Counting Tiles [open]

[Nova Bryant]

One...
Two...
Three..
Four..
Five..

Six...
Seven...
Eight...
Nine...
Ten....

Eleven...
Twelve...
Thirteen...
Fourteen...
Fifteen...

Sixteen...
Seventeen...
Eighteen...
Nineteen...
Twenty...

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The locker was stuck, really stuck. Perhaps it was from a hallway brawl, who knew? In such a school, who really cared? A question that no one really paid attention to, since so many lurked within their own little worlds, or stomping on someone else's. Nervously, Nova released her grip on her messenger bag strap, bringing to the the cold metal handle of her locker. With all her strength, which probably wasn't very much, Nova attempted to open her locker. Feet planted firmly on the ground, she'd pull the latch up and attempt to free her belongings from the clutches of the dented locker!

"One...Two...go!" The girl mumbled to herself before pulling her hand up and pulling the door towards her. It was going to open, she was going to make it do so... no matter what.

Always in such a situation, it seemed to gather attention. Wannabe do gooders and any other sort of person wandering the halls. Maybe not any, just those who were bored or had a shred of humanity left within them. Definitely something Nova didn't want. No talking, no gestures of kindness, just freedom. To run off and be alone again.... Why on god's green earth was she so against people, they weren't the one who attacked her. They were probably just good people. Good people...good people... good people...

Yeaahhh.

With one great tug, Nova would free the door from the hold of the dented frame and even the unhappy hinges. Hitting th person beside her with the now broken door, Nova stared wide eyed at the doorless hole in the wall that was her locker. Her books neatly piles at the bottom and the black and pink hat hanging on the only hook.. Wait a second...She...hit someone.

It slowly seemed to seep in that she had struck someone with the metal door. There was a mix of emotions swirling in the mind of the sixteen year old girl. Her face growing pale as her grip on the handle weakened, causing the door to fall to the ground. A loud noise almost drowned out by the masses. It silences them for but a moment before they carried on.

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o____o;;;
O_____O;;;
x______x;;;

Three letters described her thoughts well...

FML...[/ul]

[Krane Asiv]

So the day was going alright, yesterdays events came and went, getting out f that whole mess wasn't easy, it was just luck that two Dragons had showed up and began distracting their enemy. It wouldn't be as easy next time. Spike's little group gained more ground but not more people. They would be seen now as abigger threat, and likely put down soon, which is what Spike wanted. He excelled in defencive tactics, he was good offensive fighting. So it was a kind of balance.

With his locker door open he rummaged through it without any care, his mind lost n defence and assault tactics, going through formations and tactics other generals of old had used to win battles. Well... That was what he was thinking... Until he saw a girl come up to the locker next to him, he turned to give a friendly nod and wave... Thats about when-

BAM!!!

Right in the face. As the locker would likely have bounced off, or pulled away he would be stuck there for a minute his face stuck in surprise, a slight blood trickle from his nose.

"Hi..."

He would say before falling backwards. Knock out to the mighty Spike Sudeki.

[Nova Bryant]

The person she had hit waved at her in a friendly manner before being attacked. Oh there was so much horrible in her actions. To hurt someone that seemed friendly enough, despite his exterior... Wait, that's what he wanted her to believe! OH YES, I'm sooo harmless and friendly. perhaps that was just the super paranoid part of the girl speaking. So back to the locker.Frozen in fear, the girl heard but one word spoken. "Hi.." NO yelling, cursing, or scolding. After all, she had hit the poor guy with a metal door. Metal door...

THUDDDDDDD.....

He fell to the ground, blood dripping from his nose. Wait, she did that!? IT COULDN'T BE! She didn't have the... strength to knock out such a huge scary looking person. The door feel to the ground at her feet, she had lost all strength in her arms and legs apparently.. Since she too dropped to her knees. Looking at the stranger who didn't seem to be moving. Not moving.. not moving... NOT GOOOODD!!! The stares from those around her, they were overwhelming. She felt her heart racing as the girl feared an attack. Friendly or not, there was no way that she was ready for anything like that.

CONTACT WITH PEOPLE IS BADDD!

bad bad bad bad bad!~ very bad! bad bad bad.

Looking at her fallen foe, Nova tried to calm herself. There was no way she was going to leave him there, THAT WOULD BE RIGHT! Plus, if she didn't care about what happened to him.. One that would make her a bad person, she wasn't one. .. and two.. He could be angry upon waking up and hunt down the person who attacked him and left him to be fed upon by the vultures of the school.That wouldn't be right at all.

Sighing the girl got up and, put her hat on, picked up the door, dropped it one, hitting the fallen young man's legs..

"Opps..Sorry." Yes, apologizing to someone who very well couldn't hear her, smart Nova. Putting the door back in the well, she'd kick the bottom until it was once more in place and forcefully with her shoulder, she'd lodge the locker door back in place. making a mental note to be more careful, especially if he was about again.

Note to self, locker door is dangerous....

Alright.

So, the next thing was. How to move large and scary to the nurse...Wait, did the school even have a nurse? o___o;; It had to,especially with the amount of students getting hurt. Mentally preparing herself, for the arduous task ahead of her. Nova readied to drag him, from where they stood to where ever the nurse was... Where...ever that was..

>__>
<__<
>__>
<__<

So, which way? Left? right? UP STAIRS!?! ACROSS THE PROPERTY? somewhere.

"God, if you are there, GIVE ME A SIGN!" Her voice was drowned out by the passing crowds, stopping once in a while to question...WTF? Since apparently she was attracting too much attention, being a girl clad in colourful clothes, standing near a knocked out bad boy... who wasn't so giant.. Buttt yeah. it was best to get moving. Crouching down, she'd reach for his arm and pull him into a sitting position, grabbing his other arm, she'd pull the young man onto her back , crossing his arms around her neck, she'd try her best to lift him enough to give him a piggy back ride. Which she managed to do....

Moving slowly, she'd struggle with every step to head towards the nurses office, or where she hoped it would be. A girl can dream of magical abilities to know where everything was.

"I am so sorry, I didn't mean to hit you with the door. I'm sorry." Nova spoke silently to her unconscious passenger. As she took small steps, walking at a slow pace, wishing..yes wishing to have the ability to fly.If she was stronger and could fly, it would be easier.

Don't be angry...don't be angry... Don't be angry...don't be angry... Don't be angry...don't be angry... Don't be angry...don't be angry... Don't be angry...don't be angry... Don't be angry...don't be angry... Don't be angry...don't be angry... Don't be angry...don't be angry... Don't be angry...don't be angry...Don't be angry...don't be angry... Don't be angry...don't be angry...

[Krane Asiv]

Indeed it was just strong enough to leave him unconcous for a good few minutes. He would until then be in such a nice dream land. Friends and family, smiles and laughter. But as the dream evolved it changed to how his two futures could branc from this moment forward. He could have that happy fantasy, or what he was beginning to see now.

Agony, pain, fear, anger. Bodies, piled on other bodies, ravvaged and destroyed, screams of pain and agony. As one climbed this pile foot after foot, they would come to a few saded individuals with obvious glowing eyes and horns, until finally it reached a shirtless slim and toned figure with long black hair, nd two large horns protruding from the forehead bnding and wrapping backwards over his skull, glowing red eyes and steam spouting from his mouth. As it got closer o this demonic figure one could make out a smile, a thrne and finally its features. It was him.

Squeeze.

Spike was pulled outfo the dream now he was being carried. His hand had found something soft, and grabbable. It felt nice. His eyes opened now and low and behold he was COMPLETELY aware of his surroundings...

Squeeze.

'Hee hee, get it while I can I guess. My ass is gonna hurt after this.'

[Nova Bryant]

It was going terribly slow, every step wasn't exactly fun. Her legs shook, sure, she wasn't weak, but her legs weren't strong. Sooooooo, Nova was moving like bread rises. Normal, the odd looks from her classmates and school attending people...things. She kept her head down, looking up only through her fringe once in a while in search of a door.. the hallway, something. Counting tiles once more to keep her calm.

one
two
three
four
five
six
squeeze...

SQUEEZE!?!?!?!?

O____O
o___o
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The man whom she was carrying grabbed her breasts... Shock..CONFUSIOOONNN!!! Her strength left again, causing her to let go of her victim, sending him on to the ground. Taking a few steps away, the girl turned to look at the once she hurt again. Her eyes were watering, she couldn't stop it. He really hadn't done too much wrong. You know, apart from touching her chest without permission. Stupid strangers, thinking they can do whatever they want. She wasn't sure what to do. Cry, yell, run away?

What would she have done before? Laugh it off and probably knock him on. Sadly, Nova stood there, she looked like a deer in headlights, ready to be hit by a car. She was taller than him and afraid of him, but she was afraid of everyone. In hopes to regain a shred of her previous self, Nova tried her best to force a smile.

"..uh...sorry.I...Sorry..." Fragmented words, nervous movements, she never kept eye contact with him, always looking at the floor or away from him. Normally her face would have been bright red, not wet from silent tears. "I'm...sorry.. I didn't mean to hit you with the door." Her words started out slow, with pauses and ended up speeding a little.

Nova wanted to escape, run away from what she was faced with. Run away from someone who was probably angry and faster than she was. Her hands nervously gripped the end of her shirt, the grasp tightening and letting go. Shifting the weight from foot to foot, slowly as she spoke.


Don't be mad... don't be mad... Don't be mad... don't be mad... Don't be mad... don't be mad... Don't be mad... don't be mad... Don't be mad... don't be mad...Don't be mad... don't be mad... Don't be mad... don't be mad... Don't be mad... don't be mad...Don't be mad... don't be mad... Don't be mad... don't be mad...

It was all she could hope for,stuck in fear.

[Krane Asiv]

Once hefelt her let go of him and he began o fall to the ground he was prepared for the likely slap hat usually followed chest grabbing... But none came, instead when he looked she was about to cry? He was laid out on the ground once more and pushing himself to a seated position, rubbin an imaginary slap on his cheek. And getting to a standing position.

"Um, its okay you just caught me off guard. First tim I've ever actually been knocked out and it not be a fight. Um sorry about the whole..."

Spike would raise the hand up to his shoulder height so as to lok at the palm, making the grabby motion, as his nose bleed increased a little.

'Stop tinking about it!'

"Thing... I didn't mean to."

He would look at the fear on her face now, that was very unusual, what kinds of things would cause her to react this way to someone practically molesting them. He would bow he upper half of his body place his hnds on his knees.

"Gomenasai."

[Nova Bryant]

Nova stared blankly, suddenly her tears seemed pointless, yet at the same time there was a nagging feeling that seemed to consume her whole. Perhaps he was only apologizing for now,perhaps he had horrible things in store. She watched as he made strange grabby motions, as his nose seemed to bleed more.. WAS HE THINKING ABOUT WHAT HE HAD DONE!

PERVEEEEEEEE....

Yet right after that, he remained sitting down and apologized with his head bowed. How many young men would actually do such a thing in current times? There was a part of Nova that wished to think his apology was sincere.. but another part, the more nagging one.. It screamed at her to run. Ignore it and get far far away.

Yes, run away from the person with a locker beside you... you'll NEVER see them AGAIN.


Pssshhaaww.

Regardless of what her mind was telling her, the girl remained still. Looking down at him. Actually looking at him when he wasn't looking at her. She didn't know what to do. Stay or run? Talk to him and risk falling into some horrible horrible trick... Or making an acquaintance.

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O___o;;;


"It's quite alright," Nova spoke up, her speed was quick and she was once again fidgeting away with the hem of her shirt. With a free hand, she pulled her hat down, trying to cover her eyes. She felt stupid for crying and yet she was still afraid and they wouldn't stop. "Stand up, you shouldn't be on the dirty ground."

Yes, fear and yet there was part of her that didn't want to see someone kneeing on the ground in apology. There was no point in it, his offense wasn't that bad...yes it was.

"Are you sure you are alright? I'm sorry about the door."

Just make sure he's fine and RUNNNNNN.

[Krane Asiv]

She continued, she was nervous, like on the verge of some sort of attack from being overly nervous. ANXIETY ATTACK! And he was being frgiven. SO EASILY?! He would nto stand for this!... Well... After he stood up anyways. Gtting to his feet he would stand straight, raising a fist slowly toabout shoulder height again, it shacking in ferosity.

"No! This will not due."

Spike would grab her quickly, heave her onto his shoulder and take off running a strong grip on her as he trailed smoke and dust from the sheer speed he was traveling.

"I must first buy you dinner!"

He screamed as he busted through the main doors out to the sidewalk and down the rod until they hit an olive garden. Grabbing two menu's as he passed the seating desk he would find a tabl just being left, fling the left over off the table with a big sweep of his free arm, sether gently in a chair placing a menu in front of her, and running to his own. He would pay for the meal, and agan apologize. But again the same shacking fist would rise.

"No! I nust read you potry!"

Spike would flip out a book of endless bad poems and what would apen next would be his poem montage. Most of the poems somehow involve being hit or apologizing for something. When he was fnished with the third poem the fist would rise again.

"No, now we sing kareoki!"

He would grab her, throw her ont his shoulder again and dart away to the kareoki bar. Whre he would sither down with the song biner and begin his song and dance rutine.

"Never gonna give you up! Never gonna let you down!"

[Nova Bryant]

He stood up quickly, it kind of scared her. Quick movements usually did, she stared wide eyed as he rose a fist to the air and said how it wouldn't do. Perhaps it was because she was so easy to forgive him, or maybe it was something else. She had no idea, he was a strange and scary character. Not something she was used to in any way, weird actions and things said. But seconds after he had said that. She was lifted into the air and slung over his shoulder like a sack. Carried off at a quick speed into the distance.

Running at a speed that caused dust to rise up from the ground like a cloud.

O____O
o_____o
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DON'T DROP ME! DON'T DROP ME! DON'T DROP ME! DON'T DROP ME! DON'T DROP ME! DON'T DROP ME! DON'T DROP ME! DON'T DROP ME! DON'T DROP ME! DON'T DROP ME!DON'T DROP ME! DON'T DROP ME! DON'T DROP ME! DON'T DROP ME!DON'T DROP ME! DON'T DROP ME!

It wans't long before they arrived at a restaurant...where he insisted on treating her to dinner. Where he went so far to carry into the place and sit her down. Kind of scary...and fun... Nova tried her best to keep a level head. Perhaps he was part of a scary gang! One where they insisted on treating their victims to their last supper...BEFORE KILLING THEM.

There would be a quick dinner of awkward silence before he once again stood up, rose his fist and declared something..or another. This time it was poetry, bad poetry. It was horrible, violent, but she couldn't help but stare. Scary, amused, and trying not to laugh. A smile broke through for the first time in a while, she was smiling at him, trying to keep herself from laughing like a hyena. At the end she looked up at him for a moment and smiled.

Words lost as the little fearful voice in her head said things would get worse. Yet she was having a hard time believing it. He seemed scary in his own way and yet amusing and friendly. Watching as he once again posed and announced the next thing on the to do list. She was once again picked up and throw over his shoulder while he ran full speed to a karaoke bar. Where he'd sit her down and pick his song. Listening as he danced, sang and ...wait...

FFFFFFFFF He rick roll'd her. The song was never going to leave her head, blasted catchy tune. Yet at that point she was laughing. It was so amusing,to see someone so scary sing and dance. Bringing a hand to her mouth, she'd lean over, letting her hair hide her face as she snickered away. Voice lost to the music and the singing of the young man.

The fear that had been eating away at her the entire time was slowly starting to let up.. WAIT! THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT! It wasn't as if she was letting her guard down, since she was obviously not going to be able to stop him.. But she could run.. But he didn't seem like a monster. Her eyes began to water again, but this time it was from laughing uncontrollably. It was just too funny.

Step one in the Nova revival project...complete....Laugh and have fun. Even if it was just once, she felt a little bit better about school, knowing there was an odd character about.

When the stranger finished his song, she'd smile and clap. "Bravo!"

I was one big step forward.

[Krane Asiv]

Spike bowed a few times dramatically. The things he knew in hi own head, his experiences, he could tell something had happened to her to make her this way... Call it his good deed for the day. Once she laughed and loosened up he would sit down and speak normal.

"Good, you laughed. Now we can pck up from where we started before we where so rudely, metalically inerupted."

He would reach his right hand over to shake hers.

"Hello, my name is Spike."

Of course he wasn't completely truthful, but that was the nick name is dad gave him, and it stuck.

[Nova Bryant]

She couldn't help but laugh, his songs, his poetry, his bowing. Nova had a large smile plastered on her face as she looked down and clapped. Trying her best to restrain herself was difficult and not working very well. It just made her sound a little weirder while laughing, which just added to things found amusing. Pushing hair out of her eyes, Nova straightened up. Looking at the young man as he took a seat across from her. Although his comment struck her as odd. Had he been trying all that time to make her laugh? How nice...and weird. But mostly nice.

Ah yes, interrupted by the attack of the locker door. Nova would look down a little, giggling at the memory of the locker door. She hadn't expected such a thing. She wasn't exactly strong.. But the lockers weren't the strongest things.

"I'm sorry." She'd look up, the smile faded a little.

His name was Spike.

Green eyes would look at the hand offered out to her, for only a moment. There was a bit of hesitation before she reached out and shook his hand. Although she managed to relax, there were still dark things that always seemed to linger in the back of her mind. The fear of others and contact with them. Although she knew it was time to let go of things that had happened, it was really difficult. Very.

"It's nice to meet you Spike. My name is Nova." She'd smile and shake his hand, pulling her hand back a little fast. She couldn't change fast, but she could try to defeat things at her own pace. Being in a room with a complete stranger was a big enough step for her. "Sorry again for hitting you." Nova couldn't apologize enough for that,perhaps she was just afraid he'd turn around and become a monster.

[Krane Asiv]

"Apology accepted already."

Spike would reach at the table for his soda which just magically was there, because he ordered it previousely but nobody knows about it. Anyways, he would drink from the glass before he would look to her with a serious issue.

"I know there are alot of scary things at our school, esspecially due to its constent state of war... It will end eventually. I'm gonna fight to end it."

Spike's ambitions wheren't completely good. He did dream about the power of a united school like this one under his command.

[Nova Bryant]

She'd smile, sitting and looking at him, then down to the floor. She was still a little uneasy about being around strangers... Although, she was easing into it a little faster. After all, Spike didn't seem like some monster, he did find an extravagant way of apologizing. Dinner, hilarious poetry, and rick rolling her. It had been rather fun, not something she had expected. Of course she laughed and really enjoyed herself for the first time in what felt like forever.

He spoke of the school being a scary place, to her yes it was. Even though most of the people she had met seemed nice, she would always run away. Contact with people never ends good, or at least that was what her previous school had told her. Well maybe... not everyone she had met. For the most part they had been off school grounds... Even if one had followed her to school. SO CREEPY.

Her attention dropped to the floor while she thought on his words and her own experiences. Her smile straightened into a frown and her face was consumed in worry. He obviously knew the school rather well, maybe she was just lucky to have never run into such things... Which was good. So, he was fighting the war that was supposed to have consumed the school. Maybe she missed a lot concentrating on the ground? Looking up, she'd smile again.

"I'm sure you'll do well in your fight to end the war within the school."

Yes, she had no idea what was going on, but that didn't mean she couldn't offer words of praise and encouragement. Smiling, she'd stop fidgeting and sit still. He wasn't that bad, there was no need to be so afraid. Even if the voice of reason told her other wise, Nova was feeling like she had accomplished something.

"What caused the trouble? I mean, there has to be a reason for everything to fall apart, right?"

[Krane Asiv]

Spike took another drink before answering her. Her question was honest and Spike knew the answer.

"Well from my understanding the pillar system has been reformed due to the vision of the California school district. Thanks to Asiv those titles are ours again, a heirarcy we had in place to begin with."

Spike paused to take another drink. This is where things went down hill.

"See, according to Asiv if we are more focused on fighting each other, we wont harm the faculty. But the people who have gained those titles have become very opressive, they are throwing their weight around with how many followers they have. Not only that but they keep fighting each other and all the people who dont want to get involved get caught in the middle."

Spike knew Asiv's intentions where to make it a safer teaching enviornment, but taking titles that exist like that and just giving them back to an unstable student body like the one at 259 would cause so many problems.

[Gilgamesh Magnius]

(INVASION!!!!!)

Gilgamesh was walking down the hall of the school.

Klunk, klunk. klunk.


GAAAHHH! Gilgamesh walks still walking around the halls and looked down at the tiles.

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99?

Gilgamesh looked around and heard the two talking and made his way over to where they were and began to listen.

WARRR! HU!...

Gilgamesh leaned at the wall near the door to listen to the two, but not really, he was more of less there to look cool.

Oh yeah...

Gil was a real bad ass..NOT.. Gilgamesh was just waiting for something or anything to happen in the damn school.

"See, according to Asiv if we are more focused on fighting each other, we wont harm the faculty. But the people who have gained those titles have become very opressive, they are throwing their weight around with how many followers they have. Not only that but they keep fighting each other and all the people who dont want to get involved get caught in the middle."

Gilgamesh shook his head and began to think to himself.

'Something is going to happen that will hit the teachers..'