If he couldn't get a shuttle to himself, he'd just have to risk flying there himself. Pyry opened a window that appeared and bid Lamai farewell, promising to come back. With Tybalt's amulet around his neck, he takes his raven form and flies off, casting a spell to speed up both the wind and his travel speed.
"Or we could do that...which is probably more sensible...bird shortcuts tend to be iffy. They really don't understand about feet."
"Then ask a snake or raccoon." He stops and looks around, sighing. "So... I was too busy racing. I don't know this part of the forest." He admits sheepishly. "I didn't think we'd gotten so far..."
Kezzin starts slightly as the others talk to him, but he stands up and walks over to join them after just a moment's hesitation. "Hello. Sorry to intrude, I have a hard time staying away from music when it is being played. My name is Kezzin."
"I'm Cameron, and I'm always happy to meet a fellow violin player."
Has managed to fashion himself quite the treehouse, something to call his own. He cleans a carcas and leaves giblets for some buzzards that have taken up residence near by, knowing he leaves them scraps.
They never let him get close enough to pet them as he makes them uneasy, but he still appreciates their company.
"Nice Place" The wearer says as he steps out of the tree "Sorry for causing a wait, but the person who I hired to assist me isn't exactly timely..."
Does not start as you enter, but continues cleaning what looks like a fawn's carcass, buzzards gathering nearby.
"It is what it is. I have waited for years, what is a few more days? Have you decided what my task is to be? What my payment will be?"
"To be honest... I haven't given it any thought." The wearer sits crosslegged on the floor....
The wearer gradually assumes your form
"Embre is my cousin. He used to beat me every day. Sometimes worse then others, but he always had to hit me at least a little. Usually until I had to be picked up and tossed in the fireplace because I was too injured to move. Hurting people is what makes him happy. There's something wrong with him in the head. He's broken," Asha said matter-of-fact, quickly finishing up the food on her tray."Yeah, I think we're ready to go back to the SIM room and see how Tryko'Sam's memory recovery thing went."
"I think it's definitely good that you're here, then. That isn't a way to live. I kinda feel bad for people like that. Don't worry. Now that you're here, that's all behind you. And if any Firebirds give you a hard time here, just tell me. They have have as many reasons to be afraid of me as I do them." He says the last part with a semi-confident grin.
He stands up and stretches his arms above his head and his tail sticks out straight in the stretch too.His belly is rounded out and large in disproportion to the rest of his mostly thin physique.
"Anyone else want to carry these? I don't think they'd appreciate them being frozen when we get them back."
He looks up, and laughs
"Mimicry is the greatest from of flattery, they say."
"Will you be staying for a meal?" he says as he continues to prepare the meat.
He looks up, and laughs
"Mimicry is the greatest from of flattery, they say."
"Will you be staying for a meal?" he says as he continues to prepare the meat.
"No, I will just be staying for company..." he says, nonplussed at your laughter. "and Mimicry is also the best form of learning. Children do it to learn language, Adults learn it for their jobs..."
"I suppose that's true." he walks over to a "window" and tosses what he doesn't plan to eat out on the branches, and the buzzards go nuts.
He then stips meat off of the carcas and puts them in a ceramic device with hot coals in it, popping a few raw strands in his mouth.
"Well, what do you normally do in your spare time?"
"I suppose that's true." he walks over to a "window" and tosses what he doesn't plan to eat out on the branches, and the buzzards go nuts.
He then stips meat off of the carcas and puts them in a ceramic device with hot coals in it, popping a few raw strands in his mouth.
"Well, what do you normally do in your spare time?"
"I watch an listen... learning things."
Sun comes up behind Grim just as he arrived
Found Him. Hey Grim Lang wants to know if you are ready to go
He the realizes that Lang is standing right there.
Oh great you found him too. man Grim is one sneaky kid being able to hide from me so well.
Anyway, have fun guys, and Simba, take care of them...Okay.
Simba nods to Sun.
Well if everyone is ready, we can get going.
Midori and Sara are with me on Simba.
I have Hew and grim with Lea. Lea seems pleased with that choice.
Sorun and Tarka are with Chen
I believe Ephebe, sheese and Lewis can fly on their own. but Lewis might be able to fit with Chen if not.
Once everyone is loaded the group takes off heading East toward the Sunrise mountains.
Tarka doesn't ride the owl, preferring to stay with Lewis.
"Wait. Sun isn't coming? Why aren't you coming?"
Sara is sad and disappointed that Sun is apparently not coming with them.
Lewis carries Tarka.
Midori had bowed respectfully to Ephebe when she had arrived, though without much more ado, they were to mount and take off, and Midori followed Lang's instructions to the letter, mounting the owl and holding on tight. At least there wasn't any more lightning.
"Wait. Sun isn't coming? Why aren't you coming?"
Sara is sad and disappointed that Sun is apparently not coming with them.
Sun looks to Sara, and smiles don't worry Sara, I have important things to take care of here. You be good and keep Lang out of trouble, ok? Sun kisses Sara on the forehead (like a parent saying goodbye to their child.)
"I watch an listen... learning things.""I suppose that's true." he walks over to a "window" and tosses what he doesn't plan to eat out on the branches, and the buzzards go nuts.
He then stips meat off of the carcas and puts them in a ceramic device with hot coals in it, popping a few raw strands in his mouth.
"Well, what do you normally do in your spare time?"
"There is merit to that. What do you hope to learn from taking my form?"
The wearer smiles with your lips... "perhaps your fear. Or maybe I just want to be you"
"Fear I have in abundance. I can't imagine why anyone would want to be cursed, though."
"Fear I have in abundance. I can't imagine why anyone would want to be cursed, though."
"Curses are all subjective views, Power however, is objective." he says and takes a bite out of a dark purple fruit.
"Power is not objective. It' s just as dependant on how it's used to determine its worth as anything else."
Mel smiles as the little one joins in. Hello Kezzin, I'm Melody, but you can call me Mel, everyone else does. can we hear you play? I see you have a violin also. I do so love the sound of the violin, it can be so romantic.
Mel puts her guitar down and takes a seat hoping to hear Kezzin play.
"Ok, Silly. I wish you were coming with us, but I'll see you when we get back."
She hugs him before climbing on Simba and waving as the owls take off.
Morire and the gargoyle touch down at the lake.
"Well here we is. What do ya think?"
It begins walking towards a door at the side of the building.
Mel smiles as the little one joins in. Hello Kezzin, I'm Melody, but you can call me Mel, everyone else does. can we hear you play? I see you have a violin also. I do so love the sound of the violin, it can be so romantic.
Mel puts her guitar down and takes a seat hoping to hear Kezzin play.
Kezzin cocks his head slightly in Mel's direction, then after a moment he sets the violin case on the floor in front of him and withdraws what is clearly a superb instrument, if not one a master would use. As he checks his bow and tunes the instrument, he speaks in a quiet voice, "Professor Fieri showed me what these instruments can do in the cafeteria a few days ago. Someday I will be able to play like she does; it was the saddest, most beautiful thing I have ever heard."
Kezzin closes his eyes for a moment and begins playing what seems at first to be disconnected bits of songs. He seems to be sounding out something new.
After a few moments, he stops and when he starts again, the bits blend together smoothly and after a moment the others can recognize a rough counterpoint to the song they had just been playing.
He plays on for a few more measures, then just kinda peters off. He opens his eyes again as he lowers the violin.
"Ok, Silly. I wish you were coming with us, but I'll see you when we get back."
She hugs him before climbing on Simba and waving as the owls take off.
Sun waves goodbye as they take off.
was that a tear? Sun is going to miss his friends.
"You play wonderfully, my scaled friend." Cameron says after a moment. "You only heard some of our song and composed a piece to match in your head! Simply amazing. I would have to sit down and write it out before playing, personally."
Morire and the gargoyle touch down at the lake.
"Well here we is. What do ya think?"
It begins walking towards a door at the side of the building.
"Its... very flat here..." the child says... turning in a circle
"S'just that part of it. That's the field next to the lake. We've got trees 'n a lake 'n a hill or two. Not that flat everywhere else. C'mon 'n we can get yous signed up 'n ya can come and look around all ya want."
Bounding up to the boy and creature that has arrived at the lake is a baboon. seeing them arrive shortly after the others have left. at first he thought someone came back, but as he got closer he realized it was someone new.
Hello, you are new here. I am Sun, companion to the Avatar Lang Fei
Morire starts following the gargoyle... and is terrified when a huge monkey starts bounding toward him... he attempts to hide behind the guide... "What is that?!"
"Embre is my cousin. He used to beat me every day. Sometimes worse then others, but he always had to hit me at least a little. Usually until I had to be picked up and tossed in the fireplace because I was too injured to move. Hurting people is what makes him happy. There's something wrong with him in the head. He's broken," Asha said matter-of-fact, quickly finishing up the food on her tray.
"Yeah, I think we're ready to go back to the SIM room and see how Tryko'Sam's memory recovery thing went."
Rena had smiled at Asha's reaction to her suggestion of being a man next time, but beyond a toothy smile, Rena had remained thoughtfully quiet, eventually picking her plate down to the point where it was becoming difficult to get anything else of the plate with her teeth.
"Asha... if Embre ever tries to hurt you again, he'll have to face my fangs first. I don't like to hurt or kill sentient people, but I will if I have to." Rena replies with a kind of deadly calm to her voice which suggested that behind the composed demeanor, Rena was not at all pleased with the tales of how Asha had been treated.
"Let's go see how Tryko'Sam is doing. Can you help me with my plate?" she says after a moment.
""He probably won't like me as a man." Rena says suddenly as the trio begin to leave the cafeteria, thinking of what Tryko'Sam had said about girls 'having it easy' or something, and not wanting to have other guys there. Either way, Tybalt and Asha might notice as they leave that Rena is staying quite a bit closer to Asha now, protective of her friend.
"What? Ya never see a monkey b'fore? I seen him around. Jus a friend uh one uh the kids. You'll see him a lot. Go say hi. We got time."
He gently scoots the kid out from behind his leg.
"Well, I guess I could show you around, point out the people I know stuff about." He shrugs. "For a magic school, it's hard to entertain yourself. So I listen and watch and get tutored by Chet the goblin."
"That sounds excellent Anthony." Repp says graciously, though his curiosity is clearly not sated, and he asks. "I'm sure there's plenty of ways to stay entertained here, but for now... what does Chet the goblin teach you?"
Vare had followed behind Nala into the Headmaster's office and had stood quietly listening to the Headmaster explain the situation. He searched his mind ferverently for a way he could help - something he could do, anything. But he drew a blank. All his Arcane power and still, he couldn't do anything to help these people. Well... he could Wish, but that would create more problems than it would solve.
For the moment, Vare remains silent, briefly wondering if he should try to contact Anahita - she might be able to help the most with her connection to the natural world, and apparently to Life itself.
Sun glares at the escort. baboon, not mon...ahh whatever. he then looks toward the child.
Its quite alright, I am named Sun. I sometimes help care for the younger children here at the school. You look to about the same age as Sara. I will be sure to introduce you when she returns from her field trip. Sun offers his hand in friendship to the new boy.
"You play wonderfully, my scaled friend." Cameron says after a moment. "You only heard some of our song and composed a piece to match in your head! Simply amazing. I would have to sit down and write it out before playing, personally."
Kezzin smiles his peculiar close-lipped smile again, "I love to improvise. My favorite is to perch on the Eastern peaks of the school and play the sunrise. No two are the same! Sometimes they are slow and mysterious, the light sneaking into the world as if it hopes we will not notice, and other times it comes crashing in like a tidal wave, and everything between."
Mel smiles at Kezzin's description of the sunrise..
It actually sounds romantic, would you mind if I joined you sometime? I'll bring a violin as well.
she pauses a moment. wait I remember a piece my mom made me memorize. just wiat a sec. Mel rushes off and soon is rolling out a piano from back stage.
she quickly rushas back and grabs the the bench.
Ok I lead in on piano and you join in with the violin. it is a really pretty piece you probably know it, but if not I'll bet it will come to you.
she looks to Cameron you can join as well, maybe help Kazzin pick up the melody. or Kezzin will help you, either way, you both are wonderful musicians
mel sita at the piano and checks a few keys for their sound and begins this piece on the piano
hoping the other two will join in with violin.
Upon arriving back at the SIM Room door, which had been where Maya and Tryko'Sam were last seen, the door leading in indicated the room "in use".
Testing the means to open said door indicates it is not locked, as is often the case.
Little is heard from past the closed door, and obviously, much less is seen.
Tybalt knocks on the door.
"Hellooooo. We have food."
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"Well, I guess I could show you around, point out the people I know stuff about." He shrugs. "For a magic school, it's hard to entertain yourself. So I listen and watch and get tutored by Chet the goblin.""That sounds excellent Anthony." Repp says graciously, though his curiosity is clearly not sated, and he asks. "I'm sure there's plenty of ways to stay entertained here, but for now... what does Chet the goblin teach you?"
"Some fairly interesting things I plan to keep secret, if it's all the same."
Says his goodbyes to his wife and wishes her a safe trip, and assures her the eggs will be looked after. She can tell there's worry over their bond, but where her well being in concerned, when is there not?
"Or we could do that...which is probably more sensible...bird shortcuts tend to be iffy. They really don't understand about feet.""Then ask a snake or raccoon." He stops and looks around, sighing. "So... I was too busy racing. I don't know this part of the forest." He admits sheepishly. "I didn't think we'd gotten so far..."
She giggled.
"Saffire stay with Michael, I'll go ask directions," she said, shaking her head and handing her familiar to Michael before climbing higher up the trees to talk to the birds.
After what seemed like a lot of chirping noises, head tilting, and arm flapping, she scrambled down.
"Alright, I have the general direction now, just hang on a minute and let me get more specifics," she said before clambering down to ground level to have a chat with a bear in a berry bramble.
The door into the SIM Room opens, and as before, there is the butler looking human, elder gentleman, who steps back to allow Tybalt and company to come on in.
The interior of the room, as before, is the English country side view living room, very spacious and well kept. Plenty of seats and accommodations for up to two dozen persons.
The butler waits until everyone is inside, closing the hallway door shut behind them as they do, saying, "Lady Rhys will return momentarily, if I may assist the good sir with his parcels or provide refreshments?" He offers to take the food and such from Tybalt.
He stands ready to serve.
Says his goodbyes to his wife and wishes her a safe trip, and assures her the eggs will be looked after. She can tell there's worry over their bond, but where her well being in concerned, when is there not?
Silinrul's strong and constant desire to be out of doors and in connection with nature leads him through the school and out a door, in trying to solve the conflict between his refusal to use the arrows, his core nature, and his current want to find Jaiye, it takes him twenty minutes until he finds his way out of a door. He ends outside in the garden, and as he goes to turn around, he spots Jaiye in the cafeteria through a window. He doesn't see a direct way to her, but there is a patio with tables and a door to the inside a couple yards away.