Welcome to Gaia! ::

Kaleb sighed, glancing up into the sky. Just a few more seconds until noon and it seemed like it would rain soon. Rain. Much better than fire any day. It's quiet and it renews life. Fire is violent and loud and it destroys lives. A simple lighter could burn your skin right off. Kaleb knows that all too well. The burn on his back proved that. A little rain never hurt any one though. Kaleb sighed and scrambled to his feet, his legs stiff from sitting so long. He glanced out at the horizon and sighed again, brushing his long fingers through his hair. He suddenly felt like screaming but remained silent. Silent like a grave. Kaleb smiled at the thought, but as fast as the rare smile came, it was gone. Replaced by a look that made the young teen looking lost in his own world. His own memories.

((Sweet! That was the best intro I made in weeks! If only my essays at school turned out that nice...)

Kaleb glanced down at the smiling girl. "I won't fall," he spoke in a quiet tone. "I'm Kaleb. Who are you?" he asked, trying to sound friendly. This place was different. No one here was vicous to him. He still wasn't sure if this girl was only trying to be his friend because of pity. It happened to him before. When he was little. Teachers aren't meant to be friends. After he graduated he never heard from her again.

"Been at the school or on the roof?" Kaleb asked, deciding to sit next to Jessi. "I've been on the roof for about two hours and at the school a bit over five. So far I like it here," he said with a shrug. "So what's your power?" he asked, trying to make a little small talk. He felt a little awkward, but pushed that feeling aside. For now anyway.

"Sweet," Kaleb murmered. "My bite and my blood is poisonous, though what kind of psycho goes aroung biting people? All I do is store my blood in a plastic water bottle for when I need it," he said, pulling out his bottle from his back pack. "I don't know why it's poisonous, it just is."

Kaleb shrugged. "I guess they could drink it if they wanted the poison to eat them from the inside out," he chuckled. "But just my blood touching them should impair them enough to escape. Anything more than a cup of blood will probably kill them, not to mention I'd feel like I just snuck into my Grandma's liquor cabinet. Light-headed and woozy and I'll most likely throw up." Kaleb yawned. "Also, I burn easily. Fire.....isn't good for me at all," he added absentmindedly.

"You got me there. Too bad I'm like paper for fire. Go up like smoke, man. Crazy I guess but I got a huge scar just from a run-in with a lighter. Not fun. Especially the Emergency Room. Doctors poking me with needles and stuff. Wouldn't even give me that numbing medicine because they were afraid what would happen. They wanted to draw my blood but Grams wouldn't let them," Kaleb said. "They tried though. And my nurse was a nice old lady. Though she kind of kept bugging me, asking if I wanted water and stuff."

"My Grams? Nice? Yeah, right. She took care of me, but that old bat was crazy! When she was mad, all hell broke loose. It was like a mine field when I lived with her. Though when she was drunk, she was nicer. Crazier, but a lot nicer. I guess she thought it was her job to make sure I was well cared for. SHe was a mutant too," Kaleb said. "She could breathe in any amount of oxygen and use it. Kinda cool I guess."

"Well, I suppose. But she has special lungs or something that can let her use even the smallest amount of oxygen," Kaleb explained, suddenly growing embarrased at how much information he was giving and he just met this girl! "Um.... So do you have any relatives?' he asked nervously after taking a deep, relaxing breath.