An Unexpected Visit (Devyn)

[Andrew Wylen]

Andrew stared up towards his dorm ceiling, eyes clenched in concentration and feet just touching the end of his bed. Transform- come on, just once! He pleaded to nothing in particular, but all still remained the same, no wall, no sense of his mind exploding, no muscle tearing, bone twisting, excruciating pain or any such horrors, rather just a complete and utter nothingness that he had come to half expected.
Well, Guy is going to kill me, Andrew decided in defeat, running one hand through his hair and wondering if he would ever be able to control this “power”. The boy had been hopeful, if a bit terrified after his first transformation, but now a few days later, not once had he managed to succeed again as the teacher had instructed. It was a bit depressing in all truth and had it not been for the vivid memories of a pink chew toy and the snap of humiliating pictures, Andrew might almost have believed that he couldn’t transform at all.
What time is it? He wondered rolling to the very edge of the bed and looking towards the electric alarm clock sitting there. 2:00 on a Saturday, everyone else is out and I’m in here trying to turn into a Labrador, he thought with a helpless grin, yeah got to love my social life. balancing delicately on the edge of his mattress he glanced around the messy room, clothes lay thrown about, textbooks scattered open across the floor with half-done papers piled near them, at the end of his bed was an open knapsack and a stack of novels, leaving the walls a bare tan color to bring out the fact that he hadn’t cleaned since arriving.
Knock knock!
Andrew fell off the bed in surprise, hitting the floor with a groan as he landed on one of the bruises working their way down his shoulders. “C- Coming!” he shouted bounding up again, lunging out of his room, and finally reaching the door that he pulled open.

[Devyn Solway]

It was a Saturday and while there were many things that Devyn could be doing, she had decided to pay a little visit to her little pup boy Andrew. She had made sure to say hi to him in the halls on the few occasions she would see him. They were in different grades and she was older then him so it was not like she saw him a lot, but when she did she had made sure to say hi. She could have been hanging out with Zoe or one of her many other friends but she felt like it was time for a house visit to a male friend of hers. She didn't actually have that many male friends when she thought about it, maybe it was just because guys were intimidated by her flirting with them? She had Beau, but other than that it seemed like Andrew and Beau were her only guy friends.

Devyn was actually a little down about that fact, and that was a big reason for why she had gone to Andrew's room in the first place. She figured her stop by, chat a little with him, and then drag him out of his room for some outdoor fun. She was wearing a simple pair of blue jeans and a Linkin Park band-t while she made it to Andrew's room. Knocking on the door loud enough so that it could be heard in the bedrooms. She normally would have announced her presence but she got distracted with the scent of the others who Andrew lived with. She heard the stuttered coming and knew that it was Andrew coming to get it. She got herself ready, unsure why but she had the urge to tackle him. So when he opened up the door she lunged forward to give him a sort of tackle hug, hoping that she didn't knock him off his feet in the process.

"Andrew Pup! Sup?" Devyn greeted with a smirk on her face as she moved a hand to go and try and ruffle the boy’s hair.

[Andrew Wylen]

The door had scarcely opened when through it a figure lunged and Andrew found himself being tackled round the shoulders by-
“-d- devyn-?” he managed, staggering back against the unexpected embrace, wincing, arms burning and ears having turned a cherry red. Had Andrew not already known Devyn was a bit of flirt, or at least guessed it, he probably would have taken off, but as was he simply tried -if not successfully- to keep his face from going completely scarlet. She pulled back with a teasing grin, one hand ruffling his hair, which, as Andrew figured it, couldn’t get that much messier then it already was to begin with, and spoke.

“u- uhm- w- well not much- er- just h- homework-“ he replied awkwardly, taking a uncomfortable step back, yet surprisingly not quite as nervous as he normally was, or at least not as nervous as he normally was if a girl was to tackle him, twice his size, a few years older, and could turn into a giant shadow wolf...not that that had ever happened to him before in the extent of his knowledge.

(OOC note: sorry about how inactive I've been since posting this thread, my last day of school was today and recently I have been packed with exams and then studying for said exams. In any case, at least that's finally done.)

[Devyn Solway]

"That is my name, yes. So kind of you to remember." Devyn teased, but luckily had stopped herself from being too bad with her little friend. He was luck that he was younger then him and therefore she was not actually interested in anything but friendship or else he would have to deal with her making flirtatious commits. She would still make one or two here and there because flirting was basically in her nature by this point. She had been tempted to say something along the lines of 'most people tend to say my name differently when I tackle them' and of course would be hinting at something else. So Andrew was luck indeed that he was younger than her and would not have to deal with her extreme end of teasing. She chuckle at seeing how red he was getting, all from her tackling him.

It was not like she was dressed in anything revealing for that matter, pretty much wearing the same old tomboy style like normal. And she was not well endowed or anything so it was not like the other boy would feel anything. So she just assumed that it was just the fact that Andrew knew she was a girl that had him all flustered. Small question was did he know for sure she was a girl or had he just lucked out and assumed right? "Homework, really? That’s so boring, come on. We are going to go outside for some fun." Devyn said about ready to just drag the boy out of his dorm room but remembered that she should at least check to make sure he was ready and allow him the chance to get ready. "Make sure to bring a water bottle, it’s a bit warm. I'll wait right here while you make sure you are ready. Unless you are cool going out with bed head." Devyn said as she moved to lean against the door frame with a smirk on her face, already thinking of what they could do outside.

"Other than lame homework, how have you been? Make any new friends?" Devyn asked after a moment, figuring making conversation was good. Plus she was going to end up asking him things anyways so didn't see it as bad to ask now rather than later.


{{It's cool, don't even worry about it. ^-^ Good that they are all done.}}

[Andrew Wylen]

“well- I- I uhm- r- really have to-“ Andrew began, looking back at his room where there still remained about two weeks’ worth of work he had to finish by Monday… not counting his trainers assignment which might as well have been to learn how to fly for all the progress he’d made on it.
Even if I start it all now ill barely get this done, Andrew thought despairingly, glancing back and forth between the cracked door and Devyn, before, with a sigh, he finally relented “a- alright- n- never mind…”.
Andrew turned walking past the counter on which was scattered a miniature landscape of broken pencils, discarded erasers and a newspaper, front headline blurred by what looked like someone’s overturned soda. Stopping at the refrigerator he pulled it open, a swath of cold air hitting him in the face, well, Andrew figured eyes flying over the shelves, at very least I might be able to scrap together some half decent answers tomorrow. One hand reached inside to find a water bottle, remarkably unopened, and pulled it out, hearing Devyn’s question just as the door closed shut.
“w- well uh-” he scoured his mind, “n- not really much… I uh- had a training session- t- that didn’t go so great-“ his mind jumped back to the humiliating scene, wondering briefly if Devyn found out about the chew toy and the begginstrips then how many years it would take before she let him hear the end of it, continuing “a- and I met a girl named Melanie- n- not really sure how that went- might’ve just made a fool out of myself. I- in any case… t- that was my week” he ran a hand through his hair quickly, getting it to stay relatively down, few strands still defiantly poking up.

[Devyn Solway]

He really had to, well that was understandable. That just meant her was going to have to get right to it when she was done with him and that she was not going to keep him out long. He gave in pretty quick however after looking back and forth between what he needed to do and Devyn. "Let's make a deal then. We go out and have some fun for a little bit and then we can come back and I'll help you with your homework. I'm not like super smart or anything, but I had all your classes before so I should be able to help." Devyn offered up, since she didn't mind helping out a friend, even more so if she was dragging him out to go and have some fun with her. She might have been a bad influence in some department but not all of them. She still believed in respecting adults so long as they were not horrid in return and she did believe in at least getting Cs and up. Fs were just not acceptable unless it was on like a small test or something.

She watched him as he went to the counter and looked at his mess and possibly a mix of his roommates mess. Man guys are pretty messy. That’s why I moved to the girl’s dorm. Granted now I think I'm starting to like girls more and that’s a problem. Devyn thought to herself, sort of off in her own little world as Andrew was getting a water bottle for himself out of the fridge. She was pulled out of her own little world of wondering how she could fix her current issue with feeling like she liked girls more when Andrew started to answer her question. He had a training session that didn't go so great. Devyn already wondering who his trainer was and what part of training didn't go so well for the boy. Then there was talk about meeting a person by the name of Melanie which had a sly smirk slowly appearing across Devyn's face as Andrew confessed that he probably made a fool of himself. Ah, shy boys. Devyn thought to herself as she kept the smirk on her face. Then blinking for a moment because he recognized the name.

"Well, first what about your training didn't go so well?" Devyn asked as she motioned for Andrew to come on. She didn't want to stand around in his doorway when there was fresh air to be had at. She would wait for him to start following her before she would move to walk to head outside. "Second, Melanie as in a girl who can turn into canines but likes to turn into a wolf the most?" Devyn asked, wanted to make sure it was the little cute Melanie that she knew. If that was the case, well she thought it was adorable that two people she thought of as her 'little starter pack' knew one another.

[Andrew Wylen]

“T- Thanks” Andrew stuttered in response to Devyn’s suggestion as he followed her out of the dorm.
As for the question about his training session Andrew stuffed both hands into his pockets –bottle held tight in one- , elbowing the door closed behind him and turned into the hall behind Devyn; speaking hesitantly. “w- well ah- I uhm- turned up late- t- then- w- when I transformed I, more or less, lost control and ah- I don’t really remember all the details…” which wasn’t necessarily a complete lie, he didn’t remember all of it, though it was definitely a stretch from the truth; for instance he could remember perfectly well sniffing the teachers pant leg, or chewing on that pink toy… even if the thought did give him a slight feeling of nausea.
“I- In any case-“ he hurried on “y- yeah, I think she is- well, I’m n- not sure about the wolf part, but m- maybe? I m- mean- I didn’t meet her for that long- j- just one lunch period really.”

[Devyn Solway]

He showed up late and then if she understood him correctly he lost control when he used his power. Well Devyn was not going to judge him too hard on the whole losing control of your power part because she understood that all too well and she had been training at the school for three years or so and was still working on it. She did have a lot of control compared to what she had back when she first started going to the school. “You are just going to have to make sure you show up really early next time you have your training session. As for losing control over your power, that’s not all that big of a deal. I’m sure your trainer probably was not all that upset with you since you are still new to your mutation right?” Devyn asked, just assuming because she didn’t know like how much practice or control Andrew had over his power in the first place. She just knew that he had been new when she met him and that he could change into different canines.

Devyn tossed her water bottle back and forth in her hand as they walked, making her way to the steps and skillfully sliding down on the railing, clearly having done it many times before. Sure she could have walked down the steps like normal, but where was the fun in that? She of course would wait for Andrew to catch up with her since she skipped a whole bunch of steps and would go back to her walking, not even fully paying attention to where she was going since it was pretty much muscle memory of how to get around all the building by now. Devyn’s sly smirk seemed to grow even more as Andrew more or less confirmed that it was the little girl that Devyn knew, or was her possibly. He apparently didn’t know about her power; or at least the wolf part, but they had lunch together. “Oh, lunch together, huh?” Devyn asked, putting the emphasis on lunch and together because she felt like they were the two biggest things there. “Would you say that she was a pretty girl and that you enjoyed hanging out with her?” Devyn asked in a sly tone now as she looked over to Andrew and was certainly giving him a certain look.

Then something popped into her mind that she should have thought of and asked before, but got distracted with the other things. “Who is your trainer by the way?” Devyn asked, figuring she could at least give Andrew some advice on a trainer if she knew about them.

[Andrew Wylen]

Andrew hurried to keep pace with the Devyn's long strides, listening to her advice and nodding. “Y- Yeah- I guess I am” he said, hoping she was right, though still, he remembered the feeling of his mind draining away with a shudder.
Devyn juggled her own water bottle between both hands, catching it each time before tossing it back to the other without breaking step. door after door passed by, as well as one or two windows, out of which Andrew glimpsed dashed clouds upon an otherwise clear blue sky, snow ridged mountains soaring in the distance caught by a midday haze as their caps dipped low within forested valleys then shot back into the air.
He blinked, Devyn already having gone several meters ahead, leaving him hurrying to catch up again before they rounded another corner and came upon a flight of stairs.

Andrew had just begun to take a step down when Devyn threw herself onto the railing, shot across the slanted beam, and landed easily, turning as if waiting on him. For a second he considered trying it as well, taking a glance at the painfully ridged stairs then back again, thinking with a gulp, uh yeah… maybe next time. He settled instead on taking the slower, but perhaps the less-likely-to-shatter-every-bone-in-your-body route to the first floor where once more they began off down another hall.

Devyn gave him a strange look, smiling, an odd glint to her eyes as she spoke, words emphasizing the lunch, part and together. For a second he was wholly confused by her question before he realized with a blush rising to his cheeks. “I- It wasn’t like that-“ Andrew said quickly “I- I accidently sat down at her table, and we talked for a bit- besides” he added “s- she probably doesn’t even remember me-“

The two kept on walking, Andrew glancing down to the floor as she asked who trainer was. “G- Guy, o- or something like that I think” he responded, looking over uncertainly.

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn just nodded, there was not guess about it right? Andrew was new to his power and powers where you turned into an animal like creature had a habit of the user not being able to fully control their other self. Devyn knew that she had an issue with her beast form from time to time and that other people she knew that had powers to turn into an animal went through the same thing. Andrew had a power like that so it would not be a surprise to hear that he lost control over himself. So long as he didn't end up killing someone he most likely would be fine at the school. If he did well he would be punished and put somewhere while he would finish up his time at the school, never to be released if the school did not see him as capable of keeping control. Not that Devyn could outright see Andrew hurting someone on purpose; it would have to be an accident. She would glance back every now and again to make sure that Andrew was keeping up, the boy falling behind from time to time but would catch up.

Sliding down the railing was always fun and as long as you did it right there was nothing to worry about. If you fell it was likely to hurt, but falling down the steps would probably be less painful then falling back over the railing and landing on the next set of steps. That fall could likely kill you or at least break something, but Devyn was not worried about that. Watching Andrew to see if he would do the same but he went with just going down the steps like a normal and possibly smarter person would. "Not the type to live dangerously Pup?" Devyn asked with a chuckle, but didn’t really need an answer to the question since it was already pretty clear. Andrew was shy and just passed the whole railing sliding so it was already pretty clear. Devyn was fine with him being that way, but that didn't mean she was not going to try to get him to do something a little more on the bold side of things.

There was blush showing back on the boy’s face and Devyn assumed that had meant that he had caught on to what she was hinting at. She would have been very worried for him if he had not and was going to have to give him the birds and the bees’ lesson. "Not like that huh?" Devyn asked, teasing Andrew of course as she waited for him to make it down the steps before sliding down the railing of the last set of steps to wait for Andrew at the bottom. Looking at the younger boy with that sly smile still on her face because she was having too much fun and thinking certain things now. An eyebrow did rise a little at the whole part about him accidently sitting down at her table. Devyn not really eating in the cafeteria so she didn't know how people worked out where they would sit. Devyn would likely claim her own table as well and no one would be able to sit there unless they were on good terms with her. "She might. Did you at least give her your name? Or get her number?" Devyn asked because that was very important after all.

Then there was talk about his trainer, Guy. That was Devyn's trainer and she had a lot of respect for him. He was like a father figure of hers in a way...or at least close to how she viewed her father. She needed to get another training session in with him soon. Test her powers after the whole thing with SPECTRE had happened and wanted to know if she was doing better again, as well as try and forming a new letter or symbol out of the shadow smoke. "Guy with a last name with an L right? That is my trainer." Devyn pointed out with a proud smile.

[Andrew Wylen]

Devyn shot Andrew’s remark back at him quizzically, lone shadowed brow raised and smile widening with each passing second while his own blush merely deepened. Springing onward she quickly asked if he had, at very least, given her his name and number, ears going red, before he responding; half with uncertainty, half with guilt.
“uh- I- y- yeah I told her my name- uhm- n- number though… n- not really” Andrew’s mind jumped back to the old cellphone lying deep within the bag back in his dorm room, shoved beneath a copy of the hobbit and his math textbook along with a couple crumpled pieces of paper and broken pencil tips. He hardly ever used it and the thought to give his number hadn’t even touched his mind during the entire conversation, though should he have? It wasn’t as though Andrew was looking for a girlfriend, besides, he was scrawny, dog shifting, nightmare fearing kid who slept through half his classes and could barely make it through a sentence without stuttering out half the letters… not exactly “prince charming” to say the least.
Devyn continued on, speaking of the trainer and Andrew looked up, they were passing more doors, different, no longer with numbers placed on them, but rather these were for the most part unadorned. Down a branching hall came the sound of several voices, laughter, and muffled movement, before soon they passed out of earshot -at least for Andrew- and the hall was silent once more.
“Y- Yeah, I- I think that’s him” he said, peering over towards Devyn, curiously. “d- does he train a lot of people?- I- I mean I assume he would- s- since there doesn’t seem to be many trainers- t- though does everyone get trained?- or do some people j- just not need to or- or something?”

[Devyn Solway]

"Well at least you got her name. This is a big school so good luck running into her without her number. Make sure you ask for it next time. You can say so you can get in touch with her easy next time. Does not have to be just because you like her." Devyn said putting emphasis on the word like just to teased Andrew more because he clearly was blushing and freaking out with the subject now and Devyn was hardly saying anything actually bad. She was just making conversation, teasing a little, and possibly hinting at things but in all actuality it was pretty dialed back and one an innocent level. Not like she wanted to give the poor boy a heart attack or anything along those lines. She just enjoyed seeing people blush and teasing people was like the next best thing when you could not really flirt with them.

They made their way down the halls then until they reached the door, Devyn dropping her shades down over her eyes before she pushed against one of the doors. Holding it open for Andrew as she took a deep breath and took in the warm weather air. It was at least not blazing hot, nice and warm with a cool breeze blowing. Andrew confirmed that he had Guy as well which was pretty cool. They had the same trainer then and understood why Andrew might have felt down about losing control. Guy was a really good trainer after all and for Devyn personally she wanted to make him proud and prove she could do whatever he had her do. She really did need to get in another training session with him. "He is a pretty cool guy." Devyn pointed out as she waited for Andrew to leave the building so she could move fully outside and walk with the boy.

There were a lot of questions then about trainers that had Devyn blinking for a moment. She knew how to answer them all, but it was just a lot of questions about trainers at once. "He is the head trainer so he normally trains only certain types if students and can pass off a student to another trainer who he thinks would work for them best. Everyone gets trained; at least they have to at some point if they hope to graduate. Training is basically like another class and if you don’t pass it you can’t graduate." Devyn pointed out and that was true because at BA you had to pass your classes like you did at any other school but also had to show a good amount of control over your power as well if you wanted to ever leave the school at some point. "Some people do have pretty good control over their powers but I think the school still once you to have at least one training session." Devyn said, a little fuzzy on that part, but she was pretty sure that was fact as well.

[Andrew Wylen]

Shrugging off her final tease, Andrew nodded, not responding until they had reached the door on the far end of the hall, Devyn pushing it open, him saying.
“y- yeah I guess so, a- and thanks” he meant, thanks for holding the door, though it wasn’t simply for that, it was good to get out, to not spend another Saturday shut up in his dorm struggling through equations and fill in the blanks. To spend an afternoon, even a short while, like a normal teenager… or at least as close as Andrew figured he was going to get.
A faint breeze ruffled his hair, birds tweeting away in the trees scattered about the grounds as their leaves whispered and rustled to the wind. Behind him Devyn let out a long breath, before mentioning her opinion on the trainer, Andrew wasn’t entirely sure though what he thought. At very least the man had made an effort to help him, so he was grateful for that definitely, even if “help” had sometimes included snapping embarrassing pictures and playing angry birds on his phone, still though it was something.
Devyn continued, answering his questions trying to explain, yet Andrew still didn’t entirely understand, asking worriedly.
“h- how would you not pass?- l- like having difficulty controlling your ability?” he thought back to struggling just to transform in his room, was there some kind of control threshold he had to get above? Andrew could just imagine that coming up on a test, ‘do you gnaw on chew toys? If yes fill space A, if no fill space B if sometimes when you turn into a canine fill space C’.

[Devyn Solway]

"No problem." Devyn responded, figuring his thanks were for the whole holding the door open for him. She took a moment to take in the outside again, enjoying it and eager to just start moving and doing something. The idea of tackling Andrew down into the grass did cross her mind for a moment, but so did giving him some relationship advice so he could hook up with someone. He was a teenager after all and if he wanted, Devyn would have been up for turning him into a 'Casanova' of sorts. "You should just start opening and holding the door open for random ladies...or gentlemen. You don't even have to say anything, just nod your head and bam, you are in with some of them." Devyn pointed out, it being a little bit random, but she felt like that would be a good lesson for the boy in terms of getting in the books of the ladies and a few guys if he fancied them too. Devyn liked both so would not of had an issue with Andrew liking both as well, even if he was a bit young.

He probably had not even thought about it yet, maybe dreamed about it. Heh, I should ask him if he has had any of those kind of dream. Devyn thought to herself with a mischievous and dark smile starting to spread across her face one more. She would have asked, but Andrew lucked out by asking more questions about training. Clearly he cared more about training then thinking about relationships that made him blush and stutter. Granted Devyn got him to blush and stutter all the time, but that was a common thing people ended up doing when Devyn was around. It was like their very own Devyn side effect, that Devyn personally loved to see. "Well if you don't ever show enough control over your power you don't pass, but the main concern of the school is how much of a threat you would be to the normal everyday person. Some students are never allowed to leave the campus and have to get jobs here." Devyn informed him as she walked next to him, leading the way a little bit in the direction of a few trees for some shade.

"With a power like yours, you are more than likely going to end up passing. Plus you got years to work at it, so don't even stress about it too much." Devyn responded simply, trying to assure Andrew that he did not have much to worry about. He might not have had much control over his power now, but he still had time to get better. "If you need any help, I'm here for you. My power is slightly like yours in the fact that we turn into beast so I could be of some help." Devyn pointed out, and was up for helping the kid out if he wanted it. Heck she thought it would be fun in a way, if even a little bit.

[Andrew Wylen]

“y- yeah- maybe-“ Andrew said, wondering what exactly Devyn meant by “in with some of them” for a second, before deciding that he probably didn’t really want to know. Besides, could anyone imagine me going on a date? He thought with a silly grin, conjuring in his head the probable scene; table cloth casting a romantic glow as it caught on fire, food cooked to a nice coal black and him, of course, accidently becoming a dog half way through to gnaw on the table legs. His face was already red as the setting sun, though, thankfully, Devyn moved on, had any more blood run to his cheeks Andrew felt that his fingers would have gone numb.

The two walked beneath a shaded grove of trees, their boughs overhead casting a speckled light across the grass as Devyn spoke. She talked about how the school for the most part seemed to be interested mostly in how dangerous the power was, as far as Andrew knew, turning into a dog, wasn’t very far up on such a list and so he let out a breath of relief, Devyn also saying so before she added good naturedly about being able to help him a bit if he did need it.

“W- Well I- uh-“Andrew paused not entirely sure. While on one hand, the thought of having Devyn watch him try to transform just to make a fool of himself if he didn’t, or instead, make a larger fool out of himself if he did, was vaguely terrifying. Then again on the over hand if he didn’t manage to do so soon he would have a very hard time explaining to Guy why he had absolutely failed the only homework the trainer had given and, no matter how he put it, the student somehow doubted that would come over very well with the man. Andrew finally stammering out “T- That sounds- fine- er- great- uh- t- thanks.”