Ryuzo narrows his eyes at the source of Nala's fear. his clones immediately dimension door near to the girl with the sword, on the other of her in the hallway, and opposite from each other, but out of sword range. Ryuzo interposes himself between Nala, Jessa and the sword bearer, damn near instantly as well.
::You're fine, I'm here. Remember where you are, honey:: he sends in a calming tone to Nala.
To Alys
"Young lady, may we have a word with you, please?"
Even with the din of the cafeteria being what it is, this does not appear to pull Anahita out of her silent ...sitting there, eyes closed, listening to things that no one else hears.
Her expression though, is one of peace-- not contemplation. Her breathing even, relaxed. It hadn't been too long yet, though it could be thought that she'd doused off, seated there.
What was left of her early started lunch remained, nearly complete in front of her.
"So what do you think makes a person interesting?" he asked in between shoveling mouthfuls of food in as if he were in a terrible hurry to eat. Etain and Elektra both had the same problem with table manners. A guard thing perhaps. "There's lots of people here. Stands to reason at least some of them would match your definition."hiesta gives a fake smile, pretending she actually cares about what he's saying.
"I'm pretty sure it makes all of us nervous. The trick is to act like it doesn't. And to do it well enough to fool yourself," he says with a wink."I... I guess."
she actually finally looks up at everyone. She clears her throat.
"So, how has everyone else been? I hope you're dealing with this better then I am."
her mood changes quickly, in a sense. Anyone who's even mildly competent at realign people will know she's faking it."so far so good, met a few powerful people, a skilled earth and fire bender among them, apparently former guardian of one of the noble houses, there are a lot of interesting people here,
"Yeah. It's not that there aren't interesting people. It's that everyone's so unnerving, I don't really know what this place is... I'm just finding it hard to take it all in."
Being his very happy go lucky, and kinda naive, self, he will happily spend his lunch period chatting it up with Janie.
Djalos then does something completely unexpected: he blushes. "Um, ah..." the embarrassed young elf stammers. "Um... I wasn't alright? Take my word for it? Men who do those sort of things should be castrated, in my opinion."
Nala was about to take down the ice wall when she witnessed this. She went very pale. She looks terrified. Ryuzo can recognize that there is something about the sword that has Nala as panicked as a sudden visit from her mother.
The ice wall shattered, the wards keeping the shards from doing any lethal damage.
"Wait! That sword! Where did you get that?" she yelled, her voice trembling a little.
Ryuzo narrows his eyes at the source of Nala's fear. his clones immediately dimension door near to the girl with the sword, on the other of her in the hallway, and opposite from each other, but out of sword range. Ryuzo interposes himself between Nala, Jessa and the sword bearer, damn near instantly as well.
::You're fine, I'm here. Remember where you are, honey:: he sends in a calming tone to Nala.
To Alys
"Young lady, may we have a word with you, please?"
Alys whirls to face the group by the wall, her eyes very wide at the sudden outburst and ducking to avoid flying shards of ice. Her eyes dart right and left as Ryuzo's clones appear, and her hand drops back to the hilt of the katana though her posture is entirely defensive. For the few heartbeats it takes Alys to recover from the surprise, her features have a much more vulpine cast to them and she very strongly conveys the image of a cornered predator.
Recovering slightly she begins trying to speak but the startling reaction of Nala and Ryuzo seem to have robbed her of coherent speech; her words sound like unintelligible gibberish. But as she speaks, she straightens and the sounds she is making shiver around the small group as the hairs on everyone's neck try to stand. Reality seems to quiver slightly as she speaks, but try as they may, none can understand her words except Ehos.
Her tone and demeanor grow demanding and angry; typical in one who has been startled and feels threatened.
Phaezeriel, knowing how destructive to Lily her panic attack could prove to be if she were allowed to simply run free, exerts the full strength of his mind, pressing calmness over her rioting emotions like a wet blanket over a fire.
His mental voice, still calm, slips easily through the mad panic in her mind, ::Please, Miss Svarog, come away from the window.::
Serrin dismisses the shadowy wall. If Lily was that intent on leaving, she wouldn't stop her. However "Lily, I really think you should listen to Mr Phaezriel. He seems really smart. Don't hurt yourself, please!" She almost pleads with her new friend.
As Phaezeriel's calming presences soothes away the panic in Lily's mind, it leaves behind cold, calculating, and rational thought in it's place. She takes a deep breath and closes the clasp of the window with an audible *snap*.
She turns around, her face once again calm and composed, with the red colour slowly receding from her cheeks.
"You're right Serrin. Sorry, I just... was considering what might happen if this was... discovered. she begins, her voice flat, barely inflected.
Her eyes turn to Phaezeriel, and she smiles slightly. Her emotions are still blanketed, so it's not a happy smile. "I apologize for shouting at you, sir. Is it possible to excise and destroy this power of which you spoke?"
Alys whirls to face the group by the wall, her eyes very wide at the sudden outburst and ducking to avoid flying shards of ice. Her eyes dart right and left as Ryuzo's clones appear, and her hand drops back to the hilt of the katana though her posture is entirely defensive. For the few heartbeats it takes Alys to recover from the surprise, her features have a much more vulpine cast to them and she very strongly conveys the image of a cornered predator.
Recovering slightly she begins trying to speak but the startling reaction of Nala and Ryuzo seem to have robbed her of coherent speech; her words sound like unintelligible gibberish. But as she speaks, she straightens and the sounds she is making shiver around the small group as the hairs on everyone's neck try to stand. Reality seems to quiver slightly as she speaks, but try as they may, none can understand her words except Ehos.
Ehos reacts instinctively to the explosion, crouching and placing himself between Alys and the belligerents. Pretty stupid too, since he's unarmed. He winces slightly as Alys shouts, and both Nala and Ryuzo can see a trickle of blood dribble out Ehos' nose.
If Nala is up on the latest gossip, she might recognize Ehos as being the boyfriend of Jaiye, one of Ssrena's lieutenants.
He does bring his datapad up to bear though, the text it displays is an angry red colour, and he's glaring at Ryuzo. 'Back off.'
He didn't know what the hell was going on, but emotions were clearly running high.
A white face from above is standing in the rafters, feet planted on the wall, defying gravity and poking his nose into the business of others.
There is always quite a bustle around these few
"Yeah, no problem. If there's one thing I've learned here it's that crises never wait for convenient timing. Let's go. Besides, if Ace needs help, well, I kinda owe him one," she said getting up and extending a hand to help Tyrrin do the same."And yes, I guess it is ambition. I had to do a lot of soul searching over the past couple of days. And I realized that I was telling myself a lot of lies about how I wasn't worth anything because of what happened to me after I was exiled. I don't think that kind of pain ever really goes away, but it's time for me to stop looking for someone to follow and actually do something about the problems that are putting too many lycan kids in the same kind of situations I was in. There has to be more to life than random violence."
Tyrrin takes Jaiye's hand and stands quickly up to her feet. She takes a moment to straighten her clothes with a quick tug.
"You're going to have to tell me what happened after you were exiled when we have time. I..." Tyrrin trails off, and glances out the window with a troubled look on her face. She shakes her head slightly as if clearing away bad thoughts. "Let's go."
She steps quickly, apparently eager to get there (or to leave behind whatever she was thinking about).
"Then you're just gonna stay here and be my air conditioner."
He grabs Pyry and gives him a noogie, before letting him go, laughing.
He looks back to Rena.
"Rena, hun. It's ok."
He calls to her.
She shakes her head, and shame is plain on her beautiful features. Tears continue to drip down her face silently. "It's not okay." she replies in a hoarse whisper.
"I don't have a lot of time to explain. There's a rift in space-time between this universe and another one and we have to close it or it's going to rip both universes apart. How good is your grasp of theoretical physics and mathemagics?"
Ardiente blinks and looks around, wondering if his Aunt is playing some sort of practical joke on him. Pretty elaborate if it is. Some sort of hazing for the new family member? He decides to play along for now.
Trying to hide his grin, he shrugs and says. "Well, I know of them, since you just mentioned them." he offers, failing to hide his sly grin, which is probably lucky since Aananda seems to focusing on something else.
She turns around, her face once again calm and composed, with the red colour slowly receding from her cheeks.
"You're right Serrin. Sorry, I just... was considering what might happen if this was... discovered. she begins, her voice flat, barely inflected.
"Nothing. Nothing will happen to you. For two reasons. One, the old ways of our home are gone, no longer forcing those of us who are different to hide." She pauses and looks Lily directly in her eyes.
"But, the other reason nothing is going to happen to you, were this discovered, is because it changes nothing. Sure, maybe your family will get all worked up due to you no longer being *'pure'*, but that's just outdated nonsense. You're still you, with or without this new ability. It, whatever it is, does not define you, unless you let it. Even if you do let it define you, it doesn't have to be a bad thing. I've let my shadowmancy define me, to an extent, but it doesn't truly change who I am. Whatever Mr Phaezeriel has discovered about you will not change who you are either."
"We need your help to find and rescue a student posessed by some skeletal demon of unknown strength, and was then subsequently banished to an unknown plane, presumeably a demiplane connected to hell." He then pauses "huh... That sounds weird when I actually say it out loud"
Vare just stares at David for a moment as that processes. He suddenly jumps into action, stepping quickly. "David, go and find Rena, and bring your group to the conjuration classroom. You have five minutes. I need to go requisition spell components."
With that done, Vare steps again and vanishes.
Dave nods and beats his wings before rocketing off in the direction of the infirmary to get Rena.
"Rena, Vare needs you in the conjuration room ASAP. "
|
She shakes her head, and shame is plain on her beautiful features. Tears continue to drip down her face silently. "It's not okay." she replies in a hoarse whisper."Then you're just gonna stay here and be my air conditioner."
He grabs Pyry and gives him a noogie, before letting him go, laughing.
He looks back to Rena.
"Rena, hun. It's ok."
He calls to her.
"Yes it is. Come on in here. Asha is fine now, we promise."
She smiled. "Yes, I remember that you told me that. As an explanation for how you reached the ripe old age of one thousand without ever having a mate or a family," she said, shaking her head a little in disbelief. That level of independence was foreign to her, but then she'd been magically compelled. And which way was better? It was hard to say."Did you see something moving in that tree over there?"
When he sees her smile he returns it "Well, as you recall, my customs are rather diff.." his mouth snaps shut with a small click as Ryleh asks the question, and his eyes become a solid deep blue with a black slit of a pupil that reaches from his upper lid to the bottom of his eye.
Surveying the tree from bottom to top, his nostrils flare, "Yes" he hisses through his teeth and lips, "Circle to the right of the tree, I do not know what it is, but I know enough that I do not want it to escape if indeed it is dangerous." He moves to circle around the opposite way of Ryleh.
Ryleh's eyes narrow as she spies what appears to be a foot or a paw or a claw or something....well, around here you could never be sure. It could be a school project gone awry, a runaway pet, a truant student, the murderer.....or something completely different. Normal and Avalon had parted company some time ago if they had ever been acquainted in the first place.
"Come down from that tree now," she intoned in a calm, clear voice, prepared to act if the response was less than positive.
"Yeah. It's not that there aren't interesting people. It's that everyone's so unnerving, I don't really know what this place is... I'm just finding it hard to take it all in.""So what do you think makes a person interesting?" he asked in between shoveling mouthfuls of food in as if he were in a terrible hurry to eat. Etain and Elektra both had the same problem with table manners. A guard thing perhaps. "There's lots of people here. Stands to reason at least some of them would match your definition."hiesta gives a fake smile, pretending she actually cares about what he's saying.
"I'm pretty sure it makes all of us nervous. The trick is to act like it doesn't. And to do it well enough to fool yourself," he says with a wink."I... I guess."
she actually finally looks up at everyone. She clears her throat.
"So, how has everyone else been? I hope you're dealing with this better then I am."
her mood changes quickly, in a sense. Anyone who's even mildly competent at realign people will know she's faking it."so far so good, met a few powerful people, a skilled earth and fire bender among them, apparently former guardian of one of the noble houses, there are a lot of interesting people here,
"Well, that's fair. I mean, seriously? That kid over there just summoned some kind of large hairy animal just to throw away his trash. And I don't even know what that guy is. Or those weird greasy looking things hanging out by the beverage station chanting Koff fee. And the machines and magic and things they all use like it's normal....this place is crazy. From what I can pick up so far though, this place is crazy even by surfacer standards, so don't feel bad. It helps if you pretend like it's all no big deal."
Djalos then does something completely unexpected: he blushes. "Um, ah..." the embarrassed young elf stammers. "Um... I wasn't alright? Take my word for it? Men who do those sort of things should be castrated, in my opinion."
Raelle snorted. "Well, that's more than a bit severe. I mean, yeah, it's a bad thing, and they should be punished....pantsed maybe so everybody gets to see their undies and laugh at them. Humiliation in exchange for humilation. It's a proportional response. Castration is...wow.....big overreaction. I can think of some things that would be a proportional response for," she added with a grimace and a shudder as she dealt with a less than pleasant memory and a reminder for the gazillionth time that the perpetrator hadn't done it on purpose, "but not peeping at panties."
| 1 person marked this as a favorite. |
Kevin flattens into a pool as Dave flies through where he would've been.
He springs back up into a goo dragon after he's through.
"So, where-"
Vare takes a thousand league step and is gone before Kevin can make himself known.
The azure mass of draconic jelly gives something akin to a sigh; a gurgling sound more of, as breath isn't strictly required.
He picks the large metal keg back up and extends a hand to the wall, tracing Vare again.
The hunk of metal arcs through the air, cutting several zombies clean through before arcing back and returning to her, stabbing into the ground if she doesn't catch it.
::We both get points for that, right?::
"What's that mean? I think my mom said that about Uncle Blaze one time."
She cocks her head to the side.
Alys whirls to face the group by the wall, her eyes very wide at the sudden outburst and ducking to avoid flying shards of ice. Her eyes dart right and left as Ryuzo's clones appear, and her hand drops back to the hilt of the katana though her posture is entirely defensive. For the few heartbeats it takes Alys to recover from the surprise, her features have a much more vulpine cast to them and she very strongly conveys the image of a cornered predator.Recovering slightly she begins trying to speak but the startling reaction of Nala and Ryuzo seem to have robbed her of coherent speech; her words sound like unintelligible gibberish. But as she speaks, she straightens and the sounds she is making shiver around the small group as the hairs on everyone's neck try to stand. Reality seems to quiver slightly as she speaks, but try as they may, none can understand her words except Ehos.
...
"Stop!" Nala shrieked. "You'll call them! You can't use that kind of speech so close to the border...the open border....it was closed and sealed thousands of years ago and now you're walking around with a piece of it and it is not sealed at all. If the Others hear you, if they find out the Way is open.....We're not ready for that. Winter is not ready. They'll wipe us out. And then you'll have nothing standing between you and the things that go sqglchk in the void and make the things that go bump in the night look warm and friendly and familiar," she whispered her voice having become quieter and quieter as she spoke. She was trembling in fear and there was a layer of frost covering the hallway.
"Oh gods," she groaned, burying her face in her hands. "I have to get a message to my mother. Even if that means she finds out I'm alive and here....even Mab is preferable to the Others. She has to know that the seals are broken."
"She's gonna be fine. Mistakes happen. I don't think Asha would hold something like this against you. She's not that kind of person."
He finishes saying this right before Dave arrives.
"Can't stay away, huh, Shiny? I missed you too."
He sticks his tongue out at Dave and smiles, obviously knowing Dave wasn't here just for him.
He then looks back to Rena.
"We'll take care of Asha. Sounds like you've gotta help save the world."
He smiles to her caring and encouragingly
"Yeah, no problem. If there's one thing I've learned here it's that crises never wait for convenient timing. Let's go. Besides, if Ace needs help, well, I kinda owe him one," she said getting up and extending a hand to help Tyrrin do the same."And yes, I guess it is ambition. I had to do a lot of soul searching over the past couple of days. And I realized that I was telling myself a lot of lies about how I wasn't worth anything because of what happened to me after I was exiled. I don't think that kind of pain ever really goes away, but it's time for me to stop looking for someone to follow and actually do something about the problems that are putting too many lycan kids in the same kind of situations I was in. There has to be more to life than random violence."
Tyrrin takes Jaiye's hand and stands quickly up to her feet. She takes a moment to straighten her clothes with a quick tug.
"You're going to have to tell me what happened after you were exiled when we have time. I..." Tyrrin trails off, and glances out the window with a troubled look on her face. She shakes her head slightly as if clearing away bad thoughts. "Let's go."
She steps quickly, apparently eager to get there (or to leave behind whatever she was thinking about).
Jaiye keeps pace with Tyrrin easily. "I'll tell you everything when we get a chance, but it isn't a pleasant story."
"Sounds like whatever Ace wants your help with isn't a very pleasant story either."
"I don't have a lot of time to explain. There's a rift in space-time between this universe and another one and we have to close it or it's going to rip both universes apart. How good is your grasp of theoretical physics and mathemagics?"Ardiente blinks and looks around, wondering if his Aunt is playing some sort of practical joke on him. Pretty elaborate if it is. Some sort of hazing for the new family member? He decides to play along for now.
Trying to hide his grin, he shrugs and says. "Well, I know of them, since you just mentioned them." he offers, failing to hide his sly grin, which is probably lucky since Aananda seems to focusing on something else.
"Then there's not a lot you can do outside of the occasional fetch and carry as we try to get this built and work the bugs out at the same time. If you know anyone who's good at that stuff and can help Arthur over there check calculations so Melody can focus on what she's gonna have to do, then that would be great," she said in that same distracted businesslike tone as she looked over the part she had pulled out of the tank, frowned, and put it back in, fingers flying across the keys as she programmed in the necessary adjustments.
She turns around, her face once again calm and composed, with the red colour slowly receding from her cheeks.
"You're right Serrin. Sorry, I just... was considering what might happen if this was... discovered. she begins, her voice flat, barely inflected.
"Nothing. Nothing will happen to you. For two reasons. One, the old ways of our home are gone, no longer forcing those of us who are different to hide." She pauses and looks Lily directly in her eyes.
"But, the other reason nothing is going to happen to you, were this discovered, is because it changes nothing. Sure, maybe your family will get all worked up due to you no longer being *'pure'*, but that's just outdated nonsense. You're still you, with or without this new ability. It, whatever it is, does not define you, unless you let it. Even if you do let it define you, it doesn't have to be a bad thing. I've let my shadowmancy define me, to an extent, but it doesn't truly change who I am. Whatever Mr Phaezeriel has discovered about you will not change who you are either."
At this point there is a knock at the door of the exam room.
"What's that mean? I think my mom said that about Uncle Blaze one time."
She cocks her head to the side.
"Ummm....." Raelle blushed at the idea of having to explain that out loud and instead leaned over and whispered the answer in Archena's ear.
"Ooooooh."
She thinks for a moment before shaking her head.
"Mom never liked Uncle Blaze."
| 1 person marked this as a favorite. |
Meanwhile, Asha was driving the nurse to distraction with all of her questions as she was curious about every piece of equipment and her scans were not standard for her species, which required consultations with a doctor. And somewhere in there a frank and uncomfortable (for the nurse) conversation about certain other biological realities and the dispensing of both a bracelet with a contraceptive charm and a charcoal lollipop more as a way to get her to be quiet than a reward for being a good patient. Not that Asha knew that.
No emotion passes Ryuzo's face...
"Ehos, I am Ryuzo, a professor here. This is Nala, also a member of the staff. The ice shards aside, we mean no harm. We just..."
He stops as Nala speaks, and his calm demeanor blanches slightly as he ponders what could be worse then her mother. Not being able to understand, but seeing the truth in her mannerisms...
::Nala, I don't think she knows what you're talking about...::
The clones stay where they are, and make no moves, but to relax, slightly. One of them smirks.
The hunk of metal arcs through the air, cutting several zombies clean through before arcing back and returning to her, stabbing into the ground if she doesn't catch it.
::We both get points for that, right?::
"Haven't been counting."
she throws him again.
"Well, that's fair. I mean, seriously? That kid over there just summoned some kind of large hairy animal just to throw away his trash. And I don't even know what that guy is. Or those weird greasy looking things hanging out by the beverage station chanting Koff fee. And the machines and magic and things they all use like it's normal....this place is crazy. From what I can pick up so far though, this place is crazy even by surfacer standards, so don't feel bad. It helps if you pretend like it's all no big deal."
"Yeah. This place is nuts. I don't know how to respond to half the people here. The other half you're supposed to run from. Not here, hunh?"
Al sits up in his tree, happily eating a rabbit he'd caught for lunch, taking a break from his patrols through the woods. He is blissfully unaware of the dragons stalking him while he's eating, the small bones on his necklace clacking as he tears at his lunch.
::Pretty sure the computer will tell us.::
This time instead of circling back, it slices through several and he appears back in human form, using the massive momentum and spin from the throw to kick one zombie. The force blows it backwards so hard that it clears through the six or so behind it.
The giant shuriken that has been lodged in a tree flies back into his hand, quickly allowing him to use it to block a swing from one behind him.
"Freaky stuff, but cool. Hey, is the armor safe to touch?""Yeah. It help prevent damage, it doenst hurt people."
"Still feels like paper." She says as she runs a finger over it. Then her eyes seem to focus more, and she grins. "You're right though, it's much stronger. Good job, Vis."
::Pretty sure the computer will tell us.::
This time instead of circling back, it slices through several and he appears back in human form, using the massive momentum and spin from the throw to kick one zombie. The force blows it backwards so hard that it clears through the six or so behind it.
The giant shuriken that has been lodged in a tree flies back into his hand, quickly allowing him to use it to block a swing from one behind him.
Flourence stands there weaponsless for a bit. She tries to punch the zombies, but hey just lurch back. She walks over to another tree, while being gnawed on, and makes another staff.
"Still feels like paper." She says as she runs a finger over it. Then her eyes seem to focus more, and she grins. "You're right though, it's much stronger. Good job, Vis.""Freaky stuff, but cool. Hey, is the armor safe to touch?""Yeah. It help prevent damage, it doenst hurt people."
"Yeah. It's no big deal. Just some old knowledge."
"My name is Treisdan Achdarach, and I would like to ask your name." the white haired mage is still quite disheveled from before, but he seems grateful for what you did.Treisdan bows to Genosuke and starts to leave, then stops for a moment and looks to Reviarti and the Leonal and tilts his head, motioning that he wanted them to come with him if they aren't preoccupied...riviarti shrugs and follows after. Tural, unsurprisingly, isn't far behind.reviarti extends a hand.
"I am reviarti, and this is tural."
After shaking the hand, Treisdan smiles slightly, "I bet that you have a few questions... at least a few... he admits, offering to give at least some explanations if Reviarti wants them...
After shaking the hand, Treisdan smiles slightly, "I bet that you have a few questions... at least a few... he admits, offering to give at least some explanations if Reviarti wants them..."My name is Treisdan Achdarach, and I would like to ask your name." the white haired mage is still quite disheveled from before, but he seems grateful for what you did.Treisdan bows to Genosuke and starts to leave, then stops for a moment and looks to Reviarti and the Leonal and tilts his head, motioning that he wanted them to come with him if they aren't preoccupied...riviarti shrugs and follows after. Tural, unsurprisingly, isn't far behind.reviarti extends a hand.
"I am reviarti, and this is tural."
"Well. Not as many as you may think. What's with the hand?"
Treisdan's hand begins to re-calcify as he holds it up and flexes it in front of the Zif. "Eligor" He says as the tips of the claws and scales are wreathed in flames, "He is a vestige, and by offering him the feeling of this world he offers me power. As a cost for this power, he leaves this mark upon me, and his personality is added to mine. It is difficult to explain." This explanation is unbelievably simple, but it basically cuts to the heart of the matter.
Treisdan's hand begins to re-calcify as he holds it up and flexes it in front of the Zif. "Eligor" He says as the tips of the claws and scales are wreathed in flames, "He is a vestige, and by offering him the feeling of this world he offers me power. As a cost for this power, he leaves this mark upon me, and his personality is added to mine. It is difficult to explain." This explanation is unbelievably simple, but it basically cuts to the heart of the matter.
"Alright then. Sounds good."
As Phaezeriel's calming presences soothes away the panic in Lily's mind, it leaves behind cold, calculating, and rational thought in it's place. She takes a deep breath and closes the clasp of the window with an audible *snap*.
She turns around, her face once again calm and composed, with the red colour slowly receding from her cheeks.
"You're right Serrin. Sorry, I just... was considering what might happen if this was... discovered. she begins, her voice flat, barely inflected.
Her eyes turn to Phaezeriel, and she smiles slightly. Her emotions are still blanketed, so it's not a happy smile. "I apologize for shouting at you, sir. Is it possible to excise and destroy this power of which you spoke?"
Phaezeriel looks slightly relieved as Lily calms and begins speaking rationally, then the things she is saying sink in and his eyes go wide with shock and horror, and his mental voice is purely dripping with denial, disbelief and revulsion at her suggestion, ::There is no way to do that without causing unpredictable and irreparable harm to your mind and psyche! You could be left a mindless, drooling, simpleton trapped in your own body! That of which you speak is abomination in truth! I would not sever your arm because you did not like how many fingers you had, and I will not do this!:: His expression loses its shocked expression, hardening into a determined mask, his thoughts conveying implacable resolve, ::We will not speak of this again. This is not an option. You can choose not to use it after you learn to control it.::
At this point there is a knock at the door of the exam room."Nothing. Nothing will happen to you. For two reasons. One, the old ways of our home are gone, no longer forcing those of us who are different to hide." She pauses and looks Lily directly in her eyes.
"But, the other reason nothing is going to happen to you, were this discovered, is because it changes nothing. Sure, maybe your family will get all worked up due to you no longer being *'pure'*, but that's just outdated nonsense. You're still you, with or without this new ability. It, whatever it is, does not define you, unless you let it. Even if you do let it define you, it doesn't have to be a bad thing. I've let my shadowmancy define me, to an extent, but it doesn't truly change who I am. Whatever Mr Phaezeriel has discovered about you will not change who you are either."
Phaezeriel nods as he moves to the door, ::Heed well the counsel of your friend. This has been a part of you from the beginning. It is part of who you are.::
He opens the door and smiles a tired smile up at Sorchan, ::Professor Del Sol, thank you for joining us. Lily is calmer now, at least outwardly, but I do not think the crisis is resolved based on her last request. I greatly fear that she will come to harm if her mind remains set as it is.::
tural fidgets a bit, quietly standing in the background.
tural fidgets a bit, quietly standing in the background.
Though Treisdan has lost a lot of his powers of deduction, seeing the quiet curiosity of Tural, and the apparent indifference of Rivarti, he turns to look at him instead. "Did you have any questions?" he directs this question towards the robotic angelic figure.
tural fidgets a bit, quietly standing in the background.Though Treisdan has lost a lot of his powers of deduction, seeing the quiet curiosity of Tural, and the apparent indifference of Rivarti, he turns to look at him instead. "Did you have any questions?" he directs this question towards the robotic angelic figure.
"Q-quite a few. Firstly... Why would my aura prevent you from summoning him?"
revi looks to tural, surprised he's actually talking.
Treisdan reaches out the claw and dismisses the flames, "Touch the claw. Anything that could dispel the Eligor would prevent his power here and now." No matter how close Tural gets, the claw will not disappear.
"Your aura would have no effect on Eligor. To put it very simply, your power simply is not strong enough to do anything to him." Treisdan says this with a little bit of pride... though his gargantuan ego is still absent.