_-A-P-R-D-_ (Game Thread)

Originally posted by Yoshiaki
Katherine remained silent, waiting for the others to do their little intro-questions, and to see if anyone else is a telepath

Eduard, too, stayed silent, watching with amusement as the other children attacked McIntyre. They'd learn soon enough that spontaneous attacks achieved nothing. To escape such futility, a plan was needed. Still, the attacks were mistakes everybody needed to make once. They'd learn.

Turning his head slightly, he looked around at the others, trying to guess which would be telepaths like himself.

Jian simply raised a brow as Drake had another outburst and a small sneer took over his features, *Strange how he never seems to learn from his obvious character flaws* He thought to himself.

"Ouch" Katherine pressed her palm against her skull, with all the other childrens emotions flaring she could hear into some of their thoughts. It was all comming to her so fast that she could barely withstand the pain it brought to her.

She also heard a voice more clearly as if he was talking to her, she turned to Ed and responded "I am... that makes two of us." She then realized that he hasn't said a word to her, or he was pretty rude to not face her when he asked her the question.

Master Ash and Mc'Intyre seemed to go quiet, they were talking to eachother through thought about Drake, *He's the one who disturbed Michelle last night...* Ash thought, relaying it to Joch, *We'll keep an Eye on him, we need to beat this rebellious nature out of him before it becomes a permanent problem, and you know what we with annoyances...* Joch was smiling, his mind went through a series of short fantasies of 'expelling' Drake...

Originally posted by Yoshiaki
"Ouch" Katherine pressed her palm against her skull, with all the other childrens emotions flaring she could hear into some of their thoughts. It was all comming to her so fast that she could barely withstand the pain it brought to her.

She also heard a voice more clearly as if he was talking to her, she turned to Ed and responded "I am... that makes two of us." She then realized that he hasn't said a word to her, or he was pretty rude to not face her when he asked her the question.

Eduard grinned, though the emotion behind it was hard to distinguish.
"Two, and no doubt more." He turned away, but then changed his mind, swinging back, "If you want some advice, don't reveal the extent of your powers this easily. The more powerful you are, the more attention they pay you."

As he spoke he glanced at the Masters to make sure they were concentrating elsewhere, then nodded at Drake and the others,
"And don't ever be so stupid as that."

Drake just stood there, Remaining Silent. He dared not Make any wrong Moves

Enough Time had passed, The masters were ready to move on...
Joch shouted, "SHUTUP!" harshly and quickly over the top of all the chatter, "Anyone not sure on what they are, join the nearest group and sort it out later..."

The three Masters left for different area, away from eachother:
The Telekinetic master Cormack had the largest area, loaded with numerous objects of various origins...
Joch took his Telepathics to a classroom while Ash moved outside in the pouring morning rain.

Ash's group first:
"The first thing an SS must learn, is to overcome the harshest of conditions!" despite the blistering wind and the drenching downpour, she hardly batted an eyelid, her students were shivering and moaning as soon as they stepped outside. Behind her was a small obstacle course, each one not too difficult but it looked more than challenging in this weather, "First, to get your minds off the slight bit of weather here, I want you to do this course five time consecutively without rest, if you succeed, you will have passed the first test..."

The course starts off simple, the age-old tires in a zig-zag pattern followed by an Over&under section of rails, these folow on for the first twenty metres before it gets to the net... The net is a twelve-foot high wall of flightnetting that works in a similar fashion to a rope ladder, except that your hand and footholds are not as secure...
One you get to the top, a platform awaits you that follows through with a pulley-system Flying fox that will return itself once a person has crossed it, the user holds on for a hundred meters with a soft mud-pit underneath for those that don't.
The platform on the finish leads off with a twenty-meter-long section of monkey-bars that lead to the ground, once down, the last section is a swing rope across a pit of more mud that looks deep... From there, each person must turn around and start again, if you fail a section, you must start over...

"Ready... GO!" Ash announces suddenly, her voice almost drained out by the rain on the corrogated iron roofing.

Joch's Group next:
"The first thing about Telekinetics is that your mind must be able to resist even the most mundane things, one by one, I'll place a Telepathic-Gias upon your mind and give you commands, we will do this until you have learnt to resist it even slightly enough to question the commands!"
he pauses for a moment to let the fact sink in, "Well, come on! Let's get moving, who's first?"

And Now, Cormack's:
"Being Telekinetic is all about moving stuff, right?" he was a little more friendly than the other Masters, still harsh and demanding but he didn't treat them like a king would peasants... "Ok, this test will see just what you can do, we have small things such as house-hold items through to a steel construction girder, though I doubt any of you could even make that twitch... Well, what are you waiting for? Who's first?"

Eve stepped up."How would i move this.Sir would it help me if i used my hand to channle the power from me to the object?"

Eager to get this over with, Drake takes off running, slightly slipping on the wet ground but keeping his upright stance. He gets To the Tires, Slows down a bit and proceeds to step through them one by one...

Jian moved swiftly through the tretcherous terrain, allowing his footing to slide but in a controlled manner he used the remainder of his body as a rudder in the thick soil and reached the tires just after Drake. Stepping one foot inside each of the tire centers his movements where calculated and meticulous, his glances heavy set upon both his feet and the surrounding territory.

Eduard steps forward,
"Me, sir."

After Making it through the Tires, Drake Comes across a series of Rails. Some high and some Low. He Dashed through jumping over the first one but, he slipped upon landing which put him on the ground. Right where he needed to be so he crawled under the next one and then stood up. Now covered in mud he climbed over the next one and continued to proceed through the Rail obstacle at a steady pace.

Reaching the end of the tires in record time Jian was just ahead of Drake and leaped over the first rail to roll under the next. Following the pattern until he'd completed the small course of rails, his mind heavily on the tasks ahead of him not on his now mud covered form or the rain that was pelting down around him.
He jogged steadily then to the net wall and glanced up at it smiling, calculating his path as he placed his first foot into the foothold and launched himself up.

Drake then came across a wall with a net coming down from it.
He hurried up the net Losing his footing once or twice but quickly regaining it. He smiled and nodded at Jian as they both made it to the top. He then rushed to the pulley system. His hands were still covered in Mud and so was his clothes, but the inside of his uniform was dry so he wiped his hands off on the inside of his shirt and grabbed the Pulley bar ever so tightly and took off towards the next platform. Upon reaching it He let go of the Pulley Bar and it returned to the top of the wall.

Jian, his features expressionless as he watched Drake go across the pulley first grabbed the pulley when it returned to his side and launched himself from the wall. It was seconds before he reached the other side and pushing back on the pulley he landed softly on the opposite platform, glancing to the next obstacle; monkey bars. This made him smile. Regardless of how messy or soaked he was he'd make it.
Taking hold of the first bar with his right hand he took hold of another bar passed the second rung with his left and slowly but very surely continued with the task.

Going across the Monkey Bars Drake went a Bit slower. He did not want to start over if he fell. He conquered the Bars one by one until he finally grabbed the last one then jumped to the ground. He stared at the Rope hanging above the mud pit. He cracked his knuckles, then made sure his hands were dry. He took a step back and then charged forward leaping across the pit grabbing the rope and swinging to the other side.
Upon landing on the other side, Drake slipped once again and nearly fell backwards into the pit but, he caught himself, grabbing the moist ground and lifting himself back up. He then took a deep breathe and started running back to the beginning of the course...

Originally posted by Trickster
Eduard steps forward,
"Me, sir."

Kathrine watched Ed as he stepped forward thinking about what he told her. I wonder how powerful he is... she thought.

Oh well... Irrelevant she concentrated on the task ahead, preparing herself mentally for the upcomming test.

Telepath's group:

Joch stared at Ed, surprised anyone actually volunteered themselves...

his gaze became like Ice, the world began to spin for Ed as the Gias took effect. He felt slightly giddy and as if nothing was wrong with anything, even being taken forceably to the Facility.
"Listen to me, your master..." the scottish Telepath's voice sounded garbled and warped, but he heard each word like a gun firing, "...You will, as I command it; perform a back flip onto your hands and jump back to your feet..."

SS Group:
Ash stood back, the cool drenching rain was comforting to her as if she was having a pleasant shower, she stood firly with her leg slightly spaced and her arms crossed in the genuine figure of Authority.
"Keep it moving!" she shouted over the howling wind, "You're going too slow, Another lap for that!

Telepathic group:
Cormack looked over at Eva, he smiled pleasantly, "Using your hand is just a trick to fool the mind into focussing your power, it is impossible to channel your ability through your extremities but it helps to fool yourself by doing it..." as he said it, he extended his left hand and the largest of the Steel construction girders levitated as if it were a feather before he relaxed and it hit the ground with all of the seven tonnes it really weighed.

Eduard realised somewhere in his subconscious that this man was more powerful than he'd previously imagined. Even as he began to ponder this thought, his muscles tensed and he sprung up into the air. It took every ounce of his mental power to force his hands to betray themselves, and he collapsed headfirst to the floor, winded. From his position, he could merely look up, and he realised it was clear he'd be unable to resist another command.

"Well, it's a start..." Joch was giggling softly like a madman, apparently he found Ed's face-planting to be quite humorous, however painful t looked.

"Next!" he barked in command.