Covenant Academy: An Urban Fantasy RP

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(For some explanation for why I'm posting this, Tachi was having trouble with the OP, so I volunteered to get it done for him. ^^;)

The sun was setting on Covenant Academy's School Day. Students from all different clubs were finishing up their meetings and heading out for the day. There were some where cleaning and finishing up would drag them on for a bit longer, and the security team an eye on things while students were exiting the school in such numbers. On one hand, many of them were feeling pretty good after a nice, successful meeting with their club or clubs. On the other hand... this was the most likely time for trouble. Indeed, Covenant Academy's Security team was most likely to be busy right about now. After all, it was when students were leaving the Academy, free for the rest of the day. If they wanted to cause trouble at the school, this was the time.

Certainly, it was a nice day. The sun was shining, the birds were singing, it was a beautiful day for anyone to do just about anything they wanted to that required being outdoors. But with clouds on the horizon and the wind picking up, it seemed that the weather could certainly worsen that night.

Placing the box on her lap, Sakura headed out of the clubroom. That had been a really fun meeting, they'd spent a lot of time on some new games. She'd brought in one of her favorites, as well as played the other member's games. To put it simply, it was really pretty fantastic! Smiling cheerfully, Sakura continued down the hallway. Oh, what to do for the rest of the day... maybe talk with her friends? Unfortunately, this wasn't one of her better days physically, so too much physical activity wasn't on the table... but it was pretty easy for her to find something fun to do otherwise.

Ah, there she was...

Artemis stood silently outside the doorway. Sakura thought that the goddess was a little bit too overprotective, sometimes, but she admittedly appreciated the sentiment. The purple-haired girl had decided it was important to protect her... regardless of whether or not she was in danger.

"Are you well, Tomoe-san?" asked Artemis. Her voice as she spoke the honorfic was rather awkward, even now. It simply wasn't a word that she was used to. However, Artemis desired to treat her summoner with respect. Which meant, in this language, getting to know the honorfics.

"I'm fine, Arti-chan," said Sakura, her smile growing slightly. It grew even more at Artemis' confused expression. Oh, it was really kind of fun teasing the goddess... and easy, as well. Simply referring to her with that honorfic worked!

"I do not understand why you refer to me like that... it means you see me as cute, correct?" Artemis raised her eyebrow, frowning slightly.

"I do! You dress pretty awesome, too!"

Artemis let out a sigh, as Sakura cheerfully headed onward. The goddess followed.

Waum...

Idly, Mira strummed her guitar outside of school. That had gone... very well. Rehearsals were perfect, so she had a lot of confidence for the future. She picked up her guitar case, and began to pack it away. Carrying both at once wasn't an issue when she had demonic strength from her contract, but it was pretty awkward and being kept in the case made sure her guitar was protected from damage. Buckling it up, she lifted the now encased guitar.

... And felt two soft things rest atop her head. She immediately knew what the source of them was. It wasn't hard to guess, certainly.

"... Cut that out. Right now," her tone was flat. Mira wasn't in the mood for this.

"Hehehe... but you're just the right height for this~! Besides, don't you like how it feels~?"

Mira sighed. Lily... oh, contracting with Lily was certainly useful, she couldn't deny that was the case. However, the demon was a pervert. A pervert who liked resting her chest in awkward places, like on top of Mira's head.

"Shut up. I... I don't want people seeing this!" snapped Mira, pulling away and turning to face the demon girl. Lily frowned, folding her arms under her chest. Mira was certain that was on purpose, emphasizing it like that...

"Are you afraid someone will take me away~? Don't worry, I'll stay with you no matter what!"

Mira quickly turned away with a huff. "Let's... let's just go!"

Stupid Lily...

Sorry if it clashes with anyone else's style, but I've gotten too used to RPing in the present tense. Oh well~

Deep within the Academy City, far below the surface, a cavern echos with the sound of metal being hammered at a forge. A solid figure rumbles, "Hmmph. Cheap metal." He tosses the insufficient piece of scrap over his shoulder, where it clangs a midst a pile of similar rejects.

"Wish they'd give me better stuff. Like some good old adamantite. Then again, I could always... Nah, that'd be abusing powers." The figure sighs, then turns away from the forge. He crosses the room, moving out of the area he called the "heavy workshop" into the "light workshop". He sits down at a desk, where a little automaton's eyes are blinking gently in the gloom of the Artifact Club's room.

"Alright, Sebastian, what is it?" he sighs, addressing the little bot. The automaton straightens up and rattles out a message, saying, "Sir! Two new messages for you!" The boy sighs again. "Let me guess. One from President High-and-Mighty, demanding more weapons of higher quality faster?" The automaton nods. "Ugh. Delete that one. What's the other one about?"

"A message from... her." Sebastian immediately flinches, expecting an outburst of rage. The boy, however, merely sits there, silently.

"Well then." He falls silent again, thinking. At last, he says, "Save it for later. I don't want to hear it now."

Sebastian nods, relieved to have avoided an episode. "Yessir! That's all, sir!" The boy smiles. "Thank you, Sebastian. You can sleep now. Goodnight." The bot strolls over to his own little corner of the desk, and curls up into a ball. "Goodnight, Wayland," he murmurs, before the light from his eyes fade out.

Wayland smiles, then gets up from his desk. "Whelp, better see what's going on outside. Been a while since I walked the town properly..."

Striding towards the blast door that is the entrance to his cavernous abode and workshop, he grabs a thick, metallic looking cloak from a hook by the door, and throws it around his shoulders.

He exits the cavern, and shuts the door behind him, being sure to secure the various locking mechanisms, magical, mechanical, and electronic.

Turning, he begins the long climb up towards the surface.

So happy this is starting!

edited 29th Oct '13 9:34:21 AM by BluBeriPi

Paige stepped outside one of the Academy's computer labs, a bag hanging off of her shoulder and a notepad in her hands. There was a button labeling her as a member of the newspaper club pinned to her uniform's shirt. After an hour of discussing who would handle what section of the paper, they were released to collect information for next week's issue. Taking the pencil out from tucked behind her ear, Paige tapped it against her blank sheet of paper as she thought. Today she was assigned to the entertainment news, so she could probably head to the movie theater to see what was playing, or maybe try to track down a member of one of the other clubs and-

"Your internal dialogue bores me today, Paige," a deep, yet smooth voice interrupted. It pronounced its words in a refined manner, with barely a foreign accent. Paige sighed, thought process now interrupted.

"Well, I apologize for the lack of excitement," she responded under her breath. "You of all things should understand the value of patience, considering that you've watched nations rise and fall." She heard a dark chuckle.

"What can I say? I expect things to move much quicker in this day and age, what with internet and all. There aren't even any fights to break up." Paige was just about to respond when she spotted what looked like a ten year old holding a large guitar case being harassed by a demon. Wait, that was Mira... She was in the Light Music Club, so she could be a possible source for a story.

"Mira, a word please?" she called out, making her way through the afternoon crowd to her.

"Aww, you want to go somewhere private with me~?" Lily's tone was as cheerful as ever as she spoke that single, embarrassing phrase. Mira's eyes widened, and she felt heat rush into her cheeks as they colored slightly. Oh, she knew what Lily was implying... in public... where anyone could hear... that demon was just so.. so...

"Sh-shut up! You... you pervert, what's wrong with you?!" cried Mira, throwing her hands into the air, "Why would you say something like that in public?! Why... why would you-eh...?"

There was... there was someone approaching. Mira quickly lowered her hands and turned away from Lily, trying to calm down. Letting people see... that... well, she hoped the approaching girl hadn't heard too much of that. Ugh, Lily was just... so awkward. Even when she wasn't being a pervert she didn't take anything seriously. Oh, Mira was sure the demon girl was doing something perverted behind her. She just didn't want to look at this point.

"A word?" Mira asked, gently setting her guitar case down as the girl approached. Hmm... that... was Paige, right? She didn't know the girl very well... but she was pretty certain she remembered her given name, at least. "I suppose I have some ti-"

"Mira and I always have time for pretty girls!"

Mira froze, as she felt... two soft things on her head once more.

Stupid Lily!

Paige blushed slightly at Lily's comment and pushed her glasses back into place before recomposing herself. Getting information was top priority right now, not demonic antics. Drekann's audible amusement in the back of her head was not helping her.

"Er yes, well...I was wondering if you were willing to contribute a story for the entertainment section of the Academy News. Some kind of upcoming music event, perhaps?"

For a few moments, Mira mulled over her situation. It didn't take very long to come to a conclusion: Reacting to Lily was only spurring her on. Therefore, ignoring her chest-on-head antics would cause her to lose interest and allow Mira to focus on the matters at hand. Perfect. This wouldn't be a problem at all. Folding her arms across her chest, the suit-clad girl began to speak.

"Well, Double Standard has been planning some things," Mira began. For now, her tone was serious. After all, this was a serious matter. She couldn't allow the two soft objects resting on her head to interfere with that. "Mostly, we want to do a full-blown performance as soon as we have a chance, so we've been working pretty hard to get ready."

It was certainly the truth. The Light Music club band, Double Standard, had been practicing as much as possible to getting all the new members ready. Mira had been pretty pleased with how things were coming along... even if one of the new members had wondered what a little girl was doing there... But they had stopped being stupid now.

"We're aiming for sometime within the month, but there hasn't be-"

Mira trailed off. Lily's hands... they were gliding up her stomach to embrace her. The demon girl was smiling.

"... Hasn't... hasn't been... anything concrete... yet..."

edited 29th Oct '13 10:50:47 AM by AnnoR

Paige was looking down at her pad and writing short bullets as Mira spoke, memorizing the left out details for later use in case the editor requested more. Maybe she could get a few pictures tomorrow while Double Standard was rehearsing if she stopped by early. She only glanced up when she trailed off unexpectively, just in time to see exactly why Mira had stopped.

"Uh...maybe we should continue this another time?" Paige asked.

"Let me help," Drekann offered. "I'm sure I can...entertain the demon for a bit."

"Let's not complicate this further, thank you..."

"Oh, don't worry about me~!" declared Lily, cheerfully, moving her hands all about on the mortified Mira. She could barely react, this... this was completely embarrassing! Time and time again, Lily proved that she had absolutely no shame whatsoever. What was with the demon girl!? The worst, however, was yet to come.

"I just can't keep my hands off of Mira's cute little flat chest~" Lily's hands held on tightly to the smaller girl, dangerously close to the indicated area, "Or her cute little butt~"

On cue, they slipped down and became dangerously close to the second indicated area. Now, Mira was trembling with embarrassment. And anger. But Lily's hands were already moving again, forward, now... "Or her cute little-"

In one, smooth motion, Mira slipped off her sunglasses with her left hand, her cheeks flushing an intense shade of red. Gracefully, she spun, eyes shut, driving her right elbow out and baring right for Lily's unprotected side. The demon girl seemed to forget that the contract granted Mira demonic strength... because she was taken totally off-guard when the smaller girl drove her elbow into Lily's side, so hard that Lily couldn't hold onto her anymore. The demon, eyes wide and in no small amount of pain, toppled over onto her side, momentarily stunned.

Mira rotated fully, coming to face Paige once more, opening her eyes, and slipping her sunglasses on. Her blush had faded.

"... We can continue. Where were we?"

edited 29th Oct '13 1:27:15 PM by AnnoR

Most oblivious to the naughty going-ons of his classmates, Isamu was busy cleaning up. Sure, when your club is nothing more than a place where people come to gawk over the books they've been reading, it can't take long to clean any mess. However, the Library was a large building and it was hard to decipher where the books left behind belonged. Still, Isamu somewhat enjoyed this time alone, surrounded simply by endless pages of knowledge, entertainment, and whatever else could be written down.

Ah, I always enjoy these tours of your mortal books. So primal. It's almost like a compliment.
"Just shut up already."

Of course, he would have liked to have been alone.

Vinny made his way down to the ground floor of the library thinking that perhaps he should spend less time writing in the middle of Cafe Tragos. Upon reading his latest work, a compilation of overheard snippets carefully woven into a story, the other members of the Writing Club had looked at each other sideways. Well, except for the ones snickering over the perverted jokes. It wasn't his fault that the girl with the pervert contract had been sitting at the next table...

"Need any help, Isamu?" Isamu was busy putting away the Book Club's fodder of the day. Vinny had considered joining the Book Club until he realized that their actual mission bored him terribly. At least he got on with Isamu, whom he rather thought of as the Club's Fearless Leader.

"You were saying when Double Standard planned to perform," Paige answered, happy she could continue with the interview. Drekann had momentarily been stunned into silence, not quite used to seeing a child sucessfully take down their own contract. Paige jumped at the opportunity to have a conversation without a running commentary.

"Ah, right," Mira nodded firmly. Good. Solid things that she could discuss now that the pervert was temporarily out of commission. That was a good start. She liked things that were not perverted. "We don't have a set date, not yet. We're aiming for sometime within the month for our first performance. Most of our members aren't new to this, but we want to get the new members ready to perform for a crowd."

Certainly, Mira enjoyed playing for Double Standard, and being part of the Light Music Club in general. But it was something to take seriously, not something to just goof off with and not focus on at all. So people goofing off when they should take something seriously really annoyed her. Why bother doing it at all if you weren't going to focus?

"If not this month, it's going to be next month for sure," Mira continued. She did not, however, realize that Lily had recovered... and slunk up behind her... The demon girl got onto her knees and wrapped her arms around Mira's waist. The small girl yelped in surprise, as she felt Lily rub her cheek against her back.

"Hehehe~ Mira-chan's an adorable little... tsundere is the right word, right?" Lily asked, peering out from behind the small girl, "And if you want juicy information, I can give you all of her weak points~"

"Sh-shut up!"

edited 30th Oct '13 7:47:29 AM by AnnoR

Wayland shuffles down the street, a solid and looming presence. As he passes, he's followed by whispers.

"Hey, isn't that that Hammer guy? The one on the Security Team, makes artifacts?"

"Yeah, I think so. Weird, you usually don't see him out and about..."

Ignoring the whispers, he continues down the street.

edited 29th Oct '13 9:41:44 PM by BluBeriPi

"The Academy News isn't quite interested in that kind of detail," Paige said to Lily as professionally as possible, flipping her notebook closed. "Well, maybe the Gossip Corner...but that's not my responsibility." Paige personally hated that section, much more attracted to hard facts and evidence, but she would admit it made the papers sell better despite the ethics of the concept. Deciding that Drekann's physical presence would be worth getting the rest of the things she wanted done today in a timely manner, she reluctantly summoned it.

The air around them three shimmered with both heat and cold, and a black scaly shape melted into view, curling around the entire group. It solidified into the form of a large dragon, head angled with its neck to be just above Paige's. It grinned at Lily, showing off a set of dagger-like teeth.

"Unlike my young associate here, I'm appreciative of all kinds of info," it said, its tone hinting at the same kind of things Lily was talking about. "How about we have our own private discussion?"

"Please behave yourself, will you?" Paige asked, pushing her glasses up again. It snorted indignantly at her.

"Since when am I not a complete gentleman?" Paige sighed and moved on, going back to business.

"Would you mind if I came to your club room sometime tomorrow to take some pictures?"

edited 30th Oct '13 7:15:15 AM by ScorpioRat

Walking onwards, Wayland catches sight of Sakura. He grunts to himself.

"Ah. Her. Should probably say hi. You have any comments, Heph?"

"I told you not to call me that! And don't bother me, I'm in the middle of something here."

Wayland gives a little chuckle. "Heh. Alright then."

He approaches the girl and goddess.

"Hey. You're Artemis, yes? And... Sakura, aye?"

"That depends..." A look of mock thoughtfulness crossed Lily's face as she peered out from behind Mira's back. She had moved from embracing Mira's waist to caressing her sides, causing the poor girl to flinch. Mira was, unfortunately, rather ticklish, even through her clothes. "If you take all those teeth and scales and things off, are you actually a cute girl underneath?"

"L-Lily..." Mira's voice was practically a growl at this point, as she slowly turned to face her contract. She just wasn't letting this rest! What was her problem, what was-

Mira yelped as she was suddenly lifted off the ground, held in both of Lily's hands. The demon held the smaller girl up. Mira was, after all, about the size of a ten year old, and Lily's demonic strength made it pretty easy to simply pick her up.

"Only cute girls, like me, can know Mira-chan's weakpoints!"

Mira was really rather mortified at this point.

"..."

Artemis' only response to being greeted by name by this unfamiliar person was a silent, simple nod. Well, and reaching up with one hand to quietly adjust her hat. She moved behind Sakura, standing behind her wheelchair. Sakura bridged her fingers, resting her elbows on the arms of her wheelchair, and smiled pleasantly. However, internally she was a bit confused and uncertain. Why, precisely, was this person referring to her in such a familiar fashion when she was quite certain she had never seen him before? Well... he was correct, in any case, she supposed. Nodding, she spoke.

"I'm Tomoe Sakura, yes."

"Nice to meet you. I'm Wayland Smith, though most people call me Hammer. I'd introduce you to Hephaestus, but he's busy right now."

He smiles to himself a little.

"In any case, it's a pleasure, miss."

"Oh, but on the contrary! I'm quite attractive for my species." Drekann said, sitting back on its haunches to seem taller. Paige rolled her eyes and sighed, knowing exactly where the conversation was about to go.

"I know all about cute girls. I've learned a thing or two after kidnapping so many beautiful princesses over the years. Ah, those were good times..." It spaced out for a moment before shaking its head, reminiscing about the past.

"Besides, I have a cute little Contractor right here!" Drekann gently poked Paige in the back with a claw, earning a slight gasp and a glare from her.

Damn, damn, damn! Shiki was annoyed. Held up by a teacher who wanted to talk about their last piece of work, the clubless slacker was actually putting effort into something: running at full pelt towards the cooking club before everything they'd made was eaten. Shiki was an atrocious cook, so the opportunity for free, good food...

Adjusting their hat, Shiki stopped before reaching the correct building. Hm, running up all the stairs and through the door and everything would take too long... but the window was visibly open from here, and there was a dragon just sitting there. Perfect.

Running again, they started running up Drekkan's back, stopping on his head for just a second before jumping—and catching the window by one hand, pulling their way into the appropriate kitchen without a pause. If anyone had actually been paying attention, they were probably seeming rather confused now.

"Sorry for being late."

Sakura quirked an eyebrow. Most people called him hammer? Why would most people call him hammer? He didn't seem particularly hammer-shaped... Did most people really call him that? Well... in any case, he had introduced himself. Steepling her fingers, Sakura leaned forward slightly, still smiling pleasantly. Weird nickname aside, he was being polite for the moment and Sakura would treat him in kind.

"I suppose I can say the same, Smith-san," she began. Her pronunciation of the English name was accented, but clear. She felt English was one of her decently-strong subjects. Not her strongest, but still, certainly something she wasn't bad at. "Is there something you wished to talk about?"

Artemis remained silent, quietly surveying the scene. She was watching, for a spark of violence or stupidity, waiting to act in defense of her summoner, herself, or of intelligence.

"Well, of course she's cute," said Lily, nodding her head to indicate to Paige, "That's why I was going to tell her! And then maybe her and Mira and I could-"

Mira suddenly shifted, spinning in Lily's hands and thrusting her leg out. Her foot took the demon girl in the side of the head with a loud crack, Lily's grip slackening and releasing Mira, who dropped to the ground and landed on her feet. Lily stumbled and toppled over onto her side, stunned once more.

"There. That should keep her from being a stupid pervert for a little longer. Or at least, not so overtly," Mira said, folding her arms once more. With a sigh, she turned to face Paige once more... and watched, bewildered, as someone ran all the way up the dragon.

"... Wha..."

edited 30th Oct '13 10:59:34 AM by AnnoR

The dragon pasued and turned around in place to try and see behind itself. Its back scales were thick enough to make it difficult to sense anything that involved touch.

"...I get the feeling I was just used as a set of stairs," Drekann said, raising its neck to try and see into the window Shiki had climbed through. It spotted some kind of kichen area and stuck its head inside for a closer look.

"Please try not to terrify the Cooking Club..." Paige said before returning to the conversation. "Anyway, would you mind if the Newspaper Club stopped by tomorrow to take pictures of you practicing?"

"No, not in particular. I introduced myself initially because I had recognized you as a contractor also employing one of the Olympians, but I now have a more pressing concern: Your wheelchair."

He bends down to examine said object, giving no further explanation and ignoring all else while concentrating on whatever it is he's been interested by.

edited 30th Oct '13 1:13:23 PM by BluBeriPi

Momo Ibuki

"Let's go, let's go, let's go! Outta the way, Hamburger or whatever!" Just as Wayland bent over to examine the wheelchair, someone came bursting down the corridor, carrying a bamboo steamer in one hand. In the split-second before it happened, he and Sakura could probably make out the glowing red eyes and the similarly coloured streak in the oncoming girl's hair, denoting that she wasn't entire herself right now. And then, of course, it happened.

"Too late! I..." Kicking off from the ground, the girl flew through the air towards the group standing in her way, and launched a flying kick straight at Wayland's head. Upon impact, she bounced off the poor boy's skull and landed perfectly on the other side, the bamboo steamer still sitting steadily above her palm.

"...HAVE ARRIVED!" Posing dramatically, the possessed girl turned to face the two, a somewhat psychotic grin plastering her face.

"...That wasn't exactly polite, Jin..." Momo muttered. If she had control of her body right now, she would most definitely be facepalming. "Besides, I think it's... "Hammer" or something..."

"...What? That's a stupid name! Hah, but no names are as great as that of Jingisukan the Awesome! ...Who is me! Ahahah!" The oni-possessed girl laughed heartily, seemingly not caring that she'd just flying kicked someone across the room.

Wayland skids across the floor. The possessed girl may find to her chagrin that he's as solid as iron. Turning, he slowly rises to his feet.

"..."

He looms over her, a very solid presence. His hand slowly moves towards the inside of his metallic cloak.

"Miss, I will ask you once, and once only. Are you currently in control of your body?"

His face betrays no emotion whatsoever.

edited 30th Oct '13 1:55:47 PM by BluBeriPi

Hearing the distant noise of... well, none other than Momo, and finding the room currently devoid of people, Shiki sighed and settled into one of the few comfy chairs set around a table. Right, well, they'd wait here and keep the dragon company, whilst...

"Sariel, go help Momo get the food here, will you?" they asked, setting hat aside and turning to the dragon, "Oh, sorry about that, I was worried I would be late for food."

Sighing at being used for such a... well, frankly mundane task, the blonde angel did as asked, exiting the clubroom and setting off on the short journey towards Momo's voice. With the ability to literally fly down there, Sariel arrived at about the same time as the... whoever the hell it was asked about possession.

"Jin, please focus on bringing the food to the clubroom."