Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign?
Saint Academy Training Room
"Of course, if that's the official line." The daeva said, not believing a word. "As for me, I just eat for fun and to better my culinary skills."
Mahvash put a hand on her hip and pointed at the other students with the other. "As for us and my source, well I didn't learn it from Saint collapsing mid-crisis, and say, watching the hero collapse before his old enemy and take the heart out of an audience. And I didn't learn it in some very possible case in which he checked out in the middle of that bit of bother with Leon."
She stayed a step down from angry, if only because she hadn't counted on Saint to come to her aid in particular during action. "I'll deliver a report," Mahvash said after a pause. "Doesn't change that the principal needs to resolve his issue. I know what happens when a unit watches its hero fall out of the blue. You don't just let that happen. If he doesn't intend to live much longer and you and presumably his whole circle are aware of that, then my class has to be prepared. And that is work."
The daeva rapidly recalled Rebecca checking out after being held at gunpoint and then after an accident, and Sam still thought that everything was pointless. Saint suddenly dying during some crucial thing or even on a clear, sunny day would be great for them at least.
Edited by CenturyEye on Oct 3rd 2018 at 2:53:11 PM
Look with century eyes... With our backs to the arch And the wreck of our kind We will stare straight ahead For the rest of our lives
Remix - Training
"I... need to change," Remix said awkwardly while backing away.Then she skated off to the dorms.
Academy
“Hai...I will be s-sure to tell her whe she wakes.” Hei replied as he guided Lucy’s stretcher into the gate leading to the infirmary. If Nurse Hello hadn’t been called by Ellie yet, Hei would ask her to tend to Lucy. Otheriwse, he would transfer her onto one of the beds and wait beside her.
I really hope you recover from this, Lucy. Hei prayed. If not for my sake...then for your mother and siblings.
Deranged X-Mas Figure
Nurse's Office
As Hei entered the office, Nurse Hello seemed nowhere to be seen, but it wasn't long before she reappeared in a flash. Along with Ellie and Doctor Bozo.
"Heya!" said Ellie. "Oh, and for the record, don't go dragging off catatonics like that. When you're trying to bring somebody back, it's a good idea to actually know where they are. Anyway, here's the Nurse and the Doc!"
Nurse Hello quickly went over to Lucy and gave her the usual, but to no avail. "No dice. Guess this is a more spiritual sort of thing."
"Allow me." Bozo floated over to Lucy before placing his hands on her temples. He closed his eyes, muttering strange incantations and concentrating as best he could for the longest time. Just when it seemed like there was nothing else to be done, a bright light the color of booze exploded from his eyes, and his long hair flowed like wine as he shouted to the heavens. "AWAKEN!"
Doctor Who — Long Way Around: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13536044/1/Doctor-Who-Long-Way-Around
AKA Nixer
Nurse's Office
As if to blatantly mock the extravagance of Bozo's ritual, Lucy stayed stone dead to the world for another five uncomfortable seconds before her lips finally parted with a groan, eyes cracking open as she blearily looked around. She seemed about to speak, but she let out a sudden, stifled gasp – bringing her hand up to her temple and clutching it in pain whilst her teeth gritted together.
All her senses had returned in an instant, and she had felt as if floating for a moment before her brain finally caught up and slipped into a colossal panic-attack over what exactly just happened. As a result, her head felt like it was on fire – ready to burst like a watermelon. And so it was no surprise that it took her another ten-to-twenty seconds to recover enough to actually vocalise.
“...We... we did it, right? A-are we back?” she managed to whisper. Despite her prolonged looking at Hei, her brain was in such a fried state that it only actually recognized him now, and she suddenly gripped his hand as if he had just appeared. “God... wh-why did I even do that... that was s-stupid...” she muttered.
bork
Prim, proper, and yet so socially awkward
Nurse's Office
(A rather plain-looking student with strawberry-blond hair also in the nurse's office after scraping his knee looks up from his phone and onward at the sight of the doctor's treatment of this student he doesn't recognize in slight confusion, being entirely out of the loop over what the gang have been through. He is wearing a graphic-tee and khaki pants (and a white and blue jumpsuit that's only visible if you look closely at his collar.)
Edited by kablammin45 on Oct 3rd 2018 at 9:25:03 AM
"I shall not be foolish again, my dear Gwendolyn!"
Deranged X-Mas Figure
Saint Academy Training Room
"For the record," said Interceptor, "he isn't planning on dying anytime soon. As long as he doesn't exert himself too much, he should be fine. And we have Nurse Hello as reinsurance. That said, there's only so much she can do. Which is also why he still has that injury in the first place. And why it's never been fully healed. Anyway, like I told you, this isn't something we—"
Suddenly, Saint strolled into the room, bag of groceries in hand. "I'm back! And so's everyone else from the looks of it. Anyone want a bagel?"
Doctor Who — Long Way Around: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13536044/1/Doctor-Who-Long-Way-Around
Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign?
Saint Academy Training Room
Mahvash stared past Interceptor a moment, watching Remix's flight. After giving up deciding frowning, whistling, and amused snickering, she finally just said. "Oh, you are the least supportive not-lover I've never had right now. And you're not off the hook for the whole helmet story!"
And Interceptor meanwhile set a record straight... belatedly. She shook her head. "Yeah, plans like that have a funny way of changing. You should hear how many 'ifs' and 'should bes' are in your plan. Oh and an 'as long as'."
"Oh!" she put a finger in the air as if just discovering the bleeding obvious. "And, I'm sure you noticed you just said that your 'reinsurance' plan amounts to reckless disregard and false hope. With my class set to pay for that." Halo spinning in place of her head, she quashed her unusually rising voice, forcing a monotone. "Oh, excellency, you've got to work on that."
Then the man himself showed with actual groceries. It certainly wasn't that, but the daeva had a fit of involuntary snickering. "You weren't there. So, you can't see the contrast. Principal Saint looks so, well you are here, excellency," She gave Saint a shallow curtsy, turning to face them both but focusing on Saint. "You look nice and upright. When I counted you among potential adversaries, I thought your death might be self-inflicted, but I didn't figure on self-neglect and fuck the others who go down with you. That epitaph would be a ...contrast to looking at you now. Though in retrospect I should have asked them in that other verse how they handled it."
Mahvash herself didn't know it happened through bubbling blood, essence, and probably bits of bone and flesh were flowing from her open palm. Frowning she closed the thing before sighing. "On introspection, that wasn't necessary. The point is, my class should know vital things about assets they rely on." She about faced. "As far as this goes, my class has the knowledge. We can plan accordingly and not be blindsided, but that should be normal and not the results of an accident. You do you. And no I don't want a bagel. I would like the room."
Surrounded by weirdoes
Sam just walked out of the training room, going to find one quiet corner to read in peace.
Sitting down, once he felt he was in peace, he opened the book, trying to forget about the day, and any weird memories not his own, for as long as he could.
Still, who should he see if there is actually something wrong with him?
Wake me up at your own risk.
Breath of the Sun
Training Room > Dorms
Mikael, too, left the training room, mustering a short nod at Saint before he headed off to her dorm to sleep.
She'd let Mahvash do all the explaining and subsequent arguing. She seemed to have things figured out, anyway.
What is so amusing about this? Why do you take lives? How can you forget?
Surrounded by weirdoes
Sam was trying to get his head into the words of Dumas, but all the events of the day kept nagging at him. Even the big gap due to overheating, he felt there was a lot of things unresolved and there were sure to be consequences for all that happened.
And now, Lucy nearly gets herself brain fried, Victoria was still feeling sorry for herself, who knows what the meeting with the Empress will cause on the others, mainly Lin...
These days, he doubted his role on the class, particularly when crisis came. And Saint being close to death wasn't helping much. Sure, he himself didn't expect to have a long life, but Saint seemed invincible when he was young, and was doing pretty fine for someone close to a century old, but living forever is something nearly nobody could get, and there are still vulnerable to some dark fates.
While everything whirled on his mind, his eyes started looking unfocused, as his mind went to a faraway place.
Things were going crazy, as a man and his squad were defending a strange ship. No one knew what it could do, or why was it important, but they had a mission, and they were going to complete it.
Moving it from the cave it was was the easy part, now, this hell of ice and rock was the new enemy. Or it was before the one they could shoot at appeared, and now, they had to keep them from killing them. Aiming his rifle, two shots were taken, downing another one, as they tried to keep from being surrounded.
A grenade changed all that, as he just reacted knocking it away...
Directly to the ship.
While the explosion didn't cause any damage, something more dangerous, making it react and send an energy wave to hit all the surroundings, knocking the man into a pile of snow and several Nazi soldiers down the hill.
The next memories were blurred, as a man called to get him away, with distant calls to keep in the world of the living. The last thing he saw before fainting was his own face in a reflection. A face he knew very well.
Back in the real world, Sam gasped, trying to not freeze everything around him, but rattled at what he saw.
Come on He growled I have enough as it is. Now I have to deal with someone else's PTSD?!
Wake me up at your own risk.
Deranged X-Mas Figure
Saint Academy — The Next Morning
By this point, things had finally started to calm down. Matten was still somewhat upset regarding how Interceptor and Saint handled the situation, but Saint managed to reassure her without getting his head bit off. Lucy was still a bit worse for wear, but a night of sleep had done her a world of good. Mikael was still due for a talk with Interceptor later that day, but on the other hand, their teleportation had finally fully returned. So that was something to be happy about.
On top of that, Class 1 had apparently undergone some reshuffling over the last day or so. A number of students had been moved to other classes, presumably where they'd be a bitter fit, while a few new students were transferred over in their stead. Ellie had been moved to Class 1 as well, for better or worse.
In any case, after the weeks of non-stop insanity like something out of a Soap, Class 1 was well overdue for something more normal. Relatively speaking. After having breakfast, they were scheduled for a class with Reinbach down in the basement. They hadn't actually spent that much time with Reinbach all things considered. In fact, it often felt like they didn't spend a lot of time with most of their teachers at all. But they supposed there was a first time for everything.
The classroom itself was like something out of a bad science fiction movie. It was made out of dark metal, and there were small round blue lights covering the walls that made one feel as though they were part of some experiment. The front desk was littered with beakers and test tubes, and old journals and notes were strewn about like a whirlwind had hit. In place of a chalkboard, there was a monitor the same color as the lights, and it was covered in dozens of equations and formulas. As for the good Doctor, he still wasn't present, but there was still some time before class. Whenever they all showed up, perhaps he would too.
Doctor Who — Long Way Around: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13536044/1/Doctor-Who-Long-Way-Around
Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign?
Saint Academy - Science Class
Mahvash had, as usual, scouted the place to find herself the best seat early. In this case that meant the front row, and helping herself to the notes and journals left open, and reading the formulas, pulling notes when necessary.
She had not actually returned to the dorms that night, opting to stay in the training room and work on group operations. Not that she had no experience with that, but well, it had been different. Plus, Mahvash could walk through different terrains on the planet (and the moon) and ponder while letting the others sleep.
Well, its not wise for me to treat them like Cannon Fodder. One of her archetypal thoughts of the evening went. I'm not quite mighty enough to have allies die or get crippled for my amusement. Or when I'm supposed to deliver them.
The daeva knew when class time had come around, hence arriving early. She only belatedly noticed that she'd never changed clothes. Ugh. If anyone asks, I got laid. She scraped off a bit of grey dust. On the moon. After a beat she sighed, sinking onto a desk. And I should have really done that.
Edited by CenturyEye on Oct 6th 2018 at 5:05:18 AM
Look with century eyes... With our backs to the arch And the wreck of our kind We will stare straight ahead For the rest of our lives
AKA Nixer
Reinbach's Classroom
Lucy slunk in, uncharacteristic of her usual display involving manifesting from a previously-disguised pool of coloured ink on the floor. Instead, she entered how a person normally would – dragging her bag behind her in a manner almost sheepish.
She was feeling a lot better today, barring a few drowsy spells. But apparently her little escapade involving forcibly projecting her entire consciousness into Hell by riding an interdimensional beam hadn't been done well for her powers. Her state of lessened-yet-still-severe mental fry meant that her ink abilities were effectively crippled. In fact, she felt weaker than when she had first arrived.
Puts things into perspective, at least... she grumbled mentally, trying to at least see the bright side of the situation. Come on, Lucy. It's not like this is permanent. Plus it isn't like you really need them anyway. The others have got your back if anything goes wrong... ah who am I kidding? I guess I deserve this anyway...
She flopped down in a random seat with a sigh, letting her gaze wander around the room (pausing to give a short wave of acknowledgement to Matten) only to nearly jump out of her skin as she saw someone else staring back at her. An older teen that somewhat reminded her of Hannah – barring the completely unreadable expression on her face.
Uncomfortable, she weakly waved to the newcomer, only for them to blink and turn their attention directly ahead again. Which was both rather disappointing and relieving for her. Though the awkward silence was a bit much.
Unable to take the tension, she instead diverted her attention to Matten once more. She was about to utter a proper greeting to the daeva, but was taken aback to the point of silence once she saw her clothing.
Is that... moon dust?
Shaking it off, she forced herself to vocalise.
“Morning Matten. You have a good night?”
bork
Reinbach's Classroom
A faint mental friendliness hovered in the minds of all those present as a blonde boy stepped into the class room, a casual, friendly confidence in his stride and a smile on his face.
"This is Class 1, right? I was told the first lesson would be here?"
His eyes looked over the time table in his hand, a small nod as he confirmed it. With that all said, his lips parted in a grin as he gave a small wave.
"I'm Lucien Bright. I've been reassigned to this class. Nice to meet you all!"
He stuffed the time table in one of his pockets, cracking his knuckles afterwards.
"Can't wait to get started. Class 1 is pretty much all the news around here."
Surrounded by weirdoes
Sam walked in on the science class looking a bit grim, but trying to stay looking confident and strong willed. When getting inside, he passed by, but once he saw Lucy, he did something unexpected. He gave her a pat in the head and as close a smile as he could.
"Nice to see you in better shape, Lucy" He said, feeling a bit awkward. "You really scared us, just ask if you need help" He wasn't really looking at her saying that, but he tried to be sincere.
Taking a seat, he braced for the day. Even if he felt off, the show must go on.
Wake me up at your own risk.
Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign?
Saint Academy - Science Class
"!" The daeva felt the wave and the arrivals, but no one familiar enough to address her by name. She shot up straight, well ready to ensnare the speaker in a mass of hair, only to finally notice it was Lucy. A much smaller Lucy but she did feel like Lucy. Probably not a homunculus.
Wait, you're... that was a normal sort of greeting. After I pushed you rather far in the Abyss. Mahvash stared a moment at the girl before abruptly answering. "Yes." She tilted her head, taking far longer than usual to come up with words before just going on. "It was that."
Then two arrivals she didn't recognize. "Greetings and Salutations," she remembered herself, rising and smoothing out her already torn and dusty skirt. And she was sure there were still demon entrails on the blouse. "I am Mahvash Matten Mattiuza of Class 1, and you may call her Lucy. And we are that noteworthy." She did notice Samuel, but he had to at least muster the energy to introduce himself.
Prim, proper, and yet so socially awkward
Class A Classroom
(The plain looking fellow who was in the nurse's office yesterday nervously enters his new classroom. Of course just as he was getting somewhat used to being in Class C, he had to be transferred to a new one.)
(His name is Mitchell Wedell, and he's a rather quiet fellow who sometimes struggles to relate or speak to other people. This is only exacerbated by the strange superpower he received in a freak accident at his house one night a month or two ago. Having been burned before by others, he is fit and determined to not use it at all today unless absolutely necessary.)
(Mitch quietly slips into an unoccupied seat and faces up front as he waits for things to start. He recognizes Lucy from the nurse’s office but stays silent.)
"I shall not be foolish again, my dear Gwendolyn!"
AKA Nixer
Reinbach's Classroom
“...Uh? Oh. Thanks, Sam,” Lucy replied genuinely yet somewhat confusedly, smiling at him whilst unconsciously attempting to de-muss her hair. She lingered her gaze on him as he sat down, a little concerned – before shaking it off and turning to the newcomer, only shifting her attention to Matten for but a moment at her rather uncharacteristic manner of address.
Sam's off, Matten's off... yesterday must've been really awful for them, Lucy thought to herself glumly, an expression that soon manifested on her face as she reminisced about that twisted realm with the Empress. Even the infinitely more pleasant one right afterwards had felt out of reach. Though the knowledge that in that timeline she had at least two children...
A sad smile soon blossomed on her face at that. She would've loved to have seen what they looked like, but even just hearing their voices was something indescribable. Poor Hei. He had to deal with her and the prospect of children along with the rest of the hell they had been going through.
His mental resistance and acceptance was uncanny. Though she supposed that came as necessity with someone with his background. Every time she saw him she felt an urge to irrationally thank him just for existing. Perhaps it was time she thought up a gift for him...
While Lucy was deep in thought, the older teen from earlier had shifted to discreetly study them all from her position near the opposite wall – seeming quite drawn to the aura of cheer and friendliness coming from her fellow newcomer, before eventually breaking her line of sight once she realised she was staring. She was so caught up in this she didn't even seem to notice Mitchell's entrance.
Edited by Enirboreh on Oct 6th 2018 at 11:34:51 AM
bork
Breath of the Sun
Science Classroom
In a rush of blackness, the newcomers would experience the startling sight of a demon appearing out of nowhere, right next to Lucien, just in time to hear his introduction. Mikael's teleportation had returned, and with it his shapeshifting. He was in his male form once more, smiling at the familiarity. As fun as being a woman had been, he was still more adjusted to this body, not a female one.
"Morning, everyone!" He greeted, cheerfully. Evidently he'd gotten a good night's sleep. His locket, dangling around his neck once more, may have helped. Then he turned to Lucien. "And hello. I'm Mikael, one of your classmates." He offered Lucien a huge clawed hand to shake.
Looking sideways at the assembled class, Ellie - who he had heard was in their class now - apparently hadn't arrived yet. So he mentally marked two open desks next to each other and resolved to claim them for himself and Ellie, once he was done with introductions.
What is so amusing about this? Why do you take lives? How can you forget?
Deranged X-Mas Figure
Science Class
Just as Mikael marked a seat for Ellie, in she came in a field of static, as perky as ever. She was also hauling a dead bear carcass over her shoulder. It was still fresh and didn't stink up the room in the least, but it still wasn't something one saw everyday. She dropped it in front of the floor, her hands stained with blood. Not that she seemed to mind.
"Hey, Mikael! Brought some grub!" She noticed that some of the students seemed to be staring at her, not that she cared. Much. "What? It's breakfast. It's what we do in the Abyss. You want to eat that processed junk, that's your problem." She turned to Mikael. "So, how you doin'? Yesterday didn't get to you too much, did it?"
Doctor Who — Long Way Around: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13536044/1/Doctor-Who-Long-Way-Around
Surrounded by weirdoes
Sam had tried to distract himself from all the negative thoughts plaguing his mind. Reaching out, he decided to simply start making random things.
Unicorn
Dancing couple
Magic castle
The Titanic
While he made those figurines, he looked around the room and just realized the new people arrived.
"Welcome to the Disaster area" He said, only half joking "I am Sam, nice to meet you"
However short the meeting is
Wake me up at your own risk.
Prim, proper, and yet so socially awkward
Science Classroom
(Mitch quietly doodles in his notebook as more students arrive. He is visibly startled by both Mikael and Ellie's appearances for a variety of obvious reasons (in particular the dead bear which makes him sick to his stomach), but he chooses to not say anything and returns to doodling. He is currently drawing pictures of seals and various other arctic animals.)
"I shall not be foolish again, my dear Gwendolyn!"
Classroom
A gate opened at the back of the room as Hei stepped out, looking lost in thought and a little tired. After everything that had happened- E-Lucy's fate, finding out that he would have kids in the future, kicking demon ass in the Abyss, almost losing Lucy...it made it difficult for Hei to sleep well that night.
"Morning everyone. Sorry if I'm l-late, I...I didn't sleep to well last night." Hei apologized as he took a seat.
Saint Academy Training Room
Interceptor sighed as he pinched the bridge of his nose in frustration. "We'll talk later. In the meantime, go get some rest. You look like you're about to drop dead on the floor."
He turned to Matten. "Don't go saying that out loud! Look, I don't know how you found that out, and I'll be expecting an answer to that at some point, but that's not something we want getting out. That said, it wasn't a cover story. I don't know about Daeva's, but most people need to eat. "
Edited by kkhohoho on Oct 3rd 2018 at 12:22:49 PM
Doctor Who — Long Way Around: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13536044/1/Doctor-Who-Long-Way-Around