Ace greets the new arrival with a smile "Well, that was a certainly spectacular entrance. Um, I guess it would up to Ehos. He's the one who seems to have a vested interest here."
"Thank you. I see."
"Hey Krays, long time no see."
"Asch! Good to see you too. When did you get back?"
::I believe that this man's death is related to a situation with Ehos. I believe that some sort of very powerful fiend is involved and targeting Ehos, Jaiye, or the relationship between them. We should know if fiends are targeting the students at Avalon.::
::Very well::
"I shall wait until after your current efforts fail before acting. We'll let Ehos here determine what is to be done."
"Late last night we've...been dealing with some issues.." Asch says with a shrug.
Ace is about six feet five inches tall, with curly black hair and a pair of several inch long horns sticking above his forehead.
He has stormy grey eyes, and a scruffy bead. When he talks, fangs are visible. He's dressed in a causal button down shirt, serviceable pants and a belt with eight pockets. In his hand is a long quarter staff inscribed with runes and black ravens.
The young man holds out his hand to the black scaled kobold. "Well met, I am Casil or Ace, as you prefer."
"See? That's exactly the kind of communication that I'm talking about. It was direct and told me how you feel without casting judgement on what anybody else likes or how they might feel. That's the kind of thing that you should do more of. It helps people understand you and relate to you."
"And it really is hard to learn to live inside the walls. For the first year I was here my room looked like a tent on the savannah. I got more comfortable with 'civilization' as time went on. But it was hard at first. It gets easier, but it does take time."
Anahita nods at Jaiye and says, "I will be guided by you, in my words, later. I .. yes, judgement." She then seemed to take note of the comment of a tent on the savannas.
"Your ...room can, 'look', as something it is not?" A tone of surprise mixed in with curiosity.
Melody sighs. he's still in the town. think we should head to town?
about this time Kai shows up.
hey Kai, diggin the new look. she says giving him an affectionate hug. Oh, This is Roel, in case you haven't met. you hear what happened with Ginni, I wish i could find out who started those rumors. that person needs a real lesson in humility
Hello, roel. I am Renkai Urmas." He says after hugging melody.
"I'll take care of them, don't worry...."
"Hello. You sound odd."
"Are you trying to hide something with a cloak that concealing?"
(either way) he doesn't even look away from the flower.
Melody sighs. he's still in the town. think we should head to town?
about this time Kai shows up.
hey Kai, diggin the new look. she says giving him an affectionate hug. Oh, This is Roel, in case you haven't met. you hear what happened with Ginni, I wish i could find out who started those rumors. that person needs a real lesson in humility
Hello, roel. I am Renkai Urmas." He says after hugging melody.
"I'll take care of them, don't worry...."
Kai can pick up a very very faint odor on mel like a slight residue from a stinking cloud (wonder where that came from?)
Mel just gives Kai that look no attempting to kill or maim...got it! she tells him with a stern glare.
I'm heading back to see Ginni, if she is still in the lounge. either of you guys coming? Oh Roel why not bring Ginni that flower, I'm sure she will like it
"See? That's exactly the kind of communication that I'm talking about. It was direct and told me how you feel without casting judgement on what anybody else likes or how they might feel. That's the kind of thing that you should do more of. It helps people understand you and relate to you."
"And it really is hard to learn to live inside the walls. For the first year I was here my room looked like a tent on the savannah. I got more comfortable with 'civilization' as time went on. But it was hard at first. It gets easier, but it does take time."
Anahita nods at Jaiye and says, "I will be guided by you, in my words, later. I .. yes, judgement." She then seemed to take note of the comment of a tent on the savannas.
"Your ...room can, 'look', as something it is not?" A tone of surprise mixed in with curiosity.
"Yeah, it's pretty awesome actually. It can take a little bit for your room to acclimate to you and what you want from it...I take it you haven't spent much time in yours yet? Well, anyways, the room becomes whatever you want. If you want your bedroom to look like a palace, it does, if you want it to look like a tent on the plains, it does. Overall, most people want their bedroom to look like...well, like a bedroom. But everyone's idea of that is just a little different."
As they arrived at the observatory, "Okay, so I have no idea how long I'm going to have to wait before Ehos gets here. So...well, I guess you two have a lot to talk about so now may a good time for that."
"Hello. You sound odd."
"Are you trying to hide something with a cloak that concealing?"
(either way) he doesn't even look away from the flower.
"whet do you mean? and melody, I will not maim or kill them, simply talk..."
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"Oh, I don't expect you to understand. You just sound... Odd... But I can't put my psodopod on it... Whatever. I'll come with you, melody."
"what do you mean? and melody, I will not maim or kill them, simply talk..."
Mel just acknowledges the comment with that I'm not totally buying it, but I'll trust you tone.
you coming to Kai? if not I'll see you later. Oh I might not be around tonight. I promised Ginni and Vai to have some Girls night out. And Kai...No following or spying. you can trust me she give him a mischievous smile that is also quite cute.
Mel leads Roel back to the student lounge as she heads back Mel is humming a little tune that Kai will recognize as his song.
HOLY CRAP SO MUCH POSTING
Vare listens patiently as the girls engage in what can only be known as 'girl talk'... at least. He thinks this is what that refers to. Either way, when Anahita says that she is attracted and wanted by him, he takes her hand and replies in kind - if she allows it the hand contact.
At one point or another though, Vare does interject, feeling perhaps a bit left out of the conversation, or perhaps feeling the need to voice his opinion over a certain issue: "Jaiye, I understand what you are saying - but I did not come here for authority or any measure of power over others. I came because this is a place of acceptance, and to share my knowledge with other as I am able. You are right though - deception is not my strong suit, and I would not wish to be forcefully separated from Anahita. If the Headmaster requires it of me, I will take whatever demotion he deems necessary. It is not - after all - wages that I had sought here." he intones to the conversation, his hand disengaged from Anahita and placed firmly upon his chin - unless she wishes to maintain the gesture.
With his opinion on that particular issue voiced, Vare falls back into silence, allowing the girls to continue their conversation. He felt as though there might be some bond between them - perhaps something unspoken they had shared - Anahita seemed to trust Jaiye more implictly than any other student he had observed with her... though. His experience in that field was undoubtedly limited.
Ehos seems torn between wanting to get answers from the corpse and... something of an apparent self-imposed duty to go to see Jaiye. He looks to his demon friend, seeking council. ::Phaeze... I don't know what to do anymore. I... have to go to Jaiye. At least to... tell her that I am sorry. She deserves someone better than me. I can't magic myself clean though - I can't cast even the most basic spell to cleanse myself though, as you know.::
To the group though, he displays with his datapad, looking remiss: 'Phaezeriel said he will take me back... but I bid you to please not stop. Yesterday this man was happy and healthy... I don't know what the hell is going on here, but I'm worried that this man's memory may have been tampered with before he died, if he cannot even remember his own daughter.' That he had said darkness... it must have happened last night - his death. Before any of this demon summoning madness.
In his worries, Ehos' free hand (the one not holding the datapad), dips momentarily into one of his pouches with a pain look. He appears to briefly toy with something in the pouch before removing his hand again from it.
"I can go get it. And I do like stories." She admits.
She moves to the side of the desk to wait for Sun to finish.
"Hi Midori. Who are they?" She looks at the new people quizitavely.
"This is my family, Sara-chan. They came to meet with Blackscales-sensei... I hope Lang-kun is okay. I'm sure he is, if Blackscales-sensei says so. After all... she was able to find us when Sorun-kun took us to the beach. She saved us from the danger there and if she thinks Lang-kun is not in danger, she must be right, ne?" Midori was trying to reassure her kohai while still maintaining a proper posture of respect and deference towards both her parents and to Ephebe. It was proving to be a difficult task, and in the end her compassion for the younger girl won out over her hard-drilled need to respect social boundries and her elders. Midori ends up turning her back on all four of the people to whom she was supppsoed to show respect - Ephebe, Ryuzo and both her parents, to place her hands on the Sara's shoulders in a comforting manner. "Can you go with Sun-san to make sure he knows what to do? He might need your help."
He raises his visor, and sees concern for her mirrored in his own eyes.
"It said that? I don't think that at all, Tyrrin. And I think I know you well enough that if that's all you wanted from me, you would be up front about it. It was correct about my commitment to you, though. I am your man, until you decide otherwise." His brow furrows a bit
"I don't think about returning to the Empire. It hurt, emotionaly, to think the charter of the Empire is a lie. I am lost to them. It does concern me, however, that if I was geneticly engineered to be their inquisitor, that there may be something left behind...something that may draw me back. I haven't felt anything like this, but I don't know what may happen if faced by my old masters. Is there a switch? That, alone scares me, Tyrrin."
"Thank you... my Knight." she nods in response, reassured by his inital statements to the effect, and responding with something reserved for him alone - only he was her Knight.
"..." she takes a long moment to consider his words. That did sound like a precaution a powerful Empire would take with one of their promising soldiers. Such a valuable resource would not be cheap to lose. "Ghalen, I ask you this now, while you are of right mind. If you should ever desire to return to the Empire - seemingly without cause or buildup - do I have your permission to restrain you from doing so? With magic, or by force?" she asks seriously. This was not a joking matter to her. This was deadly real. She knew that there may be something in him that would trigger, some conditioning or undetectable chip in his brain. These were all things that were not outside the realm of possibility.
She snorted. "Poppycock! Races aren't damned or redeemed in blocks! It happens a person at a time. Each individual makes their own choices. Demons rarely have one. The same can be said for angels."
"True. But I have never found a demon that ever choose not to do harm to others without an altirior motive. As for a demon not having a choice. The same could be said of anyone living under the rule of a kingdom. Just because there lord wills them to do evil acts doesn't remove there choices. Just as a human knight can choose not to follow there lords order to massecure a village. Things may become difficult for them After but they still can still choose a path of life rather than death. Maybe these demons here will prove that they strive to break the orders of there lords. I won't hold my breath till I have seen them save lives with no other motive than to save lives." His expression and voice held little emotion as he talked.
"Thank you... my Knight." she nods in response, reassured by his inital statements to the effect, and responding with something reserved for him alone - only he was her Knight.
"..." she takes a long moment to consider his words. That did sound like a precaution a powerful Empire would take with one of their promising soldiers. Such a valuable resource would not be cheap to lose. "Ghalen, I ask you this now, while you are of right mind. If you should ever desire to return to the Empire - seemingly without cause or buildup - do I have your permission to restrain you from doing so? With magic, or by force?" she asks seriously. This was not a joking matter to her. This was deadly real. She knew that there may be something in him that would trigger, some conditioning or undetectable chip in his brain. These were all things that were not outside the realm of possibility.
"I trust you to do the right thing, Tyrrin." he says in a matter of fact way, like she needn't ask such a thing.
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"True. But I have never found a demon that ever choose not to do harm to others without an altirior motive. As for a demon not having a choice.
Ace is about six feet five inches tall, with curly black hair and a pair of several inch long horns sticking above his forehead.
He has stormy grey eyes, and a scruffy bead. When he talks, fangs are visible. He's dressed in a causal button down shirt, serviceable pants and a belt with eight pockets. In his hand is a long quarter staff inscribed with runes and black ravens.
The young man holds out his hand to the black scaled kobold. "Well met, I am Casil or Ace, as you prefer."
he bows to Ace
"Well met, Ace. I hope you're not offended, but I'm not a hand shaker."
Vare listens patiently as the girls engage in what can only be known as 'girl talk'... at least. He thinks this is what that refers to. Either way, when Anahita says that she is attracted and wanted by him, he takes her hand and replies in kind - if she allows it the hand contact.
At one point or another though, Vare does interject, feeling perhaps a bit left out of the conversation, or perhaps feeling the need to voice his opinion over a certain issue: "Jaiye, I understand what you are saying - but I did not come here for authority or any measure of power over others. I came because this is a place of acceptance, and to share my knowledge with other as I am able. You are right though - deception is not my strong suit, and I would not wish to be forcefully separated from Anahita. If the Headmaster requires it of me, I will take whatever demotion he deems necessary. It is not - after all - wages that I had sought here." he intones to the conversation, his hand disengaged from Anahita and placed firmly upon his chin - unless she wishes to maintain the gesture.
With his opinion on that particular issue voiced, Vare falls back into silence, allowing the girls to continue their conversation. He felt as though there might be some bond between them - perhaps something unspoken they had shared - Anahita seemed to trust Jaiye more implictly than any other student he had observed with her... though. His experience in that field was undoubtedly limited.
Watching and listening to Vare speak, it's obvious to anyone paying attention that various emotions roll through her expressive face, yet, Anahita doesn't speak-- straight away.
She doesn't ignore the hand taking either, nor seem to mind when he removes from the being held either.
"I would speak my heart-- but I was cautioned not too. That is, to say, not attack, so I will say this. Do not let impatience ruin what you can do here, Vare, I am able to be any age I wish, and so, I could easily wait to .. grow, or what not. Perhaps even become a ... whatever this entitled status required might be. Just, do not feel pressured or rushed. I mirror your opinion, though as stated-- place of acceptance. Apparently it comes with conditions." She lets out a bit of venom there, looking momentarily fierce. Then she catches herself and smirks at her 'attack' and glances off while the expression fades.
Then she smiles and says, "Let us just .. speak more on this, I accomplished my discussed and required steps-- I have learned more, of what we didn't know. I believe, in this race towards something, I am ahead." She grins at Vare after sharing that, looking a hint haughty about it too.
Then she gets a broad smile on her face, merely smiling at Vare.
"And quite the beautiful flower she is." Repp says, bowing to the pair with a practiced ease."Repparyn is my name, but please, do not mind me. You are here to see Ginni. I would not wish to interfere with that. She is in need of friends at the moment."
Tami knelt down beside Ginni and hugged her, which started another wave of tears from the young half-succubus.
"Shh. It's okay, Ginni. I don't care what any of those people say about you. You're my best friend and I'm not going to turn my back on you."
Dom bows to Repp. "Thank you for understanding." After a smile to Repp, Dom turns to ginni with a soothing tone he tells her. "I may have only met you a few days bag but during that time you welcomed me with open arms. So just because some jerks decide to spread lies won't detur me from giving you my friendship."
"I always sensed that you would be someone who would appreciate this." Professor Mara swiftly uncovered the parcel that he had rested on the table, revealing a brain suspended in a magical glass container. "This is the brain of the human form of my former rival, archmage Bakasura. At least, that's what he called himself in his community. This is a really beautiful specimen and my greatest accomplishment, back from the days of my youth"
"You see, Baka was always a skilled shapeshifter and illusionist. He would replace a respected member of the community by essentially subsuming the body and keeping the mind dominated in the brain. That way, magic would be fooled and the knowledge of the old mind remained. Through my magical trickery, I fooled him into thinking that I would provide the townspeople with spells that could detect the presence of two closely-intertwined minds inside a single body. He responded by binding himself more firmly to the soul of the scholar inhabiting the body, whose name I can't quite remember, to fool the divination magic...Anyways, the paranoia, that I inspired, drove him to bind himself too tightly and as a result, he now required a physical body to sustain him and perform his magic."
Professor Mara takes out a model of a brain from his briefcase. "You see, the brain is divided up into zones that most humanoid races use to harness magic. Here in the fore-brain are the cognition skills required to harness arcane power. Back here, around a centimeter deep, is the limbic cortex, which is responsible for delusions and ironically, most divine magic." He picks up the glass brain-jar and turns it around to give her a better look. The brain appears to have a few sections precisely removed in clean blocks, in the areas that he had mentioned earlier were used for arcane magic. "After I defeated him in battle, I carefully excised the parts of the brain most responsible for battle magics. Unfortunately it's diminished his usefulness, but at least he can still use divination and limited telepathy. Plus, I can carry him around safely and he can enjoy the rest of life in quiet contemplation. Cool, right?"
When the brain is first revealed Karish's expression is a mix of bizarre surprise and sudden disgust. However, as the Rakshasa's tale unfolds, she finds herself more and more interested in the details and the obvious care and effort expended in the creation of this object and the persistence of the core sentience inside. The enemy might be defeated and ... well, utterly at the Rakshasa's mercy, but that he was preserved like this was a wonder. Besides, if he told true, the man hadn't been the pinnacle of morality himself. An illusionist and shapeshifter... almost too similar to the tale of Haures the Dreaming Duke himself.
"That's... bizarre. Amazing, though. How thorough is his telepathy?" She doesn't wait for the rakshasa's answer, instead opening her own telepathic channel to the captive brain and attempting to communicate with it, knowing that the shield of the Vestiges around her mind would protect her from any retributive telepathic attacks but allow through simple dialogue. <Greetings, stranger.>
Mel makes her way back to the lounge seeing Dom and tam there.
Dom! she says excitedly [b]We needed to take a walk, this whole business got me so disturbed.
she gives Dom a friendly hug.
"what do you mean? and melody, I will not maim or kill them, simply talk..."
Mel just acknowledges the comment with that I'm not totally buying it, but I'll trust you tone.
you coming to Kai? if not I'll see you later. Oh I might not be around tonight. I promised Ginni and Vai to have some Girls night out. And Kai...No following or spying. you can trust me she give him a mischievous smile that is also quite cute.
Mel leads Roel back to the student lounge as she heads back Mel is humming a little tune that Kai will recognize as his song.
"of course I'm coming with......" Renkai says, tagging along, "and I will attempt to refrain from following you"
When the brain is first revealed Karish's expression is a mix of bizarre surprise and sudden disgust. However, as the Rakshasa's tale unfolds, she finds herself more and more interested in the details and the obvious care and effort expended in the creation of this object and the persistence of the core sentience inside. The enemy might be defeated and ... well, utterly at the Rakshasa's mercy, but that he was preserved like this was a wonder. Besides, if he told true, the man hadn't been the pinnacle of morality himself. An illusionist and shapeshifter... almost too similar to the tale of Haures the Dreaming Duke himself.
"That's... bizarre. Amazing, though. How thorough is his telepathy?" She doesn't wait for the rakshasa's answer, instead opening her own telepathic channel to the captive brain and attempting to communicate with it, knowing that the shield of the Vestiges around her mind would protect her from any retributive telepathic attacks but allow through simple dialogue. <Greetings, stranger.>
The brain doesn't respond. "You'll need to touch the glass. I made the design change after he started spamming me with telepathic messages every chance he gets. I'll warn you though; he's lost some of his magic-related vocabulary"
She nods and places a hand on the glass. <Greetings.>
<Can you tell me what happened? How much do you remember?> Couldn't hurt to get the captive's side of the story, after all.
The return of Melody alongside Renkai was disconcerting for Repp - though he chose not to broadcast that emotion to the group. So many big people here - all of whom might be dangerous. All of whom could overpower him. He couldnt' take that risk - couldn't trust that the school's wards would do as everyone said that would. He had to take action.
He sets his mind to detecting the thoughts of the folks in the room - wishing to know before hand if they were going to be agressive towards him.
"I trust you to do the right thing, Tyrrin." he says in a matter of fact way, like she needn't ask such a thing.
"I am your Knight."
Her only reply to that is a warm smile - there were undoubtedly unspoken words in her affectionate gaze, but after a few moments she nods decisively and turns away. "Let's catch up a bit then. Who knows how lost they will be without us." she says wryly, with a smirk that Ghalen can hear, even when Tyrrin isn't facing him.
Watching and listening to Vare speak, it's obvious to anyone paying attention that various emotions roll through her expressive face, yet, Anahita doesn't speak-- straight away.
She doesn't ignore the hand taking either, nor seem to mind when he removes from the being held either.
"I would speak my heart-- but I was cautioned not too. That is, to say, not attack, so I will say this. Do not let impatience ruin what you can do here, Vare, I am able to be any age I wish, and so, I could easily wait to .. grow, or what not. Perhaps even become a ... whatever this entitled status required might be. Just, do not feel pressured or rushed. I mirror your opinion, though as stated-- place of acceptance. Apparently it comes with conditions." She lets out a bit of venom there, looking momentarily fierce. Then she catches herself and smirks at her 'attack' and glances off while the expression fades.
Then she smiles and says, "Let us just .. speak more on this, I accomplished my discussed and required steps-- I have learned more, of what we didn't know. I believe, in this race towards something, I am ahead." She grins at Vare after sharing that, looking a hint haughty about it too.
Then she gets a broad smile on her face, merely smiling at Vare.
Vare follows along with her somewhat strange speech patterns - growing more and more accostomed to her intermittently vague and then direct speech patterns. He does smile however, his hand still resting on that shaven - though now slightly grainy - skin there. "Conditions indeed... though perhaps not all bad. It has brought us together, after all. Rena also spoke to me this morning of wanting to enroll in the school as a student." he seemed to momentarily wander off into a tangent, distracted by the mention of conditions.
"You... Oh. I think I understand." he glances at Jaiye. Anahita learned from her... about... being intimate. That only made sense then, why Jaiye felt it appropriate to council him on such things. "Jaiye, if you could council me as well - whom should I speak with, that I am not falling too far behind in this... race." that last word is say with a grin, and then a warm smile to Anahita as they walk along.
::Quite well. Would you like to observe this interesting specimen?::
Ehos seems torn between wanting to get answers from the corpse and... something of an apparent self-imposed duty to go to see Jaiye. He looks to his demon friend, seeking council. ::Phaeze... I don't know what to do anymore. I... have to go to Jaiye. At least to... tell her that I am sorry. She deserves someone better than me. I can't magic myself clean though - I can't cast even the most basic spell to cleanse myself though, as you know.::
::No, but I can.:: With a slight smile for his friend, Phaeqeriel bends what is real and Ehos is clean, his clothes seemingly fresh from his clothes press, with any damage to them undone. Phaezeriel's voice is a little teasing but in a good natured tone, ::You really must let me teach you how to do this psionics one of these days.::
you get about 180 ft out, still 320 ft left to go. The hands grasp at the sides of the bridge, and begin to tear it down. You only have a moment to decide what to do next.
He leaps into the air while calling for the assistance from the earth and air.
While they are all standing there, discussing what exactly to do next, Ace suddenly swoons a bit on his feet as he gets a sudden telepathic flash of insight into what's been bothering Ehos.
"Something really bad happened between you and Jaiye, didn't it Ehos? And you feel terrible about it."
the hands tear the ground below you asunder, while you float safely above.
the hands tear the ground below you asunder, while you float safely above.
He glides through the air as he heads for the other side of the river.
you make it to the other side. Going very far away from the river results in leaving a stable Aria, and likely death by ever-changing environment. The Styx seems to be the only "safe" place for as far as you can see.
you make it to the other side. Going very far away from the river results in leaving a stable Aria, and likely death by ever-changing environment. The Styx seems to be the only "safe" place for as far as you can see.
He begins to follow the river.
the river never seems to end. After you follow it for a while, a legion of dreches begin fishing souls out of the river. They pay you no heed.
the river never seems to end. After you follow it for a while, a legion of dreches begin fishing souls out of the river. They pay you no heed.
He lands and looks over the group, trying to be logical about this.
they silently fish for a while, then a few of the craven creatures start arguing about who saw what first. A fight breaks out, killing 5 of them. The rest just keep fishing, not even turning their heads to the event.
they silently fish for a while, then a few of the craven creatures start arguing about who saw what first. A fight breaks out, killing 5 of them. The rest just keep fishing, not even turning their heads to the event.
He continues past them.