Just another day (Invite needed).

It was the middle of a perfect day or at least most thought it was the perfect day, of course there could be that one person or a few people that could find something wrong with the day. The sun was high up in the sky raining down warm rays of light through the partial cloud cover making it warm but not hot enough to where you were soaking your clothes in sweat, a nice little breeze came by every now and then to cool off the people as well. To Ari this was the perfect day and one of his days off which just put him in a better mood, he had been working all week and had the whole weekend off to his delight. Today he was wearing something that might catch the eye of multiple people as well you didn't often see anyone wearing them, they were white baggy arabian style pants that usually when one saw or heard of them thought of aladdin instead of a normal person. They weren't exactly crazy fashion but given that the typical bad boy looking Ari was wearing them he did get a couple of looks here and there, his shirt a normal white tee shirt that clung to his lean form nicely. He wore a pair of flip flops instead of shoes as every now and then he liked to walk around bare foot instead of wearing something and these were the easiest to get off, his mid length caramel colored brown hair with a large blond streak in the middle was pulled back in a crude ponytail as always.

He was simply enjoying the day walking down the sidewalk minding his business, he planned on making his way to the local park as he wanted some ice cream and the little cart in the park had the best vanilla and pecan flavored ice cream. While walking he seemed to have a cheerful expression his face which contradicted the bad boy look that he had, metal piercings in his ear, multicolored hair, deep caramel colored eyes that seemed to have seen more than he cared to tell. Yet with his smile none of that seemed to matter, it was like he harbored now problems or ill will towards anything in the world. As he walked he noted that a few people were in front of a electronics store looking at the tv's watching a fight between other super powered beings that wrecked the area and they looked worried. As Ari walked by he didn't let that bother him as know one but he knew that he was a mutant, he hadn't used his abilities against anyone in anger in a long time and he never tried to claim credit when he used them for good.

Ari was content to stay in the shadows of the other do gooders, he felt as if he were just a tadpole in the ocean compared to the rest of the super powered beings out there. As he was thinking he didn't realize that there was a child walking beside him bouncing a red ball around happily making his way around Ari to get in front. But in front of him was a danger zone that no one knew about as two men were trying to haul up a load of two by fours that could have crushed any normal human they hit. It seemed that things were going wrong quickly as a rope snapped and the platform carrying the wood fell to one side letting the wood fall, as it began to fall one of the men cried out a warning. Ari's head snapped up just in time to see the wood beginning to fall down towards the child, the mother behind him cried out as Ari began to move throwing his larger form over the child's. Of course if Ari had been a normal person he would have probably been killed out at the very least in critical condition, but he was not normal.

As he stood over the child his skin changed as he took on the properties of the revolving iron ring upon his hand, in less than a second his skin color, his hair, his clothing, even his iron became a dark grey color. The texture became cold and smooth as Ari seemed to become an iron statue, the wood came toppling down obscuring the vision of most of the people. It slammed into his iron body bouncing off with ease and the instant that Ari knew the danger was done he turned back to normal, the child looked to him in awe and Ari simply put a finger to his lips to tell the child it was a secret. With that all done the mother came rushing in to get her boy happily thanking Ari for saving him, but Ari simply waved it off and smiled cheerfully before walking away as people began to gather to see if anyone was hurt. Ari's heart was racing as he rarely used his abilities like that in public and now he was afraid that someone might have seen him for what he was a mutant, he walked a little faster now hoping to get to the park and put this behind him.

With his little deed done Ari walked himself towards the park and found that he enjoyed the scenery here much more than the city, it just seemed to have more life with the lush grass and tree's waving about in the wind when it decided to go by. The city was where he lived so he would always like that but he would probably never find the darkish colors of the city to be all that appealing to him, he slipped his flip flops off and picked them up with one hand so he could walk through the grass towards the center of the park where the ice cream cart waited for him looking so nice. He licked his lips as if he could already taste the vanilla and pecan flavored ice cream, he usually only got this once or twice a week so it was kind of like his weekly treat so he didn't pig out on junk food.

As he got to the ice cream cart the owner gave him a smile and already had a waffle cone with the ice cream ready as Ari always got the same flavor. Ari handed over the money thanked the ice cream vendor and went about on his walk, he licked at the vanilla pecan flavored ice cream eagerly not bothering to savor the taste because it would probably melt if he did that. He smiled as he got a piece of pecan out of the ice cream and crunched it down between his teeth, "ah yes it is a good day" he said in a soft tone to himself as he decided to sit on one of the park's stone benches. He took in the few people that were he and felt that most never really appreciated the little things they had, a kid with a cellphone when he was like seven, when Ari was seven he was just trying to stay alive by himself. With that done Ari walked himself out of the park.