Jason Martin Blake
Jason didn't look up from his laptop when the announcement sounded. Why should he? It was the same one he heard every day here, and though he had recently returned from his summer vacation he was so accustomed to it by now that it didn't merit attention. First period wasn't one of his. It comprised of Health, Battle, Theatre Arts and English classes, none of which were his subject now he was a teacher's assistant. He did, however, look up when he noted some movement outside through the window. Several other students didn't seem to have taken the announcement seriously either.
Looking inside one of their heads - Francesco Giordano, he found, as people had their identities imprinted on their every thought - he heard them talking about a party they were having. Ah, yes. The little celebration they always held at the beginning of any year. This time it seemed they were having it outdoors. Moreover, it seemed they were all skipping class to plan it. The first class of the year and they were skipping it? And all to plan a party. Some people had no sense of priorities. Jason retreated from Giordano's mind, as ever leaving no trace and no sense that he had ever been there.
Most students in the school had no idea what his actual abilities were. Jason took pains to keep it that way. He used them sparingly, and when he did it was usually in some subtle way or with mental illusions to disguise it. Some people thought he could teleport or become invisible, such as Carson Deveraux's little gang. Deveraux himself believed it was intangibility after a little incident a few years ago. Others, meanwhile, thought him capable of telekinesis, mind control or even reality manipulation. They all believed what he wanted them to.
Jason stood up, closing his laptop and returning it to his briefcase. All his preparations for the semester had of course been finished before he came to the school, but with a copy of the course schedule from the teacher he was assisting he had seen the necessity of making a few alterations. With that done, he had some time off before his class started. He could use it to finish reading Brave New World, which he'd left in his room. He just hoped he wasn't stopped along the way by some distraction or nuisance...