My/Your Training Room

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn really needed to get in some training. She was supposed to sign up with a shifter to train but she had heard that trainer was pretty smoking hot as well. So she had to at least train by herself a little and settle down any thoughts about said trainer before going to meet the woman. After all, she didn't want to show up and end up staring at the lady instead of focusing on training and what have you. Ah, why were there so many attractive people around that she wanted to do the naughty tango with that were not available or that she knew she should just not risk it?

"It's really hot today." Devyn complained as she walked to the training room she was pretty sure she had reserved for herself. She had an idea of why she was feeling hotter then she normally did but she didn't think about or worry about it too much. Now was the time to work out, to lift some weight, get her blood pumping, and use her power in the safety of a room. She was however already unbuttoning her uniform top because it was just too hot to work out in it. Devyn normally changed in the room anyways so most of what she was wearing was going to be coming off soon.

Sure she could change in the locker room but why not just change in the room you had all to yourself? Except, now that she had entered the room she could see that she was not by herself. Good thing that she was wearing a t-shirt under her now unbuttoned top. That and well she didn't really have any boobs and didn't feel awkward about the situation. It was only awkward because she was pretty sure this was her room, but someone else was in here.

"Hey, sorry to walk in on you but what are you doing in here?" Devyn asked. There was a better way to ask that, but she was very territorial so right now she was more so behaving like an alpha wanting to know why someone was on her turf.

[Sebastian Swift]

As of late, Sebastian had let his training slip somewhat – and after an unfortunate incident involving another student he had decided it was time to buckle down. His control was more or less perfect, but occasionally his emotions still got the better of him. Hence the foray to the training room – he’d gotten there early, and was in the process of warming up when a girl sauntered into the room and stopped him in his tracks.


She looked as though she were about to disrobe, and Bast couldn’t help but be a touch disappointed that she’d not gotten at least a little further before spotting him. He was genuinely surprised, having been sure that he’d booked the room for himself, “Oh shit. Sorry!” He apologised more out of habit, than because it was in any way his fault, “Ughhh. I guess the room must have been double booked... You can take it, if you want? Seeing as I’m a gentleman an’ all,” Sebastian chuckled, flashing the girl a cheeky smile.


It was a genuine offer, of course, but he had gotten there first and he was rather hoping they could both just share; Sebastian knew if he left now the motivation would fade and it’d be weeks before he got back in there.

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn didn’t bother to button up her shirt now that she was in the room. Sure, there was a guy in the room but she had a tank top on underneath. That and well she still needed to change into what she liked to work out and train in. She was not ashamed of her body in any way and had no problem with changing in front of someone. Plus for the layers of clothing she would have to remove, it would not really show him much besides a tank top and a pair of shorts. “It’s cool, it happens from time to time.” Devyn admitted.

This was not the first time she ended up in a training room that someone was using; she just figured there was a mess up in with the times or something. “You don’t have to leave. The room is big enough for the two of us.” Devyn said as she gave a small shrug and moved further into the room. Dropping her bag off on the ground and pulling out the outfit she was going to change into for her workout. Sure, she could have left since she was the second person here but she didn’t see the point.

They could share the room and solve both of their problems at once, plus someone new to talk to. “I’m Devyn, by the way.” Devyn introduced herself. She first finished removing her shirt and slipping on her workout one before she moved over and extended a hand to the guy. She at least wanted to know his name if he was fine sharing the room with her. Dev just planned on doing some stretched, lifting a few waits, and then using her power a little bit. There was nothing that would cause a big deal, unless she scared him when she used his power. Which was completely possible given what she could do.

[Sebastian Swift]

Realising that the girl was actually going to just change in the room, Sebastian felt his face redden as he averted his gaze. Blue eyes darting randomly around the room, he suddenly found himself determined to look anywhere else. Realising that he’d just been standing there in silence, Sebastian cleared his throat whilst he tried to find his voice, “Um, awesome, thanks...”


Though he did genuinely appreciate the offer, it was now dawning on the young mutant that he’d have to actually train in front of her. Sebastian couldn’t help but feel nervous, for some reason. As she turned and introduced herself, he couldn’t help feeling a little intimidated – and rather impressed – by her forthright, unabashed nature.


“Hey, nice to meet you – kind of,” He smiled as he took her hand, giving it a brief shake, whilst mostly just feeling relieved that she hadn’t actually taken that many clothes off, “I’m Sebastian.”


Moving away as he unzipped his hoody, Sebastian left it draped over the bag he’d left sat in the corner before returning to his stretches. Unfortunately, he’d forgotten where he was at so just went ahead and started with his arms again, “So..” He began, pausing unnaturally between words as he pulled his left arm across his chest, before following the same motion with the opposite arm, “This mandatory? Or just because?”


Sebastian paused again as he began stretching his arms out behind him, “Because if this is mandatory you really oughtta let a guy know. I don’t fancy getting my eyebrows singed off – or worse,” He smiled at her over his arms as he pushed out in front of him, so she at least knew he wasn’t serious. It was a generalization, of course, although it was an example drawn from his own past. Last time it took almost two months for his eyebrows to grow back, and Sebastian simply couldn’t go through that again.

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn easily picked up on the hint of nervousness in the boy's voice and of course she noticed the blushing. At least she was pretty sure he was blushing, which she found too amusing, but she tended to when people blushed around her. She understood when someone would blush when she was flirting with them or doing something to them. Yet, just changing she didn't see why anyone would actually blush around her. It was not like she had a lot to show, no boobs, no butt, and a whole lot of muscle but nothing that could come close to those male body builders.

Or the female ones but Devyn was pretty sure that they had to be taking something in order to end up as jacked as that and she preferred to be all natural. "Kind of? That’s not something someone wants to hear." Devyn said, chuckling a little. She didn't actually take any offense to it, she was just teasing him. "Nice to meet you too Sebastian, and not in the kind of way." Devyn replied, tossing in that last bit again to just tease him. After shaking his hand she turned around and headed back to her bag, slipping out of her pants, but had boxers on underneath so again he was not seeing anything. She slipped on a pair of sweats over them, sat down on one of the workout machines and started to wrap up her hands.

She glanced over in the boy’s direction as he spoke up. "The workout is by choice and you don't have to worry about me burning off your eyebrows. My power centers on me and the worse you have to worry about from me is being mauled to death." Devyn assured him. Then she fell silent for a moment and chuckled a little. "Then again, I suppose having your eyebrows signed would be better than an almost mauling." Devyn admitted when it dawned on her. Dev moved to the floor, taking up a position, and starting to do some ab crunches, always wanting her core to be at its best.

"My power is controlling shadows and using them to basically change into a shadow beast. What can you do?" Devyn asked as she got ready. Once the question left her lips she proceeded to do her ab crunches, still listening to what he might say.

[Sebastian Swift]

“Ugh, sorry,” Sebastian chuckled and tugged uncomfortably at the neck of his t-shirt, “I didn’t mean it like that, I swear. It’s just, uhhh, oh, I dunno.” He shook his head and turned away, moving now towards the free weights whilst Devyn slipped into sweats. Glad of the excuse to do something instead of just staring at the ceiling like an idiot, he got into a comfortable position, raising the dumbbells he’d collected to shoulder height before pressing upward until his arm was extended, lowering the weight back down and then repeating with the opposite arm.


Hearing Devyn take a seat at the machines behind him, he breathed a small sigh at relief at the fact that she’d stopped removing clothes and turned to face her as he spoke. “Oh I don’t know, bleeding out may be less painful than having to go through school with no eyebrows,” Sebastian couldn’t help but laugh at the matter-of-fact description of her power. It was scary, sure, but for some reason her lackadaisical attitude put him at ease. Decidedly interested, he’d been about to ask exactly what it was she did when Devyn offered up the description of her own free will, “Fuuuuuck-“ Sebastian breathed slowly, both impressed and intimidated, “That sounds awesome!”


Dropping both his arms, Sebastian dangled the weights at his side as he paused to respond to Devyn’s query. He hated having to explain his powers, though her somewhat brutal honesty spurned him into doing his best, “I’m basically a human night-light. But like, really, really bright,” He shrugged and pulled a face, hating the way his power sounded when you tried to put it into words, “It’s kind of the opposite of what you do, I guess. But instead of controlling light, I create it,” He nodded, happier with the way that sounded.


Continuing with his weight exercises he couldn’t help but let a small smile tug at the corners of his mouth as he contemplated the idea of their powers combined. He wondered if she’d even be able to use hers, or if his light would simply cancel out all of the shadows, “So, if there’s like, no shadows then do your powers still work?” Sebastian couldn’t help but pry further, his curiosity getting the better of him. He didn’t ordinarily like to question people about their abilities, finding it quite a personal topic. However he felt it safe to assume that Devyn wouldn’t consider snooping considering she’d brought it up.

[Devyn Solway]

“It’s cool. I’m just teasing.” Devyn assured him as she chuckled a little. She really didn’t mind at all, he was going to have to try harder if he actually meant to upset her. Not that he seemed the type to want to try and upset people. He more so looked like that sweet innocent boy who just wanted to be friends with everyone. Seeing him lift weights made Devyn want to do weight lifting first, but she knew she had to work on her core first. While she preferred to work out alone, it was kind of a nice change of pace to have someone to chat to while getting in her exercise.

Devyn was then laughing for a moment at the guys words about how bleeding out might be better than not having eyebrows. Of course she assumed he was joking, or at least she hoped he was. He didn’t seem like the type to care about his looks on that level. She explained her power, figuring it would come up at some point so it was best to bring it up now and find out what he could do. He acted how she sort of expected. Guys and a few girls seemed to be more excited about her power or a person would just be worried. Of course the ones that were excited also had some level of worry, but that was to be expected.

Hell, Devyn knew she would have been scared of herself and sometimes was when she lost control in her other form. She was something out of a nightmare with the power to do a lot of damage while taking a lot of it as well. “Thanks.” Devyn said with a pleased grin. She did enjoy people telling her how cool her power sounded or looked. It made her feel like less of a monster. She was just about to ask what he could do but he was already explaining it. Devyn’s eyes went a little wide and she was half tempted to go grab her shades with the kind of power that he had. "Sounds dangerous. You are not going to light just become a light show any second are you?" Devyn asked, a hint of concern in her voice.

She had light sensitivity and it could get pretty bad depending on how bright the light was and if she had shades on or not. She currently had them lying on top of her clothing since she tended to be fine with the artificial light in the training rooms for a little bit and she was here to work out. The shades got in the way a little and would stick to her face when she worked up a sweat. She didn't want to wear them if she didn't have to, but she was not a fan of being temporarily blind. He then asked a question, one that Devyn didn't get very often.

"There are always shadows. It basically like any kind of darkness...and yeah if there is none at all, I kind of create it. It's just really hard to do and pretty painful so I don't really try the whole creating things." Devyn admitted as she chuckled a little. "So then since you create light, does the darkness do anything to you?" Devyn then asked, figuring they get a Q&A going.

[Sebastian Swift]

Slowing his exercises somewhat – not that Sebastian was exactly speeding through them anyway – he smiled at Devyn’s assurances. He’d known she was joking. Or had at least hoped that was the case, but it didn’t really help with his insecurities, not until the confirmation was out of her mouth. Meeting new people was always such a drag for Sebastian, at least in that respect. He found them difficult to read and as such often waited for them to set the tone of the conversation and he was grateful to Devyn for doing just that.


Strangely enough, the weights also helped with his ability to concentrate. The arm exercises always made him feel at ease, and in this case helped negate some of that awkwardness he usually felt around strangers. He’d always been so self-conscious about the size of his arms, and it was only regular gym sessions that made him realise strength wasn’t all about size. Weights were now almost like a comforter to him; something he did out of habit and to make himself feel better, rather than to actually bulk up or gain strength.


Laughing with Devyn about the eyebrows comment, Sebastian felt a little self-conscious as he hadn’t entirely been joking. Kids could be cruel. He’d been fourteen when his eyebrows went missing, and it only served as fodder to his classmates – even the ones who weren’t necessarily bad kids, the fact was that at that age appearance meant a lot and people didn’t really think about how their actions affected others. So yeah, mauling genuinely might have been preferable. At least if he’d lived through that he might have gotten some sympathy.


Shaking his head fervently at her question about safety Sebastian touched his hand, weight and all, to his chest as he spoke, “Oh god no. Don't worry,” He shot her a reassuring smile as he paused in his routine, placing his weights on the floor as he took a short break, “My control in terms of switching it on and off is fine, it’s more the uh, brightness that I struggle with. I can do blinding or hypnotic, but everything in between those two extremes is kind of a mess. Like a broken dimmer switch that can only go from off to on instead of sliding through the spectrum.”


Moving to his backpack which he’d thrown in the corner of the room, he grabbed his sports bottle and took a deep drink before heading back to his weights. Talking and exercising was making him surprisingly parched. Leaving the bottle nearby, he was positioning himself on the bench to do some presses when Devyn’s answer and question caught him off guard. It wasn’t something people usually bothered asking.


“It sucks that creating shadows takes it outta you. Now that is something I’d like to see...” Truth be told, Sebastian was totally playing it cool as he talked about Devyn’s power. It was so intriguing to him, and he’d always been jealous of people with more impressive abilities than his own – or at least what he considered to be more impressive. Clearing his throat, Sebastian continued with markedly less enthusiasm about his own power, “I can’t actually see in anything less than half-light; mood-lighting is practically darkness to me. No night-vision what so ever. It’s pretty pathetic,” He shrugged, staring down at the floor as if embarrassed. Which he was, a little. There were pensioners out there with better eyes than Sebastian, “So, this shadow... monster-thing? Do you wolf-out or is it just the shadows?”

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn didn't catch that there might have been more to his words, but it was easy to assume in any case. A lot of kids got bullied, it was practically a part of growing up and everyone was a victim of it at some point of it in their lives. Even Devyn was, and even know people 'bullied' her. Yet, she would not have called it bullying since no one actually had the gull to say anything to her face because they were smart. Some even assumed that Devyn was a bully but in all honesty she was only a bully to those who were the bullies. In any case, she liked to look out for the underdog so even while she just met Sebastian she would have helped him out if anyone was giving him a hard time and she saw or heard about it.

Devyn relaxed when he assured her that he had control of when he would turn into a human flashlight. She was still a little bit worried when he brought up that he could not control how bright he was. So long as he didn't just become a strobe light at any second, she figured she would be fine. While she wanted to see his power a large part of her was not willing to risk what it might do to her. "Ah, well if you feel like ever showing me your power. Give me a heads up so I can put my shades on and hide behind something." Devyn said as she chuckled a little.

She liked to take risk and felt like so long as she was prepared for it, she would be safe from any serious harm. Devyn kept at her workout while they talked; easily begin able to do both at the same time. In fact it made the workout that much more of a challenge because she had to make sure her breathing was right so she could both talk and well not pass out while training. "Well I don't mind showing you my power, but I prefer to use the shadows in the room then creating one by myself." Devyn pointed out as she grinned at him. He figured he met just to see her power in general but because he said it after talking about her making her own, she was just being sure.

Devyn stopped in her sit-ups, taking a breather as he talked about how he was pretty much useless in the dark in terms of seeing. Devyn could not relate at all in terms of not being able to see in the dark. It was like seeing in the daylight for her, but then seeing the daylight without her shades was difficult. So she figured she just had to flip her experience with the sun in order to figure how it was hard to see in the dark for others. "Nothing wrong with not being able to see in the dark." Devyn assured him. It was not like his survival depended on seeing in the dark. There was a question then, one that had her pausing as she turned over to do some push-ups.

"I 'wolf out' with the use of shadows. Like...the shadows basically change to be like an outside armor that takes on the form of something like a wolf. I could show you if you wanted and promise not to run." Devyn pointed out. She figured showing was easier than trying to explain it.

[Sebastian Swift]

Momentarily forgetting about his training, Sebastian nodded in acknowledgement to her reassurances. She was right of course, and he tried not to let his shortcomings bother him, but he’d always been a bit on the self-conscious side. He was about to pry further, when Devyn’s surprising offer froze Sebastian in his tracks, particularly after she’d already expressed a willingness to show him the simpler side to her powers.


Standing slowly, Sebastian turned to face the girl, eyes studying her intently. For some reason, he couldn’t quite believe she was being serious, “Really? Are you sure?” Sebastian tried his best to hide the excitement, but as soon as the words left his mouth a big smile began to tug at the corners of it. He did his best to hold it back, but instead ended up with a lopsided grin.


Sebastian felt like a child at Christmas, and as he realised he was smiling despite his best efforts he figured he may as well drop the pretence; “Hell yeah! I mean, y’know, if it’s no trouble... This is going to be so fucking cool!” Concerned even in his excitement, Sebastian knew the toll that powers could take on a person and felt both honoured and apprehensive about Devyn’s offer. It was an incredibly nice gesture considering they’d just met and in that moment Sebastian decided, most definitely, that she was his kind of girl.


“Oh, and I promise not to run – although my bladder makes no such assurances,” He smiled and pulled a face, “Joking, of course. Well, hopefully...” Gleefully he rubbed his hands together and motioned for Devyn to do her thing whilst he positioned himself against one of the far walls. It was as safe a distance as he figured there could be when dealing with monsters made of shadows.

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn's head slowly started to tilt to the side as the guy looked at her like he was studying her like some research project. She didn't know what she had said to give him such a look but it quickly became clear when he asked if she was sure. Devyn could not help but to chuckled at the question as she nodded her head yes. "Of course I'm sure. I kind of like showing my power to people when they are cool with it." Devyn admitted as she stood up and rolled her shoulders a few times. The more people she showed, the more people she felt like she could convince that she was not some monster to be feared.

She should have still been feared when she was angry but in general she was not just going to bite someone's head off out of the blue. Sebastian seemed pleased at the idea of it, which just made Devyn feel even better about showing him her power. She never fully understood why some people got excited after hearing her describe it, but it was clear that he was being cautious on some levels. "Your enthusiasm is amusing." Devyn admitted as she started to laugh a little. She waited for him to look like he was ready and for his okay before she started to pull that shadows from around the room to her. She even pulled free the shadow that he cast to use to change her form.

"For our sake, I hope your bladder behaves." Devyn teased and then focused as her green eyes turned a shade darker as the shadows started to climb her body and take on a tar like form. The process was quick, covering Devyn completely from site as the shadow smoke started to appear and wasp around as the shadows started to shape out the wolf like beat. Two tails wagging in perfect unison, four paws touching the ground, and two while eyes staring at the boy. When it was done, Devyn did look something close to a wolf, and would even feel like it if the boy touched her. She would just be cold to the touch since there was no warmth in the darkness, and her fur would feel a little course.

P. E. T.

The shadow smoke that always lingered around Devyn in this form, spelled out around her a few times, so Bast could read them. People tended to also ask to pet her current form so she figured she would give him permission from the start. That and she enjoyed being petted.