"Are there any rules on firearms or is this more of a magic and fists kind of deal? Cause I'm cool either way." Asch asks as he cracks the knuckles of both fists in anticipation.
Spin watches Krays and 'Sima turn down the offer to game, "Wait... you two aren't gonna play? And did that Ephebe's brother say something about having teammates? I thought it was every man for himself..."
nods as Spin speaks, but keeps his attention focused on Lysander
"..."
Jogs his head from side to side and shakes his wrists out, seeming to loosen up a bit, keeping his firey, beedy eyes on Lysander
Hisses with utter contempt
Intimidate:
Vakkler watches with interest.
Spin watches Krays and 'Sima turn down the offer to game, "Wait... you two aren't gonna play? And did that Ephebe's brother say something about having teammates? I thought it was every man for himself..."
"Firearms are fine Asch. It's no holds barred. And to answer your question, Spin, you can choose to either go it alone or form a team, whichever way you want to go."
"Nasima looked pretty upset. I think maybe I should go and talk to her." Ephebe scoops up her bookbag and looks back at the others. "I don't suppose any of you know where her room is?"
"So can one of the teammembers be the snipe? Or is the whole team the snipe? Also, what is a snipe?"
"It's right there in the rules silly," she said, shaking her head and smiling while holding up the pamphlet. "Like I said, I'll be working in the medic's tent, so I pretty much miss all of the action. But I hear it's a lot of fun."
Pamphlet:
“1: There are only three Snipes in the Hunt. The people playing the part of Snipes are chosen at random, and can be anyone from a new participant to a teacher.” He read out loud. “2: All abilities and powers are allowed during the Hunt, save those that would allow you to know who the Snipe is. Go all out and hold nothing back, the more students you defeat in battle increases the chance that one of them is a Snipe! 3: If you are defeated, you will be teleported out of the Hunting Ground and into one of the observation balconies. Accept defeat with dignity and grace. 4: The Hunt is over when all the Snipes have been defeated, or in two hours, whichever comes forth. 5: Have fun! This may be a war game, but it is still a game.”
“Regulations: A student may only participate if they are old enough(respectively for their race's rate of growth), and have a passing grade in all of their classes. If a student has had any disciplinary problems in the last month, they will not be allowed to participate. Each student must sign on the line below, showing that they understand all of the rules and regulations.”
"Nasima looked pretty upset. I think maybe I should go and talk to her." Ephebe scoops up her bookbag and looks back at the others. "I don't suppose any of you know where her room is?"
"Ummm....and perhaps one of you wouldn't mind walking with me?" she said, remembering that she wasn't supposed to be wandering around on her own.
"Also, we should probably meet up in Asch and Amada's room in a bit. We've still got some stuff to talk about."
Stares at the retreating Lysander, then shakes his head and looks to Ephebe
"I will. I don't know how to get to the...infirmary? anyway."
Looks back to where Lysander was
"Can you believe that guy? Just, wow..."
Both he and H'Tor relax, and Krays becons to his undead friend
"C'mon, buddy."
"Mind if I tag along, roomie?" Spin grins as he follows Krays and Ephebe. "I mean, I'm not gonna help with the healin', but I'll have to time to make it to the basement either way."
he takes another look at the rules, "New students are good to enter, right?"
"Sure, the more the...happier"
"Mind if I tag along, roomie?" Spin grins as he follows Krays and Ephebe. "I mean, I'm not gonna help with the healin', but I'll have to time to make it to the basement either way."
he takes another look at the rules, "New students are good to enter, right?"
"Were you paying attention at all?" she asked, laughing now. "You're worse than Jimmy. The snipe hunt is tomorrow night. And yes, new students can enter. If you go down to the basement tonight all you'll find is band practice. Which, judging by those drumsticks you've been waving around might be just your thing. I don't know if any of the bands are having open auditions but it can't hurt to check, right?"
Aananda plops down in a chair in the teacher's lounge and laughs. She'd been trying to hold it in ever since that horrid girl got slimed. Once she got a hold of herself she pressed a button on her headband.
"Message for Ryo: If the reason you left Gilly in charge of the assembly was to give yourself plausible deniability in the slime incident, then thank you. It was priceless. Don't you dare ever tell James I said so."
"I like how that sounds." Asch says as he quickly pulls out two large revolvers the guns crossed over each other. His eyes shine in anticipation. "Amada and myself will be on a team and I suppose any of you who wish to join may." He then reholsters both guns in one fluid motion.
"Were you paying attention at all?" she asked, laughing now. "You're worse than Jimmy. The snipe hunt is tomorrow night. And yes, new students can enter. If you go down to the basement tonight all you'll find is band practice. Which, judging by those drumsticks you've been waving around might be just your thing. I don't know if any of the bands are having open auditions but it can't hurt to check, right?"
Spin feigns indignance, "Of course I was paying attention. Some little watery guy said some stuff then I got out my drumsticks then the girl two seats over started blowing bubbles then some kind of moth got stuck in a light then 'Sima got on stage then a pretty professor came up and said some stuff then some chic came up and got slimed... which was pretty awesome - then they introduced the snipe hunt. See?"
He spins his drumsticks at the mention of the bands, "And I definitely have to check out those bands. Are any of them good?" His form spins into that of a tall, thin shirtless young man with strange piercings, tattoos, a guitar strapped across his back, and eyes lost behind a mess of long pith black hair slurrring out in a 'I'm too cool to annunciate properly' voice, "I live to rock."
Ephebe giggled. "That's amazing. I've never seen anyone so good at transformations before."
"Well, I think Kam's band is pretty darn good. Taron's in it too, and I'm still not sure how Kam managed that feat, but it turns out my brother has a good amount of musical knowledge. Anyways, I think they already have a drummer, but like I said, it can't hurt to ask around and see who is having auditions. If you're half as good on real drums as you are on whatever happens to be handy you'll have no trouble finding someone who wants you to join them."
"Oh, and fyi, the 'pretty professor' is my mom. She teaches PE. And the girl who got slimed is my ex-roommate, Nala. She's awful and totally deserves what she got. The guy who slimed her is my other brother, Jimmy, and I'm stuck rooming with him this term."
Mr. Sinh shuffles out, passing some of the youngsters he's seen before. He eyes the now-lanky drummer, "Young Spin, good to see you bipedal again." He smiles, nods politely, and moves on.
Aananda plops down in a chair in the teacher's lounge and laughs. She'd been trying to hold it in ever since that horrid girl got slimed. Once she got a hold of herself she pressed a button on her headband.
"Message for Ryo: If the reason you left Gilly in charge of the assembly was to give yourself plausible deniability in the slime incident, then thank you. It was priceless. Don't you dare ever tell James I said so."
"I might not have too." Ryo says in reply. "I caught him trying to gain access to the teacher's transmission last week. I don't know if he has stopped trying or succeeded when I wasn't watching."
"I might not have too." Ryo says in reply. "I caught him trying to gain access to the teacher's transmission last week. I don't know if he has stopped trying or succeeded when I wasn't watching."Aananda plops down in a chair in the teacher's lounge and laughs. She'd been trying to hold it in ever since that horrid girl got slimed. Once she got a hold of herself she pressed a button on her headband.
"Message for Ryo: If the reason you left Gilly in charge of the assembly was to give yourself plausible deniability in the slime incident, then thank you. It was priceless. Don't you dare ever tell James I said so."
She sighed. "That's my boy. There are times when it's a blessing that he inherited my skill with technology. And then there's the other eighty percent of the time," she added laughing.
She sighed. "That's my boy. There are times when it's a blessing that he inherited my skill with technology. And then there's the other eighty percent of the time," she added laughing.
"But it's nice to know you share some traits with your kids, isn't it?" Ryo asks thoughtfully. "Like when Gwenne and Tal keep finding the snacks no matter how hard I hide them!"
There is a pause.
"Oops."
"Damn parental pride..."
"Gwenne and Tal?????! Ryo, there is definitely something you're not telling me and I'm pretty damn sure the fact that you have children is not the kind of secret you're supposed to be keeping from your sister!"
The black-haired rocker Spin grins back at Ephebe, "Thanks." As she mentions the 'pretty professor' being her mother his grin deepens, a toothy affair in his current rocker shape, "I knew that, but couldn't think of a better way of saying how pretty you are. I -"
He's cut off by the janitor's appearance, and his shape pops back to the Spin you know, "Hey! Mr. S! Good to see… wait a minute.. how did you recognize me?" There is authentic annoyance and curiosity in his voice.
Ephebe blushed bright red when Spin told her he thought she was pretty.
"Gwenne and Tal?????! Ryo, there is definitely something you're not telling me and I'm pretty damn sure the fact that you have children is not the kind of secret you're supposed to be keeping from your sister!"
"Well.. um.. you only just got back from traveling last semester, and then there was all that trouble with the creature attacks and Taron's strange behavior and then we found out Kamenwati was a cambion and they ran off and everyone was looking for them..."
"Gwenne and Tal?????! Ryo, there is definitely something you're not telling me and I'm pretty damn sure the fact that you have children is not the kind of secret you're supposed to be keeping from your sister!""Well.. um.. you only just got back from traveling last semester, and then there was all that trouble with the creature attacks and Taron's strange behavior and then we found out Kamenwati was a cambion and they ran off and everyone was looking for them..."
"And that is not an excuse not to tell me you have children and you know it! How old are they? When can I meet them? Why haven't you introduced them before this? And don't try those lame excuses again."
"And that is not an excuse not to tell me you have children and you know it! How old are they? When can I meet them? Why haven't you introduced them before this? And don't try those lame excuses again."
"You'd think after you found out Keaton wasn't gone I'd remember to keep secrets a bit better..."
"Matthias is five years old and Gwenne and Tal are both four. I didn't tell you because I.. don't know how they'll react. It's.. complicated."
"And that is not an excuse not to tell me you have children and you know it! How old are they? When can I meet them? Why haven't you introduced them before this? And don't try those lame excuses again.""You'd think after you found out Keaton wasn't gone I'd remember to keep secrets a bit better..."
"Matthias is five years old and Gwenne and Tal are both four. I didn't tell you because I.. don't know how they'll react. It's.. complicated."
"Okay, that sounds serious. What's going on Ryo? Why is it complicated? I need to know. And you know it or you would never have let yourself slip like that."
"Okay, that sounds serious. What's going on Ryo? Why is it complicated? I need to know. And you know it or you would never have let yourself slip like that."
"It's not something we should use the teacher lines for." Ryo thinks directly to Aananda. Shorty after that the wall in front of her starts to warp and buckle until is becomes a door. It opens to reveal Ryo's office.
"Come on in." He says from behind his pink bubble.
Asch steps up behind Amada and wraps his arms around her waist as he talks. "So this Snipe hunt is there any prize for winning also who won last time?"
He's cut off by the janitor's appearance, and his shape pops back to the Spin you know, "Hey! Mr. S! Good to see... wait a minute.. how did you recognize me?" There is authentic annoyance and curiosity in his voice.
Sinh stops, turns, and makes mystical gestures in front of the young man's face. "I use great mind-bending magics, young Spin, and..." his gestures continue unabated and end with his gnarly finger pointing at a nearby corner, "I been standing over there the whole time. Doesn't do you much good to shift shape, son, while I'm watching. A good day to you now - Miss, young Spin." The kindly janitor smiles and heads toward the door. I'm gonna need the bucket to clean up all that slime.
Asch steps up behind Amada and wraps his arms around her waist as he talks. "So this Snipe hunt is there any prize for winning also who won last time?"
"I don't know who won the last Hunt, but the favorites to win were a team of three calling themselves the Triad and some guy going solo. As for a prize, there is one every now and then, but it's usually nothing important or exciting."
"The real prize is the target that's pretty much attached to your back during the next fight. Just about everyone wants to be the one to take out the last winner."
"Winning is a matter of opinion of course. The Hunt is timed, for one thing. The official winners are the people who manage to find and defeat one of the three Snipes. In the event of a tie, it usually comes down to which of them took out the most students. It's quite interesting when you ignore all that."
"Come on in." He says from behind his pink bubble.
"Please sit down, the Shield is only here in the event you try to throw something at me. Tea?" He offers as he gestures to the tray on the desk.
"Come on in." He says from behind his pink bubble."Please sit down, the Shield is only here in the event you try to throw something at me. Tea?" He offers as he gestures to the tray on the desk.
"Okay, now I'm really concerned. I think I'll pass on the tea. You have that look like you have something really awful to tell me," she said, sitting down. "Just spit it out, Ryo. Bad news never gets better with age."
Ephebe giggled at the expression on Spin's face and waved to Mr Sinh as he left to go clean up after Jimmy's latest mess.
"So...if you are going to try to find an audition tonight...would you mind if 'Sima and I tagged along? It's just, I thought it might cheer her up. A school activity that doesn't involve violence. For all I know she might have musical talent too. I guess I'll have to ask her. Me, I couldn't carry a tune in a bucket, but I love to listen."
"I hope I get a chance at them then. I hope they are a worthy challenge." Asch says with a wicked grin. "What is your specialty? I know Ephebe is a gunmage, but nothing about you and your...friend." He asks Taron.
Looks to Ephebe and Spin
"You two should be able to ... cheer up Nasima. I will head back to my room. See you tomorrow."
He bows to everyone, and leaves. As he walks away, he turns back
"Of course, if you need me, message me."
Spin does a mental face-palm and waves goodbye to Mr. S. "Aaaawww.. Krays, you won't come with us down to the bands? Who doesn't like music? It'll be fun. Cute girls, crappy basement music… how can you say no to that?"
Raises an eye ridge
"I do not enjoy loud music, or loudness in general. I don't want to be a ... downer? Go enjoy your music. H'Tor and I will play chess."
He smiles
"If you see any ... "hot"...female kobolds that "dig" dead things, let me know"
Shuffles off with H'Tor
"No, it doesn't. Hence the Shield."
"Now, you know I have three children. You also know that, all those years ago when we were chasing the Silver, that I once saw myself married and happy. That did happen, though I had to get her to like me first." He slides a picture of a woman through the Shield so Aananda can see it. A pretty woman with lovely brown hair smiles up at her. "That is Nimue. She was the one that convinced to start this school. She was smart, beautiful, and never had a unkind word to say. She loved our children and the children that were brought here to learn."
"She died a few years ago. She'd gone off to settle some sort of dispute that started over an old tradition she thought no one followed anymore. Her family met with another to try and settle things, but.. it ended badly. I got a letter a few days after that, which is the only way I knew anything had happened." His voice is thick with sadness as he continues. "I knew she kept secrets, but so did I, and neither of us thought they were important. I didn't tell her I was the adopted brother of a dragon and she..."
"I am so sorry for your loss, Ryo," she said with both sympathy and concern. "I can't imagine what you've been going through, losing the woman you loved." She paused. "And this is the part where it gets worse?"
"I hope I get a chance at them then. I hope they are a worthy challenge." Asch says with a wicked grin. "What is your specialty? I know Ephebe is a gunmage, but nothing about you and your...friend." He asks Taron.
** spoiler omitted **
"I'm no gunmage, but I've still got use for a gun. I made my own, of course." He holds up his hand and the small purple crystal hanging from his neck suddenly grows legs and scuttles up into the palm. Once there, it slowly warps and expands until his hand can be seen inside the crystal gun(a revolver at the moment). "As for 'my friend', you'll have to find out for yourself."
Spin shrugs. "Okay," he says, though his face says 'how can chess with a dead guy possibly be fun?' He turns back to Ephebe, jamming both hands in his deep pockets, "So how much time until the bands tonight? And where can I get a bite in the meantime? I missed lunch." Spin follows Ephebe back towards her room, blissfully ignorant that the reason she needed companionship was because she's apparently being stalked by dangerously-elusively-evil badguys.
Raises an eye ridge
"I do not enjoy loud music, or loudness in general. I don't want to be a ... downer? Go enjoy your music. H'Tor and I will play chess."
He smiles
"If you see any ... "hot"...female kobolds that "dig" dead things, let me know"
Shuffles off with H'Tor
"Bye, Krays."
She spotted a door that seemed to have a lot of breezes around it.
"That must be Nasima's room. Er, Spin, would you mind hanging out for a minute until I make sure she's in. I'm...kinda not supposed to be out in the halls alone. I sorta have a stalker," she added with a grimace.
Spin shrugs. "Okay," he says, though his face says 'how can chess with a dead guy possibly be fun?' He turns back to Ephebe, jamming both hands in his deep pockets, "So how much time until the bands tonight? And where can I get a bite in the meantime? I missed lunch." Spin follows Ephebe back towards her room, blissfully ignorant that the reason she needed companionship was because she's apparently being stalked by dangerously-elusively-evil badguys.
Ephebe laughed as they both spoke at the same time. She seemed to be doing that an awful lot lately, a fact that was totally lost on her.
"I didn't catch a word of that."
"I am so sorry for your loss, Ryo," she said with both sympathy and concern. "I can't imagine what you've been going through, losing the woman you loved." She paused. "And this is the part where it gets worse?"
"Yes." He says as he looks away. "The old tradition.. it stated that none of them could marry until they had slain a powerful magical creature. She had thrown that life away, but once they challenged our marriage.."
"She went to fight another clan of Hunters. Of her own, only our children and their cousin remain."
"She never told me."