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Post by Gummy on May 5, 2020 14:58:20 GMT -7
Klara was in the middle of securing the thread onto the next button hole whilst thinking and hoping Franklin would stop doing what he was doing and that everything would just get back to normal. That was when Shelly seemed to scream at her and everyone else. Then the girl turned red and collapsed. Klara freaked to say the least. The plant Franklin had brought with him suddenly sprouted up as Klara curled herself into a ball. It put a barrier between herself and Shelly as she started to mutter a prayer.
Klara froze in her cacoon of roses that seemed to have become even sharper than before. Then as Franklin spoke so her voice grew louder.
"... Reich komme; dein Wille geschehe, wie im Himmel so auf Erden. Unser tägliches Brot gib uns heute. Und vergib uns unsere Schuld, wie auch wir vergeben unsern Schuldigern; und führe uns nicht in Versuchung, sondern erlöse uns von dem Bösen. Denn dein ist das Reich und die Kraft und die Herrlichkeit in Ewigkeit."
As she started to repeat it Klara's voice became shaky ass tears streamed down her face and she curled herself even tighter. She was thinking and hoping for redemption as she knew she was in the wrong place at the wrong time! She could easily calm the rose cacoon down but now her mind was also thinking that if Shelly was a demon then that means Franklin was possibly a demon? He looked familiar though and if the plant was correct then.... A demon! She! IS. A. DEMON! Please Lord protect me from these demons?
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Post by Gordy on May 21, 2020 9:12:40 GMT -7
"More powerful than Thor, Hulk or the Surfer."------------------------------------------------------ It was an ugly situation. But what could he do? As much as he wanted to hug Klara and tell her everything was okay, he didn't think it would help. He didn't have the time, either; the authorities would likely show up, and that would mean him and Shelly would get thrown in jail or something. They could be trapped in the past forever. He couldn't save Klara, nor could he help any of the kids here. He endangered Shelly and possibly damaged her for life. Klara was worse off for them appearing, and who knows what else would happen now?
The trip home was smooth - just a hop into the Time Platform and a warp away. It wouldn't be surprising if Shelly managed to sleep through it. Should Shelly wake up after it though, she would find herself on a bench near the edges of the school's personal forest, overlooking the lake. ------------------------------------------------------ "I can do this!"
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Post by A Random Player on May 23, 2020 14:15:54 GMT -7
Shelly's eyes slowly started to blink open. Clear blue skies, the fresh smell of nature. Her head was pounding like crazy. She held her throbbing head as her consciousness returned. Where am I?Actually she recognized this place, this was the forest close to the school's campus. Shelly had been here many times before. Did she fall asleep while she was reading here again? No, she wasn't holding any books. That's right, she went to the past, she met the girl called Klara, she worked in a textile factory sewing buttons.... something happened afterwards, but what was it? "Franklin!"That's right, she was with Franklin Richards! Where was he? She was clearly not in the past anymore, but how did she return to the present? Shelly quickly got out of the bench, but almost lost consciousness immediately when she stood up. The red girl barely managed to keep herself steady by holding onto the bench. Shelly took a few unsteady steps back towards the campus. While far from comfortable, each step was more steady than the last. Franklin would know what happened, and those voices in her head.... what were they? --------------------
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Post by Gummy on Jun 9, 2020 6:45:59 GMT -7
Klara looked down at the man next to her. The demon had gone and now it looked like she was to blame for him falling down. She kept repeating her prayer as she curled up tighter into a ball. The man gradually started to groan but there were also shouts from the other side of the floor. It took a lot of effort for her to come out of her shell and to make the plant shrink back to it's pot. She was going to look after it but for now it needed to rest. She stayed curled in a ball praying for the demons to go away.
Feet came pounding towards where the two of them were and the owner stomped in looking angry. He looked from the foreman to Klara who was still praying. The owner grabbed the top of her arm and pulled her forcefully into a standing position. She looked up to him scared.
"I thought you were looking after the new staff?
"Sir, I'm sorry but one of them turned red and collapsed. I think she was a demon!"
He shoved her onto a pile of clothing where she tried to control her tears and keep the plant safe. Fear was in her eyes as she was worried the owner didn't believe her.
"Stay there!"
A couple of other foremen came to the room and did the same as the owner. The last one was a little late.
"Hay! There was a boy carrying a red girl! The new kid. What in the name of God is going on?"
Klara kept quiet as the foreman turned to her. At least now someone had backed her up. Taking a deep breath she rubbed the tears from her face, said one more quiet prayer of thanks.
"Get back to work! Your not leaving here until that is all done!"
Klara nodded as two of the other foremen picked up the bruiser who was still groaning.
"Yes sir."
Klara knelt back down onto the floor where she picked up the work. Now she was in for a long day, a triple shift, never much fun. Her husband was not going to be happy.
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Post by Gordy on Jun 12, 2020 14:56:34 GMT -7
"More powerful than Thor, Hulk or the Surfer."------------------------------------------------------ You hear them too, right? he asked her, his voice seeping into her head. No, into her very thoughts. It was more gentle and soothing than the other voices, and might have been clearer than them as well. You get used to 'em. You'll learn to block them out until you don't have to hear them at all.
Franklin greeted his friend with a sympathetic, yet somber smile. He stood at the doors, as if waiting for her. He had what seemed to be a bottle of water in his right hand, which he offered to his friend.
"So, it seems you're a telepath now," the young man explained. "Everything with Klara, happened. The time travel, the child labor, the voices. And, uh... I guess everything bad that's happened is my fault. So you can punch me in the gut, if you want... I know I deserve it; I messed up big time again." ------------------------------------------------------ "I can do this!"
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Post by A Random Player on Jun 14, 2020 5:13:34 GMT -7
"I'm a what?"Shelly Blues was stunned. Looking back, it was obvious now but right until Franklin said it she had no idea what was happening to her. "How-- wh-what did you do!!?" She screamed angrily. So those voices, they were other people's thoughts? How do telepaths deal with hearing all those voices all the time? How would she be able to deal with it? Adrenaline rushed through her veins as she began to hear voices coming from all around her with greater volume. I wonder what I'll get for lunch today.Does he like me, does he hate me? What does he think of me? Boys are so complicated!Magneto was right.Did you just ignore me!!? You messed with the wrong girl, mister!!She could feel her own thoughts were drowning in a sea of everyone else's. The louder they got, the more her head hurts. "Stop, stop!!" Shelly screamed. Yet her own mind betrayed her as the voices only grew even louder. The red girl dropped down in pain. Why? Why was this happening to her? --------------------
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Post by Gordy on Jun 17, 2020 15:58:58 GMT -7
"More powerful than Thor, Hulk or the Surfer."------------------------------------------------------ Franklin reached out, hoping to bring his hands to her head's temples. The goal was to push his own voice through, for his crashing wave to overpower all the ripples around Shelly.
Focus on my voice! his thoughts declared. Focus on my voice, and nothing else. Just focus on what's in front of you.
It was a small trick he had picked up. From Rachel, maybe? He didn't remember, it had been years. But the exercise was almost ingrained in his memory: focus on one thing, and it'll help you drown out the background noise. Just filter out what you can. Franklin wasn't sure if this would be enough, but it was the best thing he could think of right now.
Focus on my voice. You can close your eyes if you want. Cover your ears. Just think about my words, and what you want to say to me. ------------------------------------------------------ "I can do this!"
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Post by A Random Player on Jun 19, 2020 3:40:01 GMT -7
Focus on my voice!A single voice pierced through the cacophony of all the others. As Shelly was drowning in a sea of thoughts, that single voice had offered her a lifeline to hang on to. And Shelly did her best to hang on. She didn't know what she was doing, but the girl focused all her thoughts on the voice. Gradually, the other voices began to shrink and shrink. They were never gone completely but now they were only background noise, compared to what it had felt before, like dozens of voices screaming in her ears. Do you, is this what you hear all the time? Shelly asked through her thoughts. The girl was still kneeling, her hands clutching her head. But her expression had loosened. Her thoughts ran rampant with questions. How did she get this power? What happened after she passed out? What happened to Klara? How did they come back here? --------------------
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Post by Gummy on Jun 19, 2020 17:25:51 GMT -7
If they did look up what had happened to Klara in the births, marriages and deaths registry. It would tell of her having died in a factory fire only a few weeks after their visit. Multiple children died along with adults. They contributed the incident to the extremely high temperatures, lack of rain and over worked people. It was not the first nor would it be the last of these such fires. Many of the bodies were unidentifiable and for some nothing but ashes remained. Klara's body was among this number.
Klara's mother had passed away shortly after hearing of Klara's death leaving what money she had to Klara's husband.
Her husband went on to take another wife whom he beat to death after she had not returned with alcohol for him. Neighbours who heard the fighting were not surprised as they had heard him beating the woman ever since they had married. This same neighbour swore she had seen Klara after the fire but this was put to seeing a ghost. He tried to run from the police only to be caught drinking in a tavern the other side of New York City. He was sentenced to the electric chair but died from a seizure caused by alcohol withdrawals.
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Post by Gordy on Jul 6, 2020 12:50:13 GMT -7
"More powerful than Thor, Hulk or the Surfer."------------------------------------------------------ From now on, it was going to be a long and difficult for Shelly. Psionics were some of the more difficult powers to master, and telepathy was no different. If anything, it might have been the hardest to figure out, right next to telekinesis.
You get used to it, sorta, Franklin confessed. At least, most people do. Some can't I'm sure you will, too, though.
Okay, not the most inspiring words right now. Let's try this again, boyo.
You can build up a resistance, until you naturally don't hear anything unless you want to. But you're still gonna have to take those telepathy classes with Ms. Summers. It could take weeks, months, or even years before you're completely ready.
Again, not that soothing. But it was the truth. Franklin surely owed her that much. And he owed her a hand - he held one out for her, so he could walk her back inside.
At least Klara was probably doing better.
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Post by A Random Player on Jul 12, 2020 3:50:53 GMT -7
I can do it. I can work hard. Shelly thought to herself. She never asked for telepathy and had no idea how she ended up with it, but complaining wouldn't solve anything. Just like it wouldn't bring back her parents. Shelly got up. The less worked up she was, the easier it was to control her powers it seemed. "Sorry Franklin, can you help me back to my room?" She said. Her headache was still quite intense, and that burst of voices screaming in her head hadn't made it any better. She didn't know what would happen next, or even what she would do, but just for now Shelly wanted to sleep it all off first. Today had felt unbearably long for her and even though it's only the afternoon, the girl couldn't wait for it to be over. Despite missing lunch, she wasn't even feeling hungry. Just hurt and tired. --------------------
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Post by Gordy on Jul 17, 2020 11:51:34 GMT -7
"More powerful than Thor, Hulk or the Surfer."------------------------------------------------------ "No problem," he answered Shelly. "Let's just call it a day and head back inside."Franklin didn't know what would happen next, or even what he would do, but just for now he wanted to sleep it all off. Today had felt unbearably long for him and even though it's only the afternoon, the boy couldn't wait for it to be over. Despite eating lunch, the stress of the day left him practically starving for a nice, home-cooked meal. Was the cafeteria still open? It was going to be a long, long road for Shelly. And things weren't going to go back to normal now. What happened, happened, and they were going to have to deal with the fallout. But that's where friendship came in; helping your friends when they needed help, and making sure they become better for their experiences. Franklin didn't know. He didn't know what he was thinking here. He was tired, too. But at the very least, he was going to help Shelly into her room. ------------------------------------------------------ "I can do this!"
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