Open House! (sometime during the summer)

by **Dana Lawrence** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 6:31 pm

"The preliminary school schedule I've prepared involves an hour of swimming from five in the morning until six on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays ," Dana says, "You can join me if you want."

by **Alex Carpenter** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 6:32 pm

"Well, the airline doesn't let you pack your sun, so you're just going to have to deal with ours," Alex smirked.

by **Kay Haddock** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 6:33 pm

"You have your schedule already?" she misunderstands Dana. Why didn't I get one yet? Should I have picked it up somewhere? Maybe they forgot about me and I can go home...

by **Dana Lawrence** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 6:35 pm

"No, just a preliminary one I made based on my initial research of the school," Dana says, "Adjustments will have to be made."

by **Jason Black** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 6:38 pm

"Yeah yeah," he said, then making a face, "Oh man... winter's gonna suck."

by **Kay Haddock** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 6:49 pm

"It's a school for freaks. What's there to research?"

by **Dana Lawrence** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 6:54 pm

"Both parts of that statement. The school and the freaks," Dana says, "I gathered as much information on the school and it's facilities as I could. In order to meet my educational goals it's vital to optimize my schedule."

"I also spent time memorizing the history and profiles of all the relevant staff and students I could find. Generally, it's useful information to know."

by **Kay Haddock** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 7:13 pm

"You looked up students?"

by **Alex Carpenter** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 7:15 pm

"You can look up students?"

by **Dana Lawrence** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 7:16 pm

"Yes," Dana says, "As much as I was able to."

"I took the student roster from the internal database. The rest was compiling profiles based on in-depth internet searches."

by **Jason Black** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 7:36 pm

"That's... okay... yeah, that's kinda creepy," Jason said.

by **Oka Aina** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 7:40 pm

Oka didn't particularly like the idea of an open house, but his parents and X-Corp had insisted upon it. He was trying to avoid attention which was more or less hopeless given his stature.

by **Kay Haddock** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 7:41 pm

Kay nods slightly but really she's just glad that she's not the one being called creepy.

by **Dana Lawrence** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 7:43 pm

"Okay," Dana says.

by **Jason Black** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 8:28 pm

"Really? You're not even..." he started to ask, trailing off as he spotted Oka.

by **Alex Carpenter** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 8:43 pm

"Dude, I doubt that 'creepy' is the worst thing people here have been ca-" He trailed off, too, as he followed Jason's gaze. "Am I going to sound like a complete asshole if I ask if everyone's seeing what I see right now?"

by **Dana Lawrence** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 8:49 pm

"That's Oka Aina. First year here," Dana says, "Fifteen years old. From Hawaii."

"He was an easy one to remember."

by **Oka Aina** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 8:52 pm

There was an itch between his shoulder blades that made Oka look around and saw the group staring. His eyes widened for a moment before he tried to shuffle away from the group of gawkers, which in and of itself probably looked strange as he was somewhere between 9 and 10 feet tall and there really wasn't anything to hide behind.

Always staring...

by **Dana Lawrence** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 9:08 pm

Dana waves at Oka.

by **Jason Black** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 9:08 pm

"Oh! Sorry dude! You just caught me a little off guard."

by **Oka Aina** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 9:18 pm

Oka took another step sideways into a table, which caused him to lose his balance and plant a taloned hand on it. The table snapped into a few pieces. He stared at the table then back at the group and after a moment raised a hand and gave an awkward wave.

by **Jason Black** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 9:46 pm

Jason clapped a hand over his mouth, trying really hard not to laugh.

by **Dana Lawrence** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 9:51 pm

"That is really embarrassing," Dana says, adjusting her sunglasses, "Especially when you realize he could probably just snap any of us in half as easily as he did that table."

by **Oka Aina** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 10:13 pm

Oka continued the wave a bit longer than was necessary before stopping the motion abruptly.

And now they're laughing...

"I-I don't really well, I mean.." Oka said then turned to start picking up the pieces of the table

by **Jason Black** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 10:28 pm

Jason, uncovered his mouth. It wasn't as funny anymore.

Okay... now I just feel kinda bad for the guy...

He put his paper plate down and approached his fellow Hawaiian.

"Need a hand big guy?"

by **Alex Carpenter** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 10:34 pm

"Real nice, Captain Pineapple," Alex said, giving Jason a glare for laughing. "Here..." He focused, and blue energy coalesced in front of him into a figure his own size this time, walking over to the pieces of the table to pick them up without any real effort to lug them out of the way (and out of sight).

by **Oka Aina** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 10:37 pm

A piece of debris cracked in his hand as Oka looked at the figure of blue energy. There was an expression of surprise on his face or at least what may have been an approximation of one.

"...Thanks," Oka said quietly.

by **Jason Black** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 10:44 pm

No fair.

"I'll just... throw these plates away."

by **Dana Lawrence** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 11:24 pm

"Captain Pineapple? What is he a captain of?" Dana asks.

by **Alex Carpenter** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 11:27 pm

"The Hawaiian Pineapple Brigade," Alex said. "That was a joke, by the way," he added, not really wanting Dana to think he was trying to be mean to her.

by **Dana Lawrence** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 11:34 pm

Dana nods, "Oh. I get it. That's funny."

by **Thomas Bowen** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 12:13 am

Off to the side, on an otherwise empty bench, a slight teen wearing a wizaed hat was nervously crunching ice in a cup, avoiding eye contact.

by **Christine Bowen** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 1:08 am

"Come on, Tom-bomb, lets go meet the new kids." Christy said "It'll be fun"

by **Kay Haddock** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 4:36 am

Kay stared slack-jawed at the squid-dragon-monster and even more so at people helping it. Part of her realizes that he's a mutant but the bigger part of her is kinda terrified.

by **Dana Lawrence** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 4:54 am

"Why are you staring at him?" Dana asks Kay, "Is it because of his massive physical mutation? Or is it more of a romantic gaze filled with longing?"

by **Alex Carpenter** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 4:56 am

This question made Alex glance away from Oka and to where Kay was (or had been) staring at him.

by **Kay Haddock** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 5:03 am

Kay doesn't even realize it at first but once it clicks in her head she desperately tries to find something else to look at. anything. "N-no! Of course not!" In a way she's almost relieved that the jokes started. Waiting is the worst thing.

by **Alex Carpenter** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 5:05 am

"Yeah, she doesn't strike me as a hentai fan," Alex put in without really thinking about it.

by **Dana Lawrence** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 5:06 am

"In the books, they always deny this sort of thing," Dana says, "It's not until the second act that they realize their feelings."

by **Kay Haddock** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 5:09 am

Kay just looks back and forth between the two, too mortified to run away, though the tears in her eyes are pretty obvious.

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