The Guardians

Alex sat in his dorm, bored out of his mind. He had his head rested against the wall while slumping lazily on the floor, entertaining himself by manipulating the flames in his hands into various shapes. While it certainly was skillful, most of the shapes ended up as indistinguishable blobs and bursts of random fire.

Irene walked up to her room and leaned in the center of the doorway, looking a tad uncomfortably at the small bursts of flames he was conjuring. Some rapid and irrational fear warned her that he was going to do something stupid and set the floor on fire or something, and it might spread through the entire building - or worse, her garden. Oh god, the poor carrots. ;_;
No, Irene, let's not get carried away.
She cleared her throat, as if to grab at his attention. "So, how come you're just sitting here?" she asked quietly, crossing her arms.

Alex didn't look up from his bland self-entertainment. "Because there's not much else to do." he answered simply. He tried to make a tree shape, but it ended up bursting up in a small cloud of smoke right in front of his face and making him cough.

The young woman smirked, "You deserved that." She invited herself inside and walked in front of Alex, looking down at him. "We're supposed to be out there with the students, becoming "bffs" with them. Not sitting here and blowing soot in your face." She pulled a small hanker-chief out of her coat pocket and tossed it at his face. "You know the headmaster depends on us for that."

Alex threw the hanker-chief off his face and right next to him. "They just arrived. Half of them seem shy and the other half don't seem all that interested in the school and improving their powers in the first place." he countered. "Also, I don't really see you as one for making fake friendships."

Irene couldn't help put momentarily roll her eyes. It was for wiping the dirt away, not tossing aside. "And your point is? We've dealt with types like them." She couldn't help but smile a little, "You're right, I'm not... That's your job. You're the good cop and I'm the bad cop, right?"

Alex let out a sigh. "Alright. I'll go out there and be 'BFFs' with the stupid kids." Alex sat up a little, at a better angle to talk. "And you... Do whatever you do."