Mel puts an arm around Tybs. see bud, that's two of us that care about you, and you can't go wrong with that. come on. lets go to the infirmary so you can be comfortable, besides it might get ya out of class for the day.
Mel tries to get Tybs to go with her.
Jessa's head does not raise, and her hair covers most of her face, but Nala can see the girl chewing on her lip. After a full three minutes, she finally speaks in a voice barely audible, "I do not want to be caged anymore. I do not want to be modified and tested upon anymore. She came to me to protect me from what they were doing to me; I could not stand it, but she was stronger than I am."
It looks like she is gathering every shred of courage she has remaining to her, and she goes quiet again for a few long moments, and when she continues her voice has the strange speech patterns of the Empires elite classes, "You can do the tests, but do not alter anything without talking to me about it first." When she lifts her eyes to meet Nala's they are cold like two bits of blue ice, "One day I will be free from all scientists" The word comes out like a curse.
Nala nods. "That is a perfectly reasonable request. And ethically necessary. As I told you before, I will do nothing without your permission. And if I have anything to say about it, the day you are free of scientists will be today. I am a physician. My job is to heal you and send you on your way, not study you indefinitely."
"Please let me know when you are ready for me to begin."
Tybalt doesn't stop with the soft sobbing sounds.
With a gentle hum of energy, Tybs, Mel, and Tami(if she's on the ice) blink out of the cafeteria in an instant along with the forest of icicles.
When they arrive, Tybs breaks out of his ball he takes and latches on to Mel, sobbing frozen tears into her shoulder.
when they get to the girls room, Casseus will smile at the girl and project to her mind...
::Hello! My name is Casseus. Can you understand me?::
He sill speak out loud at the same time, for the benefit of those around him.- Infirmary -
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"She thinks I'm her master?"
::I am not your master. I don't wish you any harm. What's your name?::
Tybalt doesn't stop with the soft sobbing sounds.
With a gentle hum of energy, Tybs, Mel, and Tami(if she's on the ice) blink out of the cafeteria in an instant along with the forest of icicles.
When they arrive, Tybs breaks out of his ball he takes and latches on to Mel, sobbing frozen tears into her shoulder.
Mel holds her friend. everything will work out, just give it some time.
Tybalt doesn't stop with the soft sobbing sounds.
With a gentle hum of energy, Tybs, Mel, and Tami(if she's on the ice) blink out of the cafeteria in an instant along with the forest of icicles.
When they arrive, Tybs breaks out of his ball he takes and latches on to Mel, sobbing frozen tears into her shoulder.
Tami turns around and looks for a member of the infirmary staff.
"Excuse me. My friend has had a difficult emotional confrontation that left him in shock. He has er...specialized biology. You should have his records on file."
Tybalt makes no moves to be away from Mel. Still just staying on her shoulder.
He doesn't try speaking. Just crying.
"She thinks I'm her master?"
::I am not your master. I don't wish you any harm. What's your name?::
~ Infirmary ~
The young blonde doesn't look up yet, well not for eye contact.
"She has no name," she intones, as if reciting a verse. "What is your desire?"
Since Casseus can conduct the speaking, without issue, due to his telepathic communication, it's his call to recite the conversation, though Jeran can understand her when she speaks.
Tryko'Sam looks on, he shifts his feet, a furrow on his brow.
"She said she doesn't have a name, and what my desire is." he waggles his eye brows at Tryko.
::Where are you from? Who raises you? Is everyone not a 'master' a slave like you? Are there more hot chicks where you come from?::
"She said she doesn't have a name, and what my desire is." he waggles his eye brows at Tryko.
::Where are you from? Who raises you? Is everyone not a 'master' a slave like you? Are there more hot chicks where you come from?::
Tryko'Sam smiles briefly, but it's forced, the furrow lessens then deepens as he, clearly, dwells on the topic.
The blonde replies, "She is the chosen for this month. For the lords, who's names she will know when they dine on her purified soul, and who's appetite she lives only to quelch. The other females do not have this honor she knows of. They are refuse who serve in other ways. How may she serve?"
Her posture and manner suggest she submissive and open to suggestion.
Phaezeriel looks up at Royston, blinks, then responds with a calm and professional tone in his thoughts, ::I am on my way to get breakfast, then I must check on the infirmary, if you do nto mind talking while we walk I am free now, Professor.::Royston checked his school data-pad, The sin is ready for his students, he he located Phaezeriel coming to him, wait's for a moment to say,
"When you are free, may we have a word"
As you project your thoughts, you feel a complex form shifting where Roystons mind should be, your talking you think to a copy and not the real mind at all, that you can guess is very well hidden. It talks back to you, this simulacrum of a mind.
::That is fine, I will work with you, I wish to ask you two things, one is the Student know by the name Ace, he has others but that is the one most used as an Ident. He has been recommended for psychological evaluation and assessment in regards to his problems with anger management, He would see another, but there is a complication. It states on his records that he has a mind shard festering in his consensuses. One from a enemy he vanquish. I feel his anger problems and this mind shard are related, I have come to ask if you can review the events of today and also interview Ace to see if the shard is indeed manipulating him in some way, with the out-would symptom being his anger overflows. Secondly, I would like you to assess me, in privet, my state of mind and my resent actions if you are willing. I need someone to help me understand, the use and function of emotions::
This is all said mind to mind.
"She's the flavor of the month...literally. Other chicks serve other duties, I guess. Sex slaves maybe, but she thinks her role as a sacrifice is better than whatever they do. Man, even in cults they look down on the sluts."
::What other purpose is there besides having your soul eaten?::
"Umm you guys have any other questions?"
"She's the flavor of the month...literally. Other chicks serve other duties, I guess. Sex slaves maybe, but she thinks her role as a sacrifice is better than whatever they do. Man, even in cults they look down on the sluts."
::What other purpose is there besides having your soul eaten?::"Umm you guys have any other questions?"
~ Infirmary ~
She doesn't immediately answer, but then says after a moment, "She serves the master's wishes. That is all that matters."
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Tryko'Sam seems a hint distracted, but frowning says, "Well, what do you three feel like doing now? Sounds pretty serious to me." He sounds distracted.
"I never dealt much the recovered slaves. They generally take a long time to recover and find the ability to be something other then submissive. I don't really know what they do other then be very careful about who they interact with to keep someone else from taking advantage of them."
Vickory sighs as she looks to Rex, "Please ask her two questions. First, what can she tell us about her previous caretakers and the place he lived. Second, ask her what she would want if she could have or do anything."
marcell attempts to fly, but takes a nosedive into the floor, and just goes back to walking.
Dom arrives with two trays just after Tybs teleported them away to the infirmary. "Umm ok. Guess I'll just eat alone today." Dom shrugged as he set the trays down knowing that he didn't really have time to chat before class. He just wish he knew what was up before they left.
He sat down and began eating his breakfast.
Turns back to the slave girl
"What can you tell us about your masters and the place you lived. What would you want if you could have or do anything. Don't worry, you can be honest. No one will hurt you here."
Turns back to the slave girl
"What can you tell us about your masters and the place you lived. What would you want if you could have or do anything. Don't worry, you can be honest. No one will hurt you here."
~ Infirmary ~
Still kneeling and not looking up, she says, "She exists for the pleasure of the lords, nothing else matters. She is for the sacrifice. She is the chosen one, special, not to be injured or soiled."
She takes a moment to think on the last part.
"She is not to speak on things before the masters. Only their desires and the sacrifice matters."
It still sounds like the 'party' line. She could be brain washed or something.
Jeran is struggling to keep his anger in check. He remembered too well what it was like to be enslaved to the will of someone else, but this girl...even when released she still wasn't free. She didn't even struggle against the idea of having her soul eaten. He clenched his fists.
"I don't think she's going to tell us what we need to know. But these people...and I use the term loosely...they need to be stopped," he growled.
"She wasn't acting like this before was she, Tryko? I thought she was pissed or something?"
He tries a different tactic to get a rise.
::Are you stupid or something? Did they take your brain? Why in the hell would you think it's a good idea to let people eat your soul? Do you want to die? Spend eons being tortured? What the f**k is wrong with you, lady?::
~ Infirmary ~
She cringed ever so slightly at the growling Jeran.
It's when Casseus starts on his latest approach, she gets more submissive by kneeling deeper towards the ground, exposing her back more. While doing so she starts to peel off her gown, slowly, saying, "She does not understand. She does not recognize you. She cannot answer. She awaits correction."
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Tryko'Sam says in response to Casseus, "She was submissive, followed me when I told her to stay close, only seemed to freak out at the creatures that she saw-- the eight legged tiger things, and the demon things that appeared out of no where." He gives the three others a quick glance, then looks back. "Maybe we scare her? I mean, I know I drive the ladies off, rarely, but that's only when I open my mouth and speak..." His expression doesn't soften at the attempted humor.
Once Cassesus does his latest, he frowns more. Asking with controlled anger in his voice, "We need to fix this communication problem-- does someone have that spell, tongues was it? Or get someone trained in this? What is happening? Does she think we're her masters or whatever? So far as I can recall, there were only men, or men looking women, in that place. They all wore dark robes and such-- kinda like uniforms. She stood out in her white dress, only blonde that I saw."
Jeran took deep breaths, trying to calm down when he saw the girl cringe away from him.
"I think that she doesn't know any other way. Maybe if she were questioned by a female. Vickory perhaps? I can give her the translator device...it doesn't help her understand what Vickory is saying though. But she might respond better if we weren't all in the room," he said, working hard to control his anger so that his voice didn't come out all growly. He didn't mean to be intimidating. It just sort of happened. And while it had served him well while he was leader of the lycans it wasn't helping much now.
~ Infirmary ~
It should be relatively easy to realize, at this point of interaction with the blonde, she gets submissive when threated, or spoken too in an aggressive manner-- confrontation sets it off.
It should also be relatively clear, that she has thus far, not gotten out of her 'slave shell', based on the questions and her response.
Given that she has yet looked at either Casseus or Vickory since waking up in the infirmary, she actually immediately averted her eyes once the four walked in, clearly something about those two affects her.
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Tryko'Sam says, "We have got to fix this language barrier, ASAP. How do we do that? Who's a spell caster that can fix this? Maybe the staff here?" He starts to head out the room, though keeps looking back to the room with the others.
He looks around and waves down the first nurse he spots, who comes walking over to the room, same one as before.
Shrugs, sighs
::No, no, get up. Do not kneel to me again, I am not your master. Sit down on the bed there, and await instructions, I guess.::
"Wow, I dunno man. Probably doesn't help that I look like a demon, and she saw you roast people, and, well Vick looks like a marilith minus a few arms. I'd say get the quasit guy, but he looks like a demon too.
There's a few staff here that are wizards n'stuff. One of them has got to know that spell."
Chatting with the nurse briefly at the doorway, then glancing back at Casseus, Tryko'Sam finishes up with the nurse who walks off nodding, as he walks back in.
"She's going to find a wand of tongues... weird visual." He gives a quick head shake at that.
Then, back in the room, the blonde has at this point, not 'fixed' her outfit, which is barely hanging on now, but sits on the bed, as much as sitting with knees bent and legs beneath her affords someone to sit.
She's quiet though. Doesn't demonstrate the urge to speak with Casseus, though she's only ever replied, they would realize.
Considering a moment, Tryko'Sam asks, "Let's try her memory, before the city in the cliffs. Ask her who she was before the masters, or something along those lines? Unless they wiped her memory, they are in there, just restrained, right? Jeran, are you a native of this planet? Does she look familiar, as a race, to any people you know of?"
Jeran shook his head. "I dunno. She kinda reminds me of the white snake tribe, but she's not one of them. Some kinda human...I haven't spent much time around humans outside of Avalon. She's blonde like the witch, and she was from the far north. That's the closest connection I can make for you."
He tilted his head. "Umm...I feel kinda stupid saying this, but I think I have a solution to the communication problem, maybe. I can't believe I didn't think of it before. Come on...if we could all step out into the hallway for a sec...I think if she doesn't see the whole group of us, maybe she'll calm down a bit."
If the group follows him outside the room, he will share his plan.
"I can kinda do the same thing that Casseus has been doing with the telepathy, but only in my wolf form. And...this is embarrassing...humans are often easily put at ease with the whole cute and cuddly act. It might help her to not be so scared if I pretend to be....tame," he said, making a disgusted face. "If it works, we can maybe get her to answer some questions. We'll still want the tongues spell though so we can understand what people are saying when we go to deal with her former masters."
Nala nods. "That is a perfectly reasonable request. And ethically necessary. As I told you before, I will do nothing without your permission. And if I have anything to say about it, the day you are free of scientists will be today. I am a physician. My job is to heal you and send you on your way, not study you indefinitely."
"Please let me know when you are ready for me to begin."
Jessa draws a deep breath and steels her nerve. It is clear from her body language that she is not reacting out of fear of harm, but out of fear of giving up her one safe refuge. Finally she lets her breath out and nods her head to Nala, "I am ready. You should be aware though, that she destroyed the mind of the last person who tried to enter my mind. Hopefully that I am letting you in will make the difference."
** spoiler omitted **Phaezeriel looks up at Royston, blinks, then responds with a calm and professional tone in his thoughts, ::I am on my way to get breakfast, then I must check on the infirmary, if you do nto mind talking while we walk I am free now, Professor.::Royston checked his school data-pad, The sin is ready for his students, he he located Phaezeriel coming to him, wait's for a moment to say,
"When you are free, may we have a word"
Phaezeriel gets a slightly harried expression, ::I have two patients to whom I must attend first, but then yes, provided it is either necessary or accepted, I will examine Ace. I do not know what I can do for him, but I will look into it. The more difficult request is yours. I do not know if I will be able to help you learn what you ask if you do continue to hide your mind as you are doing. That is something that we can explore when we work on answering your question.::
Jessa draws a deep breath and steels her nerve. It is clear from her body language that she is not reacting out of fear of harm, but out of fear of giving up her one safe refuge. Finally she lets her breath out and nods her head to Nala, "I am ready. You should be aware though, that she destroyed the mind of the last person who tried to enter my mind. Hopefully that I am letting you in will make the difference."Nala nods. "That is a perfectly reasonable request. And ethically necessary. As I told you before, I will do nothing without your permission. And if I have anything to say about it, the day you are free of scientists will be today. I am a physician. My job is to heal you and send you on your way, not study you indefinitely."
"Please let me know when you are ready for me to begin."
Nala nodded. "Thank you for the warning. I think that she will find that I am not so easily destroyed."
She reached out a hand to touch Jessa's forehead lightly with her fingers. "Physical contact makes this easier."
She began a telepathic scan of Jessa's mind, especially looking for points of connection to the other personality and any information she can find about how the two came to be residing in the same mind.
Jeran shook his head. "I dunno. She kinda reminds me of the white snake tribe, but she's not one of them. Some kinda human...I haven't spent much time around humans outside of Avalon. She's blonde like the witch, and she was from the far north. That's the closest connection I can make for you."
He tilted his head. "Umm...I feel kinda stupid saying this, but I think I have a solution to the communication problem, maybe. I can't believe I didn't think of it before. Come on...if we could all step out into the hallway for a sec...I think if she doesn't see the whole group of us, maybe she'll calm down a bit."
If the group follows him outside the room, he will share his plan.
"I can kinda do the same thing that Casseus has been doing with the telepathy, but only in my wolf form. And...this is embarrassing...humans are often easily put at ease with the whole cute and cuddly act. It might help her to not be so scared if I pretend to be....tame," he said, making a disgusted face. "If it works, we can maybe get her to answer some questions. We'll still want the tongues spell though so we can understand what people are saying when we go to deal with her former masters."
With a slight grin at the prospect of a cuddly, cute, wolf, Tryko'Sam adds "Jeran, dude .. seriously, telepathic wolf? Maybe not wise to go supernatural with her. Though, I get the furry cute thing, throw on a bow tie and we might have something for comfort, but you didn't seem hip to that idea, either. What if you suddenly spot a squirrel or something and 'wolf out' near her?" He grins at the visual some more.
He shrugs though, perhaps not completely saying no to the idea. He clearly is obscuring his frustration with quips.
"But, great to know we have a big gun totting telepath, and now a shape changing wolfman too. This place just is ... so out there. Nurse said just a minute on the wand. If it comes back and wants to lick me, I'm gonna pass."
With a slight grin at the prospect of a cuddly, cute, wolf, Tryko'Sam adds "Jeran, dude .. seriously, telepathic wolf? Maybe not wise to go supernatural with her. Though, I get the furry cute thing, throw on a bow tie and we might have something for comfort, but you didn't seem hip to that idea, either. What if you suddenly spot a squirrel or something and 'wolf out' near her?" He grins at the visual some more.He shrugs though, perhaps not completely saying no to the idea. He clearly is obscuring his frustration with quips.
"But, great to know we have a big gun totting telepath, and now a shape changing wolfman too. This place just is ... so out there. Nurse said just a minute on the wand. If it comes back and wants to lick me, I'm gonna pass."
Jeran rolled his eyes. "Dude, I'm still me even when I'm a wolf. I haven't chased squirrels since I was a puppy. But if you guys think it's a bad idea, we can try something else."
"And why would a wand lick you? It's a stick."
Sil nods at Asha and Pyry "Alright, why don't you two finish getting your breakfast and come sit with me? . As to where Rena went, I'm not sure, but I can't imagine she got too far"
Jeran rolled his eyes. "Dude, I'm still me even when I'm a wolf. I haven't chased squirrels since I was a puppy. But if you guys think it's a bad idea, we can try something else."
"And why would a wand lick you? It's a stick."
Rolling his eyes, Tryko'Sam says, "Hello.. Wand of Tongues? He smirks at that.
"Sounds cute, Jeran. Puppy. So do you relate more to the wolf, or the man?"
Suddenly, an incredibly injured tiefling boy appears on a cot next to the blonde's cot, moaning. The boy is enveloped in a molten-gold aura, and the multitude of cuts, burns, and broken bones all along his body start to mend.
The boy is exceedingly tall, and wears a tattered white-with-black-embroidery longcoat. His hair is silver-colored, and is jaggedly cut at his shoulders. He has a porcelain, heart-shaped face with golden eyes. He would be rather handsome, except for the fact that there's massive, black horns protruding out of his forehead and huge bat wings coming from his shoulder blades. At his hips, you notice two decks of cards, one colored black and red, the other gold and blue. You can make out a faint whispering of [smaller]"Kaetar..."[/bigger]
Jeran rolled his eyes. "Dude, I'm still me even when I'm a wolf. I haven't chased squirrels since I was a puppy. But if you guys think it's a bad idea, we can try something else."
"And why would a wand lick you? It's a stick."
Rolling his eyes, Tryko'Sam says, "Hello.. Wand of Tongues? He smirks at that.
"Sounds cute, Jeran. Puppy. So do you relate more to the wolf, or the man?"
"I'm both. Whatever shape I'm in, I'm always both."
He turned at the sudden sound, alert and ready to fight.
Tryko'Sam was going to continue the conversation about man and wolf, when teleportation and moaning happened from another room near where he and the others were standing.
He looks over at the horned new guy, the glow, and then Casseus. "Well, guess he's making a different statement there. Someone you know? Is that glow ...okay?"
No indication of recognition occurs on his face, to the event, though he does appear relatively indifferent to the situation.
With a glance back at the blonde, and then towards the nurse now heading back with a wand in hand, Tryko'Sam prepares to receive the communication device.
"We checking up on the guy? That's a guy, right?" He might not be sure.
Sil nods at Asha and Pyry "Alright, why don't you two finish getting your breakfast and come sit with me? . As to where Rena went, I'm not sure, but I can't imagine she got too far"
"Ummm....is that okay with you, Pyry? We were gonna go eat with Rena and her friend, but I don't know the way to get there."
Tryko'Sam was going to continue the conversation about man and wolf, when teleportation and moaning happened from another room near where he and the others were standing.
He looks over at the horned new guy, the glow, and then Casseus. "Well, guess he's making a different statement there. Someone you know? Is that glow ...okay?"
No indication of recognition occurs on his face, to the event, though he does appear relatively indifferent to the situation.
With a glance back at the blonde, and then towards the nurse now heading back with a wand in hand, Tryko'Sam prepares to receive the communication device.
"We checking up on the guy? That's a guy, right?" He might not be sure.
"I...don't know. He's probably a student, but I've never seen him before."
As soon as he popped in, Casseus' pistol was out and aimed at the new arrival, all pretense of the joker has faded from his demeanor.
"I do not know him."
Suddenly, a swirl of cards erupts from the golden Harrow deck. With a flash of light, a beautiful young woman, her skin mahogany and her eyes of sky, appears. Looking at the young tiefling, the card-woman sighs and shakes her head. "Why didn't you fight back, Iolth? The paladins would've finished you off if I didn't port you away." A card, depicting a woman putting her hands on a wounded man's chest, appears in the woman's hand. The card disappears, and the tiefling's wounds close up.
The golden aura dissipates, and the tiefling's eyes snap open. "Whuh-whuh-what?" he stammers, and slowly gets up.
Phaezeriel gets a slightly harried expression, ::I have two patients to whom I must attend first, but then yes, provided it is either necessary or accepted, I will examine Ace. I do not know what I can do for him, but I will look into it. The more difficult request is yours. I do not know if I will be able to help you learn what you ask if you do continue to hide your mind as you are doing. That is something that we can explore when we work on answering your question.::
Royston stops nods once to Phaezeriel,
::"Then I will wait on when you have time Phaezeriel and consider what you had said "::
Saying no more he heads back to his classes
~ Infirmary ~
Blonde Room
Frowning a bit, while looking as the nurse who'd walked off comes back with a short slender wand in hand, Tryko'Sam says before thanking the nurse as she walks into the room to use upon the girl"So... This happens a lot? I appeared in here earlier, kinda neat but surprising. Who's the mahogany skinned hotty over there? Hopefully she isn't made of wood, that'd be weird. If you guys wanna go check who it is or whatever, I can do the suggestion of Jeran, try talk to the blonde solo for a bit. I did initiate this, after all-- kinda my mess."
That said, he walks back into the blonde's room once the nurse applied the spell and walked off going back to deal with another issue she was attending.
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Sil nods at Asha and Pyry "Alright, why don't you two finish getting your breakfast and come sit with me? . As to where Rena went, I'm not sure, but I can't imagine she got too far"
"Ummm....is that okay with you, Pyry? We were gonna go eat with Rena and her friend, but I don't know the way to get there."
"Um.. Sure, I guess." He had kind of looked forward to the roof, but anyone who go after people who had been mean and stop them was ok with him. "we'll be there.."
As soon as he popped in, Casseus' pistol was out and aimed at the new arrival, all pretense of the joker has faded from his demeanor.
"I do not know him."
Jeran put a hand on Casseus's shoulder. "Don't shoot. You can't help us from detention. Let's figure out who this guy is and if he has any connection to this thing with the girl before we go overreacting."
He turned to Tryko'Sam. "Alright, you talk to her. Hopefully you'll have better luck than the rest of us did. We'll be here if you need any help. And don't take off to go deal with this without us. Please. In the meantime, we'll find out if this new guy has any connection to any of this. Hopefully without Casseus shooting him," he added wryly. "But I'm not sure how good the odds are there."
"Um.. Sure, I guess." He had kind of looked forward to the roof, but anyone who go after people who had been mean and stop them was ok with him. "we'll be there.."Sil nods at Asha and Pyry "Alright, why don't you two finish getting your breakfast and come sit with me? . As to where Rena went, I'm not sure, but I can't imagine she got too far"
"Ummm....is that okay with you, Pyry? We were gonna go eat with Rena and her friend, but I don't know the way to get there."
"Okay," she said with her cheerful smile. Asha and Pyry both got some food, Asha's tray piled as high as she could manage and still carry it without dropping things.
"This place is amazing. They don't even care how much food I take. I still can't quite get over that."
Bradley waited, cheerful at first, then patiently. As breakfast time dragged on he began to fear that Rena had forgotten about him. Well, perhaps something happened that distracted her. His stomach growled. Maybe he could just wait until first period started. With the students in class he had at least a fifty fifty shot of actually making it to the cafeteria and getting some food before he ended up in trouble again.
The tiefling blinks for a moment, then abruptly kips up from the bed. "Ugh. Kaetar, my head pounds and I have a blank spot. So, care to fill me in? Last thing I remember, I was torching an orc army. Wait, no, let me guess-I lost control, blew the orcs and half a city block to smithereens, and some idiots decided to come after me with a vengeance and I refused to fight back. Is that about it? Because that's the formula that these incidents seem to follow..."
Kaetar shakes her head and sighs. "Yup, that's pretty much exactly what happened. This time, I 'ported you about halfway across the world. And, to this place for a very specific reason. It's called Avalon, a school for kids with... powers like yours."
Shaking his head, the tiefling turns the group gathered around him. "Well, since apparently Kaetar 'ported me to a school, I might as well make some introductions-and maybe even some friends. My name is Iolth, and, in case you haven't surmised that already, I'm a catastrophe waiting to happen. And this fine young lady-" Iolth turns around and quickly pecks Kaetar on the cheek-"is Kaetar, my girlfriend, and former celestial spirit. Out of curiosity, how structurally sound is this school? Simply, unless it can contain enough magical energy to blow apart a keep within a matter of hours... I probably shouldn't stay here." Iolth gives a sheepish smile and rubs his hair.