RPG Sandman: Chronicle One [Warning: Possible mature content]

[Skye]

[font=veranda][size=2][color=indigo][center][I]I understand you?ve been running from the man
That goes by the name of the sandman
He flies the sky like an eagle in the eye
Of a hurricane that?s abandoned.[/I][/center][/color][color=Slategray]

The street was silent, and nothing moved in the rain but two people on opposite sides of the road. No cars came, and the houses that lined the street were dark. They loomed silently above the two loners, and a ghostly presence told them to stay away.

On one side of the street, the person was a girl. She was only 12, but she could pass for a 16 year old. Her name was Velvet, and the rain did not hinder her. She had nowhere to go, and the rain was no problem.

Opposite of her, was a young man. He was 17, and his parents had kicked him out of the house. He could not make out much about Velvet, except that she was there. His name was David. He sat on the sidewalk near his house, and didn?t expect to be let in.

A white limo drove up, slow so as not to slosh muddy water on the two. David looked up, and one window rolled down. An older man, maybe 60, smiled at him from inside. ?Do you need a lift, young man?? David shivered, then shrugged. Someone stepped out of the front of the car, holding an umbrella. David blinked rainwater out of his eyes as the rain stopped pelting him. The door to the limo opened, and the umbrella was held over David.

The man was still smiling. He held out a robe, and David slipped it on before getting in the car. He took off his shoes as the man closed the door.

Velvet watched from the other side of the road, her 12-year-old brain working fast. [I]Something?s not right. I can feel it.[/I] She blinked once, to clear her eyes ? and the limo was gone. Velvet?s empathy was in turmoil. The magic used was strong, and even a minor could feel it.

The girl started running, slamming her shields up. She tried to sort it out. Then it clicked. [I]I could see the old man. His eyes: he was older than he looked. The butler: he, too, was older. And the car ?[/I] Velvet stopped, and turned to look at the road again.

[center][I]Sandman.[/I][/center]

OOC: Alright! Post away![/color][/font][/size]

[DragnMastr]

About a mile away, a teenage boy in a gray cloak slept against a building. His hood was pulled over so you couldn't see his face, just some hair sticking out in the front. It was raining here too, but the boy couldn't care less about it.

A man in a normal business suit, carrying a briefcase and an umbrella walked up to the boy and asked him if he was all right. When the boy didn't respond, he set down his briefcase and reached for his hood...

Suddenly his arm glowed and it started twisting backwards, the man started screaming and dropped the umbrella. The man fell over, screaming in agony until it snapped. His arm stopped glowing and he ran off clutching his arm, leaving his stuff lying there.

The boy got up and walked away from the scene, then disappeared into the rain...

[Lilt]

[font=Book Antiqua][size=2][color=plum]Brittney stopped in the middle of the alley. Her powers of empathy were acting up again. Someone was worried. She tried to send a firefly to calm them down, but they cut it off suddenly. Brittney jerked back in surprise. Thhis must be something important. She ran to into the middle of the street just as a white limo turned onto it. She stopped and stared, and it honked its horn. She ran out of its way and continued to follow the source of the feelings. She soon found a girl standing in the rain, who looked like she was somewhere around 12 or 15 years old, it was hard to tell. Brittney put a hand on her shoulder, but pulled it back when the girl suddenly turned around.[/color][/size][/font]
[font=Book Antiqua][size=2][color=plum][b]"What's wrong? What happened?"[/b] Brittney asked her.[/color][/size][/font]

[Engel]

[COLOR=RoyalBlue][SIZE=1]Spence leaned against the cold, barren brick wall. He was running from everything at times, and at times, nothing. He just ran. He saw a stick, and a small pencil sharpener on the ground. Picking them up, he sharpened the stick to a point, a letal point if going fast enough. He needed some dinner, but he didn't really want to kill any animals. He was about to put the stick away, when a rather fancy car drove by, emmting a foul sense form the magick that was used. Spence used Telekinekis to hurl the stick at the tire with amazing speed, but it bounced off, and almost struck him in the eye. [i]Strange...that's very strange.[/i] He resolved to find Brittney, and ask her if she saw the same thing. He saw her in the middle of an alley, and rushed over to her, taking out some bandages and Neosporin with Telekinekis to help her.

[b]"What's wrong, Brittney?"[/b][/COLOR][/SIZE]

[Anne]

Candy held her pink cat umbrella to keep the rain of her. Now and than she would splash in a puddle. She would laugh and feel like a kid again. She skipped down the sidewalk, she could get away with it, she looked like she was twelve. She was on her way to the grocery store, she need some milk.

She got to the intersection and looked before starting to cross. As she was halfway across the street when a white limo came barreling down the street. The limo nearly hit Candy but she dodge it at the last minute. She may have surived almost nearly being run over but her umbrella didn't.

Speaking in a somewhat raised voice she called after that. "Watch were you are going." Picking up a rock she hurled it at the car but missed.

Deciding that it would be best to leave the street before she looked like her umbrella she made her way down the sidewalkk again. She didn't want milk anymore, she changed her mind alot. "I think it would be good to take a short cut right now. Seeing that I have no umbrella." Coming down she saw two young girls talking. Than she saw a boy run up to them.

[Skye]

[color=Slategray][size=2][font=veranda]Velvet whirled, her blue-black hair whirling with her. Her eyes were worried.

?What?s wrong? What happened?? The girl asked.

Velvet?s mouth fell open as her thoughts reached the girls mind before her words did. [I]Sandman![/I] She stepped back, then looked back the way the Sandman had gone. She turned back. ?I-I? oh gods!? Her violet eyes were wide in shock.

The girl looked worried. ?What?!? Velvet shook her head. ?I?m Velvet. That was Sandman. In the white limo. He-? The blonde girl finished her sentence. ?-took another. For the Trail.? Few these days had telepathy, much less empathy, and this girl had both. ?I?m Brittany. I?ve heard of the Sandman.?

Velvet sat down on the sidewalk, still in shock. A boy ran up to Brittany.[/color][/font][/size]

[Guest Sean]

Shaun felt a cool breeze blow acroos his face, chilled more than usual [I]Somethings up ![/I] he thought as he walked into the open street.

A two girls were at the other side of the road he attampted a simple levitation to get himself over there but the magic around was way too powerful casting like an Anti-Magic barrier for him.

Shaun picked up a fast oace and ran up to them seeing the worry in there faces, "Brittany, and......"::Shaun looks at her for a second before she replys "Velvet, nice to meet you"

Shaun nodded politley "So whats happened here then, i missed it"

Velvet explained what she saw, and Shaun listened intently, nodding and adding comments at points. "So it is [I]him[/I] we are dealing with then"

They both nodded there heads


OOC: Ok i don't know where the story should go from here, lol, so i'll let Skye decide, or anyone else that has a clue, lol

[Skye]

[color=Slategray][size=2][font=veranda]Velvet looked seriously worried. ?I?ve heard the legend of Sandman, and this doesn?t sound good.? Another girl walked up. ?I?m Candy.? She said when they noticed her. The toher boy said, ?I?m Spence.? ?Shaun.? Velvet nodded, then continued.

?I?ve been feeling it ? for days now, my whole life has gone upside down. My dreams are wild. And all because of him.? Her eyes flashed hate, and Brittany gasped as the powerful empathetic waves hit her. Velvet looked up, and shielded better.

?I?m sorry, my anger powers my empathy. I can?t help projecting.? Brittany swallowed, then nodded.

?We have to do something. David?s going to die!? Velvet choked on those words, her eyes tearing up. David was like the older brother she never had. She loved him. She hugged her knees to her, and bit her lip.

Brittany crouched next to her, and rubbed her back. ?Its alright, Velvet. We won?t let that happen.? The others nodded.[/color][/font][/size]

[Engel]

[COLOR=RoyalBlue][SIZE=1][b]"I'm Spence, nice to meet you, but I feel this isn't the time for formalites."[/b] He looked around, then picked up the lids of 10 trashcans, and made the hover in the air, ready for when he needed them. Velvet watched him with some interest, and he just smilied and said,

[b]"I've had this power since I was little. See that dumpser over there?"[/b] He asked, pointing to a dirty old dumpster. She nodded, and he picked it up, his Telekinekis working its magic. It was only moderatly hard, as the Magick from the Sandman was lingering. He set it down and flipped the lids up, so they were like walls.

[b]"Now, what is this Trial? I've heard of the Sandman, but no trial. Don't worry, I'm able to keep these things up for a while."[/b][/COLOR][/SIZE]

[Skye]

[color=Slategray][size=2][font=veranda]Velvet shuddered. ?We don?t know, Spence. Those who came back were to traumatized to tell, or so legend has it.? Fresh tears poured down her face, and she struggled to stop them.

Candy looked worried. ?That?s not good. How are we going to stop him??

No one had an answer for her. Velvet?s thoughts strayed. [I]Summer-Mom-Dad-Tyler, the baby-everyone-[/I][/size][/font][/color]

[Anne]

Candy heard Velvet's thoughts. "Are you worried about your family?"

Velvet looked at her, "What did you say?'

Candy blushed, "I am sorry. I was reading your thoughts. You see i am a telepth and I just sometimes do it without thinking. It seems strange but do all of us some type of power."

[Guest Sean]

"Yeh we all do i think" Shaun agreed with Candy, and continued "Mines ain't gonna work"

Shaun clicked his fingers once, twice on the third attempt he blew himself acroos the street into the garbage. "Am fine people" he laughed, gettin himself up he hovered back over to them. Lifting all the bits of garbage of him he asked

"So whats everyones powers then ?" they all ooke at each other, then began to answer in turn.......

[DragnMastr]

The teenage boy was now somewhere up in the clouds, riding a board of wood he found. He felt...strange. There was something in that direction, but he didn't know what. Something was drawing him.

Suddenly he felt something else, it was familiar, yet different. It was below him, so he started to decend.

Trashcan lids...floating? [i]Only I can do that...[/i] he thought. He finaly landed on top of a building near them. He could make out some voices. Some kids, around his age. But the trash can lids bothered him. So he decided to stick to the shadows, for now....

One of the kids shot out from the sidewalk and into some garbage. He floated back to the others laughing. The teenage boy decided to listen closer...

"So what's everyones powers then?"

[i]Powers?[/i]

[Engel]

[COLOR=RoyalBlue][SIZE=1]Spence made some fireflys come to him, and then they spelled out, "What do you think?" He laughed at it, then let them return. He told them,

[b]"I've got Telekinekis. I'm very strong with it, I don't get thown on my butt when I try it. Watch this."[/b] Spence made some alchaol come out of a beer bottle, then he wrote in the air, "I've got the power!" He looked at Velvet and asked,

[b]"What's yours?"[/b][/COLOR][/SIZE]

[Corey]

[size=1][b]Cedric-[/b] "Ones that are strong in the powers of the mind should not flaunt so openly the gifts that have been given to them." The groupd whirlled at the voice of the newcommer. Cedric shoved his hands deeply into the pockets of his trenchcoat and looked from one face to another. "Especially during times when the supernatural are hunted. You'd do well to keep your powers as low as possible in the open."

[b]Spence-[/b] "Who are you..." He pulled his hands out of his pockets and crossd them in front of him. He was wearing black leather gloves.

[b]Cedric-[/b] "My name is Cedric Harrow. I am a paranormal/supernatural detective of sorts."

[b]Velvet-[/b] "How'd you find us?"

[b]Cedric-[/b] "My empathic powers are small, yet they allow me to sence the paranormal energies that radiate from their users. I felt an extremely strong wave around this area very recently." He eyed each of this children. "I know none of you can be that powerful, or that evil..." He fell silent, watching the crowd. He had spoken more than he had intended. But something about them held his fixation...[/size]

[Engel]

[COLOR=RoyalBlue][SIZE=1]Spence raised one hand and made a sharp piece of glass hover in front of him. He spoke up, and asked,

[b]"I don't care how you found us, I car why. Why did you find us? I'm not afriad to let this shard charge. They can sense if you lie, and I can make things fly, if you get my drift."[/b] Spence made the shard spin in the air like a drill bit, twirling. he wasn't afraid of this man, he would protect things that were in harm's way.[/COLOR][/SIZE]

[Skye]

[color=Slategray][size=2][font=veranda]Velvet reached out, and put a hand on Spence?s arm. ?Spence, don?t.? She said softly. He looked at her, his eyes showing the warring emotions inside.

The pre-teen watched as the shard stopped spinning, but it didn?t drop. Spence tore his eyes away from her, and watched the man.

Velvet stood up. ?Sir, we know what it is you felt. Sandman.? Cedric?s head snapped up, and his eyes bore into hers. She didn?t waver. ?I am almost strong enough to have been what you felt, but I am never evil.?

Her violet eyes seemed to go vacant. She linked with Candy and Brittany, and the three shared a memory block.

[I]A young girl cried out. ?No! Sandman! Don?t!? The old man raised the lethal mind weapon, and struck down at her-[/I]

Velvet rocked, leaning heavily on the wall. Candy cried out softly, and Brittany held her head. Shaun steadied Velvet, his hands under her elbows. ?What is it?? She looked up at him. ?I saw??[/font][/size][/color]

[Engel]

[COLOR=RoyalBlue][SIZE=1]Spence felt her hand on his arm, and stopped the shard from spinning. He kept it in the air, but millions of shards collected in the air, and made a solid glass window to keep the man away. He could do more than move stuff with his mind, oh he could do more than that... he could heat the air particals up, making fire crakle into exstance. A wall of fire formed in front of Cedric, and Spence told him,

[b]"Stay there, if we can trust you, I'll take it down. I'd advise you not to punch, I've superheated the glass to the near melting point, so you'll only get a crispy hand."[/b] He walked over to Velvet, and floated a pillow from an open window on th second floor to her head, and she rested on it. He wanted to know what she saw, but she better get comforable in case it was long.[/COLOR][/SIZE]

[DragnMastr]

[font=Palatino Linotype][size=2][color=dimgray][b]The teenage boy watched in amazement as one of the boys did things he thought only he could do. For a moment, he didn't feel so alone in the world.

[size=2]A man who looked like a P.I. from the old black and white TV shows came up to them. The boy with his powers threatened him, and all the girls suddenly fell weak, the shards of glass melted together and a pillow came down from the second story.[/size]

[font=Palatino Linotype][size=2][color=#696969]The teenage boy decided it was time to make himself known to the others. He levitated himself down to them, and walked towards the girl who had fallen. She reminded him of someone he once knew...[/color][/size][/font][/b][/color][color=#000000] [/color][/size][/font]

[Corey]

[size=1]Cedric watched the completely uneccesary show of powers with what borderlined disgust. No one should use their powers so frivilously.

[b]Cedric-[/b] "Have you any brain at all?" The kid looked up from where he sat, hunched over the fallen girl, with a gleam of hatred in his eyes.. "If I, an empath with abilities that are barely here, can sence you, what makes you think other far more dangerous things than I can't!" He worked himself up to an unintentional yell.

[b]Spence-[/b] "I don't care!" Cedric did a slight mental shove of the flamming piece of glass, all he is barely able to do to items already being acted upon by another telekinetic. The boy recoiled slightly at the unexpected resistance. Cedric bashed the piece of glass to the side with his left arm, singeing his coat and burning the skin just above his gloved hand. With his right, he unholstered his pistol, thumbed back the hammer, and pressed it to the boys chest. He uttered a shocked 'haruff' and stared at the unexpected weapon. Out of the corner of his eye he noted another individual making their arrival from the rooftop.

[b]Cedric-[/b] "No one is doubting your bravado or allegiance to your friends today, boy, but believe me when I say that not even the Sandman is the worst thing prowling the streets. You'd do well to show respect to those that know more than you. Life may have made you paranoid but I can make you dead." He shoved the gun back into it's holster and thumbed the hammer down. He took a small vial filled with red liquid and handed it to Spence. "Give your ill-feeling friend this. It's rosewater and wromwood root. The perfect remedy to heal a mind." Spence stood there with the vial in his hands looking into Cedrics eyes. "I could have killed you and everyone else by know. No one even heard me coming. Is that enough to justify your trusting me?"[/size]

[Ezekiel]

[B]OOC Wah! Damn time difference, wait for me![/B]

[COLOR=SlateGray]Imric had watched the people gather after that white limo had pulled out. He had always had suspicions but now they seemed to be justified.
He flicked back his long hair and walked out to show himself to the group. They turned and stared at him, taking in his priest?s outfit and his serious expression.
Imric bowed slightly, his large cross dangled down and chimed with it?s own chain.
"My name is Imric Connor, I believe I should join you."

"Oh? Any why is that?" Spence asked, he obviously didn?t like the look of this new arrival.

"I have the power of Empathy and I have been trying to find others like me for a while now."
The other exchanged glances and then Velvet spoke up,
"In that case I suppose we should introduce ourselves."
Imric nodded and listen as the group trailed off their names one by one.

"I hope and be a help to you all...." Imric looked down and pushed his glasses back up his nose, waiting for someone to speak.[/COLOR]

[Engel]

[COLOR=RoyalBlue][SIZE=1]Spence hated to admit it, but the dective was right. He decided to take the barriers down. He asked if Cedric had and water, and he pointed to a small puddle of water about 15 feet away. Spence nodded, and with one hand, dropped the firewall, but he couldn't get the heat out of the glass that way. He made the water into a wall as well, and crashed it against with a formitable force. It cooled, and Spence said while getting ready to drop the glass,

[b]"You might wanna move, I can stop most of the shards, but some escape my control."[/b] Cedric nodded and stepped back. The glass dropped to the floor, shattering. Only a few small shards slammed into walls. He opened the vial and tipped it into Velvet's mouth.

[b]"Sorry for my haste actions, but I'm not paranoid. You've got a little of Empathy and Telekinekis, I've felt your Telekinekis, but you need to refine your powers more. I can help with that, as a sorry."[/b][/COLOR][/SIZE]

[ColourDeaf]

Leon walked down the street slowly, nodding his head to the beat of the music on his walkman.

[I]"This could be the very minute
I'm aware I'm alive
All these places feel like home...
With a name I never chosen
I can make my first steps
As a child of 25..."[/I]

he stopped as he saw a group of people standing together, a rag tag bunch of varying ages and style. A priest, a teen ager umong others. Their emotions were palpable things, a blind riot of colours, a silent song beating around his ears.

Distrust

Fear

Acceptance

Anger

He shuddered at the mishmash of emotions. With gentle probing and subtle manipulation, he brought their emotions down. he sent his own in to join them, getly coaxing them to draw on his own. His face went through a myriad of expressions, contorting and changing until he thought it would tear it apart, but it was worth it, as he saw the sudden look of strange contentment on their faces. He smiled and start to walk away, until a voice thundered in his head.

[I]STOP[/I]

He was unable to disobey as he looked at them. 4 of them were staring at them. He visibly shrunk back under their gaze, his uneasiness like an aura of dark light.

[Skye]

[color=Slategray][size=2][font=veranda]Velvet felt the newcomer?s powers up against hers. She touched the rest of the groups minds, and they all looked up as she thought, [I]STOP[/I].

The guy shuddered.

Velvet had swallowed the liquid, and her mind stopped whirling. Her gaze shifted from the newcomer to something in the shadows. She reached out with her mind to touch him ? he recoiled.

[I]Shinyo.[/I]

He had no telepathy, but he could hear her, alright. He stepped reluctantly out of the shadows. Velvet struggled to stand, and, almost without thinking, Shinyo was next to her, steadying her.

Velvet looked up at him. ?Shinyo. When was the last time you came here??[/color][/font][/size]

OOC: Tag, DragnMastr!

[Corey]

[size=1]Cedric walked over the shattered glass, noting the obviously empathic newcommer and cross the alleyway to Spence. Dispite being hasty, the kid wan't bad at all. He spoke in low tones, so as not to disturb the rest of the converations that were going on.

[b]Cedric-[/b] "My powers are as sharp as they're ever going to get. I spent many years working the paranormal sector of the FBI. I've extended my powers to the pinnacle of their abilities. It's all I really need anyway... I'm also a bit of a telepath, byt he way." Cedric took out a small tube of ointment and rubbed it on his burned arm. "You are definitly a powerful telekinetic. One of the best I've seen in a long time. You should be proud, but [i]you[/i] need to refine your powers. Telekinetics can expand their powers until their mid twenties, and then after that you simply learn how to manipulate them to do different things. You've already got particle acceleration down. how about deceleration? Cold? Or spontanious electrical currents?" Spence looked completely confused at the last ability. "You'll learn in time. It'd be a good idea to take a physics course eventually." Spence nodded and looked at Cedric.

[b]Spence-[/b] "You said your powers were already maxed." Cedric nodded and put the ointment back into a pocket. "Well, maybe I can help you manipulate better." Cedric smiled.

[b]Cedric-[/b] "I'll be looking forward to it."[/size]