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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Calinon" data-source="post: 1440431" data-attributes="member: 13737">SanjayYou go outside over an hour later.  You can see the school clock and it's just after 7PM, but oddly enough, you aren't really hungry anymore.  As you wander outside, the EPIC jet flies in from the East, touching down on the airstrip and coming to a halt outside the hanger.  You see about students exit the hanger to greet the returning team.  You see Sanchez head into the hanger with them, and the rest of the team head towards the headquarters by various means of locomotion.  You watch idly, noticing a group of students playing soccer.   When the team gets to the HQ, they are met by Mendez.  A brief conversation ensues, and you head Kodiak shout "What do you mean, nearly died!?"  A scuffle ensues, and Trailblazer is knocked flying by Kodiak.  "You should not have left her alone!" his voice rings over the yard.  He's held back by Titan and Thunder and soon shakes them off, stalking to one of the vans still outside HQ and speeding off, probably to the hospital. Sandstorm and Empath help Trailblazer up and head to the dorm area, while Merlin, Titan, Thunder and Mendez head inside HQ.  Nova heads off into the dorms, trailing fire in the sky as she goes. KevinIt's just after 7PM and there's a knock at your door.  Given the warmth coming from the door and the orange glow leaking in under it, you can guess it isn't Thunder.  You open the door and Nova zips in, not waiting for an invite.  Her energy field gives off enough heat to knock you down. "Oops, sorry," she says as you get up.  She's sitting cross legged and floating at the midpoint between floor and ceiling.  "Kinda hard to fly around safely in here.  Don't want to burn the joint down.  So, you stayin' or thinkin' of running away again?" she asks, glancing over at the desk.  "Or just wreckin' things for fun?" JohanRebound plops down with you, looking exhausted.  "Man, all of you gotta eat?  Jeeze man, you better give each of you digestion time or you're going to get fat like me when you merge," he says jokingly.  "Hey cool!  This book rocks," he says, looking at what you're reading.  "Chapter 11 is pretty cool; hypothetical research on power supplies and reducing battery pack sizes." RaisaDara has been crying enough to give her hiccups.  "I couldn't *hiccup* find my *hiccup* room and your *hiccup* door was unlocked *hiccup* and none of my clothes fit *hiccup* and *hiccup* and *hiccup*... She bursts into tears again.  Mama swore at me and told me never to call her again! JohnYou shower and dress and head to the mess hall.  Your dad is already there, eating some pork chops and applesauce, with all the trimmings.  "Hey, good of you to finally join us, boy," he says with a wave of his fork.  "Grab some grub; make you feel better." RandallYou make it to the infirmary.  The nurse is there and gives you some anti-itch medication for your neck.  "If it gets any worse, you come and see me right away, ok?"  On your way out, you notice Jackal laying on a table in a nearby room, an IV in him.  Cosmo sits in a chair next to the table, reading a book. X12 and VincentAbout 6PM you see the others heading for their rooms down the hall outside the cafeteria.  A little while later, Carl comes in, grabs some food and starts to eat.  Johan comes in as well, a thick and complex looking book under his arm, sitting down as one of his doubles goes to get food.  Rebound comes in as well, grabbing his meal and sitting down with Johan and the two enter into a discussion you have no doubt will be nine feet above you.   Just down the table from them, someone has left a completely full plate of food.  John walks in a short time later, grabs a plateful of food and sits down next to the other plate.  You notice, oddly enough, that the food on the first plate is half gone.  That John has quite an appetite. Anna rolls in, pink bunny still strapped to her chair.  She struggles at the buffet table to reach and get her food.   In the background, the TV is replaying the events of the past two days, making celebrities out of all of you.</blockquote>

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