Sept 5th - Will's Office

[Kara Vanderbilt]

"You wanna get tricky, huh?" she asks, retracting the ribbons as she runs after Will on the ground. Once she's roughly underneath him she extends one of the ribbons down at the ground to push herself up into the air somewhat like a polevaulter while lashing out at the glider's wings with her other whip.

[Will Stanton]

That knocked Will into a tailspin, and he crashed to the floor in a splat.

[Kara Vanderbilt]

"Gotcha!" she exclaims before finding herself faced with the predicament of getting back to the ground herself. She braces herself and goes down in a semi-graceful roll that she's definitely going to feel in the morning. She still manages a grin when she pulls herself up. "Gotcha!"

[Will Stanton]

Will lay there, unmoving.

[Kara Vanderbilt]

She frowns briefly. "Oh no, I'm not falling for that one." she says, still walking over towards him but keeping a close eye on him.

[Will Stanton]

Will had flattened out, little more than a stain on the floor at this point.

From behind her, perhaps unnoticed (?), clay was rising from the slats--Will was, apparently, worming his way through the cracks between the floorboards.

[Kara Vanderbilt]

"Dude are you melting?" she asks as she approaches the puddle.

[Will Stanton]

The puddle finished vanishing into the floorboards, and Will swept her legs out from under her from behind.

"Touche."

[Kara Vanderbilt]

"Son of a--" she gets out before she hits the ground and has the wind knocked out of her.

[Will Stanton]

"That was a really great attack you made up there!" Will said, after Kara had a chance to catch her breath. "A little reckless, but effective."

[Kara Vanderbilt]

"Hey, no pain no gain, right? And I wasn't gonna wait until you came down on your own terms." she chuckles. "One hell of a trick melting into the ground though. Didn't see that one coming."

[Will Stanton]

"I try to think laterally."

[Kara Vanderbilt]

"So you turn into all kinds of stuff, huh? That's pretty gnarly."

[Will Stanton]

"It is! I can be almost anything."

[Kara Vanderbilt]

"Wow, that has to be super convenient."

[Will Stanton]

"Eh, sometimes. Sometimes not. Depends who's around."

[Kara Vanderbilt]

"What do you mean?" she asks, pulling most of the energy ribbon back, leaving about two feet to lean on like a cane.

[Will Stanton]

"Eh, some people find it creepy. You know, assholes mostly," he joked.

[Kara Vanderbilt]

"Who cares about assholes. Screw them. Well, not literally. Unless you're into that. I don't judge." she chuckles.

[Will Stanton]

"Eh, sometimes there's an image that needs to be maintained."

[Kara Vanderbilt]

"Eff that. Keeping up appearances for other people is lame."

[Will Stanton]

"And this is why I'm in charge of the X-Teams, and you're "hit thing with ribbons girl"" Will teased.

[Kara Vanderbilt]

"You say that like it's a bad thing." she chuckles.

[Will Stanton]

"It's just a different thing. I'm a representative and champion of The Headmistress, so I don't want to look like too much of a weirdo."

How Will pronounced capital letters is still being studied by science.

[Kara Vanderbilt]

"Public image and all that. I get it. As long as you don't make me stick to it. I mean beyond just basic common sense."

[Will Stanton]

"Of course not. I try not to put my expectations onto other people," he smiled.

"Besides! You don't seem that interested in public relations work."

[Kara Vanderbilt]

"Yeah, pass. If I wanted that I would have stayed back home."

[Will Stanton]

"See? Everyone and everything used to it's best potential. That's my philosophy."

[Kara Vanderbilt]

"Makes sense to me."

[Will Stanton]

"Now, if you excuse me, I've got to get to the grocery store before tonight."

[Kara Vanderbilt]

"Sure thing. Thanks for taking the time for me."

[Will Stanton]

"Keep watching your e-mail!"