In a Winter Wonderland // OPEN//

[ARYA BJARTSKULAR CERIS]

[atrb=border,.5,true][atrb=style, padding: 15 15 15 15px; background-image: url(http://i.imgur.com/ULgJh.png); background-repeat:repeat-xy; width: 375px;] Because your speech is slurred enough That you just might swallow your tongue I'm sure you'd want, want to give up the ghost The weather that morning was cold. Freezing in fact. Sure, it was winter and school was on a break, but that didn’t stop her from her morning routine. Waking up at five in the morning, she walked outside into the crisp morning air. When she neared the forested area is seemed to be even cooler, but the snow did not bother her. Wearing boots she walked gingerly. Though there were few creatures, she did find herself gently shooing a few insects out of her path as to not squish them. So connected to each it was hard not to. Yes, she knew using her powers at the school was not allowed but how would they know? Besides it wasn’t a dangerous ability so there was little to worry about. What was she going to do? Send a bear to attack a kid? No that would be too dangerous… for the poor bear. Besides, making animals do your labor against their will was a crime second to killing one. The Akter. Her previous father and master figure never told her what the word meant or even the language, but it was what he called the exercise she was about to partake in. It was a cycle that had 9 levels of difficulty and each one would test you. She remembered when she first started out and the first one was difficult, but now she could manage the eighth with only a little strain. Usually she stuck to the third on days she did not feel good, the sixth when she felt well, and the 7th when her health was unusually good. Today her bones needed some time to warm up in the snow, so she decided on that starting on the 5th level would be best. Slowly but surely she got into position, pulling her long black hair back and adjusting her black yoga pants and grey men’s hoodie. With her legs shoulder width apart she began, stretching her arms behind her back and twisting them above her hear before bending and jumping forward. The exercise was a bit like yoga, only a little more difficult. It focused on both flexibility and strength. It was for that reason her body was toned, as she was taught to have a strong mind your body should match it. By the time she was done with the 5th level her shirt was off, leaving her in a black thermal shirt that was long sleeved and fairly warm. When the 7th level was done she found herself panting and bent over. It felt good though. Now, there was only one thing left to do. Walking to a small black bag she had hung up on a tree branch she pulled out a green woven rug and laid it out on the snow. It was made especially to be waterproof, a gift from her ‘father’. This was the last step to her morning routine, and though the prior had taken an hour and a half it was still dark. The next step could occupy her until it was time for her to shower for school, or sometimes when there was no school until her stomach drove her inside for lunch. Slowly she opened her mind to the world around her and became one with it. She was the ants buried inside of the tree foraging for sap, the beetles underground burrowing tunnels, the squirrel in the tree wrapped up in its own tail. Every living creature she was, and it allowed her to observe any surroundings. She felt the pain as an ant fought off a bigger black spider and lost its life to it. A peaceful blank expression crossed her mind as she left her body.

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[JULIAN DANIEL HUGHES]

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I like to disco baby

Julian felt an irritable throbbing inside his head. His head would swing carelessly from side to side. A sigh passed his lips as he folded his arms across his chest. He felt cold and lost. Where was he? What brought on this headache? Why was it so cold outside? A shiver went down his spine as he sat up from where he was sitting, wherever he was. Julian ruffled through his hair and finally decided that he’d open his eyes. This hadn’t been a very good idea seeing as his head was throbbing and the only thing that he was finishing for was to be back in his room with Noah. As he opened his eyes, a sharp pain suddenly struck Julian. He held his hands up to his head while groaning in pain. His mind was working fast, going through where he was and what was around him. All he could see was a lot of woodland and white until he suddenly coincidentally found another human being. He couldn’t see in great detail who it was but he knew that it was a female. Suddenly, his mind relaxed although the throbbing continued.

With that, Julian slowly stood up, losing his balance on occasions. How the hell did I end up here? Julian thought to himself as he slowly started walking in the direction where his mind told him to track. He continued to rub his head while wincing in pain on occasions. There were several questions that he wanted answers for but for now he needed to find someone and get somewhere he could be warm because this cold was killing him! Julian sighed heavily as he folded his arms across his chest. These jeans weren’t a particularly smart idea of his especially with this weather. He could feel the wetness seep through the back. Not to mention, this thin hoodie wasn’t going to keep him warm at all. He had to really choose his clothes next time he decided to go out partying because this was the last time he would wear clothes like these.

On occasions Julian would have to step over a few logs but it didn’t take him long to reach his destination. However, when he reached it, he didn’t imagine that the female that he tracked unintentionally while hung-over would be drop dead gorgeous. Julian’s cheeks quickly turned a light pink. He wasn’t prepared for this! For one, he woke up in the woods and second, he was hung-over! What a great way to pick up chicks… Julian rolled his eyes at this thought. However, there wasn’t any way Julian could get back because he honestly didn’t have a clue where he was. It was by pure luck that his superhuman tracking worked when it did. His light blue eyes analyzed the girl before him, with complete ‘awe.’ What was he going to say to her? ‘Hey, can’t find my way back, mind helping me?’ pfft, like this chick would help him! Julian looked like a hobo, a very wet one. This wouldn’t appeal to anyone at all especially woman.

Julian sighed heavily as he covered his head with his hood and zipped up his hoodie all the way up to his neck. Although he knew it wouldn’t give him any warmth, it was worth a try. “Excuse me,” Julian forced out while his teeth chattered. “D-do you know the way back?” Julian asked while maintaining his arms folded across his chest. He took a step closer to the girl, his eyes slowly scanning her up and down.

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[ARYA BJARTSKULAR CERIS]

[atrb=border,.5,true][atrb=style, padding: 15 15 15 15px; background-image: url(http://i.imgur.com/ULgJh.png); background-repeat:repeat-xy; width: 375px;] Because your speech is slurred enough That you just might swallow your tongue I'm sure you'd want, want to give up the ghost A new presence was sensed half a dozen meters away. Much more vibrant in comparison to the light of an animal, the mind of a human was light and couldn’t be met by any of the small species around her. Bears and deer and large cats could match the prescience, but if there were any such creatures here they were too far away from civilization. So it was safe to assume both by the light of his mind and by the way the animals around him acted, that it was a two-legged. A human. She didn’t pay much mind however, only stopping to occasionally make sure he wasn’t straying to a path that would make him end up at a burrow near a tree about five feet from where he stood. Not focusing particularly on him, but perhaps keeping a bit more keen of an eye out. After all, being caught unprepared by anyone was never fun. When she noticed that the boy was getting closer to her, and not towards the path and the way to anything important, Arya did narrow her vision to pay closer attention to just him. And the creatures surrounding. Through them, she was able to get better feel for his size. A student she was pretty sure, but not absolutely certain. Slowly, his footstep could easily be heard by her own ears until he came to a stop. Then, she was slightly puzzled why he was silent for a prolonged period of time, not speaking. Finally though, he did speak and Arya listened to his words with her eyes still closed and seeing through the thoughts, smells, sounds, and sights of nearby critters. “The way back where?” Arya asked after a moment, finally opening her eyes and observing the man. Her was a student as she had presumed. Post-Puberty she would assume and had an uncomfortable posture. Not to the point of raised hackles though, but more tail down. That was the thought process of Arya, living half her life in the minds of animals and other creatures she was used to looking at them and their body and analyzing all creatures in the same way. The hatchling didn’t seem like a threat and so she relaxed. The way he looked her over a little closer than most two legged walkers would didn’t disturb her. Most animals would look one another over. To some species it was rude and to others it was a custom. She took it as a normal custom of seizing the potential enemy up. With a stretch Arya stood, bending over and reaching for her toes in order to relax her body and prevent cramps. She had been sitting for a while and the yellow ball of warmth was rising in the sky already, shining down on her. Looking at him she looked to her right and left. "I could tell you the way to many places. You should be more specific."

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