"Thanks, Tyrrin. I'll be in the meditation classroom if you need any assistance when they get out of hand....it's never if. Always when. Good luck. You're gonna need it," she added with a wnk.Tyrrin smiled. Well, at least it would be a challenge. She would need to start designing a cirriculum... "And good luck to you Professor. My offer to help is always on the table."
Tyrrin was headed to the cafeteria with some purpose. She was hungry, the morning had been busy and the afternoon and evening looked to be about the same. She was hurrying to get lunch before heading to the observatory, didn't want to leave Ghalen waiting too long.
Ghalen spots Tyrrin as she rounds a corner, the arrows leading him to her. "Good afternoon Mr. Kiln," she intones as he approaches. "Your morning was productive I trust?"
He smiles and bows, then steps in stride with her.
"As productive as can be expected, Miss Denulia. How has your morning gone?"
Johnny could see it was a small Child about 6 or 7, she had some wood sticks in her hand.
She was peeking thought the roots of the fallen tree, looking at storm.
::"I want you to go talk to her, could you do that for me"::
Storm asked.
::"Ya sure"::
Johnny dropped out of storm, and stood. The child had ducked down.
"Hi, hello? would it be ok if I walked to you?"
Johnny shifted to look more Female than male thinking it would make the girl feel more comfortable.
The Little girl came out dressed in rags and bear feet, she said.
"Your very pretty, are you an angle? have you come for my grandma, if you have you don't need to, she's not that ill, shes getting better, I can tell"
The little girl started look as if she was going to cry, Johnny went over and kneeled down in front of her.
"No I haven't come to take your Grandma, is your grandma ill?"
The little girl looked into Johnnys eyes the look broke Johnnys Heart, the Child nodded and said, crying all gone away now, she had good news
"yes, shes been ill for days and days and I have been keeping her warm and things but she wont eat, and she makes this sound in her chest."
"Dos your mother know?"
"I don't know my mother, Grandma said she is with the angels, with you and the others."
The Little girl looked hopeful at Johnny.
"That building over there is that where you live?"
Johnny pointed at the only building in sight.
"Yes, me and Grandma, Granddad made it long time ago"
"Could I ask your name?"
"Sara"
"I'm Johnny nice to meet your Sara, look I just need to get something and then I will help you get wood how dos that sound?
all the little girl did was nod, Johnny got up and went back to storm.
::Medical unit now please, then pre-fab a heating and food replicator and send them over with an awake drone, you know where I am going.::
A small Medical unit fell into Johnnys hand. Then turning s/he helped pick up some wood and walked to the shack with Sara.
Johnny spent 20 mins with the grandmother, she was in a bad way, ill yes and close to death, but by no means old, 55 if a day. She was just warn out, years of working the land and looking one then another child, it had aged her, then a simple illness.
It did not take long, She was stabilized and the chest infection would be treated.
"Your grandma will be fine Sara, she was very ill but no shes getting better."
Sara sat holding her Sleeping grandmas hand.
"I have asked someone to come here and look after you until shes batter hows do that sound."
Again the child nodded lost for words at the angle who had come.
Then a Full AI drone came in with the heater and heating and food replicator. Storm had given is selfwarenss and had fulled it in one what was here. It came in looking like a humming bird. Johnny talked to it
::"Hello, welcome to life"::
This was common greeting for new AIs in the culture.
::"Have you chosen a name?::
::"Yes I felt Krix De Avalon would be good, I am pleased to meet you Johnny, Storm my parent has told me all about you."::
::"Nice to meet you Krix, now you of course can do as you please, you have life and have no obligation to me or Storm, But could as ask that you do a thing for me. This child and her grandmother need help, I am sorry to say I can not at this moment, nor Storm, but would you be willing to"::
::"I take it this was the reason I was given life?"::
::"yes"::
::"Then I feel an obligation to help and would be happy to"::
::"Thank you Krix I will introduce you if I may"::
Johnny looked at Sara,
::"Sara, this is Krix, shes here to help you wile your grandma rests ok, the Medicine I gave her will fix her better but she needs to rest, wile she dos, Krix will keep the place warm and can make nice things to eat how dos that sound."::
the little girl looked at Krix zipping around putting the heater in place.
Its stopped in front of Sara,
"hello Sara, your nice, can I make you some cake, do you like cake, I like cake, it flitted over to the replicator as it pinged and a cake popped out."
The Little girl ran over Excitedly and tuck the cake sitting down she had forgotten Johnny, all ready playing with Krix.
The room was all ready getting warm and Johnny slipped out the door.
Storm was just outside, Walking to Storm s/he could her Krix say.
"Shall I tell you about numbers, there are many and they come in all shapes and sizes..."
Getting in they where soon in the air again, slipping away with out a sound.
::"When did you find her"::
::"When I had a little fly, A scan showed me the Adult was in trouble, so I called you."::
::"This place, its hard to take."::
::"yes it is but we do what we can, you know your going to be late to your class"::
::"Do your best Storm, At the moment that's the last thing on my mind"::
Soon they where back, Storm Displacing Johnny into class, late but there.
Dave frows and lights his hand on fire raises one eye as he looks at Tamina assuming she doesn't give objections Dave places his hand on Raelle's shoulder and wills the fire into her.
He smiles and bows, then steps in stride with her.
"As productive as can be expected, Miss Denulia. How has your morning gone?"
"It has been... informative, to say the least. I will be teaching Professor Reading's Basic Arcana class until she is feeling better." Tyrrin grimaced as they round into the cafeteria. The line was long. First day of classes and all. "You know, I could just conjure us some food. I don't really want to wait in that line."
Cloaked in an aura that makes people's gaze slide over them like they aren't there, Taron and Kam hurry through the school as quickly as they can to get to the Hatchery. They were surprised the school even let them in at first. They were almost nervous wrecks by the time the slip into the Hatchery, thinking somone, anyone, they wanted to avoid would see them anyway. Kanebwati takes the music box as Taron goes immediately to his eggs. They were so happy to see their parents again.
She sighed, perfectly content. When he stroked her ears her tail wagged. She was too happy to even try to stop it. It couldn't last. Good things never did. But she would never forget this. It was only a matter of time before he came to his senses and realized he could do a lot better than her, but until then....until then, maybe it was okay to just be happy.Ehos eventually stops the stroking. While it might've seemed absent minded, he was perfect aware of every hair in every stroke, was focusing on it. See? Thinking was overrated, whatever Tyrrin might say. Still... they should talk. He gently pushes her off, grabbing the datapad. 'I told you you were beautiful. Didn't think you were going to make me prove it.' Ehos displayed as he picked up the datapad.
"I...I thought you were just saying it to be nice," she said, suddenly nervous. She wasn't so good at the talking part. "I...I thought you liked someone else."
"And the last time someone told me I was beautiful was right before I got kicked out of my Pack....before I came here. It's complicated. Politics usually are even in a society with only one law. If the strongest makes the rules, then everyone wants to be close to the strongest....and sometimes that means eliminating the competition. And I guess that was me."
"Anyways, I guess I just wanted to explain why that makes me nervous."
"It has been... informative, to say the least. I will be teaching Professor Reading's Basic Arcana class until she is feeling better." Tyrrin grimaced as they round into the cafeteria. The line was long. First day of classes and all. "You know, I could just conjure us some food. I don't really want to wait in that line."He smiles and bows, then steps in stride with her.
"As productive as can be expected, Miss Denulia. How has your morning gone?"
"Congratulations. I think teaching suits you."
"I don't mind at all. I was coming to find you to see if you wanted to pick up food on the way to the observatory, but conjured is fine."
"You do realize this is a place the family frequents, right? Including Ryleh. The master diviner. Who probably wasn't fooled by that aura?"
While true in every way, the look on Taron's face was so priceless Kam would have lied to see. Theirs was a strange relationship.
"You do realize this is a place the family frequents, right? Including Ryleh. The master diviner. Who probably wasn't fooled by that aura?"
While true in every way, the look on Taron's face was so priceless Kam would have lied to see. Theirs was a strange relationship.
"Oh, I assure you, I was not fooled at all....and I spend as much of the day as possible in here. It helps to reassure me that the little ones are safe," she said, standing up from her seat in the shadows.
Spoiler:"Do not worry about pronouncing my name, it's in a very old language. Too old for any other than my child to find any power in it." The pale lioness exlpains. "Vare, are you aware you are traveling in the Waking Realms while seeing the Dreamlands? You look quite out of place to the Waking."
The feathered blue-and-white serpent was now flying closer to the lioness, inspecting her. Vare was trying to ignore the various shapes and manifestations of the students walking by, as some of them were disconcerting.
Despite the lunch rush, the madman continues to speak to the air, standing in the middle of the hallway as he is.
"Fire and glare!" Kam exclaims, using an Underdark phrase as he jumps at Ryleh's sudden appearance. "What is with this family and trying to give me a heart attack?!"
"I...I thought you were just saying it to be nice," she said, suddenly nervous. She wasn't so good at the talking part. "I...I thought you liked someone else."
"And the last time someone told me I was beautiful was right before I got kicked out of my Pack....before I came here. It's complicated. Politics usually are even in a society with only one law. If the strongest makes the rules, then everyone wants to be close to the strongest....and sometimes that means eliminating the competition. And I guess that was me."
"Anyways, I guess I just wanted to explain why that makes me nervous."
'I'm sorry... I didn't mean to bring back painful memories. I hate politics too. Probably my luckiest stroke was being born second.' Ehos was worried. He was already screwing it up, and he had said one sentence. 'As far as the other person... she doesn't really matter anymore' that was probably too harsh, Ehos still liked Anahita... but he wanted to make sure Jaiye understood. 'I don't know how I missed it all these months... but you are amazing Jaiye. And you run with a new Pack now. One which won't throw you away for being what you are.' he strokes her hair again, his eyes are fond. He was trying really hard to explain the feelings that had compelled him to kiss her.
'I... I'm not good at dealing with girls... I've never had a real relationship. Just a long string of one-night stands. It's really hard not to just keep kissing you and not think about it... but that's not what this is, right?'
"It's too much fun."
"Been reading to the great-grandkids, Grandma?"
"Fire and glare!" Kam exclaims, using an Underdark phrase as he jumps at Ryleh's sudden appearance. "What is with this family and trying to give me a heart attack?!"
"I can be patient. Thank you for your assistance, One of the Dream. How do I locate the Headmaster?" Vare hadn't even attempted to pronouce the lioness' name, which was probably a good thing.
"Congratulations. I think teaching suits you."
"I don't mind at all. I was coming to find you to see if you wanted to pick up food on the way to the observatory, but conjured is fine."
"Professor Reading thinks I need to work on my people skills, at least, when I get intellectually engaged in something. So I'm looking forward to the challenge."
"Yes, let's do that. I'm sure you'll want to see that video. My conjured food isn't fantastic... but it's nourishment at least." Tyrrin and Ghalen head up towards the observatory, and are forced to skirt around a ugly-dressed unkempt man who seemed to be addressing the air with remarkable clarity.
"Something brushed my staff, which I was checking to see how deep it is. Tis about four feet to the bottom. Think what's down there might be our snake?""Maybe. Let me see if I can talk to it, okay?" she said kneeling down beside the water.
"Hello. Are you the creature we're looking for?" she asked in snake language.
The water remains still and quiet. Everything is quiet in fact. Even the sounds of the other students have died done to nothing.
Byhdrany does lead Vare to the Headmaster's office, but whether the trip is short or long is difficult to tell.
"Hey Adon is there a reason you're eating all the shiny and all the food? When I said to train the anti stuff I meant like learning to control it. Not making it get big and eat all the air shininess." He looks concerned.
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"Something brushed my staff, which I was checking to see how deep it is. Tis about four feet to the bottom. Think what's down there might be our snake?""Maybe. Let me see if I can talk to it, okay?" she said kneeling down beside the water.
"Hello. Are you the creature we're looking for?" she asked in snake language.
The water remains still and quiet. Everything is quiet in fact. Even the sounds of the other students have died done to nothing.
** spoiler omitted **
when they arrive fhey see a 5ft 6 armed silvery figure without a mouth,
'I'm sorry... I didn't mean to bring back painful memories. I hate politics too. Probably my luckiest stroke was being born second.' Ehos was worried. He was already screwing it up, and he had said one sentence. 'As far as the other person... she doesn't really matter anymore' that was probably too harsh, Ehos still liked Anahita... but he wanted to make sure Jaiye understood. 'I don't know how I missed it all these months... but you are amazing Jaiye. And you run with a new Pack now. One which won't throw you away for being what you are.' he strokes her hair again, his eyes are fond. He was trying really hard to explain the feelings that had compelled him to kiss her.'I... I'm not good at dealing with girls... I've never had a real relationship. Just a long string of one-night stands. It's really hard not to just keep kissing you and not think about it... but that's not what this is, right?'
"No...I....I would take that if it was all I could have, but....but it's not what I want. I want to be with you, preferably for a long time," she said, blushing. "I....I'm not good at this either. I mean...I've hooked up with guys before, but never....never because we actually cared about each other. I've never been in a relationship either. I'll probably screw up. A lot. But...I'd like to try if you....if you feel the same way."
She sounded like an idiot. She could barely make coherent sentences. It was hard to think straight when he was looking at her like that. This all seemed too good to be true. He was actually choosing her? She had no idea why. But she wasn't about to argue.
"It's too much fun."
"Been reading to the great-grandkids, Grandma?"
"Of course. It soothes them. Even if they can't understand the words yet, they like hearing the sound of voices."
"You don't need to be so nervous, Kamenwati. No matter what family quarrels we may have no one begrudges you time with your children."
"Something brushed my staff, which I was checking to see how deep it is. Tis about four feet to the bottom. Think what's down there might be our snake?""Maybe. Let me see if I can talk to it, okay?" she said kneeling down beside the water.
"Hello. Are you the creature we're looking for?" she asked in snake language.
The water remains still and quiet. Everything is quiet in fact. Even the sounds of the other students have died done to nothing.
Kitty frowned. She let that pull that happened so often go and a dolphin appeared in the pool.
"Hello, friend. Can you please tell me if there is anything in this pool besides you?" she asked it in dolphin.
Dave frows and lights his hand on fire raises one eye as he looks at Tamina assuming she doesn't give objections Dave places his hand on Raelle's shoulder and wills the fire into her.
It took a lot longer this time and even after a couple minutes of applied fire she still looked run-down, although she did manage to pick her head up off the table.
"Thanks, Dave," she said, weakly.
After some time Sun decides he best leave before Ignace sees him. Sun heads back to Lang's classroom glancing in he sees Lang just sitting at his desk head down resting on his hands just stareing straight ahead.
Sun quietly and slowly enters the room
He moves in front of him Lang? you gonna be alright? he asks a look of concern on his face
The dolphin dives down to look and resurfaces a few moments later.
"Strange thing. Like sea snake with no tail."
The dolphin dives down to look and resurfaces a few moments later.
"Strange thing. Like sea snake with no tail."
"Is it friendly? I don't want to bother it if it wants to be left alone. If it's not the creature we're looking for we just want to go past...can you tell it for us?"
"Of course. It soothes them. Even if they can't understand the words yet, they like hearing the sound of voices."
"You don't need to be so nervous, Kamenwati. No matter what family quarrels we may have no one begrudges you time with your children."
"I'm not nervous, I just didn't think anyone else was in here is all."
"Show her what we brought back with us." Tarons tells him as he mentally greets his neices and nephews. Such young minds, such a strong bond already. This must be like how his bond with his siblings was, even back before Kam.
Kam holds the misshapen music box out to Ryleh and opens it, glad James had fixed it to the point he didn't have to wrench it open and worry about breaking it.
"It's... it's from Ianthe. It plays a dragon lullaby."
Lang just looks up rubs his nose with the back of his hand.
Yeah...I think so, I'm hopeing things will be different at dinner tonight I am hopeing Chara will come by to see us and you can play games together, I know how much you care about her well being
Sun puts his hand on Lang's shoulder I care about you and Ignace as well. Cheer up will ya, class starts up soon and you are supposed to try waterbendeing sometime today. just focus on that or you'll never make it through the lesson.
Yeah guess your right Sun
Lang grabs a sheet of paper and starts to jot a note down. he quickly folds it up and hands it to Sun.
take this to a Professor De'Nown please, I had tea with him earlier today just use the arrows they can lead you to him. Please Sun, it is important
Sun takes the note Ok, I won't be long Sun heads out to deliver the message.
"Is it friendly? I don't want to bother it if it wants to be left alone. If it's not the creature we're looking for we just want to go past...can you tell it for us?"The dolphin dives down to look and resurfaces a few moments later.
"Strange thing. Like sea snake with no tail."
"Can't speak snake. One head sleeping. Other heads watching."
"Can't speak snake. One head sleeping. Other heads watching.""Is it friendly? I don't want to bother it if it wants to be left alone. If it's not the creature we're looking for we just want to go past...can you tell it for us?"The dolphin dives down to look and resurfaces a few moments later.
"Strange thing. Like sea snake with no tail."
"Okay, thank you. I'll try to speak with it. I may need you to help me get away if it isn't friendly."
Kitty waded into the water, letting the dolphin point her in the right direction towards where the creature was.
"Of course. It soothes them. Even if they can't understand the words yet, they like hearing the sound of voices."
"You don't need to be so nervous, Kamenwati. No matter what family quarrels we may have no one begrudges you time with your children."
"I'm not nervous, I just didn't think anyone else was in here is all."
"Show her what we brought back with us." Tarons tells him as he mentally greets his neices and nephews. Such young minds, such a strong bond already. This must be like how his bond with his siblings was, even back before Kam.
Kam holds the misshapen music box out to Ryleh and opens it, glad James had fixed it to the point he didn't have to wrench it open and worry about breaking it.
"It's... it's from Ianthe. It plays a dragon lullaby."
She froze as the music filled the air. Her hand rose to cover her mouth as the tears began to stream down her face.
"My grandfather used to sing that song to me when I was a hatchling," she said hoarsely, overcome with emotion.
"Um, Kitty, where ya goin?" Ace asks, unable to speak dolphin.
Dave frows and lights his hand on fire raises one eye as he looks at Tamina assuming she doesn't give objections Dave places his hand on Raelle's shoulder and wills the fire into her.It took a lot longer this time and even after a couple minutes of applied fire she still looked run-down, although she did manage to pick her head up off the table.
"Thanks, Dave," she said, weakly.
Dave sits down and puts his arm around her, diming the flame but not extingusing it, "Anytime, when you feel bad, it makes me sad, if you ever want something from me, you need just ask" he rubs her back and lets the fire go out and returns to his food with his other arm.
"Wow, Kam, you broke Grandma."
"Shut up!"
""I'm glad you got to hear it again, Granma Ryleh. That's at least one more good thing to come out of this mess."
"Um, Kitty, where ya goin?" Ace asks, unable to speak dolphin.
"Oh, sorry. I forgot you can't speak with animals. There's a creature in the water that might be what we're looking for. I'm going to talk with it."
It took a lot longer this time and even after a couple minutes of applied fire she still looked run-down, although she did manage to pick her head up off the table."Thanks, Dave," she said, weakly.
Walking back into the Cafeteria, Anahita debated more sushi, perhaps even asking the staff how it was prepared, but some fire and shining lights caught her attention. Looking over, she saw another group of girls and David, without his illusions.
One person caught her attention, how ever as she came walking over. She did not look well to her trained healer's eye.
"Greetings, I am Anahita bint Tariq. Are you well miss?" she introduced herself to the assembled new people and then asked of Raelle while nodding a silent greeting to David with his fiery effects.
While waiting for any response she stood patiently looking at the new students she'd not as of yet meet, a faint smile on her face.
Dave sits down and puts his arm around her, diming the flame but not extingusing it, "Anytime, when you feel bad, it makes me sad, if you ever want something from me, you need just ask" he rubs her back and lets the fire go out and returns to his food with his other arm.Dave frows and lights his hand on fire raises one eye as he looks at Tamina assuming she doesn't give objections Dave places his hand on Raelle's shoulder and wills the fire into her.It took a lot longer this time and even after a couple minutes of applied fire she still looked run-down, although she did manage to pick her head up off the table.
"Thanks, Dave," she said, weakly.
She nodded, picking at her food. "I just don't know what's wrong with me. I guess I'll go to the infirmary later. I really, really want to go to my mathemagics class first, though. These weird episodes....I had another one in art class. I really need some questions answered."
"Wow, Kam, you broke Grandma."
"Shut up!"
""I'm glad you got to hear it again, Granma Ryleh. That's at least one more good thing to come out of this mess."
"Thank you," she said, hugging Kam first and then Taron, which likely seemed weird since she was not known for being demonstrative.
"I have to go. I have a class to teach after lunch. Just...play that for the babies often. Please."
"No...I....I would take that if it was all I could have, but....but it's not what I want. I want to be with you, preferably for a long time," she said, blushing. "I....I'm not good at this either. I mean...I've hooked up with guys before, but never....never because we actually cared about each other. I've never been in a relationship either. I'll probably screw up. A lot. But...I'd like to try if you....if you feel the same way."
She sounded like an idiot. She could barely make coherent sentences. It was hard to think straight when he was looking at her like that. This all seemed too good to be true. He was actually choosing her? She had no idea why. But she wasn't about to argue.
'I want that too. I'm going to screw up too though. Maybe we can help each other in that area.' he displays with that twinkle which indicates a smile. 'Well as long as we've agreed that we're both bad at it, let's go back to something I know you're good at.' Ehos pauses for a moment. He was gonna need something other than his scarf if this was going to be a regular thing. Too easy to fall off when it was just hanging off his neck. 'Can I kiss you again, Jaiye?'
"Greetings, I am Anahita bint Tariq. Are you well miss?" she introduced herself to the assembled new people and then asked of Raelle while nodding a silent greeting to David with his fiery effects.
"Oh...hi, Anahita," she said listlessly. "Umm...not really, I guess, but I don't know what's wrong. I don't seem to be ill or the fire would have helped."
"No problem." Taron tells his grandmother. After she leaves he looks at Kam with mock-awe. "Centuries of persecution at the hands of the Hunters, and you break her to the point she's hugging people."
"I never thought she'd be that close to me and I'd still be intact by the end of it..." Kam says with real awe in his voice.
Dave sits down and puts his arm around her, diming the flame but not extingusing it, "Anytime, when you feel bad, it makes me sad, if you ever want something from me, you need just ask" he rubs her back and lets the fire go out and returns to his food with his other arm.She nodded, picking at her food. "I just don't know what's wrong with me. I guess I'll go to the infirmary later. I really, really want to go to my mathemagics class first, though. These weird episodes....I had another one in art class. I really need some questions answered."
Dave nods ovbiously concerned, he nods to Anahita before tuning back to his girlfriend, "if you think you'll be ok, I can have skeets look you if you want, he's good at that kind of stuff" he looks her over again, squeezes with his arm before lowering it so he can better eat, he pickes up a crab and eats it, forgeting to remove the shell.
'I want that too. I'm going to screw up too though. Maybe we can help each other in that area.' he displays with a smile. 'Well as long as we've agreed that we're both bad at it, let's go back to something I know you're good at.' Ehos pauses for a moment. He was gonna need something other than his scarf if this was going to be a regular thing. Too easy to fall off when it was just hanging off his neck. :Can I kiss you again, Jaiye?
She grinned. "I thought you'd never ask," she joked. "I would love to kiss you again," she said, turning more serious as she closed the small distance between them, deftly moving his scarf aside while holding it so that it couldn't fall...she'd known him long enough to know that having that scarf fall off was one of his biggest fears. And she wanted him thinking about kissing her and that was it.
As everyone reaches the Headmaster's office, the door opens and he bids them to come inside and have a seat.
"Welcome to Avalon Academy, I'm Headmaster Ryo. What can I do for you?"
The Headmaster doesn't seem put off by the strange appearances of any of you at all.
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As everyone reaches the Headmaster's office, the door opens and he bids them to come inside and have a seat.
"Welcome to Avalon Academy, I'm Headmaster Ryo. What can I do for you?"
The Headmaster doesn't seem put off by the strange appearances of any of you at all.
Zix walxs foward with a nod and a chorus of voices can be heard in your head, as he looks at you ::Thank you, I am known as Zix, and I was made aware that this is a school for the use and aplication of magic, I am here to offer up my conciderable skils as an instructor in exchange for lodging and access to a resonable portion of your resherch data and equipment::
Kitty can feel the water in front of her moving before a large serpentine head rises up a few feet in front of her. If the pattern visible on it's scales is any indication, this snake would have very bright coloration in light. One thing is for sure though: this is not an amphisbaena's head.
The serpent does nothing but watch Kitty, perhaps trying to warn her off, perhaps waiting for her to show fear so it can strike.
"Hello," she said in snake. "Please excuse us for disturbing you. We mean you no harm. We would like to go past. Would you please allow this?"
"Congratulations. I think teaching suits you."
"I don't mind at all. I was coming to find you to see if you wanted to pick up food on the way to the observatory, but conjured is fine."
"Professor Reading thinks I need to work on my people skills, at least, when I get intellectually engaged in something. So I'm looking forward to the challenge."
"Yes, let's do that. I'm sure you'll want to see that video. My conjured food isn't fantastic... but it's nourishment at least." Tyrrin and Ghalen head up towards the observatory, and are forced to skirt around a ugly-dressed unkempt man who seemed to be addressing the air with remarkable clarity.
"If you're anything like me, you will excel at it. Just from our frist meeting to recently, I can tell your people skills have improved greatly. I would have enjoyed seeing the progress. I, however have been in the library non-stop, but for classes and an odd concert with giant metallic dragons. Oh, and the war exercise. Regardless, I suppose my people skills need some work as well."
Gives the vagabond guy a look, but keeps pace with Tyrrin.
"Conjured food was often on the menu at the academy. You can't do worse, I assure you." He grins.