"I was flirting? Perhaps I should start making note of when I do. Or is it just telling the truth?" Instead of taking in the beauty of the woods now surrounding them he instead watches Ori. "This place is quite beautiful. It suits you well."
She blushed and smiled. "I do believe you are getting the hang of this flirting thing," she teased as they started walking towards the wooded area near the edge of the school grounds.
She blushes again. "That was flirting too. Possibly flattery, unless sincerely meant."
"Excuse me, Ryuzo, but it seems that I need to go to the infirmary. One of the students in Ephebe's class need a psionic healer. I'll be back as soon as I can," she said apologetically before teleporting to the infirmary.
"Where is the patient? Er, the one you asked for help with? His name is Hew Ward."
A nurse walks over to Nala and bows slightly. "Yes he is over here in the bed. We believe that he has over exerted his psyonic power. Currently he is unconscious and is unresponsive. This young girl was with him in the sim rooms when it happened. I am unclear of the events but she should be able to give you a better interpretation of what happened." She motions to Zilla who is weeping while looking at Hew.
A nurse walks over to Nala and bows slightly. "Yes he is over here in the bed. We believe that he has over exerted his psyonic power. Currently he is unconscious and is unresponsive. This young girl was with him in the sim rooms when it happened. I am unclear of the events but she should be able to give you a better interpretation of what happened." She motions to Zilla who is weeping while looking at Hew."Excuse me, Ryuzo, but it seems that I need to go to the infirmary. One of the students in Ephebe's class need a psionic healer. I'll be back as soon as I can," she said apologetically before teleporting to the infirmary.
"Where is the patient? Er, the one you asked for help with? His name is Hew Ward."
"Thank you."
She headed over to the bed where Hew was. "Zilla? I'm not sure we've formally met. I'm Miss Zamarosok. Can you tell me what exactly happened before Hew lost consciousness?"
She blushes again. "That was flirting too. Possibly flattery, unless sincerely meant."
"I was flirting? Perhaps I should start making note of when I do. Or is it just telling the truth?" Instead of taking in the beauty of the woods now surrounding them he instead watches Ori. "This place is quite beautiful. It suits you well."
He smiles as he places his hands around her hand he had been holding. "I mean it with all sincerity."
"Thank you."
She headed over to the bed where Hew was. "Zilla? I'm not sure we've formally met. I'm Miss Zamarosok. Can you tell me what exactly happened before Hew lost consciousness?"
Zilla looks up to Nala and replies. "We- we were in the sim rooms working on making my body bigger. We kept failing to get me to this size. He started to look tired so I told him we should take a break for the day but he wanted to try again anyhow. So I let him. While trying he called out in pain and collapsed." She sobbed for a second before continuing. "Normally we have a phycic backlash that we both can feel but this time I didn't feel it. Whats wrong with him. It's my fault isn't it?" She cries out as she finishes.
He smiles as he places his hands around her hand he had been holding. "I mean it with all sincerity."
She blushes again. "That was flirting too. Possibly flattery, unless sincerely meant."
"Well, then it's just flirting. I...have the hardest time thinking clearly when you do that," she said, not quite sure what she should do. She didn't want to rush anything, but it was difficult, especially when he looked at her like that....
Zilla looks up to Nala and replies. "We- we were in the sim rooms working on making my body bigger. We kept failing to get me to this size. He started to look tired so I told him we should take a break for the day but he wanted to try again anyhow. So I let him. While trying he called out in pain and collapsed." She sobbed for a second before continuing. "Normally we have a phycic backlash that we both can feel but this time I didn't feel it. Whats wrong with him. It's my fault isn't it?" She cries out as she finishes."Thank you."
She headed over to the bed where Hew was. "Zilla? I'm not sure we've formally met. I'm Miss Zamarosok. Can you tell me what exactly happened before Hew lost consciousness?"
"It is not your fault," Nala said crisply. "He was being stubborn and pushed himself beyond his limits. So now we're going to figure out how to help him, alright?"
"Now the first thing I'm going to do is attempt to make contact with his mind. Then we'll figure out what to do from there."
"Well, then it's just flirting. I...have the hardest time thinking clearly when you do that," she said, not quite sure what she should do. She didn't want to rush anything, but it was difficult, especially when he looked at her like that....
Salis thought about what she said for a moment. "You have a hard time thinking? I don't think I understand. I know what I am thinking though most of my thought are only of you and even if try to think of other things I have a difficult time pushing you out of mind. Perhaps it is something of that sort? This is all new to me and this is the first time I have found a subject invading all my other thoughts."
"It is not your fault," Nala said crisply. "He was being stubborn and pushed himself beyond his limits. So now we're going to figure out how to help him, alright?"
"Now the first thing I'm going to do is attempt to make contact with his mind. Then we'll figure out what to do from there."
Zilla nods to her before telling her in a small frightened voice. "If you need I can open our mindscape, but I haven't been able to find him there. Our mindscape doesn't feel the same anymore ether. I even looked were his mind was during our last backlash."
She stays there in his arms for a couple of minutes, holding him tight, reassuring herself that he was in fact still there. Eventually she does draw back a little.
"Okay, I didn't follow all of that too closely after the part you said you kind of died for a little while. I think you might need to repeat some of that. You went to the Abyss? And got some kind of demon mark there? That went away when you saw me? I'm a little confused here."
Ehos looks into her eyes briefly, and then... before continuing, gently slides her off his lap into the seat next to him. 'Sorry... it's a bit.. distracting to have you in my lap.'
'Okay, I'll slow down a bit. Um. I think there some dumb kids from Avalon which summoned a Marilith. I... wasn't really thinking and charged in... hence the wooden plank. But there was... others that came through from the Abyss, and took Phaeze there. I couldn't let them take him. So I chased afterwards... I didn't do any of the real work though - I didn't even have a weapon. Anyway... after it was done... we came back to the infirmary and... Phaezeriel said I had a mark. Some kind of demon mark. We were going to get some privacy when you saw me. Apparently when you ran away, the mark flared and disappeared. I couldn't see it though, so maybe Phaeze can explain it better.'
One thing Jaiye notices perhaps - something which Ehos himself has not noticed - his birth control charm, the infertility charm which keeps him effectively sterile is /gone/ from it's usual place.
Anahita nods a few times and considers Vare for a few moments, a mixture of thoughts on her expressive face.
For the most part, though, she's completely ignoring the where or who is near the two while standing outside the observatory.
"What are we to do now? I am anxious -- yet, uncertain." She gives no reaction to the initial question and response just now, at least, not on this plane of existence.
Luckily, at least for the moment, Vare and Anahita are alone at the top of the tower which the observatory rests atop of.
Vare looks side to side with his head, then back to Anahita - as always with those eyes that never seem to fix properly on her. "Perhaps I should go shave and tend to... my hygiene. Given that there are no classes for me to teach today, I thought I might try to get some research done - using those datapad devices you mentioned... in addition. Rena has expressed a wish to attend Avalon as a student - a result of an evening spent last night - apparently he suggested as much. I am going to polymorph her into a humanoid form... it will be easier for her, we both believe."
Vare pauses and thinks further, his hand once again finding it's way to his somewhat scruffy chin. "Or... perhaps we can meet with Bradley, and the find someone willing to help us with his problems? That seems a more immediate task."
"It's not an injury per se. He's overextended himself again. Miss Zamarosok is better with treating these cases than I am, but she may have questions for me since I've treated him before. If I do need to leave I would not hesitate to do so. Especially in an urgent situation regarding a student's health. But I am confident that the best person currently available for the job is taking care of it."
Koizumi and Yuki both nod at this, but seem to be out of things to say - a stoic people no doubt, used to silence.
Kosuke though, Midori's brother, suddenly pipes up. "Blackscales-sama. Pardon my interruption. Is there a way I can send Midori letters while she is here? If she is staying a long time I am going to miss her." he says concisely before falling silent again.
::I see. I am coming there now to discuss this in person. Stand by.::::::Understandable.::
A few moments later, Denulia is standing there next to Ryo. "Shall we skip the pleasantries? How did you find out about this fleet? Who are the others it may be targeting? If we do attempt to subvert it, what is the likelyhood that we will reveal ourselves further in doing so?" she fires off a quick battery of questions, her manner severe and to the point, despite her grace and thoughtfulness.
Ace watches with rapt fascination as Asch does his thing, sinking his fangs into the corpse. It was morbid, but it was apparently effective, which is all that mattered.
"Alright, we got a name, and some collaboration. I'm not sure how much more we can learn from this body. At least, via the spell I'm using. Shall I end it prematurely, or do we have any other questions to ask it"
"Maybe we should ask him if he wants to be brought back to life. He was a living person - not just some tool for us to find out what happened here. Avalon has the resources." Vai says, just a little sarcastically. She hadn't wanted to be so overt about it... but Keme had shown her that the best way to get people's attention was to defy their expectations.
He grimices lightly ::ah there is the rub, I believe the term is, we spellweave are at our most potent when dealing with magics of the arcane sort, lower teir spells I can cast many at once, due to having many arms to direct the magics. As a race we are highly resistant to magics of the mind, so long as we do not open our minds to psionics, and while a meta concert.. That is what they are called yes?... Would be quite potent, I can think of only a select few who would deign to lower their defenses to gain such power, espically as there is no gaurantee that sufficent others would do so to make a difference.. And as to risk. Each spellweave is born with three minds, the hive mind being only one of, the risk is negligible,::
::That is a rub indeed. Since there are two other minds that are independent from the hive mind, have there been any rogue spellweaves that have used psionics, to the detriment of the species?::
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::not as such, despite the hive, or perphapse because of it, spellweave minds are very.. Closed is the best word I can think of it is the word we use for it, or rather the closest word you have to the one we use, though perhapse full might be a better one, but it is an extremely painful and disorienting thing to forceably share space with a non psionic spellweave, we are running into somewhat of a language barrier, but in any case nothing for a spellweave to be psionic is a rare enough thing, and while incredibly potent, simply for the fact that a spellweave has three minds, each powerful in their own right, they are not unduely aided by the hive against itself, to act against the hive would be to dinish one's own personal strength, something hardly thinkable, espically one corrupted enough to do such as that::
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"Thank you. He was with Mama and Grama too. He knows all the magic that our family has ever had."
The bear looks back at her with all of the intensity of a one eyed inanimate object.
"Could you try to fix him? I would really like that." :)
Her smile is now back.
Salis thought about what she said for a moment. "You have a hard time thinking? I don't think I understand. I know what I am thinking though most of my thought are only of you and even if try to think of other things I have a difficult time pushing you out of mind. Perhaps it is something of that sort? This is all new to me and this is the first time I have found a subject invading all my other thoughts.""Well, then it's just flirting. I...have the hardest time thinking clearly when you do that," she said, not quite sure what she should do. She didn't want to rush anything, but it was difficult, especially when he looked at her like that....
She laughed, surprised by the sheer honesty of his words. His lack of pretensions was certainly a large part of his charm. She slid her arms around his neck, giving in to the temptation to play with his hair. It was such beautiful hair. "Yeah, that's what I mean," she admitted, blushing again when his hand against her back brushed up against bare skin since her top left her midriff bare. "I find you very distracting." She kissed him lightly on the lips, not completely able to avoid temptation, but still trying to be good.
Zilla nods to her before telling her in a small frightened voice. "If you need I can open our mindscape, but I haven't been able to find him there. Our mindscape doesn't feel the same anymore ether. I even looked were his mind was during our last backlash.""It is not your fault," Nala said crisply. "He was being stubborn and pushed himself beyond his limits. So now we're going to figure out how to help him, alright?"
"Now the first thing I'm going to do is attempt to make contact with his mind. Then we'll figure out what to do from there."
"Thank you, that's very helpful. I'm going to try to contact his mind alone first, but if that doesn't work, then yes, I will need to access your shared mindscape."
Nala put a hand on the side of Hew's forehead and attempted to find a point of contact.
::Hew. Can you hear me?::
"Thank you. He was with Mama and Grama too. He knows all the magic that our family has ever had."
The bear looks back at her with all of the intensity of a one eyed inanimate object.
"Could you try to fix him? I would really like that." :)
Her smile is now back.
"Hai, we should go get some needle and thread from the home economics room." Midori says with a gentle smile, and waits for Sara to close up and put away her super-important box before holding out her hand again for the little girl to take. "Maybe you can talk to Kitty-senpai.. I think she does magic with animals too, maybe she can help you learn some too." Midori offered politely... she had no idea about magic of course, but she could at least make that connection.
Ehos looks into her eyes briefly, and then... before continuing, gently slides her off his lap into the seat next to him. 'Sorry... it's a bit.. distracting to have you in my lap.'
'Okay, I'll slow down a bit. Um. I think there some dumb kids from Avalon which summoned a Marilith. I... wasn't really thinking and charged in... hence the wooden plank. But there was... others that came through from the Abyss, and took Phaeze there. I couldn't let them take him. So I chased afterwards... I didn't do any of the real work though - I didn't even have a weapon. Anyway... after it was done... we came back to the infirmary and... Phaezeriel said I had a mark. Some kind of demon mark. We were going to get some privacy when you saw me. Apparently when you ran away, the mark flared and disappeared. I couldn't see it though, so maybe Phaeze can explain it better.'
One thing Jaiye notices perhaps - something which Ehos himself has not noticed - his birth control charm, the infertility charm which keeps him effectively sterile is /gone/ from it's usual place.
"Ah, no, I'm sorry, I wasn't thinking," she said, in response to him moving her off of his lap.
She frowned as he continued. "That sounds pretty serious. I do want to talk to Phaeze about that. I want more details, to know if this is something to worry about going forward."
And then she stopped, her ears flattening in anger. "That little b&+&*! I am so gonna freaking kill her! Look, I'm not saying you had no responsibility in this thing, you did. And I think that we've talked through that pretty thoroughly. But that little hussy doesn't get absolved from responsibility either. She knew you were with someone else and didn't care about that or about who would get hurt as long as she got what she wanted, and what's worse, the conniving little b$#!* took measures to try and get herself knocked up in the process," Jaiye growled as she grabbed his hand and held up his empty wrist so he could see what she was talking about.
"It's not an injury per se. He's overextended himself again. Miss Zamarosok is better with treating these cases than I am, but she may have questions for me since I've treated him before. If I do need to leave I would not hesitate to do so. Especially in an urgent situation regarding a student's health. But I am confident that the best person currently available for the job is taking care of it."Koizumi and Yuki both nod at this, but seem to be out of things to say - a stoic people no doubt, used to silence.
Kosuke though, Midori's brother, suddenly pipes up. "Blackscales-sama. Pardon my interruption. Is there a way I can send Midori letters while she is here? If she is staying a long time I am going to miss her." he says concisely before falling silent again.
"There is a normal postal delivery to Avalon. You can write as many letters as you like, and she can write back, presuming there is an address you're reachable at. There is certainly no restriction on contact with family for students here. If you want to visit her, that is also permitted although preferably on weekends since otherwise it would be a distraction from her studies."
"Ah, no, I'm sorry, I wasn't thinking," she said, in response to him moving her off of his lap.
She frowned as he continued. "That sounds pretty serious. I do want to talk to Phaeze about that. I want more details, to know if this is something to worry about going forward."
And then she stopped, her ears flattening in anger. "That little b~#&*! I am so gonna freaking kill her! Look, I'm not saying you had no responsibility in this thing, you did. And I think that we've talked through that pretty thoroughly. But that little hussy doesn't get absolved from responsibility either. She knew you were with someone else and didn't care about that or about who would get hurt as long as she got what she wanted, and what's worse, the conniving little b+!&! took measures to try and get herself knocked up in the process," Jaiye growled as she grabbed his hand and held up his empty wrist so...
Ehos goes sheet-white when Jaiye pulls his wrist up to display the lack of charm there. His mind is racing at a million a minute... Kara wanted his child... but.. ! 'Oh gods. She... she knew who I was this morning. She said she did some asking around to find out who I was... but what if... what if she's trying to embarrass my family with a bastard child or something? It wouldn't matter much to the elves... but some of our human allies... it would be a big deal.'
He stands up, feeling a need to move - to do something - but he has nowhere to direct his energy, so he turns back to Jaiye, looking confused and conerned. 'I'm starting to doubt whether she actually worked at that tailor shop. The owner - who she was was her father, and is now dead - when we were questioning his corpse, he said he didn't have a daughter.'
Ehos goes sheet-white when Jaiye pulls his wrist up to display the lack of charm there. His mind is racing at a million a minute... Kara wanted his child... but.. ! 'Oh gods. She... she knew who I was this morning. She said she did some asking around to find out who I was... but what if... what if she's trying to embarrass my family with a bastard child or something? It wouldn't matter much to the elves... but some of our human allies... it would be a big deal.'He stands up, feeling a need to move - to do something - but he has nowhere to direct his energy, so he turns back to Jaiye, looking confused and conerned. 'I'm starting to doubt whether she actually worked at that tailor shop. The owner - who she was was her father, and is now dead - when we were questioning his corpse, he said he didn't have a daughter.'
Jaiye frowned and nodded. "Yeah, it sounds like she was some kind of political operative, maybe hired to cause trouble for your family. Or just being opportunistic thinking that she could get paid for it down the line. None of which makes me want to rip her throat out any less."
Jaiye frowned and nodded. "Yeah, it sounds like she was some kind of political operative, maybe hired to cause trouble for your family. Or just being opportunistic thinking that she could get paid for it down the line. None of which makes me want to rip her throat out any less."
Ehos looks at the telescope, troubled, and then back at Jaiye. He moves over and kneels down in front of her, takes one of her hands with his free one. 'Jaiye, I really am an idiot sometimes... you have no idea how much it means to me that you're sticking by me, even when I am catastrophically stupid.'
'I fell asleep afterwards... and she dumped me in an alleyway. That should've been the first clue, but I wasn't really thinking properly.'
"There is a normal postal delivery to Avalon. You can write as many letters as you like, and she can write back, presuming there is an address you're reachable at. There is certainly no restriction on contact with family for students here. If you want to visit her, that is also permitted although preferably on weekends since otherwise it would be a distraction from her studies."
"Ah... arigatou gozaimashita. It's somewhat of a journey to come here walking." Kosuke says, and then hesitates ever so slightly, before continuing on, his concern finally showing through. "She's going to be okay, right? Midori. The metal thing kept getting worse and worse, and we didn't know how to help."
Jaiye frowned and nodded. "Yeah, it sounds like she was some kind of political operative, maybe hired to cause trouble for your family. Or just being opportunistic thinking that she could get paid for it down the line. None of which makes me want to rip her throat out any less."Ehos looks at the telescope, troubled, and then back at Jaiye. He moves over and kneels down in front of her, takes one of her hands with his free one. 'Jaiye, I really am an idiot sometimes... you have no idea how much it means to me that you're sticking by me, even when I am catastrophically stupid.'
'I fell asleep afterwards... and she dumped me in an alleyway. That should've been the first clue, but I wasn't really thinking properly.'
"It's possible that she may have drugged you."
She shruggged. "It was something Ana said. It made me realize that happiness was worth giving a second chance. And I know from experience that the hurt will heal given time. As long as you learn from your mistakes we can do our best to make sure more good comes out of this than bad."
"There is a normal postal delivery to Avalon. You can write as many letters as you like, and she can write back, presuming there is an address you're reachable at. There is certainly no restriction on contact with family for students here. If you want to visit her, that is also permitted although preferably on weekends since otherwise it would be a distraction from her studies.""Ah... arigatou gozaimashita. It's somewhat of a journey to come here walking." Kosuke says, and then hesitates ever so slightly, before continuing on, his concern finally showing through. "She's going to be okay, right? Midori. The metal thing kept getting worse and worse, and we didn't know how to help."
"She's going to be fine. I'm working with her on learning control of her ability and we have ways that aren't harmful to her to get things back under control quickly if she does get upset and start turning everything to metal. But given time, she'll need those less and less."
"It's possible that she may have drugged you."
She shruggged. "It was something Ana said. It made me realize that happiness was worth giving a second chance. And I know from experience that the hurt will heal given time. As long as you learn from your mistakes we can do our best to make sure more good comes out of this than bad."
'Is that before or after you kissed her?' Ehos tries to joke again, but his heart isn't really in it - that much is obvious from his expression - especially given what he was about to say. 'Um. Since we're going "all cards on the table" here... Phaeze said I picked up a disease somewhere... um. I probably got it from her... it's cured now, according to Phaeze. But... I thought that was something you should know. I... I think we should hold off on sex for a while - and obviously not only because of that. I want to learn about you, not just your body.'
He sighs and looks down at the ground, defeated for the moment. He takes a deep breath. 'Alright. I'm going to do my best to learn and be better Jaiye. For my sake as well as yours. If there's anything I've learned today it's that I'm too gullible and easily manipulated... and it's not just me on the line when I make stupid choices.'
"She's going to be fine. I'm working with her on learning control of her ability and we have ways that aren't harmful to her to get things back under control quickly if she does get upset and start turning everything to metal. But given time, she'll need those less and less."
The teenaged boy breaths a sigh of relief. "Thank you, Blackscales-sama. Midori is watashi no taisetsu hitori. Ah.... I mean, she's very important to me." he bows his head to her in thanks
"I can check them all down a ways. Tyrinn can you ask the gods again like you did earlier?"Tyrrin shakes her head, causing a cascade of black hair. A very casual gesture, considering her usual stiff formality. "I can't see the sky here. I can attempt to divine a path with my Seer powers... but I haven't mastered those yet. It is... unreliable, at best."
"OK then. I'll check them each out. If you can keep a scry on me you can see where I am. OK. Where to start." He takes a die out of his pocket and drops it into an ice tray.
"Survey says. . . ""Right tunnel first. I'll go a ways down each. If there are more off shoots I'll come back. If this is a maze we're gonna need some divination."
He sets off down the right tunnel invisibly keeping an eye out for traps etc.
A few moments later, Denulia is standing there next to Ryo. "Shall we skip the pleasantries? How did you find out about this fleet? Who are the others it may be targeting? If we do attempt to subvert it, what is the likelyhood that we will reveal ourselves further in doing so?" she fires off a quick battery of questions, her manner severe and to the point, despite her grace and thoughtfulness.
"A group of students went to the Firebird Sun to look for an temple that had some importance to them. They briefly disappeared from my Sight, and I later learned they had traveled to another warded planet. I'm having them checked out in the infirmary. I suspect there are four more planets."
"As long as the wards are in place, we shouldn't be at risk of exposure. But we would be showing what we're capable of in the attempt, and it may drive the Empire's agenda against the Resistance even further."
"Hai, we should go get some needle and thread from the home economics room." Midori says with a gentle smile, and waits for Sara to close up and put away her super-important box before holding out her hand again for the little girl to take. "Maybe you can talk to Kitty-senpai.. I think she does magic with animals too, maybe she can help you learn some too." Midori offered politely... she had no idea about magic of course, but she could at least make that connection.
She promptly closes the box and replaces it in the fort-knox of childhood security: under her bed.
The weasel has faded back as quick as it came."You will need to show me where this is. I haven't been yet." She gets up and picks up her bag. She takes Midori's hand as they leave. Once in the hallway. "Someone named Kitty likes animals too? Maybe she can teach me. Can you take me to her later, maybe?"
Ace looks to Vai "Why would we ever ask anything as sensible and logical as that? We're a bunch of guys, we don't think of things like that" He says completely straight faced.
Ace looks to Vai "Why would we ever ask anything as sensible and logical as that? We're a bunch of guys, we don't think of things like that" He says completely straight faced.
The dead tailor's corpse says nothing, since not asked a direct question. Ace's spell is running out of time.
melody sits with Ginni attempting her best to comfort her.
I don't suppose you know who started these rumors do you? she asks with the thought of revenge on her mind.
I'm sorry, I'm not more helpful, I have always looked to music to make me feel better but that does not work for everyone.
Turning back to the corpse Ace asks "Would you like to come back to life? I believe we might be able to accomplish that back at the Academy."
Lang just sits there not sure what to do about Hew.
after a few minutes and ensuring Hew is in good hands and out of danger, Lang goes to Pyra.
I was informed about a book, or several books, left in your family's care. they were the memoirs of Avatar Tehru. Do you know anything about them?
Luckily, at least for the moment, Vare and Anahita are alone at the top of the tower which the observatory rests atop of.
Vare looks side to side with his head, then back to Anahita - as always with those eyes that never seem to fix properly on her. "Perhaps I should go shave and tend to... my hygiene. Given that there are no classes for me to teach today, I thought I might try to get some research done - using those datapad devices you mentioned... in addition. Rena has expressed a wish to attend Avalon as a student - a result of an evening spent last night - apparently he suggested as much. I am going to polymorph her into a humanoid form... it will be easier for her, we both believe."
Vare pauses and thinks further, his hand once again finding it's way to his somewhat scruffy chin. "Or... perhaps we can meet with Bradley, and the find someone willing to help us with his problems? That seems a more immediate task."
Considering various of his suggestions, Anahita says, "If you wish to be clean shaven, this is welcomed yet not demanded, Vare. As for hygiene, perhaps a quick bathing or cantrip to clean up with? There are some wonderful metal gears that make hot water pour from the wall's pipes, along with soap and other liquids that smell of good things in the restroom area of one's quarters. Have you tried these yet? A shower, I believe using plumbing."
Looking around, once again surveying the area since the view was different she asked, "What is it you wish to research? And how long would your spell allow Rena to remain humanoid? Perhaps just a size changing spell and a device to provide her with the equal manual dexterity of hands instead? So many choices. Who is this person she spoke with? His mere suggestion sounds very powerful. Does that excite you, to have Rena join as a student?"
Glancing up and across the roof, Anahita then says, "Visiting Bradley may be beneficial, but my opinion, while not infallible, is he requires assistance or study by someone who can see the relation he has to Fate or Luck, or perhaps mental abilities. I am of the thought his subconscious is key here. A bit stumped people appear not too concerned, though, the school's ability to stave off death is ..." She pauses for a moment in thought on this, "dangerously potent. It makes me dwell on it often. Too much power corrupts, as the saying goes."
Exhaling with a deep sigh she adds, "I should .. Rather, I must work on my aggression."
This results in a frown.
"I am thinking and speaking too much. Again. Odd."
Turning back to the corpse Ace asks "Would you like to come back to life? I believe we might be able to accomplish that back at the Academy."
The corpse cannot look at Ace, obviously, nor do much more than answer his question. When asked, the corpse says, "I have no memories of wishing to be dead, nor being dead. Living is my preference."
'Is that before or after you kissed her?' Ehos tries to joke again, but his heart isn't really in it - that much is obvious from his expression - especially given what he was about to say. 'Um. Since we're going "all cards on the table" here... Phaeze said I picked up a disease somewhere... um. I probably got it from her... it's cured now, according to Phaeze. But... I thought that was something you should know. I... I think we should hold off on sex for a while - and obviously not only because of that. I want to learn about you, not just your body.'He sighs and looks down at the ground, defeated for the moment. He takes a deep breath. 'Alright. I'm going to do my best to learn and be better Jaiye. For my sake as well as yours. If there's anything I've learned today it's that I'm too gullible and easily manipulated... and it's not just me on the line when I make stupid choices.'
"I think that's a good idea, Ehos, for us to spend some time getting to know each other in other ways for now. I...I had this idea stuck in my head that you were too good for me, way out of my league. And now...well...I think I'm getting to know you better now, as yourself and not just my idea of you. I think...I think we're actually pretty well equal. And I think that's how it's supposed to be."
"It's hard learning that your choices matter, that your choices effect other people...I'm just starting to get that lesson myself. Courtesy of your mom actually. Do you know what I did this morning after I took your sister for an emergency pregnancy test, honestly she knows better, I really can't believe she got so caught up in the moment like that and she's really lucky that she didn't have to deal with consequences, and since when am I the responsible one around here?...uh, anyways...after that and breakfast I actually went and did my homework. Because it finally got through to me that I couldn't afford to pass up this opportunity to get an education.""I think that in our own ways, we've both been doing a lot of growing up in the last couple days. And the more we help each other with that the better off we'll be."
"She's going to be fine. I'm working with her on learning control of her ability and we have ways that aren't harmful to her to get things back under control quickly if she does get upset and start turning everything to metal. But given time, she'll need those less and less."The teenaged boy breaths a sigh of relief. "Thank you, Blackscales-sama. Midori is watashi no taisetsu hitori. Ah.... I mean, she's very important to me." he bows his head to her in thanks
"And I'm sure that you are very important to her too," she said with a smile.
"If you don't have any other questions, would you like to take a tour of the school before you go?"
melody sits with Ginni attempting her best to comfort her.
I don't suppose you know who started these rumors do you? she asks with the thought of revenge on her mind.
I'm sorry, I'm not more helpful, I have always looked to music to make me feel better but that does not work for everyone.
Ginni shook her head. "It's pretty much impossible to trace now. It's spread so far. When I walk down the hall I have to try to keep my mental walls up as strong as I can make them or it's like people are shouting them at me as I walk."
Lang just sits there not sure what to do about Hew.
after a few minutes and ensuring Hew is in good hands and out of danger, Lang goes to Pyra.
I was informed about a book, or several books, left in your family's care. they were the memoirs of Avatar Tehru. Do you know anything about them?
"That would be my husband's family. He took the family record book, but if those books are still in the possession of the del Sols, then Sorchan's parents will have them. Which is a bit of a problem since he's not really on good terms with them after their role in the execution of the Fuerte family. I'll tell him to look for them. He's capable of putting his personal feelings aside for something this important."
Ginni shook her head. "It's pretty much impossible to trace now. It's spread so far. When I walk down the hall I have to try to keep my mental walls up as strong as I can make them or it's like people are shouting them at me as I walk."
"Perhaps we can ponder at the motive? Perhaps someone that seeks to divert the rumors away from themselves and towards you . Is there anyone you or one of your friends have wronged recently? I heard something of a David?"
She laughed, surprised by the sheer honesty of his words. His lack of pretensions was certainly a large part of his charm. She slid her arms around his neck, giving in to the temptation to play with his hair. It was such beautiful hair. "Yeah, that's what I mean," she admitted, blushing again when his hand against her back brushed up against bare skin since her top left her midriff bare. "I find you very distracting." She kissed him lightly on the lips, not completely able to avoid temptation, but still trying to be good.
When her lips touched his a surge of energy shot through him. He hadn't realized how much he wanted feel her lips embracing his. He looked into her eyes as the kiss ended. All his thoughts of anything else bled away as his thoughts filled with his desire for her. His body was starting to lose control to his desires. Slowly his hand slid up the small of her back. Where he pulled her closer so he could press his lips to here.
After a moment that seemed an eternity. He pulled away from her. "I'm sorry I should have asked permission."
"Thank you, that's very helpful. I'm going to try to contact his mind alone first, but if that doesn't work, then yes, I will need to access your shared mindscape."
Nala put a hand on the side of Hew's forehead and attempted to find a point of contact.
::Hew. Can you hear me?::
Nala seems unable to make a connection to Hew's mind. Though she can feel his mind it seems weak and distant.
"Perhaps we can ponder at the motive? Perhaps someone that seeks to divert the rumors away from themselves and towards you . Is there anyone you or one of your friends have wronged recently? I heard something of a David?"
Ginni shook her head. "It's pretty much impossible to trace now. It's spread so far. When I walk down the hall I have to try to keep my mental walls up as strong as I can make them or it's like people are shouting them at me as I walk."
"Repp that a pretty good idea there, but could the rumors have anything to do with what happened it town? Kinda like a perparation to a step two."
"Repp that a pretty good idea there, but could the rumors have anything to do with what happened it town? Kinda like a perparation to a step two.""Perhaps we can ponder at the motive? Perhaps someone that seeks to divert the rumors away from themselves and towards you . Is there anyone you or one of your friends have wronged recently? I heard something of a David?"
Ginni shook her head. "It's pretty much impossible to trace now. It's spread so far. When I walk down the hall I have to try to keep my mental walls up as strong as I can make them or it's like people are shouting them at me as I walk."
yeah, what did happen in town? saw some stuff from a distance but not really sure.