Playing in the fountain.

[Lilly Rose]

Lilly had been exploring the school grounds as much as they would let her with the whole bad news about the SPECTRE stuff. She managed to find herself next to the fountain. The day was all ready to hot even though she decided to wear her sundress that had the purple polka dots on it to try and stay cool. She sighed as she thought of a way to stay cool until an idea popped into her head and she smirked. She turned to the fountain and placed her hands lightly on the surface of the water and watched as the fountain started to freeze over. Her head tilted slightly as she saw that only about a quarter of the fountain had froze and she sighed, wishing she could control her powers so she could freeze the entire thing, or at least make it so stuff didn't freeze without her wanting it to, which at this point was anything she touched.

The red head wondered if she would get in trouble or not for freezing the fountain but honestly didn't care that much, there wasn't much she could think that they could or would do to make her current situation any worse then she thought it was at the moment, if she did the whole optimistic thinking thing it could only get better from here right? 

[Roxana Strix]

Roxana had decided to check in on her owl Delta who should have been lingering around close by in the area since he never really went too far. Unless he was transporting messages back and forth between Roxana and her employers. She was still pretty new to the school and had been doing a lot of walking around to get a mental map of the territory she was now in. She was wearing a pair of black boots, made of leather, with a pair of leather like jeans tucked into them. As for her top it was sort of like a leather jacket without the sleeves, but it looked more like it was made from deer hide specially. In general she was wearing a lot of leather or hide and looked like some kind of old school hunter. Not to forget the special glove she was wearing so she could hold Delta, since talons were not very nice digging into flesh. Sure she could cover her arm with crystals, but that only lasted so long and it would shatter and possibly cut her, so if she could avoid that just by wearing a glove she would.

She had given a whistle for Delta as she approached the fountain; it was pretty to look at and might have been a nice place to take a break on this hot day. Seeing as she was wearing leather she was pretty warm, but having no sleeves made her able to still feel the slight breeze that picked up. Seeing the red head and quickly noticing that the pond had been frozen, well half frozen. Roxana quickly made an assessment that this other girl did not have a good control over her power. “Practicing or just trying to cool off?” Roxana didn’t really feel like talking too much yet, but she was waiting for Delta to show up and didn’t like to be around someone and no conversation going on.

[Lilly Rose]

Lilly jumped when she heard the sudden whistle and thought it was someone who was about to yell at her for freezing the pond. She looked up and blinked a few times as she saw the leather clad woman walk up over to her. She gave her a friendly smile as her different colored eye's took in the exotic wardrobe of the one who approached her. "Howya. I wouldn't exactly call this practice, I jus' touch the water and it freezes whether I want it to or not." she shrugged lightly at that and pulled her hands away from the water, standing up to introduce herself as to not be rude. "I'm Lilly, I would shake yer hand or somethin but I don't want to accidentaly freeze nothin."

She brushed some dust and frost off her sundress only to have the frost come back almost instantly due to the little storm of it that seemed to accompany her where ever she went. "What ya all dressed up like tha' for if ye don't mind me askin'." She inquired, smiling brightly at the girl in front of her as to not look as grumpy as she felt.

[Roxana Strix]

Roxana took into account what the girl was wearing and that red hair of hers. She had seen red hair before but she always found it a pretty interesting site. Still she liked her hair best because it was white and soft, unique. Roxana approached closer, getting a good look at the pond and had already figured out what the girl’s power was. Easy enough. She thought to herself since that had to be a record of how fast she found out someone’s power. Then again they were on school grounds so it was alright to be showing off ones powers here up in the mountains where no one could really bother them. "So no control then? Freeze everything you touch?" Roxana said to sum it up then based upon the girls words. She was basically telling it all. This should have been easy enough to learn about this girl.

"Nice to meet you Lilly. I'm Roxana, but you can call me Rox." Roxana still held out he gloved hand, the left one, even if she was right handed. "Would it still work with me wearing this glove?" Roxana asked curious and again worse case she could cover herself with crystals that should be able to protect her from any frostbite or cold that she would get as a result of Lilly's touch. Then came the question and as soon as Roxana opened her mouth to say something the sound of hooting could be heard as Delta flew in, landing on the left, gloved hand that was waiting for him. "I like this outfit for one and for two this." Points at her owl who lets out another hoot, turning to look at the girl. "This is Delta." Roxana said, figuring introductions where in order and as if he had training he gave a slight bow, extending his wings out a little in the direction of Lilly, his greeting to the girl.

[Lilly Rose]

Lilly smiled brightly and nodded several times at Roxs' examination of her control. "Yup! I got no control what so ever, it's brutal. If I had even a little control I would stop this little flurry of frost and such flying around me, even though it is kind of pretty. And it's a pleasure to meet ya." She blinked several times at the question about the glove. She honestly had not even thought about her or other people wearing gloves, it was brilliant. "Gloves? I dunno. I suppose I would star freezing the glove but I honestly have never tried or even though about it. I kind of feel like an eejit for not thinking of that." She was about to reach out to try to touch the glove when the owl swooped down.

The ginger girl squeaked in surprise at the owl and her eyes went wide with wonder at the site of the beautiful creature. "Oh! It's so beautiful!" She looked excited when the owl bowed at her and she waved her arms, squealing lightly. "Thats so adorable! I jus' want to hug it!" the more excited she got the thicker her irish accent got, but she tried to keep it at a manageable level so Rox could understand her.

[Roxana Strix]

"You plan to sign up for training then, yes? In order to try and to get control over it, right? You know you will not be able to leave here until you do." Roxana said bluntly, since even at the other schools the same rule applied. If the person could not hide their mutation or have it under a decent amount of control, then they could not leave the school. It made sense after all, because if you could not hide it then people would know you were different. Then if you could not control it then you could end up hurting yourself or worse someone else. "That is pretty foolish of you to have never thought of using gloves. Unless it goes beyond what you touch and is in fact the atmosphere around you." Roxana responded, gesturing to the little flurries around Lilly.

Delta gave a nice ruffle of his feathers and both he and Roxana noticed how Lilly seemed to brighten up at seeing the owl. So she likes animals. Or at least is fine with owls. Roxana noted and could not help but to smile a little at the way Lilly was acting about the whole fact that Delta had bowed to her. It was just from training, so how Lilly reacted was amusing to say the least. "Well with you power, it would not be a good idea to hug him." Roxana said as she gestured towards the ground with her head, giving Delta an order. The owl quickly obeyed and moved to land on the ground still close by, Roxana extending her hand out to Lilly once more. "Let try again." Roxana said simply, knowing that it would be a little weird to shake with left hands if you were not left-handed, but it was the only one she had a glove for so there was not much she could do about it.

[Lilly Rose]

A pout when across Lilly face as she nodded slightly. "I know I know... I cannot hug anyone or anything OR leave or do anything fun until I can control myself." she sighed. "They told me that a lot when I got here. As much as I don't like it I understand why that is." She looked longingly at the owl, obviously wanting to hug it really bad before turning her attention back to the outstretched gloved hand, her look going from a happy little red headed woman to one of uncertainty and concern. It was clear that was how she felt pretty much all the time from the look on her face and the attitude she greeted Rox with was just used to cover that up.

A light blush spread across her cheeks at the foolish comment. "I've been kinda having a rough couple of days and had not had the time to think about this kinda stuff so gimmie a break. It doesn't really go beyond touch, the little flurries are from the water in the air freezing and melting over and over again from touching my skin. And it isn't like it freezes stuff instantly, it takes a small amount of time so I probably could touch something for maybe a few seconds but I have not wanted to try to risk it..." She looked up at Rox with uncertainty and gulped before finally reaching out and lightly touching the tip of the gloved hand. The glove itself slowly started to collect frost at the touch and looked like it would start to freeze but the hand inside seemed fine for now, if not a bit cold due to the slowly freezing glove. She quickly pulled her hand away and held it behind her. "There... I guess that wasn't so bad..." she said though the little test had clearly terrified her.

[Roxana Strix]

"So then you know that you will be able to at some point. Just have to work at it." Roxana said simply and then gave a small smile at Lilly. "I'm pretty sure if you meant others who control ice you will be able to touch them. There should be at least two others at the school with a similar ability." Roxana said speaking matter of fact since element control was a pretty common mutation that she saw pretty much at the other two schools. So she was pretty sure there had to be at least two other students with a power similar to Lilly's. Sure Roxana was still new here and could not say for sure, but she was pretty confident that she was right. Delta didn’t really know what was going on and did not really worry about anything; he was a happy owl, nice and full from having had a few mice. Roxana took a note about the change in expression in the other girl. Might be her true personality in the look, or my words have hit home.

"I just transferred, but I understand your point. At least you can explain a little bit about what your power does and how it affects you. Some are so stupid that they don’t take the time to figure out what they can on their own and live in ignorance." Roxana said with just a small hint of anger in her tone, because she really disliked students like that. The ones that just hated the world, wanted to be in fights, and those who did not even bother to make themselves better. They were pathetic and useless. "Risk is necessary in order to learn." Roxana added since that was the truth as far as she saw it. Growing up you put things in your mouth, took risk and tried things. If you didn’t do that than you would never end up walking, in fear of risking falling. Risk had to be taken, even if the risk was high and you were scared to take the risk. Roxana kept her hand out and waited for Lilly to take it, it being clear that the other girl was more scared and worried then Roxana was.

"Not so bad at all." Roxana chuckled just a little and then looked at the glove, her hand did feel a little cool, but the glove was pretty think so it was fine. She had made sure to note how long Lilly had held contact and the rate of which it spread on the glove. Delta gave a hoot on the ground as he looked around, not really a fan of being on the ground. Ruffling up his feather as he flew up and landed back onto Roxana's gloved hand. Roxana reaching to take a loose feather from her owl and offering it out to Lilly. "Here. This way you get to feel what he feels like and also see how long it takes before you freeze it." Roxana said herself curious about Lilly's power.

[Lilly Rose]

"I would rather take longer to learn or not learn if that risking could end up killing someone. It isn't worth it then." she said with a sigh. Lilly brightened though when Rox spoke of other people with powers similar to her. "Really? Well I hope I meet them soon then, i'm one of those people who almost craves physical contact with people so going without it for so long has been really tough." As the feather was offered she let out another small squeal of joy and took it carefully, feeling how soft it was. Where her fingers touched the feather got frost on it instantly and after a few seconds of contact was frozen.  After maybe 10-15 seconds of contact pretty much the entire thing was frozen from her fiddling with it.


"So what is your ability if you don't mind my asking. Probably something better then 'freeze everything ever'" She said with a snicker. She was curious about all the different types and variations of powers she had seen so far, noticing there had not been a lot of duplicate powers, each one seemed to be as unique as the person they belonged to. She also noticed though that most people had pretty good control over the powers they had where as she had none at all though she hoped with hard work and practice she would get at that level. "What if I am never able to control my power? I will have to be stuck here for the rest of my life essentially not being able to touch anything, there is that possibility..." 

[Roxana Strix]

"You do have a point, but you can always risk it on not important things. Say a tree or a squirrel that gave you a dirty look." Roxana said giving a soft chuckle at the squirrel part because it had Delta look at her and then around for a moment. As if he was lookign for thie squireel that would dare give him or his owner a dirty look. He would make them pay, by making them a meal. Roxana noted how Lilly seemed to get really happy about hearing that there were others with a power similar to hers. Then she made that comment about craving physical contact, basically letting Roxana know of a sort of weakness for the other girl. This made things easier anyways, and made the other person seem like less of a threat or potental troblem when she had something she could use againts them. Yet she understood in some way what Lilly was getting at. Rox did like physical contact, but she never really got it so grew to not really feel like she needed it, plus she had Delta and that was pretty much all she needed.

Roxana observed closely as Lilly took the feather and felt it, it was around a few seconds before the feather was cometly frozen. No was was Roxana going to let her touch Delta if that was the rate things froze. However, that was a small object that didnt have much heat to it since it was just a feather. Things could have taken longer to spread on warmer bjects, which logcally made sense, but they were mutant and sometimes things went a little out of logic. Most didnt, which was why their were drawbecks and weakness. A question about Roxana's power. Even if Roxana had not really asked the girl outright what her power was, the girl still provided her with information so Roxana didnt really see any harm in sharing. Plus Lilly could be very useful.

"Crystal Manipulation, is the name of it. I can do many things with my ability and have a pretty good amount of control over it." Roxana said as she held up her right hand since Delta was still perched on her gloved left. She closed her hand for a moemnt and slowly opened it, three thin and dagger like crystals started to form between Roxana's fingers and when they were a good size, Roxana threw them at the nearest tree. All of them hitting the tree, but not in a perfect uniformed way, since she kind of didnt aim very well. She bit her lip for a moment, as if worried she was about to be punished but rememberd that it was just Delta, Lilly, and her out here. No one was here to judge and report how poorly she done, even if she had still hit the tree.

[Lilly Rose]

"I suppose that is true..." Lilly would probably never test her powers on a squirrel, even if it gave her a dirty look as she would just feel to bad if she were to accidentally kill the little creature. Her plan to get control of her powers right now was pretty much to rely on the staff of the school to help her, which she didn't like that much due to her sizable distrust of adults at this point in time.Lilly tucked the feather carefully away.

When Rox demonstrated her power by showing the crystals in her hand lilly smiled. "Oh, those are pretty." She flinched slightly though when Rox threw them at the tree and they stuck in. Overall Lilly was not a violent person, sure she would make idle threats in jest every now and then but she very very rarely acted upon them. Lilly saw the look on Rox's face and thought she would encourage the girl some. "You are a good shot, if I would have thrown them I probably would have not even hit the tree at all." She said smiling.

[Roxana Strix]

Lilly said she supposed that it was true, but Roxana could tell that the girl probably didn’t have the heart to hurt a squirrel or anything. Since Lilly clearly was cooking and wanting to hug Delta. Who wanted to hug an owl anyways? They were not really a creature that you could just go up and hug like a dog or cat. They were birds, predators whose sharp talons could tear through flesh. That was why Roxana was wearing the gloves after all, even if the style was pretty cool. Plus if she had gotten into a fight and coated her hand in crystals over a glove, when it would shatter she would not have to worry about the bad effects about getting her skin all cut up.

"Thank you. I can make crystal art too." Roxana said with a small smile because she did enjoy it when people complemented her power, well really complements in general involving anything that she did or about her where a way to make her smile a little. Yet Lilly flinched, clearly not having been a fan that Roxana had thrown the crystal daggers. What did Lilly expect? Her to eat them or juggle them in the air? Roxana could be very violent, to the point of killing someone if her job required it or someone was a threat or an obstacles hindering her from completing her mission. Failure was never an option so if she had to take out what would cause her to fail, and then she would.

Lilly gave her a complement, but also put herself down in the process. A method people used to make people feel better when said person seemed down. It worked a little and Roxana gave a little more of a smile and a nod. "I’m sure with practice you could as well." Roxana said as she wiggled her fingers for a moment. Delta letting out a hoot and tilting his head at Lilly, as if trying to figure out who she was since she did not look familiar. "So is it safe to assume you have not been here very long?" Roxana asked after a moment, wondering if she could get some use out of this girl.

[Lilly Rose]

Lilly brightened up again at the mention of crystal art. "Crystal art sounds amazing! You will have to show me sometime. Maybe one day when I get control of my powers, if I get control of my powers, we can do some kind of combination of crystal and ice art!" A grin spread across her features as she tried to imagine all the cool and crazy stuff they could come up with.

"I have been here maybe five or six hours at most, I have not really been keeping track completely. I have been a little disgruntled at everything that has happened the past couple of days and am honestly still in a little bit of shock and disbelief that anyone could have powers and abilities like what I have seen at this school." A sigh escaped her lips. "And sometimes I wish that I would have never found out I had any powers, it has kind of flipped my entire world upside down."

[Roxana Strix]

"I can show you right now. Is there any small animal that you like?" Roxana asked, since she could make a few small animal crystal arts. So she just needed to know what the other girl liked and she could make one. It would take a moment, but she could do it and of course it would be a gift since Roxana was making it to show Lilly. So it only made sense to give whatever the little crystal creature turned out to be since she asked Lilly what she liked. Plus Roxana sort of liked giving gifts to people, even more so if a person liked what she made. At least it was having a purpose then and not just sitting on herself since she did it purely out of a hobby.

"That sounds like it would be really cool." Roxana said smiling fully now since she liked art and was already starting to picture how crystal and ice would work together to form some beautiful art. Just imagine the reflective properties. Would make a nice rainbow. Roxana thought as she already pictured whatever they made sitting out in the sun. Granted winter was over so it was going to get warmer but they were up in the mountains so it could still be cold enough to for things to not melt right away. Not that Roxana had to worry about her crystals melting or anything since they were basically stone. Roxana blinked at Lilly's response at how long she had been at the school. Roxana had transferred over here, but was already moved in and had a tour of the place, had been here at least a day or two so she had been here longer than the other girl.

So she won’t be able to help me. Roxana thought as she still looked at the girl, Delta ruffling his feather again and starting to seem like he was dozing off. He was more active at night after all. Roxana reached out and started to pet him, giving him a little scratch on his chest and petting his head. Getting any loose feather off of him. "So you are still fresh in other words. I'm new myself but if there is something I can help you with let me know." Roxana offered up since she figured help a person out and then they would feel like they owed you back in some way. Roxana looked over at Lilly now however when the girl brought up not wanting to have come into her powers. Roxana had hoped and prayed that she would get powers because when her sister gained power she and her brother became useless to the family. Then her brother got them, leaving her to be the useless one.

"I'm sorry that I can’t really relate. Mutation has been seen as a blessing in my family. Still, I guess I can understand a little about how it must be difficult. Having to move from you home, go to this strange school, and have no control over you power." Roxana was saying merely because she knew it was what you should say in this sort of situation. Where Roxana still could not fully relate to the girl since she was used to moving around, and had pretty good control over her power due to her training. "I think you will come to see having powers as a good thing. Sure other kids here have powers, but not every kid in the world, let alone all the people in the world don’t have powers. Makes you special." Roxana said giving a nod, sure that is what she was getting at.

[Lilly Rose]

"That would be amazing!" she said, nodding enthusiastically when Rox offered to show her the art right now. "A small animal I like? Hmm..." Lilly put her hand to her chin and thought. "How about an adorable little skunk, I know it's a weird one but I met a student who looks like a skunk and she is adorable." Lilly grinned "Yea I am still fresh. I don't think there is really anything you can help me with right now but I thank ya for the offer, I do appreciate it. If I could hug ya for thanks I would." She said with a small chuckle.

Lilly took a few moments to think about Rox was saying about her powers and she gave a small nod. "I suppose so. I will have to wait and see for now. Though because of it I am here instead of with my Da which is a blessing." She pronounced Da as if it was some kind of vulgar word and rolled her eye's, crossing her arms in front of her chest as if the idea of going back there left a bad taste in her mouth.