Othergrounds: The IC Edition (Act 8: The Strangest Days have gone By)

Olivia "Livvy" Averton

Livvy had a sharp intake of air when Drake curse: he just said a bad word. Livvy quickly said a prayer for him and barely managed to resist murmuring "ooooooh", the socially required response to anyone doing something like a bad word. Livvy remembered one time she had said a really, really bad word-"sucks"-and her mom...well, her mom hadn't done anything, but her nanny had washed out her mouth with soap. Soap tasted really bad. Livvy didn't say sucks anymore, and also she felt a little nausea when she held bars of soap. This issue would go unresolved for many, many years until she saw Fight Club.

For now, however, the little girl was quiet, holding Mist-Doctor Teddy and looking at the ruined headmaster's house. He like, really needed to clean up this place. It was totally messy. Her parents-well, the nanny-never let her get her house this messy, she always had to clean it up. But she'd always kinda wondered what it would be like if she didn't clean for weeks and weeks and weeks, and holding onto Dragonfly's claw with one hand, Dr. teddy with the other, she giggled softly at how messy this place. As much trouble as Drake was gonna be in? This guy wasn't going to be able to watch TV for like, two whole weeks. Livvy had little difficulty navigating the debris-strewn walkways of the house, stepping over the mounds of broken concrete and wood and what have you with ease. Others were tripping and stumbling, sure, but not the little adventurer herself. To Livvy, the path was lit clearly, her silver eyes twinkling faintly as she hopped up a pile of wood and ran down the other side. She missed the bloodstain underneath it.

But then they left the really messy part and got to the part that was all clean. It reminded Livvy vaguely of the computer lab back at her school, except this one had, like, way bigger computers. Livvy "ooohed" at the cool looking computer, but before she could go start punching keys with wanton disregard for what words they formed, the nice big kid that cooked her food went and started messing with it. Whatever. She'd go play later. But...but what he said after that rattled her a little. The headmaster was making weapons? Forgetting about the cold weight of the handgun in her backpack, Livvy felt another rush of that uneasy, all-too-mature fear. Why...why would he be making weapons? Like guns and stuff? And what were metahumans? Uneasy, not entirely sure why-or at who-Livvy flickered faintly with light, a dancing display of greens and blues outlining the faint silver aura around her. It was minor, perhaps only noticeable if direct attention was paid to the girl-but there nonetheless.

Livvy's hand tightened around Dragonfly's for a moment, quite unconsciously. That wasn't right. Weapons were bad and stuff. I mean, unless they were the ones the Power Rangers used. Livvy happily indulged in memories of her favorite TV shows, fantasizing herself as the Pink Ranger (who else?) and totally saving the day. Lin's less-than-surreptitious journal theft and some of the nuances of the conversations slipped by, and Livvy may have walked out of the headmaster's mansion with no worries whatsoever, had the conversation not taken a rather macabre turn.

Stasis.

The word immediately clicked into her head, the phonetic pronunciation of what she'd seen on signs after crawling out of that terribly claustrophobic tube making since. That was how you said it. Stay-sis. Livvy's fingers threatened to crush Dragonfly's with their sudden intensity and the little girl flickered a little more sporadically, now, a faint whooshing sound, like a sharp breeze across an empty field, coming from nowhere around her. She raised Dr. Teddy up, covering part of her face, and stared straight ahead with the tunnel vision of a deer in the headlights. Olivia Averton did not like that word. She did not like the memories it brought up. It brought up memories of sludge-things crawling towards her so painfully slowly and about to find her and the creepy dark hallways and no no no Dr. Teddy had said they weren't going back there so she wasn't not ever she'd tell them about the gun before she told them about Stasis. Whimpering softly, Livvy kept her eyes glued on her feet (a habit which, previously, had only manifested several times: but the nervous tic was occurring a little more frequently given the Othergrounds' somewhat stressful nature), and the strongest meta-human in the Othergrounds couldn't have torn her away from Dragonfly at that moment. She hadn't even noticed that Dragonfly himself had said a bad word given all the talk of Stasis. It was such a terrible word. It should be a bad word. Livvy tried desperately to force the thoughts out of her head, but it only backfired.

Drake Blackmore, Lin Kentt, Jake Valos & Carmen "Lily" Santo

Song:

Stasis.

The thought of such a place existing never came to Drake - Nor would it have ever came to him until Lin opened her mouth. He just thought these monsters were... Just coming out of no where, and trying to kill them. He looked around the group, keeping that cigarette in between his fingers. He stared at that cigarette with a frown. The urge to smoke was creeping up on him again - When he just wanted to wait until everyone was - Ah, screw it. He cursed himself as he caved in. To Drake, there were far more important things to worry about. He slid the cigarette in between his lips gently, clenching it lightly with his teeth. Drake then pulled out his chrome lighter out of the pocket of his track suit, and lit the cigarette. Smoke came out of the end. He coughed a little bit. Luce wasn't kidding when she said these had more flavor.

"Great..." Lily quietly moaned in response. Now to Lily the situation was becoming less and less... She could barely put it into words. She looked more stressed than ever, she crossed her arms uncomfortably tight and looked quite nervous. All because of this Stasis place. It was where all these maniacs and abominations against god are coming from - The Traitor is likely from there too. Now that the people in charge of gone, the monsters are getting out and they're trapped here; the weight of that prison has been placed on their shoulders - Without them even getting a say in it. No matter how they spin it; they're boxed in a cage with maniacs that they have to fight in order to survive. Lily paced around the room.

All Jake did in response was cross his arms and give Lin a narrow glare that just says "I'm on to you". He shared the same feelings about Stasis as the rest of the group: Confusion, surprise/shock, and fear. Except, he was a bit more focused on something a little bit more pressing... Lin - And how she knows this. Just from the way she looked and talked, he knew that she knew exactly what she was talking about. As far as he's concerned; no average student as access to information like this. That means she's something a bit more than a student. What she could be was the question of the year right now. That's something for another time - He still has a bit of a crush on her. He also sort of forgot that she's a Telepath, and could be reading his mind as he thought. Jake relented his gaze before she noticed him and quickly (and nonchalantly) turned his head away from her. Lin did say something about Shape-shifting, but Jake hasn't seen it in action...

It would appear that everyone was impartial the news of Stasis - From what Lin could tell. She was a bit unsure of. Dragonfly and Livvy look a bit fearful - Or if she took it to an extreme; distressed. For reasons that were an enigma to her - What about Stasis that invoked a particular reaction in them? She kept her mouth shut, however. She didn't even need to be smart to know that they are suspicious of how she even came across such important.

One of the only people who saw knowing about Stasis is a good thing - Was none other than Drake Blackmore. He walked to the specific spot in the room where he would be in the center of the group. He took one pick puff of his cigarette before he did something that'd either make everyone think he's inspirational - Or full of it - Or, hell, both. It didn't matter to him. He put the cigarette in between his index and middle fingers, close to his knuckle as possible. "Now guys..." Drake announces to the group, starting off his grandiose speech. Similar to the one he made the first day he got here when he met Sandy (And he still remembers the agony of crashing!). "... I know everything that has been going on lately has been making us a bit... Stressed but I can tell you that if we work hard enough, things will get better from here in." Drake then balled his right fist, then brought it closer to his face. His entire arm was enshrouded in a thick sheathe of white electricity, leaving his skin and body underneath a shadow. The electricity loudly crackled, as he clenched his fist tighter. "Yeah, we may be attacked by monsters every two seconds, and that Traitor cocksucker may think he's going to win - But, they're really nothing to be afraid of..." Drake faded off, he looked around at the group.

The electricity around his fist disappeared, as he reverted out of that partial transformation, revealing this fist. He smirked smugly. Drake's arm then turned green, was quickly covered in scales and keratin. He continued his speech, "... Since we clearly are strong enough to handle them - Regardless of what they may be packing. Since we have something they don't! But, now, we have an idea of where they may be coming from... Which means we can end this and start enjoying this place for what it REALLY is - A near perfect paradise!" Finally, his arm reverted back to his normal state, no scales, no green skin, no keratin. Drake then choose to selectively transform his arm into the form he got from Lily. Drake's nervous system, and bones, of his arm quickly started glowing bright red. Then the rest of his arm was surrounded with a dim red glow. Drake spoke as grandiose as he possibly could, "So, I personally say we find this 'Stasis' and plug up the hole soon as possible. Think of it like this - It'd be like an... Adventure. Where the handsome cast of lovely heroes, goes out on an journey to stop the bad guy by finding his base and then attacking it in one big final battle - Giving it all they got - And in the end, the good guys win and they all party." Drake started laughing as he reverted back to his human form (Well his arm did). He then put both hands at his side and stood straight up. Drake then put his cigarette right between his lips, clenching it with his teeth, "So, what do you all think? We find the nest of evil or what?" Personally, he thought it was a good idea to find Stasis and handle it however they can. Because in his eyes, Stasis is the source of all their problems and Drake believes that's where the Traitor is really from. Just destroy it, then no more bad guys.

The collective responses of Lin, Lily, and Jake were simply rolling their eyes up into their head. However, they were a bit mixed to the idea of looking for a building full of maniacs. Since there were so many things that could go horribly wrong. What if they let out more? Or worse ones then the one that already escaped? They didn't think it was a good idea.

Celo wrote:

"So has anyone met a girl named Faith here? Or maybe these guys named Nick and Charles? Faith is my step-sister and a meta human so, yeah."

In the middle of all this, Jack asks a completely out of topic question. Jake didn't really know what the guy was all about - Since Jack was mostly falling under the annoying, stupid, pain in the @ss category - And Jake knew he wasn't the only one thinking this. Jake nonchalantly answered, "Nope. I know there's a lot of people here, people I haven't met."

"Look at it this way, Jack. Be glad that you know she isn't here." Lily simply inserts, nearly sounding hostile.

"I know a few places that might interest, or prove to have something useful." Lin nonchalantly inserts, "I can take us to them."


Charles Blackmore


The group arrived at the front gates of the Headmaster's Mansion. With no reason at all given to why they've elected to here. Or how they got here. Or what they hope to gain, from coming here. It's all a question that will never get an answer. Charles wasted no time in scurrying inside of the mansion. The front gates were already opened from the previous guests - So he just quickly made his way inside. Ignoring all the front door being blown open and the fact that he could have just marched into a monster. Charles didn't care, he just wanted to get inside, because being outside creeped him out - And he still isn't in the right of mind. Charles looked around the main hall of the mansion - Where he stood in the middle of. He was amazed that this much damage was done to the mansion. When this place probably used to look amazing and probably could again, if someone did some work to it. "Woah... This place looks trashed... But, still looks better than my house..." Charles stated the obvious, "You guys think we can... Find something here? I mean, where exactly do you think we should look in this place?"

((Okay, didn't have too much to write about here, perhaps we can go somewhere with this))


Victor "Vito" Villarian

ViperaUnion wrote:

"The faculty here never talked about anything they didn't want us to find out. We don't know where your things are, Vito. If they told us wherever our confiscated stuff was, we'd be too tempted to go try and get it back. For all we know, any communication stuff we got was destroyed altogether.

This was rather disappointing. He at least wanted a hint for where he could find his stuff. He could be without his cellphone - All he wants is his whips. But, darn. He'll have to come up with something in the mean time. Maybe he'll get a chain, yeah that'll work. Vito turned his head to the left, then turned his head to the right. Just to look around. When he focused his gaze back on the group, he specifically placed his attention on the girl in the hoodie. "A'right." He says, putting his hands into his pockets. Vito, blatantly, dug into his pockets for a moment or two. Then he pulled out a quarter. Not just any quarter, a bent and mangled quarter, which looked pretty damaged. Vito did that damage himself.

ViperaUnion wrote:

"This is Toby, Nicole, Pedro, and Frillerfang; you can call me Bones, everyone else does. We got another member of our group doing something at the moment, but Sandy's an animal-meta, looks kind of like a vampire bat, if you see her."

"Nice to meet all of ya'." Vito kindly says to the enormous group. Now Vito knew there was a golden opportunity here. Vito was always a person that tries to prove his worth - In and out of situations like these. They seem to be missing a member of their group, so he thought about going to help find her. Which seems like the perfect plan since he'll probably need help getting out of here. Unless it all falls apart and they end up wasting their time. "Oh ya', I can help all of ya' head out and find ya' friend... Or anything ya' need help with. I always seem to be callin' me-self the helpful one here"

There were also some other small questions he wanted to ask, "... Oh, and befo' I forget. I'm new 'ere and I would like to know... Anything helpful, really." Vito starts off, sounding a bit nervous. He was trying his best not to sound like an idiot throughout all of this. Since he's scared, and nervous. Both of those combined tends to never go well for him. "Like, who are some people here I should know of...? What are some important places...? Ya' know."

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Crystal
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Crystal winced when Drake brought up going to the stasis. Just being in their current location was dangerous enough. Being at what amounts to a monster base? No thanks. Crystal smiled, "I honestly don't like the idea. If you guys go, sorry but I won't. When that thing attacked in the basement, I was defenseless. I don't want that again. So yeah, no thanks."

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Jack
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Jack said nothing when Drake suggested going to the Stasis. He hadn't really been paying attention to the conversation, so he didn't know what to say. Apparently, though, no one had ran into Faith or her friends. While he enjoyed pranking people, Jack did have some good morals, "Yeah, it is good they're not here." He noticed Livvy seemingly frightened. Jack glanced at Jake and Dragonfly. He knew those two definately had a dislike for him. He could change their views on him a bit... before knocking their dislike for him back down. That could be fun. While secretly Jack did want to cheer up Livvy to keep her from crying, he convinced himself it was for the sake of a prank. He kneeled in front of Livvy so that he was at her eyelevel and smiled. "Cheer up, okay?" he placed an illusion on himself that was ment to make Livvy happy and let it last a few moments before fading. Jack stood back up and turned to the group, changing his mind on speaking about the stasis. "So fighting monsters, hmmmm? Sounds fun. I like the idea," Jack smirked.

((Yes, every now and then Jack will be nice. But it will be very, very rare))

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Faith (no Lexy post cuz I gtg soon)
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Faith looked around the mansion nervously. There could be anyone- or anything- lurking around the corner. Yikes. She made sure to stay beside Nick with the pet Eye of hers at her other side. When Charles asked about where they should search, Faith frowned, deep in thought. "How about w-we look for weapons? O-or maybe, um... I like the idea of finding electronics, th-though it's biased."

Seth

There was no shred doubt that things had gone to hell, not when the head honchos quarters have been trashed. Seth didn't care bout specifics, they filled themselves in. He lifted a leg and strolled confidently into the building and surveyed the damage. A bullet hole in one of the walls caught his attention. "I don't think it was a meta that broke in, but that isn't to say we're the only ones who thought to come here." He stood before Charles. "There's definitely information in here, we should try the headmasters personal computer." After a moment of examining the architecture Seth said "I believe it's in this direction." He motioned for the others to follow.


Emily

Emily stared at her nails out of boredom. "This place isn't as nice as I anticipated." She shuffled along without looking where she was going, but somehow uncannily avoided every tripping hazard. Her attention was aroused by a soft mixed sounds coming from deeper within. With each step it became more distinguishable, until she could make out individual voices. She didn't hear what they were saying, but it did mean others were here. So Seth was right. This should be interesting. At his beckon Emily coolly interjected. "There's a group of others here, in fact they're in that very direction." She skipped ahead of Seth and took the lead herself "Lets go say hi."

Drake, Lily, Lin, & Jake.

Celo wrote:

"Cheer up, okay?"

Jake particularly watched Jack go over to Livvy and tried to comfort her. Jake has mixed feelings in regards to this. He was sure this was some sort of trick or half-assed - Then again, I'm not much better- attempt to sway people's, likely poor, opinions of him. In either case, Jake was simply impartial to this. If he said anything all he'd accomplish was making himself look like an ass.

Celo wrote:

"So fighting monsters, hmmmm? Sounds fun. I like the idea," Jack smirked.

"I know ri..." Drake said with a smug tone, before abruptly cutting himself off. He peered at Lily, who he knew would not approve of enjoying. He did find fighting a little fun - A little. Just the rush of fighting for his life, and flashing the immense power he was naturally blessed with - All for justice, of course. Drake decided to keep this to himself, for reasons obvious. When he spoke, he tried to sound like a reasonable figure, falling flat in the process, "... Well... It won't be fun. It'll be serious business, I mean...." Drake looked around briefly, "People can get hurt." He shrugged, before taking in another inhale of smoke from his cigarette.

"... It won't sound fun when you're dead, Jack." Lily mutters, unintentionally loudly enough for Jack to her, her voice laced with venom. The idea of going to Stasis was particularly a stupid idea. Easily the stupidest idea that's ever come out of Drake's mouth. Not because of her habit of saying "no" to everything - Because these monsters are injuring people left and right every time they show up. Lily pouted and crossed her arms even tighter. "What we should do, instead of these stupid plans, Drake" Lily spoke Drake's name sharply, like an insult, "-Is worry about getting out of here... Then we wouldn't need to deal with all the maniacs here, would we?"

"Eh, I guess you're right." Drake mutters under his breathe in response. Taking another inhale of cigarette smoke, before exhaling all of it, letting out one big puff of smoke. While just about everyone would disagree with him, Drake wasn't too eager to leave the school - Hell, if he was reaching deep inside of himself, he could even say he wanted to stay here. The first day he was here and this place was paradise. No rules, lots of interesting people (He's learned there's much more to Metas) and they practically have a town all to themselves. Then the Zizz showed up - Then the Traitor. The easiest way to solve these problems is to take care of this Traitor and plug up Stasis. Now, he figured that the group should get a move on already, they obviously have seen everything they were going to here - And Lin mentioned a place that'd interest them. "Yeah, yeah, let's head outta' here. Lin you said something about a few places that'd interest us...?"

"Mhm. Come on, this way." Lin says softly as she turned towards the exit and took two steps before abruptly stopping. Turning her head back towards the group. There was something she needed to say to. She let her, somewhat innate, knowledge of the school nonchalantly slip - Made even worse since it's supposed to be top-secret. She hadn't intended on giving up anymore information at this point. Lin spoke politely again, "I would appreciate it if none of you mention my name if you decide to discuss Stasis with the others, please." She got her request across, speaking concisely.

At this point, Lily had sensed Meta-humans - Instead of one, she sensed multiple. Around six. What was troubling that she could tell that a few of them were powerful - That was a bit distressing. Since the only heavy hitter they here currently is Drake, and Lily knew that he can't take on several people at once. She got visibly worried if this new group. Before she could even mention it, it would appear that Dragonfly's already on it.

TheOperator wrote:

"Sstay quite. Drake, if you can sstealth do it now. Jake, make sure Livvy doessnt get sseen. Jack, try not to be an idiot."

Without even giving it a second thought, Jake snapped his fingers and crafted an expert illusion. A dome of invisibility formed around the group. Shielding them from visibility from the outside - Yet, they all could see each other. This was the best way to make sure that the group stays hidden. Even if they are detected, Jake's illusions could be used to easily get the group a clean getaway, or assist the group in a fight. Jake would have done this regardless of if Dragonfly told him to or not.

"Heh, on it." Drake says, balling his fists up, and thrusting his fist forward in a punching motion. He decided to use his Lizard form for this - Because his good friend Dragonfly can turn invisible. Starting from his knuckles, his skin quickly turned green and formed thick scales - The transformation seemingly traveled up his arm. The rest of his body quickly transformed into his lizard form. Drake quickly inhaled another puff of cigarette smoke, before exhaling it - Out of his nose. Now, he knew that Dragonfly was going to get ahead of him - Since his good friend Dragonfly tends to do that. Drake wanted to cloak and follow along. The only problem was that he didn't know how to cloak. It took him weeks of practice with his Lightning form to get where he is now. Drake knew that he'd have to learn real quick. He closed his eyes and concentrated really hard. Like he devoted all of his mind to trying to cloak. Drake felt like he is really close... And felt something horribly wrong occur. He felt something down there. Then he felt nothing - Which was the problem, something's was clearly missing. His eyes widened with horror - And his facial expression turned to one of pure terror. Like he saw something both horrifying and shocking occur. "Woah, woah, woah, hold up."

Drake quickly reverted out of his lizardman-form. The drastic changes he got from that form were quickly undone. Drake then felt something even stranger in the chest area. He frantically felt around the left side of his chest, with his right hand. Drake then grabbed his pants and boxers by the waistband and stretched them to check the contents. Only to see something that'd cause him utter despair and shock. Drake dropped to his knees and screamed at the top of his lungs, "WHAT THE F*CK!??!" His voice boomed and echoed throughout the mansion (Revealing their position to the "other inhabitants" of the mansion). In the process of all of this; his cigarette fell out of his mouth and landed on the group.

"Um... Drake... What the hell is wrong with you?" Lily asks, extremely confused about Drake's sudden strange behavior.

While Drake was freaking out, Lin chose to read his mind - And got some surprising info out of his head. She knew exactly what happened to him. Lin cupped her mouth with her left hand, keeping her purse held tight with her other hand. She choose to keep this to herself, it was embarrassing enough for Drake.

That was when Drake realized that he f*cked up something in his vain attempts at cloaking. Something important. He accidentally changed his gender - He's no longer a man. While Drake still retained the appearance of a male, he just had the organs of a girl now. Drake sobbed, staying on his knees, "... Oh god... What the f*ck... My d*ck's gone! I f*cking lost it!"

"Okay, okay, what are you talking about?" Jake stepped in and spoke, just as confused as everyone else, "I don't think we should be talking about this in the presence of children..." As he spoke, his eyes peered towards Livvy.

"I don't know! I was trying to turn invisible and now I have a vag... I turned into a girl. I don't know how or why the hell this just happened..." Drake sobbed, extremely distressed about what happened. "Oh god, I have to find Dragonfly! He has to know how to fix this..."

This is when things got very awkward for everyone - The room went silent.

"Uh..." Lily moans, looking around. She had no idea about what to say.




Charles Blackmore.


When Charles heard the loud thud in the direction that Nick went into. He quickly (and quietly) debated whether he should investigate or not. He closed his eyes and tilted his head downward. Well, if he was in the position that Nick was in - Then he was sure that people would come in and save his ass if it ever came down to it. Charles then was filled with heroic bravery. Ready to leap head first into action, and kick some ass. Charles reached into his outfit and pulled out his broken silver locket, which has Sand Manipulation stored in it, and an electric-like light came out of the locket and traveled up his arm, into his head. The broken glass around the room began to rise several inches into the air until they halted and floated steadily. But, by then the scene with Dragonfly and Nick had ended - They were coming out. Now, Charles knew things were probably about to get awkward - Or he was awkward. Whatever. Since he's always felt that way when he gets riled up for action and gets let down. "Oh, uh, hey. Nick... Thought something happened to you there..." Charles nonchalantly coughed, covering his mouth with his fist. "Uhh..." Once again, Charles had little to no idea of what to say nor do.

Then he heard the loud yell in the distance that sounded very familiar. "... Drake?" Charles says, to no one in particular, as he looked in the direction of the yell.



Johnny, Gabe, & Sylvia.



Coming soon...



Victor "Vito" Villarian.



Coming soon...

Emily and Seth

Seth just continued walking as usual, he didn't feel anything else was necessary. The chances were it was just another group of students who had the same idea as them. When Emily passed him he made no attempt to stop her. The fact that he was assigned to work with her told him that she was beyond dangerous. Besides the patchy psyche evaluation said she was rebellious and didn't like to be told what to do. Hope she doesn't cause any problems. He picked up his pace to make sure.

Emily halted at a pungent reptilian smell accompanied by scuffling and scraping sounds on the wall. Vibrations that traveled down into the floor told her whatever it was, it was large. To her disappointment it was closer Nick than her. That's when it leaped at him. She clenched her fist and outstretched her arm towards the lizard. Hmmm, should I let him have all the fun? Emily didn't get to decide either way prior to them recognizing each other.

Someone entered Seth's influence range and he also stopped. Hey Nick, lookout! It was already too late for his warning. Something crashed to the ground and pulled him into the shadows. He dashed forward and called out "Stand down." Shortly afterwards Nick came out of the darkness supporting a lizard man. "Hello Dragonfly, I'm Seth. Are you a student here?" Seth placed his hands in his pockets and headed in his original direction. Suddenly there was yelling from up ahead. The teacher sprinted towards the source without a second thought.

On the other hand Emily burst out laughing. She was now close enough to make out words, especially the guy who erased his manhood. Charles said aloud the name of the brother he talked about earlier. Now this was just too good. "You have two sister's now." Her tone was quite giddy. "Come see for yourself." She twirled around and flashed Charles a cheeky grin before running after Seth. As Emily passed Nick and Dragonfly she reached out and brushed a scaly shoulder with her finger tips. Her touch was gentle, but her skin was cold and unyielding. "Good thing you didn't land on me lizard boy." She said softly before continuing on her way.

Crystal and Jack
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Crystal winced when Dragonfly left.  She had enough of this place- to many dangers for anyone to experience.  These sort of things were only supposed to happen in action movies, not in actual life to an actual person.  Then again, in a normal, real life people aren't supposed to have super powers like mind reading and all that junk.  She was knocked out of her train of thought by Drake's yelling.  She jumped, not expecting the yelling.

Wait, WHAT happened to Drakes...? Oh, no no no no.  This is just too weird.  Yep, just another day in the othergrounds.  Crystal's face turned red in response to the awkward situation as she slowly placed her hands on Livvy's ears, trying to keep the young girl from hearing any more of the awkward situation.  "You better not ask me to heal that..." she mumbled, trying to remain serious despite how awkward- and admittedly funny- the situation was.

Jack, meanwhile, was laughing. A lot.  He spoke in between fits of laughter, "I'm sorry... it's just... so unexpected.... and award... it's funny!" He stopped laughing for a moment and looked at the doorway, "So does anyone have any idea on who exactly is here?"


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Faith and Lexy
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theOperator wrote:

"Faith, you have the power to control just about the entirety of the Othergrounds. From what I've gathered we're in a dome that's allowing the rain to fall electrically. You can CONTROL that you know. And just about anything else. The whole place is your weapon." Nick said. "You're one of the most powerful metas here."

Faith blushed when Nick made the statement.  She had always considered him to be the most powerful.  To receive praise for her powers was new to her.  She smiled, still blushing, "thank you." Faith watched as Nick walked off.

It was then that  she heard a thud coming from the direction of where he had just walked.  Faith's face changed from one of content to one of horror. Hadn't Lexy mentioned something about a traitor?  Nick could be hurt! "Nick?! Are you okay?" it was one of the few times that Faith actually raised her voice as she ran towards where she heard the thud, not even thinking about if she could get hurt or not.  Thankfully, it was Dragonfly.  Not some traitor person.  "Thank goodness, it's Dragonfly," Faith sighed, her relief evident.  "I'm glad you're okay," she smiled before turning to Dragonfly, "Are y-you okay?" it was then she heard someone yelling.  "That was a f-friend, I hope?" she added in.  

True Night wrote:

As Emily passed Nick and Dragonfly she reached out and brushed a scaly shoulder with her finger tips. Her touch was gentle, but her skin was cold and unyielding. "Good thing you didn't land on me lizard boy." She said softly before continuing on her way.

faith winced, hoping Dragonfly wasn't offended.  She watched as Emily walked away. "That's Emily.  She's an, um.... friend.  Please don't take anything she says personal.  I think she's a bit too sure of herself."


Lexy had then caught up with Faith, Dragonfly, Nick, and Charles.  She had been busy looking around the mansion.  Nothing of interest, so far. She smiled at Dragonfly.  He looked like a giant lizard- how adorable! She loved animals, even lizards.  It's funny- she had never really been afraid of the animals normal people would think girls like her would be afraid of.  Snakes, spiders, and all that stuff just didn't creep her out.  She just found them- and really all animals- cute.  "Ooooooh, hi!" she smiled, looking at Dragonfly. "I'm Lexy, nice to meet ya'!"  it was beginning to become a common greeting for her- say her name then say it's no=ice to meet the person before they can reply with their names.  

Faith glanced at Lexy when she had introduced herself before turning back to Dragonfly.  "And th-there's another friend. Lexy is, um.... talkative," she smiled nervously, feeling awkward introducing people.  She shrugged off the thought, though- the more she did it, maybe she would get used to it and get more used to talking people.  She had already improved quite a bit compared to a year ago- at that time she would barely talk at all and most of the time she avoided talking completely.  While she may still sometimes avoid talking, it wasn't as often as it used to be.

Faith hadn't really payed attention to what Drake had been yelling, but when Nick began asking Charles to clarify what Drake had said and she found out, Faith's face turned a bright red. How is something like that possi- nevermind, she didn't want to ask. nick then apologized for the awkward conversation. "I-it's, um...fine?" Faith ended her sentence with a question, unsure of whether or not her reply was correct, since there was no way that a guy's sudden gender change being yelled throughout the hallways was "fine."

Then Nick brought up the gun. "Thank you," Faith smiled before looking around nervously."I'm curious about who all's upstairs, but I'm kinda scared of what I would see," a smile tugged at her lips, though a blush remained evident on her face.

Johnny, & Gabe.


After the encounter with Jesse had ended, Johnny had finally moved on to the cafeteria. He was expecting to see Jake cooking for a full room of people... Only to see nobody, but Jake's twin, Gabe, leaning up against the furthest wall. Johnny was a bit surprised to be greeted with an empty room. He quickly walked over to Gabe, looking a bit exasperated, "Yo, Gabe! Where the hell is Jake?"

"Eh, he ran off on some trip to the mansion with some of the others, dunno." Gabe says, blankly, shrugging. She was leaning up against the wall with her arms crossed and gave Johnny a narrow glare.

"What...? Who are the others?" Johnny asked in a irritated tone, a bit annoyed by the news that Jake isn't here. Merely because he wanted to at least have Jake on his side on this mission.

"... Blackmore, Lily, the China-girl, Crystal, our good friend Dragonfly, some annoying no-name and the little sewer-rat they've pulled out of the basement hours back." Gabe answers his question blankly as before.

"... And you let him run off with a possible suspect? Seriously Gabe, if he really wanted to go, you should have went with him." Johnny and Gabe exchanged narrow glares after their exchange had ended. Johnny nonchalantly looked away, "... Fine. No point in b*tchin' about it now, eh? Jake is more than capable of handling himself. I guess we'll have to do this without the Master Illusionist..."

"Hehahaha... What evil schemes are we up to this time?" Gabe asks in response, a mischievous grin crept up on her face.

"Thanks to that idiot-girl, Lexy, we now have... Some details, on our friend, Hunter, he's looking to dispose of some 'key' evidence in the sudden disappearance of Jia-li...." Johnny starts off, looking around the desolate lunchroom, "So, we're going to beat him to the punch, and head to the hospital."



Drake Blackmore & Lin Kentt.

Celo wrote:

"I'm sorry... it's just... so unexpected.... and award... it's funny!" He stopped laughing for a moment and looked at the doorway

"F*ck you. Yeah, I really mean it, f*ck off! I wouldn't be laughing at you if you were the one going through this!" Drake yelled at Jack, who was loudly laughing at him. While he would be so laughing at Jack if he by any chance lost his manhood, he didn't appreciate this one bit. So there he was, on his knees, he was sad, horrified, and shocked, all about the lost of his penis. All the good times he had with it are all gone. Like going to the bathroom. The worst of it all was explaining it to people, and what else will happen to him. He desperately wanted to find a way to return to being a male. For the first time in ages, he regretted getting a power. Because up until now, he thought having a power is easily. No more. Hell, he would give up his power just to go back to being a boy. Drake swore that he'd never use Dragonfly's power again. Never. Never. Never. He might grow t*ts next time. Drake totally forgot about what was going on before - And ignored the fact that Dragonfly hadn't come back yet. "... Seriously, what the hell did I do? I just... Want my manhood back."

Lin was sort of an expert when it comes to gender changing - She had no clue what Drake did, but she thought that she can help him. At least by giving him a sort of a substitute, until he gets this sorted out. In addition to her telepathy, Lin can also shape-shift into virtually anyone - As long as there isn't too big of a mass difference. She remembered Drake mentioning his power was the ability to copy powers... Bleh. Lin didn't know the exact details of, but for his sake, it will work. Lin slowly approached Drake and leaned forward, over top of the sobbing Blackmore. She spoke softly, and tried to sound nonchalant as possible, to hide the awkwardness, "Drake... I am sort of an expert when it comes to... These incidents." She started off, standing straight up and holding her purse with both hands. "I believe I can assist you. You mentioned that you have the ability to... Copy powers, earlier?"

"... Yes.. Why's it matter anymore...?" Drake sobs.

After he spoke, Lin extended her arm to Drake, taking a risk because it could be lethal. She was reading his mind anyway, if he had any sinister intents then she'd know before he even have a chance to enact them. "I..." Lin faded off, looking around at the group. She was fine with her power being known to the group, as she was more concerned with the secrets about the school- Well, staying secrets. Lin then finished her statement, speaking jovially, "... Can loan you my shape-shifting, if you really want it."

Without even giving it a second thought, Drake ripped off his glove and immediately clenched on to Lin's wrist. He saw a solution to his problem and he took it. The very moment the flesh of the two teenagers touched, what appeared to be a green electricity, illuminated the nervous system [Solely on their hands]. It was a reaction of the Meta-human energy colliding, and Drake absorbing a small amount of it. Not too much to effect Lin's power in any noticeable way. The reaction quickly faded away into nothing - However, by now, Drake was already transforming into a form derived from Lin's ability. His features went "Blank", his face and body went smooth, and he lost all of his facial features, instead his face and body were just blank. Having a Slenderman-Like appearance. He had no lips, nose, ears, and his eyes were just black holes. His skin was pale - But, still was undeniably human. His entire body was enshrouded in a thick blurry air, that appeared to be vibrating heavily, which made his already existing features hard to see. His transformation was complete and he was looking at his hands. Unfortunately, he reached the limit on how many powers he could store inside himself at once - And discarded his very first form he's received, his Electric form. Meaning Thunder God(dess) status has been officially revoked. Drake lifted up his head to Lin, "... What now?"

Lin then put her hands on the sides of his head, and softly said, "Close your eyes, blot out everything else, and focus on me, and my thoughts..." These were instructions on how to Shape-shift. Since Lin has more-or-less mastered the art of Shape-shifting, and has even learned how to freely alter her body - To an extent. Drake apparently didn't have these skills off the bat, however. Which means she'll have to teach him a few tricks. It did feel a little nice having to teach someone else the ropes - Like having a little sibling trying to learn a skill you got down.

Drake closed his "eyes" and tilted his head downward. He tried to blot out everything, but he was far from perfect. With the horror of losing his danglang in mind. He focused on Lin hard as he could, and slowly, but surely, penetrated her mind and started reading her thoughts. "Alright, I'm..."

In my head? Lin quickly thinks, which Drake picks up and stops himself there. She was reading his mind too. Like a sort of mental phone conversation. This is one of the few times that Lin has ran into another Telepath whose power was strictly limited to reading minds. Now that you've got the bare-bones of telepathy down, focus on my thoughts. At this point Lin started visualizing Drake the best she could. She had already seen enough of his body to get a near accurate visualization of the second Blackmore. Maybe she would have gotten a few imperfections here and there, but she got the important stuff down (His general appearance, his gender, his face, etc).

Now what? All Drake was getting was images of himself, and he was confused - Until he realized that this must be apart of the shape-shifting.

Drake, don't think. Focus on my image of you, then... Envision, yourself, as the person... Envision really, REALLY hard. Lin thought the instructions for what he should do to shape.

Following the instructions that Lin has given him, he devoted all thought process to envisioning himself as the person in the thought - Who so happened to be himself! After a few seconds, his body began to change. The blurry air got thicker and thicker, until it was near impossible to see what was going on, under the sheathe. His body was changing drastically. After a minute or two, the blurry air faded away - Revealing Drake, as he should look. Outwardly, it was perfect shape-shift into himself, barring a few imperfections. The best part was that his dong is where it should be - But, it felt a little smaller than it should be. He stood straight up and examined himself, looking at his hands and the rest of his body - With Lin's hands still glued on to the side of his head. Drake was still reading Lin's mind. He promptly thought to Lin, just in case she was still listening, Cool, you can become anyone with this, yes?

You're welcome. And yes, I can. If I am correct, you have Telepathy and Shape-shifting. Both are very useful if you are a person like me. I suggest that you get some practice in with both powers, you can do quite a bit... Just a request; don't abuse either ability. I just wouldn't be able to live with myself if you use my ability for all the wrong reasons. Lin thought. After Drake shape-shifted into what he should normally look like, Lin let go of him and took steps back, until she was a few feet away from him. "Don't forget you're still truly a girl - Like normally, naturally, you are. You have to find a solution to that... Problem." Lin quickly inserts, almost in an attempt to shoot Drake down. "... Think of this as... Short term solution, yes?"

"Ah, Lin, thank you for that, and I should inform you that I'm normally, naturally, a boy - But, we should get back to business and forget about this, eh...?" Drake says, near-sarcastically, nervously looking around at the group in the process. It was nice to at least appear like he should, with his organs right where they belong. "... What the hell were we doing before this went down?" Now that he got a substitution, he calmed down quite a bit. Except there was still that utter shock about losing his manhood. Something he'll never be able to get back - On his own. For now, he'll have to compensate with having to shape-shift into himself. But, it felt... False. It felt fake. Like Drake knew that Shape-shifting would never hide what he is. On the inside.

Damn, I need another cigarette... Drake thought to himself - Before he heard Dragonfly's voice and turned his attention.

TheOperator wrote:

"Drake, what'ss wrong?" Dragonfly said as he made it back up. Just as Drake began to yell about his penis wang disappearing. "What the hell..." Dragonfly said under his breath. He could change gender? Had he been female all this time, or male? He had no idea. He wondered how that ability would even be beneficial. Could he impregnate himself if he needed to? Hermaphrodite? "Drake, what did you DO TO YOURSSELF?!"

"Nothing! NOTHING AT ALL! I am A-OKAY!" Drake shouted back at Dragonfly, in a tone that gave away that he certainly was not. Trying his damn near hardest to hide the problem he had here. Drake quickly ran out of the room, and started heading towards Dragonfly without even thinking about it. Anyone gets in his way and he'd kick their ass. While he ran, his hurried footsteps echoed throughout the desolate halls of the mansion. "DF! We need to talk! Now!" Drake shouted as he ran down the halls.


((Jake and Lily are too awe-struck to even move, let alone talk))


Charles Blackmore.

Veriska wrote:

You have two sister's now." Her tone was quite giddy. "Come see for yourself." She twirled around and flashed Charles a cheeky grin before running after Seth.

"Uh, right..." Charles gave Emily a blatant, and confused, glare after she spoke. Charles had no idea what the hell the girl was talking about - Two sisters? That makes no sense what so ever. Last time he checked he has a brother and a sister. He just nonchalantly passed it off as Emily just teasing him - But, he honestly didn't want to find out what she meant or what Drake was talking about. He was more concerned with finding his brother, since it's more than confirmed that he's here. In the school the fifth circle of hell.

Celo wrote:

"Thank goodness, it's Dragonfly," Faith sighed, her relief evident.  "I'm glad you're okay," she smiled before turning to Dragonfly, "Are y-you okay?" it was then she heard someone yelling.  "That was a f-friend, I hope?" she added in.  

"You know this... Thing?" The glass that Charles was levitating gently dropped on to the ground. He looked around, then looked at the strange Lizardman. He whipped out that silver locket and put Sand Manipulation back inside. A green, electric-like, light came out of his head and traveled down his arm into the locket. Charles quickly pocketed the locket and started marching towards the source of the yelling where he presumed he'd find Drake (And maybe Victoria). He was ready to go after Seth and Emily - Well, he followed a few steps behind them. Charles was far from the heroic type that'd charge in headfirst and get hurt. It also may not be a good idea to go over to this new group - Just from the way that Dragonfly attacked Nick So, he was going to let them go ahead and get hurt for him! His family would be proud of his bravery!

TheOperator wrote:

"Wait, dude," Nick said, looking over to his friend, Charles. "Did Drake just say his sausage disappeared?"

Again with the gender changing. Charles thought to himself as the awkwardness overcame him. The last thing that Charles wanted to know was what blunder Drake accomplish this time - ESPECIALLY, since it involves his genitals. It's best to say that siblings never want to know anything about each other's genitals. "Let me ask you a question, Nick," Charles nonchalantly pushed his glasses up his nose by the bridge as he spoke. Charles stared at Nick, like he was disappointed in him. "... Do you really want to know? Because I don't. I really. Really. Really. Don't. I just want to go find my brother and sister and we go get ice-cream - And not discuss our genitals..." This day is getting worse and worse by the f*cking minute! I would have enjoyed not even having this information.



Victor "Vito" Villarian.


Vito listened quietly as Bones described the school and a few people of note. After she finished, he crossed his arms and spoke, "I'll def' keep all of dis' in mind." The Detention Center sounded like a place he should hit up if he's going to look for his whips and slingshots. All the wants is one whip, and he'll have a fighting chance against whatever this place throws at him. He'll go in the morning, he'll maybe go check out the lab. Due to Vito's ability, he's quite durable. He's easily able to drop several stories and get hit by trucks, and still walk - Like an absolute badass. Now, Stun Grenades thrown at him won't be able to. Because he can basically redirect them freely - Turn the grenades against his opponents. He clenched the broken coin in hand, and looked at the group at large. So far, they seem to be quite nice, albeit very untrusting.

"Now... I ain't tryin' to boast; but I'm tough'a than I look, ya' see." Vito flipped the coin up into the air, it went a few feet. Vito then pointed forward, and concentrated on the coin a bit. Then five, small, smooth, noodle-y beams of what appears to be light appeared and the coin was seemingly carried along the light. Like it was a path for the coin. Vito crafted these beams and formed a circle. Making an infinite loop around the group, above their heads. The coin was moving at high speeds, and kept spinning around the group as long as he concentrated. Vito then clapped his hands together, and spoke to the group, "Well, ya' I can deflect pretty much anythang that can be thrown, and I can take whatever does hit me." Now he probably looked like a massive show off.

Emily and Seth

Emily had her back to Dragonfly, but her voice was projected as if she was facing him. "No really. My power's reactive and we could have had a mishap." This much was true. She didn't mention her itch to fight. It all would have been over so quickly and all in the name of self defense. He did after all strike first ask questions later, just because Nick knew him didn't change anything. In her mind Dragonfly should be dead. She shrugged it off without react to any of the other comments made about her, she'd show them what''s what later. With so many meta humans around it was only a matter of time before tensions rose, no need to rush it.

Seth came up the stairs just as Drake ran off deeper into the mansion. The area appeared deserted, but he knew the others hadn't left. He reached his hands skyward in gesture of surrender and called out "Hey, I'm a teacher; not an enemy. You can drop the invisibility." His pace slowed until he came to a standstill approximately twenty feet from the group.  "Is somebody having a power crisis? Maybe I can help." Emily fell in behind Seth unquestioning of his address to nothingness. They might be unseen, but Emily smelt their perspiration, heard each breath and heartbeat. She stepped in front of Seth and said "We're all friendly here."

Jack
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Jack yelped in surprise when acid was shot at him before chuckling. "Okay- I'll stop," Jack said, swallowing down another laugh. He didn't see the big deal- he knew that if he were in such a predicament others would laugh, as well. Either way, he had to cooperate with this Dragonfly fellow, considering he didn't seem to have much restraint. It was then that Emily and Seth arrived. Jack stepped out of Jake's illusion and smirked. They could probably hear them talking, anyways. If they didn't... oh well. "Guess you caught me. I surrender," Jack held up his hands jokingly in surrender.

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lexy
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Lexy watched Dragonfly run past. She shrugged before heading in the direction she had earlier heard yelling from and saw Seth and Emily run towards, ignoring Drake as he rushed past. There were probably others upstairs. She eventually arrived next to Emily and Seth, who were in front of some guy who seemed to have a permanent grin on his face. Well, there's someone who seemed happier then most- that was good, right? Lexy smiled brightly, "Hi!"

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Faith
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When Charles called Dragonfly a thing, Faith was about to speak up when Nick did for her. She smiled back at him when he agreed with her. Faith jumped when she saw Drake and Dragonfly run past. When Nick headed outside, she silently followed, stopping at the doorway a moment before stepping out into the rain, this time slipping the hood of her jacket onto her head. Why hadn't she thought of doing that earlier? Either way, it was good to have one.

Just as she was approaching Nick, he was muttering about getting himself hurt from... thinking too much? She smiled softly, placing a hand on his shoulder. "I'm sorry things are so crazy. Things'll calm down soon, i think. For now, though..." Faith glanced at the mansion, "Once you're done maybe we should see if there's any possible friends who could help us out wherever the yelling came from? If not, it's fine. I think we all need a break."

Drake, & Charles

Sawng:

In the rush of looking for Dragonfly, Drake neglected to realize that at the end of this particular hallway were stairs. The moment he was at the first stair, he slipped and landed back first with a bang on the stairs. Falling down a few stairs in the process. It hurt a bit, but the pain of losing his penis overwhelmed the pain of falling. What he wanted to do was find Dragonfly this instant and get his d*ck back - Well, real d*ck, he was unsure of the exact details of Lin's shape-shifting ability. Drake laid there, on the stairs, for a few moments. These moments on his back made him feel like a real woman. Why... He thought to himself, as a tear of utter defeat ran down his face.

"... Drake...?" Charles asked, confused about what he saw (And heard). He pushed his glasses up his nose and kept his attention on him. There was no doubt about it. The way he looked, there was no doubt about this being the Drake Charles knows. Well, usually, Drake doesn't usually look so defeated.

After hearing his name, Drake raised his head steadily, still in pain from the drop, he saw the one person he wasn't expecting to see here: his, younger by a year, brother: Charles Blackmore. Drake immediately recognized him - Not because his body type matched, not because of his face, but, because of his enormous forehead. One that Drake stated would be able to be seen from the moon itself. Drake slowly rose to his feet and looked at Charles, "D*mn, didn't expect your big fore-headed @ss to be here, ha." Drake looked at Charles and noticed the blood, "What happened to you? You look worse than you usually do."

"It's a long story - Wait, I should be the one asking questions here." Charles quickly changed subjects after he realized something. "When did you get here? Why didn't you tell me that you have a power? I mean come on, It would have been so cool if you and Vic told me you had powers."

"... Heh, you know, when I got here, I asked Toria the same question." Drake says in his usual charming tone, as he took light steps down the stairs. "To honestly tell you the truth - Actually, why didn't you tell me you had a power!?"

"... Because!" Charles says loudly, and over dramatically, pointing his finger at Drake, "... You didn't tell me that you had a power!"

"Well, fine then The Mighty-Fighty-Forehead..." Best insulting nickname ever "... I had my power for like a month, and while you were off trying to jump bones, unsuccessfully, I was training - Then I came to this paradise of a school and became even greater." Drake answers Charles's question, arrogantly. While getting close enough to him. Once they were face to face, Drake crossed his arms and grinned. "What were you doing?"

"... I..." Charles extended his hand out to Drake for an handshake. He wanted to copy his power, and have tea. He sobbed in a relieved tone, "... It's so great to have you here, man. I mean, I thought I'd have to be trapped here being the only Blackmore."

Drake accepted his handshake. The moment they touched... Nothing happened. Charles tried to copy Drake's power with no success - The problem he had was that he couldn't copy the power of another power replicator. Because CENSORED'd get confusing if they could. Charles raised an eyebrow and his tone changed drastically, "... What's your power?"

"Hehe... 'Toria and I are power Replicators - 'Cording to her, it runs in the family, heh." Drake answers, scratching the back of his face with a cheeky grin on his face.

Dammit, there goes my uniqueness! Charles clenched his chin with his right hand and narrowed his eyes. There were other questions that he had, "Yeah, I need to know where Victoria is, I'm here with my friends..."

Drake's demeanor quickly changed to a more serious one, "... Well, she's doing something important. So, who are your friends?"

"Nick and Faith - There's also Lexy, Emily and Seth - But, I don't know them... And Emily kinda weird."

"Oh yeah. I heard those names before - Jack said them. So that means that they're here."

Upon learning that Jack, of all people, is here, Charles reminded himself to kill himself later.


Lily, Jake, & Lin.

Veriska wrote:

"Hey, I'm a teacher; not an enemy. You can drop the invisibility."

Three people entered the room, two girls (One of which was that Lexy girl, he met earlier today) and one older gentleman. It would have been a great choice of action to just hide under the illusion until they disappear. Great, my illusion fell through. Jake thought to himself as he looked at the older fellow. With one snap of his fingers, the illusion faded away revealing the group - Jack seemed to have already stepped out of the illusion, like an idiot. It brought him a bit of delight, since it was such a stupid action. Heh, nice to see you're so eager to take one for the team. Jake thought to himself with a devious smirk. He only dropped the illusion because they were already (Somehow) detected. There are several ways to see through his illusions... He guessed that one of them had something like super senses or - Didn't matter. However, while Jake took down one illusion, he put up another one just as fast a large illusion of a titanium wall, between the group and Seth/Emily. It was just as durable as Titanium, and it felt exactly like metal. It would be impossible to penetrate without a certain power. This illusion was transparent - Transparent enough so that both parties could see and talk to each other - But, still solid.

Completely protecting the group from any threats Seth and Emily may pose. However, Jake wanted to test something - How they saw through his illusion. Usually, most people see through his illusion of invisibility is either via Cerebral powers, or Super senses - And there's nothing he can do about Cerebral powers. He wanted to test it briefly. Jake attached imbued to his illusion of a titanium wall. An extremely strong, overly sweet, aroma of many fruits and flowers blended together into one super scent. Everyone in the room would certainly smell it - And anyone with super smell would be absolutely overwhelmed. Then it stopped, just like that there was no scent at all. That was the power of the Master Illusionist. Jake payed extra attention to the pair, and tried his best to pick up on any body language to see how they'd respond.

After the Illusion went up (And that weird smell went away), Lily decided to take the stand here. These people are unknown, but are likely the people who she sensed all along. They both were quite powerful - Since Drake and Dragonfly are gone, it would be best to just use tricks to flee if anything goes down (Which their Master Illusionist can provide). She decided to talk to the one that looked older than them, he seemed to be the more mature. "Hi, I'm Lily.... And, these are my friends... Who are you two?"

Since Lin has been using her Telepathic abilities to determine if these people are threats or not, she took the liberty to invade their most personal of all spaces to see their true intentions. Lin started with Seth, she focused on his mind and his thoughts. It did appear that he was telling the truth about being a teacher, and not hostile, judging from his thoughts. She was aware of several teachers in the school, but him, she didn't know. Maybe if she gets his name, she could remember him. Until then, she would have to check the mind of the other girl. She focused and tried to pierce her mind as well. Strangely enough, Lin couldn't penetrate her mind. That means she must be one of those with a mental barrier? That clearly is the case here. She hoped that she wasn't hostile either, they don't appear to be much of combatants.

Veriska wrote:

"We're all friendly here."

"Yeah, that's yet to be determined." Jake says to Emily as he looked at her. He wasn't sure of what the intentions of the trio were - But, they would soon find out one way or another. Either way, he wouldn't go down without a fight.


Victor "Vito" Villarian.


Coming soon...

Olivia "Livvy" Averton

Jack's attempt to bolster the little girl's spirits were perhaps well-intentioned, but futile. Livvy hardly seemed to react to his illusion, to his words of encouragement: her little fingers merely tightened around Dragonfly as she squeezed her eyes shut, muttering something to herself. This was all so very overwhelming. People were saying bad words and there were guns and she had one and what if she got caught and they wanted to go back to Stasis but she'd promised Dr. Teddy they'd never go back because that place was so awful and this big school was really scary and why why why

Then Dragonfly left.

"No! Wait, Dragonfl-" he'd already run off. Livvy flopped down, legs tucked directly underneath her as she chewed on one finger nervously. Dr. Teddy's reflector disk wobbled and fell off from the vigorous shaking he was enduring, but the little bear didn't seem to mind too much. He'd likely endured several panic attacks before. Some girl put her hands over Livvy's ears but Livvy wriggled free, not wanting to be touched, not wanting to be talked to: the room was very small and full of screaming and shouting and people were being surrounded by green lightning and where was Dragonfly

Livvy whimpered, burying her face into the bear. Perhaps unnoticed amidst the chaos of the scene: new visitors, d*cks being misplaced, powers being exchanged, Livvy's personal light show intensified, the green and blues that flickered around her expanding wide enough to perhaps be seen for what they really were: an aurora: as the silver light that seemed to pulsate out from under her skin made the girl glow noticeably, the shadows around her vanishing from the all-encompassing light. Somebody was yelling, now, she thought his name was Blake or Drake or Jake or something and there were all these new grown ups she didn't know and and and and

And really, it all came down to one thing. She was a scared little girl, far away from home.

Olivia Averton screamed, her tiny frame lighting up with eye-searing silver light, and the straps of her backpack began to singe and reek of burnt plastic. Only her dress and Dr. Teddy seemed to be spared her sudden outburst, and anyone close to her would've felt the intense, white-hot heat suddenly rippling off her form. Unbeknownst to any-even her closest friend, Dragonfly-the little girl had been pulling her way out of Stasis when the rest of them were trying to bring down the Oozium. The escapees Drake had been crusading against were already hiding quite well in plain sight, albeit in the form of a very scared little girl.

Livvy flailed wildly, casting off anyone who was touching her or even quite near to her, and took off running. There was this sound, one she couldn't quite put her finger on, but it was this huge, searing wind, the noise of a gust tearing across an empty field. Livvy sprinted as fast as her velcroed, light-up-with-each-step tennis shoes would carry her, bursting out of the inner sanctum of the headmaster's house and back into the derelict front portion. The ruined, dark maze of the house was no challenge to her: to Livvy, the ceiling above was nonexistent. It opened up straight to the stars, glittering affirmingly, which pointed the way quite clearly. She sidestepped each pile of rubble and didn't miss a single turn, breaking out the front door and onto the front lawn. She stumbled, tripping onto the grass, and decided to lie there. There was no dew in the atmospherically regulated Othergrounds, but it was cool, and Livvy curled up into a little ball, hugging her bear, and closed her eyes. The intense silver light gradually faded: as did the external light. The stars glowing down through the glass dome of the Othergrounds seemed to have been burning with two or three times their normal luster, and over the course of the thirty or forty seconds it had taken for Livvy to run, screaming and crying out of the house, there'd been half a dozen shooting stars over the Othergrounds, firing off into the distance.

This was all so scary and overwhelming and and and and. She just wanted to go home.

Luciana "La Cordera" Rojas

Luce followed Johnny-in the most literal sense. She didn't consider herself to be his vassal or disciple or even to defer to him at all: what they had was a mutual partnership, a strict alliance, and while she suspected Johnny's ego might've skewed his perspective of it, she didn't view it otherwise. Your arrogance isn't wholly misplaced, darling, but you'd be wise to take it down a notch. Someone stronger may take the joy of doing it for you. Luce, however, kept this to herself. The vaquero girl hummed softly to herself as she walked down the hall, her heavy footsteps announcing her presence before her. The boots may not have been practical for sneaking, but they were durable as hell and made for rather effective kicks.

They finally reached the cafeteria, where Johnny started talking to some white girl in a rather familiar tone. Maybe his sister? She wasn't too interested, and walked over to get some food, figuring she could introduce herself later-at least, she began doing so when a rather cold thought trickled down Luce's neck. Don't let your hunger blind you. This girl's sitting in here alone: no one who was afraid of the Traitor would be alone in this place. Be very careful, Luciana. You must get home to Cesar. Luce kept her face impassive, which was rather easy given the shadow from her hat, the eyepatch, and the scars, and made her way over, where she fixed herself a quick meal. Luce stayed over there for a while, eyeing the developing scene. The angle she was at was a good one: this girl, Gabe, would have to focus on either her or Johnny. It'd be tough to take them both on at once. Besides, she had good cover over here, and Luce was more than capable of shooting at someone from behind cover. Of course, with Johnny standing there, she didn't want to take that risk....eh. Friendly fire was okay if it didn't happen to her.

Johnny seemed close to this girl. Sister, yes, that made sense. Luce could tell just watching them trade words, and they way they spoke of Jake. My little omen's coming true, Johnny. I'll bet ten to one she's the one behind all this. Luce knew they were, but she spared a glance down to her waist to ensure the guns were loaded, primed. The knife tucked onto her belt was ready and sharp. The small sling in the purse hanging from the belt was good, too, but that was a last resort. Luce ate quietly, using one hand to feed herself while the other stayed, tense and ready, on the table. She had no idea what this girl's powers were, but Luce found that no one thus far in life had been strengthened by being riddled with bullet holes. Thus far. Dios mio I hate metahumans. After she'd finished eating, Luce decided to... get involved. Her powers were at an advantage from a distance, so she didn't see the need to come any closer in the ruined cafeteria. Leaning forward on the counter casually, Luce spoke, "Johnny, such rude manners. Not even going to introduce me to your lovely friend?"

Emily and Seth

A boy stepped out of invisibility, hands raised in mock defeat. Seth smiled slightly and dropped his arms to his sides. He politely dismissed his humor, saying "There's truly no need." Moments later Lexy showed up, and immediately greeted the new face. Her arrival was a relief to him, because despite Emily's claim, she did not look the least bit approachable. Hopefully they have an open mind he thought to himself. There was a snapping sound and several others became visible, an illusory wall took its place as a defensive measure. Seth didn't mind, it was only natural that they were cautious. The sudden intense blast aroma that followed is what took him off guard.

Emily sized everyone as they emerged. She had the longest time to observe Jack, and concluded that he was a buffoon. There wasn't enough time to form an opinion about anyone else before a burst of unnatural particles filled the air. They had an overpowering fragrance, so much so that Emily reduced her cellular communication in order to prevent sensory overload. Just as quickly it vanished, allowing her to reconnect her smell and taste. Outwardly she jolted slightly at the initial shock, but didn't show any other reaction. That must have been intentional. She looked for hints as to who did that, but was unable to single anyone out.

Seth noticed the effect Emily, and felt an air of respect for the student who was so clever. Super senses is common method of detection among mutants, one that could be exploited with a little bit of ingenuity. However, he was also quite impressed her ability to play it cool. It was unlikely that the scents originator even caught on to it bothering her more than normal. One of the girls introduced herself as Lily then inquired about Emily and himself. He replied without any hesitation "I'm professor Seth, but you can just call me Seth. This here is Miss Emily." Returning to his original question he asked "I heard a lot of commotion, what's going on?"

Johnny, Gabe & Sylvia.

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"Johnny, such rude manners. Not even going to introduce me to your lovely friend?"

Johnny had completely forgotten his new associate Luce. He grinned as he turned his head back towards Luce. He spoke in a charming tone, "Oh... Yes, where are my manners..." Johnny then faced Luce. "This is Gabriela M. Valos. That twin of Jake I told you about..." He then shrugged and whipped around towards Gabe, "And this is our newest associate, Luce, who will assist us in our honorable goal of hunting down that Traitor b*stard for justice!" He spoke in a sarcastic, intentionally over-the-top, tone. Like he didn't take this seriously. In fact, there honestly isn't any particular reason for him hunting the Traitor - He literally couldn't find a rational reason for seeking out this monster. The Valos don't fight for justice - At least not without a reward. They were a family that fought for what people may call "self-gain." Money, Revenge, Glory, Pride, But, never justice. That was the way it was since the beginning.

An amused smirk crept up on Gabe's face. She didn't really like the looks of the woman. Luce is a face that Gabe certainly isn't familiar with. Luce did look very shady - Like she was plotting to take them out any moment... Then again, for a majority of the time they've spent together Gabe got that impression from Johnny. She'd prefer any of the lapdogs that followed Johnny around instead of her. But, if Johnny really trusts her (Which is unlikely) then she'd go along with it - Since, Gabe will never know. It's only going to be Gabe who will loudly laugh in his face when this all blows up in his face. Gabe spoke to Luce, trying to be polite as possible "Ha... Nice to meet ya' too, Luce. I personally look forward to workin' with ya'." She would have extended her hand for a shake, but Luce is too far away.

"Now, it's nice that we got the introduc-" Johnny spoke in a soft tone, but was interrupted by a humanoid blur whoosh by him and went behind him. He had literally no idea who or what this could be - All he knew was that it was a threat. His right eye started glowing yellow, indicating fear or surprise. Both at once really. He made his hands into finger guns. He darted around, and pointed them at the source, firing off two Devil Kisses without even thinking about it.

Gabe also super heated both of her arms. They glowed bright orange, making a loud sizzling sound and created faint amounts of smoke. She stepped around Johnny to deliver a super-heated punch - Also assuming that this was an ambush.

The hidden "threat" turned out to be none other than Sylvia Lana Bertoose. She effortlessly dodged the attack sent in her direction by quickly floating upwards above their heads, even at point blank range, she could easily move out of the way. Sylvia was loudly laughing - Because she gave them a good scare. Seemingly glossing over the fact that both of them could have easily killed her if she hadn't reacted fast enough. "Hahaha... Sup, fags." Sylvia nonchalantly greeted them, still high above them with her arms crossed.

"Syl... That wasn't funny." Johnny's right eye started glowing bright red. Indicating great anger - Which was obvious since he didn't like jump-scares. Especially when there's super powered maniacs running around. "We could have really f*cked your sh*t up." Johnny crossed his arms as his eye glowed even brighter.

"Well, then, then why the f*ck didn't you do it?" Sylvia states, missing the point.

Which only caused Johnny more anger. So much anger that he choose not to speak. He quietly growled and grabbed the top of his hat, slanting it forward over his upper face, covering his glowing eye.

By now, Gabe was laughing loudly, she found it funny that Johnny was getting angry. "Ha... Syl, ya' the best, ya know that? Now, Johnny, we now have her on our side. We got the Dubstep-Bomb."

"Yeah... Yeah... Oh yeah, Luce, this classy lady is Sylvia, my other half sister who will be joining us. In our endeavor." Johnny turned his head back towards Luce and spoke to her.

Jake, Lin, & Lily.

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"I'm professor Seth, but you can just call me Seth. This here is Miss Emily." Returning to his original question he asked "I heard a lot of commotion, what's going on?"

Emily's jolt did not go unnoticed, Jake was still paying high attention to the pair and noticed the result of his aroma. This means that his theory that one of them, in this case Emily, had super senses is without a doubt, correct. He crossed his arms and a half-grin formed on his face. He looked around, before quickly flattening his face. It's best that he doesn't even give a hint away that he was behind this - Might cause some friction between the group. He figured that he give his name, "I'm Jake, The.... This is Lin, Livvy, Crystal, and two of our members are out." He almost called himself the Master Illusionist - But, he knew that it would probably give it away. He just stood there, ready to answer any questions.

"Um..." Lily didn't want to answer Seth's question - Because he obviously must be referring to Drake's freak out because of his embarrassing "gender issue." It definitely isn't Lily's first choice to talk about it, to say the least. "... We just had a little incident here. Nothing to worry about." She spoke blankly - For once, she didn't tremble under the nervousness.

That's when a flash of blinding light encompassed the room when Livvy started screaming. She was freaking out from reasons that honestly didn't come to them. All they know is that her powers are spazzing out, and that was never a good thing. "... What is that?!" Lily asked confused.  They didn't truly know what her power was, and all of them were smart enough to assume that lights like that aren't going to be harmless. Quickly the illusory wall that Jake created that was separating themselves from the other group shattered - He felt the intense heat, it would have destroyed the illusion regardless of what he crafted, and Emily, Seth and Lexy should be more focused on leaving. "Run!" Lily shouted as she took the liberty of running for the exit first. With Jake and Lin closely following.

All  two of them (Lin slipped off from the group) stopped outside the door slightly. Out of the way of the distress child, they did see the immensely bright child running out of the Workshop of the Headmaster, towards the exit. But, to Lily, the girl was literally the bottom of her concerns - She's had enough of this. As Lily in particular was emotionally escalated yet again. She was knelt forward, muttering incomprehensible things to herself about how it's all fallen apart. All of this running from certain death, the omnipresent death, and all these damn surprises. They were really taking a toll on Lily, and she really couldn't take anymore of this. Lily couldn't even respond to anything. "... God, damn it... This is too much." Were the words that came out of her mouth, as she continued panting, and muttering to herself.

"Lily, what should be do about Livvy? We can't just let her run off with that Traitor maniac running around." Jake says to Lily, crossing his arms and completely calm. He was used to situations where he was nearly killed - Thanks to Johnny. So, this wasn't too bad compared to the other times. Like when he got that scar on his face. "... Actually." Jake says, realizing something: Lily wasn't in the right of mind to go leader - And Jake is his own leader, he was just following Lily's orders because it didn't clash with his interests. He would feel bad for leaving them all behind - But, he felt the life of that little girl was valuable, they all are intelligent enough to get themselves out of anything. "I'll be back, I'm helping her myself." He promptly turned invisible and ran off after Livvy, using stealth to keep. There was no point in making an illusion of invisibility around the group, as they'd already been found. Jesus, the group was in complete disarray. Drake's gone. Dragonfly's gone. Livvy's gone. And only a Valos could put the group back together.

In the heat of the moment, Lin choose this was her golden opportunity to slip off from the group. Lily and Jake were distracted, so she ran off in an opposite hallway - Quickly enough, she slipped out of Lily's range of detection. She didn't need anyone knowing what she's about to get. It would have been quite a risk in going without the group - But, nothing ventured, nothing gained, and what she's looking for would be worth it. Lin's much less helpless than some may think. Her sprint turned into a slow walk, her footsteps were quiet as possible. If anyone asked she'd make up some story about getting burned and went off to find something to help it. The nature of Lin's shape-shifting allowed her to freely alter her outward appearance to an extent. Which includes scars, and false injuries. On the very right side of her body, she formed fresh sickly burns to appear that she was burnt. These burns appeared mostly on the exposed parts of her body, which was on her arms and face. There were a few holes in this plan, but she would have to improvise if push comes to shove. With that, Lin headed towards the upper floors of the mansion, to the Headmaster's bedroom.


Jacob and...


After the battle with the Zizz the night before, Jacob became disconnected with the group. He stayed out of their way, and just hung around, out of their way. Which turned out to be a less-than-wise decision, since he lacks knowledge of the Traitor, and could be targeted by the Stasis escapees. He stood on top of the hospital, the very edge of the building, enjoying the moody rain. He looked down at the action going on around him - Never considering approaching them - He was going to avoid them. However, this obliviousness would become his downfall. The Traitor was constantly lurking, always looking for an easy kill. He choose his targets well, as trying to take out the wrong person, at the wrong time, could prove to be disastrous for his cause. Jacob was a good target, since he wasn't particularly attached to the group, and was alone. The Traitor joined him on top of the building in "enjoying" the scenic view of the Othergrounds - As this is the last time Jacob would view anything. The Traitor came out of the hospital roof access, black armor donned and holding a sharp bowie knife in hand. The Traitor came up to Jacob very slowly, taking every step slowly and cautiously - As getting detected here would probably turn into an up front fight. Jacob didn't notice, the heavy rain masked the quiet footsteps of the Traitor.

The very moment the Traitor was close enough, he quickly wrapped his arm around Jacob's neck and used the bowie knife to quickly slash a deep gash in his jugular vein before he even got a chance to react. Blood sprayed, as he panicked and gasped for air, trying to yell. It wasn't an instant death, but only slashing his throat wasn't the only action in the Traitor's murder plan. The Traitor pushed Jacob, hard as he could, off the roof of the hospital. Landing on the pavement of the hospital's entrance, with a loud, and satisfying, splat, blood pooled around the death site of Jacob. It was a horrifying sight, but nothing to the murderous Traitor. The Traitor only slashed his throat to make it look like it wasn't an accident.

This wouldn't go unnoticed for long. The Traitor quickly left the murder scene.

Emily and Seth

While there might have been no visual cue from the power itself, the dark skinned guy amongst them acted the most suspicious. He folded his arms against his chest let slip a smile. This could have been him just being friendly, but judging from his last statement it wasn't probable. Sure enough he glanced about, before adopting a neutral expression. Gotcha Emily thought to herself. She was the type to hold grudges and this Jake fellow was now at the top of her list. Seth noticed as well, and he really hoped that Emily wouldn't do something impulsive. That wall was a good call, hopefully she'll get over it before he has to take it down. Somehow he doubted this, but it was best to think positive. The incident Lily spoke of didn't sound like nothing, but he decided to drop it. "Well I'm at your serv-" He was cut of by Livvy's shriek accompanied by a wave light and heat. The illusion shattered and from behind Jake and Lily came speeding out. Seth and Emily didn't need to be told twice, the both of them backed out and stood off to the side of the entrance and let her pass.

"I can handle it." Seth offered, but Jake already vanished. He instead turned to Lily and crouched so he was on her level. "Hey, everything is going to be alright." A localized spike of oxygen made it easier for her to breathe. "Nobody is going to die." All the while he wondered what happened to Lin. She most likely fled deeper into the mansion. Now isn't the time to go looking for her.

Meanwhile, Emily reentered the workshop immediately to inspected the damage. The place was still warm from being scorched. Paper files would have undoubtedly burnt up and she didn't put much faith in the computers circuitry. They gotten some information before we arrived. She remembered that Lin never came out, and  A soft, steady sound in the woodwork got her attention. It seemed to be heading away and upwards. Emily followed in silent, scentless pursuit.

Lexy, Jack, and Crystal
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When Livvy started screaming, Lexy wasn't sure what to think- until the girl lit up the room, that is. Then she knew what to do- get the heck out of that room! She was slow on the thought, though, and was the last one out of the room, and had somehow managed to get a burn on her left arm from the heat that had been radiating from Livvy. "Ouch," was all that she mumbled when she arrived outside of the room. The burns were bad, but not life threatening. She looked at Lily, who seemed freaked out. "Yeah, everything's gonna be fine," she smiled, agreeing with Seth, "Oh! and I'm Lexy, by the way, if Lin and Jake hadn't told you yet. I kiiinda ran into them earlier when those ooz thingies attacked... then I ran into Jake's brother and some other people, too. Anyways, nice to meet you guys!" Lexy winced as she covered up her left arm with her hand, "I think I need some ice."

Crystal looked at Lexy, "I can take care of tat burn in a sec, but first..." she looked around the group, "Anyone else here hurt? I could help." She frowned, noting that Lin was gone before shrugging off the thought. Lin probably fine- she could take care of herself. Crystal pushed her glasses up the bridge of her nose with her index finger before turning to Lexy. "Let me see your arm," she instructed. Sure, these were new people, but either way she was becoming more neutral on the whole traitor thing. Sure, jack and Gabe were two people to be suspicious of, but she just needed to do her job and heal. Remain neutral, and no one complains. Even if there were others hurt, she would take care of Lexy first, since she is the first one with injuries she had noticed. Crystal placed her hands on Lexy's arm, "Just be patient and I can heal it."

Jack had been quick to leave the room when Livvy had the meltdown. He didn't understand why his illusion from earlier hadn't worked- his illusions are supposed to be of whatever would make the person feel that emotion at their current state. He probably should have chosen the emotion, "delighted" that would have had more of an effect. When Jake left, Jack sighed, a smirk still on his face. "Well, I suppose the little group we had formed earlier just collapsed and a new one has been made. Anyways, Seth, Emily, Lexy... I'm Jack, the awesome, fun one. Nice to meet you guys."

Lexy looked at her arm in amazement as she saw her burn marks disappearing. The pain was subsiding, as well. She looked at Crystal in amazement. this girl was a healer? that's so cool! She could have used that power a lot of times in life... like that time she stepped on a scorpion when she was visiting her cousins in Texas? Ouch, that was worse then a wasp sting! Wait, could she heal poison?

Crystal removed her hands from Lexy's arm, examining it. her healing was improving, as it didn't take long to heal Lexy's burns. She had healed it pretty quickly. "Well, I' done," she smiled, "It will be a bit sore for a few seconds, though."

Lexy examined her arm in happiness, "Thanks a toooon! It's great! Not even that sore! Thank you... Crystal- that's what Jake said your name was, right? Anyways, thanks a ton!" She turned to Jack, "And it's nice to meet you, as well," she smiled brightly.

Carmen 'Lily' Santo.

Veriska wrote:

"Hey, everything is going to be alright." A localized spike of oxygen made it easier for her to breathe. "Nobody is going to die."

"Yeah..." Lily quietly murmured, as the improvement of air flow allowed her to breathe much easier - And gather her wits much quicker. "... Um, sorry about that. I just... Have been, uh, out of it." God, I'm going to be saying that a lot. She then stood straight up, slightly embarrassed that she was once again reduced to a sobbing wreck. She scratched the back of her neck, her eyes darting around. Lily then started looking around to examine everyone in their new group. There's Seth, Crystal, Lexy, and Jack. She quietly watched as the Lexy girl got healed by Crystal. Then she quickly realized that they're missing a few members - Not just Livvy, Dragonfly and Drake. Jake, Lin and Emily are gone. She did know that Jake is going after Livvy - That just left the question of what happened to Lin and Emily. She concentrated for a moment, and attempted to pick up anyone within her range. There were about four of them - Within Lily's range of Meta-human detection. There was no one else in range. That just made things much more complicated.

Okay, Lily's first priority is reuniting the group. With the group in disarray, they could prove easy targets for the Traitor. Alright, she definitely did know that Livvy and Jake are heading towards the entrance. Lin and Emily are where ever - Probably hiding. She definitely knows that Drake and Dragonfly can handle themselves. The cowering teenaged girl quickly changed back to her leader-like role. Lily wanted the group to go find Livvy, as she is the youngest and it is top priority to get her back with the group. "Alright." She said after Lexy finished getting healed. Now was the time to get a move on. She started walking towards the halls that Livvy charged down, stopping for a moment to motion the group to follow. "C'mon! We have to go get everyone back together." Before she ran off in her valiant mission to help the group.

The mansion still had plenty of secrets left to unveil - They were going to do it, as a group.



Lin Chai Kentt.


Her footsteps quietly traveled through the halls of the Mansion as Lin Kentt made her way to the uppermost floor of the Headmaster's dwellings. Unaware that she was being stalked by Emily. Her steps were cautious, and steady - Making little sound. As her main concern was detecting anyone, via good old hearing. Her hearing was average - But, meh, her Telepathy should give her the ability to sense people - To a slight extent. The moment she was on the floor, she continued to proceed towards the Headmaster's headroom. She figured that she should keep to that guise of looking for a first aid kit. These burns are quite convincing... She thought to herself. Every door or two, she'd stop and quickly look inside, exactly like she was actually looking for something (She knew where is what's she's looking for). Just in case she was followed by a member the group; she could just pass it off as looking for medicine, and just go on her business. Lin was easily the weakest in terms of offensive strength, but made up for it intelligence, cleverness and a strange innate knowledge of the school. Well, if she was faced with a threat, she'd turn the other direction and hope to get back to the group before getting killed. Lin knew that anyone with a brain would be just a bit suspicious of her knowledge of Stasis, and her mysterious slipping off - And if she was honest with herself, she didn't fully trust them that much either. However, working with them was %100 necessary. If she were to survive all of this. Lin definitely can't do this alone, and Drake, Lily, Crystal and Jake, despite their faults, are on her side.

So, she continued opening and checking doors, as she made her way to the Headmaster's bedroom.



Jake, Drake, & Charles.


The Blackmore brothers weren't expecting the light show that came running their complementary of Livvy. They were just about to reunite with the group when heard the screaming, and saw the bright radiant lights that Livvy was creating. When she came barreling past, the insanely bright light confused them. They had the slightest clue of what it was - Only the loud screaming and crying gave only Drake a hint of who it could be. In either case, they focused on the one important thing here: getting the hell out of the way. Drake dove out of the way, backwards almost immediately. Charles, on the other hand, panicked a bit and was a bit delayed in his dodge - His front (Mostly his face) was burnt, but managed to get the hell out of the way by rolling backwards. He loudly yelped in response to his injuries and clenched his face tightly - All while on his back.

In response, Drake attempted to transform into one of his forms - Namely his Lizard-form. But, he found himself unable to do so. Probably because he was already in a form. His Shape-shifted form was so realistic that he utterly forgot about that fact. "... F*cking female hormones." He muttered to himself. While he was "unable" to access his true power, he certainly wasn't going to just give up. Powers or not, Drake Blackmore is going to investigate this. He nodded to Charles, and nonchalantly dismissed his injuries, "You stay safe, we have a healer that'll fix you right up!" He hurriedly started running out the door to the Mansion, "Just scream like a girl if you're in trouble!" Before making it.

"What the f*ck are you doing?! Get me an ice-pack, you b*stard! This burns like hell!" Charles angrily shouts, still clenching his pained burnt face. The pain...

While Drake was making his daring "rescue" of Livvy, he ran into something invisible. It felt like a person - Well, it probably is a human. He knocked down said person. There's only two people here that he knows of that can turn invisible like that.

"Hey!" Jake shouted, the moment he impacted Drake, as he turned visible. He was caught a bit off guard. "C'mon, we have to get Livvy before she gets hurt. She's flipping out"

"Why the hell are you sneakin' around invisible?!" Drake shouts, as he regains his wits. Totally ignoring what Jake just said about Livvy.

"... Not important. C'mon!" Jake started running out of the room, towards the exit.

"Oh yeah... Forgot." Drake mutters to himself before running out the front doors to the mansion.

Regardless of if Jake knew Charles or not: he wasn't going to leave the injured right here out in the open. He stopped and looked back at Charles, and snapped his fingers. Crafting two illusions. First illusion was an opaque construct of a small, solid, dome of Titanium, it would keep people from harming him. The second illusion was an illusion of invisibility, placed on top of the illusion of titanium. Which made Charles absolutely invisible - Safe from getting defiled by the Traitor. He quickly smirked and picked up the pace, as he followed after Drake.

After some walking, they managed to spot Livvy, the dissipating light gave away her position. The pair approach very slowly - For a variety of reasons. For starters, they didn't want to get fried if Livvy goes supernova again, which might be the case if they go too fast. While both of them weren't the best with small children (Jake would probably do much better if Livvy was 8 years older); they were going to give it their all to make sure that Livvy calms down and goes back to being a nice little girl. They've made their approach, staying at least ten feet away from Livvy, watching the girl lying on the grass. It certainly was heart-wrenching - All the motivation for lifting her spirits.

As Jake watched Livvy sob in the grass, he realized something; this rain and this cloudy, dark scene wasn't the most uplifting of all. There was one remedy in mind - And it was worth it. Risking strain again, for all the right reasons, Jake decided to craft a large illusion. He has experience in his illusionist ability, enough so that he can create a illusion of an environment, and it'd appear real. Jake crafted an illusion dome around himself, Drake and Livvy. Inside the illusion; it appeared like a perfect sunny day in the Othergrounds, with the mansion having no signs of destruction. The rainy clouds above were replaced with a bright illusory sun. Not another drop of rain touched them. It appeared peaceful, like the attack on the school never happened.  It was only a disguise to hide the true ugly of the Othergrounds - Which is the exact purpose of the Illusion. To trick Livvy into believing things were kind and peaceful - Putting it that way sounded cruel, but Jake had hoped that Livvy wouldn't freak again when she calmed down. Livvy doesn't know his ability, and she's young - It'd be easy to fool her.

"Whoa." Drake said, as the illusion crafted around him - It actually made him feel a little better. This means that Jake truly is the master illusionist. But, he has to focus. Livvy needs him - As there is no one else, they have to be the ones to do it. "Um, hey Liv, it's going to be okay-" Dammit, I suck at talking to kids. Why couldn't it be some distressed older chick? "- But, um, what's wrong? I can help." There are two ways this can go: Livvy calms herself or goes supernova and kills both of us.


Victor "Vito" Villarian.


The demonstration of Vito's power quickly came to a stop as the noodle-y beams of light disappeared and the coin launched itself off in the distance. Immediately, an awkward silence followed from Vito. He didn't know what to make of Nicole's pitying - Personally because he had no experience, or honestly; any idea, what everyone is capable of. Maybe he shouldn't have shown off his powers, or boasted - Honestly, it wasn't really any of that. It was really his way of trying to show them that he's useful to them. But, maybe he should really watch what he says and does around them - Just so he can avoid moments like these. Because everything should be kittens and happy sunshine. Not constant self-pitying.

In order to accomplish that, he figured that he'd change the subject. Fortunately, another Animal-Girl-Person-Thingd entered the scene - With this weird behind lizard thing on her shoulder. Vito didn't have extensive knowledge of the animal kingdoms, but he definitely knew that this thing is definitely something else. Whether it's a Meta-human or not is a mystery. Since, while Vito has limited knowledge of Animal-types... Something could have done something to make it look like that. Vito merely shrugged and looked at it, "Oi, where'd ya' get that thing from?" Vito asked, before giving out his name "Oh, and I'm Vito."

Seth

Lily seemed to be regaining herself, so Seth gave her a little space. "Don't worry about it. None of you asked for this." He said this because it sounded like the normal thing to say, but the fact was this place wasn't normal. Some of the students are probably enjoying themselves. The first that came to mind was Emily, who was still nowhere to be found. It didn't matter though; a new group had been formed between Lily, Lexy, Jack, Crystal and himself. He acknowledged the others presence with a "Nice of you to join us." At Crystals mention of healing Seth replied "I'm good, but thanks for the offer." Nonetheless he went over to watch the process. His gaze shifted between Crystal and the burn of Lexy's arm. He whistled and said "The the things were capable of..." His words trailed off. The moment she was healed, Lily sprang into action. Seth could tell that she had been a voice of authority before his arrival, it didn't matter to him so long as she made the right calls. He was in agreement with her current plan of action, and so he simply tagged along behind her.


Emily

Emily gained on her quarry, and slowed down once she got within twenty feet. She decided this was a good tail distance, and maintained it at all times regardless of the hall layout. Her power made her virtually undetectable, at least not by the five senses or cerebral abilities. she could have followed close enough to breath down her neck, but there was no need to be reckless. Lin appeared to to be peering in doors at random, each time she came out empty handed. Whatcha looking for? Emily thought to herself. This spiked her curiosity and any any doubts she had about creeping on the girl were erased. What's up here that you want to keep for yourself? There was no way to confirm this was true, but it's what she'd be doing; so she rolled with it. It was impossible not to notice her scorched skin, however they didn't didn't hinder her, nor did Emily catch the faintest hint of charred flesh. What are you playing at? So many questions and no answers. Not yet.

Crystal, Jack, and Lexy
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Crystal nodded at Seth's statement, "There's a lot of people with interesting powers, here. We don't have time to discuss it, though." she smiled before turning to Lily, "Lead the way."

Lexy sighed, following Lily as well. She was in her own little world when she spoke up, "Whenever we're done here, I'm gonna go eat, I think. Now that I think about it, I kinda haven't eaten much lately, with ooz monsters and such. I don't think there's any cafeteria ladies here, so it's a good thing I helped cook at home. Oh, some chicken alfredo sounds awesome!" Lexy looked around the group, quiet a few moments before talking again, "So... are we searching for that little light up girl, Jake, Lin, or Emily? Or.... who, exactly?"

Jack smirked at Lexy's first statement- it was quite amusing to hear the rambling, and the girl was such an airhead! Sadly, those are never fun to trick- They're usually the type that let out those girly squeals when they're scared, excited, or any other emotion. Jack laughed at the question Lexy then asked, "is there an, 'all of the above' option? At least I believe thats the way to sum it up." He turned to Lily, "How about it, leader?" he smirked, placing his hands in his jacket pockets. He noted he still had the toos from earlier. He would have to put those up later.

((suckish post, I know))