"Spin, I...appreciate the apology," she said, miserably. "It doesn't fix anything, but it was the right thing to do."
She carefully looked anywhere but at him. "Your...joke....just hit a little too close to the truth."
"It's not something you have to worry about. It's my problem. I'll deal with it," she added, dully.
Telpathically to Spin:
"Hey, Amada, would you mind walking over to the library with me? I don't really think I can handle going back to class right now, and I'm sure I don't want to deal with Mom just yet."
Spin stops in his tracks, and the look on his face as he turns to regard Ephebe would be comical if he weren't so serious. 'Stunned disbelief' somehow falls short, and you're pretty sure he's going to have to clean floor-grime off his jaw.
then… ::Wait… I was right?::
Spin walks back into class with that same dumb look on his face.
Somewhere, in the far recesses of Spin's stunned brain, a realization occurs…
So this is how it feels to have two huge rocks dropped on you in one day…
He stumbles back into class, falling into a seated position while the students recover.
LOL totally kidding, you didn't know! This is awesome...
Consider me blind-sided.
And no I don't wish I had opened that spoiler :p
Asch remains quiet for a moment. "If you need anything Baby send me a message and you know I'll be there in an instant." He says as he gives her a kiss and a hug and heads back towards class.
"You ok?" Asch asks seriously when he walks by and sees Spin's dumbfounded look.
Moves off to the side an motions for him to follow
"I have only been made aware of hunters in the last day cycle or so. I do not understand who or what a hunter is, and would like to know more."
He slumps his shoulders a bit
"I don't know why there is conflict here among you and Ephebe, and I wish to understand it for several reasons. But...first and foremost, I..Owe...you an apology. I don't know if you heard what I said to you after the assembly was over or not, but it was uncalled for. It seems you're not necissarily hostile, just you have little ones you look after. My clan is lost to me, so I can somewhat understand your behavior..."
Looks to see what reaction he's getting from him before he continues
Diplomacy:
"Honestly, most of them. It's just my daughter and her friends I'm not so sure about. I'm starting to feel bad about insisting that she come back to school this term."
"If the version of the discussion I heard from Ryo is correct, it was not a decision you made alone. Nor is it a decision she had to abide by."
"But enough of such sad discussion so early in the morning(for you anyway)! I hear you know about Ryo nearly three decades old secret?"
"Honestly, most of them. It's just my daughter and her friends I'm not so sure about. I'm starting to feel bad about insisting that she come back to school this term.""If the version of the discussion I heard from Ryo is correct, it was not a decision you made alone. Nor is it a decision she had to abide by."
"But enough of such sad discussion so early in the morning(for you anyway)! I hear you know about Ryo nearly three decades old secret?"
"Yeah, and that was quite the shock, let me tell you. I wish I could have met her. And it's hard to be patient until he thinks it's okay for me to meet the little ones," she added, smiling.
"Who's the new....." Asch starts to ask and then the hunger explodes within him like a ton of bricks exposing him as an undead. "Who are you!" He asks as the familiar pain starts in his mouth as his jaws are forced open by elongating fangs.
"Asch! Get it under control!" she snapped. "Mr. Antairus is here as a guest teacher."
"I don't know why there is conflict here among you and Ephebe, and I wish to understand it for several reasons. But...first and foremost, I..Owe...you an apology. I don't know if you heard what I said to you after the assembly was over or not, but it was uncalled for. It seems you're not necessarily hostile, just you have little ones you look after. My clan is lost to me, so I can somewhat understand your behavior..."
"Your clan.. lost?" Lysander says, just a hint of surprise in his voice. He pauses for a moment before switching to a language he can communicate more confidently in.
"Yeah, and that was quite the shock, let me tell you. I wish I could have met her. And it's hard to be patient until he thinks it's okay for me to meet the little ones," she added, smiling.
"Yes, well, I can probably arrange something.. my brother keeps so many secrets he should't, so why can't we?" He says with a sly grin. "Besides, I must do something to ensure you keep working on my serum."
"Who's the new....." Asch starts to ask and then the hunger explodes within him like a ton of bricks exposing him as an undead. "Who are you!" He asks as the familiar pain starts in his mouth as his jaws are forced open by elongating fangs."Asch! Get it under control!" she snapped. "Mr. Antairus is here as a guest teacher."
"Oh no, Mrs. Sunwake, let him proceed." Keaton says as he turns to meet Asch's gaze head on. "This is a P.E class afterall, and you did just say I was a guest teacher." He moves his cape out of the way so it is not in the way of his cane as he twirls it. "Besides, it's be awhile since I've got any real excitement."
"I don't know why there is conflict here among you and Ephebe, and I wish to understand it for several reasons. But...first and foremost, I..Owe...you an apology. I don't know if you heard what I said to you after the assembly was over or not, but it was uncalled for. It seems you're not necessarily hostile, just you have little ones you look after. My clan is lost to me, so I can somewhat understand your behavior...""Your clan.. lost?" Lysander says, just a hint of surprise in his voice. He pauses for a moment before switching to a language he can communicate more confidently in.
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Nods...
Lysander's eyes look sad, though his face reveals nothing.
"You are either born a Hunter or become one when you marry. From that point on you are trained in your clan's style. This can be anything from magical espionage to army warfare. One thing is for sure though, sooner or later you can a sixth sense of sorts. Other than that, we usually have a network that gathers information."
"Yes, our kind would use any source of information they could find. Gods help them if the information was wrong."