<div class="floatleft">(https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/7/72/Shatterstar_Vol_1_1_Textless.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20180725065002)</div><strong>Character Name:</strong>Benjamin Russell<br/><strong>Code Name:</strong>Shatterstar (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=301941.msg14752837#msg14752837)<br/><strong>Date/Time:</strong>October 14th 4:00am-5:50am.<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Outside/His Room/Front Entrance<br/><strong>Wearing:</strong>As picture<br/><strong>Tagged:</strong>Neena, Open<br/><strong>Warnings:</strong><br/><br/><hr/><br/><br/>Ben had been up at his normal time of four in the morning. He liked to do his sword forms then. It helped shape his focus. Normally his training regimen included small bursts of sending vibrational shockwaves through his swords but not today.<br/><br/>The practice was exhausting for him normally, but it was a power along the same scope of Cyclops’ blasts, except with sound instead of force energy. He normally saved it for a finishing move or a desperation attack because he was so tired afterwards. Lately he wanted to hone both this this ability and his teleportation; he wasn’t fighting in an arena any more and having those two abilities being available more often would benefit the team.<br/><br/>Cable was the one to suggest, just lightly tapping into them, fighting past the momentary exhaustion and use it again. Powers were just like any other muscle, using them more often was the only way to build endurance. That was for another day, today was the tryouts for being an XMan. He wanted to do well and fighting off lethargy was not going to make for a good showing.<br/><br/>As always, he trained with very little on. First time was for form, it was slow and about getting the moves perfect. The second time through was at combat speed. Many became a bit sloppier and less precise the second time through. It was supposed to build endurance while encouraging muscle memory. Ben had surpassed those levels of thought. The first time was supposed to be for tactical and strategic planning. The second was every bit as precise as the first but his swords blurred in the air as he went both full speed and full strength.<br/><br/>He had made an important discovery whilst training with Cable. His ability to send vibrational shockwaves was not limited to channeling through his mystic blades, he just needed a metal conductor—though it tended to make the metal explode if it wasn’t as dense as his blades.<br/><br/>After a good hour and a half warm up he felt that his mind was in the proper place. He’d come out here in his shorts; normally he slept and trained nude but apparently that was a problem for some people, so he started wearing clothes when he trained.<br/><br/>Heading back to his room for a nice shower to ease his muscles and cleanse the sweat from him. He passed the people setting up for breakfast with a wave. They did not share his optimism and just frowned at him like he was a freak. He showered and dressed in his fighting leathers, swords crossed on his back.<br/><br/>When he came down, Neena was up and in search for her favourite morning meal. Muffins. He’d spotted where the students placed them earlier, so he hoped from the stairs, bounced off the wall and landed beside the muffin table. Getting a plate, he picked her favourites and walked over. “<strong>Here you go.</strong>” he says.<br/><br/>He needed proteins, so it was two plates for him. One with two loaded omelets, the other with a bowl of oatmeal and the three breakfast pigs (ham, bacon and sausage). He skipped the coffee because he didn’t ever feel the need for a diuretic, he was always regular. “<strong>Want to sit together?</strong>” he asked Neena.