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Sean ✦ 22 TIDAL WAVE "have you ever noticed the word 'swims' looks the same upside down?" var sc_project=10816511; var sc_invisible=1; var sc_security="395bd4dd"; var scJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://secure." : "http://www."); document.write("");

[moonandtldes-blog]

siennabrodie:

“Unfortunately, none of the Clays I’ve ever met are really fitting of the description,” Sienna replied with a shrug, and continued to listened to his line of increasingly poor - or perhaps wonderful - puns. With a laugh, she conceded, “Well done, you. Is cheeky your superpower?” The question rolled off her tongue without her even thinking of it, and it wasn’t until after it hung in the air between the two that she realized what she’d said. “S-Sorry, you don’t have to answer that. It’s a personal topic.”

Her comment had originally caused a half grin -- a single dimple included -- on his face, but Sienna’s sudden grave expression weakened his expression. Still, he chose to ignore the somewhat heavy atmosphere that had suddenly settled between them with a shrug. “Pretty much,” he smiled at her instead, good-humoured while overlooking her apology. “Attempts at lame puns are pretty much all I’ve got going for me right now. --Honestly, I don’t really have a reason to be here,” he said nonchalantly -- and he wasn’t lying, not really. Leaning slightly closer as if to share a secret, he half-whispered: “I’m only here for the free food and the fancy housing,” before absent-mindedly sending her the swiftest wink. On those words, he took a step back again to get another handful of his cereal. “What about you, is coming up with really deep metaphors your superpower?” A small smile could be discerned on his expression while he chewed, one that Sean hoped conveyed that she was free not to answer his question seriously if she desired. 

[moonandtldes-blog]

dan-fitzpatrick:

“Oh, hell yeah it was! It was sweet.” Dan nodded with a grin, half at the other guy’s expression. “Recommendations, yeah? Hmm…Hey, do you like the Transporter films? I have the whole box set back in my room.”

“Uh-huh,” Sean nodded at the other’s rhetorical question, before frowning slightly in perplexity at the recommendation. “...Did you say ‘Transformers’?” he asked, tilting his head ever so slightly to the side. “Like the car-robot dudes, Megan Fox,” he unperturbedly added explosion noises with the hand movements that went with it as an element of his enumeration, “kind of movies? --Cause I mean yeah, I did, but I haven’t watched them in a while.” 

[moonandtldes-blog]

sink or swim || fionn & sean

[fionnclarke-blog]

Fionn sighed, flopping into his bed face down.  Everything ached, every single muscle, but it wasn’t a bad ache.  Rather, it was more the sign of a power training session gone well.  The trainers and he had gotten up to the point where he was now able to bench almost a tonne, and now they were working on maintaining that hold for longer and longer periods of time.

The only downside was that he had to spend the rest of the day recovering after these sessions, since they left him extremely weak and shaky.  Which is why he was sprawled across his bed, eyes closed and face buried in his pillow - it was time for what he’d decided was a well-deserved nap.

Absorbed as he was in getting comfortable, Fionn didn’t hear either the knock on the door or the quiet click of the door opening.  He did, however, hear the voice that sounded, and he blinked, rolling onto his side to see who had decided to come into his room.  “You need something?” he asked, furrowing his brows a little bit.

[moonandtldes-blog]

“Welp. Wrong room,” Sean whispered under his breath, his body exaggeratedly frozen in a somewhat comical stance, as if in the middle of a race. Casually, he put his arms back down by his sides again before answering the other Super: “Honestly? Yeah, I do. I’m looking for something to do,” he nodded and pursued the movement as he picked up, “Anything. Something fun, preferably. Got any ideas?” Tilting his head slightly to the side this time, he shot Fionn a toothy grin, waiting for his answer. So perhaps his original plan was to bug Felix to pass the time, but Captain Impossible could probably come up with an idea, right? After all, what couldn’t he do? 

[emerie-ducain-blog]

Emerie hadn’t ever really thought about it. Stars and the sky were things she didn’t quite understand. She was perfectly happy on the ground where she could run and climb. “Dunno,” she shrugged, chewing slightly on her lip. “But I’m pretty sure most of ‘em are named after important things. At least I think so? I dunno. I don’t look at them very often.” That was a lie. She stargazed like crazy. Mostly when she’d scaled a rooftop at nice just to feel what it was like to breath at the top of a city.

[moonandtldes-blog]

Sean frowned in thought at her explanation. “Isn’t there one named after a dog? I guess dogs are important,” he shrugged, before nodding a few times to himself. “Honestly, the Big Dipper’s the only constellation I actually know. So I’m not that much more knowledgable than you.” Another handful of cereal went into his mouth, and he waited until he had swallowed it all until he continued: “They look pretty cool though. Stars, I mean. Sort of sucks that you can’t see many of them in the city.”

[moonandtldes-blog]

magnitudezia:

“Basketball, a little track…mostly Volleyball, though. I was a big sport for us back home. Partially because you can play it anytime, anywhere…kinda.  Sports is definitely something you have to train yourself  AND your body to get used to so, it is kinda a big task…”  She shrugged and gave a laugh, hand rubbing up her arm. She didn’t want to come off as boastful by any means, Sports was just…her thing. And it was nice to be able to talk about it to someone just for this brief moment. Then she smiled back at Sean with a toss of her head. “You said you’ve moved around? Where all have you been?” Moving around sounded almost like…a dream, truthfully. To see other places than the same streets and roads she’d pretty much grew up seeing.

“Wait, three sports? Impressive,” he raised his eyebrows, still grinning. “D’you ever win anything? --Yeah, no kidding,” he returned a smile before shoving his hands in his pockets. It was definitely a task he had never succeeded in completing. “The physical fitness training sessions must not be too hard for you, I’m guessing?”  

“Yep,” he nodded, “I was born in Korea, moved to Virginia, stayed a bit in Canada, moved back to Virginia, and then Colorado,” he recited, tilting his head to one side and then the other as he listed every place he had lived. “Father’s job,” he added swiftly afterwards, dismissing the length of the list with a shrug.

[moonandtldes-blog]

violetvenus:

Violet appreciated the attempt at light humour, and she desperately hoped her general irritation of puns, especially bad puns, show. He was trying to help after all. So she managed a probably unconvincing smile and set the tea down next to the kettle, turning it on.

“Thank you.” She smiled again, she guessed she’d have to do that a lot so people don’t think she’s a total sociopath. “Yeah I’m new. Violet.. Siren.. Whichever you’d prefer. Nice to meet you Sean.”

Sean returned the smile before picking up his glass of water again to finish its content. “Siren? Cool,” he grinned as he put the item back in the sink, recalling hearing about the Super not too long ago. “So you get to control slash manipulate people with your voice, right?” He spoke with an enthusiastic tone, obviously far from apprehensive about the possibility that she could use her power on him. “Do you get to imitate random voices too? Are you super good at impressions and stuff?” 

[moonandtldes-blog]

dan-fitzpatrick:

Dan nodded - half the people here were nerds, so he wasn’t surprised at all. “Well, I mean, no. There was, like, science shit in there, too, but who pays attention to that? Besides the nerds.” 

“True,” he shrugged. “I just hope the sun engulfing, earth destroying part was shown in a really cool way, or else the movie sounds like a waste of time,” he crinkled his nose at the thought. “Speaking of movies, got any recommendations for me? I haven’t watched one in ages -- plus I’ve been way too bored lately, so movies sounds pretty tempting to me right now.”

[nightmcvess]

Sienna cocked her head ever so slightly towards the boy, a smile nestled into her features as a hint of curiosity sparked up in her eyes. “I suppose that is a curious vexation,” she let out with a light laugh. “Well, the way I see it is that clay, much like dirt, is part of the earth. So, in a sense, a person who has that name might consider themselves made of earth, made of the same mold that a potter uses to create their art.” Looking at him with a knowing smile, she added, “That is, if you want to see it through a metaphorical lens. If not, it’s really just a bad name.”

[moonandtldes-blog]

Sean opened his mouth at the other Super’s initial explanation, only to close it back again without a word escaping his lips. Blinking a few times, he finally answered: “Wow, that got deep.” Her next words originated a loud laugh from him, and he was still smiling as he answered: “Yeah, those were some thick metaphorical lenses, alright...” he trailed off, before a gleam crossed his eyes. “--A true spectacle, although a bit too corne..a for me,” he frowned slightly at his second pun -- that was not his best one -- yet proceeded to flash the girl a toothy grin nonetheless. 

[moonandtldes-blog]

violetvenus:

Violet quietly entered, not totally sure what to do with herself. She hasn’t been in a group of new people since high school, and she had never been around a group of people who knew each other. She decided to do what she does best, listen and learn. But first, she needed a drink.

“Hey, um, is there a fridge? Or a kettle? I brought my own tea.”

The glass of water still up to his lips, Sean turned his head towards the new voice in the room. He tried to nod, but considering how the item up in his face didn’t exactly make his job easy, he settled on drinking one last gulp before laying the cup down on the counter. “Yep!” he answered, before pointing to the fridge right next to him. “Right there. And the kettle’s right...” he surveyed the room to make sure he had the right location, and moved his finger towards the counter opposite of him. “--Here.” He shot the new girl a grin, before addressing her again. “So, in a lame attempt to... break the ice,” Sean knocked on top of the ice dispenser to point out his rather horrible pun, “You’re new here right? I’m Sean.” 

[moonandtldes-blog]

dan-fitzpatrick:

“That’s…something, I guess! Might explain why he’s so popular. We literally can’t forget about him as long as M&Ms exist.” Dan nodded, trying not to crack too large or obvious a grin. “Uh, I dunno, bro. Some science movie one of the nerds put up in the lounge. I thought it was going to be boring as shit but then the sun started, like, engulfing the earth and all that.”

“Right? And the other way around. I always end up craving chocolate whenever he’s mentioned.” Sean glanced to the side, shrugged, and took another handful of chocolate cereal into his mouth. “I’m gonna have to ask Felix about that,” he told himself, clearly impressed by the image the other Super was painting. “He’s a nerd,” he stated matter-of-factly, “...I think. But wait, so that was it? The movie started, the sun engulfed the earth, and then everyone died? As cool as that sounds, it also sort of sucks if that’s all that happens, right?” 

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[moonandtldes-blog]

sink or swim || fionn & sean

Sean aimlessly roamed the halls, a feeling that resembled boredom a bit too much sitting inside his chest. For some reason, he had expected his stay in the EPTP to be slightly more thrilling. Perhaps he had grown too used to the effects of adrenaline during the last few years -- God knows he had gotten into enough shenanigans to last him a while. 

But then again, he sure didn’t do much to help his own case, considering his power training sessions were about as effective as they would be in his sleep -- and Sean slept like a rock. All of it was his own fault, of course, for he was the one who did not try, but he had no intention of starting any time soon. Excitement could be found elsewhere. 

Sean thought it was Felix’s room door he had knocked on, but truthfully, he hadn’t exactly checked. Either way, when met with an absence of response, he decided to take the matter into his own hands and open the door nonetheless. “Dude, are you there?” he spoke as he stepped into the room, only to stop in his tracks as he realized his own blunder. 

[felixchens-blog]

  “You? Thinking?” Felix was watching TV in the living area, tapping away at his laptop too. Never one to find issue with multitasking. “No, inconceivable.” He grinned at Sean, split, and one of him went to steal a handful of cereal from Sean. “No, okay, let’s say you have thought of something. By some miracle of nature. Hit me, big guy.”

[moonandtldes-blog]

He made sure he had swallowed his bite before opening his mouth slightly in false offence. “Wow, rude,” he put a hand up to his chest to add to the dramatization, right as a second Felix appeared to steal some of his cereal. “Okay, now that’s just crossing the line.” A frown etched his features for a few seconds before a grin broke the expression. “Just kidding, that was fucking awesome.” Shaking his head, he went back to his original thought. “Okay, so hear me out. Do you think Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson identifies with rocks now? I mean he’s had the nickname for years. Do you think he thinks of them as family? Like-- that dude from the ice movie. With the rock family?”

[nightmcvess]

Sienna blinked a few times before responding, not realizing that someone else had entered the room in the hour or so she’d been in it. With a kind smile, she replied, “Afraid not, friend. What’s on your mind?”

[moonandtldes-blog]

Sean took the time to return the girl a grin and eat another handful of cereal before picking up where he left off. “Dudes name Clay. Do you think they’re ever disappointed about their name?” he frowned slightly in thought. “Because ‘Clay’ is pretty much a badly upgraded version of the word ‘dirt’, don’t you think?”

[moonandtldes-blog]

dan-fitzpatrick:

“The inevitable heat death of the universe? Did you catch that film too?”

“Actually, I was just wondering how many times Eminem has been confused with M&Ms -- the chocolates -- in conversations since he began his career, but you got my interest. What movie are you talking about? Sounds awesome.”

[eagleevan-blog]

With furrowed eyebrows, Evan watched the other boy in slight confusion. He couldn’t really find where the amusement was in the situation. Sure, it was a tad odd that a chocolate bar had fallen from his pocket, but Evan didn’t see it as cause for uncontrollable laughter. So instead, Evan just took a few moments to let the boy do whatever he had to do until finally taking the chocolate bar. Evan scratched the back of his head. “Er, no, that’s okay. You keep it.” He was still very confused, not quite sure what else to do or say.

[moonandtldes-blog]

“More for me,” he shrugged with a bit too much drive, before taking a bite out of the candy bar. Bringing his eyes back to the other Super as he chewed, Sean tried to recall if he had seen him before. “You’re not new, are you?” he asked after swallowing his bite. One hand still holding the chocolate in mid-air, his gaze wandered on no object in particular, trying to remember anything about him. “I-- You’re -- !” he exclaimed suddenly, his words not making much sense because of his excitement. Clearing his throat, he pursued with a grin: “You’re the dude with the wings, right?!” 

[emerie-ducain-blog]

Emerie glanced up from her book, lifting an eyebrow. “What’s that?” She wasn’t particularly interested in his answer but she knew it’d be rude to ignore him. And for the moment she had no reason to be.

[moonandtldes-blog]

"Constellations,” Sean punctuated the syllables he pronounced with a Cocoa Puff he held between his fingers. “I don’t get them.” Swallowing another bite thoughtfully, he continued: “These stars are like, billions of miles away. And we just decided to go... ‘That’s a soup ladle!’, how does that make any sense?”