The Academy

[Gifted]

"I'll show you what happened, Trick. Come here." Ruby went over to a little storage room janitor closet thing and opened the door as if she were going to start talking.

[Raven]

Trick didn't think of anything wrong with that, so he followed Cristel over to the closet. "Yeah?"

[Gifted]

Ruby looked over her shoulder one last time as she opened the door. Nobody was coming. Nobody was in the hall. Perfect. She shoved Trick by the shoulder into the closet, pulling her knife with the other hand and flipping it around the tops of her fingers so the blade faced him with an expert skill Cristel had never quite mastered. She was planning on typing him to the metal bar above them with the sleeves of the coats in the closet. She'd tie him up, and then she'd get to have some fun. She was giddy just thinking about it. "You're really quite gullible, Trick." She said with a giggle, pointing the knife at him.

[Raven]

Trick's eyes went wide and he froze, several long seconds passing in terror before his expression changed and he chuckled at Ruby. "Oh, figured it out and want to see if I can end you like I did your sister?" he whispered.

[Gifted]

"Encore." She grinned wider. "Just the man I wanted to see." She drew the knife slowly across his collarbone, wanting to cause him as much pain as possible. "Not exactly." She whispered maliciously. "See, just as I'm not talking to Trick anymore, you aren't talking to Cristel either. And I am not particularly pleased with someone trying to kill me."

[Raven]

Encore looked absolutely enthralled, his eyes lighting up despite the attack on his collar. "Ruby. Oh, it is good to see you."

[Gifted]

"I'm sure we'll have plenty of time to get reacquainted." She giggled and pulled a coat off the coat rack, pushing Encore back into the wall and preparing to tie him there.

[Raven]

Encore didn't even resist her. "Kinky," he said, laughing and mockingly putting his hands up for her to tie.

[Gifted]

Ruby took his arm and drew a cut down his soft inner arm. "Make jokes. Go ahead. I have plenty of time to cut out that laughter of yours."

[Raven]

Encore hissed in pain. "Oh, don't be so uptight, Rubes."

[Gifted]

"Oh I'm not uptight, I just don't like you." Ruby said, tying Encore's hand securely to the metal bar above them. She grabbed his other hand and repeated the same cut on the other arm.

[Raven]

Encore grabbed the bar with his hand so that his wrist didn't have all the pressure. "Yeah, you see where that led us to begin with?"

[Neon]

Saint took a walk through the hall, trying to clear his head. He didn't see where he was going, and accidentally ran into a girl. "Oh, excuse me, sorry!" he said, helping her up.

[Gifted]

"Well you see this time, I caught you by surprise." She giggled and tied up the other arm.

Joan had been practically running from class, but after experiencing real battle no physical sensation truly hurt her body enough to be called pain. Nevertheless she was dazed for a moment when she hit the ground. Sh looked up at Saint. Oh, joy. She hoped he didn't ask about the plaque with her name on it that hung in the school hallway. She accepted his help up. "It's alright." She assured him. "I should be the one apologizing."

[Raven]

"Well, see how well that worked for me," Encore said.