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Post by Soni Vox on Jul 28, 2018 21:49:22 GMT -8
Soni casually stepped up to the large academy, the sunbaked concrete beneath her feet. Piano played in her ears; she sang to it quietly in the most beautiful voice, "da da da da da..."A high school. Closest thing she ever got to one of these were the classes in the orphanage, and she figured, seeing as how you literally ate, slept, and breathed with those kids who lacked parents but overflowed in tragic histories, high school was probably a little different. She had heard of them though; some of the kids knew kids who went to them, and some of the older kids had been through them, and each had their different stories of them. What was it going to be like? The dreamy place full of friends and food and priceless knowledge like half of the kids had fantasized about? Or the dreary mind-numbing creativity black hole that the other kids warned about? Somewhere in between? In any case, it was normal. "Normal" would be the last word anyone would use to describe any facet of Soni's life, but hopefully this day would be the day that changed that. Soni breathed in the outside air and whispered to herself. "Day one of normal." |
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Post by Onides Une on Jul 29, 2018 20:10:21 GMT -8
Dodge rolling from around the corner her bag flew off her back. Pouncing it on all fours snatching it up and taking off in a hasty run.
Red skin, horns that curved up and over from a forehead that jutted where they grew. Rose gold eyes without pupils or whites, it seemed. a tail poking over her lowrise jeans.
"RUN!" She shouted as she passed by some unfamiliar and unaware poor passerby.
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Post by Soni Vox on Jul 29, 2018 20:23:51 GMT -8
Soni's heart skipped a beat and she jumped back. "CHEESES!!" (she had picked up the weird habit of innocent expletives from her big sister)
She had never seen someone that was this.. mutated before (except for when looking in the mirror). Really the only reason she was still standing there and not freaking out and running to the hills was because of the expectation of seeing weird things at a school for super powers. But the sudden appearance of what many kids wake up in cold sweats after seeing was quite frightening at first. She'd warm up to it though, after she calmed down and got to know the character.
Wait... run?! Soni snapped her eyesight to the direction the stranger pounced from.
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Post by Onides Une on Jul 30, 2018 4:02:09 GMT -8
"Yes! Someone let loose the frog qi-beasts they usually use for dissecting... It actually wasnt me this year." she had to make sure it was known. She looked to the door seeing other students running or others trying to contain them as what looked to be about 30 cat sized frogs with abnormally large feet hopped around. "If they touch your skin... You'll have tadpoles coming from warts they've given you. So... Run!"
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Post by Soni Vox on Jul 30, 2018 8:00:27 GMT -8
"What?!" This was a lot to take in. A girl that looks like a demon, giant cat sized frogs. She missed a lot while she was kind of...away from society.
But she had to think fast. Soni ran and used her sound to launch herself up into a nearby tree. It wasn't entirely graceful, as she was still getting the feel for these abilities. She basically ran into it soft enough that she wouldn't have any cuts or bruises... but that's about it. It was still pretty clumsy. After she shimmied up onto the branch she had grabbed a hold of with what little strength she had, Soni turned her attention to getting the mutant up here. The two of them together could be, well, doubly protected. Thankfully, the poof of leaves that came from the tree when Soni launched into it should have helped. The tree was in the strange girl's eyesight after all. Now to invite her up there...
"HEY DE- uh..."
Let's not start this off with something that could be offensive. Soni thought. Maybe only her kind could call themselves demon...
"GIRL WITH RED HAIR, UP HERE" Soni shouted, waving her hand.
From up here they had the higher ground; the frogs shouldn't try it. If the frogs attempted to attack them Soni (and hopefully her new found friend) could simply cut their legs off with the lightsaber kick (or in Soni's case, scream) down any frogs that attempted coming up right into the lava
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Post by Onides Une on Jul 30, 2018 8:21:49 GMT -8
Oni saw her fly up and stopped with a smile. "Ah... Good idea!" like a lizard her sticky fingers carried her up the tree tail swaying behind. She perched herself on a high branch.
She eyed the distance, judging if this was about right. "This could be good... But keep your eyes peeled." she stuck a hand to the new face in greeting. "I am Onides, people call me Oni."
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Post by Soni Vox on Jul 30, 2018 11:16:24 GMT -8
Soni adjusted to a more secure position where she could use a hand to greet the girl without having to worry at all about losing balance.
"Soni Vox," she replied, shaking the girl's hand a little awkwardly. She hadn't done much meet and greets in her day. "My friends call me Soni, buy you can call me Soni." Her movements and gestures were in Oni's direction, but her eyes were focused on the frogs. "I'm kind of new here, sorry." At this point Soni wasnt sure if mutated frogs running amok was a normal occurence she had been sheltered from or if it was as weird as she thought it was.
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Post by Onides Une on Jul 30, 2018 16:58:55 GMT -8
"I've been around a few years myself." she grinned. "You get used to things liked this; full blown brawling in the halls, exploding walls, terrorists attacks breaking the front gate... Or just harmless frogs being set free across campus." she looked at Soni. "If none of that is your style Cabal still has something you are looking for, what made you sign up to be a Soldier?"
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Post by Soni Vox on Jul 30, 2018 17:17:43 GMT -8
Soni looked at Oni from the side, her head facing the frogs. "Um..." her eyes kind of fluttered around knowing this next part would sound stupid, "..well...normalcy? I guess? Me and my sister were kind of imagining something like... a bunch of kids with superpowers walking around being...kids with superpowers? I dont know." Soni shrugged and shook her head a little out of the ridiculousness of that statement.
She then realized that through the fuss her mask and headphones had been shifted out of place, so she adjusted her mask accordingly and put the headphones down on her neck (out of courtesy). Her mask in particular had been shifted just barely out of place enough that it revealed the tiniest sliver of the top of one of the holes in her cheek (the largest one located just behind her canines). Being pretty self conscious, she secretly hoped that the new friend wouldn't notice.
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Post by Onides Une on Jul 30, 2018 17:44:05 GMT -8
Oni was observant but not obnoxious. She had questions about here friends structured features but knew better than to ask out right when it was obviously something Soni would rather hide.
She shook her head and curls bounced between her ram like horns and a fang-full grin still wide on her hace. "No, hardly what you'd call a bunch of kids with powers. People get their abilities usually about puberty and that is when they enter Cabal to learn and control their raging energies." she shrugged smile diminishing but still a caring look to her expression. "The truth is we are soldiers and we are trading power and knowledge for our service to our territory."
She looked around as men in suits and proper tools were picking up the last of the Qibeasts from the yard. It looks like the immediate danger has passed. "Phew goodness... Those frogs are relatively harmless but i dont want slimy warts or tadpoles." she shuddered atthe thought and stuck her tongue out gaging a bit. "Yik!"
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Post by Soni Vox on Jul 30, 2018 21:02:45 GMT -8
Woah... Soni was somewhat hit by that. I didn't realize this was boot camp. But, then again, the notion of fighting with cool powers sounded pretty fun.
"Cool." Soni turned around and laid back on the branch, propping her feet up on a different branch. At the "Yik!" Soni chuckled a little bit. "yea, doesn't sound like a fun time."
Out her peripheral vision Soni noticed the students gathering themselves; the guys laughing at the girls, the girls flipping off the guys; cheesy couples comforting the more skiddish in the relationship (which clearly wasn't always the girl), but all of them were headed back inside.... which reminded her: she was still at school. "So uh...hey, to be honest I have no idea where I'm supposed to be right now or if there's a class I'm accidentally skipping. Would you happen to know?"
After saying this Soni would casually blow leaves off the tree using nothing but frequency bullets til her new friend answered.
Now that the frogs were officially a threat that had been neutralized and there were no questions that she had to worry about answering without sounding stupid, she could bask in the delight of the fact she met a person again. This girl was clearly not a natural human, but wasn't nearly as scary as she looked. Human inside (for the most part), though maybe different on the outside, much like Soni herself (though certainly to a lesser degree). Soni grew up with the judgement of "normal" people, the cliche of judging the book by its cover. Now she finally met someone else who could probably relate. People like Soni and her new friend were the reason the phrase "don't judge a book by its cover" existed. That sound of Oni's voice followed by huge frog croaks would stick with her. All sounds did, but definitely those in particular; they were the first sounds of the not-so-normal normal.
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Post by Onides Une on Jul 31, 2018 17:16:21 GMT -8
Oni relaxed with her new conversion buddy. She was more than happy to answer her questions.
"Well seeing as how you are not rushing off to some made up class in order to find a safer place from the Tiefling weirdo..." she grinned and shrugged again. "You dont have a set schedule you visit classes and seminars as mentors and teachers have scheduled to teach you. As long as you are either studying, training, or fighting during your stay here, you are a free adult."
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Post by Soni Vox on Jul 31, 2018 17:29:59 GMT -8
Soni chuckled. "Oh trust me, I have to deal with the worst weirdo every time I look in the mirror." Self deprecating jokes were always a good thing to do right? Always relatable....or maybe that was too self-deprecating.
"Th-that's a joke I don't like hate myself or anything. Uh anyway, studying training or fighting.." Soni sat up, nearly fell over (but fixed herself), and raised an eyebrow at Oni. "What's the tiefling doing then?"
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Post by Onides Une on Jul 31, 2018 18:23:30 GMT -8
Oni tilted her head at Soni's mention of herself. A chuckle escaped her lips it was quite relatable her flustering.
"I am guessing you mean whats under the mask?" she pointed to her own face as gesturing Soni's own garb. It actually surprised her when she was asked about what she did. "Ah... Mostly I studied. Mr.Leon has some insightful classes on Qi. Though he's got a noisy fanclub..." she twisted her nose a bit at recalling certain incidences where fights have broken out for even looking at him with sleepy eyes. "Well these days... I guess you can say I am coming out of the walls. Truth be told I was... Still am about a shy and skittish as a ground hog... But used to I'd have run away as soon as ya saw me."
She took a moment to think. "I liked this boy, I thought he'd never see me. When I found out not only had he seen me... But I was overthinking my appearance like it was creating the wall keeping ne from a normal life. But since it was just my own lack of self-contentiousnes I do not want to think i missed out on anything more because I was scared." she scratched her head underneath her horns. "That was a bit winded... Actually think you're the first I've said this too."
She smacked her knees. "These days I've been doing more training."
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Post by Soni Vox on Jul 31, 2018 20:10:17 GMT -8
Classes on Qi, huh? Mr. Leon... she'd have to remember that name. Her Qi was quite important to her, so to make that better would be quite beneficial.
"Well I'm glad you didn't totally run away. Nice to find another 'weirdo'." Soni applied quick airquotes. "But hey it's nice to hear that you're opening up, and I'm honored to be the one you say that to. Now, a boy huh? Hm.. how are things in that area?" Soni raised her eyebrow again. Talking about boys was normal right? Besides... she hadn't really..ever..done that.. or met many boys period. Or any. This'll be fun.
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