simple reasons /open/

[Silas]

FAIL TO BE FREE
_{i climbed a mountain simply
looking for advice. all i found
were children, playing innocent
and nice. everyone was peaceful}

Silas could only watch in muted surprise as Brooke punched Sheer's arm. He doubted Sheer was really hurt by it, but come on, she hit him and he was fairly certain it was sort of his fault. Now would be the time for him to apologize to Sheer for that one. Instead he kept to himself. He could say sorry later, if Sheer held it against him.

"So, does that mean they're strict around here?

[/color]"Silas questioned. If they watched the students' every move, he could only assume that they would logically have some vested interest and strict rules to keep them safe. Why else would anyone keep tabs on people?[/blockquote]

[Fel]

"Ow." Sheer lies, laughing a bit. The least he could do would be to humor her. He looks up, amused by Silas' question. "Only if you're me. Or anyone with abnormally dangerous powers. But they can only do so much. None of the teachers have real good powers." He shrugs, dismissing the idea. For the last year he had constantly felt like he was being watched, of course, it must be the teachers, but who could know with this kind of thing.

[waterfall]

Brooke smiled, "Did that really hurt???" She asked. Back home, people always teased her about how weak she was. Then her hungry curiosity ate at her mind again. "Hey hey hey, what are your gifts?"

[Silas]

FAIL TO BE FREE
_{i climbed a mountain simply
looking for advice. all i found
were children, playing innocent
and nice. everyone was peaceful}

"Ah, I see.

[/color]"Silas agreed with a nod. That was logical, and good to know. He was right, spending time with someone that was familiar with the school was proving very useful.

"Gifts... I manipulate dreams.[/color]"Silas answered casually. And it was one of his abilities. It was the lesser evil of the two. His ability to manipulate people's emotions was usually considered unsettling.[/blockquote]

[Fel]

"Yeah, you practically broke my arm in half." Sheer says, doing his best to sound honest even though he's pretty sure that she'll see right through the lie. Oh well, can't be bothered if that's what she wants. He thinks lazily. After that he lies down and then flops onto his stomach because sitting was starting to make his back ache. "Wow, that's pretty powerful. All I can do is run fast and shape shift." Sheer says, impressed. The new guy's power is a lot more subtle than his. When he turns into Monster-Sheer most people can get away by running, but who can outrun their own dream? "Pretty cool, having a power like that."

[waterfall]

Brooke jumped up and clapped, satisfied,"Yayyyy!" Then thought about how painful it was when she broke her arm once. "Are you okay!?" She asked with wide eyes, thinking she was a terrible person. Upon hearing their powers, her attention was turned else where almost immediately. "Wow....manipulate dreams. Can you manipulate your own dreams? Super speed? I wanna see!!! We should race! Shape shift? Into what?" she interviewed curiously.

[Silas]

FAIL TO BE FREE
_{i climbed a mountain simply
looking for advice. all i found
were children, playing innocent
and nice. everyone was peaceful}

Her question stumped him. Could he control his dream? Why would he?

"I... No... Not exactly. I mean, I can control my dreams because I'm used to being in control, but it's not my power. I have to be awake to use my power.

[/color]" Silas answered. It was also startling that they both seemed to admire his ability. It was a definite ego boost, as if he needed it.

"Wait, wait. Don't try to get out of it. Your turn, what's your power?[/color]"Silas prompted. She wasn't going to get away with not telling hers since they'd both told her. It seemed to him like she was deflecting.[/blockquote]

[waterfall]

Brooke forgot that she had forgotten to mention her own powers. "Oooohhhh yeaaah..... My power is....weird..... Hard to explain. I don't think it has a specific name." she pondered about it for a while. "I manipulate music and sound waves and stuff. I have a sonic scream, I can morph music to create a certain emotion in a person, and I'm a healer." She nodded to herself, pretty sure she had covered everything. "I actually discovered my powers recently. I was singing in my rose garden back home, and theen I witnessed the roses bloom....In the middle of winter. It was cool" she somewhat gloated as the memory replayed in her mind.

[Fel]

Sheer scowls at the ground, wondering why everyone else has such nice powers. His always seems to want to stab him in the back at the most inconvenient time. Oh well. "If you really want to race.... I would suggest that you reconsider." Sheer says smoothly. He flashes a thankful glance at Silas for stopping her from questioning him to intently. "But you do have a pretty nice power. Lots of applications. Lots of uses."

[Silas]

FAIL TO BE FREE
_{i climbed a mountain simply
looking for advice. all i found
were children, playing innocent
and nice. everyone was peaceful}

"Aw, and you're trying to tell me my power is cool?

[/color]"Silas questioned, sounding wounded by the fact that hers certainly topped his. Well, not that hers was better, just that she acted impressed when she had no need to be impressed by him with a power like that.

"Sheer's right, it sounds like a useful ability to have.[/color]"Silas added quickly, a playful grin at his lips to hide any prior emotion she might have caught onto. He wasn't really upset, so he didn't want to mislead her.[/blockquote]

[waterfall]

Brooke shook her head "The power of music can work wonders, i can just manipulate it to an extent...but your powers are definitely nice." She looked at Silas, wondering how he uses his powers, but wasnt interested enough to actually fall asleep on the spot. She figured that she would ask him later. But sheer, she still had to race. "Hey Sheer!!! Can we actually race now???"

[Fel]

Sheer flips over onto his back and uses his hands as a pillow. "Hehehe, you sure?" The corner of his mouth twitches in a wicked smile. "The only way you're gonna win is if you use your music to put me to sleep. And wouldn't that be cheating?" Still, he pushes himself up using his elbows and stands up. Resigned, he pushes his hair out of his eyes.

[waterfall]

"Sure, why not?" Brooke challenged, her confidence wavering slightly. "I just want to see how fast you can go!" Her stubborn nature wouldn't back down a bit. She wanted to incorporate Silas though too. "Hey Silas, you wanna race with us?" she offered. She was confident in her speed, even though it wasn't super speed, she was fast. She took a hair tie off of her wrist and put her curly brown hair in a loose ponytail, her game face on.

[Silas]

FAIL TO BE FREE
_{i climbed a mountain simply
looking for advice. all i found
were children, playing innocent
and nice. everyone was peaceful}

"Ah, no. That's like asking Beethoven to critic my ability to play piano.

[/color]"Silas replied with a grin. That was sort of a compliment for Sheer's ability- but Silas wasn't one to directly compliment a person, so for now it was as close as he'd get. It seemed foolish for her to believe she might win, but even he was interested in seeing how fast Sheer really could run.

"I'll be the ref- the unbiased judge.[/color]"Silas offered helpfully. He figured that Sheer would win, but he couldn't know for certain. Having Brooke win as the current underdog was appealing in its own way.[/blockquote]

[waterfall]

"Oki Doki!" she exclaimed, "Where shall the final destination be ref?" Silas was new, so it might've been better to ask sheer to decide. "You have any place in mind Sheer?" She knew that Sheer would probably win, but she thought it would be fun anyhow. She loved being on the track team back home, she was the best. But here at Castle, the track team was full of people with super natural talents, so she hasn't really run in a while. She missed the way the wind would hit her face and caress her hair. She started stretching, preparing for the great race.