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Ken Amada ([personal profile] youngjustice) wrote in [community profile] daybreakacademy2019-03-12 02:36 am

[Open] Adjusting

Who: Ken & YOU
What: Vengeful child tries to adjust to school life.
Where: Around Campus
When: First week of March
Warnings: N/A



A. Moving In (Student Dorms)

Ken looks down at multiple papers, his gaze intense as if glaring a whole through it would give him the answers that he sought. He only recently arrived, his father's friend giving him a simple good luck and a hair ruffle which Ken quickly did his best to fix. Ken knows that he's only really here to hone his abilities but he's onto what the older man really wants him to do. But Ken won't allow himself to get distracted from his goals. He will become better and he will avenge his mother. What he's supposed to do after that? Well, that's only for him to know.

Ken is so deep in his thoughts that he isn't aware that he bumps into someone before it's too late. Ken is quick to get into a defensive fighting position before he relaxes when he realizes he isn't under attack. "Oh, I apologize." Ken says, his stance relaxing into something relaxed. "I wasn't watching where I was going."

B. Misunderstanding (The Quad - Courtyard)

Anyone who walks through the courtyard with a keen eye would see a young man mumbling something to himself. While that is not anything too unusual, the fact the kid is also holding a gun shaped objected aimed right to his chest might cause something that is a bit alarming.

Ken, meanwhile, is unconcerned with how the image may look to an outside party. He has just finished practicing with his spear so he needs to practice with Nemesis next. It's quite taxing keeping her summoned for too long but he's trying to train his body to do so. This will be the third time he's summoned her before he finally gives into exhaustion. Ken breathes heavily as he holds the summoning object to his chest. As long as he focuses, he should be able to do it this time. He's sure of it!

C. Written in the Pages? (Hall of Pythia)

Ken adjusts the pile of books that he has collected over the pass five minutes. They were mostly just titles that caught his eyes, every one thick and heavy. Books on vengeance, familiar magic and prophecies. And there may have been some comic books slipped in the large pile as well but Ken would be quick to admit that he would have no possible idea of how they got there. You know. Like a liar! Or, well, at least like a kid not wanting to admit that he reads such childish things...

Turns out the tactic of picking up random books and trying to carry them is a bad idea. Because it only takes Ken's shoe string to get caught underneath his other foot before him and his tower of books come crashing down. He groans, slowly observing the mess that he's made. Yeah, definitely a bad idea. Ken sucks in a breath before he begins picking them up, doing his best to push down the embarrassed pinkness in his cheeks.

D. Eating Time (The Great Hall)

This place is still new to Ken. Is it odd that, despite being among people who are like him, he still feels out of place? Maybe it is because he isn't experiencing the same thing that the others are going through. While everyone seems so outward and happy, he is the 11-year-old with his eyes set on vengeance and taking out the one who has wronged him the most. Or, maybe there is someone out there that he can relate to but he's took focused on becoming stronger to just notice? Ken take a deep breath, calming his nerves.

As long as he stays polite and kind, nothing could possibly go wrong. Right? Maybe. Ken approaches the first table he sees, a polite smile on his face that feels like it's forcibly plastered there more than anything. "Excuse me." He says. "I'm sorry to interrupt but do you mind if I sit here? My usual spot is taken." The first few days, his spot was a place that no other people seemed to flock to but life just can't catch him a break, can it?

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[personal profile] yokeye 2019-03-12 03:50 pm (UTC)(link)
"Hello~! It's fine, go right ahead~!"

Toki gestures grandly to the vacant seat.

"Are you new!? I haven't seen you around! You shouldn't get to used to things, like your usual spot, because you can't guarantee it will be there, like with anything else in life and especially in places like this! Daybreak's full of weird stuff and the only thing to expect is the unexpected~!"
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[personal profile] thebreakfastbug 2019-03-13 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
The young man he bumps into is wearing yellow, grease-stained coveralls, and has a friendly grin on his face.

"No problem," Bee replies. "Anything I can help you with?"

[personal profile] yokeye 2019-03-13 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
"Nice to meet you, Ken~! I'm Toki~!"

He may try a little too hard to come off as excited and happy when meeting new people, but is unaware if it's unsettling. Ken's question can't really be answered truthfully, as Toki isn't sure if he does actually like it here. He's still reserving judgement a bit; there are both good and bad things.

"It's amazing~! There's so many nice people and the classes are great and most of the professors are excellent~!"

He has maybe three friends, doesn't go to half the classes and is failing the rest, but he does actually like the professors.

"Are you a Candle? What can you do!?"

The standard question for new students; just how awesome are your powers?

[personal profile] yokeye 2019-03-14 03:01 pm (UTC)(link)
"Familiars are amazing~! What kind of animals is she; or is she a humanoid one? I think it's weird for them not to be animals, but some guy at a cafe said he had a familiar that was human-like, but it wasn't a robot or a cyclops or anything and didn't have laser eyes! Nemesis makes her sound ominous though, but she's not your nemesis, so it still works I guess! My roommate has a familiar too; he's a dragon! I'm a Seer; visions of terrible futures not yet come to pass~! And things like that!"

He doesn't separate ideas with any pauses, and there will be no context given about the robot conversation.

[personal profile] yokeye 2019-03-15 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Nemesis and 'always smiling' doesn't seem to go together.

"I guess it's an ironic name~!"

He's not actually sure what irony is, but it's something like that maybe. Ken unfortunately wouldn't get an answer even if he did ask about his murderous future plans. Toki is not the Seer to ask for specific outcome predictions.

"Uhh... Well, I can't really see like any certain length of time into the future I don't think! I mean, maybe there's like a limit, but I don't know what it is~! I can't actually control it, like at all; it just happens! I don't even know if everything I see is from the future or not anyway! Most of the time it doesn't make much sense and it's all disjointed and weird and symbolic sometimes and whatever! I can't just like tell you your future or anything, but I think some of the other Seers can!"

As for Ken's second question.

"It does hurt, like kind of a migraine after, but I'm pretty much used to that and it doesn't bother me anymore! But I feel things that happen in the visions and that's worse because it's always different like burning alive or getting impaled or being crushed to death! It goes away after a few minutes, but it's like so intense when it's happening!"

In short, his powers suck. He suspects they're 'off' compared to some of the other Seers because they were given to him by a daemon. That was a bad decision.
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C - let me know if it's cool to assume the TDM thread is canon! I can change otherwise

[personal profile] prisoneroffate 2019-03-16 07:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[A taller boy stoops to help with the pickup, giving Ken a faint smile]

Books today?

[personal profile] yokeye 2019-03-17 02:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Toki stays cheerful only because he's faking it constantly. He's apparently been a little too honest, judging by Ken's reaction.

"It's okay, really~!" He hates every minute of it. "I don't represent them all~! You should maybe talk to Maple. She's more traditional, with like actually seeing your future type of thing, I think!" He has some vague hope that his powers will develop more and he'll end up in the direction of intentionally scrying for clear future information.

Toki has to consider that last question. A month ago, he would have said 'yes' without hesitation. After a moment's deliberation, in the end, it's still 'yes'.

"I think that, even though a couple of times it's actually helped someone, or at least let me give them a warning, it's... It's not worth it! Not right now! It might be later! So how long have you had Nemesis!?"

He doesn't think Ken needs to keep discussing dismal things his first week here.
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[personal profile] prisoneroffate 2019-03-17 03:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Getting ready for finals, mostly.

[He skims one of the titles as he hands it back to Ken]

Some heavy stuff here.

[personal profile] yokeye 2019-03-18 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
"A lot out of you? Does it like suck your energy to have a familiar?"

Toki's been roommates with a Tamer for two months, but he and Yuya have never really discussed how the familiar thing works beyond that he has some connection to the dragon and that he can talk to it. He should have realized all magic might have some drawbacks like that.

"Oh! Is it like a parasite relationship!? Because that's creepy!"

He's not letting Ken answer either of those questions, because he also has comments on the choice of weapon.

"A spear!? That's uh, unexpected~! I've never seen anyone fight with a spear before except in like movies~!"
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[personal profile] prisoneroffate 2019-03-18 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
"I didn't say you weren't, just noticing. It's not the kind of thing even people my age tend to read as often. If that's what you like, that's what you like. Nothing wrong with it."

There's no indication either way whether or not Ren is convinced with Ken's assertion, but he's pretty chill about it either way.

[personal profile] yokeye 2019-03-18 02:27 pm (UTC)(link)
"An expert already!?"

Ken looks really young for the expert category, but Toki's learned a lot of the kids here had far more experience with weaponry and fighting, and the supernatural in general, than he had. Toki doesn't have any weapons skills at this point and he really needs to get on that.

"Have you been to the Mythril Cage yet? I think that's where a lot of the training happens~! There's a tournament at some point too; well, rumored to be a tournament!"
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[personal profile] transfusionem 2019-03-18 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh, it's no problem!" The person he bumped into doesn't seem all that bothered - it's a girl, clearly older than him, who's holding on to a plastic bag.

"You seemed pretty lost there, for a second," she says. It happens, though. Everyone here seems to get wrapped up in their own thoughts all the time. She hasn't seen this boy around, though, in the scant month she's been there, so that must mean... "Getting used to all this new stuff, huh?"
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[personal profile] prisoneroffate 2019-03-19 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
"A bit of everything. Comics. Textbooks. Novels. Travel guides."

You know. Totally normal kid stuff.

[personal profile] yokeye 2019-03-19 01:55 pm (UTC)(link)
"Haha, I don't even do the Mythril Cage stuff. Well, I got detention there once, but I didn't show up! I've actually never been there~! I just hear things and I could be completely wrong about the tournaments too, who knows~!? I've only been here since January and I didn't know anything about the supernatural or magic before that, so I'm probably not the best source of information~! If you mean you in general, I guess the other forms of combat are missions! I've only been on one and there was no fighting! I'm on another mission next week, but still no fighting! Communications~!"

The only 'combat' Toki has been involved in is a fight with another student. He's never practiced with a weapon of any sort.

"So, a spear's a good weapon choice, you think!?"

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