Krays reads the note and slumps a bit, happy his friend got his wish, but sad another was going to be hurt. He refolds the letter, puts it back in the envelope, and goes to find Ephebe...
Ephebe had dance as her last class of the day and she had stayed after to keep working on a section that was giving her trouble. With all the crazy things that were going on lately it felt good to lose herself in the music for a while. Even being yelled at and thwapped with Madame's cane when she didn't get a position exactly right was kind of reassuring.
Krays focuses on his status spell, which leads him to the dancehall. He sits and waits patiently outside for Ephebe to exit.
After Madame called a halt for the day, Ephebe headed for the locker room. She quickly showered and dressed in her school uniform. She found Krays waiting in the hallway.
"Oh, hi. Sorry if I kept you waiting. There's this one part that I just can't quite get exactly perfect...which isn't really an excuse to be rude," she said, smiling. "So anyways...do we need to wait until dark or should we just head over to the graveyard after dinner?"
"No problem, Ephebe... I think we should wait til ldark but first..." He reaches into his robe and pulls out an envelope, handing it to Ephebe. "I thought you needed to see this immediately" he says with a heavy look on his face. "It's from Spin."
She sees the concerned expression on his face and gets this weird sinking feeling in her gut. She opened the envelope and read the letter inside. And read it again. It felt like there wasn't anything under her feet. Like she was falling. She heard this strange rushing noise in her ears. She sat down abruptly, using the wall to steady herself so she didn't just fall over.
"I don't understand," she whispered.
Moves to catch Ephebe when she stumbles, sensing the bewilderment. He lets her lean on him, as he guides her to a bench, and eases her down onto it. "I don't understand either. I'm happy he got what he wanted, but...not at the cost of your well being. I'm sensing alot of...confusion...what's going through your mind? Are you alright?"
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Taron had sensed Feiri from within his pillow fort, and had been ready to 'put away' the screens so he could keep pretending that he was mostly out of it. Fortunately, she had decided to investigate and he was able to continue his reality-wide search.
He didn't know when he fell asleep, only that when he woke up he sat so quickly that he knocked down his fluffy citadel. He had the sudden urge to hunt down and pummel Spin into something that didn't even resemble a humanoid. Which could take a long time considering that Spin could shapeshift.
Taron wouldn't mind. He just had to make sure he didn't kill him.
She shook her head. "No, I'm not alright. I just...I can't quite believe it. It doesn't seem real. Like a bad dream."
"Yeah, stupid question. I'm sorry, Ephebe. Just tell me what I can do, if anything." He looks concerned...and helpless. "Umm...I'll put off the foray into the graveyard for a few days. Do you want me to get your brothers or mother?"
Solivala goes to the waiting area and stays there, the orbs moving as they like and shifting forms from time to time.
She felt something wet splash onto her hand and looked at it for a moment, confused. Then she realized that it was a tear. And there were more following it.
"Maybe tomorrow, Krays. I know that it's important to you. I'm...I'm sorry I can't tonight. I just...maybe you should get my mom."
"Ok."
Casts message...
"Done."
Tom is somewhat occupied by all the plants in the area, so he really did not see the newcomer. Tom seems to really like the follower more than anything else.
A couple of minutes later Aananda stepped through the wall and rushed over.
"Ephebe? What's wrong sweetie? I got here as fast as I could."
Ephebe hands her the letter.
"It hurts," she said simply, words failing to express what she was really feeling. "And it's never going to stop, is it?"
Aananda took one look at the contents of the note and then at how pale Ephebe was.
"Thank you for calling me, Krays. I'm going to take her to the infirmary now and have them give her a sedative. I think that's for the best, considering. At least give her mind time to come to grips with things."
She pulled Ephebe up and held her in an upright position, steadying her enough to walk and headed for the infirmary.
If she ever got her hands on that boy he was going to regret the day he was ever born.
Solivala goes to the waiting area and stays there, the orbs moving as they like and shifting forms from time to time.
After a bell rings somewhere in the school, a man in dark red robes rushes through the waiting room and into the headmaster's office. A moment later the door opens and he looks at Solivala.
"Hello. Were you waiting for me or someone else perhaps? If it was me, I apologize for keeping you waiting. Things have been.. busy lately." He looks closer, noticing the orbs flying around Solivala. "Your a new student I'm guessing? I don't remember any student matching your description."
Follows along silently, turning etheral when necessary...
Aananda drags Ephebe into the infirmary and sets her on a bed next to her brothers.
"Belna, I need you to give her a sedative. No, you don't get to argue with me. Not this time. She's had a nasty shock and she needs time to recover. Now, please," she said in a tone that brooked no argument from anyone.
Slips into the infirmary, and shoots Taron and Jiminy a sad, concerned look.
She felt like she was being torn to bits. Her mother held her and wiped away her tears and that should have been comforting, but she couldn't seem to feel anything but pain. It was a relief to slide into unconsciousness.
Jiminy sat up, yanked out of healing sleep by his sister's pain.
"What's going on?" he asked muzzily. "What the hell did Spin do?"
"He...left."
"He left. He's withdrawn from the school and it seems that he isn't planning on coming back. Ever."
She sat down on the edge of Ephebe's bed feeling helpless. There wasn't anything she could do to make this better.
Slumps in a chair, clueless as what to do. H'Tor pokes his head in checking on Krays, trying to figure out what the matter is. Krays unconvincingly waves him off, assuring him he's fine. H'Tor looks at him for a sec...then just nods and stands guard outside the infirmary.
"Honestly you guys, Spin never wanted to hurt Ephebe. He's not a jerk, and even put himself in the crosshairs to help defend her. Don't forget that. I don't like this anymore than you do, but lets not paint Spin as some evil heartbreaking bastard. That won't help Ephebe."
Having abandoned the drow-watching for now, Vakkler sees Aananda ushering Ephebe towards the infirmary. He rolls his eyes. She's a teacher. She should know better than to go strolling with her kid during classtime.
He rushes off to the gym. If there are any students waiting, perhaps he can 'substitute' for Aananda. How hard can it be? All I have to do is shoot at them a bunch. Who needs rocks when you have a crossbow?
The kobold begins to skip at the prospect. Perhaps I shall even earn the gratitude of the family for such a favor.
Tom runes over with his short legs.
He looks down at them shaking his head.
Jiminy curses, showing off an extensive vocabulary of expletives in an impressive number of languages.
"I know you're right, Krays, but I still hate him for making her hurt like this."
"You have every right to be mad. Let's just not have any mind creatures appear and hunt him down, ok? I dunno how she'd handle his death..."
The young minotaur took a deep breath, thankful to actually be able to breathe through his nose.
"Thanks, Ephebe, I feel a lot better now. Anyways, I'll stay with Tom and see if I can't figure out the language thing. You head to class now."
He sat down beside Tom and started speaking in sylvan.
"Good morning, Tom. I'm Dennis. Nice to meet you."
Tom looks up at the minotaur and very slowly speaks Bug
He points to a earth worm in his hand
After a bell rings somewhere in the school, a man in dark red robes rushes through the waiting room and into the headmaster's office. A moment later the door opens and he looks at Solivala."Hello. Were you waiting for me or someone else perhaps? If it was me, I apologize for keeping you waiting. Things have been.. busy lately." He looks closer, noticing the orbs flying around Solivala. "Your a new student I'm guessing? I don't remember any student matching your description."
Solivala walks into the office his orbs reverting to their forms and taking up orbit.
"Yes I arrived today. I have something for you."
He reaches into a pocket and produces an emblem of sorts. It is a adamantine gear with a silver rune carved into it. Using a minor spell it floats over to the Headmaster's desk and lays before him.
"That is the key to the hexagram ward I created around the school. It forms an unseen sphere with six glyphs that act as anchors. They can not be dispelled or bypassed in any simple matter. The glyphs not only act as wards but stablizers, time and space are reinforced so reality bending that would pass thru is stopped. Normally I would disregard such measures but for some unknown reason you have access to that technology, dispite lacking the expertise required to attain it. Its more direct effects are layered, the first and last layer is an antimagic field followed by a time stopped layer above a prasmatic layer. The key allows you to set them as you wish."
Solivala takes a moment.
"I would also request permission to build a clock tower, preferably at the closest point to the center of the school grounds. If this is granted I would also request that I be allowed to summon four golems to assist in construction. I will understand if my request is denied due to my lack of time spent here."
"You have every right to be mad. Let's just not have any mind creatures appear and hunt him down, ok? I dunno how she'd handle his death..."
But maybe she wouldn't mind if we just maimed him a little, he thought to himself.
"Well, the mind creatures are Taron's thing so I can't make any promises about them. But no, I'm not chasing the guy all over Agartha. I can be mad at him just fine from here."
The young minotaur took a deep breath, thankful to actually be able to breathe through his nose.
"Thanks, Ephebe, I feel a lot better now. Anyways, I'll stay with Tom and see if I can't figure out the language thing. You head to class now."
He sat down beside Tom and started speaking in sylvan.
"Good morning, Tom. I'm Dennis. Nice to meet you."
Tom looks up at the minotaur and very slowly speaks Bug
He points to a earth worm in his hand
Dennis nodded. "Bug," he agreed. "Worm," he added.
Again speaking very slow Do you know where the water went? I cannot find all the fish.
Due to Dennis above average nature awareness he is almost sure the plants in the area are looking at Tom.
Off in the distance you almost think you can hear a voice begin speaking. The voice is female, but it is too soft to identify what is being said.
"You have every right to be mad. Let's just not have any mind creatures appear and hunt him down, ok? I dunno how she'd handle his death..."But maybe she wouldn't mind if we just maimed him a little, he thought to himself.
"Well, the mind creatures are Taron's thing so I can't make any promises about them. But no, I'm not chasing the guy all over Agartha. I can be mad at him just fine from here."
"I know that was Taron..." He looks at Jim quizzicly "So...how does this imprint thing work? Have you imprinted yet? Can it be reversed? Does it wear off from absence?"
Again speaking very slow Do you know where the water went? I cannot find all the fish.
"We're a long way from a lake or ocean here. There is a pond with some fish in it. Would you like to see it?" Dennis asked.
"I know that was Taron..." He looks at Jim quizzicly "So...how does this imprint thing work? Have you imprinted yet? Can it be reversed? Does it wear off from absence?""You have every right to be mad. Let's just not have any mind creatures appear and hunt him down, ok? I dunno how she'd handle his death..."But maybe she wouldn't mind if we just maimed him a little, he thought to himself.
"Well, the mind creatures are Taron's thing so I can't make any promises about them. But no, I'm not chasing the guy all over Agartha. I can be mad at him just fine from here."
"Imprinting is how our species finds a mate. No I haven't imprinted yet. And to be honest I'm not really excited about the idea. Not that my opinion on the matter will matter. Imprinting isn't voluntary. It just sort of happens. It's instantaneous, although sometimes it can take a while to become aware of it. And unfortunately for Pheebs, it's permanent. Even if the other person doesn't want you. It doesn't wear off, and Grandma says there's no way to reverse it, not even by using wish or miracle."
He grimaced. "She deserves better than this."
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"Imprinting is how our species finds a mate. No I haven't imprinted yet. And to be honest I'm not really excited about the idea. Not that my opinion on the matter will matter. Imprinting isn't voluntary. It just sort of happens. It's instantaneous, although sometimes it can take a while to become aware of it. And unfortunately for Pheebs, it's permanent. Even if the other person doesn't want you. It doesn't wear off, and Grandma says there's no way to reverse it, not even by using wish or miracle."He grimaced. "She deserves better than this."
Looks sadly at Ephebe's still form
"She's been through so much, just since I've known her, not to mention what has come before, and now this? It breaks my heart..."Wipes away a tear
"There has to be someone or something that can reverse this."
Looks sadly at Ephebe's still form
"She's been through so much, just since I've known her, not to mention what has come before, and now this? It breaks my heart..."
Wipes away a tear
"There has to be someone or something that can reverse this."
"Well, Kronos seems to have taken a shine to her. He doesn't actually have clerics as such, from what I've been able to figure out from talking with her. He just chooses a champion from time to time. It's this really special thing. I don't know. I'm hoping he'll decided to act and reverse it for her. It seems like he ought to..."
"So it's 'wait and see' with the god of time?"
"So it's 'wait and see' with the god of time?"
"Yeah, pretty much. I can't think of anyone else who could fix this."
"I hate waiting."
She tucked the unconscious Ephebe into bed and smoothed her hair back from her face and kissed her forehead.
"A little patience is good for you," she said to her son, ruffling his hair. She looked sad, but she was trying to be positive. To hope for the best. She kissed him on the forehead too. "Now, get your rest. You still haven't recovered your strength yet. And I don't want to hear about you trying to get up before you're ready."