‵‵ trapped. (w/ chasing)

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meredith private school is what many think of as a normal, everyday school, as
to the regulars. however, there is much more than meets the eye. this school is
a school for the 'special...' and by special, we mean mutants and inhumans. tod
ay in this world, mutants are hidden away from society. if they are to reveal th
eir true nature and abilities, they will most likely be killed, or simply 'put to re
st,' which still means death. that is the main purpose why this school exists, its
here to teach mutants how to 'fit in' to society and to act 'regular.' many studen
ts are sent here by their parents because of their irrational fear of them causing
them difficulties, and are settled down into groups of five called units. students
of many ages attend the school, but only students within that age group would b
e placed together. no one is allowed to leave until they have proven that they ca
n function in public without showing their powers. they are trapped, unable to s
ee the real world once again.

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i. fredrick donovan wolfenstein ii. cismale, he/him pro
nouns iii. seventeen years od, born on november the fi
rst. iv. heterosexual heterromantic. v. his powers inclu
de a tail manifestation, feral mind, predator instinct,,
manipulation of fire, firebreathing, plus hunting intuiti
on, night vision and enhanced senses. vi. main traits ar
e hotheaded, impulsive, reclusive, and a bit studious ..

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wolfenstein, or freddy, is known well amongst meredith students and staff, mainly
because of his extreme anger issues. most are afraid of him and do not want to pe
rturb him as it may trigger his feral mind or other powers. at first sight, freddy is v
abrasive towards strangers and obviously doesn't want to trust anyone, he may eve
n pick on some others if he really wants to. he once had an outburst or episode wit
h his feral mind activating and making him wanting to attack, it was over somethin
g that wasn't really serious, but it seemingly made fred upset. however provoked hi
m ended up at the school nurse and doctor for the entire week, over little stuff. . .
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freddy, before manifestation, had an average life. he had a twin named odin, whom he
had a connection with. his parents loved him when he was like that, but then his manif
estation occurred and his life changed. you see, his parents had always told him of how
terrible these mutants were, and since he had become one, it only made him a bit upse
t and deeply empty. he felt like there was no one to turn to, thinking that nearly all mu
tants were killed off by the people, but there was someone he could go to and that was
his brother odin. his brother accepted him for what he was and believed that he was th
e same as any other person, but it wasn't enough to make fred believe. fred, as a young
boy, had a strange attraction to fire and anything related to that, but he and others nev
er thought much of it. history work in progress . . .
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name valeria mia feranda
alias val
age seventeen
gender cisfemale
sexuality heterosexual
power fear manipulation/inducement

appearance valeria has dark hair and, thus, naturally tan skin. her hair is quite silky and soft, flowing smoothly with a few waves throughout it and her hair colour is a solid, dark brown. her hair is thick and shiny, falling past her shoulders. val has full lips, a round, button nose and dark brown eyes. her eyes, set beneath two very dark eyebrows, are expressive, often giving her true emotions away.

positive traits observant, strong-willed, independent, clever, calculating, intellectual, focused, patient
neutral traits silent, quiet, mysterious, doesn't trust easily, passive, sensitive, stubborn, curious
negative traits unforgiving, brooding, secretive, dull, distant, antisocial, selfish, dishonest, intimidating
personality - unwillingly intimidating & brooding - doesn’t particularly her situation in the school and isn't the friendliest of faces
- scared of her powers, about how they affect people, she doesn't want people to be scared of her
- distant - mind is always off in another place
- if you manage to get close to her and ignore the fear she may show her curious (sometimes even adventurous and witty) side
- doesn't often talk - always watching & listening
- thinks of herself first - white solitary in that way
- keeps herself a secret and does talk often - kinda mysterious
- passive - doesn't like confrontation & has never been bold enough to speak her mind freely - just kind of sits back and watches everything happen around her

backstory due to valeria’s powers of fear manipulation and the fact that she isn't in control of her powers, she constantly makes others who are near her, afraid. even when she isn't trying you may still feel this underlying fear crawling beneath her skin. as a young child her parents waved off this fear they had as just them being scared for their daughter's safety. but, as she grew, her powers became stronger and she unintentionally made her parents genuinely afraid of her when they got close to her. they became so afraid, from her powers which were affecting them, that they were convinced something was wrong with her and they handed her over the a private school for troubled youth, not truly understanding or realizing that she had powers the whole time. she's quite desperate to return to her parents who are the only people she truly trusts, despite the fact that they put her in the school. she knows that it wasn’t their fault and she can’t find it in her to be mad at them.
in the school, she was soon to realize what her power was. ever since that moment she realized what she was capable of... and she hated it. she blames herself for losing her parents and this is why she distances herself from others, because she doesn't want to grow attached and then lose them when the fear becomes too overwhelming.

romance none currently

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❝ i'll be the same, never changed for nothin'.. it's all i know, never learned much more !!! ❞
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( seventeen years ) ( female ) ( fear manipulation/inducement ) ( tags: unit )


Days in the private school were a constant routine. Within the red brick building and beyond the vibrant green vines that crawled up the side of the large school were unordinary students. And the day began as any other would at Meredith Private School, with an alarm. The weekends were the exception, their regular classes didn’t operate on Saturday and Sunday, though classrooms were open for students who wanted to do their work or ask for help from teachers. Though, group therapy - though more commonly called control - sessions still happened on the weekends as they did all throughout the week. But, thankfully, they started at 10:00 in the morning on the weekends. Regular, academic classes began at 9:00 in the morning, but they had a mandatory group session each morning at 8:00 with their specific councillor. It was the same routine over and over. Valeria sometimes let herself wonder what it would be like to go to school out in society with normal kids and not kids who had tails or turned invisible whenever they got scared, not to mention a councillor who could literally detect other dimensions. Though, this was who she was and she was here to learn how to control her powers so that she could return to the real world and live like a normal citizen. She was usually patient throughout life, but all she wanted was to return to her parents and not be here.

Valeria sighed softly when her alarm sounded and she reached over to the nightstand beside her bed - which was pushed up against the wall in her square room - and fumbled with the blaring alarm for a few moments before she was able to turn off the sound. It was 7:30, she had showered last night and all she needed to do was get dressed and eat before she had to go to the unit control session. The dark-haired girl got out of bed and walked over to her closest, picking out a quick outfit. Her whole closet was mostly black ans grey and the jeans folded in the dresser were mainly black too, the exception was a few blue ones. She threw on black jeans and a dark grey shirt though that didn’t really matter since he threw on a black hoodie afterwards. Believe it or not, with her minimalistic outfits, she was actually a student who tried pretty hard with her appearance. Her hair was brushed, her teeth clean and her clothes new, fresh from the laundry. Some other kids spent all day in pajama’s. It was like they thought that, since they were in a private school, they didn’t have to try to look decent. But they were wrong. Those people were usually the ones who she got annoyed with and, if she ended up focusing too hard while being distracted in class, the kid she was annoyed with would have a panic attack and freeze up or try to run out of class, plaid pajama pants and all. Then, Valeria would feel terrible and she’d be excused from the class where she’d run to Mr. Thompson’s - her councillor - room and just sit there, silently cursing herself and her powers as she rocked back and forth in her chair.

Fear Manipuliation or Inducement. That was her power. She could instill fear into anyone or make them see their worst nightmare, even make them see an everyday object as terrifying and dangerous. She could do this at any time and that was exactly the problem. Since she didn’t have control of her powers she couldn’t exactly turn them off. They were constant, always there. When people got too close she could see their shuffling feet and shifting eyes, it was the unsure fear they felt crawling beneath their skin whenever they approached her. And she had unknowingly caused it. She had never wanted to hurt - or scare - anyone, it just happened and she absolutely hated it. Most couldn’t stand it for more than a few minutes and they had to leave, that’s why she sat at the very back in each of her classes with at least a desk or two between her and any other student. From the very beginning she had learnt to just stay secluded and learn control until she could get out of this place.

The living area that was for her whole unit to hang out in after classes was silent, everyone else was either still asleep or getting ready in their rooms. She was pretty sure she could hear a shower running. Though, it wasn’t like she spelt much time there anyways. The majority of her spare time was spent in the library or in her room. All five rooms were connected to the main living area by hallways. Valeria walked past the couches and beanbag chairs that covered the floor before the t.v. they had in their living space and left, closing the door behind her. She looked back at the door, all of their names were on the door. Perseus, Fredrick, Valeria, Deborah and Milo. Then, she walked down the hallway, lucky for them Mr. Thompson’s room was just down the hall, but it was 7:45 and she still had time to grab breakfast at the cafeteria. So she walked past his closed door and down the stairs with her backpack hanging on her shoulders.

The Cafeteria was large with tables and chairs littering the floor. Many of the students hung out in here a lot of the time, it was probably the most popular place, especially for the older kids who were almost ready to leave. They were loud and boisterous and, quite honestly, they were show offs. Some relished in their powers and you would see them in the field behind the school experimenting with their powers. Some raced across the grass in blurs of colour and motion, others controlled elements or shifted forms, some even teleported. To most of humanity they’d be terrifying. To Valeria, they were just annoying. How could they enjoy these powers when they were the very things that had caused them trouble in the first place? She shook off these thoughts and walked past the few people who were sitting at the tables, giving them a wide berth until she reached the line for food. Then she grabbed a bagel and a fruit cup. Valeria turned on her heel and swiftly walked out, she made her way down the hall, but made a sudden, sharp turn right before the main staircase. It was a small, shadowy stairwell with words inked with sharpie written on the undersides of the stairs. It was supposed to be used for emergency exits, but emergenicies were well contained here as the staff had a lot of practice. One kid in her unit was one to cause problems very often. The only way to describe him was predator-like, there was no other way, especially when his one “power” kicked in, it was something about a predatory instinct and that’s when Perseus would go invisible and the door would open and shut loudly. Thankfully, Mr. Thompson or another staff member was around whenever that happened so no one got hunted or burnt... yet.

Val finished her breakfast and then walked all the way back up to Mr. Thompson’s room. The door was open and Perseus was there, but no one else was sitting even though the clock on the wall read 8:00 o’clock. She walked to her seat - five plastic chairs sat in a semi-circle around Mr.Thompson’s desk - and then nodded curtly to her councillor when he smiled in greeting. Then, she sat and waited for the other three to show up.

( enjoy the long post. I quickly made up some names for the other two kids in the unit as well c: )

[astrohund]

❝ 𝐹𝑅𝐸𝐷𝑅𝐼𝐶𝐾 𝑊𝑂𝐿𝐹𝐸𝑁𝑆𝑇𝐸𝐼𝑁 | 𝐼.
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indentation( long post for ya too, decided to make him get into a lil bit of trouble. *wink wonk* hope you like. )

indentationAnother day in this abomination, another day in hell. Oh, how he longed to get out here, so he could be free at last. He wanted to see people, actual people again, not these freaks of nature━━ but... he was a freak as well, the worst of the worst... Someone to be locked up in an asylum, if he wasn't already in one. The alarm brayed a annoying tune, making him wince slightly due to his enhanced hearing. Freddy stirred awake reluctantly, his eyes red with irritation, his blank grey eyes glimmering in the shaded room. He flopped over onto his side, shifting his head to view the alarm that still blared loudly. 7:40 AM, oh. His eyes closed, a hand rubbing his temples. He had a group sessions to attend at 8:00 AM with his unit, with... Vera? Percy...? Deborah, and what he believed was Milo, he never bothered to remember their names. Sighing, Freddy hobbled out of his bed, almost falling on the hardwood floor from his clumsiness.

indentationFreddy walked over to the mirror, stretching his body and flexing his muscles. He looked at his reflection in the mirror, letting out another exasperatingly loud sigh. His tail flickered behind him, he had the tail of a hell-hound: bony and thin. He held up a hand, retracting his long demon-like claws, only an inch long but able to tear skin easily━━ there were a few instances that proved that. As he placed his hand on his bicep, he felt the muscle twitch rapidly, a predatory sense was revealing itself in his body━ he felt like something bad was going to happen today, but it could just be his senses playing tricks on him. Freddy hated this extra sense, making him different from the regulars, making him dangerous to everyone, mutants included. There was a time when he was like everyone else, where he had a family and people that loved and cared about him, a time when he never even knew what he truly was, but that time was faded and barely existent in his mind. Growling, he threw the nearest object, a bottle of his prescription medicine, at the mirror, turning away to his closet. He threw the door open, revealing his wardrobe and outfits. Freddy was not one for dressing up, wanting to look regular and not to make eyes come his way. He took out a pair of black jeans, a matching shirt and some black converse. He quickly tugged his pants and shirt on, tying up his shoes in a hurry as it was almost 8:00 o'clock. As soon as he finished getting ready, he rushed out the door.

indentationNo one was in the living room, but he could faintly smell their scents. He couldn't hear anything from inside their room, so he guessed it was safe to assume that they were already out. As usual, he was the last to leave and go to class. There was only a few more minutes to get something to eat, so Freddy hurried and exited from out of the room and into the brightly lit hallway. A few mutants were walking around, chatting to each other, but as soon as he came out, they instantly hushed themselves and watched him wearily. Freddy struggled to keep back a snarl, and moved past them all, their eyes boring holes into the back of his skull. He passed Mr. Thompson's room, but halted when he heard faint murmurs coming from the other side. He could hear a few familiar voices, as well as Mr. Thompson's, but he continued on anyways to the cafeteria.

indentationA few people were sitting at some tables in the cafeteria, he assumed they were skipping their sessions and fooling around, Fredrick couldn't blame them━ it was better than hearing Mr. Thompson's voice for more than thirty minutes. The same thing happened when he entered the cafeteria, they all went quiet and stared them, he looked at every single one of their faces, causing them to cower in fear internally. Fredrick rolled his eyes in slight annoyance, his long tail flicking in reply. He headed over to get his lunch, but midway, he was stopped by someone. He swore he could feel his head throb as soon as he realized who it was. It was none other than Johnathan Langston, his biggest enemy at this school. He and Johnathan had got into a fight once, and it was not the mellow kind. Observing him as subtle as possible, Freddy noticed the long scar going down from his cheek to the end of his neck, there were also some minor scratches here and there, him being the cause of it. “Well, well, well, look't here━ it's none other than Mr. Wolfenstein himself.” he jabbed at Freddy, baring his teeth. “What━ late again? That's not really surprising, but you sure could need those classes, you're a monster.” He could feel the peering eyes on them already, taking in the scene. “Johnathan, move out of my way...” he muttered as calmly as possible, but his voice was shaky and not from fear. Johnathan chuckled in response, glancing at a couple of people whom were he assumed were his comrades. “Or what? Is Satan himself going to rip me to pieces? I wouldn't want that...” he then said, surprisingly, moving aside. Freddy should have known there was a catch, as if Johnathan would ever let him slide that easily. As soon as he took a step forward, someone pushed him to the ground, making him fall on his head. A crack could be heard when he came into contact with the ground, some people whispering intently with surprise and shock. He lifted his head up slowly, Johnathan was visible in his sight. Freddy could see red clouding his vision, his body heating up from the anger seeping into his body. Johnathan wasn't scared, however, he was ready to fight. He reached out a hand to Freddy, his face was faking guilt as if he didn't mean to do that. “Oh my! I'm so sorry, Fred. I'll make sure━━” Before else could be said, Freddy let out a roar of rage and took his hand, bringing him crashing to the ground. Everyone jumped up in their seats, either racing out of the cafeteria or standing still. Johnathan landed on his back, his face revealing his revelation. Before he could move, Freddy leaped on top of him and punched at his face. “You'll pay for that!!” he screeched, throwing Johnathan over a few lengths away from him. A few staff members can be seen rushing over to them, but he didn't stop what he was doing, managing to strike a few more punches at Johnathan. “Mr. Wolfenstein! Stop this instance!!” someone screamed at him, a hand tugging his shirt abruptly. He moved away from him without a struggle, glaring daggers at the now bleeding Johnathan, growling in an animal-like manner. Freddy looked at the person, realizing it was Mrs. Harvey herself, her face was a mixture of fear, anger and shock. “Come on!” she practically dragged him from out of the cafeteria, some people watching them. Freddy didn't struggle at all, he listened.

indentation“Mr. Wolfenstein! I can't believe you!” said Mrs. Harvey, he growled in response. “After what? Only three days, you just had to get yourself into more trouble, and with Mr. Langston! What do you have with that boy!? I'm sure he did nothing wrong.” Freddy tensed up, shaking in anger as she blamed him as if he were the reason why it happened. The reason why he got hurt was because of his own actions, he just couldn't stay in his place, he felt good about hurting him━ that grinch. He remained silent, feeling Mrs. Harvey watching him in the corner of his eye. As they passed through the hallway, he could tell where they were going━ Mr. Thompson's office. He growled slightly, but immediately hushed himself when Mrs. Harvey gave him a look. Opening the door, they were greeted by the sight of his unit members━ Percy, Deborah, Milo and that girl. He shivered as she gave him a look, feeling cautious around him, which was kind of ironic since he was someone who caused terror. “Oh, Mr. Wolfenstein, where were you?” Mr. Thompson had inquired, he could feel the slight wariness radiating from him. He didn't answer, but didn't have to as Mrs. Harvey spoke for him. “I'm sorry, Mr. Thompson! Mr. Wolfenstein had got himself into a brawl with Mr. Langston, which was why he was late. Ms. Barely will be taking him to the clinic, he will just have to stay in here for a while longer.” Freddy rolled his eyes, not caring about her words whatsoever has he took a seat between Percy and the black-haired girl. He blocked out what they were saying, placing his head against the cold surface of the wooden desk. He glanced at the clock, realizing it 8:15 AM, groaning loudly. His face had a bit of blood on it, but it wasn't from Johnathan. The door slammed shut, Mr. Thompson had said something, but he ignored whatever he had said, wanting to get out of here more than ever.

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( seventeen years ) ( female ) ( fear manipulation/inducement ) ( tags: unit, fredrick )


Within a couple minutes of Valeria entering Mr.Thompson’s room two of the other unit members had entered. First was Deborah, with her light brown hair swinging at her shoulders and her outfit coordinated and colourful. She was swiftly followed by Milo, he had short curly hair that was dirty blond in colour. The curls were windblown, his cheeks and nose were flushed in red and his blue eyes were bright. She saw a skateboard in his hand and remembered seeing him skating in the courtyard one morning before, it seemed as if he had just been out there before coming to the session. The boy was an early riser, from what she knew. She wouldn’t say that she was a morning person, but she hated sleeping in past nine, if she did she’d wake up with a pounding headache and then she’d feel tired all day. So, having the routine of classes and control sessions to go to didn’t exactly bother her or at least it wouldn’t bother her under different circumstances. Such as, if she actually had a home to go back to after class and parents to see and sit down to eat dinner with. But no, she was all alone here and that was the main problem she had. The worst part was that she was trapped until she could control her powers. For all she knew she had years and years left before she could leave. Some kids were nineteen and still working on control. Some lucky ones got to leave when they were seventeen. She was definitely not one of the lucky ones.

It was 8:10 when Mr.Thompson gave a heavy sigh and stood up from his desk, staring with a look of disappointment on his face at the empty desk. That desk was the one belonging to the predatory kid. Fredrick, was his name. The councillor walked over the door and closed it before he walked back over to the front of his desk and leaned against it as he faced the four students in front of him and clapped his hands together before he began speaking, “Okay, welcome everyone. Today I wanted to try something new. The first way to learn how to control your powers is to realize your full potential and accept that. Remember it’s okay to like your power and enjoy using it, you just have to know how to control it...” he began, though Valeria had stopped listening by then. Accept it? How could she accept and embrace the thing that had separated her from her family and stuck her in this private school? She didn’t want to practice using the thing about herself that scared people. The thing that was making Deborah - who was beside her on the other side of the semi-circle - squirm and give her cautious glances. She didn’t even want her powers to begin with and now she was being forced to use them, how was that fair?

Valeria looked up suddenly when the door opened, she hadn’t even realized that she had begun to sink into her chair and avert her gaze down at desk until she had to look up from it. And behold... there was Mrs.Harvey - looking disappointed and upset - and she was basically dragging Fredrick behind her. He walked in, blood on his face and a fire blazing in his eyes. She could basically fee the rage pooling around him. Perseus was invisible by then and she could not guess that he could feel his anger too. She watched with her cold eyes, hardened with ice, as he looked up. His eyes traced over the little half circle of desks and landed on her for a single moment before he averted his gaze and shivered slightly. Her breath caught in her throat and she clutched onto the sides of her desk until her knuckles turned white. How could that intimidating kid with a tail and anger-issues be scared of her? Oh, right. Because of my powers.. because no one can stand to be around me for more than a few moments. And now Mr.Thompson wants us to use our powers.. this day is just turning out great isn’t it? she thought sarcastically, feeling the urge to roll her eyes, but she suppressed it. She didn’t want to be seen as both unapproachable and crazy.

Mrs.Harvey left promptly after informing Mr.Thompson of what had happened - but she hadn’t been paying attention so she had no idea why the kid sitting beside her had blood on his face - though she didn’t leave without throwing a glare over her shoulder at Fredrick, as if silently telling him to behave. Like he was a child. Perhaps in her eyes they were all children. The councillor began to speak again once the door was shut, he started over so that Freddy could hear the plan. Apparently they were supposed to be going outside to practice because he didn’t want them to make a mess indoors - seeing as some kids could control elements or other things. But that still didn’t explain how she was going to practice. She couldn’t make a tree feel scared. Though, it seemed as if Mr.Thompson wouldn’t answer her unasked questions. Instead he paired them up in groups of two. Deborah and Milo were partners and the councillor himself decidedly to work with the anxious Perseus, who had finally revealed himself again. That left her and Fredrick to be partners. She glanced over at him warily in the corner of her eye before the group stood and walked towards the door. She hung back in her desk and watched the three students and the one councillor leave, wondering if she could get away with staying behind and hiding away in her room, but she doubted it. She began walking, but then, she remembered her partner and looked over at Freddy, “I’ll just watch you work. Mr.Thompson didn’t give me a stunt dummy to practice on,” she muttered and then she turned swiftly and walked out, following the excited voices of the other students as they walked towards the door leading to the field behind the school. Everyone was excited to go outside, or at least most of them. She didn’t care if Fredrick was following her, maybe if her partner didn’t show she’d just get to sit by and observe. She didn’t want to do this stupid exercise anyways. If she could make her powers disappear she would do it in a heartbeat. She didn’t need to experiment with them to know how she felt about them.

( I meant to get this up yesterday, but I went out with some friends last night so I didn’t have time. But, it’s here now and I’ve got our little unit practicing with their powers because it seems to be the only way to get out two to actually talk to one another cx )

[astrohund]

❝ 𝐹𝑅𝐸𝐷𝑅𝐼𝐶𝐾 𝑊𝑂𝐿𝐹𝐸𝑁𝑆𝑇𝐸𝐼𝑁 | 𝐼𝐼.
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indentation( that's alright ! i can most definitely wait. i was out the other two days as well. c': )

indentationFreddy ran his fingers through his light brown hair, as if he were barely listening to whatever Mr. Thompson was saying. He was actually, even if his facial expression seemed uncaring, it wasn't like he could block out anyone's words━his enhanced hearing was the cause of that. He could practically hear every little noise, from the sound of the clock ticking on the wall to the rapid breathing of Percy, who was looking petrified. What a wuss. Freddy rolled his eyes at him. That kid is always so anxious, he hadn't done anything yet. Perhaps he was terrified of his presence, which wasn't really surprising since most people were, even Mr. Thompson appeared a bit taut after him entering the room. Actually, maybe it wasn't him that was the source of their fear, maybe it was that girl. Freddy glanced over to her as subtle as possible, but immediately looked away as they made eye contact. He didn't really know her name, considering how she'd never really talked to anyone. Even Percy would say more words than her. He sucked his teeth and sighed quite loudly, disturbing Mr. Thompson from his speech long enough for him to give him a irritated look.

indentationA few more minutes passed by, Freddy had laid his head against the desk, staring up at the wall. Mr. Thompson's talking was surely enough to put anyone to sleep, he could feel himself dozing off in a few minutes or so, but then some of his words hit him and he jerked upwards in confusion. They were what? Using their powers? Freddy mentally shook his head in disagreement. Why should they be using their powers? They reasons why they were all put here in the first place. To control your power is to know it and accept it. Really? Freddy already knew his “power” very well, and it was not something that anyone would like to see again. What if someone were to get hurt? He'd most likely be the cause of their injuries, his so-called “power” was dangerous! He was very sure that everyone knew that. Freddy remembered one time when he had sent this one kid to the nurse for an entire week, the faint image of their bloody and battered body appearing in his mind. It was over something stupid, and he had felt upset for getting angry over that. This “power” was the reason why he had lost all his friends, you know, Logan Jones... Forrest Hills... Michael Harris...? As well as, Sarah... His heart constricted in his chest at the very mention of her name. She was his crush and they were close friends back then when he was in middle school, but ever since he had attacked someone at school, someone that was her friend, she had left him for other people. And you know what really hurt? She had called him a monster, a psycho that deserved to rot in hell. He hadn't realized that the injuries were potentially fatal, it all had happened because of his stupid “power.” His jaw clenched from pique, he hated being like this.

indentationFreddy snapped out of his thought, pushing them aside for now. He couldn't become emotional, sadness was weakness, and he would never let them see him in that state. He continued to listen to Mr. Thompson as he went on about today's activity, he said that they would have partners. Who would want to be partners with him? He saw Deborah and Milo pair up with each other, whispering animatedly as Mr. Thompson continued to speak, he reckoned they were friends. Percy was going to pair with Mr. Thompson himself, which was expected since he wouldn't think that he'd wanted to be paired with anyone else. Freddy then realized that he and the girl were the only ones left, so they'd had to pair up with one another. He gritted his teeth, he didn't want to be anyone's partner, especially not her's. She actually made him scared, which was the effect from her power. He believed it was called fear manipulation and inducement? He could always be wrong, but that was what it seemed like it was. Freddy glanced at her one final time before they all grabbed their belongings to head outside, he could tell that some of his unit members were getting excited, but he could care less about going out. It wasn't like they were leaving from the school. As they walked through the hallway, he looked over to the girl as she said something. He didn't respond, keeping silent.

indentationAs they made it to the exit, he flinched and groaned as the sun blazed in his face, he placed a hand up to his forehead to block the light. Freddy took in the appearance of the area, high fences surrounded the entire place, making it merely impossible for a student to escape, even one who had flight. Besides the fences, the place was completely bare of anything else. He noticed a few staff members coming from out of the building, all decked out in suits and some carrying fire extinguishers. They'd probably came here because of him, he might start a fire, but he figured it wouldn't happen. He actually had a little control over his powers.

indentationOnce his approval was given, everyone began. Freddy huffed and huffed, trying to blow a simple flame. He was struggling a little, only a small gust of smoke came flowing from out of his mouth, also fuming from out of his nostrils. Why was it so difficult? He had wondered, it had been so easy when he was in his feral state. He tried a few more times but nothing came. A staff member whom he vaguely knew as Ms. Hardrow approached him, observing him closely. “Come on, Fredrick. Try a little harder.” As if he wasn't trying hard at all! He strained himself, blowing as hard as he could, and eventually a small flame expelled from his mouth. “There you go, try to hold it.” Freddy did as told, his veins visible on his forehead. The flame had stayed for a while before it quickly dissipated into nothingness. He was pretty much panting by the end of the demonstration, it was way more difficult when he was all normal and not frenzied. Mr. Thompson approached the two of them, glancing over to his partner who was watching them. “Very good, Mr. Wolfenstein. I think that's enough for now.” he kept his gaze on the girl, Freddy looked over to her with a blank face. “Ms. Feranda, ” he said as she directed his attention to him. “How about you try your power? On... maybe Fredrick?” What? Freddy looked at him disapprovingly, a scowl pressed upon his face. “Hold on━why me?” he spat, his tone was harsh and strident. Mr. Thompson remained quiet for a moment, looking at the girl and back at him. “Well, everyone else is still practicing, and you're her partner, so you'd have to let her.” Freddy sucked his teeth and glared back at the girl, he didn't want to be some test subject and he definitely didn't want to get hurt again today. Mr. Thompson looked over to him, his arms crossed over his chest, waiting quietly for his answer. “You know what? Fine.” How bad could it be? He wondered to himself. Mr. Thompson and Ms. Hardrow had left to observe the others. Reluctantly, he slowly made his way over to the girl, glowering at her. As he got closer, he started to feel a bit off, already feeling the effect of her power.

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( seventeen years ) ( female ) ( fear manipulation/inducement ) ( tags: unit, fredrick )


By the time the unit was opening up the back doors and stepping outside onto the freshly clipped, green grass, Valeria was dreading even thinking about using her powers. I’m her mind she had basically already convinced herself that she didn’t need to practice and that she’d refuse to actually use them. But, she still had to convince Mr. Thompson as well as the whole entourage of other teachers and staff memebers he had seemingly invited along. Several other teachers had slowly joined the the group and, once she was standing out beneath the glaring sun, she watched the spectators warily. Would one of them be the one to volunteer for her to practice on? Or would Mr. Thompson make her go against one of her fellow students? She didn’t want to de either. Plus, she was fairly certain that no one in the school - let alone anyone in her unit - would want to be scared by her. Not only was it humiliating, but it was also scary. Obviously, but fear was still a terrible thing.

So, as she watched everyone go off with their partners and begin practicing she hung back, standing a few feet away from where Fredrick stood, his fists clenched until his knuckles turned white as smoke billowed out of his mouth and nose. She averted her gaze away from him and looked on, but it wasn’t long before she wished that she hadn’t. Once her dark brown gaze had slid past the predatory-like boy’s tall frame they had met with someone else’s. Ms. Hardrow saw her, leaning against the large chain link fence that towered around the field like a looming cage, and wandered over. Behind her she spotted Mr. Thompson and soon enough he realized that the staff member was walking away from him and began to wander over to her and Fredrick as well. She shut her eyes and tilted her head back, suddenly wishing - and not for the first time - that she could turn invisible like Perseus. Vaguely she heard Ms. Hardrow speaking encouraging words to Fredrick and she opened her eyes and watched, slightly mystified and captivated, as he actually blew out a flame like some sort of street performer, even if it didn’t last too long. Though, her amazement was short-lived. Mr. Thompson joined them and, even though he was speaking to Fredrick, he kept his eyes glued on her like a magnet. She wanted to glare right back at him for forcing hem to do this, but instead she just averted her gaze upwards, squinting at the blue sky. And then her eyes landed at the very top of the fence way above her head and the way it jutted inwards and the curled barbed wire at the top. She wondered if anyone had ever tried to get past the fence and that’s why the barbed wire was added.

Valeria looked back down as her thoughts were interrupted by Mr. Thompson using her last name. She looked at him blankly as he spoke, but she didn’t truly understand what he was saying until Fredrick interjected in a sharp, harsh tone. She blinked a few times and then realized what her councillor wanted her to do to him. She kept her mouth shut though, looking at the boy and waiting for him to argue more and get them both out of this situation. But, in the end, he just gave up. Just like that. Suddenly she felt like all of the air inside her lungs had been pushed out by some invisible force and she choked on the air for a moment before she was able to suck in a deep breath. She didn’t want to test her powers on the guy who already had blood on his face. His face was already hurting, she didn’t need to inflict any more damage. Why couldn’t a stronger, more controlled adult let her practice on them? What if he had a bad reaction to be being scared and his instincts kicked in - as a predator’s instincts would - and she got attacked? That was not how she wanted her day to go.

But, it seemed as if everyone had made up their mind before she could even open her mouth to object. Mr. Thompson and Ms. Hardrow wandered off and she mentally screamed at them for not staying for both of their safety. Then, Fredrick wandered closer to her and she tried to back up as the distance between them got smaller, but her back only pushed on the fence more. Valeria swallowed past the lump in her throat and then stood up a little straighter, “Just...” she paused, trying to figure out what she wanted to say, “Just walk away if it becomes to much, I guess,” she finally choked out.

The dark-haired girl shook her head and then locked her gaze onto the guy in front of her. In an instant she realized how much she truly didn’t understand her power. She had used it unknowingly before, but trying to use it was a completely different story. Her powers felt like a a creeping, silent fog within her. Some might feel their powers like a raging fire - maybe Fredrick felt that - and others might feel it as crashing waves from an ocean within them. But hers was silent and, once she began focusing on it, she even began to fear it or at least fear what it - or she - was capable of. Val pushed the fear-inducing power towards Fredrick and focused on him, she fished out the fears that he held tightly within his brain and wrapped the tendrils of chemical fog around them. She sucked in a sharp breath because she could see them. Well, kind of. She could see flashes of what she was doing, making the grass beneath their feet burst into flame and making screams of accusation and terror rise up around them and then guilt. Heavy guilt suffocating her. She could see it, but she didn’t understand any of it. It was like her power was working on it’s own. All she had done was expel it forwards. It did the rest like it was some living, breathing creature.

Before she could do anymore damage and make herself feel even worse for putting Fredrick through.. whatever that had been, she stopped. She pulled the fog back and then fell back against the fence, feeling drained, like she had just finished writing an essay on a time limit. Valeria looked up at Fredrick with a slight amount of confusion swimming in her gaze, though she was mostly scanning him for whatever damage she caused.

( i decided to make her power kind of attack that guilt he feels with what happened in his past, but to make her not sure what she's really doing to him )

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indentation( ah, okay! also, after this, do you think they should see each other again in another class? or time skip? )

indentationA surge of discomfort rippled through his body, which made him to tense up a little. The effect of her power didn't really come to him at first, but it slowly began more severe. He felt shivers running down his spine, his heart picked up a beat, his vision started to blur, and he was almost shaking in his skin. He hadn't give in yet and didn't walk away like she had told him to. Freddy was self-assured that nothing worse could happen, he bet a regular human being would have given up at this point, and he wasn't going to give up now. He thought her power was strange, it gave off a weird feeling whenever he was near her. He didn't know if it was just her doing that or the power was taking over, but he was quick to assume that it was her just doing it. Then again, she didn't seem like she'd be relieved to do this, so he had continued to wonder if it was just her power itself. One time, when they had first encountered each other, Freddy had been confused and absolutely terrified. He felt like he was going to have a heart attack, about to go insane, and that his power might be triggered from her's. Though, as they continued to see each other around, he had been more desensitized━━like her power caused nothing more than an increased tempo of the heart. Now━now he was really feeling the true effects of her power.

indentationAs minutes went by, Freddy had began to feel a bit worse. Some flashbacks of certain incidents had played before his eyes, making him drift away from reality. One flashback had truly disturbed him as he recalled every single detail that happened on that day. It was when he had first been dropped off at Meredith Private School. He had been so distressed and agitated that he had attempted to attack everyone around him. The reason why he was so angry was because his parents had sent him here after the death of his brother. Oh... Odin. His felt his heart squeezed. He remembered seeing his lifeless, burnt body laying motionlessly in the circle of flames. It was when they had that house fire, that house fire that was caused by him. He didn't know how to control his powers as he did now, and as a result of his anger, fire came bellowing out of his mouth━setting his own room on fire. He was lost and confused at that very moment, petrified and afraid. He was so bewildered by his power that he had stood there watching the fire engulf the entire house. He wasn't affected by the fire, but his family was. His mother and father had made it out alive with large burn marks, but his brother had been taken away in the blaze. It had been too late, the firefighters could save him, nothing could save him. His eyes pricked with shame and hurt, but he tried not to cry in front of this girl, who had no idea what was going on with him right now.

indentationFreddy didn't realize that this was an effect of her powers, he continued to withstand it. Mr. Thompson was nearby and he was to say when she could stop. He tried to shake away those memories, but then another one came to him. It was a time before the house fire, when he was still in middle school. Those days he had actually had friends of his own, and they didn't know anything of his powers, but his powers didn't manifest yet. He remembered his crush, Sarah, whom was also a close friend of his. Freddy wasn't the only one who liked Sarah, there was also another boy named Masen, who reminded him of Johnathan, one of his current rivals. Masen and Johnathan were similar in many ways. For starters, they were both self-absorbed and egotistic; they both hated him too, going out of their time to make him miserable; and also, they both saw him as a creep━a freak of nature, thinking him as an ordinary weird boy. Well, as a first impression, he might've been seen as a weirdo, probably because of his strange fascination with fire, animal skulls and anything just like that. Freddy never thought much of his fascination, his peers had taken notice of it and had considered him a pyromaniac, which was a legitimate thing. He also collected small animal skulls, most of them being the skulls of decayed rabbits, squirrels and mice. Most thought it was strange, others thought it was kind of unique in a weird way. Anyways, he and Masen would have some fights, but they were never really brutal━they would each get some scratches and bruises. Usually, Freddy was the one to start these fights, but they never exceeded over more than three minutes as a teacher would always catch them. However, there was this one time when he was hanging out with Sarah. He had thought about confessing his feelings for a while, and had decided to confess them to her on that day. He was just about to confess when Masen came out of nowhere and asked for Sarah to hang out with him. Sarah, since she actually had a crush on Masen, had decided to go with him and would promise that they would meet again. Freddy, on the other hand, was a bit irritated, but let them go off anyway. On that same day, he had saw the two about to kiss each other, and this had enraged him━leading to his the manifestation of his feral mind. He had fought Masen for that, but it wasn't much of a fight since he could barely punch him back. Freddy ended up leaving him badly injured with him having to go to the hospital for his injuries. Exactly after that, Sarah had slapped him and called him a monster. She had never talked to him after that, he ended up losing his friends because of that fight. Freddy had been left alone for the rest of his time there, he ended up being depressed and heartbroken. He didn't want to be reminded of that day, but it had came back to him, it was still fresh in his mind.

indentation“Okay, I think that's enough for now.” Mr. Thompson's voice brought him back into the real world, breaking him away from his thoughts. In the corner of his eye, Freddy noticed all his unit members preparing to go back inside. He could feel the effects wearing off, no longer feeling guilt. He had appeared a bit disheveled, a drop of sweat ran down his forehead and he was still shaking a little. Freddy glanced over to the girl, she looked a bit guilty and ashamed━he didn't really know why though. “Are you okay, Mr. Wolfenstein?” asked Ms. Hardrow, he had nodded his head shakily, but he wasn't actually okay. He followed the rest of the unit back inside, still a bit shaken. He glanced up at the clock, it was almost time to go.

indentation( sorry if the writing seems a bit odd, i was trying to think of some stuff to type, but it seems a bit messy )

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( seventeen years ) ( female ) ( fear manipulation/inducement ) ( tags: none )


Mr. Thompson approached the two to tell Valeria to lay off, but she already had, the tendrils of fog were just taking their sweet time to return to her. She was pushed up against the fence, trying to put as much distance between her and Fredrick as possible without running off. Not out of fear of his predatory instincts - well, maybe just a little - but because she felt bad. Terrible, actually.. she felt terrible. On the outside, as others viewed her, she was this intimidating, solitary girl who doesn’t talk a whole lot keeps her secrets to herself. But, many of her intimidating and solitary behaviours came after the realization of her power and what she could do with her special abilities. She was compassionate at the very least and she wasn’t a terrible person, so she didn’t want to purposefully hurt people and make them feel scared. It was an awful thing to think of doing, let alone to actually do it and commit to doing it. So, putting Fredrick through that, even if she didn’t know him too well and wasn’t exactly that fond of him, created this awful feeling of shame and guilt that now existed inside of her. Right alongside the darkness of her powers that settled within her being. It was like losing her parents all over again, only this time she had done it on purpose.

Valeria heard someone approaching and she stiffened up and opened her eyes, which she had closed previously, and spotted Mr. Thompson approaching her. Over his shoulder, her brown gaze swept over Mrs. Hardrow as she spoke to Fredrick softly and his reply - to what she assumed was the teacher’s question - was a shaky nod. She looked away quickly and returned her gaze to Mr. Thompson who had stopped before her, standing closer than any usually did. What did he think? Now that she used her powers she could just magically turn them off? She nearly scoffed aloud, but held her mouth shut and stared at her councillor. He reached out his hand, as if he was gong to lay in on her shoulder comfortingly, but stopped midway and pulled his hand back, “Don’t feel bad, Ms. Feranda. This is all progress as you make your way to finding control,” he said with a genuine smile, but she couldn’t really see it past the slight tinge of fear she saw flashing in his eyes and she easily noticed when he took a subtle step backwards, “Don’t worry, it’ll get easier.” he finished and turned, gesturing for her to follow, as he headed back towards the school. But, she barely even noticed her feet moving, she was too stuck on his words. It’ll get easier. Did that mean she’d have to use her powers regularily? Would she just end up making everyone in her unit hate her after she scared each of them halfway to death? Was that the plan?

As they walked through the school, Valeria was aware of Mr. Thompson talking to her, but she couldn’t really hear him. Or maybe she didn’t want to. Either way, she just walked after the group with her head down, watching her feet scuff across the floor with each step, and, eventually, Mr. Thompson left her alone. The other teachers branched off in different directions as they walked along until it was just the unit and their designated councillor. Milo and Deborah seemed happy, excited, and even Perseus had a small smile on his face. Obviously today had been good for them, she couldn’t feel the same for herself and she didn’t want to look at Fredrick to see if he still held the look of disheveled fear and guilt. She wasn’t sure what she did to him, exactly, but she wasn’t sure if she wanted to know.

For the rest of the day it seemed like an even darker cloud hung over Valeria’s head. She was unfocused during her classes and she held a look of contempt - towards herself - on her face all throughout the day. The bell signifying the end of her last class rang, blaring loudly against her skull and making her flinch, and she stood up slowly, packing her books and her pencil case back into her backpack with caution, as if every pencil and piece of paper was made of fragile glass. By the time her backpack was over her shoulders everyone was out of the classroom and she proceeded on. She walked through the hallways - which had been very confusing when she first arrived at the school - and passed right by her unit’s door. Her footsteps were purposeful and her gaze was fixed ahead as she glided along the sleek, glossy floors. Turning around a few corners and walking down long hallways filled with doors and windows, she finally arrived at her destination. The two glass doors stood before her and beyond it she saw rows of books, cubicles and large, square windows, letting natural light flood into the room. If she remembered correctly the librarian - Mrs. Glades - had the power of light manipulation, so that was cool. She wished she had a simple, harmless power such as that one. But she was forever doomed to be cursed with her unforgiving power.

The library was peaceful, quiet and it gave her time to just relax her whirlwind of thoughts. Usually she came in here to work, but she had a headache and just wanted to read and relax in one of the beanbag chairs that sat in the back. She would do her homework later on in her room. Valeria walked all throughout the isles of books until she picked out one she liked. Then, she headed to the very back of the large room and, to her surprise, no one was sitting in the beanbag chairs. They were a very popular attraction. She walked over, threw her bag down beside a chair and plopped down into the squishy material. She sunk into the chair and got comfortable and then tucked into the book, shutting off mind to only focus on the words.

( i decided to time jump to after classes when everyone is just chilling/doing work because i didn’t think they’d have much time to talk/interact while in class. i got val to go to the library, perhaps freddy could somehow find her there? also, no worries, you post was great!
also, i kinda had an idea.. perhaps when she decides to escape is just after mr. thompson tells her something about her having to be in the school for a long time before she learns control so she just gets impatient and annoyed and decides to take matters into her own hands. )