Màna Inner Rim, Dormitory Beatrix, Room 403, Past the 21st Hour
Harry picked up Aillig's heavy bag to be a good neighbor. "You'll enjoy yourself here," he said as a parting thought to the Mesite as he hauled the gem-set bag to the young man's assigned room, Room 404.
7th of Keystone, Riseday, Half-mark past the 6th Hour, Thirty Minutes before the 1st day of Classes, Abjuration I Class
He'd had a good last day before classes begun. An efficient packer, Harry had finished settling in by yesterday morning. Afterwards, he spent the day getting reacquainted with the city of his birth along with receiving the keys to his family's downtown flat.
Clad in his simple tunic and trousers underneath his grey student's robe, Harry took a final sip from his canteen of tea as he adjusted his bag one more time as he waited in the hall for class to begin.
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Dorm Alice Flashback: Red and Temple
Red's eyes widened, as Temple crossed enough lines for the Tiefling, taking his offered hand and gripping it harshly, glaring at him as the demon started clutching him. "What gives you the fucking right to talk about my bloodline? Don't talk to me like you fuckin' know me asshole" Red loosened his grasp on the man's hand slightly, raising his voice.
"I'll say it clearly for the last time. I'm pissed off, so shut the fuck up and leave me alone already understand?"
Necromancy Class 1: Red and Kendrix
The Tiefling stood near the door to the Necromancy 1 classroom, wearing a blue wizard's robe that contrasted heavily with his red-skin, tapping his feet impatiently as he waited for class to start, but it seems he wasn't nearly as angry as two nights ago. Red turned to Kendrix as he had a hand on the handle of his hammer that was poking from his garb. "Not heavy to move your arm with your familiar on it like that?" The man said absentmindedly, trying to pass the time.
Abjuration Class 1: Eileen
The student nodded to him respectfully as she moved closer, she spoke calmly and somewhat gently, and with confidence rather than meekness.
"Well, this is quite the hallway huh? Good morning, you're one of my fellow classmates right? I don't believe I've seen you in the dorm, Eileen Vulcania" The half elf said as she reached for a handshake with Kandelmann.
Dorm Theo: Flashback: Dia Claudio and Medagalia
Dia blinked, poked her left cheek and stared at the Avian. "Well, that was kinda rude, I was just tryin' to say hi" Maxwell shrugged, and looked at her roommate as she spoke calmly, "Hey maybe don't try to do the whole absolver thing Meda, not sure she takes the holy talk like you do" The boxer said right before Claudio moved towards Medagalia and Machina.
"Well I don't think it's you" Frost sighed as he looked towards the bird, frowning he spoke as he pinched his forehead.
"Alright, come with me, we're both going to go there together and apologize to her, even if you didn't mean it to offend her, alright? Come on"
Transmutation Class 1: Dia
Machina was in the hallway in a modified version of the uniform, instead of a wizard's it was a red boxing robe with thick yellow belt and outlines, on the left shoulder was the sign of the Conjuration school, and on the right was Transmutation. She hopped from side to side, her fists closed and positioned slightly below her nose in a fighting stance, she let out a few jabs of excitement, barely containing herself with a big stupid smile on her face. Dia was shadowboxing all over the hallway, barely being careful not to hit someone.
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Is this your power, Yagami?
Abjuration Building
Aillig was out of his element and everything about the situation told that to him right to his face. He wasn't used to the Gaudy decor, he wasn't used to not being workman's clothes, though he supposed the school uniform counted somewhat for that, everything about this was setting off a sense that he quite frankly did not belong here. And yet, he didn't want to disappoint his family and he had heard that if there was anywhere he was going to learn how to best harness his gift, it was here in Mana. So he swallowed his discomfort as best he could and fidgeted with the pocket watch his father had given him before he left; the youth casting his eyes over the waiting room and those gathered there, listening in to Eileen introducing herself to Harry, wondering if he should stand up and say hi.
"I am nature's weapon. You are unfit to carry on your species, and I shall ensure that you do not do so!" - Charles Darwin, XCOM Sniper
Necromancy Class
Asher gave a long toothy yawn as he took a seat on Koko, who had morphed into a chair, panting away happily from the back of it. "Well I'm glad to see that you're excited Nala. The others here seem a little bit less so." The cat witch looked at the building a bit more, a look of criticism adorning his features. "And why is it that necromancy associated places always need to be so drab and dreary? You're presenting things with new life, why must the first thing they see be a reminder of how dead they are?"
Combat mode, engage
Necromancy Class
"Job hazard, mostly." Nala replied, not looking up from her book. "Like how funeral homes are very solemn and dark. People get itchy around necromancers who look a bit too happy about working with corpses and spirits, old stereotypes and all that. It certainly doesn't help that most necromancers are trained in places like this or other dark and dreary places. Honestly you would not believe the tomb I searched to find a necromancy teacher near my hometown."
-dramatic music ensues-
Sumanai Man
Duelling Club Aftermath
"Hey, you still won. Win's a win. Certainly showed me that I should have stayed and done paperwork, eh?" Gaston commented wryly, holding out a hand to shake to both Nyxus and Nala in congratulations.
"Definitely! We'd be glad to have you in the club for real. Just head on over to the club fair next week." Mercurius added, having reached the center of the arena.
Necromancy Building
Eura was nodding along in agreement with Nala, her face a big grin as she watched her friend flip through the pages.
"Right?! Necromancy is so fascinating, I can hardly contain myself! Oooh, I wonder what's it like to work with life force..." She paused.
"Wait, seriously?! There's a reason for the necromancer's ambiance? Can you tell me more?!"
The blonde had already reached for her bag to pull out her diary, but as she rummaged, she hesitated slightly.
"Oh, um, I'm sorry for yesterday, by the way...I just went straight to bed without saying anything..."
Meanwhile,someone could be seen shuffling through the corridor, carrying a rather heavy looking lead box and shouting out "Pardon me, sugahs!" every few seconds.
It was Eris, who looked slightly frazzled. Letting out a breath, the half-elf eventually made her way nwxt to Kiri and set her box down.
"Shoot, if this dang thing ain't heavy! Pardon me, dearie, I'm just catchin' my breath..."
She trailed off and stared at him. "Well, I'll be. Ain't ya Miss Miri's new ward? Heard about you from Merc."
Abjuration Building
The hall was rather boring as there was still time until the teacher got there...
Well, it was boring until someone accidentally rammed a trolley filled with boxes of parchment right onto the wall near the bulletin board right in plain sight of everyone.
"Ah, fucking wheel! Damn it! By Madina's godsdamn stick in the ass!" the person yelled before continuing on with a litany of creative and borderline offensive swears.
The person was human, maybe early twenties, dressed in pants and a long sleeved shirt that might have been white once but was now dirty gray. They had heavy work gloves and boots and a worker's cap that covered their sandy hair. Tall, broad shouldered and with a bandage across the nose.
Nothing is what it seems. Master of Shipping and Sadism.
Mad Pinoy
Necromancy Class 1
Kiri stared back at Eris, surprised that he was, again, anything of particular notice to someone else. He kept his left hand in his pocket as he tried to respond casually, feeling it warm with what might have been pride at being recognized. "I guess I am. Who are you again?"
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Kendrix raised an eyebrow at the Tiefling approaching her after the friction last night but didn't comment on it further. Better to not dwell on it!
"Thurston is heavy, you're right, but it's why I'm doing it at all actually." She explained, not stopping her lifts as she spoke. "It keeps me strong, and it's a good warmup. I'm no normal wizard, I throw plenty of martial force in too and I need to keep my body strong to do it." Thurston squawked appreciatively. "He likes it too."
Combat mode, engage
Duel
Nala nodded. "Right, next week." She noted to herself. Then she quickly gestured and began healing Jerry's minor wounds.
Necromancy Class
Nala looked up and cocked her head to one side. "What? Oh that, you don't need to apologize. We're friends, doesn't mean we have to be joined at the hip. But yes, like I said the ambiance is a combination of necromancers attempting to appear suitably professional so as to not be burned at the stake and the fact that most necromancers are trained in places with creepy ambiance. Given that those of us who stick with it develop found memories in those types of places necromancers just sort of assimilate tradition and reproduce it when they move on to new areas." She explained.
-dramatic music ensues-
The Blinder
FLASHBACK RED AND TEMPLE
Temple stared at the Hell-Touched in confusion, "What did I do?" he squawked as his hand was gripped much tighter than was custom for a friendly handshake. It didn't make sense to him. His whole life, people like Red were called Hell-Touched, not for their deeds, but just because they were. Even the Hell-touched at the swamp went by that name! "You are aware that if you don't let go of me, I can't leave you alone?" He asked, maybe a joke would help calm the angry student?
NECROMANCY CLASS
"What do you mean?" Temple asked the skull, "You know the teacher?" He was doing his best to avoid the other necromancer. The one time he had tried asking for advice didn't seem to have taught him much aside from the fact that she was probably in a bad move when he asked her. His eyes lit up, if this...person had created a powerful being such as Tom? The extent of their power...
He was also visibly half-asleep and mainly in his own head.
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Good to be back
7th of Keystone, Riseday, Half-mark past the 6th Hour, Thirty Minutes before the 1st day of Classes, Abjuration I Class
Harry reached to take Eileen's hand. His handshake was firm and business-like and he smelled of scrupulous cleanliness. The Seduran service lanyard above his breast pocket wasn't there for show, after all.
"And I'm Harry Kandelmann. In fariness, the few days have been busy. I was out all yesterday afternoon. Good morning, Aillig!" The former lawman looked over the half-elf's shoulder to greet the huge craftsman.
And kept looking when he heard the cursing. The volume and train of the swearing seemed to have flipped something in him. "Excuse me," he said to Eileen and hurrying forward.
"... Joey?"
Stop Killing My Titles
Before, Dorm Theo
...hm. It seemed his benediction was misunderstood completely. "I suppose that some are blind to the light at first." He said simply. Apologizing for his good intentions felt superfluous. Did a doctor ever apologize for saving another's life? "If you think an apology is in order, then I shall apologize accordingly."
Now, Transmutation Class
The building itself looked quite appealing to Medaglia. He was never one for needless splendor (unless it was to spread Lady Irida's good name), and so this bare white room resonated with him well.
He spotted Janelle skulking around in the corner and, after a sigh, made his way over to the tiefling. "Greetings. It has been explained to me that you might have misunderstood my words back from the dorm." He said with a nod. "May I ask that you allow me a reintroduction?"
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chaos catby with a flannel shirt addiction
abjuration building
Erin was dayderaming, and jumped at the crashing trolley and the ensuing stream of prodanities. She ran over to the trolley."Hey, are you alright? What happened?"
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Sumanai Man
Necromancy Building
Eura looked visibly relieved as Nala waved off her apology. Letting out a little sigh, the blonde began to furiously take notes on what Nala was saying in her diary.
"So, it's sort of a cultural thing." She nodded to herself.
"Speaking of, I heard you say Necromancy is really rare in Kallian, um, no offense, but, er how did you find a teacher?"
Eris laughed and gave Kiri a (somewhat too strong) whack on the back.
"Aw, darlin', I can tell you're not used to talkin' to people with that entrance."
She grinned up at him. "My name's Eris, I'm in the duellin' club with Merc and junk. He mentioned ya to me cause he knew I'd find ya interestin. See, if y'all need any help with a, just holler at me, kay?"
She rolled back her sleeves slightly, letting Kiri see that her arm had little smatterings of black reptillian scales. "Us dragonblooded gotta stick together."
Tom let out a little hiss. "I can't be sssssure but it feelsss like my Masssster. But what would he be doing here? Ah, but if I'm rrrrrright thennn, boyyy, your teacher would be the greatest necromancer in the world!"
Abjuration Building
The person who had rammed the cart abruptly halted their tirade of swears when Erin approached.
"Ah, sorry about that, miss. Was doing a delivery and shit and trolley broke on me."
And then Harry approached, and the person stiffened in shock before turning to look at the youth.
Joanna Reed gaped at Harry with an incredelous expression, before suddenly grinning widely.
"Harry? You asshole!"
And with that Joey went in with an affectionate right hook to her old friend's shoulder.
Transmutation Building
Janelle glared up at Medaglia, arms crossed defensively.
When he spoke, there was a very long pause in which the tiefling seemed to be thinking on how to make a quick escape.
Elle sighed. Well, better get this over with.
"....What do you want? You already know who I am, we don't need a reintroduction."
Nothing is what it seems. Master of Shipping and Sadism.
Dorm Alice Flashback: Red & Temple
Red spat at the ground and let go of Temple's hand,the Tiefling left without saying a word, moving towards the kitchen and not looking back.
Necromancy Class: Kendrix Thurston & Red
"Two birds with one stone huh? Good thinkin'" The Tiefling chuckled. "I was never one to really keep a pet, find they don't really like me" The man stared at Thurston for a second before shrugging and continuing to speak.
"Thought you were some kind of martial fighter type though" Red feet tapped on the ground slowly, as he pulled the hammer out of his uniform, holding it forward in an empty space, he smirked before he spoke again. "It's the same here, though my magic's different, ain't good with casting so I imbue spells into items, but I'm pretty damn good at it, enough to stand up to any dick who thinks they're better than me cause I use objects"
Abjuration class: Eileen & Allig
Eileen shook Harry's hand, taking note of his mannerisms "Yeah setting up was a hassle here" She nodded before suddenly Harry just kinda left her, she turned around to the one he greeted, waving herself before walking over to Allig, looking up at him slowly, blinking as she took in his entire height slowly, the difference was staggering to her.
"Eh… Greetings" Vulcania shook her head, trying to return to her calmer expression after this awkward start.
"Allig? I'm Eileen Vulcania, pleasure to meet you"
Stop Killing My Titles
Medaglia, Transmutation Class
Ah, he used a wrong word. "Apologies. I meant to say that I would like to begin our relationship anew." He explained, hoping that this is more concrete. "I spoke to your words of encouragement at the dorm, but I fear that either you misunderstood me or I was not clear enough yet again."
Medaglia made a small gesture towards himself. "Janelle, when I said that I absolve you, I meant no offense to you. I meant to say that 'tis irrelevant if you are a tiefling, a demon, a dragon, or whatever else. On these grounds - and anywhere else - you are Janelle first, and with your name alone can you make a path for yourself."
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Mad Pinoy
Necromancy Building
Kiri grunted at the sudden impact of Eris' hand to his back, gripping at his pants from inside his left pocket to avoid exposing his ring again. When she revealed the black scales on her arm, his other hand slowly went up to feel the similar red scales on the side of his neck. "Black? Who'd you get yours from?"
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Combat mode, engage
Necromancy
Nala gave Eura a sly grin. "I talked to a dead person of course. When I said I investigated a tomb it wasn't a rhetorical flourish. I literally went into a tomb and talked to a ghost. He gave me the basics but it wasn't much to go off...well all things considered, that is. So now here I am. If I was a bit better at necromancy I might have just stayed there until I had finished my education."
-dramatic music ensues-
The Blinder
FLASHBACK: TEMPLE
Assuming that Asher was still there, Temple turned to him immediately. "I assume you know what I did wrong?" he asked, somewhat sheepish. He hand't meant to do anything wrong. "I didn't call him Demonspawn!" He shrugged, looking at Tom. "Next time, let me know!"
THE NECROMANCY CLASS
Despite his sleep deprivation, Temple was filled with excitement as he considered the possibility of being taught by Tom's very creator! The idea of it! He could truly become the greatest necromancer! The moment someone that looked like the teacher walked in, Temple immediately stood up and helding up the shovel.
"is this yours?" He babbled, "He had a body when I found him, his name is Tahmeldam!"
Good to be back
Then: Duel
Nyxus didn't say much as he shook Gaston's hand. He frankly was surprised that they managed to win so easily — they had the numbers advantage, sure, but Nala had never dueled before and his own skills were rusty at best, so Gaston could have tripped them up easily if they weren't careful. Even now, he was still somewhat irritated that he couldn't dodge the lightning.
"We'll keep that in mind," he said to Mercurius, a smile returning to his face. "Thanks."
Now: Abjuration
Nyxus... hadn't slept well. In spite of the good day he had prior, his dreams were once more haunted by flames and demons. At this point the dreams had happened to such a frequency — and with no sign of dark magic actually targeting him in his sleep — that he wasn't concerned beyond a mental note to check with Lady Mireena during the break, but the fact stood that right now the elven diviner struggled to keep awake.
...Though the cart crashing, and a person cursing worse than Lady Anile definitely jolted him awake. Albeit only enough for him to grumble a half-hearted "Keep it down, damn it," before almost nodding off again.
chaos catby with a flannel shirt addiction
abjuration building
"Ouch. I wonder how it broke like that."Erin yawned. She had slept quite well, just not very much. She hoped that she hadn't kept her roomates up while she was trying to sleep, as especially Nyxus looked exhausted. But he seemed to be quite conflicted, and bringing up a restless night just didn't seem polite.
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7th of Keystone, Riseday, Half-mark past the 6th Hour, Thirty Minutes before the 1st day of Classes, Abjuration I Class
Harry grinned as the punch hit home, rolling with the blow. Then he raised his hand, flitting in back and forth in approximation of one of those snake-styled martial artists in those foreign mystery plays they used to watch. And once he had her mesmerized, he zipped his hand forward and flicked her forehead.
"Holy hell, Joey! It's been ages! I was looking for you all afternoon the other day! What happened, get in another fight with the West Street drivers?"
Sumanai Man
Necromancy Building
Eura let out a squeal of excitement. She couldn't help herself.
"Like a ghost?! An actual ghost? Who were they?! When did they live?! What did they say?!"
In her excitement, she failed to notice that her face was now just literally an inch away from Nala's.
Eris smiled slightly, although this one had an odd hint of...something in the expression.
"Who knows where I got this from, and does it even matter? I think, whoever passed this blood on to us, they're not important to us right now. It's our gift, ours. We decide what to do with it, and no one else."
Old Tom let out a sigh. "Pipe down, boyyyy, if it trully is the masssster, you'll recognize him when you sssseee him."
Abjuration Building
Joey rubbed her forehead, grin still wide on her face.
"What, this? You know full well those fuckos can't even touch me. This is from work, been really busy since dad's back gave out. Damnit, how'd you miss me yesterday! I was all over the Outer Rim!"
Transmutation Building
Janelle paused, unsure how tp take Medaglia's words.
Slowly, she nodded, and there was the barest hint of a slight blush on her face. She wasn't used to...talking.
"Alright, then. Thanks....I guess?"
"Ummm...."
She trailed off, not knowing what to say next.
Nothing is what it seems. Master of Shipping and Sadism.
Necromancy Class - Red and Thurston and Kendrix
"Well, I'm sure you get why I might swing around a sword instead." Kendrix said, swapping Thurston over to her other arm. "There's a certain image we want to cut, it gets people inspired to see us storm a castle handling a big sword, even if splattering someone with a hammer's more efficient. Thurston helps establish me too, I think."
Thurston squawked happily and fixed Red with a sideways stare. "He's also super useful in a fight, he can really throw his weight around."
Duel
Nala slowly picked herself up from the ground and dusted off her clothes. "We won, hooray. That could have gone a little bit better."
Jerry let out a hoot.
She sighed. "Yes, thank you. I was trying to maintain some dignity here." She replied, sourly.
Necromancy Class 1
Nala had taken up a position near Eura and Asher upon her arrival before promptly sitting down, pulling out the necromancy course book and paging through it. From the looks of things she was already several chapters in, with no signs of slowing down.
Her expression was one of joy. "I can't wait, this is so exciting!"
-dramatic music ensues-