Cindra follows Phaedra outside, laughing as she enjoys Phaedra's enthusiasm for play.
As Phaedra explains the rules to Lang, Cindra changes into her bird form, perching on a nearby statue.
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Cindra smiles warmly, "It has been a long time since I played firekeeper. This should be fun!"
"Can Lang come too? I mean, if he wants to. You did say you wanted to be friends, and I'm fairly certain that requires spending time sharing activities," she said primly, addressing Lang.Cindra smiles at the younger girl, real affection showing, "Sure, we can play outside. As long as we stay on school grounds." Cindra nods in agreement, "Of course Lang can come if he wishes to do so. But perhaps you should also ask if he has any activities planned today that you might share with him. Sharing must go both ways." She winks at Phaedra to take the pedantic sting out of what she said.
Cindra smiles at the younger girl, real affection showing, "Sure, we can play outside. As long as we stay on school grounds."
Phaedra giggled. "He's not really a people person. I asked him once why he didn't like to go to parties and he said that people were too loud and he preferred books because they were always quiet." Cindra giggles quietly and nods in agreement. Lang sat a bit as the two girls talked. looking to Phaedra, ya know what, Sun taught me that having special powers does not make anyone special. I didn't ask you to be friends because of any powers. in fact I had another friend that really had no abilities at all, and I would trust her with my life. Cindra smiles at Lang and Sun, "What makes a person special is not what they can do, but who they are. It took a long time for me to understand that, my family being how they are."
Cindra puts her arm around Phaedra for a moment, giving her a light squeeze. "That is the first time any of them have done anything other than just be a glass bubble. I didn't even do anything differently than usual. It is a little weird..." She pauses then looks down at Phaedra, "They are right, though. And even if they are wrong and you do not have some in-born talent for something, here at Avalon you can learn to be or do anything you want. It might be rough getting used to being different, speaking from experience, but the best thing you can do for yourself is to be fully and completely yourself, and to love yourself for it." Cindra looks back up at Lang, slipping her arm down from around Phaedra's shoulders, "Solus really is gifted with firebending. But if you are interested in seeking his help it might be best if I go with you. He can be a little .. um .. reserved around people he doesn't know."
"At least you have a power, Cindra," Phaedra said with a grimace. "It may not be one they like, but it's something. The wait and see, you'll have your powers soon pep talk gets sadder every year. It's mostly just pitying looks now." She pulled her salamander off of her plate before it attacked the food Cindra gave her too. "Solus would be more help with learning fire bending that Cindra would. He's pretty good at it. He's Cindra's older brother." Cindra looks at Phaedra with an apologetic smile, "I'm sorry, Phaedra, I really wasn't thinking." She looks up to Lang, "But she is right, my brother would be much better at helping with the firebending thing, if you can convince him to help you."
Lang listens then has a smile of a great idea. Well I don't have any talent for it either, well at least not yet. maybe we can learn it together. he suggests, with a bit of excitement to have someone to learn with. Cindra shakes her head sadly, "As much as I would love to suddenly develop a knack for it, my family has, um, quite thoroughly tried to develop the skill in me. I am one of the minority of firebirds that have talents that lie in other directions." She puts her palms together and, drawing them apart, is suddenly holding a delicate glass orb that grows as she draws it larger. At about 4" in diameter, it suddenly fills with a bright, pure light. Cindra jumps in surprise, dropping the orb which shatters on the edge of the table. The entire tabletop is infused with the light, and the broken bits of glass begin to evaporate. Cindra's voice is shaken and confused, "Well. It has never done that before."
"Well, I can't help you with that one. I am one of the strange firebirds that have no talent for it at all. The black shame and disappointment of it, at least as far as my parents were concerned." Cindra's voice holds none of the bitterness once might expect. In fact, she seems fairly amused by it.
"Okay," Phaedra said happily. She's so distracted she doesn't noticed her salamander has climbed onto her plate and is helping itself to her breakfast. Cindra returns with a plate of charred breakfast breads, and a cup of something that smells pretty toxic, as well as a bit more of what Phaedra had on her plate, since the silly salamander ate a good bit of it. As she sets it down and seats herself, she hands the extra to Phaedra with a wink before turning to Lang and Sun, "So Lang, in what does Sun mentor you?"
Cindra smiles at Sun, with a somewhat bemused expression on her face, "It is nice to meet you, too, Sun." I mean, let's face it, that is not the strangest thing I have seen here at avalon... Taking Lang's response as tacit agreement for her to stay, Cindra gives Pahedra's shoulder another squeeze, "Let me go and grab some food, and I will be right back, okay?" She heads for the serving line with a smile and a wave.
True to her word, Cindra steps into the elementary cafeteria and spots Phaedra after a few moments. Seeing the girl sitting with some friends, she tries to discreetly catch Phaedra's eye but remains unnoticed, as usual. I will not have her thinking I don't keep my promises. With a sigh Cindra heads over to Phadra's table, coming to a stop beside the girl and speaking with a bright smile on her face, "Hi, Phaedra! How are you this morning?"
Cinra follows the other two, laughing happily with them. To tell the truth, she was interested in seeing the creatures as well. There was one girl, well young woman, really, that had some sort of tiny dragon for a pet. Maybe there were more of those... Once they reach one of the hallways though he notices something odd about the air. "Is it just me or is the air actually comfortable... It almost feels warm actually" Cindra looks around, nodding slowly, "It does seem better than usual. Maybe they are trying to make it better for the firebirds?"
Cindra nods along with Lucas' words, "If you want to look at the magical creatures, I can come along, then after Lucas goes, we can go use the sim room."
"Ummm.....well....I....don't know, actually. I'm....I'm not sure what I like to do. I always had Lily telling me what to do all the time and now I don't actually know what I like for myself and I don't know how to figure it out. But it's too embarrassing to tell people that. Please don't tell anyone," she pleaded. Cindra's expression sours a little at the name of her least favorite cousin. Her face smoothed quickly, however, and though she tried not to, her voice took on a little bit of a pedantic tone, "Well, did you actually like doing any of the things Lily made you do? Did you look forward to any of them?"
Phaedra made a face. "No way!" she said emphatically. "I'd much rather hang out with you than go back," she said with what she really, really hoped was a winning smile. She really didn't like being all on her own in the elementary division. She'd always had siblings and cousins around and had no clue how to cope with being alone. Cindra smiles at her young cousin, "Sounds good to me! I do need to do some research in the library, but that can wait for a while. What would you like to do? If we don't know where it is, we can try to find it."
Cindra waves to Lucas, "I will pass, thanks all the same. Summoning is not really my 'thing'." She turns to look at Phaedra, "How about you, Cousin? You want to hang out a while longer or are you ready to head back to the other side?"
Cindra smiles at her cousins, "Did you know that a full Demon is one of the instructors here? And it works in the infirmary as a healer of all things..."
Cindra rolls her eyes slightly at Lucas' response to Nanami, and catches Phaedra's eye. Her expression seems to comment on Lucas' tendency to always have a response to everything.
"I can't come visit you, though. Not unless someone comes and gets me first. They don't let us elementary students wander around the big kids' areas unsupervised. I guess there were problems because of it at one point, so now it's restricted. And how am I supposed to give them a chance? Mama told me not to talk to them. Everything is strange here, and I don't know what I'm supposed to do. I mostly just hang around with Ignace, which is very boring because all she ever does is sew things. All day long. I mean, she's nice enough, but there have to be other things to do," she finished plaintively. Cindra hands Phaedra a piece of charcoal slathered with a jelly-like mix very similar to napalm, "Well, then I will just have to make a point to visit you more, won't I?"
Cindra smiles at her cousin with no patronizing or condescending attitude, "It is strange to be around so many other kinds of people, isn't it? It is hard to get used to. But if you give them a chance, they might surprise you. And you can come visit me any time I am not in class; I am in the library a lot." She pauses for a moment, then tries a distraction tactic, "Is there anything you like about the school? Anything interesting?"
Cindra's eyes twinkle a little with amusement at the formal way of speaking Lucas almost always used, "Well, here I am." She smiles at Phaedra, "How are you liking Avalon, Phaedra?"
Cindra looks up as Lucas and Phaedra approach, smiling at her cousins warmly, "Hi guys! How have you been?" She dips a small piece of charcoal in kerosene before popping it into her mouth. She gestures to the plate, but does not speak with a full mouth.
Well, probably still cafeteria. She missed food looking for Raelle, so she went back there to try to eat.
Cindra was last in the cafeteria. Failing that she will be in the Library.
Cindra bows a little to Sorchan.
Sorchan nodded. "I'll go and see what if anything I can find out about who took her," he said. "Show me where her belongings were found," he said to Cindra. Cindra nods, "Flying will be faster, sir." Regardless of form, she will lead the way to where Lucas is as fast as she can manage.
The school seems to be helping her hurry. That corridor had seemed longer before. And the stairs didn't used to be there, did they? She reached an area of the school she had never been before quite quickly. Professor del Sol was already walking down a corridor towards her, followed by a woman she didn't recognize with dark red hair. "What is it?" he demanded. "What happened to Raelle?" Cindra curves in a graceful maneuver, flowing into her human form keeping pace with the Del Sols, "Professor, we do not yet know what has happened, except that she has disappeared. Lucas has found some of her belongings just outside the wards. That is when I reached out to you."
Lucas rummages through the bag looking for something to positively identify the owner and broadcasts ::and bring someone who can trace teleports:: Cindra banks and brushes the corridor wall, arrows light up leading to Professor Del Sol, ::I am on my way. I will try to reach him telepathically to speed this up.:: Cindra brings to mind the tall man from her memories, vague though they are, ::Professor Del Sol! Professor? This is Cindra Svarog. There is a situation developing regarding Raelle!::
Cindra quickly discovers that Raelle is not in the library, she begins choosing areas at random to search.
Since it was one of her favorite places ever, Cindra heads for the library to search.
Cindra nods, "Okay. I will keep you posted." With that she assumes her bird form and flies out of the cafeteria.
"Yes, I do need help looking for her. She's a firebird. Mix of dark and light grey feathers in bird form. In girl form she's about my height, dark hair, looks black is actually red, grey eyes, tattoos all over, she was wearing jeans and a red jacket. She was supposed to meet me by the lake after classes, but she never showed." Morrivan pushed her hair back impatiently. "She wasn't allowed off the grounds to start with unless she was with her family. Cause her dad was worried cause I guess some of the old school types are blaming her for what happened. He thought they might hurt her. I mean, it's stupid, but I guess politics gets stupid sometimes," she said with a helpless shrug. "Anyways, more recently there's been a strong of murders. Girls lured away from the school, or the town, or the camp. Two of the victims were friends of ours. So, yeah, I'm worried about her, and I really hope I'm wrong."
Cindra looks at her tray, then unceremoniously sets it on a nearby table before looking back to Morrivan, "Where do you want me to look, how do I contact you if I find her, and how often and where should I check in if I do not?"
"Lucas, Lucas Savrog pleasure to meet you. If I might ask what prompted you to worry, did you have plans to meat that she missed?" "This is not a good time for a girl to be missing! Do you need help looking for her? What does she look like?"
Cindra walks up with a tray loaded with charred and blackened foods. Her brows furrow as she sees the look on Lucas' face, "Hiya Lucas. Is something wrong?"
Cindra steps into the cafeteria, flinching slightly at the sight of the spider creature. Her hands are mostly hidden in the sleeves of her shirt, but her left hand looks to have five rings on it, one on each finger. She glances around and waves to Lucas with a smile as she makes her way to the line.
Cindra sits quietly in the cafeteria eating her meal. A satisfied smile on her face as she rolled the perfect glass sphere around in her hands.
Cindra spent the week in a very good mood. She found that she had a real talent for going unseen, even in the most well lit area and under direct observation. Professor Strider had even lost track of her for a moment or two in class. She was also enjoying the relative anonymity of life in the academy, but would like to make a few new friends; a difficult task for someone most people do not notice.
She is going to switch botany to stealth. Most of the time people overlook her, so she figures she may as well learn how to use it better to her advantage.
Having spent the previous class periods entirely unnoticed both by teachers and by her classmates, Cindra sighs heavily and walks back to the Headmaster's office to apply for a class change, I may as well make use of it if I cannot avoid going unnoticed. She stops beside another girl about her age also waiting for the Headmaster.
Cindra is not doing much at the moment. Just chillin near the botany classrooms. If anyone has a bored person/is, themselves, bored.
Though she is early, Cindra follows the arrows that lead her to the botany classroom and slips quietly through the door stepping to one side and surveying the space in front of her.
Finishing her lunch, Cindra sighs quietly at the ease with which she fades from everyone's attention. There has to be some use for this, hasn't there? Returning her tray to the dishroom, she leaves the cafeteria. After brushing a hand along the wall, she heads for botany class.
He shrugged and sat down. "Meditation was kinda boring, but I enjoyed light blades okay. It was better than meditation anyways," he said, rolling his eyes. "How about you?" "Alchemy was pretty weird, I think that Professor Yrrum is more than a little insane. I liked it though. History made me almost fall asleep. Twice. I have something called "gunkata" after lunch. That should be interesting. So far I like it here."
"So am I allowed to join you, or are you enjoying alone time? I promise not to be offended if you tell me that you're kinda over the whole family time thing," Solas said as he approached his sister. Cindra looks up at Solas and the smile grows across her face, "Of course you can join me, I am not intentionally trying to sit alone. It just worked out that way." She pauses for a bite, then continues, "Are you enjoying your classes?"
Cindra slips into the cafeteria shortly after the bell, gets a lunch, and sits at an empty table to eat. There is a small smile on her face.
Near the back of the group, Cindra also jumps at the tremor that runs through the building, putting her back to a wall, then ducking away from the swarm of bats.
Cindra smiles warmly at Lucas, then waves to the group as she touches the wall and begins to walk away after the arrows. Some short time later, having dropped her stuff off in her new room, Cindra steps hesitantly into a classroom and stands near the door waiting for the professor to arrive.
"Interesting choice, that" Cindra blushes and ducks her head, and her voice is a little defensive, "Well, it seemed interesting. I have never really seen one, only read about them." She shrugs, helpless to explain her choice.
Cindra gives a small smile to Archena and speaks quietly, "Something called 'Gunkata'. I think it has to do with guns."
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