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Once again, Kimberely studied the match with intesity. Of course, she didn't appear to be studying it intensely, in fact, to the passer-by, it merely looked as though she were watching a boring movie because she simply had nothing better to do. She had not moved the whole time, sitting there and watching. Most of the time it appeared to be a normal, competitive game of volleyball, but it was leaning more and more towards the bizarre now.

Firstly, after a few notably seclusive whispers between teammates, it became apparent that the fair-play value of the match was headed downhill. After the net arched upwards to intercept a serve, obviously manipulated by an outside force, it became open-season for power misuse. One of the members called forth a thick smog of black mist which enveloped the opposing team.

Sighing a little and shaking her head, Kim's face exuded a look of disappointment. Here she was, watching a match between some of the most talented young people to grace the planet, and... no, it had sunk below the level of "match" now. For people to bring out such cheap tactics at such an early part of the game was a significant symptom that the volleyball game was no longer a match-up of skilled competitors, but a shameless opportunity for egotistical young hot-headed people to get as many one-ups on the other teams as possible. If it were allowed to escalate to quickly, the match would likely turn into something a little less than sporting.

Standing up slowly and patting the sand from her sarong, she slung her spaghetti-string handbag over her shoulder and fished around in them to find a small pair of shades. The sun had been so warm, she'd intended to put them on earlier, but her interest in the game had moved the thought from her mind. Slipping them on, she walked quietly towards the players, easily in sight. She figured she could coax them into calming down slightly if they knew a teacher was watching them. Then again, many of her male students seeked to gain her favour by trying to impress her, but that was a slim chance here.

She walked until she was about 30 feet away from the court, standing at the side between both sides. Then she folded her arms and stood at ease, barefoot in the sand, observing through her dark lenses with an expression that denoted no solid emotion whatsoever. Many of the players were too engrossed in the game to notice her, but a few glanced in her direction and seemed unsure of what to do or say about it. Kim got the faint whiff of whatever that black cloud was and wrinkled her nose a tad until it passed. she could also feel Jacen's ever-present aura of negativity, it was unusually potent at the moment. Pleasant.

Finally, after several glances were cast in her direction, she simpyl said, "Don't mind me." Knowing very well that certain people WOULD mind.

Courtney crinkled her nose and studied the area. She could do it. Sand did make glass, and there were beer bottles, glass cups, and windows in the area. It wouldnt be too hard, it would just piss her off for a while. Corky hated using her powers, and this wouldn't be the exception. However, she was pretty sure that combined with other people's on her team, they could be pretty unstopable.

So she followed what Pietro said, making a medium thickness glass sheet on the side of the opposing team. You could only see it if you had really good eyes, because of the position of the sun. She did this all by mind, and was slightly disgusted on how it all worked. All the glass in the area condensed into one sheet, along with sand to give it durability. Corky's powers weren't that hard to control which was why she was so go at it considering she had only knowingly had it for a few months. The only section she had trouble in was absorbtion.

And idea struck her. "Question." She raised her hand, as if in school. "I'm under the assumption people aren't allowed to get hurt?" What she was thinking was devious. And, people would get hurt, maybe infected, but from what she pulled together, this was a hardcore mutant vs. mutant thing. Like Darwin.

"Oh, I see. Accidents. Nice choice of words." She grinned. No one would get maimed, it was nothing a healing freak couldn't handle. She wasn't that terrible. This was a very rare side of Courtney coming out. She never got competitive, but something today made her want to win. It was like she had to prove herself to the X-Men and Brotherhood that she wasn't as vapid and shallow as they thought. That she could be downright dangerous if she wanted to.

Regina glanced over at the new person standing as if she had some authority. "Excuse me..., I hope this doesn't sound rude, but who are you?"

Gen glanced over. The woman reminded her of Porter on a day when he actually decided to act like a teacher. But it was vacation and none of the teachers were there so who was she? She squeaked and accidently froze the net when she saw the ball coming at her. Hiting it hard in her surprised state,the ball soared through the net and hit the other side since they seemed to be distracted by the person as well..

"Oops... Sorry... New net?" Gen said with a sheepish grin.

"Does that mean point for our side or just our ball?" Porter asked, waiting patiently.

((OOC: Soryy..posted edited to relect what Hawk said below... sweatdrop ))

Victoria smiled and nodded. Pietro's plan sounded like a good idea, a great idea even, and if everything when at he planned, they would have a slave by sunset. She found this extremely hilarious.

An instant later, bean pole had ran to get John, returned started the game with a sharp, unannounced serve. Figuring that Pietro and Corky could handle the front line, she stood in far right corner, waiting and watching for an opportune moment. She took a "ready" stance and watched as Corky made a thin layer of glass form on the side of the court nearest the opponants. She couldn't exactly she what she was going to do with it over there, but figure it had something to do with the plan. Oh! The plan

Victoria smiled maliciously as she remember what Pietro had told her to do. Waiting until the ball was flying over to the opponant, she screamed as loud as humanly possible...except. Instead of letting the sound radiate across the beach, she gathered it into two equally sized "bubbles" and flung them at both corners of the opponats half of the net. At her will the bubbles "popped" and the screams erupted. Not loud enough to make their ear drums bleed, but enough to make them ring for a while.

((Is this better? If not...I can fix it ...again sweatdrop ))

(((OOC: I edited my post again...I think this is what the "plan" was about right?)))

Jacen was growing rather bored of this literal power struggle between both teams. Though the show of the spirits was something awe-inspiring, it seemed like it was a little too egregious.

"The hell?!," Jacen said as the four spirits took Wanda and Freya's spots on the court and started to play.

"Everyone just hold the ******** on for a moment!!!," Jacen yelled at the opposing team while signalling for his team to round 'em up.

"Alright, listen. This isn't going to be pretty at all," he said while looking over everyone. "These spirits are equal, if not surpassing both of the girl's powers combined. I want everyone to stay sharp, keep focused, and if you're feeling tired, for God's sake, we've two extra people out here."

"I'm fine," Teagan said, with her Irish accent starting to get a bit heavier at the moment.

"Same here," Porter replied.

"Yea....shoulder hurts a bit, but I'm good," Gen said.

Jacen looked at Evelyn. She was kind of quiet at the moment. It appeared she was studying their new opponents. "Evelyn?"

"Oh...yea, I'm good. No worries, hon," she said as she reached over and rested her hand on his shoulder for a second.

"Alright. Like I said, stay sharp and focused. And remember. We need to win by two points," Jacen said, invoking thoughts of Tom Landry and Mike Ditka, "Let's try to shut them down as quickly as we can."

OOC: Actually, I think she's referring to Psylight...