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[Erin Hackett]

Erin had been at the school for a few weeks now, maybe a month. She really lost count of the amount of time she had already been at BA since she spent most of it zoned out or playing video games. She was still making sure to go to all of her classes and doing what she was supposed to do but more often than not she was playing video games. With a few people she would talk to or hack their systems, but for her overall time at the school she was sticking to herself. She didn't really do well in groups and just being close to someone else never really worked out well for her increasing shy nature the closer a person was to her. Going to get done with this class, knock out its homework while I have a break before my training session, and then handle the training session with ease. Erin thought to herself with a small smirk spreading across her face. She at least felt confident in her training ability and her trainer was not that bad so that would be easy enough.

She had Biology class, eww. It was not a class that she was a fan of plain and simple so she already felt that she was going to have to do a lot of online learning or tutoring later on. All of that was in the back of her mind while she walked to the class. Since the school had put uniforms in act she was currently wearing the black skirt option with the short sleeve shirt, and the simple black pair of shoes. Her laptop backpack clung tight on her back so it would not move around to much and cause her laptop or paper to shift around. It was when she heard a teacher call out to her that she froze in place. Oh crap, what did I do? Should I just hide? What if she has one of those powers that can see through my ability. Erin started to think to herself but opted to just stay in sight and slowly looked over to the teacher.

They simply just ended up asking where she was heading and what grade she was in. "Biology...I'm a Junior." Erin responded back with a slight bit of nervousness to her voice but calmed down a little as the teacher seemed to be pleased and was then asking her to take a student with her to class. The teacher motioned to the boy standing next to them before quickly going off so they could get to their own class. Erin stood there in silence for a moment, watching the teacher leave before looking back to the boy. She had to at least introduce herself, right? "Hi...I'm uh...Hackett. Erin Hackett." Erin introduced herself, having given up on breaking the habit of giving her last name first.

[Clarus Roy Williams]

Clarus hadn't even found out what room he was staying in and he was being sent to class. He hadn't even the slightest idea how he’d gotten to school or how long he’d been there. The last thing he remembered he was at home with his parents talking to the recruiters. Now he was walking through the halls of the school with the woman who recruited him. She’d been going on and on about how life would be now that he’d be living on campus.

Clarus looked around the school looking at all the other students in uniform. Each kid wore the same black top and black bottoms. That he wasn't looking forward to. I’d probably be able to make it better with a vest. A good vest can add style to just about anything. Clarus was just wearing his street clothes. A red graphic tee with a design of a monkey typing frantically at a computer, under an open blue vest of course, some faded blue jeans, and a pair of black Nike sneakers. He was the most colorful thing in a sea of black and white. He wondered how any of them could even smile wearing such a gloomy uniform.

Clarus was deeply caught up in his his own thoughts he hadn't noticed the woman guiding him through the halls had stopped. He kept walking until he noticed a girl with red hair standing a few feet from him. He looked back to see the teacher had been talking to the girl he almost bumped into. He turned back around to her just before she started speaking. Well at least I got help making the first friend.

”Hey my name’s Clarus, but most people call me by my middle name, Roy.” Clarus said as he put his hand out to shake. ”So Biology huh? Sounds like fun, right?” It took him a while but he noticed that the girl introduced herself first and hadn't extended her hand and she introduced herself by her last name first. He thought about pulling his hand back but wasn't sure. 

[Erin Hackett]

Fresh meat. Erin thought to herself as she could already tell this guy was new because he was not wearing the school uniform. Probably new into his powers and everything. Erin was new to this school but not new to being a mutant or anything like that so she felt that it was okay to call him fresh meat. If only in her head of course. Her light brown eyes looked him over and took in his style of clothing, already trying to form what kind of guy her was. The teacher didn't even bother to introduce them as they had gone off to do whatever it was they needed to do. Erin didn't care what it was they were doing and at least gave her name. Looking down at the hand that had come right out to her for a moment.

She knew how to shake hands and she could do it but it was just taking a moment for her to build up the courage to actually touch him. Erin did slowly reach her hand out to shake Clarus as he started to give his name but tell her what most people called him by. His middle name, which was Roy. All she needed was his last name and it would be that much easier for her to look him up in the computer system. Getting info out of this guy seems like it will be a cake walk. He is so uber social. Erin thought to herself already getting the vibe that Clarus was the kind of guy fine with talking to anyone in the halls or something odd like that. "Nice to meet you Clar…er Roy." Erin said back, going to pull her hand away from the handshake and play with the ends of her shirt a little bit as she casually took a step back to get some distance between her and Roy.

The space provided a bit more confidence so she at least didn't talk with so many pauses in her words. "I actually don't like biology..." Erin admitted as she looked away in the direction of where they needed to head. "Ready to head there? To Biology class I mean. Not to the bathroom together or anything like that." Erin said having at first accidentally pointed to the bathroom since she misjudged her attempt to quickly point off in the direction of where they needed to walk and then tried to recover.

[Clarus Roy Williams]

Roy smiled as she shook her hand. He could tell the girl was nervous which made him ease up a bit. Which was weird because he was the new kid. He chuckled a bit to himself over the irony of it all. But quickly wished he hadn’t as to not come off as rude. The girl pulled her hand away just as quickly as she’d grasped his. He watched her as she fiddled with the end of her shirt. “Nice meeting you too Erin. Sucks that you don’t like biology, its one of my best subjects.” Hadn’t noticed it before but she’s kinda cute. A little shy but definitely cute. Roy felt his cheeks get warm and thought he might be blushing but he chose to simply ignore it.

When she stepped back from him he started to follow her not wanting to get left too far behind or cause her to be late. He looked confused when she nodded her head towards the bathroom. However he couldn’t hold back the laughter when she actually commented on it. “Have you made that mistake before? Going to the bathroom with boys you just met?” If he wasn’t sure before, he was definitely blushing now. He decided to cover it up with more awkward chuckling. Somewhat immature and out of place but awkward silence was torture to him.

Roy simply wanted to keep things light and make a new friend. Though now he was starting to think he might be trying a bit too hard. Okay that last part was stupid I should probably tone it down and get through the day. “So if you don’t like biology what classes do you like?” At this point Roy was just trying to get a conversation started as they made their way to class.

[Erin Hackett]

Erin kept playing with her shirt a little more as Roy started to continue the conversation with her, saying that it was nice to meet her too. Well that was nice that he thought that as well, unless he was just saying it to say it. Erin often said a lot of things just to say it because it was the polite thing to do when meeting someone. She really could not honestly say that it was nice to meet anyone unless they were some hot female celebrity. Other than that if you didn't really know someone was it nice to meet them? They could have been a killer for all you knew and yet there you were saying that it was nice to meet them when they had plans to cut you up into tiny pieces. No more scary video games for me for about a week. Erin thought to herself, blaming the recent scary games she had been playing as to why her mind went down that line of thought.

"Maybe you could help me out in that class...cause I'm a noob in Biology." Erin said with a defeated sigh already but at least she was starting to relax a little more. At least she was until she had made that whole bathroom pointing blunder and worse that Roy laughed about it. It was not the fact that he laughed that had made it bad, but the words that left his mouth after his laughter. Erin could already feel her face growing room and the flush spreading across her cheeks at his words. Oh god, does he think I'm straight?! Erin thought to herself as her mouth just sort of fell open. Words trying to form to put up a defense to what he had just asked her. "Not like...I mean I have been in the boy’s bathroom before but...you don't..." Erin tried but was just failing all around with her words and just started to back away more, shaking her head.

There was a question then, about classes that she did like. Okay, this subject she could handle, she just needed to calm down first. How she just wanted to use her power and vanish from sight right now could not be understood by anyone who did not have her power. "I like classes with computers and video games in them. Classes that I can like actually use in my future jobs." Erin answered feeling more confident with each word that left her mouth. It was mainly thanks to the added space between them from the backing away some.

[Clarus Roy Williams]

Roy was starting to warm up to the idea of living here, especially if everyone was as funny as Erin. However he started wondering if everyone in the school was a mutant, or if some of the kids were just normal. Erin seemed normal so far, nothing out of the ordinary about her, save being overly nervous. He was curious about what made her different, but didn't know how to ask. His curiosity helped him calm down from laughing enough to answer her question. “Sure I don’t see why not. I’ll just come by your room and we could have a study session. And you can help me with computers and stuff. Sound like a fair trade?”

This time when she blew up about the bathroom comment he let it go. He didn't know why she was in the boys room, and knew he shouldn't make assumptions. Maybe she was bullied and pushed into the bathroom. That would explain her shy and her spastic behavior. Best not to push the issue. Roy thought as he watched her back away from him again. He didn't know why but he could tell she didn't like being close to him. He thought her ability might have been super smell and she just didn't like the way he smelled. Then he thought she might have supersonic hearing and he was just too loud. Either way he didn't try to get closer this time.

“So what is it you’re hoping to do, job-wise of course? Gonna be a beta tester?” Roy said, still sounding upbeat, though he was confused as to what kind of classes would allow students to play video games. “By the way, how far is this class? Don’t want to make you late.” Roy started looking around the halls starting to see the amount of students in the halls die down. He really hoped she wouldn't get into trouble for him making her late to class.

[Erin Hackett]

Erin was still in a slight panic but was calming down bit by bit yet it didn't seem like it was going to last for long dealing with this guy. Erin did start to smile a little bit when Clarus said that he would be willing to help her. Tossing up an idea of how they could have a study session in her room and how she could help him with computers then. Yeah, it seemed like a pretty good trade off that she could feel like getting behind. She was a little bit uncertain about it being in her room but since Clarus was a guy and not a girl then she figured she would be fine. Erin started to nod her head, agreeing to the terms that Clarus had laid out. "Yeah, sounds like a fair trade to me. I can help you out a lot with computer stuff and video games if you want." Erin responded back with a small shrug.

She blew up about the bathroom comment, but now that it was out of the way she was calming down about it all. She was calming down now, even more so when she was further away from Clarus which naturally brought back her bold nature. She didn't have super smell or anything like that; she just was very shy around people. The closer she was to a person, the harder it was for her to talk and be bold. So the further she got away the easier it was for her to be herself and talk without pausing or stumbling over her words. She looked towards the direction of where they needed to go, not wanting to stand around forever but was distracted by his question. "Pfft, a beta tester. That is one point zero lame for someone of my caliber. I'm not fully sure what I want to do for a job but I'm more than likely going to join my father's security firm." Erin said, unable to handle that slight brag tone in her voice, but she had her space from Clarus so her bold nature was there.

There was probably no class on it, but there had to be a club or something that allowed people to play video games. At the very least Erin knew that she and Tim played video games together and were trying to get more people to join them. I should probably suggest that we start up a real club for it...then again he did post up so that was in a way trying to form a club. Erin thought to herself, getting distracted again until Clarus...Roy as he said to call him by was asking about class. "Oh right, it's not too far. Just this way. Follow me." Erin said as she started to head towards her classroom. "So uh, what are you going to do as a job then?" Erin asked as they walked, looking to make sure Roy was following.

[Clarus Roy Williams]

“Whoa a security firm. You must be really good with computers, your dad must have been a good teacher.” Roy was impressed that she was interested in something like private security. That’s it this girl is a spy, that’s why she introduced herself with her last name first. That would also explain why she’ keeps stepping away from me. Roy’s was clearly getting ahead of himself but to him it made sense.

He was snapped back into reality when Erin told him how close to class they were. He forgot all about all that super spy Erin nonsense and answered her question. “Me, hmm all I know is I want to work in the medical field. Used to want to join the military and if my parents ever get off my back might do both. Always wondered what it would be like to be a combat medic. Plus I’d get to travel a lot which is a plus.” his long explanation carried them right to class. When they got there a few students were still finding seats and the teacher was writing things on the board. “Guess I'll see you after class, Erin.” he said with a smile then walked in and found a seat towards the front of the class.

~Timeskip: After Class~

Clarus enjoyed his first class. It was just like any other class though he couldn't help but think about when, where and how he would find his things. He’d been placed with Erin for her to give him a tour of the school, which was interesting enough, but he was more interested in finding out why he was here. He understood he was different genetically and that he supposedly had some super power of sorts but didn't know much more about it. He was hoping their biology class would cover just that, how they were different.

He waited for Erin to come out of class before wandering off. “I can see why that class didn't make her list of favorites. Why don't they explain what makes us different?” Clarus asked himself aloud not noticing the teacher walking out of the classroom. They gave him a disappointed look and walked off. Clarus tilted his head down and looked in the room to see where Erin was.

When Erin came out he asked her to show him where he would find out what room he’d live in and where to find his things. She’d know. She’s been through this all before, right. He was starting to feel kind of bad for asking so much of someone he’d just met. After all it wasn't her job to make sure he felt welcome or knew where to go or what to do. She was a student same as him.

[Erin Hackett]

"I would say that I am. My father is a computer genius and has told me before that I'm a natural. So really I already have a job waiting for me, but I have to at least graduate high school first." Erin pointed out in a proud tone because she was talking about her father and her skills when it came to computers and their ability to hack. Her father was better than her at it of course, since he really was a genius and she was still learning but she had something to aim towards. "Knowing my father he will probably suggest that I at least get two years of college done before he welcomes me into the company with open arms." Erin said with a slight sigh because she really didn't want to do any more schooling since she already felt ready for the job now.

He would always say that having you high school degree and at least some kind of college degree was better in terms of getting money and your chances of getting a job. Of course actual experiences was important to have in that field but Erin already had a ton of that. Erin was no spy, not yet anyways but she knew how to hack into systems that would land her into some serious trouble if she got caught. Erin listened as Roy explained what he had in mind and it was most certainly ambitious and she would not have guessed it just by looking at him. MEDIC! Erin thought to herself, wanting to say it out loud and she did have a plan of saying it out loud around Roy at one point because it would just be perfect. It was his fault for telling her he wanted to be a combat medic. "See you." Erin said when they got to the class, moving to sit in the back and closest to the door out of habit.

~Timeskip: After Class~

Erin was bored out of her mind; she had even started to draw up a whole virus system that she planned to make when she got to her room. There were a few system errors she could already see popping up but she was writing out the coding on a piece of paper so that was to be expected. She still made sure to get down the homework and packed up her bags. Planning on just going back to her room to get this virus code up on her little trial computer to see what she could fix and admire the beauty on a digital scale. Erin had not at all expected Roy to be waiting for her when she left the class room and jumped slightly when he spoke to her.

Oh, well looks like I have made a permeate friend. Erin thought to herself but didn't really mind at all since Roy was kind of cool and they did agree to do biology together. Heh, doing biology together, if he was a chic that would be a perfect pickup line. Erin thought to herself as s grin started to spread across her face before she went back to focusing on what Roy was talking about. "There is another class that teaches you about that." Erin pointed out as she walked down the halls to head out of the building so they could go to the dorms. She had overheard him after all and they were walking together so after the whole shock of Roy popping up she started talking to him. Agreeing to show him where his dorm room was and falling into silence. Not because she didn't want to talk but her mind was working through what to say. She just hopped he would speak up and make this awkwardness go away.

[Clarus Roy Williams]

Clarus was excited there was a class that could explain why he was different. He had tons of questions, none of which were answered. He'd thought it would be explained on the way to the school. Though he didn't remember the trip here. He probably should have asked the teacher who sent him with Erin in the first place but that was irrelevant now. He walked beside Erin but had no clue as to where she was leading him. "So where to now? I'd kinda like to see where I'd be staying. Think you could show me the dorms?" Clarus then realized he didn't get a schedule either. I wonder if this place is always this chaotic or if i just transferred in at the wrong time of the year.

When they got outside of the building Clarus saw the school's campus covered in greenery and trees. It was beautiful really. And he didn't have any memory of seeing it before. Wow something is seriously wrong with my memory today. Clarus' head started to ache as his brain searched for memories he felt he should have but couldn't recall. He wondered if the people who brought him here erased his memory of the trip here. It was certainly possible if people here all had super powers, who's to say one of them isn't psychic. He decided just to ask Erin. "Are there people here who can erase memories? I can't remember getting here at all. Or even walking around the campus." As Soon as he asked the question he regretted it. If she told him, he would want to find out who it was and why they'd done it. But would they tell him? If they did would he like or even accept the answer. He simply had to know.

[Erin Hackett]

Erin didn't know too much about mutants, and honestly she didn't really care about all the detail behind it all. People didn't really know too much about mutants and it was more than likely best if things stayed that way. People became stupid when they were scared and people tended to get scared when it came to things they did not understand. Erin had heard all the whispered words and rumors about what happened back when SPECTRE attacked at BA. Thankfully she had been at the Japanese school at the time so didn't have to deal with all that mutant hate drama. Either way, she was indifferent about being a mutant and other mutants. She liked her ability and so long as it didn't make her disappear forever then she would not have any real complaints on it.

"I was going to go back to my room and write up this vi- err program on my computer. So...just follow me and I'll take you there." Erin said, a bit of her shyness sticking around still as they walked. She at least was doing slightly better being around the other boy, but then again they did just have class together. She was mainly distracted with her doodles but she did check on Roy from time to time, wondering why he was so people friendly. It was creepy, yet l33t in a way. Outside was nice, but Erin wanted to just get back inside. She had already had her daily sun and just wanted to stay indoor the rest of the time. That was why she started to walk a little faster as soon as they were outside. A random question popped up, but it was not random enough to stop Erin's walking, but she still would answer the question.

"I'm pretty sure there is. I know back at my old school a kid came into his power all super crazy like and they had to do damage control. Cleaning things up, erasing memories and all that syfi stuff. That was the rumor anyways, but I bet they could pull something cool like that." Erin responded back as she gave a slight shrug, feeling like she was talking too much and moved a little further away from Roy. Why am I talking so much around him? I'm not like freaking out by being around him...but still. This is so 0dd. Erin thought to herself as she played with the end of her shirt. She stayed silent for a moment, even if she liked the sound of her voice. "They could have put you to sleep too." Erin pointed out as they arrived at the co-Ed dorm. Erin opening the door up and holding it open for Roy.

[Clarus Roy Williams]

Clarus' jaw dropped when she told him that not only did people here have the power to alter memories, but they could also erase them completely. "Are you serious! Teachers here don't have a problem wiping the minds of people. Like you would think they would ask permission first or help you remember after it was over." Clarus blew up. speaking faster and faster. He didn't even realize they'd made it to the stairs of the next building. He missed the first step and tripped, falling face first into the door of the building before Erin could open it.

"Well that's embarrassing. I get clumsy whenever I get excited. Hope it didn't freak you out." Roy's face got more and more red as he spoke. It was kind of a big deal to a guy to trip that hard in front of a girl he'd just met. Even more so when he thought the girl was cute. Clarus grabbed the door and held it open for Erin. "I'll get that for you since I knocked it out of your hand. Sorry about that by the way." Clarus rubbed the side of his face that hit the door. It was sore to the touch so he thought it might have bruised. He hoped it didn't look too bad, but knew it would heal over the next few hours.

[Erin Hackett]

Erin was probably over exaggeration a few things here and there but she was a video gamer so she liked to think of things in a cooler way. So the rumors might have been tweaked a little or they could have been true, she didn't know. She didn't care enough to really go looking into it because when there were people like her, people that could hide completely from someone’s site, then she believed there were those who could wipe memories. Those that could make it so nothing ever happened or make someone just fall asleep right there on the spot. Erin blinked as she looked at Roy who was apparently already freaking out about what she said. She could not help but to start to smirk a little because seeing someone freak out made her feel empowered. Like she now knew their weakens and had some kind of control over them.

"Well if it’s for your safety, I'm sure they would do whatever it was they had to do." Erin responded back, still smirking a little but she was not lying or anything. Not yet anyways. She was being honest that she figured the school would do what it had to do in order to make sure the student were not a danger to themselves or others. That was how it was at her old school anyways so she figured the same would apply in this case. As Erin wen to open the door Roy was suddenly falling into it, causing her to jump. She almost used her power there, but thankfully the scare had not been that big of a deal. She was still slightly shock and it was practically written all over her face as she stared. "A little bit you did. Is your face okay?" Erin asked, not really sure if he had hit his face or not but either way that looked like it had to hurt a little.

"It's cool...just don't go tripping all over the place...unless it’s into a girl. A hot girl. Could that be easy to play off?" Erin asked as she walked into the dorm when Roy opened up the door for her and started to hear for her room. Going up the steps and looking around for the board that hand peoples rooms posted up. "Your stuff should already been in your room by now. Let me stop by my room to drop my stuff off and we can go out hunting for yours." Erin said as she led the way, slowing down and slightly moving to hide sort of behind Roy when a really girl and a few of her friends walked down the hall past them. Damn, why are they all so hot?

[Clarus Roy Williams]

Well she was right, if they did go around erasing peoples memories it must have been for good reason. Roy guessed he would just have to trust their judgement. Then again its not like he could do much about it as much as he wanted to. He wanted to storm into the headmistresses office and demand they give him his memory back or tell him why they took it in the first place. He knew, though, that would probably just make his time here at BA quite unbearable.

"No it didn't hurt my face much. Just my pride." said Roy as he walked through the door into the doom. He remembered that he was supposed to be in the co-ed dorms but he didn't remember if they told him what room number. Then he heard her say something about tripping into a girl. Is she into girls? Roy thought as he looked at the group of girls leaving as he and Erin walked in. Then he noticed her hide behind him when they got closer. Okay she's definitely into girls. Roy thought with a sigh. His head swung low as all hope for anything more than a friendship with Erin faded from his mind.

[Erin Hackett]

Erin was new to the school so she really didn't know all of the details of the school and what the staff did when students. She had gone to school in Japan and while they were also another school with mutants their focus and the way things were handled at the school were a little bit different. So she was pretty much guessing about everything that happened at the school. Not that she was going to give Roy all of those details unless he asked for them. She was still pretty confident that she was right to think the school here would also wipe people's memories in order to maintain the balance of keeping mutants hidden from the world. Erin could not help but to let out a small chuckle at Roy revealing that it was not his face that hurt, but his pride.

"If I had watched that happen from a distance, I would have laughed much harder." Erin mumbled under her breath as she headed inside. Erin was very much into girls; she was full on homosexual and could not even think of a guy in a way past a friendship. Girl however, she wanted all of them...not at once of course and she really just wanted a girlfriend. The point was that she pretty much found most girls to be really attractive at least in one way or another. Erin didn't know what Roy was thinking, but she did notice his lack of checking out the girls that had walked passed and she was starting to wonder if he was perhaps gay. Her first gay guy friend that would be interesting.

"Alright, the paper says..." Erin spoke up as she looked at the paper on the bulletin board for new room assignments. "Oh, you are my roommate. What are the odds?" Erin asked as she looked over to him for a moment. Seeing that they were a bit to close and quickly moved to put some space between them and headed off to her room...their room. She played with the end of her shirt a little bit as she thought what else to say. "You have a girlfriend?" Erin asked, since the first thing floating around her head other than the virus she planned to make.