LoH/story/School Daze

Storyline: School Daze

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Beginning of Issue
	You are standing at the gates of the Phaeton Project, the school founded by the members of the Genesis Squadron.
	They were the world's first team of super powered emergents brought together, under the leadership of Aloysius Zeroth, to save the world before you were even born.
	Now they save the world on a daily basis training Emergents like you, people born with limitless potential to do great things ... or great harm if left unharnessed. The school will help you hone your newly emerging powers and to be ready for any situation that might call for you to use them.
[[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Fire Sculpture|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]]	Are you ready to discover if you want to sculpt anything you can imagine from unbridled energy...
[[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Training Regimen|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]]	...flex muscles 10 times that of an Olympic athlete...
[[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Faster than the Eye|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]]	...crack the sound barrier in your running shoes...
[[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Puppet Strings|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]]	...or access the unused recesses of the mind to unleash arcane and mystical abilities.
	The first day at a new school is always a challenge and students who can smash through walls or toss balls of fire aren't going to make this any easier. You don't want to just stand around; someone might mistake you for a villain and hurl a bus at you. It's time to get started...

Entrance

Beginning of Area: Entrance
[[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Slow Burn|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]]	Professor Helios: I am Professor Helios. All incoming students have to spar on their first day. It's the best way to observe your abilities and gauge your potential.
[[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Slow Burn|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]]	Professor Helios: Don't worry, nobody will get hurt too badly... If you don't understand something the automated training assistant will give you advice.

Beginning of Fight: Shy Freshman (1)
[[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Shy Freshman|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]]	Shy Freshman: A fight? Okay...If the professor insists...

Beginning of Fight: Shy Freshman (2)
[[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Shy Freshman|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]]	Shy Freshman: Again? This isn't good for my self-esteem!

Hoops

Beginning of Fight: Eager Freshman (1)
[[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Eager Freshman|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]]	Eager Freshman: Yay! New competition! The more we practice, the better we'll get!

Beginning of Fight: Eager Freshman (2)
[[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Eager Freshman|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]]	Eager Freshman: Come on! The professors are watching! This is our chance to impress them!

Let's Play

Beginning of Fight: Fast Learner (1)
[[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Fast Learner|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]]	Fast Learner: They want us to spar? Sorry -- guess they think taking a loss will be good for you.

Beginning of Fight: Fast Learner (2)
[[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Fast Learner|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]]	Fast Learner: You got lucky that time! Let's go again!

Physical Education

Beginning of Area: Physical Education
[[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Slow Burn|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]]	Professor Helios: We have learned something about all of you. Now it is time for you to learn a little bit about the different teachers you will have the chance to study with.
[[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Docile Daddy-O-Bot|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]]	Professor Helios: "We are going to fight against a docile Daddy-OBot that we captured and reprogrammed for training purposes." "I know it looks scary but just imagine if it was animated by the consciousness of Daddy-O with an IQ off the charts."

Beginning of Fight: Docile Daddy-O-Bot (1)
[[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Fire Sculpture|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]]	Professor Helios: Forgive me if I sound immodest but I am the most powerful Firesculptor. That is what my students are called because we can bend fire to our will.

End of Fight: Docile Daddy-O-Bot (1)
[[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Slow Burn|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]]	Professor Helios: As you can see I was able to do considerably more damage than you were thanks to my Firesculpting badge. Become a Firesculptor and you will be able to deal more damage ... even twice as much ... than your classmates.

Beginning of Fight: Docile Daddy-O-Bot (2)
	Billy Stopless: Heya! I am Billy Stopless and my students are known as The Non-Stops, the fastest moving class in the school. Let's dismantle this 'bot and I will tell you why the chicken crossed the road.

End of Fight: Docile Daddy-O-Bot (2)
	Billy Stopless: My Non-Stop badge meant I was able to deploy multiple threats at one time. I hit it from the left, and the right, and the front, and behind ... all at the same time! Chicken crossed the road because it did not join the Non-Stops and couldn't warp across it like we can.

Beginning of Fight: Docile Daddy-O-Bot (3)
[[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Training Regimen|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]]	Moxie: I am sure you already know that I am Moxie, probably the strongest person on the planet. My students are called Strongharms and if you come to study with me I will have you bench-pressing box cars by recess.

End of Fight: Docile Daddy-O-Bot (3)
[[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Training Regimen|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]]	Moxie: Thanks to my Strongharm badge I was able to not only deal extra damage but also absorb the brunt of whatever that stupid hunk of metal threw at me. Do you know what the other classes can't do? Take a punch or an oncoming bus. Become a Strongharm and I will unlock your inner strength.

Beginning of Fight: Docile Daddy-O-Bot (4)
[[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Meditate|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]]	The Abyss: I am The Abyss. Study as my acolyte and you will learn how to use the most dangerous weapon this world has ever known, the human mind.

End of Fight: Docile Daddy-O-Bot (4)
[[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Meditate|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]]	The Abyss: Acolytes are not concerned with hitting as fast or as hard as the other schools. The Acolyte badge means we are able to recover and reuse our best threats. And leave our enemies frightened and alone.
[[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Slow Burn|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]]	Professor Helios: It is time for you to pursue a class. Don't worry; I won't be offended if you pick someone else. And whatever you choose, don't let Pyrotechnique pick on you too hard.

High Noon

Beginning of Fight: Pyrotechnique (1)
[[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Recess|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]]	Fast Learner: We need your help. One of the upperclassmen has been picking on us. Eager Freshman: The four of us are going to fight him.
[[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Fire Wall|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]]	Pyrotechnique: The Professors showed you a thing or two but I am going to teach you all your first real lesson. Let's see if four freshmen can take on one Upperclassman.
[[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Fire Wall|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]]	Pyrotechnique: And when you go to report me for bullying, make sure you get my name right ... Pyrotechnique.

End of Fight: Pyrotechnique (1)
[[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Fire Wall|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]]	Pyrotechnique: I didn't realize you had already started developing your skills. That changes things, meat.
[[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Fire Wall|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]]	Pyrotechnique: Let's see how tough you are without your friends. Me and you, after school ... mano a twerp. Whether you want to or not.

Beginning of Fight: Bantam
[[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Jab|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]]	Bantam: Not all us Upperclassmen are like Pyrotechnique. I'm Bantam. Why don't I show you some of the moves that have put me at the head of Moxie's class.

End of Fight: Bantam
[[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Jab|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]]	Bantam: Pretty good! Hopefully you will give me a rematch later. I can show you the rest of the moves ... something tells me you can handle them.

Beginning of Fight: Bookworm
[[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Bookworm|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]]	Bookworm: They call me Bookworm and I study under the Abyss. If there is one thing I have learned about preparing for a fight is thinking about something else keeps your mind clear.
[[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Bookworm|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]]	Bookworm: If you can beat me I will tell you the significance of this school being named The Phaeton Project.

End of Fight: Bookworm
[[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Bookworm|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]]	Bookworm: My brother Bantam told me you were impressive. A promise is a promise. Phaeton was the name of Professor Helios' only son ... and the world's first emergent villain.
[[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Bookworm|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]]	Bookworm: Both father and son hid their identities from each other and Phaeton never learned to use his powers. He threatened to go supernova and could have destroyed the Earth's atmosphere killing every living thing on the planet.
[[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Nova|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]]	Bookworm: "Helios had no choice but to team up with Aloysius Zeroth to obliterate Phaeton in order to save the Earth."
[[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Painful Memories|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]]	Bookworm: Helios made Zeroth set up an endowment to found the school so that every emergent would have the chance to learn how to use their powers. Crazy, huh?

Beginning of Fight: The Accelerant
[[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/The Accelerant|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]]	The Accelerant: So you are fighting my twin brother after school? Welcome to my whole life growing up! At least until we came to The Phaeton Project and I became The Accelerant.
[[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/The Accelerant|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]]	The Accelerant: I think Pyrotechnique is just mad because I am not only the best Non-Stop but I have been working on my Firesculpting.

End of Fight: The Accelerant
[[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/The Accelerant|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]]	The Accelerant: Wow! You should definitely think about working on developing some of the other skills besides your major one. Even my dumb brother would think twice before picking on you then.

Beginning of Fight: The Beacon
[[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/The Beacon|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]]	The Beacon: There is a reason the name Beacon is emblazoned at the front of the Firesculpting class and not Pyrotechnique's.
[[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/The Beacon|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]]	The Beacon: If you can beat me I am pretty sure you will be able to handle him. I am not going to hold back so let's see what you have!

End of Fight: The Beacon
[[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/The Beacon|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]]	The Beacon: I would say good luck but Pyrotechnique is the one who is going to need it.

Beginning of Fight: Pyrotechnique (2)
[[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Pyrotechnique|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]]	Pyrotechnique: I didn't think you were going to show up! I am impressed, meat. Let's see if those teacher's pets were actually able to teach you anything.

End of Fight: Pyrotechnique (2)
[[Image:LoH_Cards_{{#varpull: LoH/cards/Pyrotechnique|LoH/Card|image}}|180px|]]	Pyrotechnique: I may have misjudged you meat ... I mean pal. I give everyone a hard time when they come in to see if they can stand my heat. Welcome to the Phaeton Project.