Working for the Man

[Beau LaRoux]

Beau grunted but worked to lift the dead branch onto a nearby wheelbarrow. He sighed and rubbed at his brow with the back of his head, wincing as the motion irritated his wounds. Technically, he could be taking it easy. He had for a day or so after the attacks. Nobody blamed him in the slightest, what with his being on the frontline when SPECTRE had launched their counteroffensive on the school. Beau had been clipped at the time, and each little movement still sent burning sensations throughout his body.

Yet he couldn't stop. He felt like he had to do, well, something, and this definitely counted. The school had gotten wrecked by the attack and just by people being shut inside it for so very long. So Beau had joined a group of other students in volunteering to put it back together. Which meant dressing in grubs and heading out to do some real, honest to God, backbreaking labor. Some used their powers, though none close to Beau had anything useful as of yet.

He blew out his lips and looked around. Rubble here and there, scattered bits and pieces. Some people with magnet powers were going through to pick up the loose bullets and all, and Beau definitely didn't want to think about that. No, instead he turned to focus back on the branches that had fallen around him. He took another breath, leaned down to grab one, and tried to lift, only to find it heavier than it looked. Beau strained anyway, till he felt another one of those sharp bursts of pain.

So Beau dropped the branch, turned and took a step away, shaking himself out. "hey, can someone give me a hand over here!?" he called, waving his arms, hoping to catch some attention. He wanted to keep moving too, knowing that movement should help work out the soreness; at least, that's what he kept telling himself.

[Saia Cypher]

She was helping out for some reason, She wasn't even sure all of what had happened at the school she just figured it would be something to do and waste time. She walked around the school picking up various things and putting them into the trash. So far she had picked up a lot of debris from things she wasn't even sure all what some of the things where but least the yard was looking a lot better. She had to use her powers a little with some things since they where far to heavy for her to lift herself. It was fun though and it helped her train her powers a bit more. Using them to move a large log that must have fallen from one of the tree's accidently she wound up pushing it a bit to far, and burst out with a few a giggles. This of course got her unwanted attention.

Blushing a little she turned away from the other students. She walked back to the log and lifted it and sent it into a pile that was being made. Of course though she was not done and she was actually a bit tired. She moved away and sat down and pulled out a can of soda from her book bag. Popping its tab she took a small drink and set it down as she looked away. Her eyes moved from one person to the next for the most part she had no clue who any of these people even where. But then again she had made it a point to be a little recluse. She liked it that way.

Hearing some one ask for help her attention moved towards him. it was a older male good shape and rather easy on the eyes. Of course she would try and help him why not. She watched his strain for a moment and took notice he was injured which actually made her feel some what bad, and that made up her mind to get her butt up and go over to him. As she walked and came close the branch he would have been trying to lift would move on its own and go into a pile where it would be taken care of later on by the staff.

"You shouldn't push yourself.. will only make it worse" She smile a little and looked up at him. She was dressed in sweat pants and a lose t-shirt nothing very special simple clothes she wouldn't care about if they got messy. "Oh sorry.. Im Saia.. sorry if I came off as rude.. bad habbit I guess.." She was being friendly at least that was a bonus. Then again how could you be mean to a guy with a face like his?

[Beau LaRoux]

Beau chuckled as the girl reprimanded him for pushing himself too hard. He shook his head soon after. "I get that a lot," he admitted, smiling over at her. Beau didn't immediately recognize the girl, though it could be that they just hadn't met before now. New people arrived in the Academy every day, as Beau had learned in his years here. You couldn't very well expect to know everybody, especially when they were a good deal younger. Beau couldn't say for sure how old the girl was, but she looked to be about the same age as his kid sister.

"That's alright Saia," he said, nodding, "like I said: folks been tellin' me that for a while now. Ain't gonna stop me though," he walked over and nudged the branch with his foot. "This was the culprit this time though. Think you can lend me a hand? I'm guessin' you're stronger than you look."

Beau had learned, the hard way, not to judge people by their appearance here. You only needed to meet one eleven year old with superstrength and super-durability to realize that appearances meant pretty well nothing here at the Academy. Heck, Beau looked pretty much like your amiable country bumpkin, but he could copy any power in range. He did test the branch a little to see if he'd picked up super strength, overly hopeful. Nothing immediately happened though, and he wasn't quite sure what Saia had or how to use it.

[Saia Cypher]

"Well maybe with so many people telling you something you should listen. Then again I always did hear yall southern boys are a bit thick headed.." She had to tease him a little, but he seemed to be a nice guy, and plus she liked the southern accent, her own accent no longer sounded thick in her own opinion. Then again she really paid little attention to the way she talked ever. She looked around a bit then back up at him, She really had no clue if she had ever seen him before, And if she had how would she forget? Oh great no she was having a girl crush of cuteness on some random guy. God being a teen girl was not as fun as she had thought it would be. Say nothing about being one who had powers and lived among others with powers as well. Life just was not going as she had imagined it to go.

"Im pretty shocked a strong ol country boy like you is going to ask a little girl like me to try and pick up something so big and heavy.. That just seems rude.." Giving him a little smirk she walked over to the branch he had nudged with his foot and looked down at it. and bent down and lifted at it with no luck. Then a small smile erupted on her face as she shifted vectors around the log from a still momentum to one that would allow her to lift the log with ease, Holding it in one single hand she turned and looked at him with a little smirk on her face. "Hehe.. Sorry I just enjoy teasing people. I can manipulate different vectors if you where curious of what power I had."

Moving the log as though it was a twig she tossed it over to a large pile that was being burned in a controlled fashion by a few students that she guessed had power over fire. And then turned her attention Back to her newely found target to tease for the day. After all why not have some fun, plus he seemed to be pretty nice and she doubted he would take offence to her little jabs at him. After all she did not do it in a mean way. For the most part it was just innocent fun.

"So anything else you would like help with? Might as well have company.. Im new here so don't really know many people yet." She waited on him to respond, she really did not know to many people yet, a few here and their and from what she could tell their where many other people who she would meet as well. For now though one at a time seemed to work out well.

[Beau LaRoux]

Beau just chuckled as Saia teased him for being Southern. That was something old, and something he was definitely used to hearing from time to time. Given his demeanor and the thick as honey accent, he couldn't really be from anywhere else. Didn't mean that he was just gonna stand there as Saia mentioned asking her to work. "Did say help there,' he pointed out, nodding, "an' you went ahead an' volunteered, so I reckon you know what you're doin'."

Indeed, she soon seemed to prove that moving a branch easily enough. Beau'd had difficulties even picking up the branch by himself, and she picked it up as though it were easy enough. Since he hadn't picked up any super-strength, he figured it was some kinda telekinetic thing. Saia offered some kind of explanation for it... an explanation which meant a lot of nothing to Beau.

"Vectors?" he repeated, his brow crinkling. "What the heck are those? Is that like those things that help with the Force, whatdayacall'em, midichorlines?" Wasn't like he'd really paid that much attention to Star Wars stuff. You just had to learn at least a few things around here if you intended to converse and relate to people. So much in movies and books translated easily to their situation.

At least Saia was offering to help. Beau nodded and gestured, "got to pick up most of these branches an' stuff. Wouldn't want ya to wear yourself out though, so you might wanna save the," he gestured toward the branch she'd just moved, "for the bigger stuff."

[Saia Cypher]

"Oh haha yeah vectors from what iv come to understand are the area's of which things can move.. So I can give motion or take it away from things. Its a bit hard to explain but I guess in a sense its like telekinesis except I control movements.. Im not really to good at it yet though.." She smiled at him and looked around to the branches he pointed at their where a lot all over the place. It would not be so smart of her to push herself either. Plus why be in a rush she was actually enjoying talking with Beau. He seemed to be pretty funny, plus the accent was nice to hear even if she thought the way he said things sounded a bit funny. She could not say much though since she herself was southern as well. She just did not have as thick of a drawl as he seemed to have.

"And sorry for teasing you.. Im from the south to if it makes you feel better. I was raised in Mississippi.." She figured it wouldn't hurt telling him that, it also gave them some type of common ground and something they could talk about. She liked the idea of keeping the conversations going. it was not typical for her but since she was here and helping out it was much more nice to have some one to talk to rather then walking around picking stuff up on her own. Walking over to a few smaller branches she picked them up and walked over towards the fire and put them in offering one of the other students a small smile before walking away from him.

"If.. umm sorry.. if you don't mind my asking what did you do to get hurt?" She was still not used to this whole getting to know people and she was not so sure if she was being appropriate asking him this. Plus she did not really want to bring up anything bad. She in her own guess believed it must have had something to do with when the school was attacked. A lot of people where hurt and she could now see the extent of damage caused due to it as well. It must have really be aweful since the place was so trashed and to say nothing about the fact no one seemed to talk about it either.

[Beau LaRoux]

The power definitely sounded way too complicated for Beau to wrap his mind around. He just had to shake his head, impressed that the girl could manage that. He supposed that you had to adjust to stuff if you were gonna have it though. As for the teasing, he just waved that off. "You ain't the first, an' it's nice to hear that someone else is from 'round there. Louisiana swamp rat here," he said, jerking a thumb at him and grinning. He often referred to himself like that, with the greatest love of course. He bent and picked up some of the branches and carried them, waving and calling to a few others, mostly comments about how this sucked. One or two people told Beau to just lay down, especially since the little girl was showing him up.

Just as Beau was about to tell someone off for that, Saia asked her question. He looked at her quirking a brow. "Me? Ain't nothin' major,' he said, shrugging. He wasn't sure he should really be getting into the fact that he'd been on the front lines for the major attack, taking a few bullet shots. It didn't feel like something he should be bragging about, even with the burning line in his side from that one that had gotten far too close for comfort.

"Was jus' in a bit of a tussle here at the school," Beau nodded at the various debris. She'd find out sooner or later. "All over now, thank God, so we jus' gotta clean up the mess. C'mon, I think that they need some more help pickin' up stuff over there,' he nodded and pointed at another mass of branches where a few people were already gathered.

[Saia Cypher]

She had decided not to press the matter, she knew he was only giving partial the truth to the question, and thus made her guess it was not something he wanted to talk about. And that would be up to him. With a smile she just offered him a nod in understanding and then went on picking up some of the little branches around the school. She kept a close distance to him every so often looking over towards him. He seemed to be a nice person and she somewhat envied him. He was that southern gentleman kind who could be friends with any one. And then she was just the kind to rather be crude and push people away. Really it was like they where complete opposites and yet where both from the same area's.

"Yeah we should help them haha" She had ignored some of the earlier comments about her out doing him with lifting things and this kind of made her feel bad, since the only reason she could do it was by forcing the energy of motion into making things change in her benefit. Other wise she was actually not very strong at all. Walking over to him and helping with one of the piles she picked a few up and cradled them in her arms before bringing them to the pit so they could be burned. And her eyes watched all the others around them. They all seemed so content and full of energy some seemed a bit annoyed they where doing this but all of which just where in their own groups. She knew she would need to work on all this soon.

"You must be a senior here.. seems a lot of people know you haha.." She was now just making small talk, not anything important but enough to keep a conversation going. Plus though she would not admit it she just liked hearing him talk. It was soothing and yet energizing all in the same way. Thinking about it she could not help but smirk a tiny bit and then pushed the thoughts away from her head. Why was she even thinking about him in any type of way besides a new person whom she had only just met. That was not even right. If she could she would slap herself and tell herself to snap out of the stupid girly crush day dream phase.

[Beau LaRoux]

Beau waved for Saia to help him get some of the branches, enjoying using just good, old fashion, manual labor to do it. He didn't doubt that he could have just sidled up to someone and used their power if need be. He certainly had enough skill at pyrokinesis to have pitched in there. But he needed this, a lot of them did. Something relatively normal, something that proved he wasn't some kinda freak.

The comments the younger girl tossed Beau's way helped toward that too. He chuckled. "Yep, been here goin' on three years now. I play shows 'round here too, even landed on the radio with my-- friend," since he wasn't quite sure what he should be calling Liz at this point. "I'm even up for prom king, though it's probly gonna be a tight race," he knew he was going against Felix, had voted for the guy too. Didn't mean that part of Beau wasn't hoping to wear the crown, hopefully with a certain blonde at his side.

"Got another big 'un over here," he said, waving for Saia to come over, debating actually asking her to try something power-related. Maybe if he helped her out, borrowed it for a bit or something... well, let's see if they did okay with just plain ole elbow grease first.

[Saia Cypher]

She smiled and gave him a nod when he asked for help with the branches. Of course picking them up was not the best thing to do with her day, but none the less it gave a sense of normality that she had not felt in a very long time, or at least what felt like a long time. It seemed since she learned about her powers her life changed, she went form being popular always with friends and wanting to go do stuff all the time, even going to state competitions, to now she rarely wanted to be around people. Thinking about it she finally made up her mind she was going to return to the way she used to be. She would make herself return to her normal self no matter what she had to do to do so. 

"So do you play music or anything? Know alot of the boys around us in the south like to.." She could not play music to save her life, though she did enjoy singing alot actually. Even if she had no clue really if it was any good she did it any way. Always in the shower or when listening to music and not thinking people could hear her of course. She had to admit though Beau seemed like the type who could sing play and such, just his voice alone seemed perfect for it. Then again this could just be the fact she thought he was cute and sweet. Which was weird because she never really looked at boys the way she was starting to now. And this place for sure had plenty of them to look at. 

Her thoughts made her blush a little and she walked over to the big branch he was wanting to move. Looking down at it she raised a eye brow and laughed a little. "Really? okay we can do this! team work i think is the key.." She smiled a bit and waited for him to be ready. She held one end at this point and was waiting to see even if they could move the thing. And her powers would not very well help unless it was put into motion already. But she did not really want to use them either since she was actually enjoying the odd feeling of just being normal. 

[Beau LaRoux]

"Well, they ain't magic shows," drawled Beau, smiling at Saia. "Wouldn't carry over well through the radio either. But yeah, I play guitar an' piano an' can make noise on a few other instruments, sing decent enough, write a few songs," Beau ended this listing with a sort of shrug, which caused him to wince. He was used to telling people about those talents, and he hadn't really used them as ammunition for flirting in some time now. No real reason, what with his having the perfect girl as a prom date and all.

Beau would rather focus on the work, and apparently Saia was right there with him. The two of them hefted the branch, managing to carry it between them. Beau moved forward, working it with his fingers to try and make sure he had the heavier load. His side burned, but he figured that was one of those good burns, one of the kind that let you know you were doing something right.

"Kinda reminds me o' home," Beau commented, chuckling again, "doin' chores to clean up the yard an' such. 'course my family probly'd be singin' 'bout now, an' probly somethin' stupid,' he hummed a little under his breath, remembering some of the just outright silly songs his family had slapped together for such affairs. It certainly lightened his spirit; music always did.