Caelan McManus's Story

Mihael McManus and his twin brother Caelan were brought to the Academy in a police car, wrists cuffed as they were led to the front door of the building. The only things they had were a bag each and a suitcase. Both of them seemed to be smirking to each other, as if this were all some sort of game or joke to be laughed at. Golden eyes watched as the officer that escorted them reached for his keys and undid their cuffs. "You boys are lucky that getting sent to this place is all you're getting. If it were up to me, you boys would be getting years behind bars."

Mihael would keep his smirk as he rubbed his wrists where the cuffs had once been. "Whatever you say, fuzz. It wasn't your call. You heard the jury." But he was right. For what these two had done, they really should be spending some time behind bars. Mihael watched as the officer undid his brother's cuffs and get back to his car. He seemed rather quick about it, too, like he was in a hurry to get away from those two boys. Mihael's hair flipped a bit as he turned around and picked up his suitcase and bag, making his way in the doors. "I'll see you when I see you, brother. We have different rooms." But before he left his brother, he'd give him a light punch to the shoulder. "Let's raise some hell." He waited for his brother's inevitable retaliation and comment before getting on his way to the dormitories. Settling in would be in his best interest for now.

Making his way through the halls, he eventually found his room. "One-eighteen A." He repeated what was marked on the paper to himself before opening the door. As he opened it, he noticed there was a girl on one of the two beds. Her eyes were closed and her ears were blocked by music. He took a double take to make sure that this was in fact a girl. Then he stepped back to check the room number, which matched up with what he was told was his room. "Co-ed. Dorming." He thought aloud, a large grin coming to his face. "Incredible. If only they gave me a cuter roommate... But I suppose it's a start." He walked in and closed the door, throwing his suitcase and bag next to the free bed, making it a point to do it as loudly as possible to alert his roommate. Keeping that ever-present smirk, the boy sat down on his bed and faced the girl.

When she would look up, she would notice a tall boy with tanned skin and messy white hair. His eyes were golden in color and seemed to shine like the precious metal the color reflected. For clothing, he had on a pair of jeans, faded to look dirty and brownish in color. His belt looked like a dusty orange sash with copper pieces all along it. For a shirt he wore a red long-sleeve shirt that seemed to end midway through his forearms. Above that was an open vest that did not look like it was ever designed to be closed. It looked silky and would certainly feel that way if touched. As far as accessories go, he had on a black string necklace that seemed to have some sort of golden broach as the decorative piece, and one silver ring with an insignia on it. "Well... What have we here? I'm to be bunking with a lovely lady, hm?" No time wasted. If there was one thing in this world that Mihael loved, it was girls. "I do hope that we'll get along real nicely. My name is Mihael McManus... Perhaps you've heard of me?" He and his brother were small-time criminals. He would not be surprised either way if she had or hadn't heard of him before. "Could I get the pleasure of such a lovely young lady's name?"

The police car ground its way along the road to the Academy, the occasional bump jostling Caelan and his brother along the way. Mihael seemed to be enjoying himself, while Caelan sat slightly fuming. It was true that they were being released, but Caelan felt they'd misstepped when they were caught. He chuckled while reminiscing before snapping to the present situationRight. Academy. "Serving our Sentence". Yeah right. A few more miles of absolute nothing passed before they arrived at the Academy. The brothers, still handcuffed, awkwardly exited the patrol car and walked up the few steps before being released from their restraints. "You boys are lucky that getting sent to this place is all you're getting. If it were up to me, you boys would be getting years behind bars."

"And if it were up to ME officer, my brother and I wouldn't be in this dump. And, please, don't think there isn't a prison in the world that we couldn't escape. So, Officer..." Caelan looked at the man's nametag, "..Matherson, enjoy the rest of your day. Maybe I'll come by and pay you a visit when our time is up. To catch up."

Mihael rubbed at his slightly chafed wrists while Caelan remained still. The officer unceremoniously dropped their belongings at their feet before scurrying back to his car. The man's jaw was clenched tight in what Caelan could only assume was incredible amounts of nerves. He waved back at the retreating officer. "Don't forget to write! Take care now." He waved, sticking his tongue out at the retreating officer. The man's practically flew to his car and sped off. Caelan snorted derisively and retrieved his belongings. Mihael lightly punched his shoulder as he strode indoors, making Caelan smile briefly. ”Yeah. And, knowing us, we’ll do just that. Go work your seduction, brother. It's what you enjoy after all.” A wry grin appeared on his mouth.

A sheet prominently displayed on a nearby bulletin board listed the attending students and their respective rooms. ”115A. A room to myself, huh? I can work with that.”, he murmured to himself. Quickly making his way to his assigned room, Caelan set his belongings down before flopping on his bed. He shifted a few times, trying to make himself comfortable, before giving up and deciding to get a different perspective. Standing in the middle of the room, Caelan modified his own personal gravity and allowed himself to float mid-air, upside down. He closed his eyes and slowly began to unwind and plan an appropriate entrance for Mihael and himself. Something suitably grand, and a display of their power. Something… something…

Mihael had let her seek out her own room and promptly followed her inside. As any teenage boy might be in such a situation, his head shot straight to the gutters for a minute at the thought of being alone in a room with her. But he was a gentleman. Tame. He had the self-control to not say anything or act on any of those... thoughts. However pleasant his mind would make the images. He would jump onto the opposite bed of her like it was his own and lay there as she got to work. "I was being neither brave nor reckless there, doll. I just like to make things interesting. And I don't very much like being told what to do, especially by people like her who aren't even subtle about it. This place will be mine someday. Just you wait and watch." He didn't bother to care that he was sharing that with her. She had already given that she was with him. "My brother and I will, that is. To be honest, I'm not at my fullest without him there to back me up. That should give you an idea of what he's capable of." His grin was proud, happy to brag in his brother's place.

When she had asked about his brother, he would shrug. Being alone with a pretty girl to look at was his preferred thing to do, but she did have to meet Caelan at some point if she were to work with them on this coup d'etat. "Very well. I'm sure Caelan will be happy to meet you. But he's not quite as... pleasant as I can be, I suppose. So I apologize in advance for any comments he makes." He rolled off the bed, quickly springing onto his feet before getting to the door. Opening it for her, he would follow her out and look for the room his brother was staying in. As she said, it was right next door. Not bothering to be quet about it, he knocked five times on the door before calling out, "Hey, brother! Let me in. I've got a progress report. And a very valuable new friend." He would turn his head to Desire and smile with closed eyes. "Oh, and make sure that you're wearing pants! It's a lady."

Mihael had let her seek out her own room and promptly followed her inside. As any teenage boy might be in such a situation, his head shot straight to the gutters for a minute at the thought of being alone in a room with her. But he was a gentleman. Tame. He had the self-control to not say anything or act on any of those... thoughts. However pleasant his mind would make the images. He would jump onto the opposite bed of her like it was his own and lay there as she got to work. "I was being neither brave nor reckless there, doll. I just like to make things interesting. And I don't very much like being told what to do, especially by people like her who aren't even subtle about it. This place will be mine someday. Just you wait and watch." He didn't bother to care that he was sharing that with her. She had already given that she was with him. "My brother and I will, that is. To be honest, I'm not at my fullest without him there to back me up. That should give you an idea of what he's capable of." His grin was proud, happy to brag in his brother's place.

When she had asked about his brother, he would shrug. Being alone with a pretty girl to look at was his preferred thing to do, but she did have to meet Caelan at some point if she were to work with them on this coup d'etat. "Very well. I'm sure Caelan will be happy to meet you. But he's not quite as... pleasant as I can be, I suppose. So I apologize in advance for any comments he makes." He rolled off the bed, quickly springing onto his feet before getting to the door. Opening it for her, he would follow her out and look for the room his brother was staying in. As she said, it was right next door. Not bothering to be quet about it, he knocked five times on the door before calling out, "Hey, brother! Let me in. I've got a progress report. And a very valuable new friend." He would turn his head to Desire and smile with closed eyes. "Oh, and make sure that you're wearing pants! It's a lady."

Mihael would enter without a word and would only speak once he and Desire were in the room and the door was closed. "As always, I come with valuable information. But before I impart any wisdom with you, let me just say that this is Desire. Call her Dess. And she is certainly worth a lot. I'll let her tell you about that at her will... But what's mostly important about her, besides the obvious," He pointed quickly with his eyes at her, "Is that she has a wonderful gift. And that she is willing to fight with me." And while they certainly weren't a couple, he didn't bother to try and flirt with Katherine. Just to keep impressions with Desire, really. That did not prohibit him from greeting her, however. "Good afternoon, m'lady. My brother is so rude, isn't he? He wouldn't even give me your name. If I could have the pleasure? My name is Mihael."

After she would give her name and whatever pleasantries would follow, Mihael would toss himself onto his brother's bed and pat beside him for Dess to sit. "I met the headmistress at lunch. By the way, food here's shit. Not quite prison food, but y'know. Close... Anyway, is she with us?" He shrugged and shook his head at his question. It didn't matter if she heard either way. "Anyway, the headmistress. She didn't even try to feign kindness. Completely rude, even after I called her beautiful. Can you believe that? But anyway... I get the feeling that this isn't just a school. Primary reason? Us. They have the students here brainwashed that this is a place for them to 'master their power' and grow as individuals and blah blah. But if that was the case... why are we here? Why wouldn't they just lock us up in some special prison? It isn't adding up to me, brother..." His eyes turned to Dess. "Oh, yeah, I forgot to mention. We got into the trouble with the law and ended up here. It was just a misunderstanding, I promise." Yeah. Their victim was misunderstanding the extent of their power, but that didn't need to be said.

"Anyway, I froze her in time and tried to rally the other students. They weren't having it. They're on her side, I think. Which means that someone might tell her about my little call to arms. She may target me... Which means she might get confused and go for you. I know you can handle yourself. And I can handle myself. But be on guard." He sighs and lays down on the bed, snuggling his face happily into his brother's pillow. "I'll be damned if these beds aren't comfortable, though... But yes. Yes. Save for you, Desire, and myself, I have not met anyone of adequate potential to join us. My roommate can control weather... sort of. She refuses to do anything neat with it, so she's a definite 'maybe.' I still need to scout more, but I suppose I'll need to be more discreet from now on." Yawning a little bit, he would rest his eyes and nuzzle his face a bit more into the pillow. "Status report complete."

She saw Caelan moving closer to her side of the room before speaking in that casual manner of his that was quickly growing familiarly comforting. "Well, at least we've got a start somewhat. And yes, Mihael, Katherine is with us. Her power is interesting, and potentially very useful. She could provide a demonstration, which you'd probably enjoy, but I can briefly summarize. She controls the moisture in the air, freezing or boiling it whenever she wishes it. It's something we can probably utilize to bring down this shit hole. Although..." His small praise as to her having possible potential to the cause made her look up at him with a small surprised smirk. Since when did she care whether or not he approved of her? Strange. The use of the word interesting and the offer of a demonstration made her wonder if she should show them the third part of her power. For now she would keep it to herself, It was a work in progress after all and only worked half of the times she had tried. She was still discovering exactly what she could do with her abilities, so far she knew she could make ice if she made it cold enough and she could make steam if she did the opposite. She also knew she could manipulate the shape, speed and direction in which either of the two moved. She still lacked knowledge as to how far she could manipulate them if she tried it on a larger scale. Shed have to use Caelan as a practice dummy sometime with the added bonus of this cause being a perfect excuse to try something big. If it worked it would mean points in her favor and to them, if it didn't then no harm done right? None of them really had anything to loose in her childish attempts, well except for maybe the headmaster and her henchmen. Ignoring all that she at least controlled enough of her powers to seem like a potential threat; which to an extent she could be deadly. After all, she was brought here wasn't she? Caelan's chuckle diverted her attention back to him as he went on with his speech.

"The fact that some of the students here think this place is here to help them is laughably pathetic at best. We're not here for help. This is a zoo. A place for people to gawp at us while they isolate us from society to "protect us". His words made her lean back against the wall at the rear edge of her bed. Were they just being used as guinea pigs here? She knew it was too good to be true that they had designed a place to help them get better at their powers and protect them from people that would react violently to witnessing what they could do, but a small part of her kind of hung on to the possibility. Listening to Mihael and now Cealan talk about it made it look more and more like an impossibility. Even so, she was still going to get the most out of being here starting with these three. They clearly had a much tighter grasp on what they could do either from natural skill or the fact that they had probably been using their powers much longer than she had."It's a farce. But realistically, even the four of us should be enough to start something here. These people don't know what they're dealing with. The dark smile on his face sent a shiver up her spine, it was such a sudden change from his earlier warm smile that for a second she thought she had activated her powers accidentally. The sound of him cracking his knuckles confirmed that the effects had not been of her doing, just his overpowering aura. It was intimidating, the air around him, but something about his eerily sinister speech didn't let her pull her eyes away from him. "I'd love to see how high and mighty these morons get when they're crushed beneath the weight of their own bodies." That last sentence let the big picture of what she had gotten into sink in. This was no game. They were going all out on this plan and taking anything that stood against them down in the process. The air around her immediate surroundings chilled slightly, her eyes hinting at the icy blue that formed an almost ghostly contrast against her crimson hair and white skin. The image of her beautiful ice turning the same color as her hair by a bloody river dripping out from under the rubble of the collapsed school sent her into a dark place in her head, her smile dissolving into a serious expression of deep thought. It wasn't enough to affect the whole room but Caelan was close enough to feel the gradual shift in her eyes and the air.

"So. What exactly does Des do? I assume she knows what you do. Did you mention what I can do?" His barrage or question diverted the attention towards the guests in the room but not before he looked down at her. The look on his face said he would indulge her with the answers to her silent questions later on. This brightened her mood a little and made her settle just a little bit, her eyes staying mostly grey as she looked at the other side of the room. It was then that she noticed for the first time that Dess was looking at her curiously. Had she been staring long and if so then why? Kat blushed a very light pink and shifted in place uncomfortably. She wasn't used to people staring at her for reasons she didn't understand. She shifted her eyes back towards Mihael but quickly changed back to Dess as she spoke. "Dess can speak for herself." She cut into the conversation for the first time as if annoyed that the boys had been speaking for her. Kat took a moment to really look at her for the first time. Her snowy white hair was a real eye catcher and her eyes... She didn't look very threatening. "I can manipulate blood. If you need a demonstration I can provide one, but Mihael's seen what I can do." The reveal of her ability made Kat blink in surprise. She certainly didn't see that coming. Blood? How would that even work? Then again how did her own powers work? Still it was a shocking turn of events, one that she was very curious to see in action. The girl glanced at Mihael as if for confirmation then shifted her eyes towards Caelan before she spoke again. "No, he hasn't mentioned your powers yet though from the way he talks about you I assume it's magnificent." The last bit of that statement sounded almost sarcastic. Would that be taken as a taunt or a challenge against his power? Her question was quickly answered.

Caelan shot the room a very confident smile that again sent a chill up her spine but made her slightly excited for the show. She had seen his floating display before so it shouldn't really be surprising unless there was more to his power than he let on. He made his way to the center of the room between both of the beds and winked at his brother while dramatically crossing his arms like a magician would, which made Kat roll her eyes and give a small chuckle. It was an amusing display, he could put on a show shed give him that much credit. Almost instantly after her reaction he began to float towards the ceiling. A moment later, everything other than the beds and the people began to float with him. "If you couldn't guess, I control gravity. If you're affected by gravity at all, you're capable of being affected by my powers. Take this chair here, for example." It wasn't her first time seeing it but she was just as amused with the floating display of objects, it was interesting listening to the actual explanation of what he was doing. If you really thought about it it could be an annoying and bothersome power to deal with but it wasn't scary or seemed dangerous at all. A metal chair floated away from where it was while everything else went back to it's original place. "Not to terrible, right? I can make things float, right? Wrong. The statement came as if he had read her mind, her eyes hovered over his which suddenly concentrated on onto the chair like a hawk. Her eyes followed his gaze to the chair, she held her breath in anticipation at what he would do. The chair began to wobble, then groan, then shriek as it seemed to shrink in on itself, slowly crushed by its own weight until it became a smooth metal plate on the ground. Kat gave a small gasp, startled by what she had just seen. Floating wasn't threatening but being squashed by gravity certainly was. "There. It goes rather well with Mihael. Makes for very fun... pranks. Like he said, it's why we're here. But it was absolutely worth it." She stared as he moved to pick the plate up, seeing him with newly found respect."Controlling blood sounds very interesting, I look forward to seeing it in action. Judging by Mihael's reaction, it's quite the show-stopper. I look forward to working with you to bring this place down."His words seemed to echo her thoughts on the matter of Desires powers, she too was anxious to see them. She looked at Desire expectantly, wondering if she would show them or if Kat herself would be asked to give an example of what she did. For now, she waited to see what events unfolded.