Attention Span [Seth, Open]

[lilith]

There was very little Lily actually enjoyed at her new school. When she first got here, she was not exactly welcomed with open arms. The "prefects" weren't exactly a good bunch of students, and they prazctically ran the school. Did Lily hate them? No... but compared to them the Battle Front students were much more forgiving. She wasn't the most attractive girl, and she did have the problem with green hair and eyes being out of the norm. Then again everything was out of the norm around here.

Especially this one little topic: training. Calista was her superior in much, especially in her control over her powers. She told Lily to come out to the courtyard this afternoon so they could discuss Lily's problems over her own. Lily was not good with people, and she only joined the Battle Front because she hated seeing the prefects push people around. But as the new girl, she didn't have a whole lot on her plate to really place her as "strong". But that's why she was here, in the courtyard. She lifted a daisy up smelled it lightly and let it go.

Her red glasses fell slightly as she looked down at another flower and smelled it too. She was knelt down perusing through them... She loved smells especially sweeter ones. She never missed a chance to get a good whiff of a flower. She was good with her nose too, able to pick out different spices in her meals... but that came from cutlery skills. She hoped her leader would come soon; Lily's powers did not affect her so much and she could relax around Cali just a little bit.

But right now sitting on the bench waiting, she had to think about suppressing her powers. And it was becoming harder and harder to have to think about it. If she didn't get a handle on this soon she'd have to spend her day trying not to let someone breathe in a powerful gas. The flower in her hand withered a little and Lily withdrew it sighing.

'Breathe in... hold... breathe out... hold... breathe in...'

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Polypropylene was a tricky substance to make, not in the fact that the elements it was composed of was rare, or that the general steps towards making the plastic like material was particularly hard, but rather it was the fact that the entire thing had to be aligned just right, the molecular structure had to be just perfect in order to get the air flow right, without allowing any other particles to flow through the mask. Still as Seth walked along the courtyard, playing with the mask, pressing it here and there, and changing a little bit with every touch, he found that he wasn't too miffed by this creation. It would defiantly prove quite useful.

He blinked, as he finally caught notice of a girl in the courtyard, matching the general description that his sister had given. The girl was a bit diminutive, and her genetic traits certainly were out of the norm, but the girl looked somewhat cure. Holding onto the mask, it formed into a black ball that he pressed to his face, before it slowly flowed to cover his mouth and nose, securing itself tightly against his skin.

He took in a few deep breaths of air, checking the quality of air flow, before grinning, so far everything seemed to be working. Seth couldn't help but smirk, although such an action was invisible at the moment, at his on genius sometimes. Walking towards the other girl, Seth payed close attention to how he felt, although it was a bit weird to be thinking if you're feeling fine.

Still nothing had changed, so his smirk grew, before he shook his head, trying to dispel the big head he was starting to get. Being able to manipulate plastic wasn't special, someone else might be able to do it too, maybe. Still, it was a success, he wasn't dying, and apparently the girl had already had some trouble with her problems, muttering to herself as vegetation had started to wither around her. It could probably be the result of a heavily toxic gas, but damn, what emotion would that be responsible for.

"Good Day, I believe you're Lilith Gardner, correct?" Not that he believed he was mistaken, but it seemed like a pretty good way to get the girl's attention.

[lilith]

Lily's concentration was near absolute. She had been honing it for as long as she could remember and no amount of surprise ever seemed to break it. Her nerves were always taught but never snapped. Her anger was always in check and never flared high. And her own happiness was always at a suitable balance. Her sadness and depression never so low that it made her emit her neurotoxin. She had everything under control.

Unless someone suddenly talked to her out of the blue. Lily chirped dropping the yellow flower she had picked and stood suddenly. It was sudden fear that gripped her. And when she was afraid her neurotoxin became a powerful paralyzing agent. Her heartbeat rose sharply but only a little and she desperately fought back for control. "D-D-Don't do that!" she nearly yelled as she pinched her own arm to try and get a hold of her nerves. She sighed slowly as she felt the toxin slowly ebb and stop leaking from her skin.

She sat back down and looked up at the person who grabbed her attention. "Hi... Um... Uh... Yes. Yes I am... Lily if you want..." She fixed her glasses a little bit and then sighed. "Ah!" she said putting a hand to her mouth. "You're Cali's brother! I've seen you before!" Cali had talked about him in their meetings... She was hiding her Battle Front from him, and Lily quickly reminded herself that she speak nothing about it. "...Have you seen her? She was supposed to tra-"

And with growing horror, she got up and looked at him quickly. "A-Are you okay?! My toxin, err," she stuttered. Now there was panic in her voice which was still fear. She had to get a hold of herself else she might make him collapse right here. "You are feeling okay? My abilities don't do well with people... and I can't control it very well you see..." and she just kept rambling on and on about her neurtoxin and how it is affected by her emotions until she caught herself again. "I'm sorry... I'm not a people person..."

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The girl freaked out when he introduced himself. She would defiantly need situational awareness training if she freaked out every time she was surprised. He watched as she seemed to break out in a cold sweat. Was she actually afraid, although that was an intensely quick reaction. Reacting on an impulse, Seth ran his fingers along the girl's cheek, picking up minor traces of the poison and feeling the tips of his fingers go numb near instantly.

Mirth at this incident caused him to laugh again. So amazing, this stuff that she produced was more toxic than what Lilith had given him. Maybe if he knew more, Lilith could recreate the effect. Then he could experiment all he wanted with the substance. Then again, Lili, as the girl wanted to be called, was his play toy..er current project.

Seth clenched his fist, feeling the numbing agent travel through his hand, but making it no farther than that. He found it quite amusing how potent the chemical was, despite the fact that the girl seemed to have only been startled for a moment. Ah well, no harm no foul, at least this proved his synthetic mask was working properly. He took in a deep breath at that thought, quite proud once again of his creations.

He raised an eyebrow as Lili mentioned his sister. Sure, it was obvious that the two knew each other, otherwise she wouldn't have volunteered him to help out this girl, apparently without said girl even knowing about it either. Still, it was just as hard to believe that Calista would have a friend as odd as this girl, she seemed to be a bit frantic with her actions, overreacting quite a bit to the stimuli especially considering her abilities, or maybe Seth was being too critical. He would find out soon enough anyways though.

"So, Lili, seeing as how you already tried to poison me, I assume it's still safe to assume that you needed that training right?" He asked, grinning like crazy, not that the girl could see. "Well it just so happens that my darling sister volunteered me for such a duty, is that all right?"

[lilith]

Lily hung her head in shame a little. She never intentionally tried to poison anyone. And... it wasn't really poison. Well, technically it was poisonous to others because at a molecular state it was causing violent reactions. But she classified it in the area of drugs than poison. "I am not very skilled at it. I asked a lot about my powers with some others..." She sighed and then stood again bowing her head politely. She was going to need get everything out of him she could.

"I would be very much in your debt if you could teach me how. I apologize for almost causing a bit of discomfort." She raised her head and smiled. "I'm a poor study so be patient please?" she asked with a small edge of coy. It was a crude tactic, but the smaller she seemed the more comfortable people looked around her. "I guess... I guess I should tell you about it a little bit..." she started and walked over to the bed of flowers she was at before.

"To start... I don't poison people. I drug them. Everyone has natural pheromone or 'body odor' to written in their genetic code. I'm not a science major but what I guess is that everyone smells different. I smell... weird." She shook her head and looked down at the plants and smelled them a bit. "My own smell releases neurotoxins... different for each of my emotions. At least well, for now my emotions pick what each one does. And I have to think about holding the poison back else it will just spread and hurt people. Can... Can you help me?"

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He watched as the girl seemed to withdraw into her shell as she spoke, seemingly growing shy without any reason. Once again, Seth wondered how this girl managed to become Calista's friend. They seemed almost like opposites, although maybe he was looking too much into it. Calista would more than likely be immune to Lili's effects, so maybe that was why they hung around.

This girl drugged people...with a neurotoxin. A chemical that stops, hinders, or destroys nerves, and this girl drugs people with it, despite the fact that she had absolutely no control over the dosages, or an absolute delivery method. Suddenly, Seth was very appreciative of the plastic mesh that he created to filter out the air. It was such a relief that he wouldn't be poisoned by this girl.

Still, the way she described it, made it kind of obvious of an easy out. "Have you ever thought of just wearing a latex suit? I know it wouldn't be comfortable, but it's better than killing random people right?" Seth couldn't help but smirk at the idea of a girl walking around in a latex suit, it would be quite the amusing sight to behold within the confines of this school.

Clearing his throat, Seth grinned again. "Still, with the fact that it's obviously caused by presperiation, I could just seal the pores in your skin. But you'd be way more likely to overheat in such a situation. If nothing else, we'll probably just have to work on controlling your emotions, or remove your sweat glands one by one...." The young man tried to pull off a reassuring smile then, forgetting about the mask currently covering the lower half of his face.