Super Hero High: Prometheus Rising (IC, Open)

[Mighty Asgard]

(Simon)
Simon straightened up and turned on his heel to face the two teachers, then tilted his head one way, and then the next at Dominic's question. "Because....I....was....BORED!" He spoke quietly at first, then suddenly yelled the last word. He suddenly started giggling in the sort of high-pitched way generally associated with insanity. "I'm still bored," He giggled, shaking his head. Suddenly his laughter ceased and he straightened up so that he was standing with his back straight. He looked at Dominic with disdain, as if he saw him as lesser. "To bad her death is only temporary in here, eh?" He said, grinning. The smile didn't reach his eyes, however. He licked some blood from his hands before tossing the stick in his hands to his his other hand and pointing it at Leroy. "You know, I admire you. A mass murderer who was never caught!" He gave a giddy chuckle,"And now! You're making a life for yourself here at this school! How twisted is that? I love it. Only one complaint, though....." He prodded Leroy with the stick,"You're too nice to your victims....You need to hear them scream! To beg for mercy. Ohhhh, come on, don't tell me you never liked it!"

Leroy grabbed the stick out of Shade's grasp, his eyes icy cold, in more then the color sense. "I never killed for my own enjoyment," He said, tossing the stick aside. Before he could do anything else, Shade moved away from him.

Shade sidled over to Dominic, getting uncomfortably close to him. "What about you? Hm?" His 'Hm?' was high-pitched, as he looked Dominic over. "You ever kill anyone? Did you enjoy it?" He gave another small chuckle and stroked Dominic's chin, before taking a few steps back,"The way of life is death. Everyone lives, everyone dies," He said in a sing-song way,"I only help the process along. Why not enjoy it? Everyone dies at some point. Everyone goes through grief of someone dying at some point. Chances are, they'll die in pain, too. So what's the problem? SHUT UP!" The last part seemed to have been to himself. He suddenly dissolved in to a fit of giddy, high laughter.

It quickly became clear to Dominic that the kid really needed some psychiatric help because he was, to put it mildly, entirely insane. It was probably a good thing that his first episode had happened inside of a simulation so no one could get hurt for real. He'd make sure to inform the guards that Simon was unstable so they could keep him under close watch too. Leroy didn't really seem to have the situation under control either, he was letting Simon trick him into an argument.

Simon's apparent intention to unnerve Dominic by getting up in his face didn't really work at all.

"Right, I think that's enough out of you," he said, pushing a button on his holographic interface to make Simon disappear. "I'll try to sort this out," he then said to Leroy before also disappearing.

Simon and Dominic materialized in the white room, and Dominic had also brought Elizabeth, the school counselor, there. He assumed that she would be able to help deal with Simon because mental problems seemed like something she should be able to handle.

"Sorry for interrupting your observation of Leroy's class," he apologized to her, "but I need your help with Simon here. He seems to be having some sort of mental episode, he attacked another student. I was hoping you'd be able to help me with him."

Tyler
Tyler was again struck by how incredibly weird Cole was when the strange boy stuck his hand above the fire and started philosophizing about the nature of pain. Tyler focused on building the shelter instead of answering. Then Cole shifted the subject to fire itself, how it was beautiful and destructive at the same time. It seemed like he might expect an answer so Tyler stopped working for a moment to come up with one.

"I don't know really," he said, "maybe we just find it beautiful because our ancestors depended on it so much to live, to them it meant life just as much as destruction. We probably just inherited some kind of fascination with it like that."

[Orinon]

Josh worked in a happy silence, humming to himself as he finished layering leaves on his side. He then went around and helped Cassie, making sure they left a gap so they could easily enter the shelter. He then returned to his stones, finally managing to generate a spark. A few minutes of grinding stones against each other, followed by frantic blowing into a pile of shredded dry grass, and Josh managed to start a small fire, which he now was tending to, slowing feeding it sticks and strips of dry bark.

[Corrian]

Cassie glanced his way when he started humming, and smiled faintly, before going back to focusing on her side of the work. Then he came over to assist her, since she had started after him and was also slower and all, which made her glance his way again and smile at him, but she still didn't say anything and worked in silence until they were done and Josh went back to try and start the fire, managing to successfully do so this time after a while, which she congratulated him for and smiled brightly at him. But as the fire grew larger and turned into a noticeable fire, she started getting thoughtful and spacing out while staring into the flickering flames.

"What do you think would happen if you burned something in the simulation that you had in the physical world? Would it just appear again after you burned it when you got out of the simulation?" Cassie asked Josh while continuing to stare into the flames.

[Orinon]

Josh looked up at Cassie when she spoke, his expression neutral. After several moments of thought, he spoke, staring into the flames.
"Why wouldn't it? I mean, this isn't real. It's nice, but not real. This is all in our heads." He then sighed and closed his eyes, before staring at Cassie. "But... It doesn't mean it doesn't have meaning. Objects by themselves have very little value. The meaning behind the objects, what you feel they represent... That's where the real value is."

[Corrian]

Cassie found herself faintly blushing when when Josh stared at her, and she turned her gaze away from him, having a hard time glancing in Josh' direction when he was staring at her. She wasn't sure if what he was talking about was making it more embarrassing for her or not, or if she was just being her awkward self. Whatever it was, she chose to ignore it.

"It feels so real, though...I even heard it feels real when you get hurt..." Cassie said, biting her lip and hoping that she wouldn't get hurt in this simulation. She didn't want to feel any more physical pain than she had already felt from her fathers abuse. "I just have a piece of paper I was gonna burn...But I'm guessing it will appear back into my pocket anyway..." She let out a sigh, sounding like she didn't want it to, but dodging describing why that was.

"Do you have any objects that mean a lot to you?" Cassie asked out of curiosity, glancing his way a bit again.

[Orinon]

Josh stilled at Cassie's question, before sighing sadly and reaching down the neck of his shirt. A few tugs later, a small pendant emerged from under his clothes. Compared to some of the other things Josh had shown, the simple metal of the pendant, cast into the shape of a animal that somewhat resembled a ferret, was almost strange. However, the way he held it showed it's full worth.
"This... This is the necklace I was given on my tenth birthday. Goltia got one exactly the same. All of us have one. Me, Markus, Magenta, Abigale, Goltia... Even Grace has one. Our father made them. He didn't order them, he made them. It's... It's our family crest. It reminds me of who I am, and... Well, it helps me keep going." Bouncing the pendant a few times in his hands, he then returned it under his shirt and gave Cassie a small smile.

[Corrian]

Cassie felt a bit regretful that she had asked Josh that question when she noticed that he got sad when she asked it. But he seemed to not be terribly bothered by it, to her relief, and instead she stuck to listening to what he said while explaining it, before adding her own bit after nodding in response to what he said and frowning faintly.

"I don't really have anything of significance...I never got anything that exciting from my family, and even if I did, it's not like I'd cherish it anymore..." Cassie let out a deep sigh, and then followed it with taking a deep breath as if trying to keep herself calm. There was something on the edge of her mind that she thought she should really tell Josh, so he knew more about why she was as messed up as she was, since all he really knew was that she was abused and probably assumed that was the whole reason she was like how she was, but she was having a hard time getting herself to say anything, so she continued elsewhere.

"I guess my denim jacket kind of is...But I got that after getting out of the hospital and then coming up here. It feels a bit like a...security blanket to me, you know? Like I feel safer wearing it...And if I wear it, people can't hurt me again...And-and touch me-me..." Cassie tensed up and closed her eyes from a mixture of what she said and the realization that she had said that, which may come off as an odd thing to say. Since she had started it, she decided to continue. "Feeling less exposed just makes me feel...safer...Especially being in high school..." She bit her lip and stared into the flames, falling silent and not elaborating on what she was exactly talking about with anything she just said.

[Orinon]

Josh nodded, before moving to the pile of sticks he had gathered and grabbing some, before putting them on the fire.
"School wasn't nice for me. I... Well, I chose between having friends and having Grace. You can probably guess how that ended," he said, a sad smile on his face. He then sighed and fell backwards, laying on the ground with his hands under his head. "How much longer is this class gonna run? Really bloody bored now."

[Corrian]

"I had no real friends" Cassie said, a hint of distaste in her voice when mentioning "real friends", but mostly sadness. "I didn't feel welcomed anywhere..." She frowned deeply and wiped back a tear that escaped her. "School felt like a slightly better place compared to my home. I failed high school pretty bad up until I came here, and even here I'm only really okay..." She let out a sigh. "Coming here is the first time I've really felt like people care about my well being in years. As much as the pain to get here sucked, I'm almost glad that I got my powers when I did...Because otherwise I'd probably be in an orphanage right now instead of talking to you..." She let out a deep sigh. "And what parent would want to adopt the quiet, sad girl sitting in the corner alone over the more lively children?" She asked, shaking her head lightly. She refused to state the other thought that came across her mind, despite what she had wanted to tell Josh. When Josh said that he was really bored, she started to frown deeply, thinking that she had been boring him with her moping and subjects of discussion.

Cassie pulled out a piece of paper from her pocket slowly that was all crumpled up, and thought about throwing it into the fire even though she knew it would just show up on her again, but instead just let it rest on her lap.

"Josh...I have something I should probably tell you...So you know a bit more about why I am the way I am...Socially weird and all...But I don't want to make you angry..." Cassie bit her lip slightly. "Today has already been stressful enough. I don't want to make it any worse on you..." She fiddled with a stick and poked at the burning fire absentmindedly.

[Tzarsgrad]

"And I guess that's why I've always disliked jellyfish," Sofia finished, as she lay back, reclined. Stephen silently nodded, before adding, "That seems reasonable, I suppose." A moment of quiet followed the end of their conversation. "So," Stephen resumed. "I don't guess a Belarussian super-agent has much time for friends up here, eh?" Sofia laughed a little, knowing he was kidding. "I can't say I've made a whole lot of friends," she replied. "When one is trained to assassinate foreign officials and steal priceless works of art, friendship doesn't exactly quite come naturally. There's Cassie, I suppose. She's been nothing but kind to me thus far. I feel like she's someone I'd like to become closer to, once we get out of this joint, that is." Stephen nodded. "I must admit, having some company has put perspective on all this. I think I might actually put forth some effort to not get in trouble." Sofia feigned shock. "Why, I can't believe my ears!" she sarcastically retorted. Stephen only rolled his eyes at her.

"Of course," Stephen told her, "I can't promise anything until we watch Jurassic Park together." Sofia was taken aback. We? Together? She thought she'd picked up a few subtle hints of flirting, but hadn't been entirely sure. Go figure he waits until after we get out of a confined space to make a move, she thought. She felt that he was a handsome enough fellow, but didn't know if she exactly... felt comfortable, yet. "Of course," she quickly picked up. "All of us. I had a few friends in mind that I thought I'd invite over." Stephen raised an eyebrow. "I thought you said Cassie was the only one you really considered a friend?" She felt a but dumb as she was caught in her own mistruth. "Right, well," she said, biting her lip. "Something tells me she'll want to watch with us." Stephen shrugged. "Sounds alright to me," he said, putting his hands behind his head.

[Orinon]

Josh listened to what Cassie said, his face alternating between sadness and regret. He then sat up and gave Cassie a rather happy smile.
"I've had worse days then this. Far worse. What do you want to say?" he said softly.

[Mavorpen]

It quickly became clear to Dominic that the kid really needed some psychiatric help because he was, to put it mildly, entirely insane. It was probably a good thing that his first episode had happened inside of a simulation so no one could get hurt for real. He'd make sure to inform the guards that Simon was unstable so they could keep him under close watch too. Leroy didn't really seem to have the situation under control either, he was letting Simon trick him into an argument.

Simon's apparent intention to unnerve Dominic by getting up in his face didn't really work at all.

"Right, I think that's enough out of you," he said, pushing a button on his holographic interface to make Simon disappear. "I'll try to sort this out," he then said to Leroy before also disappearing.

Simon and Dominic materialized in the white room, and Dominic had also brought Elizabeth, the school counselor, there. He assumed that she would be able to help deal with Simon because mental problems seemed like something she should be able to handle.

"Sorry for interrupting your observation of Leroy's class," he apologized to her, "but I need your help with Simon here. He seems to be having some sort of mental episode, he attacked another student. I was hoping you'd be able to help me with him."

Elizabeth was heading back to the main group and observe the class with Leroy before she was pulled from the simulation. Tom the bear trailed behind her. At the beginning, she tried to shoo him away, thinking that a bear would only freak out some of the students. He continued to follow though, so she gave up after trying several times. She figured that he was hoping that she would give him more food sooner or late. As she walked, she sang,

I wish I was tall, I wish I was fast
Wish I could shop with a bag full of cash
'Cause if I want you, I gotta have that
(Come, come kiss me boy)
I wish I had style, I wish I had flash
Wish I woke up with a butt and a rack
'Cause if I want you, I gotta have that
(Come, come kiss me boy)

"...What a horrible song, don't you agree, Tom?" The bear grunted, and she just took it as a "yes." Then, the forest disappeared. She could see nothing but whiteness, then Dominic and Simon appeared in front of her. "Dammit, and here I was enjoying the company of Tom." She looked down at Dominic when he apologized to her for interrupting her observation of Leroy's class. Upon being told she was pulled from the simulation because the student standing next to him, Simon, attacked another student, she groaned in exasperation. "Fine, what's wrong with you kid, you having an existential crisis?" she asked Simon.

[Terintania]

Simon, or rather, Shade, was annoyed at the sudden removal from the simulation, and even more annoyed that Dominic had brought the counselor with them. He crossed his arms and glared, then gave a slight scoff at Elizabeth. "There's nothing wrong with me! The only problem I have is you two," He snapped,"I'm the only sane one here. The rest of you, with your delusions of safety, peace and control, you're the crazy ones. Just because I think different then you, that makes me crazy? Hm? I think clearly, I see things rationally, in my own way. What defines insanity, hm? Being different? Or being violent? Well here's a news flash for you. Humans are violent. We're all insane, then, aren't we?" He gave another high giggle, before sort of shrinking back and grabbing his head."No! Shut up!" He fell to his knees and held on hand out toward Dominic and Elizabeth, the other still on his head, clenching in his hair. "You have to help me, you have to shut him up! Please, before he hurts someone for real. Kill me if you h-have to, just stop him, please," He gasped, his eyes wide and fearful. It only lasted for a short time, however, before they were filled with the same insanity they had held before.

He lowered his hand and began giggling and shaking his head. "You know it's futile, Simon," He laughed,"I've been a part of you since you were born. One mind, split in half. You're me and I'm you. You can't get rid of me, and they won't kill me. You're stuck with me, to live your life in torment. To kill everyone you care about. Like your wife." He laughed and stood up. He looked at the two adults, then crossed his arms,"The name's Shade, by the way. I'm not Simon."

(Cole)
Cole looked over at Tyler, then tilted his head, thinking. "Huh. I like that theory. Different. Never heard it before. I like that." He stared at the fire,"Hypnotic, mesmerizing.....yet deadly. A Siren," he murmured. He blinked a few times, then looked over at Tyler. "What more do we need? Food?"

(Leroy)
"Enjoying the show?" Leroy said to Jun and Taylor, without even looking in their direction. He seemed to be sort of distant, and his eyes seemed to lack their normal icyness. It only lasted for a second, however, and the icy look returned when he snapped out of it and looked at the two students. "How are you two doing with the class? Need any help?" He asked. It didn't sound like he was offering help to be nice, but simply because he was the teacher, and it was his job to teach.

(Jay)
Jay tilted his head slightly, wondering if he actually heard a slight change in her voice, or if he was just imagining it. "Doubtful. To my knowledge, rocks that would work well are kinda rare, even if I could see to find them."

When she told him to stand up and wait, he did so, sort of. His attempt at standing up didn't quite go so well, as rocks shifted under his feet with the movement. As a result, he lost his balance and fell backwards, landing on his rear in the shallow water that had been near him. "Ah! Cold!" He gasped, scrambling to his feet, now soaking wet up to his stomach. He rubbed his now aching rear and shook water off of himself. "Sorry," He muttered, as though he had something to apologize for. The fall hadn't even entirely been from his blindness. It didn't help, but it was mostly a lack of balance.

Shivering ever so slightly, he moved carefully away from the water, then took hold of the thing Sarah had asked him to. He didn't mind being wet or sore, he just wanted to help.

(Hunter)
Hunter returned shortly later with some fruit that he knew was edible, and placed them down by Alex. "Here. This is all I could find for now. Logically, we should probably ration it, even if we're not actually going to be here long enough for it to matter."

[Mavorpen]

Simon, or rather, Shade, was annoyed at the sudden removal from the simulation, and even more annoyed that Dominic had brought the counselor with them. He crossed his arms and glared, then gave a slight scoff at Elizabeth. "There's nothing wrong with me! The only problem I have is you two," He snapped,"I'm the only sane one here. The rest of you, with your delusions of safety, peace and control, you're the crazy ones. Just because I think different then you, that makes me crazy? Hm? I think clearly, I see things rationally, in my own way. What defines insanity, hm? Being different? Or being violent? Well here's a news flash for you. Humans are violent. We're all insane, then, aren't we?" He gave another high giggle, before sort of shrinking back and grabbing his head."No! Shut up!" He fell to his knees and held on hand out toward Dominic and Elizabeth, the other still on his head, clenching in his hair. "You have to help me, you have to shut him up! Please, before he hurts someone for real. Kill me if you h-have to, just stop him, please," He gasped, his eyes wide and fearful. It only lasted for a short time, however, before they were filled with the same insanity they had held before.

He lowered his hand and began giggling and shaking his head. "You know it's futile, Simon," He laughed,"I've been a part of you since you were born. One mind, split in half. You're me and I'm you. You can't get rid of me, and they won't kill me. You're stuck with me, to live your life in torment. To kill everyone you care about. Like your wife." He laughed and stood up. He looked at the two adults, then crossed his arms,"The name's Shade, by the way. I'm not Simon."

Elizabeth waited until Simon's "episode" was through, and she sighed. She gave him a strange look that held a combination of emotions. Annoyance, pity, disgust... mostly pity though. "Yeah, yeah, insanity and violence and all that crap. Heard it a thousand times." She turned to Dominic. "Can you just get us out of the simulation? This kid's already bored me."

[Zarkenis Ultima]

Jay tilted his head slightly, wondering if he actually heard a slight change in her voice, or if he was just imagining it. "Doubtful. To my knowledge, rocks that would work well are kinda rare, even if I could see to find them."

When she told him to stand up and wait, he did so, sort of. His attempt at standing up didn't quite go so well, as rocks shifted under his feet with the movement. As a result, he lost his balance and fell backwards, landing on his rear in the shallow water that had been near him. "Ah! Cold!" He gasped, scrambling to his feet, now soaking wet up to his stomach. He rubbed his now aching rear and shook water off of himself. "Sorry," He muttered, as though he had something to apologize for. The fall hadn't even entirely been from his blindness. It didn't help, but it was mostly a lack of balance.

Shivering ever so slightly, he moved carefully away from the water, then took hold of the thing Sarah had asked him to. He didn't mind being wet or sore, he just wanted to help.

Sarah continued working on what she expected to function as a proper shelter once she was done. So far, she was simply tying the branches together with the vines she had gathered, though even that took some effort as they were large and thus heavy and hard to keep in position long enough to get them settled in. She managed to do so ust fine, though, but she worried that holding up the entire construct might become too taxing for Jay to do.

"Is it getting too heavy?" She asked as she continued. "If it is, just say so and I'll put this back on the ground. It shouldn't take me very long to finish anyway, I'm almost done." She told him. After that, she simply continued working, humming to herself as she did.

[Corrian]

Cassie remained quiet for a while before explaining to Josh what she was going to say, seeming a bit uncertain but knowing it was best to just get it out in the open to him. He would be one of only 2 people in the school to know, though she was pretty sure her psychiatrist had gotten a pretty good idea what had happened to her, too. She couldn't recall if she had blatantly told him what happened to her, but she had a feeling he could at least make guesses. She swallowed back her nervousness and began to speak.

"You know how I told you that my father physically abused me?" Cassie started to say, her eyes getting faintly watery just talking about it, but she really wanted to be as open to Josh as a friend as possible, and not hide things about herself from him, so she continued. "He didn't just physically abuse me...He..he sexually abused me...He...he raped me" She tensed up and took a deep breath to calm herself from completely breaking down, and she looked in Josh' direction sadly. "I don't know what happened to him...He used to be a good dad..." She frowned deeply. "That...That incident was a big part of why I k-killed them...I couldn't handle it all anymore...So when my powers showed me...what I did, I couldn't stop myself from going through with it..." She looked sick to her stomach, still not coming to terms with what she had done to her own parents, despite how little she cared for them anymore. It just all felt so, so wrong to her mind, and made her feel mentally, emotionally, and physically sick at herself.

"That's a big reason why I wear this jacket" Cassie pulled at her denim jacket. "Boys staring at me, or sometimes even looking at me makes me feel very uncomfortable, and wearing this makes me feel..safer... and less exposed. Physical body contact with anyone can put me into a panic attack. Too many eyes looking upon me can do the same. After what he did to me, I can't help but sometimes imagine what people are thinking about me in their minds when they look at me, especially when I know that it's very likely they are attracted to me...And they're not positive thoughts..." She gripped the small stick she was holding so tightly that it snapped in half, but she payed it little mind.

"I...I just thought you should know why I behave strangely in social situations like I do...and why I can sometimes run off out of nowhere for seemingly no reason...It's usually to avoid having a panic attack in an open space...and....And yeah.....Just everything...All these abuses I have endured are pretty much the whole reason I act the way I do...Though, I have always been shy. That doesn't mean what happened to me didn't make that worse...And I just want to be honest to you about everything I can be, as painful as it can be to tell you..." She glanced down at the crumpled piece of paper on her lap as she said that, but seemed to be done running her mouth in her awkward, shy, mentally and emotionally damaged way.

[Orinon]

Josh stayed silent as he digested what he heard, his only movements were his hands as he clenched them into fists so tightly a small trickle of blood appeared. Sitting up, he then pressed a fist against his forehead, before tapping his head with it gently. Then, very slowly and deliberately, he spoke.
"My culture is... One of family. My people, long ago, would band together in massive family groups, tribes I guess. We had to, to survive. That culture has survived to this day. A Terrvan that doesn't love, doesn't protect his family is a nonperson. They don't deserve to exist." Josh then looked up at Cassie, looking into her eyes for several moments, before speaking again, his voice low and full of barely repressed anger.
"They deserved it. If I could I would wrench that man from the afterlife and kill him again." He then took a deep breathe, and the anger left his expression. "That said... It would do you no favors. I just wish you had... Said something sooner. I wouldn't be so... Huggy? Is that even a word?" Shaking his head, Josh gave Cassie a small, sad smile. "You know what I mean. Cassie... This doesn't bother me as much as you think it would. That man... He got what he deserved. You defended yourself. Nothing more."

[Corrian]

As she was worried, she made Josh angry. That was why she didn't want to tell him, because she didn't want to make him mad. Still, it was good to get it out, and he seemed to be overall fairly calm and keeping his angered contain, to her relief. For some reason, when he was mad, it made her nervous. Likely due to her past experiences when people got mad, even though she couldn't imagine Josh even thinking about striking her or abusing her like her father had. But then again, she never imagined her father doing the things that he did about 3 1/2 years ago. If he did do that for some reason, he would likely get his ass kicked by many people.

"It doesn't change my feelings of nausea at what I did..." Cassie bit her lip, which seemed to be a common nervous gesture of hers. "When you know that you killed someone, especially your own parents, it makes you sick..." She hung her head and started crying softly. Man, I always manage to be such a mood killer... She thought to herself as she cried softly. "I did it knowing that I could have easily died with them...I'm lucky to be alive, honestly. The crash was pretty bad...It still replays in my dreams sometimes" She bit her lip yet again, and it was a good thing that she didn't bite down hard on her lip, or she would probably be bleeding by now. She let out a surprisingly dark chuckle to come from Cassie when she realized what she said, though.

"Lucky? I guess you could call it that" She said in a blank voice, almost seemingly freezing on the spot for a moment as she contemplated those words she had just said and her usage of the word "lucky". Really, she honestly couldn't think of herself as lucky for surviving, as much as she really wanted to think that way. It just didn't happen. If anything, her mind was starting to think that the real luck would have been dying, and she was unlucky to survive, but she wasn't about to say those negative thoughts out loud any farther beyond than she already had. But she had a feeling Josh could easily detect that she had turned negative, and if anything right now, a bit dead inside.

"I really wanted to say something sooner, but it's just so hard to say anything...To face the pain and get it off my chest to the people I know, which in the end makes me feel better...I wanted to..." Cassie said, and then, despite her talk of space issues and physical touch bothering her, she found herself falling against Josh into a hug, and again, despite her talk, she felt safe in his arms, not uncomfortable by the closeness. She started to cry softly against his chest, but it wasn't long for her to be okay again so Josh wasn't stuck in a very long hug. She just needed a brief hug to feel better, and to let out some emotions. She wiped her eyes and started to speak again.

"We probably should get back to the class, if there's anything left to do...Thanks for listening to me moping again" Cassie gave a sad smile, but let out a faint chuckle of amusement at what she said. As she spoke, she carefully and slowly slipped the crumpled up piece of paper back into her pocket, deciding against telling Josh what it was after everything she had just piled onto him as is, thinking he didn't need anything else to worry about with his friend, even though she wanted to be as honest with him as possible. That was unless he ended up asking about it, since she hadn't done much to hide it and it seemed like a weird thing for her to carry around...

[Glovania]

(Hunter)
Hunter returned shortly later with some fruit that he knew was edible, and placed them down by Alex. "Here. This is all I could find for now. Logically, we should probably ration it, even if we're not actually going to be here long enough for it to matter."

"Good idea. Wonder how long this class is gonna last." Alex wondered aloud, putting a stick in the fire. "If we just divide it equally, then it should be fine." He said, glancing at the fruit.

[Mighty Asgard]

Elizabeth waited until Simon's "episode" was through, and she sighed. She gave him a strange look that held a combination of emotions. Annoyance, pity, disgust... mostly pity though. "Yeah, yeah, insanity and violence and all that crap. Heard it a thousand times." She turned to Dominic. "Can you just get us out of the simulation? This kid's already bored me."

Dominic raised an eyebrow at Elizabeth's strange comment that 'the kid' was boring her. It didn't seem very professional of her to be like that. Nonetheless he would do what she asked, as soon as he had alerted the guard so they could prepare for the apparently mentally ill Simon to be released from the pod.

"Alright, just give me a minute, I need to go out and talk to the guard," he answered before he disappeared from the white room.

A little more than a minute later both Elizabeth and Simon were brought out of the simulation. The power suppressors in the room were activated so Simon wouldn't be able to do anything, and an extra guard was waiting to see how Elizabeth wanted to handle the situation. She was the only one with any sort of training how to handle mental episodes like that after all.

Tyler
Tyler wondered if Cole actually thought that his comment about fire was a smart one or if he was just being nice by pretending. Though Cole didn't really seem like the kind of person who would be socially conscious enough for that. It didn't really matter, he decided.

Soon enough he had finished the shelter, a small lean-to built from logs, vines and leaves, positioned to give shelter from the ocean breeze. It was quite obvious from the general level of skill put into it that Tyler actually knew something about wilderness survival. With a shelter and a fire taken care of their next priority should be food and water. Cole suggested that they should look for food just as Tyler was about to do the same.

"Yes, food and water should be our next priority," he replied. "I saw some plants that I'm fairly sure we could eat, but it would be good if we could find some meat too, a source of protein. There might be some kind of animals on this island but I'm not sure. We could always try fishing or catching some seagulls or something. What do you think?"

[Altruistic Paladins]

"Enjoying the show?" Leroy said to Jun and Taylor, without even looking in their direction. He seemed to be sort of distant, and his eyes seemed to lack their normal icyness. It only lasted for a second, however, and the icy look returned when he snapped out of it and looked at the two students. "How are you two doing with the class? Need any help?" He asked. It didn't sound like he was offering help to be nice, but simply because he was the teacher, and it was his job to teach.

"N, n, no. There is, I see nothing wrong. Just fantastic," Taylor stated as she backed into a palm tree in surprise as one arm was on Taylor's neck and her open hand gesticulated. There was a stressed-laugh following Taylor's assurances. Taylor's eyes were closed the entire time. The newfound uncomfortable tone Taylor had for Leroy was born of that dialogue between Leroy and Simon's evil side. Whether it was Simon's temperment or something else, Taylor was made uncomfortable by the event and wanted to hide it.

[Mighty Asgard]

Near the end of Leroy's class

Tyler felt that Cole and he were doing pretty alright at the whole survival thing, though he had thought that they would right from the start. They had shelter and a fire, a small collection of different foodstuffs, and he had started working on creating something that would get them water as well. Though he wasn't entirely sure how much time had passed he had a distinct feeling that the class would be ending rather soon so he had really stopped putting in very much effort and instead just poked about a bit with a bunch of leaves while waiting for class to finish.

"This whole being stuck on a deserted island thing doesn't seem that bad really," he said, glancing at Cole, "I don't get why everyone who has done it complained about it so much."

[Orinon]

As she was worried, she made Josh angry. That was why she didn't want to tell him, because she didn't want to make him mad. Still, it was good to get it out, and he seemed to be overall fairly calm and keeping his angered contain, to her relief. For some reason, when he was mad, it made her nervous. Likely due to her past experiences when people got mad, even though she couldn't imagine Josh even thinking about striking her or abusing her like her father had. But then again, she never imagined her father doing the things that he did about 3 1/2 years ago. If he did do that for some reason, he would likely get his ass kicked by many people.

"It doesn't change my feelings of nausea at what I did..." Cassie bit her lip, which seemed to be a common nervous gesture of hers. "When you know that you killed someone, especially your own parents, it makes you sick..." She hung her head and started crying softly. Man, I always manage to be such a mood killer... She thought to herself as she cried softly. "I did it knowing that I could have easily died with them...I'm lucky to be alive, honestly. The crash was pretty bad...It still replays in my dreams sometimes" She bit her lip yet again, and it was a good thing that she didn't bite down hard on her lip, or she would probably be bleeding by now. She let out a surprisingly dark chuckle to come from Cassie when she realized what she said, though.

"Lucky? I guess you could call it that" She said in a blank voice, almost seemingly freezing on the spot for a moment as she contemplated those words she had just said and her usage of the word "lucky". Really, she honestly couldn't think of herself as lucky for surviving, as much as she really wanted to think that way. It just didn't happen. If anything, her mind was starting to think that the real luck would have been dying, and she was unlucky to survive, but she wasn't about to say those negative thoughts out loud any farther beyond than she already had. But she had a feeling Josh could easily detect that she had turned negative, and if anything right now, a bit dead inside.

"I really wanted to say something sooner, but it's just so hard to say anything...To face the pain and get it off my chest to the people I know, which in the end makes me feel better...I wanted to..." Cassie said, and then, despite her talk of space issues and physical touch bothering her, she found herself falling against Josh into a hug, and again, despite her talk, she felt safe in his arms, not uncomfortable by the closeness. She started to cry softly against his chest, but it wasn't long for her to be okay again so Josh wasn't stuck in a very long hug. She just needed a brief hug to feel better, and to let out some emotions. She wiped her eyes and started to speak again.

"We probably should get back to the class, if there's anything left to do...Thanks for listening to me moping again" Cassie gave a sad smile, but let out a faint chuckle of amusement at what she said. As she spoke, she carefully and slowly slipped the crumpled up piece of paper back into her pocket, deciding against telling Josh what it was after everything she had just piled onto him as is, thinking he didn't need anything else to worry about with his friend, even though she wanted to be as honest with him as possible. That was unless he ended up asking about it, since she hadn't done much to hide it and it seemed like a weird thing for her to carry around...

Josh hummed softly in response, the sound growing in volume when Cassie surprised him with a hug. He listened to everything else she had to say, before chuckling and smiling.
"You are far braver then me, Cassie. I... I haven't even told my twin half of my issues. Mainly because I don't think it's worth dragging them up into the air. Like... Well, you've seen the rest of my family. How am I meant to even compare to that?" Laughing softly, Josh dusted his hands off and looked at the plant life around them. "Second eldest son of a mining CEO and all I'm good for is having temper tantrums and exploding. Ah well." Standing up, Josh grabbed a larger lump of wood and pushed it onto the fire.
"I guess we should try to find some food. You're going to have to do most of this part. I have no idea what's good and what will kill us," he said with a rather cheeky smirk on his face, offering a hand to Cassie to help her to her feet.

[Corrian]

Cassie
Cassie smiled shyly when Josh said that she was much braver then himself, though based off of what his world sounded like, she wasn't entirely sure if she believed that. But she wasn't going to voice that opinion, because she was just glad to be told she was brave, because she never really felt very brave. She felt that it was probably that she was braver in some ways, but when it came to scary situations, Josh beat her in bravery easily. She chuckled lightly and just smiled when he talked about trying to compare to the rest of his family. She smiled yet again, but a small smile this time, at what he said in preparation for what she was going to say. "And being a good friend" She said, her words making it not seem like her smiling was out of place.

Cassie blushed lightly and took Josh' hand, getting pulled to her feet and also helping Josh with pulling her to her feet so he wasn't like, doing all the work himself. "But...I'm about as clueless as you are when it comes to knowing what will kill us and what won't..." She looked unsure. "At least if we die, we don't actually die..." She said quietly

They managed to miraculously make it through the rest of the survival class without killing themselves on poison berries or some bad for you fruits, and ended up doing a fairly good job overall, despite the fact Cassie didn't really know what she was doing at all. They got a shelter, a fire, and actual edible fruits, leaving them with nothing else left to really get. They may not have done it the fastest, especially since they were chatting half the time, but they managed to finish at least most of everything, and enjoy themselves at the same time, while also getting things off their chests.

"I think we did good" Cassie said while smiling at Josh brightly, seeming to be much more relaxed again. "Honestly, I could stay here...It feels so much more peaceful compared to reality..." She said, and while what she said sounded a bit sad, she didn't look very sad, and just casually glanced around at the scenery, before turning back to Josh. "Is it sad that I don't want to leave the simulation?" She asked, biting her lip. "I enjoyed hanging out with you in the simulation and I almost feel at home here" She said, shrugging lightly. "Maybe once I graduate I'll just live in the woods" She said with a slight chuckle, clearly joking around.

Caitlin and Kira
Caitlin and Kira worked really well as a team throughout the entirety of the simulation class. Shortly after the class had started, they got a fire going, and not long after that, a shelter built. They really did make a great team. They seemed happy with their accomplishments, and both hoped that in doing as well as they did with everything they needed to do, they would get good grades on the class. They saw no reason why they shouldn't. It made the both of them happy to do good, too, though especially Caitlin. Kira just knew a lot of stuff so she could do it well, but had no specific reason TO want to do well other then to keep her grades up. Caitlin felt that she could probably have good use in knowing this stuff and being good at it in the future, for when she did her vigilante work and was possibly stuck out in the middle of nowhere during a mission or whatever.

"High five!" Caitlin said cheerfully, and Kira and Caitlin both proceeded to high five each other while both laughing heavily, Kira almost turning her laughter into a fit of child like giggles. "Low five!" Kira shot back, and they proceeded to do exactly that, as well, followed by another spree of laughter. They were clearly getting along just fine as not only partners, but now officially friends.

Jodelle
Jodelle was glad that psycho disappeared out of the class, being taken out of the simulation by the teacher. That guy was seriously not someone she wanted to be around, though she did feel that there was...more to him. Like, there was a man stuck inside the body of this psycho who was actually a good person. But that still didn't mean she would suddenly feel sorry for the man and try to be nice to him, because if there was a sane man inside there or not, the insane man was still enough for her to have a hard time tolerating him enough to see the "good side"

What she did for the rest of the class, who knows.

Cassandra
Cassandra got up off of her bed again after a while, but didn't stop blasting her ear drums off with death metal. She found that, surprisingly, she was beginning to doze off, so she decided to get herself up off her bed before she actually DID fall asleep, which she didn't really want to do right now. She noticed that it was about time for the class that she believed was taking place right now to end, and decided that she would head that way, even though she wasn't sure exactly why she cared to, since she didn't really feel like talking to anyone right now. Whatever her reasoning was, she started to head towards the class.

Outside of the classroom, she leaned against the wall across from the doorway, but kept her headphones on, so not only was she pointlessly watching everyone leave the classroom, she was still making herself slowly go deaf and wouldn't even be able to hear the crowds around her, anyway. She was just the silent observer of people leaving and going about their days, chatting away. Well, from the outside she appeared to be the silent observer. On her end, she was the silent observer that couldn't hear the world around her, so the world itself that wasn't quite so silent appeared to be silent to her, as well, despite that clearly not being the case.

[Terintania]

(Simon)
Simon merely crossed his arms and glared at both Elizabeth and Dominic. When the simulation ended, he climbed out of the pod and resumed the position. He didn't say anything, or move. He merely stood there and glared.

(Timeskip)
Leroy had ended his class shortly after the thing with Simon, as he felt there was no real need for it to go on. He ended the class, and everyone was once again in the white room. "Alright. Class is over. It's nice to see that most of you have some idea of how to survive, even if he comes from imagination rather then training. If you have any questions, I'll answer outside the simulation." With that, he ended the simulation and all the students woke up in their pods. He climbed out of his own pod, then went and leaned against the wall by the door, crossing his arms and watching the students with his icy eyes, waiting to see if they had any questions.