(Thanks, Tur. And yes, of course, I'll turn it down a bit. Think I got carried away with it.)

Jack stared at the teacher as she settled herself, taking one last glimpse at her desires, which was nothing too extraordinary. Comfortable living, antiques she lusted after for a reason that was beyond him. Nevertheless, he arranged circumstances that would allow her to get what she wanted...as long as he got what he wanted. Which was essentially As for the rest of the year in this class. It wasn't like he didn't know the stuff. In fact he was willing to wager he knew more than the teacher did herself. And besides, a man like him couldn't possibly waste his time working on homework that was below him.

He extracted a fine perfect folder from his bag and opened it to reveal a drawing, half finished. He had completed the contours of the figure and was starting to work on the values and the texture. Unlike one kid he knew who squandered his artistic talents in ancient warriors battling with obsolete weapons or scenes from fairy tales that Jack didn't read, his area of concentration concerned figure drawing and cityscapes, while he did allow for the occasional variation. He ignored the ramblings of the teacher as he gently brought the soft pencil against the paper, creating a series of dark lines that were blurred and blended.

EDIT: By the way, if I seem a bit too harsh to your characters, you have to remember Jack is a very arrogant person and he is thinking everything I'm typing. I really like your characters but...for some reason, I like being part of the characters I'm role-playing.

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((Thanks, Caunion. I'm gonna skip ahead.))

The lunch bell rang.

Mikaella started packing up her papers. She was always captured by their History teacher. He was brilliant. She was in complete awe of him. She would be thinking about what he said for the whole day. She was in a rush to get to her locker, she wanted to eat lunch fast so she could have some time to herself.

She jogged to her locker. She jammed her stuff into it, then picked up a picture that had fluttered to the ground. Her eyes filled with pain and sorrow as she gently fingered the picture, a tear rolled down her cheek. She took a deep breath then stuck the picture into her back pocket. She couldn't think about that now. Not here.

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Class was boring as usual, he never really enjoyed any class other than English, but he didn't have that till the very last period of the day so he had to suffer throughout the day just so he could be in the one class that he wanted to be in. Nathaniel slowly sauntered out of the class, moving around his fellow classmates and heading towards his locker.

This time he didn't have any trouble getting into his locker as he placed his books back and headed towards the front doors of the school. Nathaniel always liked to eat outside, it was in his element.

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The waves that C R A S H E D upon
The R O C K S that you were trying to step along

And in my head I heard them play a S O N G

Cylie fairly flew outside, she could only stand to be under a ceiling for so long. Her lunch bag bumped on her hipbone as she ran to sit under a tree in front of the school. She frowned at the clouds blocking the warm sunlight and blew softly. At her call a light breeze sprang up and the clouds drifted away, leaving the sun to shine on the teen's smiling face. Rummaging around in her lunch, she pulled out a "pooh-bear" sandwich and began to munch.

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School ate my life. *sigh*

After waiting in line Mikaella got her school lunch, paid for it, then headed outside. She started walking toward her favorite place. It was a table for two on the edge of the cliff the school was founded on. The small town stood below, everyone peacefully going about. The town was right along the beach. The ocean stretched far as one could see. The sound of the crashing waves were faint. After sitting down, she leaned on the railing (that kept kids from falling off the cliff) and breathed in deeply. She reached with her mind out into the ocean. She found a school of clown fish near the edge of the water. She spoke to them telepathically and heard the response. She strained her eyes and watched the ocean carefully. The school of fish exploded through the surface, did a graceful arch, and went back into the water. She smiled and almost laughed, but then remembered where she was.

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Nathaniel sat near the cliff, his back resting against a rock that warmed him from the heat of the sun. It felt nice and relaxing... it was nice to get out of school and be able to just be outside, he really did like the outdoors, he almost felt as if he could control himself in this enviroment, but wasn't sure why or how.

Looking out towards the water he dropped his sandwich when he saw a group of clownfish exploding from the water, now that was not normal. Some fish jumped, but not clownfish...

What a strange occurance, but maybe it was all just in his mind... so shaking his head he returned to his meal.

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The waves that C R A S H E D upon
The R O C K S that you were trying to step along

And in my head I heard them play a S O N G

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Aaron, glad to be relieved of his seat, eagerly shot out of the classroom as soon as the bell rang. He got a few curious looks from people in the hallway, but he just wanted to get out of the building. Grabbing the lunch his sister had prepared for him, he set out for the cliff. As he walked along, he was hailed by fellow students, but he just smiled and shook his head at them. He just didn't feel like being the social person today. Aaron found an empty bench near the edge and sat down. He really wanted to clear his mind.

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Mikaella noticed a guy come and sit down not far away from her. She smiled, she had to get to know people eventually. "Hey!" she called to him. She paused, not totally sure why she wanted to meet a stranger, "Do you want to sit here? With me? I mean, not by yourself." She said, not sure why she couldn't get the words out right.

((EDIT: Mikaella's talking to Aaron.))

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((Lol, okies.))

Aaron looked towards the direction of the voice and saw the girl, Mikaella smiling at him. He thought for a second and his trademark grin appeared. "Sure, no prob." He got up and walked towards her. Taking the seat next to her, he said, "Remember me? Aaron from History class?"

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Jack gathered himself, ready to go to lunch, when someone punched him in the jaw. Ouch, he thought indifferently as he slowly recovered and saw his assailant. Perfect. A burly guy who had too much brawn and not enough brain. Great way to start his lunch break.

"You think you can hit on my girlfriend like that?" the guy spat in Jack's face, his breath stinking. At first, Jack was lost for words then out of the corner of his eye, he saw the blonde girl that he winked to this morning. Of course, that made Jack flush with injustice. He was only winking at her, he didn't actually mean anything. He looked through the boy. His desires were simple enough. Captain of the weight-lifting team, a position Jack recalled that was refused to him several times. A good hour with substances he had obtained clandestinely. And the obvious desire that boys like him had. None of which concerned the blonde who was now cowering behind a locker.

Jack responded, "Let's calm down for a..." He never got to finish his sentence since he was cut off short by a swift dive to the left as the boy tried to punch him again. Incensed, Jack tore off his right glove and hissed between his teeth, "Fine. Let's play it your way." Of course, Jack knew how this would look like. A skinny rich guy like Jack against this man who had muscles by the tons. Jack briefly felt the desires of everyone around him turn into a desire to see this fight. The boy tried to attack again, only this time when Jack dodged it, he ended up closer to the boy and gripped him by the neck with his right hand. His powers began his work, amplified as he mentally focused on his neck. As the neck began to rot, the boy screamed and squirmed in agony as his nerves registered the pain. "Now, why don't you say we stop this?", Jack asked in a low deadly hiss. The boy nodded quickly and Jack released him. As he did, he stole the boy's wallet and found his driver's license.

He dictated, "Mr. Scott Banks." as to remind himself to finish up this mess. He calmly clenched the plastic card in his right hand, allowing it to disintegrate and become nothing more than useless bits of plastic. He threw the wallet back at the sobbing boy before moving on.

(I think this scene kind of helps show the difference between Jack and the rest of the teenagers. Like he's quite happy to show off his abilities while they're much more subtle about them. If it's too graphic, please tell me and I'll change it.)

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I was cured all right.

((Okie Dokie.))

"Yeah, I do remember you." She paused for a moment, "Where do you live?" she asked, just trying to keep up a conversation.

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Aaron lounged in his seat and looked at Mikaella. "I live not too far from the school, just a couple of blocks. With my sister," he replied to her question. "We've lived together since our parents died in an accident. And you? I honestly can't remember seeing your face anywhere else, and I would." He smiled at her.

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"I live up there." she said, turning around and pointing into the hills behind the school where the richer people lived. "I," she paused, "-I live there with my dad. My mom died in a car accident a few months ago." she said each word slowly, trying to keep her voice steady and even. She then turned to look out to the sea, letting the small breeze sweep around her. The lone seabirds started calling out, they were affected by her emotions.

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Aaron said nothing. What could he say? Mikaella was still affected by her mother's death, he could tell. It had been like that for him when his parents had died, but he had remained strong. After that devastating experience, he had been a positive person. And anyways, he still had his sister, Emily. They both occupied the home they had shared with their parents. Both Aaron and his sister hadn't the heart to leave. And it was nice, living on the edge...close to the beach.

Aaron turned his head to face the sea and enjoyed the feeling of the wind. He could hear the seagulls calling out, as if sending them some message. He sat there and decided to wait for Mikaella to say to something.

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