[FF]New Year's Resolution

[Devyn Solway]

"Full." Devyn groaned out as she slowly lay down on the ground, unzipping her jacket. "Hot." Devyn grumbled out the words again as she fanned herself a little bit and laid down in the snow. It was not too deep over here, especially since there had been a pretty large bonfire that had done a pretty good job at melting a lot of the surrounding snow. Being already bundled up, next to a hot fire, and naturally being pretty warm had just been a bad combination for Devyn and she felt like she was about to pass out any second. Once on the ground and away from the still burning fire she was starting to cool down.

It was nice out here, the stars were already out and she could hear people talking about the day and the event itself. It had been fun and the food was great. A bit too great because now she was full and wanted to sleep, but knew she would not be able to sleep yet. Plus falling asleep out here would have been a bad idea due to the fact that there was going to be fireworks soon. That would be something that would wake up even a heavy sleeper like herself up in a bad way. "Need to come up with a New Year Resolution...hmm..." Devyn spoke out loud to herself as she patted her stomach.

She could not really think of anything at the moment. Still feeling a mix of sleepiness from being so full but at the same time she wanted something more to eat. That and she wanted to tackle someone but she didn't want to get up. Lucky for her someone was walking by at a close enough distance that she was able to reach out to try and grab a hold of their ankle. "Wait!" Devyn called out as she reached out to grab a hold of their ankle. Her plan basically to grab a hold of them to stop them from going anywhere, but it was likely she end up tripping them and possibly scaring them.

[Cade Carson]

Cade had been walking around idly. He didn't really talk to anyone. People in his college classes generally didn't feel like talking to him. He was the guy who was smart without trying, after all. That tended to rub people the wrong way. Cade didn't really care. Their jealousy, their problem. The snow was beautiful and he was enjoying it's feel around him. There was a smell of branches around him too, which was also nice. Unfortunately he also wasn't looking where he was going. Cade felt a hand wrap around his leg and he felt himself falling. Generally he'd have been able to correct himself, but he'd just eaten and he'd used his powers earlier in the day for a minute. All of which meant he was sluggish and did a faceplant in the snow. He sighed for a moment before putting an arm on either side of himself and doing a couple of push-ups before twisting around to look for the culprit.

"The fact someone else was in an inappropriate place to lay down, there to trip me for once, is an irony that is not lost on me." He arched his eyebrows, smirking slightly.

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn could not help but to snicker when the guy she hands managed to grab a hold of went falling face first into the ground. It was always funny to see someone face plant into...well anything. she did feel slightly bad because she was the reason he fell but he didn't cry out in pain or anything like that so she assumed that he was fine. She did tilt her head a little as best as she while laying down and already looking at the one she had managed to grab a hold of, upside down.

He just started to do push-ups, as if trying to play off that he had just face planted or perhaps that he really just thought he was in a good position to do them. "Did you really just do push-ups?" Devyn asked, laughing a little now as she let go of his leg. She resumed lying on her back, stretched out on the snow all nice and comfortable. "Lying down in the snow if the perfect place to lay down and I tripped you on purpose." Devyn said with a smirk slowly spreading across her lips.

"Where you on your way to get anything else to eat, because if you were you should totes grab me some stuff. If you were not, you should still grab me something." Devyn said, basically asking but it was a bit more demanding than that. She did lift her head up a little to give the guy a once over and did mentally nod approvingly. Food was of a higher concern at the moment and not moving because she was full-ish and feeling sleepy.

[Cade Carson]

Cade heard her question about the push-ups and laughed.

"Hey, while I was down there I thought I might as well. And...it can be nice to lay down in the snow. I wasn't asking why you were laying there. I've done the same in many different places. That's where the irony comes in. I've tripped up a few people accidentally that way." He chuckled. Then he heard her continue to speak, and he arched an eyebrow at her words.

"Nope. I wasn't going to get something to eat, and I'm not going to get you anything. Who was your slave last year?" He smirked.

"Besides which, once I'm laying down it's a waste to get up right away. It's a personal policy of mine. Plus, I don't even know your name. Mine's Cade."

[Devyn Solway]

"Really? Here I thought you were trying to show off for the ladies or something." Devyn said with a slight snicker when the guy explained why he had done the push-ups. Devyn knew that if she had fallen in such a way she would have either just kept laying there, attacked the person who caused her to trip, or try and play it off. The latter was less likely but if she did decide to play it off it normally involved acting as if she was doing some form of physical activity. It was all that strange for her to just get down and start to do pushup or sit-ups, because she did enjoy working out.

That and when she just got angry and knew she should not punch anything, a quick workout helped her calm down. "Then I guess you can call me Karma." Devyn teased at the words about how the guy often was laying around and would trip people up. Devyn normally would lie out of the way of people, in odd locations even. Like up in trees, in bushes, in a bathroom stall, and in dark corners. It was just how she was when she needed a nap and she often needed to take a nap during the day. She was practically nocturnal so always had trouble sleeping at night and staying awake during the day.

She made a face when he said that he was not going to get her any food and asked her about who her slave was last year. She rolled her eyes at that. "Anyone who was willing to do something for me." Devyn pointed out and then started to debate if she really wanted to get up and get something to eat. HE too pointed out that once he was down that he was not really going to be getting up, which just sucked for the both of them. More so for Devyn because it didn't seem like she was going to be getting anything else to eat any time soon.

"Can't get someone something to eat if you don't know their name, Cade?" Devyn asked as she snickered a little. "It's Devyn, my name that is." Devyn added after a moment and let out a sigh, still debating food or not.

[Cade Carson]

"Why would I show off for the ladies? It's dark for the fireworks festival, and it isn't like I'm going to try to impress you when you're the whole reason I was even in a position to do them. I don't need to show off for the ladies. I already know I look terrific." He laughed and gave a smartass smirk. Then she told him her name and he shrugged.

"Good to know your name, Devyn, but I'm still not getting up to get you food. I could use the excuse of me wanting to prevent you from eating too much. Preventing me from being your enabler. Or I could use the truth and tell you I'm pretty much just as lazy as you. I barely go to my college classes." He chuckled.

[Devyn Solway]

"Every moment is the time to show off for the ladies and gentlemen." Devyn said as she tilted her head a little to the side and smirked. She liked bother genders after all, so figured she make that known right off the bat when it came to talk about impressing someone. She had better luck with girls since many confused her for a guy and she just seemed to meld better with girls on a relationship level while guys tended to end up being her friends. Cade seemed to know for sure she was a chic so at least she didn't have to worry about him being surprised later on.

Though, honestly she liked to surprise people from time to time. Not that it mattered that much at the moment since she was not all that active anymore. She had not been for the past few months. "Hah, careful with that confidence. Not all chic like the over confident types." Devyn pointed out. She knew that from personal experience. She was honest however, she knew she looked good but it was something she more so teased about then went around telling someone. That seemed like fishing for complements and she much rather hand them out.

"Damn. Nothing I can say to get you to grab me some more food?" Devyn asked as she looked over in the direction of where the ‘oh so yummy’ food was. She then laughed a little at Cade's words about why the two possibilities that he was not going to get her any food. With the truth being that he was just lazy and barley went to his classes. "Well someone’s does not want to graduate then. Some professors will drop your grade for not showing up to class. Not that I know from personal experience, but I dated a few college kids to know about it." Devyn pointed out. Knowing how she sort of got into trouble from someone she was dating because they got held up having too much fun and said person missed a few classes, and suffered a letter grade drop.

[Cade Carson]

"Showing off is over-rated. You do whatever you're good at when you want to do it. If it impresses someone, power to you. If not, that's their loss." He smiled. Then she mentioned overconfidence not being attractive to some women.

"Well...uh...gee, I hadn't thought about it like that..." Then he stopped acting sheepish and laughed.

"I'm not overconfident. I have just the right amount." He grinned.

"And nope nothing you can say will make me get up and get you some food." He shrugged. Then she spoke about classes and he sighed.

"I do well in all my classes even if I don't go. And I have a tendency to fall asleep during the classes and the professors hate that. So when I don't show up, they kind of get relieved and don't mark me lower."

[Devyn Solway]

"Pffft, you say that and yet I have a feeling that you still show off." Devyn pointed out still smirking at him. He practically seemed to be the type to show off and talk about himself and what he was capable of. He just had that air about him and look to him as well. Plus his words just made it seem like he really was the type who did like to show off. She pointed out that his over confidence was not attractive to some women.

Of course there were some who still thought it was very attractive and liked their man bold and 'knowing' that he was all that. Still, everyone had their taste and she was just pointing it out to him. He seemed like he understood and was apologizing for it, only to laugh and point out that he was not overconfident. "Uh-huh. Sounds like you are overflowing with it." Devyn teased as she moved a little on the ground but didn't do any actual movement to get off of the ground.

She let out a deep sigh and placed a hand to hand to her head in an over dramatic fashion. "The cruel fate I must suffer because you will not get me something to eat." Devyn groaned before chuckling a little. It was not that big of a deal, but it still sucked. "Then you have some nice professors. I fall asleep in class and I tend to get my name called out and what not." Devyn pointed out. Sure some let her slide here and there because they knew of how her power made her sleeping during the day, but one still had to at least give it a try.

"When we land jobs outside the school, if we choose to. We can't say. Oh hey, sorry boss. My power makes me sleepy, so I'm going to fall asleep on the job or just not show up." Devyn added, moving her hand a little away from her face to look at him.

[Cade Carson]

"You say that like overconfidence would be a problem. Millions of teenage girls with self-esteem issues and you're worried about me hogging a little extra? I'm just making up for them!" He shrugged. Then she got overdramatic about the food and Cade laughed. Then she talked about the sleepy part and he shook his head.

"Do you have power side-effects that basically amount to a medical condition like narcolepsy? I do. I fall asleep anytime, anywhere. They can't blame me for it. No-one can. As for the job aspect...explaining it to my boss won't be nearly as complicated as you're making out. I'm a college student, but I also have a job as a Bellefonte Academy recruiter. And once I grad, I might stay recruiter or I might become a different BA staff. But I don't want to leave ever if I can help it. I've liked it here since they first brought me when I was fourteen."

[Devyn Solway]

“I might very well be saying that you being overconfident is a problem.” Devyn said as she looked at the boy, still smirking. She was half messing with him, seeing how he would react to being told that Devyn basically saw him as a hot head. “What about the millions of teenage boys that have self-esteem issue? Not going to make up for them too?” Devyn asked. There was probably an equal amount of boys with self-esteem issues as there were girls. Girls were just a bit more obvious about it….or well people tended to point it out about girls more often.

He was then asking if she had a power that made her have a side-effect that caused you to basically narcolepsy. No, she did not have that. She had something little different and something that she could combat against by working out and eating. She didn’t feel like working out at the moment and Cade was not helping her out with the eating part. So the likelihood of her dozing off for a nap was pretty high. “Well, you are wrong on one part. They can blame you, they should not, but they can.” Devyn pointed out. In the real world you could have a ligament excuse, but that didn’t mean anyone would care or let you slide by all of the time.

“Ah, smart. Then you won’t have to worry about people complaining about you sleeping. Unless like as a recruiter you are going to pick up a kid and then suddenly fall asleep at the wheel. That would suck for the new mutant and you.” Devyn pointed out, letting out a yawn. “Oh, that was the same age I was brought here too. How old are you now?” Devyn asked, turning her head to get a look at him again. If she had to guess she was going to say early twenties but she was not sure.

[Cade Carson]

"My overconfidence might be a problem for you, but it's not a problem for me!" He chuckled. Then she mentioned the boys with self-esteem issues and he smirked, raising an eyebrow.

"First you say I'm overconfident and now you're telling me that I have to make up for all the teenage boys with self-esteem issues as well as the girls? Quit sending me mixed messages." Cade shrugged when she mentioned that they could blame him because the world wasn't fair.

"Aren't you a ray of sunshine? As for the whole driving thing...yeah that's a definite problem. I can't have a license because I could fall asleep at the wheel. And I can't go out on any other jobs until I get a new driver. The last one got fed up with me falling asleep in the middle of conversation. That and the fact that I think I've gotten more action than he did. Sour grapes everywhere, right?" He laughed. Yeah he was overconfident and cocky, but he wasn't about to change for anyone. He liked the way he was.

"Everyone should be confident about the way they are. Everyone has something beautiful about them."

[Devyn Solway]

"That might be true, but what if I like to beat guys up that is overconfident. Then would it be your problem?" Devyn asked as she tilted her head to the side a little. She was still speaking in a friendly tone but she did flash a smirk that was more on the whole 'I'm dangerous' behind it. Not that she actually planned to hurt the guy or anything. She was just giving him a warning since her predatory side felt as if he was challenging her in some unspoken way.

It was weird and she likely could not explain it, but she was just asserting her dominance a little in the situation. "No, I asked about the ones that didn't really have it and if you were going to make up for them too and not just girls." Devyn corrected him. He was most certainly interesting, but still a jerk for not getting her some food. Guys were supposed to be nice to girls and help them out; not really but in this situation Devyn wanted that to be true. Or perhaps he thought she was a guy? In which case that would have been fine as well.

"The sun and I don't really get along." Devyn said, sticking her tongue out at him for a moment. She knew he was being sarcastic, but she could not help herself. Perhaps she was being the way she was with him because he didn't get her something to eat. Or because her inner beast was feeling some type of way towards the college boy. Devyn listened as Cade explained his situation and started to snicker when he pointed out that whole 'getting more then someone'. "Oh, a Casanova are you?" Devyn asked, still in a teasing tone.

She did have to agree a little bit about what he was saying on how everyone should be confident. "If only people understood that. With some it’s like pulling teeth to get them to understand just how beautiful and special they are." Devyn said as she let out a sigh. Then she quickly cleared her throat and refocused. "So...are you gay, straight, or bi?" Devyn asked.

[Cade Carson]

"It could be my problem, but considering I think I could take you, it wouldn't be much of a problem. Especially seeing as I pack my sword everywhere with me." He smiled.

"I'm naturally more charitable about girls. I'll make up for them first. Girls take first priority." He chuckled. Devyn mentioned about his being a Casanova and he shrugged.

"Casanova pursued. I don't often have to do that. However, yes I do enjoy the company of ladies greatly." He wasn't so callous and overconfident that he'd refer to it disrespectfully like some guys would. Cade was somewhat surprised when she agreed with him about the point of everyone being beautiful. Then she asked, out of nowhere seemingly, whether he was straight, gay or bi. He grinned.

"Why? You interested? If so, you have a chance. I'm straight as an arrow."

[Devyn Solway]

"Pfft, you think you could take me? Keep dreaming pretty boy." Devyn said, full of confidence that she could so kick this guy’s ass. Probably a good punch to the face and he would be down for the count or something. Or like every guy, she could just kick right in the gonads and he would be done for without much effort on her part. Ah, the beauty of being a girl was never lost on Devyn; even if she behaved more in a male-ish manner.

"Sounds to me that you know you can't beat me fair and square if you feel the need to bring up carrying a sword around with you. Might not want to go telling everyone that, since I'm pretty sure that school would not be okay with someone carrying around a weapon." Devyn pointed out to him. While they might have been a mutant school they still followed pretty much the standard boarding school rules. Wear a uniform around campus, carrying an idea, no drinking, no smoking, no weapons, and no pets that could not fit in a cage. Sure the school was a bit laxed about enforcing them and Devyn broke several of those standard rules, but that didn't mean the rules were not there.

"So wait, you are naturally more charitable to girls, but won't get up to get me something to eat?" Devyn asked, teasing and smirking at him still. This was kind of fun, pointing out things in everything he was saying and trying to use it against him. Her smirked grew a little more as he pointed out that he enjoyed the company of women. Yes, women were nice once you got past the ones that were too emotional and the ones that lied to you and broke your heart. Settle, Devyn. Devyn mentally scolded herself as she took a deep breath.

"I might be. If you were not so full of yourself." Devyn responded back to his question of if she was interested with a wink. If he was not so full of himself and if she had been in the actual mood to fool around with someone then he probably would have had a chance.