Question Glyph 3 : Ink in her Veins!

Hehehe, have to do the Frankenstein bit at some point when working on an experiment. Just what is Bianca working on, not magic, not alchemy and something anyone could work on with the ingredients and instructions, curious. Ooo, making her own inks, chalks, and paints, very nice. And interesting details about rune magic and materials.

Nearly all the inks, chalks, and paint contain some of her blood, good for her magic, bad if someone gets ahold of them and use it against her. And of course, she knows this risk of using her own blood. Nice means of cleaning the blood so nothing is less, plus wonder how long until she has the skill needed to cast that spell. And very nice, less essence used, love seeing Bianca think ahead.

Wonder where Bianca's private lab will be and who she will deal with to get it. Awww, tensing up around Racoon, thinking every one of the Bad Seeds was involved with the attack by Beatdown, *sigh* Trying to figure out what to do as retaliation for what the Bad Seeds did, not acting because she fears it will make things worse. If only someone in the Bad Seeds could contact her and inform her who sent Beatdown after her without the others approval, it would save a lot of trouble and pain.

At dinner with her friends, describing each of them and their quirks. Morgana, Laura, Bailey, and her friend Janine. Aww, in her head she is Bianca's personal assistant, but a good friend and not caring who her grandmother was, wonder if Janine will stumble upon the Poe secret. Not especially powerful gadgeteer, I've seen some dangerously complicated domino chains and Rube Goldberg machines, I wouldn't underestimate her if she has time to prepare.

Now I'm curious to see what Janine has come up with. A better way of delivering coffee in the morning, Morgana you goof. Rosie the robot, nice Jetsons reference. Laura babysitting again, and heh, sound dampening ward to block out most of Morgana's snoring, could use one of those wards.

Figures Bianca saw through the fact Hikaru is putting on a mask. Ooo, nice small safe, Tessa sends good gifts. Hoping $200 is enough and that is only a piece of the stack of money, wish I had that kind of allowance. Cherry Bomb, interesting girl with her mix of traits, specialization in explosives and a member of the Cape Squad, yet friendly to Bianca.

Cherry Bomb's roommate, is she a fixer or is Bianca there for another reason? Scrye, exemplar with those looks and a magic user, and an information broker, very interesting. Ah, so she doesn't know what brought Bianca to her, I guess she doesn't know the connection between the attack by Beatdown and the idiot in the Bad Seeds yet. All that information about the Bad Seeds, yet nothing about inquiring as to who outed her, *sigh* Information on how to activate a magic amulet, that could be a lot more dangerous than it sounds if Scrye finds the amulet.

Nightmare, based on the theme, reliving that over and over, it is going to be a long time before the nightmares end or become rare, isn't it. Bianca is lucky to have Morgana as her roommate, being trapped in a nightmare and unable to wake up is torture. Day room to read a book on Romani runes, guess when you can't sleep that is one way to wind down. Yikes, the series of runes not making sense, wonder who else has read this book over the years. Darn, broken spell she can't use, would have been interesting.

Ooo, now that is a spell rune which could have many uses, not just on a safe. Poor Bianca, trying not to stare at Flower and Laura, needs to get over that shyness while in the showers. And ouch, Bianca having that much trouble with the changes to her body, I thought she was doing better than this before we got her inner dialog.

Instant drying after a bath or shower, so many different ways to achieve it, wonder if someone has invented a devise yet that would do the same thing without harming the user. Saturday classes, out of all the things about Whateley that is still the hardest thing for my brain to get used to.

Scrye works fast, folder with info on the Bad Seeds dropped off already. At least she now knows the truth from the rumors, important when dealing with opponents. Darn, Bianca not wishing to go to the party, after what happened to her family at the last party she went to. Not wishing to go to any party ever again, she needs to talk to a counselor about this.

Black Cauldron rootbeer, wonder if it tastes better than the other rootbeer I've tried. Rereading books after manifesting as a mutant, guess it gives her a different perspective on things in the books. Chicago style pizza, now you've made me hungry. Explaining to Chessa why she is rereading the books, interesting reason to. Movie of the first book and actually looking forward to seeing it, no accounting for taste.

Rushing to see Janine down in the labs, worried about walking across campus alone, having to put on that act just because she is the White Lady, I would have used the tunnels. Those who think of themselves as 'good guys' judging her like that, hopefully they'll learn better in their time at Whateley.

Janine at a workstation in the labs, along with Giggles, hope Giggles will get over being a bit cool and distant to Bianca. Shock glove, always a nice weapon to have. A remote control car as a base and domino setter on top, interesting. Setting up dominos that fast, even if it can only do 4 feet a time, is impressive.

Laura switching out batteries on her neural neutralizer, wonder how many shots it can get before needing to switch out. Karma, little girl with gray eyes and long dark hair, sneaky little kid to swipe stuff so she can 'play' with them. At least Laura is good with young kids. Ouch, Karma only 7 and already manifested, supposedly a mangler. Knocked over a paint rack and not a drop of paint on her, has to be a mangler. Samantha Harris aka Tek Rider from Melville, wonder what her specialization is. Hehehe, love the cute banter Bianca has with her friends. And nice to see Giggles warming up to Bianca again, she needs all the friends she can get.

Clive Franks aka Beatdown, he actually likes the image he has. Shades is his roommate, talk about complete opposites, at least physically. Huh, Clive is a different kind of bully, not going out of his way to pick on some kid who can't fight back. Pure black with silver irises, no wonder he wears shades. Teleporting a poor boy onto Slyme, a thornie girl, from above and splattering her, Shades is a real creep.

At least Clive is shuddering when he sees Bianca now, wonder if that means he is smart enough to leave her alone now. Terrified after what Glyph did to him and suggested she could do, now that is fear. *sigh* Wanting to be a mob tough guy, just because he doesn't wish to work hard for a living like his dad did. Shades basically banned from Las Vegas, talk about screwing up. *facepalms* I can't believe Shades thinks trying to get in good with Bianca so they can be a part of the Family is a good idea, there is cocky and then there is just plain dense.

Melody Sheridon aka Chained Melody, in Venus Inc. and Melville, no wonder she has such an attitude problem. Kim Hashida aka Perfume, it figures Melody would think quitting Venus Inc is a waste. Carrie Harper aka Mouse, newest member of the Spy Kids, guess they've never shaken that nickname. Using the Spy Kids for her own plot, Melody is going to regret that. Using her magic to make others more open and trusting with her, when she is caught that is a big ethics violation.

Ouch, poking at a sore point for poor Mouse, Melody is a truly manipulative b. Manipulating Mouse against Bianca, ugh. And the Spy Kids are repeating the mistakes of the older generation, doing an investigation on a fellow student without staff approval. Trying to get her kicked out of school, hope it backfires and they get punished themselves. Melody is the kind of b I wish would get caught in her web of lies and manipulations.

Basic Martial Arts, she needs to learn powers aren't everything and take the training to heart. At least Bianca knows Tolman sets everyone up against opponents they seem to have no chance again and doesn't take it personally, some students would. Aww, having to go up against Bacon, he is a nice guy but I can see the challenge against a PK brick for Bianca. *chuckles* Love Bacon's sense of humor about his GSD.

Bacon is a smart opponent, nice to see a PK brick who doesn't just charge in, especially a freshman this early in the school year. Getting Bacon to look at a piece of paper to blind him with a flash of light from the rune spell, nice. Strong not to get pushed out of the circle, and Bianca hurt worse than him by her own fire rune spell, ouch. At least Bacon just dropped her out of the circle, really nice guy.

At least Bianca has regen enough to heal from the burn quickly, and trying not to rely on her built-in spells as much is a good idea, but not if it risks harming herself in the process. Great, Mouse giving Bianca the stink-eye now, as if she doesn't have enough pain-in-the-necks to deal with.

AJ sparring with Rapunzel, Bianca knows he is a member of the Bad Seeds and wonders how AJ deals with this kind of attention. She needs to talk to AJ about the Bad Seeds and her being outed before it is too late. Everyone so concerned about Bianca and also telling her to be more careful, even Bacon saying he is sorry, kid is too nice for his own good almost.

Lunchtime right after BMA class, Bianca, Morgana, Laura, Erica, Callie, Jimmy, and Vic all heading to the Crystal Hall together. Make her own paper, teasing by Laura on if there is a course on making papyrus, though I wouldn't be surprised if there was at least a special class on that.

Beatdown and Shades heading towards them, can't believe they are actually doing this. Beatdown actually apologizing for his actions, trying to say it wasn't personal but he regrets taking that job. Earn her trust by telling who sicked you on Bianca. Offering to be her hired goons basically but she says she doesn't need it. At least Laura sees the trouble having henchmen could bring Bianca. Morgana, why! Sometimes teasing can go too far.

Magic Lab, most of the more interesting magic wielders have one or more quirks with their powers. Creating some basic wands, each going about their wards in their own way. Bianca can't cast out loud, but how fast she can get things done with drawn runes and circles is very impressive. A magical tripwire, dang. Nice demonstration of tripping the wards as well. At least one improvement on your wards, sure can't say Magic Lab is an easy class.

AJ confronting Bianca about asking questions about the Bad Seeds around campus, and finally AJ reveals that Esquire outed Bianca and sent Beatdown after her on his own. Glad to hear AJ say he thinks of Bianca as a friend, she needed to hear that.

"Are you saying I don't treat my minions well?" I asked in mock innocence. Morgana snorted. "You'd probably forget to feed and water them..."

Bwhahahaha, too good.

"Sometimes, I forget that you really do have your own minions..." That just made me smirk. "And sometimes, I even paint them yellow and make them wear overalls..."

Okay, we need a drawing of some of her minions done up like Minions now.

Janine's PK might not be that impressive, but I would love it when walking through forests or muddy areas. Tinker, forgot that was her codename. Aww, Janine pushing herself to get stronger. *sigh* Acting like Bianca's assistant isn't helping, Bianca coming up with appointments just not to disappoint Janine won't help. Facade now with purple skin and a pair of horns, that girl can confuse people easily. English and Algebra in common, good to have friends in the same classes. *sigh* Can't even escape the minion rumors in Poe.

Poor Carrie, low self-esteem and shy, along with the power to shrink. Even ignored by the other Spy Kids, now that is harsh. David Nayer aka Cyber Swarm, is the official leader of them now, but more interested in his micro-drones, no wonder they are such a mess. Perfume, so that is the source of her scent, any scent she wants could be useful and dangerous. And 2nd in charge of them, why does that give me a bad feeling.

Edward Temple and Caroline Voight, Mister Blank and Miss Violet, British couple and did they take those names from the Clue game or what. Old-fashioned cane umbrella, he plays up the British spy to a tee. Violet hair and gold eyes, plus wearing a dark purple catsuit, these two are playing up to the original Avengers show. Ugh, an exemplar, paragon and a know-it-all showoff, just great.

Flipside, doesn't know what his powers are beyond being a reality warper, oh boy. Tiptoe, only a few days more seniority over her in the group yet they take him more seriously than Carrie. This group seems worse than Gen 1 Spy Kids and don't seem to like each other than much except for the couple who like each other, ticking timebomb imo.

Edward putting down Slyme for being a thornie, Flipside and Carrie thinking she would be a good Cadet. Goo girl, Edward called her goo girl and says they need to maintain high standards for membership, sounds more like he is a GSD bigot. Hehe, Flipside calling him John Steed and Caroline Emma Peel, love it. And Violet agreeing with her boyfriend, ugh.

Perfume has a point, is Slyme interested in joining this group. Cyber Swarm curious how she maintains her humanoid shape, at least he finally paid attention. And Perfume finally ends the conversation, at least she has a level head out of the group, or so it seems so far. Ongoing investigations of the Bad Seeds and Masterminds, along with Bianca now. And we find out why Carrie joined the Spy Kids, seems like a stupid reason to without at least talking to Bianca about the matter herself first. Plus considering the new headmaster a supervillain when he is retired, Mouse is going to get herself into a lot of trouble at this rate.

Mrs. Horton takes bugging Poe personally, pity the Spy Kids if she finds out they tried. Cyber Swarm planting passive recording devises on Bianca and Morgana, this group is as bad as the original Spy Kids if not worse. Thinking because she goes to all that trouble to prevent snooping that Bianca has something to hide, doesn't give them the right to spy on her without staff permission.

At least Perfume doesn't agree, sees attempts to ensure privacy not evidence of wrongdoing. Learn what she's up to before it's too late, really don't like Edward or Violet. Make an example out of a criminal so they will be taken more seriously, more like get you all in trouble for harassing a fellow student. Perfume going along reluctantly, if only there was another group she could join instead of this joke who seem to think they are the law.

Practicing forms in BMA and enjoying herself, of course it gets broken when Bianca is pitted against Crysis for sparring. Telekinetically throwing her out of the ring not gently, why does she face so many creeps. Dang, five minutes to get him in the capture cage, rough. Crysis needs to learn a delicate touch gets more done then brute force when trying to avoid capture, he ticked off Bianca with that move. At least she is trying to think of a way around his telekinesis, good for learning tactics.

Actually hit him in the jaw, but for naught. And Crysis proves what a creep he is, bringing up the Messenger like that. And Bianca is finally starting to wonder how Crysis knows about the Messenger, through his father and I hope Bianca learns that soon. Built-in fire spell to get his distracted and release his hold on her, nice. A TK without enough control to use it for defense, now that has to be a sore point for him.


Holding her in the air and squeezing so she has a hard time breathing, sick punk. The idiot actually steps on the spell slip Bianca dropped on the floor at the beginning of the match, always watch where you step. And built-in air spell to blast the thug into the capture cage, nice. Nice to have her first win in BMA, especially against Crysis. Yet Crysis talks about Scorn coming for Bianca right to her, he is in so much trouble once it is found out he endangered a fellow student by revealing their location to someone who is trying to kill them.

And now poor Bianca is scared, knowing Crysis has some connection to Scorn and that Scorn is coming for her, she can't catch a break. And they are right about even the Syndicate going after anyone who messes with Whateley, but Scorn seems like the arrogant kind of criminal who thinks nothing can touch him.

Beatdown and Shades watching students walk past in the Quad, and Clive regretting a missed opportunity to become part of the Family. Twitch skipping past and Shades ignoring her guess he is smart enough not to mess with a Bad Seed. Ah, messed with her before and got a warning from the Seeds, no wonder he leaves Twitch alone now. *facepalms* Hear some jerks badmouthing Bianca and Shades thinks they should do something to show their worth. These idiots are going to get Bianca in more trouble.

Spy Kids at their HQ and staring at photos of Glyph, most extremely blurry but a few good ones, rats. Flipside calling her creepy, ugh. And Miss Violet's comments about her appearance, want to smack her one. At least Perfume proves to be a good leader, no judging innocence or guilt off how a suspect looks. And they are using Beatdown and Shades actions as evidence without asking Bianca if they actually work for her, poor detective work to believe someone's claims of working for another without proof.

All of Cyber Swarm's drones look like insects and arachnids, no wonder they get destroyed so much. Mouse heard mention of the Messenger in BMA and Perfume knows who he is, great. Idiots, jumping to the conclusion she hired the Messenger to kill her own grandmother and family. At least Perfume won't move in without enough evidence, though any evidence they get which they use against her will probably be taken severely out of context.

With Janine's help, Bianca is cutting card stock down to the right size for spell slips, and also why a smear or smudge on a written spell is so bad, yikes. And nice size to make the cards, plenty of room to fit a lot of writing and detail on something that size. Wonder how many prepared spells she can have now, carried like a deck of cards no less. Janine coming off like a tomboy and girl next door, some guys like girls like that more than supermodel types.

So primal runes can be fairly powerful but really focused and not very flexible, with her style she needs flexibility in the spells she uses. Good protection and wards, spells that are subtle or low power side, all good things to have, flashy, noticeable, and powerful aren't always as helpful as the more subtle spells. Carved in marble, etched in gold and sit for a whole year before being used, dang.

Good penmanship the secret to powerful magic, heh. Basic ward spell linked to primal rune for fire, very nice. Drawing the rune herself part of the ritual to cast the spell, good thing it requires that, imagine someone making a printing press to sell spell slips en masse otherwise. A domino chain with spells, interesting idea, but sounds like a lot of work for little return. A joint project between Bianca and Janine, oh boy. Wonder what Scrye will say about Crysis, and Deci needs to learn not to talk about people behind their backs. Suggesting Janine is a changeling like that because she is a tomboy, her thinking she is being called crazy as if she doesn't get enough from other gadgeteers and devisors as it is.

Magic Theory with Morgana and AJ. Melody, Antionette, and Estelle aka Chained Melody, La Mage Blanche, and Hermione, three mean girls who need to have their egos smacked down hard. Whispering and snickering, while starring at Bianca and Morgana, Grimes is going to be angry when she catches them. And Melody talked Weaponeer and Photech into going after Bianca, at least she knows it now thanks to AJ.

Melody spreading the rumor about Bianca sending thugs to beat up anyone who badmouths her. But says it so loud Mrs. Grimes hears her, mock innocence, ugh. Calling Bianca a criminal and freak, she doesn't know what Whateley is really like yet, hope her delusions come crashing down soon. And love Penny Dreadful's 'zombie' brushing up against Melody as she leaves the classroom, hehe.

BMA and dealing with Crysis again, hate thugs who think they have power. Mouse glaring at her too, great. At least they can joke about all the attention Bianca is getting. And now her friends know Crysis knows things from Chicago no one at Whateley should know besides Bianca. Darn, few answers from Scrye's info folder on Crysis. Oh boy, she learned enough, knows he is from Chicago and his dad works for Scorn. Bianca, just because security didn't tell you about another student doesn't mean they know everything about them.

Ooo, free lab period to work on experiments of their own in Magic Lab, fun. Setting up a domino chain of runes, I pity the fool of trips that. A series of wards into a simple chain, all due to the idea of Janine's. All charged without setting any of them off, an impressive feat. Darn, broken eight steps in due to a smudge. A chain of runes going off like that would be very handy for security, especially if each triggered spell does something different.

And nice to see a student who is wary of jumping ahead and being careful before they work something out. Twitch waiting for someone, Racoon there with her wishing to talk to Glyph. Hehehe, Twitch doesn't like being called a munchkin. Racoon uses coins as spell slips, no wonder Bianca got nervous when he pulled one out. Racoon telling her the same thing AJ did, Esquire acted on his own and they didn't find out until it was too late.

Having how the Bad Seeds operate spelled out by Racoon, hope she believes him. Iron Bell is Esquire's mom, a brick who likes to punch before thinking, big sis is Leveler and the same, one of the founding members of the Amazons, yikes. Not the first of his schemes to backfire, guess Esquire doesn't learn quickly.

Twitch with the magic eight ball is cute, and I wouldn't need one of those to know Esquire will keep messing with Bianca. And Esquire is on his own if Bianca comes after him, as long as she leaves the rest of the Bad Seeds out of it. Twitch is so cute, interested in Glyph's magical writing. And a warning from Racoon about the Secret Squirrels nosing around her business, he really is a nice guy. At least this mess is over now, Bianca only has to deal with Esquire.

Dang it, wish I could eat in their cafeteria for that dinner, sounds so good. Last to arrive for dinner, that is a first. And a spell card to keep from being spied on, nice to see another generation learning the wisdom of such a trick. Erica thinking they are spying on her as well, doubt it, too good a cover story for Erica. And a nice description of the Spy Kids by Decibelle fits this generation and Gen 1 as well. Jimmy, they may be training to be in law enforcement, acting like they are already law enforcement is another thing.

Tavi in that outfit, so funny. Now Sherlock Holmes, missed the little goofball. Crushed cockroach by Erica and it is one of Cyber Swarm's drones, that one is just plain stupid.

"It looks like someone was trying to bug us," I said wryly.

At least the spell was still working.

"I might not be an expert or anything," I pointed out in annoyance. "but I believe any legitimate criminal investigation requires warrants, oversight, and official authorizations. Somehow, I don't think this club has any of that."

Ooo goodie, might see someone behinds Imp read the Spy Kids the riot act over all the laws they are breaking and what could be done to them over it.

Good, Jimmy sees it as stalking and harassment, guess he won't be joining those idiots in the Spy Kids. Going to security over this, I have to agree with Bianca, they probably won't do anything. Good idea by Bianca, common sense is a superpower and she has it in spades. Warding Erica's dorm room, at this rate the Spy Kids are going to get frustrated and make mistakes.

And getting advice on how the Bad Seeds deal with the Spy Kids from AJ, Bianca keeps impressing me. Getting to the library without trouble is one thing, getting back when it is darker is another. 6'6" and golden metallic skin, worse GSD to have though I bet he hates all the jokes. The thoughtful way he is watching Bianca, curious, trouble or no. Edward Lowe, the Golden Lion, a senior, interesting. Whoa, used exemplar brain to become like the Gen 2 version of Ayla, investing in some gadgeteers' inventions.

All that reading for nothing, wish she could find magic books with spells that require more written components instead of verbal. Grandmother's library in her old house, so much Bianca could gain by going there, but the trauma will keep her away for now. Esquire standing there and waiting for her as she goes to leave, talk about an arrogant SOB. He calls what he did to her a misunderstanding, he needs to have a lot of sense smacked into him.

The idiot actually is trying to ask Bianca to be allies, arrogance doesn't seem a strong enough word anymore. She tries to walk off and he grabs her by the arm, that right there is assault. Uses her air spell to blast him off her and back, Esquire is so arrogant he thinks no one can treat him like that no matter what he did to deserve it. Learn to respect your betters, anyone who says that needs a serious beatdown.

Ferrokinetic and only trying to bruise her, his attitude cheeses me off. With those ball bearings he could kill her, hope she wipes that smirk off his face. Golden Lion showing up and talks reason to them, security showing up if they keep this up, at least Esquire listens to reason. Esquire acting like brawling is beneath him, darn, really wanting to see Bianca wipe that smug smirk off his face. Continuing this in a more private setting, I don't like the sound of that. And Edward seems like a great guy, hope we see more of him in the future, possibly helping out Bianca.

Crysis seems obsessed with Bianca, calling her a bitch but unable to think about his homework. Nothing personal against her, only considering her his enemy because she is his dad's boss' enemy, he needs to learn to think for himself. And he actually thinks Scorn could act on the information that the new White Lady is at Whateley, okay, he is stubborn and dense. And he wants a reward, recognition from his father, this is only going to end in pain for him.

And can't even see her as an attractive girl because of her skin, oh brother. Dad calls and Scorn can't take direct action against Bianca as long as she is at Whateley, good, he isn't arrogant enough to try it. Just watch and observe Bianca to relay the information to Scorn through his dad, that is going to get to him after a while. Suggesting Bianca suffer an accident while there, foolish to think you can make something look like an accident and not get caught. And Crysis is actually thinking about how to try and pull off killing Bianca and make it look like an accident, idiot.

Nice to see Bianca reconciling with the Bad Seeds!

Who else has called her Bia? I don't remember seeing it before.

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*twitch* ... I totally didn't think of the blood as ink for runes in an ink vat / drum, like for a printer, until this part.

And it's right in the title, and she's already mixing her blood into ink... *headdesk sooo much!* ... Was I the first to speculate this?

Autoshape blood if you get cut? Hemokinesis might be a thing Glyph can do? ... Altering her circulatory system into magic symbols would be a bit too dangerous?

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Golden Lion! Soo cool!

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Leveler Info as Original Amazon... Important for later?

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Using Law Of Similarity on the bugs, like Fey did with card readers at Christmas... Only for high level mages? Or just not thought of by Glyph?

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Aww! It's nice how Crysis is told to call his mom, from his dad!

I wonder who she is!

Bianca having to tell all her friends about what happened with Esquire, should just write it down and give out notes to save time. Golden Lion in Emerson, wonder how he pulled that off. Darn, sounding like Bianca is on her own for the fight with Esquire still, except for moral support, advice, and possibly holdouts. Poor Janine, so many messing with her domino chains, would be nice to see a finished one. And still fun teasing between Morgana and Bianca, fun friends to watch.

And once again I'm jealous of Bianca's regeneration. Ouch, burning off that much of Rapunzel's hair, at least she wasn't upset, fast growing hair sounds like a pain to deal with. Seesh, Morgana burned the girl's hair too, effective tactic but man the smell, I've smelt burnt hair before. Gah, just had to mention fireproof shampoo when Rapunzel is in earshot, there goes that tactic.

2 security officers there to bring Bianca to the security office, without giving a reason why. With all the stuff that has happened at Whateley over the years, not sure I would trust them enough to go without friends to watch my back. *facepalms* All this because of those two idiots calming to work for her and what they are doing to other students in her name. Everhart at least is reasonable, even revealing who the two boneheads are to Bianca.

Shades and Beatdown, all because Shades thinks he is smarter than he actually is. Even having a word with Shades and Beatdown might not be enough, Shades will just try to explain it away as Bianca trying to keep plausible deniability to Beatdown once again. Heading to Crystal Hall, expecting what her friends would say, two boys messing with a robot which looks a lot like Number 5 from Short Circuit [nice reference, love that movie]. And Esquire in the area when a metal robot explodes and the head goes flying towards Bianca, ugh, he is going to pay for this one.

Broken collarbone, yikes. And just a few inches closer to her head and it would have killed her. I know the robot was a devise, still think Esquire caused the explosion and the head to fly at Bianca with his power. And so does Bianca, not able to be seen as weak, darn it, how to deal with Esquire is still a problem with no clear solution.

Meeting up with Janine, seeing Kopy showing off his powers and claiming Mimeo is his father, oh brother. Yikes, if he did copy Bianca's 'spirit' what would happen to Kopy, if he could copy it. Awww, Janine worried about Bianca, the guys who were building the robot wish to apologize but intimidated by Bianca. And Bianca not able to let her guard down, poor girl needs a vacation already before she snaps from the stress.

Getting Tek Rider's old lab, Janine has good friends. Darn, too small for her needs. Janine giving Bianca Tek Rider's old lab, how sweet. Hidden behind a secret door in a janitor's closet, now that is one of the more secure lab spaces I've seen. Ooo, how many do know about this hidden lab, probably no freshmen but who else.

Sounds like Janine has a nice place to set up her stuff now, good, sweet girl like her deserves nice things to happen. A room used by some for storage, stuff Janine can use for parts, what a minute, is this that the 'ACID' vat Imp used that one time? A squeal of delight and hugging Bianca, Janine is adorable. Ooo, idea on how to deal with Esquire, this is going to be good.

Carrie shrinking down to a few inches tall to spy on M3, now being stared at by the rest of the Spy Kids. Great, know about Esquire behind the attack on Bianca today and Edward says it's better they go after each other, creep. And they know Bianca has a lab now and Violet thinks she is cooking up evil spells in it, ugh. At least Perfume is being the reasonable one, only wishing to go off information gained from an investigation. Mouse, you are getting yourself in deep.

Crysis thinking about Bianca and what to do, he was the one behind the attack using the robot! I hate telekinesis sometimes, hard to find the real party. Psycho actually tried to kill her and make it look like an accident and is planning on how to do it again. When Bianca learns the truth Crysis better know how to run fast.

Several conversations going on at once, headache time to try and follow them all. Taka and Hikaru talking in Japanese, Vic, and Jimmy talking about something with Tavi being his goofy self, hehe. Tanya, Callie, Erica, and Tia talking about fashion, with focus on Tia, eep. Laura, Morgana, Bailey, and Bianca talking about BMA class. Sparring with a PK super like Cindy Hoffstatter a real pain until you learn some tricks for dealing with them. Miss Omega is her codename, sounds like PK 5 or 6, a lot of power in a small package.

Aww, even though Bianca sparred with AJ and lost she still thinks no amount of practice will improve her hand to hand combat skills. And the old expression comes up again, 'It's not paranoia if they are really out to get you.' Esquire, Crysis, Scorn, Chained Melody and her friends, the Spy Kids, plus Shades and Beatdown being idiots, one more enemy she gets a free dinner.

Bianca, you shouldn't lie to your friends like that, them knowing where you are going to be could save your life if things go wrong. And teasing about working on a project alone with Janine, her friends think they are dating, good grief. Uh oh, talk to Shades and Beatdown in front of everyone and make a scene, with people assuming things, or do it more privately later. Confronts them, spells things out straight in a wall only idiots can misunderstand, so you know Shades will. Hope this works out for her, so many ways it can go wrong though.

Oh, she was working with Janine on her private project, thought that was an excuse to work on it privately. Sitting with Janine at her table with her friends, Giggles, Dorothy Donner aka Dodo, and Amy Pfeiffer aka Blackberry, interesting girls. Even low-level TK like Dodo's can be useful if you are creative. Prepared, when the Spy Kids are being pests you need to counter them somehow.

Half the morning working on that area, just what all did they do besides cleaning? Janine good with cars but doesn't like working on them, oh well. Ooo, clockwork stuff, Blackberry, and Giggles are good, wonder if Janine could do clockwork steampunk type stuff. Sitting down with a good book is always a fun way to relax.

Racoon telling Esquire to let it go, hope he listens to reason. And Twitch is adorable. D'oh, he didn't listen to reason, that boy is dense. Warning him to leave her alone and he still continues to follow, need to name a new, superdense element after Esquire. Leading him along down the tunnels and he figures out she is trying to lead him into a trap, bet he is already in the trap and just doesn't see it.

Thinks just because she is a freshman he can deal with her, talk about arrogance. Trying to blackmail her for his own benefit, he acts refined but is a thug. Getting Esquire to move towards her, telling him to look down, the entire floor of the room covered with glowing runes and glyphs. Middle of a minefield and trigger to set them all off, Bianca is good. All those spells and wards chained together, dang.

Esquire held to the floor while his metal spheres rust and disintegrate, no metal clutter around the room, this is the ultimate trap to use against him. Neutralizing sound and light, unable to move, see or hear, now that is brutal and makes a point. An hour or two to get free of this and out of the room with no light on, if Esquire comes after her after this he is the height of arrogance.

Spy Kids trying to find Bianca's new lab, Carrie, Edward and Violet going in the direction Bianca and Esquire did, they are going to regret this. Down in the tunnels and come upon Weaponeer who demands to know what they are doing down there, Edward erased his short-term memory which I'm sure is against the school rules just so they won't get caught. Even Violet says it was uncalled for when his girlfriend calls him out you know it is bad.

Edward abusing that power might be what causes Violet to break up with him and Carrie to leave the Spy Kids, wonder if he has used it on Violet in the past when she caught him cheating or something else she wouldn't like him doing. Esquire with a look of wild-eyed fear, hope he learned his lesson. And trying to act like nothing is wrong as he walks off, *rolls eyes* And jumping to conclusions about Bianca based on how Esquire is acting, Edward and Violet should know better.

Bianca, you shouldn't feel guilty about luring Esquire into that trap, he wouldn't back off and would have just kept pushing until you snapped and did worse than that to him. Thinking only the White Lady would do that, no, anyone backed into a corner would imo. Hope she is right that Esquire won't retaliate or escalate things to save face. Not wishing to hurt anyone, but might not have a choice, Bianca needs help and to talk about her problems more.

Esquire did do one good thing, forced Bianca to expand her skills which will help her in the future with true threats. Thank you for Janine, dang it, at this rate more than Bianca's friends are going to start shipping these two. Okay, from the response of Esquire to Bianca at dinner it definitely worked and he is scared of her now. Telling Morgana about the trap, how Bianca had to do it on her own to make a point to Esquire. And ouch, lost more than one nights sleep worrying that Scorn and his men could get her at Whateley.

Clive upset, knowing they aren't in the Family and Shades did what I predicted, saying Bianca did it for show, plausible deniability, idiot. Clive thinking Glyph would kill him if she was truly angry at him. Shades is truly an idiot, they are going to make more trouble for Bianca and she is going to have to challenge them to an arena match and beat the crap out of them to make her point at this rate.

Shades nodded at that, then smirked. "You know, I've been thinking...?" "Why do I have a bad feeling about that?" Clive asked, giving his friend a suspicious look.

Ugh, Shades is an even bigger idiot than I thought, trying to become Bianca's boyfriend, dead man walking.

Crysis trying to focus on how to deal with Bianca, at this rate he is going to get himself caught trying to murder a fellow student. Chained Melody showing up to talk to him, very bad. Trying to manipulate him so he will get Bianca to leave Whateley, using her powers on fellow students, she is treading on thin ice. Great, these two working together and Crysis thinking he can frame a patsy, thinks just got worse.

Masterminds clubhouse, Helen Cartwright aka Doma Know greeting Scrye and good grief, Doma Know sounds like a girl who would be perfect as a live-action Jessica Rabbit. Bystander sounds like a creep, don't think I want to know what his dark amusements are. Devil's Advocate, wonder what his powers are. D'oh! It just figures Golden Lion is the leader of the Masterminds, too good to be true.

Just a cheap thug at heart underneath it all, hope Bianca doesn't have to learn this about Golden Lion the hard way. Stolen blueprints and blackmail, industrial espionage, great. Swandive taunting Scrye about going for blackmail first, and they are learning from Imp's heist class, great. Hope they aren't as ruthless as Gen 1 who killed someone. Oh brother, they want to recruit Bianca to the Masterminds, Golden Lion making contact her was part of it.

Wanting to use her for her contacts and connections to the Family, ugh. *skin crawls* DA calling Bianca cute is just creepy. Trying to get leverage on Bianca from Scrye, good she keeps the secrets of Poe safe with her. Scrye, giving them that kind of information, when Bianca finds out you just lost her as any kind of ally.

Intense story from start to finish. Bianca learning all these new things, how to make her own ink, chalk, paper, chaining spells together like that and getting her own lab. Finding out the truth that Esquire acted on his own and finally dealing him in her own way, which was epic! Hope she finds out how big a threat Crysis is to her sooner rather than later. Watching Bianca interact with all her friends and learning alongside them is great and I can't wait to read more.

First point of business, call that looser Gideon. Or Thug. He will dislike this even more because both of these designations reflect the tryth, no matter how much he dislikes it.

Two things wrong Tanya. First, Esquire has the massive disadvantage of being stupider than Nephandus could ever be. Second... Fair fights are for so far invincible dummies who have yet to be burned.

They are only made with the to-go ticket for harming you, namely your blood, in, Bianca. Why would having a private lab for this would be a problem?

See that thing about 'fighting fair'? BMA only cares about the first one, meaning you're more than encouraged to not just shore up your weaknesses in close combat, but actually play up your stregths and tricks. And use them to force-feed some reality in the dummies referenced earlier.

What? You're smarter than the Squirrels, people, or at the very least the bosses– This is about these two morons, right?

Only thing worst than overeager morons looking for cushy life, overeager morons looking for cushy life and thinking they are smart and creative. Ask AJ about Jadis Frost, I'm she'll have pertinent advices for dealing with this situation. Small word of advice, get the word 'subtlety' out of the window when you have these words about them. Not sure how Security would like it, but try busting them, beating them up or reporting them while they're trying that stunt again.

Gideon, that 'I'm not doing anything suspiscious. Like at all.' billboard you're wearing isn't even subtle by your family's standards, without talking about you.

Actually, try the Security, and play up the angle 'I'm too important to squash you myself' or 'See? I'm the criminal and I can get the law enforcement to do my dirty business for me. How much power you think I got to have to make that stunt work?' angles. And I'm sure there are ways your friends can assist, I mean tis moron straight up attacked you. Come on, give the Bad Seeds an actual pretext for giving him the boot.

... That guy from the precedent story... Isn't Mimeo a bit of a show-off himself? One who squeezed everything he could from his time to Whateley, putting him above certain ferokinetics, telepaths or women with a 'adore me' field, but still...

And it seems like show-off or not, this guy's going for it too. Maybe he's right.

I think this girl is thinking about a really close partnership, Bianca. Just a hunch fed by some animes. *Checking things out* Well, at least it doesn't seem like you're inheriting any problem from club affiliations Tek Rider would have for now, so yeah?

Eugh, them. Learning the hard way not going byond the law is a thing, okay but they could at least try to make it regular enough at least one 'year' of the club knows better. I can't believe I'm saying this, but don't you have Bad Seeds and Masterminds to harass?*

Squints eyes* I can just feel the love, Wardo. Shouldn't that sort of falling out prompt more reactions than this?

Perfume, talk to the Imp, it could be quite instructive. And try to get the contact info of a 'Reach'. I'm sure her experience would help you a lot with this crop.

... First above all, you're forcing me to apologize to Gideon for wrongful accusations, and just for that, duck you Crysis. Second, if you think for a second Whateley would have let you get away with this blatant violation of neutrality... And I really think it would happen if next attempt is as blatant, not only because overeager '''deniable assets''' like that are the first step of a processus leading to the neutrality collapsing, but with the blow Whateley took during summer, I'd bet next breach of neutrality would be dealt as ruthlessly as possible to prove they till 'got it'. And the fact you actually thought an investigation wouldn't have spotted you say volumes about the cavity inside your head. Especially when you seem to know Whateley don't tolerate that duck, and the fact only colossal luck meant you haven't be considered as a suspect.

Hoffstatter... Am I imagning the reference to Big Bang Theory there? And don't dismiss Tolman's words, Bianca. Not before seeing a certain Ito in action.

If there was doubts you guys are TK 2.0... only thing needed is to look at the number of your enemies.

No head bashed against a wall until you get bored/asleep... Sorry Bianca, message won't imprints properly.

Try a certain Nikki Reilly for tricks for privacy, Bianca. With additional bonus of torturing your enemies by having them listen about the latest fashions, or anything catching your fancy.

Gideon, first, thank you for showing me that apologize I mentionned is undeserved. Second, your club acquaintances pretty much told you 'nope' to your face. Nephandus is glad the new load is dumber than him, but still, stop digging.

And that sort of short thinking is why you're a thug, Gideon. I mean, walking willingly into a trap only works in movies and the likes, or if you prepared a heck lot in advance. I'm not even sure movies allow you to pull that off without some forward thinking too. And the mistake of thinking these guys see you as a friend is a glaring one too.

Thanks for the demonstration, Bianca.

Meaning you should actually work extra-hard on these detectives skills, if even your clubmates have doubts. Like... Perfume, for instance.

Uhuh, hunches. Tell me, is this guy aware about things like incomplete informations to act on, or howthis sort of vague answers to vague or not so vague questions can e a problem. Someone at Delph had a hunch a great empire would fall if Cresus decided to fight the Persians... What happened to the Lydian Empire already?

... Welp, calling your Wardo was more prophetic than I thought, eh? Same blatant disregard for the mind of others than the walking disco ball. And I'm sure that little trick won't never, never be spotted, because people know that total blanks in their memory in random situations happen all times, and have no connections with the little weasels with memory alterations powers. Carrie, I suggest you definitely join Perfume and jump ship. Fast.

Quick hint, Wardo and Bella (free nickname, Violet): actually ask the question what Gideon did to deserve that.

Nah, any human not liking Gideon, and there are a lot of them, would have lured the guy into the obvious schmuck bait. No White Lady would feel bad about this though, and it tells a lot about you.

Eugh, overeager moron looking for cushy life and thinking he's smart and creative, with the rationalization ability of someone thinking Earth is flat or the Moon landings were hoaxes (the perfect state of mind for a Squirrel). Guess the smashing head idea isn't that ridiculious. In an arena, perhaps. Nonono, Clive, friends burst this sort of total delusion bubble their friends have and try to bring the friend back to reality, especially if you're already thinking 'bad news' when he tells he's thinking. Be that friend, drags him into reality.

You're especially concerned someone no-sold you in front of an entire class, brat. Man, I wish your combat exams involve this sort of things. Sure, do that moron. Then she cracks under pression during interrogation, name you, and your head join the pile of skull named 'Don't Duck with Whateley Neutrality'. I mean, how do you manage to think brainfarts like that next to reasonable things like 'getting her expelled could work better' or 'Don't duck with Whateley?'

Club not officially existing? *reads up* Whew, you aren't CORE, only the Masterminds... Duck, you're the Masterminds, you'll do something stupid... Should we be glad they're showing some brains?

... Is there a club not trying something fishy around Kimbas 2.0? I swear, I bet Tanya's story will involve shenanigans like this with the Cape Squad, without talking about whhat could happen around Backtrack or any of the otherr G2 students. Welp, at least this time the opposition is a clearly smart one. Other question though, what will I nickname you? Wardo just deserves this one, so I need another one for you.

So you want her as banking account, just like Gideon. For some reason I'm really skeptic about your odds of success, despite the fact you're clearly smarter about this than him. Just an intuition.