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[Kenzie]

”What? And I—n, y—are yo—seriously—I’m coming, I’m c—rgidally new, I can’t—how long—yams—“

“BUT WHAT IF—“

“Yam—corn—and I—“

Takeshi sat at one of the benches on campus, his upper body hunched over. He had his elbows resting on his knees and his head held in his hands, his fingers knotting a half asses attempt at a massage to his temples. Not only was campus ridiculously busy today because it was the first day back and many folks were moving in their stuff to the dorms, but the first day was always a day filled with nostalgia. And nostalgia was bad for Takeshi. Horrible, even, because the voices never shut up. He winced as a particularly loud sound of someone dropping their luggage beside him echoed throughout his mind. He turned towards the sound, only to realize that was just a particularly vivid vision. He swore under his breath.

“This is getting ridiculous.” He snapped to no one in particular, sitting up. He didn’t care what Mariko said about him wearing headphones on the first day (a chance to meet new friends, as she put it), she wasn’t the one who felt like a knife was slowly digging into his brain.

He fished around in his tan jacket’s pockets before he pulled out his black in-ear headphones and unwrapped them. He then lodged them in his ears without even plugging them into his iPod. The relief wasn’t immediate, he still heard muffled conversations and actions from the past trying to communicate with him, but now they were on a more tolerable level.

It was cool outside—cool enough that Takeshi could get away with wearing his jacket. He hadn’t even moved into his dorm yet. He groaned at the thought of meeting his new roommate. He wished it would stay the same year by year. It wasn’t that he particularly liked his one from last year. In fact, he and the boy butted heads so often his former roommate usually opted to spend his nights in someone else’s room rather than spending time with Takeshi. Takeshi would go out of his way to avoid his roommate when he was around as well, usually by going to the library. But with his old roommate he knew what to expect. He knew the other guys power, he knew the other guys personality, and he knew how they’d interact.

What if he got stuck with someone who the power to produce atomic farts, or something? That would be miserable.

The visions of the past were struggling to be heard. Even with his headphones in Takeshi couldn’t quite dull the blabber, and he grit his teeth in irritation, fingers knotting in his dark curls. He squeezed his eyes shut when a particularly painful migraine came. When his head felt better, he reluctantly opened his eyes only to see a dripping wet brown apple shoved in his face.

“They have CANDY APPLES!” Mariko was holding the apple, her face positively beaming. She was wearing a shirt dress she’d picked up at the thrift store a while ago, a pair of white ankle socks, and her black mary janes that had clearly seen better days. Today her hair was down, and fell along her face in a bob.

“Give me that! You’re going to drip it all over my pants.” Takeshi snapped, reaching out and snatching the apple from his sister, who offered him a napkin. Her other hand had a caramel apple on it. She smiled smugly as her brother took a bite of the apple, though her brother scrunched his face up in irritation.

“This tastes like plastic.” He said, not appreciating mediocre chocolate. Chocolate was his favorite food, and Takeshi had high standards for it. Mariko laughed, not offended at all.

“Well, it was free! It’s not like we ordered caviar here!” Mariko flopped down on the bench beside her brother, stealing one of his headphones. She popped it in her ear and her face fell when she realized it was silent. She missed her brother mumbling something along the lines of “caviar is gross” at her words.

“You’re not listening to music…?” Mariko asked. Takeshi glared over at her.

“Music would only make this migraine worse.” Takeshi answered. Mariko, bored with the silent headphones, returned it to her brother’s ear and focused on her apple, now sporting a mustache made of golden caramel. Unlike her brother, Mariko was extremely excited for the new year. She loved excuses to meet new people, and this was a prime chance. She also had voices ringing throughout her mind, but she loved hearing them. It made her feel like there were more people around her.

Mariko waved and smiled at everyone she saw, and Takeshi kept glaring over at her. Eventually he got frustrated enough to lean over himself and wipe her face, which was accumulating caramel like crazy. She took another bite and her face just got messier, and so Takeshi rolled his eyes and gave up on helping his sister remain sanitary.

The welcome back event at Irina was filled with people, and many booths with free food and games to try to get people interacting. There was even a little stage set up for people to show off their abilities, if they chose to do so. Any students were welcome to go to look at their dorms whenever they wanted to move in, but neither Mariko nor her brother had gone to their room yet. Their first priority—all the free food the event was giving out. Mariko already had her eyes set on the cotton candy booth, and even Takeshi was attempting to eat the chocolate apple in his possession, as though hoping it’d taste decent if he took enough bites.

[Juneberry]

Holding her head as her fiery hair blew in the slight breeze around them, Ilda groaned from the chirpy voice next to her. "Lyn, would you just shut fuck up already?! I've had enough of your mouth." The blonde in question was still hugging close to the tall, rough lady- and didn't seem to take the words to heart at all.

"But I'm telling the truth, Illy! The flowers are so-"

"Flowers? You were talking about peanuts five fucking minutes ago."

"Really? I thought I was telling you about the peanut BUTTERFLIES. Haven't you heard of them? They're really cute!!" Jumping and letting go of her friend, the lively Lyn rushed ahead, only to crash into the young girl that stood still before them. "Sorry! Hey, cool! Your hair's so brown!"

"Someone needs to get her an off switch," Ilda groaned. Walking far past her without a care in the world towards the topic, she found herself a bench with only a couple people, including two fellows eating random sweets from the area. A deep sigh escaped her as she looked at the boy who clearly didn't really want to be there- and finally felt relief. "Thank god, someone else who hates this shitty thing. All its good for is giving people sugar highs and a reason to act like morons more openly than they already do, don't ya think?"

Lyn, unaware Ilda had even left, smiled to the brown haired girl she'd found herself hugging onto- who was clearly not as inclined to enjoy skinship. "Please let go of me," She mused gently. "You're blocking the sun." Lyn, surprised, happily abided- before running ahead to get a snack and forget where she was already.

"I wonder where Illy went....Oh! Caramel!!! Yummy!"

[prettylittlefish]

It was relatively early in the day for him to be awake. For him to be alive, even. 3:00 in the afternoon was his usual wake-up call, but times like this call for desperate measures. So he’d pulled himself out of bed and gotten dressed and greeted the sun with his usual scowl and headache. He’d done a little too much teleporting last night. Not his best idea. Also one of his best ideas. Funny how things work.

But the scowl had melted away as soon as he’d stepped out the door. He’d moved into his room ahead of time and had all of his stuff set up just how he liked it. His roommate wasn’t there yet. Yet another person to terrify upon arrival! The thought brought a savage smile to his face.

“Good morning, Teresa,” he offered with a bow.

The girl in question blinked as he passed.

“My name’s not Teresa.”

“It is now,” he winked, and proceeded to hop the fence before she could respond. It was official! She’d better change the name on her birth certificate. People would get confused, you know. He landed a little less than gracefully on his feet but played it off masterfully as he disappeared in the next instant. Anyone who’d witnessed the incident would be insanely confused. Precisely the point!

Riley appeared on the opposite side of campus, where gifted folk of all sort were chatting and laughing and, what was this? Grouching about?! He eyed the two suspiciously. How could one be so grouchy on so glorious an afternoon? The sun was up! And the sky was blue. But enough of those dreadful Beatles lyrics.

“Good afternoon, my sunflower,” he announced, appearing at Lyn’s side and pecking her on the cheek. Static gave his lips a good shock and he jumped. A pout found its way to his features. “Oh, come now,” he whined. He rubbed at his mouth a few times and then folded his arms. That was completely and totally uncalled for. Although he should have known. The past had given him quite a good many shocks, yet he obsessively touched her nonetheless. "Who's this?" he whispered. His eyes darted over toward the guy and the girl with the positively horrendous frowns. They were raining all over his parade. Absolutely unacceptable.

[timmy2ply]

Kira sat under a tree holding her teddy Theo in her arms. She was checking the place and the others out alittle before going over. "I's going to be okay here Theo."She said placing Theo in her bag as she walked over to the others as she scaned their auras. She wasnt paying attention and fell in front of marlko.

"Stay in the bag GIT." Dante said as git climbed out of his bag and ran infront of Ilda. " hello there. I'M G.I.T."the small robot said to Ilda. "Sorry if he bothered you."Dante said to Ilda as he picked GIT UP.

[Kenzie]

Takeshi turned towards Ilda when she spoke over to them. At first he wasn’t sure if she was speaking to him or not, but it seemed pretty obvious when he looked over. His headphones were still in and he didn’t bother to take one out.

“Who are you talking to, me? Do I know you?” He asked her straight out, his failure of a candied apple dripping onto his napkin. Try as he might, the apple was simply not up to his standards. It would probably make better use as landfill than it would a substance for him to consume. “And I’m pretty sure you’re talking about those idiots. Am I right?”

He nudged his head towards the other people frolicking about, and his sister, who was already distracted and trying to find more people to talk to. He noticed she wasn’t even listening to him anymore and sneered. As he was looking around, though, he caught the eyes of Riley. In response Takeshi’s sneer turned into a glare, his fist clenching along the back of the bench.

“What the fuck is he looking at?” Takeshi mumbled, though the sound would have been audible to Ilda.

-

Mariko was content with her caramel apple, her lips and cheeks already gooey and sticky from the material. Mariko even started to hum under her breath. She turned to make a comment to her brother but almost dropped her food when she saw him talking to a—wow, she was really pretty, Mariko thought—redhead. Mariko licked caramel off her lips, wondering if she looked gross, but decided not to interject herself in the conversation anyway. Takeshi needed to make some friends and she was grumpy, too! It was perfect.

She heard someone fall and gasped, shooting right up off the bench, and heading over towards Kira. Immediately she offered her hand towards the other girl, bending over to be closer to her height.

“Hey! Are you okay? That fall looked like it hurt! You just went KER-SPLAT on the ground! Did you scrape anything?” Mariko asked, bombarding her with questions.

[timmy2ply]

"I'm fine just wasnt was watching where I was going."Kira said looking at Marliko. She scaned her aura. "I'm Kira you are?"she ask looking in her bag to make sure her picture was okay. She stood up and dusted herself off.

[Kenzie]

"Ohh, I get you! That kind of stuff always happens! I'm lucky it doesn't happen to me too often! Sometimes i'm way too distracted to catch myself, and i'd totally hurt myself if that was the case!" She rambled, standing up straight when Kira got up herself. She noticed Kira look into her bad and tilted her head to the side.

"You got something valuable in there? Afraid you broke it? You didn't brake it, did you?" She blabbered on. When she introduced herself, Mariko smiled and offered her hand to shake. "I'm Mariko Ogawa! Nice to meet you, Kira! Are you new here or have you been on campus for a few years?"

[Juneberry]

Riley's actions remained like specks in her frail memory, as Lyn hadn't even realized he'd arrived while she started eating her snack of caramel on an apple- so delightfully sweet, it kept her attention for enough time that Riley could act without her knowing. Of course, by the time she noticed, he'd already been shocked when he was looking over at others- finally getting her attention randomly away from food. "Oh, Riley! When did you get here? Ah, you look sorta burnt. Did I shock you while I was eating?" Frowning, she dug through her bag, trying to find cream that was good for electrical burns- but finding absolutely none. "Oh. Did I forget to bring it again?"

Turning to see who he was asking about, Lyn grinned happily and hugged around him, forgetting she had a caramel apple in her hand that may have been a wee bit too close to his arm not to get on him. "It's Illy! Riley, look! Illy's here! Isn't she adorable? Heeeey! Illy!"


Ilda grimaced when Lyn noticed her again. "Oh great. There's more of them." Sighing, she looked at Takeshi with a small, vague smile. "We should run before she can catch us. She's so hyper she could kill us with one touch if we're not lucky. And she loves to touch people, brat she is."

Standing up to show her rather tall, lackluster form, she held a hand out to the boy she didn't know. "Name's Ilda Nora. The blonde brat over there's Lyn. And Lyn is not someone you should deal with if you can help it. So let's hurry away from here. I'll get you something better tasting afterward. You're not into that thing right? You haven't really been eating it."

[Kenzie]

Takeshi followed Ilda's gaze towards Lyn and Riley, having to agree with her that Lyn seemed exceedingly hyper. To the point that if she was left alone with them, Takeshi feared for his life. he spared a glance over at his sister when she spoke of leaving, but Mariko was occupied with a girl with oddly colored hair. Good for her, she was making friends. Maybe she'd leave Takeshi alone, in that case.

He turned back towards Ilda, just now noticing the person he was even talking to. She was taller, had bright red hair, and looked like the only sane person in the vicinity. When faced with the choice of either staying here with the babies or going somewhere less crowded with her, he'd pick her easily.

"She likes to touch people? Keep her fucking hands away from me, then." Takeshi said, staring at his chocolate apple at her comments. "It tastes like shit."

He threw the apple into the trash, now giving up on the horrible food choice. He stood up off the bench, Ilda taller than him by about four inches, and stared at her hand as though debating whether or not to shake it. He wiped his hand on his shirt and then shook it but only briefly, quickly retracting it back to his side. "I'm Takeshi. My sister's around here somewhere. She's Mariko."

[timmy2ply]

"Its fine its just a picture of my best friend. I could just get a new frame for it if I need to. Its nice to meet you Mariko."Kira said shaking her hand. "so you new here I came this summer."she said as he looked at Ilda and Takeshi walked away. "so what do you want to do?"Kira asked her bored. He sat on the bench and took out theo and hugged him.

Git looked at Lyn and Riley and ran to them. "The bad man is coming."The small robot said running behind Lyn's legs as Dante walked over. "Sorry about Him. Git can be a child some times. It's his programing."he said to Riley and Lyn. "I am right here."Git squeeled as Dante picked him up. "Git stop. I will shut you down."He said as the small robot calmed down. "I dont like you."he said to dante as he looking at Lyn.

[Juneberry]

Laughing a bit more cheerily, Ilda's red eyes brightened as she watched Takeshi's difficult decision to shake her hand. Giving him a good, firm shake, she let go just as fast to turn to see his sister. "Hrm...She looks like an energetic one. She can go play with Lyn. Lyn likes anything she finds cute or fun. Sure Mariko'll be one for her. Not that Lyn really has any bias."

Hopping ahead a bit, she looked at him just slightly while her back was to him, already set to walk on. "So, you like chocolate? I think there's gotta be somethin' better than the crap they sell here, but it'll be hard to find anything that's actually good. There are some good sweets closer to the north side though. The school looks fancy, but they're fucking cheap if you ask me."


Lyn looked at the little unusual figure that ran to her leg, behind her, and then suddenly ended up in the arms of a stranger. Without warning, she moved to hug him, and subsequently the robot in his arms, with excitement- her blond hair flying in every direction that should've been physically impossible. "So cute! So cute, so cute! How do you get such a cute little friend? I wanna find one too!" Giggling, she let go of the stranger, forgetting about her electrical charge that was clearly making her hairs stand on end. "Ah, sorry. Did I shock you? You've just got such a cute little guy I couldn't help myself! By the way...Where did Illy go again? Hrm...Illy must've run off somewhere...."

[timmy2ply]

Dante looked at Lyn wondering what she was doing to him. He wasnt used to any signs of affection and diding know what a hug was. "Thanks Lady I am Git."Git said jummping out of Dante arm and ran up to to Lyn. "Well he is one of a kind. I made him myself. I'm fine I am used to getting shocked."he said used to working with high voltage. "you want to hold me?"Git asked her holding his arms up to her and runng in circles in front of her. "No Git."Dante said to him as Git sit held his arms up.

[Juneberry]

"That's good! I don't get shocked 'cause I'm the one who shocks." Lyn chimed, giggling. "And my name isn't Lady, Git. It's Lyn." Kneeling to Git, she pet the top of his head gently. "Does Git run on batteries? I charge mine all the time, so I can charge yours too if you need. I always have this feeling natural electricity is really yummy."

[Kenzie]

At Ilda’s judgment about Mariko and Lyn becoming friends, Takeshi shrugged his shoulders. He was fine with her making friends and all that—but he could only hope that her new friend didn’t influence Mariko to annoy him further. Or try to force her company on him. Mariko could have all the friends she wanted, but Takeshi wanted zero part of it.

He watched as Ilda walked ahead of him and his lips pulled down into an ever present frown, the visions of the past fighting for attention in his mind. It was so hectic here that the headphones weren’t helping too much. He followed after her, taking a few long steps to match her strides, feeling slight relief as the navigated away from the crowd.

“I’m picky.” He said in response to her question. When she said there was better chocolate elsewhere, he narrowed his eyes. “Artificial chocolate is one of two things: decent or horse shit. I’ve bene going to this prestigious, stick-up-their-ass school since I was fourteen and every fucking chocolate they offer me is horse shit. It’s actually offensive by this point.”

He grumbled something inaudible under his breath as he loosely held his hands in his jacket’s pockets, walking alongside her.

-

Mariko gasped, wanting very much to see the picture already.

“Oooh! Are they cute?! I wanna see, I wanna see!” She exclaimed, ending her statement with a little giggle. “I’ve been here since I was 14! And if you came here over the summer, you’re new! Or, well, new-ish, I guess. So if you have questions I’ll show you around! I haven’t even seen my room—HEY! Where’d my brother go?!”

Mariko glanced down the road, watching Takeshi walk off with the redheaded girl from before. Her face broke into a wide grin as she showed herself to the bench, humming contently. “Never mind, he went off with the pretty redhead! He’s so lucky… Anyway, uh, as for what to do… do you wanna go get more food? There’s so much here…”

[timmy2ply]

"I was here off an now for the last two years but now I am for good." Kira said showing Mariko the picture of her and Thomas. "Hey food sounds good."She said looking to see what they had here.


"Sort of he does run on batteries but only at night. During the day he runs on a solar adaptor. It coverts the heat of the sun to engery. of you want to can check his battery levels as I haven't charged them in a while" dante said to Lyn as Git lookedd at them. "Hey mister whzats you name I am Git."He said looking at riley before looking back at Lyn. "Sorry Lyn. Lyn Lyn."Git. said repeating her name.