Heating a storm

[Tempest Diamond]

Tempest smiled as the school day ended. He was just so happy to be out of class. He stretched out a little and yawned. The classes were mostly boring and he found them unchallenging. He frowned a little. He really needed to remember to ask his maths teacher to give him additional work in the class room.. After class he wasn’t fussed and liked his free time but often he found he had too much time in classes to himself because he was a very quick study and while not a genius since saying that would be too egotistical he was very good at what he was very good at. Although he was very poor in sports and other such physical things.. He was a bit clumsy and when he kicked the ball it just went in what he felt was totally wrong direction. With a pause he looked around and smiled, he could just. Relax. He needed to, recently he’d been tense and he didn’t like it. Walking to the courtyard he took his light jacket off revealing a light material white shirt with short sleeves and a fashionable print, it was way too hot for him out there to be wearing it. He took a bottle of water from his bag and drank some happily, It really sucked having a higher temperature than normal. He had to drink a lot of water and in the summer when it got like this he was boiling in whatever he wore but wasn’t the type to got round without a shirt because of what his back looked like. It had many scars that he avoided ever mentioning. Even when someone might accidently see them. He lied about them and such. Though thus far no one had really seen them.



The small cute brunette male shook his head and then sat on one of the dry benches some having been rained on and still not fully dried by the heat of the sun due to being in a heavily shaded area. He figured he shouldn’t be sitting in the sun but to be honest it was a nice day and he didn’t want a wet bum. He pondered the benefits of being in the shade compared to being in the sun and then decided to go somewhere dry and shaded because he was starting to sweat and it was dangerous for his body temperature to get too high. He ended up at the bench tables near a building which overshadowed it. Happily he sat there and slumped on the table in front of him. Arms crossed on the table head laying on them back next to him and his eyes closed almost like he was sleeping.

[Salem Hirch]

The school day was over and Salem would normally be thrilled. No more math to deal with, or the occasional chuckle from the other students when he would space off in class. Not that he really minded, for the most part that was good natured ribbing, but something had just been off lately. So, where he'd normally be happy and near excited to head back to his room, the lanky blonde was dreading going back to his room. Why? Well, lately there just seemed to be some sort of tension floating in the air. Of course he wasn't sure what it was, but he just assumed it was "end of the year" stress. Tossing his raggedy book bag over his shoulder he sighed and made his way into the halls. As he approached the stairs however, he paused and turned, heading outside instead. Being someone who got constant headaches and having pale eyes that were sensitive to the sun, Salem knew all the best shady spots around Hammel. He tugged at the collar of his already loose shirt as he found the benches, cast in the shadow of a building. A few feet away was a small tree that Salem enjoyed leaning against, and climbing on, from time to time. 


It wasn't long after he had gotten settled into the wet grass, that he heard a noise. The sound of someone sitting down on one of the nearby benches. Obviously it was someone who was either like him and didn't care to much for bright, hot sunshine; or they couldn't handle it. The boy had heard of people who's powers were effected by things like that. Taking a glance from his almost hidden spot, he saw a brown haired boy with his head down. For a brief moment, Salem considered leaving, but wrinkled his nose in thought and pulled out a pack of cigarettes. With a soft groan he realized he didn't have his lighter and fumbled through his bag to find his matches. Striking one, he took a drag to light the smoke, and of course had spaced out for a moment and the flame kissed his fingers. This was followed by sucking in air, flicking the match out and away and cursed a little louder than he meant to, and glanced up to see if the other had heard.

[Tempest Diamond]

Tempest sighed and leaned back into the bench’s back rest with a light sigh. He frowned and coughed a little smelling the smoke and then looked around and found Salem. He smiled a little and then blinked. He went over to him and rummaged in his rucksack as he went and then pulled out a band-aid. “Here.” He said with a small smile. “For your fingers.” He said and then moved out of the wind path of the smoke. “I’m Tempest Diamond.” He said introducing himself. He wasn’t sure what else to say or do but he sat next to him and then smiled once again. “What’s your name?” he asked him before taking his water and drinking some trying to keep himself hydrated. He was a very cute guy and some liked it.. Mostly girls but that was alright since he had no intentions towards them and didn’t do well when being flirted with by girls or boys. He was very awkward... 

[Salem Hirch]

"Thanks..." Salem spoke with his slight country accent. Now he was definitely being his normal shy self. He watched the boy out of the corner of his eye as he took the bandage and wrapped it around his finger. It stung, but he'd live. Now Salem realized that he was staring at the other male. That was kind of a normal thing for him really. The staring. Of course, the moment he noticed it he got embarrassed and looked away. "I um...I'm Salem. Salem Hirch." 

The blonde wrinkled his nose as he thought about the other's name. "Interesting name." He noted out loud. He like interesting names, at least they kept him focused on something in reality. "So, what's your um...'special talent'?" He asked, letting his eyes shine for a brief moment. Waiting for Tempy (which he had decided to call the boy) to reply.

[Tempest Diamond]

Tempest smiled a little and then nodded. "You have a fairly odd name too, I like it." He said before shaking his head lightly. Pyrokenisis... I can manipulate fire. But I gladly cannot produce it." He said before pausing. "What about you?" He asked him with a happy little smile. He didn't know really what to impress him with but maybe showing off his power would work.. Though he was pretty sure it wasn't allowed off the training grounds until they fully mastered those kinds of things. But he wasn't sure.. Then again he didn't want to start a fire. So, He'd just leave that kind of impressing for another time. He didn't want to hurt anyone.. And sometimes he did lose concentration and things went a little... Wrong. He looked at him again and sighed. "So, What is your power?" He asked him with a bit of a tilt of his head trying to engage this person in conversation. He seemed interesting and honestly Tempest seemed to be getting a spurt of need for anyone and every handsome guy he'd come across had been making his heart beat a little faster.With a tiny bit of a blush he tried not to think about anyone he'd met over the last week because honestly if the other guy was a mind read he'd be too shocked and embarrassed to say a thing.

[Salem Hirch]

"Yeah, mom named me after her home town." He chuckled some and nodded. "Pyro huh? That's pretty cool." Salem was being honest, he thought most powers were way cooler than his, even if they had worse side effects. "Me?" The blonde thought for a moment and smirked a little. It really wasn't like him to show off, but he thought it may be fun for once. Cracking his neck he looked around and started to focus on the ground in front of him. After a moment, his eyes became glossy and started to glow, a soft light that barely registered in the dark, let alone the sun. As he focused a small garden gnome statue began to form in the grass, appearing almost solid. A few moments later and it moved, doing a little dance the disappearing. 

Salem rubbed his temples as he shut his eyes tightly. "Projected Illusions..." He grumbled some. It obviously hurt a little to do it and it had. Only because Salem was focusing to hard. "Thats just a fancy way of saying I'm a human hologram projector." He chuckled again and squinted as he looked back over at Tempy. "It's not exactly a defensive power or anything, but it does come in handy from time to time."

[Tempest Diamond]

Tempest smiled and then nodded lightly before shrugging. "It's not that great;" he said before laughing lightly at the gnome. "Tha.. That's really cool but why did you pick a gnome?" he asked him with a little smile. "Are you alright?" he asked him before shaking his head. "It means you get to share your mind and imagination. Words can only explain so much of what we think. But showing others precisely what we mean is a very nice gift." He said happily. "Much better than a power that can only do harm." He said seriosuly.

[Salem Hirch]

"I picked a gnome, simply because it was the first thing that popped into my head." He chuckled softly then shrugged a little. "Yeah, I'm fine. It's just a side effect of my power. I get these really bad headaches from time to time. They can be really bad, or I don't feel them at all." Salem studied the other boy a moment as he spoke. As Tempest spoke, Salem suppressed a dry and sarcastic laugh. "You have no idea. One of my other side effects is being forgetful. Like, I'll be walking and totally forget where I am." A light sigh came from his gently parted lips. "Sometimes, I'd give anything to have someone else's power. Or not have one at all." It was an honest response. "I'd take a power to destroy over the headaches, sleepless nights, and finding yourself in random places any day." Slowly standing, the blonde stretched a little. "So what brings you out here Tempy?" He asked, finally saying the boys nickname out loud and hoping he wouldn't mind.