occ .. I'll redo my posts later as I honestly don't want to be troubled and getting mad over something stupid. Artemis is free if you need someone to roleplay with! Sorry for any grammer mistakes as I wasn't really looking for any nor did I have time to.
ONYX
Onyx heaved a sigh as she stood up with arms crossed over her chest as she tapped her foot against the floor with furrowed eyebrows. "I'm really pathetic." She wheezed out as she sucked in multiple amounts of air to calm herself once again. She hated the feeling of being cramped and not knowning what to do. She was prone to having some sort of panic attack, and it always seemed to bother her when it happened. "It's a small world after all.." She sang softly as a small grin formed on her chapped lips as she began to repeat it. It was quite funny, if you think about it. She bounced on the balls of her feet as she plopped on the wheelie chair with narrowed eyes. She was getting annoyed, in a way. Dragging a hand through her hair as she hummed to a song she remembered playing as her fingers tapped against the desk as she remembered the key placements of her flute.
ARTEMIS
Artemis sat on the edge of her bed, her head lowered as she was lost in deep thought. She honestly had nothing to do.. well maybe she was wrong on that part but she ignored it. Her eyes trailed over towards the few musical instruments she had which considered of her presious drums. A small grin showed as she stood up had trotted over towards her drum set with a happy grin. She pulled at her long sleeves as she plopped down on the seat as she grabbed her drumsticks as she twirled them in her hands with a wicked grin set upon her face. Oh, she was gonna enjoy this.
JADEN
Jaden chuckled as he pretened to think for a moment as he tapped his chin in thought. "I mean I wouldn't mind getting a drink, but sadly we must return to the house and see what destruction the others caused." He spoke with a chuckle as he stood up. He stretched as he let out a yawn before aiming his body towards Lyra. "Shall we go?" He spoke in his fake British accent, which might he add, he failed horribly at.
MASON
Mason stuck out his tounge in annoyance as he shoved Nathan in the shoulder causing the other to laugh loudly. "You sir, are a bloody idiot." Mason spoke with a deep chuckle as he walked down the hallway, following a random trail. He turned his attention as he heard someone singing, coming to reconize the voice as Onyx as he furrowed his eyebrows in confusion. He jogged forward to where he thought Onyx appeared to be with Nathan following after him with the same confusion.
NATHAN
Nathan followed after Mason as they now stood at the doorway to the huge tech room they have with more advanced technology than humans have. He stepped in as he padded over towards Onyx with slight conceren as to why she was acting this way. "You alright, Nyx?" He asked causing Onyx to whip her head around with wide eyes. "Shit." Mason spoke as Nathan watched as he wrapped his arms around Onyx in a strong huge. His eyes widening as he caught sight of her labored breathing. A sigh escaped his lips as he glided over and wrapped his arms around them.
ARCHER
Archer gazed at the still cluttered tray of food as he turned his head to look away from it. He took in a deep breath as he leaned against the stone wall with closed eyes. He was starting to give up, but he was in between of giving up and to keep going. He honestly couldn't think with the amount of pain in was in and it was starting to drive him insane. His body gave a small twitch as he leaned over towards the side as he started to dry heave, with nothing coming out.
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Ooc: It's too late at night for me to fight the fancy post reformat thing right now, I'll fix it with fancy posts at a later date. Also, if you ended up talking to Daemon or Jake, let me know, as I didn't have the time to go and read everyone's posts other than Vex's response.
Aiden smirked as the darkness enclosed them, though her breath caught in her throat slightly, like it normally did the moment she lost her vision. She remembered that Vex hadn't been there when she explained how her vision works, so the pitch darkness didn't effect her much, nor would she try and light the darkness. She felt Topaz try and grab her fan and smirked herself, opening the fan and hoping to throw the girl's grip off, though the edge of the fan was still just as bladed unfolded as it was in it's folded knife form. "Fun thing about me. You can always count on my weapons being multi functional." She chuckled, landing behind the girl and mentally opening up her senses, allowing her to focus less on sight and more on the others. Not only did it make the darkness more comfortable to fight in, but it also provided a much more fool proof way for her to keep track of her target.
Rin watched the box enclose her sister and mentally shrugged. She knew the older girl would be fine in there, she was used to the darkness and lack of sight that that was mimicking, though she was pretty sure Aiden was much more used to total darkness than any patchy darkness that ones eyes adjust to after a certain extent. She turned to her more direct target and smiled wickedly. "Looks like it's just you and me." She said, her weapon rippling slightly as she leapt forwards, swinging one end towards his feet, though the position she held the staff in, she was equally ready to change the position on the swing depending on how the attack was dodged or deflected, no care about keeping her own balance. Unlike her sister, she wasn't hypersensitive of her moves on the battle field, so throwing her off balance, while it is a bit of a task, was much easier than throwing the older fighter off balance.
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Topaz grinned, but she knew it couldn't be seen in the dark room, her grip fell and she felt the presence in front of her vanish into whatever direction they saw fit. It was time to finally use the one skill that she had that was only useful in situations as this, her arm was lifted and her palm faced upwards, her milliseconds went by a small ball like shape started to swirl around and around until it became a vortex. Except instead of sucking up solids, it sucked in sound, every sound that was in the this enclosed space. Now there was no sight, and no hearing, the two most important senses that one needed to fight head on. The small ball then slowly enlarged into what looked like a pair of headsets, Topaz slowly slipped them over her ears and rested her feet on the silent ground. The silent air. Silent breathes. Now only she could hear, and that was all she needed for her next move, the girl swiveled her body around 180 degrees and lunged forward with her fist thrown out blindly, there was no aim, she only hoped that she hit some flesh. Now that it was dark she couldn't communicate therefore she couldn't respond to Aiden's remark, but that didn't stop her from trying through her actions.
Vex grinned as her jerked her hands upwards to summon two big orca inflatables around his feet to try and block the water attack, these inflatables bared strong plating, but it still wasn't enough to stop some of the droplets from slipping past. Water was tricky like that, you needed to find a way of absolute closure to block it out entirely. To make this fight more fun, the boy snapped his fingers and immediately a skin tight orca costume that was 'water proof' slipped over her form, now this was the way to fight against water. By throwing out his arms he also threw the inflatables that seemed soft, but would actually be quite hard to the touch, he would only hope to somehow distract the girl with these large masses until his sister was able to get some damage done. He didn't quite want to win, he just wanted to have a laugh at this point, there was nothing else that seemed appealing to him in this spar other than that.
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Aiden felt her hearing leave her, and immediate panic filled her every pore. 'Don't lose it now.' She thought, remembering the last time she had been both blind and deaf, she had been clinging to life. Way before this life. She took a deep breath and released it, trying to calm her nerves. 'You've got three other senses. Use them.' She mentally scolded herself, focusing on her sense of touch. She could feel the very air currents move around her, and that was enough to keep her moving. She moved silently, as she always did, her infamous involuntary ability of moving silently helping her in this space, she hoped at least. She put her fans away and decided to stick to hand to hand combat, to maximize her sense she was relying on. She felt something strike her side and huffed slightly, bounding away from the body, but the touch gave her an echo of where the other girl should be. She smirked, her breath not as even as she'd probably like it, as she slowly circled the girl, trying to see if she'd strike again, testing out this new technique she was forced to use.
Rin smiled as some water got on his skin, and the silly little orca's made her laugh. "Cute." She mused, before taking in the skin tight suit. She burst out into near hysterical laughter, leaning on her blade. "Oh boy. Wow, that is not your color. Or style. At all." She laughed, before leaning on her staff and looking at him. "Let me help you fix that." She said, her eyes flashing the same blue as her water, slowly turning a bit more white as the water that had touched him started to freeze, hoping to shock his nerves at the very least.
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Topaz huffed in short triumph as her attack had hit, but she must not have punched hard enough for the girl to have been able to create some distance once more. The wise plan now may have been to wait for the other to attack, but that wasn't her fighting style at all. The girl lunged forward once more in a wide round house kick spanning across the area around her, she put as much momentum into the kick as she could so that the speed of it would catch the other girl off guard. Aiden seemed like a smart girl, so she must have already guessed how to fight in this environment, but Topaz had the experience, hopefully that would help her to some extent. Since she was the only one with sound she needed to use it smartly, she had heard the other girl move towards a general direction and she directed her attack towards it, but she hoped that by spanning across the area she could catch her if she tried to dodge her attack as well.
Vex loudly yelped as a piercing shiver ran up his leg, his only reaction was to look down and frown at the near clear solid that was clinging onto his skin. "What are you talking about honey I make black look good," even in this shivering situation the boy felt the need to fight back on this particular subject, he looked fabulous in black and he couldn't let anyone tell him otherwise, "And orcas love me man," even though his leg was frozen Vex still managed to swing his hips in a circle to emphasize his point. The inflatables orcas that were also floating around him copied his actions and now we had a show. The boy swung a pointed fingers towards the girl to force multiple blankets the form and lay themselves into a path between Vex and Rin, hopefully this would help with the water is what his thoughts were, but that didn't help his leg which he realized after his blanket attempt.
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Venus nodded excitedly, her hair bouncing around her face. She felt like a child again, and it was weird. Earth had never had such a profound effect on her before..but then again, she had never been so hurt before either. "I'd like to show you." she stated suddenly, a sly smile breaking onto her face. She raised her hands above her head, facing East and closing her eyes. "Air I call you to me." it was subtle, but her hair began to lift in a personal breeze, a gentle wind that gently rippled Matthias's shirt. She swirled her hair in the air above her, testing and feeling the currents flowing through her fingers as she turned South. "Fire I call you to me." the air that flowed around them began to heat, and an unseen flame licked at her body casting a cheery glow. It was to the warm crackle of a hearth that she turned West, shooting Matthias a wink. "Water I call you to me." the heat of the previously summoned fire was cooled, and she felt water lap at her thighs as if she had waded into a lake. Water made her uncomfortable ever since the accident, so she turned quickly North. "Earth I call you to me again." the scent of a freshly mown lawn surrounded the two, along with increasingly loud birdsong. She turned back to Matthias, an almost bashful smile on her face. "Most usually forget...Spirit I call you to me." and it was with the infilling of wisdom and joy that the final element brought her, that she really looked at Matthias. Carefully. Almost like she could see inside of him, and what she saw was light and good. She reached out a hand and rested it on his arm, staring into his eyes with a slight tilt of her head, trying to pass on what she was experiencing.
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Matthias London✘ There was a short list of things that could hold Matthias' attention for long. But, as he observed Venus and her powers in awe, he couldn't have looked away even if he wanted to. The young adult felt the air around him change with every element summoned. The breeze from Air, the heat from Fire, the chill from Water, and the enchancement of Earth when it was called. The last one, however, was the one to catch his interest the most. As the blonde set her hand on his arm, Spirit came to him and Matt was filled with a feeling akin to happiness, but at the same time it was something much better. It felt as if he would never lose this feeling of delight, that he would always feel this good and enlightened. He couldn't help but smile. There was no way he couldn't as his coffee brown eyes gazed back at Venus' own pale blue optics. And he came to the conclusion that she was, in fact, amazing.
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This time Aiden felt the attack heading her way and smiled, leaning backwards completely and placed her hands on the ground, kicking up slowly so that she prevented making much noise, silently thanking her past for making her so flexible. She slowly swung herself so that she was in a crouching position, and leapt forwards, in the direction she assumed the other girl was in and tried to tackle her to the floor. It wasn't her favorite way of fighting, but while at a disadvantage, she assumed the lower she was the better, so that she wouldn't be in too much danger.
Rin laughed at the little show. "That's hysterical!" She managed to say as she died of laughter, and noticed the discomfort the ice was causing him, bringing a more genuine smile to her face. "Black is anyone's color if they use it right. However, skintight rubber material and fashion often aren't any ones style. Even superheroes have to have a splash of color other than black or white." She chuckled. "How's that, leg, going for ya?" She asked, noticing the towels and nearly laughing at that. They may slow down her water, but water was still water, absorbed or not. Drawing it out of the material was just a matter of concentration for the young Kibbe.
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Topaz had just landed her foot that she was using in the round house kick before feeling a form tackle her front right onto her torso. Instead of trying to twist out of it although, she swung her arms around the form attempting to grab on, not planning on letting go unless she was at death's end, but since this was just a spar she would let go if she was putting the other girl in a painful position. Her body stumbled backwards and a huff of breath escaped her lungs as she landed on her back. Although this wouldn't falter her grip at all, if this was successful Topaz would resort to the worst thing that she could possibly do in a hand to hand spar, and that was hoping that this girl was ticklish. One of her hands wiggled at the other's side while her arms held stead fast, this could either get quite funny, or it could get quite awkward.
Vex gasped as he flipped imaginary hair, "It's going fine thank you very much," his other leg that wasn't covered in ice swung behind him putting him in quite the sassy position, then as he brought his arm upwards a large black mallet formed into his hand, with every attempt of smashing his leg with the hammer the boy brought it down quickly and swiftly, he wouldn't mind a broken leg if it meant he could regain it somewhat. He never thought this things through.
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Venus stared into his eyes with a a feeling of both contentment and confusion. Why did she feel the need to show him her abilities? She was unnerved, but at the same time, the feeling in her chest was a strange change to the cold numbness she usually felt. "I don't really know who you are, Matthias." she began hesitantly, her voice strengthened by the elements she had summoned. "But I think I trust you." she took a small step closer to him, careful to hide her hesitance and confusion behind her facade of confidence, a facade that even she could recognize was beginning to crumble.
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Onyx
Onyx wrapped her arms around the two boys as she rested her head against Mason's chest with closed eyes. She sighed as she squeezed her eyes shut before getting out of there protective grasps. A soft smile appeared across her chapped lips as she leaned back with a deep sigh. "Sorry guys.." She spoke before trailing off as she lowered her head as she dragged a hand through her hair. "Nathan?" She questioned as she gazed up at him as she began to fiddle with her thumbs. "I'm so sorry! I promised I would protect him then he got taken away and then everything happened and I don't know what to do." She spoke at a fast pace as she rambled on about what had happened. "Hold on Nyx, what happened?" Nathan questioned as he grasped her shoulders as she bit the bottom of her lip. She honesly felt like crying but she held it in, to the best of her abilities that is.Artemis
Artemis hummed to herself as her drumsticks pounded against her drumset as she went with the movement of her hands as she let out a small chuckle as a grin overtook her features. She was enjoying herself which was a rare case.. well in her opinion at least. She let out another laugh as she continued with the movement. "This is bloody awesome." She spoke with gleaming eyes as she slowed to a stop with a loud laugh as she stood up. She placed her drumsticks in her backpocket as she stepped away from her drumset as she flopped onto the bed with a groan. What was she going to do in the mean time?Mason
Mason gazed worriedly at Onyx as she rambled onto about being sorry as he watched Natahn grasp her shoulders. "Are you alright? First of off." Mason spoke as he knelt down as he gazed at Onyx who seemed to be off in her own land at the moment. He slowly wrapped his arms around Onyx as he gently picked her up as he sat down in the chair while placing her in his lap. He laid his chin against the top of her head as he hummed a small tune to try and calm her down. "It's alright Nyx, you'll be alright." He spoke softly as he rubbed his hands up and down her arms in order to calm her down.Nathan
Nathan watched Mason and Onyx interact with each other as he let out a deep sigh as he dragged a hand through his hair in deep thought. "What did she mean Mason?" He questioned, a little worried. He was getting a little bit frustraited at the moment as he was worried about Onyx to see her in such state. "I honestly don't know." Mason spoke with a shake of his head as Nathan sighed softly.Archer
Archer let out a small cough as he rolled over onto his side once again as he slowly dragged himself up into a standing position. He was not enjoying this at all. He bit the bottom of his lip as he dragged himself across the room as the shackle around his ankle caused loud noises. He grunted as he looked over at the window in his cell as his eyes widen at the amount of prisioners Hades has. "Holy shit.." He whispered as he dropped down to sit on his butt. -
Aiden chuckled at the position they were in, smiling down at Topaz as the girl tried to tickle her. She shook her head, trying to signal that she wasn't ticklish. The close physical contact did make her slightly uneasy though, she wasn't used to it normally, much less while her sense of touch was at an all time high. A small flush of embarrassment rose to her cheeks while a smirk of amusement at the position they were in made its way onto her face. She didn't want to speak while not being able to hear, it made her question the words she was saying, but she really wanted to comment on the fact that the position they were in was highly awkward, not to mention the fact that Topaz was trying to tickle a girl who wasn't ticklish but still had every nerve in their body on high alert because it's what they were using to tell where their opponent was located. The entire situation made her laugh a little bit, a small one that spoke of amusement, not being tickled.
Eyes wide, Rin reached out, and the ice that had been on his leg suddenly returned to water and formed a shield in front of his leg, blocking the hammer from crushing the bone there. "Are you crazy! Breaking your femur is one of the worst things you can do when it comes to breaking bones, and besides, you would then put yourself at a disadvantage if you were facing a real enemy. They wouldn't even have to attack you and you'd be down for the count!" She shouted in surprised exasperation, calming and quieting down at the last part. She flicked her outstretched wrist and the water formed a web in front of him, still holding the mallet, wondering what his next move was.
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Matthias London✘ The youth knew that this was a big step for the blonde. Normally, she wouldn't even tolerate another being. Yet there she was, standing in front of Matthias, telling him she trusted him. It was expected that there would be a hint of puzzlement in her eyes. This wasn't a usual behavior for her. "Then I wouldn't betray your trust, Venus." he stated, observing her as she moved a bit closer.
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Topaz gave a frown as she realized that her attempted attack was a failure, but this move wasn't a complete failure since she was able to get into a nice position with the other girl, usually her emotions stayed on the line without wavering to either side, but for some reason this brought some red hues to poke at her cheeks. Her arms tightened their grip and since she didn't hear any words except some heavy breathing she decided to use this moment to take a quick break, she had worked out her arms enough to keep her grip strong, but she wasn't sure how long it would hold if the other girl started to struggle. Since their physiques were quite different she realized that the other fit quite well against her.
With a slight wave of the wrist retrieved some of the sound waves that she had confined and expertly formed a sentence, it wasn't her voice since she didn't have one, but it was rather some sort of strange mono-toned accent that her power was able to produce. Carefully she brushed it against the other's ear to relay the message,
"Getting a bit hot are we?"
This persona change was swift and silent, but Topaz for some reason didn't find any reason as to why she should stop, except for the small lingering fact that it reminded her of her brother.
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The boy grinned as he gave a shrug after letting go of the hammer, after he did it seemed to disappear into thin air as quickly as it had formed.
"I guessed you would stop it,"
No he didn't, the boy just wanted to sound smart since after his swing was stopped he was able to understand why it was a bad idea from the beginning. A low chuckle that sounded quite eerie slipped past his lips as he imagined what would have happened if he hadn't been stopped. Although before he could even finish his thought he flipped his arms upwards to bring all the towels that were put on the ground towards the other, his sister was still sparring and so he shouldn't stop either right?
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Jackie Summers✘ It was hard to conceal the sound of drums. However, that didn't matter when the player knew what they were doing. And Artemis knew her way with drumsticks. Jackie heard the music, and he curiously left his room to follow the noise. He used to play the drums himself. However, he was really out of practice. The lanky teenager knocked on the outside of the person's door, wondering who was inside. He slipped his fingers through his drying light green hair while waiting. Whomever it was seemed to be done playing for now.
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Venus found herself reaching out for his hand which is when her mind caught up with the rest of her, her forward movement halting instantly. What the hell was she doing? She took a deep breath and, almost instantly, the cold barrier was once again guarding her eyes. She retracted her hand and turned her back on the boy. "Air, Fire, Water, Earth, and Spirit, you may depart." She felt the loss of each element like a missing fragment of her own soul. She held her hands in fists at her side, staring ahead of her. "I need to speak to Onyx. She's in her room, I would assume." and without another word, she began walking back to the house. Why did she care about helping Onyx and Archer? And why would she say those things to Matthias? She shook her head slowly, disbelievingly, as she reached the door to the house and opened it with the familiar sighing noise she had grown accustomed to with this old house.
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Aiden chuckled, the blush draining from her face quickly. "I always bring the heat, but many people tend to find that a bit... shocking." She chuckled, her eyes narrowing in a mildly seductive way, before smirking and instead of trying wiggle out of the others grip, she decided to use one of her favorite abilities. Suddenly, her entire body started sparking, starting from her hair down to her feet as electricity suddenly leapt from almost every pore. She was hoping the other girl would let go in shock, as nerves tended to jump when electrocuted. Should the other girl let go, she was prepared to leap back suddenly, out of the others grip. The electricity wasn't enough to cause major damage, just enough to make nerves jump. At least, she hoped so. It was always so hard to tell.
Rin yelped as the towels flung at her, quickly rolling out of the way while the net that was in front of Vex now wrapped around him, hoping to hold him in place. The bonds of the water was strong, and she was hoping that keeping him still and from moving him arms, maybe the attacks would stop. "Of course you thought I'd stop it." She chuckled, rolling her eyes in her normal sassy way, her perfectly done make-up not seeing to have smudged in the slightest despite her use of water.
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Onyx
Onyx pulled away from Mason's tight embrace as she got to her feet as a hand dragged threw her tangled curls. She let out a deep sigh as her eyes trailed over towards the two confused boys. A soft smile appeared across the girl's usual scowl, "I'm alright guys, nothing to be concerned about. I was just having a panic attack. Nothing new." She spoke with a shrug of her shoulders as she pretended nothing happened earler as she honestly had no idea what happened. Thanks to her panic attacks she usually went into a frantic about something. "You sure?" Mason questioned with a raised eyebrow causing the girl to nod her head. "Yup, everythings great!" She spoke, lying straight through her teeth. She didn't want to worry them. Nor did she want Nathan finding out about Archer. Yup, she was not even close to telling anyone about what happened knowing it was her fault.Artemis
Artemis looked over towards where the knocking semed to be as she stood with with furrowed eyebrows. Not most people socialized with her, considering she wasn't the best to talk to. She bounced over towards the door as her hand made contact with the door before twisting it with a flick of her wrist. She came face to face with Jackie as she flashed him a bright grin. Her eyes trailed towards his green hair before flickering her gaze to meet his eyes. "Hi Jackie." She spoke with a crooked grin. She still carried her drumsticks as she twirled them in her hand.
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Mason rasied an eyebrow knowing something was up with Onyx but chose not to go any further as it appeared that Onyx didn't want to talk about it. "What were you doing down here anyways?" Nathan questioned causing the male to look over at with a nod of his head, wondering the same too. "Yeah, what were you doing here?" Mason spoke in confusion as he tried to think up of an answer. "Just wanted to be by myself, nothing new guys." Onyx spoke with a shrug of her shoulders as she avoided eye contact with either of the two.Archer
Archer crossed his arms over his chest as he let out a deep sigh as his eyes traveled along the cell walls that he appeared to be chained to. He let out a light laugh as he drummed his fingers against the ground as he had nothing really to do in this place except worry about what would happen to him and what Hades was planning for the others. Scared? Yes, he was terrified. He jerked his head in the direction of the cell door as Hades stepped into his cell. "Look who decided to wake up." Hades spoke with a hiss as his normal dark colored eyes turned black causing the boy to tense up in fright. -
Topaz's frame suddenly jerked as a sudden stinging pain erupted all over her skin, this was the first real pain to come to her, but it wasn't the worst she had ever experienced. She had been training her pain tolerance for a reason, since her endurance was strong enough the girl was able to keep her grip, but she wasn't able to keep her body from slightly arching in pain. Her teeth slightly clenched as Topaz tried her best to hold her grip, she didn't want the other to escape, and had been going through the process of trying to figure out a way as to how she could make the other girl call mercy. Folding her fingers over her forearms to further help her hold, the girl attempted to focus her mind on something else instead of the elemental power running through her, but anymore of this and her grip would definitely loosen and she instead would possibly need a break from the electricity.
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Vex had never been the greatest fighter, and this was showing as he just watched himself get wrapped up in a net, his attack having been completely useless. A sigh was exhaled from his lips as he attempted to hop forward with most of his frame stuck into a position he wouldn't have much leverage from at all. He wasn't sure what his plan was, but his attempt at trying to near the other girl was quite another comedic act that wouldn't be taken seriously by others at all.
"Just you wait,"
The boy snapped, but this was also followed by a grin.
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Matthias London✘ And just like that, the moment was over. Venus retired to the house as if nothing had happened. The young adult observed her do so, both confused and a bit... disappointed. Matthias slipped his fingers through his ebony hair, and even though he had conflicted feelings, a light smile began to spread across his features. She trusted him. That was a start. A good start.
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Jackie Summers✘ The lanky teenager recognized the face across from his instantly. "Artemis? You play the drums?" he inquired curiously, trying to stifle the surprise in his voice. He knew he didn't have the wrong room; this was where the sound emanated from, and the female was still carrying the drumsticks. Jackie hadn't known she played an instrument. And played it so well, he might add.