She smiled. "Okay. I think that sounds like a great idea. We can go to my room and start working on a plan...we'll have to be pretty creative about it though."
"I think we can be creative enough for it to work, no matter what we come up with."
"A common circumstance for a few students here already. You are welcome here, of course. Now, Dylen, what abilities do you have that led you to believe Avalon was the place for you?"
“Uh.” Dylen begins than pauses. “It is kind of hard to explain…” He picks up eventually: “It's like when I imagine something strongly enough, or feel something strongly enough, sometimes it comes out of my head and into the real world.”
She smiled. "Okay. I think that sounds like a great idea. We can go to my room and start working on a plan...we'll have to be pretty creative about it though.""I think we can be creative enough for it to work, no matter what we come up with."
She laughed. "Absolutely. Come on, then. We only have two weeks to plan. And we have to come up with a business model that Obaa-sama will approve too. We're going to be very busy indeed."
“Uh.” Dylen begins than pauses. “It is kind of hard to explain…” He picks up eventually: “It's like when I imagine something strongly enough, or feel something strongly enough, sometimes it comes out of my head and into the real world.”
"That reminds me of another student. He had trouble with it too because he didn't know he was doing it. Could you demonstrate?" The Headmaster asks. "I'd like to see how you bring what you imagine to life."
She laughed. "Absolutely. Come on, then. We only have two weeks to plan. And we have to come up with a business model that Obaa-sama will approve too. We're going to be very busy indeed."
"Not to mention the drake." Michael adds with a laugh as they head to Kitty's room to work out their plans for business and retaliation.
Fieri walked into the cafeteria dragging Vai behind her. She stopped beside the table where Ephebe and Krays were sitting.
"I have news."
"oh...hello random new people I don't know. I'm sorry for being rude. But I have news."
[blink, blink]
"Is everything alright? Umm...guys this is my sister-in-law, Fieri. Fieri, these are recent arrivals from a world called Jegareth."
"Don't worry about us." Tamara tells Fieri. "Every time someone new shows up at this table things seem to get more interesting here anyway."
"Thanks."
"Ephebe, Mom just did a Med Scan on me to make sure everything was okay after...well, anyways. Uh, well, it looks like I'm in the same boat you are. You're gonna be an aunt."
"See? Interesting. Congratulations to you as well."
"Thank you."
"Looks like I'm having four as well. Three boys and one girl instead of two of each like you. You know, going forward, we're going to have to do something about this wishcraft. It's okay now, but it makes family planning pretty tough and what happens when all these kids grow up?"
Ephebe laughed. "That's something to worry about later . For now, I'm really happy for you," she said, standing up and hugging Fieri. "You know this means our kids are gonna be born really close to the same time."
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Ephebe laughed. "That's something to worry about later . For now, I'm really happy for you," she said, standing up and hugging Fieri. "You know this means our kids are gonna be born really close to the same time."
"Yeah, that's going to be...interesting is the only word I can really think of....we really need to develop self-cleaning diapers," she said, still looking a little shell-shocked.
"Oh, wow! Congrats!"
"Oh, wow! Congrats!"
"Thanks. Well, at least we know our kids will always have plenty of playmates."
"No kidding. This family has a built in baby-sitting network." He says with a smile.
Ponders for a second.
"Does Jiminy know yet, or is he in for a wake up suprise?"
"No kidding. Grandma is going to be beside herself with joy when she finds out."
Her expression softened. "Yeah, Jiminy knows. It's....I guess he connected with Taron while he was dreaming. Seems like Dad caught up with them and they're all okay. Taron...I'm not sure how but he made it so Jiminy woke up long enough to hear about the babies. He's unconscious again and probably won't wake up for another day at least. I...as mad as I was at Taron it's kind of hard to stay that mad when he did something that let us have that moment."
"Taron has never been as 'bad' as he lets on. It's part of his charm. I know he will be a great uncle and father himself someday. Hopefully after he's picked a safer occupation."
"Taron has never been as 'bad' as he lets on. It's part of his charm. I know he will be a great uncle and father himself someday. Hopefully after he's picked a safer occupation."
Ephebe smiled. "You have a very forgiving nature, love."
"Well, it wasn't like we could stay mad at him forever. He's family."
She looked a little sad when she said that.
"Taron has never been as 'bad' as he lets on. It's part of his charm. I know he will be a great uncle and father himself someday. Hopefully after he's picked a safer occupation."
"Exactly."
"You don't have to be sad, you know. You have us. And there is nothing you're going to do that will make us disown you. You're not alone."
Fieri giggled. "No kidding. With four little ones on the way, alone is a thing of the past."
"Taron has never been as 'bad' as he lets on. It's part of his charm. I know he will be a great uncle and father himself someday. Hopefully after he's picked a safer occupation."
Ephebe smiled. "You have a very forgiving nature, love."
"How could I not? Look at my own past and what I had to go through to atone for it. Granted, you made it all worth it, but still. It would be pretty hypocritical of me." He thinks for a moment. "Of course, had any actual harm come to you...might've been a completely different story...", he concedes.
"So who is Taron?"
"So who is Taron?"
"Taron is the older of my two younger brothers. He and his mate are off-world at the moment. There are some complicated circumstances around that."
"How could I not? Look at my own past and what I had to go through to atone for it. Granted, you made it all worth it, but still. It would be pretty hypocritical of me." He thinks for a moment. "Of course, had any actual harm come to you...might've been a completely different story...", he concedes.
Ephebe smiled. "You have a very forgiving nature, love."
She squeezed his hand. "Then it's an extra good thing that no actual harm did come to me or our babies. And I'm being very careful even if it is driving me nuts being stuck on the sidelines."
"Oh. That why she's mad at him?" He asks, pointing to Fieri.
She squeezed his hand. "Then it's an extra good thing that no actual harm did come to me or our babies. And I'm being very careful even if it is driving me nuts being stuck on the sidelines."
"Yes, I know it is, my little warrior, and I appreciate it." He squeezes her hand back.
"Oh. That why she's mad at him?" He asks, pointing to Fieri.
"I was mad at him because of something mean that he did to my husband."
"Oh. That why she's mad at him?" He asks, pointing to Fieri."I was mad at him because of something mean that he did to my husband."
"That's a major oversimplification, but there's a lot of things that would take too long to explain right now."
The problems that the girls were talking about were probably ones she would never experience herself. Probably. If she couldn't even stand being kissed, what are the chances of THAT? "Self-cleaning diapers sounds like something magic could handle."
"That reminds me of another student. He had trouble with it too because he didn't know he was doing it. Could you demonstrate?" The Headmaster asks. "I'd like to see how you bring what you imagine to life."
Dylen nods slowly. He clasps his hands together and concentrates. When he opens his hands an amethyst butterfly sits in the palm of his hand. It flutters its wings gently than rises into the air and flies about, leaving a faint trail of shimmering light behind it.
The problems that the girls were talking about were probably ones she would never experience herself. Probably. If she couldn't even stand being kissed, what are the chances of THAT? "Self-cleaning diapers sounds like something magic could handle."
"Or nanites. But yeah. We should be able to come up with something. Because otherwise that is gonna be a lot of laundry." ^.^
"Prestidigitation should work....right?"
Dylen nods slowly. He clasps his hands together and concentrates. When he opens his hands an amethyst butterfly sits in the palm of his hand. It flutters its wings gently than rises into the air and flies about, leaving a faint trail of shimmering light behind it.
"You could be quite the artist with that ability, Dylen. With the exception of the required classes, your courses are mostly up to you, so why don't you tell me what you're interested in so we can get you a schedule for tomorrow?"
"Prestidigitation should work....right?"
"...."
"Let me put it this way....Dad has access to prestidigitation....and used unseen servant to change our diapers because that just wasn't gonna take care of it. Maybe we could come up with some sort of advanced prestidigitation? Would help with toddler messes later on too."