Academy of Villains: Now With 200% More Multiverse [IC]

[Free Empire of the Low Isles]

Coilin moved his hand up to her arm. "Raven... you can't change the past. All these ifs... they... they don't help. If I was a little faster, a little smarter, at a different place... Another age. They all boil down to the same thing. If it didn't happen." he said, and then put on a small smile. Gesturing at his legs, he said "I should know..."

She felt awkward with him touching her like that, but dealt with it.

"...Of course," she said, feeling a little foolish. "Here I am all upset about what I lost when you lost so much more... I'm sorry."

Coilin, now exasperated, sighed and put his head on the table. "Why am I so bad at this...?" he muttered, shaking his head on the table. "I didn't mean it like that, Raven! You lost as much, if not more than me! I'm just trying to tell you... it's something that defines us, yes, but... you can't worry over the past! You can't change it. So while you might hate it, and it might hurt you, you cannot blame yourself for the things that you cannot change!"

[Charlia]

She felt awkward with him touching her like that, but dealt with it.

"...Of course," she said, feeling a little foolish. "Here I am all upset about what I lost when you lost so much more... I'm sorry."

Coilin, now exasperated, sighed and put his head on the table. "Why am I so bad at this...?" he muttered, shaking his head on the table. "I didn't mean it like that, Raven! You lost as much, if not more than me! I'm just trying to tell you... it's something that defines us, yes, but... you can't worry over the past! You can't change it. So while you might hate it, and it might hurt you, you cannot blame yourself for the things that you cannot change!"

"Right... right," she said, although she still sounded slightly unconvinced.

But that was only to be expected. It would take time for her to heal.

[Free Empire of the Low Isles]

Coilin, now exasperated, sighed and put his head on the table. "Why am I so bad at this...?" he muttered, shaking his head on the table. "I didn't mean it like that, Raven! You lost as much, if not more than me! I'm just trying to tell you... it's something that defines us, yes, but... you can't worry over the past! You can't change it. So while you might hate it, and it might hurt you, you cannot blame yourself for the things that you cannot change!"

"Right... right," she said, although she still sounded slightly unconvinced.

But that was only to be expected. It would take time for her to heal.

Coilin took a deep breath. "I'm sorry... just... think about it, okay?" he said, and then made a move to leave. "I'll, uhm... go now..."

Stupid, stupid, STUPID!

Why the hell did you even try that, Coilin? She's gonna need time, and you try and force it! What happened to that 'steady hand' thing, huh? What's wrong with you, stupid!

... is it because...

No, not possible.

[Raktio]

Sabrina was in the Jupiter's training room, continuously fighting against whatever was thrown at her. They'd stopped using live opponents a long time ago, resorting to much more easily replaced or disposed of robotic manikins. She'd been in there for over eleven hours now, and pushing twelve. Her previous record had been eight hours, and that's because the German Superhuman Agency had stop the test at eight hours. For now her focus was to just simply go for a straight twelve while answering random questions she should know the answer to, mostly mathematical ones. She was working on adding another martial arts discipline into her mind as a instinct to the point where she could fight without having to think about it, and after that she'd mesh it with the others she'd built up to this point.

For the most part she remained fairly separate, most didn't talk, and many who did were just annoying. For the most part Benson had stopped his harassment, though on the occasion he'd try to do something new. On the other hand Coilin found himself another girl which he seemed to have virtually attached himself to. In addition to all her training, it was also noted that she wasn't so much of an Eta, but more of a very efficient Beta type who didn't take chances.

[Charlia]

"Right... right," she said, although she still sounded slightly unconvinced.

But that was only to be expected. It would take time for her to heal.

Coilin took a deep breath. "I'm sorry... just... think about it, okay?" he said, and then made a move to leave. "I'll, uhm... go now..."

Stupid, stupid, STUPID!

Why the hell did you even try that, Coilin? She's gonna need time, and you try and force it! What happened to that 'steady hand' thing, huh? What's wrong with you, stupid!

... is it because...

No, not possible.

"No--" she reached out, catching his hand.

"Please... don't go... Will you... teach me how to play chess?" she said awkwardly, a fumbling attempt to come up with some way to get him to stay.

She didn't want to be alone right now.

[Free Empire of the Low Isles]

Coilin took a deep breath. "I'm sorry... just... think about it, okay?" he said, and then made a move to leave. "I'll, uhm... go now..."

Stupid, stupid, STUPID!

Why the hell did you even try that, Coilin? She's gonna need time, and you try and force it! What happened to that 'steady hand' thing, huh? What's wrong with you, stupid!

... is it because...

No, not possible.

"No--" she reached out, catching his hand.

"Please... don't go... Will you... teach me how to play chess?" she said awkwardly, a fumbling attempt to come up with some way to get him to stay.

She didn't want to be alone right now.

Coilin blinked. "Oh, uhm, we'll have to go somewhere else for that... all the chess sets are in the lounge..." he said.

She's holding my hand...

She doesn't want me to go.

Does this mean...?

I think I might have a pawn after all.

That's what she is, right?

[Charlia]

"No--" she reached out, catching his hand.

"Please... don't go... Will you... teach me how to play chess?" she said awkwardly, a fumbling attempt to come up with some way to get him to stay.

She didn't want to be alone right now.

Coilin blinked. "Oh, uhm, we'll have to go somewhere else for that... all the chess sets are in the lounge..." he said.

She's holding my hand...

She doesn't want me to go.

Does this mean...?

I think I might have a pawn after all.

That's what she is, right?

"O-okay," she stammered.

"Right. Shall we... shall we go, then?"

[Free Empire of the Low Isles]

Coilin blinked. "Oh, uhm, we'll have to go somewhere else for that... all the chess sets are in the lounge..." he said.

She's holding my hand...

She doesn't want me to go.

Does this mean...?

I think I might have a pawn after all.

That's what she is, right?

"O-okay," she stammered.

"Right. Shall we... shall we go, then?"

Coilin nodded, and rolled a little bit away, to give her some room. "Alright... I'd offer to help you up but... you'd just help me down and out." he said, smiling and gesturing at the ground.

[Charlia]

"O-okay," she stammered.

"Right. Shall we... shall we go, then?"

Coilin nodded, and rolled a little bit away, to give her some room. "Alright... I'd offer to help you up but... you'd just help me down and out." he said, smiling and gesturing at the ground.

"Yeahhhhhhh that might not be such a good idea," she said with a smile, standing up.

"Onward!"

[Free Empire of the Low Isles]

Coilin nodded, and rolled a little bit away, to give her some room. "Alright... I'd offer to help you up but... you'd just help me down and out." he said, smiling and gesturing at the ground.

"Yeahhhhhhh that might not be such a good idea," she said with a smile, standing up.

"Onward!"

Coilin blinked at her with a smile of his own. "'Onward'? When did you start getting so... eighteenth-century stereotypical British?" he asked, as he led her to the lounge.

[Charlia]

"Yeahhhhhhh that might not be such a good idea," she said with a smile, standing up.

"Onward!"

Coilin blinked at her with a smile of his own. "'Onward'? When did you start getting so... eighteenth-century stereotypical British?" he asked, as he led her to the lounge.

"...I don't know. I just wanted to say it."

She shrugged.

"And I don't get to just do things for the fun of it, so..."

[Skyline United]

Honor

"I'm fine!" Honor blurted out, before sighing and trying to calm herself down. "Actually no, I'm not fine... I haven't been fine since last month. Everything changed last month, Violet... I feel like my whole life went to crap, and nothing I can do is able to make it better."

Benson

"Indeed," muttered Benson. "You see, I have reason to believe that there's an AI running in the background of the computer systems of the school. I want to find out more about it, and more accurately find a way to harvest the code from it and then find a way to secure files from it. I already snuck into the control room at night when nobody was working there, and checked it out... The process that it runs on is huge, it can't just be a normal program."

Gabriel

"Sure, I'm always starving when I wake up," said Gabriel, sitting up and clutching the blanket close to her body. She shifted to her true form, allowing her wings to cover her up partially even though they weren't very large.

She stared at her for a moment before looking down shamefully. "I-If I didn't leave you... Things wouldn't be like this..." she replied quietly, appearing sad for once.

Lance stood up and turned to his painting. "You know... You can just ask me to look away." he stated while keeping his gaze fixed at the wall. She seemed embarrassed, but not very much... Strange...

[Free Empire of the Low Isles]

Coilin blinked at her with a smile of his own. "'Onward'? When did you start getting so... eighteenth-century stereotypical British?" he asked, as he led her to the lounge.

"...I don't know. I just wanted to say it."

She shrugged.

"And I don't get to just do things for the fun of it, so..."

Coilin smiled at her. "Raven... I like it when you do things for fun. You... actually develop of a sense of humor!" he said, acting as if this was a miracle.

Couldn't stop myself from at least some snark...

[Charlia]

"...I don't know. I just wanted to say it."

She shrugged.

"And I don't get to just do things for the fun of it, so..."

Coilin smiled at her. "Raven... I like it when you do things for fun. You... actually develop of a sense of humor!" he said, acting as if this was a miracle.

Couldn't stop myself from at least some snark...

She managed to laugh.

"I like being able to do things just for fun... but..." Her face was drawn, and worried.

[Free Empire of the Low Isles]

Coilin smiled at her. "Raven... I like it when you do things for fun. You... actually develop of a sense of humor!" he said, acting as if this was a miracle.

Couldn't stop myself from at least some snark...

She managed to laugh.

"I like being able to do things just for fun... but..." Her face was drawn, and worried.

Coilin stopped and looked at her. "If it's anything to do with me..." he said slowly, looking at her with a worried look.

[Charlia]

She managed to laugh.

"I like being able to do things just for fun... but..." Her face was drawn, and worried.

Coilin stopped and looked at her. "If it's anything to do with me..." he said slowly, looking at her with a worried look.

"No, it's not you... I just... I saw something once, while I was training...

One of the old graduates. He had defected, and actually ended up marrying and having a family... but she found him, dragged him and his wife and children back, and brutally executed one of his children. His mind... it broke. It went back to the way she had turned him, and when she told him to kill one of his other children and then his wife... he did. She took the last child to train, and gave the defector an option. Either rejoin her, or die.

He chose to die.

I... I never forgot that. The consequences of defecting..."

[Free Empire of the Low Isles]

Coilin stopped and looked at her. "If it's anything to do with me..." he said slowly, looking at her with a worried look.

"No, it's not you... I just... I saw something once, while I was training...

One of the old graduates. He had defected, and actually ended up marrying and having a family... but she found him, dragged him and his wife and children back, and brutally executed one of his children. His mind... it broke. It went back to the way she had turned him, and when she told him to kill one of his other children and then his wife... he did. She took the last child to train, and gave the defector an option. Either rejoin her, or die.

He chose to die.

I... I never forgot that. The consequences of defecting..."

Coilin blinked at her.

Okay. New plan for Anastasia.

I'm going to capture her, and make sure she breaks. Just like she's broken so many others. I'm going to personally slowly torture her. With Raven's memories... with the other children's... and then physically. I always did want to try out that scalpel... he thought.

He then took her hand. "Don't worry Raven... if she even comes close to you. If anyone working for that god forsaken place comes for you, you have this entire school to back you up...."

"And me."

"You always have me."

[Charlia]

"No, it's not you... I just... I saw something once, while I was training...

One of the old graduates. He had defected, and actually ended up marrying and having a family... but she found him, dragged him and his wife and children back, and brutally executed one of his children. His mind... it broke. It went back to the way she had turned him, and when she told him to kill one of his other children and then his wife... he did. She took the last child to train, and gave the defector an option. Either rejoin her, or die.

He chose to die.

I... I never forgot that. The consequences of defecting..."

Coilin blinked at her.

Okay. New plan for Anastasia.

I'm going to capture her, and make sure she breaks. Just like she's broken so many others. I'm going to personally slowly torture her. With Raven's memories... with the other children's... and then physically. I always did want to try out that scalpel... he thought.

He then took her hand. "Don't worry Raven... if she even comes close to you. If anyone working for that god forsaken place comes for you, you have this entire school to back you up...."

"And me."

"You always have me."

"You always have me."

She didn't fully believe what she was hearing, not at first.

She had to force herself not to tear up when she did start to believe it.

"Th-thank you, Coilin... Thank you..."

[Free Empire of the Low Isles]

Coilin blinked at her.

Okay. New plan for Anastasia.

I'm going to capture her, and make sure she breaks. Just like she's broken so many others. I'm going to personally slowly torture her. With Raven's memories... with the other children's... and then physically. I always did want to try out that scalpel... he thought.

He then took her hand. "Don't worry Raven... if she even comes close to you. If anyone working for that god forsaken place comes for you, you have this entire school to back you up...."

"And me."

"You always have me."

"You always have me."

She didn't fully believe what she was hearing, not at first.

She had to force herself not to tear up when she did start to believe it.

"Th-thank you, Coilin... Thank you..."

Coilin blushed, and blinked, not believing what he just said.

I... pretty much just confessed to her. Seriously.

Oh, God... What have I done? She's going to castrate me in my sleep! I'm going to be a cripple and a eunuch!

Coilin started stuttering. "Oh, uhm, I... I... Uhm, y-y-your welcome?"

[Galnius]

"You always have me."

She didn't fully believe what she was hearing, not at first.

She had to force herself not to tear up when she did start to believe it.

"Th-thank you, Coilin... Thank you..."

Coilin blushed, and blinked, not believing what he just said.

I... pretty much just confessed to her. Seriously.

Oh, God... What have I done? She's going to castrate me in my sleep! I'm going to be a cripple and a eunuch!

Coilin started stuttering. "Oh, uhm, I... I... Uhm, y-y-your welcome?"

Entering the cafeteria rather late, Salazar walked to the table that seemed to be getting rather popular, overheating Coilin's slight panic. So you do have a weakness, eh Coilin? I can't say I'm not a little disappointed. The lustful are a cinch to control. he thought, knowing Coilin would hear. Smirking all the while, outloud he stated " Ah Tinman, you really do have a heart. " He placed his hand on his chest, making a faux sentimental geature.


Finding Johannes, one of Rachels favorite pastimes, had just been completed when she teleported on top of his food. "HI JO!!!" she yelled, cackling. "What's for breakfast? Anything good? You should get me some."

[Arstotzkas]

Marissa returns to her room, entering her sleeping quarters. Turning on her computers and other various technological devices, she changed out of her jeans and jacket into a T-shirt and a pair of shorts. She began to quickly organize her desks, cleaning off various papers, and useless memory sticks." She sits on her leather Aeron stool, checking her mail for replies from her parents, and of course she got none. Grabbing her backpack (after putting a few Cokes in it), she leaves the room, searching for Karl and Benson.

Marissa arrives, waving to James on the way. Seeing Benson and Karl, she waves, smiling. "How are you guys? Am I late?"

OOC: for the next like six hours I can't RP, control her if you need to

James continues to eavsdrop on the conversation only being slightly distracted by Marissa's arrival. He waves back, calmly, trying to not draw suspicion. He hadn't talked to her in a while probably because of their talks were pretty awkward and ended quickly. He knew that because she constantly pretended like she had to go do something in order to quickly exit from the conversation. James realizes quickly that she must have been called to help back something and resolves to listen further and find out what the group was planning.

[Unified Free Lands]

"You can't blame yourself for what happened, it only would have ended up with you getting hurt too," sighed Honor. "I'll be fine eventually... I think I just need more time to heal."
She suddenly grabbed her head again, trying to block out a storm of voices and noises.

Gabriel shrugged, climbing out of bed and finding a outfit to put on, with a shirt that had holes cut for her wings on the back. "You're fine, it's just a habit of mine," she stated.

"I believe what we need help with now is just finding where the AI is running and what it does," explained Benson.

[Skyline United]

"You can't blame yourself for what happened, it only would have ended up with you getting hurt too," sighed Honor. "I'll be fine eventually... I think I just need more time to heal."
She suddenly grabbed her head again, trying to block out a storm of voices and noises.

Gabriel shrugged, climbing out of bed and finding a outfit to put on, with a shirt that had holes cut for her wings on the back. "You're fine, it's just a habit of mine," she stated.

"I believe what we need help with now is just finding where the AI is running and what it does," explained Benson.

She pulled her into another embrace. "I'll be here. Always." she stated while pulling her closer. "I love you Honor." I-I really want to help her, but I still don't know how... Why?

He turned back to her once she was clothed. "Ah... Okay then." he replied. Apparently she's okay with me seeing her like that... Then again, it has been a month. "What would you like to eat?"

[CoraSpia]

Karl finishe his enormous breakfast and sighed.
"Gods this makes me feelfat," he said smiling, folding his arms on the table. "Well. Between us...I've been hacking away at the schools encryption for the last month. It's like a maze of dark tunnels which you need to remember the route through....that's if you're doing it with your mind, obviously. All the time their are things trying to kill you...that's why I tend to to be in a lot of pain a lot of the time, it hurts rather a lot. But at the minute I think I'm nearly through: give it a few days and I think I might be in...then we'll see what pleasures these guys are cooking up for the world."

[Unified Free Lands]

"I love you too," Honor said, forcing herself to smile again. "But you need to know the whole story. I have some problems that I haven't told you about, so you don't judge me..."

She was interrupted by an announcement on the PA system. "We will be landing in Spain shortly, please report to Hangar One immediately," the captain of the airship said.

"I was going to say we could see what the cafeteria has, but we can find something when we're on the ground," Gabriel said.

"We'll have to work on this later," sighed Benson. "Time to see what we're doing in Spain..."