"Just remember your my friend and I'll stick with you." She reminds her. "If you don't think you can be around him that's fine. Maybe some time you can go talk to him and return to being friends.""I don't know how I feel about Lang right now. I'm angry at him. He was my first friend and then he messed that all up and I don't know how to be around him now. It makes me feel all anxious and then the fire gets harder to control...I don't think you need to hate him. I just don't think I can be around him."
"Maybe. But not soon I think. But just because I'm made at him doesn't mean anyone else needs to be."
"It makes me happy that you're still my friend and I'm not all alone again," she admitted.
"I think I need to sew for a while....are there any clothes you've been wanting? Either of you?"
Cariban remains silent. She doesn't seem to want to say anthing, but her features do show that she is awake.
"We were going to go and make a dress for Cariban so it can match mine."
"We were going to go and make a dress for Cariban so it can match mine."
"Right. Of course. Sorry. You already told me that. I'm a little keyed up and it's hard to concentrate. I'm really trying hard not to go all inferno again," she said sheepishly. "But I'll feel better once we get to the sewing. At least, I usually do."
"Would you like some help?"
He stands and offers his hand for the rag to get the part she can't reach.
"Sure, thanks."
"It's OK. I understand. Are you OK to go now?"
Ace nods in agreement to Keme "I know I seem to be a prime suspect, but I swear I didn't do this. To prove my innocence, I will gladly subject myself to whatever is needed to show I did not do this."
"Thanks for understanding, Ace. I believe you, but I'll feel a lot better about it after we've got independent confirmation of that. And it will help us not be working at cross-purposes. And hopefully that will lead to us finding the real culprit sooner."
He takes the rag and as gently as possible rubs the soot off of her shell. He finished and hands the rag back.
"There ya go. All good," he says with a smile.
"Thanks. This happens. A lot."
"Heh. Maybe you can make a construct to do that for you."
"It requires my magic. And like i said, I'm used to getting exploded. So i just wash myself after my work. Shower, if that's a option."
As Amber and Opel flood her senses, Rena's knees immediately buckle and she sinks down, her head thrown back and her eyes rolling back as well. Her mouth opens, but no sound comes out so overwhelmed is she. Her wings flare out stiffly, as if to balance the girl, all her muscles contracting at once. Little shudders and shivers go through her body, and her hands reach out to grip something hard - anything nearby, though Asha and David are likely targets, unless they move away.
Several moments pass and Rena finally exhales, panting and bending forward, her hands on the floor supporting her, her body still shuddering and quivering slightly. "Oh gods yes." she whispers to no one in particular, her brain isn't really coherent right now.
Asha was grateful for Rena's wings shielding her from the rain and snuggled close to Rena, with an occasional appreciative glance. Rena really did have an impressive chest.
And once they were inside shelter she was grateful for Dave's attentions helping her to get dry. The heat felt good, but he did a great job of keeping it from being erotic. She was starting to warm up to him, so to speak. He was very handsome and he'd treated her kindly. She still had some reservations, but honestly the only reason she wasn't all over him was that she was distracted and worried about Tryko'Sam.
And then there was the two headed girl....her curiosity about the new arrival was cut short by Rena's grabbing onto her arm briefly before collapsing. Asha blushed as she recognized Rena's reaction. She didn't understand how Rena was having that response without being touched. And that made her think about last night and she blushed more.
"The showers are great here. I've got ours done up so it comes from the ceiling and feels like rain."
"Ya. Showers are great. Maybe we could take one toge-" he cuts himself off at the word together by slapping himself across the face.
"No. Don't make things weird. We just met her. Give us a few weeks before you start ruining things."
"Sorry. Nero can be an ass when he wants something... are we going to try that robot again?"
"I wouldn't mind... But i don't think he means showering with me while I'm a snail."
she cuckles a little.
"Ah, maybe later. I've got to restock my equipment soon."
lang listens to what Ephebe has to say.
I will miss being with her. Lang pulls out the jacket Ignace made for him.
This jacket kind of symbolizes my friendship with her. I feel funny keeping it right now but I am afraid if I give it back it will send the wrong message. I want to be friends with her again, but I need to do it right this time.
lang does look a little sad i just hope that in the future when she looks back she will remember me and be glad she once called me friend, I know I will
"Lang, you are too young to be this pessimistic," she said wryly.
"Keep the jacket. As a reminder of what you're trying to earn back."
"And let's work on developing a more positive outlook, okay?"
"Just remember your my friend and I'll stick with you." She reminds her. "If you don't think you can be around him that's fine. Maybe some time you can go talk to him and return to being friends."
"Maybe. But not soon I think. But just because I'm made at him doesn't mean anyone else needs to be."
"It makes me happy that you're still my friend and I'm not all alone again," she admitted.
"I think I need to sew for a while....are there any clothes you've been wanting? Either of you?"
::Vai, the scrying on your birth parents almost connects, and then blinks off. They are alive, but in some sort of antimagic zone. I'll keep trying.::
::I can tell you where they aren't. Your hometown has been destroyed. But it was done before the arrival of the other Vai. There are nonhumanoid tracks and no lightning. Something attacked and either took prisoners or people ran from it.::
lang listens to what Ephebe has to say.
I will miss being with her. Lang pulls out the jacket Ignace made for him.
This jacket kind of symbolizes my friendship with her. I feel funny keeping it right now but I am afraid if I give it back it will send the wrong message. I want to be friends with her again, but I need to do it right this time.
lang does look a little sad i just hope that in the future when she looks back she will remember me and be glad she once called me friend, I know I will
"Lang, you are too young to be this pessimistic," she said wryly.
"Keep the jacket. As a reminder of what you're trying to earn back."
"And let's work on developing a more positive outlook, okay?"
Lang looks at Midori,
Looks like Midori is ready to help me with that... he says with a smile.
anyway, what about class time? should I still come to class? I don't want any problems if I am there and Ignace isn't ready to be near me yet.
Lang looks at Midori,
Looks like Midori is ready to help me with that... he says with a smile.
anyway, what about class time? should I still come to class? I don't want any problems if I am there and Ignace isn't ready to be near me yet.
"She'll have the rest of today and tomorrow to cool off. I'm pretty sure she'll be fine with being in the same room with you by Tuesday even if she's not yet ready to hang out with you one on one."
Midori smiles at Lang cheerfully, remembering that her sensei had promised to introduce her to some other girls that could help her through this. "Hai, Lang. Ganbaru yo!" Midori says positively, taking a big risk in her mind - one which would probably go unnoticed to anyone else in the room - and dropping Lang's honourific. She hoped deeply that he didn't realize the meaning, or that he didn't take offense.
"I will still come with you Lang, at very least." Midori says cheerfully, smiling at him still, her golden eyes shining and her voice carrying it's usual melody.
She holds out a hand to help Rena up.
Amber to Rena
"Feeling more relaxed now I bet"
Helping her up.
"We should do this more often"
Rena definitely needs the help up, weak in the knees as she is now. Her face is flushed, and she simply nods in response as Amber and Opel move off to speak with David. In shelter now, and her clothes dry thanks to David, Rena moves shakily to sit down once again next to Asha, and takes her friend's hand, leaning on her. Not in exhaustion... but seeming to be blissful right in that moment. "There's... so much we have left to experience Asha. Oh... last night was just the tip of the iceberg. I want it all." she says, her breath still heavily and sultry. Apparently all thought of Tryko'Sam and his plight have been driven from her mind.
"Yes! Even if it doesn't work right now it sounds like a really cool thing!" Pyry pauses for a moment, indecision clear, then he smiles slightly. "I know about cool too, so.. it must be."
This causes Tyrrin to grin, barely able to suppress a chuckle at the pun. A joke! That had to be a good sign! Of course, the grin is all of Tyrrin's composure that breaks, but she does glance at Ghalen. "Would you care to join us?" she asks curiously, remembering that Ghalen had said that he had plans to help Thel's sitaution today. "And I agree Pyry, you definitely know about cool." she returns saucily.
It does not take long for the group to find Professor Agave, who is making notes on her plants, and ask her about possibly burying the animals in the garden. She quickly agrees and offers her condolences to Kitty, pointing out a lovely spot of flower vines near the school walls.
"I suppose there's nothing for it... where can we find shovels? Or is there a custom that I am not familiar with that needs to be respected?" Repp asks quietly, not wishing to seem disrespectful, obviously sensitive to the fact that this was a tragedy.
"Sounds to me like you're in the right place...there's a lot of people like you here, Sil," she said, smiling and shaking her head as Ehos was obviously enjoying the rain. She wasn't a big fan of getting soaked, but she wasn't exactly running for cover either.
Seeing as how he could no longer communicate telepathically, and the rain made using the datapad all but impossible, Ehos simply smiles at her through his now-soaked hair, which he needs to brush out of his eyes since it lost all of the 'tousled-ness' when it was wet. He looks happy, enjoying a simple pleasure.
Dave looks up at the girls, it wasn't often that a girl would be taller than him, let alone by almost a half a foot
"well it seems you have eyes that see" he says regally "and I must say flattery will get you almost everywhere, I'm David De'Foul, or Dave if you want what's this about the dreaming?"Opel to Dave
"Its another world, world of dreams, made by the dreamers, know as the dreaming to come, its not the ethereal plane, its more, complicated, its overlays this one and every think in the walking had an echo in the dreaming, Some can see the dreaming, doing things in and with it, like move and make, shift and change. Thing is you see it every time your sleep and dream, most just forget that's all. We got here by dream, there is a teacher here,"
::Vai, the scrying on your birth parents almost connects, and then blinks off. They are alive, but in some sort of antimagic zone. I'll keep trying.::
::I can tell you where they aren't. Your hometown has been destroyed. But it was done before the arrival of the other Vai. There are nonhumanoid tracks and no lightning. Something attacked and either took prisoners or people ran from it.::
Vai pauses in her nervous re-checking as her Grandmother's telepathy floods the Collective, and she blinks a few times, processing the new information. ::I...::
She pauses again, but then there's resolve in her blue eyes and she nods to the ground present. ::Thank you Grandmother. I think we definitely have to go now. Are you staying a part of the collective?:: Vai asks, before turning to Belyu. "You didn't hear that but... my Grandma... she says that someone already attacked the village. Someone who wasn't the person who attacked us yesterday. I... we should give Anahita another minute or two to come... but then we're leaving."
"We should all go at the same time, all you need to do is press this button here, and we'll all be Casted at once. That way we aren't split up." Vai says seriously, drawing her blade and stowing the spare Starcasters she had packed for her birth parents. "Last chance for anyone who wants to back out..." Vai offers, gripping her blade hilt tightly.
Rena definitely needs the help up, weak in the knees as she is now. Her face is flushed, and she simply nods in response as Amber and Opel
"There you see that's what its all about, No we have to go tall to the fine looking walking Gemstone, have fun and try not get catch cold, best get someone warm, and come find us later, I think Opel likes you"
Amber and Opel head off to talk to Dave.
"oh yeah, there was this teacher, Vare I think he was called, usually hangs out with this majestic looking dragon, I think he was here earlier, anyway that's the only thing he can see, maybe you ladies should talk to him about your ability later" Dave does not walk off but just stays with the group, maintaining the ball of fire
Rena looks at David from her seat on the ground and grins. "Did I really look that majestic?" she asks curiously, her voice still fairly low - sultry, though she's caught her breath at this point.
Opel to Dave
Now under cover amber and Opel Shake and with magic aid all the water falls off them and they are dry, hair in place and clean
Opel to Dave
"yerr Vare, that's him, nice guy, bit repressed, need to get out more, but thing is he has real power in the dreaming, I think we want to take classes with him"
Amber to Opel
"We'er Staying?"
Opel to Amber
"yes sister mine we are, just look at this place, its not like the other schools, they are like us here, cast away's, odd balls, freak's, I'm starting to like it here, and the coffee is nice"
Amber to Opel
"Good, Cuz, I just seen a boy there hes just dreamy"
Opel back to Dave and Amber Ogles.
"So whats your story Dave, you sent away to school as well?"
Amber to Rena
"You look stunning, just as you are now, sweety"
"yes... but also no, you see, my family came here when I was very young, they came to this planet as a safe haven, they died a long time ago, and I've been traveling along in my flying ship and happened across the school and decided for myself to enroll, overall it was a good decision"
Rena definitely needs the help up, weak in the knees as she is now. Her face is flushed, and she simply nods in response as Amber and Opel move off to speak with David. In shelter now, and her clothes dry thanks to David, Rena moves shakily to sit down once again next to Asha, and takes her friend's hand, leaning on her. Not in exhaustion... but seeming to be blissful right in that moment. "There's... so much we have left to experience Asha. Oh... last night was just the tip of the iceberg. I want it all." she says, her breath still heavily and sultry. Apparently all thought of Tryko'Sam and his plight have been driven from her mind.
Asha stroked Rena's cheek gently. It was pretty obvious from the body language between the two girls that they were more than just friends.
"I'm not sure if I want it all. Or at least not all at once. I do want to explore more...I'm just...I want to explore with people I really like and trust. I...have trust issues. I'd never met anyone I could trust before yesterday. Last night I was so excited about escaping that I was more willing to take risks. But after what happened to Tryko'Sam....Dave seems kind, but what if he changes too? And what about Tryko'Sam? He still needs help and...I'm so confused."
It does not take long for the group to find Professor Agave, who is making notes on her plants, and ask her about possibly burying the animals in the garden. She quickly agrees and offers her condolences to Kitty, pointing out a lovely spot of flower vines near the school walls."I suppose there's nothing for it... where can we find shovels? Or is there a custom that I am not familiar with that needs to be respected?" Repp asks quietly, not wishing to seem disrespectful, obviously sensitive to the fact that this was a tragedy.
"I...I can summon some burrowing animals to dig the holes," she said, choking up a bit.
Opel looks at Dave
::"Its like this"::
If you don't block her you get images of the dream plane David for a few seconds, like looking at yourself from Opel's eyes..
::"your look like this in the dreaming and yes you can to a bit change you from, but mostly dreamers stay the same, a form they wish to be"::
"yes... but also no, you see, my family came here when I was very young, they came to this planet as a safe haven, they died a long time ago, and I've been traveling along in my flying ship and happened across the school and decided for myself to enroll, overall it was a good decision"
"Flying ship, that sounds amazing, we have seen them, you know air and spacecraft, but don't trust them, better to just walk the dreaming and get to places for us. Ships are bit to slow. I mean takes years to go shopping, mind you I did read once about Dream-Ships but never seen one. Hay they got a library here David?"
Opel's attestation is distracted form Dave as she see Asha stroked Rena
Amber to Opel with a smile on her face as she looks to
Amber to Opel
"Arr always the best ones gone a sister"
Opel to Amber in a hard voice all politeness gone
"Shut it sister"
Amber just smiles
::woah.... that... that's what I look like? wow thanks for showing me this, can you see yourself in this way?::
"ah but my ship is different, its a spelljammer, capable of going from one dimension to another and move faster than light itself," he says proudly "and yes, there is a library, they claim it has every book ever written in there, and if that isn't a literal truth than they are at least close, the library is bigger than the school should be"
Rena definitely needs the help up, weak in the knees as she is now. Her face is flushed, and she simply nods in response as Amber and Opel move off to speak with David. In shelter now, and her clothes dry thanks to David, Rena moves shakily to sit down once again next to Asha, and takes her friend's hand, leaning on her. Not in exhaustion... but seeming to be blissful right in that moment. "There's... so much we have left to experience Asha. Oh... last night was just the tip of the iceberg. I want it all." she says, her breath still heavily and sultry. Apparently all thought of Tryko'Sam and his plight have been driven from her mind.
Asha stroked Rena's cheek gently. It was pretty obvious from the body language between the two girls that they were more than just friends.
"I'm not sure if I want it all. Or at least not all at once. I do want to explore more...I'm just...I want to explore with people I really like and trust. I...have trust issues. I'd never met anyone I could trust before yesterday. Last night I was so excited about escaping that I was more willing to take risks. But after what happened to Tryko'Sam....Dave seems kind, but what if he changes too? And what about Tryko'Sam? He still needs help and...I'm so confused."
"I know it's just words, but my mind is my own, the only reason you would ever have to fear me is if you hurt someone I cared about, and I don't think that's going to be an issue" Dave says trying to be comforting by telling the truth as he sees it
::woah.... that... that's what I look like? wow thanks for showing me this, can you see yourself in this way?::
"ah but my ship is different, its a spelljammer, capable of going from one dimension to another and move faster than light itself," he says proudly "and yes, there is a library, they claim it has every book ever written in there, and if that isn't a literal truth than they are at least close, the library is bigger than the school should be"
::"yes and we and on a bad day we look a positive nightmare"::
She giggles but you can my feel under that she is not joking.
Opel
"wow a SpellJammer read about them as well, never thought I would meet someone who has one. sorry did you just say 'every book ever written in there' now I know I will be staying, Amber did you hear that books lots of books"
Amber to every one
"O shoot me know, please stars above no more all night book reading Opel"
Now Opel has the big smile.
Opel to Amber
"I bet they have that picture book you have been looking for "10,001 Elf bestiality positions" I think you said it was called, you know the one that was banned"
Amber now existed
"Ooo yes we should go get some books, you know just academic stuff Opel, bit of research can't hurt"
at their interaction Dave bursts out laughing
"We were going to go and make a dress for Cariban so it can match mine.""Right. Of course. Sorry. You already told me that. I'm a little keyed up and it's hard to concentrate. I'm really trying hard not to go all inferno again," she said sheepishly. "But I'll feel better once we get to the sewing. At least, I usually do."
"Oh clothes!!!!" Zilla squees. "I'm always up for clothes." Zilla tells them ready to follow as soon as they want to go.
It'd been more than five minutes, for certain, since Tryko'Sam simply vanished, falling backwards into the maw of whatever he stepped back into intentionally.
There was no sign of his returning immediately either.
::It was some sort of experiment. A new spell cast by a collective of mages.. It backfire, and then I woke up in this place. I didn't have to sleep after that, or eat and drink. I miss dreaming...::
::Thank you, Anahita. Please, go help your friend. I will try to remember more about what happened to me, in case I remember something important.::
It would be obvious to anyone, at that moment, that Anahita seems to be dwelling on a thought or two, after Adina's last telepathic words, as she looks off in the grey void like dimension they are in, contemplating the distance and it's murkiness.
>> I shall seek to aid you, that is what I choose to do. It is important, I am an adventurer. <<
That thought back to Adina, Anahita nods once and gives a light smile, though her eyes lack the warmth, still thinking on something or another.
>> I look forward to resolving this and bringing you forth from this plane. Until we meet again, I shall speak with you again, as soon as I am able. Until then, be well. <<
Turning to move, Anahita vanishes and reappears at the side of the waiting Vare.
"Vare, I --" She pauses a moment to peer around, then back to him, smiling after a moment of thought. "Hello. May I bother you for a few moments? There is a student in trouble that may benefit from your awareness of Arcane and Planar matters. I am potentially leaving this planet to go elsewhere soon, in a combat or scouting function, so I wished to impart this information prior to doing so." Her voice doesn't suggest anything about the 'function', just matter of fact in the tone.
She stands as before, not a hugely tall young woman, thick, wavy black hair, down past shoulders, black eyes and all the Arabian princess sort of appearance, in the normal world, smiling lightly at the Professor, both hands behind her back, wrapped leather straps for sandals.
Rena looks at David from her seat on the ground and grins. "Did I really look that majestic?" she asks curiously, her voice still fairly low - sultry, though she's caught her breath at this point.
"oh, you were the dragon? you don't look like one, usually I can see stuff like that, either way, yes, both then and, albeit in a different way, now"