Grabbin some lunch(OPEN)

[Xander Green]

With a big yawn complete with visible breath Xander walked into the cafeteria. He had a couple books under his arm that he handed to his side where no one was.

"Can you grab these while I grab lunch please?"

Xander let go of the books and they began to float a long side him as he walked. Sure here that wasn't anything too crazy. He saw telekinetics every day, so it wasn't anything out of the ordinary. However if you were to learn that a ghost was carrying them that might change things. After going through the line Xander took his tray and sat down at an empty table. His books came and set down beside him and there was an audible creak as two other unseen people sat down beside him.

"Oh I know, the food here is better than I expected."

He said before taking a bite.

"No way dude, there's no way that would even work. I'm serious."

[Rayne Braxton]

Ray, with new books from the library in tow, walked into the cafeteria. She was wanting something to munch on. Rayne was not one for healthy food or to even try to ingest it, she went straight for the greasy, gooey, great tasting snacks. Although, her slim figure never showed it. When she saw the large plate of french fries, her mouth watered.

"May I have that great looking plate right there?" She asked the lunch lady nicely.

Ray might be new, but the lady had seen her eating-habits long enough to know that this is what she would eat for lunch. So she grabbed her tray and went to grab the condiments and a soda. Rayne had a thing for ranch on french fries, always had. So after some ranch was put onto her tray, she grabbed herself a Sprite. Then she turned around to see who her new group would be for today. She liked to meet different people, have some new faces to chat with, so when she saw that guy sitting at a table alone, she walked over to sit with him. As she got closer, she noticed that he was talking to himself. But that wasn't too strange at Hammel, with the things she had been seeing, it was probably the least.

"Having fun talking to thin air?" she asked with a smile, to let him know she was just kidding as she slid into one of the empty seats at his table. As she set her french fries down, she introduced herself.

"Nice to meet you, my name's Rayne. But you can just call me Ray" To show some friendliness, she pushed the plate slightly to the middle, and asked "Frenchfry? They're pretty good here."

He seemed like a cool guy, talking to himself or not, so Ray hoped she would be okay company for him.

[Xander Green]

Xander was interrupted mid sentence when Rayne sat down across from him. He turned from the side to look at her and smiled. People usually didn't eat with him. partially because he was surrounded by ghosts and partially because they thought he was just talking to himself. But then again he'd never met Rayne before so there you have it.

"Hey Ray name's Xander. But some people call me Ghosty."

He said with a shrug. The nickname hadn't gotten around a lot but a few people knew about it. He didn't care plus it was kind of fitting, he was always surrounded by ghosts. He smiled and shook his head at her french fry.

"No, I got my own, thanks though."

He said motioning to his try with a burger and fries and two bottles of Coke.

"And for the record I wasn't talking to thin air. I was talking to Nate."

He said with a smile before motioning to his left where Nate sat. As Xander spoke his breath was visible, due to having a ghost on either side of him.

[Rayne Braxton]

She smiled at his nickname. Then she snagged another one of her french fries. He seemed to be okay with her sitting at his table, she had definitely picked right. This guy was interesting.

"Ghosty, huh? Alright. Well, how are you doing Ghosty?" She smirked a little, the nickname suited him, oddly enough.

She nodded and pulled back the french fry and stuck it in the ranch as a response, fully enjoying this meal.

She looked around at the table, trying to see what Ghosty over there could see. She looked back at him and asked:

"So, how is Nate doing? Is he enjoying his time here at Hammel?"She tried to find Nate that was supposedly sitting in the chair to the left of Ghosty. She hoped she didn't look to weird to him.

She realized now by the nickname and the chat he was having at his table before she got there that he could talk to ghosts. Pretty cool power if you asked Ray. So, since he could talk to them why not join in on the fun? At least he'd be able to hear what they were saying.

[Xander Green]

"I'm alright I suppose, tired as usual."

He said with a shrug. He just wished he could be put to sleep for a day. Just to help his mind. Even he was beginning to wonder if some of the ghosts he talked to were there or if he was just going insane. He shook his head and got that thought away from, him, not wanting to think about it even if it might be real. He looked over at Nate and nodded his head.

"Well he wishes he could move on and that his killer would've been punished. So aside from that he's fine."

He said with a shrug before taking a bite of his burger.

"I was going to ask, relax."

He said shaking his head and smiling.

"So Ray, you know my ability, what can you do?"

He asked with a raised eyebrow. He was trying to guess but he couldn't think of one really.

"I'm guessing either pheromone manipulation or super strength....one of the two."

[Rayne Braxton]

"Ah, another member to the Insomniac Society. Welcome!" She smiled, completely understanding the want of sleep and not having it. Ray had become a bit of a night owl ever since her powers came into play. Sometimes time feels so slow, as if she's the only one going at a normal pace while everything else isn't. Then there's the moments where time goes so quickly that it startles her.

Rayne tried to see Nate in her mind, angry at his killer who had never came to justice for his wrongs.

"I'm sorry, Nate. That's horrible." Ray said, wondering why life made these sort of things happen. She shook her head out of those deep thoughts, and looked back at Ghosty. Hoping that Nate could see the compassion in her eyes as well.

She got a bit startled when Ghosty replied to the invisible being. It would take her a little while to get used to that. When she heard the question, she smirked.

"Well those are great abilities, but I am afraid that mine isn't nearly as cool." she sighed dramatically, "I have the power to control time. Though I'm still pretty new to the whole 'human remote' concept."

Ray had only had her powers for a while now, and they only seemed to respond when her emotions run high. Which meant lots of accidents and awkward moments.

[Xander Green]

"I was beginning to think I was the only one."

He said nodding his head before glancing over to his other side.

"Shut up I know I'm not the only one with insomnia. Don't you have someone else to bother?"

He asked shaking his head.

"Sorry that's Paul....Nate's killer."

He said with a sigh before taking another bite of his burger and following it up with some fries. He opened his coke and took a swig, washing it all down and sighing a bit. He listened as she spoke about her powers and nodded his head, munching fries as he did.

"Hmm, time control? I guess it's just your hottness that's why I guess the pheromone thing. But time control has to be tricky. I've heard that one has some of the worst drawbacks."

He said nodding his head before being shoved from the side.

"Oh, and Nate says thank you but he's managing."

[Rayne Braxton]

"No, no. There is plenty of us all over. Just gotta know where to look." She said before she took another french fry.

She looked to the other chair by him questionably, wondering which other ghost had decided to join in on our conversation. From the looks of Ghosty's face and retaliation against the being's comment, it didn't sound too nice.

Her eye brows raised at the name and the story behind it, wondering how both ghosts ended up in the same place.

"How do you manage? Both of these guys must be pretty pissed at eachother." She asked lamely, not quite sure what to say about this circumstance.

One eyebrow shot up at his comment about her powers, bringing a slight smile to her lips.
"When I first saw you I definitely thought you were pyrokinetic. Something to do with fire. But I guess I was way off."

She got another french fry off of her tray.

"Yeah well, this power definitely has it's ups and downs. I'm guessing not sleeping is one of your drawbacks?"

She turned her head to where Nate was sitting and gave him a small smile.

"No problem Nate. How did you and Ghosty meet exactly?"

[Xander Green]

"Yeah, naturally they don't get a long. And I do my best but it's not easy. I mean Paul does tend to come and go but he always comes back, annoyingly."

He said shaking his head before taking another sip of his drink. He hated that he always came back and could never figure out why he did. Paul wasn't wanted here, clearly. Yet he guessed he also had nowhere to go. It was a problem he had yet to figure out.

"Fire? Seriously? Yeah you were pretty far off. I mean I'm always cold. I've gotten ice abilities before, people think that. But why fire?"

He really wanted to know because that was brand new to him. He wondered if it was a round about way to flirt. If so it was good, but he wasn't getting his hopes up either.

"Yeah, that and cold clammy skin. I guess that comes from always being surrounded by spirits."

He said with a shrug. He didn't know why exactly but that was the only guess he had. After all it made sense to him. Especially since you could almost always see his breath. He was glad so far only the usual two had surrounded him. Most sought him out and would always disturb him.

"Oh, Nate and I were friends growing up. Paul's his cousin...yeah it's messed up."

[Rayne Braxton]

Ray listened carefully as she grabbed another fry. Why would the killer want to remain tagging along with his victim? To cause him more misery? Ray couldn't be sure. And for Ghosty...no wonder he has insomnia. These two would keep him up all night.

"I can see how you wouldn't be able to sleep," Rayne mused "Must be tough. Do they stop while you're in class? Is there others you see around the school that talk to you?"

Ray couldn't imagine dealing with that all of the time. Ghosty had it rough. When she heard him ask about why she said fire, she replied smoothly.

"Oh, well it seems that in every movie the quiet, introverted guy is silent but deadly. Has some heat underneath that coldness."

She took another sip of her drink, smiling to herself. She's still got it. She looked back up at him as he described the other symptom of his power, thinking how that must not be too fun to deal with on top of everything.

"That really sucks, do you ever get any privacy?" She asked, wondering how he could handle it.

Nate was his childhood friend? Her eyes widened. Paul was his cousin? She wondered how one's own family member could do that to his own blood? In her family, everyone stuck together. But she knew all too well that life can tear families apart in cruel, surprising ways.

"I'm sorry." Ray said quietly, her voice filled with unspoken pain. "How did this happen?" She said softly, then realized that that was probably a topic that he would definitely not want to talk about.

"Nevermind that last part! I was kind of thinking out loud." She said hastily, hoping he wouldn't think of her brashness as rude.

[Xander Green]

He took another bite of his burger as he listened to her before taking another swig of his coke. Anything to help wake him up, if that's even possible. But no matter what he had to try, regardless of how much of a long shot it was.

"In that order? No and yes."

He said laughing a bit.

"My teachers are used to me yelling at things they can't see in class so they do their best to ignore it. And yes, others seek me out. I'm actually surprised none have approached me yet."

He said with a shrug. Then she answered the real question he'd been wondering about. He didn't get the whole fire thing but hopefully she'd explain it well, and she did.

"Hmm, fair enough. But life isn't ever like the movies. If it was I would've helped Paul and Nate move on years ago, and yet here they are."

He said with a shrug and slight laugh. He popped a few more fries in his mouth before taking another bite of the burger.

"No, I don't get any privacy. But there are worst side-effects to abilities. What about you? What are yours?"

He just had to always remind himself that there were people with worse drawbacks than him. It helped him from going insane. Well, it prevented it from happening right away and really just slowed down the process in his mind.

"That's fine. Nate doesn't like talking about it. However Paul won't shut up about it but Paul's just a dick like that."

He said with a slight laugh. He knew it wasn't exactly a laughing matter but for some reason it helped Nate cope.

"So, how many times have you frozen time in this conversation?"

[Rayne Braxton]

Rayne had to laugh along with him when he described that his teachers are used to him yelling to beings that no one else can see.

"I could totally see you yelling 'Shut up!' to Nate or Paul or anyone else that no one besides you can see." she said, picking up another french fry.

She thought about how many lost souls there are in the world, how many there must be in this school alone. Rayne sipped her Sprite thoughtfully.

"I'm guessing that just in this school there must be a ton of ghosts who want someone to talk to, that must be rough on you."

Rayne would definitely not have been able to handle a power like that, she likes to help people, but sometimes she will go too far, putting herself in a spot she'd rather not be in. If she had Ghosty's gift and was able to see and hear people who have been lost, she would try to help the ones that had been lost for far too long. He answered her response with one she hadn't been expecting.

"True, it's nice to dream though." Thinking about how many people she hadn't been able to help in her life compared to the ones she did. "Too bad this isn't a movie, because if it was, the guy would have asked the girl if she wanted to hang out sometime outside of school already."After giving him a small smile, she added. "I think the fact that you are there to listen to them is help enough. The fact that you have tried to help and are still trying shows you have a good heart."

Rayne didn't know if there was a worse affect then never to have time alone, but she kept that to herself.

"Well, sometimes I will have no idea what day of the week it is, or if it's the weekend. Which causes some unwanted ditching of classes due to thinking it's the weekend, or that the class has already past."

This was becoming more and more of a problem for Ray. She would seriously believe it would be a saturday and it somehow would be a friday. Maybe that's partially why her grades have diminished to nothing since she got here. She listened about how Nate and Paul are on completely different sides of the talking spectrum on this topic.

"Well I could see how it would be hard to talk about for Nate. For Paul...well you're right, he does seem like a dick if he likes to talk about it."

But then again, she herself had asked about it, so she really shouldn't be saying anything. She decided to take up his offer on another topic. It was a good question.

"About twice already. But I don't control it very well, it's more of a 'happens when it wants to' type of thing, or when my emotions run haywire. I guess that's just because I'm still new to them."

How her power completely worked she didn't know, but she did know that if she was uncomfortable or any of her emotions went off the normal radar into freaking-out-ville, time would stop, or if she really wished for it, rewind her back to a place she felt better at.

"Are there any other ghosts you like to converse with as often as Nate?" She didn't think he really enjoyed Paul's presence, but since he had known him for so long he dealt with it.

[[sorry for the late reply! I've been busy lately]]

[Xander Green]

"Eh, it's not all bad."

He said with a shrug.

"Sure some can be annoying but most are pretty patient and wait till I have a free minute to talk. I mean like right now there's a woman in her 80's, a teenage girl and a couple cats waiting in the doorway for me."

He said smiling. He enjoyed how patient some were. Others just HAD to talk right then and there regardless of what he was doing at the time or who he was talking to. Which involved some interrupted showers from time to time.

"Well that all depends on the movies you watch."

He said with a wink and a laugh before taking a sip of his coke.

"But I was thinking of heading into town after school, wanna join me Ray?"

He asked with a smile. She was really cute if not beautiful. He didn't know why so many women seemed to be semi-flirting with him from time to time. He felt he was just weird, had poor fashion sense and bad skin. But that could just be because of what his room mate keeps saying.

"Twice huh? Weird. Just wanted this moment to last forever huh?"

He asked laughing a bit.

"Sorry, bad joke but I couldn't resist. Are you ever tempted to mess with stuff when time is frozen? I know I would be."

He said with a shrug before taking another bite of his burger. He shook his head a bit as the conversation drifted back to him and his ability. It seemed to always be the case and made him feel conceited. But then again his power was different, so there was that.

"Hmm, well there is a cocker spaniel named Jojo that seems to follow me around from time to time. Otherwise I'd say no. Most come and go as they please once they realize they're dead."

[Rayne Braxton]

"Sounds like an interesting group you've got waiting for you." Rayne replied. "Must meet a lot of characters with your gift."

She smirked at the sight of him winking at her. It made her think of some of those rather cheesy '90s movies. But it worked for him.

"Very true."

She took a sip of her Sprite before answering him, thinking about it. She had done her time in detention, and they had given Ray her rights to leave campus back, for the moment. So why not? She looked back up at him.

"Sure, it sounds much better then staying on school grounds for the rest of the day."

Rayne was happy he had decided (with her hinting towards it) to ask her to hang out. He was fun to be around and definitely much more alluring then the homework that was needing her attention. Well, the homework can wait. This guy was cute, and had a good sense of humor. So, the pile of unfinished assignments can stay unfinished for a little while longer.

"Oh, yeah that's the reason." she said laughing along with him.

Her eyebrows raised in mock surprise as she answered his question with a bit of sarcasm.

"Mess with stuff when time is frozen? How could you think of such a thing?"

Of course Rayne would mess around with things when time was on pause. That was just how things went with her. Mostly though, time would be frozen for other more serious reasons. And she would usually be trying to fix those reasons. But, if the situation did arise where there were no problems and time had just frozen, she would take full advantage of it.

She laughed a little. "Well, I guess I am guilty. It's one of my favorite pastimes."

Rayne thought it kind of sounded cool to have a ghost pet. "Jojo huh? Cute. Well, in a way that's good right? That they realize it?"

That would be horrible to be wondering why only a certain few can see you and not the ones you truly care about. Ray would much rather know if she was a ghost then to be wandering around in a forced silence.

[Xander Green]

"Ah, good. I do enjoy living company. I mean I am never alone but still."

He said with a shrug. Nate shrugged as well causing Xander to laugh a little. Although what he had said was very true. He was never alone, but rarely was he with living people.

"Just so ya know I wasn't planning on doing anything too major, just wandering. I didn't know if you had stuff you needed to do or not."

He said with a smile before finishing his burger. He smiled when she proclaimed her innocence at messing with stuff when time was frozen. He knew that was most likely bull. Especially since the temptation would be too great.

"I knew it. I can't blame ya though, if I had your abilities I'd do it too. I just can't help but wonder if you've done it to me yet or not."

He said with a raised eyebrow and smirk. He didn't know if he was just being paranoid or felt a little odd for some other reason. But he knew she wouldn't do anything too severe. Well he hoped she would actually.

"Yeah, those are the easiest ones to talk to. The ones who know they're dead. The ones who don't, it can be really complicated. Then they want me to help them move on, except I don't know how."

He said before popping a couple fries in his mouth.