NationStates Jolt Archive

Fed up with her partener's slowness to attack, Katarina tosses the swords into the air, where they dissapear, and heads to her room to get some shut-eye.

ooc: i believe it is midnight-1ish. Time here is fluid though. we've had people rping at multiple diff times of the day before. It just gets.... Confusing.

ooc: i believe it is midnight-1ish. Time here is fluid though. we've had people rping at multiple diff times of the day before. It just gets.... Confusing.

OOC: Try living in England, I used to know exactly which times Rave would likely to be on when I did a small thread with just James and Rave talking in it... even though IC only about a minute has passed, OOC about a week has passed. You just have to be patient and pay attention to any RP that relates to you (for example, if it's in the same room as you. If you want to RP with a different group of people in another room who are three hours IC ahead of you then you assume that you just did something for that time period. Otherwise it doesn't matter.

Once all the characters have RPed night time, it's probably safe to assume they can all RP morning. To be honest, you can RP when you like but I prefer to stick to everyone elses time otherwise I loose my place.

Currently it's probably getting to around 9pm or earlier, some people are getting sleep now because of jet lag, others because they are tired. Not all of us are asleep so there is room for some more first day actions.

Thats my look at it all anyways... if you have a better way then use it.

(Damn, you're sparring partner was playing Halo. Just got back. Damn. I think I'll withdraw from the thread, because I can't keep up.)

Domino stopped where she was, sending a response to Qui. That's nice. I don't need to meet with YOU right now though. She keeps wandering around the Academy slowly, not caring in the least what Qui wanted.

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Santiana frowned at Qui. "Well? Are you going to answer the threat?" She obviously didn't have the ability to hear the short conversation, but looked off to the wall in the direction Domino was. "She's getting more powerful..."

(Damn, you're sparring partner was playing Halo. Just got back. Damn. I think I'll withdraw from the thread, because I can't keep up.)OOC: Wow. I'm usually the first to poof. Although last time it was more of a bang than a poof... :wink:

Giarc finally decided he needed his sleep. He nodded to everyone in the room, picked up his rucksack and walked along the corridors, in search of room 131.

After watching in silence, Lana followed everyone else, and returned to her room, smiling as soon as she entered the familiar surroundings. Her thoughts fondly returning to last year, before coming back to the now.

For a first day, it hadn't been too bad. No really serious arguments, but then it would take a lot to beat the end of last year. She shuddered as the memory returned. But then, everything had turned out 'well'.

She hit the shower, feeling refreshed as she made herself ready for bed. She couldn't help wondering what tomorrow would bring, as she gently drifted off to sleep.

(Damn, you're sparring partner was playing Halo. Just got back. Damn. I think I'll withdraw from the thread, because I can't keep up.)

OOC: Don't give up Sigma, or at least just take a more back seat role if you feel you can't be involved with RP... sometimes people will wait, but I guess some times they don't... eitherway I'm sure you can find a way to stay or make an agreement or something...

ooc: i believe it is midnight-1ish. Time here is fluid though. we've had people rping at multiple diff times of the day before. It just gets.... Confusing.

OOC: Try living in England, I used to know exactly which times Rave would likely to be on when I did a small thread with just James and Rave talking in it... even though IC only about a minute has passed, OOC about a week has passed. You just have to be patient and pay attention to any RP that relates to you (for example, if it's in the same room as you. If you want to RP with a different group of people in another room who are three hours IC ahead of you then you assume that you just did something for that time period. Otherwise it doesn't matter.

Once all the characters have RPed night time, it's probably safe to assume they can all RP morning. To be honest, you can RP when you like but I prefer to stick to everyone elses time otherwise I loose my place.

Currently it's probably getting to around 9pm or earlier, some people are getting sleep now because of jet lag, others because they are tired. Not all of us are asleep so there is room for some more first day actions.

Thats my look at it all anyways... if you have a better way then use it.

(Guess what? I am in England too and I know completely what you mean. Last time in the acadamy Rave died and I did not even know about it! :? )

((Sorry for not posting those little lines about Joshua so soon school was a bitch. Any ways his first year he was cocky and thought he was better than most others. During his second year he discovered the vampire DNA located in his system slowly changing him also during that year he fought Qui and was stabed with a sword cutting his spine and also turned into a vampire to save his life he was later healed.))

(That is helpful but I wanted to know what your cahracter looked like :) )

Pepal soon levatated on top of a statue near Ignus to see what he was reading.

"Magic,strange magic I might add" he mumbled under his breath,trying to keep it quiet so he won't disturb Ignus

Ignus slammed the book shut in annoyance. He felt Pepal using the magic as soon as he came, what the hell was he doing? Wasting energy like that, it was amatuerish.

"And I suppose it gives you great delight levitating around, being a show-off hmmm? And does it grant you pleasure in reading my text? Well you might want to be careful when you want to try such a foolish action again, you might go insane due to the wards upon the powerful spells." Ignus said cynically, poision tipped into every word, his delicate voice slithering.

Ignus looked directly at Pepal with his cold ice eyes, thier logical and hating eyes boring straight into him with that bitterness.

ooc: a LOT of occ coments on this thread.

IC:"Santiana," he returned toward her. "I suggest you get some rest. Do not worry about her."
He passed through the door way from his office and was enveloped in the shadows. Silently he moved through the academy, and to every room he entered, dropped a few degrees, as it would a spirit or vampire. He moved quickly through the halls, watching people as they paid no attention to him, and entered a room to meet Domino.

"That's strange," he said to himself. "Because you should care of what is demanded of you when you are in someone else's Academy. Look at me Domino..." he said, his voice in a twinge of unknown anger. His eyes expressing his purpose.

Giarc dropped his rucksack onto the floor, took off his boots and flopped onto the bed. He was asleep before his head hit the pillow.

Everybody seemed to leave now so Benjamin decided to have a rest too, although he didn't feel tired.

He left the building, looking for Shel's note where his room was. 119.

He walked over to his dorm.

Maybe I can meditate a bit instead of sleeping. Would help to kill the time.

Shel' had brought his baggage into the room, so everything Benjamin needed should be here.

Ten minutes later he sat on the floor, surrounded by a circle of small lights. His eyes were closed and his mind started to drift away.

Santiana walked back out top the parking lot, taking a few things from it and goes to her dorm room. She doesn't seem inclined to get much rest though...

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Domino stops and turns to look at Qui. Her hair had become matted and her flesh... her flesh had holes in it. Bone showed through in three places on her face, the most striking being around her left eye. Or where it would be. Both were now empty, or semmingly empty black sockets. She was more strongly built than before. The most noticible thing for Qui though would be her mind. Or what sane parts were left of it.

"Yes, Qui? You wished to speak with me?"

Pepal soon levatated on top of a statue near Ignus to see what he was reading.

"Magic,strange magic I might add" he mumbled under his breath,trying to keep it quiet so he won't disturb Ignus

Ignus slammed the book shut in annoyance. He felt Pepal using the magic as soon as he came, what the hell was he doing? Wasting energy like that, it was amatuerish.

"And I suppose it gives you great delight levitating around, being a show-off hmmm? And does it grant you pleasure in reading my text? Well you might want to be careful when you want to try such a foolish action again, you might go insane due to the wards upon the powerful spells." Ignus said cynically, poision tipped into every word, his delicate voice slithering.

Ignus looked directly at Pepal with his cold ice eyes, thier logical and hating eyes boring straight into him with that bitterness.


PlayBack:

"Im not showing off,since it took a long journey getting here,I believe my legs needed a break,and bought that book of yours,I aplogize bout that curiosty got the better of me" he explained to Ignus his dark drow skin now shining in the moonlight(occ:this ain't another show-off move)

(OOC Of course I know that. Ignus is just a irritable character)

Ignus continued to stare at the dark elf, those cold eyes staring at the dark elf's, as though he was examining his spirit.

"Well keep your damn eyes in check drow. I am sure you appreciate what the arcane words can do to one who does not understand them. And regardness....What is a dark elf doing here hmm? I would have thought that you kind would not be accepted into the acadamy...then again, considering what Rave is...."

Ignus chuckled darkly to himself at the last words he said, knowing his own dark joke, that he knew what Kain told him about her. About the two sides.

Of course, the joke would have been sweeter should he had known what Rave was now.

"1st,I'll try not to do that again,and second,why am I doing here,came here to learn,Im not like Drow from the Underdark,where I come from,we hate that society in the Undedark.Remember,looks can't tell the personality,I might be a drow,but that dosen't mean Im evil and all that" he stated to Ignus,now matching with his stare.

OOC: Do we just assume it's morning, or wait until Rave says so or what?

Ignus simply stared at Pepal for a brief moment and then laughed. He laughed a hollow chilling laugh which was full of his usual cynicsm. He was laughing in mockingness, he was closed his eyes, he sounded dilerous.

Ignus laughed for a few long seconds, before stopping instantly. It was most strange...it was though he had complete control. Ignus looked again at the drow again with those eyes. He had a sneer upon his lips. He spoke again, his voice almost a whisper.

"Evil and all that!" Ignus chuckled to himself again. Then he became deadly serious, his words becoming with thier usual mocking tone.

"Oh...that is most amusing. You seem like a child to me. With a black and white persepective upon the world...let me guess. You fight "evil" now huh?" Ignus' sneer increased.

((heh feel like a idiot but hey being rushed dosn't help. Ok here is what he looks like: Short deep brown hair about 2 meters tall, very wel built and has a few scars on his arms most are on his back (3 of them) and he has beep brown eyes alo when angry his fangs tend to be outlined on his lips and his complextion is slighty taned))

Joshua entered his room and smirked at the old indent from the armor he wore in his first year he tossed his shirt aside then tuurned around and walked out the door and close it. He then walkeed towards the swiming pool where he quickly removed his boots and other items important to him and dove in to the crystal clear water

(Thanks, my words could mean so many different things :? lol)

'I don't fight Lloth,but I still hate her,so does everyone from my home nation,I did not come here for wreacking havoc here,I simply just came to learn the power from withn,not to use weapons to defend myself.But I'll fight Lloth if I have too,but I don't need too now"he states again to Ignus,felling irrtable about the last sentence he said,starring seriously,not taking this as a joke.

(OOC Simple tip. Make your sentances better so I can read them a little better, by putting a space if you put a , Thanks, it makes my life easier. And also, try and use the langauge that your character would use. Would your character really say that? Just a question you should ask everytime he/she speaks)

Ignus' chuckle died out, but he still had amusement from all of this.

"And Lloth is not the the only evil in this world that you need to worry about. You speak like a child, learning of the world through the words of others, tales, stories, never experiancing it. There are far darker evils in the world than Lloth, ones which lie within each person." Ignus said cypically, his part about his speach was like he was lecturing.

Ignus got up and walked away, still in view, his black robes playfully dancing with his feet as they moved. Ignus turned his back on the drow and began to head for his own room.

(OOC Of course you can talk to him before he goes)

Pepal was disgusted of that response."You think i haven't learned that,bah"he thought in his head.He did face the evil of people when his parents were killed,and he almost got killed himself.He just found that response usless because he had experinced the evil of others,but doesn't like talking about it.He immeaditly walks towards his room and goes in the usual trance.

Ignus walked to his room slowly, considering the words and the events of today. Hmmm, it was a strange school as Kain had said. Worth the efforts he had put out to get here? Yes of course it was.

Walking up to his room he opened the door slowly and inspected it again. No-one had been here. Good. He set about his things and looked at his spellbook for a few minutes before going to sleep, resting his weary mind.

(Please Drizzt, if you are going to use a comma place a space after it! Example:."You think i haven't learned that,bah" Do this "You think I haven't learned that, bah." Please, it makes your writing more legible.)

Occ:sorry bout that,I'll take note of that

(OOC No problem, but you just did it again :) )

: :shock: does Homer Simpson "DOH":

OOC: Enough with the OOC! If you place and OOC Comment. Place and IC comment with it!

IC: Santiana stepped into her dorm and locked the door, changig quickly into her spare clothes, then trying to contact her ship again. After the fifth try, she sighed and put the uplink away, falling asleep shortly thereafter.

(i'll stay in I guess.)

((I guess I'll make my first IC post when the morning comes in the thread. Taggishness for now.))

Michael took a moment to take in the view before him, elves were much more humble in Iuthia partly due to the Iuthian life style, their clothing was much like that of a human, those in the military wore the uniform like everyone else... though all elves seem to have perfect skin and more regal features then humans. He had never seen an elf in elven clothing before.

He drew himself from her smile and rallied his senses before noticing she had her arm extended as to notion some form of ettiquette on his part. At home this would have been a offer of assistance if he had fallen... Michael thought back to old form diplomacy.

He reached out hold her hand and knelt before Daedalis to kiss her delicate hand. Then he meekly kissed the back of her hand before telling her his name. "I'm Michael Willis... it's my first year here and I don't have a clue what I'm doing, to be honest this is my first time out of the Urbanites region..."

A little more red in the face then before, Michael got up.

Daedalis blushed deeply, her cheeks turning into a deep crimson color, saying as he stood. "Oh, no, no, no, please, please. Why are you doing that?. I'm not a noble or something like that. I'm just Daedalis, Daedalis the girl next door. I'm an orphan after all, and I don't even have a family name", she said, helping him to stand. "That wasn't necessary, noone ever treated me like that in all my life. Do you greet the women in your country that way?", she asked, looking confused. "All I wanted was to shake your hand. And look, we're neighbours!, I hope you don't like noisy music", she smiled.

As she spoke, she showed a wooden key holder to Michael, in the little board the number 123 carved in black.

Zion dresses again, then flops down on the bed for a much-needed nap.

Qui looked at her. So she wants to play this game...well then...who's fooling who... His look glazed over for his seconds, as one eye turned a brilliant ice blue, the other a deep crimson red, as if stained with blood. His wings folded behind his back, torn in some places, as a few feathers fell. They were blackened, like a fallen angel. He looked down to her. "I do. Tell me Domino, what purpose do you possess here now after you paid your respects. If you want nothing more, why not leave?"

Domino crosses the distance between them in a split second standing only a foot from him. "I am staying because I wish to stay. Until Rave tells me otherwise. I will do as I please." Her breath is rancid, she appears to be rotting with these new changes.

Michael reached a new level of redness with this revelation, his face almost reached a brick red before returning to some resembelance of it's original colour.

"Sorry about that, I guess it's been a while since I've been around other people without uniforms... I apologise, it's more customary to shake hands... I just thought you were of noble blood and I didn't want to offend you." He looked down for another moment before carrying on, replaying the words in his mind.

"Nieghbours?" He looked down at the key holder and smiled breifly. "Loud music shouldn't be a problem, my room is just a place to rest in, if I wanted music I would go somewhere else."

His brow lowered for a moment as he thought to himself, it seemed to be a slower process then most, but often more thorough... "Of course, I can sleep through anything, so if someone else wanted to listen to that sort of music I wouldn't mind either, unless it upset someone."

He smiled, as to dismiss the subject. "It's nice to have someone I know near me, it'll make things that bit less daughtning... anyways, it's getting late and we're all tired from our travels and ordeals, so I'm going to get some rest before tomorrow, maybe I'll see you in the morning, yeah?"

With this, Michael waited for any responces before leaving for bed.

OOC: Feel free to reply or ignore it... it's just to let others know that my part of the day is over and morning will be clear for others to start RPing. If you want to reply, feel free... it's all good role play eitherway.

"In Rave's absense," he replied coldly, "I remain in control of this academy, and those in it. She holds no power in her absense." He cracks his neck slightly and steps towards her. He places his hand upon her neck. His eyes flickered. "Leave."

Peter awoke suddenly, sitting upright in bed. His green eyes flickered from shadow to shadow... but then he realized that it was only a dream, but a troubling one. He could recall little, just the fact that it disturbed him greatly.

Domino lets Qui take her neck and frowns. "You would place a hand upon me?!" The next thing he feels is both her hands on his chest and the sensation of dark energy pounding into him. "I do not take orders from you. I will leave when I choose or when Rave instructs me too. No sooner."

He places his hands to where the energy penetrated, and relished in it. "We all have darksides, some more than others..." It pained him slightly, but he kept his ground, and as it faded he retalitated. With a growl he came but inches from her face. He was a creature of darkness. He could be kind, he could be fair, he was to those whom needed him. But he was darkness. He had taken from his father, not his mother. That's what led him to be torn between two extremes, and in a never ending battle of good and evil. It was more of a grey, wasn't it? "And you would to me? This is my academy, this is my nation, I bid you leave. Now." His tone became colder and much more stern.

Domino had not expected that. So she, still kepping her hand on him, pushed twin balls of fire into him. "No."

(twist? of lime?)
Qui was thrown back from the fire balls, burning his chest intensely. He winced, then got to his feet, a deep glare upon Domino. "I took enough abuse from Rave's fire elemental attacks to get used to the searing pain," he said sarcastically. He chuckled to himself. "No, no, no my dear. You have greater things to worry about than Rave now. Has it ever occurred to you though I may be her son, I didn't inheirit all of her quality traits? One being pacience, as you can tell it dwindles, the other being her light, for as you can tell I'm not a sugar coated fluffy little angel that you pray to. This is my school , and my nation, honey. And if you want to cause trouble in either, then you've met it head on."

She could see, now, his exposed fangs. His damanged wings still strong, and his glare stronger. The former manipulations professor grabbed her neck once again, though not as to strangle her, but to pull her closer until she looked him dead in the eye. It had been so long since he had fed, but her tainted blood would never satisfy him, though her agony may. No, he wouldn't touch a student ever. He was there for their protection...and letting Domino stay was not in best interest for protection.

He ran his hand through her hair. "I watched you change. Ever moment of it. Every detail down to the hell you were put through. You know nothing of my change, and the hell I live in now indescribible. There is no heaven for this angel. Now that you are in thought, welcome to my nightmare."

She felt a soothing wave sweep over her and her eyes grow heavy. Then, something unexpected happened. He brought his lips to hers, a total wave of sensation. He bit down into her lower lip, piercing the skin, and drew back, blood laying upon his lips, and a small trail at the corner of his mouth. It had not been the first time he had kissed death. He chuckled to himself, and she could sense the reawakened blood lust.

Katarina awakes in a cold sweat, feeling the powerful emotions of her mentor Qui resonante through the school, her sensitive mind picking them up.

Pepal soon wakes up out of the trance."Something disturbs my trance,something evil is near"he thinks.But even with his darkvision that works at night,he couldn't see anything.so he goes to his pack and even he doesn't like using weapons,he had one in his pack,a fine made Scimatar,he pulls it out and waits for 5 minutes."I have a terrible feeling about whats going on,I must go back in my trance"he said.He goes back in his trance,but with the scimatar close to him.

Michael sleeps well in his comfy bed, his travels were tiring and his day had been fulfiling... plus the bed was by far better then anything the Iuthian military would fund.

But if dreams were important, though michael often forgets his, he would be dreaming of things that may be and things that were... sometimes he would be a saviour in a big battle, sometimes he would be saved by his comrades helping one another, working in a team. More recently of a beautiful woman in his arms, her features never specific, nothing he could remember or think about. Simply... Michael dreamed, he had no large worries... no great fears, for his life was simple.

Of course, even without great worries, nightmares were rare but forever present, like the shadows produced by the light. He would imagine great battles with many wounded, fears of wars yet to happen... his family being killed and his home destroyed, sometimes his nightmares were not nightmares in themselves, but nightmares in the guise of dreams... the joy of combat, the firing of powerul weapons, the sheer pleasure of the destruction and carnage. Though sometimes they were dreams in the guises of a nightmare... a horrible act followed by a happy ending, the saviour of his true love, the re-union of missing men and the simple warmth after a hard ordeal...

All of them were dreams, the simple process which allows the brain to test that everything is alright. Never remembered, never acted upon... they were all just constuctions of the mind, forever making sure his imagination didn't truely die.

Michael dreamed.

Inari comes to his room and enters. He unwraps his head clothe and puts it on a nightstand. He removes his various packs and weapons and finally sits on his bed. Instead of sleeping however, he begins to meditate.

OOC: Sorry... she is bloodless. That is the reason she is rotting.

IC: He felt him try and draw blood, but only get pus in his mouth. Pulling away, she spoke. "Sorry to dissappoint you, but you can't draw from me... not anymore. My blood is gone. It has fed my transformation. Now... now it is time to finish it!"

Domino leaped at him, smashing them both through a wall. She grabs his throat and squeezes hard, pulling at it, wanting him to die quickly.

As Zion was about to dismiss the dream as, well, a dream, the room shook. He jumped out of his bed, clad only in his fatigues. He grabbed his Berretta from beneath the pillow and exited his room, convinced that the acadamy was under attack. From what, he wasn't sure... he'd find out.

Peter rushes down the halls, heading for the main office. What he sees disturbs him more than any attack would have... student and teacher struggle for control of one another, elemental magic and barehanded blows flew between the pair like dust in a Kansas tornado.

'This gets old, really f**kin' fast. I'm surprised they can afford to repair the building afterwards...'

The mercenary leveled his Berretta at the pair, unsure of who to shoot, or if his bullets would have much effect...

"Then you must also foget," he said with a smile. "I don't need to breathe." He smiled, and as he fell from the heights with Domino, he spread his wings, which stopped him abruptly in mid air. He grasped his hands around hers. He looked into her eyes, and on his skin electricity began to flow. They were outside now, and he was able to call upon his lightning elementality in full. A vicious shock was delivered to her wrists as she attempted to strangle him.

Something interrupted his meditation and Benjamin opened his eyes. He could feel the nearby radiation of great amounts of energy ... greater amounts than he had even felt during the Crisis. Benjamin couldn't say who or what the sources were but he exactly knew the direction where they were. After a moment of hesitation, he still wasn't sure what was normal at this place and what not, he jumped up, grabbed one of the training swords from his baggage and opened the window.
Somewhere over there they had to be and really - when he looked into the direction he saw two figures, obviously clunge to eachother in somekind of close-combat.

He couldn't say who the one of them was but he was sure that he saw Qui.

Another demonstration ? he thought but this wasn't very probable; a demonstration without spectators didn't make any sense. So this had to be something serious.
Though he wasn't sure that he could help Benjamin jumped out of the window and silently approached the two, careful not to come too close.

Giarc walked out into the corridor, and watched the display.

"Heh, I wonder if I'll ever be able to do that..." He thought for a while before adding, "Give or take some talent and a pair of wings..."

(OOC I made a post but obviously it failed. Grrr, time to write the thing again...Stupid forums eating my posts.)

Ignus was soundly sleeping, his mind restoring itself from the efforts of the day, the spells that he cast had taken a toll upon his weak body. He turned again, slowly becoming more disturbed in his sleeps. His dreames turned sour, they became nightmares. Somethign was wrong, this was not how it was meant to be! Ignus was standing in a feild against a horde of his opponenants. Drow. He sneered at them as he chanted, his spell would destroy them all in an instant. But no! Something was wrong! He had made a mistake! A fatal mistake in the chanting! Ignus became wracked with pain, he felt the electricity crackling through his body, torturing his mind and soul....

Ignus leaped out of bed in shock, breathing heavily and in a cold chilling sweat. He looked around expecting to find the afterlife of some sort, but soon realisation took him. He put a hand over his face in thought, trying to get himself composed.

He wodnered what had set his mind off, then it came to him, or more he felt it again. A blast of magic, the ripples of the fabric of reality. It was annoying during sleep, it sounded like a storm within his head, a kick into his mind during slumber. Ignus wondered what could summon such powers, but he found the question was stupid at once. Of course beings in here could summon such a power.

Ignus got out of bed, his limbs waking from thier corpse-like status, the slumber leaving them, and alertness came to them slowly. Ignus was extremely irrated. He needed his sleep, all mages did to be able to concentrate. Concentration was vital, for a moment of absant mindedness could cost you your life...or worse...

Ignus got some form of clothing on sloppily, he could barely see in the dark, and his tierd eyes. He got up and slammed the door extremely irritated. He was not in the best of moods, his eyes stung and his head throbbed.

Walking carefully down the stairs, Ignus not trusting his legs in thier half-asleep status, he walked down. He felt another surge of energy in the area, Ignus did not find it irrataating now. It was only during his sleep that he found it disturbing. Wondering why he would find it so annoying to experiance such unusual feelings with magic being cast, Ignus carried on to the epi-center of the magic.

Ignus walked outside into the gloom. Ignus' eyes where getting reajusted to the darkness, which sent another throb to his head when a bright flash of electricity was summoned before him. Ignus rasied his black robbed hand in defence to this visual bombardment, squinting his eyes in protection. The light still shone through his robes somewhat.

Ignus observed this battle...he could tell this was serious. Qui was contorted in rage in parts of the battle, both were fighting for thier life. Or unlife Ignus corrected himself. Strange combaticants Ignus thought with morbid fascination. Staring at the spectacle, Ignus stood upon the grass watching.

ooc: Rave isn't there... it's Qui. :roll:

(AARRRGGGHHH! That is me getting confused again. Pretty easy to do though. :? Editing...sorry for no IC comment)

Domino screamed, fleshe burning. SHe didn't let go though. "I know you don'tr need air... but you do need blood!" She tries to rip his throat off, but slips... "Ah, crap..."

She falls down twoards grass and concrete, then vanishes and appears above Qui, landing on his back, hindering his wings. "You seem careless Qui. You havent tried the one thing that can stop any thinking creature..." She says as she begins to tear at his wings.

Again something disturbs Pepals trance,he soon gets out his scimatar and opens the window to see what that nosie and energy he was sensing.But when he poked out,he saw only the night sky and a part of the grass and concreate that looked disturbed by someone falling on the ground.

Pepal just thought to himself"What the hell is going here"he just scans the forest area in case the source of the nosie is in there,nothing.

"This is getting to mysterious for me.Whoever is doing that must have great power,Qui,but I think he wouldn't be able to create two energy sources since he is only one source?"

He's just too tired to start looking around,he goes back in his trance trying to avoid the magical energys that disturb him.

The scream completely pierced Ignus's thoughts, his mind reeled from the assault. Ignus put his hands to his ears, it was horrible to listen to. Ignus saw and heard the conversation between the two. No...this definately no display of power just for the crowds.

Ignus hesitated. Should he help Qui? Why should he. It was sure death, he owed Qui no loyality. He watched on. He doubted seriously that he could cast a single spell in this state, let alone defend himself against such a creature. It was like nothing he had ever seen before, it was truelly ghastly. Yet Ignus was not filled with fear, he had learnt to dispel fear, for he know something of the situation. Well, enough to know not to make himself a target for either one. He wondered if any of the other teachers knew about this, he considered going for help. If Qui was defeated....they were all as good as dead. Ignus quickly looked around him for any other people observing this, better to remain with other targets, that way there might be a better chance of not being attacked.

Ignus tried to remember a teleportation spell should the event occour.

The magic energy was too strong for Pepal to resist.He got so angry he quickly putted on some clothing and he put his sethed scimatar on his belt.

He marched through the corrridor and straight outside to see whats making the energy.He searched the treeline with his darkvison heat seeking eyes,he could only spot a few birds and a snake in the treeline.

He quickly spotted Ignus when he turned around. "Hmm,I think maybe the energy disturbed him too"he said quietly.

He soon saw Qui fighting with this werid figure."So thats the enrgy I been sensing" he thought.

He now climbing in a tree,and now observing the battle in the canopy of the tree.

The magic energy was too strong for Pepal to resist.He got so angry he quickly putted on some clothing and he put his sethed scimatar on his belt.

He marched through the corrridor and straight outside to see whats making the energy.He searched the treeline with his darkvison heat seeking eyes,he could only spot a few birds and a snake in the treeline.

He quickly spotted Ignus when he turned around. "Hmm,I think maybe the energy disturbed him too"he said quietly.

He soon saw Qui fighting with this werid figure."So thats the enrgy I been sensing" he thought.

He now climbing in a tree,and now observing the battle in the canopy of the tree preparing a magic missle in case something attacks him.

"Yes it has been disturbing me. Do not draw attention to yourself!" Ignus hissed quietly to the dark elf as Ignus watched horrifyed as he went into the canopy. Ignus prayed that he would not be targeted, because he would follow.

Joshua felt the resenating power coming from the halls. Even underwater he couldn't get a break. He quickly resurfaceed and swam to the edge and steped out of the pool then shouted "Hey Qui keep the power down over there or I'll have to come over!"

"Im trying not to draw attention,Im just observing whats going on"he whispered quietly as he watched seriously.The heat signatures just keep going and going at each other as Pepal observed.He trys to get his hand away from the scimatar from defending himself,but if he did that,the moonlight will shine on his scimatar and maybe show Qui and the other figure that they are here.

"Hey Qui keep the power down over there or I'll have to come over!"

Shut up, fool! This is not a game. Benjamin sent to the one who had shouted. He was hidden about 20 feet away from Ignus and Pepal, observing the fight as they did.

We'd better try to be invisible at the moment.

Bite me! You wern't the one who fought him or saw hell. I can hold my own, Joshuua suddenly sends back with extrem force. After the little message he quickly replaced everything he removed and began to atempt to locate the exact location of the resonating power

I'm afraid you don't understand what's going on. Qui doesn't make this for fun. Benjamin sent back without using the same extreme force Joshua had used.

I do understand. I know this is fun this is just him being an ass and attacking a unexpected visitor who he dosn't want here.

Pepal soon spotted Benjamin,and tried to hand signal him"Not so loud,and try to hide in the trees till this battle is over"

I doubt this is fun for Qui; and I'm sure you'd do too if you'd see this. Benjamin replied.
You're one who'd been here before, aren't you? So you may know more about him then I do. But this looks like all but fun.

Edit: We're not talking, just sending messages into the other's mind.

"Im trying not to draw attention,Im just observing whats going on"he whispered quietly as he watched seriously.The heat signatures just keep going and going at each other as Pepal observed.He trys to get his hand away from the scimatar from defending himself,but if he did that,the moonlight will shine on his scimatar and maybe show Qui and the other figure that they are here.

Ignus remained silent. He had formed the words of the teleport spell, he knew them. He practiced speaking them, no sound came from his lips, only the movements to speak, practicing the words. It may save his life. He ordered his weary mind to submit to this task.

"Oh, I'm not offended, as a matter of fact I'm flattered. But that wasn't necessary", said Daedalis smiling. "I'm going to retire to my room too. And about the music, well, I just like to play my flute and write some poetry, and loud music disturbs me. See you tomorrow. I'm scared in this academy too, and it will be nice to have somebody I know nearby".

"Oh, I'm not offended, as a matter of fact I'm flattered. But that wasn't necessary", said Daedalis smiling. "I'm going to retire to my room too. And about the music, well, I just like to play my flute and write some poetry, and loud music disturbs me. See you tomorrow. I'm scared in this academy too, and it will be nice to have somebody I know nearby".

Benjamin looked up when he spotted some moving out of the corner of his eyes. He recognized Pepal at the tree making hand signs but didn't understan dwhat they meant. He frowned in confusion although he was sure Pepal wouldn't be able to see this in the darkness

Benjamin looked up when he spotted some moving out of the corner of his eyes. He recognized Pepal at the tree making hand signs but didn't understan dwhat they meant. He frowned in confusion although he was sure Pepal wouldn't be able to see this in the darkness

Domino stops attacking Qui and looks out at the others, hearing what they say in her mind. "Stop jabbering!" she shouts, the echo rolling over the Academy. SHe then begins to Pound on Qui again.

Pepal saw Benjamins confused looks. He soon specifically signals him to keep the noise level down

Joshua just smirks. He quickly begens walking towards the area where Qui and Domino were going at each other.

Pepal now sees Joshua alking in the area,and he whispers"What the heck is he doing?!"He just watches Joshua and keeps an eye out for a reply from Benjamin

"Looks as if he's lookin' for trouble." Benjamin whisperd back while crouching on a branch next to Pepal.

"Glad to see someone else is here who might be able to help. I dare not aid either one, self-preservation you understand." Ignus spoke softly to Joshua still looking on, crouched upon the grass, flashs of magic and lightis illuminating his dark robes, and pale face.

OOC: I'll post IC with Domino when Rave responds.

IC: Santiana gets up and dresses quickly, goind towards where she felt the dark form. Looking up at it when she arrived, she frowned.

Pepal trys to find a way back to the dorms,and back to sleep,he whispers to Benjamin"Follow me".He brings out his scimatar,and he crouchs bush to bush trying to hide them both and get back inside the academy.

Katarina, feeling the explosion of powers and emotions not too far away, leaps from her bed cursing. She mutters a quick spell which brings her to a spot about 20 or 30 feet behind Domino. "Qui, i am here." she sends. She see's Domino pounding on Qui, and with a quick gesture surrounds him in a shell of stone, temporarily stopping her beatings. She knew, however, that it would not hold for long. Her mind races through different ideas, plans, thoughts, and quickly decides on something. A summoning echoes through the psychic realm, heading towards Rave's head. "RAVE" Katarina's mind shouts, "The Academy has need of you!"

Pepal trys to find a way back to the dorms,and back to sleep,he whispers to Benjamin"Follow me".He brings out his scimatar,and he crouchs bush to bush trying to hide them both and get back inside the academy.

Benjamin just turned around to follow Pepal when he saw Katarina arrive. This chance to see more magic in action he couldn't miss.

OOC: You know they ARE in midair, right? You just sent Qui down a couple stories...

The stone shattered around him. No Katrina... he said to her. Let her hack away at me, you see, it gives me even the more reason to unleash the rage that has torn at my soul for centuries. Joshua was a temporary releif, this is what I have been waiting for. Get out of here... I....I don't want to see you hurt.
Qui laughed. "My wings are torn already, a little more shredding...what will it do? Destory my image?" In a vicious swipe, he turned around, breaking from her hold, the bone exposed in his wings was razor sharp. He blocked out the voices around him, concentrating. Then, his mind awakened. He set to work, his voice heard within her head, and him beginnning to break down her defences. Some may call me a leech in my own way, as I said to Daedalis before. His voice was calm and cold.

Then, it was invoked. Lightning tore through the sky as a thunder was heard in the distance. Rain poured down as if the sun had disappeared suddenly, and were now shrouded in the deep shadows of the clouds.

Kenja awakened with a start, rushing to the window. She saw her sire in lock with Domino. She rushed down the stairs and awoke Seth, whom was asleep in his room. "Come quickly..." She pulled him up as both ran outside, and began to run across to the other side of the building..

He set his mind upon Domino, and bared his fangs as the anceint roared. Electricity ran along his fingers as he anticipated an attack, or too attack. He silently wondered where Rave had gone, but no matter. Would Domino challenge her as well? ONe thing was for sure. Qui would never go down without a fight.

Domino landed on the ground and rolled, getting up with some effort. Her mind was powerful. Her body was dead and finally looked the part.

She ignores all but Qui. He ran into walls and thoughts of pure lunacy when he touched her mind. SHe smiled and walked to directly under him, looking up. "Afraid Qui?"

Katarina notices Pepal and Benjamin in the bushes, watching the battle. Cursing, she dashes for them "Qui, if you need me, call!" shouts her mind as she runs. In mere seconds she is at their side, and with a few quick words and a gesture of her hand, they appear inside the starbucks. (yes, the campus has a starbucks) Smiling, Katarina says, brokenly because she is out of breath, "Now that we are all safe and out of the rain, what drinks would you two like? Something warm will do us all good. And dont worry about Qui, he can take care of himself."

But Qui made his way despite the chaos, not flinching in the least bit. He looked down at her and she caught sight of a small bolt of electricity surge through his left eye. "There is only one thing that scares me Domino, and sorry to disappoint you, but you're not it."

He pasued in his speech momentarily. Katrina, can you get me a caramel cappachino, no sugar, no cream He looked to Domino....and maybe several pints of blood... He said the second part sarcastically, and wasn't serious.
"You have much to learn little girl," he said to the woman before him. Lighting slashed through the sky a few miles off...it was coming closer. He bared his fangs.

*walks in*

umm sorry but i don't know where i am or year i was trown into the fabric of time and space and landed here

"See you tomorrow. I'm scared in this academy too, and it will be nice to have somebody I know nearby" Daedalis finished.

"Good night" Michael replied before walking off to his room.

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Later that night, lightning stuck outside of the academy, windows shuck and people stirred. Michael however, lay sound. If military training teaches you anything, it teaches you to get your sleep when you can... you would turn it on within a moments notice and wake up alert and ready when called. Michael could sleep through the hardest of thunderstorms... but he always woke up when he was meant to, or was physically woken.

With an half the academy awake, Michael lay asleep like a newborn child... babies didn't sleep this well.

Joshua slowly reached the fighting pair and watched as he laned against a wall. "Ah nothing like watching a prick and a bitch fight," he says with a evil little laugh

Domino looked at Josua. "Can't argue with you there..." She says, rasing her hands and sending twin fireballs at his midsection.

SHe turns, not paying attention to any effect they might have had and looks at Qui. "Well? Are you gonna float there or do something?"

Katarina notices Pepal and Benjamin in the bushes, watching the battle. Cursing, she dashes for them "Qui, if you need me, call!" shouts her mind as she runs. In mere seconds she is at their side, and with a few quick words and a gesture of her hand, they appear inside the starbucks. (yes, the campus has a starbucks) Smiling, Katarina says, brokenly because she is out of breath, "Now that we are all safe and out of the rain, what drinks would you two like? Something warm will do us all good. And dont worry about Qui, he can take care of himself."

"A cup of tea would be fine,thank you"he calmly said.Good thing he rembered to seth his scimatar and hides inside his cloak,trying not to make him dangerous.

Giarc shrugged at the display and wandered off. Everyone interesting to talk to had long since left, apart from that Joshua guy was still obsessed with trying to prove he wasn't a twat by standing in front of fireballs. Giarc shook his head and walked off down the corridors.

Qui chuckles to himself as Joshua is sent two fireballs. If they hadn't been fighting, he may have relished the entire incident. He flipped to the ground, landing on his feet. It was only a matter of time before he could deliver that fatal blow. And it was drawing nearer. THe rain became more intense, a wonderful conducter of electricity.

But in the meantime, he thought to himself. He leapt up towards Her, bringing his arm around to hit her in the side of the head, and brought his other slightly in front of it to defend against a counter.

okay........... i'lll go find some help

*walks around*

okay........... i'lll go find some help
ooc:Just a lil note, can you put some effort into the rp? You were accepted through this school because you sent in an application...that was an ic application.

okay........... i'lll go find some help
ooc:Just a lil note, can you put some effort into the rp? You were accepted through this school because you sent in an application...that was an ic application.

occ: okay where do i start???

Katarina appears next to Qui, silently hands him his caramel cappachino, and dissapears.

(try harder. Actually make it seem like a story, write what your character is doing. Example:)

Ignus watched the battle unferl before him, his eyes ajusted to the flashs of magic which crashed about him. Then to his horror, two fireballs w
ere sent out. As it crashed down through the air, Ignus felt panic. That was aimed at Joshua, and Ignus knew that when a fireball hit, it hit a lot of things near it! Namely in this case, him!

The fire was tumbling towards him, he felt the wave of heat coming towards him, making his white flesh tingle. Every fibre of his being wanted to flee, dispel it, but his body was useless. It simply froze in place as Ignus looked as certain doom was crashing towards him.

Snap out it! You have come too far to die like this Ignus!

Ignus' self preservation came into play again, the trait that many called him a bastard for, but it saved his skin many times before.

The words already prepared, Ignus closed his eyes. He forced all emotions from his body, fear, terror, concern, rage, frustration, fatigue- it all flooded from him, as years of training come into play. He concentrated only on the words, and the magic.

Ignus chanted, his words barely audible over the roaring over those hell flames. The spidary words were spoken quickly and with great practice. Obviously practicing for such an event paid off.

In a flash and a crackle of raw magic, not that many noticed with all of the commotion about, Ignus dissapeared in a fume of black smoke! The black robed figure was no-were to be seen, gone...but had his spell worked, or had he been killed in the process of casting this spell, with his tierd and weak mind?

Benjamin was surprised to find himself in a Starbucks. I didn’t even know there was one at the academy! was his first thought.

With an unfriendly look at Katarina he orders a cup of cacao. Then he calmed himself down by convincing himself about that there would be more than enough chances to see and learn magic. And Katarina was right when she said that Qui could take care about himself, wasn’t she. What could Benjamin have done to help him what Qui couldn’t do for himself.

Joshua smirked at the fireballs sent his way and quickly spun to the side now with a little surprize in his hand. "I see someone needs to have a little time out," he says with a little hint enjoyment in his voice

Kieria Shosunia, entered the Academy, her lift step barely making any sound at all.

"Accepted! Accepted! I can not believe it!," she repeated over and over again to herself as she stood in the center of a corridor.

What would she do this year? What would her first experience at the Shentavo Academy be like? Where would she go from there?

"Speaking of there, where do I go now?" she asked outloud as she looked around.

It was her first year here and she did not know much of anything about the place. She had only heard about and knew that she wanted to enter. Many great names have came from this academy, and this would be the place where she would learn to establish herself back home.

Kieria (Ki) looked around for someone to ask her questions to. She wanted to know where the head of the school was located, so that she would receive her schedule and the lay of the classes.

Kenja and Seth rushed right by Kiera, Seth nearly bumping into her. He excused him self, that's the drawback of being old fashioned, it causes hesitation.

Qui's eye twitched as he heard Joshua's voice. "Hold on for a moment...." He removed a small dagger from his belt, and whipped it toward Joshua's head, missing by less than a centimeter. He turned back to Domino, the lightning finally reaching it's target. "You may be dead, and from hell. But it will be nothing like the hell that I am going through..." He grabbed her wrists. She was not going to disappear this time. She could see it in his eyes...he was to take the blow as well. Lightning seared through the sky, shocking both of them, Qui clenching his teeth in an attempt to control the high voltage of electricity.

Kenja and Seth rushed right by Kiera, Seth nearly bumping into her. He excused him self, that's the drawback of being old fashioned, it causes hesitation.

Qui's eye twitched as he heard Joshua's voice. "Hold on for a moment...." He removed a small dagger from his belt, and whipped it toward Joshua's head, missing by less than a centimeter. He turned back to Domino, the lightning finally reaching it's target. "You may be dead, and from hell. But it will be nothing like the hell that I am going through..." He grabbed her wrists. She was not going to disappear this time. She could see it in his eyes...he was to take the blow as well. Lightning seared through the sky, shocking both of them, Qui clenching his teeth in an attempt to control the high voltage of electricity.

Joshua stood his ground and smirked. "If that was ment to intimidate me you failed at that just as you failed to kill me," Joshua says

Pepal sips his tea when he said to Benjamin"So,how do you feel"he politley asks while he was still hiding the scimatar in his coat

Domino sighed at Qui. "This is becoming tiresome..." she says, black clouds forming around her now more bone than flesh body. "Whether you attack or not... I will be victorious."

She places her hands together, lokking altogether like she was about to pray. Within seconds she is engulfed in the dark energy, spreading outwards, killing grass and trees as it does so. "Attack or I will kill every living thing at this academy, be it plant animal or student!" she shouts from inside, energy still expanding destructivly, edging closer to Qui and Joshua.

With her last words it all became clear.

She wanted to be destroyed. Seemed eager to have her body crushed. Domino was playing Qui. Playing him in a way he'd have to do as she wanted.

Waking up feeling refreshed after the previous days antics, Lana dressed and left her room, heading for the cafe to break her fast. Her stomach growling, reminding her that she hadn't eaten yesterday.

She opened the main door leading to the academy grounds, the sun shining on her skin, warming her instantly and cheering her up. There was nothing like nice weather to make you feel awake and alive.

Walking down the now very familiar route, Lana looked around her. Eyes catching the wood where so much had happened to her, the place where she had begun to learn her potential, the place where she had found friendship and more.

She entered the cafe, spotting several familiar faces, and a few new ones. Deliberating for a while over her choice, she took her food to an empty table and began to eat, every now and again her gaze fell on the others in the room.

Pepal sips his tea when he said to Benjamin"So,how do you feel"he politley asks while he was still hiding the scimatar in his coat

"I fell good. Somehow excited. Never saw magic like this before." He finally laid his sword onto the empty chair next to him and took a gulp of his cacao.
"I'm sure it was a good decision to sign up for the acadamy. Though I really don't know why everybody wants to fight at the first day. And I'm still wondering what this fight between Qui and ... whoever it is is about."

Qui gritted his teeth as he focused on holding the wave back. He stopped it to a point. Where the hell did she get all this energy from...He stopped it, but he couldn't attack while defending.
As the sun rose over head, the sky was tained in it's red glaze. Qui could defend the academy, but he wondered how long it would be until he could no longer. Lightning seemed to have no effect on her, given the amount she had been hit with...

Suddently, a chain wrapped around her wrist...then another around her ankle, pulling her towards the direction where the sun was rising over head. Qui's quickly acted...absorbing the darkness into himself. He could not let it get to the students. As the darkness cut into him, he staggered back. His hands lay upon his chest where the energy had entered...and with that...he collapsed to the ground.

As Domino looked up, there Ravelyn stood. Shackles around her wrists, the same that had tied her to the hell where she had been dragged into. They had been her (Sage's) weapons in the tournament. She spun around, twisting the chains. "How dare you ever threaten the life of my students and my school. How dare you come here by means of respect and show none. I trusted you Domino...with my heart." A fire erupted in her eyes, as her auborn hair shown red in the sunlight.

Domino dropped the energy field after Qui absorbed most of what she put out. She stared at Rave and smirked. "Threats are not acts. I intended for him to destroy me, not to be a damn fool and try and absorb that much energy. You are the only ones that can help me... Please."

She raised her arm up, pulling on the chain slightly. She smiled and jerked her hand, pulling it off at the wrist. "Chains are only a hinderence to me at this stage. My body is about to fall apart. But not fast enough to stop what is happening inside. Destroy me Rave. Now!"

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Santiana ran to Qui and rolled him over. Damn, damn, damn.... she thought, not having any clue about what to do. The medical corps never taught her about vampires. From what she saw of the dead landscape though, she knew he was not in good shape.

Katrina... she heard weakly in her mind. It was not as if it were meant to be heard by his apprentice, more of an inner thought that was faintly heard. It was a deep thought. Were his motives questionable now? No one knew for sure what lay locked within his mind...

Rave pulled her chains back, flicking her wrists and analyzing Domino quickly for an attack. The edges of the links were sharp, and with enough force proved deadly. "To be a damn fool?" Rave questioned. "How is he a fool for protecting the students over himself. I recall a similar time when I have done the same. You would then call me a fool?"

Ravelyn thought to herself for a moment. " Threats are not actions,no. But they are to be taken as actions for if the intent is carried out, what good is the threat unless you put an end to it?" She walked towards Domino. "My chains will be more than a hinderance to you Domino. You shall never threaten these students again."

In a whiplike motion, the chains flew in an eclipse around for one to meet Domino's neck, and the other her abdomen. They lashed out at her...it was clear to her vision now that this would not be the first blood spilt upon this weapon...

Joshua watch and smirked slightly he couldsay something at this moment that most likely would end up sending Qui after his ass but he decided not to. "Glad to see someone joined the party," Joshua says as he leans against a wall again out of bordom "It was getting so boring."

Kenja looked at Joshua and slapped him across the face as she ran around the corner. "You saw this an did NOTHING?!"

Seth smirked slightly, at this...he looked at Rave. Glad she's back...
He looked at Domino. If she was asking for death...*his fangs rested on his lower lip..* If she touches her...

Domino stares at Rave, eyes still dark, but her voice soft. "Don't toy with me. Just destroy this body! Before I end up killing someone."

Santiana stands up. "Do as she says! Before we all pay for it!" she yells.

"Sorry Qui could handel himself," Joshua says "Now Time for me to join in." He quickly pulled the old plasma sword and suddenly set it to overload and hurled it at Domino. He then ducks down and prepares for the worst.

(ooc: I did attack you, I needed a response...I had an attack with lightning before with Qui, and there was no effect, then I attack with Rave, and there is no effect, nor even a flinch to show aknowlegement of it? It may be just me, because I can get confused, but read over my attack in my previous post again.)

Kenja looked at him, and pulled him up. "I never thought you were such a baby..." She said, without a stutter. She held out her hand, guiding the sword in a slash towards Domino.

"Never have been. I was dealing with the new jackasses," he says as sudenly he looks at the plasma sword and shouts "Get back!" He then pulls Kenja back and suddenly the blade starts pulsing blood red and suddenly bursts into an atomic fireball sending rads around the area.

Kenja placed her hand up yet again, as the particles seemed to stop in the air, and dropped to the ground with much effort. She became slightly faint. The manipulations teacher looked at Joshua, and slapped him upside the head.

(ooc: I did attack you, I needed a response...I had an attack with lightning before with Qui, and there was no effect, then I attack with Rave, and there is no effect, nor even a flinch to show aknowlegement of it? It may be just me, because I can get confused, but read over my attack in my previous post again.)(OOC: She's like a person on speed, crack and LSD. Felling little pain and not carring about it, she just keeps going. Her sane, EG: original, mind is trying to break through though.)

IC: Domino watches the blade come in and smiles. "Thank y-" she says, never finishing her sentence as the fireball hits her already deteriorating body before Kenja stops it and blows her apart.

The darkness in the eyes of her now severed head, still in Rave's chain, vanishes. The old glow returns for a second, then is gone. The remaining darkclouds vanish as well. Whatever she was becoming was gone. Whatever she used to be was gone long ago.

Joshua gave her a cold as ice glair that only his older brother Phoenix could acomplish. He then stood up and began walking away. "Last time I try and help," he mutters under his breath as he heads towards oen of the feilds

Kenja sighed, then placed her arms around him from behind. "Alright...Alright I'm sorry..." She bit the back of his ear softly, and then realized others were present...

Rave watched what had happen, her chain slicing through the spine of Domino's neck. She flicked her chain back, undoing it from the remains. She undid the shackles and let them drop to the ground. Domino's body was a blaze, but she had no time to watch it burn nor the desire to. She looked over to where Qui lay, motionless..

He took it into himself... she thought, unable to breath.

Pepal looks at the sky and says to Benjamin"Lets see if the fight is still going on"He soon throws away his paper cup away,and waits outside for Benjamin.

"I wonder what that fight was going on about,I think its one of those battles Qui would like to keep personnal"He thought,now his hand getting close near his scimatar in case something happens

Joshua just sighed. "It's alright. I'm just under stress," he says his look quite distant. Thinking of his new sister how Phoneix had been stressed to the point of utter insanity.

Santiana was kneeling beside Qui. "I can't do anything for him. I was trained for helping others, but not on vampires. We were told they healed themselves and didn't need help from doctors."

She stands up slowly and looks at Domino burning. She spoke softly to herself. "Otro mal derrotado." Another evil defeated.

As Qui absorbs the energy and falls, a sense of discomfort with the world starts in Katarina's stomach. "QUI!" she thinks desperatly, scared of what might have happened. Without a single word to Pepal or Ben she dashes out of the starbucks and sprints towards Qui's location, moving by foot, all her training coming into play as she saves the last of her magical energy in case she needs it. Reaching Qui's body, she gently touches his cheek and lays a hand on his shoulder, shaking him and calling out his name gently.

Pepal grew impatient so,Pepal left the star bucks and headed towards the academy.

Once he arrived almost the wall of Quis office has been demolished,seeing the teachers and Joshua up there,"Hmm,looks like Joshua wanted to join the battle,heh"he said to himself.

He soon stares at Qui for 12 or 20 seconds and starts to sowly walk inside the academy.

OOC Note: Post in responce to Lana waking up, so this is in the morning when the sun has risen and breakfast is being served.


Michael's alarm goes off next to his bed, the monotomous ringing in his ears making him more alert with every pound of the little hammer. His mind was preconditioned to awaken to when he wanted to, but the bed was more comfortable then he had suppected.

Quickly, Michael grabbed the alarm clock and found the switch that would silence the machine, slowly getting more anoying with each cycle of rings.

With a single swift motion, Michael turned his body so he could get out of bed. In a slower action however, Michael reached up and yawned, his eyes accomadating the light shining in through the curtains of his room.

Michael, with his striaght posture walked up to the wardrobe to select the uniform for the day... he was in a good mood so he felt like going with dark blue top and bottoms. The jacket also had a Iuthian flag on the right shoulder, looking at it made him feel proud.

Doing a couple warm up exercises before he left for a jog to the Cafe' for breakfast, Michael found his watch before cleaning his teeth and face.

Michael set about getting something to eat. He walked down the coridors in a orderly fashion before reaching the main doors, which still belittled him. Slowly opening the doors he could feel the warm sun shining on various parts of his body as the door opened. He let off a small smile before starting to jog to the cafe.

A short jog later though the well kept grounds of the Shentavo academy, he entered the Cafe' without even being out of breath... it was only a warm up before he went out and ran a mile. But first he needed something to eat.

Walking up to the bar he was surrounded my unfamilar faces, all of the others were wearing more colourful attractive clothing, so Michael stood out a little, but in his mind his clothes seemed right.

"Hm... that looks nice, I'll have some of that please... thanks." he chose poridge without any extra ingredients like honey or suger... it was something he was trained with and while he didn't always enjoy it he could hear Drill Sargeant Zimm staring at his neck and couldn't face the idea of choosing something else.

He got a tray and wondered down the isles of various tables before finding an empty one so not to cause a fuss.

(sry, Drizzt, wrong time zone)

Benjamin had felt the destruction caused by the plasma sword (though he didn't know what exactly happened) and he had also felt one of the powers disapearing. However, Qui was still there, weak but present, so he had to be the winner; he and the other entities next to him.
Slowly Benjamin emptied his cup and then followed Pepal.

Hm, a hard fight. he thought when he saw Qui lieing motionless at the ground and, looking at Dominos still burning mortal remains, Don't want to know how they managed to do that.

Then his eyes again focused on Qui. He really doesn't look well.

"Hey, do you need any assitance?" he shouted before he jumped through the hole in the wall. When he hit the ground he rolled over his left shoulder, the sword still in his right hand, jumped up and ran at the group.

(sry, Drizzt, wrong time zone)

Benjamin had felt the destruction caused by the plasma sword (though he didn't know what exactly happened) and he had also felt one of the powers disapearing. However, Qui was still there, weak but present, so he had to be the winner; he and the other entities next to him.
Slowly Benjamin emptied his cup and then followed Pepal.

Hm, a hard fight. he thought when he saw Qui lieing motionless at the ground and, looking at Dominos still burning mortal remains, Don't want to know how they managed to do that.

Then his eyes again focused on Qui. He really doesn't look well.

"Hey, do you need any assitance?" he shouted before he jumped through the hole in the wall. When he hit the ground he rolled over his left shoulder, the sword still in his right hand, jumped up and ran at the group.

(sry, Drizzt, wrong time zone)

Benjamin had felt the destruction caused by the plasma sword (though he didn't know what exactly happened) and he had also felt one of the powers disapearing. However, Qui was still there, weak but present, so he had to be the winner; he and the other entities next to him.
Slowly Benjamin emptied his cup and then followed Pepal.

Hm, a hard fight. he thought when he saw Qui lieing motionless at the ground and, looking at Dominos still burning mortal remains, Don't want to know how they managed to do that.

Then his eyes again focused on Qui. He really doesn't look well.

"Hey, do you need any assitance?" he shouted before he jumped through the hole in the wall. When he hit the ground he rolled over his left shoulder, the sword still in his right hand, jumped up and ran at the group.

suddenly a 20,000 degree fireball is hurled at benjamin as a mysterious stranger walks out the hole "you mind if i join the fray" as a gold light glows in his eyes and arm covered in runes

Reaching Qui's body, she gently touches his cheek and lays a hand on his shoulder, shaking him and calling out his name gently.

Qui slowely opens his eyes and looks at Katrina, he laughs slightly, and looks over his apprentice. "Miss me already?" he said weakly.

"well i'll be going then" he leaves in whisp of smoke and is nowhere to be found

Rave sighes. You nearly gave me a heart attack...

I almost had one too...what the hell was she on?


I don't know. Classes start today.

Are you serious?

Sure. It was supposed to start to day, and it will.

You're impossible...

I've been hearing that a lot lately.... Rave passed by the other, and was about to say something, but bit her tongue. She passed inside the halls. There was a board in the main hall posting the classes.

First, as tradition always had it, was telekenetics. It would, as tradition always had it, taught by Genesis, though now she would teach psionics as well. She did not want to know what was going on, she just wanted to teach her class. She passed through the door of her classroom, which was set in a semi circle, her back to a flat wall; her eyes looking across the curve of the opposite. The floor was a deep blue marble and well lit by the numerous high windows around it.

Rave sighes. You nearly gave me a heart attack...

I almost had one too...what the hell was she on?


I don't know. Classes start today.

Are you serious?

Sure. It was supposed to start to day, and it will.

You're impossible...

I've been hearing that a lot lately.... Rave passed by the other, and was about to say something, but bit her tongue. She passed inside the halls. There was a board in the main hall posting the classes.

First, as tradition always had it, was telekenetics. It would, as tradition always had it, taught by Genesis, though now she would teach psionics as well. She did not want to know what was going on, she just wanted to teach her class. She passed through the door of her classroom, which was set in a semi circle, her back to a flat wall; her eyes looking across the curve of the opposite. The floor was a deep blue marble and well lit by the numerous high windows around it.

the stranger walks in the classroom "hi i'm rune i'm new here and is this the class i'm sposed to be in" he hands her his class list

(OOC: I'm wondering:
1. If I should just ignore Broadbands resurection
2. If I am being ignored
3. If anybody could please kill this forum?)

IC:
Carefully Benjamin approached the remaining group. Qui had awoken, so there wouldn't be any reason at all to help him but asking didn't hurt.

"May I help?"

(OOC: I'm wondering:
1. If I should just ignore Broadbands resurection
2. If I am being ignored
3. If anybody could please kill this forum?)

IC:
Carefully Benjamin approached the remaining group. Qui had awoken, so there wouldn't be any reason at all to help him but asking didn't hurt.

"May I help?"

ooc: 1. i joined this thread yesterday
2. i wasn't on yesterday
3. it's the next day

ooc: Broadbands try to up your level of RP. Give a character description, explain his actions and thoughts, use coherent sentances, and talk to other people, dont tell them what they do, etc...

Do be warned, however, that if the current level of RP continues, i will ignore you even if noone else does.

(ooc:
(OOC: I'm wondering:
1. If I should just ignore Broadbands resurection
2. If I am being ignored
3. If anybody could please kill this forum?)

IC:
Carefully Benjamin approached the remaining group. Qui had awoken, so there wouldn't be any reason at all to help him but asking didn't hurt.

"May I help?"

ooc: 1. i joined this thread yesterday
2. i wasn't on yesterday
3. it's the next day

1. didn't realize that, I apologize. But, my, what kind of action is suddenly a 20,000 degree fireball is hurled at benjamin as a mysterious stranger walks out the hole "you mind if i join the fray" as a gold light glows in his eyes and arm covered in runes?
At least tell me why he/she/it does this. This is absolutely senseless and I don't think Rave and Qui would allow anybody to throw fireballs at each other when it is not a spar and both can handle those things.

2. wasn't meant serious, should have added that I was wondering if Rave missed Benjamin's question.

3.?... just wanted to ask for someone t kill the server because it ate three of my posts before the last one survived.

sorry, I have no IC to post at the moment /ooc)

OOC: I'm waiting for the classes to start, so I'm just acknowledging everyone's posts.

Joshua just sighed. "It's alright. I'm just under stress," he says his look quite distant. Thinking of his new sister how Phoneix had been stressed to the point of utter insanity.

OOC:*grumbles about being forgoten just like his birthday was befor*

Here's the OOC thread people... lets move our suggestions there and stop polluting this thread...

Yup... I'm one of the worst offenders, but we may as well try and reduce it a little.

http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2561274#2561274

Santiana walks away from Qui and Rave and heads back to her room. She tries to contact her ship and finally get it. A little late... After reporting on what had happened with Domino and assured her belongings would arrive she leaves and heads to class.

She steps into the manipulations room and nods to Genesis, "Santiana Cortez." She says simply as she stood. Again, military habit.

Joshua now remembering he had somewhere to be quickly runns to class and pokes his head in the door and looks around. "Good I'm not late," he says to himself as he steps in

(OOC I am considering pulling out of this due to confusion as per normal in these places.... :( I will continue on for a while longer though...to see if this get better or not.

Ignus emergued silently though the door. The last time Ignus was seen was a crackle of electiricity and fumes as the fireball impended to make him very toasty. Extremely oddly, Ignus looked completely normal..in fact, better than he had been in a long time it seemed. He was smiling...more of a smirk. He was in a pleasurable mood, exaulted by his success and recent events while using the teleport spell.

Ignus' robes glided around his feet as Ignus floated (just description, not magic :) ) into the room, giving a rather soft words from his lips, "Ignus"
He took his place (if there are desks?) in the room and looked to the other studants with those ice blue eyes. He had the demanour of knowing the others did not, a secret or a private joke that Ignus was laughing inside at with all of his cold heart.

Lana remained in the cafe, watching as the others went about their business, heading off for the first lesson or just finding things to entertain themselves. Sitting back in the chair, she let her mind dwell on all the things she could do to fill up her day. Later she would write an email to her family and friends, letting them know that she had arrive and had settled.

Finally deciding not to spend the rest of the day in the cafe, Lana made her way back outside, strolling slowly around the grounds, making the most of the peace and quiet, a thing that didn't occur much here.

Daedalis woke up, then she bathed and put some clothes on, a single and delicate silk robe of a deep crimson, with a cord along her waist. (yes, as Galadriel's dress but red)

She went to the stables, to check her horse and maybe to ride for an hour before the classes begin...

Daedalis woke up, then she bathed and put some clothes on, a single and delicate silk robe of a deep crimson, with a cord along her waist. (yes, as Galadriel's dress but red)

She went to the stables, to check her horse and maybe to ride for an hour before the classes begin...

Daedalis woke up, then she bathed and put some clothes on, a single and delicate silk robe of a deep crimson, with a cord along her waist. (yes, as Galadriel's dress but red)

She went to the stables, to check her horse and maybe to ride for an hour before the classes begin...

Pepal soon enters his dorm rrom,and puts on a black longsleeve shirt with the drizzts army flags on each sleeve,puts on black jeans,and he puts away his scimatar near the window.

He soon,walks down the halls to find his first class(occ: do we have class schedules or what?)

ooc- I apologize, but my computer crashed yesterday and I had to go out an buy an entire new system. Isn't that fun? Yup...(derieties, i responded)
IC:
Genesis looks at Santiana, and welcomes her with a smile. She smoothes a strand of straight blond hair back into place as she awaited the other students. Joshua entered next, and she chuckled slightly to see him again.

(Ignus has entered btw, ealier back. You have my sympathies Rave, I had a similer experiance :? )

Joshua just sighs and thinks to himself Oh yay and the fun begens again.

(derieties, i responded)

ooc:To what?

Reaching Qui's body, she gently touches his cheek and lays a hand on his shoulder, shaking him and calling out his name gently.

Qui slowely opens his eyes and looks at Katrina, he laughs slightly, and looks over his apprentice. "Miss me already?" he said weakly, using his arms to prop himself up.

Pepal takes a deep breath while he waits for Telekentics teacher,and says"Wow,so this is were it all begins"keeping it low and to himself.

Kieria, stood there confused when she was nearly pummelled to the ground. Regaining her compsure, she decided herself to get a bit of air before she entered into the Academy. She felt nervous and needed to rethink matters and reassure herself. This would be her first year and she wanted to make the best impression she could for her first impression.

While taking a walk outside, she took notice to someone else wander the grounds, seeming to get some fresh air. Kieria walked up to the person, realizing it was a girl, and smiled a gleaming smile.

"Hello, my name is Kieria. Are you a student here?"

OOC: Well, I did say that after breakfast I was going to run a mile... so

Michael around the Shentavo Academy grounds as he would do in his home town every morning, clearing his head of his woes by concentrating on his breathing. It was one of his favorite parts of the day, feeling free of responsability or care. He had been running for a while now and just as he slowed down to catch his breath, he noticed a young girl with a confused look on her face.

Slowing down to a jog and then to a walk, Michael stopped to ask her if she needed help... but she beat him to it.

"Hello, my name is Kieria. Are you a student here?" She asked. Looking at her briefly (description if you would be so kind) Michael simply replied.

"Hi, I'm Michael Willis... and yeah... I'm a student here, are you a student too? You seem lost..."

Read previous post for better description, but in a breif sense I can tell you he is wearing a dark blue trainee uniform with the Iuthian flag on one shoulder, his skin is fair and his eyes are blue. I think his hair is ment to be brown but I can't remember what I wrote. He has a strong posture, almost as though he is always saluting.

Reaching Qui's body, she gently touches his cheek and lays a hand on his shoulder, shaking him and calling out his name gently.

Qui slowely opens his eyes and looks at Katrina, he laughs slightly, and looks over his apprentice. "Miss me already?" he said weakly, using his arms to prop himself up.

"Well now" She says, "Cant have you go and die before i learn something from you, now can i? Now im going to take you to the infirmary, where you will be getting some rest." Katarina picks Qui up and begins to carry him to the infirmary.

"Hi, I'm Michael Willis... and yeah... I'm a student here, are you a student too? You seem lost..."

Kieria looked to Michael and smiled.

Quietly, "Well, yes, I was accepted, but I am new and still do now know what to do. I just came out for a breathe of air...and...I am new," she finished as she looked down, avoiding all eye contact.

OOC:
Kieria came to the Academy to learn leadership skills and to become a more powerful person, in hopes of one day becoming like her beloved national leader. She does not care what people think about her, but she has a hard time meeting people face to face sometimes. She is social, but just has a hard time looking people in the eyes.

She is always on the look out, taking in her surroundings and environment. Sometimes she is highly skeptic and cynical. However, she is sharp.

Here is a picture for visual reference:
http://www.sugoiweb.com/anime/iy/inuyasha026.jpg

Thena a horse approached the both students, carrying a rider dressed in red.

As Daedalis approached riding her horse, she smiled at Michael, and stopped for a while. "Are you running?. Nice, it's good to wake up early to exercise yourself. You Iuthians are very disciplines people, Don't you?", she said in a mischievous tone. "And your new friend is?", she asked, looking at Kieria.

Kieria looked up to the rider in red, again avoiding eye contact.

"I am Kieria," she said with a simple silent voice. "I am new here."

"As all of us are", said the rider in red, removing her hood to show the clean face of a very young High elven maiden. "I'm Daedalis, wizard wannabe and rookie student of this academy", then she noted how Kieria avoid her gaze. "I'm sorry, Am I interrumpting something?, or just making you uncomfortable?", said the elf, visibly worried by Kieria's reaction to her presence.

Kieria, feeling ashamed of her compulsion, felt the blood rush to her cheeks as they seared with heat.

"Oh no, not at all," she quietly and surprisedly spoke. "I...just...oh it is silly. I just can not talk to people and look them in the eyes...silly I know...laugh about it," she cynically remarked expecting to be pointed and laughed for her odd social behavior.

Santiana took a seat and waited for Genesis to begin the class.

Meanwhile, a message arrives by fax at the front desk.(OOC: You have a TG Rave)

"I don't think it's silly, it's just...strange to me. But I'll respect your customs, sorry for being rude", said the elven maiden, quickly avoiding the gaze of the strange woman too. "What classes are you taking here at the academy?", she asked, taking care into not looking at the other girl.

Giarc ran through the corridors, asking everyone along the way if they knew where he was supposed to be at this moment in time. All he got was shrugs.

Genesis passes her scarlet eyes across the students. Many would have pegged her for an elf, however, it was not in her blood at all. She had been a Veruki (Ver-ook-eye now that we're doing pronounciantionss) before she had been taken into the embrace, so the focus of the embrace was in the mind. The psion leaned on the desk.
"Welcome," she said. "My name is Genesis. There are different levels you can be starting at....so I need to see where you stand. Tell me about your experiance... "
___

Qui looked at Katrina..."Usually this should go the other way around...." he said, rolling his eyes. He slipped out from Katrina, and fell to his knees. In looking up, he felt a sharp pain within himself. This was not from the darkness, but for hunger. After five years not once had his hunger been ressuretion, and this now became apparent to him. The stone within his front pocket now seemed prevelant. In need of a disclosed location, and a source, he looked upon Kenja.

Kenja looked back, startled at the change of the look in his eyes. It was one she had began to forgot...and then she realized, she was ever indebted to her sire... and it was no use to protest against it...or Qui would find another source. But why not use the blood stone? Could he just draw from that? Yes...but why---

Kenja helped him into the academy, a concerned look upon her face. "Qui...what happened..."

"Darkness feeds upon darkness..." he said softly. "And it spreads..."

"You've been infected?"

"Now, now my dear...It's not quite an infection, more of a...deadly nusiannce...let's just say."

(ooc: Rave: I'll need a sum-up of what's going on with Qui - TG?)

Sarah sat on the rocks, next to the pool. Riddles on the water's surface were toying with the sun. The gigantic ball of fire looked like a submarine lamp, trying to emmerge from beneath. She couldn't help to think about what Elaïne, her aunt, had told her before she left. But if Elaïne didn't know what her true potential could be, how could she? Was what she could do a reflection of a greater power or the power itself?

She took a deep breath for the air in this place was fresh and humid. She loved water. Somehow she felt water. Maybe one day would she know why she was so comfortable with that element. She talked with Witz's bodyguard, this Yakori, since he seemed to know a good deal about this kind of matter. The japanese man had just smiled and said: "We're all matter... from the very beginning." Didn't help much. Somehow she was glad she had found information, even if it wasn't on that very subject.

She opened her father's diary. It was the second volume but she had started from the end, from Zacharian's arrival at the Enclave. She had barely slept the night before for she had finally found information about the Knights, the order her father had supposedly been a part of. While her father wrote he had met his ancient master, the Huge Maister as he called him, he had made some references to events who had taken place in the past. It wasn't soothing, to say the least, for the Knights were no more. If she had understood correctly they had all of them been destroyed centuries ago save one: her father.

What set her father apart from the other Knights was obvious. His parents had produced a very powerful beings and he had inherited the Nacht, the shadow magical art, from his father. Knights used the Nacht and they had seen Vaughn as a great asset. That she knew for her aunt had told her a great deal about all this but what next? How had the Knights been destroyed? Was it all at the same time? Who did it?

She closed the book, tired of all these questions, tired of this endless search on the scent of a dead man. Would her father be alive, he would be talking with her about the whole thing. But Zacharian died saving Rave. Somehow, Sarah couldn't stand that idea and it was certainly the reason why she was still so distant to her mother. Sometimes, the girl had crisis where she hated her mother for that. Thankfully, she had never had such crisis in front of Rave and she had managed to hide her inner thoughts from her brother, Qui. And that wasn't something easy... at all.

And there was Lana. Elaïne had given Sarah a photograph of Lana. Sarah was burning to talk with the woman but... didn't her aunt tell her that she'd better leave Lana alone? Let her live her life? This was so frustrating for Lana was her grand-mother reincarnated, Sarah couldn't doubt her aunt's insights, and she could most probably tell her about her father would she be awakened. "No intervention." Elaïne had said for the very equilibrium of Lana was in the balance.

"F-ck it!" Sarah shouted, letting the anger get out.

She was tired of being the nice girl, tired of always being cautious about others' feelings or well-being. Who took care of her? No one. Her mother's was only thinking about her own ravaged heart, her brother was always looking inside his own darkness, her father gone, her aunt gone, her grand-father gone. She was alone, angry, frustrated. She had millions of questions with no one to answer.

Is this life worth it? she thought to herself.

She closed her eyes for sunrays, reflecting on the pool, were blinding her. Tears formed into her eyes. Her temples were but burning spots. She stood up, her palm directed at the water.

"F-ck it!"

When she opened her eyes, vapor was all around. Where the pool had been was a hole with melting matter on its surface. A tree nearby had caught fire. When several birds in flames fell down into the hole that had been a pool, Sarah suddenly felt ashamed.

"My experiances are not that mnay with telekinetics, but I am familer with cleansing the mind to aid concentration. I only know very small skills to regard telekinetics, but I understand the practicalities of it." Ignus said slowly, regarding his teacher with more respect that he did with others, but that was hint of arragonance in his voice, that he was still better than his fellow studants.

(Slowly but surely I feel ignored by you, Rave. :) )

Benjamin watched both of them leave and enter the building, apperently ignoring or not even seeing him.
Then he realized that the sun was shining.

Damn. How late is it? he'd have to hurry if he didn't want to be late for the telekinetics class. And he would have to put on proper clothes he realized.

As fast as possible he returned to his room, got dressed and then tried to find the class-room.

He entered the class-room at the very moment when one of his fellow students, Ignus he realized, talked about about his former experiences with telekinetics.

"Please excuse my delay, Lady Shentavo." he said before sitting down on a free chair.

Strolling along, Lana had no destination planned, just allowed herself to go wherever her feet carried her. As long as it was away from trouble all the better. Sometimes at the academy you just needed some peace, some solitude, some time to reflect and relax.

So lost in her own thoughts, it was a while before Lana saw the smoke rising from the trees. Frowning and swearing under her breath at the stupidity displayed by people lighting fires in wooded areas, she made her way to where it looked like the smoke was rising.

Careful not to startle whoever may have been the cause - you could never tell in this place what would happen to you if you crossed the wrong person at the wrong time - she approached slowly, stopping as she neared the spot, taking some time to watch and listen, always the best way to learn.

Kieria looked to Michael and smiled.

Quietly, "Well, yes, I was accepted, but I am new and still do now know what to do. I just came out for a breathe of air...and...I am new," she finished as she looked down, avoiding all eye contact.

"Fair enough, sorry to have bothered you. If you want to know where the front desk is, I can show you the way... to be honest, it's my first year here to, so I bearly know the way myself." Michael replied, maybe it was putting Kieria off that he was looking directly act her, as he would to anyone... being in the military did alot to you.

Before Kieria could stutter a responce however, a rider in a dark crimson red rode up to the two of them, quickly changing from a gallop to a halt.

Michael wasn't sure who it was, but the hip structure of the rider suggested it was a "she". She looked down at him from her steed, making Michael look up to her.

"Are you running?. Nice, it's good to wake up early to exercise yourself. You Iuthians are very disciplined people, Arn't you?" Her tone was playful and happy.

Michael nodded. "And your new friend is?" She continued.

Kieria looked up to the rider, not looking to comfortable having to do so. "I am Kieria," she quietly stated. "I'm new here"

"As all of us are" The rider pointed out. She begun to remove her dark red hood from her head, to show the flawless evlen features of Daedalis, the elven girl Michael had helped the day before. "I'm Daedalis, wizard wannabe and rookie student of this academy"

Daedalis seemed a little more assertive then she was yesterday, her voice at least seemed to show she was more comfortable here now she was on her horse. However, her next question seemed more cocerned."I'm sorry, Am I interrumpting something?, or just making you uncomfortable?"

Kieria started to blush. "Oh no, not at all," again in a quiet tone. Stuttering, she continued. "I...just...oh it is silly. I just can not talk to people and look them in the eyes...silly I know...laugh about it,"

Michael decided to jump back into the conversation at this point. "Why would I laugh about it? Hell... I used to be the same before I served my time in the military, you just need to feel at home here and I'm sure you'll feel better."

"I don't think it's silly, it's just...strange to me. But I'll respect your customs, sorry for being rude" Deadalis replied to Keiria. "What classes are you taking here at the academy?" She continued.

"Classes... hm... I think I have Telekensis this morning, but otherwise I've stuck with non-magical subject like advanced combat and basics." Michael replied, looking at his watch quickly.

Joshua just sat in the back and smirked to himself. He started recalling last year as he waited.

"OOH!, telekinesis. I'm going to arrive late to my first class", said Daedalis hitting her forehead with the palm of her hand. She quickly dismounted and whispered several elven words to the ear of the horse, who left in haste to the stables. "Sorry, see you later, I need to go to classes and I still need to find my notebook!", she said, leaving fast, almost running holding the fold of her long skirt as she go.

She went to her room, picking her notebook, her writing feather and the rest of her books. She ran to the classroom, stopping at the door and trying to sneak without being seen by the teacher, Genesis. [i]She looks like an elf...Oh, first class and I'm late. I'm so embarrased. I hope she doesn't see me...[/img].

"OOH!, telekinesis. I'm going to arrive late to my first class", said Daedalis hitting her forehead with the palm of her hand. She quickly dismounted and whispered several elven words to the ear of the horse, who left in haste to the stables. "Sorry, see you later, I need to go to classes and I still need to find my notebook!", she said, leaving fast, almost running holding the fold of her long skirt as she go.

She went to her room, picking her notebook, her writing feather and the rest of her books. She ran to the classroom, stopping at the door and trying to sneak without being seen by the teacher, Genesis. [i]She looks like an elf...Oh, first class and I'm late. I'm so embarrased. I hope she doesn't see me...[/img].

"OOH!, telekinesis. I'm going to arrive late to my first class", said Daedalis hitting her forehead with the palm of her hand. She quickly dismounted and whispered several elven words to the ear of the horse, who left in haste to the stables. "Sorry, see you later, I need to go to classes and I still need to find my notebook!", she said, leaving fast, almost running holding the fold of her long skirt as she go.

She went to her room, picking her notebook, her writing feather and the rest of her books. She ran to the classroom, stopping at the door and trying to sneak without being seen by the teacher, Genesis. [i]She looks like an elf...Oh, first class and I'm late. I'm so embarrased. I hope she doesn't see me...[/img].

Joshua smirked even more slightly when he saw another student enter late. "Ah brings back memorys."

Kieria, beginning to ease up some listened to the brief conversation that Daedalis and Michael had, until Daedalis left in a hurry.

Thinking of the kind words they both had given to her, reassuring her that she was not the only new one hear, her tension relieved itself some more.

She replayed the conversation in her head when she remembered that she was interrupted before she could respond to a previous question.

"Um....would you....um.....be able to show me to the front desk. I think they should know that I have arrived....," she slowly drew out.

At that moment she made her first mental goal.

"1. Overcome this social behavior."

She had long been like that and has long forgotten the reasons why she can not look people into the eyes, and once she does how she stammers and stutters terribly. She stared at the ground some and briefly lifted her head to see if Michael was paying attention, and being the militant man he was, she took notice quickly that he was.

Keiria's thoughts jumped back suddenly to right before Daedalis left. He looked at his watch.

"Are you late for somewhere and in a hurry," she quickly and silently asked. "I should let you go then. I do not want to interefer."

Michael watched Daedalis go before relising that he too had the same lesson... meanwhile Kieria seemed to be returning to her natural skin colour as she calmed down.

"Um....would you....um.....be able to show me to the front desk. I think they should know that I have arrived....," she slowly drew out. Michael had to string the words together but got the message upon hearing the "front desk" line.

"Are you late for somewhere and in a hurry," she quickly and silently asked. "I should let you go then. I do not want to interefer."

Her head movements were a little odd, see seemed to keep quickly moving her head to look at other things... had people in his country acted like this he may have understood what it meant, but he was far too simple to really notice it, in his mind it was just her way of doing things and didn't merit much attention.

"I wouldn't worry about me, I'm sure the lecturer will understand. Come on, it's just this way." Michael motioned towards the academy and starting walking, occasionally looking back to see if she was following.

"For those whom came in late," she said, eyeing the ones walking through the door. "It's quite alright...first day and all. We might as well begin, the others should be able to figure out that classes have started by the call board. "

She looked over the students, before running her hand over a small orb upon her desk. In seconds it levitated in the air. "Telekenetics..." she began, the orb inches from her hand as she walked toward them. "The jist of it is easy to get...however, to master it, takes much training. Anyone with the natural intelligence and inner ability can make something float...." She looked at the orb, then to a pillar in the center of the room. "But to master every atom...every component of it..." The orb broke into smaller pieces like glass shattered from a vase, then reformed. "Is slightly harder. You may be taking manipulations...that is for the mind...telekenetics is somewhat linked to it...though it is the manipulation of matter, not a being." She sent the orb toward the pillar as it plowed halfway through it with force.
"As I said, any one with the natural talent can make objects float..." A crash was heard as shards of the glass tore through the pillar in opposite directions, then fell to the floor. "But mastering components and handeling more than one or two at a time is more difficult. Let me tell you this now, after you become experianced, you will learn that the amout your able to lift does not depend on the weight, but the knowledge of components and techniques you use..."
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A crimson pair of eyes looked upon Sarah. It tore her heart to see her daughter like this. What comfort could she provide? Knowledge; too much yet so little of what she wanted to know. Protection; of a girl whom could surely handle her own? Love; that she may not want to accept? She could watch...but until the girl came to her...she could not do anything. She was not intrusive of her thoughts or anything of the sort. "Sarah..." she whispered softly to herself. A small sanguine tear fell at the corner of her eye. [i] What could I possibly do for her? A mother whose tears are blood...whose heritage is that of a demon. What she used to be and what she was holds so much difference, yet she remains unchange. What could she give her daughter? Her husband was gone, no relatives except for her kin to now keep her steady...She had to interfere....she had to go with him to that place...Cecilia...the woman hadn't crossed her mind until now. She stopped herself from placing the blame upon her. Revenge was not what she needed to think about right now..

OOC: Was busy cleaning all day, so I'll answer a little late to your last couple posts.

IC: Santiana shifted in her seat. "I have had two tours of duty as a nurse on the CSS Brother's Keeper, a hospital ship. My natural abilities to relieve pain temporarily and to move objects, most of the time at will, came in handy in emergencies. Because of that, I have, on my own, managed to improve my abilities to an extent, moving tools or pulling hand weapons from attackers, but I can do little more than float that sphere a few inches, let alone send it across the room."

"I've got one year of lessions here and some personel practice myself in the feild of battle," Joshua says as he stretches his arms.

Keiria thanked him quietly as she followed him close behind. As they came closer to the Academy, her tension began to rise again. A deep pit in her stomach opened and she felt it tear at her. What was that pit? It was utter terror. Kieria clasped her hands and held them tightly, slowly squeezing off the blood flow.

She was terrified. This was her first time completely alone. Sure she had spent years on vacation, but everyone she knew was not that far away. This was the farthest she had ever been, the first she had left the national confines of The Dictatorship, and the first she decided to take the action herself. She did not know what would come of this, but she had confidence and faith; and she was thankful, thankful to people like Michael who would make her first year a little simpler. She only hoped that more people would be as kind as him, and as willing to help someone in need.

(Been a while, so here I go. I didn't miss any classes did I?)

Inari had come out of his room a while ago, feeling near invulnerable due to the immense amount of chakra he had accumulated while meditating. He decided to test his chakra. He went outside and found a small tree. He performed a quick series of seals and muttered,"Razor Wind no Jutsu". A small wind picked up and there was a slash of light and the wind died down. The tree slid at about half-trunk and fell over, cleaved cleanly in two. He smiled at the effectiveness and turned around, heading back into the academy.

The closer they came to the Shentavo Academy, the more pale Keiria looked to Michael, looking all the more odd on what would otherwise be a perfect day. The sun was gleaming down on the grounds filled with well kept trees and fields.

Just before the two reached the front steps leading towards the open main enterance, Michael couldn't help but ask her if she was alright, feeling almost the same concern that he fealt for Daedalis the other day.

Romantic fools would have thought him to be a gentleman, perhaps he has some shining armour back at home... while cynics may have thought him to be a predator, slowly working away at the week, building up trust before taking what he wanted. But Michael was too simple to think like that... he liked beauty like any other man, sure enough, but he didn't think far enough ahead for anything like that... he just treated others how he would like to be treated, if you help someone out, someday they will help you or help someone else.

So Michael asked. "Are you ok... you don't look to good?" He hadn't even noticed her bleeding hand. Now inside, the front desk was in sight...

(Been a while, so here I go. I didn't miss any classes did I?)

OOC: First class has started, it's "Telekensis" and it's only just started. I've not even got to it yet because Michael is trying to be nice in the hope everyone else will be nice. Damn simpleton won't let anything lie either...

Kieria looked up slowly at him, her dread still on the rise. She did not know why she had felt this feeling in such intense amounts, but she tried her as hell to suppress it.

Her nails dug into her hands deeper now as her heart missed a beat when he turned around and asked her if she was alright.

Unsure of what to say, she spoke what she would normally have said until the situation.

"Yes! I mean....I am fine. Just nervous that is all. Nothing to be concerned with," the words rolled off her tongue.

"Now why did you go do that Kieria? If you just got it off of your chest you would be better! You never think Kieria. That is your problem...you do not think," a silent voice spoke in her head. She hated her conscious. It was always there striving to seek perfection, trying to make her mind sane, trying to keep her in control. She scourned her conscious. It always made her regret things ex post facto.

Kieria smiled weakily, as she tried terribly hard to act normal. Even for living in another nation from the others, her actions were still not normal even for her own people. Then again, what she was doing was not normal either to her people either; training in an Academy such as the well known Shentavo Academy.

Daedalis, with a shy expression in her face raised her hand and asked, not daring to raise her head and look Genesis into the eyes. "I'm sorry, teacher, I'm wondering if telekinetics has something in common with magic. If magic is the control of the energy flowing in the aether, telekinetics is the use of the energy of the mind, but...Are they similar to master?". Always with your fears, kid, you'll never learn anything because you're too afraid of yourself, she thought, expecting the answer from Genesis.

Strolling along, Lana had no destination planned, just allowed herself to go wherever her feet carried her. As long as it was away from trouble all the better. Sometimes at the academy you just needed some peace, some solitude, some time to reflect and relax.

So lost in her own thoughts, it was a while before Lana saw the smoke rising from the trees. Frowning and swearing under her breath at the stupidity displayed by people lighting fires in wooded areas, she made her way to where it looked like the smoke was rising.

Careful not to startle whoever may have been the cause - you could never tell in this place what would happen to you if you crossed the wrong person at the wrong time - she approached slowly, stopping as she neared the spot, taking some time to watch and listen, always the best way to learn.

(ooc: Rave: Can't wait for an angry confrontation between Sarah and her mother ;) )

Someone is coming, Sarah realized suddenly as she felt a presence heading her way.

She tried to relax and let the flow of reality pass through her for what she was about to do was dependant on her concentration skills. Little by little, she gathered information about the pool, the vapors, the tree, the birds. Slowly, she envisionned how reality had been changed by her burst of anger. She smiled sadly for such behaviour was so obvious a proof of her Shentavo lineage. Not being able to temper oneself surely wasn't a Vaughn trait... not as often at least.

She drew away those thoughts and seeking calm into her mind, she began to reverse the changes that had been made. It was a strangely easy technique her aunt had trained her to. The idea was to have as complete a representation at what happened as possible. Then, once the most subtle and atomic transformations had been spotted, it was as easy as finding the way back in open-space. The clearer the vision, the easier the action. All it took was patience and concentration.

When she opened her eyes, the pool was back there as if nothing had happened. Sarah didn't know how much time it had taken for she had lost her touch with reality. Somehow, she had made a trip into the past and got it back into the future... or the present. She was always confused about it all but Elaïne used to say understanding wasn't important. Doing was.

Sarah saw a woman approaching carefully. The woman put her hand on a tree and Sarah smiled as she saw the birds flying away from it, scared by the newcomer. Scared but alive. Then she looked more closely at the new figure and surprise made her eyes tremble. For the woman who was standing downer, the woman she was looking at from the rocks was Lana. Her grand-mother reincarnated or so had her aunt told Sarah.

Michael shrugged his shoulders before finishing the walk the front desk. He pointed to the desk and simply stated.

"There you are... just talk to them and I'm sure they will give you all the help you need." Michael checked his watch again, noting that his lesson start ten minutes ago. "I must be off now, I've got a lesson in Tele-ke-whatsit powers and I don't want to miss anything vital. Good luck with getting that information."

Michael rushed off to this lesson, not quite running but walking very quickly in the wrong direction... a minute later he passes a second time in the correct direction.

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Michael reached the door and took a deep breath, both of relief (for finding the right room this time) and of antisipation... he didn't know what trouble he would get for missing the start of his toughest lesson.

Slowly, Michael reached for the door and turned the handle. Carefully he inched the door open and then, with his head down he stated his reasons for being late.

"Sorry I'm late, m'am... I was helping a new student get signed in at the front desk, I won't let it happen again." His own voice was one of disapointment, but none the less he quickly found the closest seat which was empty.

Genesis smiled. "Yes...they are similar, but have major differences. In magic you have to create something before you use it, like in elementals for example. In telekenetics, you use what is there before you. If there is nothing around you that you can bring to you need, then magic would be more helpful. If you were in a predicament where you couldn't "create" a magic, if your hands are bound or another block infront of you, telekenetics would be severely more helpful."
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(oh, I can wait for that one. What the hell happened to Vaughn? :cry: I want to know. :lol: )

Rave looked at her daughter. No. This would be the end. There would be no fourth year for her. What was she there for? Protection? Qui could do enough in that feild? Guidance? Gene was seeming to take after her, the only pacient one left. Teachings? Well, some may be lost, but they could deal without knowing the information she held. There would be no time to teach it in a year. Time is not important. With the last remaining Zodiac, all she needed was one more piece to be fully restored. With that in mind, she would take to sleep. It would be a long time....or maybe forever, until she would wake.
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Kenja looked up to Qui. It had been a century since he had fed from her. She was his fledgling, and she owed that to her sire by accepting the embrace. She had never seen him take blood from another...only her and... but Rave had not been drawn from...no, she had not.
Qui brought his hand along her temple as a wave of calmness swept over her. It was an ancient technique to bring the victem not to resist, and the pain decrease to almost a pleasure.
In seconds, his razor sharp fangs pierced her neck. She did not flinch, but seemed to drift away. Slowely, she fell limp in his arms. He lifted her from the ground, watching the wound close upon her neck. He set her upon a couch in his office, and wiped the trailing of blood from his mouth. He had not drawn from anyone in a very long time, and had used his bloodstone to sustain him. But Domino had done something to him...it was like he was a fledgling again, and the pain of hunger plagued him. He would not give into it...not yet.

"Thank you, teacher", Daedalis said in a low tone, writing carefully in her notebook everything that Genesis said, with a delicate and adorned elven runes. She sank her face in her notebook as Michael entered the classroom. "tele...kene...tics would be se...vere...ly mo...re help...ful", she finished to write, looking satisfied to the runes writed in silver ink.

"Call me Genesis, or Gene even," she said, but was cut off by a student entering the door. One she recognized as Michael from the applications. "It's fine, Michael. Don't worry about it. Everyone seems to get lost on the first day...Beleive me, with the work the staff is doing, helping another student is a very good excuse to be late."

She passed her hand along the shattered peices, one by one reforming. She caught the orb in her hand and placed it upon her desk. Right then... she said to herself. Let's get them started... She passed in front of them, and then stopped to stand before them.

"Let's begin then. Let's start with something easy. A pencil." she said, looking at their writing utensils. "You all know the feel, the shape, the texture, some of you know the taste." She paused momentarily, then continued. "If you were to hold it in you hand, you would know what to expect it to feel like. Apply this to your technique. A simple vertical levitation to start with. For those students whose first year it it; don't be discouraged...just concentrate. What I need you to do, is think of nothing else but the object you need within your hands; in this case, a pencil. To start, you can not think of nothing, but think of a clear white space with nothing around you but the object. Call it to you silently; with a sharp desire to possess it, and the will to have it. Make it work. If you have your doubts, I can guarentee you're not going to be able to do it. You have to beleive that it's possible, and you will get the desired results. "

Ignus nodded and complied. He closed his eyes and breathed out. He imagined a flood washing over his mind, as he did with magic. His troubles, his fears, his situation was washed away, only was left was the task at hand.

It was a hard thing to do, requiring practice and patience, much Ignus had. He opened his eyes and breathed out. He looked at the pencil. He imagined himself being a small insect crawling over the object, studying every side and facet of it so he understood what he would control. After a short while, Ignus tried to will it to lift. But something was in the way.

It was not doubt. Doubt faded the first time he had first cast a spell. It was not that....

He tried it again, willing the pencil to rise. Nothing occoured. Ignus was not put off, he simply changed his tactics.

He became part of the pencil. He was symboiticly bound the pencil, it was he as he was it. Then, as it lifting his own arm, he raised the pencil very slowly.

It quivered.

Ignus, pleased tried harder this time, all of thoughts gone from his mind. It slowly became raised into the air, and continued to float effortlessly a few inches from the table. And then, his concentration broke. The pencil crashed back to it's own accord.

Ignus smiled, still looking at the pencil.

In comparison to the various well built spell books, writen in magical runes in tongues from age old races, Michael pulled out his A4 writing pad from an Iuthian Supermarket at home... it wasn't good looking but it did the job. Along with the lined paper pad he was going to write his notes on Michael brought out a Black Bic Ball-Point Pen. However... he didn't have much to write just listened until he heard someone more note worthy.

"It's fine, Michael. Don't worry about it. Everyone seems to get lost on the first day...Beleive me, with the work the staff is doing, helping another student is a very good excuse to be late." Genesis stated. Michael simply nodded and replied. "Yes M'am"

Then the lesson started, he hadn't noticed Daedalis yet as she lowered her head. Now he sat near the front, being the fastest place he could find that wasn't occupied.

Genesis started with explaining that he knew what a pencil was made out of and what it felt like, basically saying that we all know what a pencil is like... perhaps you could only use telekensis on things your were familiar with, but this was only the start of his lesson so he should make assumptions.

Michael sat listening, noting the familiarity of a pencil just so he had something to write and concentrate on. His posture was very straight against the back of the chair, his full attention given to Genesis.

Hmm, he thought. I have to believe I can do this... He stared at the pencil now, trying to concentrate on the fact that it was a pencil, he knew that much... but to make it move upwards without raising his had...

Michael lifted his hand for a second, then he focused on the pencil for another minute, it's a HB pencil and it's red, he thought. He knew it was possible, Genesis had done it and the thought that his teacher my be fooling the class didn't occur to him due to the years of respecting his superior officers. His thoughts went back to Genesis's words. The taste he thoughy.

Michael gingerly brought the pencil to his mouth and chewed on it for a moment before continuing his focused staring at the pencil which seemed to torment him.

Feeling the girl's eyes on her, Lana stepped through the trees, the sight before her was definitely not what she had been suspecting. Looking around she saw no trace of burning, her eyes taking in every part of the clearing.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to intrude." She smiled, her eyes fixed now to the young woman's in front of her. She shook her head as she walked nearer. "I thought I saw smoke, but I guess I was mistaken. Must have been a cloud." Her voice contained a hint of humour.

"I'm Lana, AC and manipulations student." She laughed lightly, as she pulled a slight face. "Not that I'm the most talented student here, but I guess if you don't try, you never know." She smiled. "And you are?"

She noticed a resemblance, but this was always the easiest way to start a conversation, better than any other she had ever tried, it also allowed her to assess how welcome she was.

Daedalis raised her writing peacock feather in front of her, then looked to the pencils of the rest of the students. Why I didn't bought a pencil?. I hope this feather works in the same way as a pencil.

She closed her eyes, concentrating in the peacock feather. Imagine an open space around it as Genevieve, or Genesis, or what was her name again?... As she lost concentration, she pushed her eyelids, trying to regain her focus. Here we go again. Let´s think in the feather with empty space around, now let's call it, desire the feather, wish it could come to me.

In fact the feather was raised in the air, the wind from a window took it away from Daedalis, falling to the floor while she was still mumbling "Come, feather, come to me...come to me".

Joshua pulled out a old inkwell pen he carried around and set it on the table he than started focusing on the pen. Slowly it start float in the air then Joshua began spinning it around out of boredom. Just as the pen stoped spining it fell. Joshua felt something was wrong. "Damn it," he says silently as he tries to figure out what he felt.

Santiana took out a pencil, closing her eyes and focusing on it. Shelet it drop from her hand and stopped it, right before it hit. She raised it up slowly and held it in front of her. When she opened her eyes, it fell again. "Never did get the hang of that part..."

Think of nothing else but the pencil That wasn't as easy as it sounded, especially sourrounded by unknown people but Benjamin tried.

He closed his eyes, stopped every impression from reaching his mind and disatracting him.

Slowly his mind cleared and left an entirely white sphere with the pencil at the center. Then he tried to move it. And really, suddenly the pencil moved towards him, circled around its own center and hovered in the empty sphere of Ben's mind. Staisfied and proud about his success Benjamin opened his eyes and looked at the pencil...laying on the desk. It hadn't even moved a bit.

He bumped the pencil with his finger tip and watched as it rolled at the edge of the desk. He stopped it before it fell down to the ground.

Ok, once again. Again he imaginated the white sphere with nothing but the pencil in it.
This time he added a hand that grasped for the pencil. A little bit of imagination is never wrong.

The hand took the pencil and lifted it.

Benjamin opened his eyes and saw the pencil shake a bit.

Hm. Not that bad for the first time, I guess.

Daedalis opened her eyes just to see as her writing feather was carried by the wind. "Oh this is so ridiculous. I hope noone saw my stupidity", she mumbled, hitting her forehead with the palm of her hand, not sure about raising from her seat to pick up the feather, that now was near the door.

"Don't worry. You're not the only one with problems." Benjamin whispered.

"He is right," Joshua says as he quickly makes the feather float up into grabing range.

Oh, they saw me...I'm so embarrased. I supposed to have some talent in this, and I'm just useless, she thought. "Th...thank you", she said to Bnejamin. "I suppose I should bought a pencil, feathers are just too light for these exercises", said the elven maiden, standing to recover the feather.

But the wind played a little game with the girl, carrying the feather a little bit further away, and Daedalis was forced to chase it around the classroom...

"Th...thank you", she said as Joshua approached the feather. She was blushed, he cheeks of a deep crimson color.

Benjamin smiled at the elven girl. Hélaniá would have liked her. he thought. Just the kind of persons she could mother.

Alright. Next try to move this pencil.

Again he closed his eyes and tried to move the pencil. And again it shook a bit but nothing more.

"Hrmpf."

Joshua just smiled and says "Your welcome. If you want you can use my pen insted."

Ignus looked around seeing some of the other studants struggle. He smiled to himself, alone. He was better than them easily.

He set about performing the practice again....lifting the pencil up again. It did so within a breif moment of getting his mind clear again. Ignus smiled. He set about making it spin....

Santiana closed her eyes and dropped the pencil again. She stopped its fall quicker and lifted it up, giving it a mental nudge to get it tumbling. She stabilized the pencil slowly and opened he eyes. The pencil dropped for a second, then got pulled sideways into her hand.

Pulling or pushing objects was easy for her. She used it the most on a ship and in combat. Holding them steady for any length of time... that was a different story.

"Ooh, thank you both. For the pencils and the kind words", said the elven girl, smiling and regaining her normal color. Now she had two pencils, the one from Joshua and the one from Santiana.

She sitted down in her seat again, I'll start with the pen, looks heavier than the pencil, she thought, concentrating on the pen in front of her. As she closed her eyes, seeing the white space around the pen. You'll come to me. You're mine now, come with your new owner, she called in her mind to the pen.

But she was distracted again a sound made by Benjamin. "Hrmpf", he said, clearly by the effort of the concentration. Suddenly the pen disarmed itself by the powerful yet undisciplined and uncontrolled mind of Daedalis. The ink flew through the air, falling in Daedalis face and dress, staining her with the black ink all over her head, chest and shoulders.

Oh, this is...

Oops ( :shock: ) Benjamin thought, staring at Daedalis.

Joshua pulls out a plasma sword hilt from his jacket and sets it down on the table. He quickly removes the power core and sets it in a safe box. He then begens to focus on it making it float. Suddenly the pen going off disrupts his consentration. Just great? Joshua says in Daedalis's mind.

Michael had been staring at his pencil for quite sometime now, unaware of the others sucesses and failures. However, Michaels pencil hadn't moved an inch, apart from the occasional times when Michael simply lifted the pen instead.

His face suggested he had been concentrating pretty hard, thinking about the HB Red Pencil, made in Miserabilia probably around a year ago, he had sharpened it maybe twenty times previous to this lession and it tasted of wood and carbon, leaving a grey mark on his tongue.

He knew it was possible... he'd seen it done, but it just wasn't going to move. He hadn't given up on making it move with his mind, though he was begining to think that he wouldn't get this in one lesson though.

He knew everything he could know about the pencil, short of actually calling the people who made the damn thing. He just contiued thinking about it now, trying different methods.

Daedalis sank her head in her seat, hitting the wood with her forehead. My dress...ruined, my hair...ruined...my face, ruined, she thought, covering her face with her hands.

Just great..., said a voice inside her head. This is the worst thing ever happened to me...Well, except for that time when I killed the Master's eagle by mistake with that strange wand. And the time when I broke my sister's sword cleaning. And the time when that crystal ball made of pearls slipped from my hands, and when I drained the Well of the Ancients. Oh my...

She raised her head, trying to clean the ink from her face with a hankerchief, also black with ink.

Santiana, Joshua,Benjamin, and Ignus had more or less been sucessful in levitating the pencil...and/or spinning it. "For those of you whom have at least gotten it in the air vertically, try moving it from that point..."

Genesis laughed slightly at the sight of the ink. She smiled warmly, and walked to Daedalis. "Don't worry..." she said, observing the ink. She closed her eyes momentarily. The broken pen lay on the floor, and she picked it up. Velistarma con desta que rowtha... She said softly, as the ink began to fade, and she threw the pen away. It wasn't a language many were familiar with; enoch. It merely hid the ink, rather than remove it. She placed her hand on the girl's shoulder. "Do not get discouraged..." she said softly. "I wasn't any better when I started, worse in face..." She chuckled slightly, recalling the first time she had tried.

She turned to Michael. I swear to God this is the funniest,yet most intereseting class I've ever had... "Michael..." She walked to him next. She wasn't dissapointed at all. For some reaon, he intrigued her most.

"Alright Michael," she said softly and kindly. She looked at the pencil, and smirked slightly. "How about a different approach. Everyone is different. Everyone has a trigger...the approach I have said is just the most common." She looked him over, and then nodde din understandment. "Michael, I know you can do this, I've seen so much potential within you. Don't concentrate quite as much...rather let a wave of calmness and serenity pass over you. Think of the pencil, and let it simply rise in front of you..."

Santiana smiles and pushes the pencil away from her. She holds it there and then pulls it back towards her quickly, stopping it and plucking it out of the air. This is going to be fun.... she thinks. She sets the pencil down and watchesthe others for a minute.

"Th...thank you, teach...Genesis", she said, again trying to copy something in her notebook. She took the pencil this time, it was lighter, yet less complex than the pen.

I can do this. It's just that I need focus, if I concentrate in the pencil. I can make it move. It's easy, just polarize your mind's energy to the pencil and create an electromagnetic field that...Oh Daedalis, just move the damned pencil ok?, she said to herself, without even closing her eyes.

And finally the pencil started to float in the air, spinning in front of her. With graceful movements of her hands she made it dance in the air like a little butterfly...well, a really ugly butterfly, for that matter, but it worked. She didn't realized that she was doing that. She was just enjoying the moment, finding fun in what she was doing...imagining that the pencil was a butterfly...

Velistarma con desta que rowtha...
Benjamin looked up in surprise. He knew this language. He, or at least one of his ancestors, Earich Wolvesjegere if he was right, had heared this language.

Would have been nice if Earich would have learned this language.
But however...this damn pencil has to move, not only jerk.

He again focused his concentration upon the pencil on the desk in front of him.

Genesis, still focusesd on Michael, seemed to know everything that was going on in that room. Good Satiana.. now, aim it at the pillar used in the demonstration before class. A pencil, if thrown, would usually break. Chances are it may on the first try. There are more on the desk. Try to make a dent in the stone by adjusting the force of it.

It seems to me that Daedalis' trigger is changeing the desired object into one she perfers...that's something I've never seen before... she thought to herself.

The Iuthian mindset has always been something of a mixed blessing for the Iuthian people. Their youth is filled with moral lessons, what is right and what is wrong. Disapline is something of an importance among the upbringing of an child, allowing them to learn in a more structured environment by giving them the will to follow the rules they lived with.

It was odd really, Iuthia has one of the most widest range of civil rights any government could hope to offer. The people could enjoy any drug, nudity in public places (though not sex for various reasons) and more freedom of speach then many would permit.

This said... eventually through various cultural lifestyle choices (pretty much every gets enough exercise) as well as the compulsory military service, Iuthians developed a strong mental defence... they could resist alot more mental probing then other cultures, some Iuthians even developed complete defence and much rarer then that, some were partially immune to magical effects.

However, to balance the books, Iuthians have a problem with imagination, which is limited to practical uses... artists paint pictures that look like the models they are based on and books were writen much like Tom Clancy's series... Iuthians also seemed to be pretty inept at magic too.


All this said... Michael still felt pretty damn sure he could crack this thing, though he accepted that people advance a differing speed, perhaps the whole thing would eventually just "click" and he would know what to do... getting his first chance to look around the room, it seemed that everyone could do it. Daedalis at least had the advantage of being magical to start with, while her magic wasn't predictable, she at least had the basic ingredients.

Michael concentrated on Genesis's words. "Alright Michael," Her voice was calm and soothing, maybe she had taken classes or perhaps she was just a calm soothing person, Michael didn't know. "How about a different approach. Everyone is different. Everyone has a trigger...the approach I have said is just the most common." Trigger... Michael could understand that concept...

"Michael, I know you can do this, I've seen so much potential within you. Don't concentrate quite as much...rather let a wave of calmness and serenity pass over you. Think of the pencil, and let it simply rise in front of you..." Genesis continued in a lecturing manner... He didn't think he had potenial... or at least, not for something this mentally challenging.

Wave of calmness, Wave of calmness Michael thought, visualising the pencil he now named as the source of his troubles, the more he thought about it the more the red seemed to the same shade as blood. Odd the way it linked like that, but it wasn't important. Michael simply reduced his breathing, thinking of the pen while performing simple breathing techniques taught for relaxation... it was better then a hot bath half the time.

Kieria stopped in front of the front desk and thanked Michael for his help. Petrified, she stood rigid in front of the desk.

"Hello......my name is Kieria.....I am checking into the Academy and requesting.....my schedule," she timidly spoke as she with utter terror filling her.

Kade smiled and looked at Kiera. "What classes did you sign up for? Telekenetics is being held right now down the hall and to the left...that's the only class that's going on currently."

Santiana nods, lifing the pencil up and spinning it slowly, considering which end to strike the pillar with. The eraser on this pencil was long gone, so she chose that end, instead of the fragile lead.

She pushes it at thi pillar and sense, more than sees or hears it snap.SHe smiles. Maybe brute force isn't needed. She pulls another towards her and considers another approach.

She moves it over to the pillar, pressing the pencil against it and slowly bringing it back and forcing it at the pillar. It falls to the ground, split down the center. Well... a challenge.

Daedalis laughed. She loved to play with butterflies in the gardens of the White Tower of Hoeth. When she was a little orphan kid, she didn't had anyone to play with, because in the Tower, most of the inhabitants were old mages and retired wizards, so she usually distracted herself in the garden, running around the squirrels and the butterflies. She looked at the pencil, following its movement with her finger, recalling the graceful flight of the winged insects she loved so much. Her mind was moving the pencil, although she wasn't conscious of it, she was just seeing the butterfly amongst the flowers...

She was happy then. At least she wasn't lonely. And she remembered those times as the pencil flew in the air around her. Her eyes were gleaming like those of a little kid with a new toy.

Then she suddenly saw that Genesis was staring at her, and she realized that she wasn't in a garden playing, but in a classroom, and that many people was expecting the best from her and....

With a click, the pencil fell to the floor, as the simple piece of wood it was, not anymore the graceful playing butterfly.

Here we go again...

"Whatever you just did Daedalis," Genesis said with a wry smile. "It worked for you. Try it again, the pencil, if you weren't aware, was defying gravity..."

It seems I'll have a different way to teach with her... she thought to herself silently. She then looked over to Satiana...soon the girl would figure it out...i

Michael was now pretty relaxed, the pencil still unchanged... however, in his much calmer state he was now thinking about pencils in general, why they were sometime hexagonal and other times they were like cylinders...

He was no longer staring at the pencil though, he was simply keeping his eyes closed and thinking about the puposes of the pencil... why they were invented, who invented them... then he went back to just thinking about the pencil, the air under it... what if he tried to move the air instead, it must be easier then moving the pencil, thats for sure.

Another couple minutes lapsed. The pencil remained still as ever.

"I'll do it", she said. Remembering the time when the huge Dragon Damsel Symbel visited the tower, she visualized the pencil on the floor again.

Then she saw the pillar, and the pencil again...

Suddenly the pillar wasn't the pillar anymore, and the pencil wasn't a pencil anymore. The pencil was a mighty silver dragon, and the pillar was the White Tower, the huge structure towering over the ground.

She recalled how the powerful wings of the dragon impulsed the great body on the air, how the slim reptilian silouette danced between the sky. How the dragon encircled the tower in a downward spiral...

And the pencil raised into the air once more, the wooden cylinder trying to resemble the images on Daedalis mind, moving like a dragon (for sure it looks funny, just imagine a pencil trying to fly as a dragon). The imagination of the elven girl was the source of her mental power, and she was relying on that to get the best result. The pencil started to fly around the pillar as the dragon flied around the tower in Daedalis mind.

She laughed again, opening her mouth in awe as she recalled the mighty form of the dragon.

Benjamin saw Daedalis' pencil fly round the pillar and caught a picture of a dragon flying round something that looked like a tower from her mind.

He nodded. Imagination, well, why not.

He again closed his eyes and tried to repeat what once was successful (though it only produced a slight jerking of the pencil).

Again he saw the pencil in his mind and added the imaginative hand that grasped for the object. Slowly he let the hand lift the pencil as if he wanted to write with it. Then he opened his left eye, slowly, and looked at the pencil. A smile appeared on his face and he opened the second eye.

The pencil was in a ready-to-write position - without a hand holding it.
Then, as soon as his concentration was broken, the pencil fell down.

But the first step was done.

Joshuha smiles when he sees Daedalis' pencil fly around. She reminds me of Echo in a way, he thinks to himself

Michael's pencil remained as full of motion as a brick... his eyes were still closed but none the less he hadn't found something he could use just yet... so he continued to think about it for a couple minute more. At this rate he'll have to wait for the next lesson.

Sntiana pulled another pencil towards her, then looked th the pillar. Obviously, this was going to get he a lot of broken pencils at this rate, so shetook the pencil in her hand and studied the pillar.

At last she smiled. She imagined the pencil as a two by four and the pillar a cement wall. Next... a hurricane force wind. She had been in one and saw wood do things that wood should never be able to do... The pencil hurtled towards the pillar and literally exploded. The pillar was mising a sizable chunk though.

Santiana opened her eyes. "Woah."

OOC:Sorry,I couldn't post for a while,computer is being mean to me.

IC:Flashback:Pepal soons tries to calm and feel the white space around the object,he notices the pencil is shaking,but not floating and trys to calm more and feel like he was one with the object.

Genesis chuckles to herself as she sees a huge block of the pillar gone. Well...Satiana's got it...so does Daedalis. Now they have pencils as weaponry.... She laughed to herself. She drew her hair behind her, and watched. Benjamin had gotten it to float as well, for pepal, it was shaking. For Joshua...well...it's Joshua. Ignus had gotten the hang of it, but Michael...

Michael was a tough case. She saw he had the potential to do it, but he was not thinking in the right manner for him. She drew her hand to her lips in contemplation and studied him. What makes you tick... she thought to herself. His mind is unopen...unable to imagine, possibly beleive. It's like there is a block there....one he'll have to get over...

Kenja?

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Kenja?

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Damn..where is she? She sighed heavily. Qui...I need something from you...

Qui looked up from Kenja, still in a sleep on the couch from blood loss. Yes?....Is it a good something, or bad something? He stood up from his chair, and stretched.

Good on your terms...just need your expertice...I tried to contact Kenja, but she didn't answer me...

Qui shuddered slightly. She's around here some where...probably just busy.. He glanced at the girl, and hesitated in his speech. Alright.

erm...i hate this forumn...because...and...that's why. Don't do it again! :lol:

Ignus was rather happily and contentedly manipulating the pencil further, making it do more complex manuvers. The challenge was enjoyable for Ignus, he smiled in satisfaction as his mind worked with the pencil.

Ignus...I see you have survived. We have too. You will make a mistake, your crime will be seen Ignus, these people are not stupid!

That voice! Ignus' pencil crashed back onto the table, Ingus' concentration completely lost when that voice drifted slowly into his mind unexpectadly. Ignus was shaking slightly, before he lectured hismelf in his mind. He can do nothing to you! No one will discover, as long as you keep calm and keep this up!

The voice was Kains, an extremely distinct voice in Ignus' mind, one which sent shivers down his spine, for he knew. And the worse thing was that Kain was different. He was not the person he had met in that forest, Kain had grim amusement in it.

Ignus' hands were shaking a little, and he was looking a little paler than usual. He shook his head and tried to get back to concentrating upon that pencil again, trying to clear his thoughts. But it was extremely hard to do now, due to that sudden jolt to his system.

Pepal soon tried to focus on the pencil,but starting to loose the signal,but then he starts to get irratated about it,and he gets back the signal and now the pencil floats just 5 or 6 inces high,but still shaking because of Pepals irrataion about it turing off the signal.

Katarina comes bustling intot he room, muttering apologies to Genesis about her lateness. "Im terribly sorry Genesis, I was reading this new book, just released in Derieties. Jennifer Goverment by Max Barry? Ever hear of it? its a wonderful read, I highly recommend it." Stopping in midstep she slowly glances around, looking at all the pencils flyning around in the air, and the one sitting on the desk. "Oh.... Ummm, im sorry if i broke anyones concentration..." She says these words quietly, and slides into the desk next to Daedalis.

Joshuha smirks and says "Don't think so. Just watch out for the flying pencils of death."

Genesis snickers as she sees Katarina. If she yelled, Qui would yell at her, and in return, a huge sibling rivalry, so she said nothing to Qui's new apprentice of the sort.
"Katarina," she said. "This is your third year, if I'm not mistaken? Let's try something different with you..." she thought for a moment, knowing Katarina was one of the top students at the school. Maybe she should start teaching her psionics, as she was well off with telekenetics now.
"How would you feel to start psionic part of your training?" she asked brightly.

"Sounds fun," says Katarina, a grin flashing across her flips.

"Sounds fun," says Katarina, a grin flashing across her flips.

Genesis chuckled slightly, and the psion ran her fingers along the desk. We'll, you've already established the telepathy part I am assuming---

"Qui..." Genesis remarked as he stepped into the room, with a smile. He looked about the room. He looked at Katrina, then glanced away slightly. he took his concentration back to Gene.

Alright...what do you need?

Michael...his mind is closed it seems...it's like a block. Telekenetics are not easy I admit, I know he can do it...but..he has literally no imagination.

Qui did not turn toward Michael, but looked straight at Gene. Alright...then... He paused momentarily, then turned toward Michael with an eerie soft smile..

"At the risk of sounding cliche..." he chuckled slightly. "Look into my eyes..." he said to him.

Genesis chuckled slightly, and the psion ran her fingers along the desk. We'll, you've already established the telepathy part I am assuming---

"Qui..." Genesis remarked as he stepped into the room, with a smile. He looked about the room. He looked at Katrina, then glanced away slightly. he took his concentration back to Gene.

Alright...what do you need?

Michael...his mind is closed it seems...it's like a block. Telekenetics are not easy I admit, I know he can do it...but..he has literally no imagination.

Qui did not turn toward Michael, but looked straight at Gene. Alright...then... He paused momentarily, then turned toward Michael with an eerie soft smile..

"At the risk of sounding cliche..." he chuckled slightly. "Look into my eyes..." he said to him.