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<a href='http://159.65.241.122/index.php?showtopic=6468' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Joshua Langford</a>

The lake was really as close to Starlight Academy as Joshua had ever been in his life, and he didn't have much of an interest in going any further than that anyways. Theoretically, he supposed that he could probably touch the building now without making a mess of its technology. But the man was also honest enough with himself to accept that he was still a little bitter about the past and might be tempted to wreck the place out of spite. Just because he tended to brush things off didn't mean that he wasn't capable of holding long, long grudges.

Still, okay, he had to admit. It was kind of a nice place; it just wasn't his kind of place. Everything seemed so... mild. Coming from a guy who lived in one of the oldest, most isolated houses on the island, that might or might not have been hypocritical. Either way, fate was a funny thing and it must have decided that Joshua's lot was up for another round.

His attention was drawn by some activity by the side of the lake, some people standing on the shore. They were far enough away that Joshua couldn't see any of their facial expressions but by the way they moved, something alarming had clearly happened. Before he could wonder too much about it, there was a woman standing on the surface of the lake, glowing with magic. And even before anything could happen, Joshua's mind immediately made a few completely rational and justified leaps in logic.

Oh, shi- The lightning rushed forward.

Automatically, Joshua pushed as much dark matter around him as possible, molding it into the shape of concave shield ahead of him, tilted downwards. The center of the mass was somewhere high his head, enough so that it wouldn't drag him to it immediately. The pull of its gravity hopefully would be enough to divert the lightning. Hopefully.

...fuck you, too, Starlight.

<a href='http://159.65.241.122/index.php?showtopic=6459' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Terrene Silivasi-Awren</a>

Ever since the epidemic started, Terrene had effectively been out of a job. Where as all the other teachers dealt with their students on a case by case basis, she unfortunately did not have the luxury of doing so with the younger of the school. Of course Starlight was focused more on refinement than basic training in Terrene's eyes, but in that way, it made her job something special. She was able to work with the same group of students much more often than any other.

Unfortunately, their lack of power refinement meant that the pandemic that was sweeping the island greatly affected what little control they had, making the children not only sick, but extremely dangerous. If her mother and older sister was having issues, no doubt they could be a threat to their kin.

Terrene was for the most part over her issues, and thus decided to take the day in order to catch up on some work. Taking her normal route on a run around the lake however yielded some surprises. While there was normally people sharing the route with her, there seemed to be a gathering of sorts nearby, and a lady of the lake standing on the water.

And why exactly was everyone staring?

Terrene suddenly found herself in the same boat, staying a little off to the side of the crowd so that she had a good view of what was going on.

And boy did she get a good view. Of a woman dressed in blue, and a mark on the side of her face...one that looked a lot like another she knew. And then it came, a massive wave of lightning and fire. Almost instinctively Terrene had grabbed a small crystal on her belt and transformed to her default sword state right before being slammed; the concussive force winging her past a small group of people before being impaled into a tree.

Coming back to her human form, Terrene rubbed her now very frizzled hair and looked towards the woman, realizing that she probably could have very well beheaded someone on accident.

"What have you brought to this world, mother?"

A beautiful day, it really was. So when there was beautiful days, it was up to someone to enjoy them. To appreciate it and love it, so that way maybe more beautiful days would come along and the gloomy days would leave quicker. Arietta had taken up the mantle to be the one to enjoy the beautiful day today, just this once.
Okay, maybe more than once.
Maybe several more times.

Regardless, she had left the sanctuary that was her dorm room. Many of the students were in the Lounge that day, students that Arietta refused to mingle and chat with. She was thought to be a private person and that was both true and false. The truth was, Arietta didn't interact with anyone aside from who she needed to interact with, leading her to be somewhat private. The other truth was that she was also a very lonesome person, who quietly hoped that maybe some day she would be noticed.

But that wasn't enough, it never really was. Being a bystander and expecting for someone to reach out and give you a role in their lives was just wishful thinking. Some part of her knew that if she wanted a role, she needed to be active and 'apply'. Today though, as she passed by a group of friends laughing, casting one glance back, that day wasn't going to be today.

It was a little funny though, fate had an odd way of forcing one to be active. Today, as she strolled towards the lake, she was going to be active whether she liked it or not. Was it fate or luck that had told her she needed to go to the lake? It was a whim of her's, but something else pulled her. A dream, maybe?... No, it was hard to say. It really was.

Regardless, she reached the lake. A little bit late, but not too late.

Late for what though?

She didn't understand. The girl shook her head, simply moving forward to hopefully take a spot and sit to look over the bright lake.
Only there was a crowd that had gathered on the bridge. Arietta blinked, trying to weave herself through the crowd to see what they were looking at, all without trying to bump into them. They looked into the water, something had fell in, she assumed.

But whatever fell in rose out and her eyes went wide with surprise, not expecting a beautiful girl to rise from the surface and stand. There was something about her, something Arietta wasn't sure about as she looked down towards the girl. However, when the woman glowed and raised her hand, the white haired girl's stomach churned and she began to back up. It was too late by that time and lightning had struck from the sky, hitting the bridge that she was on. The shock slammed into her, knocking her right off her feet, slamming into the barrier of the bridge, her scream bled into the screams of the crowd. Pain. She felt pain. It hurt, it hurt. It hurt! This wasn't... what beautiful days were supposed to be like! This was a definite deceitful day. Her right arm had received a painful burn, torn right through her sleeve and Arietta looked at it. Too much noise to heal, she needed to calm down. Pretend that the world around her was blank.

Pretend the world was empty...

No, the world, she had to believe the world around her was clear.

Her eyes closed and while she had the chance, she held her left hand to the burn. It glowed as white as her hair, wavering momentarily, before ceasing as it quickly finished it's purpose.
The burn was gone, as if it was never there in the first place.

Arietta stood, stumbling towards the edge of the bridge again, grasping the ledge and looking back at her attacker, fear written over her face. Yet she had yet to flee like many others had, shock seizing her.

It looked like, today, might be an active role she'd star in.

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The lake was a really nice place to be. That’s what some people said about it which led to herself being drawn towards the lake today. It was difficult at first, but with enough direction and the scent of fresh water in the air, she was able to track down the lake in no time. There were a lot of people there—auras really from what she could tell, but something was amiss.

Something was wrong. Something was coming and she wasn’t sure if she was prepared for it.

Neither did anyone else apparently. People were chattering about, wondering how one girl sank into the lake and emerged a completely different woman. Someone was…Was beautiful with a strange mark upon her face. Nao decided to stay a safe distance from the source of attention and focused upon that strange aura in the middle of the lake. It felt…Powerful…

And full of anger and hate. It sent chills down her spine.

This is bad…

Suddenly there was a BOOM and she felt the hairs on her arm stand and the rush of intense heat! She gasped and braced herself, concentrating her energy to cover her body, acting as a personal shield. Still, the heat was so intense and she gritted her teeth through the brief flash of fire and lightning. She was lucky enough to get away with singed clothes and hair while the smell of charred flesh was in the air. Guess some people weren’t as lucky…

It looked like she was going to be in one hell of a situation now. Nao grip tightened upon her staff. She…She needed to do something.

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<a href='http://159.65.241.122/index.php?showtopic=6890' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Jin</a>

The lake was rather popular on nice days such as these. The lake was calm, the air was soothing, and there was some lovely nature to be seen! The birds, the small woodland creatures…

…the giant leopard seal that suddenly leapt from the water and flopped onto the land. How painfully out of place the creature was—but it wasn’t long until Jin shed her seal skin and revealed her human form. With a massive spear strapped to her back and clothing that borderline-resembled lingerie more than anything else, she…still looked pretty out of place.

Jin ignored the people around her giving curious stares as she reached for a little pouch clipped to her tight, lacy red shorts. The pouch was waterproof and used for Jin to carry a cell phone—for those rare occasions when she actually bothered to have one on her. She stared at the phone a moment, before tentatively hitting a button and listening for a ring. Luckily for her, she hit the right number.

“Vanyan, I need that address again,” she blurted out as soon as her call was picked up by Vanyan.

“What? I sent it to you in a text…”

The corner of Jin’s lip curled in irritation at his reply.

“And I don’t know how to use the text stuff, so just tell me you asshole.”

Vanyan let out a loud sigh before telling Jin the information she needed. He was not about to argue with her that he had just explained how to use the texting function to her not that long ago.

41 East Lakeside Drive…

Jin repeated the address to herself a few times in order to keep it locked in her mind. She had emerged from that lake for one reason alone—because near that lake, was an affluent neighborhood. In that neighborhood, so Jin had heard, were a number of households keeping selkies against their personal will. She was going to investigate, one mansion at a time, and get every selkie out that she found.

That was Jin’s one goal in mind, and unfortunately things were about to go terribly, terribly wrong before Jin even had a chance to take a single step away from that lake. Something was wrong—right there at that lake.

Jin turned around to see the young woman who had risen from above the water’s surface. This wasn’t just someone trying to show off—Jin could sense a malicious intent. Jin braced herself, and…

BOOM

Jin’s quick reflexes allowed her to avoid a surge of lightning that suddenly headed her way. She took a quick glance around to see that not everyone was so lucky.

“What is that bitch doing?!” Jin yelled toward no one in particular. She pulled her spear from its harness and took a defensive stance. A feral growl escaped her throat as she realized…damn it, she was about to get involved with something that had nothing to do with her. Again.

Joshua Langford

What did I ever do to you, Manta Carlos?

Joshua was annoyed, seriously annoyed, and that was fine with him because if he stopped to think about it for a moment, he probably would have found that he was actually kind of scared. The utter devastation of the area looked a lot like what he had done to childhood home, on a far larger scale. All along, he had thought there was something shifty about how shiny and nice Starlight seemed on the outside.

Of course on the inside, there would be some ridiculously powerful students who were also ridiculously unstable. He had heard about that dinosaur attack earlier on but comparing that to the current situation was like... Comparing a dinosaur attack to a person with nukes. Multiple nukes.

Shit. He considered running away. That's what he had planned to do from the start but there was a difference between running away from a personal problem and running away from a communal issue. As much as Joshua liked to think that they were the same, he still had enough of a conscious to feel compelled to stick around.

Briefly, he took a moment to see if anybody else had stupidly stayed, too. There was a woman with fiery hair, a doll like girl with white hair, an Asian school girl, and a muscular woman who was just a little shorter than he was. Joshua's two thoughts towards that were Damn, we're screwed and What the fuck are all the men doing? But no, okay. Looks could be deceiving. Maybe they were going to be okay. He hoped.

What he really needed right then was time. Reshaping the masses of dark matter, he dragged the debris caught in its gravity up into a massive but thin wall between them and the crazy butterfly lady. It would be moronic to stay in front of her when that barrier was only meant for cover, not protection, so he ran to the left, impatiently waving to the others to get over there before they were all killed. He wasn't expecting everybody to follow him but at least one probably would.

"All right, time to spill about your powers. If you're keeping anything quiet, now's a great time to come out about it. I can mess with dark matter and technology and psychics hate me. Your turn." God, he hoped that somebody here could do actual shields. Or healing. Either would be good, both would be terrific.

Although the sudden burst of energy from the lake had not injured her, it had injured many others, although not critically. Most of those limped off the field with their friends in hand, no longer willing to take on an insane mage with an obviously ridiculous amount of power. No matter how much power you wielded, fear was always a constant reminder that you may be out-classed, much like playing poker.

Terrene also had good mind to run, but as a teacher protecting students, had an obligation to protect them, with her life if necessary. Those that were around her were not necessarily her own students, but they were someones, and if it was someone else doing her job at the moment, Terrene would have had the exact same expectations.

But right now, she had no idea what to do.

Five people were left standing, mostly. And none including herself that looked as if they could possibly stand much chance against a crazy being such as the one they faced now. In only one thought, Terrene prayed that her mother was nearby, although she was still ill unfortunately. Help would probably not be on the way.

As the entity motioned and asked...demanded they leave however, Terrene realized that she simply couldn't. They hadn't done anything...had they?

They probably didn't have long before the field was once again leveled. The game was about to be played. Quite literally.

"If the bug is still screwing with the school, don't expect your abilities to work as intended. I'm one of the teachers here, a spirit weapon."

That's frankly as simply as she could put it without a longer explanation, but that obviously wasn't gonna fly unless the antagonist could be suppressed, and quickly. Before they were all vaporized however, Terrene did want to know one thing.

"Hey! You mentioned something we've already done, what might that be anyways?"

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What was wrong with that woman? The uneasiness that spread throughout Arietta caused her to back away, quietly deciding to head down from the bridge, reaching the bank of the lake. She didn't intend to get close to where the woman stood on the lake, but rather had decided to move herself accordingly because that was where people were and maybe the people there could protect her.

Yet maybe that was a bad idea. The woman's voice, robotic in nature, sounded out. Accusing not just Arietta, but the other people around her as well. She frowned in response, not sure of how to answer. When did she do something to this woman? She never met her before, at least she didn't remember.
There was a boy that waved her and the others over, speaking to them. Out of instinct to listen to her superiors and peers, she approached him despite her wish to leave. The girl remained quiet though, taking her time in answering him as if she wasn't sure he was talking to her in the first place.

"Heal..." Arietta replied, staring at him. "I can heal... a lot of things. But... we're not... really going... to fight, right? We should leave now."

She said those words with such a matter of fact. Because something about this woman.... Something about this woman worried her. Yet how strange it wasn't the woman's entrance that scared her. It was a familiar feeling she got from her. A familiar feeling Arietta couldn't and wouldn't understand.

All she saw was just a woman who was going to kill them once she broke through that thin wall of dark matter that separated them.