"oh for crying out loud!"
Tyler stared at the tsoo warriors crowding around him,punching their palms and looking generally grim.
Smiling,he flew into a an axe kick that sent the first flying,and then hit another hard in tthe jaw,both their bodies disintegrated into nothingness.
Twisting one arm back of the nearest crane enforcer,he took one of the warriors shuriken and threw it at the modern looking chandelier above him,in a comic-booky fashion,the tsoo warriors screamed as they were crushed into millions of pieces.
"Good job they're simulated"
after dealing with the tsoo, Adam came to the final stretch. the test of choice. at the end of the sorridor, he spied the button he needed to press to win. just before he got to it, a barricade came down. on the barricade were five helmets
"the man who made the helmet is the one who taught the other man that made the other helmets, choose wisely for the helmet of virtue is the one which was made first"
"I've done this before. it is the one which looks out of place. Virtue is not glamor, it is power!" he grabbed the rusty one and placed it on his head. no screaming, nothing. it was right. tha barricade lifted and the button showed. Adam casually walked towards the button and pressed it. in a flash the entire area changed back to normal
"the reason why I did this was not to show off but to test you on what your abilities are already and how they can be improved,so i apologise for the bragging. now, I'm going to train all of you in Airvertian Jitsu. so get ready"
Jack walks to the end of the course, looking slighlty board "yeah,,, i thought we would fight... well something anyway"
"the tsoo where a little dull..."
Apart for a few scratches on his wris gurads and shin gards he appers to be unharmed and not even slightly ruffled.
"hmm, ok. I'll make our next test a little more exciting" Adam started "anyway. the key to Airvertian jitsu is visualisation. so to use most of the techniques, you have to visualise it actually working. so, if I were to kick this tsoo warrior normaly, he would stay pretty much where he is" after making a tsoo warrior appear, he did a normal round house kick. and, as predicted, he didn't do much flying "however, if I were to visualise him flying into that wall over there" he pointed to the far wall. he then closed his eyes under his mask and concentrated, before delivering the same kick which, this time, sent the warrior flying into the far wall
"now, I am going to give you all an enemy which has the best chance at defeating you. you must use the techniques I mentioned to knock them into that pit over there" after clicking his fingers, each of the student's worst enemies appeared before them and a pit opened by the far wall
"and, begin"
As Jack turns to take on the next challenge, a voice comes over the speaker system "Can Jack Madison Please report to the office, as soon as possible please"
Jack turns on his heal and ran from the room at full pace, heading towards the Office as fast as he could.
as he approaches the Office he sees a tall lithe figure standing at the door to the Office.
"what... Cass what are you doing here?"
Cassandra looks at him calmly "they're Back, we're going"
Jack looks startled "but.. my stuff... are you sure..."
Cassandra turns on her heal "Yes I'm sure, forget your stuff, it can stay here or get thrown away, this is more important"
Jack takes a look around the School he was at for only a few hours, then turns and chase's after her "OK, but can we get some food on the way, i had to cut lunch short
Cassandra Smiles "sure squirt, but once we are safely on the way, it's a long trip home"
(( i have to bow out peeps, no more will i darken these boards for a little while, see you around ))
((see ya buddy. come back whenever 
Guys, I got thinking, and around Decemberish on this thread, there may be an event requiring Adam's leave from school too. but that's a while yet so I'm still here till then 
))
Worst enemy? Pious thought. Worst enemy?! Oh dear god, Devouring Earth will eat me alive! However, to his surprise, right before him, spawned an illutionist of the Carnies.
"What. The. Heck. Are. You?"
"A nightmare" suddenly, Pious was struck with pain, seemingly from all directions. He clamped at his head, and fell to his knees, shaking in anguish. His eyes burned, bleeding from spectral wounds. Yet, he forced them open, determined to examine this strange foe. A female, clothed in a brightly coloured gown which flared extravigantly from the waist down. As he gazed, she manufactured from light, a mighty entity, bright and white. "The Phantasm" she whispered. And Pious was blinded.
* * *
~ She's been programmed to haunt you until you are no longer conscious. ~
Dirigente! Thank god you're there. Help me, please. I can't see.
~ All you have to do is kick her, quit playing the whimp. ~
Pious fell silent. He was scared, all this was new to him, yet, he felt compelled to simply endure.
Okay. He released himself, rose to his feet and tried to overcome the pain. "These are illusions.. Dirigente, this woman.. she is an illusionist. Like me."
~ Just kick her already ~
His vision came back, the image of the illusionist and her summon stood before him. The Phantasm was blasting streams of energy but Pious simply absorbed it as mere illusion. The pain was gone, quickly replaced by fury.
Enough. A suddenly flash and the foe was sent flying vertically through the air. Pious had dealt a forceful uppercut. He now leapt high over the foe, and with his hands clamped together, brought down his arms onto the foe, knocking her directly to the ground. The power of the blow sent the illusionist through the floor. She climbed out. Pious assumed a battle stance.
"I picture you flying through that wall at the speed of light" a streak of force and the illusionist was indeed sent crashing. Pious had dealt an astounding palm-heel strike.
~ Trainer asked for a kick ~
Sorry, I can't lift my legs. Pious replied. Let alone swipe it.
Adam smiled. it was astounding. Humans can pick things up alot faster that the Airvertians, yet this was phenomanol. he felt that such a development could allow the students to move to the next level. yet that was only Pious, and he had just recently informed that Jack had to drop out. He still had to see the others pass their tests
Tyler brushed back his hair to help him concentrate ad prepared a battlep ose for whatever was about to come at him...knowing full well what his worst enemy was.....
"You've been a..." a voice came from behind him,he turned to see a circle agony mage standing before him,
"Very..." another voice...the same mage..btu behind him again...no!not two of them!
"Bad boy......" another!
"Traitor" said the final mage,all laughed together and shot bolts of fire directly at him...each of them narrowly missed by an agile Tyler.
"NO!" creamed Tyler,his pain magnified each time another mage popped up from nowhere....his eyes were buring an intense red now and his entire body had erupted in flames.
"Help me damnit!" he screamed but any sound seemed to be drowned out by his own pain.
"Tyler!" Adam called. the pain he saw in tyler mannaged to break the nulifying
"wait. this is no imagery... they're real! those creeps! they got through the barrier" Adam picked up his beeper
"Dirgente, code red! Circle invaders in training room, get here now! I'll hold them off!" Adam then went into Acenra mode and turned off the nulifier, allow his power to surge through him. his each hand, he made two small disks of light, like shurikens, then threw them at the enemy. one mannaged to destroy the hologram, another knocking over real one
"Tyler! block them out! don't listen to them! let your rage flow, the nulifier is off! let loose!"
"Thats a great idea" said a voice from behind
"you again, I thought-"
"oh no, I'm not hurting him, they are, however, I'm bored again, lets rumble!" Shadow started
Tyler panted heavily,rolling on the floor in pain and terror.
"Rock a bye babyyyy" one mage taunted.
"On the tree top,Ty'lak....its a looooonnnngggg way to fall" said another.
"Enough!" Tyler shouted at the top of his voice,getting the attention of everyone in the room.
Tyler chanted,his body so intensely hot the floor around him had melted,
"Incende,pyros!" his body began to shake violently and snall sparks began to fly off everywhere,melting ranodm bits of scenery in there path.
"Garuna,lillitos,arathmahay,goona,lunos...ricante! "
A massive explosion decimating half the mages that seemed to be multiplying all over the place. Only the leader remained...and he saw that this was enoguh for him,teleporting away.
Tyler lay there,anked,in the middle of the room,his lcothes burnt from his skin ,twitching......unconcscious...and suddenly the lgiht seemed to fade away.
"you. hurt. my. friend. you. [censored]!" Adam yelled, delivering a punch which twisted Shadow's neck around several times. with a few disturbing cracks, Shadow's neck twisted back to normality
"I've had it! this is where I draw the line! This battle starts in two weeks!"
"you fool, you are not ready!"
"I'm ready enough. you're hurting my firend and destroying cities. this is where it ends!" after Adam said that, Shadow laughed before teleporting away. Adam sighed. he had enough. he wanted it all to end. he knew he was going to win, he knew it.
Adam would of tended to tyler, but it was his stupid test that got him into it. he decided to let Sophie take care of it
"It's ok, I'm sure he'll understand" She stated, before going to Tyler
"he wont, I would like to be expelled for this, if not executed. I'd rather have not come than put the other students in danger. I'm no hero, I'm going to the roof" he walked away, dejected "class dismissed"
((see ya Hoplite))
Sophie knelt by Tyler and felt his forehead, for abrief seond, before recoiling her hand in pain. the boy's explosion had left him extremely hot. there was no other way she could wake him up, so she covered her arm in ice and slapped Tyler across the face, to see if that worked...
((Vol, I'll let you control Sophie now. I'm gonna focus on Adam for a bit. And I wont be online as much, I just got onto the test server. the new features rock!))
((No problems Acenra,I'll take good care of her 
))
Tyler didn't answer when Sophie was slapping him...he was much too busy looking back on past troubles...although his bod spontaneously ignited every now and then...worrying many in the immediate vacinity.
((Righty folks,something struck me the other day,a flash of inspiration as it were....
what if the folks from the school actually got together in game for a wuick RP chat about school life....could even do a couple of misssions and say its like a field trip...in battle training from Adam maybe?
What do you reckon?))
((Woo-hoo! Sounds great. IC missions ftw. I'm on summer holiday already so I'm free most of the week. What you got in mind? What level missions?.. BTW. You been on test server yet? It's crazy good fun. The thug MM.))
(( Not sure what levels but that isnt a hjuge concern for SK and Examp, so we'll just have to see))
((good idea, I just need to do a few costume adjustments to my main and I'll be set for it. dont be surprised when you see Adam as a fire tanker. it was the closest thing to sacred light I could use
P.S. what server is this going to be on?
P.P.S. I've been on the test server too. elec brute FTW!))
(( Gah..you make me prepare a server and everything....can't I just be pro-active with pep?
(top marks to anyone who can tell em where THAT came from)
But i was thinking union,with its unofficial roleplayingness))
((okay, my main's on defiant but I've got a lvl 2 version on union, will that be too much of a weight to carry?))
(( I shouldnt reckon so,I just created Tyler on there and hes at level 2 as well,so it looks like we're examping higher levels or getting SK'ed, either way doesn't make a huge difference))
"Grank,livvity noman,candos?" The impling pleaded,his voice not heard over the jeers and taunts of crowds who didn't understand a word he said and just wanted to see his suffering.
"Enough" Ty'lak the Eliminator roared over the crowds,a wide smile playing at his lips.
He waved his hands and the imp was brought before him,chained and shackled to the floor with magical restraints capable of holding the strongest of adversarys.
Glaring intently at the helpless creature who was,in relation to the gigantic size of the eliminator,just a mere speck of dust on the floor.
Ty'lak conjured a beast comprised purely of fire,a huge serpentine thing that qrithed its way to the helpless creature who was crying for mercy.
With a command the beast entered the imps body and burnt it from the inside out,a skeleton remaining lying on the cold floor,the cheers were immense now,every demon was enjoying this for miles around.
Tylers body writhed and twisted,sweating greatly,
He was dying.
Before he left he thought that he could help Tyler. he was going to put all his power into healing his friend. he walked over and placed his hands so they shadowed over tyler's body. then with emense concentration, Adam put all of his power into healing Tyler. so much so, his nose started to bleed and he was loosing conciousness, but he didn't care, he was going to succeed!
((ok, I've got a fire blaster version of Adam on the union server, only thing is to arrange where and when to meet))
Encouraged by his astonishing performance in the first test, Pious raced away towards the flashing blades. Most of the other students were already beyond the riddles, some were clinging from the ropes, aparantly afraid of hieghts.
Dirigente.. help
~ An obstacle of flashing blades huh? Piece of cake Pious. Focus on the timing, there will inevitably be many routes through the course. Find one. ~
Easy for you to say. These are large blades, and I'm already bleeding.
No response. Pious sighed, he felt pressured, everyone else was already several tests ahead. A boy appeared at his side, who without pausing, charged head first into the mayhem of knives. He lept over a low hanging blade, and dived through the centre of a scissoring pair. Pious was impressed, he would copy this boy. Suddenly, the boy howled in pain. He had mistimed the final play of blades; and was diced by rolling columns of swords. He faceplanted the training room floor, vanishing through the school's medical teleportation matrix.
Pious gulped. I might just sit this one out..