Vakkler stands by the portal, holding his tiny crossbow in a vaguely threatening manner. He glares at each student as he checks for smuggled items.
"A horn of plenty? I think NOT!" Vakkler adds the item to the pile.
"Sunrods? HA!"
Vakkler yanks a full bag of holding away from Bradley. "What are you, a gnome?"
"A bedroll? NEVER!"
"An orange? AS IF!"
"A teleportation amulet? NICE TRY!"
"But you just handed it to me!" a confused student protests.
Vakkler pauses. Grumbling, he gives the amulet back and allows the boy through the portal.
"NEXT!"
"Looks like a nice place to get lost and never be found." Asch says as he looks out at the forest.
"Looks like a nice place to get lost and never be found." Asch says as he looks out at the forest.
"Well, I guess that's kind of the point. It is a survival lesson...it's pretty though, in a you're probably going to die here kind of way."
::quivering lip::
Nala sat in the back of the auditorium and watched all the other kids head out on the field trip. Ever since she'd been forced to let her thralls loose none of them had even acknowledged her. It was like being constantly invisible.
Since this was an extracurricular activity she was left here in the school all by herself. Well, for the most part. As the last few students went through the portal she left the auditorium and went to go see EJ. At least he was still talking to her. She knocked on the door of his room and poked her head in.
"Hey, it's me."
The giant jello mold had been practicing his forms and figuring out what these 'music' and 'singing' things were. These were puzzles that the one biped with the mutable shape left. EJ'd had few or no visitors so he'd had plenty of time to research both, sending tendrils of himself through the pipes - listening and learning.
The knock on his door sounded strange - the light pressure wave causing an interesting microscopic rippling effect on his surface.
:: Hullo, Nala. How are you today? ::
Vakkler reenters the school, pushing a cart. The cart's contents are concealed by a curtain.
"Well we might as well get this started." Asch says as he takes a miniature chest out of his pocket and concentrates on it as another larger chest appears next to him. He opens it and pulls out his caster and pair of daggers that he hands to Amada along with extra casting implements. "When we get further inland me and Amada have a surprise that will take care of food and shelter." He says mischievously as he makes the chest disappear again .
Kam is already halfway up a tree by the time Asch puts away his chest, leaving claw marks in the bark behind him as he climbs higher. Once he gets as high as he can he looks around at the surrounding island.
"That almost sounds like cheating, Asch." He calls from high above. "I think we can handle hunting between all of us. It is an island too so we can fish."
Db3, where are you in our RotR game?
"You want to catch enough food for three portable holes?" Asch asks Kam at first from the ground and then halfway through the sentence fades into shadows and appears on a branch above Kam for the last half of the sentence.
Db3, where are you in our RotR game?
"They can go swimming for their food." Kamen says. "I wish I could breath underwater, there are probably things we've never seen before down there..."
"Well technically there is a spell that can grant you the ability to breathe water....unfortunately its not one I prepared....and since I had to leave my spell books at the school...sooo I can't go and prepare it now."
"Where should we set up camp? Though if Amada uses her spell we won't have to worry about where the location is."
The giant jello mold had been practicing his forms and figuring out what these 'music' and 'singing' things were. These were puzzles that the one biped with the mutable shape left. EJ'd had few or no visitors so he'd had plenty of time to research both, sending tendrils of himself through the pipes - listening and learning.
The knock on his door sounded strange - the light pressure wave causing an interesting microscopic rippling effect on his surface.
:: Hullo, Nala. How are you today? ::
"Well, I was feeling a little lonely since most of the students have left to go on a field trip. But then I remembered that I hadn't come and talked to you in a while and I thought it might be a good time to catch up. I'd really like to hear about how you've been doing. Are your studies going well?"
*gasps*
"Oh you guys it's so beautiful here, hahahaaa!! Feel that terrific wind! What a beauty you are, aren't you pal?!" Nasima dashes over to an outcropping and leans into the wind, which suddenly swirls and focuses on her before starting to bat her around in the air. She giggles madly. "Whheeeeeeeeeee! Hahahaaaa! This is as fun as a cyclone! It's not as fast but I don't get as dizzy! Yayyy!" She's actually achieving a bit of altitude as the wind focuses on shoving her higher and higher into the air, which only makes her laugh louder. "You guys should totally try this! It's a gas!"
Perhaps the large flying thing is getting closer, perhaps it's a trick of the light.
With a laugh, Kam jumps out of the tree and flicks the restraints on his wings open. With a *thwap* his wings unfurl through the slits in his shirt and he joins Nasima in the air, having just as great a time flying as she is being wind tossed.
Amada sits on the ground for a second watching as the Sima and Kam are in the sky she decides to unfurl her own wings and takes to the sky as well. Her beautiful hair sparkling in the light. She'd easily be mistaken for an angel if it weren't for her horns and black wings.
Ephebe looks longingly at the sky where her friends were enjoying themselves. But there were too many other students still on the beach. She couldn't let them see her true form. Not yet anyways. A little at a time was a lot easier to say than to do.
She kept a wary eye on the large avian circling in the distance but so far it seemed to limit itself to the center of the island.
Fieri laughed and transformed into her bird form to enjoy the playful winds as well. She soared up high, her golden feathers lit from within leaving slight trails of light behind her as she flew.
Asch stands in the branches watching as the others glide effortlessly through the sky. His eyes drink in the sight of Amada as she soars through the air.
Kamenwati starts pumping his wings hard so he can fly even higher, gaining altitude fast as he soars. Hundreds of feet in the air his form gets smaller, and as he starts to come closer to the ground people can see that he's closed his wings and is now free falling.
He looks happy.
Moments before it's too late, his wings snap open with a crack like thunder and he lands softly on the sand.
"It's been so long since I've enjoyed having these wings, I forgot what it was like to feel the wind all around me. I've got to find out which teacher was responsible for this trip and thank them when we get back on Monday."
He grunted.
"Just don't be doing stunts like that real often. I thought you were gonna smash yourself on the beach. Sheesh. You're all nuts."
"mmm. Probably. It looks nice up there. Too bad there's so many people around."
"Ah well. Guess it's time to find a campsite or some such, eh?" he said with a just slightly too cheerful smile. "Daylight's wasting."
Krays sees the flying going on and gets a look of joy as he watches the others fly. He reaches into his puch for some spell components, then remembers dragon forms were a no-no. He sighs, and returns components to his pouch, moving forward with Jimmy to find a campsite
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Kam laughs at Dennis.
"We all Avalon students, of course we're nuts! Maybe I should get you some wings one day, so you can know what it's like!"
"So where do we want to set up camp?" Asch asks as he literally steps out of the shadows at the bottom of the tree startling a student who was just working up the nerve to go into the forest.
"Well, I guess the logical thing would be to find a spot in the forest. More likely to be protected from the elements. And I don't know if you guys have noticed but there seem to be some less than friendly ocean wildlife watching us. See those seals over there? I don't think they're supposed to have fangs."
Fei quietly stands off to the side, contemplating the foreign surroundings as the campsite discussion begins.
"I'd say that qualifies for weird." Asch says as he looks over at the seals. As he squints against the sunlight he sighs and slips a pair of dark sunglasses on. "Oh ok yea I see now. Yep last I heard they don't normally have fangs."
Nasima floats by upside down. "Maybe they're like slurks?" she offers.
"Those are bunyip." Taron says, giving the name for the fanged seals. "Legend has they're delicious, but they're way too fierce for most people to even think about trying to catch one to eat."
"Perhaps we should make our way to the treeline so as not to provoke them," Fei finally chimes in. "If these beaches are their territory, they may consider us a challenge to their presence here..."
"Those are bunyip." Taron says, giving the name for the fanged seals. "Legend has they're delicious, but they're way too fierce for most people to even think about trying to catch one to eat."
"Delicious huh? Well we do need to eat don't we?" Asch asks looking over his shoulder at the rest of the group.
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"We're here to survive, not play Big Game Hunter. Besides, I doubt any of us could bring one down before our amulets kick in and we find ourselves back in school. Let's leave them alone and find a place to camp with plenty of food before nightfall. I think most of us can see in the dark, but that doesn't mean I won't want a fire to keep away whatever predators are on this island."
"Ouch when you said most I thought you meant normal people." Asch says as he starts to head towards the forest. "Well we ready then." He says as he stops waiting for the rest of the group. "If those are here...I wonder what else is on this island..."