Respond rather than react

Jackson Wang | Student | Portal Creation | Support

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I saw it first! || Sungkyung & Jackson

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There’s this small amusement park, located not too far away from the institute, that Sungkyung enjoyed visiting from time to time. It was a nice little place where she could really relax. She had to take her brother out here one day. Sungkyung hadn’t always been one for spontaneous adventures, but as she grew older, she came to really enjoy andappreciate it. Today was one of those days where she felt like she needed to really get out and have fun, and the first place she thought of was theamusement park.

Sungkyung finds joy in the littlestthings. It’s something she began doing more and more often as she grew up,having learned to really appreciate what you had and the surroundings around you, to not let it go to waste because one would surely regret it in due time. When she finally arrives at the amusement park, she let’s herself go and entrusts her body to the excitement.

It is true what they say about time flying by when you have fun, as evident of the sun on its way down, slowly but surely setting on the horizon as she can see and it’s almost time to head back to the institute. She walks around the park one last time, and all of a sudden notices a very peculiar thing and for some reasons her mind screamed “WANT” and she had to obey. Walking quickly over to the shop selling balloons, she reached her hand out to grab the string attached to the cat’s head but a voice interrupts her. Looking at the male, she raises an eyebrow as if challenging him, “I don’t think so.”

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Slightly surprised and confused Jackson looked at the lady that had a hold on the balloon as well. With a rather determined look on his face he continued to hold on to the string. Even wrapping the string another extra time around his finger, just so he wouldn’t let go of it.

He pouted slightly, but looked still rather determined. For once not letting himself be scared away that easily. Besides, if he moved himself through a portal, it wouldn’t help much. Either bring her with him to the other side of the portal, or cut something of that probably wasn’t smart to do. He blinked a few times but continued to look at her with a determined look. “I do think so yes!” he stated, nodding his head along while saying that. He gave a light tug at the string to pull the balloon more his way instead of hers. He really was going to try to take it home with him and not giving up before he got it. “I am really sure I had it first, in my hands already, before you even arrived here. I just hadn’t taking it with me to the register yet,” he stated. As if that was the most logical explanation for everything.

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Roomies, For Better or Worse || Jackson & Jiyong || Closed

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Ji was not even close to falling asleep, when a voice interrupted his descent into unconsciousness.  The empath groaned into the inside of his arm.  A roommate?  Seriously?  Buzzkill.  Jiyong rolled over onto his side, looking up at the other came out and moved towards his bed.    He sat up, sitting cross legged, his elbows resting on his knees.  “Oh, yeah,” the blond said, a small smirk flitting over his lips.  Somewhere in his buzzing mind he had some modicum of social grace.  “Shit, sorry man.”  

The other was emanating irritation that only really served to amuse the skinny young man.   In spite of the fact that this guy severely restricted the blond’s freedom, judging by his reaction, he could have a little fun with him.  But for now, civility would have to do.  From his seated position, Jiyong thrust out a ring-clad hand. “Kwon Jiyong,”  the young man said by way of introduction,  “Pleasure to meet’cha.”  The smirk grew a little too wide, as he held his hand out, “Roomie.”  

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He continued to slowly move to his own bed. It was with little steps as he eventually reached it and sat down. Only on the edge of his bed, as far away from his new roommate as possible. Especially because he scared Jackson quite a bit. “Hm hm,” he hummed as acceptance of the apology. Though even with the apology, still not completely at ease.

He moved a bit more further up the bed. Resting his back against the head rest after popping up a few pillows behind himself. He pulled his legs upward and played a little with the edge of his trousers. Just something to keep him busy with. Not to stare or look too much at the other male for suddenly being there. Sure, he liked to make friends, but somehow he wasn’t so certain about this male just yet. “Jackson Wang. Nice to meet you too I think,” he replied mumbling a bit. 

[nxjackson-blog]

Danger room panic || Taehyung & Jackson

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It was not his first time.

Taehyung was particulary chill about this since day one, when he proved his skills on the trials, and even when every time he was assigned to practice there it was a harder task, he was still confident that he was going to do okay. However, it was the first time he was accompanied by a lower rank support student, why? Was he being used as a challenge to the other? 

Honestly, he had no idea, but he didn’t cared much either, he should probably focus on his own thing as he always do and trust this kid was going to do good as well– last thing he wanted was to end up hurt because somebody else was incompetent enough to let that happen. Though he has always made it by himself thorough life, so he wouldn’t be surprised he would end up saving his ass and the other’s too. 

Tae eyed him trying very hard to seem less nervous, but the look on his face was only making Taehyung uneasy about the whole thing– nevertheless he responded to his smile with a half tug of lips, before sighing and rolling his eyes a bit. Then he focus on the instructions, and gathering up the equipment for the simulation, he started to get ready. “This should be easy–” He said softly to the other, not because he wanted to be nice– no, but he needed him NOT nervous so they wouldn’t fail the whole thing.  

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Jackson wasn’t reassured by the other for even a little bit. He saw how the male tried to do something, was it called a smile? It wasn’t helping his uneasy feeling. Especially when the said male sighed and rolled his eyes just a moment later. Of course he noticed, especially since he was rather aware of everything that was going on around him. Part of it was on purpose. Wanting to know what everything looked like when he was making a portal. But a part wasn’t on purpose and only worried him when he noticed everything that was going on around him.

“Should it be easy? I mean there is a reason I’m a B-rank not an A-rank. So this isn’t going to be easy at all I think?” Jackson said, fumbling with his shirt and playing with his fingers. He was worried and he wasn’t great at hiding it, that was obvious.

He was carefully listening to what the instructor was telling them. Trying to understand and remember every little detail that he thought could be important. It shouldn’t be too difficult, if he had been there on his own. But when there was someone else he needed to look after and keep safe.. He wasn’t so great at that. “So how do we do this?”

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Training Day | Jackson & Jin Goo

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Jackson sighed for a moment and rubbed his forehead. He felt stupid for not being able to do the task correctly. He was simply easily startled and his defence, as always, was simply to take off. Get himself to safety. He should really learn to stop doing that. After all, he was here to help others, not get himself safe.

He moved around a bit for a moment, shaking his arms as he was getting ready again. Eventually he halted and looked at the male and nodded. “Yes, yes I should be able to do that,” he replied with a nod.

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“Don’t beat yourself up,” Jin Goo knows how the other feels. It’s instinct, to flee instead of fight when attacked. “I’ve been told once, that the number one rule during missions is not to let yourself get hurt or die. If you’re alive and well, you can still help.” 

He nodded, waiting a couple of seconds for Jackson to get himself set up. It was essentially the same thing, keeping one portal open while creating others to dodge attacks. He grabbed a spongy ball and threw it towards Jackson.  

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Jackson nodded though he didn’t smile, his lips instead were more or less in a thin line. He knew he shouldn’t beet himself up because of it, or that it wasn’t bad that he was able to get himself to safety. Didn’t mean that he didn’t feel bad when he wasn’t doing it correctly. “I know. I know. But it feels stupid that I would run away even for a ball that is thrown at me,”

He saw the ball coming and had a pretty good idea this time what to do. He reached out and focused on the first portal, just where he knew the ball would go. The second, just above the basket that remained at the same place as before.

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I missed you My Pretty Man! 💖😍💋

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A Little Scare  - Jackson & Kuro

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It was… totally innocent. He didn’t mean to.

He just wanted to play around with his shadow a bit, like he always did when he was occupied in tasks as boring as standing in line in the cafeteria. He doesn’t like being there in the first place. Too many loud voices and people all at once, the place felt a bit crowded even when there were only few people. He didn’t like places like these, but he was also too tired to really attempt to cook anything back at the dorm. Besides, the kitchen had been occupied when he had entered that room, so he had decided to simply gather what few money he had and hope he could get at least a sandwich with it.

That’s why he was waiting in line as well. He doesn’t know why the male next to him is, but he tries to ignore his presence. He just wants his food, and then go back to his room. Not because he disliked the other’s presence, or the cafeteria itself: he just wanted to eat and go to bed, that’s it. Feeling a bit lazy, yup.

So, really. Those had been his intentions. Everything that happened instead wasn’t planned, it never would have been. He didn’t mean to step on the other’s shadow while he waited for someone to notice the fact he wanted to order some food. He didn’t mean to continue shaping the shadow on his palm and not realize that the shadow behind the other male was slowly taking the same form unbeknownst to his creator. It was only when the giant black marionette hovered over the owner of the shadow it was created from, and only when the owner of the shadow… reacted to it (as well as others in the room) did Kuro realize what had happened (damn exhaustion and not enough concentration). He quickly drops his hand and hides them behind his back. Wide, shocked eyes stare at the scared man before him, and he can only stutter his apology as he takes in the look on his face. “I’m… s-so sorry… I didn’t mean to scare you, I’m so sorry”

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Jackson was waiting in line for food. To be honest he was hungry as hell and couldn’t wait for it to finally be his turn. He was impatient and bouncing around on his feet a little. Telling a few jokes with the male that was standing before him in line. He didn’t know him, he actually didn’t knew many people around the academy yet. Though that hadn’t really stopped him for talking, to make the time go faster.

Everything had actually been going well, it was almost his turn. That alone lightened up his mood. Otherwise he would’ve gone off to his room and attempt, again, to cook something.

But it was when something started to appear behind him that everything went sour. He actually didn’t see it at first. It was just the feeling that there was something wrong. A shiver ran down his spine and he stopped bouncing around. It was only when the male he had been talking to stopped, and stared, did he start to really worry. Especially if he could guess anything from the look on his face. Eyes wide and mouth almost dropped to the floor.

He turned around and yelped. Without noticing it he jumped back, in a portal actually. Which was stupid because he wasn’t thinking straight. Only to get the hell away from whatever it was.. Which meant he end up crashing against the table that was standing just a few meters away.

He yelled again, now more because of the awkward landing half on top, hall off the table. He still stared at the thing that appeared. “What the hell is that even?!”

[nxjackson-blog]

Danger room panic || Taehyung & Jackson

The danger room.

A part of Jackson was actually rather excited about it. Another part was worried. After all, he still didn’t think he was good enough to be a proper support. He knew and understood his power well enough. But it was mostly for his personal use. When he needed to use his power to help others, that was when it became difficult.

His concentration and focus simply weren’t there yet. While he was able to create a portal for others to use. Attempting to make them appear on useful places. But at the same time he was vulnerable. Because he couldn’t keep the portals open and protect himself. Not even look around because his attention span was too short for that.

Yet here he stood as a training partner of a level A offense. He was nervous and he was worried. But he really tried to cover it up. Smiling a little and playing with the hem of his shirt as he listened to the instructions.

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Surprise! || Jine & Jackson

For one of the first times in his live Jackson had actually decided to go to the library to study. He was rather eager to learn and get better, but some of the subjects just weren’t interesting. At least to him. The fighting he loved, just as any physical subject that they had at the school. He was already rather good at it but it was still fun to do. Just as learning about his power and what kind of role he was able to play. He was always eager to do that better. Whether it resulted in rescuing people or just being able to transport himself better. He liked to learn both.

But apparently they also needed to learn more subjects than just those. They did still count as normal teenagers. So math and languages were still part of the game. Those, he hated. He was actually pretty good at most languages. Growing up in Hong Kong he learned three to start with. But his grandmother later on had been eager to teach him more. Especially considering his power. He would be able to go anywhere around the words. So knowing different languages was important. But math, he sucked at it.

Hence why he was sitting in the library studying. But when someone passed by, and the ribbons were showing.. His focused was soon gone as trying to steal a ribbon was way more fun than studying math.

He hesitated for only a second before getting on with it. He stared at the girl for a while, trying to figure out just where to portal towards. When he had he threw up all his papers, trying to create a distraction, before moving through a portal himself. Reappearing behind her.

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I saw it first! || Sungkyung & Jackson

Ever since arriving at the institute Jackson hadn’t really gone out yet. After all there were still a lot of things to explore at the institute itself, so why bother going out when there was enough to do? But this weekend he decided to go wild and go out. Well not really wild, but at least leave the place for a bit. After all, it would only benefit him. The more places he knew and could memorize, the more places he was able to transport himself and others to.

After he had heard some other students talking about a small amusement park not that far away, the decision was made. Jackson was taking the first bus he could find to the park, wanting to enjoy the day off. The weather was great, sun was shining but it wasn’t too hot. He was clearly enjoying himself.

Almost at the end of the day he decided to take a souvenir home. Walking pass a stall he noticed huge balloons. One standing out because it was shaped like a head of a cat. The smile on his face grew wider and he quickly headed over. He had made his decision. He reached out and got a hold on the ribbon attached to the balloon, but apparently he wasn’t alone. “Uhm excuse me, I had it first,”

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Hide and seek || MarkSon

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If Mark felt anything about the situation, it was pure amusement. Raising an eyebrow at the other blonde male, his eyes traveled from his hand and back to his clearly-nervous face, the wheels in his head seeming to turn.

“Awkward…..or dangerous if you look at it a certain way.” Mark cocked his head to the side a he turned to face the boy completely. He was halfway-in, halfway-out a swirling portal that was situated behind him, but Mark could see it growing smaller and smaller by the second and he knew it wasn’t going to last. A slight smirk now placed on his face, Mark locked eyes with the man and put his hands on his hips.

His slight movements did not go unnoticed, though, and Mark waited for his hand to creep ever closer to the hanging red ribbon before slowly moving his hand up and over to where it was. Pointer finger positioned to flick him away, as he let his finger fly instead of making physical contact with skin-to-skin, a small tendril of wispy smoke shot out instead and whipped itself sharply against the top of the hand. The man retracted it quickly and Mark allowed his hand to resume it’s former place by his hip, but this time he slightly loomed over him.

“Now, now! Wouldn’t want to get hasty would we?” Mark titted the male, shaking his head slightly in a mocking manner as he crossed his arms across his chest. Taking a step back to put some more space in between the two, he cleared this throat, waiting for his reply to his actions.

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Jackson actually turned a little bit red at the statement of the male. So maybe he should have gone for the ribbons around the male’s ankles. Sure it wasn’t so comfortable but with his portals he was still able to do that. It also would’ve made the situation a whole lot less awkward. “Alright I should say that I’m sorry?” he started, frowning a little and biting his lips. “But honestly I am not really sorry? I just want your ribbon. Can I not just take it? I was almost there?” he tried. Well he could at least try, maybe with asking nicely he was able to obtain a ribbon. It was at least a tactic he hadn’t tried before.

The portal behind him closed. But his other hand was still hovering in the air. Ready to make a portal to escape through when it seemed needed. But when he felt not actually a contact from skin to skin, but a sort of pressure around it, he yelped and quickly pulled his hand back. He took a step back, too confused and too surprised to even make a portal. Jackson held his semi-touched wrist with his other hand, rubbing over it. While his eyes were scanning the male, but now didn’t see anything strange at all. “What the hell was that,” he mumbled, frown and confusion evident on his face.

“Well preferable yes? Get the ribbon and get out?” he stated, taking a few little steps back. His hand still rubbing his wrist. “Besides, what the hell was that?”

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try. that’s very comforting. his opponent seem nice, though. kyungsoo merely replies with a tight-lipped smile, forcing himself to relax because the very basic step of combat is your breathing technique. if he lets the worry win over him then he wouldn’t even be capable of taking a proper breath without his lungs feeling like they’re on fire. 

so he turns to face his instructor on the far side of the room, a shit-eating grin definitely inhibiting the asshole’s features even though kyungsoo can barely see him without his glasses. “so, what are we going to do again today?” he stretches a hand to scratch his not-so-itchy nape. man, how awkward can this be? to his defense he wasn’t even completely awake when his instructor dragged him out here, so it’s not his fault for forgetting the instructions given earlier, right?

much to his delight (and annoyance–but he wasn’t going to let his instructor have that kind of pleasure) he was once again briefed of the rundown of their training session for the day. “slamming your opponent to the ground… like what martial artists do?” thank heavens for chanyeol showing off his moves during their actual combat practice. he may be stiff at it but kyungsoo has eyes to memorize moves. “can you show it to me how it’s done?” this time the request was aimed at his partner. 

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Jackson felt rather awkward with the whole situation. Clearly it was an uneven match. Not that the male was actually shorter than him or anything. If he had to be honest they were probably just as tall. He might be a bit buffer, but that was a bit more difficult to guess with their clothes on. Yet it was obvious that he himself was experienced with it, and his opponent wasn’t.

Not only was the teacher being a total douche, making Jackson feel even worse for the male across from him. He was also suggesting some pretty painful stuff. Showing off some kicks or punches, he could easily act that he was hitting harder than he really was. But with slamming someone to the ground? It was rather difficult to do that in a gentle way.

“Uhm yes sir?” he replied, though his face showed hesitant and a bit worry. Eventually he bit his lip and took a step forward. “I am sorry alright? I’ll try to be careful,” he stated. He reached forward and got a hold on the male. Ready to move the correct way and eventually throw the male on the ground. He was doing it slowly, that way his opponent could actually see what he was doing, and the fall would be less hard. Yet he ended up throwing him on the ground with still a rather loud thud.

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Ribbon training || JinGoo & Jackson

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It was just another day of one-on-one training. Well, that was before Jin Goo noticed the glances. They were subtle, but being a couple of days into the Ribbon Games, it was just noticeable enough. He half expected Jackson to go for his sashes while training, but the other was obviously a little more calculating. 

It almost worked. Had Jin Goo not actively paid attention to his back, there was a chance that Jackson could’ve gotten his sash. Instead, he turned and quickly caught the other’s wrist just before he could take his sash. “Good try,” he grinned, “To be fair, if I didn’t know what you could do, you likely would’ve gotten it.” 

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Jackson actually pouted and let out a little whine when his wrist was grabbed by the male. Feeling a bit stupid and ashamed that, what he thought was a pretty good attempt, was still discovered. Though on the other hand, the male still was a teacher. Didn’t help completely to make him feel better.

“Thanks,” he said, though his voice was a bit softer then normally. “But that is kind of the problem I think? My power is so obvious that by now everyone knows?” he responded with a sigh. Though he was also aware that he wasn’t exactly being secretive about it. Appearing and disappearing even to go to class, lazy as he was.

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Team Up ; Alec & Jackson

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He nodded, processing the information he was getting and even smiling at Jackson. “Ah, neat. It is good that you know how to fight close-quarters.” Alec felt actually relieved that his assigned partner at more into him than simply his mutations. The more one knew, the less fragile he would be. “Yeah, but still you would need someone that your back, at least when you’re applying your power… But with good coordination and focus that should be easily done.” It was somehow, automatic for Alec to visualize the different situations and fighting scenarios, he had a decent amount of experienced years in this matter. 

Laughing at the rolling eyes, Alec almost felt tempted to poke the other so you would have a taste of his mutation, he was mischievous like that. Leaving that thought behind, Alec slightly jumped with the sudden appearance of the two portals. Standing in front of one of them, he first touched it with his hand, slowly making it’s way into the portal and the part that had entered, was starting to show on the other portal. “Wow.” He smiled and excitement filled his body, like a child in a toy store. Alec entered the portal entirely and slipt seconds after, he was on the other side. The feeling was a slight chill down his spine, uncomfortable but totally bearable. He tried once more, but this time using the portal he came out off and again, and again. “How long do your portals last? And can be used no matter how many times?” 

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Jackson couldn’t help but to watch with a happy smile on his face. Somehow it always made him a bit proud and excited when people were amazed by his portals. After all, he had never thought it was that useful or nice. So when people reacted like that, it felt good to him. Even making him chuckle a little. He carefully watched Alec. A moment when he was certain no body parts of the male where still in the portal, he closed it again. Dropping his arms for a moment and shaking them a little.

“Well I can’t hold them open for too long to be honest. But that isn’t too bad actually? Like I can make them appear really easily?” he said, demonstrating what he meant. A few times he made the portals at the same place, but made them disappear soon after again. Repeating that a few times to prove his point. “As long as the portal is there, you can go through it as often as you want. Just as that anyone or anything can get through it,” Jackson said, eyes squeezing a little as he was thinking about it. Honestly speaking, he understood his power pretty well. But there were still things he hadn’t tried before. “But I should warn you. A portal closing while you are not completely through… Will leave those parts behind. Literally,” he said with a shiver.

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Three is (not) a crowd ; Kainecson

@kyeinnx | @nxjackson

“Alright, sounds good. See ya in a bit.” 

Hanging up the call, Alec would  grin widely and make himself happy with the slight plan he had come across with. He knew exactly it wouldn’t be easy or nice, but this was all for the best and Kain would eventually just, deal with it. Reaching to their dorm, Alec opened the door quickly and shouted. “Yo, are you ready? Let’s go slowpoke.” He had been cooped up for too long in that place and getting away from the Institute was needed to keep his sanity.

He reached for his gloves and jacket, made sure he had keys, id and his phone and just waited for Kain, sitting on his own bed. “Dude, you have no idea how much I need to not see this school. Please hurry the fuck up.” He sighed, heading to the door and just standing there, restless and leaned against the wall.

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     ATTENTION rather focused for once on the content he’s been reading on for past half an hour or so, extracting parts of articles and comments alike to form coherent argument against for no other reason but own self-entitled pleasure found in such and kindling for hope he may not stand alone in conviction, but usually response was scaling on the positive so perhaps he gained tiny amount of enjoyment in feeding ego. He’s deep into the whole thing which was why Kyein barely took note when sensing Alec approaching the shared room, used to ignoring presence he’s (un)fortunately attuned to on a scale far surpassing those of lowly strangers or whatever acquaintances.

     WHICH of course was stupid of him to do, because the moment door flied open and unnecessarily loud decibel used to deliver greeting penetrated concentration he’s startled out of any coherent train of thought, sentence halted. ❝Shut the fuck up. I was in the middle of work.❞ White lie. Glancing back to the screen at blinking cursor with imploring glare, he settled on accepting defeat as it’d be far too much energy wasted to tell Alec to piss off by himself when agreed plan had been for the both of them to put very much needed distance between their sanity and the school. Whatever, he can deal with this shit later.

     SLAMMING laptop shut, gently mind you, Kyein pushed himself up with a sigh and gathered what little possessions were needed, wallet and phone, keys which were tucked into safety of casual suit jacket he shrugged on, sunglasses, mournfully leaving earphones behind, throwing a passively irked glance at fussing friend. ❝Oh so it’s okay to bitch about this shithole when it’s convenient for your highness.❞ Mildly amused snort directed at Alec he cast a final glance at the room, not really to check if he needed anything but to prolong the male’s suffering until he walked over to push him out of the way and exit the room, soon the whole damned institute, ❝Let’s get out of here, I’ve been itching for days.❞

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Jackson was a bit unsure of everything the moment the call was ended. Sure, he and Alec had managed to get along well. Their little training session had left a positive impression for Jackson. At least he knew that it was possible to fight together in a good way. It still needed a lot of work to make it perfect, but the start was there. But to now be dragged off to somewhere with the male. Besides his power and his fighting style, and his number to train more, he knew nothing about him. But sure enough, he liked making new friends, hence the reason he easily agreed.

Didn’t stop him from worrying though.

On the other hand, he could easily worry about anything and everything. He took in a deep breath and put his phone back in his pocket. Moving around his place to gather whatever he thought could be useful when they went out of the school. Wallet, keys, phone. Maybe a jacket in case the weather became a bit colder. And his snapback because his hair was looking absolutely ridiculous today.

When he was sure that everything was fine, he left the room. For a change actually walking there. Knowing that if he would move the through a portal, he would be way to early and awkwardly waiting there on his own.

@nxdonghae

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Roomies, For Better or Worse || Jackson & Jiyong || Closed

A new home, a new room.  Not his own apartment or even his own building.  Ji stood in front of the building, one hand on his duffle bag, the other on his hip.   He tilted his body way back to get a good, long look at the building.  His thin hand pressed the side of his hand to his forehead to shield his eyes. It was a nice enough building, but he wasn’t really looking forward to it.  With a small snort, he leaned upright again and head for the door.  

A simple enough lock mechanism, and fairly general hall way.  Ji was already bored as he moved along the hall looking for his room.  The stairs made his lip curl.  Effort.  He took a deep sigh and he bounded up the stairs,  three or four at a time.  Luckily he was marked down for a second floor room, not too much effort there.  Ji ambled down the hall, removing his snapback to muss his hair for a second before replacing it.

After a few seconds’ walk, he was before his door, Room 204.  The blonde’s lip curled again.  A room with a number on it.  He hadn’t done that since he was at least five years younger.  It was lame.  Jiyong wrapped his hand around the door handle and gave it an easy shove, stepping into the room.  He barely noticed the existence of the other as he walked to the bed and flopped into it.  His effort to shut the door largely failed, but he didn’t feel like getting up. 

Without looking he kicked off one shoe and then the other, letting them fall where they may.  He was exhausted, just by looking at and thinking about this new place.  But it was better than getting arrested.  He was pretty sure jail didn’t have Domaine Leroy.  The blonde yawned and stretched a little, remaining face down as he started to drift to sleep.  

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[nxjackson-blog]

It was a bit strange for Jackson to be in his room at the moment. He had barely been at the academy and was still trying to get used to everything. After all, his sense of direction wasn’t that great. His memory was, making it easy for him to transport himself around. His direction sense on the other hand was horrible. So the last two weeks he mostly been trying to not get lost every time he did actually walk somewhere.

On top of that he had lost his roommate within days of arriving. That was a painful feeling. With the insecurities Jackson already had, it only added fuel to the little fire of fear burning inside of him. It was even worse to return home every night only to find it empty again. It was painful to see and he could barely wait for someone to fill up the empty spot again.

Just who arrived was a bit the opposite of what he expected. The male just walked, or barged, in to the room. Claimed his bed, dropped down on it and didn’t even say hi. Worse of all, he scared the hell out of Jackson. Actually making him disappear and reappear in the bathroom, peeking around the corner to see if it was safe. That’s how scared he was in the first few moments.

After getting over his initial shock, he was more offended than anything. Sure, the male lived here too apparently. But no reason to not even introduce himself. “Well hello to you too?” he stated, a bit more grumpy then he normally would. He reappeared from the bathroom and slowly moved to his own bed.

[nxhwang]

. in squander

@nxjackson

At this point, Toby was barely on track for this game/event/whatever it is. 

He was winging it and figured that he wasn’t a match for the people on the attack. Considering he felt at east in a defensive stance (and to earn his points in a more worthy way), he hid his red ribbon and still had one blue ribbon hanging from his back pocket. The way it swayed as he walked almost luring anyone on the prowl to simply attack for the jugular. 

That being said, he was still somewhat on guard(?) considering he had been attacked three times now. With just a few handfuls of sand protecting his neck and his core, Toby didn’t have much to work with.

Walking in open spaces was starting to become a habit, at this point. He was asking for someone to take it, but this time he hoped to give a little retaliation.

Just a little.

[nxjackson-blog]

Jackson was looking from afar as the male walked by. He tilted his head a bit as he was studying him. After all, the blue ribbon that the male was wearing, was literally there for the taking.

Up until now Jackson was rather enjoying the whole game. But maybe also because his power was rather good for the whole game. After all, he could so easily sneak up on people, take their ribbon, and be out of there before they even noticed. Hence, a game really to his liking.

But for this one he thought about it twice. It almost looked too easy in his opinion. He wasn’t usually one for doubting. Right now though it almost seemed like appearing, grabbing, disappearing. So, he would give it a try.

He watched the male for a bit longer, making sure he knew where to appear, before making a portal. He appeared just behind the male, reaching out for the ribbon in his back pocket.

[advjingoo]

Training Day | Jackson & Jin Goo

[advjingoo]

It was disconcerting. Fascinating, but definitely disconcerting. Sure Jackson’s ability was relatively more passive, but to someone who relied on their senses to fight, like him, it was unsettling. He figured if Jackson flitted in and out of portals a couple times around the room, it would be disorienting enough to impact his fighting. 

He shook his head, “No, it wasn’t, but that’s fine.” Perhaps he was progressing too quickly. “Let’s try something different.” It would probably be better to work on his ability more. “I’ll throw these balls at you. I just want you to create portals to have them drop back into the cart. Can you handle that?” 

[nxjackson-blog]

Jackson sighed for a moment and rubbed his forehead. He felt stupid for not being able to do the task correctly. He was simply easily startled and his defence, as always, was simply to take off. Get himself to safety. He should really learn to stop doing that. After all, he was here to help others, not get himself safe.

He moved around a bit for a moment, shaking his arms as he was getting ready again. Eventually he halted and looked at the male and nodded. “Yes, yes I should be able to do that,” he replied with a nod.