Asha laughed. "I prefer my pancakes charred and covered in kerosene, thanks. Pretty sure berry sauce would send me straight to the infirmary. There's a reason why the firebird food is kept in a separate section."
Once inside the cafeteria, she grabbed a tray and piled it high with charred pancakes, hash blacks, blackened bacon, and so on until it was so heavy she could barely lift it to get to a table.
"Yes, getting sent to the infirmary would be rather bad." The shaman says with a straight face. He gets his berry pancakes, a large fruit smoothie, and a side plate of steak and eggs, and follows Asha to the table "Do you need some help with that plate?" He asks politely.
Her relaxed position suddenly fades, her eyes narrowing. "Kindly keep out of my emotions. Those are private." she does her bast to mentally wall herself off. It more or less just makes her seem evasive and angry.Lyzzie made a face as if she had just bitten into a lemon. "Uh...okay.....er, sorry, but vanity just really tastes bad, like sour and bitter and burning cold and kinda sharp. Ick. Sorry, I know I'm not supposed to read people without permission, like, duh, Lyzzie, just because you have empathy doesn't mean you have to use it all the time, but I kinda can't help it. Mostly I just pick up on the big emotions, and that one was really big. Umm....kinda think I might know what they want you to learn here now," she said, wrinkling her nose.
"A list would be nice. I'm honestly not sure. The gods want me to improve, but I've got no clue how I possibly could."
"I'm trying! It's not like I want to hear, see, smell, and taste everyone else's emotions all the time! It's very inconvenient, and I get enough yelling from Miss Jones already because I'm such a dunce about learning how to make a mental shield!" she retorted.
Keme stalks carefully through the grass, ready to pounce at the first sign of an opening.
"AH!!" Serrin yelps as Alys nips her feet, spinning around towards the red fox, 'exposing' her to Keme.
Keme leaped up, grabbed the book, and dashed away across the lawn, with a few wobbles because the book was technically a bit large for him to keep hold of in this form.
"Yes, getting sent to the infirmary would be rather bad." The shaman says with a straight face. He gets his berry pancakes, a large fruit smoothie, and a side plate of steak and eggs, and follows Asha to the table "Do you need some help with that plate?" He asks politely.Asha laughed. "I prefer my pancakes charred and covered in kerosene, thanks. Pretty sure berry sauce would send me straight to the infirmary. There's a reason why the firebird food is kept in a separate section."
Once inside the cafeteria, she grabbed a tray and piled it high with charred pancakes, hash blacks, blackened bacon, and so on until it was so heavy she could barely lift it to get to a table.
"It would be bad because they get super cranky when you show up again right after they've just discharged you. I've almost got the standard lecture memorized now," she said, making a face.
"No, I've got it," she said, starting to wobble, but just barely making it to a table before her food spilled everywhere. Again. This morning.
She sat down and started eating at a rapid pace. "Oh, that's so much better than nutrient drips," she said in between bites.
She blew her nose."You're not the only one with issues," she admitted sheepishly. "I may freak out a little about making mistakes. Mostly because my mistakes, historically speaking, have had catastrophic consequences.. I just....I don't want you to think that I view you that way. I know you're not property and you should be free to use or not your powers in any way you see fit without any compulsions. I'm just also an idiot who happens to be supremely prone to putting my foot in my mouth," she finished with a sigh.
He shakes his head and gives her a quick extra squeeze before letting go.
"I know you don't think of me that way. We wouldn't hang out if you did. But I know you're nicer than that. And I'm not gonna hold a slip of the tongue against ya."He pats her on the back and smiles, letting her know they were all good.
"Now, how about we find the train to Goblin Town, see what we can find, eh?"
"I'm trying! It's not like I want to hear, see, smell, and taste everyone else's emotions all the time! It's very inconvenient, and I get enough yelling from Miss Jones already because I'm such a dunce about learning how to make a mental shield!" she retorted.Her relaxed position suddenly fades, her eyes narrowing. "Kindly keep out of my emotions. Those are private." she does her bast to mentally wall herself off. It more or less just makes her seem evasive and angry.Lyzzie made a face as if she had just bitten into a lemon. "Uh...okay.....er, sorry, but vanity just really tastes bad, like sour and bitter and burning cold and kinda sharp. Ick. Sorry, I know I'm not supposed to read people without permission, like, duh, Lyzzie, just because you have empathy doesn't mean you have to use it all the time, but I kinda can't help it. Mostly I just pick up on the big emotions, and that one was really big. Umm....kinda think I might know what they want you to learn here now," she said, wrinkling her nose.
"A list would be nice. I'm honestly not sure. The gods want me to improve, but I've got no clue how I possibly could."
"... Wait, hold on."
'she relaxes, and leans over the table a bit."Somone else is doing the yelling?"
she smiles wide. A tad too wide.
"I don't have to micromanage people?"
"I find I like that idea," she said, smiling back, and then pulling her hand away. "Are you going to be offended if I spend the rest of lunch as a polar bear? Talking about the past makes it harder not to focus on, and I find being a bear helps. Nobody messes with a polar bear if they can help it," she said with a small laugh.
"Hah, not at all." He takes his mole form. He looks over and sees the foxes at play with Serrin.
::Look, Genosuke-sama and his family are playing as well. Glad to see them happy.::
Keme leaped up, grabbed the book, and dashed away across the lawn, with a few wobbles because the book was technically a bit large for him to keep hold of in this form.Keme stalks carefully through the grass, ready to pounce at the first sign of an opening.
"AH!!" Serrin yelps as Alys nips her feet, spinning around towards the red fox, 'exposing' her to Keme.
Going along with Keme's game, Genosuke conjures 2 identical images to Keme with the book that go running off in other directions.
"HEY!! GIVE ME MY BOOK BACK!!" She shouts, laughing, and chasing after Keme. Suddenly, a pair of other Keme foxes appear, and dash off opposite her target. "NO FAIR!! She shrieks and then summons a pair of shadowy panthers that race after the other two Keme's.
Alys laughs a grinning, fox laugh then pounces on Genosuke, tumbling him over and running headlong after Keme.
She blew her nose."You're not the only one with issues," she admitted sheepishly. "I may freak out a little about making mistakes. Mostly because my mistakes, historically speaking, have had catastrophic consequences.. I just....I don't want you to think that I view you that way. I know you're not property and you should be free to use or not your powers in any way you see fit without any compulsions. I'm just also an idiot who happens to be supremely prone to putting my foot in my mouth," she finished with a sigh.He shakes his head and gives her a quick extra squeeze before letting go.
"I know you don't think of me that way. We wouldn't hang out if you did. But I know you're nicer than that. And I'm not gonna hold a slip of the tongue against ya."
He pats her on the back and smiles, letting her know they were all good.
"Now, how about we find the train to Goblin Town, see what we can find, eh?"
"Yeah, okay," she said, tucking a stray piece of hair behind her ear. "Pretty sure that the tram station is that way," she said, pointing. "Presuming I've got the right orientation from the map we saw earlier."
As they walked toward the station she pointed to the bag. "It may have been the result of a goof-up, but you have to admit, the unicorn and heart patches are a nice touch. It's probably the most stylish bag of holding I've ever seen," she said, biting her lip to keep from laughing at the sheer absurdity of the situation. "Here, let's see, the board says that it's tram 13 to Goblintown...which one is that?" she said, looking around the platform.
"I'm trying! It's not like I want to hear, see, smell, and taste everyone else's emotions all the time! It's very inconvenient, and I get enough yelling from Miss Jones already because I'm such a dunce about learning how to make a mental shield!" she retorted.Her relaxed position suddenly fades, her eyes narrowing. "Kindly keep out of my emotions. Those are private." she does her bast to mentally wall herself off. It more or less just makes her seem evasive and angry.Lyzzie made a face as if she had just bitten into a lemon. "Uh...okay.....er, sorry, but vanity just really tastes bad, like sour and bitter and burning cold and kinda sharp. Ick. Sorry, I know I'm not supposed to read people without permission, like, duh, Lyzzie, just because you have empathy doesn't mean you have to use it all the time, but I kinda can't help it. Mostly I just pick up on the big emotions, and that one was really big. Umm....kinda think I might know what they want you to learn here now," she said, wrinkling her nose.
"A list would be nice. I'm honestly not sure. The gods want me to improve, but I've got no clue how I possibly could.""... Wait, hold on."
'she relaxes, and leans over the table a bit.
"Somone else is doing the yelling?"
she smiles wide. A tad too wide.
"I don't have to micromanage people?"
"Uh, yeah? The teachers are in charge of us students, and the Headmaster is in charge of everyone....so if anyone's going to be yelling or managing it's the teachers. We're not really allowed to boss other people around. That'll get you detention pretty quick."
"I find I like that idea," she said, smiling back, and then pulling her hand away. "Are you going to be offended if I spend the rest of lunch as a polar bear? Talking about the past makes it harder not to focus on, and I find being a bear helps. Nobody messes with a polar bear if they can help it," she said with a small laugh."Hah, not at all." He takes his mole form. He looks over and sees the foxes at play with Serrin.
::Look, Genosuke-sama and his family are playing as well. Glad to see them happy.::
Nala shifted to polar bear form, which had the added benefit of making the sashimi left in her lunchbox much, much better. She looked over at the foxes playing on the lawn. ::Yes. The resilience of sentient beings is always something of a miracle,:: she said thoughtfully.
"HEY!! GIVE ME MY BOOK BACK!!" She shouts, laughing, and chasing after Keme. Suddenly, a pair of other Keme foxes appear, and dash off opposite her target. "NO FAIR!! She shrieks and then summons a pair of shadowy panthers that race after the other two Keme's.
If there was one thing that Keme understood it was how to avoid getting caught after doing something irritating. He started weaving around, changing places with his illusory doubles over and over until it was impossible to tell which one was which and who was supposed to be chasing who.
Alys laughs a grinning, fox laugh then pounces on Genosuke, tumbling him over and running headlong after Keme.
She will hear growl yipping in very close pursuit behind her.
"Uh, yeah? The teachers are in charge of us students, and the Headmaster is in charge of everyone....so if anyone's going to be yelling or managing it's the teachers. We're not really allowed to boss other people around. That'll get you detention pretty quick.""I'm trying! It's not like I want to hear, see, smell, and taste everyone else's emotions all the time! It's very inconvenient, and I get enough yelling from Miss Jones already because I'm such a dunce about learning how to make a mental shield!" she retorted.Her relaxed position suddenly fades, her eyes narrowing. "Kindly keep out of my emotions. Those are private." she does her bast to mentally wall herself off. It more or less just makes her seem evasive and angry.Lyzzie made a face as if she had just bitten into a lemon. "Uh...okay.....er, sorry, but vanity just really tastes bad, like sour and bitter and burning cold and kinda sharp. Ick. Sorry, I know I'm not supposed to read people without permission, like, duh, Lyzzie, just because you have empathy doesn't mean you have to use it all the time, but I kinda can't help it. Mostly I just pick up on the big emotions, and that one was really big. Umm....kinda think I might know what they want you to learn here now," she said, wrinkling her nose.
"A list would be nice. I'm honestly not sure. The gods want me to improve, but I've got no clue how I possibly could.""... Wait, hold on."
'she relaxes, and leans over the table a bit.
"Somone else is doing the yelling?"
she smiles wide. A tad too wide.
"I don't have to micromanage people?"
""detention"? Regardless. Great news. was getting really sick of always having to deal with this or that. Be a nice break to not have to command people constantly."
"The boss had them released to the firebirds' custody last night. He had Mithros take them over. They're still in their cage though, I think. Anyways, it was something about military versus civil authority. They're firebirds who committed crimes against firebirds and need to be judged by their own people kind of thing. I'm glad to come with you since I have some rare free time, but I doubt they'll let us in. They're pretty prickly towards outsiders," he said with a shrug.
"Oh...that was information I was missing," Fei replies with a slightly embarrassed look. "Their sudden absence had me thinking they had been removed without anyone else knowing, given the atrocities they had committed. I...suppose it would be best to not make a stressful situation even more so with our presence."
"Hm."
Jessa grins at him, ignoring her awkwardness and embarrassment, "Yeah, that was well done, Mithros." Her eyes widen a little and the verbal diarrhea begins, "Not that I am some kind of expert or anything but anyway I dunno if a crowd would be a good idea but I will give it a try as long as you are okay with leaving if it turns out to be too much not that I am expecting it will but just in case oh god I am rambling okay I will see you later I have to go now..." She picks her tray up and takes it back to the kitchen, walking with quick steps.He smiles back, surprised at how making her happy, in turn made himself happy. Then realized he was grinning like an idiot.
"Did I do it right this time?" he asked Ginni.
"Anyway, Jessa, how are you with crowds? I think there's bound to be a gathering somewhere on campus, like a party. It's the weekend. We could do that, or just hang out by ourselves, whatever you wish."
"Umm...nice to meet you Ace, and thanks Ginni. Say hi to Rae for me."
Mithros gets up and follows after Jessa."Wait! You don't have to leave, I have to go check in at the refugee camp anyway. Please don't worry about rambling or being awkward. I understand you've been through a lot and this is new. Don't stress on my account, please. I'll meet up with you later, and we can decide what we'll do then, ok?"
"I'm also in Mis Ephebe's class for all the normal stuff, and I have Mr Krays as my necromancy teacher"
Listens to both of them.
"I don't know Krays or Ephebe...oh wait, is Krays the kobold? I think I spoke with him about murders on the school grounds. Are they helping with your powers?"
"I'm also in Mis Ephebe's class for all the normal stuff, and I have Mr Krays as my necromancy teacher"Listens to both of them.
"I don't know Krays or Ephebe...oh wait, is Krays the kobold? I think I spoke with him about murders on the school grounds. Are they helping with your powers?"
"Well, i mean, someone helped me control them. I think it's ephebe's parent. Bit k don't feel I've made any progress from there."
""detention"? Regardless. Great news. was getting really sick of always having to deal with this or that. Be a nice break to not have to command people constantly."
"Detention is when you have to spend your free time doing extra, and usually especially unpleasant, work assigned by whichever teacher is in charge. They get really creative about it sometimes too. Sooo.....I guess that you're, like, in charge of a lot where you come from?"
"The boss had them released to the firebirds' custody last night. He had Mithros take them over. They're still in their cage though, I think. Anyways, it was something about military versus civil authority. They're firebirds who committed crimes against firebirds and need to be judged by their own people kind of thing. I'm glad to come with you since I have some rare free time, but I doubt they'll let us in. They're pretty prickly towards outsiders," he said with a shrug."Oh...that was information I was missing," Fei replies with a slightly embarrassed look. "Their sudden absence had me thinking they had been removed without anyone else knowing, given the atrocities they had committed. I...suppose it would be best to not make a stressful situation even more so with our presence."
"Hm."
"Don't worry about it. With everything that happened last night, it was hard to keep track of what was going on. It would have been easy for you to miss that part of things while you were busy acting as translator with those weird mechanical bugs at the factories. I was pretty useless in that situation, so I was paying more attention to the radio chatter, that's all."
"Detention is when you have to spend your free time doing extra, and usually especially unpleasant, work assigned by whichever teacher is in charge. They get really creative about it sometimes too. Sooo.....I guess that you're, like, in charge of a lot where you come from?"
""detention"? Regardless. Great news. was getting really sick of always having to deal with this or that. Be a nice break to not have to command people constantly."
Maya frowns at the thought of being made to do anything.
"Yes. I'm the pharaoh, like i said. I rule by Devine decree. What i says happens. When my parents died, the gods themselves raised me."
"Detention is when you have to spend your free time doing extra, and usually especially unpleasant, work assigned by whichever teacher is in charge. They get really creative about it sometimes too. Sooo.....I guess that you're, like, in charge of a lot where you come from?"
""detention"? Regardless. Great news. was getting really sick of always having to deal with this or that. Be a nice break to not have to command people constantly."Maya frowns at the thought of being made to do anything.
"Yes. I'm the pharaoh, like i said. I rule by Devine decree. What i says happens. When my parents died, the gods themselves raised me."
"Is that what pharaoh means? I'd never heard that word before, but you used a lot of words I didn't know and I was too embarrassed to ask about all of them," Lyzzie admits with a laugh. "I'm sorry about your parents. That must have been hard. And wow, that must have been pretty weird being raised by gods. Not a lot of arguing about bedtime then, I guess," she joked.
Serrin gets all flustered and confused, chasing first one fake Keme, and then another. After this goes on for a good few minutes, she howls in frustration, then suddenly realizes how she can spot the real Keme. She concentrates for a few moments, and 'feels' for the shadow the true fox that has book. She locates him and pounces. "HA! Got ya!"
"Is that what pharaoh means? I'd never heard that word before, but you used a lot of words I didn't know and I was too embarrassed to ask about all of them," Lyzzie admits with a laugh. "I'm sorry about your parents. That must have been hard. And wow, that must have been pretty weird being raised by gods. Not a lot of arguing about bedtime then, I guess," she joked."Detention is when you have to spend your free time doing extra, and usually especially unpleasant, work assigned by whichever teacher is in charge. They get really creative about it sometimes too. Sooo.....I guess that you're, like, in charge of a lot where you come from?"
""detention"? Regardless. Great news. was getting really sick of always having to deal with this or that. Be a nice break to not have to command people constantly."Maya frowns at the thought of being made to do anything.
"Yes. I'm the pharaoh, like i said. I rule by Devine decree. What i says happens. When my parents died, the gods themselves raised me."
"..., I don't sleep. I just have a spell that lets me stay awake. Instead of sleeping, I go to four to eight hour Devine meetings daily."
"Don't worry about it. With everything that happened last night, it was hard to keep track of what was going on. It would have been easy for you to miss that part of things while you were busy acting as translator with those weird mechanical bugs at the factories. I was pretty useless in that situation, so I was paying more attention to the radio chatter, that's all."
"It was a rather full evening, yes. May today be much less...busy," the young monk intones, almost as if in prayer. "It might be a worthy challenge to try and stay out of any troubles today." :)
"Yeah, okay," she said, tucking a stray piece of hair behind her ear. "Pretty sure that the tram station is that way," she said, pointing. "Presuming I've got the right orientation from the map we saw earlier."
As they walked toward the station she pointed to the bag. "It may have been the result of a goof-up, but you have to admit, the unicorn and heart patches are a nice touch. It's probably the most stylish bag of holding I've ever seen," she said, biting her lip to keep from laughing at the sheer absurdity of the situation. "Here, let's see, the board says that it's tram 13 to Goblintown...which one is that?" she said, looking around the platform.
He follows her lead, right next to her.
"Heh, I'll give you that one. It's actually the one you would've chosen having been presented with every bag of holding available. The one you would've brought. Phenomenal Cosmic Powers, and all that that." He wiggles his fingers to demonstrate the mysticism of the whole exchange.He glances to the directory, not finding much help there before glancing to the lines themselves.
"Ahhh, there, thirteen. Right after the old guy with the blue coat and sunglasses." He points to the near end of the platform.
"Well, i mean, someone helped me control them. I think it's ephebe's parent. Bit k don't feel I've made any progress from there."
Nods. "I have a tutor as well. She told me I am 'psychic', and not cursed. I hope she is correct."
Nods. "I have a tutor as well. She told me I am 'psychic', and not cursed. I hope she is correct."
"Well, i mean, someone helped me control them. I think it's ephebe's parent. Bit k don't feel I've made any progress from there."
"She took me into my own mind. It was wierd in there."
Nala shifted to polar bear form, which had the added benefit of making the sashimi left in her lunchbox much, much better. She looked over at the foxes playing on the lawn. ::Yes. The resilience of sentient beings is always something of a miracle,:: she said thoughtfully.
"I find I like that idea," she said, smiling back, and then pulling her hand away. "Are you going to be offended if I spend the rest of lunch as a polar bear? Talking about the past makes it harder not to focus on, and I find being a bear helps. Nobody messes with a polar bear if they can help it," she said with a small laugh."Hah, not at all." He takes his mole form. He looks over and sees the foxes at play with Serrin.
::Look, Genosuke-sama and his family are playing as well. Glad to see them happy.::
::Something to remember, Miss Sentient Being:: he says, followed by a chortle squeak.
Ardiente grins at Chara "I have to admit, I would also pretend to be sad sometimes just to get feel better cookies" He says, with a chuckle as he puts on his apron.
He turns to Ignace "Alright, what do we do first? Be easy on me, as this is my first time." He says with a small smile.
Serrin gets all flustered and confused, chasing first one fake Keme, and then another. After this goes on for a good few minutes, she howls in frustration, then suddenly realizes how she can spot the real Keme. She concentrates for a few moments, and 'feels' for the shadow the true fox that has book. She locates him and pounces. "HA! Got ya!"
The red fox itself seems to turn to smoke and reappears a few feet away, but the book is left there in her grasp. The fox turns and nods at her, conceding that she won the game.
"..., I don't sleep. I just have a spell that lets me stay awake. Instead of sleeping, I go to four to eight hour Devine meetings daily.""Is that what pharaoh means? I'd never heard that word before, but you used a lot of words I didn't know and I was too embarrassed to ask about all of them," Lyzzie admits with a laugh. "I'm sorry about your parents. That must have been hard. And wow, that must have been pretty weird being raised by gods. Not a lot of arguing about bedtime then, I guess," she joked."Detention is when you have to spend your free time doing extra, and usually especially unpleasant, work assigned by whichever teacher is in charge. They get really creative about it sometimes too. Sooo.....I guess that you're, like, in charge of a lot where you come from?"
""detention"? Regardless. Great news. was getting really sick of always having to deal with this or that. Be a nice break to not have to command people constantly."Maya frowns at the thought of being made to do anything.
"Yes. I'm the pharaoh, like i said. I rule by Devine decree. What i says happens. When my parents died, the gods themselves raised me."
Lyzzie looked appalled. "That's awful! You poor thing! Ugh, gods obviously make terrible parents! That is no way to treat a kid! How is your brain supposed to process memories properly if you never sleep?! That's just...well, awful!"
"Don't worry about it. With everything that happened last night, it was hard to keep track of what was going on. It would have been easy for you to miss that part of things while you were busy acting as translator with those weird mechanical bugs at the factories. I was pretty useless in that situation, so I was paying more attention to the radio chatter, that's all.""It was a rather full evening, yes. May today be much less...busy," the young monk intones, almost as if in prayer. "It might be a worthy challenge to try and stay out of any troubles today." :)
Jeran laughed. "Well, if that works as well for you as it does for me, then we're in trouble already," he joked.
"Yeah, okay," she said, tucking a stray piece of hair behind her ear. "Pretty sure that the tram station is that way," she said, pointing. "Presuming I've got the right orientation from the map we saw earlier."
As they walked toward the station she pointed to the bag. "It may have been the result of a goof-up, but you have to admit, the unicorn and heart patches are a nice touch. It's probably the most stylish bag of holding I've ever seen," she said, biting her lip to keep from laughing at the sheer absurdity of the situation. "Here, let's see, the board says that it's tram 13 to Goblintown...which one is that?" she said, looking around the platform.He follows her lead, right next to her.
"Heh, I'll give you that one. It's actually the one you would've chosen having been presented with every bag of holding available. The one you would've brought. Phenomenal Cosmic Powers, and all that that." He wiggles his fingers to demonstrate the mysticism of the whole exchange.
He glances to the directory, not finding much help there before glancing to the lines themselves.
"Ahhh, there, thirteen. Right after the old guy with the blue coat and sunglasses." He points to the near end of the platform.
"Ah, right, alright, let's go," she said, heading for the queue for tram 13. This train was considerably less crowded than the one to the Bazaar had been. It's fairly easy to find seats in the mostly empty car, and the other people riding this way all looked a bit strange. There was some sort of sheep person in a trench coat, glaring at everyone suspiciously. The fellow wearing sunglasses indoors, of course. A twitchy goblin carrying a large brown paper bag and drinking from a fast food paper cup. A crumbly clay golem accompanying a tiny winged fairy. And a small group of rowdy adolescent dwarves wearing clothing with too many spikes on.
The tram pulled out of the station and headed off through a tunnel. It appeared that this was going to be the extent of the view for the remainder of the ride.
One of the dwarves swaggered up to Jasper and Andromeda. "What say youse pretty ladies joins us for a drink," he sneered in a tone that screamed trying to pick a fight.
Ardiente grins at Chara "I have to admit, I would also pretend to be sad sometimes just to get feel better cookies" He says, with a chuckle as he puts on his apron.
He turns to Ignace "Alright, what do we do first? Be easy on me, as this is my first time." He says with a small smile.
Ignace sighed and rolled her eyes. "Your boyfriend is so weird, Raelle," she complained.
Ignace sighed and rolled her eyes. "Your boyfriend is so weird, Raelle," she complained.Ardiente grins at Chara "I have to admit, I would also pretend to be sad sometimes just to get feel better cookies" He says, with a chuckle as he puts on his apron.
He turns to Ignace "Alright, what do we do first? Be easy on me, as this is my first time." He says with a small smile.
Raelle laughed as she tied on her own apron and pulled her hair up into a messy topknot. "Sorry, Ignace, you're just going to have to get used to him. I'm planning on keeping him," she said with a wink.
"Alright, Ardiente, you stay there, we'll get all the stuff out and then Ignace can walk you through how to make cookies," she said, starting to pull out bowls and cookie sheets, while the Ignace and Chara grabbed other bins and boxes out of the cupboards.
The red fox itself seems to turn to smoke and reappears a few feet away, but the book is left there in her grasp. The fox turns and nods at her, conceding that she won the game.Serrin gets all flustered and confused, chasing first one fake Keme, and then another. After this goes on for a good few minutes, she howls in frustration, then suddenly realizes how she can spot the real Keme. She concentrates for a few moments, and 'feels' for the shadow the true fox that has book. She locates him and pounces. "HA! Got ya!"
And is immediately bowled over by the black fox.
Lyzzie looked appalled. "That's awful! You poor thing! Ugh, gods obviously make terrible parents! That is no way to treat a kid! How is your brain supposed to process memories properly if you never sleep?! That's just...well, awful!""..., I don't sleep. I just have a spell that lets me stay awake. Instead of sleeping, I go to four to eight hour Devine meetings daily.""Is that what pharaoh means? I'd never heard that word before, but you used a lot of words I didn't know and I was too embarrassed to ask about all of them," Lyzzie admits with a laugh. "I'm sorry about your parents. That must have been hard. And wow, that must have been pretty weird being raised by gods. Not a lot of arguing about bedtime then, I guess," she joked."Detention is when you have to spend your free time doing extra, and usually especially unpleasant, work assigned by whichever teacher is in charge. They get really creative about it sometimes too. Sooo.....I guess that you're, like, in charge of a lot where you come from?"
""detention"? Regardless. Great news. was getting really sick of always having to deal with this or that. Be a nice break to not have to command people constantly."Maya frowns at the thought of being made to do anything.
"Yes. I'm the pharaoh, like i said. I rule by Devine decree. What i says happens. When my parents died, the gods themselves raised me."
"Keep watch lets me process normally as long as I don't do anything strenuous. And I'm only barely awake during the meetings. So, they're far from strenuous."
she thinks she knows what she's talking about. But she more just doesn't like the idea of being wrong, so she made up the most plausible reason she could find.
"It would be bad because they get super cranky when you show up again right after they've just discharged you. I've almost got the standard lecture memorized now," she said, making a face.
"No, I've got it," she said, starting to wobble, but just barely making it to a table before her food spilled everywhere. Again. This morning.
She sat down and started eating at a rapid pace. "Oh, that's so much better than nutrient drips," she said in between bites.
Silinrul reflexes goes to steady Asha, but is just a tad too slow and her food wipes out. He smiles as she digs in "That's a good, healthy appetite, and yes, much better than nutrient drips, whatever those might be."
While they're in the middle of eating, a ghostly black raven flies in, and lands next to Sil's plate, and starts chattering at him.
And is immediately bowled over by the black fox.The red fox itself seems to turn to smoke and reappears a few feet away, but the book is left there in her grasp. The fox turns and nods at her, conceding that she won the game.Serrin gets all flustered and confused, chasing first one fake Keme, and then another. After this goes on for a good few minutes, she howls in frustration, then suddenly realizes how she can spot the real Keme. She concentrates for a few moments, and 'feels' for the shadow the true fox that has book. She locates him and pounces. "HA! Got ya!"
Being smaller than the black fox, there wasn't much he could do to stop it, but once again he turns to smoke and reappears a few feet away, turning around to make sure that the black fox saw him before taking off once more.
Lyzzie looked appalled. "That's awful! You poor thing! Ugh, gods obviously make terrible parents! That is no way to treat a kid! How is your brain supposed to process memories properly if you never sleep?! That's just...well, awful!""..., I don't sleep. I just have a spell that lets me stay awake. Instead of sleeping, I go to four to eight hour Devine meetings daily.""Is that what pharaoh means? I'd never heard that word before, but you used a lot of words I didn't know and I was too embarrassed to ask about all of them," Lyzzie admits with a laugh. "I'm sorry about your parents. That must have been hard. And wow, that must have been pretty weird being raised by gods. Not a lot of arguing about bedtime then, I guess," she joked."Detention is when you have to spend your free time doing extra, and usually especially unpleasant, work assigned by whichever teacher is in charge. They get really creative about it sometimes too. Sooo.....I guess that you're, like, in charge of a lot where you come from?"
""detention"? Regardless. Great news. was getting really sick of always having to deal with this or that. Be a nice break to not have to command people constantly."Maya frowns at the thought of being made to do anything.
"Yes. I'm the pharaoh, like i said. I rule by Devine decree. What i says happens. When my parents died, the gods themselves raised me.""Keep watch lets me process normally as long as I don't do anything strenuous. And I'm only barely awake during the meetings. So, they're far from strenuous."
she thinks she knows what she's talking about. But she more just doesn't like the idea of being wrong, so she made up the most plausible reason she could find.
"If you say so," Lyzzie says skeptically, clearly not convinced. "But it sure doesn't sound healthy to me. You at least need to take naps or something."
"It would be bad because they get super cranky when you show up again right after they've just discharged you. I've almost got the standard lecture memorized now," she said, making a face.
"No, I've got it," she said, starting to wobble, but just barely making it to a table before her food spilled everywhere. Again. This morning.
She sat down and started eating at a rapid pace. "Oh, that's so much better than nutrient drips," she said in between bites.
Silinrul reflexes goes to steady Asha, but is just a tad too slow and her food wipes out. He smiles as she digs in "That's a good, healthy appetite, and yes, much better than nutrient drips, whatever those might be."
While they're in the middle of eating, a ghostly black raven flies in, and lands next to Sil's plate, and starts chattering at him.
"Nutrient drips are what they give you in the infirmary when you get admitted and are hippo something or other. I dunno. I wasn't paying that much attention at the time," she said, in between bites. She is quickly devouring the large pile of food in front of her as if she hadn't eaten in days.
"That's a really strange bird," she said, staring at the raven quizzically, but not pausing her breakfast at all.
Sil smiles at the bird "This is Huninn, my spirit animal. Hunnin, this is Asha, my friend. Well, I'm pretty sure we're friends." The bird nods a greeting to Asha.
Ardiente sighs dramatically "I'm so misunderstood." He says, barely containing a grin.
He stands a bit out of the way while the girls get everything set up, though he will offer to help if any of them appear to need an assist.
Being smaller than the black fox, there wasn't much he could do to stop it, but once again he turns to smoke and reappears a few feet away, turning around to make sure that the black fox saw him before taking off once more.
The old fox watches the spectacle, chuckling to himself from a tree branch he's flown up to.