"Hunh. I actually kinda recognize this stuff."
roel sets near you as you mix everything.
"good good" Arthur applies the break as she does her serpentine maneuver and they gradually slow down
"Sorry!" she yelled out as a group of students playing a ball game on the front lawn ran to get out of the way. And then they actually managed to bring the skimmer to a halt. She sat there still gripping the steering wheel and trying to focus on breathing.
"Yay, we're stopped. And we managed not to kill anyone. That's good....Next time, you drive."
Ace bows his head slightly in respect to Silinrul "I promised to find Kitty's murderer, no matter what. If Jai's brother can help us, I won't turn down the offer. If they're magically protected vs his magicks, then so be it, but we need to at least make the attempt." He says, and then stifles a yawn. "Tomorrow though. Today has been a long day. I'll also speak to Ryleh in the morning, just to get that in motion."
"Sorry!" she yelled out as a group of students playing a ball game on the front lawn ran to get out of the way. And then they actually managed to bring the skimmer to a halt. She sat there still gripping the steering wheel and trying to focus on breathing.
"Yay, we're stopped. And we managed not to kill anyone. That's good....Next time, you drive."
Ardiente slowed to a trot as the skimmer came to a halt. He was glad no one had been hurt. He briefly was wondering who was driving the thing - he couldn't really see at this distance. He should make sure they are alright though... so he trots on towards the now-stopped skimmer.
Michael swims as fas t as he can to catch up, but the fish fights him most of the way. They could be such stubborn animals when it comes to dying.
Nanami bowed politely. "Good evening. I do not believe we have met before. I am Nanami Tanaka, the PE teacher. I am here to escort this young man to the Headmaster. He was having a violent disagreement with a wall when I found him. It seemed prudent to make sure he arrived at his destination without any further hostilities towards the architecture," she said in a musical, lightly accented voice. If he could see her face Vare would see the amusement twinkling in her eyes, as well as realizing that she was a very attractive tiefling....however, since all he can see is the dreamscape image, it's more likely that he finds her appearance a bit off-putting. "Is the Headmaster free to see us now?"
"My name is Vare. Pleased to meet you, Ms. Tanaka, and friend. I teach Conjuration." he says, not ceasing in his strange gaze, but he does look to Kodjack questioningly. He shakes his head as if to clear it, almost looking shaken. "Yes, though he is monitoring a situation which appears to be winding down."
Adorning his hand is a plain gold ring of good make. He seemed more put off by Kodjack than Nanami, though is polite to both of them.
Lang and company fly further east. the air starts to get cooler as thier elevation rises.
Lang feels better with his friends together with him. Midori holding him tight. and lang puts an arm around Sara with the care of a big brother looking after his little sister.
We promised to do something fun together, every day. I hope, today, we achieved that much. I'm glad to have you all with me.
Lang attempts to latch on the Ephebe's telepathy hoping she can hear him.
:: Master Blackscales...can you please share this with everyone::
"I'm having fun, Lang-kun. We should probably land soon, ne? Setting up camp in the dark is difficult." Midori says happily, holding on.
"Perhaps it's a possibility that you were changed alchemically too. Can you remember where you remember it from? Oh, these are usually loud, but I know that some slimes can't tolerate sounds very well, so I don't use as much of the highly reactive stuff. These are mostly colors. You should've seen Jello the first time I set one of these off." He laughs.
" i don't even know why i know common, let alone why i know what those things are."
Lang looks to Midori, nods in agreement.
He goes to take the seat at the reins on Simba but realizes Midori is still holding on to him.
he looks at her then at her hands. you will be just fine. Simba and I will not let you fall, unless you feel safer letting Sara land Simba?
Mel lets the others take their leave, packing up extra slow. waving bye to the others as they leave. Soon it is only Mel and Tybs in the rehearsal room.
"Fair enough. I guess you'll figure it out once you get your check up. Do you prefer Ooze or Slime, by the way?"
"I hope so. And does it really matter?"
"Just wondering if we have one we prefer. This is the first time I've been able to talk with one of... us, I guess."
As he works he spills a vial of harsh acid on his hand. It drips off and eats a shallow hole in the table. He immediately pulls his hand back, expecting it to burn straight through. What happens isn't what he expected and it seems to roll off of him with no effect.
"ahh- ... what the..." He drips a few more drops over his hand and onto the table to see if it wasn't a mistake. "... oh my gods! acid doesn't burn now! Ah ha ha! This is so great!"
"We? You can prefer whatever you want. Yeah, that's pretty cool. It seems you don't melt things you touch either. I still do when under stress."
"I don't think I'm acid based, just my stomach anyways, even if this doesn't hurt me, it's probably not a good idea to leave on. At least I know we can touch now, if need be."
"Really wish I knew what kind I got mixed up into." He mumbles to himself.
He washes his hands off into a specialized base sink.
"I was just wondering if there was a term you- um- we prefer to be called as sentient slimes."
"I have no preference as to what I'm called. You can have one though. Will your hands run? Under the water, i mean."
roel slides along, forming a partly humanoid form next to Kevin.
"fine, fine, so long as you navigate.... I don't really know where anything is"
"I...mostly know where stuff is. I think. I did a few days ago. But I also could figure out the controls of the skimmer a few days ago. It's ....I had an ability show up and it's kind of messing up everything. You see how the dash looks now?" she said, pulling out a smokestick and lighting it with a lighter. Rather than going everywhere, the smoke hovers in a very controlled manner, covering the controls of the skimmer and suddenly the whole panel was covered in...no, was formed of, strange patterns and symbols all moving and intertwining. "This is how it looks to me now. This is why I couldn't find the brakes. It's great sometimes...I can see when something needs to be fixed or figure out ways to improve the design of things so all those pieces fit together better...but I've turned into a total klutz at building things. And simple things like driving are suddenly way difficult."
"I kinda like Slime more. Ooze sounds more like a noise than a name."
He examines his claws, not even considering what would happen under water.
"Uh... hmm... looks like no. I guess I'm more stretchy than I am liquid."
He tests his theory by pulling on his index finger. It pulls out along with his pull and stays stretched when he let's it go.
"Heh. Funny. Wonder what I could do with that...." he pushes his finger back down and turn off the water.
"Do you run in water? You seem a whole lot more liquid than me."
"Yeah, i do. Though, i can hold myself together somewhat. I swim sometimes. It's kinda fun."
he shrugs a little.
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"fascinating," arthur says, recording the symbols, to search his databanks for information on said symbols later. "so this is a recent development? will you be able to interprate your sight better soon? do the symbols appear everywhere or just around certain things? heh, maybe I could show you my armor blueprints, see if I'm missing something"
Michael swims as fast as he can to catch up, but the fish fights him most of the way. They could be such stubborn animals when it comes to dying.
By the time he catches up to Kitty on the shore, she is attempting to restart Saffire's breathing with gentle chest compressions. It seems to work as the tiny drake is soon vomiting lake water and fish stomach goo. Kitty is literally sobbing with relief as her familiar starts coughing.
"I could try swimming. Maybe after fireworks. Not sure how well my control is like this, though. I was never that great at swimming. I never really left this lab all that much. I can't tell you how many times I've woken up in the rolling chair over there."
"That would probably mean a lot more if i understood sleeping properly. I'd teach you, but doubt you could swim like me."
"My name is Vare. Pleased to meet you, Ms. Tanaka, and friend. I teach Conjuration." he says, not ceasing in his strange gaze, but he does look to Kodjack questioningly. He shakes his head as if to clear it, almost looking shaken. "Yes, though he is monitoring a situation which appears to be winding down."Adorning his hand is a plain gold ring of good make. He seemed more put off by Kodjack than Nanami, though is polite to both of them.
"A pleasure to meet you, Vare-sensei," she said bowing again before turning to the door and peeking in.
"Antairus-sama? Do you have a moment? I have a potential student here who requires....special handling," she said in a deferential tone.
"I'm gonna go hit the showers. The good and the bad about drumming is that it's quite a workout. I'll catch you guys later," Janie said, tucking her drumsticks into her belt and bidding a cheerful farewell to her jam session partners.
"fascinating," arthur says, recording the symbols, to search his databanks for information on said symbols later. "so this is a recent development? will you be able to interprate your sight better soon? do the symbols appear everywhere or just around certain things? heh, maybe I could show you my armor blueprints, see if I'm missing something"
"Well, I hope I'll learn to figure it out soon. The symbols can appear around everything. People, things, everything. But they're really, really dense around mechanical things. Especially things with moving parts. And yeah, I could probably be really helpful figuring out plans. It seems to be the one thing I can actually do..."
The illusion is starting to fade as the smoke dissipates and Raelle looks up. She smiled joyfully.
"Ardiente!" she called out, seeing him approaching the skimmer. She jumped out and headed towards him.
Kodjack's gaze met Vare's as he looked at him, and he couldn't figure out just what was up with the guy. Something was definitely weird about him, but then Nanami put sensei at the end of his name, too, and he wasn't sure just what that meant, still convinced that it was a tribal title, having forgotten about the initial conversation regarding the term. Thinking about it as he looked at Vare, Kodjack looked a little confused, trying to figure out if he and Nanami already knew each other. It seemed like they didn't, but if they shared the same title, and they both knew what it meant...
Thinking not being one of his strong suits, Kodjack quickly stopped trying to figure things out, shaking his own head and grunting as he tried to get back to what was going on in front of him. He listened as Nanami called to the headmaster; or at least, he figured that's who she was calling to. Antairus certainly didn't sound like a warrior's name, that was for sure; it didn't even strike a single ounce of fear into his heart just hearing the name. Perhaps that was part of the outwitting thing that Nanami had talked about earlier...yes, that had to be it! With a name that bears no threat, enemies would let their guard down, making them much easier to kill! Already, he could sense the genius of the master of heads.
Getting excited once more, Kodjack almost charged right into the office, but then stopped himself, awkwardly leaning forward before leaning back as he remembered he had not been properly invited in yet. He then looked around and behind him, making sure there were no bad omens due to his impatience. He didn't spot any, but he still wasn't sure if they were just hiding. It would be too much of a shame if he ruined his opportunity before he even got to it; bad luck was so easy to trigger.
"Well, I hope I'll learn to figure it out soon. The symbols can appear around everything. People, things, everything. But they're really, really dense around mechanical things. Especially things with moving parts. And yeah, I could probably be really helpful figuring out plans. It seems to be the one thing I can actually do..."
The illusion is starting to fade as the smoke dissipates and Raelle looks up. She smiled joyfully.
"Ardiente!" she called out, seeing him approaching the skimmer. She jumped out and headed towards him.
When Ardiente had realized it was Raelle who had been piloting the skimmer, he had broke into a dead run, closing the remaining distance quickly and scooping her up into a hug, glad that she was safe. "You alright?" he asks immediately, lifting her a little of the ground in his eagerness to hug her, putting her down shortly thereafter, and looking into her eyes. He looks completely exhausted underneath his happiness at seeing her. His face is drooping a bit from exhaustion and his eyes are bloodshot. "I was worried about the skimmer before I knew it was you... what happened?"
"A pleasure to meet you, Vare-sensei," she said bowing again before turning to the door and peeking in.
"Antairus-sama? Do you have a moment? I have a potential student here who requires....special handling," she said in a deferential tone.
"Have a pleasant evening, the both of you." Is the only reply from the strange Conjuration teacher before he hurries away, walking briskly along the halls. He does stop at an intersection though, looking confused back and forth, as if unsure which way to go.
When Ardiente had realized it was Raelle who had been piloting the skimmer, he had broke into a dead run, closing the remaining distance quickly and scooping her up into a hug, glad that she was safe. "You alright?" he asks immediately, lifting her a little of the ground in his eagerness to hug her, putting her down shortly thereafter, and looking into her eyes. He looks completely exhausted underneath his happiness at seeing her. His face is drooping a bit from exhaustion and his eyes are bloodshot. "I was worried about the skimmer before I knew it was you... what happened?"
"Well, I was helping with the shuttle piloting...actually I was only supposed to go and help with the loading and unloading, but there was an accident on our shuttle and Mel got hurt real bad...uh, she's okay now, though. And she stopped our coolant system from blowing up, so yay Mel. And then after I helped James fix the shuttle I ended up co-piloting with Arthur. But then after we were done, James sent us back in the skimmer because people were really emotional, understandably, and getting perhaps a bit hostile. And I sort of couldn't figure out which button was the brake because all the patterns got confusing, but then Arthur figured it out, so yay, no crashing," she said, much too quickly. "Anyways, I'm fine. But you look like you desperately need to sleep," she said, frowning slightly with concern as she tenderly placed a hand on his cheek.
Kezzin starts putting his violin away, and though he has not spoken since before the last song he played, he appeared pleased by the mention of dinner. As he is putting the instrument away, between an eye-blink or a gaze directed elsewhere, in a moment when no one is actually looking at the kobold, Kezzin is no longer there.
"Okay, we can work with this." Kam says after reading the list.
Finds a corner in the headmaster's office to await Tyrrin's response, if any, wanting not to impede the new comers.
"Well, I was helping with the shuttle piloting...actually I was only supposed to go and help with the loading and unloading, but there was an accident on our shuttle and Mel got hurt real bad...uh, she's okay now, though. And she stopped our coolant system from blowing up, so yay Mel. And then after I helped James fix the shuttle I ended up co-piloting with Arthur. But then after we were done, James sent us back in the skimmer because people were really emotional, understandably, and getting perhaps a bit hostile. And I sort of couldn't figure out which button was the brake because all the patterns got confusing, but then Arthur figured it out, so yay, no crashing," she said, much too quickly. "Anyways, I'm fine. But you look like you desperately need to sleep," she said, frowning slightly with concern as she tenderly placed a hand on his cheek.
Ardiente tries to keep up with Raelle's rapid-fire barrage of information, nodding along with her as she dumps the whole day's worth of information onto him, though he keeps a smile on, though tired. When she moves to touch his cheek, he puts a hand up to her own cheek, gentle. "I really could use some sleep. I've only had a short nap since... well, since the night of Johnny's party. I've got a few more hours though, especially for you." That must have been four or five days or so ago at this point... how is Ardiente even standing?
"I think I owe both Mel and... Arthur my thanks." Ardiente glances here at Arthur, making sure that was who Raelle meant. It had been a long few days... had he met him already? He couldn't remember.
He shakes his head, trying to clear the fog of fatigue. "What about the Sun? Everyone was evacuated before..." A lump had intruded into Ardiente's throat at that point, preventing him from continuing for a moment or two. "Before it ended?"
"Okay, we can work with this." Kam says after reading the list.
"Great," she said, relieved. "Meet me in FAIN's practice space in the basement in a few minutes. I just need to track down Pan and then we can get this thing started."
Ardiente tries to keep up with Raelle's rapid-fire barrage of information, nodding along with her as she dumps the whole day's worth of information onto him, though he keeps a smile on, though tired. When she moves to touch his cheek, he puts a hand up to her own cheek, gentle. "I really could use some sleep. I've only had a short nap since... well, since the night of Johnny's party. I've got a few more hours though, especially for you." That must have been four or five days or so ago at this point... how is Ardiente even standing?"I think I owe both Mel and... Arthur my thanks." Ardiente glances here at Arthur, making sure that was who Raelle meant. It had been a long few days... had he met him already? He couldn't remember.
He shakes his head, trying to clear the fog of fatigue. "What about the Sun? Everyone was evacuated before..." A lump had intruded into Ardiente's throat at that point, preventing him from continuing for a moment or two. "Before it ended?"
She couldn't help but smile when he said he could manage to stay awake for another few hours for her. There was no way she could let him do that. He was ready to keel over. But it made her happy to know she was that important to him.
"Yeah," she said, nodding somberly. "They got everyone out...even got most of the nesting phoenix. There were no casualties." She leaned her head against his shoulder for a moment, trying not to get all emotional again.
She lifted her head and looked back at Arthur. "Hey, sorry for my bad manners there...I never even introduced you guys. Arthur, this is my boyfriend, Ardiente. Ardiente, this is Arthur."
"We can try at least. I wonder if I float or not. There's so much I need to try."
He wipes his hands off and returns to the fireworks.
"It's odd how selective your memories are. You don't remember sleep, but you remember your sense of touch. You remember common, but not anything about yourself. Very strange."
"See ya. I'll talk to Dom about setting up a jam session. I'll find you about it later." He smiles as she leaves.
He looks around the room...
"Where did the dragon guy go?"
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"A pleasure to meet you, you're a lucky man Ardiente" he holds out his hand intending to shake Ardiente's. If the hand is grasped the first thing noticed is that his hand is unusually warm, it might even cause a mild burn on a non firebird, the second thin noticed is that his skin is unnaturally smooth. He has a form handshake.
"We'll be there." Kam promises, putting the cello in the corner and saying goodbye to the eggs before leaving.
"Makes enough sense I suppose. Off you go then, very important and all that. Don't worry about the tea. I'll clean up."
"Thank you, sir." He stands and bows before leaving. "if I need anymore help, I'll ask you first."
Michael swims as fast as he can to catch up, but the fish fights him most of the way. They could be such stubborn animals when it comes to dying.By the time he catches up to Kitty on the shore, she is attempting to restart Saffire's breathing with gentle chest compressions. It seems to work as the tiny drake is soon vomiting lake water and fish stomach goo. Kitty is literally sobbing with relief as her familiar starts coughing.
"Is he okay?" Michael asks worriedly, hurrying over after tossing the fish to the ground. "Such a brave, foolish little drake..."
Having remained quiet, while the eclipse went on, Tryko'Sam had found someplace nice to sit for the duration of the sun's demise.
"Well, overwhelming or not, you're free and that's the most important thing. Get the learning done, and life'll open up more and more. The biggest hurdles could end up being trying to figure out where to go next sometimes."
He stretched a bit and then glanced around.
"So, are there wandering critters in the evening we need to avoid or something? Guess going back to the dorm rooms is best at some point. Whatcha thinking?"
He looked over at Asha while seeming fairly relaxed lounging there.
Giving the town folk a look over, Anahita looks to the students assembled in the cavern and the corpses of the fallen laying about, as if studying the scene again once more.
"These villagers are in need of warmth and shelter, as well as assurance of their safety. I recommend we help tend to their well being and guide them back to their lodging. Why these other creatures chose to collect them ...is not something clear, yet, but, I suppose it might have to do with the history of torture and experimenting. In any event, are there appropriate authorities or figures on this world that can assist? Perhaps appropriate warding may prevent this going forward, or a cleansing of the area, to remove the taint which appears to be repeating itself."
She considered Jan briefly, then looked around against, not really touching anything as she stayed slightly alert, while studying things further.
At one point, however, she gives the new arrival, who'd walked in with Adon and company, into the cavern, a curious look over. Her scrutiny intense due to her features, but, nothing more than such. A brief quizzical expression is all that followed in the wake.
Via the Collective she asks, :: Did we discover another adventurer that joined us? ::
Noting the pretty girl who look likes she hails from the desert looking him over, the young man flashes her a grin "See something you like?"