(FLINT, MATTHIAS) Infirmary days

[ALEX PYOTER VETER]

It certainly wasn’t the taco’s he’d eaten last night, because he knew for certain that you couldn’t get headaches from bad tacos, could you? He frowned and cringed as the dull ache in his head increased throbbing as if someone was pressing a rusty knitting needle into his ear and wiggling it about. He sighed and pressed a warm palm against the pale brow as he blinked back the overly bright lights of the hallway – seriously had they always been so yellow. Dragging his palm down his face he groaned miserably and finally found the crowd that led to this next class.

Class had been a disaster – Alex had stupidly chosen a seat at the back but even then he wasn’t out of the teacher’s vision enough to not get picked on. And Alex swore he was called on to answer every question on the board, he must have looked especially like a target today. Nevertheless, migraines with all with their delightful blurry eyesight symptom’s made it almost impossible for Alex to read the board without straining his sight much to the chagrin of the teacher who’d assigned him an extra homework task because he obviously wasn’t “applying himself”.
Stupid hag, with her stupid gross mono-brow.

Sighing he trudged out of the classroom and as the bright painful glare of the hallway lights hit him again, Alex decided that enough was enough, he needed to nip this in bud immediately.
Slowly he made his way to the nurses office, the Doc was a decent guy, Alex just hoped he wasn’t busy, he’d never really used the nurses office much before on an account of his grin and bear it attitude. He approached the door and knocked quietly, not waiting for an answer he peeped inside and with a half-smile asked.
“Hey, a-are you busy?”

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[FLINT VOLATICUS]

The Doc had just been sipping a cup of coffee and typing up some medical reports. The coffee was pretty cold, and rather disgusting, but he drank it anyways, because he needed his coffee, and this was all he had, since the office didn't have a coffee maker, and he'd had to bring this cup from his apartment, which was on the other side of the school. He sighed, wishing the headmistress would at least give him a coffee maker for his office. He didn't want to bring the one from his room, because then he wouldn't have a cup when he woke up at the crack of dawn. Oh, the sorrows of life...

He needed his coffee more now than usual, because it was getting close to the time of month when he gets more and more tired. Not quite senile, but tired, since his personality's age changes depending on the time of the month, from immature, to mature, to just plain tired and senile. Right now, he was in between mature and tired, but closer to the latter. Basically, due to his phoenix genes, he was supposed to age over time and get reborn in ash, blah blah blah; however, his human genes screw this up, so instead of the phoenix rebirth and whatever, his rebirth happens monthly, in his personality. I know, it's weird, but it's not too bad. He just gets really hyper and immature at the beginning of the month, then mellows out to his usual self for most of the month, then near the end starts getting tired more often, and forgetful. Such is life. So again, he needs his coffee, and he reeeally needs an office coffee maker.

Which is why he downed the last bit of his coffee right before hearing a knock at the door. Yawning and stretching quite dramatically, he waved at the boy and motioned him inside, attempting to wake himself up as the boy entered and asked if he was busy.

"Not at all, dear boy. Come on in." He said mid-yawn, which made it sound a bit like gibberish.

Either way, the Doc had just finished typing up his medical reports and student files, and he turned off the monitor of his computer, giving Alex his full attention. He glanced forlornly at his empty brown mug and yawned again before offering the boy a friendly smile.

"What can I help you with today?" He asked cheerfully, waking himself up bit by bit.

The room gave off a calming and sleepy aura, which made it harder for Doc Flint to stay awake, but it helped for if any students had a headache. He didn't like the fluorescent lights, so he never turned them on and simply kept a lamp in the corner of the room, making the lighting easier on students' eyes. It was all about the students, after all. It sure didn't help when he wanted to read, though, so he also had a desk-lamp, which he turned on whenever he felt like reading.

The Doc reclined back in his chair a bit, awaiting the boy's answer. He noticed Alex had pretty, greenish eyes and smiled to himself, but kept his mind focused on the task at hand. Now was not the time to fawn over a boy's pretty eye color.

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[MATTHIAS HUNTMEN]

Matt after after class saw that there were a few clouds off in the distance. He looked around a bit before he started to scale the side of the school and try to find a good high vantage point. "Well this is taller than the buildings back home for sure" He chuckled as he reached on of the roves and scanned the surounding area for higher than normal static electricity within the air taking into the account of the abnormal setting he was in he couldnt get any off the charts change. "guess i got to get a bit higher then he said as he began to scale the walls again getting to the highest point he could. "hmmm shouldnt take long now" he chuckled as he say on the roof and waited and played around with his powers a bit letting his mind wander in thought. Mid thought he felt a faint but sudden spike in the electomagnetic field, thinking it was a bit weird he stretched his mind out and tried to scan for it again as he tried to find it. All of a sudden the spike occured again and it was a bit too close so the force of the spike hit him hard as he wasnt protecting himself from the mental discharge at the time and he began to slip off the roof loosing conciseness his armor grew around him at protection and he hit the ground hard. Some teachers heard this and went to investigate, when they saw Matt on the ground they didnt know what happened or why he was encased in armor. When they couldnt get a reply from him they hurried and called the nurse's office for assistance saying it was a possible emergency. 


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[ALEX PYOTER VETER]

He tripped and stumbled into across the threshold the door swinging fully open under his shaky weight. With a nervous chuckle he recovered ‘subtly’ and took the chair nearest the desk, catching the doc’s forlorn glance at the large empty coffee cup he wondered what the Doc’s caffeine intake was. He felt awkward, he always did when he had to visit the doctors or the hospital especially at home – to many bad memories of injections and bandages from the times he was admitted as a child.
“Out of coffee? Never tried the coffee here, mom always said I shouldn’t drink it. Not the schools coffee! she's never been here, coffee in general - I mean- heh.” He babbled ringing his hands. The doc’s friendly smile settled him somewhat – it was a nice smile after all, the room helped as well, it held an aura of comfort welcoming not at all clinical like most medical offices. His head ached considerably less, though his fatigue was increasing.
“Well it started a few days ago, today though it’s gotten much worse today.” Began Alex meeting the Docs gaze, “I keep getting headaches, like really bad searing headaches whenever I use my powers.” For a moment he paused and nibbled his bottom lip nervously, “I’m worried there’s something wrong with me.”
Boys weren’t supposed to be Vila’s what if his biology had finally caught up with him and this was his powers were rejecting him! His dad would have loved that.

[FLINT VOLATICUS]

The Doc's glance changed from forlorn to concerned as the boy stumbled in, and hurriedly stood up, in case the boy needed his assistance. "Son, are you alright?" He asked, pretty stupidly as people usually didn't come to his office wholly well.

He chuckled a bit at the coffee comment, relieved when the boy sat down and seemed to recover a bit. "Well, yes. I have yet to obtain a coffee maker for my office, and it makes me rather sad. But enough about coffee for now, you need my assistance." He said, pausing as he heard the boy's comment about his headaches. He gave the boy a small smile, nodding in understanding.

"There's nothing to worry about, Alex." He said kindly, turning to one of his medical cabinets and bringing down a small bottle, bringing it to his desk and setting it down, then jotting down the medication on a small form for him to put into Alex's file. He looked up, smiling again, and handed the teen the bottle of small white pills.

"I had heacaches like that at your age. They're merely a type of...growing pain, for supernaturals like you and I. Until your body gets used to your powers, it may tax you more than usual, because your body has yet to adapt to its new abilities. Kind of like fitting into new shoes, or getting used to a voice change. It happens to everyone, some worse than others, and it's just a sign of growing up. Take these pills twice a day with water, and the headaches should subside a bit, but if they get worse, contact me at my school email, which is in the school directory."

The Doc winked at Alex, "There's nothing wrong with you, boy. You're just finally hitting supernatural puberty." he joked, returning to his seat at the desk.

Then, however, the Doc sat up straight in his seat and looked to the door as a frantic receptionist came in with a few teachers, dragging an unconscious boy with them. Flint immediately stood up and opened the door to the small room off of his containing the cot. "Here, bring him in here and lay him in the cot." He commanded, his voice serious.

The teachers did as they were told, and after a few worried looks they left after the Doc waved them away.

"Stay there, Alex, I'll get back to you shortly." He called to his other patient, currently occupied with this new one. It appeared to be a supernatural boy, Matthias, whose medical form he'd just entered into his computer. He was an ice/electricity elemental. What had he gotten himself into this time? 

The Doc quickly took the boy's pulse, after melting the icy armour over his wrist with his phoenix fire, and confirmed that he was ok, merely passed out. He decided to let him lie on the cot and question him when he awoke, seeing as rest would probably be best for him for the time being.

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Matthias' armor kept him in a rigid form incapable to be flexed. Within his mind he was in a dream state not really able to hear the outside world but while he was sleeping he felt a hot sensation on his wrist. "what is that?" he thought to himself as it soon went away and his armor repaired quickly and the ice began to grow into spikes as a reaction to the melt. Matt tried to think of how he was in this state un able to move or hear the outside world. His mind flashed back towards earlier when he was scaling the walls to get to the tip top of the roof. He remembered getting to the top and scanning the area when everything suddenly went black and now he was where ever he was. Trying to wake himself up he attempted to move his body but to no avail he was stuck until his body rebooted from the ocurance. Seeing that he couldnt wake up he decided to delve into his mind and see what he could find. The first thing he found was a chessset from when he was a lad and used the memory to set it up. "this will be fun i guess" he chuckled in his mind.

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Alex nodded slowly, growing pains, supernatural puberty, great… it was the last thing he wanted to deal with. Stupid headaches, stupid powers - he was a freak of nature after all why wouldn’t his powers try to reject his body. His dad had told him that enough; so surely the headaches meant he was nothing but a ticking time bomb. But to hear that it was something he could overcome – just a phase it was almost unbelievable, especially after he’d been told hell he’d come to believe that he was the problem. Taking the white bottle of pills he shook them for good measure and examined the label.

“Heh, if I fit more into these ‘shoes’, I think my dad would have a fit,” said Alex his gaze lowering, he pocketed the pills. As the Doc told him how to take them and what to do if they grew worse Alex nodded. “And your positive nothing’s wrong with me?” asked Alex softly hardly asking the worry in his tone, he glanced to the side. “C-could I take one now, I’ve just been battling with a headache for the past hour – which really really didn’t go down well in my last class.”

Alex’s eyes widened as the group of staff hurriedly brought in Matthias. Oh god, what had he done now, a pang of worry settled across him and he bit his lip nervously. He had his armour, surely he’d be okay.
“He’s going to be alright isn’t he?” asked Alex, he brought his legs up to his chest and crossed them as he waited for the Doc to return.

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[FLINT VOLATICUS]

The Doc smiled, walking over to Alex and patting him on the shoulder. "I never knew my dad, so I can't relate to that one, but I do know what it's like to be ridiculed. I went to high school, after all. Don't worry about what your dad thinks, just worry about who you think you should be, regardless of others. I learned that a long time ago. My mother taught it to me. She was more accepting of my decisions than anyone else I've met."

His smile flickered a bit, as he remembered his mother, and sadness clouded his eyes. But then he shook his head slightly, trying to clear his mind. He smiled at Alex again, though it was a little bit forced. "There is absolutely nothing wrong with you. I promise. And yes, you may take one now."

The Doc chuckled and walked over to the small sink in the corner, filling up a paper cup and bringing it back to Alex. "Here you go, my boy."

He walked back to his desk and sat down calmly, glancing at his coffee cup again with longing before focusing on the student yet again. Students are more important than coffee. He reminded himself.

"Oh, and also, if your headache is still hurting you, you can stay here and rest. I have a feeling you won't be able to focus well in class today. Would you like me to write a note to your teachers to excuse you for the day? You should rest. And if you ever need me, or ever need to come take a rest to help you focus in class better, never hesitate to come here, ok? I'll always be here if you need me." The Doc reminded the young Vila, smiling kindly.

He glanced to the boy in the cot, a look of concern flashing for a moment upon his face before disappearing again.

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[MATTHIAS HUNTMEN]

Matthias continued his game of chess within his mind when he began to feel a warmth enter his mind. "Hmm whats this?" he said to himself as he got up from the chess game and walked over to the warmth before stopping mid step. "what if the warmth is a sign of death?" he thought to himself before scratching the back of his head and sighs "What the hell ive faced death many time before now so this shouldnt be any different than before." he said as he began to run head first into the warmth full speed. Shortly after Matt began to rush towards the warmth he could feel his body within the armor. The armor's defensive spikes shrunk back into the suit and it began to vibrate a little at first then the cot shook clanking on the floor. Matt kept going as he came back from his "coma" his armor exploded like a hand grenade sending pieces of ice and stone all over the room some pieces got lodged into the walls. He jumped up and out of the cot before the dust cleared, walking into the room the two were in he looked around having a bit of a headache rubbing his head. "so um did i miss anything?" he said in an awkward calm tone.

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[ALEX PYOTER VETER]

He glanced up at the Doc and nodded slowly, “I get that, I mean I accepted being a Vila a while ago, it’s just dad hates it.” He frowned, “I think he blames it for a few other things, he dislikes about me.” Said Alex who was finding it strangely easy to talk about the problems – it must have been the room it’s sleep aura could have him babbling about anything.
Alex nodded and decided to take the Doc's offer, with a loose smile he said “That’d be great, n-not that I’m trying to get out of lessons I’m just I just…” his voice trailed off as a yawn seeped into his speech. Curling up on the chair he leant his chin on his arm and waited for the headache to disappear.

He hoped Matt was okay, god knows what he’d done to himself now - at least he’d caught a peak of him in his armour which probably protected his body? He nibbled his bottom lip nervously and drank a generous gulp of water from the paper cup Doc had handed him, the pills probably took a while to kick in and Alex was hardly a patient person. Dipping his head he ran a hand through his hair and dragged it down his face massaging his temple with tiny circular movements.
Sleep wasn’t coming yet so tiredly he jumped to his feet and peeked around the door to see how Matt and the Doc were doing, just in time to see a soaring ball of ice and stone hurtling towards him – well the door – with a ferocious amount of force. Jumping back he tripped over his own feet and fell flat on his bottom the stone and ice landed feet away from him and Alex whistled lowly.

“Close call.” he muttered, picking himself up her frowned at Matt as he entered the room, "Gee Matt next time warn someone that your armours a ticking time bomb." he said dusting off his jeans.

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The Doc's concern turned back to Alex, and he gave the boy a reassuring smile. "I can't understand why a father would totally frown upon his child like that. If I had a son, I would simply love him just for existing, no matter what choices he made, or who he was." He frowned slightly, shaking his head in bewilderment. Did his father really disapprove of him that much? It made him very sad. He'd never had kids himself, obviously, since he wasn't particularly into women, so he never understood what being a parent must be like; however, he couldn't possibly imagine anything but love coming from him toward his child, and support.

"Well, anyways. Like I said, I'll always be here for you, especially if you need anyone to talk to. Ok?" He said, smiling again, though sadness still flickered in his eyes, which were glowing a very faint orange. They tended to do that when he was emotional. "And just as soon as Matt wakes up, you can rest in the cot if you want. He cleared his throat and was about to check on Matt and see if he was awake, when-

"HOLY MOTHER OF ZEUS!" The Doc yelled, diving behind his desk as a piece of ice lodged itself into the wall above his head. "What the..." he squeaked, cautiously getting back up, eyes ablaze with anger and confusion.

He shakily stood up and glared towards the room that Matthias was in. There were bits of ice and stone lodged all over the room he'd rested in, and the wall behind Doc's desk was covered as well. He was seething with anger. His perfect, orderly room was ruined! He pinched the bridge of his nose. Some times I wonder why I have this job. he thought, then glanced towards Alex and deflated a bit, sighing. It was because he loved the kids, despite crap like this.

He flicked his dimming eyes at Matt and gritted his teeth, trying to smile. "Nothing, Matthias. But if you would, could you please get rid of these ice and stone shards which are ruining my walls? You seem to be well rested."

He shakily sat back down at his desk and glanced at Alex. "Are you ok? I hope he didn't impale a student with those ice shards."

Grumbling to himself, the Doc booted up his computer and typed 'dangerous ticking time bomb when protected by armor' under Matt's file.

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Matthias looked around and stretched slowly and barely heard what alex said. "huh what are you talking about a bomb?" he said confused but then he looked around and say chunks of his armor in the walls. "oh.......um thats new....." he said as he tried to wrap his mind around what happened just now. "Uh sorry doc i didnt know that this was possible. I guess i really want away from death and to wake up?" he said trying to figure out how and why he exploded. He examined his body for any marks or anything happy to find nothing was wrong, after the doc spoke he looked up and nodded as he used his ability to pull all the shards to him and he separated the ice and stone and began to compact the two elements until they were two dense spheres of the two elements. "i believe thats all of it and may i ask doc but what are your walls made of?" he asked as he went to examine a hole in the wall. "oh and sorry alex didnt mean to nearly clip ya, i dont fully understand what happened either. It was as if i had been over loaded or something" he said before getting closer to the wall to get a better look at the hole and try and figure out its makeup.

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It was sweet that the Doc had never had the displeasure of dealing with a family member who held the same views as his father. Alex hoped to hell the Doc never had to deal with it, even his brothers who were borderline dick heads but held a protective streak, apparently being a Vila made him as vulnerable as his sisters. Bullshit, regardless of how many times they beat him at sports or wrestling he refused to resign his sense of masculinity just because he was gay and because he was of a female orientated spirit. And as much as he loved his brothers he couldn’t stand to be around them for prolonged periods of time, they just didn’t treat him like one of the guys, it was completely infuriating. But they’d always been that way, following his dad lead– at least they were nice and Alex he supposed it could have been much worse – they could have hated him for his sexuality.

He smiled at the doc and shrugged at the Doc.
“Heh, your kids will be lucky then,” said Alex as he considered what the Doc had said about acceptance, “but he’s a dick cos I came out last year, he thinks I’m like that because Vila’s are usually women– utter bullshit.” He said with some spite “heh, sorry didn’t mean to swear there.” Said Alex his anger draining away as quickly as it came. His smile brightened when the Doc said he could always see him if things were bothering him – other than Greyson who was about as helpful as a silver spoon in a paddle lead balloon. "That- that would be great. I mean as long as I'm not bothering you or anything."

He glanced at the ice embedded room, Jesus; Matt had his work cut out for him. Well that’s what he got for trying to kill him, seriously weren’t super heroes meant to protect people!
"It’s cool, just - just try not to kill me again I guess.” He said with a chuckle “so this has never happened before?” he asked with a raised eyebrow "huh strange".


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[FLINT VOLATICUS]

Doc looked over to Matt, infuriated, yet he tried to calm himself. His eyes glowed a fiery color and he took a deep breath.

"Matt, my dear boy." He said through clenched teeth. "Would you mind terribly using that stone of yours and repairing my walls? You don't understand the necessity of a neatly kept up room. It adds to the ambiance and therefore improves the health of students and myself. Mostly because when it's in disarray I have trouble working to the best of my abilities. Do you understand? Throw the ice outside, as I'd rather not like for it to melt on my floor."

He wasn't trying to sound mean or bossy, but this boy had just blown up and destroyed his walls! What if he'd broken his coffee mug? This had to be corrected. "Also, while you're at it, mind telling me any other deadly side effects you may have, so that I can add them to your medical report and notify teachers so you don't endanger the students and faculty here?"

He set his fiery glare on the poor student, and then glanced again at his empty cup, running a hand over his face. He really needed that coffee maker...

Shaking his head, he looked apologetically at Alex and his eyes faded back to their original dark color. "I'm sorry, Alex. This can't be helping your headache. Luckily, the shards didn't pierce the cot, so you're welcome to go ahead and lie down. The walls should be repaired shortly." He said, shooting a pointed glance at Matthias.

Then he sighed, smiling sadly at Alex. "I can't have kids, unfortunately, unless I adopt. I'm not particularly attracted to women. Looks like we have that in common." He winked playfully at Alex and shook his head. "And don't worry about swearing, I've done it myself from time to time. If the shoe fits, I say, put it on. And you could never bother me, dear boy. Don't worry about that."

With that the Doc reclined in his chair and waited for Matt to get to work, focusing his gaze yet again on his empty coffee cup.

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Matthias nodded to the doc when he asked him to fix the walls, while inspecting one of the holes and felt what it was made of he snapped his fingers and the stone fragmented and instantly shot into the holes filling them and being perfectly flush with the wall. He smiled at his handy work not really phased by the doc's frustration as he was used to it from the cops when he had fun. "um to be honest doc what just happened is news to me" he said truthfully as he took the ice and had his palm facing up and began to move it in a circle, the ice ball followed the hand motion. He slowly sped the motion up and the ball started to spin to the point it was a blur and he suddenly clapped his hands and the snowball turned into a vapor that got sucked into the air vents.
He then turned his attention back to alex,"sorry bro but when ya gotta fight the reaper its go big or go home is all i can really think of" he said with a soft chuckle as he remembered how it felt while he was "asleep" Turning back to the doc "Well doc you could put me through the ringer and evaluate my stress levels and such to see all im capable of, i warn you though i didnt survive up to this point by hiding i had to develope my powers quickly and to the max." he said issuing a challenge and to see what all he was able to do.

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Alex caught the doc’s eyes fiery glare at Matt, wow his eyes could glow – that was nifty. For a moment he thought about asking the Doc what caused it but he thought better of it deciding it could be a bit rude to just ask someone what they were. Nevertheless he pondered wondering what the Doc could be; maybe it was something to do with fire – it would make sense since his eyes we’re all orangy. He watched semi amused as Matt cleaned up the room.
“Uh oh, you’re in trouble,” he muttered with a lopsided smirk as he passed, sounding out the word trouble.
It served him right for trying to kill them all even if it was accidental – and for making his headache, worse come on pills it would be nice for you to kick in now, any moment now… Thought Alex with an inward grumble. He nodded at the Doc, and shuffled across the slippery room – because really he didn’t want to break his neck with a nasty fall!
He raised his eyebrows in surprise, so the Doc was gay too, cool. It was comforting knowing someone had been through the same problems as he, least he could talk to him if things got crappy again. It wasn’t like he could talk to his parents, dad always seemed to intercept his letters and his poor mom was clueless.
“Thanks I appreciate it.” Said Alex, though he wondered how much the Doc could actually handle until Alex did begin to annoy him – it always happened, Alex talked too much or he’d say the wrong thing. Greyson was probably one of the few people he hadn’t pushed away.
“what you almost died?” he asked with a raised eyebrow at Matthias, “just how hard did you hit your head?” he asked curiously watching as his friend drained away the ice into the air vents.
Jumping onto the cot he curled up into a tight little ball ready for sleep to hit him. He was certainly ready for a rest, today had been one disaster after another and if it wasn’t one teacher trying to ruin his life then it was a failed assignment or essay.

[FLINT VOLATICUS]

The Doc ignored Matt as he fixed the walls, his attention on Alex. He smiled as Alex seemed to look surprised when his eyes changed color. He knew they had, for his eyes had become incredibly warm, like glowing embers.

"Staring into my beautiful eyes, are you boy?" He joked, laughing a bit. "If you're curious, it's because I'm part phoenix."

He winked at Alex and grinned, snapping his fingers to let a tiny flame spark into the air, and then disappear. He was showing off, but it was fun. Then his eyes softened as he noticed the boy was still in pain, and watched as he went to lie down on the cot.

"Rest well." He said softly, "I'll write you a doctor's note when you wake up, ok?"

Now, his attention turned to Matt as he quietly closed the door to the room with the bed and spun around, scrutinizing Matt's work on the walls. It seemed as though they were all repaired, though a bit discolored in the patches where he'd put the stone. He'd need to repaint the walls. It was better than nothing, though. He sighed and glanced at the luceacem.

"Good job. At least you're good at fixing what you mess up. Now that you're finished, is there anything else you need?" He said calmly, though he was still a bit ticked off at the boy. "We'll do stress tests and whatnot another day. I'm rather tired now as it is. I'm out of coffee, and it's..." he looked at his watch and widened his eyes. "Ok, it's not as late as I thought it was, but still. It seems late. I must be getting old." He joked, though it was more of an inside joke, as his phoenix side was actually causing him to age faster in a way, until the month was up.

"Either way, you're free to go unless you need anything else. Just let me write you a nurse's pass back to class." He said, walking back to his desk and pulling out his notepad and scribbling on it before signing his name and ripping off the paper. He held it out to Matt, tapping his pen on the desk.

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Matthias watched as the doc wrote him a note, he didnt really know why a note would be needed he had finished his classes for the day that were assigned to him. He took the note and looked at it not really able to read it since it wasnt written with metallic ink.

"So what exactly does this say?" he asked as his brow furrowed as he tried to read the note still failing at it. He combed his hair back with his hand as he sat in a chair nearby. He had a look of slight frustration and curiosity at the note obviously the first time hes ever had been given one for this reason.

"Are you sure you wrote something on this thing, its completely blank for me" he said as he sighed with a small growl as he gave up on trying to read it.

"I guess ill see ya for testing doc" he said as he got up and headed for the door of the office with a bit of an ironic twist as he had just recently fended off death just to be stumped by a piece of paper. He left the office still holding the note up with the small hope of reading.

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The Doc looked at Matthias oddly, not registering the merit of his question until he focused on the boy's eyes and froze. His face turned red, and he was absolutely mortified. The poor boy's eyes were clouded. How on earth had he not noticed that Matt was blind.

Running a shaking hand over his face, he was prepared to apologize profusely, since what kind of doctor misses such an important fact about his patient? But he paused, eyebrows furrowing. If he was blind, how had he seen the holes in the walls to repair them. He observed the boy closely.

He was unable to tell exactly what was up with him, but before he could ask, or apologize, Matt got up and left. Flint put his hands on his head in exasperation, running his fingers back through his hair. His eyes were wide. That had taken him completely by surprise. He was going to make sure to apologize next time he saw Matt, as well as inquire about his sight upon testing him.

Taking a deep breath, Flint walked wearily over to his desk chair, and with one last forlorn look at his coffee mug, flopped into his chair and leaned back, closing his eyes. He'd enter in Matt's medical information about his sight and abilities when he tested him, but for now, the Doc was going to catch up on some much-needed napping. This whole endeavor had tired him out in his 'old' age, and he needed to rest as much as possible to keep from getting grumpy. He'd wake up when Alex awoke.

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