Mind. Body. Spirit.

Up until recently maintained as a museum, the childhood home of the Braddock family has been pressed into service as additional housing and classroom space for the Institute. Additionally, the increased demands have led to the main ballroom being converted into a cafeteria for both the Institute and those University students on a meal plan. Student reactions have been mixed, and reports of paranormal activity are as of yet unsubstantiated.

Mind. Body. Spirit.

Postby Ryan Gabriel » Wed Dec 24, 2014 9:33 pm

Ryan was sitting under a tree in the grounds, his eyes closed, though he was far from off his guard. This was the first time he really tried to stretch out his power since he'd had Melissa probe his mind for the... thing, whatever it was. It was both exhilarating and disturbing as he started exploring. Currently he was focusing on a small dandilion in front of him, though that probably wasn't readily apparent to anyone looking at him.
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Postby Kevin Gravis » Wed Dec 24, 2014 9:46 pm

"No no no! Not that way!" Kevin called out.

Mind. Body. Spirit. Paper airplane in the face.
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Postby Ryan Gabriel » Wed Dec 24, 2014 9:51 pm

Ryan scrunched his face up as the airplane hit it, making an annoyed face. "Hello, Kevin," he said without opening his eyes.
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Postby Kevin Gravis » Wed Dec 24, 2014 10:00 pm

"Sorry!" he said as he finished jogging up.

"It... kinda got away from me. Because the wind hates me apparently."
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Postby Ryan Gabriel » Wed Dec 24, 2014 10:01 pm

Ryan smirked. "And you couldn't just slice it out of the air?"

Ye gods... so bright... is that what I'd look like to my own power?
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Postby Kevin Gravis » Thu Dec 25, 2014 11:02 am

"It was out of my range by then."
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Postby Ryan Gabriel » Thu Dec 25, 2014 11:12 am

At that, Ryan did open his eyes. "You have a range?"
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Postby Kevin Gravis » Thu Dec 25, 2014 11:15 am

"For direct mental control yeah."
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Postby Ryan Gabriel » Thu Dec 25, 2014 11:16 am

Ryan winced at... something in the back of his head. "Show me," he said, standing up.
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Postby Kevin Gravis » Thu Dec 25, 2014 2:55 pm

"Show you... what exactly? You've seen me float stuff."
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Postby Ryan Gabriel » Thu Dec 25, 2014 2:58 pm

He closed his eyes again, and when they opened again, they were glowing from behind with a blue-white light. "Show me what you have." The whole discussion would be oddly serious, had Ryan not then smirked, shifting into a ready stance. "Come at me, bro."
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Postby Kevin Gravis » Thu Dec 25, 2014 3:28 pm

"Oh it's on bro," Kevin grinned, creating two big glowing golden boxing gloves in the air. They moved as if worn by a rather large invisible boxer; a rather large invisible boxer taking a swing at Ryan.
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Postby Ryan Gabriel » Thu Dec 25, 2014 3:34 pm

Ryan batted the gloves aside, just like he would with an physical opponent. His movements, as usual, were astonishingly quick, and he surged forward to break through the attack, flying right at the source. "Fine, I'll come at you, then," he said with a fierce grin.
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Postby Kevin Gravis » Thu Dec 25, 2014 4:58 pm

Kevin dismissed the gloves as he twirled out of Ryan's path... flourishing a golden cape.

"Co-o-on-qu-eh-est!" he sang.
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Postby Ryan Gabriel » Thu Dec 25, 2014 5:08 pm

Ryan blasted at Kevin as he dodged, his wings erupting into being around him. "More games. Show me what you can do! Or do I have to prove I'm serious first?"
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Postby Kevin Gravis » Thu Dec 25, 2014 8:11 pm

Kevin used the cape to block the blast before dismissing it.

Ooookay?

"You do know I'm never serious right?" he asked, "Buuut... okay!"

Kevin began to glow.

"Kaaa! Mae! Haa-just kidding!"

A suit of golden armor materialized over Kevin, making him look rather like a robotic humanoid lion. A sword and shield materialized as well. Gotta play up the theme, right?

"No... wait..."

Kevin rose into the air as the suit grew into a 12 foot robot with Kevin floating inside.

"Oppa Gundam Style."
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Postby Ryan Gabriel » Thu Dec 25, 2014 8:44 pm

The light in Ryan's eyes seemed to intensify. "Yesssss..." He flew in at Kevin, trying to match Kevin's size with speed, not even sure how fast Kevin could be like this. He lunged, glowing wings driving in ahead of him like razor edges to cut into the giant light armor. "Did you know that I can see how much power you have? You aren't even tapping half of it. SHOW it to me!"
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Postby Kevin Gravis » Thu Dec 25, 2014 8:49 pm

"Dude! I'm not going to try to hurt you!"

"Much!"

Kevin used the shield to attempt to bash Ryan aside.
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Postby Ryan Gabriel » Thu Dec 25, 2014 8:58 pm

Ryan laughed. "Now there's a high opinion. Hurt me, and maybe I'll think this is a fair fight. Maybe," he taunted Kevin. He rode the swat from the shield and seemed to skid back in the air, his wings closed tightly around him. He snapped them open, throwing a barrage of 'feathers' at him to rip through the mecha-suit.
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Postby Kevin Gravis » Thu Dec 25, 2014 9:33 pm

Kevin spawned extra floating shields to absorb the projectiles before coming in with a quick sword slash... though it was now more of a rod attached to a hilt. His speed didn't seem to suffer very much, not from extra weight anyway.
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Postby Ryan Gabriel » Thu Dec 25, 2014 9:48 pm

That much speed with a sword that long made for a fast strike at the end, and Ryan caught it on the wings. He spun in the air, not wanting to give it a chance to burn through the protection that his wings afforded him, aiming to turn in under the longer arms of Kevin's armor, one fist glowing dangerously as he came in at Kevin's chest.
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Postby Kevin Gravis » Fri Dec 26, 2014 12:04 pm

The blow staggered mecha-Kevin and left a hole in the construct that was frighteningly close to reaching Kevin himself.

"Dude! Are you actually trying to kill me or something?"
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Postby Ryan Gabriel » Fri Dec 26, 2014 10:32 pm

"Do you think I could?" Ryan asked, a manic gleam in his eyes. He pulled back for another blow, then blinked, staggering back (airborn status notwithstanding), the light in his eyes flickering.
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Postby Kevin Gravis » Sat Dec 27, 2014 10:28 am

What the hell is happening here? That look was awfully... murdery...

"Ryan?" he asked, worried.
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Postby Ryan Gabriel » Sun Dec 28, 2014 9:25 pm

"What the hell," Ryan muttered, rubbing his head. "That was... weird." He shook his head to clear it. "Give me a minute and we can keep going if you want."
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Postby Kevin Gravis » Mon Dec 29, 2014 10:48 am

"Not if your going to murderjones out again."

"Seriously, you ok?"
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Postby Ryan Gabriel » Mon Dec 29, 2014 7:39 pm

"Murd- oh come on, you really think I could've hurt you?" Ryan said giving Kevin a 'look'. "That was... Yeah I think I'm okay."
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Postby Kevin Gravis » Mon Dec 29, 2014 7:51 pm

"If you're sure. You... had a really scary look in your eyes for a moment there."
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Postby Ryan Gabriel » Tue Dec 30, 2014 1:02 am

"I... it felt like... the way to make you cut loose?" He frowned, thinking back on that. "It... seemed important. I can't..." He shook his head to clear it again. "I'm sorry. Head's a little fuzzy."
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Postby Kevin Gravis » Tue Dec 30, 2014 3:01 pm

"I'm fine with stopping. This was your idea after all."
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Postby Ryan Gabriel » Tue Dec 30, 2014 3:21 pm

"Yeah. Yeah, stopping's good." He glided back down to the ground, still rubbing his head.

"You know that that's not really your limit, though, right?"
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Postby Kevin Gravis » Tue Dec 30, 2014 3:45 pm

He dismissed the construct and landed gracefully.

"You can sense power levels? Is mine over nine thousand?"
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Postby Ryan Gabriel » Tue Dec 30, 2014 3:48 pm

"I can see yours. And if we're going to keep up with the Dragonball Z references, you just need some fat green guy to put his hand on your head. Yet still be the comic relief somehow."
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Postby Kevin Gravis » Tue Dec 30, 2014 4:50 pm

"Eh, if this were Dragonball Z that fight would have been an entire episode or two. So much filler banter."
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Postby Ryan Gabriel » Tue Dec 30, 2014 6:31 pm

Ryan just nodded. He leaned against the tree, trying to sort through his thoughts. "To... my 'eyes'. Everyone here is like a candle. Well, just about. Then there's you, and you're like an inferno."
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Postby Kevin Gravis » Tue Dec 30, 2014 7:58 pm

"Because of my lightforce powers, right?"
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Postby Ryan Gabriel » Tue Dec 30, 2014 8:00 pm

"Yeah, there's that, but there's... a lot there. I've been learning that about myself, too. It's... been kind of a roller coaster."
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Postby Kevin Gravis » Tue Dec 30, 2014 8:07 pm

"Physically or emotionally?"

"And define 'a lot'."
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Postby Ryan Gabriel » Tue Dec 30, 2014 8:11 pm

"You didn't even tap into a quarter of it in that fight."
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Postby Kevin Gravis » Tue Dec 30, 2014 8:46 pm

He raised a brow. "Seriously?
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