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[Maud A. Yancey]

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Maud sat on a training room floor, hugging her knees and rocking back and forth as she stares at four punching bags lined up on the oppisite side of the room. She chews on her lip thoughtfully as she stares at them and hums.

She always liked martial arts, taking kung fu for a few years and than tae kwon doe for a few more but never being too... Great at it.

All she remembers was at her last belt test, she managed to do the spin kick perfectly than... She quit. Maud stops rocking and slips her Iphone out of her pocket, popping in her ear phones and turning up the volume full blast before raising her hands towards the punching bags.

One by one, there was a low 'Whompf, Whompf, Whompf, Whompf' and the bags fell down with loud bangs as the concentrated blasts of air slammed into the plastic-fabric. Maud sighs with boredom and closes her eyes again," If only I was like one of those kick ass anime characters..." She mumbles, swaying slightly to the rhythm of Muse singing:
"The fat cats had a heart attack, you know that
Their time is coming to an end, we have to
Unify and watch our flag ascend, so come on-"

She couldn't help but feel angry at her own physical weakness, sure she could kick but if she fell... She makes and angry growling sound and slashes her hand horizontally. The punching bags rolled or slid a few more feet away,"... God doughnut..." She felt her frustration bubble up and raises her open palm to the punching bags again.

The bags began to stumble over one another loudly as a wall of air slammed against them into a pile against the wall. Maud smiles and drops her hand again.
" They will not force us
They will stop degrading us
They will not control us
We will be victorious, so come on!"

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Oriel was starting to make it more of a habit to go to the weight rooms. He’d even started getting used to going alone. After a couple of times, he realized how much everybody actually was so caught up in their own thing too much to notice his n00b behavior. Either that, or they were all watching him as much as he was watching them, which just meant that everyone was watching everyone else and it was just easer to believe the former because the latter was going to have Oriel going all grumpy-puss on the next person who tried to talk to him.

Or….maybe he didn’t have to go at all? As he was passing by the individual training rooms, he heard the slamming of things against floors and walls. A welcome distraction, if he could call it that. He’d been considering going to these rooms to practice his dancing in private rather than hanging out in the auditorium.

Oriel poked his head into the room where he’d heard the curious whompfing to see…a girl literally about half his size going to town on a cluster of punching bags…with…psychic force? Telekinesis? Because she obviously wasn’t punching them.

Meh…this was more interesting than going out there and being self-conscious. Oriel slipped in and leaned against the wall behind the slim girl. “Oy!” he called out, not knowing that her earphones might drown him out.

[Maud A. Yancey]

Maud could usually feel when there was someone behind her, her sixth sense was pretty fantastic but she was focused on hoving a harder wall of air against the punching bags. But now, she couldn't care.

Maud hums and taps her bottom lip with her free hand thoughtfully, breathing a deep sigh through her nose, it'd be cool if they had ACTUAL combat training here... Not this... So called matial arts program. A new song started up and she smiles when she recognizes the first courds. She sang along softly, barely even murmuring:

" The animals
They blind, they breed the hate
Under their wing
We’re scientists
We swallow what they fake

For all you lonely boys
I will be president
In all you sons of men
I can be accident

Most fall in line
They do the dance
And salute the safest thing-"

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Oriel had heard about the self-defense program here and honestly….no, just no. It was all some sort of spiritual bullshit, and from someone who had been in actual fights against people who wanted to kill him(he may be exaggerating, but only slightly), it all seemed like the ignorant preaching of unrealistic ideals by people who had the privilege of not knowing what life really was.

But what this chick was doing was pretty impressive, whatever it was with her power. Oriel wished he had something like that instead of this sissy ink shit he had going on. Watching the girl, he thought he could hear a dull mumbling from her direction. She seemed not to have heard him call out to her….that’s when he saw the headphone chord hanging from her ears. That explained it.

What creative way could he get her attention though, instead of just standing there like a turd? A smirk crept onto his lips and Oriel reached over to one of the flyers that had been pasted to the wall next to the door and pulled off all the ink, rolled it into a ball, and…yes, chucked it across the room into one of the punching bags. It landed with a loud and messy splat.

[Maud A. Yancey]

From behind, her jump seemed small and insignificant. But from the front, it looked like she had just seen someone shot.

Maud rips out the ear phones and glances around with an utterly confused look," Holy hell-" and when she turns a full 360 does she see Oriel. Maud pauses, staring at him for a moment before seeming to wither," Jesus, I thought a mouse or something ran into my power and just turned to a pancake of gore," she mumbles, resting her head on her knees as her power died quickly

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Oriel smirked as she jumped. It didn’t matter that he couldn’t see her face, he got her attention and that was the point. He gave a small wave when she turned.

Oriel stared at her for about five seconds after she gave her response before suddenly degenerating into a cascade of uncontrollable giggles. The imagery of what she’d just described was just….omg, he could picture it perfectly. After a few moments of that, he held his hand up as if to tell her to wait while he subdued his giggles….only to collapse into another attack of the chuckles which rendered him helplessly collapsing to his knees and rolling to the floor. There seemed to be no end in sight.

[Maud A. Yancey]

She spins on her butt to watc the boy with a tired by light smiles, she waits for him patiently and hums," I thinkwe'll get along just fine at this rate, my names Maud, but some peeps just call me Yancey. You're...?"

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Oh, this girl was funny. But seriously, Oriel had to calm down, because maybe he was going overboard with the laughing? Nope! There was no such thing as going overboard! He sat up, still with a few chuckles teasing his sides. “I’m Oriel,” he said after clearing his throat. He smirked. “But my subjects address me as The Evil Overlord!” Oriel flashed a sinister grin.

[Maud A. Yancey]

" Oh? Are you trying to take over the world? My Army and Harem calls me Future World Emporess..." she makes the doctor Evil hand gesture and smirks," Hmm..."

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Oriel narrowed his eyes. Great, this girl was trying to steal his idea. “Right, a chick like you taking over the world,” he said, rolling his eyes. “How the fuck you going to accomplish that, ya little sprite?” Though that telekinesis of hers was probably a lot more dangerous than he thought. “Got yourself a plan?” Oh yes, he was challenging her.

[Maud A. Yancey]

" Well.. I already have an army of about 100 all around the country and a harem of nearly 30 elite waifus and husboos," she giggles softly and sneers at him," I already know where i'd start, how i'd end, and how i'd make the world mine forever even after I was gone," She snickers and tilts her head to him,"... And you?"

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“Riiiight,” he said, not believing her in the least. “Army’s currently in progress, but I already got a number of loyals who’re willing to die for my cause. But just remember, it ain’t the size that counts, it’s how you use it.” Oriel leaned forward with his own sneer. Oh, yes, he had ideas which required some of the best minds he’d ever come across. And with his charming personality, Oriel had them practically eating out of his hand.

[Maud A. Yancey]

" Fun, Maybe- just maybe, we could combine our forces to make world domination that much easier?" She smirks evilly and puts her hands together as she leans foreward as well. Her hazel-grey eyes glittered mischieviously

" We can split the continents... As long as I get Asia and Europe as well as Africa you can have everyhing else," she leans back and smiles almost like one would imagine a cat would smile... A chesire smile

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Oriel deadpanned a look at this Yancey. “Me? Join forces with you?” He snickered. Then cackled. Then dared to bellow out maniacal heaves. Oriel stopped suddenly, leaning forward with a sneer as if he’d never been laughing at all. “Why would I want to join forces with you when I already know I got it in the bag?” It may be easier, but that alone wasn’t enough to form an alliance. There had to be some other mutual advantage. After all, Oriel could just get it done, then off her at the end…or she could to him as well. Sneaky, backhanded, and definitely not worth it.

[Maud A. Yancey]

" You'd do it because I want to keep as many of MY peeps alive as possible to put down possible uprisings and maybe even-" she giggles,"- fight you into a corner of antarctica if it comes down to it. Besides... Who needs a mega-powerful enemy when you could have a mega-powerful ally...? Besides, you probably haven't thought this through,"