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[Rudy, I am told my voice looks green]

"Me having friends? I've been at this school for half a year. I'd have to be some kinda anti-social jerk to have no friends in six months." He gave a laugh. "But I've been reading some books that my English teacher assigned me. Let me tell you: Dry stuff."

[Kaylee~]

Callie made a face," Well that's...surely entertaining." she sat down on the hard wood floor.

[Rudy, I am told my voice looks green]

He motioned to another beanbag. "You don't need to sit on the floor. Plenty of furniture right here. And its homework, its not meant to be entertaining."

[Kaylee~]

She got up and sat next to him,"I was kidding." She sighed,"At least you know what you're doing."

[Rudy, I am told my voice looks green]

"Yeah, I guess." He shrugged and returned to his book. At this rate, there was no chance of getting more information about her and she was beginning to ask some personal question, not good. Something didn't seem right about her.

[Kaylee~]

She took a pen out of her pocket and scribbled something onto her hand,"I barely know m way around this place. It's huge."

[Rudy, I am told my voice looks green]

"The campus is pretty big." He nodded, not even turning to look at her. "It has to be." Would she shut up? Probably not. But acting anti-social or acting social, neither seemed to change her reaction.

[Kaylee~]

Callie sighed,"Just another way for me to get lost." Callie looked at the window again.

[Rudy, I am told my voice looks green]

((I'm really not sure where we can go with this. Fade or do you have an idea?))

[Kaylee~]

((give me a second. i was gonna have her show off a bit...XD))

Somebody randomly threw a book at the window, perhaps they didn't like it. Callie noticed it out of the corner of her eye. She got up and in a flash she started to run, she whisked over the top of bookshelves with ease. She dove towards the book and the window edging. Callie grabbed onto the edge and hoisted herself up to grab the book out of the air before it could hit the glass. She did this all within seconds.

[Rudy, I am told my voice looks green]

((I'm sorry, could you rewrite that, I don't understand what just happened. XD))

[Kaylee~]

((is dat better? It's basically her just trying to save the glass from breaking XD))

[Rudy, I am told my voice looks green]

((Much, thanks))

Jonathan noticed the sudden burst of movement, turning to see Callie move. Interesting. Her superspeed also seemed to give her heightened leaping capabilities while in motion. She seemed much more useful than she had before. He feigned surprise. "Wow." He said softly. "That was incredible."

[Kaylee~]

((Your welmcome ;D))

"Why thank you," she said, suddenly appearing next to him. She looked at the torn edge of the book,"I sure hope they can fix that." Thoughts started run through her head like crazy,I wonder if he could beat me in a mtach, by my guess, maybe. Was it really necessary for me to go save the window from destruction? Probably not. Does he really care? Probably not. I'm not much to keep tabs on anyways. I sure as heck ain't the brightest crayon in the box when it comes to socializing. Annoying blonde, yep, that's me alright.

[Rudy, I am told my voice looks green]

"Seriously, that was impressive. I mean, you said you were fast but wow. That was fast." He got up slowly from his sitting position. "I've seen a lot of people's powers in action here at NGA but that was probably one of the coolest ones I've seen."

[Kaylee~]

She laughed,"I don't think it's very impressive, butI guess that's just me being me." Callie looked up at him,"Personally, I'd like to see how well you do in battle."

[Rudy, I am told my voice looks green]

"I can handle myself. I've been training a decent amount since I came after the incident that landed me here." He touched his nose gently, a motion that seemed almost subconscious. "But my power itself is nowhere near as useful as yours."

[Kaylee~]

Callie shrugged,"I can see you doing that, you seem like the kind of guy who would know what he's doing. ANd your power si more useful than mine! You could save your life or someone else's with it."

[Rudy, I am told my voice looks green]

"So can you. All mine is good for is fighting. Your's has tons of purposes." Sometimes he wished he had a different power, one with more non-combat uses. But he knew that it wasn't his power that made him special, it was his manipulative capabilities. "But whatever. It was just cool to see your power in action."

[Kaylee~]

Callie smiled slightly, her eyes barely catching a twinkle,"WEll thanks anyways, even though it's hard to agree. Escpecially since I haven't seen yours in action yet."

[Rudy, I am told my voice looks green]

((K, deleting spam.))

"Your welcome, though it is a compliment well deserved." He cocked his head. It was a gamble but it was worth it. "Would you like to? See my power in action, I mean."

[Kaylee~]

CAllie nodded nonchalantly,"Sure why not? I have nothing to lose, and I assume neither do you. But...As long as we keep what we know to ourselves."

[Rudy, I am told my voice looks green]

"Meaning?"

[Kaylee~]

"Meaning that...Whatever we learn...while we fight against eachother, we keep to ourselves."

[Rudy, I am told my voice looks green]

"Who said that we are going to fight against each other?" He feigned surprise again. "I was just saying I'd beat up a few practice dummies for you. I'd get my butt kicked if we went toe to toe."

[Kaylee~]

Callie smirked,"I wouldn't kill you. And I bet my bottom dollar that you wouldn't get your butt kicked either."

[Rudy, I am told my voice looks green]

"I dunno. From what I've seen, you are pretty good with your powers." He shrugged. "If you insist, I'd fight. But I hate getting beat up for no reason."

[Kaylee~]

"I wouldn't hurt you unless you were a threat! Well I mean... like an enemy, so far, you aren't even close," she said.

[Rudy, I am told my voice looks green]

"Thanks, I guess. So where should we go to spar?"

[Kaylee~]

Callie shrugged,"I'm not exactly sure, I don't know this place all that well..."

[Rudy, I am told my voice looks green]

"I'll poke around campus and email you when I find a good place." He gave a brief nod and began to walk off.

[Kaylee~]

Callie sighed,"Okay then." Woah, he knows my email?

[Rudy, I am told my voice looks green]

"Speaking of which..." he turned around, blushing. "What is your email?"

[Kaylee~]

((I don't really know what it is.... should i just make one?!))

[Rudy, I am told my voice looks green]

((Sure, whatever. In game, of course. It can even be something like 'speedster@NGA.org'))

[Kaylee~]

((okay!))

Callie smriked a little," It's c_speed@NGA.org"

[Rudy, I am told my voice looks green]

"Great. I'll be in touch." Jonathan laid down the book and walked off.

((Fadez))

[Kaylee~]

((yep!)

[₪Daughter of the Rain and Snow₪]

Asmera set her laptop on the table, throwing herself down into the chair. The homepage for Youtube was now up, waiting for her to search. Her fingers hovered over the key board as she thought. What to learn today?

[Hope]

The sharp thud of a hard object on a table made Jake look up from his copy of Skeleton Creek, freshly checked out. He saw a girl as he glanced up, bent over a laptop computer from which the bright hompage of Youtube glowed. He smiled and watched for a few seconds before returning to his book, seeing no reason to speak or distract the stranger from her search.

[₪Daughter of the Rain and Snow₪]

Chello. It came to her easilly. Yo Yo Ma. Fingers flying, Asmera drummed her fingers as the screen loaded. It always seemed agonizingly long for some reason or another. She never thought she was that excited to test her ability.

[Hope]

Jake frowned slightly as he turned the page in his book, the quick sound of fingers on keys distracting him slightly. He gave the tiniest notion of a shrug and willed his ears to block out the noise. It was none of his business, at least, not yet, and he had no intention of being impolite and inturrputing.

[₪Daughter of the Rain and Snow₪]

Making sure to mute the sound as to not disrupt others, Asmera clicked play on the screen. As the video started, Asmera braced herself for the twinge at the back of her skull. Her eyes tingled while she stared at the musician's fingers on the neck of the instrument, paying attention to the curve of the bow as it moved across the strings.

[Hope]

((Dude, I can't roleplay if there isn't dialogue. :P))


Jake flipped another page, oblivious to the girl and the computer and absorbed into his book.

[₪Daughter of the Rain and Snow₪]

((improvise, my friend, improvise ;) ))

The twinge started to turn into an ache, the ache turning into a throb. Not again, Asmera thought, forcefully tearing her eyes from the screen, breaking the spell. Reaching out with a sigh, she closed the laptop and buried her face in her hands. "Damnit," she whispered to herself.

[Hope]

((Much harder than it sounds.))


The curse broke through his mental barriers. His ears, it seemed, where specially trained to pick up cuss words. Jake looked up sharply, staring at the girl. "Is something wrong?" he asked, the traces of disapproval in his tone making it clear he didn't approve of her usage of the colorful word. In his time, he had grown tired of such langauage, and at this point, he wasn't going to stand for it.

[₪Daughter of the Rain and Snow₪]

Asmera started, turning to look in the direction the voice had come from. She hadn't even noticed the boy reading. She knew she should apologize for being disruptive, but her head throbbed, limiting her vocabulary to. "Nothing, sorry." She stood up, gathering her laptop.

[Hope]

"Are you sure?" Jake tilted his head to one side curiously, concerned. The girl's eyes as well as her face betrayed the fact that she was in pain. He didn't want to dive into business that was not his, but he always had a soft heart for anyone suffering, be it from loneliness or physical pain. He thought maybe he could help the girl if she told him what was wrong.

[₪Daughter of the Rain and Snow₪]

Asmera nodded, raking back her crimson hair. "Yeah," she said quietly, looking at her feet. "Just a little headache," she lied. "I think I'll just go..." she trailed off, pushing in her chair.

[Hope]

"So soon?" Jake frowned again, studying the girl harder now, trying to find the truth behind whta he had identified as a lie. "If your headache is so bad, at least let me give you a suggestion to cure it." His frown turned upside-down as he grinned, showing amusment. "I've had so many headaches in my years, I could break a world record. I've invented and heard about a lot of cures."