Confusion is a Trend (Open)

[David Blaze]

The wind picked up, the rays of sunlight beaming in over the cityscape. Sunrise. His hair flew back as the gusts of air hit him, his head tilting back slightly from atop the roof of the largest building on school campus. His sweater, black, ruffled lightly along with his white jeans, a pair of pants he would wear on days of a battle, now there for his own comfortability. His eyes, red and blue, gazed out over the grounds, a pained sigh coming from his lips as he tried to fully realize his own purpose in this new school. David was a senior, having to, once again with the new transfer, start his year over. Would he ever finish high school? He leaned back against the wall by the door that led back down the stairs toward the classes.

Hearing a grunt, he looked down, seeing two kids who, surprisingly, were beating the hell out of a younger student. It was early as hell, why were there kids on campus? David looked around, making sure there was nobody around. The place was as dead as a damn dornail, the grunts of pain all that could be heard. He jumped to the wall opposite of his current spot, then began sliding down the wall on the spikes. The noise was dull, and could barely be heard over the noise of the kids beatdown. As he slid, he pulled up the hoos on his black sweater and, upon landing, moved quickly. He ran up behind the kid on the left, planted a hard kick to his skull, sending it crashing through the wall of the building, his body going slack as a sack of grain.

The other kid turned to run- David grabbed his shirt collar, yanking backward and down, sending the boy onto his back. His empty left hand shot down, crushing his face, knocking him out as well. David turned as the body of the beaten student began to rise. He ran back up the wall he came from, and back up to the roof. There he took off his hood and breathed deep. What was he thinking? He wasnt suppose to get involved in that crap. He walked through the open door and made his way back down the stairwell, entering the first class on his left- an empty room. He breathed a sigh of relief, took a seat, and delved back into his thoughts and wonders, confused as to his sudden reaction earlier...

[Gabriel Seran]

Anger was such a simple thing, control however was the hard part, already getting into a few little spouts Gabriel retreated away into an empty room to fume off some steam maybe get a few answers straight in his head. No longer were there any sides in his mind, righteousness was not a priority in his head any longer the only thing he saw now was justice. It had to be up kept and there were none about to step forward to provide it, he thought that was what Militia was for, once a long while ago now he wasn’t so sure, the way Rem made it sound made it out to be a war, transfers vs. the old scholars, but now they were all the same mixed and for the moment stuck here.

The door opened making way to a familiar face, one he hadn’t seen since back in long beach. He remembered back to their last meeting, not exactly a good impression Gabriel was sure of that perhaps even a threat. He grinned at it recalling how much he’d changed.

“Hello stranger,” Gabriel cooed from the corner toward David, “long time no see.”

[Gwendolyn James]

[Eh, beat me to the punch Gab *punches* Editted my post D:]

Gwyn hated mornings. Absolutely hated them.

But it didn't stop her from looking her best in skinny jeans and brown and pink rain boots with a sparkly pink top. Pink and red extensions peaked through her bleached blonde hair today, the top half pulled back in a tousled ponytail and bow.

She was standing at her locker, contemplating what she needed for class when she noticed her twin was nowhere to be found. Gwyn glanced down both sides of the hallway before sighing dramatically, closing her locker with a snap.

Where had her stupid brother gotten off to? Seriously, the kid could drive her up the wall. She took a few steps down the hallway, spying a classroom close by, she pushed open the door.

"God, if you're in here, you better- oh."

She cut off, catching sight of David and Gabriel with her heavily outlined eyes. Well there were boys, just not her brother. She gave them each a once over with her aqua hues before frowning.

"Sorry."

She said, though there wasn't a single apology she made that she meant, it was just a formality thing.

[January]

"That's right, get the door, Jenkins, I can make it..." a voice mutters.

Smathers, wrapped in a tattered coat he had salvaged, huddles close up against the low wall running around the edge of the roof, fast asleep, muttering such nonsenses to himself. The sunlight of the early morning stabs down at his sleeping form, delivering a pleasant warmth that relieves the night's cold of its solemn watch.

Smathers grins foolishly in his sleep at its warm touch, but frowns again as a shadow falls across him. His face twitches, and his hand smacks at it reflexively, as if to destroy a marauding mosquito.

"Great Odin's Raven!" he barks hoarsely, having been woken abruptly from his slumber by a rude slap to the face. His crusty eyelids open just in time to spot the source of the shadow that had fallen over him: a student dashing across the rooftop. before he can react, Smathers watches the being leap into space!

What the deuce...

Smathers, still stiff from his night bumming it on the concrete roof, grasps at the low wall and pulls himself shakily up to peer over it and onto the ground below. He yawns magnificently then, like a lion exhausted after a strenuous day of licking himself while waiting for the huntresses to bring him a gazelle to munch on. He also rubs at his eyes with the heels of his palms, willing away the puffy crustyness that comes from a long night of sleep.

Peering blearily over the edge, Smathers has the singular honor of viewing the actions taken by the student below.

Smathers ducks back under the lip of the wall, and the hooded student runs back up the wall, passing over the concealed Smathers, and heads inside.

Smathers' eyes well up with tears. What manner of creature is this being whom rushes to the aid of the meek and defenseless? Surely this is that elusive element that defies the grasp of philosophers and hides in moments like the one just witnessed. What had transpired below was a demonstration of the distinction between Man and Beast! What a world this is in which a dichotomy of wrong and right dance and twirl in chaos! it was one of the most beautiful things he had ever seen.

Smathers wastes no time in tailing the Man. Man, he calls the being now. He follows him to the abandoned classroom. The Man sits down and enters his thoughts, but then Smather's hand slaps the door frame.

If the Man were to look over, he would behold Smathers leaning by one hand on the doorframe, silhouetted by the light of the hall, tears running clean tracks through the grime on his face.

Smathers ignores the others. "Why...why did you do that!? Please tell me, I must know!" shouts Smathers, his voice quavering with emotion.

[David Blaze]

David brought his feet down from the propped position they were in, lookiing over his shoulder at the door as the young Gabriel Seran stepped in. It had been many, many months since he had met with the boy, and it was tough for him to recall what the issue had been about. He opened his mouth to speak, but no sooner had he done so did a girl come into the room, talking about how he better...He opened his mouth once more to speak, but then another guy suddenly rushed to the doorway, asking him why he had done what he did before. He placed his hand in his head, then looked to the girl, not paying attention to either of the boys. It was rude to ignore a female, especially since it usually ended with getting smacked or yelled at.

"Are you looking for someone?"

His tone was polite, but inside he could already feel that leadership aura coming out, as much as he tried to conceal it. He would look to the other kid who had rushed in. "I did what i did because two men beating on one isnt a fair fight, and its dishonorable." After answering the quick question he would look back to the girl, awaiting her response.

[Gwendolyn James]

Smack! Another boy flattened himself in the doorway. Gwyn shrieked at the commotion so close to her, pink nailed hands clutching into fists as she resisted the urge to retaliate with physical harm. She narrowed her dark eyes distastefully at his bummish appearance, having no other choice but to step farther into the room so his dirt wouldn't rub off on her.

"Are you looking for someone?"

"Hm? No."

She lied innocently, moving to perch herself up on the edge of the teachers desk, setting her books down beside her. Now she got a better view of the three boys. It was a slightly awkward situation, but perhaps she could learn something about them that could benefit her. Just maybe, and who was she to pass up such an opportunity?

[Gabriel Seran]

"God, if you're in here, you better- oh."

Aqua eyes appeared from around the corner of the door as she was to address either one of them, I assume each to his own.

"Sorry."
Gabriel gave a slight nod and nearly said, “No apology necessary if he wasn’t to be caught off guard by another intruder.

"Why...why did you do that!? Please tell me, I must know!" The intruder commanded from a quavering voice.

Gabriel was intent on replying to that as well but it would seem as if the words about him were to be stolen from his lips.

"Are you looking for someone?" In quite a polite tone addressing the young woman first before turning a more directive comment towards the other incomer.

"I did what I did because two men beating on one isn’t a fair fight, and it’s dishonorable." This time his voice held more authority to the matter suggesting the more dominant side that came along with an ex-school captain.

Gabriel could respect that much of Blaze, he remembered their discussion it was over power, and how the school could survive on its own, David was for the heroic justice and a perfect world where the few could stand up for the weak. While Gabriel stood up for a regime commanding the school to protect them, so very familiar goals but why such a hassle over getting each one passed. And how the mighty had fallen, now Gabriel was feeling more inclined towards David’s view, he wanted a hero, no he needed one.

“Quite an interesting party we have here…” Gabriel suggested in his foreign accent from atop a desk sitting relaxed, “I assume introductions are in order?” That was directed towards everyone

[January]

(OOC: Too crowded in here. Bowing out now!)

"I did what I did because two men beating on one isn’t a fair fight, and it’s dishonorable."

Smathers freezes. So that's how it is...

Honor...where does it come from? Is it a societal construct? Is it a psychic archetype, as Jungian philosophy of collective unconscious would argue, or is it solely a product of experience in accordance with the respected doctrine of tabula rasa?

Smathers had much food for thought now.

"You, Man of honor...we will meet again." Smathers says sagely, and bows respectfully to the Man before departing the scene at a run in a cloud of dust.

[David Blaze]

OOC(( lol, okydoks. You want another thread, feel free to make one ^^))

David cocked an eyebrow as the man took off...had he never heard of honor before? His eyes went back to the two people in front of him, a small sigh escaping his lips. He had come here to be alone, but apparently he attracted people like a magnet...or maybe it was the classroom- either way, he folded his arms across his chest before adressing the girl once again.

"So, walking into rooms asking if someones in here yet not looking for anyone." He shrugged. "I'll buy it." He spoke to Gabriel. "You...i guess transferring here was a no choice sorta thing? How's Unfettered and the rest of your gang, they transfer too?"

Big talk to kick off a conversation with?

Not for him. He just happened to speak his mind. Besides, speaking things over with Gabriel made it easier then adressing the rather pretty female sitting on the desk- David had had his fill of women for the time being. If he got attracted to one more girl, he felt his head might espolde. Yes, i said esplode, not explode. Esplode is better.

[Gabriel Seran]

(OOC: Yea thats right I don't like small talk cut to the chace!)

"So, walking into rooms asking if someone’s in here yet not looking for anyone." He shrugged. "I'll buy it."

He spoke to Gabriel. "You...I guess transferring here was a no choice sorta thing? How's Unfettered and the rest of your gang, they transfer too?"

Gabriel was unsure of whether his comments were mocking or not, it seemed rather forward approach the kind that was easy enough to deal with. It even broke a short smile from him.
“Indeed it was,” Gabriel projected slowly, “As for the others I cannot say our ideals have somewhat changed from the original scheme of things.” He directed at Blaze once more not taking into the specifics, he expected David to press for them sooner or later based on his very forward personality that Gabriel was just now beginning to understand.

As for the young woman in the corner, Gabriel shot her fleeting glances expecting some sort of jump into the conversation, many topics could come to mind, Gangs? Unfettered? Who the hell are you two? Things like that.

[Gwendolyn James]

[Damnit, beat me again ._. Editting >>]


“Quite an interesting party we have here...I assume introductions are in order?”

The other boy spoke, offering up intros without introducing himself first. Tisk tisk...that lost him points, but he was still pretty cute in a kind of rugged sort of way with the faint scars and all, so she would forgive him this once. And besides, Gwyn liked people to know who she was.

"So, walking into rooms asking if someones in here yet not looking for anyone. I'll buy it."

Gwyn let out a brief, amused laugh at the first boy. He wasn't half bad, pretty cute, and an air of authority. Authority was cute. But he looked too wholesome, all good and heroic. Heroes were hot on tv, but there were no heroes in school, just people vying for power and goody-goodies trying to protect the weak. Granted, she was no one to talk, she would rather destroy someone by her own means than dirty fighting.

Hands on the edge of the desk, she swung her feet slightly, watching the exchange with the boys.

"My name is Gwendolyn. Though generally with introductions, shouldn't you introduce yourself first?"

She asked sweetly enough, looking from one boy to another. She waited while they had their little exchange, unsure of what they were talking about, nor frankly did she care. She would store the little tidbits of information away, possibly ask Godric when she saw him, and then just let it lie until they came up again.

[David Blaze]

"Hm."

He gave a little grunt of acknowledgement at this new information. Before he could continue down the path that Gabriel had set up, the girl finally broke her peace, obviously forgetting about the person she had been looking for and asking about introductions. In the writers view, both people were wrong about David- He was no goody goody nor was he vying for power, and being a hero was sure out of the question for this character. Going back to the story, David shrugged, taking the lead by introducing himself rather calmly, without any ring or titles attached- a seeming first for the young Blaze.

"My names David. Nice to meet you Gwen."

David looked over at Gabriel, waiting for him to give his name before continuing the conversation.

"What did you mean by what you said earlier? How have things changed?"

[Gabriel Seran]

(OOC: bwahahaha speed typing....)

"My names David. Nice to meet you Gwen."

Gabriel nodded as to take his own queue into the intros.
“I am Gabriel Seran, a pleasure.” He lipped out calmly before returning his attention to David.

"What did you mean by what you said earlier? How have things changed?"
Gabriel leaned back in his seat calmly, back to business once again. Things were beginning in motion once more, though the pieces where all disorganized. Rem was at the head now, this did not upset Gabriel all too much though he didn’t take well to figures of authority that simply claimed it without other’s recognition, and Gabriel didn’t see him as his leader.

“Well, for starter’s we have a new leader,” who honestly enough Gabriel couldn’t be sure his intentions were out for the group’s original goal, perhaps it would be the catalyst but what next? “I do not believe he can handle the weight of the school, and in an honest effort, I am confining in you this information…ha…how things change.” Gabriel mused to himself for a moment before directing his emerald eyes up once more.

“We’re all transfers now…” the playing field is even once more

[Gwendolyn James]

David, the wholesome faced cutie, and Gabriel, the less innocent looking cutie. Weren't those both the names of angels or something? Hm, interesting, she noted as she nodded when they introduced themselves, the corners of her mouth turning upward.

But then it was right back to business. Hm! Gwyn wasn't used to being ignored, and though they talked with her, she could tell they were all about this 'Unfettered' whoever, and a gang...they were gang members? Bad boys then...for bad boys they didn't look that bad.

She nearly slipped off the desk and walked out rather than being ignored and out of the loop, that is, until the boy called Gabriel said "...and in an honest effort, I am confining in you this information…ha…how things change.”

Confiding huh? That sounded potentially juicy, because not only was he confiding it in this boy, but to Gwyn as well. Silly boy. She inspected a pink manicured nail, still swinging her feet slightly, keeping quiet and listening to them speak.

[David Blaze]

OOC((I'm sorry- but im going to have to postpone this thread. Gwen, Gabe, take a raincheck if you will, personal problems have caused me to forcibly close down some threads. I promise, i'll rp with you in the future, if not this thread then another. I owe BOTH of you threads. Keep that on a little list or in the back of your mine- when i come back full swing, cash that shit in and i'll be there. I'm very sorry.))