/builders/ - Hero and Nation Builders!

>>17641

[Jenni]

Jenni continues to sip on her drink until she realizes Krieg isn't going to go away. Eventually she breaks eye contact and pours her coke – it looks like a coke – into the plastic cup. Calmly, very calmly, she stands and then walks over to Krieg and dumps the drink onto his head. It seems to get everywhere, and everyone in the cafeteria seems to notice. She puts the plastic cup on his head.

"Jenni."

Jenni then goes back to her tray, gets a banana, and then leaves. As she walks away, she takes a bite out of it without removing the peel. She laughs to herself as she walks out the cafeteria doors.

>>17642

Krieg tries to wipe the sticky liquid off. She certainly had a thing for putting liquids on him. Trying to mop it off with his sleeve, he stood up and followed behind her as the cafeteria watched and stared. "Jenni! Wait up!" He called out, racing to catch up with her. After he reached her, he shoved his hands in his pocket and casually walked beside her, some of the drink still dripping down his face. "It's rude to walk off in the middle of a conversation like that you know," he said teasingly, trying to mop up the rest of the liquid. The shirt was probably ruined. "You're not going to even give me a chance?" He gives a wide, somewhat smug grin, highlighting his determination.

>>17642

Lucy enters the scene, carrying with her a HUGE tray of food. Much of it is slopilly piled on top of each other with multiple juice boxes to the side.

Behind her, meekly, carrying another tray with an excuberant amount of food seems a very very tired and somehwat disheartened Jotaro, whom Lucy keeps telling to keep up.

He wobbles behind her, his leg's are Bow legged. His fingers tremble at the tray. What unspeakable thing could have happened to the young man to make him so?

"Ey! Jenni!"

Lucy says, walking up to meet her friend. Lucy was late for lunch, but she planned to eat her food outside anyway.

"Hey, you remember Jo-"

>>17643

Then Lucy notices who's walking with her "Oh. Yeah, krieg. . .sup."

>>17643

[Jenni]

"You're not the first guy I've ignored before shitlord!" She breaks into a run, at full speed. She's pretty fast, and she drops her banana; she eventually starts shouting "FUCKING LEEEAVE MEEEE ALONNE FUCKKKERRRRRRRRR!!!"

>>17646

>>17645

Krieg watches her run, extending an arm towards her as she ran. He wasn't going to chase her. Krieg takes note of the taller girl from before. The one that got excited over the ARES brand. "Hi…" He couldn't remember her name, if she had even given it. That whole conversation was remembered as a sort of blur. "And how are you?" He sighs.

"

>>17646

Lucy can only watch Jenni run away with a slight ache somewhere.

>>17647

And then she turns to /that/ boy again. Krieg.

Her face scrunches in a frown, as she looks him down and stare's him in the eye.

"I'm doing good thank you."

Which is followed immediately by.

"You stalking my friend, boy?"

>>17649

"And my name is Lucy. I'd offer a handshake, but as you can see my hands are full."

Lucy looks at Krieg quietly even as he removes his overshirt. Those pecs aren't bad, I should spot train Jotaro.

"Look Krieg, you seem like. . .an okay kind of guy. In a rich spoiled kid kind of way.

But I don't ever want to see you approach Jenni unless she comes to you. Seriously man can you not take a message? The Dean isn't gonna tolerate that shit, and you better believe I've dealt with my own fair share of stalkers on my friends in Rio.

Keep your damn distance from her. If she wants to see you she'll see you herself. I've got my eye on you."

Lucy leaves to eat her extravagant lunch.

>>17650

Krieg shrugged. Sarcasm was lost on that one. He deposited the shirt in a nearby wastebin and starts to walk away. He calls back to Lucy, "I mean, you're looking at it from a very conceded point of view, but, 'what works' am I right?" He snickers a bit, expecting the sentiment to be lost on her. Did she really think he was going to stalk Jenni? Of course not, his interest was much closer to an innate desire to avoid an unfair misunderstanding, he told himself. "The fact I'm covered in some drink should be reason enough for me to pursue and talk to her. After all, she poured it on me and ruined my shirt." Krieg rolls his eyes. 'Do you… wanna eat lunch together. I mean, I don't eat, but we can chat."

>>17651

Lucy was already turning aronud to leave, Jotaro in tow, before stopping.

She takes a big sigh.

"Fine. Lunch.

But only because I want to make sure you don't follow Jenni. And you better promise not to go after her anymore."

Lucy decided to might as well chat with this Krieg fellow, and maybe get him to see how absolutely serious Jenni was about staying away from him.

>just not today because holy shit 1:30 am

>>17655

Krieg starts to follow behind, taking note of the other boy in tow. "You think I'm a rich snob, don't you?" Krieg asks, his tone cold. Trying to calm himself, he recognized the situation was affecting how he carried himself. "I'm sorry, I'm being rude. Anyways, I just tried to start conversation in the cafeteria with her a moment ago. I ran into her and decided to apologize to her for upsetting her earlier. She dumped a drink on my head and tried to just walk off. I tried to follow behind and continue conflict resolution." Krieg shrugs, letting out another sigh for effect. "I'm simply trying to stay friendly to keep things from escalating further. In case you didn't catch it, I was sarcastic about the stalking. If I run into her, I'll be friendly, it's as simple as that." He gives another shrug. "I'm a victim of circumstance. She doesn't even hold a conversation with me to a point I can explain myself." He gives a bit of a laugh. "Of course you've done the same, I'm sure her other friends will do the same. It seems like a lot of assumptions before interaction." Feeling another trickle of liquid down his face, he reaches to wipe himself off again. "Shit'll be a pain to get off."

>>17663

Lucy sits down and just begins engorging herself on the mass of food on the trays both she and Jotaro had brought, occasionally ripping the top off a juice bottle and gulping the thing down in one go.

Lucy, for all her eating, is however paying attention to everyword Krieg says.

She takes a very loud burp, and replies.

"You have no sense of empathy you know that, Krieg?"

>>17677

Krieg cringes a bit at the burb. "Well it's hard to feel for another when they refuse to speak to you other than to insult you. If anything, I'm showing empathy by trying to be friendly and smile through it. Isn't that what being a good person is." Krieg gives a bit of a smirk. "I mean, I don't suppose /you've/ ever dealt with someone who shows you nothing but absolute hatred and smiled through it. You seem the type to rip the head off anything irritating you." His grin grows wider as he adds, "I suppose Jenni's lack of empathy for me is perfectly justified? I mean, you've clearly marked me as a villain for showing good intent through blatant hatred." Krieg pokes at his arm as a small gun pops up, which he quickly pushes back into place. His voice drops to a colder tone. "And yes, tragedy may strike, but I don't believe anyone showing pure hatred towards another without getting to know them is the justified side. I'm trying to be friends with her, despite her blind hate." His lifts his arm, folding and unfolding the cannons aimlessly. He takes a deep breath before finally adding, "You're slipping into the same hatred, just because I'm trying to outdo her hatred with kindness. Is that what this school is? A cycle of hate?"

>>17679

[Jenni]

Nobody sees Jenni enter the cafeteria, load up on drinks, and then pour them with intent into a variety of plastic cups at great speed. By the time she is done, she has loaded down an entire tray with filled cups. She carries the tray diligently over to Krieg, stands behind him, and then waits for a second. Her SLAYER t-shirt is firmly compressed to her chest; she smiles as much as she grimaces. It is hatred mixed with relish and glee; she is carrying a large tray loaded with cups.

The cups are a vehicle of her anger. As such, Jenni's next action is fitting and it was in keeping with her conduct up until this point. The tray was composed of 15 cups, each of them filled with deliberation using 15 cans of varying sodas that Jenni poured out. By the fifth can, Jenni was whistling a little bit. By the 10th can she had drawn a small audience. By the 15th the audience had been drawn to where she was walking; a small pile of cans had been left on the serving area and the cooks exchanged odd glances.

The falling drinks onto Krieg are only announced by a viciously intoned "HEY SHITLORD, I FORGOT MY DRINK, HERE'S YOURS."

The surprise is total. Jenni leans in a little, her face twisting to hatred; she shows her teeth. “I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO GET YOU, SO I GOT YOU EVERYTHING.”

>>17682

[Jenni]

Jenni smiles widely, probably the widest anyone's ever seen. Her eyes flare open and her teeth occupy a good portion of her face. It is a face of derangement.

Jenni then starts laughing, hard. Her hair flops left and right; the sound peals through the cafeteria and she cranes over to put her hands on her knees. Eventually she exhausts her breath and stops, slowly. "Ah..ah…ok." She extends her arm to Krieg, as if telling him to cease. Eventually Jenni corrects her posture and leans in.

"Don't talk to me again Krieg, or this will happen again. The rich aren't used to being humiliated; you wouldn't be able to take it. This is a taste. I've done worse to people for less."

Jenni then blows a kiss and gives an effete wave that a southern belle would. She is laughing again as she strolls out the cafeteria; she doesn't care about the mess and just leaves it.

"My tax dollars at work." She snorts.

>>17683

Krieg gives a grin and a small wave to Lucy as he strolls behind Jenni. "Surely that's not all!" He calls out, trying to cause a further stir. "After all, you've done /much worse/." Krieg begins to cackle a bit, uncaring that he now lacks a shirt. "Aren't we /friends/?" Krieg slicks back his soda filled hair and increases his walking speed a bit, ensuring he catches up with Jenni. "I mean, since we're friends and all, shouldn't we walk together?" Krieg's voice is somewhere between sarcasm and something genuinely friendly. He attempts to make eye contact. "You have a funny way of showing affection."

>>17686

[Jenni]

Jenni turns and makes a briefly disgusted (and confused) look as she stops and cranes over. "You just don't get it, do you. And you never will. I might not be able to get back at the other richy fucks, but I can get back at you." She pokes him in his chest. "You're my vodoo doll for the fucking world Krieg. You're going to be my catharsis. And you're going to sit there and take it until you feel what I feel every day for things like you." She is growling by the end of the sentence and has a fierce quality about her; some men would find it fetching. Her hair blows in the wind a little bit; it is tussled and unbrushed.

"There's nothing you can do about it. Rich people think they can bend the world to them, but I'm going to break you Krieg, I'm going to watch your gold-plated spine break. Your life will be hell here. I'll make it hell. It's what I owe to the people in the Cascades. And you're getting off light, Krieg. You're getting off FUCKING. LIGHT." Her emphasis on the last two words is sharp.

"Bye Krieg, you fucking shitlord."

She storms off.

>>17689

Krieg grin grows wider as he breaks into a light pace to keep up with Jenni, turning around and jogging backwards once he caught up. "Well if you're so ready to break me, why don't you give me a nice punch or two. I won't even fight back or complain." He motions to his face and grin that has remained on his face through the whole ordeal. "I know you're hurting and you're using me as your source of sadistic escape, but if you want to do something, to prove a point, you should do it." He steps in front of her, blocking her path. "Is it I'm the source of all your problems now? That I'm an escape for you? Well here's your chance. I'm made of metal, I won't break. Beat your heart out until you're ready to be friends." As Krieg spoke, his cheery demeanor dropped almost into a commanding tone. He wanted Jenni to move past the anger, at least in the moment, even if it meant a dent or two. Hot water could fix those.

>>17691

[Jenni]

"Ugh. Krieg, even I killed you it wouldn't be enough. I've done that. Killed a lot of people. It's fun too, sometimes. Now, fuck off, you're boring me now. You're not even funny any more, you're just sort of pathetic. Look at you." She points to him, and laughs. "Jesus christ. Oh…man I did get you with those drinks didn't I?"

She starts laughing again, and her body trembles as the noise echoes out of her. Students emerge from the cafeteria; a small crowd gawks and whispers.

"Oh…jeeze, christ." She leans over and puts her hands on her knees. "You're fucking killing ME here. God, you're pathetic. Fucking child comes here and tries to give me the holier-than-thou-routine. No, I'm just gonna harass you periodically. If I killed you I couldn't hurt you any more, and I wouldn't want that."

She makes a shit-eating-grin.

"Now stop bothering me, you're boring me now. Fuck." She produces a cigarette and lights it with a single motion, then walks off again.

>>17694

Krieg laughs and agrees throughout Jenni's attempts to reestablish dominance of the situation. She might not have realized it, but moments ago she had expressed that she was hurting, and Krieg was serving as an outlet for that hatred. His grin only grew. In a sense, he felt they were friends, even if in a nontraditional sense. Hair still slicked back and without a shirt, he returned to Lucy to apologize for the whole fiasco, but also to reiterate his point of Jenni's blatant dislike and seeking of him. Not that he minded it. It was almost a sort of attractive feature in his friend. The fact that she had some level of reliance on him that was brought about through her attempts to break his will. He sat back down across from Lucy. "So yes, I am indeed the villain in this situation as you just saw your friend seek me out to dump sodas on me." Still smiling to a degree, he added, "She's hurting, and apparently she's using me as a punching bag. I'm letting it happen because I think it's good for her. Don't tell me I don't care for others, alright?"

>>17696

Azzy walks into the Lunchroom, Shoulders hunched reading the school issued tablet. The Kid's hands were shaking a little bit, he had caught a glimpse of HER damn that girl. Azzy surveyed the room while trying to enter a calmer state of mind. The young Necromancer saw Krieg sitting across from Lucy covered in soda without a shirt. To make the scene more ludicrous the cyborg was smiling.

"Don't ya think you should ask Azzy?" Remmy whispered.

The Magus's head shook indicating food was the priority.

>>17696

Lucy could not help but watch the whole thing with a somewhat morbid sense of curiousity, devouring the last pieces of her meal even as the altercation took place.

A very sticky robot boy sits down in front of her again.

Somewhat in a state of not knowing what to say, she sighs.

"I'm not a psychologist.

But that is unhealthy as shit."

She down's a bag of chips, the last of her meal, giving both trays to Jotaro nearby.

"But. . .I guess, it could be worse."

Lucy wipes her hand on a napkin and stares at Krieg, rubbing her chin intently.

"Look just, goddamn, don't hurt her okay? If this is some kind of twisted therapy for her, and you seem genuinely interested in caring for her, then whatever the hell, but this is insane. . ."

("And you're a little too genuinely interested if you ask me. Fucking hell, I thought Kojo and Moko were bad enough and now this.")

>>17741

>>17738

"Again, I'm just enduring what she throws at me. It's not like I'm going out of my way to get hurt. If you want to resolve this, you can talk to her and get her to talk it out with me. She refuses to stay and talk after she does something, so she's probably just scared." Krieg waves an arm and scans the cafeteria casually, a few people eyeing him as he remains shirtless. He notices the boy from earlier that day. Azzy, wasn't it? "I'm going to go say hi to a friend. See you around." He stands up and walks to Azzy. "So how goes it." Krieg gives a grin, trying to turn so light reflects off his soda covered and at Azzy. "I was in a bit of a… sticky situation." Krieg laughs harder than he should have at his joke.

>>17743

The magus snorts at the bad pun, shoulder relaxing a little Krieg has some wit at least, that's good. Definitely not Kojo. Azzy continues gathering a rather large quantity of food onto the platter. "L-lucy do that to you? She str-struck m-me as more of a p-punch first person."

>>17744

"No, her chum Jenni. She's using me as an outlet for her /teenage angst/," Krieg says, half sarcastic. "It's whatever, but I'm trying to be friendly, malicious as she is." He eye's Azzy's plate of food. "That sure is a lot. More than enough to wheat your appetite at the very least." He chuckles before adding, "Do you need to get more, or do you want to go sit?"

>>17745

Azzy's good mood seems to evaporate as soon as Jenni's name is mentioned, the puns doing nothing to lighten the mood. A grimace on the young Necromancer's face is plain as day, as is the tightening around the shoulders. "B-be careful around her Kr-Krieg, she's a m-monster d-d-down to her soul. She may LOOK human but her h-hands are covered with more than enough innocent bl-blood. She's d-d-dangerous." Azzy looks Krieg in the eyes, food on the platter and location temporarily forgotten.

>>17746

Krieg meets Azzy's eyes, not losing his grin. "I promise, Azzy, I'll be careful. Besides, I think she's just afraid." He shrugs and notices how tense Azzy has gotten. "Do you wanna go sit and eat? You're tense."

>>17747

"N-no It's n-not that. I'm a Necromancer, I can s-sense things about people. Who's a m-magical girl or boy, who h-has magic or tech in th-them, and other th-things. That g-girl terrifies me, b-because there is a trail of bl-blood and ruin left in her wake. It stains her in s-such a way that it c-cannot be an accident. Wh-whatever lead to it was w-willingly chosen. She is a monster, one the f-faculty don't s-see fit to k-k-kill. Th-this is f-for your own b-benefit Krieg, stay away from her." Azzy breaks Kriegs gaze and walks to a table.

>>17748

Krieg remains smiling as he puts his hands behind his head and follows. "So tell me, am I full of tech or magic, mister necromancer?" Krieg laughs at the question. "I don't have a lot of experience with magic though. You should show me what it's about some time, I'd be interested to see how it goes."

"Tech, You h-have the magical ability of a dead l-lemming Krieg." Azzy deadpans. "L-listen if you won't t-take my word for it, just l-look up her p-past. She's a war criminal, s-so I'm s-sure you'll f-find I'm right." Azzy stops speaking for a moment and lets out a long breath, likely to regain composure. "Enough of th-that, I'm hungry it's t-time to eat." Azzy moves to sit at a table.

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>>17747

>>17751

Watching from her table, Moko had silently finished her lunch as Jenni had stormed out. Sighing to herself, she forcibly rolled her self out of her seat, and shuffled over to three of them, frowning. Once again, it seemed like Krieg was just trying his hardest to get his face punched in.

"Uh, buddy. Krieg. You sure didn't take my warning, did you?" she says, placing her hand against her chest, trying (and failing) to emote being hurt.

>>17751

Krieg leans back in his chair. "So rude," Krieg teases. "You're probably afraid of my /innate magical ability/." He waves his hands around at the last three words. "That's a lot of food. I don't usually eat considering I just have to empty it out later." Krieg remembers there's still soda on him and begins trying to wipe it off.

>>17753

Azzy snorts, "Moko has more m-magical ability than you, gr-granted not much more, but it's there. The f-fact you're almost all m-machine doesn't h-help." Azzy looks down at the platter. "You've n-never had to go hungry, or u-use up a lot of energy without getting a re-recharge have you? This is nothing c-compared to when I first started eating l-like a civilian again."Azzy looks at the Struggling Cyborg and hands him some napkins.

>>17755

Azzy's eyes snap shut, "Ow, shit." The Necromancer twists to avoid looking at it. "Warn s-someone before you p-pull something like that out."

>>17756

"Sorry. Sorry," Krieg says, returning the ball to his chest. "I would try to make weapons that utilize it if I had any magical knowledg." Krieg giggles a little. "Sorry for flashing you, Azzy, but I thought you'd be interested in that sort of thing."

>>17755

Moko looks at it directly, apparently lacking a concern for her eyes. "Huh. Neat. So uh.. You cant take a hint can ya? Well, neither can I to be honest. But, uh, what Jennu did… I dont think thats a hint. More like a…. Soda waterfall to the face of dislike."

>>17760

"I also like seeing, That was l-like a flashbomb going off in m-my face!" Azzy starts rubbing light spots out of his/her eyes. "B-besides, true Necromancy d-doesn't mix with technology well."

>>17760

Colin returns to the cafeteria after witnessing the events in Massachusetts. Just looking at him it was hard to tell that he was just mourning the deaths of his first friends that he had just witnessed as well as his own powerlessness to prevent them from happening. The only evidence of his sorrow were his slightly furrowed brows and a slight frown upon his normally neutral face.

Colin walks right up to Krieg and begins speaking. “I just came to inform you that I am sorry for leaving you here after bringing you here. I had an important matter to attend to.” Colin’s head twitches towards the west for a moment, but he physically restrains himself from looking, it was too painful right now. “It is over now and I find myself exhausted, I will be returning to my room if you need to find me. I’ll see you later.” Colin turns to leave.

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>>17765

Krieg nods to Colin, giving a wave goodbye before he turns towards Moko. She was here to criticize like Lucy had. He closed his eyes as he spoke, taking a deep breath. "Jenni told me a thing when we started to walk off. I think she and I are friends. Lucy may be going to talk to her about it. Maybe you should too. It's… weird." He opens his eyes and looks back at Azzy. "Again, I'm sorry!" He extends a hand towards Azzy before recoiling, unsure how he'd help him.

>>17765

Azzy glances at the thing, NOPE NOPE NOPE avoid avoid avoid. Worse than looking at Kreig's core. Azzy visibly pales and studiously avoids looking at the boy.

>>17766

Azzy takes a long sigh, too much was happening all at once. Dealing with it was getting hard. "It's your f-funeral Krieg, l-l-literally." Azzy reaches a hand out tentatively, this was incredibly uncomfortable, but it was a sign of respect. Furthermore Krieg was liable to be dead shortly from all indications. "Good Luck" Azzy speak managing not to stammer.

>>17768

"You're gonna leave just like that?" Krieg asks. "I'm really sorry about to core thing." Krieg's smile wavers. "Well go wherever it is you go. I hope to see you later."

>>17769

Azzy blushes the embarrassing gaffe was a mistake. "No I was going to eat, I th-thought you were l-leaving. I still have f-food." The mystic martial gestures towards the platter. "My m-mistake."

>>17770

"It's fine." Krieg's grin grows wider. "You're blushing you know." He giggles a little as he leans in a little closer to Azzy.

>>17771

Azzy leans back and scoots back. "H-happens, like I said, n-not good with p-p-people." Azzy starts attacking the platter voraciously to avoid any more faux pas.

>>17766

>>17768

Colin makes no acknowledgement that heard what Krieg had said, or that he noticed the discomfort of the other young… boy? He simply leaves the cafeteria, his eyes unfocused and a frown on his face. Once he reaches his room he locks the door behind him lays upon the bed and simply thinks. He could not fall asleep, he knew this. So he attempts meditation, he had only ever heard of it but now seemed as good a time as any to try and get all of his thoughts straight and to control himself.

Colin examines himself, his ideals and his feelings. He does not lock away any of his emotions like his sadness or his grief. Instead he turns them into a fuel for his success. Adding them to the already compelling and driving force that pushes him to succeed. Colin sits up in his bed and sits in a cross legged position, to better help himself concentrate. The air shimmers around him as his field reacts to his heightened level of concentration and emotion.

Colin begins to levitate off of his bed and a halo of light appears above him, a faint aria can be heard if one listened through the door as a white light shines through the doorframe. Colin continues his meditation as he turns everything about himself into a driving force to continue on. To better himself and fulfill Doctor Nikiolay’s design. To become a savior. To destroy the abominations that threaten humanity and slew his friends. To one day make an impact upon this world and change it for the better.

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>>17766

Moko shrugs. "What ever, pal. I'll go talk to Jenni." Moko turns to leave but pauses. "Oh.. And, uh, see ya latter i guess. You too.. Uh, Spooky uh… Guy?" she lazily brushes off the question before sleepily waltzing the opposite direction of Jenni, and disappearing behind a pillar.

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>>17774

"Azzy, you're doing fine, I promise." Krieg gives a wide grin and returns to a more upright posture. "It was just fun seeing you blush like that. I'm sorry for making you uncomfortable."

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>>17774

"Azzy, you're doing fine, I promise." Krieg gives a wide grin and returns to a more upright posture. "It was just fun seeing you blush like that. I'm sorry for making you uncomfortable."