Eats a bit of food on his tray...
::Hmm...not bad::
He looks up and sees Ephebe and Krays come in, and sit down eating a ton of food.
::That is one hungry gal there. They must go broke trying to keep her fed. The Kobold too.::
'Hey now...I ate about 2 tons of food a day aboard the Venriss'
::So that's why we stopped at every station along our route...::
'Cute. Enjoy your food..'
Ghalen feels the presence recede, and he enjoys his food.
"You have damned good reasons to be like that. I however do not have good reasons to provoke your unease with silly lecherous comments."
He looks around. "I'm amazed daily that you still enjoy my company."
"You're sweet. And you don't run away or get totally overwhelmed by all of my baggage. It's okay with me if you occasionally trip over your tongue. I....I'm really trying to put my past behind me. But it's easier to say than do. I don't really know what a healthy relationship is supposed to look like."
"You're the only one who's ever stood up for me."
Chuckles and also waves hello to those familiar to him. He grabs a smaller portion (not by much) and sits down next to Ephebe and begins to eat.
Whispers that the fabled Sunwake appetite is contagious begin to go around the cafeteria as people see the amount of food Krays is getting ready to eat.
"No, but I guess he looks like one. If they were blue and tiny and went around of two legs. I kind of made him in Alchemy one day."
"Saffire is my familiar. Sorry about the growling. I think he's picking up on my hostility after the comment earlier. Sorry. I know I shouldn't hang on to these things."
"Of course I stood up for you." he says, like that was just silly to question
"I'm not sure how relationships are supposed to work either. You're umm..." He actually blushes a bit, and takes a bite of a banana.
"It's all new for me too."
"No, but I guess he looks like one. If they were blue and tiny and went around of two legs. I kind of made him in Alchemy one day."
"You did? That's fascinating. How?" Vai looks intently at Michael, only giving Kitty a cursory nod in response to her continued apologies.
Enre puts his hand out to Saffire seeing what he would do.
"Of course I stood up for you." he says, like that was just silly to question
"I'm not sure how relationships are supposed to work either. You're umm..." He actually blushes a bit, and takes a bite of a banana.
"It's all new for me too."
She smiled.
"You really do know how to make a girl feel special. And no, I wasn't teasing. I meant that. I...I like you."
Enre puts his hand out to Saffire seeing what he would do.
Saffire looked at him warily for a moment before sniffing at his hand to see if there was food or a toy there.
"Well, it was an assignment. I just picked from the genetic material available and used a mixture of transmutation potions and technology to put it all together. If you can get into the Advanced Alchemy class you could probably do the same."
"No, but I guess he looks like one. If they were blue and tiny and went around of two legs. I kind of made him in Alchemy one day.""You did? That's fascinating. How?" Vai looks intently at Michael, only giving Kitty a cursory nod in response to her continued apologies.
Kitty stood up. "You know what? I'm sorry for apologizing. I shouldn't have. I don't like you. And I'm not going to ruin my breakfast trying to be nice to someone I don't like."
"I'm sorry, Enre. I really don't mean to be rude to you, but I just can't get along with this girl so I'm going to move to another table now. You're welcome to join me," she added with a polite bow before picking up her tray and walking away.
"It was nice to meet you, Vai. I think. Nice to meet you too, Enre." Michael says as he hurries to follow Kitty.
"I missed something, didn't I?" He asks Kitty when he catches up.
She smiled.
"You really do know how to make a girl feel special. And no, I wasn't teasing. I meant that. I...I like you."
"Best thing I've heard since I got here..." he smiles back.
"I like you too Nala. It must come as a complete shock, I know..."he smiles, teasingly.
"Interesting" Vai murmurs under her breath.
After the pair leaves, Vai shurgs and gets up. "Excuse me Enre" She walks casually over to Ephebe and Krays and plunks down next to them, acting a bit pouty.
"You know, I could deal with the mermaid," she fumed. "She was just being playful."
"But that girl? She was deliberately being mean, and going out of her way to make me feel like I was still invisible. And no, I don't expect you to know what I'm talking about since a lot of it was body language."
"But I have no intention of wasting time on petty mean girls who want to steal my boyfriend just to prove they can. Notice I said try. I don't doubt you, so don't think I'm saying that."
She took a deep breath.
"I'm sorry. I know I kinda lost it there."
Raises a questioning eye-ridge at Vai
She smiled.
"You really do know how to make a girl feel special. And no, I wasn't teasing. I meant that. I...I like you.""Best thing I've heard since I got here..." he smiles back.
"I like you too Nala. It must come as a complete shock, I know..."he smiles, teasingly.
She laughed and blushed.
She tentatively reached for his hand, placing hers lightly over it.
"I don't know how long it will take me to stop flinching away when someone tries to touch me, but I'm trying."
Stops eating and watches the Kitty blow up
"Women..."
Goes back to eating..
"Is something the matter, Vai?" she asks between inhaling stacks of pancakes.
Looks down at his hand where she's touched him, and smiles, almost stupidly.
"Funny how a little gesture of trust and acceptance can make you just burst with happiness..."
"It... it's nothing. Was just trying to make some new friends and that girl exploded at me. Vai says, a little angrily. Ephebe and Krays have never really seen Vai get angry.
Enre sits watching the events unfold, he than goes back to eating.
Nala smiled.
"And that makes me feel happy too."
"Happy is an interesting feeling. I'm not used to it."
Jim continues working in the workshop, having worked long after everyone else had gone to bed. Remembering he has class, he begins to pack things up, having made a lot of headway, and, while not done, the homunculus he made to help him while working can now move under it's own power. He stows it away in his chest, and moves to the cafeteria to get some of the "food" he'd been becoming accustomed to eating.
The hulking metal figure known as Jim enters the cafeteria, and gets a sizable meal, at least comparable to that of Krays or Ephebe, if not surpassing theirs. As he sits down to eat, it appears that he's got something on his mind, as he eats very quickly, and sometimes pauses to do some mental calculations mid-bite.
"It... it's nothing. Was just trying to make some new friends and that girl exploded at me. Vai says, a little angrily. Ephebe and Krays have never really seen Vai get angry.
"Kitty?" Ephebe asked, surprised. "She's in my PE class....I didn't like her at first cause...." she blushed. "It's stupid. Way back at the beginning of the year she flirted with the boy I liked. She didn't even know that I liked him. And as it turned out, he didn't like me. So it was a really dumb reason for me to not like her."
"It was probably just a misunderstanding, Vai," she said in a conciliatory tone. "As I've just demonstrated in a fairly embarrassing manner, these things happen."
Sees Jim enter...
::Hey, you there?::
'What?'
::I think there's a golem here, or a really old soulmech...::
'And...?'
::Nevermind grumpy::
Realizes this is a girl talk problem, tries to make himself look smaller while he eats, staying quiet.
"Anyway... I think I need to fly a bit before class to calm down. I found a safe place in Professor Daiyu's classroom. Would you like to join me Ephebe?" Vai will stand, still visibly agitated.
Nala smiled.
"And that makes me feel happy too."
"Happy is an interesting feeling. I'm not used to it."
"Well, it's ok to get used to it, I think."
"Anyway... I think I need to fly a bit before class to calm down. I found a safe place in Professor Daiyu's classroom. Would you like to join me Ephebe?" Vai will stand, still visibly agitated.
Ephebe looked over at Krays and shrugged.
::It looks like something more than being yelled at is bothering her. I'll go talk to her. She's probably agitated because she's worried about being found.::
"Sure," she said aloud, scarfing down one last pound of bacon first. "You know how much I love to fly."
She kissed Krays on the cheek. "See you in a little bit, love."
Returns the kiss.
"Have a good time."
::I've never seen Vai this agitated, Ephebe. It's a bit much for a simple missunderstanding, isn't it? He couldn't have gotten to her this quick, could he? Be careful.::
"Well, it's ok to get used to it, I think."Nala smiled.
"And that makes me feel happy too."
"Happy is an interesting feeling. I'm not used to it."
"I'll work on that then," she said, still smiling.
Vasya crawled out of Nala's bookbag and curled up in Nala's lap.
"I think Vasya is a fan of taking naps in the sunshine."
Returns the kiss.
"Have a good time."
::I've never seen Vai this agitated, Ephebe. It's a bit much for a simple missunderstanding, isn't it? He couldn't have gotten to her this quick, could he? Be careful.::
::I'll be careful. Still, she should have been shielded from any attacks. But she was probably up all night worrying anyway.::
"I've never actually seen the meditation room before, even though 'Sima has talked about it lots. I'm kind of excited to check it out."
"Sure," she said aloud, scarfing down one last pound of bacon first. "You know how much I love to fly."
"I...I'm sorry for pulling you away from Krays Ephebe." Vai said as they walked up towards the demi-plane classroom. "I don't know why that bothered me so much... I was just trying to be friends..." Instead of angry, Vai is now much more despondent, her hair hanging in front of her face. Her eyes brighten as Ephebe mentions the demiplane: "It's so beautiful and free Ephebe." The doors into the demiplane open, and she takes a deep breath. "This place is so peaceful."
"Who doesn't? Well, ok, my clan usually doesn't. We're moles, after all. But it does feel good on the fur..."
He effortlessly shifts into a lithe mole the size of a wolfhound...and rolls around in the grass under the sun...
Velvarmisan gets his tray and looks around. He spots Kiln and takes a seat at his table.
"Excuse me for not introduceing myself last night. My name is Velvarmisan Shephord."
Khassar goes to Headmaster Ryo's office and knocks on the door.
"Sure," she said aloud, scarfing down one last pound of bacon first. "You know how much I love to fly.""I...I'm sorry for pulling you away from Krays Ephebe." Vai said as they walked up towards the demi-plane classroom. "I don't know why that bothered me so much... I was just trying to be friends..." Instead of angry, Vai is now much more despondent, her hair hanging in front of her face. Her eyes brighten as Ephebe mentions the demiplane: "It's so beautiful and free Ephebe." The doors into the demiplane open, and she takes a deep breath. "This place is so peaceful."
"It's okay, Vai," she said, sympathetically, patting the girl on the shoulder.
"Wow," she said, eyes wide as she took in the meditation classroom. "You're right. This place is amazing. I had no idea it was so big. This is a perfect place for flying."
Velvarmisan gets his tray and looks around. He spots Kiln and takes a seat at his table.
"Excuse me for not introduceing myself last night. My name is Velvarmisan Shephord."
Ghalen stands as Vemarmisan comes up to the table
"No problem. You seemed preoccupied. Besides, I kinda barged in on your conversation. I'm Ghalen Kiln, have a seat."
Phaezeriel makes his way to the dining hall, a bit later than usual. He is flying a bit slower than he usually does, accompanied as he is by a very small glittering, silvery dragon. He hovers above the doorway for a moment looking around the dining hall before going to get a plate of food.
He takes his food and flies to the table where Krays is sitting.
Morning Krays, mind if I join you?
Vakkler enters the school, and lowers the umbrella. Sadly, the device cannot 'unfurl', and so he's forced to drag it on the floor. He makes his way to the cafeteria.
A tan-orange cat shuffles backwards into the school, dragging a school bag along the ground by her teeth. The bag is nearly her size and she struggles to move the bag along the floor. Once in a while, she pauses, looking up and down the hallways to find her way, checks her map for directions, and continues along her way.
She listens for the tell-tale sound of a mob of humanoids that could easily trample her to death, and not hearing anything too dangerous, continues down the hall in search for the headmaster.
"Ummm....okay....I suppose I've seen stranger things. This morning."
"Er...excuse me, miss...cat...are you someone's familiar?"
"Or is this a transmutation spell gone bad?"
Jen turns to give the voice some censure, but as she looks up, she notices that the humanoid that was speaking to her was a professor. She quickly bites her tongue and tries to make a good first impression.
"Miss Madam Misses Doctor Professor, I am afraid that you are mistaken, but I am a free cat. Like the lions of the savannah, I have the freedom to choose where to go, except..."
She gathers her thoughts.
"I am in need of some assistance. From what I've learned, this school and this world is a refuge for all races, including the humble house cat. I am perhaps one of the first few to request refuge and instruction at this institution. I was wondering if this school has a place for me, as a student. Hopefully the faith of the feline gods has not been misplaced in me..."
Jen reaches into her bag and uses her paw to nudge the application forms out into view.
"I'm sorry, I am not aware of the customs of the humanoid races. Did I do okay?
"It is breathtaking isn't it? The first time I came in here I knew it would be perfect." Vai says with a smile, and she moves towards the ledge, her wings slowly coming out of her back. "Ephebe could you lock the door? Professor Daiyu has the key should she need to get in, but I'd rather we didn't have to worry about people wandering in here and seeing us." Once she's convinced the door is locked, Vai leaps off the ledge into a dive.
"You did beautifully, and I deeply apologize for mistaking you for a familiar," she said, the very slightest bit of amusement in her voice. "I'm Professor Reading....actually I'm rather new here too. It's only my second day on the job. I'm really hoping it won't be quite as eventful as the first day. Having the world turned outside in on a daily basis would really be a bit much," she said, unable to contain a laugh.
"Here, would you like me to carry your bag for you? I suspect that will make the trip to the Headmaster's office quite a bit faster for you, and as an added bonus you won't have to worry about being trampled by students who are running late for class."
Ephebe locked the door since Vai had a good point. She might be thinking about revealing the truth, but she wanted to do it the right way rather than having someone wander in and see her in her dragon form.
She smiled as she watched Vai take off and transformed into her dragon form and flew after her. Thankfully the air here wasn't thin so the altitude sickness didn't seem to be coming back.
She barely cleared the ledge before the net came down, burning as it touched her, binding her wings to her body and worse, cutting her off from her abilities...like the coccoon all over again. She screamed in panic.
::Krays! Help!::
Then she was cut off completely and being transported somewhere. The vertigo was intense and she gagged, trying not to vomit. She was somewhere underground. She looked up and saw a sickeningly familiar figure sitting on a large thronelike chair.
Gustav finally made it to the cafeteria. It seemed like all the hallways were packed with students. The cafeteria was no exception. After standing in line long enough to age a Dwarf, he finally got his plate of food. Breakfast, the most important meal of the day. he thought to himself. Then he caught sight of Ephebe and her half-table of food all for her. That girl's going to get as big as a house. Gustav thought uncharitably. Where does she put it all? She eats as much as a longtable of Dwarves back home. He steered clear of the people he had just met, in case of another lycan attack. The black-haired Gustav went to a table near the exit, one nobody else was sitting at. There he dug into his steak, porridge, and scrambled eggs.
"Yes, thank you. I've heard that the people known as wizards have developed some sort of magic to carry things for them. I will see if they have anything that will let me do that too."
"Well, in a way, aren't we all familiars? We are granted our uniqueness by our gods and we can make it our own. Once in a while, we might think of something that could help our creators, and our reward is life and thought."
Jen scampers along with Professor Reading towards the Headmaster's office.
"Wait, so that event that occurred the other day was not a normal phenomenon? You see, it might be your second day on the job, but it's only my second day of sentience and I still have much to learn."
"You're a very difficult person to acquire, you know that?" he said with a cruel smile.