now what

Quinn grimaced at the sight of the bruises. Even she forgot how much damage she could do even without trying. “Sorry about those. I’ve got ointments if you want them though I think at this point you’re a pro at treating them.” She shook her head at her own idea now that she heard it from someone else. “Maybe not a rope but there’s got to be some kind of tether that can anchor you here. I’m surprised they haven’t a way to separate your physical body from…” she gestured wildly to the air around them, “..whatever your other form. I’d rather guard your physical body than be its cushion every day.” 

cass shrugged with a half-smile “they will heal eventually” she stared at the brunette, really thinking about what the other had said. “actually, i have thought about it. you know that at night, when i dream or whatever that is called my soul separates from my body and i astral project into whatever fucking place my spirit decides to go” she sighed, thoughtful “if i knew how to do that by myself, now that would be great. I would probably lose my body though, with my stupid, rotten luck” she smiled to herself on hearing quinn’s last statement, but she made sure to not make such a stupid big deal out of it “heh. diamonds are not so hard once you are used to them. i know they are supposed to be the hardest substance on earth, but maybe yours are different since you are such a softie” she was obviously teasing, soft was not a word she would use while describing quinn.

she huffed. peach had no idea about the astral plane, save what she had read which wasn’t much. it wasn’t a topic that interested her. perhaps if she and cass were closer… but it had never occurred. there wasn’t enough of a desire either. “what were you doing? if it were me, i think i would do something, somewhere with fresh air and no pollution. or, is that just wishful thinking?”

cass scoffed at this tiny, terrifying girl “you are spot on, that is wishful thinking” she tried studying what may be going around her head. okay, to be honest, cass had no idea what emotion absorption really was. was peach like, able to feel what cass was feeling? could she get into her mind without warning? that thought sent a shudder down cass´s spine. god, this was making her anxious “shit” and when cass was anxious, astral vision started to kick in. she started seeing those colorful lightning bolts again. was she only seeing them, or had she managed to manipulate them into reality by accident? peach terrified her, but cass didn´t want to hurt her.

some facts about cass just because:

she loves horror movies

if she trusted herself with taking care of a pet she would have like three cats probably

she is bisexual

she would want to become an astronomer if she was able to

for some reason, every time she returns from the astral plane, she is unable to see colors for a few minutes

matt had no idea where his coffee addiction had started. it wasn’t like he had picked up from someone, or had he? there were parts of his life that didn’t even seem real anymore. and it was mainly the simple things. because his life was full of powered people. supernatural situations popping everywhere around him. it was a miracle they had survived. children, teens, babies, with powers!

now they were all grown up, some had been for a while. so drinking a third cup of coffee in the last few hours should not be weird. nor should the girl falling from nowhere and everywhere at once. ❝oi❞ matt said in surprised, perhaps even more so at the fact that he had not accidentally deployed a force field. ❝cass you alright?❞ he asked shuffling around trying to get them into a more comfortable position, she had landed right on top of him and brought them right down to the ground.

cass didn´t usually care who she accidentally hurt when she reappeared on her own reality, she considered it their problem to be honest, but she felt kinda bad that it had to be matt who she landed on this time. he was only two years younger than her, but for some reason she saw him as someone she had to protect. maybe it was the fact that they had been both called failures at one point and had poor control over their powers; she felt that it was her unspoken duty to protect him. This was rather strange for her, who only believed she was able to hurt people.

“yeah, used to it” she gave him a half-assed smile, standing up while replying. “need some help matty?” she offered him her hand, again, something strange for her to do.

what was the first emotion which struck peach pain or frustration? she wasn’t sure, though it was less for her normal reasons and more due to the fact a woman around her size was suddenly falling on top of her. yeah, that would bruise. she let out a squeak as she attempted to move from out from underneath her.

“cass! what are you –” she couldn’t finish the statement. it was a dumb question anyway. “where were you? that’s not fair! i was just… walking!”

cass freezed in place when she saw she had landed on fucking peach. there was no denying it, this girl gave her the creeps. sure, she was really sweet and emotional girl, but for cass she was too in touch with her emotions, if that even made sense. in a way peach was like a human get-well-card, at least in cass´s mind, and that, plus the fact that she had emotion absorption as her mutant super power, made peach slightly eerie in cass’s eyes “in the astral plane, as always” she replied, getting up immediately.

tae tended to be in his own world, especially with his headphones in. as usual, he was blasting his monthly playlist, bobbing his head and heading along the edge of the hallway of the institute. unfortunately, he was brought out of his whitney houston haze. an abrupt force stopped him in his tracks, causing him to wobble and land on the tile, ass first. “fuck, are you doing, moron–” he began, eyes narrowed. once he saw it was cass, he relaxed. this had happened more than once, it wasn’t exactly her fault. “damnit, cass,” he muttered, rising to his feet. “you need to be more graceful with your landing, yeah? maybe spare me next time?” he asked in teasing tone. he wasn’t angry at all, sure, his ass was a bit sore, but he didn’t blame her. they all were trying to test their powers.

cass made sure taemin would see her rolling her eyes at his comment, not getting up just yet “of course comet boy, next time i will think first about your well-being before getting sucked into another fucking dimension” her words were almost dripping with sarcasm, but she could not help but smile at the boy whose personality he found strangely similar to a shooting star; a very annoying shooting star. she got to her feet and sighed. “if only your praised scientists would have done a good job with me, now that would have been more than grand.”

Quinn really had two modes: hard headed drill sergeant recruit or the literal hard headed diamond suited weapon. The later was her natural defense mechanism especially when a barely audible “pop!” was heard and a body crash right into her. She wasn’t sure who she felt worse for — the girl who just landed on a diamond body or herself who transformed back into her human form once she recognized the other girl. “You really need to tie a rope around your waist or something so at least we can see where your last known location was and avoid it,” Quinn grumbled. 

“shit!” crashing into a diamond surface was kinda familiar to her now, but it still hurt regardless, even more since the shield had disappeared as soon as she landed on quinn. cass stood up quickly, admiring the new bruises that quinn´s super-powered form had given her this time. “fair enough” she muttered to herself, then turning to look at the brunette. “a rope? that´s new. well, if you ever find a multidimensional rope that will help me orientate myself over the fucking astral hell, I will surely use it, no joke”

restraint. control. do not kill. the words echoed in her head as the other fell on her, their generated field and all pushing her into the ground. a snap judgement and nymeria is shoving the other off with a grunt, her foot planted in what she wanted to be their torso but the field was keeping her from target. do not lash out. she’s careful on her next steps, brown eyes sizing up the other before speaking. “get off of me before i kill you.”