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Archimedes ||Primus>

(( I know about Adam/Diana. I just thought it would be funny to throw Archimedes for a loop. Screw with his brain chemicals and all that. The boycrush doesn't have to go anywhere, I just thought it would be fun. ))

This girl, Cadence, caught his attention immediately. She seemed slightly indifference, messing with her hair, but he felt a kind of energy from her. He couldn’t describe it, but it emanated. It was attractive, not in the romantic way, but in the way a lamp attracted moths. Well, he didn’t want to think of himself as a moth, per se, since they were kind of dumb. And, you know, bugs. If he could choose to be an animal, it would have to be a snake, definitely. A small one, but poisonous, so that it was underestimated, until WHABAM! You were bit, and dead in ten minutes. Cadence, though, didn’t strike him as a snake. He couldn’t put his finger on what, but something more proud and domineering, or leader-ish. Which wasn’t a word, but he didn’t really bother. It was muted, not a stand-out quality that could be seen with the naked eye, but he could feel it. It both intimidated him and intrigued him. Still, she was familiar with his phrase origin! Maybe this group of people wasn’t as ignorant and mainstream as he previously thought. He’d heard this phrase all this life, and had been especially happy to hear it in the Eragon movie. Not very accurate to the book, but still fun to watch. Only then did he really care about the phrase. Nooo it didn’t matter if the president said it, or his mom said it, or whomever. The fact that a cool fantasy dude — seriously, he rode dragons! — was what made it credible in his mind. Then and only then. Everyone else could put their mouth on a part of his anatomy.

“Brom, may he rest in peace,” he half-joked with a bow of his head. Truly, he had been quite sad when the man died in the movie; he was a cool old dude. However, he didn’t actually mourn in real life. The only time he had actually mourned a fantasy character’s death was in the second Star Trek movie when Spock died. Oh, he had cried and cried when he watched it, and consistently cried every time he watched it thereafter. It was only until he watched the third movie that he learned Spock came back, to which Archimedes was the happiest fool on Earth. Then he felt eyes on him, and looked up to see Cory looking at him. He had a disturbingly knowing look in his eye after he had looked at Adam. Crap. Someone had witnessed him show an emotional response to visual stimuli. That was not cool. This made him have to fight down his red cheeks harder, knowing he’d been caught doing something that… well, he wasn’t sure what it was that happened in him, but either way, it showed an embarrassing emotion to which Cory had seen. Archimedes promptly took a swig of the cold Coke to try and cool himself down. Working nicely, working nicely. Then he mentioned the cappuccino machine that the school would be able to do absolutely nothing about. This made him smirk. So, these guys were complete sissies after all. Well, after being proven wrong twice about this group, he supposed he’d reserve judgment. Being surprised was nice every so often. “Paid for by the students, for the students. Removing it would be stealing. Or at least, that case could be made, even if it’s not completely, lawfully true. Some puppy-dog eyes and a sob story, and they’d be eatin’ out of our hands.” He was starting to adapt his ‘mafia voice’ as his friends had called it; apparently, when he’d speak one of his plans, he got that ‘I’m up to no good’ undertone in his voice. It wasn’t a conscious thing — he just slipped into the maniacal deep voice when he was being devious. Perfectly natural. …Or perhaps it was best not to dwell on it.

College classes? Well, sure as hell not for Archimedes. He didn’t know if he was even going to college, since he could get a job wherever he wanted with his powers. Just adjust his school records to show a Bachelor’s degree in whatever he wanted, copy and paste some signatures, and bam, instant access. That’s how he got his first job once he’d been tampered with. At fourteen he’d done this, and landed a job that made a starting salary of fifty thousand a year. It wasn’t a lot, but it was more than enough for a person living alone, which he was. Therefore, college classes were an option, but not an obligation, as far as he was concerned. Obviously he wouldn’t tell anyone else how he’d done this to get a job, since he didn’t want to be blackmailed to have to do anyone any favors. So, instead of saying any of this, Archimedes simply said, “Not for me. After high school, I’m gettin’ a job.” Assuming he hadn’t taken over the world by then, he joked in his mind. Of course that was an unattainable goal, and not something he was truly interested in anyway. Too much ground to rule, the world was. Maybe something smaller, but the Earth was too big for just one person to control.

Holy. Crap. Who was that? She totally just owned that guy! This black-haired girl with a… top hat? Whatever, that was seriously badass. That wall of people that blocked her was… kind of odd. School mafia? Gangs? Maybe she just had a bad rep and people were out to get her for some reason. Whatever, but she totally blew them away. Archimedes almost wished she would be joining their table, and had to pretend not to be disappointed when she didn’t. The one person he thought was cool right off the bat sat at that other table. Oh well. Maybe another time. It seemed everyone knew everyone else in this school, so they were bound to run into each other at some point. He might have been a bit upstaged from his teacher-a**-zapping attack from earlier, but at least his was more inconspicuous, and he was less likely to be punished because well, no one knew it was him. That was a pretty blatant display she put on there, and he thought the ramifications of doing such a thing were worse than the benefits of kicking butt, but whatever; it was her choice, not his. Still cool, though.

Oh, well, Devin was leaving. Archimedes didn’t have much of a response, since he hadn’t said anything and didn’t appear to be outstanding in any way so far. He didn’t quite acknowledge his departure, and instead finished off his pizza slice. He didn’t quite feel satisfied, but he could always sneak something in his backpack for class later. He needed to stock back up on backpack snacks, since he’d eaten the last of his cereal bars and stuff the other day and last night making these awesome gloves. He looked at them fondly once again, black and fingerless, perfect in every way. Maybe he was too attached to them. Oh well.

This girl who just ruffled Adam’s hair struck a cord in Archimedes. A really dumb cord he hadn’t previously known he had, one called ‘jealousy,’ which he didn’t experience. But for some reason, he was flaring up now. Irrational, irrational! Stupid, stupid, stupid! He tried to shake it off, rolling his eyes at himself and finishing his Coke, too. She was just a dumb girl. Who cared what she did to Adam’s hair? Archimedes certainly didn’t. Not one bit. Just to prove it to himself, he captured the ends of one of his curls and pulled it taut before releasing it, relishing the poing as it sprung back into place. The ‘poing’ noise was in his head, of course, but he always liked to imagine his hair made that sound when he did that. Good distraction. Stupid, illogical thoughts about a stupid boy and a stupid girl, completely purged. Seriously. Gone. And then Adam flashed that gggrrrrghattractivesmile and he was all a’flutter again. He pressed his lips into a thin line, gripped the edge of the table, clenched all his stomach muscles, anything to keep himself from blushing. He wasn’t a stupid teenage girl with a bloody crush, dadgummit! He was a man, and men didn’t get crushes. Men didn’t have stupid stomach-fluttery reactions to smiles and the certainly didn’t have scathing thoughts about the people who interacted with the person who elicited these aforementioned reactions. He probably just ate too much and was experiencing acid reflux or something. However, this didn’t stop him from mentally glaring holes into Diana’s stupid girly head. In his mind, of course. In his mind.

Mer awoke by bright rays of light shinning on her face. “Wake up time?” She mumbled and got up. She stretched then looked at the clock. “Oh snap. It’s 11:30?” Mer got up and washed her face. “It’s going to suck when I can’t sleep in this late. College classes start soon don’t they?” Mer asked her mirror. “You need to learn to reply.” She said laughing at her comments that we’re clearly idiotic. Mer looked through her clothes and changed into some white short shorts and a loose black tank top that draped down, not really tight at all. She then pulled on some flip flops and did her make up. “Time to start my day.” Mer said while pulling on a white jacker. She then walked to the cafeteria.

Once Mer walked into the doors she smiled at the turning heads. She waved and winked at a few fellas, who seemed slightly interested. ‘It’s not happing.’ She thought as guys eyed her. This never happened until she became a genius legend. Before then she was the little shy girl. She even carried around a teddy bear. But then she kicked some genius butt and ta-da here she was. Mer looked around and spotted Joseph. “Joe darling. Nikky baby. L sweetie.” She called out to the three, plopping down next to Nikky. “So, where’s Kai. I need to apologize to her.” Mer asked, but no one was fast to answer. “She’s somewhere, but isn’t telling anyone.” Joe said. ‘So unlike her.’ Mer thought. “I wonder why. I hope it isn’t because of last night. God, I feel horrible. If I knew she already called dibs….” Mer said while biting her lip. “I think ima go get some food and torture some innocent soul. Bye hun.” Mer said and skipped to the lunch line, skipping a few freshmen who willingly moved out of her way.

Mer waited in line and got a plate of cheese fries. She also bought a bottle of fuze. Mer stood at the line and looked at all the students. None of the college kids were here just yet. She then saw the perfect victim. He looked so horrible love sick. It made her want to hug him. ‘Poor baby.’ She thought as she headed to him. She then plopped down with her back to the table, feet out towards the open. She crossed her thin legs and looked at him. He did not just seriously ask about Mitsukai did he? “Hey darling, you look lovesick.” Mer said to the poor boy. He jumped at her comment. He turned and looked at her in the eyes. Wait a second, where had she seen this kid before?

A hint of recognition struck her. That was Kai’s ex! Seriously; did almost all the guys have something to deal with her? Probably not, Mer just kept running across those who did. “Ohh, you’re Mitsukai’s ex. No wonder. Umm. Isn’t you’re name Cory or something? Well, I’m Mer. Nice to meet you.” Mer said and took a bite of her yummy French fry. “Hey, and yes I’m Cory and yes I’m Mitsukai’s ex. But I’m not love sick.” Cory announced. ‘Sure you aren’t sweetie pie.’ Mer thought and looked over the table. There was some red head with curly hair. He looked geeky. Probably into war and war crafts and the sci-fi movies. He probably was cool. Mer used to be like that. This school changed her. She then noticed the red heads reaction of gribbing the table. Plus he was glaring slightly at Diana. ‘Oh.’ She thought but brushed that thought aside. It was adorable though. That kid seemed cool. Then there was a cutie who looked a lot like L. The one that the red head kept peeking at. Maybe that was her brother. Then there was Cadence. “Hey C.” Mer said to the girl, since she noticed her. “Hey Diana.” Mer said noticing her too. But those were the only kids Mer knew here, and she wasn’t to close to either.

Devin sat in his room listening to his music blaring. It was loud, amazingly loud, but with everyone at lunch he decided it wouldn't bother anyone. He felt kind of out of place, sure he had control over his powers, but sometimes strong emotions still triggered them. And it wasn't like they would come in use in any kind of job he got, legal jobs at least. Pidgeons were fluttering about the school grounds outside of his window, and he decided he wanted release. He concentrated on each and everyone of them cursing them with a painful future, and one by one they began to die. This wasn't normal for him and he knew it, he must be entering some kind of new "Teen" mood swing. A Pidgeon smacked his window pulling him from his concentration. He sighed and stretched, and decided to change. Looking out the window their was no more airborn, all of the birds lay crumpled on the ground outside.
A Kind of pleasure went through him, and then he turned away in disgust at what he had done.

(( I said that I would lol, thats why Im hinting at a darker turn now.))

((Sounds good. smile to meh ))

|Adam|Sire|Listing|

[I love you Drakie. Lol, thank you for actually askin,g usually people call me Grey .. or 'color me'. Which is really awkward. My name's Stephanie, so go ahead and call me Steph or whatever you please. (: ]

Adam finished his plate of fries quickly and then washed the salty taste down with another swig of his Coca-cola. He finished the last pint of the bottle and frowned at it for a moment, having been enjoying the addictive flavors of high fructose corn syrup and gallons of caffeine. He set the bottle down on his tray and then placed his hand on the edge, the empty plates vanishing within a moment and reappearing over the nearest trash can. They hovered for a moment before falling in. It was a rather lazy move, but he hadn't used his powers in awhile and decided, well hey, why not?.

He brushed some stray bangs out of his face yet again and looked up to see Archimedes staring at Daina. The expression was blank, and he looked away pretty quickly, but it still made him feel kinda weird. Did Daina have an enemy? Or did Archimedes just space out, like Adam often did, and then awake to find himself staring in a random direction, in which this case the random direction happened to be Daina's head. Either way he couldn't help but laugh. He felt kind of rude though, and had tried to cover the laugh with a cough. so it came out as more of a 'Haaugh-huh!'. great. He would be known for making strange noises now. Just great.

when Adam turned to speak to Daina more he caught sight of a strange color. The was something orange in his peripheral vision. He turned fully to see what it was and realized it was not orange. The orange color was imagined due to the hues of the red of the liquid mixing with the pale pink of Daina's skin. Yes, there was a nice pool of crimson blood just laying there in Daina's palm. Thankfully, it was another palm than the one of his shoulder. "How did you do that?" The gash was already healing itself, of course, due to Daina's regeneration powers. He turned to look at the back of her chair when he felt eyes on him and turned to see a new face had joined their table.

By 'new face' he didn't literally mean the person was new. Obviously, it was Meredith; One of the Genius Legends. Ironically enough, as much as Mitsukai aspired to be a Genius Legend, she just could not get along with this one. Though that was probably due to the fact that Mer had been flirting with Thorne, Mitsukai's apparent 'territory'. When she recalled him, he couldn't help but laugh at what she had called him. The 'kid who got trashed last night'. Greeeeaaattt reputation huh? "Aha, well thank you. I have a very vague memory of last night, so excuse me for not remembering all of the fun. I'm Adam, L's brother. I think you know her, she spends most of her time with Joseph. Black hair, top hat." It was funny how their roles had switched. At their old school, Riah, who had gone by her name at the time, always mentioned Adam as a reference so people would know and accept her. Now L was Adam's reference.

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Soon Devin felt secure again and decided to return to the cafeteria, maybe this time he could be better at the whole making friends thing and make a connection or two. He had hoped al the ruckus had died down, and upon entering was pleased to find it was relativly calm. He looked around trying to find sight of the people he was with before but had no luck.


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