Better Now

[Eve Turner]

"You know, I think there are some people that can make objects move or somethin'," he said.
She leaned her head from one side to the other, thinking.
"Well, yeah, but I didn't expect them to use... well, teddybearse for that", she replied, raising an eyebrow, "Aren't there training dolls or stuff like that to use for such training? Or even just boxes", she shook her head, "Why would anyone use teddybears for that?"
To be honest, she wasn't sure she would like to move a teddybear if she had the power to do that, it was kind of creepy after all.
On the other hand, probably a damn good way to scare some friends (at least the ones she knew wouldn't mind it). She grinned at that thought. Yeah, she would have to try that some day, especially now that she knew where to find a huge amount of teddybears. If she put a bit of metal inside it, linked it to her arm with a thin wire... it could work or not, but well- if she wanted to find out, she had to try, right? Not now however, she could plan that some other day.

She watched as Beau tapped his fingers along the container for a few moments, considering the creature. "An' I'm thinkin' we had an infestation of these things a few years ago. Were everywhere or somethin'..." Beau trailed off for a moment, chuckling and shaking his head. "So maybe they're trainin' us for the great teddy bear uprising."
She laughed at that: "The great teddybear-apocalypse, huh?"

As he went to the next container she crossed her arms in front of her chest, curious what else the school kept in those containers. However, as he opened the next container and a  whole bunch of feathers puffed in his face, she started laughing again. One should think a bunch of metal would be easier to find in a school's arena than feathers or teddybears after all.
"You still alive?", she asked with a grin, coming a bit closer while he blew out the feathers, "Seems like teddybears aren't the only dangerous thing around here"

However she shook his head at his question, watching him, as he went over to the next container.
"You know.. if we can't find any metal soon, I guess we can use one of my knives", she said with a shrug, "it's pretty easy for me to get them back into shape afterwards after all."
To be honest making knives out of metal was almost as easy as moving her arm by now - lots and lots of time and boredom were a good trainer as it seemed.

[Beau LaRoux]

"Be surprised what people feel comfortable messin' 'round with," replied Beau. He'd met a few people who only seemed to like to move certain objects. He thought he could remember hearing about someone who could literally only move pasta with his mind, but that felt like a strange, far off memory, so Beau wasn't entirely certain how factual it actually was. He chuckled at the thought of the teddy bear Apocalypse though, nodding. "Bettin' that's what's got SPECTRE all riled up. Not like they've got army trainin' to deal with stuffed animal attacks."

Though it wouldn't have surprised Beau to have found out that they did. He vaguely recalled having a relative or two in the military somewhere, but he doubted that anyone he knew would be of a high enough level to know something like that. They'd probably just laugh it off like Eve and he did. Just like they were doing with the feathers. Eve was right: they certainly didn't keep anything dangerous around. She offered to use her knife, but Beau shook his head.

"Don't reckon I'd feel that comfortable usin' somethin' o' yours. wouldn't want to mess it up. Last thing I need is a pretty girl comin' after me 'cuz I messed up her knife," he replied, drawling the last few words and adding a quick wink. He moved to the next container, but this one he tapped with his foot. when it shuffled, he figured it probably wasn't filled with anything they could use. So he went to the next. A tap, but this one didn't move, so Beau leaned over and pried the lid off. He let out a long breath and pulled out a flat metal disc.

"You reckon metal frisbees will work?" he asked, giving it a light toss, hoping to get it to land at Eve's feet. The things flew well enough, which was probably the point. Fairly light for metal too. Beau was already picking up another, moving it about, examining it with some appreciation.

[Eve Turner]

"Bettin' that's what's got SPECTRE all riled up. Not like they've got army trainin' to deal with stuffed animal attacks."
She laughed at that: "Well - Who knows, right?"

"Don't reckon I'd feel that comfortable usin' somethin' o' yours. wouldn't want to mess it up. Last thing I need is a pretty girl comin' after me 'cuz I messed up her knife," he replied, drawling the last few words and adding a quick wink.
"Good thing you know not to make me come after you", she said jokingly, returning his wink, but continuing with a shrug "Anyway, I'm pretty sure I'd be able to fix it afterwards, so I wouldn't mind"
He would mess up her knife with her power after all and she was pretty sure to undo something her power made on one of her knives shouldn't be to hard, especially as bending her knives into somethign else and back again was what she used them for the most. However, if he didn't want to, that was fine as well. Somewhere here had to be something made out of metal for sure, it would just take some time to look for it.

However, in the next container he opened there was indeed a metal disk and Eve let out an impressed whistle.
"Well, that was faster than I expected", she told him, taking a quick step forward to catch the metal disk. It was pretty light, which made it good bending material and would probably make it easier for him to start with.
"Yeah, this should work", she said with a nod and already started to bend her disk into the shape of a small spear. As the disk was pretty thin, the spear was as well and surely not a good weapon for a fight, but that wasn't the point right now anyway.
"Seems to work - now your turn", she added, walking towards Beau and the containers, "Just concentrate on the shape you want to bend it into and it shouldn't be too hard, the disk is pretty easy to bend"

[Beau LaRoux]

"Well, if they do, then we're ready for 'em," replied Beau, nodding back toward the plushie container. He didn't quite remember dealing with the plushies firsthand, but that didn't necessarily mean he hadn't. He hadn't been great at keeping track of his ability until lately either, which was definitely why he was going to end up staying on after he graduated. Well, that and a certain pretty blonde.

Beau didn't dwell on that, not least of all because Eve teased him about the knife thing. He just raised his arms in mock surrender, not even wanting to get into that kind of tussle. He had enough to deal with without having to tick off someone and have them going knife crazy (which, strangely, had happened to Beau in the past). He'd have something to work with of his own soon enough though, pulling out the discs and all.

Eve worked hers easily, with Beau watching, nodding and letting out a low whistle. "That's definitely a talent with some kick to it," he complimented. He took out a disc of his own, balancing it on his fingers. Eve explained; Beau listened, and then concentrated again. The disc wobbled for a bit, before spreading out to cover Beau's hand like a gauntlet. He furrowed his brow, forcing the metal to ripple about until he had some good movement in his fingers. "Figured I'd copy the master," he drawled, nodding to Eve and working it. "'sides, I'm a bit more defensive," he went to getting out a few discs, wanting to leave them out and easy for if they tried some sparring or something. He thought he was getting a pretty good hand on this, since it wasn't that complicated (as Eve had said), plus he'd had more than his share of experience shifting materials with his brain. He just had to hope that he didn't get his butt kicked if they actually tried a spar.

[Eve Turner]

"That's definitely a talent with some kick to it," Beau complimented and Eve gave him a short smile.
“Thanks and yeah, it comes in pretty handy at times”, she agreed with a nod.
She didn’t know where she would be without her power now – probably with a not quite right fitting arm and an empty stomach in front of hers and Jim’s apartment in the rain waiting for him to come home because she has lost and/or forgotten her keys and they couldn't afford to replace the lock and get her new ones - and even though she did miss her brother a lot, she felt more comfortable the way it was now.
She was pretty sure not many students were as happy about their powers as she was, but to be honest they didn’t only help her with unimportant things like her keys or even an easy way to use her arm, but her being here made it a lot easier for her brother as well. He didn’t have to steal to get them enough food anymore, he had time to finish his studies and to find a good job – and maybe even a girlfriend. All in all, it was better for him and handy for her and maybe once she finished school and he had a well-paying job, she could come back to him after all.

"Figured I'd copy the master," Beau drawled, nodding to Eve and working it. "'sides, I'm a bit more defensive"
“You did pretty well”, she told him with a smile, looking at the spear in his hands, “But if you want you can try a shield or something. It should be not as hard as the spear, the disk’s shape is pretty similar to a shield’s one after all”
Eve had never really made anything defensive using her power - what would she use it for anyway? She was fast enough at dodging things and something protective would just slow her down and make it easier for her opponent to attack her. However, everyone had their own fighting-style, so she would happily help him make something defensive out of the metal if he considered that the most useful thing for him to do with her power.

[Beau LaRoux]

Beau smiled at the compliment. He knew he wouldn't do nearly as good at this as Eve, since he didn't have her ages of practice. Plus, the further away he got, the weaker her power would get in him. Thankfully, neither of them were planning on wandering too far away from the other. It also didn't seem that they'd lose whatever they made simply by stopping to think, which made this definitely useful.

Speaking of, the advice that Eve gave had Beau nodding along. he held the discs in his hand, pictures what he wanted, focusing. He knew he probably didn't need to, but he raised his hands up, pressing the metal, trying to work it as though he were a smith and the melt already molten. The material seemed to work almost in kind, rippling and moving, the two discs overlapping one another, fusing together. Soon a shining shield with almost the identical design to the discs had been strapped to Beau's arm. He held it up, shifting and moving it before checking.

"Kinda fused the shield to my little gauntlet thing,' he said, looking up at her. "But I'm guessin' that you can pry that off later, right?" he certainly hoped so, since he wasn't sure he could. Beau was really hoping that he hadn't just royally messed things up here. That would be just his luck: getting his hands sealed in metal shells just by practicing with a power a little.

[Eve Turner]

Eve watched silently as Beau made a shield and melted it together with the gauntlet. She wasn’t sure whether it was on purpose or accidently, but anyway, he worked quite well with her power. He was probably used to having to learn how to control a power as quick as possible, but still she had to say she was quite impressed.
She let out a whistle: “Not bad, really, you learn quickly”

"Kinda fused the shield to my little gauntlet thing,' he said, looking up at her. "But I'm guessin' that you can pry that off later, right?"
“Well, if I couldn’t, you would have quite a problem”, she said, slightly grinning, “But don’t worry, I think it should be possible.”
She had never tried something like this before so she wasn’t sure, but she guessed it should work – why not after all. Also, even if she couldn’t, she could just make the metal thin enough so she could easily break it or wide enough so he could take it off.
“Anyway, you should probably ask beforehand the time”, she added with a chuckle, “Would be pretty disadvantageous if you had your hand stuck in this.”

[Beau LaRoux]

"Handled a few of those telekinewhatsits," said Beau, waving the metal hand. In fact, the ability he had by far the most practice with involved just happened to be pyrokinesis, which was really only a hop skip and a jump away from the metallkinesis that Eve practiced. That ease didn't make Beau feel any better about the whole creating the gauntlet/shield combo thing that now happened to be stuck on his arm. Eve didn't seem too worried about it though, which made Beau even calmer than her words did. You'd say that sort of thing even if you didn't think you could pry it off; you'd say them with confidence if this was practically normal.

"Gotcha," Beau agreed, waving the thing around. "Right, so should I grab somethin' else an' we try, I dunno sparrin' or somethin'? Wouldn't want to hurt each other that much, but this ain't exactly gonna be aces when we go up against those SPECTRE folks."

Beau said that lightly as he moved to collect more of the metal discs, figuring that he should get something on his other hand too. Probably nothing that wouldn't fuse together. As he moved, Beau realized that he could actually sort of slide the gauntlet off if need be; he'd just gotten it tight against his arm. so if he worked to loosen it a little, he'd be fine. He didn't want to interrupt the flow of Eve's thoughts though, instead working out another disc and trying to think of what sort of offensive thing he should make with it...

[Eve Turner]

"Handled a few of those telekinewhatsits," said Beau, waving the metal hand.
"I get the feeling telekinewhatits are pretty widespread", she said with a nod, slightly grinning, "However, I still think your abilities are quite impressive, must be hard to have to get used to so many different powers at once"
Eve had seen many students struggling quite a lot with their one power - even thouch she didn't have that much of a problem with hers - and she was pretty sure more powers didn't make the whole thing any easier.

"Gotcha," Beau agreed, waving the thing around. "Right, so should I grab somethin' else an' we try, I dunno sparrin' or somethin'? Wouldn't want to hurt each other that much, but this ain't exactly gonna be aces when we go up against those SPECTRE folks."

She gave him a smile: "Sounds good to me"
Watching Beau looking for a few other metal disks Eve shaped her spear into a knife and attached it to her belt.
She was pretty sure she wouldn't use it though, usually her arm was weapon enough and she did not intend to actually hurt Beau - so a knife would probably not be the best choice as it was made for quick and painfull attacks, but well, another knife made out of a new kind of metal would be a usefull addition to her collection now, wouldn't it?
However, as she was already finished with choosing her weaponary for the training "fight" she decided to do some warm-up till Beau was be ready as well instead.

[Beau LaRoux]

"They are at that," agreed Beau, nodding. "That's probly why I'm so good at them," let alone the fact that his best friend and the girl he couldn't get off his mind happened to be a pyrokinetic of the first order. He actually chuckled and looked down a little bashfully as Eve complimented his ability. "Jus' got lucky this time. Don't always turn out so good. I disappeared in the lounge a while back, an' I've been known to suddenly start talkin' gibberish or get headaches."

He adjusted the shield and gauntlets, getting everything into position. it then occurred to him that he didn't actually want to hurt Eve that much, so he should probably work at softening the edges and the like. They could still learn the right moves without cutting or anything. The slight hurt they'd get from whacking each other with light metals should do well enough. Beau looked over to Eve as the thought crossed his mind, seeing her loading up with knives and spears.

"Might wanna round off everythin'," he said, holding up his shield and turning it so she could see that he'd dulled what could've been a cutting edge. "Not that I don't trust ya, but I'd rather not end up with some scars an' stuff,' he adjusted then. Both hands were encased in metal and he had what amounted to a metal club around his belt. Beau hadn't exactly trained with anything else, though he supposed he probably could've whipped together a knife or tried some kinda gun or something. He figured that a beating stick would work well enough if he wanted range, and he certainly knew how to tussle. He drew his arms up into a semi-defensive stance, nodding to Eve. "Whenever you're ready!"

[Eve Turner]

"Might wanna round off everythin'," he said, holding up his shield and turning it so she could see that he'd dulled what could've been a cutting edge. "Not that I don't trust ya, but I'd rather not end up with some scars an' stuff,'"
"Don't worry, I'll be careful", she told him with a nod. She wasn't intending to hurt him and she knew that sharp-edged metal was pretty dangerous. She had worked with metal long enough to know that, after all.

She had already warmed up a bit, as she heard Beau calling out. As she turned around she gave him a nod.
"Ready", she said, scanning Beau' weapons of choice. The shield and a beating stick. The beating stick should be pretty easy to get out of his hand, the shield on the other hand was a whole other story, it was pretty much melted to his hand, after all.
She decided to wait for his attack, as she prefered to react to someone elses fighting style rather than letting the other person react to hers. However, she would probably start a fake attack to see how he reacted, if he wouldn't make make the first move either. Still, she would definitively try waiting and watching first.

[Beau LaRoux]

Careful, somehow that only made Beau feel a little better. He took a deep breath, releasing it slowly. Just think of it as a game, scrimmage of sorts. He'd been through enough of those as a football player and all. Of course, with those, he usually didn't have to face down a girl or anything. He gripped his stick a little tighter, already telling himself that he'd try and hold back a little. No reason to go crazy or anything, not on a girl.

Ready, and Beau nodded. he started moving, circling Eve. He figured he could be careful, cautious, see what she had planned and how she planned on moving and all. He had never been much of an offensive person, and that transferred to his "game" persona too. He had to chuckle a little as he realized that she was waiting for him to move too. "one of us is gonna have to move first," he pointed out, actually pointing with the stick as well, his brows raised a little. he thought he saw her moving too, and he got his shield ready, already shifting into a defensive posture.

[Eve Turner]

However, as Beau still seemed quite nervous she gave him an encouraging smile.
"I've been practising with other people quite a lot, don't worry, I never hurt anyone of them and I do not plan to change that today", she told him honestly. She was quite able to control her power as well as her body after all, and if she didn't intent to hurt him - which, of course, she didn't, why would she want to hurt him? - she was positive she surely wouldn't do it accidentaly.

"one of us is gonna have to move first," Beau pointed out, actually pointing with the stick as well, his brows raised a little, as it was pretty obvious both of them were waiting for the other to make the first move. Eve wasn't too surprised about that though. Simply the fact he had been going for the shield was proof enough he surely wasn't the offensive fighter. However, by now she was used to that, quite a lot of people here seemed to have that stragety, and she had found a way to deal with that as well.
She gave him a nod, making sure he was prepared for an attack and went for it. She didn't use a weapon for now though, she was faster without one after all and it would also be easier to avoid acidentally hurting Beau like that. She faked a frontal attack, changing her course though right before his reach and attacked from the side instead, aiming to lightly hit his - if it went as she planned - unprotected side, always ready to jump back in case he had seen it coming and tried to hit her himself, though.

[Beau LaRoux]

Beau sighed a little as Eve admitted that she'd done this before. It was somewhat reassuring, knowing that the person you sparred with at least knew what they were doing. It didn't make him want to attack her any more though; if anything, he definitely wanted her to go first. So he definitely didn't change hsi comment or his stance.

Eve moved, and Beau had been ready for it. Technically, he'd been ready for an attack, and managed to jerk his shield up to try and protect the incoming full-frontal he saw barreling his way. That struck him as  a bit of an obvious move to make, something like a feint. Beau might not understand that for fighting, but he definitely understood it for sports. He couldn't quite figure out where she was going. Eve proved him right though, soon going for his unprotected side. Beau jerked his metal club down at just the right moment, sparing himself from getting too heavily hit.

"Man, this is gonna be rough,' he mumbled, shaking his head and moving, dancing to the side and trying to get his club out. He gave a few swats toward Eve, wanting to see how she'd defend and move, needing to understand that before he tried anything more.

[Eve Turner]

At first he reacted exactly as Eve had planned, stopping her frontal attack and leaving his side unprotected. However he managed to stop her second attack as well and she jumped a few steps away from him, waiting for him to make the next move. Now that the fight had started, she could easily be a bit less offensive again, analyzing his movements instead - at least till she saw an opportunity to get an easy and effective attack.

She saw the club coming and managed to elegantly dodge it with a side-step, a club was a pretty slow weapon after all. She dodged the next attack as well, knowing that if the club hit her – even if it was only her arm – it would leave some damage and while the other person was busy attacking was the best time to start a counterattack anyway, so defending herself would just slow her down and dodging was the better choice.

For using a shield and a club Beau was actually pretty fast though, so Eve decided it was probably better to let him exhaust himself a little until he would become a bit slower. Therefore she tried another low-frontal attack aiming for his stomach, pretty sure he’d be able to ward it off though. However, her plan was to make him a bit more active so his energy would wear off quicker and his movements would become slower anyway, so if she hit or not was not her first concern - as long as he wouldn’t use her attack-energy against her, which she was pretty sure she would see coming and be able to stop fast enough though.