An Evening Stroll (Kamillia Engel)

[Jason Prowler]

July 7th, 2200 hours

It was after Hammel’s Curfew of 9:00 P.M. as Jason roamed the streets of the downtown area. He’s been having trouble sleeping lately because of nightmares, mainly of war images and his brother. He had to shake it off and campus was boring at night. The weather was cooler than normal; Jason was wearing a light, dark blue jacket over a gray short sleeve shirt, slim cut jeans and a brown belt. He wanted to look nice in case he got into something fun or found somewhere to party a little. Downtown was filled with diverse buildings and businesses, most of which were closed. There were people on the streets, but not many, and the traffic must have had died down a bit since it was a late hour. Jason was munching on some chips; he became a little thirsty and was looking for a place to grab something to drink. He searched until he saw a building across the way with Velvet-Tone Coffeehouse written on up top. Crossing the street he reached the entrance, but the establishment was already closed. Jason looked at the hours of the business imprinted on the door, Weekdays 7A.M. – 5 P.M., man Vermont was beginning to suck; even on a military base you could get tea or coffee at night.

Jason let out a sigh of defeat and continued to walk the blocks passing by a theater and book shop. He was taking in the view and noting where all these places were in case he wanted to come back. Passing a self-defense school that read Muller’s Self Defense an idea came to mind. Perhaps he’ll stop by one day to practice, he had to keep his athletic ability in top shape but he was mostly concerned with control. He continued his walk, a Black Labrador was walking on the same sidewalk headed in his direction, and it was alone. It looked young probably about a year or two old, skinny; it may have been roaming the streets for a little. Jason approached the Labrador, knelt down and placed his hands in front of it. “You lost puppy? “He asked the dog as the dog sniffed his hand a little, it seemed harmless. “I got something for you.” Jason pulled his two last chips from his bag and placed it before the dog’s snout. The dog took it with much gratitude as its tail began to wag rapidly. Jason carefully pet he puppy using all his restraint not to hurt it with his abnormal strength, he kept his hand open and stroked its coat, “that’s a good dog, now go find your home.” He knew dogs could find their way home if they were lost; he stood up and continued his walk. The Black Labrador began to follow him from behind; it wasn’t until Jason walked a block that he had a funny feeling he was being followed. Jason turned to look at the dog “I’m sorry buddy I would love to take care of you but you can’t follow me, there’s no way I can keep you at Hammel.” Jason looked at the dog and wondered what to do as it looked back at him with those puppy eyes, tail still wagging.

[Kamillia Engel]

Kamillia closed, and locked her bedroom door. Yes, it was time for her to sneak out, she hadn’t done this in awhile, awhile being a week. She turned off all her lights, said good bye to all her babies, and then climbed out her window with her skateboard. It was clubbing time for this gal right here. She had nothing else to do, and there was nothing to do in Pilot Ridge except get a tattoo, and she already had three of those. Therefore, really, the only thing to do was go clubbing; which was totally fine by her. Once she got to the sidewalk she placed her skateboard on the ground and headed out. The outfit she was wearing would be considered ‘trashy’ to most people, but she was going to a club! She was suppose to look that way, not to mention she wanted to look older than she was. She didn’t think about the perverts who might be walking the street this late at night, or the ones in the bar. She knew how to take care of herself, and she knew how to fight. She didn’t think it was a big deal, especially in a town full of meta’s.

As Kam skated through the streets of Pilot Ridge, she got a text; she took her phone out of her bra and started to text them back. It was at this point that she had bumped into someone. She grunted as she hit the ground and lost her skateboard, at least she assumed she lost it because she didn’t feel it under her. She cussed under her breath, and then looked up to see who she had kind of crashed into. She was so glad she was wearing leggings, though.

[Jason Prowler]

Jason was stuck, what am I going to with this puppy, he thought as he stroked his face with his thumb and pointer finger.

WHAM !

Jason was smacked with something from behind, whatever it was couldn’t’ move him with his super strength and all. He turned his body swiftly and caught an airborne smart phone whizzing through the air right before it hit the ground. It sat safely in the palm of his left hand but it was far too late for the girl who took a dive right on her back. Jason immediately came to her aid helping her up ever so gently handing her back her phone. “That was some fall” when she stood up he got a better look of her, Wow he thought, she was gorgeous and her outfit was banging. Their eyes locked for a moment as he stared deeply into her light brown eyes; however it was interrupted by the Labrador’s barking. Jason turned to see what was wrong while the dog was barking at the runaway skateboard rolling down the block. He turned to the girl and said “Hold that thought” and chased after the board.

He leaped, propelling himself forward with his powerful legs to catch up to the board. Jason cut it off before it got caught in the street as cars were speeding by, he scooped it up with his left hand and ran it back to where he left the dog and skater girl. He had a smile on his face as he approached her handing her the pink zebra striped board. “I’m Jason, Jason Prowler. Are you okay?”

[Kamillia Engel]

Kamillia looked at the guy who started to help her up, she didn’t care that she just fell, the guy she had bumped into was worth the fall. “Yeah, it was worth it though.” She grinned at Jason, she couldn’t help but flirt with him, it was natural for her. But she wasn’t the type to really care if it went anywhere, she liked to go with the flow when it came to relationships, and she just met the guy! Kam looked at him, and their eyes met, it was an interesting moment, and she couldn’t help but smile a little. She opened her mouth to say ‘thank you’ but barking interrupted the moment. It was then that she had remembered her skateboard, the laws of physics sucked. “Wait!” She didn’t think that Jason would be able to catch her skateboard.

However, Kam watched in amazement when Jason ran after her skateboard. The dog interrupted her amazement, though. The pup had sat in front of her, and she gulped. This was not cool, and she totally hoped the dog was Jason’s. “Thank you so much! For catching my skateboard, and my phone. You’re kind of my hero now.” She said as she took her board from him. “I’m Kamillia Engel. But all my friends, and cute guys call me Kam. I’m totally fine thanks. I’ve had worse falls.” She couldn’t count how many bones she broke purely from skateboarding over the many years. “Is this your dog?” She couldn’t help but ask, as the pup started to wag it’s tail.

(ooc: Is the dog full grown? Or actually a puppy, puppy?)

[Jason Prowler]

(ooc: In its description the dog is about a year old, so that’s still a puppy right? lol I really don’t know to be honest =P)

“Kam” Jason said softly “I like that” he smiled at her as she accepted the skateboard. “Please forgive me for saying this but your outfit is banging Kam, is that what you board in?”

His attention turned to the Labrador at her inquiry, he bent down to pet him once again, “This guy over here, he’s like my new buddy” he laughed. “But for real, I found him by himself roaming the streets, I couldn’t help but feed him whatever I had and he’s been following me ever since. It probably sounds dumb but I’m a sucker for animals” the dog was licked Jason’s face a couple times as Jason looked up at Kam. “I wish there was somewhere I can take him but where I live now we can’t have dogs, so I’m kind of in a fix about what to do with him.” Jason pondered, “You must be from around here, is their like a shelter we can take him to?”

[Kamillia Engel]

(ooc: lol he would be considered still a puppy, but he is full grown.)

Kamillia chuckled and blushed “Thanks. But no I do not.. I usually just board in a pair of skinny jeans and a ratty t-shirt. I usually don’t wear this kind of outfit, only when I go clubbing. Or plan on going clubbing.”

“Oh, I see. Well he doesn’t have a collar on. So I’m guessing he is a stray.” Kamillia chuckled and shook her head. He obviously didn’t know who he was talking it. “It’s not dumb…” She bent down to start petting the pup. “I love animals. I have seven of them, and I can talk to them.” Kamillia nodded “Hammel? Right. That’s where you live. I attend there too.”She looked at the sky, when he asked his question. There were so many different ways to answer it. “Well… There is a shelter yes…” Did she really want brownie points from him? “There’s also my house.. I tend to take in stray animals. Which is why I have seven of them..”

[Jason Prowler]

The night was clear with a crescent moon accompanied by bright stars strong enough to twinkle above them. Jason saw her cheeks getting red from his compliment. A slight breeze passed through the two of them and blew Kam’s light ginger hair around a little and he got caught staring for a second.

She began to explain to him where she was going in her night outfit. There’s clubs around here? I was totally looking to get into something like that. “Seven animals that’s so many!” he said with surprise. “It’s like you have you own personal zoo.” Jason smiled as they both were spoiling this puppy. “You go to Hammel and you can talk to animals? What do they say?” He was curious at first and then it hit him “Wait, maybe we can find out where this guys from and we can bring him home. I’m sure a happy puppy like this has to have a loving family, or at least I would like to think so.” Jason was being optimistic. Then he got slightly nervous when he dropped the next question, his heart beating a little faster from the adrenaline. “And…maybe when we do that we can hit the club together?” he said in a smooth voice looking into her light browns trying to make sure she didn’t notice his nervousness.

[Kamillia Engel]

Kamillia felt the breeze and pushed her hair back behind her ear. She looked at Jason, and noticed he was staring; she couldn’t help but smile a little because of it.

Kam laughed a little “I know! I have four dogs, one snake, and two horses.” It was a lot, but she loved each of them dearly and wouldn’t dream of not having them in her life. Kam shrugged at the question “It depends on the animal.” Her older dog always acted like a parent figure, go figure. However she was more keen to listening to the dog instead of her actual parents; not that they would care enough about her to be actual parents. “Oh, yeah. That works!” Kam sat on the ground, making sure to keep her legs together. This might be a long talk. But before she could start speaking to the dog, he asked her a question which made her grin. “I would love that, actually.” She looked at the dog after answering Jason about going to the club together. ”Hey Sweetheart. Do you have a name? Mine is Kam” This time Kamillia spoke to the dog in English, she would have normally done so in German, but figured that would make Jason way out of the loop, and she didn’t want that.

The dog looked at Kamillia with his head cocked to one side, ”It’s Jim. I don’t know who this ‘sweetheart’ is though. “ Jim looked at Jason, ”Is that, that human’s name?” Kamillia put her hand over her mouth as she tried not to chuckle. ”Sure, that’s is the other human’s name, yes.” She did not feel bad for saying that one-bit. Kamillia looked at Jason, and took a deep breath “H-h-his name i-is Jim.” Damn side effects. Kamillia looked back at Jim, ”Do you have a home?” She asked the pup. Jim looked at Kamillia with a sad face, and those puppy dog eyes made Kam want to melt. ”No.. My humans left me… I don’t know where they went..” Kam licked her lips, ” Would you like to stay with me?” she asked, unable to not ask, she had already bonded with Jim, she couldn’t just take him to a shelter and never see him again; though her gramps was going to kill her that she knew for sure. Jim jumped up, then jumped on Kam ”You mean it?”, Kam nodded, then Jim proceeded to lick her face, “Okay! Okay!”

Kamillia looked at Jason, “He, doesn’t have a home. But I w-will take him in.” She knew that was going to happen, she really should have kept her mouth shut about talking to animals… Oh well.

[Jason Prowler]

His nervousness was gone as a wave of relief poured over Jason like a waterfall when she said she would like to go together to the club. “Awesome, besides a lady should always be escorted by a gentleman.” He smiled, as he watched her attentively as she communicated with the Labrador, he was excited to see this all go down. Kam was focused on speaking to the dog as she looked as if she was about to laugh for a moment. The conversations was one sided as Jason witnessed Kam in action. “Wait, what does he think my name is?” She stuttered as she was talking to Jason but he ignored it, he wanted to be polite and figured it had something to do with talking to the dog. “Jim is his name? Jim the dog? “ He always thought it was funny when dogs had people names.

She asked the dog to stay with her which he thought was the cutest thing, this girl was a very loving person and she certainly cared for her animals. “You little softy you, that’s real admirable. You know I can help you take care of Jim over here, that is of course if I could visit him.” He wondered if it was too forward, after all they just met and she didn’t know him at all.

[Kamillia Engel]

“Well, it is always nice to have company.” Kamillia smiled at him, and then looked at the dog. She really hoped that they would have more in common than the dog. She couldn’t help but laugh at his question, “He thinks your name is Sweetheart.” Jim wasn’t the brightest dog, but that was okay. He was still a puppy, after all. “Yep… It actually reminds of me the movie Treasure Planet..” Cartoon Movie, but still a movie… All her pets were named after cartoon characters… There was no break from it! Though her stuttering did have something to do with talking to the dog. “I’m sorry for the stuttering… It’s a downside of my power.” She guessed she was kind of lucky for that, and didn’t have a more serious downside.


Kam chuckled “Yeah, when it comes to animals I am…” She looked at Jason and smiled a little. “I would love the help, actually. And you can visit him whenever you want. Since I think he has taken a liking to you too…” She would also love seeing Jason more, that was always a bonus. Not knowing Jason wasn’t much of a problem. She did have four dogs, granted three of them were puppies, but the one could rip Jason’s face off, if Kam asked him too. Kam doubted that was over going to be a possibility with Jason, he seemed like a very nice and respectable guy. Kamillia pushed Jim off her, and stood up. “Alright, lets drop Jim off at my house… It’s not too far from here! Then we can go clubbing.” Kamillia turned to where she had came from when she first bumped into Jason and started walking.

[Jason Prowler]

“Sweetheart? I’m flattered that’s a first” He laughed. “Well if he’s anything like Jim Hawkins you have a great pup on your hands, and please don’t apologize about the stuttering we all have our things that make us who we are, besides I thought it was cute” Jason smiled.

“Awesome, let’s go for it! Jason followed Kam’s lead toward her home. He noticed on the ground that she left her skateboard behind, she probably was preoccupied with all that was happening, and after all talking to animals, bumping into a random guy on the street was distracting. Being the gentleman that he was he picked it up for her holding it in his left hand by its truck, its pink zebra print facing outward ,and began to walk besides the skater girl.

Jim followed them both close behind as they walked the streets of downtown; he turned to look at he, “You been at Hammel long?” Jason asked. “I just transferred in recently, super strength’s my thing, it’s a pain.” He looked at his right hand and clenched into a fist. “but I’m trying to get a hold of it.” he relaxed it and went back to resting it as they walked the streets. He looked up to the sky as they walked, noticing the few shimmering stars above. “Check it out Orion’s Belt!” he pointed at the three consecutive stars; “wish we could see more of them, too much light pollution you know.” Jason always loved looking at the night sky, but the lights of city prevented most of them from being seen by the naked eye.

[Kamillia Engel]

Kamillia smiled “Now you know what he calls you.” She looked at the ground, blushing a little “Thanks. Did you really think it as cute?” Or was he just saying it to make her feel better.

She had forgotten about skateboard, but that was okay, especially since Jason had picked it up. Kamillia looked to make sure Jason was following, when she noticed him picking up her skateboard. She scratched the back of her head “Oh! Thanks for picking it up.. I would have totally left it there..”

Kamillia nodded “for about three years!” she smiled at Jason “That’s a cool power, I can see how it would be a pain. And I also transferred here! I was going to Kocher, it is another meta school.” There were a lot of different meta school in different countries; though she learned that not all of them had the same views. “I can’t imagine how hard it must be for you… My power was pretty easy to control.. I just wished I could work on the down sides more..” Kamillia looked up at the sky “Ohh woah. Truthfully I’ve never been that into stars. I like looking at them, but that’s about it. “ Kam frowned, “Once you get outside of the town the stars are amazing. I know because I have two horses, and I like to ride them through trails at night so I can see the stars. You should come with me one time.”

[Jason Prowler]

He looked at her with a huge smile. “I thought it was really cute. Why wouldn’t it be?” he asked innocently. She thanked Jason after he picked up her skateboard. “No worries, that’s what I’m here for, I couldn’t let a pro skater leave without her board, I mean look at this pink zebra design.” He flipped the board to show her the bottom on the deck. “This is a limited edition right here.” He said humorously as he pointed to the deck.

“Three years at Hammel? You must run the whole school by now.” Jason never heard of the other meta school, he was at a lost with the whole being a meta human and there being all these meta humans with powers all over. “That’s cool, I didn’t even know there were other schools around. All of this is new to me, almost like its been kept from me you know.” Jason zoned out for a sec when he said that last sentence as if he just had an epiphany. He came back, snapping out of it quickly not to be rude to Kam. “It’s hard sometimes, I have this terrible habit of ripping doors off hinges and such.” He chuckled. “But it’ll just get better with time, the same goes for both of us you know.”

He looked back up at the sky. “It’s just some things my brother taught me, in case I ever lost my way. Stars are there for us to get us back to the places we miss the most” He turned to look at Kam. “Horseback riding and star gazing? I would love to, of course if that’s okay with your horse. I guess you’ll have to ask him” He winked at her. Then it dawned on him Did she just ask me out? .

[Kamillia Engel]

Kam shrugged “I don’t really know. But I don’t see why it would be cute either..” They were at a stand point, she never cared if people thought she was weird because of her stutter, because it was only a side effect. And she was blessed with it only being a side effect, they were people out there who had actually speech problems that didn’t go away after a few minutes. Kam moved to push him for teasing her, “Hey, it might not me limited edition but it’s one of my favorite boards.” Yes, she had quite a few, and a lot more from previous years that are now broken.

Kamillia laughed a little “Not really. I’ve been trying to stay on the down low here at Hammel.” Because ‘running’ the school in her eyes didn’t go to well in Kocher. “Really? There’s one in Asia, one in Russia, and a few others I just don’t remember..” She made a point to look Hammel up before she moved, not that she had a choice to move to Hammel, but she still had wanted to know more about the school and in doing so she had looked up the other schools. “Damn… I would hate to be against you in a football game..” She was teasing, of course. “I know it will, and I’m glad you know too.”

“That’s a good thing to know. Maybe you could teach me?” She really was interested in knowing about the stars. And if it helped her be more independent and badass than why not? “Yeah, my horses will be fine with it.” She smiled back. She however didn’t mean to come off like she was asking him out, it was whatever in her mind. If he wanted it to be a date, it can be, and if he didn’t, than it won’t be, there was nothing wrong with either in Kam’s mind.

[Jason Prowler]

She really didn’t like her stutter; it was of course a consequence of when she used her powers. Jason really meant what he said but thought maybe it was best to leave it alone. She pushed Jason for teasing her, “Whaat? It’s a real nice board! Maybe you can find me one made out of steal so you can teach me one day.” He joshed knowing full well a wooden skateboard would break from the strength of his legs and the lack of control.

Jason was surprised to hear that she kept more to herself, she was a real outgoing girl. “That’s strange to me that you keep things on the dl like that, but I feel ya, sometimes you gotta just chill.” As for himself he wanted to get to know as many people as he could on campus, especially because he lived there. “So Asia, Russia, and in other countries? That’s wild, its nuts I didn’t find out until now.” The surprises just kept coming for him. Jason had his head up and his chest out, “Yeah well you know how I do on the football field.” He relaxed after a moment, “but honestly, it’s real tough because I don’t think I can even play contact sports anymore, I wouldn’t want to hurt anybody.” He frowned. “But hey, I guess there’s other sports like track and…..uh track.” He shrugged and shook his head. “I got nothing.”

Jason nodded, “Of course I can teach you! I would be delighted. Since you think it would be okay with your horses we’ll have plenty of time on our evening ride.” He said with a big smile.