"Not sure he is always around those little kids so I've never gotten a chance to fight him." Asch says as he looks towards the door he left through.
Vakkler rushes in. "What's going on? Who sent that message?"
"Yea everything is in one piece but why did he call that guy a threat? Does that mean a fights coming up soon." Asch says as he cracks his knuckles.
"No. No fight. Especially not around children. We....can discuss this more later. This isn't the place," she said, finally moving, though she seems a little out of breath.
"I see what you mean now, 'Sima. Khoda is a little extreme in his reactions, huh?"
"I didn't mean I'd try and fight around the children. I just meant....oh never mind." He says when he hears Amada giggle behind him.
Just watches
"No it's fine, Asch. Er...I think you all want to move now. I don't think I fastened the light fixture as securely as it needed to be and I think it's going to fall again," she added, looking nervously at the ceiling.
"It's okay Mr. Vakkler, I'm sorry. It was my fault. Khoda...came here and I passed out for a little bit when he left. Amada and the others were just trying to help me. It was...it was a weird visit, even for him. We're moving along now."
Nasima is a little shaky on her feet, but seems resolute as she follows the others out of the cafeteria. "Thanks you guys, I appreciate the help. And Ephebe, yeah; I don't think Khoda's really good at seeing the shades of gray in the world, especially since he...well he's not of the world, right? Anyway like I said that's one of many reasons I'm here, so that doesn't happen, or at least happens less."
"Can somebody tell me what he said? Or did? I...have memories but they don't make sense."
Sinh is startled by the rapidity of the young Miss' recovery and hasty exit with her friends. He casts a glance Vakkler to gauge the kobold instructor's reaction to this turn of events.
"He said that he inhabits the meat child and that your weak yet strong kinda an oxy...oxym well that one word for stuff that is the opposite of what it says like jumbo shrimp." Silver says as he flits back and forth between the group. "He then said that the threat hides but he sees all and that he would warn us. Oh and something about eating a world not sure what that meant."
"Master Asch says we should head towards His and Mistress Amada's room so we can all talk uninterrupted."
Just as the group gets to the door of the cafeteria a large light fixture crashes down, crushing the table they were sitting at. Ephebe winced.
"Well, at least no one was sitting under it this time. I'm sorry Mr Sinh. I tried to fix it, but the custodial arts...not my thing," she said apologetically.
Sinh is startled by the rapidity of the young Miss' recovery and hasty exit with her friends. He casts a glance Vakkler to gauge the kobold instructor's reaction to this turn of events.
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He seems a bit more relieved than irritated.
Vakkler notices Slarrow. "Hey! How'd you get him?"
"We didn't he followed us here I guess."
"We didn't he followed us here I guess."
"Oh. I see. He didn't...did he cause any trouble? Bite anyone? You haven't given him radishes, have you?"
"I don't think he bit anyone unless you include the towel. No radishes that I saw at least."
"I don't think he bit anyone unless you include the towel. No radishes that I saw at least."
The gamekeeper relaxes slightly. "Ah. Good. Well, thank you for looking after this troublemaker." He walks to the table and picks up the slurk. He says something in an odd, croaking tongue.
He looks back at the students. "I'll see you lot tomorrow." He turns and leaves.
Nods at Vakkler, then gets up and follows the group, collecting H'Tor in the hallway...
Just as the group gets to the door of the cafeteria a large light fixture crashes down, crushing the table they were sitting at. Ephebe winced.
"Well, at least no one was sitting under it this time. I'm sorry Mr Sinh. I tried to fix it, but the custodial arts...not my thing," she said apologetically.
"Actually Miss, that would be Maintenance's job but thank you for trying."
Sinh waits to make repairs until after Vakkler leaves; the kobold's muttering about Magecraft have not gone unnoticed and the janitor dislikes making anyone uncomfortable. Once the area is clear, Sinh incants a spell or two to quickly repair the destroyed table and light fixture.
"Oh, shi- uh... dang!" Spin tries to cover it by snatching his new class list from the desk. "Thanks, Headmaster Ryo! Or should I call you Professor Ryo? Anyway, thanks. I gotta go drop off my stuff before the assembly." As he runs out the door, one last look is shot at the Headmaster before his body spins itself into the form of a cheetah.... a cheetah with a green duffel bag strapped across it's back... and rockets down the hall towards his room.
Five minutes later find him joining the throng of students headed to his first assembly. He keeps his eyes out for any of those he's met before, class list in hand.
"Assembly? I suppose we have to go to that as well." Asch says as he and Amada head towards the assembly. "You all coming?"
"Hm?" Kam and Taron say simultaneously as they look up from their sheets of music in their new room.
"Guess we should go, huh?" Kam says as he starts to put things away. Taron nods and starts helping.
Meanwhile, elsewhere in the school...
”Cdyo rana.” Lysander says as he stands up, leaving the children in his room under the guard of their second guardian. As they are currently playing a mix of fetch and tag with it, they don't seem to mind that he's leaving them behind.
Still deep in thought, troubled by Khoda's most recent visit in a way she would find quite difficult to articulate, Nasima can only nod at Asch as she follows everyone along to the assembly.
"Assembly? I suppose we have to go to that as well." Asch says as he and Amada head towards the assembly. "You all coming?"
"Of course. No point trying to avoid it. Last thing we need is detention. The last time I had detention I had to wash the dishes. Keep in mind just how many dishes there are per meal here. I was up half the night scrubbing."
Mr. Sinh parks his mop and pail and finds himself an inconspicuous spot in the assembly hall, keenly interested in getting his first look at the entire student body and presumably a good bit of the faculty.
Follows everyone to the assembly hall
Vakkler sits in the school basement, working on a ballista-like weapon. Hearing the pandemonium upstairs, he sets the crossbow down and listens.
Chuckles at Jiminy's antics, even knocking a ball back over, then sends a message to him
He then finds a seat with his new friends
Asch gives Nala a large smile though it isn't one people would enjoy as he allows his dhampir nature to seep through allowing his teeth to elongate and his eyes to glow. He oozes danger and death in an attempt to keep them from trying anything stupid.
Krays smiles awkwardly, not getting the joke...then sees Asch.
"Are you hungry, Asch? I can give you some dark stuff, if you'd like. Seems to help out H'Tor when he's sluggish..."
A burst of negative energy rolls out from the hem of his robes, for the purpose of healing and strengthening undead, doing little more to others than giving them a chill
A ball gets too close to Lysander and there is a flash, like light glinting of metal, before the ball is nothing but ribbons of plastic on the ground.
The only sign he even moved is the empty sword hilt in his left hand.
"Interesting..." He thinks to himself when he realizes that Nala isn't intimidated.
"Careful with that one...something unnatural about her cold." He says as he sends a message to Ephebe and nods towards where Nala and her group went.
Before Asch can tell Krays he is ok he feels the energy pass through him washing away the bloodlust he has to fight constantly. "Well that's an interesting trick thanks." He says as he puts out a hand for Krays to shake.
Then as he sees Lysander shred the ball he wonders what a fight with him would be like. "Who is he? Its annoying that I haven't fought someone who is clearly an accomplished fighter." He says annoyed.
Shakes Asch's hand.
"Anytime."
Follows his gaze to Lysander
"Is he the one who snapped at Ephebe earlier? With the little ones?"
"I believe so."
A seal's nose bounces one of the balls into the air near the microphone, then - as the ball floats towards Ephebe's location - a dog jumps up from the crowd, once again bouncing the ball into the air with its nose. The dog, still in mid-air, spies Ephebe over all the students' heads, a stupid grin on its canine lips. Seconds later Spin breaks through the mass of students to wave at the young woman.
"Hey, remember me from earlier?" he grins his charmingest, winningest grin and sticks out a hand in greeting. "I'm Despin, but you can call me Spin." He looks around at the group of friends, then holds up a sheet of paper. "Do you know who Krays is? I'm his new roomie. So what do you think all this is about?" His dark eyes scan the room for a second in confusion, "Wait, wasn't there one more ball?"
"Maybe you'll get your fight then."
Looks to make sure Ephebe and Nasima are with them and safe
Looks up at Spin
"I am Krays. What's a 'roomie'?"
Spin surprises you by slipping into perfect Draconic.
Looks lost in thought for a second
"Nice to meet you though, if you need me to move anything or get stuff out of your way, just say so. If you saw the big kobold skeleton in the hall, that's H'Tor, my best friend, guardian and servitor. He's retained most of his personality so he's a pretty nice guy. He can't talk to others, as the tongue never survives animation, unfortunately. Just don't make any threatening gestures towards me or him, and you should be fine!"
You think you catch a hint of trouble-makery in his eyes when H'Tor is mentioned. Then he slips his hands into his pockets, looking around at all the activity. He does, however, let his mind wander… the type of wandering that will sometimes allow him to hear the thoughts of others… possibly targeting the girls over the guys.