[NSA File] - Null - Joy Alida Edwards

[Yousei Akki]

Likes:

The color Pink
Jewelry
Unicorn and Angel figures
Salads
Ice Cream (Cookie Dough)
Musician: David Bowie
Musician: Linkin Park
Movie: The Last Unicorn
Movie: Transformers

Dislikes:

The color pea-green
'Grunge' style cloths
Filth in general
Liver and Saurkraute
Musician: The Cranberries
Racisim

Influences:
~ Joy's greatest influence in her early life was her brother Ace Edwards. From her earliest memory up until the divorce of her parents she has viewed Ace with a wide eyed awe. He seemed indomitable. From Ace she has gained a spark of determination. Joy's image of her brother has only grown during the time of seperation. Joy loves her brother more then anything else that she has yet to come across in her short life. When Joy first learned that her brother was a evolved, before she learned that she herself was one, Joy felt deep emotions concerning him. She felt as if she had somehow come up seriously lacking in compare to her brother. Since her discovery, Joy's feelings for her brother have only intensified. If all else was stripped from her but her brother, Joy would endure if only to make her brother proud of her.

~ As Joy has grown her own father, Jim Edwards, has greatly impacted Joy's life. Though he has never been anything but a caring father, Joy has always felt as if she were something of a lesser love in his life. She views his love for his job to be the most important thing to him. While Joy consciously and verbally states that she understands how important her fathers job is and that she is fine with this, she is not. Joy believes the reason her father is so sever concerning Ace is out of his love for his son and his desire to see him become someone even more important then himself. Joy does not envy her fathers love for her brother, but she greatly desires to achive that same sort of love from him. Because of this, Joy push's herself to be a over achiever in school and attempts to be nothing less then a perfect daughter and perhaps gaining the same kind of demand from her father as Ace recieves.

~ A current influence in Joy's life is that of Lesley, AKA Sir Aquifer. A distinguished and soft spoken gentleman, SA seemed to fit all of Joy's romantic notions of the perfect Superhero. Since their brief meeting Joy has fallen head over heels in a teen crush for SA. She has personally adopted SA's views as the groundwork for her own future. SA has provided her with a set of values to dedicate her uncertain life to in order to make the world a better place for everyone.

Desires:

Belly Button Ring ^_^ Achived!
Tattoo of a hummingbird
To be enrolled in Kendo Lessons
Mom and Dad back together again
Boyfriend - Someone nice and sweet and muscular
College - Teacher

Fears:

Snakes
Ace's anger/hatred
Jims dissapproval
Being found out as a Evolved

Friends:

Raven (PC- Nonevolved)

Quirks:

Always wears something that is Pink
Always wears a skirt or a dress. (Will wear leggings and a short skirt for Gymnastics)  

[Yousei Akki]

* : I have moved back with mom. I can finally see Daddy and Ace again. I discovered Ace is now an evolved. sad

* : I met Sir Aquifer today. His name is heart Lesley heart . I have learned as well that I too am a Evolved, though I do not have a clue what my power is!

* : My return to school. I met Raven

* : Raven and I left school early. I feel weird about it.

* : Raven and I have 'ditched' school a few times now. Raven shares her secret with me and I share mine with her. Raven seems very Pro-Evolved.

* : Schools out for a bit. Daddy and Ace had a frightening fight. Dad erased Ace's records and really made him mad.

* : Ace and I got his records fixed. He took me to get a belly button piercing with a fake ID. Raven and Ace met for the first time. Ace does not seem to like Raven.  

[Yousei Akki]

Gaia Joy!

This is Joy Tektekified! Or this is Joy as I would picture her if she were a sprite ^_^

Super Joy!

What would Joy's superhero costum look like? I imagined something a little like this. Only a little less black and a lot more pink. This in no way reflects my expectation of her future growths. This is just me messing around and putting little Sprite Joy in pretty outfits!

I picked the butterfly wings and dress due to the fact her insignia is 'Mimic' and I think of the butterfly that pretends to be a different sort of butterfly to hide from predators. The black was thrown in because the mask only came in black and it was the best match for the sort I imagin Joy wearing.

Joy of a Different Color!

Another Super Joy! I am rather found of harlequinns and thought Joy would look rather cute dressed up in a red and black jesters outfit...oh...with a skirt of course! Joy simply wouldn't feel comfortable with her butt so...viewable... lol And yes! She isn't wearing ANY pink! Only because there were no jester hats that were pink. mad so imagin the red as pink and there is Jester Joy!

MeeeeOUCH!

Naughty Joy! Look at how wicked she looks! i don't think Ace would let his sister parade around in this outfit if she picked it as her hero costum...heck..I don't think Jim would either! Joy! Put that back in the closet!!

 

[Yousei Akki]

Nobodies Perfect : Joy& Ace : Following Ace's fight with his father.

Body Mod : Joy&Ace&Raven : Ace takes Joy to get a piercing.  

[Yousei Akki]

Jewelry

This is my belly button ring! Ace encouraged me to do something that I've been afraid to do. If Ace hadn't been with me I never would have been able to get it, but I am really happy I did. No one other then Raven knows I have this. Isn't it pretty?

 

[Yousei Akki]

Solo: Joy Returns to School
Meeting Raven

It was horrible. A Horrible first day. Joy had completely forgotten how horrible it was to be a new student after the school season had begun. Each teacher felt the need to make her the object of attention first thing. Eyes, so many eyes staring up at her. her name given, but none ever offered. Joy had no problem having the attention of adults settle upon her. She was confident enough in herself to believe that she would only recieve acceptance from adults. But other children?

They stared at her, made her feel self conscious about her style of dress and her mannerisims. As badly as Joy would like to fit in, and deeply she did desire it, she knew she could not have the acceptance of adults and the acceptance of other children both. So, she choose adults. Her father and her mother, the teachers, anyone at all over a certain age she stroe to impress upon positively. Oh sure, Joy would have loved to walk around wearing cut off shorts and tank tops. Or maybe, just once, she'd like to try cutting her hair short or dying it a completely different color altogether. Joy wished she could spend hours online, playing video games or chatting while blowing off homework. Or perhaps forgetting about a healthy diet and pigging out on candy bars and marshmallow peeps.

But Joy did not. As much as she would like to try those things, Joy did not dwell on her choices. Study hard, be responsible, and make her parents happy with her. There was a reward in seeing her mother smile or knowing her father would believe and trust her. There was no sacrifice that did not come with a reward. Joy knew this beyond a doubt.

But it did not make the looks any easier to bare under the scrutiny of her classmates. Joy already had a horrid feeling that things here would soon be the same as they were out in Oregon. God. Joy was so happy to put that place in the past. The school had been horrible, her mother had been miserable. Joy had been miserable too, what with all the boyfriends her mother had dated. Sometimes Joy thought that her mother was looking for a replacement for Jim. Someone who was just like him, but not a workaholic. The problem was...there was no one out there like that. So her mother had constantly been dissappointed and Joy had constantly delt with her mothers unhappiness. It was just a relief that they were back -home- now.

The day passed in a blur of discomfort. Besides dealing with being the new girl, Joy also had to force herself to focus on things other then the things that had occured recently. It was very...very hard. She could not begin to take proper notes in her classes due to the fact her mind kept wandering to Ace and the NSA. When the final bell rang for lunch, Joy was able to snap out of her haze and re-focus on a new peoblem.

Lunch time...was there ever a more awkward time for a child? Specially one with no established group of friends. Joy had gone out of her way today to try and fit in. To be able to meld into the generation of children that she was grouped with. Even with her efforts Joy still felt set apart. She had choosen to wear a pink jean material dress with buttons all up the front. When she had left the house, she had it buttoned all the way. Upon reaching school though, she had unbuttoned the front down past her small chest. A risky amount in Joy's opinion, for it showed off the white undershirt she was wearing. She had worn a pair of nice dress shoes with simple socks, rather then her normal stockings. But had been unable to resist pulling her hair up into a pair of fountaining pony tails on each side of her head. She supposed her hair was what made her looks so utterly different from the rest, and if it weren't for the fact she had already gone nearly the whole day with them in, she'd have pulled them out now.

Entering the caffiteria, Joy clutched a tray of school food tightly in both of her hands. She should have brought her own lunch. Normally she did, but in a misguided attempt to further 'belong' with the rest of the children, she had choosen instead to buy her lunch. She stood in a sea of loud chattering students, looking from one filled table to the next. It was uncofmortable, walking with no set direction. There simply was not a empty table to be found.

At the minutes ticked by, Joy's lunch cooled, and the students who had finished trickled outside for some free time. Eventually Joy found a emoty table. Greasy from who knew what spilled food, littered with crumbs, but still empty of other people. Sitting herself down, Joy sullenly looked at her tray. Her green beans were floating in a chunky sea of coagulated butter, her salad, which had been noteably soggy before, now glistened warmly in it's heavy coating of itialian dressing. Joy was almost afraid to peel open her peanutbutter and jelly sandwhich to see what it looked like inside.

Plucking the lettuce from the salad bowl, Joy piled them up on a napkin, in the faint hopes that the oil would drip off and be soaked up by the napkin before she ate it. Just looking at this lunch made her feel a little sick. Tomorrow she'd bring her own lunch, 'fitting in' was just too unrewarding at this point. Picking up half her sandwhich, Joy attempted to nibble on the over bleached bread. Perhaps after school was over, she'd be able to talk Ace into stopping at the market so she could grab some grapes or a apple, or maybe a no fat yogurt?

A dark shadow descended into the seat next to her, and Joy tilted her head. For one insanely Ace like moment, Joy thought she was looking at her evil alternate self from a parrell universe. The girl beside her leaned against the table, her long legs sprawled out into the isle, blocking the way should anyone attempt to pass. As pink as Joy was, this girl was just as black. her hair was cut to a boy's style, and dyed for Joy was positive there was no hair color in the world that could possibly be so black it shone blue the way this girls hair did. Black lipstick glistened wetly around a frowing mouth, and black eyeshadow dimmed her upper lids. A heavy line of black eyeliner accented her blue eyes into a egyptian sort of marking and black mascara clung to the girls eyelashs. She wore a black t-shirt overtop a black netted shirt, with some sort of spandex fingerless gloves and heavy black wristbands of hide. Joy could only stare at how utterly tight the girls black fake leather pants were, and inwardly she wondered if they made the same style in pink.

"Y'er new" The girl announced with a state of obvious observance. Joy merely stared on. The girl, after having recieved no response from Joy, reached over, and helped herself to the other half of Joy's sandwhich. While Joy's eyes followed the movements of the girls black fingernail painted hand, she didn't stop her or say anything.

"My names Raven, whats yours Barbie?" The girl spoke as she chewed open mouthed, a judging and almost baleful glare in her eyes as she swept them over Joy's hair.

"I'm Joy..." She finally managed to mumble a reply.

"Sure you are, gunna eat those?" Raven asked while picking up the green beans. Joy had not even mutely shaken her head no before raven was shoveling the linp vegtables into her mouth. Silence only lasted as long as it took Raven to snarf down the food. Dropping the small plastic bowl back onto Joy's tray, the girl rose from the borrowed seat next to Joy and began to stride off.

"See you later Barbie." She called without a backwards glance. Joy sat in continued silence, uncertain exactly how to respond even after Raven had departed.  

[Yousei Akki]

Solo: Joy Meditates

Joy stood in her room, looking around at the pink and white frilly decorations. Despite the brightness and the carefully decorated surfaces it felt a little depressing. It seemed like...a little girls room. That is what it seemed like. Walking along one wall, she looked at the unicorn and pegasus pictures framed in fake gold nailed in two perfect rows. She was only half fond of them, yet she'd spent so much time making certain they looked just perfectly centered. In a corner stood a pale pink display cabinet with glass doors. She supposed she liked the doors and the frame well enough. But the dolls within? Joy looked over the Barbie dolls slowly, each one had been carefully dressed and arranged in little wire grips so their identical smiling face's with their store wrapped perfect hair would stare out at her. Actually, the whole group of them seemed pretty creepy. On the top shelf, tucked a bit further back so they did not show so obviously stood her own private army of My Little Ponies.

I'm too old for this. I'm too old for all of this. So why do I bother? Surly her parents wouldn't know or care of she got rid of the dolls. Joy opened the door, and reached up to the top shelf to pluck a white pony with green hair and pink eyes. Turning it over in her hands. the bright plastic hair swept over her fingers and a very faint smile curled her lips. This one she'd gotten when she was six. She remembered that, tucked in a little box under the christmas tree and signed from Santa, whom she knew at that age was really just her father. Carefully Joy replaced the doll in it's place and closed the doors. She hadn't gotten a new Pony or Barbie since her parents had divorced.

Joy swept her fingers through her hair, tucking some of her longer bangs behind a ear as she turned to her dresser. Her CD player, a shimmery metallic pink color decorated with glitter sticker butterflies, sat atop of it. Next to it was set a new CD that she had purchased. Walking over to it, Joy paused only to kick her slippers off before she opened it up and looked over the CD face. It had a picture of a waterfall spilling through a green mossy scene of tropical plants and flowers, a faint rainbow misted across one corner. It seemed pretty enough, and the description stated it was good for relaxation. Soothing sounds of Nature. Huh...Absently Joy wondered just what part of nature the sounds were really recorded from. She doubted someone had trekked through real wilderness to find this pretty spot and sat there for two or three hours with the record button on some hand held device going just to make a CD. The 'wilderness' was probably nothing more then a sound studio. Still...for thirteen bucks she hoped it was realistic enough.

Clicking the CD reader open, she laid the round silvery disk inside, and closed it. When she first hit the play button, and the little blue 1 flashed on the front of the player, she at first heard nothing. By the time she had crossed the room to turn off the lights, and double checked her curtain to make certain it was properly blocking as much of the dim light as it could, the sounds had begun. It wasn't too bad. A soft rushing sound of water and the rustle of plant leaves. It certainly sounded realistic enough. It was at this point that Joy sat herself down on the plush pink carpet. She supposed she had to sit indian style for this, and crossed her legs with her back gently resting against the edge of her bed for support.

This was not the same as gymnastics. Nor was it the same as studying. Gymnastics required her to focus her mind on a single point while phaseing everything else out. It was easy for her to do that, no distractions would bother her. Nor was this like studying for school, where that again required her mind to focus on what task she had before her. Meditation required her to unfocus.That was...hard. her mind kept trying to work. Just when she thought, perhaps she had succeeded in emptying her mind, up popped that thought, and she was thinking again.

Ace said that this was 'gay' and, judging by the trouble she was having just getting started...this had to be torture for Ace. Sit and think of nothing? Or focus on just a single thing? Ace never seemed like the kind of guy who could do that. He was so...so busy. So dynamic. Ugh, there she went again. Thinking when she shouldn't be.

The sounds were mildly helpful, but after just and hour Joy called an end of her practice. She had not managed to clear her mind, and she knew that was key in meditation. The booklet she had read at the library had said so. It upset her a little, to know she had not succeeded. She had actually failed at something she had been trying to do...but...there was no one here to know. So it did not upset her too much. So long as she kept practicing on her own, eventually she would get better. She could do this...  

[Yousei Akki]

Solo: Joy and Raven

School was turning out just a little bit better then Joy had feared. As far as the teachers went, she was having no troubles with them at all. In fact she sadly had already become approved by them. Her home work assignments were always on time and completed, and she was already proving to be a solid B student. Joy rather hoped that the class was not graded on a curve, else the students would quickly become agitated with her.

Speaking of the students, she supposed they were not too bad here. While Joy had not yet found any group of children to settle in with, she was not a complete outcast. In fact, she even got a few waves and 'hellos' in the hall from time to time. It was very encouraging to say the least. Joy continued to wear her customary pink outfits. Her wardrobe would need a few updates at a later time. Still, no one seemed to say anyhting about her choice of clothing. Or if they did it was never to her face or anywhere Joy could hear them.

There was only one student so far that Joy saw on a regular basis, that was Raven. The girls own wardrobe seemed to consist of the same set of cloths. Joy never saw her wearing anything different. Black, black, and more black. Once in a while she wore a dash of purple or blue make-up. That was a welcome change to the depressing black she always wore.

"So what we got today Sailor Moon? Not leafy sandwhichs again I hope." Raven asked as she clomped over to the table Joy was currently unpacking her lunch at.

"Of course not. There are tomatos in them too." Joy quipped as she laid out a pair of lettuce, bean sprouts, and tomato sandwhichs on a paper plate. Despite her comment Raven snatched up the one on top and began to wolf it down.

Since their very first meeting Raven had made a habit of swooping in like a bird of prey and making off with at least half of Joy's lunch. After the first day's disasterouse meal attempt, Joy had forgone her attempt to be 'like the other kids' and has resumed brown bagging her own lunch. This way she ensured that whatever she was eating was definatly healthy for her. Of course with Raven helping herself to Joy's lunch, she had taken to packing double her normal amount.

Raven currently was making some of the most amusing faces at Joy as she continued to eat the sandwhich. "Nggggh. Sailor Moon, you do know what food is right?" Raven grumbled as she peeled open the bread to look at the bean sprouts. Joy took note that she did not pick them out but resumed eating after a glaring look.

"Mmm. Yes. Probably more so then yourself." She teaseingly replied back while setting out a pair of juice drinks. "So when are you going to actually call me by my real name?" Joy asked while Raven helped herself to the drink.

"When you stop dressing like Martha Stewart." Raven snapped. Joy arched a brow at Raven then teased her with a small quirk of a smile.

"This from the monotone mime?"

It took Raven a moment before the smile broke out across her own face. "Okay...okay. Answer me these questions then. First... Whats your favorite book?"

Joy hesitated. The first answer she wanted to give was 'Through the Looking Glass' as that truely had been her favorite book for a while...but in all honesty...

"I suppose I don't have a favorite 'book' anymore. I like books in general. Preferrably ones like The Dark is Rising or the Star Trek / X-Men crossover."

Joy had to admitt she had expected the weird look on Raven's face, but not the slow nod that followed.

"Okay. Thats a good sign. Least your not into those dusty dead and dry geezers like Poe and Hemingway. Next question. Who is your favorite musician?"

"Oh. That one is easy! I like Mozart." Joy replied with a smile until she saw the look on Raven's face. "What?"

"Honestly Sailor Moon. Mozart? You seriously like Mozart?" There was such a challenging look on Raven's face. It seemed as if the other was disbelieving. As if she had caught her lieing. Joy hesitated. Her bottom lip curled up between her teeth so she could nibble on it.

"I....like...David Bowie...."

"Well thank god. You at least have some good music taste. I would have also accepted Enya, Evenessence, or the Cranberries." Raven nodded slightly with what Joy assumed was mild approval. "Last question... Wanna ditch?"

Joy blinked openly at Raven. That wasn't a question she was prepared to answer, and in all honesty she knew her automatic answer. no! Of course! but...Raven was looking at her so expectantly. Did she expect Joy to say no?

"I..ah..." Raven was the first student to actually take the time to talk to her...and she still felt there was more to Raven then just what her outward appearance showed... "yeah...sure I...I guess."

"Great! Come on. Dump that rabbit fodder and I'll treat you to a real lunch. If we head to the far end of the playground we can jump the fench by the bush's and be gone before lunch is over."

Joy rose, and after hesitating just a moment swept her lunch off to the garbage bin. There was something mildly thrilling about ditching the rest of the school day. though she honestly did not know what they would do once they left. Raven seemed to have a idea though, for the girl quickly became animated as they crossed the playground.

"So I got this new game called Guild Wars. It's a pretty cool game. I have a Necro on there. You need to get it so we can start our own guild. I'll show you once we get back to my place." Raven gabbed on excitedly. "And don't worry, we'll be back by the end of school for your ride to pick you up. Who' s the cute guy anyways? Your brother? He's got wicked hair----"

Joy found the sudden rush of chatter from Raven rather...surprising. But in a good way. She was rather happy, despite the slight worry of ditching the rest of the school day. Obviously Raven liked her now!  

[Yousei Akki]

Prompt Submission: Family I

Joy sat precariously on the edge of Raven's bed. Her room looked like something she would imagin Ace's room would if he had been born a girl. Well, a angry girl. The walls were slashed by what Joy feared must have been a razor. The scratched in lines spelled Ravens name along with a pentagram beside it. The bedroom floor was invisable under the layer of strewn cloths and discarded sheets of paper. Figures of ravaging dragons, sexy vampires, and evil fairys decorated most of the surfaces in the room. Currently Joy found herself staring at a vampire figure that was bent over, revealing a impossible amount of clevage, and smiling with a 'come hither' crook to her finger.

"Joy! Focus!" Raven snapped crossly beside her. Joy blinked her eyes and returned her gaze to the television sitting on a flat top chest. Joy's little person was flashing and laying stretched out on the ground while Raven's black witch was furiously flinging dark bolts of energy at a hugh machine thing.

Joy began to tap at the buttons of her controller. Ace was so much better at video games! He wouldn't have gotten distracted the way she had and probably would have already figured out all of the button combos by now.

"Damn it all!" Raven swore as her witch collapsed and a crimson 'GAME OVER' appeared on the screen. "Gah! We almost had him!" Joy was rather grateful that Raven had not snapped angerly at her for them loseing the game.

"How much time we got left Joy?" Raven asked as she leaned forwards and popped the reset button. Joy peered down at her watch while the opening scene for the game began to play for the third time that afternoon.

"With a twenty minute walk back to school...about an hour." She informed Raven. This was her third time skipping school and Joy was no longer twitchy with panic to get back before the last bell rang. Of course, she never would have left the school grounds on her own. If it were not for Raven she'd still be in class listening to the math or history teacher drone on about something she already knew.

"Great. Plenty of time to get back to that b*****d and kill his a**." Raven smiled as she skipped through to the character select screen. Just as she had the last three times, Raven chose the scantily clad witch to play. Joy cycled through the characters uncertainly.

"I don't know who to play. I seem to just die as easily with them all." Joy confessed as the faces flashed on her side of the screen.

"Eh, you just haven't played the game enough. You did pretty good with Switchblade. Why not play him?"

"Who?"

"The guy that threw all those knives."

"Oh yeah.....nah. I don't like him that much. He seemed to laugh too much when he killed people."

Raven shot Joy a sideglance and smothered what Joy thought was almost a giggle. "They are just character sprites. They aren't real people."

"Yeah I know. But I still don't like it." Joy muttered as she continued to click her button.

"Try playing Souless. Then we would be playing twins!" Raven seemed rather pleased with her suggestion, so Joy stopped the highlighted square on the witch that Raven had already selected. The girls busty and hippy form appeared on Joy's side of the screen in the same outfit, save instead of wearing black she was now wearing purple.

"Well...that doesn't seem so bad. Okay." Joy selected Souless and the game once more began.

"Press up and A to hover" Raven instructed Joy, "then press B B B to cast Darkstorm" Joy glanced down at her controller and followed the instructions. Her witch leapt and floated in the air beside Ravens own.

As the two of them cast identical spells, Raven rather casually remarked, "Damn, I wish magic was real. It would be wicked to have powers like these."

Joy sat silently for a second and watched as Raven's witch let loose a barrage of dark energy bolts upon another clone style bad guy. "Yeah but...all these powers do is destroy stuff. What would you use them on?"

"The school." Raven answered so quickly that Joy had to look over at her. Raven's lips were twisted into a smile that Joy was not certain about. "At night when it was empty. Sheesh Joy. What a look!"

"Oh...oh of course." Well that definatly made Joy feel a little more at ease.

"So what power would you want?" Raven nudged Joy slightly as they continued to blast the sprites on screen. Joy felt a uneasy chill on her skin as she thought quickly for a reply.

"I don't know. Magic isn't real so it really wouldn't matter."

"But people can have powers. Those evolved kinds of people." Raven pressed "If I was one of them I'd want powers like Souless. Then no one would mess with me."

Joy did not feel too comfortable with the conversation, yet she could not think of a way to change the subject without Raven wondering why.

"Yeah but... everyone thinks evolved people are freaks and dangerouse. I think people would mess with you even more if you were one."

"So? People already think I am a freak and I don't care. If there was a way to become evolved I'd do it in a heart beat, then I'd make all those bitchs sorry they ever talked bad about me." Raven seemed to growl her words as she pushed harder on the buttons of her controller. Joy cast a glance over at her. There were frown lines on her face and a angry narrowing of her eyes that made Joy think there had to be a lot more to the conversation then what Raven had said.

"Something helpful." Joy finally said.

"Huh?"

"A power. I would want it to be something helpful. So I could protect people and so Ace would be proud of me." Joy slowly spoke. The frown lines on Raven's face quickly seemed to vanish, replaced by a smile that was not quite mocking.

"That isn't quite a answer. But I'll take it. So your not all anti-evolved like most of the close minded world?"

"Well...I...."

"Oh come on Joy! There is nothing wrong with being against the world! You don't have to go with the general accepted views! Think for yourself for once!" Raven's anger seemed to flare up as quickly as dry tinder at times. Joy wasn't certain just what the focus of Ravens anger was most of the time either. It seemed like she was angry with Joy yet not at the same time.

"I do think for myself! I---"

"Oh that is such a crock of s**t! Your constantly fretting about what 'daddy' and 'mommy' would think if they saw you ditching. You freak out if you get a B on your tests and are such a obsessive 'Martha Stewart' apprentice when it comes to your cloths!" Ravens words were definatly furious as she spoke, but her actions were even more so. After finishing her small rant Raven reached out and grabbed Joy by the front of her shirt and gave her a viscious jerk. Joy yelped as she heard the material of her pink blouse tearing. She pulled away, which only made the tear worse as Raven refused to let go of the thin cotton material.

"My shirt! My shirt! You ripped it!" Joy freaked and slapped her hand over one shoulder to poorly hold the torn material together.

"Oh no! What will daddy think! What will mommy think! What ever will you tell them!" Raven's bitter words verbally smacked her out of her panic. That was exactly what she had been thinking!

"How did--"

"I know what you were gunna think? Because your programmed like some robot. Thats why. Your as easy to predict as a math equation." The fury was gone from Raven's voice, but there was still that hardness to her tone. Joy felt a bit of shame as she hugged her torn shirt to her chest.

"Well what -am- I going to tell them? What am I going to do? I can't go back to school like this!"

Raven made no effort to hide the deep sigh and rolling of her eyes. Throwing one hand up in a gesture, Raven turned to her dresser and jerked a shelf open.

"What your going to do is tell them you ripped it in gym and fortunatly your awsome friend had a spare shirt you could borrow." Raven turned and flung a wadded up T-shirt at Joy. She caught it with both of her hands then gave it a little shake. The t-shirt was, obviously, black. A scrawl of jagged red letters read 'DIE' on the front. She couldn't wear this! Though a look at the challenging expression on Raven's face convinced her that maybe she should.

Raven showed no sign of embaressment as Joy shucked her torn shirt in front of her and tugged the black shirt on. It was mildly embaressing, but no more so then changing in the locker room was.

"I'm not sure I can lie to my parents Raven." Joy murmured as the two of them sat back down on the bed together.

"Oh please Joy. You lie to your parents every day." Raven challenged her once more as she scooped up her dropped controller.

"What? No I don't! I never lie to them!"

"And there is another lie. Your really good at saying them Joy, now you just need to learn how to make a convincing lie."

Joy ignored the screen of the TV as she looked at Raven with frustration. "Why would you say that?"

Raven exhaled another sigh, then turned to face Joy. "You act too prissy and perfect. You have to be lieing about something. At the very least to yourself. Which means your lieing to them too. No one can live such a 'perfect' life and actually believe it. There is a actual interesting and fun girl under all that god awful pink. A real teenager, and real teenagers are never as 'happy' as you seem to be."

Raven's words were disturbing to a degree, but heartening as well. "You actually think I'm fun?"

"When you loosen up, yeah. Stop trying to be a cardboard cut up kid. Have a little fun and be a little truthful about yourself." Raven's words lacked the angry vibes from before, and in all honesty seemed to be encouraging. For a few moments Joy felt a small hopeful throb in her heart. She had never had a person try so hard to..well..be her friend. Well Ace perhaps, but he was different as he was her brother. Raven was someone outside of her family. For once Joy actually felt that she really did have a friend.

"So..." She awkwardly filled the silence that followed.

"So." Raven replied. Her eyes were back on the screen. Joy picked up her own controller and began to play the game again.

"A helpful power...like what, healing?" Raven casually asked once again. Joy's lips quirked into a very fainy smile.

"Healing would be cool. So would blasting things. I guess a good way to protect people sometimes is to be aggressive and beat up the bad guys...like on this game."

Raven's lips parted into a wide grin as she tapped out the combo for Darkstorm.

"So you really would want to be a witch if there was such a thing as magic?" Joy attempted to carry the conversation on.

"Who say's I'm not a witch? I just said I wish there was real magic like in this game."

"Wait...what?" Joy twitched her head to look over at Raven. The black haired girl let out a snort of a laugh.

"Honestly Joy! Are you really that shocked? I've got a damn big pentagram carved into the wall of my bedroom! What did you think it was? A deformed Star of David?"

"N-no! I just thought...well it's a fad some kids wear..." Wow, Joy thought her words sounded extremely vapid. She couldn't imagin how Raven must have thought they sounded. Or perhaps she could, as Raven was still laughing at her.

"Oh yeah sure. It's a fashion now. But I am serious about it. Well, partly serious. I dabble a little bit and I personally believe in magic and witchcraft. In fact, the same day you showed up at school my tarot said I would meet someone who would be of kin spirit." Raven sounded so sure of herself as she spoke.

"And you think it meant...me?" Joy found it hard to believe that they would be of kin spirits. Or kin anything really.

"Of course it meant you. Your not exactly well adjusted. Your a bit of a outcast when it comes to the other kids. Your a freak, like me." Raven's words sounded way too damn cheerful.

"Hey wait...that last bit is a line from that new Batman movie isn't it?" Joy accused Raven, which gained her another laugh.

"Yup! I think that was my favorite part of the movie. That and the whole 'pencil dissappearing' trick!"

"Ugh! Don't remind me! Everytime I pick up a pencil now I have that scene flash into my head!" Joy shuddered visable and placed her hands to her eyes. Raven simply seemed to find this more amusing and laughed again.

"Some people just like to watch the world burn." Raven quoted in her deepest voice she could manage. Joy found her mimicry both amusing and disturbing.

"Ugh again! Let's not talk about that movie. It gave me nightmares that night."

"Fine fine, you big pink baby." Raven cheerfully jivved

"Least your not calling me Barbie anymore." Joy quipped.

The next few minutes were absorbed in playing the game.

"So you really do magic and stuff?" Joy asked after a few blissful moments of sprite killing with her friend.

"Yup. That chest over there has all my magic stuff. My candels, inscence, books, crystals, I have a culdron in there too. And my tarot deck of course."

"Wow...I never realized you did stuff like that."

"Your the first person I've ever told." Raven admitted with a small shrug. Joy blinked and cast a glance over at Raven.

"Really? Why? I mean, not that I am not happy to know you trust me with something so personal but..."

Raven turned to look back at Joy, the game momentarily forgotten as she took a hand and placed it onto one of Joy's own. "I told you...we're kin spirits. The tarot said so... If there is anyone I can trust with something this important to me it's you. I know you won't betray me and spread any nasty rumors about me like someone else would."

Joy felt a conflict of feelings. Raven had a look of such...Joy couldn't even place it. It seemed as if the girl felt relieved. Perhaps that was it? Raven felt she had found someone she could just be herself with. Someone she could share...anything with? Here she had taken such a big step, sharing her honest belief and self with Joy. It might not seem like much on a whole, but for Raven it had to be a big deal.

"Raven...I... I... I'm one of them." Joy felt she had to share. She felt she had to give something back to Raven after this. The small confused look on Raven's face continued even after a few moments.

"One of what?" She asked.

"One of...you know...them...that we were talking about earlier...."

Ravens eyes widened slowly "Get OUT!"

Joy would have thought that Raven had meant to leave the house, but her hand gripped tightly onto her own and she saw as her lips curled into a disbelieving grin.

"So like, what the hell!? What can you do? This is frikkin sweet! Tell me you can do something awsome!"

Joy's lips trembleing into a uncertain smile. Raven honestly seemed to be excited by Joys own difference. It was...so very...relieving.  

[Yousei Akki]

Prompt : Life I
3112 words

When Joy's alarm clock rang, it woke her to the sound of churchbells. Ringing loud and clear in her ultra princess pink room, Joy relculantly rolled over in her bed and popped the top button of the alarm clock. Joy was not, as some might think, a peppy morning person. Her eyes were half closed as she threw back the covers of her bed and forced herself to sit up. Joy shoved her legs over the edge of the bed, and zombie style shuffled to the door of her room. On a chair by the door laid her choosen cloths for the day. Joy always laid them out the night before so she would not have to waste time looking for something and risk selecting something odd in her sleepy state.

Joy's waking hour was the same every day. 5:45 am. Waking this early meant she would be the first in the bathroom to take her shower. Baths were nice enough but they tended to add more to her sleepy sluggishness in the morning. So for Joy, it was a shower every morning. The main reason she preferred being the first in the bathroom half og her hair backwas so that she did not have to deal with a already steamed up room. Or she would not be forced to wait on someone else to get out. Or she would not run the risk of there not being any dry towls left for her to use. There is nothing worse then drying off with a already damp towl. Joy had to admitt that she was nit picky in her personal cleanliness.

After showering came her usual morning ritual of drying, brushing, and tieing her hair up. Some days she let it hang loose and that took much less of her time. Somedays she spent a hour tieing and retieing her ribbons until she felt she had them just right. Today Joy opted for a single ribbon holding her strawberry blond hair back. Joy picked through her make up selection. A wide varity of netrual shades and pinks really. Maybe someday she would try a little blue or purple...but when she was older.

Since Joy had choosen to wear a pair of white pants decorated with pink cherry blossoms along with a pink blouse trimmed in fake gold stitching, she decided to wear a light dusting of gold eye shadow and pale pink lip balm. Those were easily applied, then it was time for her to head off to breakfast. Joy could hear the dull sounds of life coming from the kitchen, and she assumed that meant her father was awake. Her brother tended to wake up in his own manner when he choose to, so Joy did not bother worrying about him.

Joy shuffled into the kitchen, and faked her brightest smile for her father. "Morning Daddy." She cheerfully greeted her father as he sipped at his morning coffee. He always had a smile for her in the morning. It made her forced attempt of a smile easier to hold as she browsed the cup boards for something to eat.

Joy was a minor health nut. Minor because she still loved pizza and soda on friday nights or her once in a while splurge on ice cream for dinner. Over all though, she preffered healthy types of food. Salads and fresh fruit were her common choice for meeals. In the morning she did not choose to eat light as some folks might. Joy enjoyed a full breakfast to get her off to a good start in the morning. Juice with toast and unsalted eggs sounded good this morning, so Joy began cooking. Since she had started spending half of her week living with her father and brother, Joy had gotten into the habit of preparing a extra healping of food for her brother in case he woke up too late to make himself a real breakfast.

Joy scooped a helping of the extra eggs into a bowl and dutifully stretched some plastic over the top so they would stay warm. Once done she took her own plate to the table and quietly ate. Her father sat and read something, she ate, and from time to time she cast a glance towards Ace's room. A pretty typical morning really.

School was soon to follow. Following a little ride first with her brother. Contrary to what she said at times, Joy really enjoyed the car ride with Ace. Any time that Joy got to spend alone with her brother was time she dearly cherished. Ace was more then just her big brother. He was her hero, of a sort. As far as Joy was convinced, Ace was a genius. She looked at her big brother, and could honestly believe that if ever anything happened.... Ace could make things better. The world could fall apart around them, but so long as she had Ace at her side she knew she would not be afraid. This had become even more set in her mind after the discovery that they both were evolved. Joy felt she was incredibly lucky to have a brother who was just like her. He would understand her if something happened that frightened her. Sometimes Joy wanted to just grab ahold of her brother and squeeze him so tightly in a hug. It was so hard keeping her love for him from accidently embaressing him. What big brother really wanted a tag along sister constantly hovering about? But she wanted to Hover! She wanted to spend all of her time with Ace that she could.... Maybe it was just the seperation? After having been forced apart from her brother she wanted to make up for missed time? Yeah...maybe that was it.

Either the case, the car ride was often filled with senseless chatter between herself and her brother. When it was that he finally drew up to her school, Joy once more flashed a more cheerful smile then she really felt and waved good bye to her brother. It wasn't that Joy was not happy or content. No, Joy just felt as if she had to be as happy and cheerful as possible so s to make up for the unhappiness the rest of her family felt. Joy honestly believed that if she was happy enough, it would rub off on her parents and brother to help them feel a little happier as well.

School. It was no different for Joy then it was for any other child. Joy pretended that she liked all of her classes, but in honesty there were only a few things she liked. Gym. Joy enjoyed her gym classes as it gave her a chance to stretch her body and put some of her energy to good use. Joy also enjoyed English classes. She really liked to write and create stories for others to write. The past few years Joy had actually given serious thought about becoming a writer when she grew older. There were college classes for things like that right? For a kid her age she knew it was odd to be giving thought to college. College! Was that even an option for her anymore? Joy's concentration during her morning classes was disrupted by thoughts of how her life might and should change. This was really no problem though. Joy knew most of the material being covered in class due to the fact she read ahead of the class during her free time.

Joy tried to concentrate during the morning. Her study hall period was spent listening to the soft gossiping chatter of the students around her. Then finally came Lunch. Lunch hour was a relief due to the welcome chaos that it brought.

Namely Raven. The black dressed girl came as normal to help herself to Joy's lunch. Together they sat and ate and chatted. Since Joy had been accepted as Raven's friend, she had noticed that most of the other children ignored her. Obviously she had choosen a unpopular girl to be friends with. This suited Joy fine, as it was Raven that had actually choosen her. That made her feel somewhat grateful to Raven. She had not needed to make the gesture to become friends, as Joy had not actually tried to be friends with her from the start.

Raven was just so different from the people she thought she was expected to be friends with. Perhaps that was why she had not told her parents or Ace about Raven yet. Ace...he would probably approve. He did not seem to care for the cookie cutter mold she had tried to fit herself into as the 'perfect daughter'. Raven was just so way off in left field when compared to Joy that Ace would have to approve. What about her parents though? Her mother certainly would not approve...and if her father ever found out about how Raven coaxed her into ditching school she was certain he would not approve either. After the big explosion between him and Ace over his grades she was almost afraid to let her father know that she was allowing herself to be led astray. As it were.

Today was not a day for skipping though. Raven had a test in the afternoon, and reguardless of her claims of dislikeing the 'brain sucking methods of the teaching units' Raven did seem to take her studies seriously enough. At least enough so that she would not knowingly skip a class when she had a test to take. So the rest of the day Joy spent attending her classes. When school finally let out, Joy was more then ready for Ace to pick her up. There was something very cool about a big brother who had a car. Joy supressed a small giggle as she thought about Ace and his expensive things. She still had his cell phone. Though she would not admitt it, she ad purposefully glamed it up so he would not want it back. The pretty sparkles and the cheesey boy band ringtone had all been choosen so that, when her father saw how she had decorated it all girlishly, he would buy Ace a new phone. Why? Because she wanted Aces. It had not been out of jealousy or envy though. Oh no! It was because she had wanted something of his to keep close by.

Ace picked her up after school, and on this particular day, dropped her off outside of her gymnastics practice. Joy had been taking gymnastics since she was seven. She enjoyed the physical demand that the art called for. Being able to flip and bend while keeping her balance either on a mat or balance beam was something she took pride in...but... Joy's joy in gymnastics had faltered lately. The past two years Joy had been curious about another sort of art that would require even more from her. Sadly she feared asking her father about it. She had mentioned it in conversation once to her mother, and had gotten the distinct impression her mother did not approve of martial arts. Joy had not outright asked her mother if she could begin taking Kendo instead of gymnastics, so she knew if she went to her father for permission it would not count as 'sneaking behind her mothers back'. Yet she feared her mother would feel that way anyhow. She couldn't bare to hurt her mother like that, reguardless of how much she would like to train in Kendo. Of course...now it would make so much more sense if she did.

Joy stood outside of the gymnastics building and turned to look across the street at one of the other buildings. A sign in the window boasted of Kendo classes. With what she knew of herself now...wouldn't it make sense for her to learn a skill to protect herself? As far as Joy understood, her power wasn't defined yet. She didn't know what she could do other then have dizzy spells. What if her power was one of those utterly useless ones? Like...detecting ofhter evolveds? Oh yes, that would be a power she would love admitting she had. I'm a Evolved detector. People would want to hurt her just because she was different from them...or use her. Joy was sharp enough to know that a power like that could be used by some very dangerouse people. Joy had to be able to protect herself right? Back flips and hand stands would not do her much good.

Joy knew daddy would understand and approve. But in order for her to expect her mother too...she would have to tell her mother how she was different. She just could not do that yet. Mother had so much to deal with right now, she didn't need this on top of everything. Joy shook her head and turned back to her gymnastics building.

The next two hours were filled with activities that kept Joy's mind distracted. Flips and splits with twists and leaps. Joy was not the best in the class, but she was skilled due to her dedication of study and practice. Joy enjoyed the physical demand of her practice despite her wish to end them. By the end of practice Joy felt flushed and invigorated. Unlike most of the other girls, her practice just got her warmed up! She was litterally bouncing on her tip toes as she stood outside waiting for Ace.

He had to be getting sick of chauffering her around. She hoped that it did not bother him too much because she really wanted it to continue. Their short car rides were enjoyable for her. It gave her time alone with her big brother so they could talk about anything at all if they wanted to. After Ace fetched her it was time to go home. Depending on the day, sometimes they would drive to the house their mother lived in, and sometimes they drove to her fathers house. As the one with leagal guardianship over the children, four of the seven days was spent with Alice. Today was one of those days. Joy always worried that Ace would fall into a dark mood whenever they went to Alice's house. Things just did not seem to settle down peacefully in her family.

Once they were home, Joy dutifully retired to her pink bedroom to spend no less then one hour studying. It did not matter if she had no homework, or if she had finished it in study hall. Joy found something to study. Sometimes she merely read portions of her text book, preparing ahead of time for the next days class, or if there was a test to be taken soon. Since her discovery that she was evolved Joy had been looking into other types of studying. Her pink laptop, affectionatly nicknamed Glinda, had been put to extra good use as Joy spent her hour surfing the net for New's stories about Evolveds. She normally did not like what she read. So much of it was bad news! But Joy read reguardless, and she began to do searchs of blogs and chatrooms for discussions concerning evolveds. The general opinion of many on the internet was unfavorable. Joy had never realized just how hated and feared evolveds...her kind...were. It was so very depressing! Some of the websites had horrifying 'solutions' and others had such skewed ideas as to the 'usefulness' of evolveds that it made Joy sick with fear. If these were the thoughts of common people, people you could run across out in the street...what about the thoughts of people in power? Those that were in charge of everyones wellbeing? Joy did not want to ever believe that they would be swayed by these terrible beliefs. But what about the rest of the world?Joy's hour of study certainly was frightening. Yet she resolved herself each time not to let it shake her. Joy had a power. Whatever it was she would embrace it and use it somehow to make the world a better place.

When it came time for dinner, Alice often called for both children. Once in a while Joy would cook for her mother, but most times Alice provided the evening meal. It was only when Joy stayed with her father that she tended to dinner herself. Jim was too preoccupied to really make a good dinner...and Ace's version of a good dinner was something that came pre-made...or by delivery. Honestly! Boys! Tonight though Joy did not have to worry about anything other then washing the dishes. Free time followed the usually quiet dinner, unless Ace and Alice had some angry words to exchange.

Joy attempted to give Ace some space after dinner, unless he was in the mood to let her help him with studying something or other. Joy hated to admitt it, but sometimes she was a little lost herself when looking through Ace's school books. He -was- a year above her in school after all! But she was very determined to help her brother in any way she could.

Mostly though Joy liked to watch movies. Sweet sappy ones. Exciting ones with a uplifting message. Oh! Joy could just watch Labryinth over and over and over again! Or the Last Unicorn! Or Dark Crystal! They made her heart pitter patter and a warm fuzzy feeling drift over her. Happy endings were the best.

The ending of Joy's day came at Nine thirty each night. Escaping to her room, Joy spent the final half hour attempting to meditate to various 'nature sounds' in her bedroom. She sincerly wanted to manifest her power or something. Getting dizzy, swaying, and nearly blacking out on Sir Aquifer was not a very interesting power. Joy prayed that her power wasn't something utterly lame like 'Evolved Detection' What good was that!? Honestly! She had to be able to do -something- yet she had not yet been successful in making anything happen during her meditation practices. Perhaps she really ought to ask Daddy about some sort of training at the NSA?

Finally the timer buzzed on her pretty alarm clock, and it was time for bed. There was only one thing left for Joy to do, and that was to poke her head into Ace's room, or where ever he was, and whisper a 'good night' to her brother. Sometimes when she was feeling extra sappy, either from watching one of her movies or from a scare she'd gotten from something she'd read online, Joy would add a small 'I love you'. It was time for sleep finally, so she could rouse early once more and start a new day all over again.  

[Yousei Akki]

Prompt: Opinon Examination
1298 Words

Dear Diary,

Usually there comes a day when a person writes about how something has changed for them. This is usually marked by a birth or a death or some other signifigant event. Today is one of those days for me. I never honestly thought anything life altering could happen to someone when they are only 15. I mean, my life has only just begun. Nothing less then a seriously massive event that impacts hirtory, or at least the community, should have an effect like this in my life. Yet this event has been so quiet. It was like flipping a page in a book, you expect to see more words, and you alone are effected by the graphic design that is pasted over the words.

I am evolved. I am not just a ordinary human. I am something different, something new. My mind was not prepared for such a thing to happen to me. Not me. Never me! I just read about people who learned they are evolved. Yet now I am one of those people. Sitting here, alone in my room, I am afraid I have only one emotion to describe what I feel.

Fear.

When I first learned I was evolved, I had one of the most wonderful men in the world and my brother at my side. If daddy had been there I can honestly say it would have been the best situation for me. I was not as afraid then as I am now. I suppose I did not believe it completely. Ace's excitement is what I caught though. Seeing my brother so excited and happy, I had no choice but to feel it too.

Now that I am by myself I feel a sort of un-ignorable sense of fear. We do not know exactly what my power is. Sir Aquifer says that I do have a power, but he doesn't seem quite certain either what it is. I have read about the revelation of powers for others turning into a terrible event. Some folks get hurt or even die. I am glad my revelation was not like that...but I rather wish it had been more. How am I supposed to control something I don't have even a hint about?

Before this, I never gave evolveds any real thought. Oh, I knew Daddy did some work reguarding them, but I never knew exactly what. In all honesty I'm still not all that clear what he does. I do know it is important though. I'll ask Ace later. As I said though, I never gave them much thought. Oh, I knew they were out there, and I wistfully imagined what it would be like to have a power of my own. Like flying or becoming invisible or being able to make things healthy with a touch. In all my imaginings I never considered the reality of their situation. All the hate and fear and prejudice they face. Not only do they have to worry about non-evolved people trying to hurt them, they also have to worry about evil ones useing them or killing them. I never thought about that. I never considered what their life must be like.

It is sort of like air pollution. You know it is out there, but you don't -see- it. you don't know that it is effecting you, or maybe it isn't effecting you as much as others. It's there, but nothing your concerned with. I mean, even with all the news stories and the flyers you can see around town...it just never registered to me that it was impacting my life. Or that my imparticialness was impacting others.

Now I am afraid. Now I am noticing these things. Now I am seeing how, even though a person may walk by a poster without looking at it, I can see how they might appear threatening simply by letting it hang there. Of course, now that I am evolved I am afraid to do anything that might draw attention to me. I could have, before I found out, gone up and ripped that poster down. I could have, before I found out, told a fellow student i didn't want to hear their horrid opinion. All before I found out, because I was still one of them. Now I'm not. I'm on the other side, and I wish desperatly someone else would take that stand.

I know I can't keep living in fear. Ace isn't. Ace is so...so...brave. He's happy he is evolved. His power is incredible and -useful-. Mine.... I am not certain if I want mine to be useful or not. If I have a power that is useful then that means people will want me to use it for them. Ace wants to be a superhero. I would love to see Ace as a superhero. I don't think I want to be one though. There is so much danger involved...but if my power is useful then Ace and daddy will expect me to use it to help...so I know I will. If my power can help people I will use it to help them. Not just because of Ace and daddy of course, but because it really is the right thing to do. Deep down though I hope it's nothing too great. Then I can show people that not all evolveds have possibly dangerouse powers. Perhaps I can help in that way? By showing non-evolveds that they can't just group us all together as possible killers like Solarduct. I mean...if I have the power to make worms dance that -really- isn't going to be any more useful then making Ace laugh.

OOC: The major factor in Joy's perceptions is her father. Since he was approving and supportive of evolveds, Joy in turn has been given a more accepting perception of them as well. However, since she herself, nor anyone in her known family, was a evolved until recently, Joy had a sort of fuzzy veil cast over her sight in reguards to the cold truth. It is only now that she herself is effected that she has even begun to notice these unpleasent things around her. In this way Joy has been nieave and a bit self absorbed.

Joy still is a little self absorbed in the fact she has only begun to think about Evolveds due to the impact it will have in her life. She selfishly wants to have the benefit of having a power and she likes the idea of being 'special'. Yet at the same time she does not want to lose the ease of her current lifestyle. Joy does not want to sacrifice her created image of the 'perfect student and daughter' for the sake of taking a stand against the prejudice that exsists. She has not even told her mother about her evolution.

If anything, Joy takes all of her que's from Ace. If it were not for Ace's excitement Joy more then likely would have hated the fact she was evolved. She would still admire the bravery of evolveds like Sir Aquifer, but her fear for herself would overwhelm her. Joy is terrified of being killed as a result of being a evolved,a s she has heard and read from the news. Joy is caught between wanting to be the perfect daughter and living a comfortable quiet life. She is aware of her selfishness though, and she consciously makes descions to make herself a better person. Joy is still a child at heart. As she has begun to quickly mature, she has come to realize that she must accept remaining hidden for the rest of her life, or she must step forwards despite her fears and make that sacrifice to do what she can to make the world better.  

[Yousei Akki]

Prompt: Views of the World
537 Words

A) On Evolveds: We are all still human. Evolved or not. We all were born the same, have parents, and have hopes and dreams. There is no difference between an evolved person and a human person.

B) On Superhero Comics: I believe that Superhero comics are a romantic view of what a evolved can mean to normal humans. Though they are only fantasy stories, you see that these comic hero's also have lives, hopes, dreams, fears, and personal problems as well. I believe that if people would take a moment to remember how they felt when reading about Wonder Woman or the Hulk they would find that they technically supported Evolveds before all these changes came about.

C) On Under-age Drinking: Absolutly wrong! There is a reason there is a drinking limit and I do not believe that kids should find it exciting just to try and break that rule.

D) On Literature and Reading: Knowledge is our greatest asset. The more we understand the less we have to fear. Mankinds greatest achivement is his development of the written word and the creation of books.

E) On Solarduct: He frightens me. I hope and fear that there is a reason as to why he does what he does. I know his actions are the reason why people fear evolveds so much. I partly blame him for the anti-evolved opinions I hear and see. I never -never- want to cross paths with him. Even if I were to become a superhero myself I do not believe I would ever be able to stand against him. He is just too evil.

F) On Flashcharge: He is like a real live action comic hero. I can see why my brother looks up to him so much. I believe that he does everything he can to keep us safe, but I wonder at times too. With so many people counting on him all the time, isn't that a lot of pressure for him to live up to? He's still just a guy under that cute outfit of his. With so much faith put into him, I worry what would happen to him if he revealed one day just how much of a human he still was?

G) On Making Out: Oh I want to!!!! Not with just anyone though. I want a really cute and buff boyfriend to make out with. Someone that I can feel safe snuggled up against with his strong arms around me.

H) On School: Well I like it well enough. I think I would like it better if there were less kids around. I enjoy learning things, that is without a doubt. I enjoy seeing the approval in my teachers expressions as well. I do not like all the juvinal whining and complaining of the other kids though. I do not like the overly slutty outfits and the sexual comments of the crowds around me.The foul language. The expectations of other teens. I hate the drama!

I) On Spiders: EWWWW! I hate them! They are gross blood drinking icky nasty bugs! I hate the feeling of them on your skin! I am not terrified of them, but I am totally creeped out by them.