Hey now, you wanna get better don't ya? Mel says, would I do anything to hurt you? She gives an innocent smile.
her bedside manner isn't quite the best. bit something about her says she can be trusted. or at least that is what she is trying to portray.
Mel takes a step closer.
"This isn't drugs, right? I told my mom I would never do drugs..."
He still seems scared, but slightly less like a cornered animal.
After everyone has landed, Lang saw to it that Ephebe was settled gently.
He releases the air sphere and goes to his teacher.
Master Blackscales, are you alright? we are at the temple now, we have set up a teleport room back to teh school if you need to go. we will be fine here. I'll see to it that Master Hito takes care of everything.
"Thank you, Lang. I will be fine in time. I think it might be best if I did pop back to the school for a few minutes. There's some things happening there that require my immediate attention. But I will be back shortly. I'm sure I can trust you all to behave for ten minutes?"
Aananda suddenly broke her silence. "Mother says that whoever did this to Vai was protecting themselves from scrying. All she sees is a blurred shape when she tried to replay the events from Vai's crystal. She can get a better image, but the ritual required would take hours."
Phaedra tossed her ponytail over her shoulder and looked haughtily at the class. "I am Phaedra Svarog," she announced before walking proudly to a seat next to the firebird girl who was at least dressed properly, even if she did shrink away from everything. Obviously, this poor soul needed someone to take her under her wing and show her how a firebird s supposed to behave.
"This isn't drugs, right? I told my mom I would never do drugs..."
He still seems scared, but slightly less like a cornered animal.
Mel started to laugh, No Tybs's it isn't like that, it is a drug, but not like that. its a radiation inhibitor. it will penetrate your cells and prevent radiation from effecting them for a short time.
Kim cautiously took a seat beside Dara. she looked over at him.
Hi, I'm Kim. are you hiding from someone?
"Well technically it is drugs, but then so is most everything in here, debatably the nanites are such, though you could debate that they aren't,"
Mel looks to Arthur. your not helping she adds mockingly but happy to have him along.
"... OK... I guess so..."
He knows Mel is smarter than him, but still giant quite sure if she should be doing this.
Nonetheless, he moves his arm towards her and looks away. Mel's job is made easier in the fact that Tyb's vest and shirt don't have sleeves.
A blood-curdling scream rips out from the previously stunned Firebird girl as she immediately doubles over, clutching at her head and sinking to her knees. Tears streak down her face as she runs out of breath to fuel her scream, and the scream itself tapers off as well.
Of course, this leaves the end result of a adolescent firebird panting and crying in the hallway, desperately clutching at her head, as if trying to ensure it was all there. A most unbecoming sight, to be sure.
It is to this horrific sound that a swarm of bats is drawn to, which then resolves itself into Serrin. While the young, goth firebird did not like Lily or any of the more noble, snotty members of her race, she did not wish for any the ones who came to Avalon to suffer.
She places one hand on Lily and attempts to teleport them to the infirmary.
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Your nose wrinkles as the scent of demonic wishcraft wafts to it. It bears the scent of spoiled candy-the signature of the Glabrezu Lord Dgogo. He delights to grant wishes to children in great danger-with a dark twist, of course. You know him from a little dinner party in the Abyss one time. It seems to be coming from the elementary classroom.
"And /there's/ something I /can't/ ignore."
Settro teleports off to the source of the "scent", his six wings spread wide, and looks around.
Most likely to the surprise of most of the classroom, a winged demon suddenly appears in the middle of the classroom, looking agitated.
The "scent" comes from a tall boy, dressed in a black tunic, slacks, and boots. His eyes constantly change. Strangely enough, with Settro's patented "demon-o-vision," his soul does not bear the taint of entering such a pact willingly, and neither is his soul blackened by its influence. However, lurking in the back of the boy's consciousness is the soul of a semi-powerful demon-or it least it would be considered as such if this wasn't Avalon. Most of the students here would be able to stomp it flat in an instant.
It seems that the demon comes out in response to any danger-real or perceived-which is going to be a problem in Avalon.
Settro is silent a moment, before turning to whomever the resident teacher is.
"Are you aware of a demon within a student in the classroom?"
his tail twitches back and forth rather quickly! and he seems rather tense.
viskra looks at Settro, about to say hi, but noticing how serious and stressed he is, stays rather silent, ruffling her feathers and looking a round quietly.
It is to this horrific sound that a swarm of bats is drawn to, which then resolves itself into Serrin. While the young, goth firebird did not like Lily or any of the more noble, snotty members of her race, she did not wish for any the ones who came to Avalon to suffer.
She places one hand on Lily and attempts to teleport them to the infirmary.
Lily violently bats away Serrin's hand, her other hand still clutched pathetically to her head. Her voice rips out from her, not the refined speech of a noble, but the rough, harsh words of a panicked teenager. "GET AWAY FROM ME!"
She tries to scoot along the ground as far away from Serrin as she can manage, trying to put her back to a wall.
After Midori hopped off of Simba, she turns and bows deeply to the giant owl, thanking him bearing her all this way.
"Do you need help down, Sara-rin?" Midori asks, looking up at her younger friend.
Jacob sits, shocked. Then, his eyes turn emerald green, and the light reflects them off them strangely, as if they were shining through glass. Demons are extraplanar creatures, attuned to the powers of Evil and Chaos. They take delight in slaughter, torture, and depravity...
With a shock, Jacob realized that all of this was attuned to whenever he blacked out. Sheepishly, Jacob raises his hand. "Ummmm... Th-tha-that may be me, sir," he stutters.
"I-it's not my fault! I-it happened during the plague! I-I wanted a way to survive the... things! And then I blacked out, and... and..."
This is very clearly the first time Jacob has talked in any detail about his experiences. He is obviously very disturbed by them, but did not know how or why they happened up until the very moment Settro mentioned demons, for some reason.
What Jacob just described fits exactly what Dgogo normally does. He's extremely powerful, however, so it won't be a simple matter of using a greater dispel on the poor kid. It's going to take some work...
"No, no, relax. I'm not here to hurt you..."
he sighs
"In a perfect world, I'd have time to wrap up one emergency before another turned up. As it stands, it's under control right now, and you're in the middle of class... I'm not sure the teacher wants me here any longer then I have to be..."
Settro is quite clearly trying to think, his movements dulled and attention to the situation seemingly distant.
"No, I'm alright."
She slides down Simba's smooth feathers as she had the last time they got off.
"Is Mrs.Ephebe alright?"
She seems concerned, looking over at her.
Lewis lands on the precipice used for take offs and landings.
He lowers himself, kicking up any leaves or dust the pad had accumulated. Once on the ground he flops down on it.
"Mmmuuuh. I'm hungry...."
Poor little guy hasn't flown this far at once before.
"Well, I can ask. But I think mostly I'm just going to have people telling me I need to practice more so I an get a handle on my abilities," she sighed, setting aside the canvas she had just been given a failing grade for and pulling out a new one. "Well, if I'm getting a failing grade today anyways, might as well just paint what I want for the rest of the time.""I don't know what that means." She shakes her head.
"Worth a look around, though, right?"
"Makes sense to me."
She regards her own painting to see if anything needs to be done.Not being able to see anything that needs changing, she sits back on the chair.
"Sooooo... why do you see that as shapes, but you know what I look like?"
Serrin, showing surprising gentleness and kindness for one who was a bit cruel before, kneels before the panicking Lily. "I'm not going to hurt you, I was just going to teleport us to the infirmary. You seem like you are in a lot of pain, and were screaming uncontrollably." She says softly.
Silinrul smiles a bit of a predatory grin "I have not yet fought demons or demonic cultists. That could be fun, if you'll have me along. I can track with the best of them, though I am unsure how well successful I will be at that in a realm like the Abyss.""Fine by me. I won't turn down help," he said, knocking loudly on the headmaster's door again.
The door swings open to show Ryo is talking with Ace.
"Sorry for the delay, Jeran, I'm looking into the recent murders around the school. How may I help you?"
"I don't know if you knew this, but Kronos has been extremely hard on Ephebe lately. With the other Vai coming into this time stream, it has caused a hole, or rift. She is compelled to try to close it so it can minimize damage to this time stream. Add on top of that Kronos is trying to force her to help Hope and Light, I think she's bearing enough on her shoulders. If Vai can wait, it'll give Ephebe a minor reprieve to gather her self for a fight with the other champions. If Vai comes back early she maybe a target for retribution for the other Vai or her Patron as well.
My wife is strong, Tamrin, but even she can only take so much..."
Everyone in the room can tell he's worried about his wife, speech or no speech.
"That having been said, if you feel it's the better course to bring her back now, I will. Either way I will speak with her and ask her if she is willing to wait."
Tamrin just shakes his head. "That bit of stubbornness sounds about normal for this family." He sighs heavily, then focuses back on the task at hand.
"So I presume we need to find Vai's 'twin' and get rid of her as well? to deal with this rift problem?"
"Yes. It will help."
"Let me talk to Vai for a bit, and see what she has to say."
He walks over to her still form lying on the table. Raises his staff and raps 3 times on the floor, and seems to zone out.
Krays scans the ether looking for Vai's spirit, calling to her gently..
Kim cautiously took a seat beside Dara. she looked over at him.
Hi, I'm Kim. are you hiding from someone?
She sees a brief glimpse of a dark skinned boy through a slit in the book tower before he ducks down so he can't be seen. After a minute he slowly looks up again. Then Settro shows up and starts talking about demons and Dara is back to hiding.
"No, no, relax. I'm not here to hurt you..."
he sighs
"In a perfect world, I'd have time to wrap up one emergency before another turned up. As it stands, it's under control right now, and you're in the middle of class... I'm not sure the teacher wants me here any longer then I have to be..."
Settro is quite clearly trying to think, his movements dulled and attention to the situation seemingly distant.
"Umm...slow down a sec here guys. So you're saying that Jacob has a demon in him? Of all the days for Ephebe to not be here....okay, so I'm just subbing today, but Ephebe will be back tomorrow. And she is definitely better equipped to deal with demon stuff than I am. Is Jacob going to be okay until then? Should I be worried about the demon trying to attack other students?"
"I don't think he'll be too bad off- any damage done isn't likely to get worse so quickly. As for attacking others, possibly. I don't think it's too potent, at least by the standards set here. Likely easy to restrain. I'd try and help, but I'm already needs elsewhere, to help some others go into the abyss after a kidnapped child."
kim looks on shrinking back against the wall. holding her teddy close to her chest as the revelation of a demon might be inside Jacob.
mommy, what should I do? she whispers to her teddy.
As she whispers her teddy's eyes glow and Kim's body starts to shimmer and slowly starts to glow with a pure white holy energy. its intensity is low but the more afraid she becomes the brighter it glows.
"Yes. It will help."
"Let me talk to Vai for a bit, and see what she has to say."
He walks over to her still form lying on the table. Raises his staff and raps 3 times on the floor, and seems to zone out.** spoiler omitted **
Krays can feel Vai's spirit out in the ether, and it responds to his call...
Serrin, showing surprising gentleness and kindness for one who was a bit cruel before, kneels before the panicking Lily. "I'm not going to hurt you, I was just going to teleport us to the infirmary. You seem like you are in a lot of pain, and were screaming uncontrollably." She says softly.
With her back now pressed firmly against a wall, Lily seems at least a little calmer, though she's still clutching at her head. Serrin can't be sure if Lily even recognizes her, given Lily's current state.
A few more breaths and she's able to get a few sentences out: "That... creature did something to me! He made me... he made me see myself smashing into a wall! I'll kill him for this!!" she replies, sounding more and more hysterical as she speaks.
He feels her spirit respond, and he grants the ability to take form if she chooses...to feel more like herself here...
::Hello, Vai:: he says with a smile
"No, I'm alright."
She slides down Simba's smooth feathers as she had the last time they got off.
"Is Mrs.Ephebe alright?"
She seems concerned, looking over at her.
"I'll be fine, Sara. All of you, I need to pop back to the school for a few minutes. I will be right back, I promise. Mind your manners while I'm gone and no world-shattering emergencies either," she teased. And then she vanished.
She appeared in the lab, but didn't immediately interrupt since it looked like Krays was concentrating, probably trying to talk to Vai.
Still speaking calmly, Serrin replies "I don't think killing him would be such a good idea. We're in a school after all, and I'm sure there's rules against that. Besides, you said all he did was show you smashing into a wall, right? That's not worth murdering him over, is it? I could probably do something similar, like make it look like he was about to get eaten by a dragon, for example." She says with a bit of a wicked grin at that last.
"Well, I can ask. But I think mostly I'm just going to have people telling me I need to practice more so I an get a handle on my abilities," she sighed, setting aside the canvas she had just been given a failing grade for and pulling out a new one. "Well, if I'm getting a failing grade today anyways, might as well just paint what I want for the rest of the time.""I don't know what that means." She shakes her head.
"Worth a look around, though, right?""Makes sense to me."
She regards her own painting to see if anything needs to be done.
Not being able to see anything that needs changing, she sits back on the chair.
"Sooooo... why do you see that as shapes, but you know what I look like?"
"Because it comes and goes. I got a look at you before I started painting. You look like a very complicated pattern of shapes to me right now. The problem is I can't just turn it on when I need and off when I dont. I don't have control of it," she said, frustrated. "I almost crashed a skimmer yesterday because I couldn't see the brake. But I was fine earlier when I was flying a shuttle. Go figure."
Silinrul smiles a bit of a predatory grin "I have not yet fought demons or demonic cultists. That could be fun, if you'll have me along. I can track with the best of them, though I am unsure how well successful I will be at that in a realm like the Abyss.""Fine by me. I won't turn down help," he said, knocking loudly on the headmaster's door again.The door swings open to show Ryo is talking with Ace.
"Sorry for the delay, Jeran, I'm looking into the recent murders around the school. How may I help you?"
"Tryko'Sam got kidnapped by a demon, right out of the school too, so that's one problem. We're planning a rescue party, but we need some help finding out the location where he's being held. The transmutation prof is going with us so we have a staff chaperone. Ummm....he was here a second ago. He said he'd be right back. And the rest of us need permission to miss class I suppose. Except that guy. I don't think he's enrolled yet. Also, the demon in question made some potential threats to the school and surrounding areas if we didn't meet his demands, which we can't since the girl isn't even here anymore, not that we would because handing someone over to a demon would be wrong....I think that about sums it up."
"That's weird... you notice anything simular happening those times?"
"Yeah."
"What he said"
Kevin decided he had had enough of the chaos and went to check in with the Headmaster about the lack of teacher.
He grabbed the room's hall pass and went into the halls holding it up to any teacher or administrator he passes like a crucifix against a vampire.
He nears the office and, as he now has exceptional hearing-feeling-whatever he overhears the last of Jeran's speech.
"Um, excuse me. I was coming from Transmution because there's no one there, but did you say you're looking for a girl that disappeared from here? Was she blonde and pale and about yay." He holds a paw-claw-hand up to indicate her height."
Outside of asking that, he takes a look at the occupants of the office, all attractive guys.
"Why do I even have wards?" Ryo asks himself, sighing mentally.
"Would you say that us an accurate description, Mr. Darkclaw?"
"Why do I even have wards?" Ryo asks himself, sighing mentally.
"Would you say that us an accurate description, Mr. Darkclaw?"
"Well, I remember that she was pale and blond. Most of the time I saw her was while I was carrying her to the infirmary after she passed out so I don't know how tall she is. She wasn't wearing much. Tryko'Sam said she was some kind of sacrifice that he rescued from the cultists and I guess sacrifices don't need much of a wardrobe. Made for a lot of stupid misunderstandings walking down the hall. And she had trouble with the language. like she didn't know common."
"In m expirence they're pretty much always skimpily dressed, it amuses the evil ones, gives them a sense of power and control, as a side effect it can help entice a hero to rescue them" Dave puts his two cents in, bored and looking to get on with what he came for