Keyblade Hippie

Jade had begun to follow Vincent, when she hesitated, and pulled her journal out of her backpack again to check it. "Investigate the lake crime scene..." She muttered to herself. "Does glancing at it count? Probably not..." She turned back to the lake, and took a deep breath. "Sorry Vincent, I think I have a little more business to attend to. But I'll catch up with you later." She began to head closer to the scene, avoiding policemen when she could. Eventually, Jade found herself trapped between two officers patrolling the area, as she hid behind a bush. "Okay, Jade. Focus." She thought to herself. "​People don't freeze as well as objects do. You probably only have about a few seconds before they unfreeze. Make it count." Jade glanced at her watch, and focused on the second hand, as it ticked. Feeling the rhythm of the ticks, she channeled her energy in her body, and waved her hand towards the officers. They were motionless. She bolted across the way, now only a few feet away from the heart of the crime scene. The officers unfroze just as Jade jumped into the shadows, still unnoticed. "Alright, I guess its time to do some sleuthing." She stared at the bodies that were placed on the ground. The officers had just finished documenting the situation, and were beginning to take the dead away. "They're all bloated... I guess their cause of death isn't that hard to figure out, they drowned." Jade then began to glance at the tree, with the body parts of a man strewn about. "It's this guy that's a little more out of place." She held back her vomit. "It's like he was ripped apart by an animal or something." She glanced at her journal that was hanging partially out of her pocket. "Why did you want me to see this? I thought you were supposed to make us happy, not freak us out."

Jade hesitated. This was the first time anyone had tried to have a conversation about the journal with her. Usually if her or anyone around her had to do something related to the tasks in the journals, there would be a silent understanding, and no one would think anything more of it. Today seemed to be holding a lot of firsts for Jade. “Yeah, I guess this ‘display’ is the crime scene I was supposed to discover...” Jade graciously took Vincent’s hand and pulled herself up, dusting herself off, and looking around. “I just wanna get the images of what I’ve seen here out of my head, but there’s more I have to do, according to my journal. I’m supposed to meet the man who discovered the crime scene, and unless it was referring to one of the police officers, I think that man is you.” She held her hand out. “So, my name is Jade. Jade Porter. And let me tell you, this is the most excitement I’ve had in, well, ever.”

Yeah I hope I had Jade run into the right person, I’ll edit the post if Vincent wasn’t who you meant for Jade to encounter Shard

Jade stared out of the library window, daydreaming the usual. She dreamt she was adventuring into the unknown, with friends by her side, and making a difference in the world. She often dreamt of the things she felt she would never really be able to achieve in this life. Finally snapping out of her fantasy, she grabbed her journal out of her backpack, and thumbed through the pages to the most recent entry. "One of these days, I'm gonna ignore this journal. I swear I will." She muttered under her breath. Moving her fingers across the pages, she finally found the entry that was meant for today. Journal Entry: Investigate the lake crime scene. Meet with the man who discovered it. A crime scene? This was most certainly the most interesting task Jade had been given. This had the makings of an adventure within itself. Who knows what crime scene she would find at the lake, let alone who the man was she was supposed to meet. She was finally getting what she wanted, and it terrified her. "Ok Jade, you can do this." Grabbing her belongings, she sprinted out of the library, and headed for the lake. ~Later~ When she had finally reached the lake, what Jade had seen shook her to her core. Bodies were strewn about, and what's more, the body parts in the trees... It was horrifying. She noticed people arriving to the scene, and not wanting to be connected to the incident, she slowly backed away. Bumping into a tree, she darted to the right, as the tree began to fall. "Crap crap crap!" Jade had to think fast. The noise the tree might make would most certainly give her away to the authorities, and she would have a hard time explaining why she was there in the first place. Without a second thought, she glanced at the watch on her wrist, and then to the falling tree. With a wave of her hand, the tree froze just before it hit the ground. After a few seconds, the tree began to fall again, making a smaller noise than it would have if Jade hadn't intervened. "Well that was close..." Jade wiped a bead of sweat off her forehead, amazed at her luck. She hadn't used her time manipulation in over a year, and it was a miracle that she was adept enough to freeze an entire tree. Immediately turning around, she bumped into Vincent, and fell to the ground. "I swear I had nothing to do with those dead people!" She immediately yelled to Vincent, hoping he wasn't an authority.

Don’t worry! I forgot to add that her powers are weak towards living things, her powers are only a quarter of her strength when used on people. And that’s enough information for me to get started! Should I wait for a journal entry from you, or should I go ahead and make my first post?

I hope that it's not too late for me to get in on the fun! And I'll try to read the previous posts but if I could get an update on the current events that would be very helpful! Name: Jade Porter Sex: Female Age: 17 Appearance: Occupation: student Skill/Magic: Time manipulation: able to freeze things in sight temporarily, slow them down, or cause a small combustion by speeding up time in a small area, simply with the wave of her hand. She's only able to do such acts if she has a device that tells time to focus on (whether she's looking at a clock, a watch or even a smartphone). This is why she's almost always seen with a watch on her wrist. Personality: Very timid. Due to the nature of her abilities, she always likes to plan for things, and keep track of time. She spends most of her time daydreaming of a life outside of her own. She can be considered an introverted extrovert, wanting to be social and hating to be alone, but is quick to anxiety in too large a crowd. Bio: Attending the school in Loren, Jade is doing everything in her power to gain all the necessary skills she needs to make something out of her life. She's always hated the quaintness of Loren, and would do anything to be given a more exciting life. She's even had to suppress her abilities, for fear of being demonized. She is now out of practice with her time manipulation, having not used her powers in over a year. Origin: My Hero Academia