Sun looks on and smiles
Chara, Midori and Sara asked me to have you go to the Home ec room. Sara's teddy is making Yukky-Ta's for a Tea party and they said they needed you there. Oh yeah the teddy bear talks and moves now, I don't know why or how but it does so don't be scared of it okay?
Sun then looks to Dara hi Dara, I'm Sun. I am a friend of Chara and I am also a companion to Lang. he sometimes takes Chara out flying. he might be able to take you flying too but not right now since he is not here.
Dara looked even more terrified and backed away further from Sun when he mentions flying.
Dara looked even more terrified and backed away further from Sun when he mentions flying.Sun looks on and smiles
Chara, Midori and Sara asked me to have you go to the Home ec room. Sara's teddy is making Yukky-Ta's for a Tea party and they said they needed you there. Oh yeah the teddy bear talks and moves now, I don't know why or how but it does so don't be scared of it okay?
Sun then looks to Dara hi Dara, I'm Sun. I am a friend of Chara and I am also a companion to Lang. he sometimes takes Chara out flying. he might be able to take you flying too but not right now since he is not here.
"It's okay, Dara. Nobody is going to make you go flying again. Sorry, Sun. Dara had a bad experience the last time someone took him flying. He's too scared now. Also, he doesn't talk."
"Oh, calm down, would ya."
settro jumps closer and lashes his tail out, devouring his fear.
The click of Hermes' sword unfolding is swiftly heard as Carl kicks Arthur.
"Do not continue your assault or I will be forced to initiate combat."
Its voice is exactly as it usually is although it bares tones you can tell it won't take no for an answer.
With a slightly surprised expression Dom replies. "Really? How distant of a relitive are you two?" He looks between both Raelle and Taron wondering which will awnser.
"My older half-sister is married to her younger brother," Raelle said. "To be fair, I've only even known Fi, that's my sister, for a few months. There's a whole messed up political thing behind that."
"And nothing makes something unglamorous as fast as making it homework," she agreed.Vare smiles good-naturedly at that, nodding at her assessment. "And perhaps I can show them that there are far more interesting choices than demons to summon."
Vare leans back in the seat and hangs a hand out the side of the skimmer as they go along, looking a little youthful for a moment. He is, after all, younger than Ephebe, though not by much, especially with Ephebe's time madness. "So tell me Headmistress, what is your motivation to continue to teach here?"
"Well, there's a complicated question. There are a lot of answers. It's....a sort of penance in a way for the things that I did when I was a child. Just because I was raised by demons and didn't know better doesn't make the things I did any less horrifying. Also, my family....my real family not the ones that raised me....they run the school. My uncle is the Headmaster and my mom is in charge of security. Staying here lets me stay close to them which is important to me....I'm still getting to know them. Also, there aren't a lot of places that would be accepting of my mate and myself since we're dragons and most of Agartha is still prejudiced against our kind. But a lot of it is for my children. They're going to hatch later this year and I want them to grow up in a safe place where they can have actual playmates and not have to hide who and what they are. This is that place. That's why I worked so hard to create the elementary school."
Vai sets it out for scanning and then stands back, smiling at her Mom. "Well, have you gotten some of that anti-nausea stuff that Ephebe had when she was pregnant? I could go ask Professor Razule if you want, while the scan is running."
She looks curiously at the camera and then back to her mom. "Was the other fire arson too? Geez, the town isn't having a good day. Why do crises always happen so close together?"
"That would be wonderful, hon. I'd honestly forgotten about that stuff...yes, definitely ask Razule if he has some."
"And I'm pretty sure that life is just one long crisis at this point," she said with a wry smile.
"Yes, Sir." He says dutifully and clicks the sword back into place. He returns to standing at the ready, shifting his stance back from combat ready to normal, up rite standing.
"Hmm. Beers n smokes. Can we move the table outside?""I don't suppose you play pool too? There's a billiards room on the third floor of the dorm that almost nobody knows about. And a more than slight possibility that I acquired certain contraband beverages during this trip to town. In other words, I got some beers."
"Now, there's a challenge....how to teleport the pool table outside....let me think about this for a minute."
"Hmm....portable hole might work...."
"Hmm. Beers n smokes. Can we move the table outside?""I don't suppose you play pool too? There's a billiards room on the third floor of the dorm that almost nobody knows about. And a more than slight possibility that I acquired certain contraband beverages during this trip to town. In other words, I got some beers."
"Now, there's a challenge....how to teleport the pool table outside....let me think about this for a minute."
"Hmm....portable hole might work...."
::Headmaster... you don't think she has allies in the school? Among the staff or students? Or... perhaps those who bring deliveries to the school?:: Ehos' telepathic projection comes after a moment of silence at Ryo's suggestion of mundane information gathering
Ehos pauses to think for a moment, pondering something silently. ::Do you think it was her that convinced those idiots that summoning a Marilith was a good plan?::
"Don't assume she has more power than she does. The simplest explanation is that that was a happy accident from her viewpoint. And if she does have informers among the service staff, they probably don't know they're doing it. It's just harmless gossip. Gives us somewhere to start looking anyhow."
"In my opinion, the best way to deal with the non-magical information network is to feed it the information we want. Be obvious. We're looking for Kara. We don't mention anything about shapeshifting or demons. We're just searching for Kara. Let her think we're stupid and desperate."
"Oh, calm down, would ya."
settro jumps closer and lashes his tail out, devouring his fear.
As Settro steps closer his path is suddenly blocked as every piece of metal in the playroom is drawn towards Dara who has apparently made some sort of shield of it.
"Ummm....I should probably mention now that Dara is kind of a living magnet and he can be a little scary when he's not so scared?"
"The ****? Fine. Be afraid."
The pleasant greeting that she'd been about to give faded away as Hermes threatened hostilities. Her eyes changed to their draconic appearance as she glared at the new arrivals.
"There will not be hostilities of any sort inside my lab, gentlemen," she snapped, her voice full of authority and the assurance that she could break them all if she needed to. "Or for that matter within this school with the exception of certain classrooms meant for training students in martial disciplines. Attacking another student or member of the staff will have you teleported straight to detention. If you can't abide by those rules you can turn right back around and march yourselves out of here and off school grounds. I have spent too much of my day throwing up to have any patience left for the posturing of adolescent males. Hermes, this is not hostile territory. And it is not your job to defend Arthur from insults. Some things he has to learn to do for himself."
"Actually, no."
he casts polymorph any object and turns the metal to plastic, Then proceeds to eat the kid's fear.
"Actually, no."
he casts polymorph any object and turns the metal to plastic, Then proceeds to eat the kid's fear.
"Actually, no."
he casts polymorph any object and turns the metal to plastic, Then proceeds to eat the kid's fear.
"See? I told you Mr. Settro was nice. He just wants to help."
"And now that you're not so scared, you can come with me to the home ec room and meet some of our classmates. They're nice. You don't have to be scared of them."
"My apologies. My main directive it to defend Sir against attack. I do not wish for conflict in and of itself but to prevent harm to Sir."
A line of LED lights blink on and off at its mouth as it hums out a response in its blank tone.
Vai was glaring daggers at Hermes the entire time her Mom had been speaking to the robot... thing. She was remembering something Tryko'Sam had said earlier - that he thought everyone here jumped immediately to violence.
It's not hard for her Mom to tell that Vai is starting to get angry at these new students - or at least at the one who had immediately went to violence as the only option. For the moment though, her voice is deadly calm, rather than shouting. "This is a place of peace, of learning and of acceptance. If you can't do those... if a simple good-natured kick is enough for you to draw your blade, then /get out/. We don't want you here."
"If he's your toy," Vai continues in that dangerously calm tone - Aananda can tell that at this moment, Vai's draconic instincts are getting the better of her, as there's something like pride or maybe even arrogance in her voice. "Then take away his weapons when you're in the school. The wards do what they can to prevent violence, but they can't prevent pain. So either disarm it, or turn it off."
Aananda placed a reassuring hand on Vai's shoulder, trying to calm her rising temper.
"Arthur is in no danger here. The wards protect him the same as everyone else. Anyone who attacks him would be immediately sent to detention, just as he would be immediately sent to detention if he attacks someone. If he is injured seriously he would be immediately teleported to the infirmary. So you need to readjust your protocols accordingly, Hermes. His father sent him here so he would be safe."
"My apologies if I am not versed in the intricacies of social interaction. What was apparently an attempt at the 'humor' Sir so enjoys was perceived as a threat of bodily harm. I am unaware of where one would draw a so called line between true threat and 'good nature.'"
What most people would think is sarcasm is genuine coming from the quintessential Mr.Data.
Not that his voice would show sarcasm even if it was.
"I shall take in preexisting security protocol into account upon my next system priority reboot. Thank you for informing me of said protocol."
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"If he's your toy," Vai continues in that dangerously calm tone - Aananda can tell that at this moment, Vai's draconic instincts are getting the better of her, as there's something like pride or maybe even arrogance in her voice. "Then take away his weapons when you're in the school. The wards do what they can to prevent violence, but they can't prevent pain. So either disarm it, or turn it off."
"toy? disarm him? ok not even getting into the toy bit, really that would just take way too much time to even begin on," he starts to look a bit annoyed" do you know how many weapons the two of us have on us? the time it would take to remove them, and them put them back in when i want to go somewhere else, so not worth it, or do you intend for me to just stay here , never leaving this building for the foreseeable future, and in any case is this not a school for "magic"" he uses air quotes around the word magic "if i am to disarm myself of simple metals, are they not allowed to be capable of shooting bolts of lightning from every orifice, o I know that they aren't allowed to use their magic to hurt people, but i doubt you keep them from having the potential, so where lies difference between them and me" his tone turns slightly sarcastic "please do tell, I'm sure i would be fascinated by the rationale"
"Don't assume she has more power than she does. The simplest explanation is that that was a happy accident from her viewpoint. And if she does have informers among the service staff, they probably don't know they're doing it. It's just harmless gossip. Gives us somewhere to start looking anyhow."
"In my opinion, the best way to deal with the non-magical information network is to feed it the information we want. Be obvious. We're looking for Kara. We don't mention anything about shapeshifting or demons. We're just searching for Kara. Let her think we're stupid and desperate."
Ehos nods at that. It was good advice, and he was used to schmoozing the serving staff back home, so it should be similar here. Of course, back home he had his voice.
To Jaiye privately, Ehos projects: ::I can see why Tyrrin wants you as an advisor. You may not be book smart, but you certainly know your way around an enemy. And I promise I'm not just flattering you.::
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"toy? disarm him? ok not even getting into the toy bit, really that would just take way too much time to even begin on," he starts to look a bit annoyed" do you know how many weapons the two of us have on us? the time it would take to remove them, and them put them back in when i want to go somewhere else, so not worth it, or do you intend for me to just stay here , never leaving this building for the foreseeable future, and in any case is this not a school for "magic"" he uses air quotes around the word magic "if i am to disarm myself of simple metals, are they not allowed to be capable of shooting bolts of lightning from every orifice, o I know that they aren't allowed to use their magic to hurt people, but i doubt you keep them from having the potential, so where lies difference between them and me" his tone turns slightly sarcastic "please do tell, I'm sure i would be fascinated by the rationale"
The calming hand of Motherhood was just starting to quiet Vai's emotions down when Arthur's tirade caused Vai's temper to really flare. Now she's shouting, her unbound blonde hair falling about a bit wildly. "Maybe if you listen you incompetent! I never said you had to leave yourself defenseless. I meant your toy" that time the word 'toy' is said with extra emphasis and a bit of venom as well. "who clearly cannot be trusted with either weapon or magic! If he's going to slicing people up just for bumping into you in the halls, then yes, he ought to be disarmed! Maybe if you actually paid attention instead of making assumptions, you would realize how stupid you sound!" after she's done with her bit of shout, Vai stands there, hair fallen all about, panting in anger with clenched fists.
"I have /never/ drawn my blade" which is hanging by her side, coincidently. "to attack someone who made a joke! Actions speak louder than words, so then let's compare - I've been here five months and haven't drawn steel inside the school once, whereas it has been here for five minutes and has already threatened to attack someone! So yes!"
The droid stands there in silence. It hasn't been required to speak or move and therefore has not.
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"he gave warning, and upon finding that no threat was found he put away his blade without protest, whereas you look like you are about to punch me in the face repeatedly," he is clearly enjoying himself "simply because i disagree with you, moreover, he is a machine, he has set responses to certain stimuli and has ranked directives that he bases his actions, you are an organic being capable of rational thought, or irrational thought as the case may be"
"Jaiye has an excellent point. Any student can leave school grounds when they wish, unless prohibited by a teacher or detention of course, and gossip all throughout Kuros. Will Casil be of any help for this?"
"So where is the objection to disarming it then?! You're gonna leave it as a threat to other students simply because you are lazy?! Do you have that little regard for the feelings of your fellow sentients?! What if mistakes another attempt at humour and runs his sword through someone?! What then?!" Vai shouts, offering no argument that she wanted to punch the smarmy bastard in the face. Of course, she doesn't move to act on that desire in any way.
"You have to do it, Vriskra. You control it and you'll stop scaring people by accident!"
Aananda bellowed.
"Vai, please go run that errand for me now."
"Arthur, shut up."
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"What then?!"
"I'll see what i can do... I guess I've go to go mess with that thing in my head again... It may very well take almost an hour."
"It's true. I have a few family members who don't know what happened, which is why I'm enjoying this girl's night while I can. I almost expect my dad to burst in here and tell me not to corrupt Raelle here with my obvious lunacy. Just not that politely."
"I've got my book, I can wait for you too wake up right next to you."
"Thank you, Gareth. You're really nice."
vriskra goes and finds someplace to "lie" down, and goes back into her head.
Ehos nods at that. It was good advice, and he was used to schmoozing the serving staff back home, so it should be similar here. Of course, back home he had his voice.
To Jaiye privately, Ehos projects: ::I can see why Tyrrin wants you as an advisor. You may not be book smart, but you certainly know your way around an enemy. And I promise I'm not just flattering you.::
Jaiye just barely managed to not outwardly blush at the compliment.
::Thank you. I...am not used to thinking of myself as...competent.::
"Jaiye has an excellent point. Any student can leave school grounds when they wish, unless prohibited by a teacher or detention of course, and gossip all throughout Kuros. Will Casil be of any help for this?"
"Probably. If we can't scry on Kara directly, we can at least have him try to divine who could best lead us to her."
"I apologize for the interruption and also if I am again mistaken.
Upon observation of this conversation.
I have observed that she reffered to Sir as a 'sentient' and the rest of her statement is to exclude myself from the area of 'sentients'. I must state that despite my detachment of social norm I do qualify as what one would reffer to as 'sentient'. To deactivate me would be the equivalent of what society would call 'murder'.
In addition I would like to restate that with the given information of security here I have no need for protocol regarding defense measures.
And also. They spoke as if I had actually caused injury. If I was to draw a blade as use of 'humor' as is the apparent social norm of harming others in 'good nature' would I not also be obligated to reprucusions of loud conversation?"
Enre after eating gets up to walk about the school again, not really stopping just looking about. With what seems without much thought or care.
Ace nods at Mel's apology. "Its ok, I was just excited. I've wanted to be in a band for a long time, though perhaps not quite playing this style of music. Not that there's anything wrong with what you play, but I prefer mine much louder and harder. Don't worry about me though, if there's anything I truly excel at, its adapting to overcome life's challenges, no matter how large or small they might be."
Returning to Avalon with a small collection of rare metals and stones, Wyrd is apparently lost in thought when he slips through the wall of the new underground hangar and falls to the floor amidst a clattering of his burden.