[CTF]We Will Win

[Casper & Jasper Emory]

"This is so going to be a cake walk, it’s like they designed it for us to win." Jasper said, clearly bragging as he talked loud enough for anyone close by to hear him. He was talking to his brother but he fully intended for others to hear. "I’m not so sure about the first challenge. We don't do so well on ice." Casper pointed out to his brother as he helped him stretch. Both the siblings were already where they needed to be for the start of the event. They of course signed up for the physical IMAC event, the Capture the Flag, and they planned to win.

It would have been like just like impossible for them to not when. That was their mindset on the matter. At the moment however they were focused on chatting a little as they stretched out. They had to be sure to get their bodies nice and limber before they started to use their power or else they would end up regretting it later. They actually knew they were going to be feeling some level of pain and discomfort later on when they were all done the event. They could not avoid all of their side-effects no matter how hard they tried. Plus they had a feeling they were going to be using a lot more than just their extra speed and strength.

"Shh, we got this in the bag brother. Come now; bring out that bravado side of you. Or do I need to try and get us to mind meld?" Jasper teased his brother. Casper chuckled and shook his head. Neither of them really wanted to mind meld all that much, but it perhaps would cause them to perform better then as one. Still, the whole mind melding was not something they could completely control. They knew it was likely to occur the longer they used their power so it was best that they would give their team a heads up. "Just help me stretch out now." Casper said as he traded places with his brother to be aided in stretching out his body. They were both pretty flexible and built, thank you circus life.

[Cade Carson]

Cade was a natural athlete. Of course he'd sign up for the physical challenge. In fact, he'd held off on using his powers for days now in preparation. He didn't want to be sleepy at the beginning. He was wide awake and fired up. When he went over to the two other guys who he thought might be on his team, he grinned.

"We're totally going to win this thing." He'd been training way of the sword for most of his childhood, and he was in good shape from that and the sports he'd played. Then there was the fact his cell manipulation made him able to improve certain aspects of himself. He rotated his shoulder blades. He'd looked at the challenges and puzzled out how he could possibly be of help.

"Not sure what powers you guys have. I can use a sword like...well I'm awesome. I can also improve my cells so that I can have certain parts of myself in peak physical or mental condition." That came in handy for tests and impressing girls, he had to admit. It had been torture not using it the last couple of days.

"I can also make plants grow so there's that. I don't know how we can get across the ice. I was thinking the wall...well I've read up on circuitry before so I might be able to do something there. The jungle part...I have to admit my sword skills are probably going to be the only thing useful unless we want me to catapult us into the sky with massively growing plants." He shrugged.

"Which could potentially be fun. The loops of fire I have no idea. So what do you guys think?"

[RJ Jay]

"Please, you three are just here to make me look better," insisted RJ, grinning at the rest of his team. He'd stretched out already and had done some jogging in place to get even more ready. Didn't stop him from giving a few girls in the audience knowing winks or the finger-guns either. "We're also the hottest team by, like, a bunch," he said, looking around. "That one group does have the prom king and that one guy, but that last one almost looks like a girl, or maybe a real butch or something," RJ shrugged, turning to look at the rest of his group.

Who actually learned to use a sword in this day and age? Stupid people, that's who. RJ very nearly pointed that out, but instead just grinned that cocky grin of his. "I can totally mimic anyone's actions after I see them, so I'll, like, do all your sword stuff just as easily. Though I don't think they're gonna let us use weapons though, which kinda sucks. We can just slide across the ice. Wall's gonna be a snap once you guys get the generator off, and we can totally worry about the jungle when we get there."

RJ grinned confidently and did another twist. He was pretty sure they could handle the loops of fire thing too. He'd heard about the twins before, and he was pretty sure they were circus freaks or something. And if King Arthur there could really make himself as impressive as he sounded, then they could definitely get through hoops.

{yeah, no swords, Exxie, but they'll be fine without it}

[Casper & Jasper Emory]

Two other guys then strolled up; this was such a sausage fest team. Not that the boys were complaining because they liked their occasional sausage. There was just one in particular that was there favorite but they didn't mind seeing if they had new toys to play with. Yet, now was not the time to be thinking about toys, they had a game to win. A game that they were doing just to get the attention of the people watching, but still a game all the same. "Dude, you can't use your sword here. Compensating for something?" Jasper pointed out as the guy talked about his sword. The siblings then snickered at Jasper little jibe at the end.

"Can only use our powers, pretty sure it’s in the rules." Casper added after getting his snickering under control. They did listen to what they first guy had to say about his power and what he could do. It would be interesting to see how they were going to pull off a win, which they so were because come on they were all hot. Which the second guy pointed out and the brothers had to nod in agreement. "I think you mean, you are here to make us look better." Jasper pointed out as he stood up, reaching a hand out to help his brother up to his feet.

The two guys both arrived with something of a plan to actually tackle the challenges. The siblings had actually not given a lot of thought of how they were going to get through all of them. "Well our power basically makes us better at pretty much everything we do." Casper pointed out as he looked ahead at the challenge that lay before them. "We will leave the whole planning stuff to you two; we are just here to be in a show of sorts and to win." Jasper said after his brother’s words, now the two of them ready, but was going to wait for the other two guys to go first.

"Go on ahead, you two." The siblings said in unison, almost making a comment about 'little dicks first' but they were going to hold of on being cruel. For now.

[Cade Carson]

"I didn't say I actually had my sword. I said I'd trained a good part of my childhood to use one. I obviously didn't bring my sword along, even though it goes against my being because I never leave anywhere without it. However, I can make plants grow bigger. Which means I can make a plant grow into a small tree, uproot it and use it with my sword skills. Won't be as sharp as the conventional sword, but it'll do." Cade shrugged.

"You're severely underestimating our opponents. We're at a powered school. And our team, while hot, has three people who can make themselves be at peak condition and one who can copy someone's moves. That's it. We need some serious strategy here or there's not going to be anything we can do."

[RJ Jay]

Blah, blah, blah, these guys were certainly doing a lot of talking considering they were supposed to be performing right now. RJ ignored them for the most part, his eyes already ahead, already on the prize. He smiled, letting his eyes glint, smiled and nodded. "Please, we don't need a plan," he said, already heading forward. "We just gotta get through to the end. Easy stuff. We're obviously built to handle this stuff no prob."

So RJ started moving forward, already eying the first challenge like it was a particularly hot girl. He was vaguely aware that he had a few partners behind him, three or so guys or whatever, and they'd been talking about plans or fake swords or some other weird stuff. RJ didn't care: he was here to make a name for himself. And hey, the guy who hit the course well ahead of his stupid partners was definitely gonna do that.

RJ took off for that first challenge at a sprint, gloating, already totally sure that he was just gonna roll through this and spend his time waiting for the other idiots to catch up.

[Casper & Jasper Emory]

"If you didn't bring it and you can’t use it, why are you talking about it?" Jasper asked, chuckling a little as he shook his head. "Now brother, be nice. We have to sort of work with these two." Casper pointed out to his twin who let out a sigh but complied. They didn't actually care about winning all that much, it was more about getting the publicity. They wanted people to go 'hey look, it’s the twins' 'they are so hot' 'look at that skill' and so on about them. The game itself was just a way for them to be center of attention.

Yet now they had to compete with two other boys on their team to get that attention. Part of them wished they could have been just the two of them, but life had other things in mind. "Strategy? Why not just run ahead and see what happens. Unless you have a plan." Jasper pointed out, looking to his brother. Casper didn't say anything as he looked at what they were up against. He was sure they could come up with a plan but he didn't feel like being a leader in the group. They already had a group with people who clearly had strong personalities. He had a feeling that things were not going to well regardless.

"I like how this guy thinks. Come on sword boy." Jasper said as he went over to try and grab a hold of Cade's wrist to try and pull him ahead. He didn't put too much effort into it, but did try. Regardless, he and his brother would move ahead onto the ice and while they were not running they were taking their time. They didn't want to slip and so long as you kept the right balance, you could just slide your way around to get to the other side. Right?

[Cade Carson]

Cade shook his head.

"Never mind. You're obviously not going to plan anything so I give up." They needed to get across the ice. They were pulling him towards it and he sighed.

"Walk sideways. I spent a vacation with my family in Canada. It was the winter months. Crossing ice means small steps and walking sideways for better grip. At least that's what worked for me."

[RJ Jay]

Nope, RJ definitely wasn't planning. He as already hitting the ice, though he heard the others behind him, still talking about stuff. Cade did shout out some kind of advice or something, which probably made sense. But walking sideways across the ice wouldn't look cool, especially not if they did shuffling little steps and stuff. No, RJ wanted to slide.

And so he didn't slow his running spring in the slightest. He just let his trainer-clad feet connect with the ice, and when they started skidding, he leaned into it. Sure, he sort of fell on his ass, but he did so in a way that had to look totally badass (to his eyes) and it got him sliding several feet forward. Sure, now he happened to be, like, in the middle of the ice and all, but it had so totally been worth it.

RJ just needed to figure out a cool way to get up now.

[Casper & Jasper Emory]

"Quiter, quiter, such a spitter." Jasper said in a sing-song way as he moved forward with his siblings as the pulled Cade along a little before letting him go and moving ahead with one another. "Jasper, don't just assume such things. We don't know his love life." Casper whisper to his brother but their whispers tended to be them actually still speaking at the same volume and just leaned in a little closer to one another. The brothers both snickered a little, glancing back at Cade when he pointed out the whole walking sideways deal.

Sure it made sense but were the brothers going to do it? No. It didn't seem like a fast way to get anything done and didn't look cool. The guy ahead of them who they could not remember if they had heard his name or not, seemed to agree with them on that as well. He didn't say anything but he was running full speed ahead. The brothers were considering doing the same thing until they saw the boy slip and fall on his butt. Immediately the two of them start to burst out into laugher. Ah, other people’s misfortune was always so funny. "Did you see that? He totally busted his ass!" Jasper yelled out while still laughing.

"Damn, lucky he had the power he does or I bet that hurt. My tail bone hurts just from having seen it!" Casper yelled out as well, still laughing. They were in fact laughing so hard now that they were down on their knees. They were not going to be moving with how hard they were laughing but at least they were on the ice.

[Cade Carson]

Cade heard the comment about his love life and he laughed.

"Love life? I don't have a girlfriend, it's true. However, not for their lack of trying I suppose." He shrugged. They didn't want to take his advice on the ice, and then one of them ran ahead and fell on his butt. He arched an eyebrow.

"You guys really haven't heard the story of the tortoise and the hare, have you? It doesn't matter how long I take because it's going to be faster than you getting up after you've fallen on your faces."

[RJ Jay]

Okay, yeah, RJ had totally busted his ass, as one of the twins had guessed. It kinda hurt and he could already hear some members of the crowd laughing. But hey, if he was known as the guy who broke his butt on the ice, he'd at least be known for something. He waved at the crowd, before realizing that his partners were still back and apparently not moving.

RJ looked back. "You guys planning on leaving this all to me? A'ight," he twisted and attempted to rise, only to find his feet slipping. RJ ended up doing a sort of split, one leg extended out, the other going back. It hurt, but he'd done similar stuff through his power before, so it wasn't something he was unfamiliar with. RJ grinned and slung his leg around, spinning slightly. It got him a few more feet, and he really didn't care that it wasn't like he was zooming. He had to look damn good, and he clearly intended to start effectively break dancing his way across the ice, using the slick surface to make his moves almost comedic.

[Casper & Jasper Emory]

"You actually try?" Jasper asked a confused look on his face. Who actually tried to get a girlfriend? Sure they siblings didn't really understand the whole dating thing, but Jasper did ask Franck. Sure the other boy said he wanted to wait before giving his answer but that was all there was too it. Jasper was not trying anything different than being himself to try and get the boy to say yes or not. That was just not them and they would always be them until the day they were put into the ground together, because twins died together.

"We have heard the story, but who wants to be a hare? They live a long time and are slow. No fun." Casper pointed out. Then he went back to laughing a little more because how could he not? The crowd seemed to agree with them that it had been a funny sight, but even if they didn't the twins would have still laughed. At least the RJ boy didn’t seem to be a poor sport about it so that was a good thing. "You sure you can move after the injuring to your butt?" Jasper asked, still snickering. He probably was never going to let it go so long as he saw the guy now. The laughing stopped when RJ ended up doing a spilt. The brothers grabbing a hold of their neither regions as the winched a little, practically were feeling his pain in a way.

"Ouuuccchhh." The siblings said together, going still on the ice. Yeah, this didn't seem like any fun anymore. If they were going to end up doing anything that RJ was doing then they didn't want to play this game at all. RJ seemed to be alight however and was up moving again. "Let’s go." Casper said moving to lie down on the ice with his brother doing the same thing. They basically ending up taking a penguin position and went to slide on their stomach, pushing on the ice to help them get some speed, but control was less than stellar and thus they came close to knocking into RJ.

[Cade Carson]

These twins weren't too bright, were they? Cade shook his head.

"I didn't say I tried to get a girlfriend. I'm a one night stand kind of guy most of the time. The girls try to make me their boyfriend though. And...the hare is the fast one in the story. The tortoise is slow, but ends up winning." Stupid. He watched as RJ failed again. He kept walking steadily across the ice sideways. They were on their stomachs like penguins now and Cade couldn't help but laugh.

"You guys all look so stupid! Now who looks lame?"

[RJ Jay]

Well, Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dum (ha! Classic burn!) looked pretty stupid and all: they clearly didn't have RJ's sweet moves. He just kept moving and sliding and sort of dance-shuffling his way along the ice. The constant contact with the ice was starting to chill a bit, and he was definitely glad that nobody was going to be checking out his package anytime soon, but he was definitely moving forward. And doing so with style.

"Uh, I don't know who you're looking at," said RJ, before spinning a bit and sliding forward, taking about three times as much effort as he needed to in order to move those few feet. "But I'm looking pretty much incredible right now," RJ paused to wave at the crowd, adding a few more winks before rolling back. He slid slightly with the roll, which ended up being more of a skid but hey: movement. And he figured he'd get across first, even if he was only, like, two thirds of the way or so.

"You'd think they'd try something harder than this," he said as he spun forward again, chuckling. "I've worked up more of a sweat with a girl." RJ winked again, as if his statement wasn't obvious by itself.