"I'm not saying you can't help. I just need some more information to work with. And you need rest. I'll come back and tell you what I find out, okay?" he said, squeezing her hand. "Maybe you can figure out how to put the clues together. I'm certainly getting tired of chasing my tails," he added wryly. "Especially since people are getting hurt every day that we don't catch this guy."
Wait, If its not too much trouble, I would like to help. I mean as best I can. Ginni and I have gotten pretty close, hence this psychic feedback I'm getting.
She looks at him pleading in her eyes. Please, I want to do my part.
Mel lays on the bed her head propped up on her hand. Ok, I'll ahhh, wait here, alone, on this bed. she tries to remain alert while he is there. pushing the headache pain aside for as long as possible.
"Name designation Kedikai of the Kon Clan. Very well. Your medical records are complete. These will be used as a baseline when you require medical assistance. You are free to go. You should go to the office to officially enroll. Do you require guidance to find your way there?"
"Thank you kindly." Kedikai responds, standing up. "And yes, guidance would be appreciated."
"Fei, I need you to meet me in the training room. There's something we need to talk about," she said over the radio, her voice mostly steady.
Fei comes to a slow stop in the hallway, which is otherwise empty at the moment. He can hear the faint tremor in Aanandareavekki's voice. The relief that was there when he left the Infirmary was gone, replaced with something...else...
"I...."
There is a sound reminiscent of a thunderclap that comes right after a lightning strike that is far too close for comfort. That sound is heard all across the school. More disturbingly, it is felt...as if something hit the building with the force of a massive earthquake. The force is enough to jolt unsecured items almost a foot from their original positions.
As soon as the shockwave registers, however, it is abruptly cut off - thankfully preventing any real damage to life and property due to its sudden disappearance.
The hallway stands empty now.
vis is once again knocked off his feet, rather startled by the "earthquake"
"The beings that run the school here know all about appearances, ignorance and misguided fear. We on the staff try to encourage students not to be ashamed of what they are. One of the things you will learn here most of all is not judging a book by its cover."Alys bows deeply to Genosuke, "I will do my best, Uncle. If you will excuse me? I must find my rooms and get to my next class. I think I will like learning here." That last is said in a slightly wondering tone.
"You will be fine. Just look for myself or your cousin if you need anything. And do not stray too far from the school, please, without one of us or another staff member. Now, go explore." he says with a smile, and a ruffle of her hair. He'll also show her how the arrows work, if he hasn't already.
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He will enter the 'jail' either by unlocking the door or bashing it down. He'll free those that look like can make it...
::I dunno the way out of here, and I have no way to heal or care for any of you. This is your chance! I hope you make it.::Then, he'll continue on, leaving them to their own devices.
Breaking the jail door, and then giving his message, Casseus presses on. It's a grim situation, and quite ...unraveling, sadly. Perhaps that 'voice' that was parleying with him, once the first four caster 'bugged out', took the rest of their cult with them, or something else is at foot.
Over all, however, the multiple people that Tryko'Sam had initially started to collecting information on, for the team to sneak in and whisk away the innocents, doesn't appear to be around. Scores of innocents, or victims, in various states of mental and physical health, but, little to no cultists.
Jacob looks a little green for a moment, then says shakily "Yes sir, I can. Thank you." Jacob looks at the wall with trepidation, then thinks of Mrs. del Sol. The arrows point to her office, and Jacob, looking a little unsure, follows them.
Jacob starts to relax a bit. "Alright, thank you, sir. You can take me there quickly? I would appreciate, sir."
"Yeah, no problem, kid."
He turned back to the mayor. "My guy will be here shortly to help with rebuilding walls. I'll be back in a few minutes, once young Jacob here is safely at the school."
With his hand resting on Jacob's shoulder, Jiminy teleports them both to Avalon, specifically to the elementary wing.
"Alright, this is it. You just put your hand on the wall and think of where you want to go and arrows will appear to lead you there. Remember, first you need to talk to Mrs. del Sol. Can you handle it from here or would you like me to go with you?"
"You will be fine. Just look for myself or your cousin if you need anything. And do not stray too far from the school, please without one of us or another staff member. Now, go explore." he says with a smile, and a ruffle of her hair.
Transported for a moment to the days of her childhood, not so long gone, and she grins impishly at Genosuke as her tails lash in pleasure. [b]"Thank you, Uncle,"[b] she says, still grinning as she rushes off with one hand brushing the wall for a moment to summon the arrows.
Serrin, who was walking with some other students , is so startled by the earthquake that she once more explodes into a swarm of shadowy bats.
Near the back of the group, Cindra also jumps at the tremor that runs through the building, putting her back to a wall, then ducking away from the swarm of bats.
Kedikai rocks back on his heels as the school shakes. "What was that?" He inquires.
"I'm not saying you can't help. I just need some more information to work with. And you need rest. I'll come back and tell you what I find out, okay?" he said, squeezing her hand. "Maybe you can figure out how to put the clues together. I'm certainly getting tired of chasing my tails," he added wryly. "Especially since people are getting hurt every day that we don't catch this guy."
Wait, If its not too much trouble, I would like to help. I mean as best I can. Ginni and I have gotten pretty close, hence this psychic feedback I'm getting.
She looks at him pleading in her eyes. Please, I want to do my part.
Mel lays on the bed her head propped up on her hand. Ok, I'll ahhh, wait here, alone, on this bed. she tries to remain alert while he is there. pushing the headache pain aside for as long as possible.
"You do that," he said with a chuckle, squeezing her hand again before walking to the door. "Get some rest," he commanded, and went to look for Phaezeriel.
"Fei, I need you to meet me in the training room. There's something we need to talk about," she said over the radio, her voice mostly steady.Fei comes to a slow stop in the hallway, which is otherwise empty at the moment. He can hear the faint tremor in Aanandareavekki's voice. The relief that was there when he left the Infirmary was gone, replaced with something...else...
** spoiler omitted **
"I...."
There is a sound reminiscent of a thunderclap that comes right after a lightning strike that is far too close for comfort. That sound is heard all across the school. More disturbingly, it is felt...as if something hit the building with the force of a massive earthquake. The force is enough to jolt unsecured items almost a foot from their original positions.
As soon as the shockwave registers, however, it is abruptly cut off - thankfully preventing any real damage to life and property due to its sudden disappearance.
The hallway stands empty now.
Aananda quickly checked to make sure that the structural integrity of the building was still good before heading to the practice room. She sighed. Acting wasn't exactly her strong suit and she'd obviously tipped him off that something was terribly wrong.
Jacob looks a little green for a moment, then says shakily "Yes sir, I can. Thank you." Jacob looks at the wall with trepidation, then thinks of Mrs. del Sol. The arrows point to her office, and Jacob, looking a little unsure, follows them.
Jacob starts to relax a bit. "Alright, thank you, sir. You can take me there quickly? I would appreciate, sir."
"Yeah, no problem, kid."
He turned back to the mayor. "My guy will be here shortly to help with rebuilding walls. I'll be back in a few minutes, once young Jacob here is safely at the school."
With his hand resting on Jacob's shoulder, Jiminy teleports them both to Avalon, specifically to the elementary wing.
"Alright, this is it. You just put your hand on the wall and think of where you want to go and arrows will appear to lead you there. Remember, first you need to talk to Mrs. del Sol. Can you handle it from here or would you like me to go with you?"
The arrows lead Jacob to a door. This door appears to lead outside. Outside of the door Jacob can see a group of young children playing tag. They are supervised by a woman with red hair.
Kedikai rocks back on his heels as the school shakes. "What was that?" He inquires."Normal. It is probably a student. We have these problems from time to time."
"Follow me," Dzevizzen said in his buzzing voice as he led the way into the hall. "First you touch an appendage to the wall. It is important to be thinking of what you want to find when you do. The arrows will light up and show you the way," he demonstrated. "Come we should follow the arrows to the office now. You can take care of the paperwork there."
Kedikai places his hand on the wall. "Appendage placed!" He announces. He touches his forefinger to his temple. "Thoughts aligned!"
As Dzevizzen starts forward Kedikai follows. "Feet following!"
Aananda quickly checked to make sure that the structural integrity of the building was still good before heading to the practice room. She sighed. Acting wasn't exactly her strong suit and she'd obviously tipped him off that something was terribly wrong.
As she descends to the basement level and enters the reinforced structure of the training room, she notes the emerald light bathing the chamber. Sitting on the pulverized remains of one of the ultradense stone columns used in his training, her young protégé struggles to rein in his energies...and his emotions.
Thankfully, Fei's efforts appear to be bearing fruit, as the glow begins to subside and the thrumming in the surrounding stone begins to fade.
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He's looking to free people that in his estimation can survive on their own. The sick or mentaly deranged folks he'll leave chained up or whatever. In general, he's looking for a way out. If the people he freed don't wish to follow him then so be it. It's dickish, but that's what he'd do. He's since quit wondering about Vickory, assuming she can handle herself since she came here in the first place. But yeah, I guess, wander around to get a sense of the layout of the place, and find a way out, freeing people along the way.
Roaming the halls, Casseus finds more abandoned individuals, none of which appear native to the mountains, chaotic pluckings from the multiverse in various dying, or horrible mistreated states that would need serious dedicated medical or priestly attentions. The occasional animated skeleton or zombie, though few and far between.
Any written material of worth is not in Common, probably requires Read Magic or the like, and no sense of organized layout to the place either. It does, however, after a tour match with the bits he'd seen back in the mission room pre-portal leaping.
Suddenly, behind him, a voice speaks, completely sexless and lacking any emotion or tone. It almost sounds bored.
"Multi-query; What is addressed designation of Outsider entity before this One. Purpose of presence in current physical location. Allow for non-invasive scan of surface thoughts for expedited analysis. End multi-query."
The being from which the voice spoke floats without any visible power, two feet off he ground. It is completely white, save for the edges of its various surfaces which are grey, with light sky blue tentacles jutting out from its top and bottom which wave and curl, in a rhythmic fashion. The body of this being is a perfect octahedral, with each edge a two feet in length. It's basically small sized. No face. No visible eyes or features.
After Keme leaves, Mel rolls back on her bedm laying face up great job Mel you sounded desperate. Ahh crap this headache. Mel clutches her head. though the pain isn't too bad, it's still there when there isn't much else to think about.
"You do that," he said with a chuckle, squeezing her hand again before walking to the door. "Get some rest," he commanded, and went to look for Phaezeriel.
The arrows point into a different ward in the infirmary, one containing secure isolation rooms.
"A lovely soliloquy, and certainly in a heavy blades class, cutting is paramount; however, it is my assertion that knowledge is the most important thing about fighting. Knowledge of self, your strengths and weaknesses and knowledge of your opponent. But make no mistake, this class will not be lectures, diagrams and written exams, oh, no!" The gnome chuckles quietly.
He adjusts his spectacles and repositions himself on his floating seat. His face takes on a more serious air and his voice, a hint of arrogance.
"Who wants to be the first to show me what they know?"
Dave stands up roughly the same time the large golden hued student in the back raises his hand.
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Roaming the halls, Casseus finds more abandoned individuals, none of which appear native to the mountains, chaotic pluckings from the multiverse in various dying, or horrible mistreated states that would need serious dedicated medical or priestly attentions. The occasional animated skeleton or zombie, though few and far between.
Any written material of worth is not in Common, probably requires Read Magic or the like, and no sense of organized layout to the place either. It does, however, after a tour match with the bits he'd seen back in the mission room pre-portal leaping.
Suddenly, behind him, a voice speaks, completely sexless and lacking any emotion or tone. It almost sounds bored.
"Multi-query; What is addressed designation of Outsider entity before this One. Purpose of presence in current physical location. Allow for non-invasive scan of surface thoughts for expedited analysis. End multi-query."
The being from which the voice spoke floats without any visible power, two feet off he ground. It is completely white, save for the edges of its various surfaces which are grey, with light sky blue tentacles jutting out from its top and bottom which wave and curl, in a rhythmic fashion. The body of this being is a perfect octahedral, with each edge a two feet in length. It's basically small sized. No face. No visible eyes or features.
"I'm not going to let you into my head. I'm called Casseus, and I'm looking for the exit."
"Pretty sure "knowledge" is part of winning."
Florence mumbles, rather unhappy with the man's philosophy.
Aananda quickly checked to make sure that the structural integrity of the building was still good before heading to the practice room. She sighed. Acting wasn't exactly her strong suit and she'd obviously tipped him off that something was terribly wrong.As she descends to the basement level and enters the reinforced structure of the training room, she notes the emerald light bathing the chamber. Sitting on the pulverized remains of one of the ultradense stone columns used in his training, her young protégé struggles to rein in his energies...and his emotions.
** spoiler omitted **
Thankfully, Fei's efforts appear to be bearing fruit, as the glow begins to subside and the thrumming in the surrounding stone begins to fade.
Aananda quickly hit a few buttons on her wristband, strengthening the wards around this room again...just in case.
"Fei. There's not really an easy way to say this. Vai is alright for now. She's resting comfortably. Her dad is talking to her now. But....I think you know as well as I do that this 'Lumos' means her no good. I...I offered her a treatment...I have learned a bit about this Champion business over the years, what with Ephebe being the Champion of Time...and with so many other of you here...I know about the loopholes. I have a way to exploit the loophole. I can use the nanites to render her effectively immortal so that she would lose her Champion status. It can be reversed later. I offered to do this for Vai. She refused. She won't do it. She...she is determined to use her Champion status to throw a wrench into their plans and to learn what those plans are...to protect all of us. No amount of arguing would get her to budge from that position. Her dad is trying to talk to her now, but I don't know that he'll have any better luck convincing her than I did...There's a good chance that if things go on like this that she will die." At this point her voice broke and she couldn't say anything more. She could barely keep back the tears.
"You do that," he said with a chuckle, squeezing her hand again before walking to the door. "Get some rest," he commanded, and went to look for Phaezeriel.The arrows point into a different ward in the infirmary, one containing secure isolation rooms.
Keme heads purposefully in that direction, looking for the room in question. But he will not barge in once he finds it. If Phaezeriel put Ginni in an isolation room he had good reason. He wasn't about to mess up her treatment to get the information he needed.
Kedikai rocks back on his heels as the school shakes. "What was that?" He inquires."Normal. It is probably a student. We have these problems from time to time."
"Follow me," Dzevizzen said in his buzzing voice as he led the way into the hall. "First you touch an appendage to the wall. It is important to be thinking of what you want to find when you do. The arrows will light up and show you the way," he demonstrated. "Come we should follow the arrows to the office now. You can take care of the paperwork there."
Kedikai places his hand on the wall. "Appendage placed!" He announces. He touches his forefinger to his temple. "Thoughts aligned!"
As Dzevizzen starts forward Kedikai follows. "Feet following!"
"I cannot tell if that is an attempt at humor or not...Squishy humor generally escapes me," the mantis creature says as he walks, looking back at Kedikai with his multifaceted eyes. "Your pardon if the term offends. I forgot for a moment that humanoids do not appreciate being referred to as Squishies. I am still rather new here and adjusting to life among those not of my kind."
"Ah, here we are, the door," he said, indicating a door that said OFFICE on it. "They will help you here and I will return to my duties in the infirmary."
Kedikai shrugs. "I don't even know my own motivations half the time." He reveals. "But I wasn't mocking you, I too am a stranger in a strange land and I thank you for performing your duties well."
Kedikai shakes the mantis man's sickle limb. "Take it easy, Doc."
With that Kedikai turns and knocks on the office door.
A skimmer approaches the school grounds. A somewhat longer model. Jet black with tinted windows. A floating stretch limousine. It pulls to a halt in front of the gates.
A man in a driving uniform gets out of the front and opens the door.
A well dressed young man is pushed out and onto the the ground. Before he hits the ground, another young man, the same young man, catches him under the arms and lifts him up. Another two of the same young man stand one on either side of the second young man.
"Is that really necessary?! I'm already late, you don't have to damage me as well." He says as he smooths down his deep, navy blue suit.
A pale woman in the dimly lit limousine furrows her eyebrows, a brown mismatched to the bright orange of the elaborate pile of curls and braids on top of her head that actually presses against the roof of the caravan. She removes the long cigarette holder from her mouth, which to her disdain had been put out several hundred feet from the school. Her blood red lipstick lined mouth open slightly, she addresses him with powdered nose grasped by fingers with nearly inch long pointed nails of the same shade of her lipstick.
"You would have been on time had you not taken three hours to choose what suit you were going to wear..." she says with something between disappointment and malice.
"Well, I can't dissapoint my fans here. They expect me to look as good as I do on stage!"
"Oh I'm sure all of three people would be utterly disenchanted."
He says nothing in response, but clenches his teeth and fists.
"Just take your boxes of useless merchandise and album crystals. Maybe you can pawn them off as rags and paperweights. I know I couldn't pay people to take them."
The driver, never saying a word, opens the trunk and gives him several white boxes. Two of varied t-shirts, posters, buttons, armbands, and other merchandise and two full of canisters of music crystals, each can adorned with a title and a cover bearing either his face or logo or both.
"I'll have anything your old albums get sent here. See if you can learn a thing or two about real music by the time you graduate."
"... Goodbye Blanche..." he says forcefully, an unable to find anything else to say to his manager.
"Goodbye Rakki." She replies, managing to not say anything else she would've liked to. Can't completely cut him off now, he may still get back to where he was...
The driver nods to the group of the same young man and gets back into the driver seat, pulling the car away quickly.
The young man that spoke sighs and looks at his doppelgangers carrying the boxes.
"Let's see what to do."
He approaches the door. Placing a hand on it, he hangs his head and exhales, hanging his head. He quickly lifts his head up with a smile now adorning his face.
He pushes the door open and steps in, placing his hands on his side and looking around the entryway.
Cultist City Assault
"I'm not going to let you into my head. I'm called Casseus, and I'm looking for the exit."
The floating creature does little to indicate emotion, speaks again, "Observation: You lack energies indicating travel via planar crossing, therefore, your lack of detail on what to exit, is the current hurdle to determine. Statement: This location beneath the surface has no exits to the outside landscape, magic is required to vacate, or holes will be required, thus, this One suspects Entity Casseus implies the location it resides in currently. Query: Does the lack of trust indicated by disapproval for mental divulgence of facts regarding Entity Casseus preclude offer of transport elsewhere from this physical location? Observation: Entity Casseus appears to not be an active or willing participent of the Grand Experiment which has ceased and thus, appropriate and acceptable offer of assistance is provided without any requirements of repayment necessary or requested, due to possible chaotic activities beyond desire or understanding."
It remains floating there mostly motionless as if time didn't matter, or it had no where to go.
Shoshin walks to the door of his room after following the arrows, opening it reveals there are two basic beds and drawers, two closets, and a small desk in the corner. Leaving the door open slightly he moves to one of the drawers and opens it, gently moving the items in his pack into them before closing the drawer and sitting on the bed for a moment.
Jacob stands timidly in the doorway, his eyes shifting wildly. "H-h-hullo, missus," the boy says shyly.
As the school shakes Carl is standing looking at a large mechanical dog parked in the grounds. The ground under him moves but it has little affect on the massive wight in Carl small frame. Blasting on small planetoids being his normal day, the ground shaking cus of a blast close by is normal.
"is this thing one of Arthur's"
He says to himself before spotting his mug of coffee is empty, he go's to find some more.
The hammer shaft would be loaded soon, start teleporting more medical stuff into town.
Carl stops dead as a skimmer limo cuts off his root to coffee, he lots on at the whole strange incident. On
Y stopping to fart and scratch his behind, as the skimmer speeds off he sees a number of the same feller walk to the moan entrance door, his way to coffee, he walks up behind the group.
"Wyhi laddy you anther new un ta the school, there is an orientation group walking about, if ya quick ya can get ya pale butts over to um"
He fills a face then farts again.
"Sorry about that had some Tine Ale last nitt, and it's given me wind, I been farting like a }%#{# with }#%^* all mor-in"
"I may accept travel, would you be willing to answer a few of my questions? Is this place on Agartha... if so, where is it in relation to Kuros...can you find all of the people I've set free and transport them to Kuros?"
Keme heads purposefully in that direction, looking for the room in question. But he will not barge in once he finds it. If Phaezeriel put Ginni in an isolation room he had good reason. He wasn't about to mess up her treatment to get the information he needed.
After a few minutes of waiting, the door to the iso-room opens and Phaezeriel steps out, a datapad in his hand. He stops abruptly, looking up at Keme as the door sighs shut behind him with the sound of hermetic seals engaging. Phaezeriel's mental voice is a bit tense, ::Keme, hello, how can I help you?::
Underground City
"I may accept travel, would you be willing to answer a few of my questions? Is this place on Agartha... if so, where is it in relation to Kuros...can you find all of the people I've set free and transport them to Kuros?"
The little being replies, "Statement: Without access to reference data, designations are unrecognized. Offer for assistance to Outsider Entity Casseus is for self-use, unless directed towards single, other, authorized target. This One will wait two thousand and thirty nine rotations before departure."
It does a few spins, which, if Casseus assumes are the rotations, appear to give him about three minute time. Certainly enough time to talk things out.
"Fei. There's not really an easy way to say this. Vai is alright for now. She's resting comfortably. Her dad is talking to her now. But....I think you know as well as I do that this 'Lumos' means her no good. I...I offered her a treatment...I have learned a bit about this Champion business over the years, what with Ephebe being the Champion of Time...and with so many other of you here...I know about the loopholes. I have a way to exploit the loophole. I can use the nanites to render her effectively immortal so that she would lose her Champion status. It can be reversed later. I offered to do this for Vai. She refused. She won't do it. She...she is determined to use her Champion status to throw a wrench into their plans and to learn what those plans are...to protect all of us. No amount of arguing would get her to budge from that position. Her dad is trying to talk to her now, but I don't know that he'll have any better luck convincing her than I did...There's a good chance that if things go on like this that she will die." At this point her voice broke and she couldn't say anything more. She could barely keep back the tears.
Fei closes his eyes, taking in and then releasing a long breath that seems to sync with another rhythmic rumbling throughout the chamber.
"Vai's...determination...to do this....may be my own fault, Sabumnim," he replies finally.
"I do not think many of us understood what the consequences of accepting these...abilities...would be when we accepted them. We did not know to ask either."
"I thought...." he starts, then pauses as the latent energy in the room excites the smaller particles of stone to almost 'bounce' up from the floor for a few seconds. The emerald light from his nanosuit brightens again.
"I thought that bolstering her courage would help her grow, to stand against her fears and gain control of them. I...have gone too far, if she is willing to do this when she...has so much reason to live now."
His head drops, his hands rising up to cradle the sides of his face as a more ragged breath escapes from his lips.
Fei closes his eyes, taking in and then releasing a long breath that seems to sync with another rhythmic rumbling throughout the chamber.
"Vai's...determination...to do this....may be my own fault, Sabumnim," he replies finally.
"I do not think many of us understood what the consequences of accepting these...abilities...would be when we accepted them. We did not know to ask either."
"I thought...." he starts, then pauses as the latent energy in the room excites the smaller particles of stone to almost 'bounce' up from the floor for a few seconds. The emerald light from his nanosuit brightens again.
"I thought that bolstering her courage would help her grow, to stand against her fears and gain control of them. I...have gone too far, if she is willing to do this when she...has so much reason to live now."
His head drops, his hands rising up to cradle the sides of his face as a more ragged breath escapes from his lips.
"Fei, this isn't your fault," she said hoarsely. "Vai has always been brave. I know it wasn't as easy to see when she first got here. She was so timid and jumpy. But she didn't survive Aegythrax by being a weakling or a coward. Even before you two were dating she was willing to put herself on the line to save the people she cares about, to face her fears head-on. This is part of who she is, not something you did."
"I'm not saying I don't wish right now that she were a little less brave. Maybe I'm being selfish, but I don't want to lose her. Part of me wants to ignore her wishes and give her the treatment anyways....but I know that not giving her the choice is wrong. And too much like what Aegythrax did to her. So I can't. I hate this. I hate feeling so helpless....it's like the time demon all over again."
Keme heads purposefully in that direction, looking for the room in question. But he will not barge in once he finds it. If Phaezeriel put Ginni in an isolation room he had good reason. He wasn't about to mess up her treatment to get the information he needed.After a few minutes of waiting, the door to the iso-room opens and Phaezeriel steps out, a datapad in his hand. He stops abruptly, looking up at Keme as the door sighs shut behind him with the sound of hermetic seals engaging. Phaezeriel's mental voice is a bit tense, ::Keme, hello, how can I help you?::
"I need information. You know I'm trying to track down this killer. Melody told me that Ginni was attacked. I need as much information as you can give me. I don't think he's hunting randomly anymore. It seems like too much of a coincidence since Ginni is friends with Kitty. And if he's hunting by social group, then that might if nothing else help us figure out who to protect."
Jacob stands timidly in the doorway, his eyes shifting wildly. "H-h-hullo, missus," the boy says shyly.
She waved him over. "Another new student? You're the third this morning. We're almost done with PE. We'll have to go collect the rest of the class...it really does need to be broken into two classes. Hopefully after lunchtime. We have art next, so once the class is settled in for that then I can take you three over to the office and get you properly enrolled. Oh, pardon my manners. I completely forgot to introduce myself. I'm Mrs. del Sol."
Kedikai shrugs. "I don't even know my own motivations half the time." He reveals. "But I wasn't mocking you, I too am a stranger in a strange land and I thank you for performing your duties well."Kedikai shakes the mantis man's sickle limb. "Take it easy, Doc."
With that Kedikai turns and knocks on the office door.
The door opens. Inside a red-haired man is chatting to an elf sitting behind the desk. He looks up and sees Kedikai.
"Another new student? Well, it does seem to be the morning for that. Come on in. I'm Professor del Sol. I teach Evocation. Speaking of which, I have to get going soon. It's almost time for second period and I have a class to teach then. But we can at least get you started with your paperwork before I go," he said with a friendly smile.
coming up behind Jacob is a little girl about the same age as him. she is dressed in what used to be a white dress but it appears quite dirty. she is holding a teddy bear that looks like it has seen better days.
she taps him on the shoulder from behind.
Are you new here too?
Underground City
"I may accept travel, would you be willing to answer a few of my questions? Is this place on Agartha... if so, where is it in relation to Kuros...can you find all of the people I've set free and transport them to Kuros?"The little being replies, "Statement: Without access to reference data, designations are unrecognized. Offer for assistance to Outsider Entity Casseus is for self-use, unless directed towards single, other, authorized target. This One will wait two thousand and thirty nine rotations before departure."
It does a few spins, which, if Casseus assumes are the rotations, appear to give him about three minute time. Certainly enough time to talk things out.
"Agartha is a world in the prime material plane. Kuros is a city on that world."
The door opens. Inside a red-haired man is chatting to an elf sitting behind the desk. He looks up and sees Kedikai.
"Another new student? Well, it does seem to be the morning for that. Come on in. I'm Professor del Sol. I teach Evocation. Speaking of which, I have to get going soon. It's almost time for second period and I have a class to teach then. But we can at least get you started with your paperwork before I go," he said with a friendly smile.
"Kon Kedikai." The young man says, taking the professor's hand and shaking it. "Er..Kedikai Kon? You speak your clan name last here, right?"
Yes, that's right. Kedikai thinks. And remember to keep shaking hands instead of normal Clan greetings...and what else did that Gaijin I met say were normal customs? Read left to right, say thank you instead of bowing, always get completely naked before entering a public bathroom and wash your butt in the sink. Hmmm, come to think of it why was he laughing when he told me that last one?