Hardlight
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Kevin Leonard
Hey, Call Me Hardlight
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Post by Hardlight on Feb 2, 2008 2:10:32 GMT -5
"Everybody says you're better than me. My father would say it, my my mother would, and you and him you just flaunt it like you are both just sooo cool." Kevin said REALLY getting mad. "I'm a person too and so what if I like someone who is a guy too It really makes me mad to know that you and your BOYFRIEND can just walk around holding hands and if I wanted to do that I would be totally ostracized. You are a bitch and I don't want you to know me because you are way too close minded and also too self centered anyway. I know there was a lot of stuff that went down and while you were fighting I was helping Ripple and D'mnchyld and I think that was important to do too." Kevin was ready to throw his hands up and leave because the 'amazing ice mistress' was just so making him mad and he wanted to get away from her and her boy toy.
"I don't need friends whoa are so hung up on themselves and not worried about anybody else! I care and I made a mistake and I tried to say sorry and even save Shimmer even though she's - she's-" Kevin was done talking and couldn't say how she was the girl that his guy liked. Riff~Raff wasn't his guy, he knew but it didn't matter about that right now because this was all about feelings.
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Diesel
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Ian Larks
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Post by Diesel on Feb 2, 2008 2:32:13 GMT -5
"HEY!" Ian shouted ceasing the yelling between the two of them. He got that Hardlight was on an emotional high right now and not really thinking about what he was saying. And his blue haired one was clearly annoyed and unhappy.
Ian looked at the small kid and held Lorelai tight. "Look little dude, no one here is better than the other. Hell your power is pretty kick ass. But it ain't cool for you to go off on your team like this. Our thing is our thing. We don't flaunt it, and its just our thing. No one got anything against you having our own thing but its not cool to bash on us. We all went through a lot yesterday and we're all just still a bit wound up," Ian said trying to calm the situation. "Look little dude, your on our team like it or not. Not cool to go around making accusations on people you don't know. Not cool at all," Ian said shaking his head.
He moved to Lorelai's side and took her hand. He lead her away and back to the ice blocks. "C'mon Pipsqueek let's get back to practice," Ian said disappointed that his team wasn't getting along and that anyone would have a negative opinion of Lorelai. She was so sweet and now everyone was in a bad mood.
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Hardlight
Acolytes
Kevin Leonard
Hey, Call Me Hardlight
Posts: 297
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Post by Hardlight on Feb 2, 2008 2:44:09 GMT -5
Kevin said "Whatever, dude." and walked off toward the hedge maze.
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Frostbite
Paragons
Lorelai Kavanagh
Can you handle the cold?
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Post by Frostbite on Feb 2, 2008 2:49:07 GMT -5
Lorelai only got angrier as Hardlight kept on, and though Ian was holding her securely, her arms and hands were free, and the temptation to hurl ice at him was growing quickly. She knew when she got angry, she got angry fast and to the point where she doesn't care what she does. She was about to try to focus and swing an arm and send some snow that turns into ice at him when Ian spoke loudly to stop them.
She listened to him though it was directed at the boy, and let out a low grumble as he took her hand and led her back to her ice blocks. She heaved a sigh and looked back to catch a glimpse of him leaving. "Good," she muttered under her breath, pissed thouroughly, and slightly moreso because she let herself get like that. When they got to the blocks, she growled again as she ran her free hand through her hair; she needed to calm down before she made more of a fool of herself than she already seemed to have done.
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Guardian
dead/inactive
Aleksey Nevski
There are worse things than burns
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Post by Guardian on Feb 2, 2008 3:13:47 GMT -5
Aleksey heard everything Hardlight was yelling about. He felt the same about the world, nothing was ever good enough. Aleksey flew into the air and landed in front of Hardlight.
Aleksey put his massive hand on Hardlight's shoulder, looked down at him and said "It's alright, you did nothing wrong, you can choose to stay, I'm no one to stop you." Aleksey let go of Hardlight and started walking away, he turned around to say one last thing, "Just so you know, you can choose your own path" he said nodding to the maze, "you can go that way, and try to find your way on a road that purposely misguides you and gets you lost, or..." He looked at the rest of the team, "You can choose to follow the road we will together, you're not alone in this anymore" Aleksey looked away from Hardlight again.
"I just hope that in the future I can count on your powers to one day save my life, as I helped save yours just now" Aleksey said as he began walking away "and if you need to talk, let me know" he added.
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Torri
Alpha Squadron
Torri Moore
young at heart and in mind
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Post by Torri on Feb 2, 2008 8:29:59 GMT -5
Shimmer looked around stunned as hardlight started a miniature argument again. She had heard his comment about her and felt a slight cloud fall over her head. another person who thinks im not good enough. she said quietly in her mind. This hadn't been a very good couple of days for anyone, and that was not needed for anyone.
The only good thing that seemed to come from shimmers upset was the fact that she never registered any fear for the moment and waved slightly to Guardian. "Hey, thanks, thats reall good of you." she called over, not smiling but still forcing some note of good willed thoughts through her words. Truth be told, she was more confused and hurt than anything. "even save Shimmer even though she's - she's-" i'm what? whats wrong with me now? she thought, repeating it over and over again as she walked over to colossus with folded arms. "Sir, whats my task for training." she said quietly, not making eye contact with anyone and looking mournfully to the ground.
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Guardian
dead/inactive
Aleksey Nevski
There are worse things than burns
Posts: 116
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Post by Guardian on Feb 2, 2008 12:01:05 GMT -5
"Anytime" responded Aleksey to Shimmer. It hasn't been easy for anyone, Aleksey could see why a lot of people were so upset but he could deal with it. He blamed himself for his mother's death, he witnessed his father's death, saw how so many people of the same town burned his home to the ground, and spent years living alone, he knew he could handle it and was willing to offer help to anyone who needed it.
Aleksey walked up to Colossus, "Sir what should I do?" he asked.
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Hardlight
Acolytes
Kevin Leonard
Hey, Call Me Hardlight
Posts: 297
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Post by Hardlight on Feb 2, 2008 12:37:19 GMT -5
Kevin had walked away a few paces before the dragon boy came and got in his way and said his bit about loyalty. It made sense to Hardlight, and in a way he wished there were more members on his team who could step outside of themselves and consider things from his point of view.
He had been here and helped in his way during the attack. He was probably putting to much thought on how different he is from the others and if only he could have been told he was worthwhile more when he was younger then he might be less sensitive about doing as he was told. As he had been raised up to know that whatever he did it would never be good enough because he was just a worthless gay son and not going to be anything in life.
He turned around and saw that the girl that Riker liked and had been speaking poetry about was also looking like she was against him, even though he wanted to leave he also thought about what Guardian had said.
'He hoped that I could use my power for his benefit he had said' thought Kevin about Guardian's words. 'That was what i wanted to do from the start, how did I get so twisted around in my head? That Colossus just reminded me of Dad too much, so stern and almost yelling at me it got me all upset. Then I can't believe how dumb I was to put everybody in danger, I know my powers a little better than that, way too big to be able to stand up on it's own, oh so stupid of me. It shouldn't have been that way. I hope I can fix things.'
He squared his shoulders and took a deep breath huffing out the air and making a cloud of steamy breath hang in the air. He walked in to the practice area again and as he passed Guardian he said "Thank you."
He kept walking until he was next to Colossus and said 'I was wrong and I want to practice. I'm very sorry for making a mess and I accept the whole blame for it. That was stupid of me I know I shouldn' have made that because it was dangerous, and my powers I want to use to help people, not hurt them, and to make people happy. I'm sorry to that I'm gay but I can't help that and I'll try to be less jealous and envious of people who are normal." His lip quivered and his eyes welled up because he was laying his heart out for anyone to crush with their hatred or bigotry. "I'm so sorry."
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Post by Colossus on Feb 2, 2008 18:58:56 GMT -5
Colossus just stood there dumb founded at everything Kevin had said. He had no idea where the boy was coming up with all this. No one here, including Colossus had said Kevin wasn't good enough. And no one here never said they didn't want him practicing here. In fact they were trying to get him involved. Then Kevin flipped out. Colossus had no idea what Kevin had been through before, but this was a school to try and help kids. Shaking his head a bit confused trying to work it all out. He saw the others try and speak to the boy and not getting anywhere as well.
Colossus turned to Shimmer as she seemed to decide she wanted to stay. Which did please him. So taking a breath and trying to gather his thoughts. "Shimmer. You have been doing great with you ability to become invisible, And even though this sounds bad, you did encounter Mystique, another shape changer of sorts. She can mimic people as well. So I was hoping we could start trying to get you to focus on copying people. Its will take a lot more concentration."
Finally turning back to Kevin as he returned and spoke, Colossus shook his head again at what the boy was saying, still not understanding where the ideas in his head were coming from. "Thank you for the apology, but you also need to apologize to your team. Now as for you being gay? I had no idea, nor do I care if you are. That is your choice and has nothing to do with this practice or your school classes or training. So for now, please talk with your team, and then I would like you to work on your stability in what you create."
Finally Colossus looked to Guardian and smiled. "Alright, for you I would like you to work on your flying and power diving. I would like for you to practice coming in low and fast, then we will begin working on your strifing a target, and then work on you scooping up targets."
"Ian and Lorelai, please return to what I had you working on. Thank you." Colossus took a step back and watched as he got his thoughts together.
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Guardian
dead/inactive
Aleksey Nevski
There are worse things than burns
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Post by Guardian on Feb 2, 2008 22:16:54 GMT -5
Aleksey closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He looked up at the sky and opened his eyes. He kicked hard off of the ground and spread his wings open in the air. He kept rising up. He came to a complete stop in mid air with his wings opened wide. He thought about it for a minute, looked down at the ground 'I've never actually tried menuvers, just flying around, this should be interesting' he thought to himself. Then he dived straight down at the ground and right before hitting the ground he tried to pull up and stay low but his leg hit the ground and scraped across the dirt and caused him to tumble over and land flat on his back.
"Wow" said Aleksey, "Harder than it sounds, but I'm not giving up." Aleksey got up off of his back and push up into the air once more. He kept trying several menuvers over and over again, but he kept crashing.
Many of Aleksey's scales have ripped off and his wing was a little bit torn but he was not giving up. "Just one more time" he said under his breath to himself. He dove up into the sky, stared to dive and before he hit the ground he opend his wings as wide as he could and that acted like a potential parachute which gave him time to pull up and he started gliding low across the lawn.
"Ha ha, I...I did it" Aleksey said with a big smile, "I finally did it!" he yelled laughing. Suddenly his wings gave out after all the work he was doing and he crashed again, at least this time he as already low to the ground. His wings were so sore and in pain, he had never flew that much before at a single moment.
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Hardlight
Acolytes
Kevin Leonard
Hey, Call Me Hardlight
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Post by Hardlight on Feb 3, 2008 0:45:48 GMT -5
'He still doesn't get me?' Kevin thought as he saw him shaking his head. 'Well, I wont give up on him yet even if he might have given up on me'
"Yes, I will speak to them, oh and about being gay you know, it's not a 'choice' but I understand if you don't get that." Kevin said in a way to indicate that he felt Colossus didn't know what the facts were. He wanted to clarify why he even mentioned that to him and so he said "I will try my best and just so you know I think you are a little like my dad and he hates me for being gay more than he hates me for being a mutant and maybe I just kinda thought you were already expecting me to be a failure like he always does. I hate him in a way for that, but I don't hate you Colossus so please don't hate me cause that would really ruin my time here at the school I think."
He smiled as he went bouncing off to talk to the rest of his teammates and try and make up with them. He wasn't expecting it to be easy, nothing ever was when it came to making friends, but he was hopeful that Guardian would be receptive so he thought he would leave him for last, just in case. He looked to see Frostbite and he thought he should talk to her first because she would be the hardest one to talk to.
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Diesel
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Ian Larks
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Post by Diesel on Feb 3, 2008 0:49:48 GMT -5
Ian nodded when his leader told him to go back to his post and placed a soft kiss on Lorelai's forehead before he moved away. He gave Hardlight an encouraging smile when he came back to the team. Guardian talked him down pretty well, but then again, the dragon dude seemed more chill and cool with the emotional situations. Good thing they had someone like that on their team, especially since for some reason it seemed a bit rocky.
Ian walked back to the the brick wall and put on the gloves he threw down when the light sphere exploded. He put them on and went back to punching the wall. Bringing his other arm back, he shot it forward on the wall with a smaller crack with all his strength, getting right back to where he was before.
CRACK
The impact of the hard hit made a very deep crack in the brick wall and it crumbled to the floor. Wow that was some loud noise. Ian looked at the brick wall for a second proud depite his lightly throbbing fist. Hopefully before long it wouldn't hurt at all when he punched hard things.
"Uh Teach sir? I kinda broke your wall. What else you want me to do?" Ian asked scratching his head with his still gloved hand.
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Frostbite
Paragons
Lorelai Kavanagh
Can you handle the cold?
Posts: 563
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Post by Frostbite on Feb 3, 2008 1:04:56 GMT -5
Lorelai worked on calming herself down, she needed to if she was going to concentrate and continue practicing like Colossus said to. Smiling a little as Ian kissed her forehead and then walked off, she glanced around the area to see Hardlight had come back, at least looking not so tensed up. She guessed that the dragon boy must have calmed him down. He seemed pretty cool, she thought as she continued slow deep breaths.
She let her arms hang at her sides for a moment as she kept breathing slowly, and looked from the rest of her team to the other ice blocks that she hadn't touched yet, deciding what she could mold them into. She'd try again the way Colossus had suggested, and only when she was confident to work without having to touch it would she try that again. She shrugged to herself as she decided to make another ice rose, feeling calm enough to focus on the image of the rose in her head again.
She was going to close her eyes and concentrate when she heard a loud crack and turned her head to see that Ian broke the wall. She smirked and turned back to face the ice again, closing her eyes as she imagined the rose in her head, seeing each specific detail she did before. Again, she felt the ice change and shift under her hands, knowing it was working, however how well it actually worked would be seen when she opened her eyes. When she did, she smiled a little as she saw that it turned out a bit better than the first time. It had a bit more detail and it was more noticably a big rose.
Then, she took her hands off the ice, and then looked around for a big boulder or a rock or a big enough piece of broken wall that she could try aiming and shooting another blast of that cool icy blue cold energy she tried out before the practice had been paused.
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Guardian
dead/inactive
Aleksey Nevski
There are worse things than burns
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Post by Guardian on Feb 3, 2008 1:24:05 GMT -5
Aleksey forces himself up off of the ground, onto his knees, then up onto his feet. He tries to move his wings but they wont expand, he just tucked them away to heal up. "Heh, maybe I over did it a little bit" he said to himself. He walked over to Colossus, "I don't think I'll be flying for a bit" he said looking down, "sorry about that, just thought I'd see how far I can actually go, maybe I could work on my strength control for now...I cant really control it sometimes, I break a lot of things unintentionally so maybe you could help me with that, sir."
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Hardlight
Acolytes
Kevin Leonard
Hey, Call Me Hardlight
Posts: 297
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Post by Hardlight on Feb 3, 2008 22:43:25 GMT -5
He wanted to apologize to his teammates and all but he didn't really want to to her. That blue haired bitch her, she seemed like she didn't want to have anything to do with him and that would have been fine with Kevin because she used her heterosexual privilege too much, way too much for it to be cool. Her boy toy Diesel was as bad as her if not worse but it was o-k with Kevin because the way that uniform looked on him made a lot of the stuff he did and said just seem to be way better than it was, like if he didn't close his mouth when he chewed it might be bad, but in that uniform it would be forgivable. He had told the bossman Colossus that he would say he was sorry so he would just have to he guessed. Walking over to her he said "Uh, hey Frost? Is it Frostbite?" He wasn't sure of her codename, but he thought that was it. "I think I owe you an apology for that stupid big sculpt I just did and maybe if you think about it you could maybe forgive me if you want to. It's all right if you decide not to because I'm going to be doing things right from now on and I just wanted to say sorry cause that was like a freak out on my part, so sorry and all." He didn't really care if she forgave him, Colossus didn't say he had to get the team to forgive him just that he had to apologize and anyway forgiving him was there choice so if they decided not to then oh well, right. Right!
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