Power Control 100 - First class!

[Haley Crusek]

Haley grinned and bounced over towards Ryan.

God...so dreamy!!!

[Calvin Strong]

Cal swore, standing up and, obviously very reluctantly, went and took a seat on one of the stumps.

[Alex Carpenter]

Alex was taking his time looking through his metal samples when the call to order came out. Shrugging, he stowed everything and went to go take a seat.

[Stephanie Kaltiera]

Stephanie walked in as people were starting to wander towards the center of the room. "Have we made our introductions yet?" she smiled as she entered the circle.

[Ryan Gabriel]

Ryan gave Stephanie an overly friendly smile (probably to Haley's annoyance). "Nope, not yet, just waiting for everyone to get settled."

[Haley Crusek]

Shit. Of course some hot girl his age comes in...

Haley's smile faded a bit as she sat down in the circle.

[Aisha Khan]

Aisha took her seat, a waited for class to start.

[Stephanie Kaltiera]

Stephanie leaned in and whispered in Ryan's ear.

"So how formal are we keeping this? Mr. Gabriel and Miss Kaltiera? Ryan and Stephanie? Seraph and ...well...I don't even know what I'd call myself so that's out,"

[Ryan Gabriel]

"I think 'Mr.' and 'Ms.' are our best bets right now," he whispered back. "Also, hold that pose there for a minute, I think they think you're nibbling my ear," he teased.

[Stephanie Kaltiera]

Stephanie growled in his ear and pulled away, a smirk on her face.

"So hi guys!" she addressed the class cheerfully, "I'm Miss Kaltiera. I went to Xavier's when I was in high school, and go to university here now. Mr. Gabriel and I were both once right where you guys are."

[Calvin Strong]

Cal just looked at the winged prettyboy and the cheerleader and scoffed. Right where 'we' are. Sure.

[Stephanie Kaltiera]

"First getting your powers is scary. You've got lots of stuff going on physically and emotionally just being your age...add to that strange new powers that a lot of people are afraid of? Trust me, we get it." she reassured.

"I also know that getting to know yourself, what you can do, and what your peers can do can go a long way towards making everything more comfortable."

[Ryan Gabriel]

"This course has several purposes," Ryan said. "The most obvious? To learn to control your power. The first step in being able to use your power constructively is to be able to keep from hurting yourself, hurting others, or causing random property damage."

"Second, we start exploring the various uses of your power. I'm sure you all have a good idea so far a few things you can do. We can just about guarantee that won't be the end of it. There are always new twists, new things to do... we're going to get you started with that."

"Most important, though, this class is to help you deal with any of the problems that come up when you're a mutant. There isn't a person in this room who hasn't come on some sort of problem, whether it's a problem with your power, or dealing with the fallout of what seems to drop into our laps as mutants. We all go through stuff that's a lot alike... You could get lessons in private with one-on-one tutors, and you all probably will. But the point of this class is that you're not going through any of this alone."

[Kay Haddock]

Yeah right. What else is there to looking like a fish... Kay grumbles to herself, but she tries to keep a cheerful face as she listens to the two.

[Jason Black]

Although the ability to sit still was not one of his strengths, Jason listened with great interest.

[Stephanie Kaltiera]

"Show of hands...how many of you have ever done something that you didn't mean to do with your powers? Good, bad, doesn't matter. Just....an unexpected accident," Stephanie asked the assembled group, raising her own hand high into the air.

"I have messed up with my powers far more times than I'd ever care to admit, but I will anyway, because if I don't, Mr. Gabriel will just tell you for me, and probably wouldn't leave out many details" she smirked, looking back at Ryan.

[Haley Crusek]

Haley put her own hand up without much hesitation.

[Aisha Khan]

Aisha raised her hand. Well, duh. My whole life is a freaking power accident.

[Alex Carpenter]

Alex recalled some rather deformed metal objects around his parents' house and reluctantly raised his hand.

[Jason Black]

Jason's hand rose without his characteristic level of excitement on the subject.

[Kay Haddock]

Kay's looking a little embarassed because she can't really do anything that can go wrong and almost feels left out.

[Stephanie Kaltiera]

"I'm seeing a whole lot of hands already," Stephanie smiled cheerfully. "And even if you havent...it's important to know what to do if someone else does have a control problem. This is why we're here. To talk about this stuff so we can work through it together. You're gonna keep making mistakes, no matter what...but the whole point of this?" she explained, gesturing to the group and the room, "is to learn how to recover and learn from the mistakes you do make, and hopefully, keep you from making bigger mistakes in the future."

Stephanie looked back at Ryan, "My first year back in high school? I lost control and went after Mr. Gabriel here in the woods. Thankfully he know what to do in a bad situation, and we're both standing here today, alive and well. Though he might have a few bite marks on him."

[Ryan Gabriel]

"A few," Ryan said diplomatically. "The problems are going to come in all shapes and sizes... awkward, dangerous, embarassing... the important thing to remember is that yes, everyone else is likely having them too. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but it's going to happen. And they can come out of the blue... my last power problem was last year. Other people I know haven't had problems since they were in high school, a few haven't every had problems."

[Thomas Bowen]

Tommy listened as intently as he could, but it was difficult, being at least the third time he had heard the lecture.

[Brigid Plunder]

Brigid didn't seem to be paying much attention to Ryan, but she did offer what she hoped was a reassuring look to Kay.

[Kay Haddock]

Kay musters bit of a hangdog smile.

[Ryan Gabriel]

"And it looks like we've already lost a few of you, so how about any questions so far?"

[Jason Black]

Jason's hand shot up. "What should we do if we have a power accident?"

[Ryan Gabriel]

"Depends on the type," Ryan said. "If we're talking 'My power flared up more than I expected or when I didn't expect it,' you call maintenance, or groundskeeping if it's outside. Then, if you're confident that it's not going to happen again, you might let things go at that. You can always call someone to help you with your control, though, we'll be giving you a contact sheet at the end of class, or else you can just call the office and they'll call one of us for you. If this happens more than once in a week, you should call one of us, and if it happens twice in a day, you need to call one of us, unless we tell you otherwise."

"If we're talking 'out of control, danger to myself or others, you get ahold of the infirmary, and they take care of all the calls for you. This is probably going to be more comlicated than just making a call... we'll go through that whole procedure soon, and yes, it's important for all of you to know what to do, because if someone has a power meltdown, there's a good chance that they won't be able to make any calls, or do much of anything, by themselves."

[Stephanie Kaltiera]

Stephanie nodded as Ryan explained. "I'd only add that probably the first thing to do is to try and stay calm. Getting excited or more scared than you already are will probably just make things worse. It can be hard to do, I know...but it really does help. Deep breaths, calm thoughts..whatever it takes. After that, you need to assess the situation and try to get a handle on what's going on. This is the sort of thing that makes getting to know your powers, and especially for those of you who might not have any mishaps on their own, the powers of people around you important."

"Maybe, so we're not just talking at you, we go around the circle, introduce ourselves, and explain our powers, and if you're wiling to share a quick story about an accident, do so... like this. 'I'm Stephanie Kaltiera, I'm 20 years old, and I'm a feral shifter. Basically means I'm a werewolf and I've got a very wild side to me. When I was in high school, my 'other half' took control one night, and I went after Mr. Gabriel because he was in the wrong place at the wrong time."

[Kay Haddock]

Kay gets bit of a deer-in-headlights look.

"I... uh... I'm Kay and I'm 15 and I... well I can, like, breath underwater and stuff... I guess I've never really had that go wrong?"

[Aisha Khan]

"I'm Aisha, I'm 16, and I've never had any problems with my power." Aisha said sarcastically.

[Jason Black]

"I'm Jason, I'm 15, and I throw lightning," Jason said, "Ka-zap!"

[Calvin Strong]

"I'm Cal, I'm sixteen, and I generate and control electricity. Supposedly," Cal said, looking irritatedly at the center of the circle.

[Dana Lawrence]

"Dana Lawrence. 15. Accelerating post-human intellect. I'm here to observe the other students," Dana says.

[Alex Carpenter]

"Alex Carpenter... I'm a metal-shifter, I'm 16, and... well, I guess I haven't had any bad accidents. Mostly I just can't make it work when I want sometimes."

[Thomas Bowen]

"I'm Tommy Bowen, I just turned fifteen, and I can shift one metal into another.. I'm just not really powerful with it yet.. Not like my brother and sister are with their powers." he said. a little ashamed.

He did perk up a bit upon hearing about another metal manipulator not named Bowen.

[Brigid Plunder]

"Brigid O'Hara."

"I..." she thought of how to phrase it. "I know how to use things when I pick them up."

[Haley Crusek]

"I'm Haley!" she chimed in cheerfully, "I'm gonna be 15 in a few weeks, and I'm telekinetic. I've had lots and lots and lots of power accidents. I guess most recently I sort of blew up a tree when I got mad."

She apparently didn't feel the need to share her telepathy with the room.

[Ryan Gabriel]

"And my name's Ryan Gabriel. Like you can all probably guess, I can fly, and I have energy powers that it took about nine years to figure out were linked to basic life force. That was an... interesting thing to learn, but there's going to be a better time than right now to talk about that."

"Now, we've already had the first important question asked. What do you do in a power meltdown? Let's break it up into two questions: What do you do when your power is out of control, and what do you do when someone else's power is out of control. If there aren't any other questions first, we'll get to that."