his sword. When he opened his eyes again, his vision was back to normal and unable to track her like before. Instead, Ian tried to rely on his other sharp senses. “Man, I wish I had trained my senses as well as Lei did,” he grumbled while attempting to listen to Ella’s silent movements.

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“Oh, Mister Kelly do you want to get rough…” She drew her hand to her chest indicating herself and drawing attention to her breast, just as the emergency lights flared on. “…with me?”

Her voice carried a slight European accent that Ella had never used before at her stay at the Clinic.

“Why would you be so eager to pull that stick from your pants and come after me for?”

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With a turn slightly resembling surprise, Ian was presented with a strange new Ella. At first he was slack-jawed. She had a more mature posture countenance, she was talking about stuff he was sure she didn’t comprehend and even her voice was different. He stared for a moment more before relaxing his defensive stance.

“Hehe, funny,” he chuckled and calmly took a few steps toward her. “I thought the stick jokes where over your head or something, although that last one was a bit….um…..heh.” Although he recognized her alluring stance, Ian figured Ella was just joking with him, somehow knowing how to get to him. “Well, stop fooling around. If we get you back to your room before they call in security ((I’m going on the assumption he jumped through the vent before team BLUE got there)) we both might dodge a scolding. Let’s hurry.” When he got close enough, he reached out to rest a hand on her shoulder to comfort her and lead her out of the locker room.

Kanata shook his head at Pyre but kept his sights on the two intruders. “I do not understand why you trust either of these two at all. I have been offered no reason to put my trust in their intentions so until then I choose the smarter option of being on guard.”

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"And you've got another one calling you Demon." Hotaka gave comment with a helpless gesture.

"At least this one doesn't use dual energy blades." Acid retorted, remembering the last time the notion of being demonic had gotten him into a nice little situation. He turned back to Kanata, "Okay, first of all, I am not a demon. Let's get that much straight and hopefully save us some trouble. Second, as he already said, we knocked, no one answered the door, so we let ourselves in."

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“You should be thankful I am not wielding such energy blades because you will never face another weapon like my Kantetsu,” Kanata counter-retorted, his confidence in his family’s heirloom beaming. “But that is besides the point. I suppose you are to stay for a relaxing vacation in the serene and secluded scenery of our dojo? Not to be rude, but if that is your case then I suggest just leaving now.”

He listened to the remainder of their back and forth conversation and finally wedged his naginata from the stone floor, drawing it up by shifting the fulcrum that was his right hand closer toward the handle then spinning the blade behind him which he then strapped to his back with his left. “A human eating monster? It sounds close enough to a demon to me,” the boy said, his purple unblinking eyes staring calmly at the two. “I will watch your every move during your stay until you have otherwise proven your loyalty.”

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“let me go…I don’t want to hurt you too” she pleaded.

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“Huh!? Why? Just come with me and-” Ian’s conviction was broken by the amount of strength he now needed to hold Ella up. The cut vent started to rip away at his flesh before he readjusted himself by lifting himself up, his feet and free hand planted on the outside wall to brace himself as well as place the arm that grasped Ella at a steeper angle down the shaft so the vent was no longer stabbing him. But now, his wound flowed more freely and made his grip more slippery.

Crap! I can’t….keep my grip he groaned in his head before finally she fully slipped from his hand which caused Ian to jolt backward and onto his bum. He didn’t bother looking at his wound, which was miraculously healed now although the hand wrap was still red with blood. Ian dove down the shaft, letting himself fall until he was close to the bottom and used his hands and feet on the sides of the shaft to slow his decent. Ian landed expertly in the locker room where the vent had been forcefully opened and looked around for Ella, sure she had been injured by the fall. With a little focus, he managed to activate the sight he had used before to track Ella so he could pinpoint her once more.

“Just slow down,” He called out into the empty room. “I don’t know if you like it rough but I would rather this not get overly physical.” A hand now rested on his bokken as his eyes shifted to find the elusive girl.

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Edward’s brow just narrowed at Kruth’T’s and Sis’ words. When the security started to swarm in, but apparently preoccupied with someone else, Ed started making his way toward the door. “Well, it seems my workout is over,” he growled and walked past the two. When another member of the security team rushed in but accidentally bumping into Ed as he was walking out, Ed pushed the guard out of the way. Although the shove looked closer to a gentle nudge with the forearm, the squad member was violently thrown against the wall which cracked under the force. Now the disgruntled patient made his way outside. It was unsure if he just wanted some air or if he was going to devise some strike to attempt an escape but he looked pretty treacherous.

((The way I read that, Ella backed off where Ian was and let herself fall down a vertical vent, right?))

Through solid ceiling, Ian could see Ella make an arm gesture toward her face. He guessed she was wiping dust or grime from her face at first but he strained his hearing to its limit, hoping she would talk to him. Is she….crying? Then, she fell.

Ian’s mind raced through thousands of scenarios to figure a course of action and one finally surfaced. Hmm, risky…shouldn’t be more than a few feet thick….I may not reach though….have to act before she falls too far. He moved toward the wall close by with the shaft Ella would soon fall through and focused. Ella’s weight slowly began to get pulled down by gravity as Ian put his hands on the bokken at his waist. Drawing his weapon with lightning speed, he struck at the wall. The wooden sword only passed near the thick solid wall but it crumbled with a loud boom and chunks of debris flew in his direction.

His attack created a rather smooth scar in the wall wide enough that he could climb through as well as dissected the air shaft itself just before Ella even passed him on her freefall toward the bottom floor. Ian’s weapon returned to his belt just as fast as it was drawn and at the same time he saw the white skinned girl fall past. He desperately threw his upper body into the gash in the wall and reached out to grabbed her by the wrist. Ian had just managed to grab her but her fall pulled his forearm down into the newly cut vent which easily dug deep into his wrist despite the bandage wrapped about his arm.

For a moment, he was silent and just held her arm so the pain in his wrist set in. “Hey, are you okay?” he asked, his hand shaking as the pain burned hotter and hotter in his arm.

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Ed pushed himself up against the massive column. His face still dripped with sweat when he looked toward the entrance of the gym. Someone’s coming, he thought to himself, It can’t be that brat so it must be the orderlies coming to take me back. There were reasons he didn’t wear a glowie but instead took medication and he had managed to skip out on his dose today. Ed was becoming more and more hostile so approaching him would become dangerous.

Ed began collecting his things, the clothes he changed out of and his folded wheelchair, so he could leave. When someone opened the door, Ed reacted without thought. His fist flew toward the door and he punched the air and although he was over 15 feet from the door, some force smashed the door off its hinges. “I would turn around if I were you,” he called out to whomever was just about to enter.

(([EDIT]And nice avatar, Pyrria I was wondering when you'd ever pick one....I was even contemplating drawing you something just to put in there.))

((Well, I wouldn’t say the weapon slipped by ‘accident’ with such a simple and controlled move. Heck, I can even smack something with the end of my staff and keep it at the point of impact on even an odd or round shaped object and I’m not even that good with one but I’ll allow it….this time….))

Kanata withdrew, taking a defensive step backward and spinning his weapon about his hand once before turning the blade up and piercing the ground with it yet still holding it with both hands and still in a stable stance. It was called the Mountainside stance by his father, using the ground as means to steady his glaive. Kanata quirked a brow at the sight of this lizard creature but did not withdraw as he had seen pictures of the monsters, demons and other villains his father had helped slay. That shouldn’t be confused with confidence, mind you. He was still nervous, for he had never faced any such opponents so wasn’t sure what to do, which is why he took a sturdy defensive posture.

“What manner of demon are you? Wait…do not answer that,” Kanata sighed and shook his head. “I would rather know the circumstances of your arrival….You did not come as a pupil nor a teacher. Are you some kind of messenger or would you rather just do battle?”

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Keeping his eye on the pair, Kanata answered over his shoulder. “Do you not see we are under attack? Most of the school is asleep by some strange spell, a shinobi marched in and attacked one of our peers and two mysterious figures arrive and would rather brood and argue beneath their cloakes than fess up to their intentions. I do not know about you but I am not going to stand idle and fall into some sort of trap.”

As he followed behind Ella on the roof, Ian kept his speed up so he could maintain a good enough range to be heard without getting too close to cause Ella to fall into a hysterical panic. “Calm down, Ella! I’m only trying to help….Just stop for a moment and tell me what’s wrong!” Then she leapt off the edge of the roof. At first, Ian was a bit frightened that she was trying to hurt herself until the loud creaking of split metal. He quickly followed, just in time to see Ella’s feet escape into the vent. He rested a hand on the vent entrance and peered in for a moment.

“Hmm, this will take some thinking…” Ian froze and formed a hand sign of focus, closed his eyes and concentrated his spirit energy. The energy went to his eyes which in turn activated a magical enchantment in his pupils. When he opened his eyes again, the normal mauve eyes were now glowing with a dim energy. His vision would resemble looking through a pair of rose tinted glasses but in the dark. Those things that were living seemed to be darker than dark upon the background of non-living things which seemed to appear as normally shaded. Of course, if there was something undead around, that something would glow brightly; luckily nothing was undead that he could perceive at the clinic.

Several things were apparent to his augmented sight. Among the inanimate pipes and vents, Ella shone as a human-shaped bottomless pit of darkness visible through even solid objects (non living of course). An increased flow of his own chakra toward the mind made him aware of a presence that had been affecting his mind. With only a quick millisecond of though, he quickly came to a conclusion. Ed used some kind of mind trick to hid himself. He’s in the spa area but no time for that now.

Instead of climbing into the vent after Ella, Ian ran along outside, following where she was going. Eventually, he managed to get to a vent opening that she would soon pass. “Ella? How about you stop and tell me what’s wrong? I don’t want to have to get rough,” he called through the vent’s screen, hoping it would discourage her from continuing this pursuit.

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From the gym, a wave of ‘pshock’ erupted in all directions into the room and continuing through to the hot tub and sauna rooms. Pshock would be similar to seismic disturbance until it met with a solid object, such as the walls of the gym which did shake profusely, then continued on as a telepathic wave. To a psychic, telepath or telekinetic, it would cause a painful migraine that may last a few seconds but to anyone else it would be weaker effect, like someone shouting a word in your ear.

Edward was punching a seismic titanium column, designed and built to take the punches of a super strong being and disperse the force hundreds of miles throughout the earth’s crust and mantle. So long as the bursts of force were short lived, it was quite easy to disperse the punches of the strongest of heroes and not even cause so much as a crack in the cement of the area or the slightest of tremors. Ed kept his eye on the meter which would give a read out on the force behind each punch. His frustration grew as he persisted to punch, trying to get even close to the strength he had become renowned for.

As beads of sweat dripped from his chin, he mustered everything he had to push the rating of his attacks up. More and more telekinetic force was focused through his fist, getting him closer to his goal. Then, with everything he had, Ed unleashed a pshock that easily shook the building, not because of the punch on the seismic column but the faint wave of telekinetic force that was unleashed from his fist. Out of breath, Ed collapsed in a pool of his own sweat. “Damn.”

Puzzled by the answer he got, Kanata began to become flustered. “What…? You still have not told me why you are here….and I do not take kindly to being labeled unintelligent.”

Not waiting for another witty response, Kanata thrust forward at the cloaked figure nearest him with the handle end of his naginata, popping it off his shoulder which gave the weapon an abnormally high amount of momentum for such a small movement. “You can answer me with your weapons or answer me straightly.” The blunt end of his weapon sailed quickly through the air aimed accurately between Acid’s eyes even if the cloak masked his face.

Don't you know what they do in the back of the bus!!?!?!

....seriously, did you think all that rockin' came from pot holes?

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“You lost him, I take it?” Sis smirked. “Shame.” Her tone was teasing.

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What!? How did she find out? Ian thought. He swallowed hard figuring another incident would be laid on his shoulders.

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“Who is this guy? What’d he do? What makes you think he’d be here?” She jerked her thumb towards the hot tub, where the lower murmur of voices could still be heard. She was curious to see the pool area, but not excited to wear a swimsuit in front of a bunch of strangers. Refolding the map, she stuck it into a back pocket and crossed her arms. Eying Ian with a bemused expression, she waited to hear his explanation.

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Ian let out another relieved sigh when her ignorance was obvious. “Um, well. His name is Edward Timbres. He’s kind of tall, around 6'5, and muscular, short dark brown, almost black, hair and he’d be wearing a bandage over his eye. I’m suppose to be watching him but he managed to get away from me.” He crossed his arms then looked out toward the trees and open air in the courtyard. He thought hard for a moment, Would he be here? then the thought just disappeared from his mind. “I don’t know where he’d be, to tell you the truth. I feel I’ve searched everywhere but he’s….”

Turning back to Sis, he prevented the rest of his sentence with a smile. “If you’re looking for the hot tub, it’s straight through that door,” Ian directed with a finger down the hall. “If you go an extra door down, you’ll be in the sauna. In that room, if you go toward the back, there’s a side door leading to the hot tub if you want to peek and see if anyone’s there.” The last tidbit of information may have sounded specific for one reason or another but still very useful if you wanted to visit the hot tub in solitude.

“If you’re looking for the gym, it’s to your right and down about four doors. It’s the 1st double door you see but that’s the open gym which is mostly weights and equipment so the long term patients can keep in shape. There’s a door in there that I’ve never been through but I hear it’s another gym. I bet that’s where they keep the good equipment…the stuff you’re probably looking for,” he added the last phrase in a whisper, accompanied by a firm jab in Sis’s arm that he doubt she even felt.

“Hey, weren’t you talking with Experiment? Maybe he could help in my search. Knowing him, he’d have an automatic cat brush that could track-” This time, Ian’s words were interrupted when Ella raced past them with an urgent expression.

“Ella? What’s-” before he could say anything else, she was leaping off the diving board of the pool.

He wouldn’t admit to such happenings occurring often, but it was just one thing Ian proved to the staff that he could handle. He looked back to Sis with a look in his eye saying ‘Do you think you can help me out?’ but he knew she was a guest here. “Well, duty calls.” He began racing after Ella and when he reached the edge of the pool, simply began to run over its surface. “I’ll catch up to you later,” he yelled over his shoulder and picked up speed on the water then leaping up to the statue that Ella had sprang from. Jumping off a few foot hold indents in the marble, he was on her trail before he could completely lose track of her. “Ella! Wait up! If this was about what happened earlier, I’m sorry!”

...are we looking at a 3 out of 10 chance both were guys? Nah, couldn't be but possibly entertaining...

Kanata cocked an eyebrow but his stance did not falter. “I know not what this talk of dragons has to do with anything but do not evade the question,” he spit out, still being quite serious. Even though Kanata could indulge his mind quite easily in a battle, he could be considered not as perceptive of details he doesn’t find important and seeing as he had nothing relating to dragons on his weapon, clothes, in his name or relating to his techniques, he wasn’t sure if he was being called a numbskull or not.

“Why are you here? Or shall I ask in a different manner?” Kanata didn’t seem intimidated but he was at a slight disadvantage, as his naginatajutsu was knocked down to half strength.

As Ian zipped through the clinic mentally, he decided to go back to where the meet and greet was in hopes that Edward choose to introduce himself to some of the newer guests. He was just about to take the 1st step when he heard a voice behind him and froze.

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“Forgot your swimsuit?”

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If anyone knew him at that clinic, they would know what Ian’s main responsibilities were therefore would know about Ed and probably figured the whole situation from there, seeing as it’s happened at least twice in the last week. He slowly turned toward the voice behind him to find his worries were unwarranted.

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“On second thought…if that’s what the water does to you…” Sis trailed off, looking down at the map in her hand.

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“Oh, Sis…” Ian said in a relieved sigh. “…at first I thought you were Mrs. Ci….um, nevermind…..What about you? Were you looking for the gym or the hot tub?” He would have eyed her attire to assess, among other things, her desired activity so he could try to direct her to the right place but he was a bit anxious about his situation.

He looked to his left, his right and behind then moved in closer to Sis. He peeked around her to make sure no one was around then began to talk, still looking around for any staff that might be walking about. “Um, I’m kind of looking for someone. If you find him, do you think you can maybe talk to him? You know, keep him busy?”

((Does that mean you’re out too, Devious?))

As Kantetsu hit its mark, Kanata froze. He was caught completely off guard. An upward strike with a naginata isn’t very practical for attack primarily because of the weapon’s weight. Such an attack is mainly useful as a counter attack or followed by a far more devastating downward slash so he wasn’t prepared when his foe didn’t evade. Once again, he felt his naginatajutsu, as well as most of his speed, disappear after Kantetsu reverberated with the sound of the impact.

Finally finding himself at the insult to his family’s prized weapon, Kanata quickly withdrew his naginata, turning it in a reverse spin then finally bringing it to rest on his shoulder. His stance was defensive and low to the ground, the handle end of his weapon pointing at his opponent while the blade faced the opposite direction and resting near his ear. “Expected as much? What are you talking about and why have you invaded our dojo?” he asked in a particularly demanding voice just as Pyre arrived on the scene.

Jase and Kanata waited a few rooms away, with Jase sitting with his back against the wall nearest where the others were talking and Kanata kneeling closely infront of Jase to hear him. “Okay, they’re not far. I can hear them from here,” Jase whispered, “I wouldn’t doubt they’re the cause of the attack but I can’t be sure.”

“Correct. It seems tactically sound they would put everyone under a slumbering spell so they could come in and take what they want,” Kanata surmised.

“I have a feeling they’re good so we won’t be able to actually beat them but the least we can do is scare them off.” Jase reached into his gi to get his short blades but soon winced in pain.

“No, allow me. I will protect you and the other students with my Kantetsu. Your wrist is still injured.”

Jase rolled his eyes then shook his head. “Fine, but be careful. I don’t wanna hafta clean up any messes.” Kanata just nodded with reddened cheeks then grabbed at his naginata strapped to his back. He let the heavy weapon rest on the ground and then closed his eyes to do a breathing meditation. It took nearly thirty seconds to finally prepare himself although there was no physical difference.

Kanata recovered his Kantetsu and moved closer to the room in time to hear Toru speak.

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"As for why so many slumber...." she shrugged her slender shoulders slightly. "I do not know. I too felt the effects of some....spell but it is fading. Now all I sense is dark power. You two wouldn't happen to be responsible for that now, would you?" Toru crossed her arms over her chest and leveled her gaze on the pair.

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He wanted to know why the two were here as well or if they were responsible for the attack on the school. Kanata waited patiently for the answer to Toru’s question but when it was apparent the two weren’t interested in giving answers, Kanata attacked. He rushed the two from their left with an unnatural high speed, his naginata trailing behind him in his left. When he was in range, he brought the weapon up with such speed, it split the wind with a slash that was ready to disembowel both.

((Let’s move this along people ^^. Others are (or were) wanting to post. Dunno if Khell was still planning to participate.))

“Damn damn damn. I can’t believe he did that,” Ian hissed to himself. He was leaping from branch to branch on the trees that were scattered around grounds until he reached a zone without trees so he’d skillfully land on the ground and search as he swiftly sprinted along. “And he was doing so well. Now I’m going to look incompetent by falling asleep on the job.”

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Earlier, after being pulled from the meet-and-greet, Ian was put back on his normal duties which were to mainly to keep an eye on Edward. In his room, Ed slept soundly after his examination, the only remnants left of his check up were the white bandage around his head and over his right eye. Eventually, he woke to the sounds of cheering and lots of beeping.

“Oh, so you’re awake,” came a familiar voice to his left. Ian had been watching a game show on the television. Ed blinked a few times before realizing his whereabouts. “Want to play a game of chess? Or how about shogi?”

Ed didn’t answer at first but then groaned out loud before leaning further back into his pillow. “I’m not really in the mood,” he sighed and let his focus shift to the TV.

“Okay, that’s cool. Did you want to watch TV instead? I’ll change it to the news.” Ian then changed the channel and placed the remote near Edward’s hand. They sat and watched for a few minutes in silence until Ed changed the station to a news channel focused on the happenings in the Rogue Islands. As he listened to the lies, half-truths and cover ups, his mind reached out telepathically hundreds of miles to those locations or the people that were involved to attempt to see a glimpse of the truth. Sometimes it worked, sometimes he could not reach far enough because of the pain and a lot of the time he was disappointed or even angry at what he discovered.

Ian didn’t much like the news. Although there were lots of stories of new or popular heroes saving lives and making Paragon city and the world safer, there were sometimes more coverage of bad or horrible things. This just made him squirm in his seat, eager to get into the streets and do his part to stop crime. He didn’t do much squirming this time as Ed pushed himself up from his bed. “I need to go to the bathroom.” Ian was about to get up and help him but he found his seat again. Ed was independent and didn’t like others holding his hand.

Ed at first shuffled a few steps before his normal movement returned and he walked into the bathroom as if nothing was wrong with him. In truth, Ed had lost his ability to walk normally as he could not control the muscles in his legs properly. He was using a small fraction of his telekinetic powers to move his legs and keep him balanced. Ian knew he wasn’t suppose to do that but Ed would grouch about how he was in the Rikti war and fought for the safety of the world and this dimension so a kid shouldn’t be telling him what to do.

With a sigh, Ian sank into the back of his chair. He crossed his arms, his brows narrowed. He felt slightly useless here, barely able to assist the nurses in the clinic or help the patients recover. It didn't matter that he was only 17, with no apparent super powers, only a wooden sword, and did his best to save citizens in need as well as aid his community by acting as not just a hero but a servant to those that needed it. Dispite all his efforts, crime was still rampant, threats of this world or otherworldly were a constant problem and places like the clinic were a constant reminder of that.

Unbeknownst to him, Ian’s brows relaxed and his eyelids became heavy and soon he was asleep. Ed then peeked out of the bathroom to find Ian was indeed asleep then quickly moved to his wheelchair and wheeled himself out of the room. Ed hid himself in the bathroom so he could put Ian to sleep, which would require a bit of time for him, enough time that Ian could have pressed the Nurse call button and he used his chair so the staff that might see him outside his room wouldn’t get suspicious. Eventually, Ian stirred and awoke only to find himself alone in the room.

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Ian found himself just outside the entrance to the spa where some other guests where enjoying the hot tub. “Alright, I’ve searched the main building twice, the sick ward, the cafeteria, and every outdoor area.” His eyes passed over the spa once more then looked away. “The only place I haven’t looked….I just…..I just need to….to check the sp…..the cafeteria once more. He might have just gotten there.” He froze, mainly to plan the pattern of his search, but also because he was feeling uneasy.

I'm guessing Staff isn't up there because it's coming in i10 with all the other new powersets, right? RIGHT!? Come on! An multi-target/AoE SMASHING damage set in contrast to all the single target smashing stuff? I need a 2 handed weapon!!

I voted but I was sort of uneasy about it. There isn't any description to anything. What does Willpower exactly do? Your body gets harmed and you 'will' it to repair itself? Absorb the damage into a HP pool then recieve the damage over time later? Are you taking suggestions?

If so then here's what I'd like in any of those sets:

Streetfighting- I'd like a few punches and kicks in there but have two or three of the powers be something like "Broken Bottle" that does bleed DoT; "Hockey Stick" for flavor that knocks down in a cone and/or "Lead Pipe" that has a higher chance to critical and lowers defense or something

Electric Hammer- Can it be two handed? PLEASE? Ranged attack in there maybe?

Energy Blade- I voted for this but only if it was a balance between single target and multi-target. Don't give it the retarded damage of energy melee but give it far superior AoE.

Psionic Weaponry- All I ask is make the effects very VERY flashy for this. The damage could be crap but make it look good please. I'd like it to be sort of controlly in light of its lack of damage. Instead of a Buildup power, maybe a drain psych kind of power? Could even be single target if it recharged fast enough.

Dual Blades- If this makes it in, please PLEASE give it to stalker too. I would vote on making this a very strong single target set with a defensive nature, maybe a parry clone but for ranged/lethal?

Ball and Chain- If it was AoE with some range in it for Tanker, I'd take that but what secondary effect would it have?

Shield Fighting- As long as it had a power to throw your shield and then bounce off of a few enemies on its way back...

Density Control- I voted for this because I'm praying it would fit the concept of a character I have. Would it be like Kinetics but more defensive? I'd love a set that lowered your damage if you weren't taking much damage but increased your base damage if you were recieving heavy damage. Maybe a Buildup power that let you absorb the damage for a short time then use it to bolster your damage for a time. If not that then I guess a toggle heavy set that would give you protection from certain damages but could not stack? I like the 1st idea though...

Force Field- As long as it's list of tricks is longer than Force Field defender but if ideas in this set would lead to ideas to spice up FF defending then I'll go with it.

Willpower- I voted for this simply because I have no clue what it is and it sounded more natural which we need more of for scrapper besides just reflexes and more natural for tanker period. I can imagine powers in this set to 'will' a damage type you recieve to change into something you can resist like willing Fire/Cold damage to be lethal and help you resist it with some other toggle/buff. Or use your will to deflect attacks for a time or will an enemy to attack you less harshly. I'm not sure, is it like psychic armor or something?

Vibration- I can see a toggle in this set occasionally phasing you so attacks just pass through you but you can still keep attacking.

Growth- Personally, I don't see how this could work. Some mission maps are just too small but I guess that could be the limitation? On small maps/buildings, someone with growth powers would just not have much mitigation so they'd have to pull into bigger areas.

Shield Defense- I'd like a power that lets you reflect powers back to their origin but it might be tough to do. I'd like a reactive power that stops the user from attacking for a short time(like 5-8seconds) but blocks pretty much every attack while the powers up and recharges moderately.