Chance Of ‘Rain’

[Cyril Kingsley]

Cyril was out in the pastures with his cat, trying to figure out why he saw it raining out there when there were not really any rain clouds in the sky. On closer expectation he saw that one of his sprinklers was going like haywire. Normally he left it to the natural weather to take care of the grass but when it got to these hot summers he felt the need to help the grass out a little. His good intuition typically went over well, but with the broken sprinkler it was just becoming a mess. Likely a horse stepped on it by accident or something happened that because it to now be spraying water in which every direction and sending water flying. "Alright. Game face. This is wa-hey! Where are you going?" Cyril was talking to his cat as he rolled up his sleeves. Prepping to get ready to 'attack' this problem and was expecting some backup from his cat.

Not like actual backup but the whole being there support. His cat however had other ideas and once she had been hit with a little bit of the water she was already dashing off and away. "You bloody traitor!" Cyril yelled out in a heavy British accent that he was born and stuck with for the rest of his days. No complaints there. He moved quickly then, having already turned off the electric fence and moved the horses so they would not be involved in this little incident. He moved quick, diving into the now sort of small mud puddle that had been forming. Missing and getting covered in mud. Pouting her removed his shirt and fixed his fingerless gloves, not caring as much that they would get dirty. He lunged again, this time managing to grab a hold of the sprinkler hose that was freaking out. He just needed to remove the sprinkler head and the water would flow normally.

Sure he could have just turned off the water, but where was the fun in doing things the smart and simple way? Plus that thought didn't occur to him until he had already grabbed a hold of the hose. The water firing off in one direction and hitting a girl that probably had been here to just check out the horses. Opps. He quickly removed the sprinkler head and gave the young girl an apologetic look. "I am so sorry." Cyril said, standing there, shirtless, and with some mud on his body. He could care less about his condition and more so of the girls. "Quick, to the stables. I have towels there and something you could change into." Cyril offered, already motioning off in the direction of the stables.

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Warmth, she couldn’t support it; she had been laying onto the bed of her dorm for long enough. She couldn’t handle it! Not anymore! It sucked though because summer used to be her favorite season because she would have gone to the lake and enjoy swimming out there. Sure there was a lake around here, but she didn’t think it was actually meant for swimming and if it was, what happened during before she got discovered by the school was still fresh in her memory and she did not want to try again. She still missed it though.

Playing the veggie on a bed wasn’t a good idea either; she needed to move. She simply couldn’t stand the idea of sitting all day long without doing anything but staring at a teacher or the ceiling. She needed something to entertain herself and it was why she decided that she would try to explore the school for a cool place, cool in the sense of cold of course, but she could also look for a cool awesome kind of place! She needed more of these!

She decided that this day, she would go near the stables, and pay visits to the horses and hope that it would be cooler. It was how she ended up wandering onto the grass , getting in the way of all sprinklers she could see because they were a source of refreshment. She was actually having fun with them, skipping around it and enjoying life as she would usually do. She laughed and walked further towards the stables, what she didn’t expect was that a man was actually around and she got splashed by it. She blinked at first, but then couldn’t help herself as she started giggling as the teacher seemed to panic over the fact she was wet. “Finally I’m no longer hot!” She exclaimed as she looked at the man. She recognized his face, she knew he was working with the horses and it seemed like a fun job but she never tried horse riding so far. They were so huge compared to her!

“I’m pretty sure I can dry just fine.” She added to the man as she smiled at him. Though, she followed him to the stables since she had been willing to go there in the first place. She wanted to say hi to the horse and who knows, maybe to feed them?

[Cyril Kingsley]

The girl had been splashed did not appear to be upset in the slightest in the fact that Cyril had accidentally sprayed her with the sprinkler. Sure she was not like drenched or anything, but she was still wet. He half expected to hear words about the water being too cold or something about her hair. Instead he heard a giggle and her pointing out that she was no longer hot. Well that was true and looking on the positive side of things. He smiled at hearing that either way, pleased that he did not upset her or anything when he really had done it on accident after all. "Well that is one way at looking at it." Cyril responded as he headed back towards the stable, thankful that even with her seeming fine with having been hit by the water that she was willing to go back with him to at least sort of dry herself up. Cyril personally was not a fan of being covered in mud if he did not have to be.

He planned to at least head back and wash his upper body off and put on a new shirt; even if he was very much enjoying walking around without a shirt on. He often didn't wear his shirt when he was down here but when students came around he felt the need to wear one so his bod was not just out there for all of them to see. "Were you planning on air drying or do you have some power that would help with that?" Cyril asked, feeling curious to find out what she meant by 'sure I can dry just fine' comment. She obviously was another mutant or she would not be here, so maybe she had ability that like allowed her to heat up and dry or maybe she had some kind of water control and could just pull the water off of her body and clothing. It didn't take long for them to get back to the stables and Cyril went right to taking the hose near the stables to slash his chest and face a little. The droplets making him snicker as they slid down his body, making him feel ticklish.

He then went inside the stables themselves where all the horses were all in their stalls. He moved to where he had pretty much everything you needed in case of some kind of accident with following off a horse; that included a change of clothing, towels, and even stuff to wash up really quick with. "Here you are." Cyril said as he held out one of the towels for her and proceeded to dry himself off.

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Olivia was rarely upset by little things life decided to make you go through. Getting splashed by water was one of the things she actually took very well considering that with her power that was ice generation; she couldn’t stand the warmth as much as she could before. It sucked, but she hoped that eventually she would find ways to survive through hot days without missing everything out if it because of this. She smiled back at the man who was being so nice to her, excited by this new adventure (and it wasn’t that hard get her hyper really). She had been willing to see the horses since a while now and now that she had the chance to give a look at them, and with the staff member who was linked to them made it even better!

She shook her head when he asked her about her powers. “Actually, I have nothing that would help the matter.” She said with a smile. “I generate ice, so warmth isn’t welcomed much.” She didn’t mind to talk about her powers. She wasn’t flaunting around with that and anyways, she just loved figuring out what was the power people had. “What is your power?” she then suddenly asked as she looked at the horses that were in their stall and peeked at them. They were lovely! She wanted to pet them all! Brush their hair and all the kind of things you did with horses! She’d make sure to come more often considering that the man was very nice to her!

She thanked him for the towel and started drying herself. “The problem I got is that I am dying from warmth so I stay inside but then, it’s so pretty outside I just can’t stand being locked in all day.” She explained to the man.

[Cyril Kingsley]

He raised an eyebrow at her revealing that she didn't have any power or way to help herself dry of. So did that mean she was fine just walking around wet? Well, Cyril was not one to judge and if she was fine being wet then it was cool by him so long as this didn't turn to some wet t-shirt competition. He had participated in one of them before, thinking that it was just something for ladies to do to get men to come to a car wash or something, but he had been asked to be in one and apparently the ladies likes to see a man’s body through a wet white t-shit; who knew. Not that any of that was important, but his mind just sort of trailed and wondering why she was fine with getting wet unless she had been that hot outside or her power had something to do with water. He was going to ask but then she was explaining that her power was t basically create ice and how she didn't do so well in the heat.

Okay, now he understood, it was a 'it’s so hot out here, so I'm thankful for the cold water' situation. He even nodded a little to show that he fully understood what she was getting at, thinking about how cool it must have been to make ice. "So you could freeze the water on your body, that might actually make you sick, right?" Cyril asked, wondering and curious to hear about her power. He knew other ice manipulators or generators from back in the UK, but she was the first student he was meeting that had the ability. The question was asked back on what his power was which had Cyril grinning proudly. "Gravity manipulation." Cyril said with a slight shiver as they entered the barns. The barn was pretty warm because of all the body heat and the structure of the building meant to keep heat in. The fans were all going to keep the horses cool, but he was wet, and cold air blowing on his wet body made him shiver.

He snapped his left hand twice and let go of the towel he was drying off with, causing it to just sort of defy gravity there, until he snapped his left hand tice and it went back to normal. He figured giving a demonstration was always the best plan of action when telling someone what your power was. He dried all up and changed his shirt, slipping it over his head, and looking at his pants and figuring that it was fine to just keep them on. "Oh I fully understand. It is difficult to stay inside when it’s so nice outside." Cyril said with a nod, fully relating to the need to just be outside in the fresh air no matter the weather. "Are you dry enough? You don't need a change of clo-TRATOR!" Cyril was starting to ask Olivia if she needed any dry clothing but he spotted Sphinx sitting near a stall door licking her paw and could not help but point at her and give a dirty look.

That cat just letting out a meow and making her way over to brush against her owner before going over to sniff and rub against Olivia’s legs.

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Olivia looked at Cyril and pondered over his question. She didn’t know if she could freeze water on her body, but she could certainly generate ice by using the water molecules that were in the air. She never tried focusing on her body. “I never tried that, but I know that when I found out I had the power, I froze three meters of a lake and I was really cold, so I guess it almost made me sick but the other guy who was there, got sick.” Yeah, it wasn’t always fun to deal with ice but she enjoyed her power, just like she was fascinated by what everyone else could do.

She smiled slightly when he explained to her that he was using Gravity manipulation. Oh, that was great, could he float around like they could back in space? She stared at him, having many questions running through her mind in the process of doing so. Then, she couldn’t resist, she had to ask him. “Can you float around like they do in space?” She asked him unable to keep it to herself. That just seemed so cool, and funny! She was trying to picture him floating around here and there. Yeah, she wanted to see this if he could!

The good point of having her power was that she wasn’t as affected by the cold as others could be, and she didn’t shiver like Cyril when he entered into the barn. She used the towel to dry herself and nodded; glad that he agreed with him on the fact you simply just couldn’t stay inside. “I know! It’s horrible, I’m never trying that again.” She said with a wider smile.

She nodded once again at his questions. “Yes, thank you.” She said handing his towel back. The horses were all so lovely! She could stay here all day to give them all the same amount of love they deserved. She giggled at the thought, but then Cyril asked her if she was dry enough. “Yes, don’t worry.” She laughed as the cat came over to her and she bent down ready to pet it too. She loved animals, they were so much fun! “What’s it’s name?” She dared asking even if he seemed upset but not so upset that the cat came around her.

[Cyril Kingsley]

Cyril listened closely as Olivia explained that she had never actually tried it but then went on to explain on the event of her finding out that she had powers. Wow, freezing a lake and almost getting sick. So clearly her body could handle the colder temperatures which had to be true since she said whoever was with her ended up getting sick. Cyril imaged what he would do if he could freeze things. Maybe go ice skating a lot or maybe even just causing frost to be on the grass. For one he like the sound of crunch grass under his boots and two well it made the grass look cool, almost as if it had been painted white. "Sounds cool, well minus the other guy getting cold." Cyril said and was chuckling right away at how he managed to pull of three cold jokes in there. Cool, minus, and cold; man he was good. Ice and cold related jokes were by far up there on the list of jokes and puns that were easy to pull off.

He smiled widely at her when she asked if he could float around like they did in space. That was pretty much just how it was when he lessened his gravity and he was already planning on showing her; just not right this second cause he was busy trying to warm up. "It's pretty much exactly like that once I give you the right level of lessened gravity." Cyril explained, his light blue eyes looking her over and figuring out her body weight which was necessary in order to make sure he snapped the right amount of time in order to make gravity affect her less. Again he was not going to do it now, but planned on doing it soon. First making sure that his hair was in good spiky condition once he was all dry. She seemed perfectly fine with the fans being on and he didn't even shiver. Well that was good because then he did not have to worry about taking her to the infirmary to make sure she didn't end up sick.

Cyril chuckled at Olivia's words about never trying to stay inside again. Sure she was saying that now, but what about when it’s storming outside, or if it was extremely hot and inside was where it was actually cool? Cyril didn't fully understand just how her body temperatures worked, and since she clearly didn't mind the cold, the heat had to be a pain to deal with. She said not to worry and so he would not. Making sure he was all dry and cleaned up as he watched Olivia but was glaring at his cat. "Her name is Sphinx. Sorry about that whole traitor thing. She left me to face the hose alone." Cyril said as he crossed his arms but really could not stay mad at his cat as it purred and pawed at Olivia to get her to pick her up. "Would you like to feel like people in space do, Olivia?" Cyril then asked after a moment, grinning again in a friendly manner.