holding on to you;

you are surrounding all my surroundings, sounding down the mountain range of my left-side brain. You are surrounding all my surroundings, twisting the kaleidoscope behind both of my eyes.

[invisibleavery]

King and Lionheart - Ave/Garry

[invisibleavery]

 garretpls:

Garret’s eyes flicked from his video game to the phone he held in his lap. “Come on, come on, come on, come on..” He mumbled under his breath as the controller started to feel the rapid taps of his thumb on the square button. “no, no, no, n- Shit!” He threw the controller on his bed and flicked his whole body backwards as the screen showed his score on the new Crash Bandicoot game. His sigh emanated through the now quiet room and he brought his phone up to face. Clicking the home button the screen lit up to show the time. “Nearly four.” He mumbled to himself and raised his body up with his elbows. Rolling off the side of his bed, Garry ran his fingers through his hair and made his way slowly over to his draws. Humming to himself, he opened the draws and fumbled around before managing to find the board shorts he had hidden. Despite the rain he knew it was gonna be a good day; Avery was gonna be there and that was all he needed. Hearing a knock at the door, he chucked his stuff into a bag and opened the door pulling Avery into a wet hug. His face scrunched up as he let her go and looked down at his shirt.

His eyes fell on how soaked she was and he shook his head. “I get your little fashion pact you’ve made with yourself but it’s pouring down out there, Ave..” He chuckled. “Take it off and I’ll get you a more.. Waterproof jacket.” His eyes rolled as he went to his cupboard and fished around for a bit. “Do you wanna get warm by the heater before we go so you don’t die or are you fine?” He raised an eyebrow as he chucked the jacket at her tiny body. Shoving his shoes on his feet, he looked around and grabbed his keys. His eyes met hers and he pulled a face as he headed over to the bed. “Ready when you are,” he chimed as he pushed the phone into his back pocket and looked over at her. His eyes looked her over and a small smile appeared on his face. His jacket was twice the size of her and although he had seen this sight before, it never got old.

As Garry opened the door, Avery grinned. She flicked back into being visible and was scooped into his arms for a spine-crushing bear hug. She grinned again as she was pulled against him and when he let go she snorted, following his eyes to her own drenched body. “Yeah, I know, it’s a little wet outside.” She stripped her wet jacket off, pulled the arms out straight and laid it out to dry over the back of a chair. It was no big deal if she left things over at Garry’s place - they saw each other every day so it wasn’t like she’d be parted from her jacket for long. She turned around just as the jacket hit her square on - it was blue and very, very big. She smiled, putting her arms through the holes and zipping it all the way up. It came down to near her knees and she had to try to ignore how good and like Garret it smelled. Avery flicked her eyes over to the heater. “Nah, you know me. I’ll survive.” She walked over to it, savoring the few seconds of heat she had, before flicking the switch and turning back to him. “Well, I’m ready. Have you got everything? Speedos and goggles all packed up and ready for a big and incredibly wet day?” She grinned at him again and pulled her sleeves up so she could use her hands to open the door.

Immediately, the immense sound of so much water crashing down hit her like a ton of bricks. Luckily, a small overhang in front of Garry’s door made it possible for her to stay out of it, even for just a few seconds more. Avery loved the rain, and more than she loved the rain she loved playing in it with Garret, but she figured her day was gonna be full of water enough that she could spare a few seconds. She pulled her hood up, hitched her pack higher on her shoulders and turned to Garret, the top half of her face hidden beneath his jacket, but her beaming smile clearly visible. “You ready, punk?” she asked, laughing and leaning into his arm. As she leaned in the opposite direction she kicked water through a puddle at him and splashed his ankles. Avery then leaned back in to bump shoulders with him, walking across the courtyard in the direction of town.

[invisibleavery]

King and Lionheart - Ave/Garry

Grabbing her bag and rushing out of her dorm, Avery barely even had time to tick of a checklist in her head to make sure she had everything she needed. She would never want to make Garret wait, though it was something that happened more than she cared to admit, thanks to her bad time management skills and her poor planning. She took off down the hallway, half running and half jogging, pushing straight through a wall and into the small courtyard outside of the student dorms. The rain was beating down, so Avery pulled her jacket up and over her head. The denim was almost immediately soaked and stuck to her arms, but she kept moving towards the other side of the courtyard where there was a small shelter.

Once she was beneath the small sloping roof, she shook her hair out and saw it was already soaking. With a small grunt and a roll of her eyes, she stepped back out into the rain and marched towards the residents area. Water splashed from beneath the steps of her boots, kicking water up both the front and back of her jeans, which were now dripping and stuck to her. A shiver ran down Ave’s spine and the girl grabbed both sides of her jacket and pulled it closer to her. Muttering to herself, she remarked that ‘we might as well not even go to the pool, I’m already dripping.’ She continued to make her way across the institute’s grounds until she found herself inside the building in which Garret lived. She searched the halls for his room and when she found it (Room 32) she stopped, and wrung out the parts of her shirt she could reach. After a few flickering attempts, Avery managed to flash into invisibility and as she knocked on Garret’s door, she grinned.

[jennsbirchblood]

Anybody fancy a wander down to the town cafe? I really need a coffee.

[invisibleavery]

Do they sell hot chocolate? Also, are you buying?

[coltonquinns-blog]

I’m more of a Science Guy myself, gym was where I got stuck… No matter how much you try it probably won’t work.

[invisibleavery]

Well, a tleast you get to work out without going to the gym. Running around after mutated teens must be a fun 3pm, yeah?

[deadlinc]

Oh, uh, just down the hall to the left. You shouldn’t miss it.

[invisibleavery]

Great, perfect. Can’t believe I got so lost. Thanks.

[garretpls]

Of course I am.. Come on man. Always, wanna head down to the pools?

[invisibleavery]

Sure, sounds like a plan! Meet you at your place at like.. 4?

[deadlinc]

Did I miss an appointment? Why are you in my office?

[invisibleavery]

Uh! Looking for the bathroom?

[garretpls]

You know I only bitch afterwards, he’s probably got a black eye.

[invisibleavery]

Yeah, you’re right. Are we doing anything later? I’m so bored just sitting around in the dorm.

[garretpls]

Ellery scooped them up before I could, the asshole..

[invisibleavery]

Oh, of course he did. I’d have done the same thing, especially if you’re gonna have a little cry about them in the meantime.

[coltonquinns-blog]

You say that but you don’t have you in your class.

[invisibleavery]

You know I’m what makes class worth teaching. Why else would I even come? Someone has to keep you entertained.

[coltonquinns-blog]

School hasn’t even started yet and I regret taking this job.

[invisibleavery]

You just wait, it'll be fine once you get into it.

[garretpls]

I just dropped the last of the chips on the floor. I’m suffering.

[invisibleavery]

If you knew what was good for you, you’d just eat them off the ground -  little bit of grime never killed anyone.

[leviathaninstituterp-blog]

{Avery Black is a Twenty year old student. Her powers include Invisibility and some kinds of Intangibility. She looks like Hayley Williams and is Unavailable}

This Woman’s Tale Begins With:

Growing up in a small town where rumours, true or false, spread quickly, everyone knew Avery was different. Her parents had tried to keep her secret under wraps, constantly telling her to try and contain herself - Avery was an only child and so her parents were raising a child for the first time. With experience, maybe they could have been good parents, but for Avery they were not. Without a sibling to confide in, or any friends at all, Avery felt alone in the world. Even from a young age she tried to tell them she couldn’t control what was happening to her, but it was no use - she was pushed out into the world constantly being told she had to be normal, she had to be the same as everyone else. It wasn’t her fault that she was so different. Every night she would lie in bed and wish that tomorrow her real parents would come for her, tell her she was normal on their planet and take her away. After 13 years of wishing, Avery put the childish idea to the back of her mind and refused to believe in something so pathetic. All the children at the primary school she had been to had stayed away from her because she was different, but when she entered high school, this became even more so because she began to actively rebel against fitting in. Any of the few people who tolerated her or would briefly greet her in the hallway began to pull away from her, and at this point the girl didn’t even mind. She caused trouble as much as she could and this led to her being further excluded; Avery was used to the treatment from her family and the people in her community and no longer cared she wasn’t liked. However, this did attract the attention of Hale Brooks, who would grow to be her best friend.

Fortunately, Avery’s powers would become useful to her when she realized she could control them a little. It took her years and a few lucky coincidences to work this out, but eventually she managed to do more than have them start up at any time and freak nearby strangers out. At whim, she could walk through walls and turn invisible, but the harder she tried to turn it on and off, the more she realized how difficult it was. As her powers progressed she saw it wasn’t only walking through walls. Instead, after research, she discovered it to be a small form on intangibility. Though her stronger power was invisibility, Avery picked up a few strains of intangibility, but not all of them. She still managed to walk through walls and ignore physical matter other than the walls, but she also managed to ignore energies (heat, electricity, etc.) and a few steps of walking on water. Hale helped her, and eventually the two of them combined their specialties to be used for sneaking in and out of places they weren’t allowed, or taking things that didn’t belong to them. When Avery’s parents found out what her and Hale were up to, they realized she could potentially hone her powers with a little help and if they could find somewhere that would take her, the trouble would be out of their hands and she wouldn’t be their responsibility. When they read about Leviathan they immediately enrolled her and as she left, they told her not to come back. This stung her, no matter how hard she tried to pretend it didn’t. Some small part of her had hoped that after she managed to control her powers, her parents would want her. On the ride to the Leviathan Institute, Avery made a final decision. She would never try and be someone she was not and would embrace the fullness of her character as much as she could. She wouldn’t hide her powers, she would trust everyone she met and she would be as naughty and fun as she’d always been in her teenage years. The time of being invisible was gone and she wouldn’t conform any more.

When the girl first arrived at Leviathan, she felt utterly alone. Her plans to embrace her personality were temporarily put on the back burner as she tried to settle in without Hale - the only person who’d even bothered to get to know her was now far away. When she arrived at her dorm room, a quiet but friendly girl was already inside. Avery was thankful that she had been given someone so kind as one of her first interactions with students at the school. Her classes were okay when she attended them, although trying to control her specialties was still a pain - at any moment she could become invisible without noticing, or when trying to walk through walls could end up walking straight into them. Once Avery realized that the people here were just like her, she blossomed. She continues to be the trouble maker she’s always been, enjoying a good laugh wherever she can get one. After years of being avoided, Avery takes every chance to make friends, easily trusting the people around her and defending her true friends loyally. She is competitive and stubborn, but often doesn’t take things seriously enough. For the first time in all her years, Avery has multiple friends. Garret, Blake and Hale are her closest friends, though she has many other mutants around her age that she talks to and would happily get to know better. She doesn’t need to bend her characteristics to each individual and instead acts the way she feels is natural and makes friends with similar interests. She is silly with each of them and for the first time in her life she is fully and truly happy. The only thing she has been seen to take seriously is the fact that she could be taken away from Leviathan at any point, and with nowhere to go, this isn’t really an option. Avery is still oblivious to the turmoil between mutants at the school and mutants outside of it, and has no idea a war is being planned between two very distinct sides.

[paramass]