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Post by Lokk on Feb 1, 2007 15:20:52 GMT -5
John Barker strolled into the gym, he left the door un locked and stared up the power training system ready for the students. The bell rang and students began to file in, John split into 3 Johns. The real one stayed up on the power training stand, the first clone went down to get all of the students into a line, and the second clone went up stairs to man the power training controls. "Is that everybody, or do we still have a few more to come?"
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Post by Headmistress Exypen/Athalia on Feb 1, 2007 16:47:31 GMT -5
"Oops," Athalia said, sticking her head through the door to look at everyone, she had just opened the door to hear Mr. Barker ask his question. She wouldn't have been late but she had lost her gym uniform in her piles of clothes in her room and had had to dig through it in a hurry, meaning she missed it the first time and had to look again. "I-I'm here Mr. Barker, I'm really sorry for being late." She offered no excuse, some of the teachers gave bigger punishments if you did and others thought you weak if you did, no one ever tired to be understanding. She ran to get in the back of the line, pulling her shirt down, it was a little tight and short, she wondered if maybe she had gotten her roomy's instead of hers. 'Great,' she thought, 'Now I'm late and wearing something too small for me. This is going to be fun.' She looked around, some of these people weren't from her animalistic power class, she didn't recognize some of them. She held up her hand for a question and in the process held down her shirt with the other hand as it was pulled up.
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Post by Lokk on Feb 1, 2007 21:32:04 GMT -5
"That's perfectly fine, don't worry guys, I hardly ever punish people for being late, because most of the time, I'm late myself!" he smiled, he saw Athalia's hand go up and said, "Put your hand down just for now, I'll explain things then ask questions, alrighty. So I've gathered all the same year students here today for a power evaluation, don't feel pressured to do great or anything, this is just so that we can catalogue your powers, and see about making as good as we can! So I'll call out the names off of this list I have and you'll come up onto the platform here and you can tell me what your power is, then I'll get my clone up there..." he said pointing up to the window where his clone was at the controls, "to activate a certin power test. None of them are dangerous and I will pick the ones that test your power. For intance, if you have teleportation I'm not going to test you strength. Above all, don't worry! Just have a bit of fun!" He looked down at the list, "Is she here? By the way, if you have a question ask me when you get up here. Is Alan Stevens here?... No? Ok then Athalia?"
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Post by Headmistress Exypen/Athalia on Feb 5, 2007 12:39:30 GMT -5
Athalia had put her hand down and no longer needed to put it up since he had answered her question. When she heard her name called she blushed slightly, said "Here," and walked up to the platform. As she walked she heard a girl titter to her friends, wondering if Lia wasn't a dog in actuality, a female dog to be more precise, but not in such nice terms. She pulled her lips tight in anger but the more calm part of her mind reminded her that a female cat was a queen, and that was what she was. With that thought she stepped onto the platform with her head held high and her face determined and pleasant.
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Post by Lokk on Feb 5, 2007 16:52:50 GMT -5
"So... Your power is feline transformation. You'll be doing the agility test," he said moving her over to the ede of the stage as a maze popped up. "You must move through the maze here as fast as possible, you must also try not to touch the ground, it is ok to, but it will add time to your official record. Just to bring your power out in full, try to imagine something you are scared of on the floor, that should help a little." A count down began out of the speakers, <5..4..3..2..1..GO!>
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Post by Headmistress Exypen/Athalia on Feb 5, 2007 17:32:08 GMT -5
"The floor is water," she said before jumping onto a raised wall. As she jumped she changed into a clouded leopard. A clouded leopard has a very long tail and interesting claws that allow them to have very good balance and to climb head first down a tree, their size is mid way between a house cat and a leopard meaning they are stronger than a house cat but not too bulky like a big cat. The leopard Athalia ran down the wall and jumped from one wall to another when there was a gap. Not that everything was that easy, up ahead was a wall with a hole in it and the wall moved around allowing the hole to move. She crouched and watched the pattern and when she had it she wiggled her rump and jumped through. What she wasn't counting on was a chain link fence to be on the opposite side. She clawed in a panic as she fell but finally her claws hooked and she was able to pull herself up to the top. On the top she found she had three options and she could not be sure which one went to the end and which one doubled back on itself. The choose the option on the left and started through a tunnel of sorts, the tunnel weaved, going up and going down, going left and going right, soon she thought that she was either going to end up back at the fence and have to start again when the tunnel opened up. In front of her were several tall 4x4 poles. They were all different heights and on the other side she could see the end. The gaps were large and the perches were small. Athalia took a deep breath and jumped forward and onto her first pole. In bent slightly and when she looked down she could see that each pole was fixed so it could wobble when it was moved. 'This is going to be hard,' she thought and crouched down to wait for the pole to stop moving so she could get her barings.
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Post by Lokk on Feb 6, 2007 15:05:41 GMT -5
Mr.Barker checked the stop watch, she was doing quite well, but she seemed to be having some trouble, it was the hardest bit of the course after all...
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Post by Headmistress Exypen/Athalia on Feb 8, 2007 11:41:12 GMT -5
The pole stopped rocking and Athalia pushed off from the pole, jumping to another. What she wasn't expecting was for the pole she launched herself from to swing backwards when she pushed off, as a result she ended up digging her claws into the side of the pole, about three feet from the top and five feet from the floor. She climbed up to the top and sat panting, catching her breathe. She had come close and obviously just jumping wouldn't do the trick. She squinted at the pole in front of her, it was taller than her current perch by two feet.
She decided to try another stretegy. Digging her nails into the wood she rocked back and forth, making the pole rock, when she had enough momentum that her pole got close to the next pole she jumped she short distance to it. With the new weight the pole tipped toward a pole to the upper left. Athalia climbed up to the top and looked at the pole she was rocking toward, it was short and the ones around it were tall, it wouldn’t do at all. She sat and waited, when the pole had ceased moving she started rocking it straight forward, always moving toward the finishing platform. She angled her self properly and jumped to the next pole when the time was right. It swung and she kept it moving to the next pole, then she jumped again. Once she had the rhythm she didn’t have problem until the second from last pole. There her claw missed the pole and she struggled to find a grip. When her claw finally found something to hook onto she meowed loudly. A large splinter had gone up into her paw and through her skin, to top it off the pole she had hooked was another pole, meaning she was stretched between two poles with twelve feet between her and the end of the exercise. She gulped and changed her form into a human structure with the leopard fur, tail, ears, and claws still intact, she also still had a feline face, basically she had changed the bone structure and that was all. Her right claws were hooked to one pole while her left claws were hooked into another. She let the claws on both foot sink in and her legs drop down straight, she pushed with her arms to keep her arms straight out, making her look like she was hanging on a crucifix. She swung her legs back and forth, creating a rhythm until she had enough power to swing herself up and through the air. She unhooked her claws and sailed through the air in a ball, landing on the edge of the platform in a Matrix Trinity position.
Her breath came shakily as she stood up, her muscles felt like jello and her mind was telling her to retrieve the clothes that were at the beginning of the maze, her body however just stood there, panting and trying to push down the pain in her hand from the large splinter embedded there that let a trickle of blood fall to the floor.
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Post by Lokk on Feb 8, 2007 22:18:21 GMT -5
Mr Barker's clone turned off the simulation and the course disapeared back into the floor. He went over to her and wrote something down on his sheet, "Good time, 1 minute 14 seconds." he then noticed the blood, he grabbed it lightly and turned it over to have a look, "That's a pretty descent splinter! You can go to the Nurse if you like, but I suggest you get your clothes first."
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Post by Headmistress Exypen/Athalia on Feb 9, 2007 18:06:40 GMT -5
"Thank you Mr. Barker." She smiled at him before trotting down the stairs to the floor, over to the other platform and grabbing her clothes. She high tailed it to the gym to dress and then to the nurses office in the gym area, thankfully one of the nurse's assistants was there and she was able to pull the splinter out with tweazers (with one yowl of pain from Lia), clean the little wound and put a band-aid on it. With no harm done she came back to the gym to watch the others at work.
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Post by John on Feb 16, 2007 20:58:44 GMT -5
John walked into the gym. He had just arrived and wasn't officially assigned to the class yet but he always liked to survey his surroundings and get an idea what he was in for ahead of time. He stood against the far wall, with his abilities he could see and hear the rest of the students perfectly fine and this way he wouldn't be in the way. He glanced over at the door as he saw a short girl with what looked like...cat ears?...come in. "Hello." he said politely then glanced down at her hand, which had a bandage on it. "Are you all right?" he asked, a bit concerned.
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Post by Lokk on Feb 17, 2007 15:38:56 GMT -5
Mr.Barker had been through a few more students and looked down the list, there was an extra tagged on the end in blue pen. "Uh, I understand we have a new student. John, is John here yet?" he called out.
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Post by John on Feb 17, 2007 16:12:30 GMT -5
John glanced up at the front of the room with surprise. He hadn't expected the teacher to know who he was yet. The school was even more effecient then he thought. "here." John replied, nodding politely at Athelia before he made his way over to join the main group of students.
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Post by Lokk on Feb 19, 2007 13:53:40 GMT -5
John motioned him up onto the stage. "Do you know what the rules, etc are?" he asked.
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Post by John on Feb 19, 2007 14:05:44 GMT -5
John shook his head and repressed a sigh. 'more rules.' he thought ruefully. "No." he admittedas he stepped up onto the stage and into the center of attention of the rest of the students, a postion he was less then comfortable with.
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