June 12th - Walking on Water

by **Jennifer Tarasova** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 12:40 pm

Jennifer wanted to try something and decided the Danger Room was probably the place to go, since the safeties would keep anything terrible from happening, unlike attempting the same thing at the pool. She was dressed in a one-piece swimsuit with the old XI logo on it. She made some adjustments and then moved to the middle of the room. A small 1 foot square section of land appeared where she was standing and another section of land appeared near where the entrance would be and then the rest of the room changed into miles and miles of water. Jennifer stood on her small section of land, watching the water intently. Anyone paying close attention to the water would see it almost clumping in small sections.

((Open))

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 6:08 pm

Stephanie needed a chance to get out and run around, and she really didn't feel like prowling campus again, so she headed down to the Danger Room, hoping to find some free time at some point soon. She sighed when she saw that the room was occupied, but saw that the room wasn't locked nor was it a private session, so she tapped on a button in the control room to open the intercom.

"Hi. Would you terribly mind a stranger's company? I need to burn off some steam and...swimming, from the looks of the program, might help," she asked politely.

by **Jennifer Tarasova** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 10:22 pm

"Sure, go ahead," Jennifer said, putting her foot out onto the water and testing it experimentally. Her foot wobbled slightly, but didn't sink below the surface.

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 10:49 pm

"Thanks. Be right there," she said through the intercom.

A few moments later, she entered, wearing a swimsuit that she'd grabbed from her locker. Should she need to, it was ready and willing to shift with her, too.

"Sorry to barge in like this. Really needed to distract myself. Running around the DR sounded like a good plan, but talking is a good distraction too. I'm Stephanie," she said, holding out her hand before looking down to see Jennifer standing on top of the water, "And...you're walking on the water."

by **Jennifer Tarasova** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 10:53 pm

"Sort of," Jennifer said, pulling her foot back onto land. "I'm Jennifer."

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 10:57 pm

"Nice to meet you. Power practicing?" she asked cheerfully.

by **Jennifer Tarasova** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 11:01 pm

She nodded, "Trying something new. I thought it would be safer to try it here than the pool. Less likely to crack my head or break something if I mess it up."

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 11:05 pm

"Exactly why I came here too. The safeties work wonders, and when I hunt here, I'm about 100% less likely to send someone to the infirmary mistakenly," she chuckled.

by **Jennifer Tarasova** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 11:11 pm

"Hunt?" Jennifer asked, taking another experimental step onto the water and then putting her other foot out as well. She was obviously very wobbly.

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 11:17 pm

"I'm a werewolf," she said nonchalantly. "Feral shifting is a bit of a mindjob, so...you kind of need to balance the wants and needs of your animal half if you want to have anything resembling control over yourself and your powers."

by **Jennifer Tarasova** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 11:22 pm

"Like Mr. Davis at the Institute then?" Jennifer said, continuing to wobble.

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 11:32 pm

"I thought you looked familiar...you went there too, didn't you?" she said, a look of recognition crawling across her face.

"Yes. Like Mr. Davis. I know him and his wife really well, actually. They were huge parts of why I have any sense of control at all," she smiled.

by **Jennifer Tarasova** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 11:39 pm

"Yes, I was there. I vaguely remember you, but I usually had my nose in art classes. I did have Mr. Davis for history though."

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 1:56 am

"He was good at that too," she smiled. "Did you just get here? Don't think I've seen you around campus."

by **Jennifer Tarasova** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 8:07 am

"Just arrived a few days ago. Tried a university in the States. It didn't work out."

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 11:18 am

"My friend Trev is trying that. He seems to like it so far. Sorry you didn't have that great of an experience. Hopefully you'll like it here better. It's a really cool city, and if you can put up with the occasional rampaging robot or supervillain, it's not too bad of a place to live. Giant holographic rooms certainly help. Cute guys with accents are even better," she chuckled.

by **Jennifer Tarasova** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 11:29 am

"Supervillains and robots I can live with. It goes with the territory. Cute guys do help somewhat, assuming they don't..." She was cut off mid-sentence with a cry as her concentration gave way and she fell into the water.

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 12:11 pm

Stephanie chuckled at Jennifer's reply before jumping to try and grab her at the cry. While she was late, she was at least able to offer her hand to Jennifer to help her out of the water from the edge.

by **Jennifer Tarasova** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 12:39 pm

Jennifer shook her hair out as she took the hand and climbed out. "And again, guys prove to be a distraction."

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 4:56 pm

"Well sure...but they're a fun distraction at least," she laughed. "And you don't have to worry about turning into an enormous, hairy beast when on a date so that's a plus."

by **Jennifer Tarasova** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 6:41 pm

"I used to worry about throwing a glass of water in the guy's faced without actually lifting the glass. Although that did come in handy a couple of times now that I think about it."

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 7:30 pm

"That would be an incredible power," she grinned.

by **Jennifer Tarasova** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 7:56 am

"The reaction is a lot more satisfying when they aren't prepared for it." She held her hand out and the remaining water streamed out of her hair and down her arm to collect in a ball in the center of her hand.

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:38 pm

Stephanie's jaw dropped open at the display. "Oh my gosh. I would kill for that power in the morning getting ready. I love my long hair, but blow-drying it takes forever,"

by **Jennifer Tarasova** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 8:01 am

"You have to be careful. I've had more than one bad hair day because I pulled too much water out of my hair and made it too dry. So it's not all sunshine and roses."

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 12:44 pm

"Oh...I didn't even think of that. Yeah, that wouldn't be great either. Would you even be able to put it back in?"

by **Jennifer Tarasova** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 12:58 pm

"Special shampoos for a week," Jennifer said, forcing the ball to twist up into the approximate shape of a shampoo bottle. "And a haircut to handle the stuff the shampoo couldn't save."

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 1:24 pm

Stephanie scrunched up her face in sympathy, "Ouch. I guess I'll stick with a hairdryer then. Are you liking it here so far though?"

by **Jennifer Tarasova** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 1:50 pm

"Seems to be a good place, meeting a lot of new people. I think it'll be better once fall classes start." She released the water and it collapsed with a splash, running down through her fingers.

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 5:34 pm

"It will be. Things are just dying down after a really hectic end to the semester. A lengthened semester, I might add," she replied, "Quite a few people go home, or go on extended vacation over the summer. Me? I just work and try to stay current with X-Team training. Have you thought of signing up? Your power seems like it could have some offensive potential."

by **Jennifer Tarasova** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 5:37 pm

"I'm considering it. I'm a little out of shape from my Institute days, but it might be worth getting back into shape for," she said, studying Stephanie for a bit.

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 6:08 pm

"That's what the training's for. If I didn't have the metabolism of a shifter and X-Teams practice, I'd probably be 400 pounds from all of the terrible-for-you college food I eat. And that doesn't count the drinking," she chuckled. "Training will whip you into fighting shape in no time flat, pretty much guaranteed."

by **Jennifer Tarasova** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 6:22 pm

Jennifer looked back out at the water and a column rose up briefly before the water began shedding off a form. The water construct looked like Stephanie. The facial features weren't detailed, but it was a rough equivalent of her at the very least. Jennifer squinted at the construct, obviously putting some concentration into maintaining it. "Been a long time since I pulled together a complex construct of this size."

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 7:36 pm

Stephanie walked over to get closer and marveled at the detail, "Oh my gosh that's incredible..."

She walked left and right to look at all of the angles she could, smiling in awe. "Want to see if you can use a much bigger and hairier model?" she asked

by **Jennifer Tarasova** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 7:39 pm

"Sure," Jennifer said, having the construct watch Stephanie as she moved.

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 8:00 pm

"Alright," she said tilting her head to crack her neck, "this can get kind of scary if you haven't seen it before, but I promise I'm harmless."

Stephanie sighed and let the change wash over her, her swimsuit almost seeming to disappear into her as fur sprouted everywhere, her bones and muscles rearranged themselves, and her feet and hands grew wicked looking claws.

"I'm thankful every day for whoever came up with this unstable molecule fabric," she said with a wolfish grin.

by **Jennifer Tarasova** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 8:25 pm

Jennifer studied her again for a long minute and then water rushed up onto the construct, filling it out. The construct adjusted itself to fit her new bone structure. The water even managed to approximate the larger clumps of fur somewhat, though not down to the individual strands. Jennifer was subconsciously working with her hands as she adjusted the construct, making smoothing motions and pushes here and there.

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 8:32 pm

"That's amazing," she said, trying to stay still for Jennifer, "Do you sculpt without your powers too?" she asked.

by **Jennifer Tarasova** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 8:36 pm

Jennifer nodded, making a couple of adjustments to finish off the construct. "My power is one of the reasons I decided to become an art major."

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 8:54 pm

"Really shows...looks like it could be in a gallery...if it weren't made of water."

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