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This week, class had been advised to bring anything they wanted to create with - guitars, chalk, pencil - with them to Portalocity. Hannibal himself had brought a portable - somewhat, anyway; it ran on batteries and had a case - theremin with him. He was wearing (designer, expensive, plaid) jeans and a light sweater along with (expensive, designer, not-plaid) hiking boots.

"Welcome, everybody. This week will be slightly different - we'll be spending the entire class time at our destination, and indulging our creativity there."

//We'll be hitting up an old power station in Perth,// Jono intoned, a backpack over one shoulder and a mischievous glint in his eye. //It's been sitting abandoned for quite some time now, but it's quite the destination for people looking to explore old abandoned tunnels, get into things they generally shouldn't be getting into, and to paint on the walls.//

The bag, of course, was full of spray paint. Because Jono was an excellent role model.

"There are also bound to be some very interesting acoustics, for those of you who may be musically inclined," Hannibal added. "And if you'd like to explore, the tunnels apparently lead down to the sea. Please be careful, but enjoy yourself." He brought out another bag, this one with several hard hats in it. "We are required to wear these while within the structure. Everybody please take one." Not that they could force the students to wear them when they weren't in sight, but that wasn't his concern.

//Paint, explore, sing at the top of your lungs, whatever you see fit. Don't get yourselves hurt - bring a light with you into the tunnels if you do end up going that way - and we'd rather not have to go hunting for you at the end of the class period, but besides that, go nuts.//

And with that, they ushered the students through the portal, Jono opening up the bag of spray paint and flashlights for students to help themselves to once they were on the other side.

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With spray paint!

Wonder what you're in for this time! Or how much your teachers had to bribe to get you in here unharassed.

There are above ground (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJGj5bXKVuc) levels and below-ground tunnels (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MudNSuvRVQ). (And many more vids on Youtube if you're so inclined.)

Graffiti! Play music somewhere with cool acoustics! Build things with the rubble!

Edited 2015-11-30 05:16 (UTC)

Once they ping in!

Aussie Aussie Aussie!

Hannibal...would probably spend some time painting later. But before he got his hands dirty, he wanted to try a bit of music in the large main entrance. All the hallways and empty windows would probably make for some interesting echoes.

He set up his theremin and played a bit, just aimless composition. It probably made everybody's experience a bit more eerie.

Dante

Yeah, no, totally going for the graffiti.

And after half an hour of spray-painting rude things on the walls, Dante might have even been moved, for just a second, to paint something real.

It wasn't like someone could trace the images of twisting malice to him.

Jono... surprisingly didn't bring his guitar today. Mostly because it would've been a pain to carry around along with the bag of spray paint, really. Which was fine, because while he was shite at drawing and the like, he actually wasn't so bad at certain sorts of graffiti.

Particularly not the sort that he used to do all of the time as a calling card of sorts with his team.

So if he spent a good part of the class period just poking around at the other graffiti already on the walls, and then decided to cover up some of the more crude nonsense with the New Warriors insignia...

Look, he resented them far less than the X.

Edited 2015-11-30 12:39 (UTC)

As the students were dispersing to go do their exploring, Jono was making his way over to Hannibal, a hard-hat that he'd spray-painted black well before class sitting atop his head, and his hands behind his back. Yes, there was absolutely a mischievous glint in his eye.

//Couldn't help but notice that none of these hats were particularly complementary to your style,// he mused. //So I took it upon myself to remedy that for you.//

Maria DeLuca

Maria did not bring her guitar because she didn't want to risk anything happening to it.

However, she was happily singing softly as she made spray paint designs along the walls -- covering up curse words and other things with flowers and musical notes.

Cosette Fauchelevent

Cosette, naturally, was determined to see if she could find her way out to the sea through the tunnels, because that was what happened when you told her it was a possibility.

That youthful soprano singing a mix of arias and more folksy songs down along the tunnels? That would be her.

Hannibal gave him a wary but amused look. "Oh?"

//It took a bit of work, you know,// Jono mused, producing a hard-hat from behind his back that had been meticulously coated in duct-tape so that all the lines properly matched up, //to get one that was actually your style. But miraculously, I managed.//

He was a little shit sometimes, but hey, it was love.

Assuming your teachers weren't watching, that was.

Not that Hannibal was watching everybody all the time, but given the colors of paint and the sounds of footsteps in various places, it wasn't hard to determine after the fact.

An interesting picture; Hannibal made note of it.

Hannibal shook his head, chuckling. "Well, it's certainly a bit more stylish, yes."

He was actually rather touched at the effort, and it was more his style than simple white, material notwithstanding.

See? Jono was looking out for your best interests, Hannibal!

//Incidentally, did you know duct tape comes in plaid? Apparently duct tape comes in plaid. It also comes in pink argyle, rainbow, brightly coloured camoflage, and flamingo print. I behaved myself.//

It could have been the flamingos.

Jono had a roll of that at home in case of an emergency.

"I will make note of that should I need it in future."

Who knew what rude person might need wrapping in rainbow tape? There were so many possibilities.

He took the hat and checked that the tape wasn't going to stick to him, then put it on, carefully adjusting it. "What do you think?"

//I think... you're actually making it look good,// Jono replied, blinking. He hadn't actually expected that would work. //Superpower. See?//

He was stuck on this.

Ignore the unintentional duct tape pun.

Hannibal looked a bit smug at that, even if Jono's fixation on his "power" was a bit bemusing. "But in this case, you chose the pattern. And you may be somewhat biased."

Look, powers were kind of a theme in Jono's life. And if Hannibal refused to acknowledge having a sense of smell comparable to Wolverine's as a power, he was going to have to suck it up and accept that tartankinesis was actually a thing.

//I might be somewhat biased, but there is a very finite number of people who actually look good with one of these things on their heads,// he pointed out, reasonably. //And apparently your power now extends to the ability to make any plaid look good no matter what, so well done.//

Hannibal gave him a little bow. "I look good in nearly anything. But this is certainly better than white. Speaking of which, I note your own hat has been redecorated as well. No flames?"

//I hardly need to decorate my hat with flames when I have ready access to the real thing at any given point in time,// Jono replied, putting his nose into the air. //... And besides, they were out of the flame-print tape.//

Hush. Just because he'd looked didn't mean he was actually going to go through with it, anyway!

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