Trouble (Open

[Lien Braska]

Trip number two to the head honcho office.... this week. It wasn't as though she was really trying to get into trouble but it seemed to follow her none the less. Dropping her head back against the wall she closed her dark magenta eyes and let herself rest for a moment, as though resting would make the time pass any faster. Her black hair was braided behind her head, a few locks had escaped the braided prison and were now sticking out in every which direction. She didn't really care about the hair though... it was too long of a day to care. Not to mention that she was to sit here till the Principal was finished writing her detention slip. Fault or not... she still had to serve the time for doing the crime.

But was it really a crime? Lien saw no reason she had to be in PE in her junior year... even if she had failed it her freshman year due to ditching... but that wasn't the point. The young woman let out a long sigh as one eye peeped open and she gazed around the secretary's office right outside of the principal's. The room was cozy, the secretary was gone to her lunch break and if Lien really wanted... she could slip into the mind of the potted daisy and see what disgusting things it knew.... but maybe she didn't really want to see those memories. Instead she rose to her feet, sneakers moving over the carpet. She gave a stretch to her 5'3" body, long delicate arms stretching up and a yawn escaped past her mouth while stretching. As she dropped her hands back to her side, she straightened out her gym shorts and started to walk around the small room to look at the stupid posters of happy teenagers being drug free and the alike crap. Sure she was drug free... but she wasn't as thrilled as these kids. She tugged the white gym shirt in irritation, her hands reached up to ruffle the bit of dark bangs in her face before she blew them away and returned to her seat with a flop.

This long day was getting even longer as the seconds ticked by like hours. She scrunched her lips together and tilted from side to side in her chair as the boredom dragged on. She knew she was going to get sent here when she refused to play baseball that day... it was her least favorite sport and when the teacher told her to go get the ball... the words had come out of her mouth before she could stop them. "I'm not a dog. You go fetch." and that was all it took for the teacher to be done with Lien's shit and send her straight to the office. God she hated baseball. But what was even worse was this wait! She had a feeling Aurelian was taking his time writing the detention slip just to add on punishment for her smart mouth. So... she waited.. impatiently.

[Apollodorus Damascus]

Strolling trough the halls, Apo had nothing to do but go to his study hall. He figured it would be a good time to test out one of his new robot toys out. He saw that the Principal's Office was pretty much cleared out. "Must be lunch time, I would think." He said to himself with a snicker. Apo reached into his small carry bag and pulled out a small device with a little man robot. Pieces seem to be missing since the insides are partially visible but it works like a charm, he knows for a fact. He gently placed the toy down on the ground and walked just out of sight of the office door. Apo turned on his Tablet, activating his toy and it began to hover slightly above the floor. With the spy camera installed inside the robot he can see through the eyes of the toy. "Time to go." he spoke as he controlled his man to enter the room.

Spotting one of the students in one of the seats in the office, he controlled his man to quickly and quietly move to the back side of the office desk to make the attempt to stay out of sight. "Juvenal delinquent" Apo muttered under his breath, "can't just do as shes told, can she." He shook his head slightly, "shouldn't matter to me, people would look down on what I do as well." He wrangled in his thoughts and got his mind in the game.

Apo's mind started to wonder once again, like it normally does from time to time. "I will have to find a man for these robots." He proceeded to tap on his Tablet accessing the schools wifi and found some interesting names that would help. He started to hear some voices from around the corner through the hall, which made him snap out of his daze and remembered his objective. "Right, the Principal's office, fridge, sodas."

Apo's robot quickly got to the fridge and grabbed two soda and a water, carrying the water and one of the sodas and placing the other on in the trap in the back. He was making is way out of the room when he heard a noise on the outside of his camera lens. In a panic, he maneuvered the robot to the door and out to the hall but dropped the bottle of water as he clipped the desk letting it roll to the feet of the troubled student. The robot stopped moving completely, just hovering in the corner of the room, just out of sight of the main desk.

[Lien Braska]

With patience wearing thin she concentrated on breathing exercises instead, meditating and letting her mind go out into the world beyond this room. Out to the forest... which is where she was going to head as soon as school... well.. detention... was over. She was trying hard to not focus too much on and let her mind drift so she was unaware of the little robot that was currently stealing a few sodas and a water from the little fridge the principal had in the office. But as soon as something touched her foot, Lien's eyes snapped open and started to look around. The water was cold against her sneaker and slowly she reached down and lifted it up. This could have come from anywhere with all the teleporters in this school but still something didn't settle right with the young woman.

She rose to her feet once again, and went to the potted plant. The quick play back of its memories transferred to her with a touch and a moment. She moved swiftly, in one bound she snatched up the little robotic gizmo and looked at it, flipping it around and found the camera. It was interesting... and she poked at it a few times. "Who ever you are... I have your bot. Come out and it won't get smashed." a smile played on her soft pink lips as her eyes dared the person to defy her... or turn the bot against her. She wasn't a fan of tech like everyone else in this school, but when you were basically a plant it kinda came with the territory.

Although she wasn't sure if she'd really smash it... perhaps put it in a box and lock it up till the owner grew some balls and came to get it their self. She wasn't
a violent person... usually but a girl had to do what a girl had to do. "You're a thief by the way... stealing sodas is still stealing.. tsk tsk." she was grinning wide now, she had the information from the flower who saw it all.

[Apollodorus Damascus]

"Oh, shit" whispering to himself. He looked down at the screen of the Tablet and then back at the office window seeing the girl pick up his robotic friend. Hearing what was said through the mic and speaker set up located inside his friend Apo spoke, "Would you mind putting my friend down, please." Apo powered down the robot and slowly made his way into the office in the process bumping in the door frame as he was putting away his controlling device. He sorted himself as normal and smiled a goofy grin at Lien. "Good Afternoon, I believe you have something of mind." He calmly but shakily pointed to what he finally decided to call his toy "Apolyte".

He was screaming at myself in his head, "Great, I screwed up and now I have to deal with people again. A female at, oh god, I am horrible around people especially women." Small beads of sweat began to pebble and freeze on his forehead. "Stay calm and you will be fine, breathe, in and out. Just smile and keep the talking to bear minimum."

[Lien Braska]

Her dark brow quirked as she saw the young man. She had seen him a few times around school but usually she was antisocial so it was no wonder she didn't know his name or really anything about him. As he walked in she cocked her head to the side, eyes still defiant as she watched him come in fumbling over himself upon entering the office. Her eyes went back to the little bot and then she walked over to him, offering it out to him. "Afternoon. And you know you're very lucky I'm the one who caught you and not Principal Aurelian... those drinks are for the good little boys and girls who come to have conversations with him." she was more than happy to pass back the robot to him, it was obviously not an easy nor finished build.

Unfinished meant he was building it himself and that had to be something he to have pride and lots of hours in. To break something like that would be breaking someone heart... maybe even their soul depending how much they liked their things. So she was a good sport about it. "I'm Lien Braska by the way... current captive of the great space office and awaiting sentencing. You could end up in the detention center if I snitch... but I'll let this one slide and keep this bottle of water as payment." she wiggled the bottle at him with a grin before cracking it open to take a drink of it. Water was necessary for her, it would cool her body down and maybe her temper from sitting here for far too long.

The guy in front of her was a good six inches taller than herself, but what caught her attention was of course.. his eyes since they were dual colored. Not to mention the auburn red hair. But being closer to him she felt a slight chill, which could only mean he was some sort of ice or coldness user. She wasn't a big fan of frost... but could hold her own pretty well since she had spent a few winters in New York on the streets.

[Apollodorus Damascus]

Taking into account that she is a woman, he wasn't as nervous as he normally was. He could smell was a hint of lavender and something else that he could not put his finger on but whatever it was, it soothed him, he was functioning without to much of an issue and it felt different but good. Standing closer since he wasn't in the hall, he could see that she was a petite little thing. Five foot nothing, maybe taller, not as tall as him by any means but also something about her seemed like she wouldn't take shit from anyone no matter there weight or stature.

Apollodorus graciously grabbed his robot, Apolyte, and smiled, "Indeed, those are for the good little boys and girls of this amazing school but there were confiscated from me just the other day so I had plans to reclaim them myself." He handled the bot with care, turning it over to show the back, pressing a button the back opened revealing the nearly ice cold can of Cola. Apo pulled it out, closed up his bot and stashed him away to be kept out of sight.

Daringly, he put his hand out to offer his gratitude, "Apollodorus is my name, you may call me Apo or whatever you think seems fitting." He could slowly feel himself becoming comfortable around this girl. "So, what horrendous crime have you committed to be sent into this hellish place?" He became aware of his surroundings and realized that he still had his drink in his hand, he gently popped it open to minimize the noise and took a sip, letting the sweet liquid slide down the back of his throat.

[Lien Braska]

Her eyes focused on the little bot as he opened it up and revealed the sodas within. She shook her head a bit with a gentle smile but continued to sip on the water none the less. She had never been a fan of soda... but perhaps that was just because of her bit of mutation. Once the bot was put away she glanced back to Aurelian's door... it was still closed and who knew when he would write that stupid slip to tell her that she had to stay extra long after school today! oh joy. With a deep breath she turned her attention back to the young man and gave a bit of a nod.

"Nice to meet you, Apo. My crime? Well.." she smirked a bit and gave a careless shrug. "I gave attitude to the pe teacher. I didn't want to be her lap dog and fetch the baseball and that was all it took. Which is why I am still in my freaking gym clothes. I'm just waiting for Mr. Kinzoku to finish up my detention slip and then I'm heading back to get out of these things. I have a feeling he's taking it upon himself to test my patience and take as much time as possible in writing the slip." she gave an eye roll of her dark magenta eyes and then leaned against the wall a bit to relax herself.

"You better be careful if he catches you stealing soda... he'd send you to detention as well. The most... boring part of the entire school. Wall to wall nothingness with only class study material allowed.. no books for fun, no sleeping, and not even anything to stare at on the walls. They even have a neat little box in the room to negate any powers so you can't entertain yourself that way either. I'm a frequent flyer." she explained quietly. Frequent was an easy term... she was there at least once a week but it never changed her attitude.

[Apollodorus Damascus]

Apo grimaced hearing about the Gym teacher, "Right, bastard that one. He got me last month for putting Jock-itch in one of the students pants. Worth it though." He held back the snickers. "The old man taking his sweet ol' time with your punishment?" He said pointing over his shoulder and the Principal's Door.

He had a really great idea that might be really funny. Without the knowledge of the girl, he concentrated is powers on the water molecules in the air trying to control them, to make them his, though it takes a little time to get it working he can take that water an use it as if it was his own. He could feel the water melding and joining together into a baseball sided water ball within his two hands, a stupid little grin was slowly creeping on his face. Apo had just enough to do what needed to be done.

Seeing that she wasn't caring to be in this place, Apo thought he would do something to cheer her up. With his little water ball, he worked it in his hands, just for show, he could have done this without the gestures. Apo smoothed the water out flat and made it float over and around his head and gently glide over to Aurelian's door, specifically the door handle. As soon as the water started touching the metal around the handle the water began changing into ice, as the water collected over itself the thicker the ice casing became soon enough he managed to create 2 inch block of ice around the door handle and adhering it to the wall leaving the handle stuck in place.

Apo released a long breath and started to become dizzy so he say down slowly in one of the chairs beside the girl and closed his eyes.

[Lien Braska]

She drew a breath slowly and gave a nod. "Yeah he usually does. He thinks I lack patience and since I do... he test my patience." she explained and then glanced up as she watched the orb start to form, quirking her brow as it floated around and moved. She wondered what he was up to, but as it moved towards the door she hesitated a bit more. It froze over the knob and sealed it closed but she shook her head. When the young man moved away and to a chair though she moved to him, standing a bit in front of him. Things people did here were so unusual even after three years of being here did she still fully comprehend things.

"I hate to say this... but what you did is kinda useless. I take it you haven't spent a lot of time with Mr. Kinzoku. He's a metal bender and when he feels that you froze the knob he'll just manipulate it to open for him. He... is also amazingly able to get out of anything we students can throw at him. He was a student here." she explained as she pulled up a chair near him and watched him carefully. He looked worn from what he had done, she was sure making water couldn't be easy but probably transforming it wasn't easy either. But it did confirm her thoughts about him being so cold. He was an ice and water user.

"It was nice of you to try and do that but any moment... he's probably going to shatter that ice and come out. You're going to get in trouble for certain and I don't know what punishment he gives to people who play pranks... especially on him." she gave a soft laugh but she felt a little bad since it was going to be rather hard to get away while he was tired. Still there was nothing she could do for him energy wise.

[Apollodorus Damascus]

He smiled out the corner of his mouth, "Yeah, know he control metal. I do it to get his goat Hes going to know it was me anyways so I don't see the problem in having a little fun. Besides, who else would take those exact drinks out of the fridge? I expect punishment as well." His smirk turned to a full smile.

He opened his eyes and saw that she was closer to him than she was before, he must have been to focused of his recovery more than he thought. But the exotic smell she put off was stronger due to the proximity of her to him. But what caught him off guard was the color of her eyes. Deep magenta, such a interesting color for eyes to be but it was very pretty. He never actually looked into someones eyes unless needed too.

Apollodorus sat forward getting closer to her, "Detention sure is lonely by yourself." He looked over at the principals door and smiled again.

[Aurelian Kinzoku]

With a crack and snap the ice shattered to piece and out came the tall and handsome and rather young principal came out, eyes focused on the young man near the young woman and his eyes narrowed slightly. He held in his right hand a yellow sheet of paper, scribbles written on it as he walked over to the two young folks and headed if off to Lien. His golden eyes were focused on her face as she sat next to Apo and he gave a little sigh, as though just thinking about all the things she had done gave him exhaustion.

"Miss Braska you will serving towel duty since detention has yet to be a deterrent for you complete disregard for the athletics department. One week of helping Mr. Argenlet out with washing, drying, folding, and stocking the towels of the sports departments. This will help you catch up on the hours of Physical Education that you have missed out on while being in my office. Now if you will please head back to the locker rooms and change to your normal clothes and continue to your next class. There's also a pass with that." Aurelian explained to her clearly, his words sharp about her refusal to attend classes, his left hand reached up and pushed the black wire framed glasses up his nose slightly as he turned to the young man now.

"Mr. Damascus... I see you're finally learning to make some friends are you?" he called as he laced his fingers together and held his hands in front of him and gazed at the young man. "How many times have I asked you not to try and lock me into the room? You're no match for me now head on to class before you're late as well." he shook his head before turning on his heels and headed back into his office without another word and closed the door behind him.

[Lien Braska]

Lien laughed softly when he said he was just picking on Aurelian and that they seemed to go back and forth with this. It was something she could believe because as strict as Aurelian was... he had a really good heart. Everyone at this school knew he did because many of them knew that the school was run by his family's money. He practically lived at this school helping children out with problems from deep within to outward as well. But when Apo leaned closer, mentioning detention would be lonely she suddenly looked hesitant, her body pulling back a bit from his own.

Before she could say another thing Aurelian's knob cracked open, taking her full attention as he emerged and handed her the yellow slip. "A week!?" She growled the words and glared at him, so much for being kind but she supposed deep down that the punishment fit the crime. At least towel duty wasn't as bad as running around like an idiot in an organized sport. Still it was going to freaking suck... dirty towels from the sports department meant disgusting body order and sweat and all sorts of nasty that she didn't even want to contemplate.

She glared at the paper as though she could make it catch fire in her fingers as Mr. Kinzoku gave Apo a lecture, then turned to head back to his room. With a huff she rose and turned to Apo. "So much for detention... I gotta go and get dressed.." she growled the words, still sulking about the punishment but she didn't have much choice. If she didn't attend it could me suspension... and she had no where else to go if she wasn't in this school. Back to the streets... to live on her own was just not an option she even wanted to think about anymore. This place was far better than the streets.

[Apollodorus Damascus]

Apo clicked his tongue in disgust, "And here I thought I would have someone to play card with while in detention." He pulled a small deck of card from his back pocket and tapped his hand with it. "Like I said, Detention gets so lonely. You can only play so many games of cards by yourself before it begins to feel like you are banging you head against the wall."

He signed and looked at his soda can and then back at the clock, "oops, study hall is about over and you need to changed." he said as he pointed a Lien's attire. He walked over to the slowly melting pile of ice and reclaimed it and let it run down the drain in the faculty bathroom.

Walking back to the main section of the office, he recollected his bag and soda, smiled, spoke, "Was nice talking to you." He began walking and stopped turned his head and spoke again, "oh and enjoy detention." Continued his walking with soda in hand. He got about 20 feet out of the hall and the teacher caught him with his drink and was told to throw it out. He signed heavily and slammed down the remainder of the drink and tossed the can in the recycling bin continuing to class.

[Lien Braska]

(( she didn't get detention. she got towel duty. ))

She shrugged a bit and shook her head as she watched him melt down the ice that had once been attached to the door. Seemed like a lot of effort for a little prank. "They don't really allow cards in detention.. the last teacher who did it actually walked around the room for the entire hour to make sure we were all progressing and not just spacing out." she sighed and gave a wave to him. "Nice talking to ya too, Apo." she headed towards the locker rooms to change to her jeans and tank top before heading to her next class. Bottled water was allowed campus so no one bothered to even glance at Lien as she bee lined for her class with drink in hand. Throughout the day though she continued to remember the strange robot and the even stranger owner.

[Apollodorus Damascus]

((I am still a bit rusty but with a little time and practice, Ill get better again.))