Hide-And-Go-Snake

[Seiji Lockard]

This was a bad idea. Why did he agree to this? Sure he needed some time to have some actual fun and get away from his work. He had been putting in a lot of hours and not getting much sleep recently and his snakes had quickly taken notice. They were the ones that had suggested this idea in the first place and Seiji knew he had to have been exhausted to agree with this plan. Why else would he think it was a good idea to allow all four of his snakes to go into the auditorium and hide from him? If he had been well rested he would have said no, but he was not and said yes. Now here he was ruffling his hair and regretting that he had not just gone with the whole force himself to sleep idea.

"I can sense all of you." Seiji pointed out, but he knew he could not do it for long. The things about being tied were that it did affect your ability to effectively control your power. So while he could feel that all of his snakes were in the very large room, he could not completely point out where they were. He could also look through their eyes to get a hint, but again that was going to be taxing on him. Still, he knew he would have to push himself so he could get this done and over with sooner. Perhaps pushing himself would be the push he needed to just pass out and get a good night sleep instead of staying up so much.

"Who is the closest?" Seiji said, mostly to himself. He started to tap into his power a little bit but a loud hiss caught his attention. Apparently someone else was in the room, someone who had gotten to close to stepping on or touching one of his four snakes. Said snake was letting the person know they were there since they could not really yell 'watch out!' to anyone, so hissing was how it was done. Seiji was already moving over towards the sound to make sure the person was okay, and of course that whichever of his snakes didn't decide to take a bite out of anyone.

[Karsen Ford]

Karsen was pretty sure that he had the worst luck in the world. He really didn’t understand how he got into these situations. All he wanted to do was teach his roboto to dance, albeit waving arms and spinning in a circle isn’t actually dance he would take what he could get. He had forgone the controller to use his power to actually control the robot. His movements were mimicked by the robot, the only problem was that the robot didn’t have feet. Instead it rolled around trying to mimicked his leg movements. In hindsight he probably shouldn’t have tried to combine movement and his power when he knew the side effects. The room spinned out of control for a few minutes and then heard a hiss. Knowing that the hiss wasn’t from any computer, robot or car Karsen jumped backed against the stage. “Damn it”


He was currently backed against the stage by a snake and he had no idea why something like that would be in school. Even though he could admit that having a robot could be seen in the same light. Still he was pretty sure that his robots didn’t go around harassing innocent students. Logically he knew that he hadn’t been paying attention and it was his fault, the hissing made him throw up his hands in front of him. “Okay okay, my bad man” He said trying to placate the obviously angry snake. He could feel the amusement coming off Frodo, even though people said that he couldn’t actually process amusement, Karsen knew otherwise.

He saw someone walking towards the area and looked hopefully at the older boy “Please tell me this is your snake.” Karsen was hoping he would take the snake away and never let it out again. This is why they had nature, so snakes could roam free and nerd like him could be save from fangs. In all actuality he was against snakes in the auditorium for the sake of all nerd kind.

Seiji Lockard

[Seiji Lockard]

The snake that the young man had stumbled upon was one of Seiji's deadliest snakes, in terms of her short temper and the fact that she was also poisonous. That snake was Sapphire, who; on top of begin poisonous and generally didn't like dealing with people, didn't like males other than her owner. Sapphire was not pleased that this human male had almost stepped on her and she didn't like the fast movement that they had done when she let out her warning.

At least they were not moving closer to her, which would have just made her feel like they were a threat. Seiji was moving quick when he spotted a person close to the stage, figuring it had to be them that had upset one of his snakes. As he got closer he could tell that it was Sapphire without even have seen her. Calm down Sapphire. Do not, bite him. Seiji communicated the order with his mind to the snake who curled in tighter on herself.

She let out another hiss but she made no moves to bite the human male that was still to close by her standards. "Yes, she is mine. I'm sorry if she startled you but she won't bite you. I promise." Seiji assured the young man as he moved quickly to pick up Sapphire. It took a few mental words to the snake to get the snake to at least stop hissing, but her gaze was locked on Karsen, even as she was placed on her owner's shoulders. "She didn't happen to bite you beforehand, did she?" Seiji quickly asked, suddenly worried that Sapphire might have bit him first when she let out the hiss.

[Karsen Ford]

Karsen sighed in relief though it was short lived because the darn snake was still looking like it wanted to eat him for a snake. Maybe he was being dramatic but that wasn’t something he was ever going to admit. “I’m not sure….she looks very angry and I didn’t mean to almost step on her...I thought I was alone here.” His eyes never left the snake, he didn’t trust her….he was sure it the snake wanted to bite him. Why else would it be hissing sinisterly at him….okay that was more than a bit dramatic. When the older by finally did pick up the snake, he wasn’t sure if he should’ve felt relieved or not. The snake was now at eye level and could do some serious damage to him if it so choose.

“Not that I know of, I heard a hiss and immediately jumped back and I was too worried to notice and kind of bite...i didn’t feel any teeth so i’m guessing no.” He was sure that he hadn’t been bit be he wouldn’t put it past the little monster to bite him on the DL. Of course the worry about the bite meant that the snake was poisonous. Oh sweet merlin, he let poisonous snake roam free in a school full a children. Was he the only one that saw something wrong with that? Probably in a school full of mutants he assumed that using your powers was something that was encouraged unless they were awful powers.

”Is there any other snakes roaming around here, I don’t want to put death by snakes on my tombstone...I want something cool like ‘killed by robots’ or ‘blew up in science experiement’.” Of course those were kind of equally lame because he should strive for excellence and die of an old age but he was be practical. It would be awful to die from nature and creatures when he could die from killer robots.

Seiji Lockard

[Seiji Lockard]

"It's okay. My power allows me to manipulate snakes and so long as I keep her from doing it, she won't." Seiji tried to assure the younger male. Sapphire would have bit the guy if she had not already been ordered not to. Still, she was angry and the kind of anger that didn't just go away even if she had been told to calm down. She did remain around Seiji's next and that location was the only reason why she was not curling up and looking like she was about to strike. She might have been ordered to not bite, but that didn't mean she could not scare the boy.

So Sapphire still let out another hiss and even opened up her mouth a little to show her two very large fangs that were half tucked inside her mouth. It was probably not safe to let Sapphire be the one going all over the place around the school, but as for the others it was not a big deal since their bite would not kill. Well, that was not one hundred percent true. If the wound got infected or the bacteria in the snake’s mouth let to an infection then the person could die if it was left untreated but that was highly unlikely.

Seiji also had anti-venom on him at all time when he had Sapphire with him so there was nothing to be worried about. "Well, we thought we were in here alone and all my snakes are in here with me. Other than Sapphire here, there are three others." Seiji informed him, and really Ghost was the only one that could do some serious damage to the boy since that snake was a four foot long boa, but Ghost was practically a puppy. "I'm terribly sorry that she startled you. It looks like you are fine so no need to worry about a bite or anything. I can get them all right away and leave you to your...robot work if you like." Seiji quickly said, not wanting to make the younger man uncomfortable.

[Karsen Ford]

He nodded, the older boy could control snakes like he controlled technology. It seemed logical enough and while that small tidbit of information should’ve calmed Karsen down immensely he realized that not everyone had complete control over their powers. Which meant there was a small possibility that he could lose control and the snake would bite him. Of course karsen knew that he was just being paranoid and he almost wanted to get a computer and look up the statistic of him walking out of this alive….or unharmed. “That’s….not as reassuring as I thought it would be.”

Karsen was pretty sure the snake was screwing with his head, he knew this because his robots has the tendency to bark or bump into people just for the fun of it. Well, maybe that’s because they were borrowing from his own unconscious desires but that was another story. At any rate it was working and whatever the boy said was lost on him as his attention was solely on the dangerous snake that wanted to eat him for lunch. Worse it probably would just die and leave him for death, being eaten by a snake might be cool in someone’s eyes.

“RIght so there are three other snakes roaming around the auditorium….and I haven’t seen them so I should be okay.” He was talking more to himself than the boy but he didn’t see why he had to leave. It was a big enough auditorium that they could share and no one would be any ones way. “No that’s alright, I can stay over to the side on the stage and you can use the rest, I don’t need that much space. Besides I’m sure that you guys were here first even if I didn’t see you”

Seiji Lockard

[Seiji Lockard]

Seiji could not help but to frown a little when the younger male didn't seem to feel better when Seiji revealed his power. He felt like that should have been enough to calm the boy, because Seiji just assumed that people knew that he had a pretty decent control over his power. He was twenty-four and would be twenty-five soon, that and he would be done with college and focused on his job alone. "Well, is there anything I can say to ensure you that there is nothing to worry about? Right now she may be hissing but I can promise you that she will not bite you. Even on the off chance that she did, I have what is necessary to prevent any serious injury to you." Seiji said, yet again trying to assure the boy.

If the younger male was really going to be uncomfortable, Seiji had no problem gathering up his snakes and leaving him to do whatever he was doing. He didn't know who was here first but it didn't really matter to Seiji. He wanted people to be happy and if he and his snakes were causing any feeling other than that, then he was fine leaving to ensure that they were. He was used to it after all, he had to deal with it since the day he came into his power all those years ago. The boy still didn't seem to be really okay and Seiji figured that he was likely talking to himself now. He had to do something to help him feel better. "Are you sure? We don't really have to stay here. We were just..." Seiji said but dropped off towards the end.

How would it sound when he admitted that he was playing hide and seek with his snakes. That was the only reason why they were in here. So if the boy really needed it they could leave and play their game in the dorm room or outside somewhere. All of his snakes were large enough to be fine in the outdoor environment. Except Akiko but because of the breed of snakes she was, the birds didn’t try to scoop her off for dinner. "I'm Seiji Lockard, by the way. Who might you be?" Seiji asked, holding out a hand. He figured a good way to calm the situation was to do introductions.

Karsen Ford

[Karsen Ford]

Karsen shook his head “I’m fine honestly, I’m just against things that could potentially kill me so like all not metallic animals, I build robot versions. Trust me i’m pretty sure i’m the problem here” He didn’t want to offend the older boy, so he figured he’d try and reassure him that the snakes weren’t the problem. It wasn’t that he needed to be alone, he just figured he could stay on the stage and not be bothered by everything.

“No, No, No, Stay honestly you can continued do what you were doing” He really wasn’t sure why the boy was dead set on leaving. Technically the snakes had been there first so if anybody should leave it would be him. Not mention he was kind of embarrassing himself with his robot aerobics lesson, not that the robot needed it. It didn’t even have working legs because he didn’t want it to look like a transformer and he didn’t have metal strong enough to support the weight of the battery and such.

“I’m Karsen Ford, it’s nice to meet you” It wasn’t a lie, he supposed expanding his social circle and talking to people was a good thing and that his parents would be happy that he wasn’t spending all his time with machines. Of course that meant he had to be out and the open more often and he didn’t want that. He wanted to be some underground tech nerd but with the way the government watched mutants….it probably wasn’t possible.

Seiji Lockard

[Seiji Lockard]

“Well…you metallic animals could still kill you. If they explode or shock you, but I supposed that would be an extreme case and if you do that sort of thing you probably have enough skill in order to be able to tell something is wrong and wear protective gear.” Seiji said after pointing out the boy could still get hurt, but then figured that he probably took the necessary precautions. Seiji knew that he did, that was why he had anti-venom on him. Everyone was perfectly safe around his snakes, unless they were trying to kill them.

Seiji was a nice person and all but if someone hurt his snakes, he was not certain that he could just standby and allow it to happen or stop his snakes from defending themselves. Seiji hesitated when the younger male told him that he could stay and keep doing what he was doing. All he was doing was looking for his snakes, playing a game. It was nothing really serious and he could do it in his room and it would just be a little bit easier then it currently was. “If you are certain, then we will remain.” Seiji said after a moment and then focused on introductions.

He didn’t know the boy and he didn’t look like a college student so that probably explained why he never really seen him around before. “It is nice to meet you, Karsen.” Seiji said, feeling like in this environment it was alright to refer to one another by their first names. He was not on the clock at the moment and they were both out having fun so first names it was. “Mind if I ask what you are working on?” Seiji asked. He was curious and while he did have snakes to find, he figured they could talk while he looked around for his reptile family.

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[Karsen Ford]

Karsen shrugged his shoulders but didn’t say anything. Technically he could get hurt with his robot animals but that would be his fault for not building the correctly. However he understand that people were defensive about the things they were passionate about and Seiji was obviously passionate about snakes.

“Cool” Karsen said climbing on the stage to move out of Seiji’s way. He thought it was good exchange he'd get the stage and then finish what he was doing. Actually it might be a bit easier now that, the dizziness had went away. He could totally manage to not trip when he was directing the robot around.

“Likewise, and I was up teaching my robot how dance.’ He said rubbing the back of his neck. He realised that it seemed like a silly thing to do but it was his definition of fun. To be honest, his robot would probably forget the dance steps anyways, not that he could actually step. ‘What about you, what are you and your snakes doing?”

[Seiji Lockard]

Seiji still felt bad and would have been fine leaving at any moment if Karsen wanted the place to himself. He and his snakes could play their game anywhere and well they did not actually have to play the game. They were just trying to make him use his power so he would tire out. That way he would go to sleep instead of staying up like he had been for the past few days. As the boy got up on the stage, Sapphire let out another hiss, but she was feeling better now. He was a good distance away and well he had allowed Seiji to remain in here.

"How to dance?" Seiji asked. How could the boy give him that little bit of information and stop there? You could not say that you were teaching something how to dance and not go into it. Seiji sort of was already expecting a story behind it all, like why he built the robot, how he did it, and how he expected to make it dance. Why did he even want to make it dance? All of the questions threatened to pour out of Seiji's mouth but he held back to see what Karsen would end up saying on his own.

"Oh, umm...playing hide-and-go-seek." Seiji admitted as she started to blush a little at the confession that he was playing such a game with his reptiles. "I can use my power to find where they are and I can also look through their eyes to get an idea of where they are as well. Makes a great way for me to test my power and its sort of fun." Seiji quickly explained. As if an explanation would make the matter all better. He hoped that it did, he didn’t want to be seen as some weirdo, but this was just a game he played with them because they wanted to. Also they had been his only friends for years after all.