Just some fresh air

[Ven]

Ven walked around the forest of the his new school, his new freak shack. His first instinct was always to go to the forest. he enjoyed the solitude. He had never fit in well with others, even the supposed freakiest of the weird. He wasn't like others. he wasn;t born with powers. nor were the magic. He was engineered, and his mind made sure he remembered that every single minute, of every single day, of every single month, of every single year.

this was of course the reason he spent time in the forest, to be able to cope with the serpentine instincts, and let them run slightly wildm as oppossed to fighting them constantly as he normally had to.

But that wasn't the reason he was here now. The minute he stepped on campus he had smelled Seaheart an odor that hadn't stung his nostrils in ages. He didn't need the conflict he knew would ensue, and therefore decided to stay in the forest a little while before settling in.

[Seaheart]

Seaheart walked along. He had picked up Ven's presence. The shadows made sure. Plus, Ven always left behind a stench Seaheart could never forget. Crap....the stenched was stronger. He didn't need a snake's nose to know that. Well whatever. He was a mute so he was sure somehow Ven would use that. Well, at least he and Ven had something more in common. Because of stupid Vanden and his pheremone control, Seaheart felt fear. Fear was something he just plain didn't feel. So it made Twilk feel it. It brought back the memories. He could remember the screaming people but he couldn't imagine what it was like inside Chaos. Hell no. He now knew how Ven felt. He felt it all the time, a creeping sensation that thought of him as prey. Prey to drag into darkness. The smae one that day of the massacre. The worse part was when someone cried or when rage subsided. Then it was truly like living it again. He gulped, looking around for Ven.

[Ven]

Ven sat in a treetop his ears waiting for the slightest movement. it was however his nostrils that reacted first He could smell seaheart a few feet bellow him. But there was something new. Adrenaline, fear, something never before registered with seaheart.
/Excellent./ He thoufht to himself. He dropped from the treetop landing a few feet behind Seaheart.

"Look what we have here." Ven said strolling casually in a circle around Seaheart.
"Definetely seaheart, I can tell by the odor, but with something new, what ever could that be?" He leaned in close and sniffed sarcastically.

"Adrenaline, a chemical released under situations of fear or excitment. Counting on the fact that you haven't really had anything to be excited about I'll guess, your afraid. Tell me my friend, why?" He said enjoying the situiation immensly.

[Seaheart]

Seaheart gritted his teeth as Ven spoke. Dammit....not like he could say anything. The mute watched Ven and then leaned against a tree. He opened his mouth and tried to speak, symbolizing to Ven he couldn't. He watched Ven. He had it irght. It still wasn't enough. While new power came in with the fear, adrenaline, the need and rage to kill, also came reckelssness. Stupid Arrisa....he would beat her yet. Clones would be hard....he focused on Ven, seeing if anythign had changed with the snake-man.

[Ven]

A look of almost divine pleasure crept across Ven's face at the relization that Seaheart couldn't talk.

"Holy crap. You can't actually talk back to me can you?" The glee in his voice was almost overwhelming.

"My friend I've been waiting a few years to finally be able to wallow in you utter silence. and now I intend to enjoy it to the fullest." A grin of unimaginable pleasure replaced his old one.

"Ahem. You are a self obsessed, egotistical, uncareing, hypocrytical, bastard." He sighed heavily.

"had i known you were mute I would have prepared a few more sentences of that."

[Seaheart]

Seaheart listened and tried to restrain. He kenw if he lashed out in blind rage, he'd stand even less of a chance to Ven. he learned that from this morning's little episode with Arrisa. He thought about it, and made a dagger. He looked at the tree behind him and sketched "While that all may be true, are you much different?" Let's see....at least half of them were Ven too so it didn't both him much. Nothign really did bother him anymore. Stupid Vanden....he would get stronger, and let all his chains rip loose on him.

[Ven]

"I'll admit I may not be much better. however I'm not Hypocritical, and I'm fine with that." ven said slyly, circling seaheart a little bit, like a lion looking for the best spot to strike.

"now my Mute friend I must say you must have either matured, or gotten smart because we have been in a conversation for, oh.....five minutes now and you aren't crispy, crawling, bleeding or poisoned, impressive. Now tell me, anything I should now about the new digs? Anyone I can't handle?" Ven asked sarcastically, lazily letting his eyelids drop slightly.

/Like that exists..../ He thought to himself. he was cocky, but as fof yethe hadn't found anyone who could tangle toe to toe with him.

[Seaheart]

Seaheart thought....well.....99 percent of the people he met hated him just for his first danger room session. Why? Because he had actually kicked some real ass without screwing up or letting emotions get in the way. He shrugged and wrote "Not really. I tried toying with these peoples's heads and it worked for a bit but I don't do it anymore after f**ing Vanden decided to pump fear into me for tellign the inevitable. Not because I'm afraid. Just doesn't interest me anymore. Other than that, these saps are extremely easy to manipulate. They'll be easier than the way you handle your chemicals." Seaheart carved, actually have to go onto another tree. Wow...he was giving Ven too much credit...or was he?

[Ven]

"My friend if someone with a skull as thick as your can manipulate them, then it will be a matter of moment before this school is the palm of my hand. I mean i always beat you at.....everything. If you can own them, then they are as good as possesions." He said grinning, happily enjoying how simple everything seemed at the moment.

"Now all thats left is too meet these pigeons."

[Seaheart]

Seaheart thought about this almost gleefully. It could be fun. He had no real connections here. Everyone hated him so if Ven tried to manipulate him, not much would change. For now, he could just stand by and watch. He htought about Chess. Ven was the king, manipulating all his pieces to take others down. He was also sure he'd sacrifice his own pieces if necessary. Hmmm....maybe he'd let Ven cheat a little. He wrote again "For some advice, watch Vanden. He has the most interesting connections at the moment. A love square if you will. I tried to manipulate it, but then this happened. He is perhaps in love with Amberly, had some makeout session with a gay boy named Valentine, and also seems to like Alicia. Like you said, if someone like me can manipulate it, imagine how many pieces you can take with this."

[Ven]

"My friend I don't care who can do what. In the grand scheme of things everyone will be a pawn, every single person. you included. Trust me, love is one of the few things I understand. It is an easily manipulated thing. Just needs a few pokes here, and a prod there and it becomes hatred aolmost imeaditly. My friend I owned this school the minute I stepped foot on campus." Ven said laughing to himself.

"Now you mentioned a dager room. organize a session for me. make sure everyone is there. We'll see how long this vandan heiriarchy lasts."

[Seaheart]

What was he? This guy's secretary? Hell no. This jerk could do it himself. Vanden wasn't some main guy. He was just the easiest to manipulate because he had many connections, he was confused on alot, and well.....even htough he controlled emotions he was still figuring out his own so it was easy. Either way, just because he was a mute, he wasn't gonna let Ven tell him what to do.

[Ven]

"My friend, you will set up this fight and I'll give you a few reasons. One: they'll keep you afraid if you don't, two: I haven't kicked you ass in a long time, and Three: I'll pummel you if you don't." Ven told him very calmly. He had beaten Seaheart in tha past, and knew he could do it again. he didn't fear him.

"Now be a good mute and scurry off and set up a danger room session, I want to establish my place here."

[Seaheart]

Seaheart shrugged again. He faced so much pain these days, lived so many memories, seen what it could be, that lately, Ven's attacks seemed rather...dull to him. The ones in the past. He wrote on the tree "You have two legs. You have a mouth to set up an appointment. You can also turn into a snake. I couldn't even set it up if I wanted to considering I can;t say anything. So, do it yourself." Seaheart wasn't afraid of Ven either.

[Ven]

"You know what for, for the disgusting thing that you are you always seem to be a ble to make things difficult for everyone else. I offer to be able to help you and you just ignore my offer. well then I guess I have no choice but to go set up an appointment. I suppose you'll be there eh? So i can show you how a king rules his pawns." Ven said chuckling a littlke as he began to wander away in the forest. His laugh always seemed to carry a hint of insanity, which combined with a massive forest, and the inhability to him, could be a very unsettling thing.