by Pistol Annie #1 NPC » Tue Jan 09, 2018 2:31 pm
Parlando chuckled. Definitely telekinesis was not his thing. Mental powers were probably out of the question, and super-strength was taken already so that was unlikely. Maybe something involving cooking. Not fire though, Pearl wasn't particularly destructive even when he was angry.
"I hope we can swim later," Pearl said in response to Anthony. "Maybe Alder moved them aside for free period though. He must have done it earlier to keep the other teens out of his hair."
The big antisocial commander hated being bothered by anyone it seemed, so Pearl tried to stay out of his way. The guy looked like he could break someone in half. Better safe than sorry.
Pearl chuckled at Kevin's words. "I like the sound of that. Are there any powers you really want to get? Or those you would really hate to have."
As he entered the washroom, he held the door for his friends. Parlando was just used to it.
"I'd love to get something involving food. You know me and food. But I don't think I could handle being like Acacia- whatever that was, it sounded pretty unpleasant."
* Tags: Kevin, Ant
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Oh no!! I'm gonna be fishflakes! For a second Runt thought she was gonna get into HUGE trouble from Lieutenant Olivia. But, much to her relief, her sister-in-arms seemed okay with what happened. Probably because Runt smashed up Wayne's bed and nobody else's.
"Phew! For a second I thought I was gonna be vulture food!" Runt admitted. "Thanks, I thought I could spare to use the metal bars because there's not just one. Wayne might get a surprise though. If his fat butt and his mattress fall through the frame, you can thank me!"
She tilted her head to the side, examining Eletha. The crown looked good on her. The silver-grey color was not something Runt would wear, but it looked super good on other girls. When Eletha hugged her, Runt excitedly hugged the kid back.
"Oh my god you're the best!! Anything for you, little nerd!" Runt messed up Eletha's hair affectionately. "Oh, and if you ever need a super tough heroine to beat up any bad guys, you know who to call!!"
"Hey Lieutenant, do you know what we're doing after lunch?" Runt asked Liv, grinning. She liked to call people by their title. As friendly and ridiculous as Runt was, she had a high respect for the chain of command.
"If it's Hunger Games, I call being Cato!!" She did an over-exaggerated motion of swinging a giant sword through the air while making whooshing noises. "Take that, you little dweebs!! Wait, does he say stuff like that?"
* Tags: Liv, Xia, Eletha
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Blythe whistled a cheery tune as he skipped down the corridor. As he pushed open the golden gates leading to the garden, he stopped in his tracks as he saw the huge ridiculous mess. It looked like gophers had roughed up this place pretty bad. Holes and petals littered the ground. Flowers were shredded and strewn all over the floor, with dirt kicked up over some of them.
Although Blythe was still smiling, he was a tad bit worried about his adoptive father. King Haden loved his flowers. This garden was important to the Gardener Family apparently, it had been passed down through generations of caring Gardeners, and stood as a monument of sorts. People came here to find peace. They would tell the flowers their deepest wishes and regrets, they would confess the inner workings of their hearts to their silent petals. Blythe had heard all these stories about the garden's history. He also heard Commander Acacia had died here after saving humanity. Her ashes were laid to rest at the sunflowers.
"Yikes!" Blythe exclaimed aloud. "Dad is gonna freak if those guys wrecked his sunflowers!"
He jogged across the ruined garden, and his eyes widened when he saw the shredded sunflowers. Oh man! King Dad was gonna be upset for sure. He acted as a father to everyone, and over time Commander Acacia had become like a daughter to him. This was like smashing up her grave.
"I've gotta fix this! I can do this," Blythe muttered to himself. Yes, he was still smiling. He knew he could do it somehow. His tiny hands picked up the scattered petals, and he tried to piece them together like a puzzle. But they kept falling off.
"Hmm, maybe I gotta start from the bottom!" Blythe exclaimed. The sunflower's stem was snapped near the base. Blythe grabbed it and tried to stand it upright again. This didn't work either.
"Worry not! There's gotta be some way to fix you." Blythe held the sunflower and looked into its barren head. "I can't let Dad see you like this, okay?"
Much to his surprise, the flower head seemed to nod at him. Petals started to slowly regrow from all sides, yellow and lush. The stem straightened itself out and grew, becoming thicker and taller. The plant was regaining its strength before Blythe's stunned eyes.
It tilted its head at him curiously.
"Yes!! I knew you could do it!" Blythe patted the flower on its petals. It seemed delighted and full of life.
This was clearly not normal. Was this garden actually magical? Did the plants actually have Commander Acacia's spirit or something? Blythe wasn't sure, but he knew he could fix everything now. He couldn't help but smile as he turned to the other wilted sunflowers.
"Alright you guys! You're gonna be fine, just stand up nice and tall for me! I want you all looking picture perfect before Dad comes to water you!"
The sunflowers seemed excited at the thought of being watered, and they regrew their petals and broken stems faster than the first one. Two of them were trying to get taller than the other.
"Now, now." Blythe laughed. "You two are both tall enough! If you were humans, you would be like six-foot-eight by now!"
The two rival sunflowers settled down at his words.
They listened to me??
"You guys are so polite!" Blythe exclaimed. "Now to fix the rest of the garden!!"
He looked towards the rest of the wrecked garden with a smile. Blythe knew he could make this place look better than before. Hopefully Dad didn't get suspicious of it!
* Tags: Destructive Twins