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Topic Started: Aug 15 2011, 03:32 AM (1,080 Views)
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A peek over the edge of the crumbling roof, and she got a stone to the head for her trouble.
It wasn't bleeding, and at least she knew they were still there, those kids could be as quiet as the grave when it suited them.

There was a hollow clang! as another pebble ricocheted of the metal guttering, followed by a shout that sounded something like get down here, you moth-eaten turkey!

They'd run out of insults, they must be getting impatient.
Lounging on her back, more or less secure behind the 16-inch concrete lip, Resa tipped her head back far enough so they could see the tip of her fluffy-white hair.
"Why doncha you all hurry home? Betcha mamas are waitin' to give you supper. Unless you want another clobbering with that silver spoon of yours."

This was followed by another series of insults, and one little ratbag actually managed to clip her with a tree branch. Sooner or later they'd work out a way to get her down - and she couldn't fly very well.
Oh well. Resa sighed, chewing on the stick to a swiped lolly pop, it had been fun. That black eye had been for her feathers, one for two wasn't bad.

However, her ears were soon hailed by the tramping of retreating feet. Hardly able to believe her luck, she abandoned caution and rolled over to see what was happening.
They were gone, every one.
Incredible, she'd actually gotten away with it today.

Letting out a low whistle, and not bothering to check whether the coast was clear, she jumped up into the ledge and swung her legs out into empty space, stretching her wings out to survey the damage.
Damn, they'd really got her this time.
Most of her feathers were burned and blackened, it had really shocked her, that big fireball. It would take ages to grow them back.

Oh well, it was a nice day today at least.
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"You should probably get those looked at. They look pretty bad." A soft voice spoke up from behind and a little to the left of her.

"I mean...i'm not very experienced in wing biology, but it looks like it hurts at least..."

Noah leaned against part of the structure, his arms crossed and a soft expression on his face. One of the perks of his powers, was that when he wanted to be quiet about his movement, he could, and one of his favorite ways of moving around silently was to animate his motorcycle and save gas on top of cutting down on noise.

Plus he'd had years of practice when it came to moving quietly due to his constant attempts to hide from Emily.
Theives know that a snarl in the night means, "rob another house."

"Everything the wise woman learned she wrote in a book, and when the pages were black with ink, she took white ink and began again."
—Karn, silver golem

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"That's right, ya cowards! Keep runnin~! There'll be none of that on my watch!!" A loud voice rang out from nearby, not far from where the bullies had run off to. Clara turned back, grinning. She nearly skipped over to the other two. "Sorry about that Noah. You know me, I can't stand to see a kid in trouble. You alright, hun?"

The redheaded teacher placed her hands on her hips, giving the girl a sunny smile. "I know you~! You're part of the senior class, right? Nice to meetcha~! I'm Clara McCulty, a teacher here~!"
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Mark was watching the scene from afar, he felt terrible because there was literary nothing he could do to stop them, physically he had the body of a toothpick structure. Sure he could remove every hateful thought that the bully tossing the rocks had in his mind but he doubted he could get close.

Thankfully the arrival of both Noah and Ms. McCulty put an end to the assault, this put his mind at ease a bit, he started to leisurely walk towards them pretending he didn't see anything at all.

His eyes feigned opened wide when he saw Resa's black eye. He rushed up to the group.

"H...hey! That looks terrible, do you need anything? I...have a small medical kit in my backpack..." he spouted while fumbling to try to reach inside without taking the backpack off. (it makes a LOT of sense at the time, but you look like an idiot in practice) He then took it off and started to fumble around looking for it.
I lie awake at night just staring up at the stars. And I wonder...Where the hell is my ceiling!?
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"You should probably get those looked at. They look pretty bad."

"Sh*t!"
Resa rolled onto her back and away - narrowly missing the edge of the roof itself and wincing as her wings scraped. "Where the **** did you come from??"
She hadn't heard him - how on earth had he managed to sneak up so quietly? Was that his power?

In her panic it took her a moment to actually process what he said, and when she did, she sat up straight in her crouch and laughed.
"Oh right, nah. I'll just snag a cold pack from the nurse on my way in. No big deal."
There was another voice - yelling that took her by surprise - and she spun around, hand already on a stone to throw, when she saw yet another do-weller had arrived.
"Yeah yeah, fine." Resa lowered her arm cautiously, eyes narrowing in suspicion. What was up with this lot? Were they going to gang up on her or something?

She had barely started making up her mind about whether to call it quits and risk falling straight out of the sky when another one showed up.
"Jeez, there's just an acre of you fellas isn't there? We wanna get this over with or what?"
Okay, a med kit?
This was nuts.

"Why are you all bothering to help me anyhow, this is nothing big, just get on with you're own lives, you got bigger fish to fry."
Literally. She thought, wondering if any of them hurled that fireball just now.

OOC: Random quotes ftw.
Also, sorry for not making this very clear but, Resa's on the roof. :P But I'm sticking her on the ground since it was my derp for not clarifying, easier to get to anyhow. Just say she was hiding behind a dumpster or summing.
Edited by Shio, Aug 17 2011, 08:17 AM.
Resa | Mai | Dorian | Anthea

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OOC: Salright ^^; i got that, Noah can get up there pretty easily with his powers)

He blinked and raised an eyebrow when she spun around.

Jumpy one arn't ya.

"Oh right, nah. I'll just snag a cold pack from the nurse on my way in. No big deal."

Noah didn't appear convinced. Though a small part of him was a tiny bit amused that he had managed to sneak up on her, though his training in the Elite probably had nooo part in that at all. But then Noah always had been quiet.

"Really, i think you should get that looked at. And if you're not to fond of doctors, i know of an early year student who can heal people-" He was cut off by Clara's taunt in the back round and grew silent as she came over as was what happened most of the time when the number of people rose above two.

While he had a strong presence, Noah wasn't exactly the most talkative person, especially in groups, and often found himself shifting to the back of things when more vocal dominant personalities pushed themselves forward. Hence why he was so quiet when around the MC's rather dramatic and proud leader.

"I'm Noah..." he said softly having realized he hadn't introduced himself.

His eyes flit over to Mark who's sudden arrival was set off by his bumbling attempt to help, which did bring a gentle expression to his face.

"Relax Mark, I think she'll be fine if she gets some attention." He turned and offered his hand to help her up. "And helping you? Naw, i'm just being friendly to fellow student in this mad house. Gotta stick together you know?"
Theives know that a snarl in the night means, "rob another house."

"Everything the wise woman learned she wrote in a book, and when the pages were black with ink, she took white ink and began again."
—Karn, silver golem

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Clara looked between Risa and Noah. Slowly, a knowing smile crept over her features. "Noah...how about you escort the lovely young lady to the nurse? Mark, I need some help moving equipment. Mind lending a hand~?" She grinned at Noah and winked, moving closer to lightly pull Mark away.

In her head, she mused to herself about how it always seemed that kids grew up so fast. Still, she fully intended to spy on them as soon as they thought she was gone. Big sisters have to make sure their little brothers make good choices after all~!
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"Really, I think you should get that looked at. And if you're not to fond of doctors, i know of an early year student who can heal people-"
Immediately Resa thought of Aryil and cringed, she wasn't sure she wanted to ask for that girls help... she had enough on her plate.
"Really I-"
She blinked at the new girl as she appeared to just... drag the other one away, with a strange smile on her face. What was going on? Was he going to fry her now?
"O-oh my name's... Resa, it's Resa."
Subtly, she stretched out her wings, the skin stretched painfully, but she should be able to make a quick getaway if the need arose.
Maybe she should just ditch him now.
Falling back, she let her wings snap out - one painful beat had her feet hovering slightly above the ground, but it was hard to get much further.
Floating along the ground, she managed to knock into a rubbish bin and went sprawling all over the floor.
"Damn damn damn damn!" Hissing as she banged her shin on something, she tried to run again, flying sort of lopsided. This was pathetic, he could catch up with her on foot at this rate!
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The moment comes when a character does or says something you hadn't thought about. At that moment he's alive and you leave it to him. - Graham Greene.
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"Wait!" He yelped as she suddenly took flight, or at least she tried to. With a flick of his wrist his bike zipped out of the alleyway. He jumped on it and sped after her, despite not having the engine running. Animation had it's perks sometimes, like not needing gas as often.

He whipped his bike around in front of her and held up his hands.

"You're gonna hurt yourself more if you keep this up!" It's unfortunate he didn't remember neuton's third law, especially seeing as how she was going rather fast...and he was now in the way.
Theives know that a snarl in the night means, "rob another house."

"Everything the wise woman learned she wrote in a book, and when the pages were black with ink, she took white ink and began again."
—Karn, silver golem

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Resa didn't see him until it was too late and careened into him at full speed - which wasn't actually very fast, but fast enough to bowl both of them over.
"Ow!" She cursed as she hit the hard earth, "Bloody fool! What are you trying to do?"
The bike had fallen on top her her and smashed into one wing, now she was pretty sure she had a fractured bone to contend with too. Damn it all.
The pain wasn't too bad but good lord was he in for it now.

Seizing a fistful of his hair, she glared at him and hoped he wouldn't have the presence of mind to give her a fist to the face.
"What the hell are you doing? Aren't there smarter ways to run someone down than jumping out in front of them?"
Resa | Mai | Dorian | Anthea

The moment comes when a character does or says something you hadn't thought about. At that moment he's alive and you leave it to him. - Graham Greene.
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"But i'm not trying to run you down." He barked, gritting his teeth when she grabbed his hair.

Not one of my brighter ideas; getting in the way of her.


"I'm trying to get you to stay still so you don't hurt yourself!" He waved his hand, and the motorcycle lifted easily off her as if it weighed nothing before drifting to the right and popping it's kickstand.

"Geeze, what is it with getting people to understand you're trying to HELP them." He said with concern, and winced at a newly forming bruise on his leg. "I don't want to hurt you, and i don't want to use you, i'm just trying to make sure you're taken care of right, and taken someplace safe!"

Having become slightly flustered after the bad idea of throwing himself in her flight path, his cheeks flushed in embarrassment over how silly this all was, never mind the close proximity they were at.
Theives know that a snarl in the night means, "rob another house."

"Everything the wise woman learned she wrote in a book, and when the pages were black with ink, she took white ink and began again."
—Karn, silver golem

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Clara, watching quietly from behind a wall, winced at their collision. She knew that Noah could rarely pull off "smooth" actions like getting a girl to stop but he got points for trying. Her curly hair bristled slightly when Resa grabbed the boy roughly. The teacher knew he could take care of himself but still...it upset her to see the other girl being so violent.

Clara glanced over at Mark, her voice lowered into a whisper. "Doesn't seem like it's going well, does it?"
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Resa gave him a hard look for a moment and then loosened her grip, sighing and running a hand through her messed up hair.
"Fine, I'll believe you. You're a funny one in any case." She stood up, dusting the dirt from her trousers and holding out a hand to help him up. "Come on, looks like we both need a doctor now, thanks to you."
There wasn't any real malice in her tone, if anything she was relieved that he seemed to be an okay sort of guy. Too many his age (how old was he anyway?) had cost her for her sympathies - that had been years ago.
But not one of them had actually gotten injured for her sake, so she figured it wasn't a ploy.

Once they were both on her feet, she turned around and gave her left wing a tweak, it hurt - but maybe it wasn't broken after all.
Spying the nasty bruise on his leg, she raised an eyebrow.
"Can you walk on that?" She pointed to his injured leg skeptically, "Not gonna need crutches are ya?"

She could see the older woman - a teacher? Walking away with the other boy, and cupped her hands around her mouth to shout.
"Oi! Can we get a hand here Miss...Mcaulter?" If that was her name, she'd seen her around before.
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"Yeah, I've had worse. I'll be fine." He said softly, then his eyes widened. If Clara knew he'd gotten even this little bruise he'd be in for it and would never hear the end of it.

"We don't need her! I mean." He pulled Resa aside and whispered. "If she finds out I'll be in big trouble okay? Let's just head and see about the first-aid building on campus, alright?" The bike rolled over to them on it's own accord, though quietly guided by Noah's will.

"Here, I'll give you a lift." He gestured to the seat behind him after mounting the bike.
Theives know that a snarl in the night means, "rob another house."

"Everything the wise woman learned she wrote in a book, and when the pages were black with ink, she took white ink and began again."
—Karn, silver golem

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Mark nodded grimly at his gym teacher. "Yea...this is one memory I hope I shall soon be forgetting..." he then started a slow jog to get up with them. "But shes still really injured...I want to help but I don't know how."

He watched as Noah began to offer her a ride on his bike, his heart plummeted for a moment. Noah's relationship with Emily was notorious across campus. If word got around that he was seen giving another girl a ride on the back of his bike...there would probably be hell to pay. He picked up speed.
I lie awake at night just staring up at the stars. And I wonder...Where the hell is my ceiling!?
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