When he gets the notice, Iolth jumps up and down with excitement-or rather, he teleports up and down with excitement. Shooting a wicked grin at Shoshin, he says "Check this out." A beautiful young woman with mahogany skin appears in a flash of light, an electic guitar and bass appear in their hands, and they start playing this song:
"There is unrest in the forest
There is trouble with the trees
For the maples want more sunlight
And the oaks ignore their pleasThe trouble with the maples
(And they're quite convinced they're right)
They say the oaks are just too lofty
And they grab up all the light
But the oaks can't help their feelings
If they like the way they're made
And they wonder why the maples
Can't be happy in their shadeThere is trouble in the forest
And the creatures all have fled
As the maples scream 'Oppression!'
And the oaks just shake their headsSo the maples formed a union
And demanded equal rights
'The oaks are just too greedy
We will make them give us light'
Now there's no more oak oppression
For they passed a noble law
And the trees are all kept equal
By hatchet, axe and saw"[dice=Perform (Sing, Dance, Guitar, Bass)]1d20 + 29
Iolth and Kaetar dance energetically all throughout, light and nimble on their feet. Their voices sing beautifully, intertwining like two birds in a mating dance, and their fingers are a masteful blur on the strings.
When they finish, Iolth has sweat on his brow. He bumps fists with the girl, then turns toward Shoshin. "How did you like it? Oh, this is my girlfriend, Kaetar. She's normally a deck of cards. It's a long story." Iolth has a wild smile on his face.
"Not bad, not bad" Shoshin smirks, clapping at the display although he becomes confused at the 'deck of cards' thing "if she's your girl, and a deck of cards, how do you...? You know what, never mind, I've seen weirder things"
Witnessing the impromptu performance, the old fox facepalms and rubs the bridge of his nose.
::I hope Alys is finished soon.:: he says to his grandson.
Witnessing the impromptu performance, the old fox facepalms and rubs the bridge of his nose.
::I hope Alys is finished soon.:: he says to his grandson.
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"Well, everyone I met from there is nice, so I guess it makes sense that people are nice here. Let's just find out."
She walks with her hand in hand to the school. Not knowing where to go, she looks for anything that says Vare on it.
"Well, that's not... where I'm from that's one of the worst kinds of shame. Elves aren't as fertile, so fooling around is normal and almost encouraged. So, no I haven't uh... assisted myself before... that's even worse than having no experience."
He raises his eyebrows up and down in quick succession at the wink, unphased by this kind of subject due to his uprbrining.
"Pfft, how're you gonna know what you like if you don't help yourself out once in a while? Whatever your home culture tells you, there's nothing shameful about it. We're at this school to learn, right? Just think of it as another homework assignment. Except you actually want to do this one." Illy adds, continuing her wide-eyed grinning, leaning forward onto her desk so that she can more easily look past Anahita to Lim-Mor.
Meanwhile, behind Illy, Marsi has once again rolled her eyes and turned back to the front of the class, trying to catch a glance of what Vare was drawing on the board. Class should be starting any minute now...
"Thank you. Is there anyone else who hasn't turned in their completed paperwork? If not I thought you lot might like a brief tour of the school while your schedules are being processed. Although I should warn you that the building has a tendency to rearrange itself so you'll need to use the arrows even after you learn your way around."
The scribe has taken all the antics of the teenagers (and non-teenagers) in stride, merely watching impassively. He smiles slightly when Archena thanks him, but beyond that he's pretty serious and professional in his demeanor.
"I believe I have all the papers that were handed out, Professor. In about twenty minutes I shall have these all processed, as long as my peace is maintained." With that, he glances at the occupants of his office, before moving to sit at his desk, sorting through the forms with a frightening speed, magically aided.
Mel rushes out of the room to where fei and vai were taken.
she pulls out her sonic, already set to scan Tybs from earlier.
Fei, what happened? she assks as she scans Vai
Fei looks up from the nanite dock where he just locked in the tank. Stepping away for Aananda to begin the programming, he stops by Melody briefly.
"She was...censured...by her Patron for speaking of something it did not want her to speak of at all," the young monk replies after a deep, steadying breath.
"They all have the ability to harm their Champions when they do not...cooperate. And they can do so to such a degree that all types of healing are reduced to the slowest rate possible."
[i]The three gathered here to tend to Vai suddenly become four, as Ace is succinctly deposited here, rather unceremoniously on the floor, and without warning. He had been sitting quietly in his first class of the day, when he found himself instead dumped into an infirmary room, with Fei, Melody, and Aananda present, along with a very crispy looking Vai.
As Fei has let up his energy treatment of Vai, he'll note that her burns are slowly reforming where his energy had worked to heal his meldanya.
Glancing once more between Illy and Lim-Môr, Anahita continues her study of any visible magic Illy is using.She contributes nothing new to their conversation.
Anahita's analysis reveals that the tattoos are indeed magically active, and giving off a faint aura of both Transmutation and Conjuration magic.
Mel analyzes the information.
electromagnetic radiation. interesting.
Mel looks lost in thought trying to understand what is happening when suddenly Ace appears. Hey Ace. She says.
then suddenly a light bulb lights for Mel.
Ace! across the hall in the insulated cold room Tybs is there. I need him You have got to convince him to get over here. he is gonna help me save a friend.
Mel starts to rummage through the infirmary room looking for something.
As she is looking she is thinking out loud
any changing magnetic field, produces electromagnetic radiation. Electromagnetic information about the charge travels at the speed of light. Accurate treatment thus incorporates a concept known as retarded time (as opposed to advanced time, which is not physically possible in light of causality), which adds to the expressions for the electrodynamic electric field and magnetic field. These extra terms are responsible for electromagnetic radiation.
When any wire (or other conducting object such as an antenna) conducts alternating current, electromagnetic radiation is propagated at the same frequency as the electric current. In many such situations it is possible to identify an electrical dipole moment that arises from separation of charges due to the exciting electrical potential, and this dipole moment oscillates in time, as the charges move back and forth. This oscillation at a given frequency gives rise to changing electric and magnetic fields, which then set the electromagnetic radiation in motion
Now all I need to do is redirect that motion via a said conductor to a state of extreme cold, the reduced molecular activity will dampen the magnetic effect thus giving us a window of opportunity to actually heal Vai fully.
Lang looks to Midori during the flight then to Sara.
Guys, do you need to stop for a break? just over there are a series of caverns with hot spring pools and a a really cool echo cavern.
** spoiler omitted **
Midori had actually been quietly dozing, leaning on Lang with her eyes closed. When he turns and asks his question, she rouses, though the question has to be repeated.
Midori's eyes go a little wide, following by a slow smile and a whisper, mostly to herself and in her native tongue. "Onsen desu yo."
"Hai! I'd love to Lang-kun!"
~ Infirmary: Room Blondie ~
Left to her own devices, for the most part, the young blonde girl at this point of having been dismissed/ignored, managed to sneak up to the doorway out of her room and peer around.
Marveling at what she could see, and having years of experience at being subtle and ignored, she waited for a few moments, and then dashed for the exit out, three parts excitement and one part terror.
All the things that the dark haired man had told and shared with her, dared her to dream and hope, and she did not want to stay sitting in that strange room with the beeping noises!
Wearing only a medical gown, which was untied in the back, she got to the hallway out and stood in marvel at the empty halls, thankfully no other students were around, as class had started.
~ Admissions Room ~
Wile the events play out in the admissions room. Halo has all but been over looked, once the drama starts. she takes a moment to visit Toby outside. When she comes back there is a device in her hands. It's got a kind of grip and a lens. She
Holds it up to her right eye and closes her left as if looking though it. She proseeds to move carefully around the room pointing it at the vents as they happen. Taking her time to get a clear view of others wile also seeks to keep out of the way. She looks to be recording then events in some way. Every now and then a "Click" can be haurd from the device.
"Well, everyone I met from there is nice, so I guess it makes sense that people are nice here. Let's just find out."
She walks with her hand in hand to the school. Not knowing where to go, she looks for anything that says Vare on it.
Kim goes with her.
Are you looking for someone in particular? Kim asks a bit afraid of everything that is happening, but excited as well, maybe she can get a bath and have clean clothes for a change.
With several indicating they would like to stop lang goes to Sara.
Sara, over there, you can land there and i will show you the trail to the hot springs. Don't worry Sara I will show you what I mean. it is best experienced rather than explained.
Lang directs Sara which way to steer Simba, but lets her do the steering. smiling and encouraging her as she pilots the great bird.
Lang feels like the older brother teaching his little sister. and he feels proud of her.
~ Admissions Room ~
Wile the events play out in the admissions room. Halo has all but been over looked, once the drama starts. she takes a moment to visit Toby outside. When she comes back there is a device in her hands. It's got a kind of grip and a lens. She
Holds it up to her right eye and closes her left as if looking though it. She proseeds to move carefully around the room pointing it at the vents as they happen. Taking her time to get a clear view of others wile also seeks to keep out of the way. She looks to be recording then events in some way. Every now and then a "Click" can be haurd from the device.
Shoshin looks around for Halo, turning into a small fox to move through the crowd of prospective students better, when he finds her he tugs on her pant leg before leading her to Sorchan's tour group as they wait to get started. After that's done, he resumes his normal form, grinning impishly at her.
Ace looks around, bewildered. "Seriously? Again?" Then he spots Fei and Vai in a reversal of roles from the other day and is bombarded by Mel. "Uh. Not sure I'm the best person to talk Tybalt into anything. We don't exactly get along. What in the name of the gods happened to Vai" He says walking over to where she was.
"Okie Dokie."
Sara turns Simba into a simple bank towards the directed place.
"I'm looking for Mr.Vare. he's a funny looking man with a pretty shirt. I don't know where anything is, though."
"Oh, ya I'm sure." She says with a knowing smile.
"I won't say anything. I'm not just another noble pain in the tail feathers."
"Given the lack of nerves in tail feathers, I'd say that's pretty hood."
Mel stops for a second. Ace, you are the one to talk to him, and straighten things out. I need him over here. Vai needs him. I'll explain everything later. Please Ace, I need you to do this.
Ace can tell Mel defiantly knows she could send anyone but she fully believes that Ace is the best one, almost like she is trying to give them both a common goal.
but as she is working and talking there is a quality in her voice. one of leadership, of confidence. Its as if Ace can literally feel like Mel has the situation under control.
my diplomacy check gives +5 and bard inspire competence gives another +5
~ Infirmary: Room Blondie ~
Left to her own devices, for the most part, the young blonde girl at this point of having been dismissed/ignored, managed to sneak up to the doorway out of her room and peer around.
Marveling at what she could see, and having years of experience at being subtle and ignored, she waited for a few moments, and then dashed for the exit out, three parts excitement and one part terror.
All the things that the dark haired man had told and shared with her, dared her to dream and hope, and she did not want to stay sitting in that strange room with the beeping noises!
Wearing only a medical gown, which was untied in the back, she got to the hallway out and stood in marvel at the empty halls, thankfully no other students were around, as class had started.
A tall, blue, slightly anthropomorphic dragon rounds the corner. He wears a lab coat and is carrying a tea tray with some nice china on it.
"Uh. Hi. You look kinda lost. You alright?"
"You know what I meant." She smiles ruefully.
"So, names? I'm Archena."
Having determined that the uppity young man did not require remedial classes he approached the ash haired young man and tapped him lightly on the shoulder. "Excuse me. You might have missed it, but we're finishing up enrollment now...have you filled out your paperwork yet?"The Ash Haired Youth moves to match the approaching Sorchan, keeping distance and there is a wildness to his eyes that Sorchan would immediately recognize as fear. The Ash Haired Youth did not want to be touched and is now defensive and focused on Sorchan.
"No. Danger." His very voice is controlled, calm as always, body tense. "Distance." His eyes, however, are full of fear.
Sorchan has seen too many students with literally exploding problems not to take it seriously when a student said there was danger. He nodded and opened a door. "You can go in here. It's called the White Room. We usually use it for detentions, but it's also very useful for isolation in certain instances. If you need to stay away from others you may go into this room for a while. I'll take the others on the tour and let you out when we get back. We can work on your paperwork then."
"Eh. I'd rather wait really. More fun getting the full experience the first time. Just gotta wait for someone to come along that doesn't mind some extra stuff."
He flexes his wings when referring to extra stuff.
Takes one of the nearby posters down and reads it, then hands it to Keme.
::Having some more students out away from the school and the wards sounds like a fantastic idea.::
::This is for three weeks from now. If we still haven't caught this guy by then...that's 21 more casualties before this happens. At the least it would be moved inside. But there's no way that I can believe we won't have caught him before then.::
Witnessing the impromptu performance, the old fox facepalms and rubs the bridge of his nose.
::I hope Alys is finished soon.:: he says to his grandson.
::I...think that might be her behind that enormous stack of papers...I don't recall the admissions forms being that long....::
Mel analyzes the information.
electromagnetic radiation. interesting.
Mel looks lost in thought trying to understand what is happening when suddenly Ace appears. Hey Ace. She says.
then suddenly a light bulb lights for Mel.
Ace! across the hall in the insulated cold room Tybs is there. I need him You have got to convince him to get over here. he is gonna help me save a friend.
Mel starts to rummage through the infirmary room looking for something.
As she is looking she is thinking out loud
any changing magnetic field, produces electromagnetic radiation. Electromagnetic information about the charge travels at the speed of light. Accurate treatment thus incorporates a concept known as retarded time (as opposed to advanced time, which is not physically possible in light of causality), which adds to the expressions for the electrodynamic electric field and magnetic field. These extra terms are responsible for electromagnetic radiation.
When any wire (or other conducting object such as an antenna) conducts alternating current, electromagnetic radiation is propagated at the same frequency as the electric current. In many such situations it is possible to identify an electrical dipole moment that arises from separation of charges due to the exciting electrical potential, and this dipole moment oscillates in time, as the charges move back and forth. This oscillation at a given frequency gives rise to changing electric and magnetic fields, which then set the electromagnetic radiation in motion
Now all I need to do is redirect that motion via a said conductor to a state of extreme cold, the reduced molecular activity will dampen the magnetic effect thus giving us a window of opportunity to actually heal Vai fully.
"Yes, your reasoning is sound. I've added EM shielding to the nanites, but I'm not sure it's going to be enough considering the source of her burns. Any help is appreciated, but do it quickly," she said, her fingers flying over the keyboard as she programmed the nanites to heal Vai's injuries.
As Mel gives her theories and Aananda airs her response (along her furious programming), both Ace and Fei catch a subtle flutter of Vai's eyes, and a slight stirring in her limbs. She might be waking up. Which would be extremely painful for her right now. It might be best if she were sedated.
::This is for three weeks from now. If we still haven't caught this guy by then...that's 21 more casualties before this happens. At the least it would be moved inside. But there's no way that I can believe we won't have caught him before then.::
::Indeed.::
"Um, Professor, I think Vai might be on the verge of waking up. Which, I'm going to guess is not a good thing, considering." Ace says, still unsure if him talking to Tybs is the best idea.
Shoshin looks around for Halo, turning into a small fox to move through the crowd of prospective students better, when he finds her he tugs on her pant leg before leading her to Sorchan's tour group as they wait to get started. After that's done, he resumes his normal form, grinning impishly at her.
"So their going to show us around, neat, got lots of photos"
She takes on of him."this is going to be fun"
~ Infirmary: Room Blondie ~
Left to her own devices, for the most part, the young blonde girl at this point of having been dismissed/ignored, managed to sneak up to the doorway out of her room and peer around.
Marveling at what she could see, and having years of experience at being subtle and ignored, she waited for a few moments, and then dashed for the exit out, three parts excitement and one part terror.
All the things that the dark haired man had told and shared with her, dared her to dream and hope, and she did not want to stay sitting in that strange room with the beeping noises!
Wearing only a medical gown, which was untied in the back, she got to the hallway out and stood in marvel at the empty halls, thankfully no other students were around, as class had started.
A tall, blue, slightly anthropomorphic dragon rounds the corner. He wears a lab coat and is carrying a tea tray with some nice china on it.
"Uh. Hi. You look kinda lost. You alright?"
Seeing the figure of a tall blue dragon, the girl scrams bloody murder and runs away, fairly fast!
"Wait, I'm not going to hurt you!"
He calls, not pursuing. Chasing would make it worse... and he couldn't break his tea set...
Shoshin looks around for Halo, turning into a small fox to move through the crowd of prospective students better, when he finds her he tugs on her pant leg before leading her to Sorchan's tour group as they wait to get started. After that's done, he resumes his normal form, grinning impishly at her."So their going to show us around, neat, got lots of photos"
She takes on of him.
"this is going to be fun"
He nods, waiting for the tour to start.
"Before you get any ideas though, tiny fox me has the same no-petting rule...well I may let it slide from time to time" he briefly wonders where his roommate went to, but decides that finding Lolth would be better suited for when he knew his way around the school.
She nods. "Hey guys, we gotta get going. Gonna go surprise my instructors by actually showing up to class," she joked. "You guys should get going too. Technically class already started."
'I'll walk you to your first class, sound good?' Ehos asks. cheerful in demeanor, trying to distance himself from the disturbing talk of abuse.
Iolth suddenly appears in front of Shoshin. "Hey, Shoshin? When I join-or make-a band, can you keep the inevitable masses of lovestruck fangirls off my back once I've teleported away?"
Iolth looks like he's about to say something else, when suddenly, his eyes begin smoldering, and he is covered by an aura of flickering flame. The young grimspawn suddenly realizes what he's doing, and the flames are quickly doused. Iolth looks extremely shaken. "Damn. Sometimes, after I lose control, there are aftereffects, but never as bad or frequent as this. Wonder what could be causing it."
Iolth hears a voice in his head. OTHERS. POWERFUL. CONSUME. DESTROY. GET POWER. GROW, SMALL SEED. GROW. The cambion shakes his head. He then turns to Shoshin. "You hear that?" Facing the crowd, Iolth yells. "ALRIGHT, WHO THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY TO PULL SOME CREEPY MIND VOODOO ON THE GUY WHO HAS CONTROL PROBLEMS?"
Getting no answer other than a few odd stares, Iolth shakes his head amd sighs. "Either some telepath was playing a prank on me, or I need to get my head checked. Considering my past issues with sanity, either is a viable option."
Bradley tried not to laugh as Rena ate like a small child.
He opened his box and slowly started eating, using his fork, just watching Rena appreciatively.
When Rena was done with her food he stopped her before she could leave and used a napkin to clean off her face. "Okay, that's better. Now they can all see your beautiful face, unmarred by breakfast," he said, smiling. "I'm sure you'll have fun. You can tell me all about it later if you want," he added, giving her a quick kiss.
"Thanks Bradley!" she returned the kiss, pulling him close and grabbing his butt and giving it a small squeeze like she'd seen a few other fellow students do. It was nice. though not as nice as him cleaning her up after breakfast. "I'll see you after classes okay? Be safe."
With that, she takes off from the rooftop, taking wing and swooping down the ground level to head to class.
the flapping gets closer and a large shadow descends on Renkai... a man in spiked full plate riding an monsterous undead dragon hovers now before him
Ah, one of the students has left the nest... time to pick off the strays while the mother hen is away.
He leaps off the dragon and lifts a large bastard sword writhing in dark energy
I hope you've made peace with this life, you just might be living it along time.
Having his lesson plan done and ready for the afternoon, he decides to head to the infirmary and check on the victim of yesterday's attack.
Ash Haired Youth
Looking towards the door, he looks back to Sorchan saying, "Safe. No. Touch. Alone. Bad."
His fear is gone, he's back to calm eyes and keeping distance.
Sven speaks up offering, "Perhaps I can stand near, yet help guide anyone away, Lord del Sol?"
"Eh. I'd rather wait really. More fun getting the full experience the first time. Just gotta wait for someone to come along that doesn't mind some extra stuff."
He flexes his wings when referring to extra stuff.
"Hey, wings can be totally hot." she replies with a smile, and a thumbs up. "I'd totally be down with you, but you're probably like, way too big for me, if you catch my drift. Big is nice, but painful isn't, y'know?"
Iolth suddenly appears in front of Shoshin. "Hey, Shoshin? When I join-or make-a band, can you keep the inevitable masses of lovestruck fangirls off my back once I've teleported away?"
Iolth looks like he's about to say something else, when suddenly, his eyes begin smoldering, and he is covered by an aura of flickering flame. The young grimspawn suddenly realizes what he's doing, and the flames are quickly doused. Iolth looks extremely shaken. "Damn. Sometimes, after I lose control, there are aftereffects, but never as bad or frequent as this. Wonder what could be causing it."
Iolth hears a voice in his head. OTHERS. POWERFUL. CONSUME. DESTROY. GET POWER. GROW, SMALL SEED. GROW. The cambion shakes his head. He then turns to Shoshin. "You hear that?" Facing the crowd, Iolth yells. "ALRIGHT, WHO THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY TO PULL SOME CREEPY MIND VOODOO ON THE GUY WHO HAS CONTROL PROBLEMS?"
Getting no answer other than a few odd stares, Iolth shakes his head amd sighs. "Either some telepath was playing a prank on me, or I need to get my head checked. Considering my past issues with sanity, either is a viable option."
Shoshin chuckles "Can do buddy, though I might be the thing they go after if I do" he briefly pictures himself getting practically mauled by rabid fangirls, releasing a small shiver.
After watching the display earlier, he gets worried, growing confused when Lolth starts shouting about 'freaky mind voodoo' but none the less looks around the room for any source to explain it rather than say his roommate is crazy.
"Fair enough. Good to know it's not for the usual reasons."
He says, fairly ambivalent about it.
"There /is/ always magic, though."
He offers.
"Wait, I'm not going to hurt you!"
He calls, not pursuing. Chasing would make it worse... and he couldn't break his tea set...
She runs to a point where the corner is, turns and peeks out behind her.
Blinking with huge, scared eyes, she asks back down the hall, "Who are you? What of the good earth are you?!?"
"If you thought that I was insane earlier, well, don't really blame you. I just heard this creepy voice in my head telling me about 'Others' and telling me to consume and destroy them. I figure it was just some telepath messing with my head after seeing the illusion." Iolth looks visibly shaken. "I just get really freaked out and stressed when that kind of crap happens. Considering that I was b$!+@+@ insane when Kaetar found me-and I was going around being Apocalypse, Destroyer of Worlds (that was the actual name they gave me)-I just really, really, REALLY don't like being messed with like that and making me think I'm going crazy. You can probably understand why that makes me nervous."