Mai uncurled herself and sat up, she'd been lying awake for a good few minutes now and had kept still when the door opened and shut. But she sat up now to talk to Tai, who kept himself to himself, like she did. The scarf she had been wearing was in a coil on the floor but unlike most others Tai always semed able to tell where she was.

"Hello Tai." Mai replied softly, "I guess I'm still invisible, huh?"

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"Make happy those who are near, and those who are far will come."

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Mai nodded, "I know, it just frustrates me and gets me wound up which seems to make it harder to stop. I've been invisible ever since I left my lesson, and even in that I got nowhere."
Tai nodded sympathetically; he understood her and stayed long enough to listen. Most people were anxious talkng to someone thry couldn't see, Mai would watch their eyes dart around while they spoke to her. She didn't know whether it was right to blame them, although she didn't like it much.
"I really want to stop it though, I can do walking through walls at will, but I just don't seem able to control my invisibility." She said and then sighed. "Sometimes I think I'll never get back to being visible and that seems to act as a force to stop me becoming visible again." Mai paused and then added, "Sorry, I'm rambling again. And I'm tense too, hardly the light conversation most people want at this time of the day."

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"Make happy those who are near, and those who are far will come."

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Jackie noticed the dark-haired woman under the tree, not understanding the odd urge she felt to follow her when she left. That was strange. She looked normal - well, pretty, yes, but completely normal. Almost. Something nagged at the back of the girl's mind, but she couldn't pin it down.

She shouldn't really be worrying about that, anyway. What on earth was she going to do? It was time to stop running - she could change her name, maybe, get out of London, see if any ballet company in Glasgow, Paris, or even Berlin, would take her. Failing that, ballet wasn't the only style she had trained in. True, she hadn't completed her schooling, but she'd been told she was good.

It was time to find out how good.

Picking up her things, she headed out of the park onto the busy city streets.

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Mai swung her legs over the side of the bed and shook her head, "Nope, nothing at all. I might go for a walk though, I'm pretty bored." She stood and went to the window, looking down at the landscaped grounds and sparkling fountains. "I wouldn't mind some company - if you don't have other plans that is...it's fine if you do though..." She trailed off and started playing with a piece of ribbon that was lying randomly on the window ledge.

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"Make happy those who are near, and those who are far will come."

Fwee!

Mai unwound the ribbon from her fingers and sat on her bed again, someone walked in to the room,
"Hey Mai." They said, casually swinging their bag on to their bed.
"Hey..." She replied, and then turned around, "...can you see me?"
The girl laughed, "Well yes."
Mai laughed with relief. "Oh right. That's good then."
The girl laughed in return and left the room again, leaving Mai feeling happy, if a little puzzled.

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"Make happy those who are near, and those who are far will come."

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((Eeeek take a weekend away and you miss so much lol Sign me up for two characters. if there's still room. I'll get my bios sorted soonly))

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Takeshi was silently mopping up the leaking water, the shards of glass now disposed off. He heard the door knock and turned around, "I'll be there now!", he called out - leaving a minor puddle of water upon the floor and balancing the mop on the side wall.
He opened the door and saw Lyn, giving her a welcoming, if not unmeaningful, smile.
"Did Cryomancer send you up? That's fine - come in. Hope you don't mind the wet floor, I was just mopping that up.", he explained and lead her to the chair in the centre of the room as he dried his damp hands with his trademark jacket.
Takeshi was weary of sitting in the wooden chair after the incident with the door and informerly sat on the lowly-built steel table instead, his hands together in his lap.
"So - how is your power progressing, Flame? Then we'll sort it out from there."

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((Awesome..here's my first of two bio's))

Name(s): Cassandra Jensen
Nickname(s): none
Codename(s): Prodigy
Gender(s): Female
Age(s): 24
Picture(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Sagenewexc.PNG
Nationality/ies: British
Status: HYENA
Power(s): Her powers include perfect memory, and the ability to process data faster than many computers -- whatever she sees, she remembers. Whatever she remembers, can be recalled in an instant, with perfect clarity, and analyzed with a speed and accuracy that puts the fastest computers to shame. It is said Cassandra is also able to multitask on a superhuman level and it is implied she is constantly tackling many mental obstacles at once, if she chooses to. Cassandra can battle an opponent, review previous battle footage from memory and play an internet game of chess simultaneously and with little or no effort at all.
Personality: Cassandra is aloof and tends to spend most of her time alone. Happy in her own company, she tends only to mix with the others when it is absolutely necessary.
Short bio(s): Cassandra suffered a serious head trauma when she was younger after being involved in a major car accident, which has caused her to lose all her memories from the past. Wether or not this accident caused her powers or merely accelerated there growth is unknown. Her memory loss has caused her to be difficult and distant.
Other notes: Cassandra has a low level telepathy which makes her vulnerable to psychic attacks.

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Lyn sat down in the chair stared on the floor and signed. "I still don't have it under control..." she finally said, looking up. "I can't control if I set something on fire or not...or when it happens. The same thing with the glass...sometimes I just look at some glass and it explodes or I look on the next flammable thing and it catches fire. I'm scared of this power...I'm scared of being unable to control the fire and I'm scared of the fire itself..." She looked down again.

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Takeshi considered what she said, and after a pondered thought, he asked, "Explain your first incident with your power - your emotions during the time and when the fear began and ended."
Moments before Lyn answered, he added in, "And would you prefer to be called Lyn? I want to know what you're comfortable with. Flame can remind you of frightening imagery if it connects you to one of your main fears."

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"Yes...Lyn...would be better..." she stumbled. "Alright...it all started when I was seven...on my friend's birthday party. We where all there...Jill and I were best friends at that time...Jill's parents wanted to lit the candles, but couldn't find matches...so they went searching for them...and suddenly, I stared at the cake, the candles began burning. Everyone stared at me, like being afraid of me, I didn't know how it happend, I ran out of the house and didn't tell anyone about it. I was scared of myself. From this point on, Jill didn't want to talk to me anymore...like she never knew me...I hated myself for being different and was sad, because others hated me too. Even my closest friends, my realives. My grandmother came a few weeks ago...when...when...I...didn't want to do this...she called me...a...a sick...a sick freak. I didn't want to do this..." she broke down on the chair starting trembling. Tears ran down her eyes. "I didn't want to do this! It wasn't my fault!" she suddenly screamed under a mixture of anger and sadness.

A glass of water which was standing on the desk exploded to hundreds of tiny pieces, the water ran over the desk, Lyn stared at it. "I...I'm sorry...I'm so sorry..." she whispered trembling.

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Name: Marianne Rose Power
Nickname: Mari
Codename: Kaylee
Gender: Female
Age: 17
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Nationality: Irish
Status: HYENA/Other (hopes to join HYENA)
Power: Kinetic Movement ie, Dance. When Mari moves with intent then others are forced to move at her will, unless they have a telepatic sheild.
Weakness: She is not telepathicaly protected and is easily swayed.
Short bio: Marianne Power's parents died when she was a baby and she was left to an Orphanage in Wexford. She quickly displayed skills in daceing and joined other girls in learning. However at the age of fourteen she became tierd of the insitant bullying of one girl and in her anger danced her into the air and through a window. She then fled to England and London where she searches for others like herself, danceing on street courners for mouney. However she has now finally snapped and given in to her anger and power, she kills humans without a second thought. However do her a favour and she will never forget it, never mind weather you are on her side or trying to kill her.

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Takeshi glanced behind his shoulder at what was once a simple glass of water and then considerately looked back at Lyn.
"It's fine," he softly told her, "If you want to end it... you can. But if you want to stay a little longer, I can try and well... look inside your subconscious. I won't attempt to read your conscious thoughts or manipulate your way of thinking - you have my word on that."
Takeshi pulled out a standard mobile phone and searched for a saved contact number, gently pressed a few buttons and placed the phone next to his ear. A mumbled sound came from the other end.
"Raye - can you send one of the cleaners up here? And the room should be free soon... well, maybe now. Wait a second.", he held the phone away from his ear with his unoccupied hand over it and gestured Lyn to answer his proposal.

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Kaylee put her stero down, this looked like a good a place as any. Unknown to her she was only a few streets from the Institue. She insterted a CD by Mediveial Beabes and put her hat on the floor in front of her. Then began to dance the quick steps she had been taught. A crowd gathered and watched appreciativly, as she concentrated on not lifting them into the air.

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Lyn calmed down a bit then she looked back to Takeshi. "I...I would like to go on, please." she whispered. "I...I just have to talk about it..."

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