After her classes are over for the day, Vai will tell Phaez and Ephebe that she has plans and will hurry up to Sifu Daiyu's classroom, in the demiplane in the tower. She was still amazed at the beauty and serenity of the place. Sifu Daiyu was absent, as far as she could tell, but she took time to sit on the mat, in the position that Nasima had showed her, and meditate. The meditation session was likely short, Vai barely able to contain her joy at being able to fly freely.
With her mind a little bit more at ease, Vai approaches the edge of the room, looking out into the strange dimensional space. She feels a tremendous feeling of agoraphobia staring out into the vast expansive space. She trembles, but closes her eyes and allows her wings to grow.
For a moment, Vai simply stands and stretches her wings to their fullest extent. It felt... good. More and more, she felt natural when she was transformed. More natural than her own body. It was a very strange feeling. She opened her eyes and dove out into the openness.
The wind currents in the strange space take Vai by surprise, but her instincts take over and she rights herself, cold air biting at her face, but she is smiling. Flying is such an amazing feeling. She was alone up here, nothing to worry about, nothing to care about but right now. The wind along her wings. Her wings. She should put them to the test
Vai wraps her wings around herself, suddenly terrified as the yawning sensation of falling begins. She feels the leathery sensation of her own wings, keeping her warm as she gained speed, diving faster and faster. She opens her wings slowly, trying to pull herself up out of the crazy headlong dive, but also not wanting to hurt herself by jarring her wings. Eventually she has slowed enough that she opens her wings all the way, preforming a perfect swoop, rocketing straight back up. Tears of joy stream down her face. This was freedom. Aegythrax would never touch her again. Maybe she could be happy. At least everything he did to her had given her this one gift.
After an hour of flying through the cool, crisp air of the demiplane, Vai returns to the ledge at speed, slowing at the last instant as she preforms a walking landing. Vai couldn't recall the last time she felt so happy.
Since she had some free time, Ephebe headed to go spend some time trying to cheer up Fieri. Not that she expected to be very successful, but she knew from experience that just making the effort made a difference.
On the way, Ephebe notices a strange pulse go through the school, though it lasts only a moment.
"Well that was unexpected." Alton says as he looks over the magic in front of him. "I didn't think to account for the energy all of this is giving off."
"Can you fix that?"
"I can change it so the energy is reabsorbed and used."
"So everything is going to be ready?"
"Of course."
"That's good. We start now."
Nodding, Alton begins the changes and then begins to set things in motion.
Upon finding Jeran in the garden...
"Jeran, we would like a moment of your time please."
Once Krays and Fei meet up in the cafeteria, it doesn't take long for them to find out where Jeran currently is. They head out to the garden to find the lycan leader pacing back and forth snarling to himself.
Fei grabs a 'to-go' bowl of rice and vegetables and polishes it off quickly as they go to the garden and locate Jeran.
"Jeran, we would like a moment of your time please."
Fei bows slightly, not reassured by the lycanthrope's body language and vocalizations. He keeps his senses open for any other 'company' in the vicinity...
"What do you want?" Jeran barked. "It's not like I don't have enough to worry about right now....wait. You," he said, eyes narrowing as he looked at Fei. "You were one of the ones involved in the fight this morning. Tell me what happened."
"Hey, guys. I came to cheer you up, Fieri. I know, I know...there's not much I can do....but I'm here and you have my undivided attention for as long as you want it."
::Hey, Jimmy, do you know what that pulse was?::
::No...it's weird. We should stay alert.::
::Okay. I'll let Taron know.::
::Hey, Tare....something weird a little bit ago. Stay alert, okay?::
"So...I guess the guitar means you've been working on setting your feelings to music...want me to listen?"
"Not really. It's not helping right now.....is this the right time to ask you to let me use you as a dress up doll?" Fieri asked in a lame attempt at humor.
Ephebe gave her a quick hug. "Hey, if it makes you feel even a little better I'll let you dress me up in whatever crazy outfits you feel like."
::At least it wasn't just me.:: Taron sends to his siblings. ::Do you have any idea where is came from?::
::At least it wasn't just me.:: Taron sends to his siblings. ::Do you have any idea where is came from?::
::Not a clue. It seemed pretty generalized. That worries me.::
::At least it wasn't just me.:: Taron sends to his siblings. ::Do you have any idea where is came from?::::Not a clue. It seemed pretty generalized. That worries me.::
::It felt like it was moving through the whole school.::
Ephebe gave her a quick hug. "Hey, if it makes you feel even a little better I'll let you dress me up in whatever crazy outfits you feel like."
Ephebe gave her a quick hug. "Hey, if it makes you feel even a little better I'll let you dress me up in whatever crazy outfits you feel like."
::It still had to start somewhere, right? Did anyone else noticed it?::
::Not that I'm aware of. I'd ask Krays, but he's in the middle of something right now. He went to talk to Jeran. Don't want to interrupt at a bad time.::
::Chances are pretty good Mom noticed though. And or grandma. you know how on edge they both are right now.::
::I'll check in with them. I'll keep an open line in case you want to listen or say something.::
::Mom? Grandma? Did either of feel that pulse a moment ago? Phebes, Jiminy, and I all felt something go through the school.::
::I thought there was an echo of something, but nothing I could put my finger on. It must have been centered on the school itself.::
::I felt something. I have the security bots doing extra sweeps. There's only so much I can do right now, though. Stuck in a staff meeting. Ugh.::
Khassarm notices the pulse and thinks to himself "Self: that felt like when we stepped through the doorway in the pyramid."
Kitty laughed. "Well, Obaa-sama would always assign the worst chores to any children he could catch, so we all learned to be pretty quiet....although I would have loved to have been able to have a teacher like Cait. You can learn so much about stealth just from watching her. She's really amazing."
"That she is." Jerak agrees. "Smart too. Knows all the places to avoid, knows shortcuts down on the ground, and can lead you to game."
Meanwhile, Anthony risks finger and food trying to get Saffire to balance a piece of meat on his snout before snapping it up.
Enre walks around a bit wondering if he should go to his room to rest or to the library to read some more.
"Ammy, go help the security bots." Taron tells his psicrystal , who promptly jumps through a tiny portal.
::I've got Ammy helping look now. If we could figure out the direction it came from we could probably find the source.::
Meanwhile, Anthony risks finger and food trying to get Saffire to balance a piece of meat on his snout before snapping it up.
Saffire showed off happily, deftly catching the meat in his mouth, then looking at Anthony expectantly.
"Don't give him any more," Kitty said. "He'll eat until he bursts if you let him. And I don't have anything with me to make him puke if he overeats again."
"Ammy, go help the security bots." Taron tells his psicrystal , who promptly jumps through a tiny portal.
::I've got Ammy helping look now. If we could figure out the direction it came from we could probably find the source.::
::Good. The more eyes we have on this the better. I don't want any more nasty surprises like the last...I was going to say one, but these things do seem to show up in groups.::
"But I just taught him how to do it!" Anthony protests. "And why would you make him puke? He won't learn not to overeat that way."
::Good. The more eyes we have on this the better. I don't want any more nasty surprises like the last...I was going to say one, but these things do seem to show up in groups.::"Ammy, go help the security bots." Taron tells his psicrystal , who promptly jumps through a tiny portal.
::I've got Ammy helping look now. If we could figure out the direction it came from we could probably find the source.::
::I'll keep an eye on things through my scrying crystals, see if I can pick up anything.::
::Good. The more eyes we have on this the better. I don't want any more nasty surprises like the last...I was going to say one, but these things do seem to show up in groups.::
::So this would be the time to tell you Krays is talking to that lycan, Jeran Darkclaw? Don't know what it's about, but Phebes doesn't want to interrupt.::
"But I just taught him how to do it!" Anthony protests. "And why would you make him puke? He won't learn not to overeat that way."
"Do you know what it's like having a familiar? It's different than a pet, Anthony-kun. And I have no idea if he would just have a stomachache or if he would actually eat himself to death. I don't plan on taking that chance."
"What do you want?" Jeran barked. "It's not like I don't have enough to worry about right now....wait. You," he said, eyes narrowing as he looked at Fei. "You were one of the ones involved in the fight this morning. Tell me what happened."
Fei focuses his attention back on Jeran, who finds the sudden intensity of that focus a tad...unnerving...from somebody who was not a 'predator' like him.
"Borin and Rintol were in the Cafeteria harassing some other students. I believe one of them dropped a student into the oatmeal pot in the kitchens before coming out into the seating area. Another student, Enre, was trying to get Borin and Rintol to stop picking on the others, when they both attacked him."
"I witnessed this from the serving line, and came over to try and diffuse the situation before it escalated any further. At that point, a dome of pink material (created by Gustav Stonecutter) surrounded the two lycanthropes and contained them for a moment. They broke out of it and continued their attack."
"When I tried to find out why they were acting in this fashion, they indicated that they wanted to hurt people, and mentioned something about not caring about any rules other than 'the rule of the strong'."
"While we were in the process of trying to speak with them, another dome was raised, and the interior surface turned into silver - I believe to prevent them from breaking out a second time. Then it suddenly exploded. Borin and Rintol were pierced by several large pieces of silver, and some of it vaporized and got into their lungs as well. We had to rush them to the Infirmary in order to save their lives."
"Afterward, a white-haired lady with a small group passed us in the Cafeteria, trading barbed comments with Gustav before leaving. I do not know if she is a lycanthrope as well, but she did have a forked tongue, like a snake."
Fei will describe her in good detail in case there is any question as to her identity
Raises an eyeridge at Jeran, but says nothing as Fei explains this morning's events
::Good. The more eyes we have on this the better. I don't want any more nasty surprises like the last...I was going to say one, but these things do seem to show up in groups.::::So this would be the time to tell you Krays is talking to that lycan, Jeran Darkclaw? Don't know what it's about, but Phebes doesn't want to interrupt.::
::Judging by the rant we all had to listen to from Vakkler about the lycans being out of control, I'd guess that it has something to do with that. I'll ask her about it once I'm out of this accursed meeting.::
"Dammit!" Jeran punched the side of the building. The stone is cracked slightly from the impact. "So Ssrena is making a move. And she knows the identity of the kid who did it. I was too careless. Okay, so where is this Gustav kid now? Because if Ssrena and her faction get to him first it will not end well."