Enre nods to Krays "Like wise."
"Hello, Vai. Nice to meet you." He smiles, which is hard for a kobold...but no less genuine. "What an odd time to be transferred here. I promise, it's not usually this...dangerous, or exciting."
"Oh, and Ephebe, Nasima's back, if you didn't know."
"She is?" she exclaimed happily. "I was starting to worry that she'd left for good this time."
"Nasima is my roommate," she explained to Vai, "and a good friend. But we haven't seen much of each other lately."
"Nice to meet you, Ryuzo," she said, with a smile, though she felt a little bit of misgiving. It was hard to know where you stood with the Champion of Deception.
"And I see there have been some changes since the last time we met, Enre. It...suits you."
"Nice to meet you, Ryuzo," she said, with a smile, though she felt a little bit of misgiving. It was hard to know where you stood with the Champion of Deception.
"And I see there have been some changes since the last time we met, Enre. It...suits you."
Enre shrugs after Ephebe speaks "Thank you."
"Would you like me to kiss it better?" she asked with an impish grin.
Grinning like a fool, he leans in and kisses Kitty on the lips.
"All better." ^-^
"So, now that we are all properly introduced, does anyone have any idea about what those things were, why they were here, and who made them?"
"So, now that we are all properly introduced, does anyone have any idea about what those things were, why they were here, and who made them?"
"Not a clue. They seemed to be some weird cross between construct and undead. They certainly fit in with the sort of monsters we've been dealing with of late, but there's no proof they're from the same source."
"Also, body parts crawling around trying to reassemble themselves....eeeeeeeeewwww."
"There was no necromancy involved in their creation, or I would have sensed it. There was nothing to control or sever. It was wholly mechanical, imho."
Looks at Alton for what seems just a second too long. He felt an itch in the back of his head, and didn't know why, but only when he looked at Alton...he shook his head, and filed it away for later..
"Interesting. What would you call something like that? Biomechanical engineering? For someone to animate a body with no necromancy involved is quite a feat. To make them pull themselves back together is an even bigger one. Are there any remains left?" Alton asks, curiosity in his eyes. "I would love to know how they work."
"I didn't keep any bits, but I'll bet either Mrs. Sunwake or Solivala have a sample. It's right in their area of study."
"I didn't keep any bits, but I'll bet either Mrs. Sunwake or Solivala have a sample. It's right in their area of study."
"Probably, although they might be pretty busy with clean-up. Especially considering this," she said, wiping a hand across the surface of the floor which was covered with a fine grey dust. "This wasn't here a few minutes ago, and I'm pretty sure this level of dust means that the security cloud crashed during the attack. We went through a few of these crashes when Mom was first developing the system. The dust gets into everything."
"This dust is lots of tiny dead robots? Neat."
Alton stares at the dust for a moment before producing a tiny plastic pouch and putting a pinch of the dust in it.
"Tiny robots or not, you never know when it might be useful." He explains, putting the pouch away.
Enre listens as the others speak about the zombie things and wonders to himself "Wonder why they attacked." He than looks at the dust around everything wondering "This is little robots? How ever odd."
"Hey, Enre, what do you think of Avalon so far? Pretty exciting place, isn't it?"
"Hey, Enre, what do you think of Avalon so far? Pretty exciting place, isn't it?"
Enre nods to Alton's statement. "I have done more guard work here than I did back home. Otherwise seems like a nice place to me."
"You know, Kitty... I've never forgotten you, not once. Maybe that means something about the way your stealth works." Michael muses, moving the discussion(reluctantly) from kissing to something else as a thought pops into his head. "I mean, you don't want me to, and I'm guessing you never have, right?"
"I have done more guard work here than I did back home. Otherwise seems like a nice place to me."
"It might come with the territory, school full of kids who don't understand what they do and all. Heck, I'm a firebird that has to wear a necklace to keep from setting everything on fire - even if it normally couldn't catch fire."
"You know, Kitty... I've never forgotten you, not once. Maybe that means something about the way your stealth works." Michael muses, moving the discussion(reluctantly) from kissing to something else as a thought pops into his head. "I mean, you don't want me to, and I'm guessing you never have, right?"
"Well...actually you forgot me lots of times before the time you got into a fight with Albin and I chased down Professor Relkav to tell him what really happened...not that he remembered what I told him, but at least I tried. You just seemed so lonely....kind of like me. And I really, really wanted you to remember me."
"I kind of assumed that the reason you started being able to remember me was because your own abilities started working. People with mind powers, I forget what the fancy word is, they can often get around my power. That's why Professor Sunwake remembers me. But even she forgets sometimes, so maybe you're right. Maybe you don't forget me because I want so badly for you to remember....but then I wanted badly for my family to remember me too, and that never worked. Maybe it has to be some combination of the two?"
"I have done more guard work here than I did back home. Otherwise seems like a nice place to me.""It might come with the territory, school full of kids who don't understand what they do and all. Heck, I'm a firebird that has to wear a necklace to keep from setting everything on fire - even if it normally couldn't catch fire."
"Well, as long as you don't take naps in the big oven....the cooks really hate that. Although I hear that the pottery class doesn't mind too much about folks having a bake in the kiln."
"Do you just release fire in a burst, or do you shape it?" she asked, curious.
"Maybe you don't forget me because I want so badly for you to remember....but then I wanted badly for my family to remember me too, and that never worked. Maybe it has to be some combination of the two?"
"You've never tried hiding from me though, right? Never tried to be anything but yourself around me?"
"Do you just release fire in a burst, or do you shape it?" she asked, curious.
"It's a burst if it's out of my control, but I can shape it when I do it on purpose. No refined details or anything, but some of the bands here have asked me to do their special effects while they perform."
"Maybe you don't forget me because I want so badly for you to remember....but then I wanted badly for my family to remember me too, and that never worked. Maybe it has to be some combination of the two?""You've never tried hiding from me though, right? Never tried to be anything but yourself around me?"
"No, I've never tried hiding from you. I wouldn't want to. At first just because you seemed lonely and I wanted to be your friend, and then the more I liked you, the more I wanted you to like me. But not some weird idea of me. Just me....but then with my family, I've been trying so hard to live up to their expectations....and not really trying to be myself....do you think maybe that's why?" she asked hopefully.
"Do you just release fire in a burst, or do you shape it?" she asked, curious."It's a burst if it's out of my control, but I can shape it when I do it on purpose. No refined details or anything, but some of the bands here have asked me to do their special effects while they perform."
"Refined details are hard," she said with a grimace. "Well, I guess I'm glad I'm not the only one that thinks so." ^.^
"That'll be cool, the pyrotechnics I mean. Now I'm looking forward to the concert even more."
"I know this sounds crazy, but what if people forget you because you forgot you?" Michael suggests, excitement and hope painfully obvious in his voice.
"Refined details are hard," she said with a grimace. "Well, I guess I'm glad I'm not the only one that thinks so." ^.^
"That'll be cool, the pyrotechnics I mean. Now I'm looking forward to the concert even more."
"I said I'd been asked, not that I was going too. I'm strange for a firebird in that I rarely feel like been flashy with fire. Well, big and flashy anyway." He thinks for a moment. "Tell you what, I'll do the pyrotechnics if you dance with during one of Fly Free's songs. I have it on good authority that one of them will be a slow song, so you should be able to keep up with me."
After several minutes of racing around the school and not finding any more of the fleshmetal men, Fei comes upon the cluster of students in the hall.
"Hello," he says to all, bowing quickly. "Has...anyone else encountered metal-infused people in the school...?"
Jim comes flying past, still large, and now traveling at about 20 feet per second, following the orb to Aananda. As he sees that none of these beings are zombies, he gives a friendly wave on his way past, nearly hitting the ceiling on his way past.
After several minutes of racing around the school and not finding any more of the fleshmetal men, Fei comes upon the cluster of students in the hall.
"Hello," he says to all, bowing quickly. "Has...anyone else encountered metal-infused people in the school...?"
"We encountered a few dozen in the basement, but they have been neutralized."
"I said I'd been asked, not that I was going too. I'm strange for a firebird in that I rarely feel like been flashy with fire. Well, big and flashy anyway." He thinks for a moment. "Tell you what, I'll do the pyrotechnics if you dance with during one of Fly Free's songs. I have it on good authority that one of them will be a slow song, so you should be able to keep up with me.""Refined details are hard," she said with a grimace. "Well, I guess I'm glad I'm not the only one that thinks so." ^.^
"That'll be cool, the pyrotechnics I mean. Now I'm looking forward to the concert even more."
She laughed. "Madame will absolutely have kittens if she sees me using classical ballet training to dance to rock music. Which makes the offer irresistibly tempting. Sure, why not? And don't worry, speed is not a problem for me," she added with a wink.
"I know this sounds crazy, but what if people forget you because you forgot you?" Michael suggests, excitement and hope painfully obvious in his voice.
"Well...I guess the only way to test that theory is to try to be more myself with everyone and see if people start remembering me," she said, nervously. "But that's really, really scary," she added in a rush.
"Do - do you think that Professor Ormarr would be willing to teach me about caring for animals? That sounds like a lot more fun than being a ninja," she said, twisting her hair. The more nervous she felt, the more her tail started twitching too. Saffire was starting to eye it like he was planning to pounce. "Sneaking around and getting information about stuff and getting into places I don't belong...it's just not really me. But it's what my family does, so I tried really, really hard...."
"Well...I guess the only way to test that theory is to try to be more myself with everyone and see if people start remembering me," she said, nervously. "But that's really, really scary," she added in a rush.
"Do - do you think that Professor Ormarr would be willing to teach me about caring for animals? That sounds like a lot more fun than being a ninja," she said, twisting her hair. The more nervous she felt, the more her tail started twitching too. Saffire was starting to eye it like he was planning to pounce. "Sneaking around and getting information about stuff and getting into places I don't belong...it's just not really me. But it's what my family does, so I tried really, really hard...."
"Meep!" Saffire squeaks as Michael catches him mid-pounce.
"That is not a fish." He tells the hand-held drake. "Kitty, I could introduce you to some of people back in Anderail first, if you'd like. It might be easier to start being yourself around people who don't know you, if that makes sense..."
She laughed. "Madame will absolutely have kittens if she sees me using classical ballet training to dance to rock music. Which makes the offer irresistibly tempting. Sure, why not? And don't worry, speed is not a problem for me," she added with a wink.
"Oh, trust me, there is a difference between being fast and keeping up. But at least you didn't uncover my ulterior motive!" He replies mischievously. "I'm tempted to see her face too, you know. Telling me I have bad form! The audacity!" Alton's facial expression is an almost exact match to Madame's when she uses that word.
"Perhaps we should dress appropriately?" He suggests. "Spiked hair, ripped sleeves, chains on our pants, way too costume make-up..."
"Well...I guess the only way to test that theory is to try to be more myself with everyone and see if people start remembering me," she said, nervously. "But that's really, really scary," she added in a rush.
"Do - do you think that Professor Ormarr would be willing to teach me about caring for animals? That sounds like a lot more fun than being a ninja," she said, twisting her hair. The more nervous she felt, the more her tail started twitching too. Saffire was starting to eye it like he was planning to pounce. "Sneaking around and getting information about stuff and getting into places I don't belong...it's just not really me. But it's what my family does, so I tried really, really hard...."
"Meep!" Saffire squeaks as Michael catches him mid-pounce.
"That is not a fish." He tells the hand-held drake. "Kitty, I could introduce you to some of people back in Anderail first, if you'd like. It might be easier to start being yourself around people who don't know you, if that makes sense..."
She smiled shyly. "I'd like that. It really is hard to change all at once. People always say be yourself, but almost nobody actually oes that cause it's really scary."
She laughed. "Madame will absolutely have kittens if she sees me using classical ballet training to dance to rock music. Which makes the offer irresistibly tempting. Sure, why not? And don't worry, speed is not a problem for me," she added with a wink."Oh, trust me, there is a difference between being fast and keeping up. But at least you didn't uncover my ulterior motive!" He replies mischievously. "I'm tempted to see her face too, you know. Telling me I have bad form! The audacity!" Alton's facial expression is an almost exact match to Madame's when she uses that word.
"Perhaps we should dress appropriately?" He suggests. "Spiked hair, ripped sleeves, chains on our pants, way too costume make-up..."
Ephebe laughed. "You should have seen her turn slightly green when she found out how long I've been studying ballet. She's really envious of people who age more slowly than she does."
"I think I'll pass on the chains and ripped sleeves. Speed plus fire plus loose bits of costume equals nasty accidents. Actually I think more like an iridescent white body stocking with glittery flames on it in different colors. I should be able to easily modify my costume from last year's recital to look like that. And cast a few anti-fire enchantments on it. I may have fire resistance, but that doesn't really help if my clothes burn off."
"We encountered a few dozen in the basement, but they have been neutralized."After several minutes of racing around the school and not finding any more of the fleshmetal men, Fei comes upon the cluster of students in the hall.
"Hello," he says to all, bowing quickly. "Has...anyone else encountered metal-infused people in the school...?"
He nods.
"I am glad everyone is alright, then. I will keep looking to make sure others are as well," he replies as he heads off down the hall and around a corner.
"I think I'll pass on the chains and ripped sleeves. Speed plus fire plus loose bits of costume equals nasty accidents. Actually I think more like an iridescent white body stocking with glittery flames on it in different colors. I should be able to easily modify my costume from last year's recital to look like that. And cast a few anti-fire enchantments on it. I may have fire resistance, but that doesn't really help if my clothes burn off."
I'm burning off your clothes
It is getting so hot their gonna burn right off!
"I do not set things on fire accidentally while I am wearing the necklace." Alton replies with crossed arms. "But I'll forgive you this time."
She smiled shyly. "I'd like that. It really is hard to change all at once. People always say be yourself, but almost nobody actually does that cause it's really scary."
"Imagine for a minute that you just invited me back to your little hometown where news travels faster than wildfire in a forest. Now imagine just how fast that is in an actual forest." Michael replies. "Oh , Tapio, protect me in the coming trial."
Kitty gets the impression that Michael is only half-joking.
Watches Jim fly by and wave
"Um does anyone know the giant golem that went flying by?"
"...and you dance." he says to Ephebe, smiling.
"It seems your 'awesome' knows no bounds. When is the concert?"
"I think I'll pass on the chains and ripped sleeves. Speed plus fire plus loose bits of costume equals nasty accidents. Actually I think more like an iridescent white body stocking with glittery flames on it in different colors. I should be able to easily modify my costume from last year's recital to look like that. And cast a few anti-fire enchantments on it. I may have fire resistance, but that doesn't really help if my clothes burn off."I'm burning off your clothes
It is getting so hot their gonna burn right off!"I do not set things on fire accidentally while I am wearing the necklace." Alton replies with crossed arms. "But I'll forgive you this time."
"Oh, come on. It's not like we've rehearsed this. The chances of one or both of us making a mis-step are definitely higher than zero. And better safe than naked in front of the entire school." ;P
Watches Jim fly by and wave
"Um does anyone know the giant golem that went flying by?""...and you dance." he says to Ephebe, smiling.
"It seems your 'awesome' knows no bounds. When is the concert?"
Ephebe blushed bright red.
"I've been studying ballet since I was six," she mumbled.
"Er, anyways, the concert is tomorrow night," she said quickly, trying (and failing) to cover her embarrassment.
She smiled shyly. "I'd like that. It really is hard to change all at once. People always say be yourself, but almost nobody actually does that cause it's really scary.""Imagine for a minute that you just invited me back to your little hometown where news travels faster than wildfire in a forest. Now imagine just how fast that is in an actual forest." Michael replies. "Oh , Tapio, protect me in the coming trial."
Kitty gets the impression that Michael is only half-joking.
Kitty smiled for real. "I think I'll like that too. Causing a stir is better than being forgotten. And I'm really looking forward to seeing a real forest. I never have before. It's hard to imagine so many trees in one place."
"Oh, come on. It's not like we've rehearsed this. The chances of one or both of us making a mis-step are definitely higher than zero. And better safe than naked in front of the entire school." ;P
"Speak for yourself. You're the one that's going to need to keep up, remember? Though now that you mention it, I probably could shape the fire into a dress if you somehow catch yourself on fire... burn through the enchantments first..." Alton seems to be seriously considering this line of thought.
"Don't worry, I'll have a darkness spell ready just in case."
"Oh, come on. It's not like we've rehearsed this. The chances of one or both of us making a mis-step are definitely higher than zero. And better safe than naked in front of the entire school." ;P"Speak for yourself. You're the one that's going to need to keep up, remember? Though now that you mention it, I probably could shape the fire into a dress if you somehow catch yourself on fire... burn through the enchantments first..." Alton seems to be seriously considering this line of thought.
"Well, that would look cool, but I'd need someone waiting in the wings with some kind of robe or something so I could get er, covered up as soon as the flames disappear."
"It would work better if I did it myself since I wouldn't burn through my clothes...but I'm not that good with the flame manipulation yet."
Kitty smiled for real. "I think I'll like that too. Causing a stir is better than being forgotten. And I'm really looking forward to seeing a real forest. I never have before. It's hard to imagine so many trees in one place."
"Oh great, one order of 'embarrassing Dacamara family memories' with a side order of 'stroll through the woods' coming right up. Would you like fries with that?" Michael replies with over-the-top sarcasm.
"Don't worry, I'll have a darkness spell ready just in case."
"And as usual you come to the rescue," she said, smiling.