School House Rumbles 3: Act 1, Cadet

[WickedElphaba]

"Very, very cool." Richard nodded, "I'm not a big fan of hoverboards but your style's not bad."

Skye smiles. "Thanks. It...it was a gift. Of sorts. From my brother." She looks sad for a moment.

"So long as we're making introductions, name's Richard. Richard Yao. And geeze, tell me about it." Richard groaned, "If we've got to go through that again, I don't care who they send after me, I'm getting outta here." He paused, as his eyes seemed to look to the growing traces of an idea before his smile seemed to broaden, "So, how about it? Next time they get us to hike again, how about you and me blow this joint?"

As if by force of will, her demeanor shifts. "Nice to meet you, Richard. I'm Skye."

[WickedElphaba]

Made it

With the a last labored step she had reached the top step. Like so many others, she was euxashted from the overly long trek up the mountain as evident by her appearance. Her skin shinned with a heavy coat of perspiration that had soaked her black sweater. Her bell bottom jeans had painted patches of dirt, and dust from the path, making her appear more of a hermit then daughter of a night club owen. Well, maybe a hippie with her black guitar "Lemmy" slumped over her shoulder. For something that didn't weight that much it sure felt like a ton after that little walk.

After taking a few seconds to catch her breath she decided to join in on the swirl of chatter.

"Hey" she said.

Not the most standout way to star up a conversation, but a tried but true classic non the less.

Skye looks at the new arrival and smiles. "Hey. Welcome to the, erm, party? I guess. I'm Skye."

[Ghost]

"Paid well, too. I wouldn't be standing here if she wasn't buying my stuff." Sloane chuckled.

"So, Kugel's still kicking. Good, good. I never expected you to be related to her, or anything like that. She's incredibly different. You're kind person, for one. I've never seen her smile when something good was happening."

"She's just not very good at expressing herself," Eisen explained. "She's more of a person of action."

A triumphant roar resounded. Anyone turning to look would see a panting but triumphant girl, happy to have made it to the top of the stairs.

"That was awesome! I should do that every morning."

She put her hands on her hips and savoured the moment, breathing in the fresh mountain air as she surveyed her new school. The teachers seemed to be letting them wait for now. Time to start making friends then. Who should she talk to first?

So many interesting people!

"This one seems extra rowdy."

I'm going to talk to her.

Eisen approach the new girl. "Hello! My name is Eisen Marionette Coppelia Schneider. A pleasure to meet you!"

[WickedElphaba]

Cammy was one of the last students to make it up to the top of the steps, for good reason too.

She was dreading this place. She never wanted to come here.

And the way these people with her acted... she was surrounded by freaks.

There was the guy with the cop shield, the guy who acted all chivalrous, the nice girls who talked to themselves, the people who were looking for fights... Not to mention the guy with the bronze skin. Did she really deserve to be with this group? It was like they didn't care, either! If they didn't learn to control their powers, who knew what the government would do to them! They had taken them from their homes without a care, they could probably do a lot worse if they wanted to! What if she couldn't get her powers under control? Would they put her down? They had told her she was a threat to herself and everything around her, that she could undo Eden without even realizing it. They kidnapped her and took her to this... place!

She wanted to burn the place to the ground and turn and run back down the mountain, far away. She knew couldn't, though. Fear and reason had overridden her new-found hatred for the place. The government had found her the first time, they'd find her easily again. So she stayed quiet, standing at the back of the group.

Skye walks up to the quiet girl. "It's pretty overwhelming, isn't it? All of us here, with powers that could potentially ruin everything." She smiles. "I'm Skye, and I'd like to make a new friend. What do you say?"

[Sub-Zero MKA]

It’s the beginning of a new term at Arcadia Academy, and many of the new students are beginning to arrive. Teenagers and young adults from every sector, every walk of life were accepted. And possibly one of the most important of these young hopefuls is on her way.

A jet black Xenon V, one of the classiest and most expensive hovercars in the city, rides leisurely down the street en route to Arcadia. Its driver, a middle aged blonde man in simply known as Hamilton, takes a peek at his rearview to glance at his passengers. The better term would be employers, because in the back seat, sipping on a glass of Eden’s finest wine is one of Eden’s richest, most powerful businessmen, Josef Lindström. As the chairman and CEO of Lindcorp, Josef has amassed a fortune that almost 90% of other Edenians can’t even contemplate dreaming of.

Running his hand through his wavy brown hair, he turns around in the seat and knows on the tinted window separating the driver from the passengers. “Speed it up, Hamilton. We don’t want Maxana to be late, right?” He doesn’t respond verbally, but speeds up promptly enough. Turning back around, Josef smiles warmly at the two women sitting across from him. One was too busy staring out the window to notice, but the other smiles nervously.

“Father?” she says quietly.

“Yes, sweetheart?” he says kindly, already knowing where she about to go with this.

“Do I have to go? I promise not to ever use my...powers again,” she pleads.

He sighs through his nose. They had been over this seemingly every day since she graduated his school. Still, he patiently but firmly says, “Yes, you do.” When her shoulders slump dramatically, he continues, “Listen, if it were up to me, you would be at home right now. But it’s out of my hands.” He offers her another warm smile.

She sighs, disappointed and already anxious to graduate. She tries her best to push down the empty feeling rising in her chest, but ultimately fails. She looks up and puts on her best fake smile, but it falters noticeably.

“If it makes you feel any better,” he offers, “I may be able to come visit you at one point soon. You would like that, right?”

She instantly perks up and smiles brightly. “Oh yes, Father! Very much so!”

Josef caught it, but ignores it for now. He smile brightens and he leans forward, placing his glass in a cupholder. “Ramilia,” he says to the pink haired, bespectacled woman sitting next to her.

She turns to face him, the glare from the sun reflecting brightly off of her lenses. “Yes, I know, Mr. Lindström. Keep all the boys away from her.”

As he nods approvingly, Maxana’s smile vanishes quickly. “Father!” she objects, but sees he isn’t hearing any arguments.

“There won’t be a discussion on this, Maxana. I don’t want these ‘gentemen’, and I use that term as loosely as possible, to get any ideas about dating you or any nonsense like that. The last time I let you date a boy, it didn’t end well, so never again. At least until your fifty,” he chuckles. She hits him with the meanest glare she can muster, but by this time in her life, he was already immune, so all he does his smile (yes, he does that a lot. But, then, wouldn’t you if you were one of the richest men in the world?)

“Should I get physical with anyone who disagrees?” Ramilia asks, almost a bit too eagerly.

Josef thinks this over until the car stops, having reached their destination. He waits until Hamilton opens the door and escorts Maxana out before replying. “Although I’m almost positive that would be against school rules…ah, to hell with them, yes. If anyone, anyone causes her any trouble of any sort, you know what to do.”

She smirks slightly and slides out of the car.

As Maxana, or the driver that is, was getting her things out of trunk, Ramilia walks up to her and gives her a slight nudge. “Are you ready? This is an important moment in your life.”

She looks up at her, and gives her a dubious glare. “I am going to be spending the forseeable future with a group of strangers. I have no friends, no influence and no idea what is about to happen. No, I am not ready. I just want to go home.” Tears begin to well up in the corners of her eyes, only for Ramilia to cautiously wipe them away.

“You have me. I can be your only friend during your time here. That would be acceptable, right?”

“No, it is not. I am Maxana Lindström. I do not have “one friend”. Now let’s go; I am already late, I think.”

[WickedElphaba]

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A jet black Xenon V, one of the classiest and most expensive hovercars in the city, rides leisurely down the street en route to Arcadia. Its driver, a middle aged blonde man in simply known as Hamilton, takes a peek at his rearview to glance at his passengers. The better term would be employers, because in the back seat, sipping on a glass of Eden’s finest wine is one of Eden’s richest, most powerful businessmen, Josef Lindström. As the chairman and CEO of Lindcorp, Josef has amassed a fortune that almost 90% of other Edenians can’t even contemplate dreaming of.

“No, it is not. I am Maxana Lindström. I do not have “one friend”. Now let’s go; I am already late, I think.”

Skye watches the car soar off. And I thought my entrance was keen! She sees the girl in the rich clothes and her, hmm. Nanny? Odd. With a shrug, she goes up to meet them. "Hi!" She smiles. "I'm Skye. Welcome to Arcadia."

[FarBeyondC]

Where the hell are they? Iriesia thought, not seeing D, little Zen, or Noi anywhere.

[Sub-Zero MKA]

Arcadia. Off in a portion of privately owned land in Sector 9, Arcadia is the oldest of the eight academies and the one with the most land. It even has a small wooded area, a rarity in Eden outside parks. This is due to old agreements between the first head instructor at Arcadia and the government over 600 years ago, when Arcadia was first formed. The place is surprisingly large, for a non-government run or apartment building, and it seems to have about it the ghost of years passed, despite the fact that it was clean as a whistle everywhere they looked.

None of this means much, however, to the exhausted group of teenagers who just hiked up the long-ass steps to the main pavilion/central area, following the instructions left to them in their acceptance letters.
So now they find themselves standing around, having never met before, and waiting for their instructor to show up.

Maxana nearly passes out by the time she and Ramilia finally reach the top of the steps. "This...is...unacceptable...," she states between huffs of air. "Why...is...there...elevator?" She stands and dusts off her expensive red blouse and custom tailored black skirt and stands off by herself. She's uncharacteristically nervous, and she glances demurely at the others that were already assembled and conversing. She glances timid at Ramilia, who nudges her towards the group.

[FalconX2000]

"Honest politician or protester who can't be assassinated. And maybe a cop. Dirty Harry, Robo Cop, Lethal Weapon and Die Hard are some of my favorite film franchises. Amazing how they keep them fresh after all the original actors died. A lot of cop films..."

"Maybe I'll vote for you if you promote martial arts," Kyra replied.

"She's just not very good at expressing herself," Eisen explained. "She's more of a person of action."



So many interesting people!

"This one seems extra rowdy."

I'm going to talk to her.

Eisen approach the new girl. "Hello! My name is Eisen Marionette Coppelia Schneider. A pleasure to meet you!"

Kyra bowed, bouncing a little on the balls of her feet as energy began to trickle back into her body.

"Kyra Ogawa, the pleasure is mine."

She straightened, her eyes widening as she took a closer look at the girl.

Kawaiiiii!!! And she's so fair skinned and blonde and light like an angel. And the sad doll makes her even more kawaiiiiii!

She cleared her throat, buying time to translate that into something that wouldn't freak the girl out.

"That look really works for you."

[WickedElphaba]

Maxana nearly passes out by the time she and Ramilia finally reach the top of the steps. "This...is...unacceptable...," she states between huffs of air. "Why...is...there...elevator?" She stands and dusts off her expensive red blouse and custom tailored black skirt and stands off by herself. She's uncharacteristically nervous, and she glances demurely at the others that were already assembled and conversing. She glances timid at Ramilia, who nudges her towards the group.

OOC: Oops, so I was a little premature after all

[Ghost]

"Maybe I'll vote for you if you promote martial arts," Kyra replied.



Kyra bowed, bouncing a little on the balls of her feet as energy began to trickle back into her body.

"Kyra Ogawa, the pleasure is mine."

She straightened, her eyes widening as she took a closer look at the girl.

Kawaiiiii!!! And she's so fair skinned and blonde and light like an angel. And the sad doll makes her even more kawaiiiiii!

She cleared her throat, buying time to translate that into something that wouldn't freak the girl out.

"That look really works for you."

What?

"I believe she payed you a compliment on your appearance."

"Oh," Eisen said and smiled at Kyra. "Thank you, yours does as well."

Two appeals for potentially intimate social interaction already! This is going to be so much fun!

[Sub-Zero MKA]

Skye watches the car soar off. And I thought my entrance was keen! She sees the girl in the rich clothes and her, hmm. Nanny? Odd. With a shrug, she goes up to meet them. "Hi!" She smiles. "I'm Skye. Welcome to Arcadia."

Someone says something to her. She glances over at her. Appears to be a middle-class girl, based on her clothes.

She smiles. "Hi. I am Maxana. Thank you. It is nice to meet you."

[Ghost]

Maxana nearly passes out by the time she and Ramilia finally reach the top of the steps. "This...is...unacceptable...," she states between huffs of air. "Why...is...there...elevator?" She stands and dusts off her expensive red blouse and custom tailored black skirt and stands off by herself. She's uncharacteristically nervous, and she glances demurely at the others that were already assembled and conversing. She glances timid at Ramilia, who nudges her towards the group.

Eisen turned to her as she approached them. "Oh, hello there. Are you alright? You appear physically excerted."

[WickedElphaba]

Someone says something to her. She glances over at her. Appears to be a middle-class girl, based on her clothes.

She smiles. "Hi. I am Maxana. Thank you. It is nice to meet you."

"Hi Maxana." Skye replies. "Who's your friend?"

[FalconX2000]

What?

"I believe she payed you a compliment on your appearance."

"Oh," Eisen said and smiled at Kyra. "Thank you, yours does as well."

Two appeals for potentially intimate social interaction already! This is going to be so much fun!

Kyra blinked. Twice.

Did she just...yes. Yes she did. Huh.

"Thank you. I uh, don't hear that very often."

It occurred to Kyra that this could descend into an awkward silence if she did not pick up the conversation ball. She wanted to soak in the cuteness a little longer.

"Where are you from?"