The truth revealed, anarchy ensues

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Dear God, what was it about this damn island? It seemed like everyone she met wanted her to lie down on a psych's couch and talk about her feelings! If it wasn't some fluffy angel breaking into her mind to lecture her, it was some guy she spoke to for two sentences who wanted to hug it out and talk about her issues. That was it; the last straw, the one that broke some camel's back, enough was too much. "What the hell is wrong with you?" Cass snarled, recoiling from the guy's touch. "Don't they have personal space on your planet?"

Disgusted, she turned and started walking swiftly away. She was confident that no power on the earth would convince her to spend another second around this tree-hugging freak, which of course meant that there was a power, and it naturally chose this moment to prove her wrong.

Outwardly, Cassie stumbled and then went down on one knee, hands against the ground to brace herself. Inside, she saw a jumbled array of monochromatic pictures - an Asian face, though whose was unclear (as always), a dark stain - blood? - on something white, and the touchy-feely hippy guy poised to kill. The premonition stopped as abruptly as it'd started, and after a moment of disorientation, she got back to her feet, absently rubbing her sore knee. Combined with her telepathic warning that Hippy Guy was behind her, it seemed - it felt - clear to Cass that he was a movie-level baddie.

She really had to stop going near that goddamn forest.
 
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Miles tried to reach out to stop Sorcha but missed. “You do know what we are doing officially falls under the category of eavesdropping?” Miles said to Sorcha not even trying to whisper. If she was going over there he was to. Miles viewed the sword to Naka interesting; it had the look of radiance to it. “Come on little weasel,” Miles said as he nudged Cyan forward with his foot. There was no point in answering the questions, seeing as how there were bigger ones that seemed to be flowing around at the moment.

Miles looked at the teacher that Naka was talking to and thought that he looked familiar. Miles felt a little out of place in the situation seeing as how he barely knew the people around him. Realizing where he had seen the teacher before Miles said “Hey, Mr. Rooftop Teacher, how’s it been going?” Miles realized this was the second time he was interrupting. He thought that would not be good for this situation. He began to try to think of things to say to get himself out of this situation. When none came to mind he decided he would just let Sorcha do the rest of the talking for now.
 
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With the conversation over, Naka had a sense of self that he hadn't been in possession of since his parents, apparently his adoptive parents died. The professor, upon hearing Miles' call out, looked at him solemnly, and then disappeared into shadow. He had demonstrated al Naka needed to know about his power and his destiny. Though it wouldn't be Nakata Ishikawa that ended the battles that would be fought over the scrolls, he would ensure that his own child did. he felt the katana gave him a sense of purpose and he clung to that now, placing the weapon on his back so that the weapon would be drawn from his right shoulder.
"i'll explain everything later." he said to her in Japanese, nodding to reassure her.
"were you guys waiting there rong?" He said.

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Zetsu made his way out of the school to get the helicopter prepped, he had plans of taking Nakata with him off of the Island so they could be father and son but it was a pipe dream and he knew it. Just as suddenly as he started, he stopped. The papers that he had left In Naka's backpack would explain the helicopter, its location, how to get off the island, and would tell him where to go in Japan... once he decoded it at least. Given that, he took to the shadows once more, this time heading to the city. He last job would be to place all of his money in Naka's account. Once that was done, he would be ready to face his death as long as his son could live.
"Don't fight alone Naka." He thought to himself in silent prayer.

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Tatsu had gotten just about sick of this whole situation. It was a good thing his temper didn't usually get to him like some of the others or she would have been dead already. Actually for that matter, if he didn't think that the girl might be useful she would have been dead already anyway. Given this, with her on one knee he took the liberty of setting up the situation.
"Alright I tried being nice." He said exasperatedly and with only the hint of a Japanese accent as he gripped the back of her neck hard with his right hand, the one that would keep her from using any powers she might have against him. A useful tool that was, especially now where he didn't exactly know the nature of her abilities.
" I'm here to take the island, copy and send the power curriculum of the school to my bosses, and take in students with powers that might be useful to the organization. I also have strict orders to kill witnesses and opposition. You can either help me out or..." He let himself trail off as he picked up a nearby rock with his left hand and let his power loose on it. Before their very eyes the rock aged and crumbled away into nothingness.
" It works on people too, but I'd rather you just went along with me of your own volition than causing me have to threaten you. After all, it's easier to travel with someone if you're not worried about them betraying you or having to betray them now isn't it." He said, letting go of the back of her neck and helping her to stand.
"Despite my job, i'm not completely bad." That was mostly a lie, he'd never done anything to be considered good but damn if he was about to tell her that. In fact, letting her live and giving her a chance to help him was about the closest thing to an act of kindness he had done since ever... at least genuinely.
 
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"We weren't here real long, would you mind telling us what that was all about?" Cyan asked calmly before remembering why he had followed Naka in the first place. "Oh, but first, I think you might wanna take a look at this," he said pulling off his sweater. Cyan backed up a bit and willed the wings to appear again. On the weasel's back sprouted a pair of black feathered wings, totaling over a meter in wingspan. "Aren't these yours? Well not yours exactly, but I think I may have copied your ability to sprout wings." He turned to Miles. "Just so you know, that's not normal for me," he said emphatically before turning back to Naka. "What's your opinion on the matter? You still have your wings, right?"
 
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Sorcha stood there and looked at the "new" Naka. Something had changed him, he was standing taller, there was a sense of..hmm...all she could think of was importance about him. She nodded back at him, letting him know that later would be okay. She hoped that later was soon so that she could find out what caused this change in him so abruptly.

She turned towards Cyan as he showed off his new wings. She was interested in how this happened and was curious as to if Naka knew the answer to it. However, looking at her new friend she reached over and ran her hand over one of the wings."They feel real enough, that's pretty cool Cyan, how does it feel to all of a sudden get wings?"

Turning to Miles she answered,"To answer your question before Miles, I didn't consider it eavesdropping, they were in a public hallway, I considered it 'quiet observation'" She nodded her head up and down in a confirmation of her explanation."Besides, tell me what we saw wasn't pretty cool. It was worth a scolding from the 'boy wonder' here" she asked as she gestured towards Naka.


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Suzume stepped out quietly from behind the tall hedge and looked at the fairy they called Tien. So, this was the little thing that was making friends everywhere she went. She had heard lots of good things about her and if there was one thing that Suze hated, it was good things. She had walked up on the tail end of the conversation between the group of assembled "goody two shoes". She had hid away to see what was going on and to be honest, she didn't have anything in common with them. Although, there was one she wouldn't mind talking to. That Naka was not bad looking.

She walked closer to the fairy and with her wide open innocent look said to her,"Hey, my name is Suzume, you can call me Suze, what's yours?"She was bored and wondered if maybe she could cause some trouble by getting information from the doll like creature and using it somehow. Although, with her luck, there was nothing much to learn except what wonderful deed they were all planning. She mentally rolled her eyes and hoped that this fact finding mission would at least occupy her for a time.

She looked around at the damaged trees and the debris lying around and then back at Tien, "Boy, sure looks like a tornado went through here. What happened and I thought I heard you talking to someone, where did they go?"
 
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Without getting a chance to consider her next move, Cass' neck was grabbed in a vicelike hold. Wincing at the pain - though at least she wasn't completely surprised - it took a few moments for it to register that something wasn't right. The link, a nagging presence that lurked in her mind every second of every day, seemed to be gone. Half of her paid attention to her attacker's words while the rest of her tackled the situation; the guy was blocking her power somehow, perhaps through physical contact alone, and that ruled out using her ability to kill the hell out of him. It occurred to her belatedly that it also ruled out the chance of calling Fordren to her rescue, but honestly, that didn't bother her so much.

She wasn't going to end up like the deceased rock, that much was certain. If this guy was a paid assassin, then running and hiding was like signing her own death warrant and then getting a five second headstart; useless at this juncture. Had it been an ordinary mugger she'd have tried fighting, but unfortunately, nothing in her life was ever normal. As he released her, however, the connection sprang right back into place like a piece of plucked elastic. Rather than being relieved, she felt a frisson of annoyance that she couldn't even get a demolished connection out of this. God, she really couldn't catch a break.

Eyeballing him warily, Cass rubbed the back of her neck, scowling faintly. Not so bad? Yeah, murderers seeking to take over an island were so misunderstood. Still, any port in a storm of crappy luck, right? "I guess I should give you points for not offing me right away," she said, putting her hands in her pockets. She appeared vastly unbothered, as if this sort of thing happened all the time. And honestly, it was starting to. "Believe me, I don't like being threatened either. Since I came to this godforsaken island I've had nothing but threats. I'm tired of it."

That was the bare truth, and although what she said next wasn't, her imperturbable face didn't flinch, and her voice was in the same coldly factual, almost bored tone. "Look, I'm just an empath. Kinda diggin' your honesty and really don't wanna die, but... what can I do?"
 
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Tien felt calmer now that the humans had departed. She wanted so badly to be able to follow what they were saying and doing, but so little of it made sense; a chaotic whirlwind of incomprehensibility. Until she'd been kidnapped, Tien had never had a conversation in her life. Everyone, including the little green guy, acted perfectly happy to talk at length to lots of people, and Tien still felt like being around more than one person was like trying to learn the dictionary. She'd tried it last week, but gave up at aardvark. The human world was too complicated for a little person like her. Nuts, she wasn't even a person.

When a girl approached her, Tien took uncertainly to the air. She wasn't used to strangers marching up and talking to her, because they seemed to hate it when she did it to them. Feeling secure enough to handle humans one at a time, though, she hesitated before giving the newcomer a big smile. "I'm Tien," she said, noting to herself that this person had a name with three bits instead of two or, like Miles, one. How could humans keep all this straight?

"I don't know where they all went." Looking briefly conflicted, she ducked her head, hovering effortlessly at head-height. "They're very clever and busy. They do lots of things, you know. I think they said they were coming back, though. Why? Are you friends with Naka, too?" To the fairy, everyone was friends with Naka.
 
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What a wonderful meal that was! Steak with potatoes, corn, peas, and carrots. He was out of food in his apartment now, and would need to go shopping once again (the third time this week alone) to refill his supply. He considered purchasing a second refrigerator as well, in order to hold more food and thus, make his shopping trips more efficient. However, he had a difficult time fitting all his food into the shopping cart at the grocers anyway, and thus decided against it.

He has in the middle of cleaning up when he felt something strange within his mind. Since the incident in the forest, he had not once spoken to Cass. However, he could still feel the mental link she had inadvertently forged with him. Something about its properties had altered. He knew, considering how he had spent over 20 hours straight simply studying how it worked within his own mind. He was sure not to disrupt her privacy however, and thus was unable to discern exactly how it worked from her end. But he still knew enough to be able to notice when something about it had changed.

Out of simple concern, he allowed himself to break his typical respect for her privacy to catch a glance into her mind. Immediately, he knew that something was wrong. He memorized her current location and grabbed his sword, quickly sheathing it to his side and running out the door.

It would take nearly a quarter of an hour to reach her location, however.
 
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Miles looked at the weasel and said, “Yes, I still have my wings and I want to test out your wings a certain way a little later.” He would look into the weasel’s powers while they were training. If those wings came from Naka then they originated from him. Milles touched Cyan’s wings and made sure they weren’t just an illusion. Sorcha had touched them but he would have to make sure for himself. If Cyan could copy powers, he was going to need some duct tape.

Miles looked at Sorcha, “Glad to know you have such open views about this situation.” Miles liked the idea of calling this quiet observation because observation always ended in fun discoveries. “I think you’ll make an excellent friend,” Miles smiled at the girl, “I really don’t understand what’s going on here so you ask the questions for now.” Less work for Miles to do and still get enough information to satisfy him.

“Except,” Miles drew his sword and walked towards Naka, “that sword. Naka let’s see how your sword reacts to mine. Miles let electricity flow off the blade keeping the sparks on the blade and away from its surrounding. That sword he had was really intriguing.
 
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Naka had been pretty sure Cyan was talking to him. He wasn't sure he was ready to answer their questions just yet about what had just happened, but he was willing to answer Cyan's question and was thankful for the provision of a new topic.
"I think he was directing the question about the wings to me." Naka said as he took to the mode he had copied from Miles. Once in it, he called to the wings which erupted from his back almost like flags as they folded down in a way to become his wings.
"Yes i stirr have them." He said, ending the mode. Naka withdrew the sword from its sheath and enjoyed the resonant metallic sound it made as it slid out.
"I am pretty sure it is just a really well made Katana." He said.

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Tatsujin only looked at her solemnly for a second before smiling.
"An empath can still tell that someone is around and that's a skill I can use. I have no intention of killing you as long as you don't try anything stupid." He explained, trying to put her at ease. It wasn't really a matter of not killing her out of principle, it was a matter of she was lost, and could be useful to both himself and the organization. Part of his mission had specified that he take in any who might benefit them.
"Help me accomplish my mission and I may have a place for you." As he said this, he touched her cheek with his left hand, fully capable of killing her, but not really planning to because he felt she would make the right decision.
 
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