Math is Math ... (Adam Steel and Ziio Hawke

[KiKi]

Ziio sighed as the teacher babbled on about BEDMAS. It was an easy enough method, but even that was a challenge for Ziio, considering that she didn't learn any math when she was younger. The teacher looked at her and smiled before asking a question.

"Ziio," he began, "in this question, which do we do first?"

Ziio thought for a moment. 'BEDMAS ...' she thought to herself, 'Brackets, equation ... multiplying and dividing ...' She then looked up at the bored. "Uhm ... multiplying?" The interesting thing about Ziio, is that she didn't have to move her mouth to speak. Her power is the ability to talk with her own mind, though she had to make sure that everyone heard it or they might think that the teacher was crazy.

"Close," Mr. Long said as he turned to the board. "Since division is first, we do that. Multiplication and Division are together, so which ever the two comes first, that's what we do first."

Ziio nodded and sunk in her chair as everyone stared at her. She hated speaking with her head, for not a lot of people knew that she couldn't speak words. If she tried, it would come out as gibberish and wouldn't make sense at all.

[langersandmash]

Adam was sitting at the back of the room, his headphones were in and he wasn't concentrating, a small ringing noise was coming from a piece of electrical equipment and it was driving him nuts, the only way he could remedy it was by listening to music. Adam wasn't making out anything that the teacher was saying he was just concentrating of getting out of the classroom and getting to the fire in the common room where he could nap.

When Ziio's answer popped into Adams it shocked him, he bolted upright and then slowly relaxed realising what had happened. The teacher had seen him do this and was not happy as he realised the earphones in Adams ears. Adam quickly took them out.

"sorry" he quickly apologised, he didn't want to get on the teachers bad side

[KiKi]

Ziio looked back towards Adam, hearing him jolt upright. She must'v snapped him out of his daydreaming or something when she spoke with her head. Things like that usually happen and se ends up getting other people in trouble when she speaks in their head. Ziio sunk into her chair further, feeling bad for getting him in trouble.

Mr. Long just sighed and continued his lesson about BEDMAS.

As the teacher talked, Ziio decided to move back with the boy she got in trouble. She guessed that the teacher wouldn't pick her so often if she was in the very back. She gathered her things and moved back beside him. Something told her that she should talk to him at least, but another part told her not to, so she just didn't speak and began drawing in a sketch book that she had out.

[langersandmash]

Adam watched as ziio moved seats and sat next to him.
"thanks for that"
He smiled, Adam had never really cared when people used their powers on him or getting in trouble. He had a good standing with the teachers and it was a school for powered beings, of course powers are going to be used on you.
'you know it's probably easier to talk to you in my head' He thought
Adam leant back in his seat, feeling better now that the eyes of the teacher weren't on him anymore.
'can you hear that noise, it's getting on my nerves?'

[KiKi]

Ziio let out a snicker when he mentioned the noise that was coming from the smartboard getting on his nerves. "It's making my ears ring," she said back with her mind as she continued to draw some sketches in her sketch book. It was the first time someone willingly talked to her in a while, besides the friends she already had. Though, she was never really much of a social person anyway.

As she sketched, Mr. Long began to check out she smartboard to see if it was broken or if there was something wrong with it.

Ziio rolled her eyes and looked back at the boy sitting next to her. "You'd think he would've heard that ringing a little earlier." she said to him softly.

[langersandmash]

"It's driving me insane"
Adams ears began to twitch as the noise changed in frequency as the teachers was messing with the board
"It's worse than fireworks"
He had always hated those ever since he was little, but with his power the sound had started to become unbearable, Adam normally sits indoors with his headphones in or puts some noise cancelling ear muffs on.
"yeah I wish he would of started looking to fix it as soon as he got in, but like all teachers here they think it will go away in a second or two"
Adam shook his head to see if the annoyance would go away, he knew it wouldn't work but he got a bit of relief from it so he was slightly happier
"why don't you speak as much, you know aloud? you have a nice voice it's a shame to just waste it don't you think?"

[KiKi]

Ziio laughed quietly at his bickering about the noise. It didn't really bother her much, truthfully, but not everyone hears the same way. Although he had a point, why did they have to wait until the middle of class to check out the problem? Couldn't the lesson wait? At least some people could actually get their work done then instead of constantly listening to a ringing noise. When he mentioned about her speaking, her smile faded and she sighed. "I cannot speak," she told him, hoping he didn't say, 'But you have a voice, why don't you use it?' Like everyone else said to her when she spoke through her mind.

ooc: Best character idea ever XD

[langersandmash]

"oh, sorry I didn't know"
He smiled and closed his eyes concentrating
'can you hear thoughts as well?' he thought
Adam was really trying to see if Ziio could hear him, his face scrunched as he did.
He couldn't imagine how hard it was to not be able to speak, but at least ziio could speak with her mind, instead of not at all.
Adam was concentrating that hard his ear's momentarily turned into cat ears and whiskers appeared on his face then suddenly disappear and reappeared, this repeated a few times. Adam was just hoping the teacher didn't see

[KiKi]

Ziio laughed quietly as some of his body features turned from normal to catlike. She didn't know why he was doing that, but it was actually kinda cute. "Why are you doing that for?" she asked him curiously, tilting her head as she asked.

"Ok ... I think the sound is gone ..." Mr. Long mumbled softly as he looked around. "Can anyone else still hear that ringing?"

Ziio shook her head, as did everyone else, though there was still a faint ringing noise, but she could barely hear it. Although, someone who had sensitive ears might be able to hear it a little more ... or a lot, depending on how sensitive they are to sound.

[langersandmash]

"I was trying to talk to you in m head, but obviously that doesn't work"
Adam whispered to Ziio.
A look of relief flooded Adams face when the sound reduced in volume, it was still annoying but at least it wasn't getting on his nerves as much
"I hate it sometime when that happens,My ears, whiskers, fur and paws are fine but when my tail appears it's a pain, sometimes I can't control it"
Adam had started to talk a bit louder than a whisper and now the sound had gone the teacher turned around looking at adam as if to say
'be quiet'
Adam took this look and slumped in his chair to remain from being noticed for the rest of the class

[KiKi]

Ziio looked at him, then she sighed and continued to sketch. "Sorry," she apologized, "I keep getting people in trouble with this power of mine ..." Ziio gave him a sheepish smile before continuing to sketch. She was drawing a Neko, part human, part cheetah. It was something she liked to draw every now-and-then. Most of her inspiration came from her friend, Lidaya, who could mimic at least three animal skills ... or was that two? She wasn't sure. Ziio began to hum quietly to herself as she drew, making small deformed spots on the ears and tail of the male Neko she was drawing.

ooc: Seriously, I forget how many skills Lidaya can use in animals xD

[langersandmash]

It had been at least five minutes since the teacher had last caught Adam not paying attention, so he decided to try again and talk to Ziio. The teacher was going over stuff he had learnt ages ago and with the buzzing noise still there slightly he was never going to concentrate.
"psst"
Adam had retorted to trying to be very quiet
"ziio, what are you drawing?"
Adam was a the same time mimicking what he said by shrugging his shoulders, pointing at Ziio and making a scribbling motion with his hand.
'I think you have just made a huge idiot of yourself Adam' he thought as he realised how ridicules he must look

[KiKi]

Ziio looked up when she heard a 'psst' noise. She gave Adam a small smile again and showed him what she was drawing. "Cheetah boy," she joked smirking softly, thinking that he doesn't know what a Neko was ... like most of this school.

Mr. Long heard a knock on the door an answered. "... Oh ok," he turned to the class. "Read over your questions, I'll be but a moment." And with that, he left, and as soon as he did one of the jocks snatched away Ziio sketch book.

"Hey!" She shouted at him through her mind. "Give it back!"

"Not until you say it, with your mouth." He retorted rudely. "We all know you have a voice, so use it."

ooc: I had too XD

[langersandmash]

Adam was relieved the teacher had left, and sat back up in his chair. He looked over to Ziio and was about to say something when the Jocks stole her sketchbook.
'ooohhh come on, why do you even need to do that you absolute twit' Adam thought to himself
Adam stood up
"Leave it out, just give Ziio her book back"

Adam was given a reply of "oh is this your girlfriend, do you want me to stop being mean, is the little pussy cat going to stop me" The jock had put on a pathetic little whiny voice on which was his mistake. This had really riled Adam and unfotunatly that's when he couldn't control what cat he transformed into, In a matter of seconds a huge cheetah a bit bigger than the average size, was standing growling at the jock.
'well i'm getting detention for sure'

[KiKi]

The first thing that came out of Ziio's mouth was a scream, but it was quiet, for she doesn't use her voice a lot. Once she realized what happened, she regained her sense of judgement and stepped away lightly, not wanting to know what would happen if this form got out of control. Yes, Ziio liked kittens, but a kitty this big wasn't really ... friendly is the right word to describe it.

The jocks backed away slowly and threw Ziio's sketchbook back to her. "Ok, man chill," he said in a cool tone, "we were only messin' with the chick."

ooc: That's what the all say.