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Aki had stayed at the very edge of the auditorium, barely in the door as she listened. She knew she'd pass out if she got much closer to the heat of the other students. Suppressing a moan as she heard the teams, she left as soon as the woman on stage seemed to be done talking. She'd fled to her room, now close to the same temperature of a freezer. At least there hadn't been any frost anywhere, yet.

Aki sighed, wondering who the teacher was that had made her leave her room to go 'bond with her team mates'. And she'd been yelled at for 'defacing school property' because of the handful of icecicles collecting on the windowsill. And for turning the thermostat as low as it could go. It's her fault if something happens to me. Serves her right for turning it to 90 and breaking it so I can't change it... she thought angrily as she walked across the grounds, looking for the two she'd been told to find. She finally saw two who looked like the pictures the teacher had put in her head. "Matthew and Candice?" she asked as she came up to them, hearing them discussing their powers. At least his seemed somewhat normal, and useful. But the girl's had to be interesting, judging by her response to his question.

Erin stared into the large, blank expanse of white above her for several long moments before suddenly realizing that she had returned to her room, more specifically her bed, and that she was currently laying on it and staring blankly at the ceiling. The last several hours had been such a blur; after she had been called up to the front with Logan and Arkell everything had seemed to more or less blur, and the subsequent message had effectively passed in one ear and out the other. Being in front of so many people was not something she had anticipated, and she was actually surprised that the administration had done such a thing, considering her condition. Thankfully, the message was fairly brief and everybody more or less filed out, including Logan and Arkell, which allowed her to make her escape.

The damage had already been done, however, and she knew it. In her other form, nobody would remember; as she was now, however, everybody would remember. Everything about her, from her appearance and attitude to her words and actions would be remembered with perfect clarity as clearly as they had first been received. Nobody that had taken a look at her would forget Erin Leerup, which would virtually guarantee an unwanted amount of attention. One of the largest problems is that some people associated memory with importance; things they remembered with clarity meant something, since they otherwise would not have remembered it so well. Even in the short time she'd had since acquiring this power it had happened on several occasions, usually with total strangers that found themselves remembering her prefectly and thinking that there was a good reason for it, not knowing her power.

Such a power for memory also made image everything; since people would remember every detail, acting up or showing a bad attitude would only lead to Erin being disliked and thought poorly of, since the associated memory would never fade. Being Erin was such a burden, particularly in large groups; Aaron had never been much for attention, and even advanced training in psychology and proper conduct couldn't cure the constant unease she felt in knowing that any slip up would never escape anybody's memory. That being said, the less she said or did the better, as it really limited what people could remember beyond simple appearances.

Erin sighed, continuing to stare at the bare ceiling. If anybody had noticed her leaving without much notice, she hoped in vain that they simply forget and not come knocking on her door as Arkell had, even when she had been Aaron. As it was, for better or for worse, the entire school now knew Erin.

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Arkell's head jolted back a little at what seemed to be an accusation towards Aya. Her suprise showed on her face, and more than a little fear was apparent at the revelation of her powers. She thought on that for a moment, that wasn't right. Yes, that was a rather frightening power for anybody to have, she should be afraid of that, but she should also know that Aya wouldn't do it on purpose if she were friends with somebody. Arkell simply shook her head to clear her thoughts. She couldn't be hypocritical in this. Arkell smiled at Aya and nudged past Bane to walk towards her. She didn't get to close however as she could see the girls powers were fritzing a little bit due to her nerves, she could completely relate to that. Though she seemed a little unsteady and Arkell frowned concerning crossing her face. "Are you alright Aya? You need to sit down?"

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The silence was extremely akward. Lois debated what to say, and was about to speak when another girl came up. She seemed to know Terra, and he smiled when she introduced herself.

"Hey. I'm Lois."

Mal smiled and continued petting his cat.
"Thanks," he said. "And I wouldn't want this to be a problem. I don't think it will be, though." Looking down at the cat he asked, "Are you going to be a problem?" She gave off a wave of sarcasm and seemed to roll her eyes, giving Mal the impression that she wouldn't mess with something seven times larger than her, even if it was a tasty looking bird. Mal smiled at this and stood.
In one corner of the room was an empty coat rack next to a dresser. In the opposite corner was a mirror image. Picking up his suitcase, Mal hefted it onto the top of the dresser and stood in front of the coat rack, his back to Sergey. Sighing, he closed his eyes and took off his hat. Hanging it up on the rack, he then took off his sunglasses and neatly lay them on top of the suitcase. Next was the coat. Taking each sleeve off as gingerly as possible, Mal managed to escape from the scratchy coat and hang it up.
Beneath his coat, he wore a white dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows. His black slacks reached his the tops of his leather shoes and completely covered his black socks. A black tie dangled loosely from around his unbuttoned collar.
Turning to face Sergey, Mal held his arms out.
"Me," he said. "In all my glory." When he said "glory," he held up his first two fingers on each hand and made quotation marks in the air. Returning to sit on his bed, he scooted all the way back to the wall and leaned on it. Slowly, Lucy sniffed at him and then moved to sit on his lap.
Waiting for a reply from his roommate, Mal returned to petting Lucy behind the ears.

Tess wasn't comfortable with Arkell moving past him and closer to Aya. He told himself to be rational, and he let out a sigh as he wandered closer to see what was going on. His nose turned at the smell of blood. The girl was trying to hide it, but he couldn't help his sense of smell. There was something wrong with the girl, and he blinked as she mumbled for a nurse, before falling over, apparently passing out. The wolf-boy grunted in discomfort.

"What... the.. hell...?" he asked, cautiously looking at Aya. "She could've said something if she wasn't feeling well." Tess growled unhappily.

Tess froze for a moment at Arkell's look of distress, and then he gave a small nod. "Stay here." he growled, and then took off, easily moving very quickly. He dodged people heading back to their dorms and was soon at the medical facility. "Nurse... Aya passed out..." he panted out when he arrived, and they seemed to know what they were doing because a small team was soon ready to get the girl into care. He hated having to move so slowly to lead them to where Arkell and Aya was, and when they finally arrived, he went to Arkell.

"You alright?" Tess asked Arkell gruffly, warily watching as Aya was cautiously put on a stretcher. The medical equipment probably had similar treatment to some of the buildings, as it didn't decay, and neither did the gloves the medical crew wore. "She's in their hands, now... do you want me to take you to your dorm?"