Private Finished accidental meetings

Hal quietly listened as she explained her piece, trying to understand the workings of the gloves. The power blocking was understandable -- in fact, power nullifiers are available in the island (though not to public use) so he could pick up on that. He was slightly confused about the part that she didn't seem to know everything about it; or more like, rather than confused, he was concerned. His brows furrowed as Caspian's voice trailed of, and she seems to carry a dark expression on her.

The boy wanted to reach out, in all honesty, but in the short moment they'd been talking, all he kept doing was bringing up things that made her upset. "No, no. It's fine really; I should be the one apologizing. I keep asking weird questions to you. I'm sorry for that."

The chance in color of the light in her gloves caught Hal's attentiona again, but the depth of the color made him wary. The furrow in his brow seemed to become more pronounced as she tried to make out the symbols that were trying to form until finally they appear in ominous English text. His eyes seemed to struggle cacthing up and reading but as he read the last line, he felt a chill run down his spine. "Mon Dieu," he uttered under his breath.

Hal looked up to the girl in front of him, curious as how her reaction didn't seem any more fazed than seeing a joke. She wasn't taking it seriously -- obviously because she thinks her powers were subpar, but knowing she'd been part of some crazy experiment to be super soliders... it was a scary thought for him.

Words were at the tip of his tongue, he wanted to say it. It probably didn't mean literal gods -- she'd said it herself, her purpose. Maybe she couldn't harm the surroundings but, she could probably harm people. Hal felt his stomach drop. He didn't want her thinking about it honestly. To be so wrapped up in your abilities...

"I-I mean... it's not like you have to be all powerful anymore, right?" Hal stuttered out. He continued to speak, voice only getting stronger as he kept on. "If you were taken away from that place... and you're here. It's not like you have to have godly magic or whatever. You know what? Forget that Hunter. He's just a douchebag who doesn't have anything better to do than to bully someone just because he thinks he's better. Fuck him. If I see him hound you again, I'd gladly fry him up."

Hal didn't catch himself soon enough, again, his uncontrollable mouth making him say things he shouldn't. With a long groan, he pulled his knees too him, curling into a ball in front of her. At the lend of his groaning, he spoke in a muffled voice, "Forget I said anything. I didn't say anything."

She was laughing. Hal turned his head up a little to take a peek only to see her laughing so hard to tears. Hal would have thought she'd be concerned because he'd literally just declared he would harm someone but... she didn't seem concerned. The relief let Hal out of his balled position, at least enough to raise his head. He still hugged his knees close to him, feeling a little self-conscious.

A nervous laugh came out of him as a response. "Yeah, I-- I tend to spot nonsense every now and then. Was that weird?" he asked. Some part of him felt a little offended -- was she laughing at him because he seemed too harmless to do what he'd just said or... was he just reading it too much? Hal tried to smother that part of him and pretend it was just an amusing realization to her. Did he look too harmless though?

Hal would have to say her question was far too easy for him compared to all that he asked. "Human," he replied simply, "But my family has a long running history for psi abilities apparently so there's the reason why I ended up here." He never found any reason to be too secretive about it; with an island filled with ghouls and goblins, he was at the bottom of the food chain here. "I don't really mind more questions though if you want," he said, returning a small shy smile to her.

"Normally, I go here to do nothing," Hal laughed. The lake area was his sanctuary; and the time he went there usually didn't have a lot of people. It was rather far, and most people really preferred going in the city or the beach. The lake was more peaceful to him, and the company of trees eased the loneliness compared to the open ocean.

"We could try going back to school in a few. The crowds might have less--"

Hal caught himself, the sudden change of the wind making him suddenly aware. In the silence between them, a voice from within the clumps of trees caught his attention, making him swivel his head towards the source. The voice was familiar enough to be recognized and Hal didn't want to deal with it a second time. Oh for fuck's sake, he huffed, irritation evident by the way his shoulders dropped. If Caspian had turned to him at the nick of time, she could have noticed the sparks of static on his hair as he breathed out.

He went to kneel next to Caspian, making sure she hadn't hurt herself, though he kept some distance, oddly enough. "Are you alright there?" he asked, worry was in his voice before he turned towards the forest. "These guys don't give up, don't they?"

As the group emerged from the forest, Hal addressed them by standing in front of Caspian defensively. "You guys again?" he spoke, evidently tired just by seeing them. "Could you guys maybe leave her alone? She doesn't like your company." His voice had been calm, no amount of irritation coming off, but from the ground where Caspian could see, sparks of light were already forming around his feet, gradually going up to his head.

The sparks around him seemed to fluctuate and whiz out for a moment as Edward taunted him. It didn't really scare him, but it his more docile nature almost took hold of him, getting flustered for a moment. Having to hear the guy continue though, it helped to make it fade, allowing to be overpowered by his more protective instinct. "I said back off. What I am to her doesn't have anything to do you any of you," he growled, the sparks returning, brighter than before.

Hal didn't turn to Caspian as Edward poked fun at her; he didn't have to. The very way he spoke got on his nerves. He clicked his tongue. "She doesn't want to talk to you," he spoke again, voice firm with conviction as he took steps forward to meet them in the middle. Part of him was left unsure if he was doing the right thing, but the greater part of him told him not to be pushed around anymore. Experimental or not, he hoped at least his powers wouldn't give out on him.

He raised up his hands, the sparks already concentrated along his arms as he stopped in his footsteps. Hal held his hands over him, the sparks of electricity blending in, creating a bright light, "So, why don't you guys take a hike and leave. Us. Alone!!" At the same moment he'd spat the last word, Hal swung his arms down, releasing the magic.

His powers hadn't failed him at all, but he would have thought it was too much. The blast of electricity was intense when it ran through the field to the trees before like a gust of wind. He'd meant to scare them off but the strength would have been enough to electrocute and mess up their nerves for a while, he thought.

Alarmed at the result, he turned to Caspian, "Caspian! Are you hurt??" he said, worry in his eyes, but not daring to walk any closer to keep the remaining charge from his magic. She didn't seem to have been armed but he couldn't stop worrying that he'd hurt someone when he been trying to defend them.

She was alright; Hal sighed in relief to see her smile. The remaining sparks around him seemed to die down but he couldn't bet that there was some static left. He was relieved for both things at least, his powers didn't seem to have failed him (despite the damage), and he didn't have to hurt someone innocent.

Although, his cheerful expression seemed to melt into confusion. Her words made no sense to him; he was right? About what? Hal... couldn't figure out what she meant by that. Was she refering to the 'science experiment', he wondered? He couldn't be so sure.

Hal took careful steps forward, looking at his steps every now and then if there was static coming out as he walked. It made him nervous to know there could still be some that was remaining before he got too close. "Caspian... I don't understand; what do you mean by that?"