Super Hero High: Prometheus Rising (IC, Open)

[Orinon]

Josh chuckled at Cassie's small joke, before shaking his head and smiling happily.
"You would miss showers. And running water in general." He then blinked in surprised as they found themselves in the white room, before the simulation ended and the pair woke up in their pods.

Getting out of his pod, Josh stumbled slightly, before a outstretched arm caught him.
"Very smooth," Goltia said, a cheeky smirk on her face. Rolling his eyes, Josh stretched his body out, before allowing his aura of energy to appear, surrounding him in a faint glow.
"Do you really have to show off?" Grace said as she wandered over from her pod. Josh ignored her comment, instead enjoying the feeling of having his powers back.
"You really don't like not having your powers, do you?" Goltia said softly. Josh nodded, his aura fading as he opened his eyes once more.
"I hate it. Feels... Cold. Constantly, without them," he said softly.

[Kershya]

Medical Bay

Antonio begins to glow grey as his vitals begin to go chaotic once again.

Somewhere by the Orbit of Pluto

A strange dark anomaly appears and it begins to move towards the inner Solar System. Observations show that nothing, not even light, appears to come out of it.

[Mighty Asgard]

Medical Bay

Antonio begins to glow grey as his vitals begin to go chaotic once again.

Somewhere by the Orbit of Pluto

A strange dark anomaly appears and it begins to move towards the inner Solar System. Observations show that nothing, not even light, appears to come out of it.

As soon as Antonio began to act erratically John was called to the room again. A few moments after he had arrived he received a message from Jenkins that something anomalous had been detected entering the solar system. Everything was prepared in the gym and he could only hope that it would prove enough. If he was a religious man he might have said a prayer but he had met too many beings who called themselves gods to believe in any of that nonsense.

With any luck the enemy would focus entirely on the gym which should keep all the students safe in the dorms. Because they didn't know the exact nature of the enemy Jenkins had decided that all the students should be kept there, even those currently in detention, so they could be evacuated swiftly if it became necessary. John rather disliked the part of that plan that would require him and all the guards to stay behind to keep the enemy busy, but he saw the necessity of it.

Tyler
Tyler didn't really care that Leroy's way of ending the class essentially amounted to saying to them that they didn't suck enormously and then telling them to leave. Not that he had expected anything more from the grumpy old sociopath. When he got out of the pod he first headed over to Cole, because he felt like it was appropriate to say something to him after having worked with him for the past hour or so.

"Hey Cole, it was nice working with you," he said, keeping a bit more distance than he usually did when talking with someone since Cole seemed to dislike being close to people. "See you around." With that said he headed towards Caitlin, but he stopped halfway to listen when the head of security, Jenkins, started talking over the PA system.

"All students are to return to the dormitories immediately," he said, sounding as calm as ever. "Curfew is now in effect."

There was something odd about that, Tyler thought, because it was hours before curfew usually began. He couldn't help but suspect that there was something wrong. As he walked the rest of the way over to Caitlin there was a bit more of a hurry in his step.

"We should probably get to the dorms," he said flatly to her.

[Altruistic Paladins]

With the time spent going to the village, there was little time left for Sakura and Bramwell. This stopped nothing considering Bramwell's stepping on a rusty nail shortly after Leroy left. However, the mistake was undone later, much to the joy of Bramwell's foot and confusion of his and Sakura's minds. Once Leroy ended the simulation, Makoto noticed that she got another text message announcing charges, this time related to desecration of time before a second message arrived from the ostensible American Vice President to pardon for the criminal case. Without recourse, the body slumped over in the pod as the stress weighed on Makoto's mind.
Across the room, Bramwell and Sakura were confused.
"Who has the new superpowers?" Bramwell asked, already on the assumption that somebody's superpowers were responsible.
"You know, let's just assume that this was a joke. If it is a joke, then we would just beat a dead horse by discussing it any further. If it served any purpose, we can deal with it as it arises," Sakura explained, Bramwell simply unable to support his view of it thanks to agreement with Sakura.
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With Taylor, there had been a hurry made to get out of the room and to the elevator. There was already unpleasant thoughts about the school's intentions. The moment leaving was contemplated, the PA system announced the curfew. Something went-off in Taylor's mind with that coincidence. She had doubts about her idea she made on the fly previously, but now it became a necessity. With a few unintelligble words and a hand movement, Taylor's appearance changed significantly. Taylor now had the appearance of one of the guards. This being a manipulation of electromagnetic spectrum rather than a transformation of herself, Taylor's physical presence was still the same, though the extra ten inches of height were not as noticeable since the manipulation was intricate enough to ensure that physical interaction was not visually in-congruent. Keeping time, Taylor now hit the button to go down to the hangar. On the way down, she took out a small piece of paper. With a few words and a gesture, the paper temporarily being a visually accurate ID card. In case anybody asked, she readied the fake ID ready for such an occurrence, such as the elevator autonomously asking for clearance.
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"Damn," Makoto said, plans destroyed by the curfew. Now all she had to do was dwell on it. "Cassie, if we can, let's continue as soon as the curfew ends. If not, I'll catch you after the break," Makoto explained quickly before informing Bramwell and Sakura of the same. With that in mind, the trio made their way down the stairs until it exited at the Hero Commons. When Makoto tried to hug Bramwell before leaving for her room, Bramwell recoiled and his muscles tensed to Makoto's confusion.

[Corrian]

"Yeah...You're probably right..." Cassie sighed, a bit disappointed that her idea of wanting to just stay there forever not being as good as she first imagined it. She didn't think about the little things that she would certainly miss. Like having actual toilets to go to the bathroom with. Nothing was perfect, but those were luxuries she had a feeling she'd have a hard time doing without, and she honestly wished everyone could have in the world.

Once they got out into the white room, Leroy spoke to them, and then they were outside the simulation and in their pods, Cassie hopped out, but couldn't really think of any questions for Leroy. She looked like she was trying to think of something to say, but in the end, couldn't come up with anything to say, and in the end just waited for the queue to either leave or to hear what else Leroy had to say. Since Josh was talking to everyone who swarmed him as soon as he got out, she didn't immediately speak to him, either.

However, she suddenly looked alarmed when there was an announcement that curfew was now in effect, and all students were ordered to go to their dorms. She found that exceptionally odd at this time of day, which led her to believe something was wrong, likely some crazy powerful student gone bonkers or something like that. Something she probably preferred NOT to know what it was. Either way, it scared her, and she found herself stepping closer towards Josh as if his presence would keep her safe. She gave a brief nod of acknowledgement towards Makoto, and looked at Josh.

"I wonder what's going on" Cassie said, her voice filled with worry. "I hope it's nothing major..." She bit her lip nervously, and she thought she should probably head off to her dorm, but didn't leave just yet because she wanted to wait for confirmation from the teacher to leave. "Talk to you later, then.." She said to Josh. "And thanks for all the help in the class" She added.

Caitlin and Kira
"Do you have any ideas for what we will be doing in future survival classes?" Kira asked Leroy curiously, though she knew that may not be the most appropriate question related to the class they just did. There wasn't really anything she needed to ask related to the class, after all.

"Yeah, that doesn't sound very good" Caitlin said in response to what Tyler said, looking a bit concerned herself but not worrying about whatever it was all too much. She found no huge reason to be that terribly concerned yet. The sudden announcement had distracted her from thinking of any possible questions she had for the teacher, which wasn't really any anyway. "Unless you want to keep hanging out with each other in the same dorm room until this curfew lifts, I'll see you around after the curfew" She said to Tyler.

"Very peculiar" Kira chimed in with her response to the announcement, tilting her head slightly and glancing up at where she presumed the voice of the announcement came from. "Certainly not a normal occurrence for curfew to start now" She said to Tyler and Caitlin, and Caitlin nodded, but raised an eyebrow at her slightly. She was certainly a bit weird at times, but there was no problem with that. "See you two around later, then. And thank you very much for the cooperative teamwork, Caitlin. We make a very good team" She smiled brightly at Caitlin who smiled back, saying "No problem at all".

Cassandra
Cassandra watched the door of the currently occupied class that had just ended, keeping her music blasting and tapping her foot against the ground lightly, waiting for everyone to leave the class so she could watch everyone go about their day, giving herself something to do to pass the time while she blasted metal into her ears, without actually talking to anyone. She really didn't have much she did in her life. She always "Lived in the moment", and didn't think of the future, or future consequences with her actions for that matter. And that seemed to lead to her life being rather bland, so to speak. Sure, she went to school, did school work, used to go to parties here and there, get drunk, whatever, but beyond that her life was seriously dull and uneventful. There really wasn't much she did with her time beyond listening to music loudly, slowly making herself go deaf. She was beginning to think that maybe she should at least come up with SOMETHING else to do with her time, now that her one way of passing her time was now taken away from her for understandable reasons, but she wasn't quite sure what.

A few people exited the classroom, and while she thought it was a bit strange that a couple of students left the class before the teacher even came out, and not in a big horde of students like how classes usually went when they ended, she didn't think much of it. Hell, she had absolutely no idea what was going on at the moment, and while you had these students hurriedly running off to their dorms for curfew, she acted completely oblivious to the fact curfew was even in effect.

[Glovania]

Curfew? Alex heard a loud speaker ring out throughout the station as he walked back towards his dorm. The class had ended with Leroy basically saying "You don't suck, which is cute, now get out" So they did. Alex wondered what Narain had been doing all this time. He turned a few corners, then went down one flight of satirist to the hero dorms. He looked around at all the chairs, then walked back to his room.

When the door slid open, he saw Narain sitting on his bed. "Hi." Alex said, suddenly remembering that the guy can't speak.

[Kershya]

Medical Bay

Antonio begins to glow grey as his vitals begin to go chaotic once again.

Somewhere by the Orbit of Pluto

A strange dark anomaly appears and it begins to move towards the inner Solar System. Observations show that nothing, not even light, appears to come out of it.

As soon as Antonio began to act erratically John was called to the room again. A few moments after he had arrived he received a message from Jenkins that something anomalous had been detected entering the solar system. Everything was prepared in the gym and he could only hope that it would prove enough. If he was a religious man he might have said a prayer but he had met too many beings who called themselves gods to believe in any of that nonsense.

With any luck the enemy would focus entirely on the gym which should keep all the students safe in the dorms. Because they didn't know the exact nature of the enemy Jenkins had decided that all the students should be kept there, even those currently in detention, so they could be evacuated swiftly if it became necessary. John rather disliked the part of that plan that would require him and all the guards to stay behind to keep the enemy busy, but he saw the necessity of it.

Tyler
Tyler didn't really care that Leroy's way of ending the class essentially amounted to saying to them that they didn't suck enormously and then telling them to leave. Not that he had expected anything more from the grumpy old sociopath. When he got out of the pod he first headed over to Cole, because he felt like it was appropriate to say something to him after having worked with him for the past hour or so.

"Hey Cole, it was nice working with you," he said, keeping a bit more distance than he usually did when talking with someone since Cole seemed to dislike being close to people. "See you around." With that said he headed towards Caitlin, but he stopped halfway to listen when the head of security, Jenkins, started talking over the PA system.

"All students are to return to the dormitories immediately," he said, sounding as calm as ever. "Curfew is now in effect."

There was something odd about that, Tyler thought, because it was hours before curfew usually began. He couldn't help but suspect that there was something wrong. As he walked the rest of the way over to Caitlin there was a bit more of a hurry in his step.

"We should probably get to the dorms," he said flatly to her.

Medical Bay

Antonio starts to get worse as both white and black light appear alongside with the grey light. The three lights seem to battle with each other. A perceptive eye would notice a spot on Antonio that doesn't shine slowly moving up towards his head.

[Orinon]

Josh and Goltia looked at each other as the announcement played, before both nodding.
"I'll be at your dorm in a few minutes," Josh said. Goltia nodded, before grabbing Grace's hand and walking away with her.
"Stay safe, both of you," Grace said over her shoulder. Josh nodded again, smiling.
"Always." Watching as the pair left, Josh then turned to Cassie, his smile disappearing.
"I don't like this. Why call curfew this early? Where's my brother, why haven't I heard from him? Gah, this makes no sense," he said, his tone worried. He then sighed softly.
"I shouldn't worry so much. I just... I don't want anyone I care about to get hurt." Josh thought about what he had said for a moment, then shrugged. "You want to come with me? I don't want to be locked in a room with those two. They end up making a cuddle pile on top of me. Not as fun as it sounds."

[Terintania]

"No," Leroy said in reply to Kira's question. It appeared that was all he had in way of reply, either. Not further explanation, or anything like that. He simply watched her, unblinking. When the announcement to head to the dorms was made, one eyebrow raised ever so slightly, and he said,"Nevermind on the questions. Everyone should get to their rooms." With that, he turned and walked out of the room, apparently heading to investigate whatever was going one.

(Simon)
Simon, who was presumably somewhere with Dominic and Elizabeth, crossed his arms. "I guess I get off early," He said, a faint smile on his face.

(Jay)
Jay climbed out of his pod and just sort of stood there, both waiting for more people to leave before he made his way out, and waiting for Sarah, as he felt it would be kind of rude to just ditch on her. When the announcement was made, he sort of tensed up, seeming to go in to panic mode. He figured the only reason they would have to go to their dorms early would be due to some danger. He wasn't quite sure what to do. He wanted to find Sarah, but he couldn't exactly tell where she was, so for now he just stood there.

(Narain)
Narain looked up from his book and gave Alex a cheerful wave when he came in. His cheerfulness faded when he heard the announcement. It seemed a little early for curfew, though, this was his first day, so he couldn't say for sure. He tilted his head and raised an eyebrow at Alex, wondering what was going on.

(Cole)
Cole nodded in response to what Tyler said to him, but didn't say anything in reply, seeming a bit distracted. He was already heading back to his dorm room by the time the announcement was made, so all it did was make him walk a bit faster.

[Corrian]

Cassie
"You're talking to the girl that worries about everything. I think out of everyone you know, I understand what it means to worry a lot" Cassie said, giving Josh a faint smile, but also looking a bit somber when talking about how much she worried all the time. However, before she spoke, she gave off a shy smile and look at Josh when he said he didn't want the people he cared about to get hurt. When he asked if she wanted to come with him, she lit up, smiling brightly. She honestly hoped he would ask that question, because she didn't want to be alone in her room right now, with a mysterious Curfew going on and all. But she didn't dare ask if she could come with them herself, because that felt like too weird of a thing to her to ask someone. Though, the idea of going to some other persons dorm room did make her nervous, however, but that was to be expected. "Yes, please" She said, almost sounding like she was pleading him to let her go with him. "And remember, I have problems with people restricting my personal space and having physical contact with me. A cuddle pile doesn't sound fun to me at all" She said honestly.

Cassandra
Cassandra watched as the rest of the class began to pour out, thinking that seemed like the more reasonable way for things to happen, instead of 1 or 2 at a time. She wondered if most of the class was told to stay for some reason, because they got in trouble or something, but didn't think much of it, and just shrugged. Nobody really looked particularly cheerful, though, which she thought was odd. She figured there would be people happily chatting with each other, like you usually saw when people left class, but everyone looked like they were not overly happy and in a hurry to get somewhere. She raised an eyebrow, but shrugged, figuring they just had other classes they were in a hurry to get to.

While everyone else seemed in a hurry to get somewhere, she went on a casual walk down the hallway, moving on from staring at people leaving the classroom. She was still completely clueless about the current Curfew situation.

[Orinon]

Josh chuckled at Cassie reaction, having expected her to say no.
"Goltia knows better then to try anything silly with you, and Grace is only touchy-feely with me and Goltia. She's... Well, she used to be like you. Couldn't handle people. She's gotten better, though." Pushing his hands into his pockets and smiling. "Besides, they just liking cuddling near me because I can do this." Josh's aura then shimmered slightly as it began radiating a comfortable warmth. After a few moments, the warmth faded.
"Well, shall we then?" Josh asked.

Alexi

Alexi stuck her head out her room's door, looking both ways. After her and Markus had finished their conversations, Alexi had returned to her quarters and sat down with her book and headphones. The announcement over the PA had drawn her attention away from both.
"Curfew? The fuck?" She disappeared into her room, before emerging a moment later, pushing her arm through her jacket. Father being weird, that shit in Tokyo, now this? What a fucking day... Approaching the elevator, Alexi hammered the call button harder then was needed. A moment later, the doors opened, revealing Markus Moyle standing in the metal box, sipping at a cup of coffee.
"You know anything about this?" Alexi asked, stepping into the elevator with him, the doors closing behind her. Markus shrugged, before downing the remainder of his coffee.
"Nope. Heading up now to ask about it. You give my brother a detention?" he asked. Alexi nodded.
"Failed to mention it earlier. Little shit started a fight after combat had ended," she replied. Markus snorted, before smirking.
"Hot headed, the both of them." Alexi nodded, before the elevator dinged and the doors opened to the security level.
"Hey Jenkins, you here? The hell's going on man?" Markus said in a raised voice as he stepped from the elevator.

[Corrian]

"Hopefully I will get better, too" Cassie said, smiling ever so slightly. "The broken teenage girl, the broken pieces slowly being put back together" She said, almost giggling at what she said and how stupidly cheesy and dramatic it sounded. The warmth that Josh emitted felt soothing to her, and she could certainly see why they enjoyed it. "That would be useful in survival class if we needed to stay warm" She said, smiling again. To the last part of what he said, she gave a nod of her head. "Lead the way" She told him.

[Mighty Asgard]

Antonio starts to get worse as both white and black light appear alongside with the grey light. The three lights seem to battle with each other. A perceptive eye would notice a spot on Antonio that doesn't shine slowly moving up towards his head.

John was impatiently tapping his cane on the floor as he waited for Antonio to get through his episode so they could get to work on the final stage of the plan. Just in case something went wrong with Antonio's personalities he prepared his defenses as he waited.

Tyler
Tyler nodded at Kira when she said goodbye, but didn't say anything else to her.

"Let's go hang out together," he said to Caitlin once Kira had left. It was quite clear that he was feeling rather uncomfortable even though he tried to hide it.

Jenkins
When Markus and Alexi went up to the floor of the station housing the armory and security offices they would notice that the floor was deserted. Normally there would be at least a few guards moving around at all times up there but now no one was to be seen. A few seconds after they had arrived up there Alexi received a message on her school-issued PDA which had been sent to every other teacher on the station as well.

All teachers are to report to the student dormitories immediately and remain there until further notice. A probably hostile entity is headed for the station, student safety is of paramount importance, the message said. It was signed by Jenkins.

Jenkins himself stepped out of his office a moment later and spotted the two others. He realized that he had forgotten to tell Markus what was going on, since their newest recruit wasn't yet privy to the usual channels of communication. "We are expecting hostile visitors," he explained, "you should arm yourself, Markus." He then looked at Alexi, "and you should get down to the dormitories to keep an eye on the students, Miss Seryyvolk."

[Zarkenis Ultima]

During the remainder of the simulation, Sarah had managed to finish her branch grid of sorts. A lean-to, other students more experienced in survival would call it, though she didn't know this and thus in her mind she simply referred to it as a grid. After placing it against a pair of suitable trees and covering it with leaves and bark, it seemed like it would make a decent enough shelter, though there were other matters to attend to, like boiling water and getting food, which Sarah had no idea how to address.

The simulation ended soon enough, however, and so the addressing of these matters remained unnecessary. So when the simulation came to an end, Sarah opened her eyes in reality. It was such an odd sensation, opening your eyes without having closed them first, as they were still open in the simulation. She had grown used to it, however, and for now she merely stood there. She would probably have gone and done something more useful than merely standing, but truth be told, she was busy basking in the comfort that was having her powers back. No longer was she disconcerted because she could not feel the life around her. No longer was she unable to hear the beating hearts of her fellow students. It was recomforting, truly.

However, she was brought out of her reverie by the voice that ordered all the students to return to their dorms, informing them that the curfew was in effect. Was something happening? If so, she must have missed it. Regardless, if the school wanted them to return to their dorms, it was probably for the best, and so, she didn't question the order.

Looking around, she quickly spotted Jay and walked towards him, gently taking his hand. "We should head back to the dorms." She told him.

[Altruistic Paladins]

Taylor's reaction was less than pleasant when the elevator moved not. In spite of multiple button presses, the elevator moved not.
"Of course," Taylor thought, "they heard me once. They can hear me again," Taylor thought as Taylor experimented with other floor options. It was apparent that other floors are working, but the restricted access floors required something that simply was not said. With a check of the clock, Taylor saw that a minute passed since she activated the disguise. She had experimented with this idea just once. Since Taylor had her helmet on, it at least muffled the voice to a satisfactory extent. Still, there was time. Taylor put in effort to have her thoughts be incomprehensible babble as the elevator door opened and she exited. It was some dorm; she was not sure which dorm it was. What mattered was that she had to get to the staircase. Maybe it was manned and the guards were distracted enough to just require visual confirmation of the fake ID.
With Taylor's best case scenario, nobody payed enough attention to notice the sounds of her sneakers that did not match those of the boots or accidentally bump into her and notice the distinct lack of body armor and other such equipment on her person or if one of the guards asked her to do something or anything else that might just cause a person to notice the discrepancies in her disguise and call her out as an imposter. That was true, but it was hardly nice for it to coincide with a lock-down of the school.
With effort to avoid contact, Taylor walked around to the stairs, hoping that it was such a short amount of time that not a single person noticed.

[Kershya]

Antonio starts to get worse as both white and black light appear alongside with the grey light. The three lights seem to battle with each other. A perceptive eye would notice a spot on Antonio that doesn't shine slowly moving up towards his head.

John was impatiently tapping his cane on the floor as he waited for Antonio to get through his episode so they could get to work on the final stage of the plan. Just in case something went wrong with Antonio's personalities he prepared his defenses as he waited.

Tyler
Tyler nodded at Kira when she said goodbye, but didn't say anything else to her.

"Let's go hang out together," he said to Caitlin once Kira had left. It was quite clear that he was feeling rather uncomfortable even though he tried to hide it.

Soon the grey light goes out and form into a metal version of Antonio, Vulcan. The white light then overpower the black light and both leave Antonio, showing Erebus in his cloak and a version of Antonio that looks like a blond angel.

The angel smile at John and make a polite bow. "Hello, the name's Lucifer. How do you do?" With only Apathy in Antonio, he begins to wake up.

[Mighty Asgard]

Soon the grey light goes out and form into a metal version of Antonio, Vulcan. The white light then overpower the black light and both leave Antonio, showing Erebus in his cloak and a version of Antonio that looks like a blond angel.

The angel smile at John and make a polite bow. "Hello, the name's Lucifer. How do you do?" With only Apathy in Antonio, he begins to wake up.

"That's everyone then," John said, ignoring Lucifer's pointless pleasantries. The three new arrivals and that one left inside Antonio's body were the last ones they'd need for the plan and there really wasn't enough time for them to stand around wasting it. "Follow me," he ordered the four and turned to leave. A few armed guards were waiting outside to escort them so they really didn't have any choice but to do as John said.

Soon enough they arrived at the gym, where things had been prepared for the gate ritual. There was a central space prepared for the opening of the gate itself, and around it spaces for the various fragments of Antonio to occupy to close the gate again once it had served its purpose. Right below where the gate was going to be opened there was a metal obelisk covered in an intricate pattern of lines and symbols, laid on its side and aimed carefully so its point wasn't going to point at any of the fragments during the ritual. Close to the obelisk the air seemed colder.

"Right, we're good to go," John declared.

Hansel Dietrich, guard of the Academy
Hansel was quite on edge, justifiably worried about the prospect of the Academy coming under attack from some strange hostile force. And he was stationed at one of the most crucial places on the station, the stairwell by the dorms. If it became necessary to evacuate the students the stairwell needed to be kept clear and he suspected that the enemy would know that and try to take it. More guards were stationed in the dorms themselves but there was still about a dozen others out there with him.

As he waited he noticed someone dressed in a guard uniform who he didn't recognize at all. The stranger stepped out of the elevator and turned to head down the stairs. Hansel knew pretty much all his colleagues on a first-name basis, and he knew for certain that he recognized the faces of all of them. And he had never seen this one before, meaning that it had to be an impostor.

"I've never seen you around before," he said, stepping in front of the stranger, "what's your name?" He subtly signaled the rest of his squad who got ready to engage if the situation demanded it.

[Corrian]

Caitlin smiled at Tyler's suggestion, seemingly calm herself but she was certainly a bit on edge, she just didn't really show it or even really think about the fact that she was on edge. "As you wish" She bowed to him slightly as a joke, but it seemed like her way to try and relieve the tensions of them all being on edge. She put her hand out towards Tyler, offering to once again hold his hand as they headed to either his dorm or hers. "We can head to your dorm" She said to Tyler.

[Altruistic Paladins]

Hansel Dietrich, guard of the Academy
Hansel was quite on edge, justifiably worried about the prospect of the Academy coming under attack from some strange hostile force. And he was stationed at one of the most crucial places on the station, the stairwell by the dorms. If it became necessary to evacuate the students the stairwell needed to be kept clear and he suspected that the enemy would know that and try to take it. More guards were stationed in the dorms themselves but there was still about a dozen others out there with him.

As he waited he noticed someone dressed in a guard uniform who he didn't recognize at all. The stranger stepped out of the elevator and turned to head down the stairs. Hansel knew pretty much all his colleagues on a first-name basis, and he knew for certain that he recognized the faces of all of them. And he had never seen this one before, meaning that it had to be an impostor.

"I've never seen you around before," he said, stepping in front of the stranger, "what's your name?" He subtly signaled the rest of his squad who got ready to engage if the situation demanded it.

"The name's Elizabeth O'Malley," Taylor answered, showing the fake ID to the guard as she spoke in an American broadcast voice. The pseudo-ID card was good, having everything the guard might look for in an guard's ID card. The main flaw of the fake ID was that it had no machine readable information, so it was useless as a passkey. There were no attempts at small-talk, understanding that now was not a time the guards would be so talkative.

[Orinon]

Alexi listened to Jenkins as he spoke, before turning on her heel and walking back into the elevator, pulling her gloves on in the process. She pressed the floor button she wanted, before reaching out and holding the door open.
"Be careful. Both of you," she said. She then let the door close on her. Rolling his artificial arm's wrist slowly, Markus walked towards the armory, his body language tensing like a spring.
"So, what do I get to use? A peashooter or something with some kick?" He asked, a small smirk appearing on his face.

Josh

Josh didn't say anything as he and Cassie took the elevator, instead humming to himself softly. When the elevator opened to the vigilante floor, the pair found themselves taring at Alexi.
"To your room, now, Moyle. And don't think I haven't forgot about your detention," she said, her tone leaving no room for argument. Hurrying past her, Josh led Cassie to a room a few doors down from his own, before knocking on the door. A moment later, the door was opened and Goltia appeared, her hair tied back into a short ponytail. The Twins blinked, the pair almost exact mirrors of each other.
"Okay that's creepy. You never have your hair up, okay?" Josh said. Goltia nodded in agreement.
"Yeah. Grace was giving me a back rub and kept pulling my hair," she explained. Smiling and shaking his head, Josh then tilted his head slightly, and Goltia stepped back, allowing them to enter the room. The space was neat and rather tidy, the only real mess being a small pile of books beside the bed. On said bed sat Grace, her attention fully fixed on the book in her hands.
"Harry Potter and the Order of the.. Phoenix? Sounds stupid," Goltia said, seating herself on the bed with her legs draped across Grace's.
"Not as stupid as you'll look with the book smacking you in the face," Grace shot back.

[Terintania]

As Leroy walked down the halls, he came across a girl who was wearing headphones and was apparently completely ignoring the curfew. "What are you doing here? You should be in your room," He said. He looked at his PDA as the message, then said,"I'll escort you there." Without another word, or time to allow any protests, he took her by the arm and began heading back to the dorms.

(Jay)
Jay nodded to Sarah, seeming nervous, then followed along behind her, clicking his tongue often to make sure he didn't trip over anything or run in to something. "Are you going to your room?" He asked, not really feeling like hanging out in his room alone, as Thomas seemed to have sort of disappeared.

[Corrian]

Cassie
Cassie remained silent all the way up until they got to the vigilant floor, and after Alexi had spoken to Josh, telling him to go to his room now, and that he had detention. In her mind she was thinking that, well duh, heading to his room was practically what they were doing and why they were in the vigilante dorm in the first place, but she wasn't going to argue with a teacher. She found no need to make things worse than needed. She made some weird face and turned to Josh briefly after Alexi had left.

"She seems nice" Cassie said sarcastically.

After that, Josh led her towards a room, the one she presumed Goltia and Grace were at, and again remained silent until they were at their destination. Even when Goltia answered the door, all she did at first was smile at her shyly until they were in the room itself. And once inside, she spoke up when they started talking about Harry Potter.

"Hey, it's not stupid" Cassie said with humor in her voice. "The 5th book introduces Luna Lovegood, one of the best characters in the entire book series" She started laughing lightly at her defending the Harry Potter books, indicating that she had in fact read them herself. Or in the least watched the movies.

Cassandra
Cassandra kept on walking, but noticed someone coming up next to her, who appeared to be a teacher. She turned to face him, because he appeared to be trying to get her attention, but didn't take her headphones off before he started speaking. When he started speaking, all she saw was lips moving, and heard not a single word of what he said. So, to ask him what he said without headphones on, she slipped her headphones off, and started to speak, but before she could get out more than a "what?", he suddenly grabbed her by the arm and started to pull her along with him to somewhere.

"What the fuck are you doing?" Cassandra asked the teacher, trying to break lose of his grip but his grip was too tight around her arm for her to just squirm free. Having literally no idea why he was doing this, it really confused her, because she still hadn't heard a word of what he said to explain why she was being pulled someone. "Am I in trouble already? What the hell did I do wrong?" She asked the teacher, again, trying to break free from his annoyingly tight grasp.

[Terintania]

"If you weren't deafening yourself, you would have heard that there's a curfew," Leroy said, taking the headphones from around her neck. "I'll keep these until curfew is over, and you get off easy for ignoring curfew. I suggest you pay attention in the future," He said, stopping outside of the dorms. "Get to your room," He instructed, standing guard by the door.

[Corrian]

Cassandra seemed to be rather surprised by the mention that there was a curfew, especially at this time of day. But it didn't take her long to figure out that, if there was a curfew at this time of day, it probably meant something weird was going on. "Great, is the school going to explode on my first day?" She asked the teacher sarcastically, not in any means actually expecting an answer to that question. "Hey!" She said when he took her headphones from around her neck, and she tried to grab them back, but since this teacher seemed to have a rather good grip on things, she didn't want to break them by trying to struggle to get them back. So, instead, she decided to resign herself to glaring daggers at him. "Are you trying to bore me out of my fucking mind?" She asked Leroy when he said that he'll keep her headphones until after curfew was over. "Since when do you have authority to take claim over my possessions?" She asked him, shaking her head lightly. She let out a huff at him, thinking he was a complete jerk, but headed to her room anyway, slipping the keycard into it and opening her door. She stepped into her room, turned to face Leroy, and said "You're an asshole", before slamming the door shut in his face.

[Terintania]

Cassandra seemed to be rather surprised by the mention that there was a curfew, especially at this time of day. But it didn't take her long to figure out that, if there was a curfew at this time of day, it probably meant something weird was going on. "Great, is the school going to explode on my first day?" She asked the teacher sarcastically, not in any means actually expecting an answer to that question. "Hey!" She said when he took her headphones from around her neck, and she tried to grab them back, but since this teacher seemed to have a rather good grip on things, she didn't want to break them by trying to struggle to get them back. So, instead, she decided to resign herself to glaring daggers at him. "Are you trying to bore me out of my fucking mind?" She asked Leroy when he said that he'll keep her headphones until after curfew was over. "Since when do you have authority to take claim over my possessions?" She asked him, shaking her head lightly. She let out a huff at him, thinking he was a complete jerk, but headed to her room anyway, slipping the keycard into it and opening her door. She stepped into her room, turned to face Leroy, and said "You're an asshole", before slamming the door shut in his face.

Leroy ignored her first question about the school exploding, and when she tried to grab her headphones back, he simply held them up out of her reach, since he was taller then her. "You're assuming I care either way," Leroy said when she asked if he was trying to bore her out of her mind, to put it mildly. "To my knowledge, teachers have the authority to confiscate devices if they see a reason to, and I think ignoring curfew because you're too busy to pay attention is a reason." He didn't seem to even really respond when she slammed the door in his face and called him an asshole, and he simply headed to the lounge area to keep watch.