Professor Nix's page

Professor Nix spent his entire week in classes and helping the newly awakened psychically active students. Lily Svarog in particular was having some amount of difficulty accepting her power as well as learning to control it; the two problems were linked, after all. Raelle was another problem. After creating the psi inhibitor (never his first choice) he spent many hours trying to figure out how to craft a device to help her learn to focus and control her gift. The damned thing was impossibly complex, however, as was the ability with which it was meant to assist.

Mighty Ones, save me from teenage girls!

Not letting his exasperation show, Professor Nix defies the rules of null-psi fields, catching the collapsing Raelle in a telekinetic field, and settles her back on the treatment bed. The strain of forcing psionics through the damping field shows as he breaks a sheen of perspiration on his forehead as he places a gentle calming effect over the too-raw emotions of Tamina, trying to blunt her hysteria, "Tamina, Ginni is in the best possible hands for the injury she sustained. If there is even the smallest possible chance that she can be helped, Phaezeriel will not rest until she is set right. I reacted poorly to what seemed like interference with my patient. I was not aware that you had medical experience."

Professor Nix, slightly distracted by the idea of mathematical equations describing a rift, does not notice that Tamina intends to treat his patient until it is too late. Lowering his slightly outstretched hand he watches Raelle until he is sure that the 'medicine' would do no harm.

After a few moments, he glares at Tamina, but his voice is still calm and pleasant, "So you are one of the people who work in the infirmary now, yes? You make it a habit of treating other people's patients, yes? I will thank you to clear with the person under whose care a patient is before treating that patient." He holds up a hand to stop her protest before it fully forms, "I do not want to hear all the reasons why you did as you did. I do not care how well you know Raelle or what your undoubtedly prodigious medical skills are. In the future, please check with me before you treat my patient. It is simple courtesy."

Nix's demeanor relaxes and his smile is warm and friendly again, "I am glad that you are here, Tamina. It helps the healing process to have friends nearby. Raelle, I will put in a note excusing you from your classes for the rest of the day. I would like to keep you in the infirmary for a couple of hours for observation, but after that you are free to go. You should rest for the remainder of the day. And you really should rearrange your classes to accommodate the beginning psionics class; it will help you to learn control."

This seems to achieve the desired effect as the symbol on her neck finally stops glowing red and fades to its usual black as the null-psi field forces it to switch off. It does not seem to have any effect whatsoever on whatever this other thing was. It was...slippery. It seemed like nothing at all, but there was definitely something not normal there.

Raelle's eyelids fluttered and she groaned, bringing a hand over her eyes as she regained consciousness.
"Gods! My head feels like it's going to explode! What happened?"

Professor Nix smiles as he places a calming hand on Raelle's shoulder, his voice newly familiar to her, "Easy, now. You are in the infirmary. You pushed your power too hard and passed out from the effort. You are safe, and your psychic ability will not work here for now. Somehow the power you used got locked on and was preventing you from recovering. If you give it time, the headache will pass. If you promise not to leave, I will have something brought to ease the pain."

With Dave's departure, Nix bends back to his patient. Examining her hypercognition closely, and trying to to understand this other psychic signature, he evaluates the effect of simply placing the girl into a null-psi field.

Nix jerks his head up from his examination of Raelle as Dave teleports into the room, a severely annoyed look blooms across his face as Dave speaks, and his voice is very curt when Dave reaches a hand toward Raelle, "Do not touch her, whoever-you-are! Kindly take your problems and urgent mission out of my examination room. Ardiente, please show this person how to leave this room since he seems intent on speaking with you."

Ardiente does indeed seem to be quite distressed, though he lays Raelle down on the bed as instructed with the utmost care and attention. "She was working on... some kind of... I think they called it a rift. She went there with magical protection to analyze it and came back like this." Ardiente said, never having felt more stupid in his life before. If only he'd understood better...

Nix listens to Ardiente without pausing in his examination, then responds with the air of someone who is distracted from the conversation by the task at hand., "Yes, I can see. She is simply exhausted and has not deactivated the abilities that exhausted her. Was she doing any kind of extensive analysis or anything like that? Pattern recognition..." His voice trails off.

"I'm not exactly sure. She was working with something complicated and this happened. The symbol on her neck is glowing red, which doesn't seem very good to me. I told you everything I could figure out from a quick assessment. Ardiente might be able to tell you more if he can calm down a bit, but he's understandably worried right now."

As the group gets to room 13, there is a slight whooshing of displaced air and Professor Nix is standing in the room. He beckons towards the bed in the center of the room, "Good morning, I am Nix. I understand we have some psychic trauma of some kind? Please place the patient on the bed so that I can see what we are dealing with."

As Raelle is settled onto the bed, a complicated barrage of soft sounds, scents and small displays of light pour forth from Nix, presumably as he manifests several diagnotic powers.

What is the problem afflicting Raelle?

And who is playing the psionics professor? I'm thinking it was Nix. Is that correct? If so, he's getting paged by the infirmary. With Phaezeriel and Nala both out they don't have anyone else to turn to in order to deal with the latest incoming patient with psychic trauma.

I am the psionics professor, yes. What is the problem?

sorry .. I completely missed another psychic trauma.

"Right now we don't have any way to kill this virus. I have someone working on studying the virus in an isolated lab, but these things take time. It's probably safer to assume that it would be permanently infected."

"And please hurry. The death toll in Kuros is already....it's bad, Professor."

Professor Nix's voice comes back, slightly shaken, which is also highly unusual, <<Professor, I have permission to use the plane. I have to replace it, and I have to annihilate the plane we infect when we are done there; Antigenesis will destroy anything. Where would you like the gate?>>

"Damn. I thought since you're the psionics professor you might have one....maybe one of the arcane magic professors might have one? Do you know of any staff or students who might? We need something now...and I can't do anything about time. Ephebe could, but the security system registered her departure from the school a little while ago. Something about a field trip."

His voice is somewhat chagrined when it comes back over the communicator, <<I, uh, made a mistake with it, several actually, and it became unstable. I had to destroy it when it tried to eat me; long story.>> There is a pause, then his voice takes on a hesitant note, which is utterly unlike Nix as far as you have ever known him, <<I do know of one other demi-plane. Let me contact its owner and see if it still exists and if I can use it. Will it be permanently infected, or can I return it after we are done with it?>>

"I'll keep that in mind. And I'll see if I can't find someone who can help with that containment problem."

Aananda hit a button on her headband. "Professor Nix, this is Professor Sunwake. I need a dedicated demi-plane right now to contain a deadly virus in town. I thought of you first thing."

The reply is immediate, <<Professor, I can create what you need, but it usually takes nearly a week to do. Is there any way you can alter the flow of time in a local area on the Astral Plane?>>

Professor Nix glances towards the woman when she enters, but returns to his conversation swiftly.

Nix is not a new professor. There has been a psionics professor at Avalon for a long time, I just gave him a name and a form.

Returns the bow.

"I am Genosuke, 'Professor of Eastern Philosphy, and Planar Studies.' The former is dispersed freely to the students in the latter. If anyone has any questions about all things Planar, do not hesitate to ask."

"Thank you, Genosuke, I will certainly come to you if the need arises."

"It was a designation I was given in a City long ago lost. A rank in my order such as monk or master, but here, its seems unfitting, Professor seems the appropriate term even if I have no formal academic qualifications. However Professor of firearms sounds odd, I think Instructor would be a better title to use, one who instructs and trains others in the safe handling and use of ranged fire and energy arms"

He smiles

"I know of telekinetics and telepathic disciplines, others in my order where imprinted and skilled in such things, I would like the opportunity to lean more about them if you don't mind."

Nix's voice is friendly, "Of course, I would be happy to help."

::I am Zix, or Zixoplatul if you prefer, I teach Abjuration, Defencive battle magics, and a small introduction to warding class, I have been teaching since the beginning of the term,::

Nix nods to Zix, "Yes, your classes are a fine addition to the curriculum here. I apologize that I have not had time to introduce myself properly before now."

Nix then turns to Genosuke and bows politely by way of greeting.

Royston Stands and looks at the new comer, and feels the weak Psionic field buff up against his permanently active defenses, others become active analyzing and assessing, blocking shifting, seeing the analyzing as new from's and gust forms and Patton's shimmer and shift, there is nothing unusable about this all Grammatiosn's Clerics are trained thus.

The others there see no change in Royson, Unless they can see Piconic fields like Nex I think hes looks evenly at the new comer and smiles.

"yes I am, my name is Grammaton Cleric Marcus Royson, I am the new fire and energy arms instructor and Gun-Kata teacher, Nex, and looking at you impressive aura I would say you must teach some form of Psionic discipline I'm I correct in that assumption? .

always the even voice

Nix nods to Royston, "Yes I am the Psionics Professor. I specialize in telekinetics. I also have an assistant who specializes in the telepathic skills. Welcome to Avalon. Grammaton Cleric? I am unfamiliar with this title. Is there a form of address that you are more comfortable with?"

The door to the teacher's lounge opens, and a tall red-haired man enters. He is the image of physical human perfection except for the scars that are visible where his left eye used to be. As the door opens to admit him, a strange sensation pours into the room and as he enters, it is clear he is the source. It is a feeling similar to being pressed upon by an unseen force, save that it is so utterly weak it cannot move even loosely hanging hair. For those who know him already, this is normal around Professor Nix.

His one blue eye settles on Royston as if he had known exactly where Royston was standing before he could have seen Royston. Nix nods politely to the three gathered professors, then looks away as he moves to the sideboard to get a cup of coffee. Once his coffee is prepared to his liking, he turns back to Royston, not needing to search for him at all. He approaches Royston with a welcoming smile and extends his hand when close enough to do so, "Greetings. I do not believe we have met. I am Professor Nix, but please just call me Nix. Are you a new Professor here at Avalon?"

Any objection to a scene crasher? :)

Zix pipes up at this ::so far as I can tell the wards do not directly stop information going in, just coming out:

also there is a professor nix and I am not her

I am most decidedly male. Where are Royston, Zix, and Genosuke currently located?

It would have been good to know about the wild surge part, as Nix is a wilder and expended every scrap of psionic power he had healing and fixing things last night, to include all the surges he could do.

He does not often need to surge, but last night he burned through all of the surges.

Professor Nix looks from one to the other, his eyebrows raising slightly as Grim brings forth his darkness. "Do none of you have any respect for those who have been harmed by today's events? Look around you. I appreciate that this is an emotionally charged situation, but you are not helping anyone, least of all the person you are all trying to help! Cease this behavior at once!"

Professor Nix frowns at Keme, "Mr. Tokala, you will report to detention after classes on Monday. Though I appreciate that you have reduced your hostility level, my statement required no response, and it certainly did not require your attitude, it required only cooperation. As for you staying here, that is entirely contingent upon whether or not you do as instructed. No shouting. No fighting. No threatening others. These are non-negotiable. The people in this room have been through enough without adding to it."

Nix turns his frown on Grim, and it deepens as Grim's darkness persists, "Mr. Grim. Since you seem incapable of controlling yourself in the face of mere words, you are a danger to those receiving care in this room. Leave the infirmary now please. There are more than enough people here with healing talents that you will not be missed. And your theatrics will also not be missed. You will also report to detention on Monday."

Nix turns to Ace, "Mr. Dalcorgrim, while your desire to help is commendable, you are not helping. If you wish to remain, you will calm yourself, and respect the fact that you are in an infirmary and conduct yourself accordingly. You will also report to detention on Monday."

His frown is not designed to be intimidating. It seems simply to be a sign of his displeasure. He also is not raising his voice at all.

Professor Nix speaks from behind Ace, "All of you, that is enough. Be silent or get out of the infirmary. Take your quarrels, your accusations, and your juvenile posturing out of this room."

Professor Nix lowers his upraised hands, and the crackling field of kinetic energy between the stone umbrella and the ceiling fades. He looks over to where Ardiente is standing and gives him a respectful and approving nod.

Professor Nix nods in a satisfied manner, and begins moving throughout the room healing hurts, calming fears, and generally trying to care for and help to recover any who show signs of being affected badly by the attack on the school.

Professor Nix approaches Phaezeriel calling to him as he moves, "Phaezeriel! Join your mind to mine and lend your healing arts to me. They are needed."

When they get to the cafeteria, Al'rqyq hangs back, keeping a respectable distance between himself and others, and just watches what occurs.

Arriving in the cafeteria with a group of frightened students and one stranger, Professor Nix pauses at the door. Looking around at the makshift infirmary that takes up most of the cafeteria, he steps inside and hurries the students through to the area held for people who had fewer physical injuries and more of the scared, shell-shocked looks on their faces. Handing them over to the temporary 'infirmary staff', he goes back to Al'rqyq.

Seeing that this unusual psychic had the presence of mind to keep his aura away from those it might distress, he nods with approval, "As you can see, we have had a very trying day. Thank you for your help and co-operation. If you are hungry, I will arrange for a meal to be brought to you as soon as the kitchens are working again. I would like to stay and chat for a time, but there is a great deal of work to be done. Please forgive my rudeness." With that, he turns and walks back into the maelstrom of frightened and injured staff and students, already raising his voice as he heads towards a small demonic form who is facing a beautiful elven girl.

He nods, and bounds quickly through the hall back to the room. If you get within 10 feet of him, his presence is a bit unsettling. It seems for that reason, when he gets to the room, he hangs back and lets you enter first.

If you have knowledge: Psionics, his aura is that of a dread, and a strong one at that. Being a teacher, asking you to roll would just be a waste of time :)

Yes, the psionics professor would recognize your aura. ;)

Nix follows Al'rqyq and as he passes the young man into the room, he senses the aura of fear that surrounds Al'rqyq. With a gracefully arched brow, he steps into the room and moves calmly towards the students. "I am Professor Nix, and you are all now safe. Jessom, is that you in the back? Come here, boy."

Nix holds out a hand to one of the teens and the boy steps forward hesitantly, "Yes, Professor."

Nix smiles at his student, then at all of them, "As I said, you are all safe now. You did exactly the right thing in finding a hiding spot and staying put. Now, will you all accompany me to the cafeteria? We can get some tea, and perhaps a bit of something to eat to help settle our nerves."

Nix looks at Al'rqyq, "You, of course, are welcome to join us."

"Sorry, I'm not from here. I don't know friend from foe. I saw smoke from the trees, and came to help. There are kids in a room, scared." he says, pointing back the way he came. "They asked I go find a teacher. It seems I have."

"My name is Al'rqyq mn Al'kwabys."

Professor Nix holds the young? man's gaze for a moment, that piercing blue eye fixed on his. Then he seems to relax and a sense of overpressure to the air eases.

"Welcome to Avalon. Thank you for your assistance. Please take me to the students that you found."

Perception id20+19

He goes on guard almost immediately
"Are you a...teacher here?"

At the lack of response to his questions, the man's one eye narrows and a faint cracking sound can be heard from the walls near him, "I am an instructor here. I an Professor Nix. This has not been a good day. We have little patience for intruders today. I say again, please identify yourself and your reason for being here. If you are peaceful then we will have no problems. If you are not, you would be well advised to leave peacefully."

Finds a group of young teens huddled in a classroom

"Are...you all...ok? Do you need help?" he asks, making sure not to get too close to them. No one likes being close to him...
One of the girls speaks up
"We heard screaming and weapon fire! Then everything went dark...we couldn't find a teacher, so we hid here. I don't recognize you..."
She produces a knife and holds it in front of her.
"Stay back!"

"No! I mean...you no harm. I'm trying to help. I do not live here, I am from far away. I've been living in the trees near here, and I saw smoke, came to help. Please, you need not...fear me." he says quickly

She narrows her eyes, then relaxes, but only a little. "None of use can see in the dark...can you go get a teacher, then?"

"Yes, I shall try. Remain here, I will return." with that, he half runs, flys off in search of an obvious adult.

Any teachers feel free to intercept/interact

As Al'rqyq mn Al'kwabys travels down the corridor, a tall, regal figure crosses the corridor ahead of him. Halfway across the corridor, the man stops and looks down the hall at Al'rqyq mn Al'kwabys. He is tall and his proportions are nearly perfect. His hair is the exact color of spun rubies, and his one blue eye seems to look deep into Al'rqyq mn Al'kwabys' soul; a mass of scar tissue mark where he lost the other eye.

He turns and begins striding toward Al'rqyq mn Al'kwabys. A strange crackling sensation begins to grow as he approaches, as if he was so strongly there that he was straining the fabric of reality with his presence. "Excuse me. I do not recognize you. Please tell me who you are. And what your business is at Avalon." His voice is curiously flat and his speech is clipped.

Professor Nix, seated in his personal laboratory lets out a small sigh. Having reached a stage where it would be safe to set the work aside for a while, he stands and stretches. Brushing a hand along the wall of the hallway as he leaves his quarters, his brow furrows.

I assume Anahita is not on school grounds? Can she be found through magic/divinations?

End of week reports/assessments, lesson planning, research.

lol .. well .. Nix is a short form .. I could go by Karus.

Greeetingsss. It isss a pleasssure to teeeach theee nature of theee mind to othersss.