Vickory looks around at everything.
"Very interesting. The styling is unlike anything I've ever seen."
Seems delighted with everything, until the computer, "You use a mechanical computer? That is some old science you are using. Though it is much larger then the ones I've seen. What is it's calculating speed?"
"I never seen a lass like you before. Where ya from Vickory!"
"I think it's too warm." Pyry adds, trying to decide which of his clothes to wear. He hadn't had a choice in years. "but then again, I always feel like anything that means no snow is too warm, so... I'm not the best judge."
"Hmm....I really am going to need some magic or something that protects me from cold all the time, aren't I? I mean, as it is now, we'd never be comfortable in the same room."
Hew and Zilla hesitantly follow. "Phaezerial, How much experieance do you have entering a split phyce? I asks because our minds are one and different. They should be divided yet the are one. So things will be quite differnt. If it would help I do know a spell to share our memories with out a someone psychicly entering our minds." Hew tells him as the enter the empty room.
"Ya, too hot for us. Too cold for them. They kinda have to cater to the medium. Once you get some thicker stuff on, you'll be insulated better and cool down some. Heh. Half expect it to start raining in this room with all the different temperatures."
He starts working on Asha's clothes.
They're mostly a blend of the spider silk, and Lycra.
Arthur dutifully takes astep away from Tybalt and towed a asha"It must suck to have shuch a different climital requirement"
Asha shrugged. "Well, it's not the easiest thing, but I'm not about to let a little thing like temperature stop me from getting to know my brother. He's the only family I've got who doesn't suck."
She shuddered at Pyry's suggestion of creating mist. "That is an understatement. I do not like rain. It's cold! Last time I got caught in the rain I thought I was going to freeze to death."
Hew and Zilla hesitantly follow. "Phaezerial, How much experieance do you have entering a split phyce? I asks because our minds are one and different. They should be divided yet the are one. So things will be quite differnt. If it would help I do know a spell to share our memories with out a someone psychicly entering our minds." Hew tells him as the enter the empty room.
Phaezeriel turns to Hew, ::I regularly split my own mind into two independent entities, and create a composite mind out of the minds of fellow psionic beings. I do have experience with split psyches.::
There's a sheepish grin on Vare's face at that, and a nod as he leans back slightly in the sim-room provided chair. "Perhaps I am at that. It has... been about a week since I met her. The primary concern, if I've understood correctly, is a case of perceived authority. Anahita was a student in my class, and there was a concern about coercion." Vare frowns slightly at that, though more thoughtful than anything, recalling exact details. "To be frank, I'm not convinced that Anahita could be coerced to do anything. She's extremely strong - both in head and body." Again, there's a sheepish grin there. Smitten indeed.
"Anyway," the Wizard sits up slightly, having reclined perhaps more than intended while thinking of the other woman. "Demons. Demons are... a category of fiend whom generally hail from the Abyss. The more simple Demons are beings of hunger and wonton destruction. More intelligent or powerful demons seek instead to corrupt mortals, twist them towards generally self-destructive ends. The main thing that distinguishes them from Devils are their views on order. A devil would have you sign a damning contract, whereas a demon... a subtle demon, will attempt to exploit the choices of mortals, to amplify already existing emotions and feelings in a destructive manner..." Vare seems to trail off near the end of the last sentence, his hand returning to his chin in that same thoughtful gesture.
"Emotions can run high in a place like this, and...
"Well, your demons and devils sound a bit more categorized than the ones we ran into, but ...similar, again, not an expert. I fear the experts of such things in our world were mostly sidelined, or dealt with such things away from general population. Interesting. None the less, coercion, you say? One of our biggest concerns were telepaths, and tampering with the mind. Needless to say, a bit of paranoia at the potential loss of self is always a fear of any being aware of such things. Worse, if such a being is capable of destructive abilities. Have you spoken with her on this? Perhaps there's some confusion? I've always found frank discussion resolves these issues-- and brings people together. It's always a pity when someone's too impatient to discuss properly, though." She smiles at that.
"So, how do you go about detecting demons? Holy water to the face? Or devil's? Is this school consecrated or blessed? Not quite sure what the stance is on those beings here. I can only presume there's some tricky rule in place."
She glances over towards the 'door' out and smiles. "She does appear to be a rather busy individual, perhaps I should stretch my legs and ...well, walk around for a tour. Would you mind escorting me? Unless you're quite happy sitting here, lack of fragments and all that."
Ace is quite for a few moments, listening to the girls talk. "Hmm. Tami is right, we aren't going to be able to help Morrivan until she's ready to be helped. Which could be at time, honestly. Meaning I think we should camp out here, in the infirmary, or close by, just in case. I suppose I don't have to as I'm not as close to her as you girls are, but I won't leave ya alone, not after this weekend.
"
"Maybe... maybe they enjoy suffering." Midori says darkly to Tarka. "I've... met a few shinobi like that. They... they are kow-- scary to work with."
"Makes sense, really. Especially in that line of work."
tarka calmly looks around, already growing bored with the conversation.
"I know some magic things that could help. I've got..."
He pulls out another amulet, this one looks almost identical to Pyry's but with a fire pattern instead.
"This belonged to a friend of mine. But he's gone now, so... I guess you need it. It's part of a pair with the one I gave to Pyry."
He hands the amulet to Asha.
"I know some magic things that could help. I've got..."
He pulls out another amulet, this one looks almost identical to Pyry's but with a fire pattern instead.
"This belonged to a friend of mine. But he's gone now, so... I guess you need it. It's part of a pair with the one I gave to Pyry."
He hands the amulet to Asha.
"Oh! Thank you!...Are you sure? I don't want to take something that's important to you," she said, reluctantly. She really wanted to take the amulet because it would help her to spend time with Pyry, but she also didn't want to make Tybalt sad.
Ace is quite for a few moments, listening to the girls talk. "Hmm. Tami is right, we aren't going to be able to help Morrivan until she's ready to be helped. Which could be at time, honestly. Meaning I think we should camp out here, in the infirmary, or close by, just in case. I suppose I don't have to as I'm not as close to her as you girls are, but I won't leave ya alone, not after this weekend.
"
"I'm not sure, Ace. I've been with her all day...maybe being alone for a few hours really is exactly what she needs. I mean, obviously not alone and unsupervised, but she can't do anything drastic in the infirmary. Maybe we really do need to give her some space."
"Ya. He's not going to need it any more. You'll get more use out of it."
He gives a small smile as he hands it to her.
"Ya. He's not going to need it any more. You'll get more use out of it."
He gives a small smile as he hands it to her.
"Well, if you're sure. Thank you," she said, sliding the amulet over her head. "It means a lot to me."
"I hope it brings you guys lots of love."
He gives another gentle smile as he returns to working on the clothes.
Mithros starts awake, his dreams haunted by the images of a small form getting ripped apart by shells...
He sits up and tries to wipe the tried off his face, but eventually succombs to being awake for almost 36 hours straight...
"Have you had anybody close to you killed Tami? Not just die, naturally or due to an accident, but killed intentionally? I have, and if I had at least one person who cared about me around, I might not have been so screwed up afterwards." He sighs slightly "But, as I said, I'm not as close to Morrivan as you girls are, and will follow your lead here. If you and Ginni think she truly needs space, then that's what she'll get. Of course, I didn't mean stay here near her room, just in the infirmary in general, but again, I defer to you two here."
"Maybe... maybe she needs a chance to get angry." Vai intones somberly. "I.. I know that doesn't sound healthy... but it might help her to... I dunno, vent a bit. I know it helps me sometimes."
"Have you had anybody close to you killed Tami? Not just die, naturally or due to an accident, but killed intentionally? I have, and if I had at least one person who cared about me around, I might not have been so screwed up afterwards." He sighs slightly "But, as I said, I'm not as close to Morrivan as you girls are, and will follow your lead here. If you and Ginni think she truly needs space, then that's what she'll get. Of course, I didn't mean stay here near her room, just in the infirmary in general, but again, I defer to you two here."
"You mean other than my father?" Tami snapped. "In case you missed it, Rodhas and Joneh were our friends too. It's not like Morrivan is the only one who's grieving here."
"Maybe... maybe she needs a chance to get angry." Vai intones somberly. "I.. I know that doesn't sound healthy... but it might help her to... I dunno, vent a bit. I know it helps me sometimes."
"I don't know," she said, anger deflating a bit. "She was ranting about a lot of stuff earlier, but I don't even know if it was proper anger. She was so hysterical. I had to give her a sedative so she didn't hurt herself."
"Did you have somebody to turn to when your father was killed? Family, a dear friend? Anybody? I didn't, and for a long time afterwards, I was definitely not the same." He takes a calming breath, "Whatever you and Ginni decide is best, is completely fine with me. I just wanted to share my opinion, but I'll listen to whatever you two want."
"Sure, I'll help out anyway I can, I guess..."looks at the tracks again
"I think the shuffling here is odd. I think the unknown person here mesmerized the victim or otherwise manipulated her out here for the murder. People don't walk like this normally..."
"Really, I think that is a very important observation, this also explains why it says she said it was someone she know but who could not have done it, mind manipulation then. All
Al'rqyq, I need you to pass on that information as well. You best hurry, the victim is back at the school and being interviewed, I suggest you start by going to see Phaezeriel who's doing that, just think that name when you place your hand on the school wall, and thank you again. Al'rqyq"Royston go back to recording the attack site.
He nods to Ryston, and turns to leave. He stands there for a bit, then sighs and takes flight toward the school...
He enters the school, and looks around. Most of the damage done had repaired already. Remembering what Royston said, he places a clawed hand on the wall...
"Uhh...Fay Zarial, please?"
Arrows appear on the wall, and guide him to the infirmary. He, as usual, acts s bit skittish around other students, giving them a wide birth. He arrives at the infirmary, and looks around a bit.
"Is there a fey Zarial in here? I have a pass!" he says nervously holding the scrip Royston had given before him, like a cross before a vampire.
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"Did you have somebody to turn to when your father was killed? Family, a dear friend? Anybody? I didn't, and for a long time afterwards, I was definitely not the same." He takes a calming breath, "Whatever you and Ginni decide is best, is completely fine with me. I just wanted to share my opinion, but I'll listen to whatever you two want."
Ginni stepped in between Tami and Ace.
"Enough, both of you!"
"Tami, you've been looking after Morrivan all day. I think you need a break. Go have some tea or something. Or a good cry, which is what you really want anyway. The world is not going to end if you show weakness once in a while. It's okay."
"Ace..." she sighed, slightly exasperated. "I know that what you went through was traumatic. But you were still totally out of line there. Grief is always a lonely experience no matter how many people are around," she said, hugging her arms in tightly to try and not shudder when she thought of some of the friends she'd lost and how. "And privilege is hardly proof against loneliness in the first place. Besides, trauma isn't a competition. No two people's pain is exactly alike. And Tami was right to remind you that Rodhas and Joneh were our friends too. And it would be really nice if we could have two seconds without having to fix somebody else's crisis to actually deal with the fact that they're gone, but obviously this isn't that moment, and we're just trying to muddle through as best we can. That's why we brought Morrivan to the infirmary in the first place. We don't know how to help her," she said, eyes shining with tears that threatened to overflow at any moment.
roel and Kevin spend the rest of the night doing Science things.
Nurse Julie was sitting beside Morrivan's bed.
She looks over to her. Would like a nice cup of tea? I'm going to get one for myself, if you would like one I will get it for you. I find it relaxing to enjoy a nice cup of hot tea.
Nurse Julie gets up waiting to hear what Morrivan has to say.
Nurse Julie was sitting beside Morrivan's bed.
She looks over to her. Would like a nice cup of tea? I'm going to get one for myself, if you would like one I will get it for you. I find it relaxing to enjoy a nice cup of hot tea.
Nurse Julie gets up waiting to hear what Morrivan has to say.
"No thank you," Morrivan mumbled, trying very hard not to notice what was going on around her.
Hew and Zilla hesitantly follow. "Phaezerial, How much experieance do you have entering a split phyce? I asks because our minds are one and different. They should be divided yet the are one. So things will be quite differnt. If it would help I do know a spell to share our memories with out a someone psychicly entering our minds." Hew tells him as the enter the empty room.Phaezeriel turns to Hew, ::I regularly split my own mind into two independent entities, and create a composite mind out of the minds of fellow psionic beings. I do have experience with split psyches.::
At first Hew looks perplexed. "It's not exactly a spit psyche. It's more like two psychic entities melting into one. We're still trying to figure out how and why it happened, but it seems like you have enough knowledge of to navigate our mind. Maybe even figure out how this happened." Hew tells him less worried about this procedure.
Zilla calls out from slightly behind Hew. "I'm tired of causing Hew backlashes, but I want to keep my body. I love how I can change it each day. So it can match my cloths." Her voice both worried and giddy. "Is Esha able to help with this?"
Ace sighs again "Sorry sweetie. I was trying to avoid an argument, which does us no good. Listen why don't you go with Tami and I can stay here for now. If Morrivan suddenly comes out of her funk and wants to talk to either of you, I can always teleport to grab ya."
"Yeah, we can, but I'd rather you stopped scowling at me and saved it for the prisoner in the meantime. I do know what I'm doing. And government works different here than where you're from."
Mr. Trittenhoff returned with a small group of men and women.
"Alright, everyone seems to be here. I'm going to question this man now to try and figure out why he attacked us tonight and to find out if he was working with others. When I'm done, it will be up to you to decide what should be done with him. We will, if necessary, help carry out whatever sentence you impose, if you request such help. Fair enough? Everybody ready?" he asked, and when the group indicated their assent he turned back to Dom.
"Okay, I need a hole in this box. Doesn't need to be a very big hole, but I need to put something on the prisoner."
Dom nods to Jiminy. "I'll create the opening. Once your done I'll seal it back immediately I want to make sure this guy can't get away." Slowly Dom sets his hand on the block and turns his hand clockwise causing the Ice to melt away where his hand touched. As the water ran down the side it hardened and froze to the side of the block.
Ace sighs again "Sorry sweetie. I was trying to avoid an argument, which does us no good. Listen why don't you go with Tami and I can stay here for now. If Morrivan suddenly comes out of her funk and wants to talk to either of you, I can always teleport to grab ya."
Ginni nodded, not quite trusting her voice.
"Thanks," she said hoarsely.
"And thanks for offering to help, Vai. Sorry. We're all kind of a mess right now. I guess you too."
Dom nods to Jiminy. "I'll create the opening. Once your done I'll seal it back immediately I want to make sure this guy can't get away." Slowly Dom sets his hand on the block and turns his hand clockwise causing the Ice to melt away where his hand touched. As the water ran down the side it hardened and froze to the side of the block.
"If you can leave some small air holes when you close it back up so we can hear him better I would greatly appreciate it."
Jiminy pulled a triangular device out of his pocket and pointed it at the prisoner through the hole in the ice cage. Something shot out and pretty soon the prisoner had red cables winding around his body.
"Okay, close it up. I'll wait until you're ready before I wake him up."
Dave growls quietly, his instincts telling him to kill the enemy to freeze and then devower them, he reigns in the feeling and waits.
Dom gave a small nod and quickly raised his hand pushing the hole closed. Slowly he walked around the cube of ice and tapped seemingly random places. Each place he tapped melted a very small hole. Ashe reached the larger tube coming from the side of the cube. He pushed it into the the cube it's self. Gracefully he swung his arms to the side causing the water from the tube to flow across the ice braces on the unconscious man. As the water finishes flowing across the the braces it freezes reinforcing the braces. After Dom nods to Jiminy. "He canbe awakened now."
"I'm sorry to you too Tami. This has been a pretty crappy weekend overall. On top of all the other s+!% that went down, I totally forgot yesterday was my own freakin birthday."
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"I don't know what electronic computers are. Never seen one, but spell matrices make thousands of calculations each second and can interface directly with standard spells, including illusions, which can display data much easier then some mechanical contraptions. Though I haven't encountered heavy EM fields, just the light and radio wave experiments Jenna did, so I have no idea of the capability there.”
After he brings forth some green rock, she examines one, ”I come from the world Carahadras, the eastern end of the Crystal mountains on the smaller continent. You won't find many of us in that world any longer though."
"I'm sorry to you too Tami. This has been a pretty crappy weekend overall. On top of all the other s&+~ that went down, I totally forgot yesterday was my own freakin birthday."
"It's okay, Ace. I'm sorry for snapping too. I don't think any of us are at our best today. And maybe it's better that you didn't remember....it was kind of the world's crappiest birthday, huh?"
"And thanks for offering to help, Vai. Sorry. We're all kind of a mess right now. I guess you too."
"Yeah, me too." Vai replies with a bit of a sad smile. She starts to leave before turning back. "Feel better alright guys? There's always another dawn. The darkness never lasts." she adds, trying to be a bit more cheerful.
Unless further stopped, Vai leaves the infirmary, walking to the Sim Rooms, not really paying much attention, lost in thought. She picks a Sim at random, and enters a bit thoughtlessly...
"Maybe... maybe they enjoy suffering." Midori says darkly to Tarka. "I've... met a few shinobi like that. They... they are kow-- scary to work with.""Makes sense, really. Especially in that line of work."
tarka calmly looks around, already growing bored with the conversation.
Midori shakes her head slightly at that. She knew that the life of a shinobi was full of death and pain... but there was also honour in it. "Tarka-san... they're not real shinobi. A real shinobi is quick, clean and efficient. They don't linger, like those kinds of people."
"Still, it's easy to see how that field could bring that out in people. And "real" is debatable, when it comes to a job about killing. So long as the job is done, aren't they "real"? Honor has no place in combat."
tarka chuckles.
"It's just about winning, however you can."
As Vai turns to leave, Ace stops her "Hey, you wanna hang out and keep me company for a little bit? Or would you prefer to be alone right now?"
"Well, your demons and devils sound a bit more categorized than the ones we ran into, but ...similar, again, not an expert. I fear the experts of such things in our world were mostly sidelined, or dealt with such things away from general population. Interesting. None the less, coercion, you say? One of our biggest concerns were telepaths, and tampering with the mind. Needless to say, a bit of paranoia at the potential loss of self is always a fear of any being aware of such things. Worse, if such a being is capable of destructive abilities. Have you spoken with her on this? Perhaps there's some confusion? I've always found frank discussion resolves these issues-- and brings people together. It's always a pity when someone's too impatient to discuss properly, though." She smiles at that."So, how do you go about detecting demons? Holy water to the face? Or devil's? Is this school consecrated or blessed? Not quite sure what the stance is on those beings here. I can only presume there's some tricky rule in place."
She glances over towards the 'door' out and smiles. "She does appear to be a rather busy individual, perhaps I should stretch my legs and ...well, walk around for a tour. Would you mind escorting me? Unless you're quite happy sitting here, lack of fragments and all that."
Vare waved his hands slightly at what Maya had said regarding coercion. "No no, it's not her that's concerned. It's others at the school, the Headmaster included, who generally discourage student-teacher relationships, citing an imbalance of authority that exists between the two. That is the concern, if I've understood all correctly." He corrects as swiftly as he may, not wanting the issue to become even more muddied.
"As far as those types of outsiders are concerned... that could be one solution... but... my earlier categorizations were very general - there are both demons and devils who seek to repent and redeem themselves, just as there are angels and azata who Fall and become corrupt. Given that, I'm not sure the school would have a blanket policy against them. Nor should we go around the school dousing everyone in holy water." He says with a shrug and a sly smile, and as she motions to the door he nods, standing and offering a hand to help her up as well.
"I would be quite happy to walk with you about the school, though given I've been here a short time... and the way the school tends to shift often leaves me lost. The school walls conjure forth arrows which will guide you to your destination quickly, but unfortunately, the Dream twists those apparitions in such a way to be unusuable by me without outside aid. It has resulted, more than once, in my becoming lost in the halls of the school." he adds on at the end, a little sheepish smile crossing his face.
"Still, it's easy to see how that field could bring that out in people. And "real" is debatable, when it comes to a job about killing. So long as the job is done, aren't they "real"? Honor has no place in combat."
tarka chuckles.
"It's just about winning, however you can."
"I disagree, Tarka-san." Midori replies stiffly, glacing at Lang before continuing on. "A fight that's won without honour is worse than a loss. Even if that loss means death. Honour surpasses even death, Tarka-san, for only your choices can strip your honour from you." Midori says with a note of fierce pride in her voice. "That makes honour more important, even than life."
As Vai turns to leave, Ace stops her "Hey, you wanna hang out and keep me company for a little bit? Or would you prefer to be alone right now?"
"Sorry Ace..." Vai says quietly, looking down after making the initial eye contact. Her voice is quiet and calm... but as Ace listens, he does catch hints of strain in some of the inflections on her words. "I know it doesn't sound like it, but I'm really stressed out right now. I'm trying really hard to keep calm, but I really just want to feel the air in my wings right now. I'd invite you along, but I know you're looking after Morrivan. Sorry." she does sound genuinely sorry.
"Really? Well, i don't see it. I'm alive because of my horrible tactics. I'm the last member of my race, who were hunted down and slaughtered. i sure as heck didn't avoid being killed by fighting enemies head on. No, much more like traps, gouging at eyes, and every cheap shot i could think of, while spending every extra minute i had preparing for another attack."
her smile widens.
"They eventually got the message, after i crippled many, many hunters. Didn't kill any on purpose, though. Even then, it was worth it. I'm alive, and that's the most important thing."
she looks up, right into your eyes, the first time she's made eye contact with you. If you look close, you can see the vains in her eyes are actually a dim blue.
He nods to Ryston, and turns to leave. He stands there for a bit, then sighs and takes flight toward the school...
He enters the school, and looks around. Most of the damage done had repaired already. Remembering what Royston said, he places a clawed hand on the wall..."Uhh...Fay Zarial, please?"
Arrows appear on the wall, and guide him to the infirmary. He, as usual, acts s bit skittish around other students, giving them a wide birth. He arrives at the infirmary, and looks around a bit.
"Is there a fey Zarial in here? I have a pass!" he says nervously holding the scrip Royston had given before him, like a cross before a vampire.
"Hmmm? Oh. He is currently busy with a murder investigation. What have you there?" he takes the pass and reads it.
"You have information about the murder, then?"
"Hmmm? Oh. He is surrently busy with a murder investigation. What have you there?" he takes the pass and reads it.
"You have information about the murder, then?"
"Yes." he looks the odd kobold over.
"Are you Fay Zariel?"
"Hmmm? Oh. He is currently busy with a murder investigation. What have you there?" he takes the pass and reads it.
"You have information about the murder, then?""Yes." he looks the odd kobold over.
"Are you Fay Zariel?"
Krays chuckles
"No, as I said he is interviewing the victim now. If you will wait here, until he's done to go over what you've found? I'd like others to hear what you have to say as well."