And You Are? (Open To Anyone)

[Corey Brewford]

It seemed like just yesterday, he was a normal kid. Living a normal kid's life. Going to a normal school with other normal kids his age and older, and doing normal things that normal kids do. But his whole life was altered and changed, he was no longer a normal kid..he was a abnormal teen. He was slowly coming to embrace that and there were times where he would wear that title proudly. Corey peeled himself off the Student Lounge sofa, and walked over to the Pool Table. Grabbing a pool stick and racking up the balls, he whistled to himself and began shooting a game of pool all by himself. Of course, out of curiosity and just for the hell of it. Corey decided to use his powers, and make a few shots hands-free. Staring at the pool stick without blinking, he slowly released his grip on the wooden tool and backed away cautiously. The wooden stick was floating in midair, aimed perfectly at the cue ball. Corey nodded his head slightly, and smirked to himself as the sound of the balls colliding filled the room as well as his ears. "Damn, I'm good". Corey muttered to himself,snapping his fingers and chuckling softly. Corey was sporting a grey v-neck shirt, camo shorts, and a pair of jordan flip flops with gray PUMA ankle socks. "Next up, flying.. hell..Once I get that down, I'll be the man". Corey said, nodding his head at the pool table and watching the balls scramble about the surface rapidly. Three striped balls had found their way into corner pockets. Corey looked around the nearly empty student lounge, where was everybody? Then again it was pretty early in the morning, it was pretty doubtful that anyone would be up at Six O'Clock like him. Corey was an early-bird, and the people who knew him could confirm that fact. As a matter of fact,Corey could pull a all-nighter and last a good three hours before collapsing into a deep sleep later that morning. The more Corey used his powers, the more his headache started to grow..shaking his head slightly he gripped the wooden stick and started the shoot pool the correct and normal way. He turned his head to look over his shoulder after hearing a series of footsteps nearby..

[Lani Hunter]

Lani slipped back on campus and after a quick check realized his room was currently being watched. Well all to be expected. He had already dropped off his spoils, thankfully and was just dressed like a thief. Fixable too. He took his hat off and his gloved off and now he was just a kid dressed in black. Now how to get inside. He really wanted to nap, but he wasn't sure how that was going to work out. He had gone to bed shortly after five for this particular job and woken at one in order to get started and now he was looking forward to getting the day over with and fixing his sleep schedule again.

He slipped up to the student lounge window and initially was disappointed to not find it empty, however then a thought occurred to him, he could have been here the whole time. He slipped through the building carefully avoiding camera and he opened the door to the lounge. He was in sneak mode moved into the room without disturbing the air. He used his power to close the door quietly with no more than an exhale as the air was displaced. He melted into the shadows and watched. As he watched the early pool player his smile widened. Not just another student but another telekinetic! They were becoming less of a rarity around here but it was always exciting to meet another telekinetic. He wondered if this guy was as powerful as Lani was, or even more powerful, that would be refreshing, something to challenge him to try harder.

He winced a little and spoke up announcing his presence. "I wouldn't be too eager to try that one," Lani advised. Flying, yeah he had tried it before... needless to say he was still working on it. He stepped forward and examined the pool table. This guy was good.

[Jalen August]

Jalen’s sensitive ears perked up at the sound of someone playing pool. She had been in the student lounge, scribbling in her journal, when a couple of dudes caught her eye. One was playing pool without hands, the other trying to give the first some advice. The blonde was a little grumpy, having pulled an all nighter to finish homework. Now she was at the point where she was too tired to notice she was tired, too tired to see that her bubbly nature was verging on being hyperactive. So when she heard the clicking cue ball, she nearly snapped her neck when looking up.

Since she wasn’t shy, Jalen left her journal on the couch and went up to the table, taking a pool stick and standing on the other side of the table. “Hey boys, didn’t think anyone else would be up this early,” she said, raising an eyebrow at them as a small, tired smile danced across her face. “Name’s Jalen, and I would suggest the same as...” She glanced at Mr. Hunter and winced. “Sorry, ‘fraid I don’t know your name.” Sometimes she cursed her big mouth. But hell, she liked making new friends, they would forgive her not so subtle nature right?

The blonde ran her fingers through her hair absent mindedly, glancing down at her skinny jeans and sneakers. Today she looked pretty normal, aside from the dark eye makeup. “You guys up for a round of pool?” She asked, waving her stick around like some kind of weapon. It was a good idea to play a strategic game with next to no sleep, right?

Jalen didn't wait for anyone to give her permission. This was a public place after all, and they could leave if they weren't up for her spunk. Jay took aim, and shot the cue ball at the solids, sending the dark purple one into the far right pocket. She smirked, and glanced at the boy sporting the PUMA gear. "Purple always was my favorite color, I guess that makes it lucky too." She looked at Lani, wondering if he was any good at pool, or just at giving his opinion.

[Corey Brewford]

Corey continued to shoot pool the normal way, awaiting his visitor to approach him. Whistling loudly, he leaned back from the table a few and his eyes scanned the green clothed table, looking for a available shot. Corey shrugged and nodded his head in the direction of a left pocket, and watched as the blue striped ball followed his command. Corey looked over his left shoulder as a voice greeted his ears, taking him by slight surprise. Corey examined the new guy that had just entered the lounge and chuckled under his breath. "Yeah? And why not? You tried it before?". Corey asked, assuming this guy was a Telekinetic like him. Apparently, Telekinetic's were rare..So meeting another Telekinetic would be like meeting a long lost relative or something of that nature. Corey was just about to help himself to taking another shot, when a blonde girl had approached the table within seconds. Corey raised an eyebrow, "Has everyone tried flying except me or something?". He said with a sarcastic confused expression painted on his face.Corey nodded as the girl introduced herself as Jalen.. a interesting name. "Corey... Corey Brewford". He said, flashing his famous gorgeous smile and handing Lani a pool stick. His dark brown eyes now shot over to Jalen as she too grabbed a stick and took a shot. Corey never underestimated a girl's skills at anything, raising his eyebrows higher he poked out his bottom lip, "Must be your lucky color,then". He said, staring at the block of chalk and chalking down the tip of the pool stick. "So what exactly can you two do?". Corey asked, tilting his head to the side slightly. It was interesting making new friends, especially with different powers.

[Lani Hunter]

Lani gave the guy a knowing grin when asked him if he had tried flying before. He laughed a little and nodded. “I landed on my head,” Lani answered. “It’s a lot harder than it looks, man, I don’t suggest it.” Of course Lani was stubborn and had kept trying, his trainer wasn’t happy about that but had consented when Lani had threatened to do it on his own. Lani looked up and smiled as the blonde girl walk forward. He hadn’t realized someone else was in here. He chuckled a little bit when she talked about the time and just gave her a shrug as an answer. He leaned on the table resting his hands on the wooden edges. He looked from the girl to the guy and a little impish smile formed on his lips. It was rather unfair that it looked like he was always up to something. “Lani,” he supplied for her and shrugged it off. “That’s alright, I don’t believe we’ve ever met, Jalen.”

He chuckled at the guy… Corey’s question. “Don’t worry about it. If you really want to try it I suggest you try it with someone who is very good at catching people.” He turned back to Jalen who had taken hold of a stick. He thanked Corey, taking the offered stick. He was actually really good at pool if he was really trying. “I’m up for it.” He leaned back holding the stick resting the end against the floor. He cocked his head at the table and watched Jalen take her shot. He nodded, a smile forming on his face. Well that was a good shot. He knew then that he would have to step up his game if he wanted to stay in it.

He leveled his eyes to the table and hit the cue ball against the side knocking in an orange ball toward the middle. He watched it carefully and was worried for a while that it would go wide. However it shot in with a precise plop. He smiled and let out a little breath of relief. He hadn’t been too sure about that. It seemed like since he got his power he was much better at reading how objects would move and had become really good at that, if not actually using his own power. He looked back up at Corey. “I’m a telekinetic.” He narrowed his eyes and leaned back watching Corey for a moment. “You’re a telekinetic too, right?” It wasn’t much of a question but he then turned to Jalen curious about what her power was.

[Jalen August]

“Can’t say I’ve tried flying, but I would hate to see someone throw themselves out of a window to see what happens,” she said with a good natured grin. Of course she assumed that Corey wasn’t stupid, and would try flying from the ground up and not the other way around. Boys could be quite adventurous though, and forget themselves in the midst of their ‘good idea’. “Nice to meet you Corey, can’t play pool without your powers?” She challenged. Unless of course, they were playing Power Pool, in which case, Jalen would use her sonic manipulation to her advantage. “Can’t say I’ve ever run into you before,” she directed this to Lani, “there’s a hell of a lot of kids in this school.”

Jalen was smirking down at the set up on the table, thinking about her next shot. She wasn’t sure how all three of them would play, but that didn’t seem to be an issue yet. “Sonic manipulation,” she said by way of answering. That was the number one question asked around here. She looked at Corey, and assuming he was a telekinetic said, “Wow, it’s hard to come by one telekinetic, let alone two. Must be my lucky day or something.” She said, her dark lashed eyes looking at the pool table again. Whose move was it?

Lani took his shot and Jalen smiled and nodded. “Nice one,” she said, glancing up at Corey. She was pretty tall for a girl, but this guy made her seem small. “I bet I won’t be up too late tonight,” she looked to Lani, “those finals were killer on me, I swear.” A pause, and then because she could never seem to stop talking, “How come you guys are up so early? Nothing better to do?” Because yes, she was that obnoxious to ask and assume things. At least she wasn’t being flirtatious yet. Just give it time.

[Morgana Bennet]

It hadn't been that long since Morgana had arrived at the Institute and her mother was already pestering her with questions. Morgana wasn't upset about the general questions, like "Did you get all your luggage?" or "Did you eat anything yet?" But her mother had chosen to ask questions that made Morgana question the woman's sanity. Rolling her eyes at her mother's next question, Morgana sighed.

"Mother, I don't see any importance in you asking me if the stewardess was polite to me. If she wasn't, what could you possibly do? Mother, would you relax? Yes, she was polite to me and, before you ask, the passengers next to me were polite as well. Now, how is Hecate doing?"

Morgana entered the student lounge and walked past the three students at the pool table, choosing to take a seat on one of the sofas. She sighed once again, patting away a wrinkle that appeared in her skirt. "Mother, I've said this before and I'll say it again. Hecate is not a demonic name. She was a Titaness and then became the Goddess of Witchcraft. And, in case you've forgotten, you named me after Morgan Le Fay, so I don't see why you should have a problem with the name Hecate. Now, I'm going to hang up the phone before I end up turning into you. And, yes, you are insane." As she spoke the last few sentences, her accent began to become noticeable. It happened when she became annoyed, which happened whenever her mother called her.

Morgana took her Blackberry away from her ear and disconnected the call. She looked up at the three students and stood up, making her way towards them. She gave them a friendly smile and picked up a cue stick. She had only played pool a few times, but she knew the rules.

"Hi, I'm Morgana Bennet."

[Corey Brewford]

Corey's expression had changed to that of a 'OUCH' sort of look, as Lani told him that he had tried flying before and that it resulted in him landing on his head. Corey was tempted to try flying many times, some of them were at the wrong time and the wrong places though. With a nod, as Lani thanked him..Corey raised his eyebrows in almost disbelief as Lani confirmed his assumption. "Yeah, I'm a Telekinectic too,man.Damn, I aint think I'd run into another cat like me". Corey said with a smirk spread across his face. Corey's brown eyes rounded over to Jalen as she addressed him now, "Yeah, When I do try..dont worry I aint that type of guy to stand on no window ledge and throw myself over,hoping my powers kick in". Corey joked, leaning against the Pool Table as Lani took his shot and was sucessful. His eyes darted back up at Jalen as she spoke her next sentence. The sound that came out of Corey's mouth was that of a scoff and a chuckle combined as he pulled away from the pool table and slowly strolled towards Jalen. "A comedian in the room, huh?". He said, bending over in position and taking a shot. The cue ball rolled rapidly down the table, colliding with a green solid ball and together the two balls disappeared into the right pocket. Corey cursed under his breath, looking around at Lani as Jalen now addressed him. "Yeah I know, I wonder why there aren't too many Telekinetics here". Corey said in the form of a somewhat question. So Jalen had Sonic Manipulation, a interesting Power indeed. Corey shook his head in a curious matter, "Finals and me aint the closest homies, I usually sleep in late, and call sick". Corey added, flashing a wide grin and looking around the lounge. It was now nearing Six something in the morning and the Sunlight was just pearing through the windows. "I'm a early-bird, always have been.. I don't think I woke ol' Lani here up though". He said, clapping a hand on Lani's shoulder and shaking it. Corey's dark brown eyes quickly darted to the entrance of the lounge where a girl had just made her arrival, she was talking on her cell phone apparently to her mother. Corey looked over at Jalen and Lani in sort of a "You-Know Her?".[ type of look, His brown eyes had found their way back over to the girl and he nodded at smiled at her as she made her way over to the pool table, "Corey..Corey Brewford". He said toward Morgan. Standing up, he fiddled around in his pockets and pulled out a Ten-Dollar Bill, "Winner get's the ten..Loser or Losers..buy the Winner..or COREY..lunch for the week...feel free to use your powers..if you want the challenge". Corey said slyly, waving the dollar bill around slowly before placing it on the table.

[Lani Hunter]

Lani’s smile took on a sly look and he laughed at Corey’s expression. “Yeah,” he bobbed his head, it was painful more so when he realized he was bleeding but it had been worth it. He smiled glad his assumption was right. Corey’s dialect was rather interesting but it made Lani smile. “I didn’t either,” Lani shrugged, “We’ll have to train together sometime.” Lani shook his head and winced a little in agreement with Jalen. Jumping out windows may be his forte but he usually made sure that there was something close by to catch.

He couldn’t help but snicker a little bit at Corey’s answer. “But that’s the best part!” He joked feeding off of Corey’s energy, standing on the edge of a high window or ledge sometimes the urge to just jump was strong. Sometimes just the feeling of falling was great, but then of course most people weren’t crazy adrenaline junkies like Lani. His attention turned to Jalen holding back a laugh as she challenged Corey. He gave Corey a sly grin and raised brow as if showing a certain level of skepticism. He chuckled a little at their exchange and watched as Corey took his shot. The cue ball followed the green ball into the pocket. Lani leaned easily resting a little on his pole. He raised his brows and quickly jerked his head to indicate he was not going to comment.

Jalen’s comment called his attention over to her. He nodded in agreement, “I’m not surprised, though I figured I would have at least seen you around.” He shrugged unwilling to go into more detail. “It’s just like any other power, I suppose, you don’t see many people with Sonic Manipulation either.” He grinned at her. “Well you got the purple ball in, didn’t you?” He teased lightly with her reference to luck. He had no doubt of her skill; chances were she would quickly wipe the table with him. Lani slapped his hand into his forehead. “Finals!” He yelped and let out a little swear under his breath. They had kind of sprung on him and he hadn’t studied… well at all. And he had left a few days ago which consequently made him miss several. He had been so busy that he didn’t think much of almost all of his classes having tests. Yeah, he was screwed. “I’m so screwed,” he informed them with a little sigh. He shook his head and shrugged, “I feel you, Corey, finals are the worst…” He whistled a little amazed at his own absentmindedness. At least the chances of him being able to make them up were rather high.

His mood luckily wasn’t dampened by talk of finals. He didn’t care; school was second on his mind. He was glad Corey answered first, that gave him a chance to figure out how to dance around the question. He laughed a little when Corey clapped his shoulder and shook it. He moved adjusting to the strange motion and shrugged. Corey was a pretty funny guy, someone he could probably get along with very well. “I keep odd hours.” He said simply, hoping that explanation would be enough. "Did you pull an all-nighter, Jalen?" Following Corey’s gaze he saw the girl, Morgana, walk in talking to someone. In return Lani shrugged at his expression. “Lani,” he introduced himself and watched her take a stick. That was an interesting name. “Well this is where the party’s at, huh?” That impish grin grew on Lani’s face at the mention of a bet. He laughed, “A little arrogant are we?" He raised a brow. "Wouldn't powers give us an advantage?" He asked honestly, partially because if he was going to use his power things might get a little hairy.

[Jalen August]

So now the party was starting.

Another girl walked up the table and decided to join the game. Huh, maybe they could split into even teams now? Or was she the only person thinking about that?

She mentally cringed as Corey misused the English language. Sometimes being a poet/writer/song writer made life difficult with others. Still, she liked people, and she liked being herself and having fun. “I try,” she said to Corey, who circled around her to take his shot, “looks like I’m not the only one.” She raised an eyebrow at him with a half smirk to accompany it. “You can’t really sleep in during finals, they sort of frown upon that around here,” she said, her eyes never leaving Corey while she spoke.

Lani seemed just as stoked about finals as the rest of them. “Hey, relax, if you need any help with English, I’m your girl. Don’t ask me about Calculus though, that boat sank a long time ago,” she chuckled a bit at herself and sighed. Life would be better as soon as finals were through. “Finals are my favourite,” she said in a flat tone, sending a wink to Lani. She was totally kidding. Finals were balls.

“Early bird? Wow, don’t meet many of those either,” she caught Corey’s questioning look and gave a shrug. She had no idea who this new chick was. “Hey Morgana, Jay,” she said with a nod, more preoccupied with what Corey was placing on the table. If there was anything she couldn’t resist, it was a bet. Anyone that knew the blonde could attest to that. “You’re on,” she raised her cue, pointing it towards Corey like a weapon as she grinned, “and I’ll throw in another ten, just to make it interesting.” She put the money on the table from the front of her shirt, raising her eyebrows. “Since a ten isn’t really worth as much as lunch for a week.” She took her shot and watched the ball miss by a nudge. “Damn,” she said, looking at the other two.

“What?” She asked Lani. “Oh, yeah, all nighter,” she smirked. “I really should’ve been studying, but I had a story itching to be written.” Another sigh, another survey of the table. Maybe it wasn’t her lucky day after all. When Lani spoke his mind, Jay laughed and nudged his ribs. “That’s exactly what I was thinking!” She watched the two telekinetics with a new idea. “I think two telekinetics against two lovely ladies is unfair, so I say we split these two up,” she was talking to Morgana now, pointing to the boys, “besides, I totally have to kick Corey’s ass.” Jalen grinned up innocently at Corey, looking at the other girl in the room. “Your turn M.”

[Morgana Bennet]

Morgana gave everyone another smile as they introduced themselves. They seemed a little young for her liking, but that didn't mean that she couldn't hang out with them. Her ears perked up when the other girl, Jay, spoke about finals. "Um, if any of you need help with Calculus you can ask me. Math and Science are kind of my things when it comes to school. And History, but that's totally different."

Morgana looked at the pile of cash and then realized that she hadn't worn anything with pockets, which meant that she didn't have any cash. "I'd pitch in, but as you can see, my outfit isn't exactly made for carrying things." She waved at her outfit, which consisted of a black halter top and a white skirt. It was a nice outfit, but it wasn't exactly practical.

A grin came to Morgana's face when Jalen talked about splitting up the two boys. So, they were telekinetics? Interesting. "Oh, I completely agree with you. Two telekinetics is not a fair match against an empath and...um, what are you, Jay?" Morgana smiled at Jalen and put her cue stick against the pool table, bending down and sliding her phone into her right boot. "I haven't played pool for some time, so excuse me if I'm not the best player." She lined up her cue stick with the ball and took a shot, a small frown forming on her face when it missed. Hopefully her teammate was a better pool player than her.