Feral Or Domesticated

[Blake Harlow]

"Chloe Rin...wow." Blake said out loud to herself as she read over the folder on the girl that was being transferred over to her. The girl had already been at the school and had another trainer but apparently issue that were there since day one of training the girl and had not gone away. It did not seem that the other staff member had given up on the other girl but it had been recommended that she be pared off with someone else. That someone tended to be Guy since he was the head trainer and typically handled the tougher students. Yet, Chloe was handed off to Blake first since she typically ended up being able to connect with her students pretty well because of her personality. Blake was pretty much like that with everyone but her luck with getting her students to keep coming back when they felt they had already master their power enough was the problem.

You could never stop training with your power, there were always ways to improve and get better even if it was only by a little bit. "Well...this will most certainly be interesting." Blake still was speaking to herself as she headed down to the training room she was supposed to meet the younger girl in. She was already dressed in the school standard trainer’s uniform and hand the folder with Chloe's information tucked under one arm while she carried her backpack of candy and what she would need for training with her. She had the standard equipment in the training room, but she always brought a little something extra to best go with who she was training. She was not actually sure if Chloe was in the room or not; since she had been informed of the change last minute and she just hoped she had not kept the girl waiting that long.

Blake let out a small yawn as she opened up the door to the training room and walked in, tossing the bag to the floor with the folder after that. Stretching her arms above her head before rolling her shoulders as she got herself in full wake up mode. She had been taking a quick nap before she had been called in with the added change in her training schedule.

[Chloe Rin]

The morning consisted of getting lectures from some school staff members about how she was not working out in the school, and that she needed to change her attitude if she ever expected to make it any where in life. Well she blocked most of the talking out and stared out a window. The only thing she caught that gained her attention was mention that even now her trainer could not deal with her any longer and was requesting her to be transferred to some one that could deal with her attitude. This made a snug little smile appear on her face, that in turn got a stern look from the old man sitting in the chair who was doing most the talking. 

This entire school hated her she had decided, first she was forced to come here, by being knocked out and dragged into this place, and when she tried to leave well she was just dragged right back and put under the watchful eye of some real serious baby sitters. Yeah this place was a prison not a school, no matter what they tried to tell her that was her view on all this. And say nothing about the lame classes, that made no sense to her at all. 

All she wanted to do was go chill outside and hunt down some food. Her life was simple before all this and now it was all complicated. And yet they expected her to just accept it and move on, well no that was not how this was going to go. She would fight every day even if it meant being restrained yelled at and such for doing so. 

After more lectures on behavior and fitting in she was released from the office, and escorted by two rather large males with amazing bodies. They shoved her forwards and ushered her through the halls, all the while not saying a single word. So of course she needed to say something. 

"You two are like robots.. all perfect and pushy like.. amazing.. this place does great work at making zombies.." 

They both just gave her a glare and she decided to just shut up and go along with the little trip. They came to a small door and pushed it open giving her a rather rude shove forcing her to enter the room. The bigger of the two males entered right behind her and spoke up to the women inside. 

"Blake this is Chloe your new project.. You want us to stay for security purposes? She tends to run."

Wow these dudes where super serious, how ever could she not break down and laugh. So guess what that was exactly what she did, she rolled her eyes at them and gave a snug smirk and snickered a bit. This was going to be rather fun. 

[Blake Harlow]

Blake had already made herself comfortable in the training room while she had waited for Chloe to show up or in this case brought. Blake looked at the two very attractive and built men that brought Chloe into the room. Blake had only known it was the girl for sure because the file on her had of course come with a photo. It did the justice of just showing how feisty the girl was, which was all the more evident now that Blake could see the girl face to face. Blake twirled the cherry lollypop around in her mouth as she leaned the chair forward to get it off its back legs and back down on all four. She had been balancing on the back legs and leaning against the wall, having made her own form of a recliner. Blake gave a wave to Chloe when one of the men stated who she was and then asked if she wanted them to stay.

Chloe was apparently a runner, her file had said as much, and now the two men were saying the same thing. "It's fine. I'll catch her if she makes a run for it. Thank you for dropping her off but I like to be alone with my students when I train with them. At least for the first day." Blake responded to the question after having removed the lollypop from out of her mouth in order to speak. Getting off of the chair and moving over to Chloe and the two men as she gestured towards the door for the men. She could easily lock Chloe in the room with her, but she didn't plan on doing that. She had already formed a method in which she was going to work with Chloe but she had to do a few test questions first to see if her guess in how to train Chloe would be the right way to do it or not. There was no set way to teaching each mutant, even those with similar powers because you had to take into account the person's personality.

Once the men would leave Blake would turn to face Chloe and held her hand to shake the younger girls hand if she would comply. "My name is Blake Harlow, but you don't have to call me Miss. Harlow if you don't wish. I'm fine being called by Blake by my trainees." Blake responded since she felt that last names made it so impersonal and most of her trainees did end up calling her by her first name even if she did not bring up the fact that they could. They just got comfortable with her over time.

[Chloe Rin]

She just glared up towards the two males, and let out a little huff, these guys just where not playing around. Why did every one here have to take things to such a serious level, It was not like in all truth Chloe was a threat to any one, heck she was almost harmless, unless you upset her then a punch might be thrown but, in that case she was no more dangerous then any other average girl. Well okay that was a lie, she was raised in the middle of a forest and took care of herself, and could kill a animal with her bare hands but hey that was not part of this whole issue she was having right now. 

As the trainer spoke her eyes raised and moved to her, she told the guards or what ever they where to leave the room. Huh that was kind of cool. This chick seemed rather cocky and confident. But that was not always a bad sign just showed maybe she was not going to break apart and cry when Chloe showed she did not have a interest in being here, and showed her rather blunt and honest side, that seemed to always upset people. 

Once the security team left and shut the door, Blake as she called herself extended a hand towards her, some kind of gesture Chloe really did not yet understand, she had seen people do it rather often but never understood really why nor cared. So in response she just stared at her with a puzzled and uncaring look on her face. 

"Not to sound rude Blake but I don't want to be here.. You seem cool and all, but to me this is all pointless, my power is not going to cause destruction or have effects that could harm others. Nor is it overly hard for me to control.. " 

She was being honest that was exactly how she felt about all of this. To her their was no reason what so ever to be forced to come here, she changed into a wolf, and she ran around and once in awhile hunted. That was it. But this place was set on the idea she needed to gain control over it. It all confused her and just made her want to fight it all the more. 

[Blake Harlow]

When you could copy anyone’s power besides your very own or those who could dampen your power, then you did become a little cocky. After all you could do pretty much the same thing that someone else could do. So a kid felt like he was super cool because he could create fire balls in his hand, well Blake could do the same thing because of her power and the more she copied and used the power then the better her understanding of it would be. So yes, she was confident but not to the point that she saw herself as something all great and powerful. She had her drawbacks like everyone else did with her power on top of taking on the side effects as the person’s power that she was copying. The two men had left, meaning that Blake and Chloe were now alone in the training room with Blake doing a proper greeting.

She had not expected a proper greeting to be returned from Chloe with the much younger girl’s background growing up. “It is a gesture people do when meeting each other. It basically is a way that you mean the person no harm and have good intentions. At least that is where it stems from.” Blake explained since Chloe would be expected to shake someone’s hand at some point in her life unless she planned to just go back to her life in the wilderness when she would graduate from the school. If she ever did, but she was still young and Blake was confident that Chloe would at least get the basics down. Blake would have explained it in terms of wolves, but she didn’t really know too much about the animals other there the little bits she had heard on the discovery channel.

Blake just looked at Chloe and didn’t say anything as the girl talked, letting her get out her view on this whole training thing. Chloe didn’t have to like it, it would make Blake’s job easier if she did, but just because the girl didn’t like it did not really change anything. “It is fine to have your own opinion on it but the fact is that pretty much any mutant’s power can cause destruction. The masses still do not fully know that we exist but can you imagine if they did? I don’t know if you recall the events of SPECTRE but they viewed us as dangerous and tried to kill us. All of us. If you don’t have full control over your power then you risk showing others that you are not the average human.” Blake pointed out but she still had more to say on the matter to make sure she touched on all of what Chloe had said.

“Plus, you are a shifter and all shifters tend to have to deal with having a battle between their human instincts vs their animal instincts. So while you may feel that you have a pretty solid level of control over your power you can always get better. Practice leads to getting better.” Blake said, knowing she said the last bit of her information a bit odd, but she didn’t want to outright say the simple cheesy line of ‘practice makes perfect’ but that was sort of what she was getting at. Blake put her lollypop back in her mouth then and started to bite it until it broke and she was crunching on the pieces. She would have said more but she felt like she had already talk too much in one moment and was letting Chloe take it all in.

[Chloe Rin]

She really did not get why shaking ones hand could be a sign of trust. But then again she knew well enough alot of things people around her did made little to no sense in the eyes she saw through. It was nice to at least for once have some one who seemed to know a bit about her and not just think she was some really weird person or something. That little tid bit actually gave her a bit of respect for this woman. Not something she easily gave away to others. So this was actually a good start no matter how you saw it. 

She remained silent as things where explained about training, and how SPECTRE had been here to kill every one, yeah she could not just forget about that, everything was chaos and so scary that she ran and hid from everything for that whole time. She could not fight people with guns and other stuff it just did not work out well, actually she really rarely got in fight period.It just was not something she enjoyed or wanted to be involved with. 

"I am already more animal then human as it is though.. Im sure you already know this, but I do know what you say is true.. I just want to go back home, And dont understand why i am even here. I dont understand the classes or half the things people do." 

Huh this was rare she actually had decided to open up to at least some one for once in her life? Now that was something that was rarely seen in its own. But this lady seemed honest and fairly easy to talk with, So maybe once in a while letting things out was good. 

"But I guess for now ill follow your rules.. If i do then maybe Ill be allowed to go."

Shutting her eyes, she knelt down and took a deep breath before the sound of bones cracking echoed through the room. And her body changed slowly from human form to wolf. The pain really did suck but made sense its not like one could not expect it from feeling your own bones crack and shift inside of you, say nothing about fully reform into an entire new shape. 

Once changed she looked up towards Blake and let out a soft howl and glared at her. She was more comfortable this way in fact, though she always needed to be careful not to stay in it for to long or things began to get blurry and she started losing parts of her sanity as a human. 

[Blake Harlow]

Blake pretty much felt confident about her ability to be able to connect with the younger girl because she was pretty good at working with shifters. She tended to work well with shifters, elementals, and mind based powers since that was often who she got paired with and often copied the abilities of. That covered a large base of mutant powers and by this point in her life she had a pretty good handle and understand standing of those three types of powers. He fingers ran along the dog tags she had on the belt of her pants, her fingers knowing the feeling of the wolf dog tag and grabbing at it. What better dog tag to wear then the one the literally what the girl could turn into. She grabbed that dog tag and swapped it out with the Yen/Yang dog tag that she tended to wear by default.

Blake had actually been out collecting students from around the United States when SPECTRE attacked the school. She knew all of the details of it because she was informed and called back as soon as possible. She still arrived when it was too late, but she had at least helped out with the recovering and clean up. Being able to copy a healers power allowed her to help patch up students or copying someone who could move things with their mind helped her work with others to lift up derby. It just had been a bad time for the school and part of Blake wished that she had been here to protect the school but what she had been doing at the time was equally important for the school. Getting the new mutants out of their homes and to a location where at least they were a little safer than if they had been captured at home. Blake looked at Chloe as she explained that she just wanted to go home and that she didn’t understand why she was here or most of the things that were going on around her.

Blake could understand that, because it was a big change from what she was used to and she could not be expected to just get everything right away. “I understand what you mean. It must be difficult to settle into this kind of life after living a certain way for year but I’m confident that with time you will adjust. You just have to be willing to give things a chance and not be worried to ask for help.” Blake pointed out, which she figured the young girl already knew. It was easier to tell someone to ask for help then it was to actually get the person to ask for it. Blake started to smile a little at the fact that at least Chloe was talking to her and even more so when the girl agreed to give this all a go. well, looks like my job is going to be easier than I thought. Blake thought to herself as she gave a small nod to the point that Chloe had made. “I can say for certain that if your grades are good and you have a good amount of control over your power. Make it to your Senior year, graduate, and you should be able to leave.” Blake informed Chloe, leaving out the fact that by that point then Chloe might actually want to stay. The school became like a second home if you allowed it or had nothing else to go back to.

Blake had not expected Chloe to shift right then and there but made no effort to stop the girl, and watched closely for a moment. Concerned about the girl’s clothing and was at first unsure if they would just be covered up by the fur or if they would be ripped complexly off. For some shifters they ended up either nude, half nude, and sometimes still fully dressed, it just all depended. “This makes communication a little difficult, so I will probably have to end up shifting at some point as well.” Blake pointed out as she crunched the last of her lollypop before looking over Chloe’s new form. “Before that, a few test. Run around the room a few times as fast as you can. I’m going to randomly throw at these tennis balls and I want you to grab at them as quickly as you can.” Blake exsplained as she moved over to her bag and grabbed the balls, waiting until Chloe started to run around the room if she complied with what Blake was telling her to do.

[Chloe Rin]

Woe wait did this chick really just basically say they where going to play fetch? Well dang that was weird, hell no this was not cool, after all yeah maybe wolves where like dogs but they where not no little house pet, she was a hundred and thirty pound mammoth of fur and teeth. And was expected to sit, stay roll over and play fetch. Nooo that was just not cool at all. Glaring back at Blake she gave a sort of huff like sound pretty much say are you serious? 

Well yeah this lady was, so she sighed a little inside and rolled her eyes before pushing off with her back legs, and pushing forwards, she could move pretty quickly while in this form, a little above what a human could maybe about twenty miles per hour if she really pushed it? Who knew she really never actually thought about testing it. Her eyes followed Blake as she moved around the room doing huge circle and waiting, wow she really could not believe that she was about to play fetch, but it was going to be interesting, any it could maybe be some fun, after all the animalistic side did have a few parts that gave her joy. Especially a good head rub which oddly felt amazing. Mostly when it was right behind the ears. 

Now she just needed to stay focused and catch this dang ball once it was thrown. That should be funny to watch, a girl running around as a wolf playing fetch with a staff member, yup it was going to be on youtube or some Bellefonte version of it. 

[Blake Harlow]

Blake did basically imply that they were going to play fetch but it was not because she was seeing Chloe as some kind of dog. Even if wolves and dogs were cousins, Blake knew that they both did have difference in the way they behaved and their different drives when doing something. Blake smiled a little when she heard the huff leave Chloe’s muzzle and saw the look. “This is actually a test of your endurance and your reaction time.” Blake pointed out, not going into details over the whole matter because she would feel like she was talking too much and she was half sure that Chloe didn’t care. Still, the fact remained that this was not really for Blake amusement and it would be actually helping Chloe with her power, which was why Blake was doing it.

Running around the room would test her normal endurance, having to quickly go after a ball when she would see it would test her reaction time as well as the speed of which she could make her body turn to get the ball. There was also the huge fact that Blake was testing Chloe’s overall endurance against her wild side. Seeing how long Chloe could stay in this form while doing a task and the task itself was also a way to improve the amount of time Chloe could stay in her wolf form without losing herself to her beastly side because she had something to focus on. “Keep running around the room. Only stop running around the room to catch the ball. Once you catch it, drop it and go back to running around the room and repeat each time I throw a ball out.” Blake added more instruction, trying to make sure that Chloe understood what it was she wanted.

When Chloe would start to move and run around the room, Blake would wait a moment before she through one the ball as hard as she could across the room. She was not like Guy who would likely record this matter and instead she was ‘recording’ it with her eyes. Blake was watching everything closely as her gaze when to the clock to start keeping time.

[Chloe Rin]

She made a soft huff, each time this was actually kind of tiring. She did not have much issue with following the simple command, it just seemed like it was a bit on the strange side, some portions made sense. But the fact of running around in a huge circle over and over while randomly catching a tennis ball was so redundant. The first ball was a bit of a thrill even the second was, but after a few rounds and a whole bunch of laps around the room, she was actually tired. After about the seventh time she slowed down and forced her body to allow her to make a few more slower runs. 

Once the tenth lap hit she stopped and placed the ball beside Blake and laid down and placed her head on her paws and let out a rather exhausted huff of air through the end of her muzzle. Shutting her eyes for a moment she turned her head a bit and looked back up at Blake. This whole training thing was going to be pretty interesting that was for sure but she was still not one hundred percent sure all to what Blake was trying to do here. Maybe it was endurance, or a test to see how long she would maintain this form. Her record now was two days before she knew she was going to have to change back. And that was pushing it a bit far. 

Pushing herself up she stood beside Blake and tilted her head a little to the side and perked her ears up now waiting to see what was next. In a way she was a bit excited and having fun, though she still did not really want to give into the whole cliche of a good student. But she had made Erika a promise as well, and she was going to keep it. Even if she was not such a big fan of being the good girl. 

[Blake Harlow]

Blake didn't say anything the whole time, focused on the task at hand of making sure that her timing for when she would toss out another tennis ball was random. Chloe seemed to get the gist of it all and did actually look like she was putting forth the effort. Seems like this will go well after all. Blake thought to herself having felt that if she did do training with Chloe shifted then it would not only help train her in her power but it would start to get her more relaxed around people in general. What better way to get a person used to living like a wolf to start trusting and liking people then to get them to do that very thing in their wolf form. Sure not all of their training would be done with Chloe shifted but for now, for this first training session it would be.

Blake made mental notes of everything that she saw and when Chloe had enough, Blake could not help but to chuckle a little. "Well that is one way of telling me you are tired." Blake said in a friendly tone as she looked down at the wolf that was at her feet after Chloe dropped the ball next to her. She bent over and picked up the ball, putting it away in her bag as she grabbed Chloe's file. She moved back over to the girl, reaching out to give Chloe a scratch behind her ears and a little on her neck. Not really feeling that it was odd at all because Blake personally knew that when she was shifted those were two of her favorite spots to scratch and she at least felt confident she could not go wrong with a scratch behind the ears. "You did well. A bit slow when turning on a dime, but that just proves your mind is still in more of a human like state over a wolf." Blake explained as she started to write down a few things on the papers she had in her hands.

Blake got out a small dish from her training bag, because she came prepared for this sort of thing. Filling it up with some bottled water so Chloe could take a moment to get a drink and rehydrate herself. "Take a quick break. What we will be doing next is going to take a lot out of you and more than likely hurt like hell when we are done." Blake added since she had planned next for Chloe to shift back to her human form and then try to shift back into her wolf form again. She knew what was on the file, but she still wanted to see what Chloe would be able to pull off. "When you are ready, shift back." Blake said, writing a few more things down.