{EDCT} A Chaotic Start (Open)

[Corey Spencer]

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"Alright, line up!"  Corey's usually quiet, thoughtful tone dropped for just a moment as he called out over the noise of gathered students.  He never cared much for these assignments, choosing to remain in the background and observe over being front and center.  His eyes dropped to the clipboard in front of him with a list of names printed neatly on it.  The Academy was meticulous in their planning of every event, let alone ones that involved large groups of young mutants leaving campus.  If only the rowdy, restless group of kids in front of him understood the work that went into giving them these small moments of relief.

The bus sat idling with the doors and the storage hatches open, awaiting the students to file in.  The campers were given one bag to be stored beneath the bus and a backpack though it seemed like a handful of them hadn't gotten that memo.  Or, at the very least, chose to ignore it.  The beleaguered staff was going to have a hell of a time just to get the bus on the road, it seemed.  Still, the big man clad in the t-shirt emblazoned with the Bellefonte Academy crest on the breast and 'EMERGENCY SERVICES' printed on the back did his best to cycle the students through as fast as possible.  His eyes lifted from the clipboard as he raised his voice to address the students once again.

"The faster we get everyone in the sooner we get on the road!"

[Tiana Jackson]

”Alright, line up! The faster we get everyone in the sooner we get on the road!”

Tiana was still baffled as to why she’d signed up for the camping trip. She placed the blame down yet again the the adults in her life encouraging her to try new things. It was the only explanation Tiana could think of for why she was currently carrying a bag in her hand and a backpack on her shoulders. From the looks of it, she was one of the few who actually was. Tiana only rolled her eyes and did as the man bid, getting in line. The sooner they actually got there, the less time Tiana had to rethink her decision and head back to her dorms. She certainly would be fine getting some extra cooking time in, or sleep for that matter.

”On the road again, I guess.”

[Stella Davenport]

Stella had packed her duffle bag expertly, and had her backpack slung over he back. She was ready for the first bit of fun she had in a while. Everyone's voice fadded into each other, all the colors were sightly distracting. Someone was getting texted by their girlfriend, someone was streaming aweful music, someone was just staring at the phone pretending to get a text. All the colors were blinding, she reaches out to touch one of the steady streams of light when a whole world of blue assaulted her.

She looked up to the chaperone who was talking. It was time to get on the bus, she donned her sunglasses and put her bag under the buss and walked towards the line to get out. She hoped the bus ride would be the most noise for the trip. She knew it was a long stretch to hope for peace. She put her headphones on hoping to block the noise, even of she couldn't block the colors.

"oh god, who owns the neon green voice, that poor soul" She muttered to herself as she pushed by people to get on the bus. She just had to make it to camp, then she would be fine. It would be like camping normally was..peaceful.

[Silvia Almasy]

>>"Alright, line up! The faster we get everyone in the sooner we get on the road!"

Silvia could not quite explain, even to herself, why on earth she was going on a camping trip, into the wilderness, to spend time among vegetation that was likely to go bonkers from her powers. Why did she just not... stay put? The Academy was bound to be nice and quiet with so many students done. She had to be out of her right mind to pass that up.

And yet, here she was, standing in line with her neat, flower-patterned bag and matching backpack. Partially, because Dory was going too, and she needed her friend with her. Silvia would have worried about her the entire time if she had left without her. Also, Cash had coaxed her into agreeing to go... Whatever he thought it would be good for, she had no idea, but she could not go back on her word now.

"Dory?..." she looked around, waiting for her friend to show. She hoped the girl wouldn't forget. They set an alarm and everything.

[Cash Hunter]

The thing about making promises was that one was expected to keep it. Well, one was even encouraged to do so. When Cash Hunter talked the little blonde girl, Silvia, whom he had met recently, into participating in the Earth Day camping trip, he had gave her some excuses on how it would be basically good for her. Now he would just be a hypocrite if he did not show his face up. Anyway, he figured it might even be a good way to celebrate his birthday on the twenty first.

With a backpack on his back and a duffel bag in hand, the soon to be twenty year old made his way to the parking lot. Thanks to his speed, he quickly made his way through the throng of people, where he stopped when he saw the blonde. "Glad to see you showed up," he said as he sidled up next to her.

[Xander Scott]

"Yeah, bye!" The boy shouted as he slammed the car door. He quickly put on his earphones and turned the volume to the max, just so he did not have to hear whatever the woman he called his mother had to call out to him. Knowing her, she probably did. Probably a 'take care' or 'have fun' or god forbade, an 'I love you.'

The thought irked him. Bleh. It was already bad enough that she insisted to drop him off. She was the bloody main reason why he even agreed to go on the camping trip. Xander Scott took every opportunity to be away if it meant he did not have to breathe the same air with that woman. Good thing there was not a race that weekend.

It seemed like the boy did not get the memo about the amount of bags after all because he brought one extra. He was not used to travelling light. Fortunate for him, he successfully and sneakily stored the extra bag beneath the bus. When he reached the front of the line, he smiled as innocently as he could at the camp staff, hoping the man did not know about what he had done.

[Poppy Lockwood]

MESSAGES > INBOX
FROM: Raven Rander
C'mon. Me? Camping?
Get real.

Poppy Lockwood stared at her phone a second longer before she shut the screen. She should have known her dorm mate and friend would have never agreed to go on the camping trip. She should have expected it the other day when her friend said she would sign them up when really she only put Poppy's name down. Or even yet, the late night partying last night should at least have given her signals as to what her friend's intentions were. The grip on her phone tightened, and she laughed to herself. Oh boy.

It looked like Raven would not be joining her. Poppy supposed the change of scenery would do her some good, she knew now apparently her friend thought so as well. Tucking her phone back into her pocket, she stared out the window from where she sat on the bus in search of anyone familiar in the sea of faces down below.

[Alessandra Davine]

"Alright, line up!"

Her eyes squinted ever so slightly, feeling quite uneasy from the mere fact that she was having second thoughts about this trip. Not to mention the yelling didn't help either. Alessa clenched onto the strap of her duffle bag to adjust it accordingly. She looked around just to get a good glance of the others that were on this trip, and sadly... she wasn't close to any of them. Which wouldn't be too big of a problem considering she was doing this for herself and no one else. She was sure if someone wanted to converse with her or become friends, it could happen. So she wouldn't stress it 

Aless just hoped this whole trip went smoothly and she wouldn't have to regret it in the long run. After getting on the bus, she chose one of the seats further back. Her Beats By Dre headphones ready to go over those ears of hers once the bus started moving.

"Any day now..." Her lips muttered as her eyes glanced up to watch the rest get situated.

[Jaxon Crain]

Jaxon Crain had been given a way out. A way out of anger management and therapy. The academy knew how much Jaxon loathed all the extra attention. Everyone kind of knew the amount of help he was forced to receive was a bit unnecessary for his condition. 

He just blew up. 

Once.

Anyways, they told him that a few weeks of the meeting with his shrink would be shaved off if he cooperated and calmly went along with this whole camping trip thing. After a few seances of contemplating, he took the offer. The only waver in his mind was dealing with all these kids. There were high-schoolers swarming everywhere and Jaxon had a feeling he would been riding solo this trip. He spotted the back of Poppy Lockwood but they hadn't talk much sense the bus stop. Maybe a couple awkward nods hello.

The bus sat in the parking lot and Jaxon had found his car and leaned up against it looking out over the crowd of kids in front of him. He lit a quick cigarette as he sat on his hood. They had told him no smoking but really could they strip him of everything he enjoyed? 

As Jaxon inhaled, he scanned the crowd looking for someone that wouldn't make him want to smash there face in. His social skills, however, had drastically improved and thing were looking on the up. The hard thing was when he was social, the urge to fight came quickly with any small irritation. 

He tapped the cancer stick against the side of his hood, behind him, as the large man took role. Jax raised his head with a nod in response as Corey called his name. He stopped the cigarette out and grabbed the bags on the asphalt. He made his way through the crowd as he heard little freshmen whispering about him and what they'd heard he done or whose ass he'd kicked. "Yeah they fought like a puss." He whispered not thinking to look back as he heard one individuals conversation. He wasn't exactly sure who or when they were talking about but he just cracked a grin at their instant silence.

As he was about to enter he spotted a girl (Alessandra Davine ). He'd seen her maybe once before. As she got on, he waited and let her passed in front of her. His efforts were unnoticed as he waited for her to sit down. Like a ninja, he threw his backpack into the aisle seat next to where she had chosen. As he began to sit down he realized he left his lighter on the hood of his car. "Shit." He mumbled and left to grab it.

[Jeremiah Johnson]

Depending on the event that lays ahead, Jeremiah was an off and on person on traveling to different places. Sure it can help him witness new encounters with the city and its colors, but he just got use to his new surrounding back at the academy grounds and its students it harbor, so once more, of course, he was nervous about signing up for random things carrying about. Since this time that trip surround Earth Day and the trip will carrying them out towards the wild mountain and abundant life scattering about, the young teen couldn't help himself about draw his name to book for the trip. His mind begin to wonder about if this will help break his unsociable self and find some new faces as friends; however, he doubt it if the others was busy with their activities.

Removing the thought aside, Jeremiah grip hold of two bags of items he promise he needed on the way, and extra more just in case. Blue eyes stare sourly at the bags as if he left something back at the dorm, which forces him to drop the bags and dig through for unattended items. Toothpaste and toothbrush? Check! Clothing, both for casual and swimming and extras? Check! Batteries and flashlights? Check! Double first aid kits? Very check! Compass? Check! And lastly, healthy snakes and water? Check! Everything seem stack and complete in the two massive bags...though it feel like he overpacked. "It's like I'm bring my entire room!" he sigh, flinging the bags back over his shoulders.

[Dean Walker]

Camping! Earth Day! Excitement! Dean was quite the outdoorsy guy and he had always loved getting to volunteer for helping out on trips or school functions that required some serious staff work. Although he was only a recruiter, he knew that his ability did come in handy when dealing with rowdy kids that needed to be knocked into place. The real reason behind this specific outing that he had volunteered for was one William Spencer. The shapeshifter had been under a lot of stress and was causing a lot of problems for everyone around the academy, enough so that his trainer had been called back to reevaluate his situation and whether he needed more training or not. Dean always had been the one on standby for the feisty Brit's therapy sessions in case things got out of hand. It was his way of protecting the boy from himself.

Standing beside Corey though, he couldn't deny that this was something he'd really been wanting to do and had even prepared for well ahead of time. Samantha and Avery were going to have a mother/daughter bonding experience while Dean camped out with raging hormonal teens that could throw shit with their minds, set things on fire, transform into an animal and ya know create flowers and whatnot. As those thoughts registered, he found himself wondering what he had been thinking when signing up.

Dean cleared his throat and rubbed the back of his neck. This was by no means his kind of authoritative situation. He was leaving it all up to Corey to get the teens reined in because, well, the guy was a rock! A humongous boulder of muscle and intimidation. Whereas Dean...was Dean. He tried a few stern looks and folded his arms across his chest to appear more intimidating, but they as well as he, knew that it wasn't working.

[Alessandra Davine]

There was a lot that Aless failed to notice and not so much out of ignorance but more of because she knew how to mind her immediate business. Being able to juggle when and when not to be curious was something like a gift.. when you had to deal with her gifts.

Her brown eyes did raise along with her head as she noticed the movements of bags being tossed in the aisle right next to her seat. The guy that followed right after (Jaxon Crain ), she also took a glance at. Not anyone that she knew but of course he looked like a familiar face, as all of the students on this trip did. Except for that one kid all the way in the front, he didn't look too familiar. Probably a good thing.

The tunes in her phone played but her eyes were still watching. Looked like he might have forgot something but who knew, Alessa just hoped they could get this bus moving into high gear. Her attention went back towards the window as she scooted over, in case the other student needed more room if he did plan on sitting next to her. Guess it was the most she could do.

Her hands moved to push her hair behind her ears. She could hear more excitement coming from outside and inside the bus. "Yikes." Speaking to no one in particular as she put up the volume to her music.

[Jaxon Crain]

Jaxon had to shove his way through the sea of people in order to get back to his car. These teens were way too excited. Jax supposed that he would have been to if he been a normal BA student. Maybe if he actually had friends instead of scaring them away with the fights he both started and ended. 

However, those days were over, and now he just need his cigarettes to get him through the week. He jogged over to his car and slyly slipped them into his pocket and look around to make sure no one was watching. The high schoolers from before were, of course, but the cigarettes just gave him an even more 'out there' image in their minds, he guessed. Jaxon just found their interest amusing, that was all. 

Seeing no officials or teachers glancing his way, Jaxon pushed once again through the crowd and onto the bus. His seat was still taken by the simple black Jans-Sport. He looked down at the girl sitting and gestured if it was okay for him to sit there. She seemed to be fine with it so he smacked down straight into it with a huff. Her headphones were on but he was actually, for a change, out to meet some new people. 'Don't be all brooding and maybe people will like you' His shrink had told him. He gave it his best, awkward shot.

"You ready for this long drive?" 

[Lister D. Reynolds]

Nope. Can't do this. Nope. LDR hadn't agreed to this. It was another lame attempt by his mother and the school to get him out of his room. Had it not been for the fact that Victor had blabbed about it to their father LDR would have just locked his door, but for fear of having to deal with yet another lecture. So here he was throwing his bag onto the bus and looking for a seat next to someone he could handle spending a bus journey with.

Finally his eyes landed upon an already seated Benjamin Banks and sat down next to him "H-H-H-Hey...gl-gl-glad to se-see som-someone I-I-I kn-kn-know he-h-h-h-he...here." He glanced around at the seats, wondering if Blair was on the trip.

[Benjamin Banks]

Ben had signed up for the trip because he knew he couldn't stay In his room. Especially since missing it would be a dead give away something was wrong with him. He loves all things outdoor and sport like.Missing it would be like a red flag and so he sucked it up and signed up. It wasn't as bad as he thought, it was kind of nice to see all the new kids that had arrived at the academy. He didn't exactly know if they were so much as new to the school or just new to him.

Staring out the window he focused on spot, trying to block out all the chatter around him. His room was much quieter than bus, he was sure of it. LDR's voice snapped him out of his lack of thoughts. Turning he moved his bag and smiled. "Yeah, I doubt we'll bunk together though...which means I won't have a cabin that I can stand"

Lister D. Reynolds