Just "Hanging" Around (open)

[kono]

"Ah haha, Weeeee!!" To the side of the walkway a loud but excited voice was laughing the day away. At the moment Shino was hanging upside down, held up by a thick rope.

It was only his first week since coming to the school so they'd given him time to get use to the layout. Free time plus Shino usually ended up equaling trouble, which was apparent right now. With his free time he decided it'd be a good time to try laying out one of his traps. Just a simple one, where if you stepped in the rope it'd grab you and hang you upside down. It didn't take to long to complete and so he was admiring his work, on observation he noticed a loose string on the rope. "Well, can't have you randomly sticking out." He got close enough to tug at the thing but... stepped in the loop and was soon looking at the world from a different angle.

He'd actually been up there awhile, watching people pass by oblivious to their onlooker hidden by a few tree branches. The only reason he didn't call out for a little help was that he didn't need it. One of the branches a little higher up was in reach if he swung a little so he could just grab onto it and pull himself up then untie the rope gripping his foot from there. Why didn't he try it then? Well he did, but when he started swinging from side to side to get within reach it was so much fun that he lost sight of what he was doing and just kept swinging.

Sure, the blood was starting to all go to his head and the motion was also starting to make him dizzy, but it was really fun! Sort of like... hmm.. that tire swing in his backyard. Except he had sat in that while Rikki pushed or he'd push her, with the rope all he had to do was shift his weight rocking baack and fooourth, baaaack and foourth. He was coming close to running into some of the branches but swung just light enough to miss.

[nova]

Nova was on her way to class, considering it was still morning and the sun hadn't peaked up above the school too far. She general waited until at least noon to skip out on a class to sunbathe. Nova carried her books in one hand as she wandered into the courtyard. She had heard someone talking loudly from down the hall, but she hadn't paid it any mind until she actually arrived.

Someone was yelling in joy. Nova looked around but didn't see the source, so she looked up. What she saw amused her to no end. A boy was hanging by a rope, one caught around his ankle. He was swinging around and looked like he was having a lot of fun. Nova wondered how he got up there, but wasn't too thoroughly concerned. He looked younger than her, maybe by a year or two, but he was definitely new.

"Hey, you, up there! Do you need any help?" Nova asked, just to be friendly. He didn't look like he needed help, but it was polite to ask anyway. Perhaps this was a friend she could make, since he seemed to be free-spirited like herself. Once he got down, she would introduce herself. She liked meeting new people.

[kono]

At first Shino wasn't sure if someone were actually talking to him, but as his motion slowed to a stop the figure seemed to be staring up at him. Not just any figure either...

"Oh my gosh a real girl!?" He'd seen a girl before, Rikki was one and there were tons at this school, but not a one had bothered to talk to him. The reason was probably that he was new here and just a liiiitle bit odd. Pushing away all logical thoughts Shino curled up to untie the knot that kept the noose tight on around his foot. Now surely most people would be thinking about a little thing called gravity in this situation. Not him. It sort of got pushed out of the way to make room for the sole thought that he had to get down as soon as possible to meet this exciting new person.

"AaaaAaa!!" With no surprise whatsoever as soon as Shino pulled the knot out he fell through the branches and landed upside down on the ground. This had happened before at his house, he'd be climbing trees then dinner would be called but in the rush to get down he'd slip up and come down headfirst. He was use to it, but that didn't mean it wasn't still painful. For a few seconds he saw stars and lava, which as his sense came around turned out to be the girl with Red hair that had asked if he needed any help.

Taking advantage of this sudden closeness with the ground he reached over to grab the blue scarf he'd taken off after realizing how fun swinging was so it wouldn't accidentally get caught on a branch and choke him. Getting up seemed to make the world tilt on its side while the blood rushed back into his head though so Shino used the tree to help him stand up and leaned against it's stable trunk. "Nope, no help needed." He tried to bow but almost tipped over all the way to land on his face again so straightened up half-way through to not lose his balance. "Thanks for the offer though. It was really fun up there, like a tire-swing that you can make go all by yourself, you should try it sometime! Oh, but not the falling part. Actually the falling part was fun to, it was the landing that wasn't so fun. I'm Shino by the way, who're you?" He grinned broadly, eyes bright with overjoy and curiosity.

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Chris was silent, deadly, a true panther. She stalked through the brush, walking around in circles around this latest curiosity, lunch swinging from a rope. She knew to be cautious, she knew that bait often looked tantalizing towards the intended victim, and it was defiantly a tasty morsel hanging from the trees.

She paused, pressing lower to the ground, as she heard the vegitation move as another walked through the area, vibrant hair, almost like wisps of flames, brightly visable even from her hidden area. Quickly she sleuthed across the field, positioning herself behind the girl, watching, waiting.

She saw her chance when the boy actually fell from that height, managing nothing to stop his rapid decent. A normal person would've flinched at such a sight, Chris licker her lips. Meat was always better tender, but she quickly snapped out of the daydreams, and rushed forward, letting out a nasty snarl, "Nyaaaa~!"

The three feet to reach the girl was all it took, before Chris was nibbling and sucking on Nova's neck. It tasted strongly of cinnamon, but Chris didn't mind, and continued on her actions, not bothering to say anything to the others as she contined to hold Nova in a hold, and stimulate the girl's neck.

[nova]

Nova was about to respond to the boy who had dropped from the ceiling when a girl jumped out and latched onto the red-head's neck with her mouth.
"Meep!" Nova cried out in surprise. The girl had put Nova in a hold, mostly because Nova had not been expecting it. Not many people could keep Nova in a hold for long if she decided to get free, though. Nova couldn't get a good look at the girl, but she was currently nibbling and sucking on Nova's neck.

While Nova wasn't particularly against the action, it did feel good, she didn't like having her personal bubble pierced by a complete stranger. She smiled at Shino, and her eyes glowed reddish orange as her skin became very hot to the touch, reaching over 150 degrees celsius very quickly. She could sustain temperatures of over a thousand for a short while if she wanted, but the situation didn't call for that. It only called for the girl to let go.

"I do not take kindly to people invading my personal space. ESPECIALLY if I don't know you!" Nova said as her hair began to float, and turn brighter in color. It now looked like it was on fire. As the temperature turned up, Nova nodded to Shino. "My name is Nova Rayne. Some call me Supernova though. Nice to you meet you!" Nova said, her voice bubbly.

[kono]

Leaning forward slightly as the girl was just about to answer him, another girl seemed to pop out of nowhere and suddenly attached herself to the other. "Vampire!" The shouting wasn't really necessary since they were only a few feet away, but it was meant more for the other around them to run for their lives than the victim he thought already doomed. Running behind the tree as if that would make all the difference, Shino jumped up and snapped off a small branch to wave at the 'vampire'. "Stay back monster!" It probably would have seemed more threatening if there weren't leaves and flowers attached.

While watching in horror as the lifeblood was slowly drained from the girl, he noticed that she wasn't screaming in agony, or fighting back like in the movies. Instead it looked like she was.. enjoying it for a second, but that went away when she looked at him and her eyes started glowing brightly. The smile that went along with the glowing eyes caused it not to be a friendly smile, but an 'I hunger for your vlood... vleh!' one. Glowing red eyes were the clear sign of a hungry vampire.

"Nooo! The whole school is going to be transformed into vampire minions!" Waving the stick around more frantically, the obviously thing called running that he should have done instead was erased by the sadness of having what could have been a new friend being turned into a monster. 'whatshouldIdowhatshouldIdowhatshouldIdo' he thought in time with the stick waving. Then a brilliant idea struck him and he threw his little branch at the blond vampire queen... but.. sort of regretted it as he realized mid-throw that was his first line of defense. All the other branches on his side of the tree were barely out of reach.

As a response to the new Nova the Vampire's 'nice to meet you' Shino cowered further behind his tree. Fearing the glowing, blood-lusting eyes.

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Chris let out a low moan, unable to help herself as she felt the tender skin warm up at her touch, almost to the point of burning. She returned to sucking on the cinnamon skin, slowly increasing the strength of her nibbles as she felt the skin rapidly grow warmer.

When she pulled away for a second, watching her saliva almost evaporate off the girl's skin, Chris let out another moan, before she went down for another bite, only to stop at the insane yelling of the bait that had lead such a scrumptious meal to her. She frowned slightly, still holding onto Nova quite tightly as she glared at Shino with piercing red eyes.

Chris let out a soft gasp as the temperatures continued to increase. It was actually starting to burn away at both Nova and her's clothes. She didn't like how it continued to increase, and tightened her grip at the painful situation, digging her fingers and teeth into the other girl's skin, drawing blood from her neck. It was getting even more painful by the second, and Chris's grips tightened even more, bitting down even harder, before it all ended.

The warm temperatures simply vanished, bringing about a cool breeze, as a wave of ultra heated air pushed away from the two, turning their clothing into ashes, and following through with the same example with the vegetation on the ground. From Shino's point of view, it would appear that the life was being sucked out of the surrounding area, a small shimmering of the air as everything blackened, leaving behind the two girls with glowing red eyes. The branch didn't even stand a chance, being vaporized by the superheated air.

Chris slurped up the excess blood, not letting a drop to escape, before looking up to Shino. "Hey~! Can I get a taste of you too?"

[nova]

Nova smirked at first when the girl began to let go, but then she bit into Nova, which caused her to yelp out in pain. Unfortunately, somehow the girl either had her own fire abilities or had copied Nova's, because she proceeded to wipe out their clothing, the vegitation around them, and would have wiped out Shino if he hadn't moved away. Nova would have chuckled at the way he threw the stick if the situation was different.

But no, Nova was angry now. She lifted her armed and attempted to elbow the girl in the stomach. Fire powers or not, she was gonna feel that one. And a Nova that was naked in public was not exactly the friendliest Nova. She took note of the sun blaring down on her, and smirked, using it's energy to supercharge herself as she began to heat up even more.

"I'm sorry, Shino-san, you may wish to run now. It's about to get really hot in here." Nova said. She had a plan. If the girl had copied her powers, she would know that Nova's heat resistance wasn't total. Anything over three hundred degrees celsius would start to hurt her as well. And Nova planned to create the sun in this place. She aimed another elbow into the girl's stomach, and then ripped away from her grasp, turning on the spot with one arm covering her chest. She held her hand up, and grinned.

"I think it's time I watched this school burn." Nova growled with a smirk as she created a ball of fire a couple dozen feet away from herself. She started the temperature low, focusing on expanding the ball until it was about ten foot in diameter, and then began to pump up the temperature of the ball, making it glow white as it soared past the 300 degree mark. Nova gritted her teeth as she began to grow too hot for comfort, but thanked her regeneration for being able to heal the first degree burns that began to affect her.

[kono]

The cloths.. Were they... did that just.. everything was.. complete sentences wouldn't even form in his head at the scene that had just taken place. Shino went fully behind the tree, wide-eyed with shock and as red as a cherry. Somehow he ended up sliding down into the dirt without even realizing he'd lost his traction with the grass. The words of the Vampire Queen asking for his own blood next barely even registered through the shock of his first encounter with the bare female physique. He.. hadn't particular been ready for that just yet.

It was a bit late to answer but after a few minutes, the increasing temperature snapped Shino back into semi-focus and he shouted "No!" back. There had been some kind of warning from the newly made vampire, but it had completely went over his head while in the daze. They might have been outside, but the sudden heatwave was really odd. Someone was talking about burning down the school or whatever, but there was no way Shino was about to turn back around and glance around his tree to relive the horror that had assaulted his innocent mind. 'That didn't actually happen..' he thought in vain, trying to forget the whole incident as if it really didn't happen. It was no use though, it seemed to be permanently imprinted on his mind. He was just a guy after all, one who preferred to stay naive to the inescapable adolescent years as long as possible, but of the male species none-the-less.

Instead of continuing his futile attempts at suddenly acquiring the power of memory-wipe, he tuned into the surroundings a little more. The tree he hid behind provided enough cover from the direct heat of the fire, but he could still hear it and feel enough that he felt like he was going to get heatstroke soon. Taking off his shoes, socks, and the blazer and shirt of his school uniform helped a little, but it was still too hot and sweat was starting to dot his forehead. He wished he could have taken off his pants but after that scary dark-haired lady threatened to kill him for that he wasn't about to do it. The only thing he could do now was cower behind the meager protection of the tree he had, and hope the temperature returned to normal soon.

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Fire was a chemical reaction that produced energy while burning up oxygen. It's temperature wasn't nearly as important as the volume of the flames, which would determine the amount of energy produced. A ball of flames as wide as what the girl Nova was making, therefore was a very serious thing, though would be quite ineffective at actually burning down the school. The main reason as to why this was important was that it was a chemical reaction, and thus, it carried mass.

Chris wasn't too fond of carrying around fire, or water, or really anything that wasn't in a sold state of matter, it often felt too weird. Sorta like Tentacles always groping around her and copping a feel of her body. Though things were insubstantial to others, she often felt shadows of their effects on her body, and that was truly troublesome with flowing materials.

This situation called for some intervention though, as she couldn't let her meal get overcooked, they never tasted right burnt. The flavor would often turn into something similar to steak or meat, losing the uniqueness that the protein chains provided. Thus she walked into the flames, using her newly acquired skills to bring the flames into her hands, and watched as they funneled into her ethereal existence, vanishing from this plane.

Ignoring the temperamental girl, Chris grinned brightly at the boy, her glowing red eyes, and charred but slowly regenerating skin, providing quite the odd image. Of course, that didn't stop her from grabbing onto the boy, as she pulled him close to his body, licking at his neck. "I'mma eat you whole, kay?"