After several long moments, the bat swarm coalesces back into Serrin, and she looks around confused "What the heckie just happened?"
"There's a seat for you in the skimmer...I think you'll be more comfortable at the school," he said dryly. He was well aware of how horrified this child's family probably was right now. Public displays of abnormalities were not well tolerated among these people, he knew all too well.
"I know...I think Ginni was there, but she looked too shocked to say anything."
"Oh, for crying out loud," she said, disgusted. "They really decided to start that crap again first thing this morning? Ugh. There goes any hope of a peaceful breakfast...or of talking to my friends. Ginni's probably going to be too busy playing peacemaker. Is it really too much to ask that they save the hostilities for lunchtime?"
"Oh, geez....he must have said something really bad if Ginni was shocked. I mean, it's not like she doesn't know that Ace is kinda a jerk sometimes...she does like the bad boy type. Well, thanks for letting me know. I think I should go see if I can help with the damage control."
Various of the firebird population at the refugee camp had come to see what the skimmer was about, and the mixture of glares or approvals at the sight of Sorchan and his announcement was met with mixed regards.
"...place of freaks..."
"How thoughtful, poor children without our Sun's schools..."
"...Del Sol showing his face, mocking us?"
It is with the polite, close to overt comments and social mannerisms that these things are shared, but, once Serrin bursts into 'bat swarm' and reverts, a ripple of panic and the like washes through the present population.
"Corruption!" is called out, and various others look at the 'pure blood' who cries out.
It's not riot making material, but, the recent reveals and history of the Firebirds, and their aversion to mutations is still foremost on the minds of those lacking awareness, or worse, out right fear of change.
Obviously none of the adults here, openly, would raise a hand against a child, or teen, but, it's clear that without good PR tactics such as what Sorchan employed with Serrin, ice cubes could be hurdled in short order.
Michael sleeps on, unaware the sun has risen. It wasn't important when compared to holding kitty as they slept.
Kitty had woken up several times in the night, starting to scream before Michael was able to reassure her. At the moment she slept fitfully, but at least she slept.
Sapphire, on the other hand, was tired of sleeping. He crept out of the room looking for something to eat/play with.
"I do appreciate being able to breathe, Phaedra." Lily reprimands her little sister sternly, her ribs glad that the lacing hadn't stayed as tight as Phaedra had made it at first. She did quite like the way this dress emphasized her bosom in a way which was classy rather than trampy. "I'm sure you'll get better at it with more practice though."
Lily spends another few moments with a pocket mirror, ensuring her hair was sitting just so, and that everything was proper and in place with her ensemble.
"Oh, I'm sure I will," Phaedra said sweetly, with that smile that meant she was planning trouble. In this case it was pretty obvious that she meant she was going to get better at lacing the dresses uncomfortably.
"Oh, geez....he must have said something really bad if Ginni was shocked. I mean, it's not like she doesn't know that Ace is kinda a jerk sometimes...she does like the bad boy type. Well, thanks for letting me know. I think I should go see if I can help with the damage control.""I know...I think Ginni was there, but she looked too shocked to say anything."
"Oh, for crying out loud," she said, disgusted. "They really decided to start that crap again first thing this morning? Ugh. There goes any hope of a peaceful breakfast...or of talking to my friends. Ginni's probably going to be too busy playing peacemaker. Is it really too much to ask that they save the hostilities for lunchtime?"
"Alright, see you later."
"You're right. Thank you. Maybe he was just acting out because he's upset too. I hate to think that he might be more like Renkai than I wanted to believe, but...he also comes from a place that was...not very nice to put it mildly. Maybe it's just something in common from dealing with trauma...although I do notice that other people who've dealt with trauma don't end up becoming psycho," she added with a little exasperation.
"Regardless, I'm definitely planning on keeping my distance for a while. And he's going to have some serious apologizing to do if he wants to win me back," she added, with just a hint of temper."Thanks for talking things through with me, Repp. You're a good friend."
"It's okay if you want to go and...
Repp waves a hand in a dismissive motion as Ginni suggests he goes in for breakfast. "That's alright. I used to live on the streets and I'm used to missing a few meals here and there. I don't mind staying out here with you. I was actually going to offer to take you for breakfast in town instead, but from what I heard, Kuros had about a good a weekend as Avalon." he says, unsmiling. His hand has fallen away from her elbow. "Do you need someone to talk to about this weekend? I can tell you're holding back."
Asha giggled. She couldn't do that skirt flippy thing today. She was a little cold this morning so she picked long pants and a long sleeve shirt from the clothing that Tybalt made for her, both in black and pink. They fit her like a second skin, but that certainly didn't bother her in the slightest.
Rena turned away from the mirror and smiled at her friend, leaning in and kissing her firebird roommate briefly on the lips. "You look very sexy today." she says honestly. "Should we go find your brother?"
Lang was silent, he didn't know what to say. a million different things running through his head.
terrified... was his response, but...it was nice too
after a moment, at least you didn't make a big ball of fire and scream at me and never want to see me again tying to make a joke but his face reveals it was a really bad joke.
Midori doesn't smile at the joke, instead simply tightening her grip slightly, trying to squeeze her friend reassuringly. "She'll realize that she misses you before too long, Lang-kun." Midori replies soberly.
"Oh, I'm sure I will," Phaedra said sweetly, with that smile that meant she was planning trouble. In this case it was pretty obvious that she meant she was going to get better at lacing the dresses uncomfortably.
Choosing to ignore Phaedra's comment for the moment, Lily instead glances towards the door of their shared tent, her ears catching the sounds from the outside. "It sounds like the rabble is working their feathers into a tangle again. Shall we go see what the ruckus is about?"
Repp waves a hand in a dismissive motion as Ginni suggests he goes in for breakfast. "That's alright. I used to live on the streets and I'm used to missing a few meals here and there. I don't mind staying out here with you. I was actually going to offer to take you for breakfast in town instead, but from what I heard, Kuros had about a good a weekend as Avalon." he says, unsmiling. His hand has fallen away from her elbow. "Do you need someone to talk to about this weekend? I can tell you're holding back."
"Me too. I used to live on the streets too. I got kicked out of a lot of orphanages cause my mom was a demon so they were scared of me. I joined the circus for a bit, but that was worse than living on the streets. That's what's bothering me....when I came here, I felt safe for the first time in a long time. I mean, when you live on the street, you know you're not safe. You learn pretty quick never to get too attached to anyone because life is short. Shorter for street kids. But when I came here...I thought it was safe. I thought it was okay to let myself care. And now we were attacked right here where I thought it was safe, and two of my friends are gone, and I don't feel safe anymore. I don't know if more of my friends are going to be taken away from me. I don't know how I can live with that," she said quietly.
Asha giggled. She couldn't do that skirt flippy thing today. She was a little cold this morning so she picked long pants and a long sleeve shirt from the clothing that Tybalt made for her, both in black and pink. They fit her like a second skin, but that certainly didn't bother her in the slightest.Rena turned away from the mirror and smiled at her friend, leaning in and kissing her firebird roommate briefly on the lips. "You look very sexy today." she says honestly. "Should we go find your brother?"
Asha smiled. "Thank you."
"Yep, let's go find Pyry and see if he wants to join us for breakfast," she said cheerfully, turning a cartwheel on the way out the door out of general high spirits. She put her hand on the wall and thought of her brother.
"Oh, I'm sure I will," Phaedra said sweetly, with that smile that meant she was planning trouble. In this case it was pretty obvious that she meant she was going to get better at lacing the dresses uncomfortably.Choosing to ignore Phaedra's comment for the moment, Lily instead glances towards the door of their shared tent, her ears catching the sounds from the outside. "It sounds like the rabble is working their feathers into a tangle again. Shall we go see what the ruckus is about?"
"Well, it beats sitting in this tent," she said, glad of an excuse to get out and hopefully away from her sister. Lily was driving her crazy.
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Ardiente frowned at Arthur's insinuation. He didn't want to to be seen as some... harlot that would lift her tailfeathers so quickly. The implication bothered him quite a bit, even though he knew Arthur was just trying to be companionable. "We just cuddled. Well, and kissed a bit." He replies evenly, wanting to make sure Raelle's honour was clear.
he snorts "I know that man, lighten up, I'm just messing with you,"
Ace smiles "Fond of fire, aren't ya? Lets take that away from ya, shall we?" Some of David's flames leap from his whip and swirl around Ace, then disappear "And you're part ice dragon or some such, right? Big bad breath weapon? Yea, we can negate some of that"
He focuses himself, changing his mindset to better able to combat Outsiders "There we go, I believe I'm all ready now." He says grinning.
"Good, and you Mr De Foul are you ready?"
he nods. then takes to the air, wrapping the winds around him before shooting off a spew of magic missiles
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"Me too. I used to live on the streets too. I got kicked out of a lot of orphanages cause my mom was a demon so they were scared of me. I joined the circus for a bit, but that was worse than living on the streets. That's what's bothering me....when I came here, I felt safe for the first time in a long time. I mean, when you live on the street, you know you're not safe. You learn pretty quick never to get too attached to anyone because life is short. Shorter for street kids. But when I came here...I thought it was safe. I thought it was okay to let myself care. And now we were attacked right here where I thought it was safe, and two of my friends are gone, and I don't feel safe anymore. I don't know if more of my friends are going to be taken away from me. I don't know how I can live with that," she said quietly.
Repp listens intently, nodding when appropriate and generally being a comforting and soothing presence. Quietly he replies, his voice rising only above the sound of the waves and the wind in the nearby trees. Despite the quiet voice, every word is heard clearly. "Ginni, this is the price we mortals must pay. I know that it feels like a curse right now, but it is a blessing as well. Knowing that things are temporary forces us to cherish each moment spent with those we care about. If anything Ginni, I hope this will encourage you to throw yourself more into your friends, instead of pulling away from them."
He gets a slightly whimsical look in his violently red eyes. "We can't take what little time we have in this life for granted, since as we've discovered, we can't know when it will come to an abrupt end."
"Well, it beats sitting in this tent," she said, glad of an excuse to get out and hopefully away from her sister. Lily was driving her crazy.
"Come on then Phaedra. Let us go, and stay close to me. You know how grabby the commoners can get. Don't even get me started on the surface-dwellers either." Lily replies haughtily, stepping out of the tent and making a steady, dignified gait for where all the commotion was occurring.
Repp listens intently, nodding when appropriate and generally being a comforting and soothing presence. Quietly he replies, his voice rising only above the sound of the waves and the wind in the nearby trees. Despite the quiet voice, every word is heard clearly. "Ginni, this is the price we mortals must pay. I know that it feels like a curse right now, but it is a blessing as well. Knowing that things are temporary forces us to cherish each moment spent with those we care about. If anything Ginni, I hope this will encourage you to throw yourself more into your friends, instead of pulling away from them."He gets a slightly whimsical look in his violently red eyes. "We can't take what little time we have in this life for granted, since as we've discovered, we can't know when it will come to an abrupt end."
"Yeah...I guess you're right. I just wish that I could protect all of them. Sounds pretty silly coming from me. I'm not exactly what you'd call powerful. I don't dare use my one good ability because of the side effects and I'm too scared to use my music so I can't really do anything with that either. My teacher could. That was part of what made her so scary. But I guess that's neither here nor there. Mostly I just hate feeling helpless."
"Well, it beats sitting in this tent," she said, glad of an excuse to get out and hopefully away from her sister. Lily was driving her crazy."Come on then Phaedra. Let us go, and stay close to me. You know how grabby the commoners can get. Don't even get me started on the surface-dwellers either." Lily replies haughtily, stepping out of the tent and making a steady, dignified gait for where all the commotion was occurring.
Phaedra followed Lily out of the tent, and then promptly ditched her sister, running over to her cousins instead.
Nala strode seemingly confidently into the infirmary, looking around to make sure that all of it was in one piece and no patients were being subjected to Wuxn-like standards of care.
Nala strode seemingly confidently into the infirmary, looking around to make sure that all of it was in one piece and no patients were being subjected to Wuxn-like standards of care.
Nurse Julie has just released Sil from his wing appearance, and she is now sitting with Morrivan, setting up a breakfast tray for her when she wakes up.
"Splendid. The materials to the room would be best. I suppose this implies that an offer is made?"
She smiles warmly at the thought.
"I do have the fundamental study, just nothing professionally taught in classes, just yet. If a basic schedule were provided, I could adapt and adjust as needed."
"Take the day to familiarize yourself with the magic here, and I'll send notices to the students who had asked about an Illusions class letting them know they will be able to transfer out of the Arcana classes soon. If you want the job, you have it, though I would like an example of what you can do."
Sapphire, on the other hand, was tired of sleeping. He crept out of the room looking for something to eat/play with.
Nova, Anthony's kitten familiar, was silently stalking a grasshopper that had flown in through a window last night.
"Take the day to familiarize yourself with the magic here, and I'll send notices to the students who had asked about an Illusions class letting them know they will be able to transfer out of the Arcana classes soon. If you want the job, you have it, though I would like an example of what you can do.""Splendid. The materials to the room would be best. I suppose this implies that an offer is made?"
She smiles warmly at the thought.
"I do have the fundamental study, just nothing professionally taught in classes, just yet. If a basic schedule were provided, I could adapt and adjust as needed."
Maya seemed to contain her excitement somewhat well, though a faint smile did slip out onto her lips and a twinkle in her eyes.
"There are always casting couches or hoops to leap through, aren't there? Let me see... I suppose, if I were to just whip something up..."
She rises up, formal grace where it was not before. Her appearance subtly changing to fill out, as she grows taller, and fuller, becoming a six foot figure of divine appearance, the epitimy of the perfect human, female, figure. In the course of a few moments, she shifts into an Adonis, dressed Greek, with toga and laurels, glowing lightly in a halo of power and sunlight behind her.
Raising a hand as he does, the room itself blends, as shadows seems to wash over the walls and the like, replacing their contents with a completely different theme and style of interior. Where there was wood, a dull metal, where colors were warm, they are cool. The effect has all the qualitities familiar to anyone who's experienced the SIM room, and no indication of how, save the visual change-- a transformation, most likely, on the atomic level. Even the air has changed its smell, and cooled noticeably.
Bending forward to pick up a cat that was obscured by the desk's edge, he lifts the kitty up, a Blue Russian mix, pets it until it purrs, then whispers in its ear.
After the whisper the cat leaps up, into the air, turning into an Alien looking creature with wings, hissing and spewing violence, dripping acid and mucus, which melts through the new metal in spots, before imploding and peeling the entire room's tapestry of difference, including her own godly looks, into the pinpoint of black, before violently, audibly, vanishing.
She smiles, now back to her normal appearance, then frowns, walking over to the floor where a slight sizzle still occurs from the cat turned bat Alien creature's, spit.
"Terrible sorry. In certain in a few days this will stop." Giving it another glance, she smiles seeing the floor repairing. "Well, that certainly helps with the whole potential blowing up home base by accident."
One thing is for certain, however, she seemed to enjoy the use of her abilities. Her respiration is elevated and her eyes alight with pleasure, lips moistened, body alert.
She turns back to the Headmaster and smiles. "How was that?"
Phaedra followed Lily out of the tent, and then promptly ditched her sister, running over to her cousins instead.
Approaching the crowd, Lily continues to lecture her sister on how mistreated they've been since they left the Sun, unaware that said sister is no longer present.
Finally realizing that her sister had ditched her, Lily makes a small 'hmph' noise, and puts her nose in the air. If Phaedra wanted to be grabbed by one of these commoners, then that was her problem. Lily wouldn't lift a finger after such treatment. She didn't need Phaedra.
Right?
"Yeah...I guess you're right. I just wish that I could protect all of them. Sounds pretty silly coming from me. I'm not exactly what you'd call powerful. I don't dare use my one good ability because of the side effects and I'm too scared to use my music so I can't really do anything with that either. My teacher could. That was part of what made her so scary. But I guess that's neither here nor there. Mostly I just hate feeling helpless."
"Which good ability is that?" Repp asks, gnomish curiosity creeping back into his voice. "You might not be as helpless as you are feeling right now. Maybe we can find an outlet for you."
Lucas wispers to her "and how is that any different than usual"
Solus fake coughed to hide a chuckle. "I do believe you're right," he said, smiling. Cindra's good humor was definitely a good reason to go to this school. He didn't like seeing his sister sad all the time.
With a small smile on her lips, Cindra takes a step closer to Sorchan, "Is there room for a few more, sir?"
He nods to himself.
"A bit much, what with the cat exploding and all, but if you can work that the same way with magic so the students can learn, I've no problem with it." He hands over a map and a blank schedule, going through the usual pexpkanation about the map and walk arrows before exposing the schedule was hers to fill out when she felt ready to teach.
he snorts "I know that man, lighten up, I'm just messing with you,"
"I know... I just... Raelle already has alot of problems with the other firebirds because of the way she looks and her abilities. I don't want to do anything that might cause her even more problems." Ardiente says quietly, not 'lightening up' in the slightest.
He turns away, dressing himself quickly. "You coming down for breakfast? Either of you?" he asks, sliding his shirt on.
Ehos reaches the front of the line and takes up a tray, feeling the glue squish between his fingers and he finally realizes that the coolness on his hand wasn't a breeze... it was some kind of glue. And now the tray was stuck to his hand.
He shakes his hand slightly, trying to dislodge the tray. Hmmm... pranks eh? He could play pranks. He just needed to find out who did this. But, in the mean time he had promised Jaiye to get food for her and Sil. The tray being stuck to his hand was going to make it a little more difficult, but not too difficult.
Grabbing a few fairly rare pieces of beef for the siblings, along with a tiny bowl of salad for Jaiye and a bigger one for Sil, he exits the line, not bothering to get anything for himself.
When Jaiye and Sil come in, they see Ehos sitting in a corner, holding the breakfast tray off the table in a very odd way.
"Eh, Hermes doesn't eat, and I already have" he waves with one arm to the plate on his desk "but I could come with if you want the company"
"Up to you. I should have at least some company with Raelle and her friends." Ardiente replies with a shrug, dressed and ready.
He nods to himself.
"A bit much, what with the cat exploding and all, but if you can work that the same way with magic so the students can learn, I've no problem with it." He hands over a map and a blank schedule, going through the usual pexpkanation about the map and walk arrows before exposing the schedule was hers to fill out when she felt ready to teach.
Beaming with delight, Maya says with a slightly thicker English accent due to excitement, "I most certainly can and will learn to do that-- this reminds me of a few scenarios back home, I was always the go to person for substituting anyone who was out. It-- er... Splendid."
She collected herself, and then asks, "If there's nothing else, I'll leave you to your undoubtedly busy day. A pleasure to have met you."
Maya will head out, not clicking her heels, but certainly happy about it.
"A good day to you, Professor." Ryo says before his door closes and he starts putting his room back to normal.
Phaedra followed Lily out of the tent, and then promptly ditched her sister, running over to her cousins instead.Approaching the crowd, Lily continues to lecture her sister on how mistreated they've been since they left the Sun, unaware that said sister is no longer present.
Finally realizing that her sister had ditched her, Lily makes a small 'hmph' noise, and puts her nose in the air. If Phaedra wanted to be grabbed by one of these commoners, then that was her problem. Lily wouldn't lift a finger after such treatment. She didn't need Phaedra.
Right?
As she walked along, head held high, Lily hears from behind and right of her a voice speak up, "Eh-excuse me, Lady Svarog?" The voice of a timid and young male firebird.
If she opts to look over, a slightly timid firebird stands there, dressed in less than superb clothing, not making eye contact but tenderly holding onto an object in his hands, which glints in the sunlight of the open field.
If she does stop, he keeps his eyes upon the base of her dress, apparently lacking a spine to actually look up to meet her eyes. Only the barest of confidence emanates from this lad.
He has your average appearance in humanoid form, for a firebird, hair leaning more towards the darker burgundy of red, than the scarlet common among the race. His clothing is conservative, yet a hint more refined than a commoners.
He is unremarkable in any other way, appearing clean, nails trimmed, boots shined.