Frozen Heart

Andrew Winston Bolts Thirty Three Hailgrove University Security Guard Ice Manipulation & Lie Detection                                                          So cut through the heart, cold and clear.                                                                     Strike for love and strike for fear.                                                          There's beauty and there's danger here                                                                                                     Split the ice apart                                                                                  Beware the frozen heart.

[andrewbolts-blog]

[Andrew can feel it in his lungs before anyone else. His ice manipulation makes him sensitive to it. He coughs once then swallows, recomposing himself. He wants to follow the smoke and tell whoever it is off. Maybe freeze their cigarette. But he doesn't. It's outdoors and it's not as though this part of campus is smoke-free. But still, he's patrolling this area at the time and he knows he'll have to walk through it. He scowls then brings his coffee up to his lips to take a drink. However, nothing seems to be coming out of his nearly full coffee cup. He glances at it and groans. The brown liquid is frozen solid in the cup] God dammit! 

[samuelkennedy-blog]

I-I don’t know, man. That’s what I’m trying to figure out. It’s been seven years since I last saw her. She was thirteen then and now she’s all grown up and it’s… I don’t know. She’s, you know, different. And not necessarily in a bad way.

[andrewbolts-blog]

Yeah. She grew up. People do that. Not in a bad way? That would be  called a good way, kid. And it sounds to me like she's caught your eye. I had a friend who was in almost the same situation once. Girl from his past shows up and is all grown up and different... he said that exact same thing about her. The whole "she's different but not in a bad way" thing. But I don't want you ending up like that guy. It took the girl getting into some serious trouble and nearly dying for him to come to terms with his feelings. 

Look, try this. Ask her out on a date. Just one date. If things feel weird and you realize that, hey, you don't feel anything romantic towards her then that'll figure that out and you'll just go back to being confused. But! If you do realize that the date's nice and you wouldn't mind a second one then you'll have your answer.

[samuelkennedy-blog]

Fine. But just keep them away from me or I’ll end up stress-eating.

Okay, so. Uh. Way back when I was a kid, I was in a training camp, right? And I became friends with this guy and his little sister. We were separated like seven years ago and now the sister is here because my friend and I decided a long time ago that if he was in trouble, she should come find me. Anyway, long story short, she’s here and she asked me about one of my friends and I don’t know… it’s not crazy for me to think that her dating one of my friends is strange, right?

[andrewbolts-blog]

Yeah, sure.

Mhm, alright. So, a blast from your past showed up all of a sudden and you're upset about her wanting to be romantically involved with your friends? Uh... no, I guess not. Really, it depends on why you think it's strange for her to date your friends. As in, is it one of those things where you think of her like a little sister? Because if that's the case that's normal. I've got a little sister and I'm pretty sure I'd be uncomfortable with her dating my friends. Or is she just a good friend that, you know, you happen to think is funny, beautiful, and everything you'd want in a girl? Because if it's that then you're a jealous idiot who needs to man up and confess his feelings.

[victoriahendrix]

[In between classes, Victoria walks through campus, noticeably irritated. She probably doesn’t look very inviting, but she doesn’t really care.]

[andrewbolts-blog]

[Andrew trails around the campus, simply giving his legs something to do. He notices students parting in places and avoiding looking towards a certain professor strutting through the campus. He's certain he could see the scowl on Victoria's face even if he were all the way across campus. He sighs and shoves his hands in his pockets before walking towards the dangerous teacher. When he reaches her he turns and falls into step with her.] Professor Hendrix. You're looking particularly murderous today. Any reason why?

[redrolan-blog]

[Rolan walks through campus, exhausted. She’d gotten hardly enough sleep last night - Saturday night in a university full of people with powers, what else could she expect - but she’d still been assigned duty today. God damn it.] I could really go for a milkshake and a nap right now.

[andrewbolts-blog]

[Andrew glances up when he hears the pounding, angry footsteps and pissed voice and he scoffs at Rolan's angry expression. He shakes his head and chuckles] Don't we all, Sweetheart? Where are you off to, anyway?

[victoriahendrix]

[andrewbolts-blog]

Do you have something against doughnuts?

[samuelkennedy-blog]

Mind putting your donut-eating marathon on hold for a minute? I need some… advice.

[andrewbolts-blog]

You need some advice? Alright. But last time I checked I'm pretty capable of giving advice and eating at the same time so I won't be putting a hold on the donuts.

So what sort of advice do you need?

[karlurbaninternational]

"He flipped a van once. Pretty cool. Didn’t know he could do that. [x]

[andrewbolts-blog]

I had to deal with two horribly drunk first years but I also got to keep the box of two dozen donuts they had with them. So things could be worse.

[jackwinters]

...

[jackwinters]

[She looks over at the guy and points at the overturned table.] That table has verbally abused me since I moved into this dorm last semester. You don’t understand the torment it is to walk by this table nearly everyday just to be insulted and put down. Sir, this table deserved what I did to it. 

[andrewbolts-blog]

[He scoffs then shakes his head and continues to the trashcan to toss in the bit of trash he had.] Violence is never the answer. You're supposed to do tell someone about it or deal with it some sort of civil way. [He then goes to the table and rights it.] Now. I believe you've got an apology to say to this table. [He pats the surface of the table.]

[samuelkennedy-blog]

Right. Because I’m the type of guy girls want to ‘settle down’ with. My life moves too fast for settling down. Even when I’m staying under the radar.

[andrewbolts-blog]

There's probably at least one girl out there in the world who wouldn't mind your obnoxious personality and crazy life enough to fall in love with you. Course, I worry for that girl's sanity...

Or! It'll be the other way around! It'll be you falling for a girl. That's actually something I'd enjoy seeing. You trailing some poor girl around like a puppy and getting jealous and such. You probably wouldn't even understand what was happening to you.

[jackwinters]

...

[In one of the dorm lobbies, a table mysteriously finds itself on the floor.]

[andrewbolts-blog]

[Andrew came in just to throw a bit of trash away. But he pauses, seeing the table, then looks over from it to see it's attacker.] What the hell, kid, what'd the table ever do to you?

[emmyclearwater]

That would suck.. but you bring it on yourself, man. You walked right into it.

Well, thank you. 

[andrewbolts-blog]

Me walking into these things isn't the problem.

Your welcome? I think. 

[emmyclearwater]

Sure it is.

Don’t be rude. Ah, sounds like fun.

[andrewbolts-blog]

It would be the same for you if you heard references from it from your sister every time you spoke to her.

First years are usually the most troublesome. If you like calling bullshit on the lies college kids tell to get out of trouble then sure.

[devanchanning]

If you call me Devan, I’ll probably find a way to stick your scrotum into your ear.

I’m only half-serious about that. But if I seemed like a threat, you’d take me as a threat, wouldn’t you? I like staying under the radar.

[andrewbolts-blog]

Well that's a threat I haven't heard before, I'll give you that.

Maybe. Depends on how threatening you seem. You're a student here, right? The students here aren't much of a threat to me. No matter what sort of talents they have.

[emmyclearwater]

Don’t act like you don’t like it.

Yes I am. It’s my first year here.

[andrewbolts-blog]

I don't. I hate that goddamn movie. It's the bane of my existence.

Of course you're a first year. Well I'm the security guard around here.

[devanchanning]

Well, you call me Dev and we won’t have any problems from here on out, Andrew. Unless you’re into the love-hate relationship thing.

[andrewbolts-blog]

And what happens if I call you Devan?  Or am I to assume it's one of those 'you wish you'll never been born' sort of tihngs?

I'm sort of doubting it is much. You don't seem very threatening to me.