Valencia Academy

[Kaitlyn Louis]

The weather was finally near perfect. A warm breeze blew over the school grounds. Only a few stray clouds protruded in the light pinkish-blue afternoon sky. It was a weekend. Kaitlyn was wearing a short white skirt and a dark blue skin tight tee-shirt with lace rims. She rarely wore such outfits but the weather seemed to have some kind of strange effect on her mood.

The homework assigned by her teachers was back in her room neatly stacked in a tall column next to the three books that she had yet to start reading. But being outside in such weather was clearly more important. The mind could never prosper without a content soul.

This was hear first time being outside past the courtyard. She heard a group of girls speaking of the forest on one side of the school. That caught her attention right away. If she found this forest, perhaps than she could finally have her own little sanctuary where she could get away from the gloomy school building and its students.

She broke into a light run. Excitement filled her body. After a good ten minutes of running she caught the first glimpse of a dark area just up by the horizon. She smiled and sped up her running. Yes this is it. She slowed down to a walk when she was just a few yards from the first tree. The forest didn’t look too dark but she knew she should get back soon. The skies were now a dark pink-blue. But she couldn’t resist.

She walked into the forest till the light from the fields was barely visible. Well, where should my sanctuary be? One tree in particular looked extremely appealing. It stood in a small clearing. Its bark was smothered in thick twisting vines. Yes. This would but it. She grabbed one vine and pulled herself up, japing one foot into a knot. Than went up a good few yards. She stopped at one branch. It was thick and seemed sturdy. She reached out and pulled her body up onto it, hugging it with her arms and legs. The ground below looked like a black pit. She inched up a bit further and stopped, relaying her muscles a bit.

It felt so nice up here. I should get back now or I would get into serious trouble for the curfew. But who would notice? It was only one student and I would return in the morning when the students were wandering about again so nobody would get suspicious.

[Samson Berzer`Kang]

Sam lay in bed snoring like a foghorn...except lower and longer. He was dreaming about penguins and 2 by 4s and the occasional chocolate bar. For some reason he found this extremely relaxing. until one of the boards crashed into his head. The reuslting muscle spasm threw him out of bed. He woke with a start and shuffled about reaching for an empty space where his alarm clock's snooze button usedto be. He looked at the blank space confused for a second. Then looked over at a broken pile of plastic and machinery with a small crater in the wall just over it. He chuckled. "oh yeah..." he sighed, remembering. He looked out the window at the empty campus, curfew was definitely in session. No matter to him. He climbed out the window and up to the roof, quietly so as not to disturb any potential tattlers. When he got to the roof he looked out at the horizon, backed up, and launched himself toward the forest.

A small while later Sam was careening over the landscape, it was good to be "flying" again. He launched himself over a forest, a good challenge for his footing. He had his next landing spot perfectly mapped when he realized, was there a person in that tree???" he leaned in to look closer, accidentally throwing himself off balance and into the ground, back first. dirt and sod flew up from his landing spot as he tumbled to the base of the tree and slamming into it, casuing the whole thing to shudder slightly. He looked up at the person in the tree and spoke weakly. "Hey, how ya doin?"

[Kaitlyn Louis]

Kaitlyn's eyes snapped wide open. The relaxing moment was shattered. She frowned cursing at whatever had disturbed her. She looked down. Some boy had just fallen to the ground. She smirked slightly. Did he just fall from the sky or something? A soft chuckle came from her mouth. The boy slammed into the tree. "Aaa" Kaitlyn hugged the branch she was lying on tightly. She glared down at the boy. "What'r you tryin' to do? Kill me?" She winced her eyes and relaxed her body again. The boys face was just barely visible in the coming darkness. Was he from the school?

[Samson Berzer`Kang]

Sam stood up awkwardly, popping most of his joints as he stood. He schluffed off the dirt that clung to him and snorted at the girl in the tree. "Thats a fine hello." he mumbled. He stretched for a bit, bent his knees and launched into the tree, catching the branch she was on, flipping over it and crouching a mere 3 inches away from her, one of his arms extended, armored claws at her throat. "Dont worry, if i was trying to kill you id be alot more obvious about it." He laughed and withdrew, rolling backward, sanding and bowing while tipping his invisible hat. "Samson, at yer service."

[Kaitlyn Louis]

Kaitlyn blinked a couple of times. He got up the tree ratehr quickly... The boy had some sort of what was it claws? attached to his hand. But strangely they didn’t scare her a bit. What an interesting lad. Did they even permit weapons in the academy? Ah who cares anyway. She smiled slightly. Nice to meet you Samson. She sat up on the tree branch. I'm Kaitlyn. She noticed how easily he was standing on the branch. How do you stand like that?

[Samson Berzer`Kang]

Sam smirked. "lots and lots of practice." He stood on his toes and brought one foot on top of the other and spread his arms. He then pushed off, flipping backward grabbing the branch and swinging around it. He leapt acrobatically into the air, landing in the same spot as he did when he first jumped up to the branch. He sat indian style across from Kat. "So...what are you here for?"

[Kaitlyn Louis]

Kaitlyn winced and scoffed. "Show off." She said under her breath as his performance came to an end. "Heh. I just wanted to get away from than damn academy. Its a prison in there and I heard of this forest and was hoping to find some relaxation." She put an emphasis on the word "hoping". "You're from the school as well aren’t you. What brings you here to my wonderful tree?" She licked her lips and looked up at the foliage. It was getting rather dark and chilly compared to the beautiful evening weather a few hours ago.

[Samson Berzer`Kang]

Samson heard her retort about his show. He snorted "And proud of it" he finished with a smile. He looked back in the general direction of the academy. "Cant blame you for wanting to get away tough, heck i do it whenever i can hence, im here." But i didnt mean here, the tree. I meant here, the campus, you mustve done something to get, ah, invited, but Ludwig von Schnitzelheim Nastypants." He sneered at the mention of that demon's name, even if he had torqued it a bit.

[Kaitlyn Louis]

Kaitlyn smiled and made a very light laugh. That was the first time she’s laughed since she got here. “You know. I don’t think I’m so special. I shouldn’t be here.” Her smile vanished as memories of her life before the academy came rushing back into her head. She quickly shook them off and made a good attempt to stand up on the branch, grabbing onto another branch above her for support. “Do you think you belong here?” She strained her eyes to see at least some detail in Sam’s face.

[Samson Berzer`Kang]

Sam snorted unpleasantly, did he belong here? #$%@ no!!! he should be roaming the wilderness honing hisbody to its greatest potential, he should be home. He thought of the temple he was taken from all the people who had shown his kindness and love. And then he thought of the man who had taken them from him. He sneered and his body heated as a breif rage filled him. He stopped and breathed slowly, relaxing and flushing out the bad emotion. "No." was his simple reply. A look of pure mischeif crossed his face, he watched her closely, focusing on her feet and the hand holding the branch, and when her position was weakest, he jolted his body and gave the branch a good hard shake.

[Kaitlyn Louis]

(OOC: I didnt ask you whether I belonged here, I asked whether you thought YOU belonged here.)

[Samson Berzer`Kang]

OOC:Fixed now!

[Kaitlyn Louis]

Kaitlyn winced her eyes at his reply. It seemed obvious that there was more to his simple answer. Heck everyone in the academy must have some story that haunts their dreams at night and thoughts during the day. The branch than shook really hard. Kaitlyn gasped. She should of seen that coming. She quickly attempted to grasp the branch in her hands tighter but it slipped from her hands and she fell down as the branch moved down. But somehow miraculously her feet got into such a position where the branch was between them. She hung there upside down on the branch not daring even for a split second to relax her muscles. Than a thought crossed her mind. She was in a skirt. A soft growl formed in her throat. "Ugh. you bastard! You did that on purpose." She hissed and swing her body up till her knees were on top the branch. Your dead. But how the heck am I going to kill him on a tree branch? She lifted her haed adn threw him a dirty look.

[Samson Berzer`Kang]

Sam threw her the most evi of looks he knew. "Whatever do you mean my dear? im just sitting here." "Your dead" Sam snickered, then he laughed, then he howled with laughter. The very concept of a smallish girl like her taking him down was simply too much. He wiped a tear from his eye and sighed as he flicked it away. "Ah, if you want to try tehn by all means bring it on." He made absolutely no attempt to defend himself from her." "But if i wanted to stare you up the skirt, do you really think some one my size would be so...roundabout??" He smiled malevolently

[Kaitlyn Louis]

Oh wow. Total déjà vu. Didn’t this happen to her in high school at one point? She smiled wickedly. Laugh all you want kid. Well see who finishes this. Suddenly Kaitlyn stopped smiling. She quickly clutched her chest with her right hand gasping. She let her body fall to the branch. “Aaaah.” Her voice was hoarse and ragged.