"So is that a yes or no on me caring invisability on everybody who can't cast it themselves."
After some time, Repp does find his way to Melody, opening the door to the student lounge and noting with a smile that there are many other people gathered around here, including Ginni, an ooze of some kind, and... a teenaged boy. Hm.
"Good afternoon Melody, Ginni. I am pleased that I was able to find you. I trust everything is well?" he says brightly, broad smile upon his face, with a nod to both Roel and Igni... and then he notices that Ginni's eyes are a little red as if from crying.
"Is anything the matter, Ginni? Lovely girls such as you shouldn't have reason to cry." he says compassionately, moving over to the half-demon with a concerned look on his face.
"It's ....just some stupid rumors," she said, trying to put a brave face on it and not let on how upset she still was.
Tyrrin puts her hand into the bag at her side and concentrates for a moment, and the withdraws a scroll, and more importantly, a mirrored piece of glass. She unfurls the scroll, and casts the Scry spell on Tybalt.
Tyrrin takes a long moment to examine the area which Tybalt has found himself, ensuring she had all the details and that the teleport would not fail - such would be a waste of magical energy. Once she's certain, she calls to her allies. "Mr. De'Foul, Oneiro, Ghalen, Mr. Darkclaw. Would you please each place a hand on me, and I will teleport us to Tybalt. Cast anything spells you think wise now, before I do so."
Jeran stood up and shook, getting the moisture from melted snow off of his fur, before padding over to Tyrrin and placing a paw on the side of her calf.
Oneiro casts a few protective spells on himself beforeplacing a hand on Tyrrin's shoulder.
"If you're going to make us invisible, David, now is the time."
"Hay, lets go then! Weapons guy on the roof, are you coming?"
There is a gleam of pride in the eyes of both parents as they look to Midori when Ephebe praises her sense of responsibility. Yuki bows deeply at the offer of tea and food. Her voice is soft and melodious, very similar to that of Midori's. It has a cadence to it. "Thank you kindly for your hospitality for both us and our daughter. We are in your debt."With that, the family takes seats around the desk - oddly, Midori picks a seat near to Ryuzo. Both Koizumi and Yuki take tea, and only have one cookie each, most likely merely observing good manners by not refusing Ephebe's gifts.
Again, Midori's mother is the one to answer Ephebe this time around. "Ah.. there is something that we would like to bring up, if it is not too much trouble, Blackscales-sama. We noticed that one of Midori's classmates.. Ah.. Hew, I believe his name was? I believe he has a crush on Midori, but we have refrained thus far from teaching her of those realities. It may be unavoidable, especially if she is going to spend a long time here."
Midori's composure finally breaks, looking slightly horrified at how brazenly her mother had laid bare both Hew's feelings, and exactly how ill-informed she was about this stuff.
"Of course I appreciate your concern for the education of your daughter in more than just academic arenas. As you may or may not know the elementary wing of our school has only been open for a short time so we are still learning ourselves some of what the needs of our students are. With so many of an age where they are just beginning to hit puberty a class in basic biology seems in order. I will speak with the infirmary staff about holding such classes. I think the children would be more comfortable if the boys and girls classes were taught separately and not by their normal teacher," Ephebe said smoothly, trying to ease some of Midori's embarrassment by steering the conversation in an academic direction.
"Who should watch me? Should I ask Headmistress Blackscales?"
Dave casts invisability on all of them, and cast shield on himself, then places his hand on her other shoulder, Skeets landing in his hair "ready"
"Possibly, but she's usually busy. If she doesn't have a problem, i could..."
"Who was the girl who tended your shop recently?"
"That would neat. Are you good at magic? I've only ever tried two spells, and the second landed me here."
"Well..."
he flashes to a female version of himself, a halfling, a kobold, then back to normal.
"Pretty good, yes."
"What spell was that?"
"After self. Several times."
"Well, the chapel is where I meditate, but if you want a portion of your room to be used for meditation, it will change to suit your needs. The teacher's lounge/staff area is near the classrooms...here."
He gestures to the entrance of the room he spoke of.
"The gardens of the school, and the extensive grounds of the school are also good places to 'take a breather' or meditate. I hope you enjoy your time here."
"Thank you, Professor. Your company was most welcome." He inclines his head in respect. This is the third time that you've given respect to this man today! You're getting soft! Mara bids the Professor farewell and heads into the garden.
Professor Mara uncovers the parcel to reveal the brain in a jar. He starts talking to it in hushed, but condescending tones, while the brain responds back telepathically.
"I'm just going to take the cover off to give you some sunlight. You're starting to get pale."
Haha, very funny. Do you need to make that joke every time?
"Yes, I'm not the one with my brain in a jar. Now, I'm going to need you to perform a divination for me."
Do I have to do it? I am quite a gifted magician in my own right. What if I refuse?
"We both know that this request is only a courtesy. Now why can't we be civil about this?
Well, how about the time when you ambushed me at a Bazaar in Marrakesh and bound my spirit to this jar?
"Ah, good times. Remember when you thought that we were rivals, but I was actually just your superior?"
Oh, I don't remember that ever occurring. I can't recall when you were ever my superior. But since you asked for my assistance so nicely, I will give it to you. First you will need to specify your target unambigiously.
"The kid that attacked me today. The kid that attacked me today. The kid that attacked me today."
"
Gareth gets a far off look in his eyes, like he's reading something. He starts muttering under his breath the words to the spell... and turns into an elf.
"I'm tall now! Cool!"
Jaiye rubbed her eyes. This was like trying to have a conversation with her fourteen year old self. This was probably some kind of horrible poetic justice.
"That's....a lot. I'm trying to figure out where to start. Look, Ana, you're not an animal and this is coming from someone who is, at least part of the time. So trying to live your life like you are one is going to leave you confused and just not in a good place. You need to know what you're doing before you jump headlong into big decisions like having children. And it's all well and good to say that you have control of your body and won't bear a child if you don't want to, but unless you're using magic to make that happen, well the other methods are risky and can cause internal damage that can make it so you can never have children or worse, kill you. And it hurts like you cannot possibly understand. Easy to say. Not so easy to experience. If you are using magic, then it's no different than using the birth control charm. You're just making a responsible decision about your own body. You're not ready to raise a child yet. You're still trying to figure out how to take care of you. You don't know how to handle civilization and other people, but you're also tired of being alone. I'm not trying to lecture you. I'm being blunt because to my understanding that's how you prefer to communicate."
"Alright, next point, sex can be for more than just procreation. It's...well, it's fun. The important thing is to make sure that you're doing it because you want to and that you're ready and know what you're doing first. Sometimes biology overrides good sense. But that's no reason to just disregard good sense from the get go. So I'm not really sure how I ended up as the de facto teacher here, but, well....I guess I can answer whatever questions you have on the subject. Gods know I've had enough experience. So you don't have to go charging in blind in the future."
"As far as the Headmaster goes....well, maybe he expected that Professor Vare would explain things to you. Maybe he thought speaking to your mind without permission would be more of an intrusion. Maybe he just made a mistake in judgement. Teachers are people too. Sometimes they goof up, just like the rest of us. I think that the best thing you can do right now is go and talk to the Headmaster. Sitting out here and stewing about it doesn't solve the problem, any more than it solves my problems with Ehos. You were right about that, and I think the same advice applies here. If you talk to him and you still can't agree with things, well...then I guess you'll have to figure something else out. Umm....oh, right. Actually you're still on school grounds now. The boundary is that way a bit. Anyways, all the wards and stuff still apply here. I don't know if that's even relevant, but you seemed pretty indignant about the location thing as well. So, ummm..yeah. I think that's it."
"Who was the girl who tended your shop recently?"
The corpse seems to pause at the question, perhaps debating it internally, if such were viable, then saying, "I do not remember." The mouth doesn't smile wryly at that, but, merely states the fact with less effort.
"So you wanted to ride a triceratops, is that right?"
"See one, actually, but it would be really fun, wouldn't it?"
"Well, today's your lucky day, kid. Come outside."
The now elven Gareth stands up and follows Settro.
when you get outside, he goes to the most wide open space he can find.
"Alright. Well..."
he shapes himself into a triceratops, using polymorph.
"How's this, hmm?"
Jaiye rubbed her eyes. This was like trying to have a conversation with her fourteen year old self. This was probably some kind of horrible poetic justice.
** spoiler omitted **...
There was much nodding and such, after all, Jaiye's comments were clear and Anahita was wise enough to grasp it-- and more importantly, her statements about the Headmaster being able to make a mistake, seems to ring clearest in her mind.
"You speak wisely. I can only say, we were in ...nature, where I felt it was private. I .. I have to learn, I'm compelled to learn more, I cannot explain why. This is new, since meeting that burning man before arriving here." She sighs and nods, calm, oddly quick.
"I know nothing of this ..joy, to be had, or fun, that you describe. Vare and I had discussed going to learn, before doing more, and were about to do so-- when interrupted. Such wonders and amazing things here, yet, all too often, simple errors still spring up."
There's a smile and Anahita says, "I would very much like learning what there is to be done, if you are willing to help teach me, I would put myself into your hands for this learning. You sound quite wise for your apparent age, I would be happy for your knowledge."
Anahita smiled, looking at Jaiye with her calm and clearly eager, yet, perhaps patient, features.
"What shall we do now?"
"A polymorph, right?" He asks, looking over Settro's dino form with a mix awe and scholarly assesment. "I think your horns are a little close."
The corpse seems to pause at the question, perhaps debating it internally, if such were viable, then saying, "I do not remember." The mouth doesn't smile wryly at that, but, merely states the fact with less effort.
Ehos looks absolutely dumbstruck at that. How could he not--! Wait. The spell can be resisted, even such that the corpse would lie. But... Ehos couldn't tell if the deadpan response was a lie or the truth. He suddenly regrets not having his Mother teach him a little more statecraft - being able to discern a lie would be so useful right now.
He looks to his friends, and displays with the datapad: 'That can't be the truth. I spoke with him yesterday! What the hell?!'
While the others are making their preparations, Tyrrin also takes the time to cast both Shield and Shield of Faith on herself, increasing her protection many-fold. When all are ready, and the invisibility falls upon them, she glances once again into the mirror showing Tybalt, and then casts Greater Teleport, taking the group out of Pyry's small 'house' and into the Library.
"Heh."
he shifts it around slightly.
"Better?"
"Amazing..." The sleepless mage says as he instantly goes to the nearest bookshelf. "These books must be valuable, given the desertion of this temple."
Dave immiedietly moves to a defensive stance, ready to attack at the slightest provocation, but his attention is soon pulled to the bookshelf "woah"
...
"Well, are you done yet?"
This could take a while. It's harder without fingers...or hands really
"Just keep working on it. I'll have to look for some more direct means."
Professor Mara uses the arrows in the school to search for the Summoning instructor.
"Looks right to me now. The skin is rough, pebbly. The horns are sharp... You're as close to a real one as you can get, I think."
"It's ....just some stupid rumors," she said, trying to put a brave face on it and not let on how upset she still was.
"Which rumours are those? I'm sure whatever they are, they need not bother you." Repp asks in a concerned way, looking up to Ginni even if she is sitting. Despite his stature, he has a presence in the room. A warm, comforting, soothing presence. There is nothing magical present, merely a forceful personality having turned himself towards helping the young lady overcome her distress.
There's a smile and Anahita says, "I would very much like learning what there is to be done, if you are willing to help teach me, I would put myself into your hands for this learning. You sound quite wise for your apparent age, I would be happy for your knowledge."
Anahita smiled, looking at Jaiye with her calm and clearly eager, yet, perhaps patient, features.
"What shall we do now?"
"Err...well, to begin with I kind of need to know how much you already know. I know you got interrupted last night, but how far did you get? You said you were both still clothed so...kissing?"
"It's ....just some stupid rumors," she said, trying to put a brave face on it and not let on how upset she still was."Which rumours are those? I'm sure whatever they are, they need not bother you." Repp asks in a concerned way, looking up to Ginni even if she is sitting. Despite his stature, he has a presence in the room. A warm, comforting, soothing presence. There is nothing magical present, merely a forceful personality having turned himself towards helping the young lady overcome her distress.
"Stupid stuff," she said, trying to brush it off. "They're saying that I'm using my powers to force people to be friends with me. Except my boyfriend who's supposedly in on it. They say I found some way to get around the wards. Pretty much the usual kind of crap that I've heard some variation of all my life. It's....it's still going to be really hard on the people I care about. I hate that. I hate that people are going to treat them poorly because of me."
Ace is much more in tune with peoples natures and their ability to hide the truth, after all, he was quite the liesmith himself. He pay close attention to the way the corpse respons to his questions, and tries to judge their validity.
"Err...well, to begin with I kind of need to know how much you already know. I know you got interrupted last night, but how far did you get? You said you were both still clothed so...kissing?"
Anahita nods and motions with her hands, "And feeling his figure with my hands and body. Would this be easier if I knew the reactions of a male human?"
Clearly, she appeared curious and thinking ahead on how to help.
"Well, thanks. You gonna get on?"
"Of course I appreciate your concern for the education of your daughter in more than just academic arenas. As you may or may not know the elementary wing of our school has only been open for a short time so we are still learning ourselves some of what the needs of our students are. With so many of an age where they are just beginning to hit puberty a class in basic biology seems in order. I will speak with the infirmary staff about holding such classes. I think the children would be more comfortable if the boys and girls classes were taught separately and not by their normal teacher," Ephebe said smoothly, trying to ease some of Midori's embarrassment by steering the conversation in an academic direction.
"Yes, I understand." Yuki responds graciously, nibbling at the cookie thoughtfully. "It sounds like you have that well under control. We are already entrusting Midori's education to you, and so we will continue to trust that you know best in this regard."
Yuki falls silent, and Midori's embarrassment seems to bleed away at both the Headmistress' response and her own mother's.
Midori's father takes the moment of silence to add in his own concern, in his deep voice - a voice suited to command. "Blackscales-sama, you mentioned education in more than academic areas. Does this include combat training, or other such practice? I am sure Midori would not want to lose all of her hard work in those areas."
"Yeah!" He climbs up onto Settro's back and braces himself with his arms. "I've wanted to do this since that nice cat suggested I summon one outside."
"Stupid stuff," she said, trying to brush it off. "They're saying that I'm using my powers to force people to be friends with me. Except my boyfriend who's supposedly in on it. They say I found some way to get around the wards. Pretty much the usual kind of crap that I've heard some variation of all my life. It's....it's still going to be really hard on the people I care about. I hate that. I hate that people are going to treat them poorly because of me."
"That is... a bit strange. From my understanding, the wards are very thorough are they not? Have others figured out how to bypass them before?" he asks curiously, still radiating comforting warmth in every action and word. "If they are your true friends, Ginni, they will stay beside you no matter what the rumours are, will they not? And your bond with them may be strengthened because of it."
"Alright, just point, and I'll go."
"Would these books not be in the Avalon library Oneiro? Or do you suspect that they are shielded as the one we are looking for is?" Tyrrin asks as she stands, having been seated when the teleport was cast. She glances at Jeran, wondering momentarily if the Lycan was feeling excluded from the group. He did seem to have all the qualities of a loner though, so it was likely by choice. There was a saying Tyrrin could quite remember about a lone wolf, but it seemed to fit Jeran.
"Quite alright," she replies, a note of sympathy in her voice despite the rasping nature of her speech. She'd had a few nights like that.
"I've known a few sorcerers, in passing, and I'd say the comparison is apt. Simply that the source of the magic is from an external presence rather than internal, and divine in nature rather than arcane, but otherwise yes I imagine the end result is otherwise very similar." She scratches behind one ear with her free hand. "My experience with the arcane is likewise rather limited. I was given some extent of my training by a Theurge back home, but I didn't inquire as much on the arcane portion of his skill. I know a little on an academic level, but practically, not much."
She pauses a moment, then takes another bite of the apple, wondering if the flickering and shifting...
"Well then, I would very much like to both learn from you, and if you'd like, I could teach you a little of my knowledge of the Arcane arts. After all, simply because we are teachers does not mean that we are to stop learning. At least, such is my hope." he says, growing more and more comfortable with each passing moment, seeming to relish in the joy of learning - at least in that manner his youth shows through. Eager, apparently, to devour all the knowledge he can. What he does not do though - and should be noted - is ask after Karish's home in any way, despite her mentioning of it. Perhaps he is the kind of man who does not care where people are from... or perhaps he simply thinks it is too personal a subject for their first meeting. "What is your impression of the Headmaster, Miss Conway?" he says 'miss' again, having not been corrected the first time he used it.
The arrows lead Maru towards a room located in a back-section of the school, away from the main traffic. The room is marked "Professor's Lounge". If Maru enters, he will see both Vare seated at a table, and nearby there is Karish Conway as well. They seem to be talking.
Dave studies the book shelf "anything is possible"
"Uhh...we use call signs over the radio. I don't think I'm supposed to say who I am..."
"Oh..." Vai says, sounding slightly disappointed, but not objecting if the pilot felt he had a need for secrecy. Vai definitely didn't recognize the voice anyway. "Well, that's fine I guess. I'm not going to make you do anything that would get James mad at you, or that would put you at risk."
She shifts a little akwardly, unsure how to proceed. It was strange, but despite the huge robot there that could probably crush her with a moment's notice, she did not feel afraid. She couldn't even disable it either, as her Champion ability to do so what spent for the day. "They should be done soon I think." she offers hopefully, having no real idea if they would be done soon or not.
"Err...well, to begin with I kind of need to know how much you already know. I know you got interrupted last night, but how far did you get? You said you were both still clothed so...kissing?"Anahita nods and motions with her hands, "And feeling his figure with my hands and body. Would this be easier if I knew the reactions of a male human?"
Clearly, she appeared curious and thinking ahead on how to help.
"The reactions of a male human are extremely easy to predict. I think you're still learning the reactions of a female human," she said with a wry smile.
"Okay, to start with kissing can go a lot of different ways. I'm guessing you guys were mostly doing sloppy beginner's kisses. It can be controlled. It can be gentle or demanding or teasing...you can use your tongue and your teeth....er, gently though. Kissing can be incredibly pleasurable all by itself. And then there are other spots on the body that are sensitive to touch either with fingers or lips....like ears or generally different spots on the neck...everyone is slightly different but once you know which general areas to look it makes it easier to find sensitive spots. It's possible to just enjoy this kind of play with a partner and just give each other pleasure without actually getting to the babymaking part."
"Uh...questions before I move on to the next part? I've never tried to verbally describe any of this before. It's easier to do than talk about, but well...obviously this is an er...academic discussion."
"Copies that only exist in Avalon, yes, but these could be originals... I'll have to let someoe know so they can collect them. Did you see anything of note on your way here, Tybalt?"