Return of the Dark King! (Open)

[Gabriel Seran]

The emerald eyed boy known as Gabriel Seran strode easily into the school grounds. Something had told him that he'd done it before on several occasions. Everywhere he went he drew cautious stares; some admiring though most were angered. Whispers fluttered about the school like wildfire.

"Is that him? The Black King?" Their airey voices filled with tension, "I thought he died..."

Gabriel shifted subconsciously fearing their accusing words. He had died, though now things were different. Gabriel Seran was no longer the prince of darkness. He slipped off into a hallway sliding quietly away from the crowds and into an empty classroom. His breathing was heavy as his body shuddered in a noticable anguish. The medication he was on could only hold him up for so long. He had to wait and rest till his muscles where recovered. Although even in his past life he wasn't one to sit still.

Emerald eyes looked to his once dismembered arm feelng as though it was a phantom limb though in reality it was so very human now. The metal hidden by a thick layer of false skin.

'Don't get comfortable...'

The emerald eyed boy flinched searching at the corners in the room. He curled up into a ball unaware of his own destiny. He was but a shell of his former self and he had no idea.
What had he done to deserve this? All he wanted was peace.

'Understand that peace comes with a price.'

There was a small creek of the door opening as someone made their entry.

Without looking up Gabriel sighed, "Leave me alone..."

[Victor "Break" D'Armond]

"leave me alone..." it was weak it was pathetic, but it was familiar... the voice of someone Victor once had a very nice talk with. Break walked in with a smile, to see a ghost. He almost dropped the joint he was holding, his free hand ran up to his hair, checking at as he did whenever something surprised him. his blue eyes squinted incredulously, and in complete disbelief. His face gave none of this away though, in simple-ness he smiled at gabe, lighting up his little joint and taking a deep puff. he had come to this empty classroom for some privacy and a good place to smoke, but gabriel was not unwelcomed company.

"Sorry bro, this is the only room I know thats good for smoking" victor said with a laugh walking over to gabe and taking the blunt out of his mouth. he twisted it in his fingers boredly. "so gabe... how are you not dead?" he asked, completely casually as he took another long hit, sitting down next to gabriel in a very friendly manner. he smiled at him and offered the joint. he didn't know if gabriel smoked, but he thought he'd be polite and at least offer

[Gabriel Seran]

His strength was sapped. The boy sitting was not the Gabriel people knew. He was not the strong charasmatic figure he'd once been before now he was a pale image of what his former life was. A ghost. When the blonde haired boy entered the room Gabriel sought to find a means of escape. The smoke chuddeling in the air brought fear in his heart something he had little knowledge of but knew well enough to evade.

"Dead...? I...I.." Gabriel thought in the depths of his consciousness trying to come up with an answer but there was none.

"Who are you?!" Gabriel reacted almost violently at the anguish of not knowing.

'and how does he know me?'

[Victor "Break" D'Armond]

Break's eyebrows raised comically as gabriel got up and litterally ran away from the joint. if only every high schooler had been raised to act like that toward drugs...

since he did not want to partake the new most polite thing he could think of doing was putting it out. the hiss of the fire's tiny life dieing was muffled by the fuzzy carpet, a black sooty stain resting in the place where the tip of the joint was.

"well..." victor began not sure how to proceed, there was only one thing he was certain of, and thats that the shard of shrapnel that hit gabriel, clearly also gave him amnesia... perhaps this was a good chance to not bring back the dark kings memories... he trailed off only a moment longer. "I saved you from a crazy man in a coffee shop, thats how we met" victor quickly explained, which was for the most part... true. "we fought once before that time, and you won, but you made sure not to embarass me either..." he said amending himself. "and one time, we had a very deep talk and gained a lot of common respect, you even complimented me... which to my knowledge you rarely do..." Victor explained this all very gently, and with the full knowledge that gabriel probably wouldn't believe him. " We've never really been that close save the one conversation... but anyway... I consider us friends and I mean you no harm... My name is Victor..." he said, deciding not to introduce himself with his nickname, which started the trouble that victor first ran into when he first met gabriel.

[Gabriel Seran]

Gabriel flinched away almost. He wasn't afraid of the kid, merely the knowledge he possesed over him. Had they been friends once before? Gariel wasn't sure of that. Lies were common deceptions to get beneath someones skin. But he couldn't shake the feeling he had some affiliation however limited it was.

"Hi.. um you seem to know me better than I do..." Gabriel took the youth's hand and shook it in a firm embrace.

The emerald eyed youth still didn't feel entirely comfortable with the current situation. Left alone in a room with a stranger he'd barely known. Worse off the boy knew more about his past than he did. A certain curiosity sprouted but in that curiosity came fear. Fear of knowing the truth.

"ummm... I'm sorry I have to be on my way now I think I can stand..."

Gabriel said coming flimsily to his feet with an awkward stand. His joints and muscles hurt but pain was preffered over embarrassment.

[Victor "Break" D'Armond]

victor nodded, gabriel may not remember who he is, but his handshake was still firm, and those emerald green eyes held as much pride as ever. "No worries, I won't hold you anywhere you don't wanna be... if you ever wanna talk though I'm pretty sure you still have my number... check your phone sometime and let me know, I'm certain we'll be running into each other again sometime" he said nonchalantly. Break knew things, he wasn't even half as stupid as his carefree nature indicated, he knew that this was the real gabriel, there was no trick being pulled, and he knew that if it was the real gabriel then just like the real gabriel he would make himself into an important figure once again, and if he became an important figure again victor would be there... waiting...

"just make sure to watch out for a kid name stu and a kid named ethan... they are just the slightest bit pissed off that you failed them..." he said, incredibly serious. he knew stu was... well, a killer, stu did pretty much kill gabe the first time, even if just by accident. and Ethan... well, victor knew who wasn't pleased that gabriel gave his life to protect the man whom he wanted to usurp power from.

then he saw the clumsy way that gabriel got to his feet. "are you sure you don't want any help? I can at least take you to your next class..." Victor offered

[Gabriel Seran]

"I'm fine!" Gabriel hissed with an odd fire in the pit of his throat.

It took him no time at all to recover and feel ashamed for his outburst. It wasn't like him to lose his control he knew that much. He felt off balance now everything felt so much like that. Ever since he woke up he'd been making rediculous blunders about. Was that his nature? A clutz? he refused to be labeled like that. The underlying roots of his pride felt a recurrent surface and a tremor was hit.

"I'm sorry, that was rude of me..." Gabriel corrected himself coming to a labored stand. "I'll be fine."

He winced in a full stand as he pressed on past the door. His breathing was off as he stumbled awkwardly into the hall. Forcing it to become more painful than it needed he tried fitting in but the spectator's eyes made him stand out of the crowd they'd never stop whispering.

(ooc: Still open, Break you can continue if you like I'd hope for multiple interactions in this thread if anyone's willing...)

[jiro]

[[OOC: Though I'd invade? Is that okay? ]]

As usual, Nova had been late for school that day, missing most of the morning because of sleeping in and getting lost on the walk to school. The girl fixed her hair a little, as she felt the eyes of strangers in her. Their staring eyes made the girl feel nervous, like she didn't belong. She hated those feelings, they tended to make her wish to crawl under a rock... Well for a moment before optimism overdrive kicked in! They aren't staring.. I'm just being too self absorbed! They are probably just looking at things on the other side! She thought to herself, chuckling a little at the thought. Regardless, with her right hand, Nova began to twist the ring on her pointer finger with her thumb, in attempts to keep her cool.

Wandering the halls, always looking for the class she had to be in. Nova in no way was used to the school, partially because she had been away so often for various reasons.. but the main reason was that her sense of direction was horrible. Looking around the tanned girl looked for her next class, not sure if she was even in the right place. Heaving a sigh, Nova looked around. Looking for a friendly or familiar face in the swarms of people that inhabited the hall, wondering if anyone would be willing to give her directions.. or if she'd see someone she knew! She saw no one... except..

Was it really?

Could it be?

Raising an eyebrow, the girl walked forward, finally seeing someone relatively familiar. She was about to greet said person when someone stuck their foot out, tripping the poor girl. "Hi...I know..YOU!" The girl cried out, before face planting on the ground, dropping her books on the floor. Then there was chuckling from the other people. Quickly Nova got half way up, looking up at Gabe with a smile on her face; doing her best to ignore the people around them.

"I know you! We've met before." She chuckled a little, "Sorry about that! I'm clumsy. But I saw you and thought I'd see how you were doing! You didn't look so good last time I saw you! I'm really sorry about hitting you with that chicken burger!" Once again the girl giggled a little, trying to hide her nervousness. Yes, taking to someone she once met, was a difficult thing for her.. Since it could easily be a mistake! and she could be talking to a stranger who has no ideas as to what would be going on. She prayed to those above that it was the right person.

[Victor "Break" D'Armond]

"No worries" break said, his hand passively raising in a gesture of truth. Victor could tell that gabriel wasn't in the slightest ready to be walking around like he was. Break looked to the floor for a moment as gabriel exited. The silent room filled break with thoughts. what a different person he had just seen... clumsy, out of it, no control, none of the planning or the scheming, he almost seemed vulnerable, like he needed some protection. Victor wasn't going to disgrace him with protection though, he was sure gabriel could handle himself. Still, this classroom was boring now, and the little relaxation he'd gotten from the joint was really starting to settle over him well. he decided the classroom was a bit too stuffy for his taste.

he walked outside nonchalantly, the sudden noise of the swarms of kids burst over him, enveloping him into his own little trip. he saw a girl had approached gabriel between the time he'd left the room and the time Victor was able to get out himself. He already told himself he wasn't going to protect gabriel... but this might be a good time to observe, nothing said he had to leave, it was a public hallway. when he stood still he became a little less noticable. And so he leaned against the wall and waited... waited to see what was coming next.

[Gabriel Seran]

Gabriel turned around with a certain confusion and awe. He certainly ahdn't expected to bump into too many people I mean how important could he have been? Though of course there were those few he'd already bumped into who had proved just the opposite. Bastille who'd saved him, he must have had some importance. And now Victor who had some realization in his head that Gabriel was some kind of leader. No, that wasn't him he didn't even bear the strength to stand much anymore.

"I'm sorry... I just, hmmm, not ringing a bell sorry." Gabriel said nervously patting his head in honest confusion.

He didn't mean to seem rude but this girl appeared odd in her unorthadox introduction despite the fact that the two had met prior to this point. His skull etched and burned irritatingly so with the struggle and force of his relization. Had he been some key? Gabriel backed to the wall for support as his legs buckled under his weight. The pain was becoming a weight. Had he always been this weak?

[jiro]

"I'm sorry... I just, hmmm, not ringing a bell sorry."

"Oh it's okay! I'm sorry! I mistaken you for this guy that looks exactly like you but in a dark coat!" The girl babbled on.

Nova smiled, she was highly embarrassed, doing exactly what she had feared.. She had walked up to a complete stranger and made a fool of herself. getting to her feet, the green eyed girl looked to the young man she had made the mistake with. Feeling horrible as she watched him, it seemed like he was in pain. It troubled her a lot, after all he was having trouble standing. The poor you Getting up, the girl took a step closer to the young man's side. A worried look on her face, wondering if she should ask or let him be.

Letting him be surely wasn't Nova's way.

"Are you okay?" The strange haired girl questioned in a low voice, making sure that none of the crowd could hear! After all he was a young man and she didn't want to embarrass him! Men always hated being made out to be weak, even in a time of weakness; she knew that much."Perhaps you should sit down! Or see the nurse." Nova sounded as if she truly cared about the young man, probably because she did. Stranger or not, he needed to either rest or see a professional. There was a friendly smile on Nova's face as she looked to Gabe, waiting on an answer from him. But then she had to wonder, was she being to forward? To much of a busy body for caring? Was she annoying? I hope he's okay.. The girl thought to herself as she started to once again twist the ring on the pointer finger on her right hand, with her thumb. Nova still wasn't used to talking to strangers, but at that point in time she feared more for him in his current state.

[Gabriel Seran]

"Are you okay?"

No, he wan't okay. A troubled mind and a collapsing physical condition he should be in a hospital but the stubborn stupidity of his senses told him not to give into weakness to not suffer this pain and allow for it to consume him. His mandable flexed almost animal like in a defensive sense.

"I'm fine!" Gabriel snarled at the girl pushing her away making quite a scene in the hallway.

A large group of kids turned and shot mocking glances. They whispered and threw out angry words that began to consume him. Anger filled his features as a lost ahze of red corrupted his vision.

"Look its the baby killer!"

"Hey Jihad asshole!"

"Freedom my arse, ditching us like that!"

Gabriel fell to the floor after the shove in noticable pain but couldn't bear to stand any longer. They began to throw things. One had a rock. *Thwack* it collided with his head swiftly as her bleed still unmoving he tried tearing the voices out of his head.

'Do what is necessary, this is not your destiny!, Destroy then you'll be able to create a new world.'

Gabriel winced in a mental struggle.

[Victor "Break" D'Armond]

Victor watched as gabriel got angry at the girl, clearly asking if he was okay was just about the worst mistake anyone could possibly make. Victor put his hands in his coat pockets and began walking away, just in time to hear some people jeering at Gabriel. Victor winced as he saw the rock hit gabriel's head. he did deserve it. Victor knew that, the man was evil, but in this state he wouldn't even know what he was being punished for. and punishing someone when they don't think they've done anything wrong is a quick way to mentally ruining someone. maybe this time gabriel could be different... maybe this is why he turned out so nastily last time.

Victor walked back toward the kids, as they began to circle around gabriel. Victor was way too good of a wingman, he always had a skill for making others look good. He walked out into the middle of the circle. "Knock it off!" he growled, his proud features like a lion in the center of a bunch of animals. "yes, he's done some evil things, he did threaten to kill a child, but you know what? in the end who saved the child's life? him, who sacrificed themselves so the school captain could live? him... who fought for your sakes, for your rights when no one else would? are you starting to see a pattern here?" Victor challenged, his deep blue eyes showed complete calm and control. "he's paid his price, look at him... I'm sure you can see nothing more needs to be done" Victor said, stepping aside so everyone could see the pain that Gabriel was experiancing. kids in the crowd began to get sympathetic looks in their eyes, people stopped the mob mentality was breaking up. "But don't give him your pity, don't cry for him, just give him a clean slate, an equal, a new chance" he said. he could still see the looks in some... the look of wanting revenge, wanting an explanation, there where a lot of powerful unexplained emotions here. and break said he wouldn't try to protect gabriel... oh well...

"Tell me you've never done anything wrong in your life? never tried to fight for a cause you thought was right?" he challenged... no one audibly responded. "put yourself in his shoes for a minute, be objective instead of judgemental, open your eyes..." he said authoritatively, no one was fighting back now. people began to disperse, muttering things to themselves. Victor looked down at gabriel, he didn't expect gratitude, he didn't expect anything. He shoved his hands in his pockets rather forcefully, pulling his dark black pea coat closer to his body. 'Sorry Gabriel' he thought, 'but I couldn't just let them kick you around...' he finished. he stayed close by, but he did walk to a far wall. it was up to gabriel. he could leave victor alone, or he could go over and talk to him about what just happened. Victor didn't care either way.

slowly he pulled the customary cigarette he kept behind his ear out, and lit it. taking in the burst of nicotine. this was what life was all about... friends, and sticking up for them.