The Tale of An Chéad Toshi: Uruk IC Thread

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This is a sci-fi/fantasy RP. The Players are young Mages who have been brought to the Academy in order to develop their magical talent and protect their city. They will fight monsters that roam in the wilderness, investigate nefarious plots against King and Country, and so on. But that is all in their future. For now, after a bit of general plot setup, let us have the characters meet up, get to know one another, etc. We can feed them to monsters later.

The plot so far:
The students meet their teacher, Professor Yuki Okamoto, and have their first few days of instruction.

About a week into their Academy life, they are unexpectedly sent out on a mission to investigate the town of Normaden. They learn that a Witch, a powerful monster that sometimes grows from humans with magical potential, has developed in the region. Their Professor takes on the role of exterminating the Witch itself, leaving the students to handle some of its Familiars. During the students' fight, though, they are unexpectedly brought face to face with an Angel. After a fierce fight, the students are victorious and return to their homes safely.

Back in Uruk, the plots grow thicker. A massive force of Angels has gathered near Babylon, and the head honchos discuss plans of how to deal with the threat. The Academy's Headmaster learns that the Angel that the students encountered was sent by the Chief of the Galileians. What could Chief Herschel be plotting, and why involve these young Mages?

Completely unaware of these plots, the students are assigned another mission: to resolve an incident over who should possess a valuable research subject. They will be escorted and monitored by Essence Parker, one of the academy's Student Council members...

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For a brief bit of worldbuilding or to create a character, please refer to the OOC thread

This club prides itself on having a very detailed combat and character system. For more information on said system, please refer to the System Info/Extra Lore thread.

To see a list of some detailed NPC sheets, please view this thread.
 
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Professor Okamoto
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As expected, Elisa didn't have a very helpful answer. And for better or worse, Almeida decided to intervene too. Well, it generally would've been for better, but Almeida seemed to be mocking Professor Okamoto in the process. Well, putting the disrespect aside, "As Almeida said, your Transformation is highly unusual. I've never even heard of someone's occurring as yours does, much less seen it myself. The fact that you experienced pain is strange enough, but to become partly intangible?" Professor Okamoto stepped in closer and reached out her left hand, setting it on Elisa's shoulder. It was baffling, at once feeling like human skin and at the same time like the surface of a mirror. That is, until the shoulder turned incorporeal and gravity dragged her hand down through it. Professor Okamoto stared at her left hand for a moment or two, trying to comprehend what was happening.

A beeping from her right wrist dragged Professor Okamoto's focus back to the present. It was emanating from a silvery bracelet, from which Professor Okamoto detached something resembling an earbud and placed it in her ear. "Yuki, go ahead," she stated for whoever was on the other end of the transmission. As they spoke to her, though, visible concern began to grow on her face. "Sir, should we really- Sir! Sir!"

Presumably, the other person had ended the call, since Professor Okamoto reached up to her ear and pulled the earpiece out. Her frustration was obvious in the way her fist clamped down on the earpiece, prompting a somewhat chiding male voice to sound from one of her katanas: "The folks over in Maintenance will be annoyed if you break part of your AMB for a reason like this."

"I know." Professor Okamoto took a deep breath in and out before replacing the earbud on the bracelet and turning back towards Elisa. "Effective immediately, you are to investigate this power to the best of your ability. What does this form allow you to do? What kind of magic do you have available? Hopefully, your abilities still operate in a manner resembling that of standard Mages, but if it does not, you will probably not be able to make much use of our teachings on magical subjects. I'd refrain from trying to walk through walls for now; since you aren't completely intangible, it might not go well." Shifting her attention towards Almeida, she would continue: "You are to watch over her. If she gets stuck in any walls, get her out. If her power becomes dangerous, try to stop her. And so on. Headmaster's orders."

Professor Okamoto turned away from the pair of girls she had just addressed and began speaking to the other students. "For our next step, you will try working with your Spirits. We will only touch on it briefly for now, but each Spirit has a Subject and a Method that determines the type of magic they can work with. Your Spirits should be aware of these properties and what theirs are. Take a few minutes to discuss with your Spirit about their Subject and Method, and then see if you can't think of a few spells you might want to try out together. Don't feel discouraged if some of your ideas don't work out or can't be done right now; it is only your first formal day of training, after all."

Looking up at the clock on the wall, Professor Okamoto noted that the time was currently 1:30 PM. "Class is officially done at 3:00. You may use this gym until then, or you may leave early if you so desire. Tomorrow's class will begin at 8:30 AM and in the same room as before." But we'll be doing a lengthy timeskip because coming up with an actual curriculum is a pain and this was never meant to be a "school RP" anyway, just "an RP with a school setting". Also, its 4:30 AM and I shouldn't be up this late, so I need to end this post somehow.
 

Londo Sperry THE GREAT!

Location: The Academy - Gymnasium A
Mentions:

Status: Transformed

Aura: 95
Prana: ?
Stamina: ?

Weapon: N/A
STRENGTH: D
VITALITY: E
WILLPOWER: E
RESISTANCE: E
SPEED: E
AGILITY: E
PERCEPTION: E
RECOVERY: D

The commotion that happened was unnoticed by Londo, as he was too busy fighting the dummy in front of him. It was fun to be able to actually let loose, but Londo wanted a REAL opponent, but he didn't think anyone here would want to, or be able to, fight. So he opted for a solo session instead.

After the teacher addressed the class, Londo laughed out loud again, "Ha! I have already mastered my Spirit's abilities! Alice knows no equal! Her ability is Death! Which actually makes me think of a cool name for the attack I did earlier..." Londo exclaimed, saying the last part mostly to himself. He then shrugged and said, "I'll release the name in an actual battle, so it looks cooler!"

Londo then thought about what other things he could do with his spirit, "So uh, Alice. you got any other powers I could use?"

"No, not at the moment. I think we should take it slow for now while your body adjusts to my magic." Alice replied.

Londo pouted, "Awwww, but I had a really cool name for a spell: Requiem of Death! Neat isn't it?" To which Alice did not reply.

Afterwards, since nothing else was going on, Londo decided to use the gym by himself until 3:00 pm, and if noone asked him of anything, he would leave the gym to go back to his dorm. He would have loved to stay in the gym, but even Londo knew he needed his rest so he could kick more butt later!
 
Lavi Fluér

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Location: The Academy - Gymnasium A​

With introductions past the conversation was simply let go off, it seemed like that would be all for now. As the Professor walked away Phoebe looked towards Lavi. ''Everything is alright, Lavi you have no need to worry, simply follow my word here. I understand you, you are right to be afraid. But I will be with you. We can progress slowly, you don't need to rush it like the others here, I am sure you will be fine.''

Lavi nodded slowly, she didn't smile but she seemed refreshed or like a weight had been taken off of her. Yet quickly this would turn on its head. As her reaction became that of fear, genuine fear and confusion as she tried to process what she saw. The form of Elisa, a body made of glass, the creaking and crashing as the glass breaks. She tugged at Phoebe as she kept in her scream. What is that, how did that come inside of here. Is that one of the monsters.

She didn't hear the words Elisa spoke as she grabbed harder onto Phoebe and dug her head into her fur. Phoebe's mouth turned in a curious grin, but focused her attention towards Lavi soon after. ''There there. Everything is alright little Lavi, you need not have the least of worry, it seems just to be your female fellow student. But get it out of system.''

As she lightly replied, ''Thank you Phoebe.''
''Its the least I can do, sorry if it may sound, like a bad thing but those items are still wands. I know you wouldn't prefer any, but let me pick one out for you, alright?''

''Hmm uhmm okay.''

Walking towards crate Phoebe overlooked it a bit. Now what would that one like. These would likely fit, the young one seems to be using them.'' Before grabbing onto a pair of gauntlets with her mouth. ''Do you wanna talk with any of these people Lavi, or do you want to sleep?'' ''... ... I think I want to rest.'' She would pop out for a small second to look towards Almeida, but would walk slowly out of the gymnasium as she leaned on Phoebe.

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Interacted with: None
Mentioned: Elisa @Inaru-sama Almeida @Elvario
 
Elisa

Elisa listened as she was reprimanded by the teacher, she couldn't quite understand the situation that she had gotten into. So I need to research my magic. And figure out what I can do while transformed? Do I really. If I just only recalled a bit of my dreams... Maybe I should talk about that but I don't know how to articulate myself. Apparently whatever is going on with me, it would not end up with me going into the asylum. However she did draw her sword at me. It could be even more dangerous to talk now. I hate this.

Elisa would turn her gaze at Almeida, after Okamoto would address her. At this point Elisa would start to re-visualize her prana and figure out, if it was possible to reverse what she had done. After the teacher was moving on the next section, she'd approach Almeida: "Thank you Almeida. Sorry to be trouble."

For the rest of the class, Elisa played out with a floating shard of mirror, displaying a different image and breaking from touch. Before the end of the gym session, she'd have the mental fortitude to try to focus to undo her transformation. It would look something like the air around her would repair itself. This act would leave Elisa fatigued and panting for air, with the skin around her eyes being very dark and her skin pale. Whatever had happened was definitely not healthy for her heart.

She would spend rest of the gym class sitting next to the door and leveling her breath.

Are my nightmares really real? Then, all those people... They are gone - The thought would twist Elisa's face to disgust and she would try to rust out to the nearest toilet to vomit on the sink.
 
Almeida

Almeida couldn't help grinning as Okamoto ignored her remark. It was a clear point for team revolution. However, she got a call soon after, suggesting Elisa should figure out all she knew about her power and that Almeida was to babysit her. It didn't take her long to figure out what it was about. 'That bastard of a headmaster just wants to keep me occupied so I can't find out about his dirty secrets. Now I'm sure he's hiding a some serious stuff.' As Okamoto didn't wait for an answer, Almeida wouldn't give one. The entire subject and method thing kind-off went over Almeida's head, not in terms of understanding, but in terms of what in the world she was supposed to do with it. Valerius wasn't helpful either. “You are a woman of strength, while I'm a strong weapon. Let us go with that.” In the end, she went with the 'why not' route, and just watched Lavi and Elisa do their thing.

However, Elisa eventually ran off. 'I've got no clue what to do with that...' Luckily, she suddenly had an idea. She called out to Lavi and Phoebe as they were leaving. “Lavi, Phoebe, wait up!” As she'd head over to them, she greeted the spirit. “I'm Almeida, Lavi told me all about you, nice to meet you~” After giving the spirit a chance to return greetings, Almeida got to the point. “I'll be honest, I'm not sure how to help Elisa, but I also think it'd generally be good for her to work with someone her age. Would you two be willing to help out?”

If they were to agree, she'd follow up. “Great, thanks. Let's go see where she went.”

If they disagreed, she'd go on her own. “That's a shame. Well, see you two later~”

In either scenario, she'd eventually track down Elisa and realise what had occurred, although she wasn't sure why. “Hey, are you okay? What happened?”
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Interacted with: Professor Okamoto | Elisa @Inaru-sama | Phoebe & Lavi @Giftvi
 
Yuki Okamoto
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Kazuya Miyamoto
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Location: The Academy, Headmaster's Office. 3:30 PM
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As class wrapped up at 3:00 PM, Yuki took a little bit to clean up the gym and answer any last questions before heading off towards the Headmaster’s Office. She didn’t bother with knocking; the door slammed open as she barged in and said with an icy voice ”Sir, just what the hell is going on?”

Headmaster Miyamoto looked up from his desk as Yuki barged in. ”Ah, Professor. Do have a seat.” The door closed seemingly of its own volition as he finished both writing his sentence and speaking. ”How may I help you?”

”Don’t try that shit with me, Sir,” Yuki spat back as she made a point of remaining standing. ”That thing. What the hell is it?”

”Am I correct in assuming you’re referring to the human girl that goes by Elisa?” Headmaster Miyamoto seemed completely unfazed by Yuki’s obvious anger, just as he had with Almeida earlier.

”What else would I be talking about? You heard Ragan’s report. That thing is clearly abnormal, even by Mage standards.”

”Naturally, your confusion stems from your assumption that she is under Mage standards.”

”She’s not under Mage standards?” Yuki thought about the statement for a few seconds. As the realization of its meaning dawned on her, shock and horror took over her face. Across from her, Headmaster Miyamoto’s face took on a small, sly smile. ”You can’t mean-? Y-you couldn’t!”

”I resent that implication,” Headmaster Miyamoto stated, but his face showed no sign of said resentment. ”I am not responsible for anything, save for using the resources I have available.”

”Are you insane?” As her panic grew and grew, Yuki’s voice continued to rise in pitch and volume. Headmaster Miyamoto took a moment to thank his predecessors for their foresight in requesting this room be soundproofed. ”We can’t have something like that here! What if she loses control and Turns!”

”That’s what you and her classmates are there for. Hence why I instructed for Almeida to directly monitor her. And there will be fairly frequent Missions to allow us to… stress test her. If she becomes a liability, we dispose of her. But until then, we might as well use her as best we can, for the day that has yet to come.” The slyness disappeared from his face as a gentle, comforting expression took hold. ”Come now, you know as well as I how crucial a role we play. We have been blessed with the power to wield magic, and thus we must wield it to protect those who cannot.”

Yuki nodded in understanding at the Headmaster’s words. They were a concept engraved in Yuki’s heart since childhood: “Those who possess power are obligated to use it to help the powerless.” Indeed, that was the entire reason Yuki remained at the Academy as a professor, rather than leaving the life of a Mage behind. Well, the job stability helped too. But at any rate, she couldn’t deny the logic of using Elisa’s power as best they could. Even if it was playing with fire, they were only doing so in order to better fuel the furnace. ”I don’t like it, but I’ll go along with it for now.”

”I’m not expecting you to have a good time with the idea. But I trust you to carry out this task. I know you can do it, Yuki.” The office door swung back open again. Yuki nodded and took her leave. She had research that needed to be done.
 
Professor Okamoto
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July 26th, 199 NWC, ~8:30 AM
Classroom 107

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A little over a week had passed for the newest batch of students at the Academy. Each day had followed a pattern similar to the first: lectures during the morning, practical training in the afternoon, and evenings off. Over the course of these days, the students would likely have started to develop some amount of camaraderie, as well as grow accustomed to their abilities and that of their comrades.

However, when Professor Okamoto entered the room this morning, it was obvious that something was different about today. It was but a moment before they found out what. Having taken her place at the podium, Professor Okamoto set down her files and rested her hands on the podium. ”Everyone, congratulations. Our class has been assigned its first Mission. We will be departing at 10:00 for the town of Normaden. The locals have reported strange behavior among the animals in the surrounding area, which we believe is due to the appearance of new monsters in the vicinity. We are to travel there, locate the cause of the disturbance, and destroy it if necessary.”

”Because you all have been assigned to a Mission, you will now be granted Aura Monitor Bracelets, or AMBs.” Professor Okamoto held aloft her right hand, showing a silvery bracelet set with a sizable teal gemstone. ”These tools will help you in a number of ways. Their name comes from one such function: the ability to accurately monitor the status of your Aura and the Aura of your comrades. They also act as communication devices. Each AMB has a slot where a Module can be equipped. Each Module offers an additional boost to functionality, though the boost differs by the type of Module.”

Professor Okamoto would then launch into a brief rundown of each of the generic Modules and what they had to offer. At the end of her brief lecture, she’d then open up the steel crate that was stationed in front of the podium. Inside were a number of silver AMBs with empty Module slots. The Modules themselves were separately lined up by type. ”Now then, you all may come up one at a time and select an AMB and a Module to use. Each empty AMB is identical to the others, and each Module of a type is the same as its fellows, so there’s no need to scrutinize each individual one.”

Professor Okamoto allowed the students to come up and choose their AMB while she went over to Elisa and spoke directly to her. ”Elisa, you are welcome to take one and try using it, but due to your Transformation, I don’t think it will stay on. I have inquired about having a custom one produced for you, but it will take some time to craft a suitable one.”

The students would have a bit of time to acquire their AMBs, ask any questions, use the restroom, grab a snack, and so forth before they needed to depart. Professor Okamoto would remain in the classroom during this time, available to answer any questions.
 

Londo Sperry THE GREAT!

Location: The Academy - Classroom 107
Mentions: @Valkan

Status: Normal

Aura: 100
Prana: 100
Stamina: 100

Weapon: N/A
STRENGTH: D
VITALITY: E
WILLPOWER: E
RESISTANCE: E
SPEED: E
AGILITY: E
PERCEPTION: E
RECOVERY: D

A week had passed. Nothing of import to be noted except Londo making an even bigger impact on his teammates by socializing with them! Londo also dragged the kid named Ryan into training with him in the gym, because Ryan reminded Londo of that one guy from the stories he made up about himself! He also ALSO visited Roland a few times, although he forbid Londo from getting any sweettarts for some reason, while Roland got more inspiration from Alice!

Now, Londo had been quietly waiting in the classroom, waiting for his moment to shine bigger! And it finally came! A mission!

Londo triumphantly stood upon his desk once the teacher finished speaking, "Excellent! You shall now all see the prowess of Londo, the GREAT!, in battle today! I shall show you the might I have kept triumphantly hidden within and show just how awesome I am!" Londo said, hopping down from his desk and getting a module from the teacher, already know exactly which one he would pick, "This one!" Londo said, picking up a Regeneration Module and shoving it into an AMB, "Now I shall never fall in battle!" Londo said with triumph, then walking back to his desk and admiring his AMB. Truly glorious.

Londo showed it off to Ryan, "Impressive isn't it? It isn't even its final form! For I have a secret! I actually can cultivate a more powerful form of this in the form of another wristwatch! I just have no idea where it is though, so I can't show it to you yet!" Londo said proudly.
 

Hibiscus Oswald

Location: The Academy - Classroom 107
Mentions: @Elvario

Status: Normal

Aura: 75 / 75
Prana: 150 / 150
Stamina: 75 / 75

Weapon: N/A
STRENGTH: E
VITALITY: E
WILLPOWER: E
RESISTANCE: D
SPEED: E
AGILITY: E
PERCEPTION: E
RECOVERY: E

Hibiscus arrived at the academy 4 days ago. Apparently she had not missed all that much, just a few lectures and training sessions in the gym. It didn't really matter all that much to her much, but she was still sad that she missed a few days.

Fortunately, she made up for it with making some friends. If they prefered to, they could also call her Hibby, as Hibiscus's friends usually did.

The first day Hibiscus got here to the academy, she acted very friendly, and tried to make friends. Once they got into the gymnasium, they would have seen Hibby's darker side. An edgier side pretty cringe ngl, she was considerably less friendly being transformed, but she still participated in the activities. She demonstrated her power on the very cheerful boy, Londo, who allowed her to draw on his skin with her blood.

The blood she had gotten by sticking the knife she had into her arm. The right arm which, from the looks of it, had been cut into many times before, and not really fully healed. Hibiscus explained that she used blood magic: Magic which caused her to harm herself and use her own blood to heal others. She had not yet found a way to harm others with it, but it could definitely come in time. She also explained how she didn't mind harming herself to perform her magic, as she could easily heal the damage with spells she made herself.

OOC Note: If you want to know anything else about Hibiscus, let me know and I'll try and see if I can add more to the post for more info

Now today, Hibiscus sat quietly and listened to the lecture next to Almeida (If she had let her) and waited until everything was over to go get her own AMB, mostly to avoid the red-headed step-child that was loudly boasting about something he didn't have. Of course, being a healer, Hibiscus chose the Healing Module then went back to her seat to try it out.

Hibiscus, upon putting it on could see the auras popping up from the people also putting theirs on, "Oh wow! This is a really neat thing! Father told me about the AMBs they had, but I didn't think it was nearly this good!" Hibiscus said, referring to the same father whom she has stated to have been a mage, until his accident.

Hibiscus wondered about the kind of mission they would have, and tensed up in response. She hated getting hurt, and hated the pain of using her power, but she still had to do it. Father had been someone who hated fighting too, but he did it for the good of the country. Unfortunately it didn't help much when she thought about it. She got anxious about waiting, but hopefully the battle itself would be much easier. Hibiscus raised her hand to ask the teacher a question, "Yes, Miss Okamoto? Do we know anything about the animals besides the fact they might be monsters? Like any claw marks being seen, or certain sounds being heard? Or even any pets or anything gone missing?"
 
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Ozymandius Jorgenson
Location: The Academy
Mentioned: @Giftvi @Elvario @Inaru-sama
Aura: 100
Prana: 100
Stamina: 100
STRENGTH: E
VITALITY: E
WILLPOWER: E
RESISTANCE: E
SPEED: E
AGILITY: E
PERCEPTION: D
RECOVERY: E

Machinegunner: 0/1 summoned
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Description: The gunner has 30 prana, 10 stamina, and 11 aura. The gunner has D rank vitality, C rank perception, C rank Dexterity, and E rank for every other stat. The gun is allowed to fire 3 times per phase with 4 bullets fired per shot in a cone. The bullets travel at C rank speed.

Riflemen: 0/3 summoned
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Description: Each rifleman is armed with an M16A4 Assault Rifle, they may spend 3 prana to fire the rifle. Every time it fires, it shoots 3 shots in a burst that travels in a straight line at C rank Speed. It may fire once per phase. The rifle has 1 durability. Each Rifleman has E rank stats.



Ozy had taken the week to learn, and attempt to overcome his fear of shooting again. Every time he aimed the pistol during training he found himself staring at the horror once again. On the other hand, Exceritus did some showing off, forcing Ozy to focus and summoning the small squad of soldiers whenever she could. By some cruel twist of fate, they shared the faces of his previous squad mates. They didn't speak or talk back, and it had taken him several days to get past the fact, but he moved on eventually. As he entered the classroom following his typical morning routine, he had taken his seat and was disassembling and reassembling his pistol. When the professor entered, Ozy was surprised and dismayed to learn that they would be going on their first mission. As he looked around the room his face was sullen. He wondered briefly if anyone would die to monsters like his own squad. He finished reassembling his gun right as she called for them to select an AMB module and bracelet. He waited for Hibiscus and Londo to select theirs, before going to pick up his own bracelet and AMB. He selected one of the Tactician Modules, not that anyone would be able to know what they did, not even the writer, as Alatar hadn't yet posted it yet. Afterwards he went back to his seat, popping on the bracelet and module.
 
Lavi Fluér

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Lavi yawned slightly as she sat behind her desk, as she waited for Professor Okamoto to arrive. As the door opened she quickly composed herself and sat upright. Since the first day Phoebe has like always stood next to Lavi in her common spirit form due to the inconvenience her core feels like. As she started to explain the circumstances of today, Lavi got a little tense, even after all that Phoebe told her she couldn’t let the fear leave her, let alone these other restless feelings. But she kept a shallow smile as she continued to listen to the professor.


She let out a bit of a laugh at Londo as he triumphantly marches towards the teacher and announced he would never fall in battle. His unserious attitude perking her up slightly. ’’Cmon, up you go. Pick the same as the boy.’’ ’’Oh okay.’’ Standing up from her desk she walked forward to Professor Okamoto. ’’The Regeneration module umm.’’ Picking up one of the modules representing the regeneration and the silver bracelet she sat down at her desk once again and start to put it on.
 
Professor Okamoto
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Londo boisterously made a few declarations, though Professor Okamoto largely tuned it out as his usual egotistical ramblings. Life with him in the class was going smoother than anticipated overall, thankfully, though only time could tell whether this would extend to his actions when he had a chance to post during Missions.

Hibiscus's arrival and entry into the class had also gone fairly smoothly. It was definitely a relief that the class had a student with healing magic now, though Professor Okamoto had never been fond of Blood Magic as a concept and was somewhat suspicious of Hibiscus's personality changes.

After speaking to Elisa, Professor Okamoto turned towards Ozymandius who was searching for an AMB that didn't exist. (I'm retconning a bit, sorry about not being clear on the matter). "A moment of your time, Mister Jorgenson," Professor Okamoto called out as she returned to the podium and pulled out a briefcase. "As I noticed that you use a number of summons, I requested a specialized Module to assist you, if you so desire." Opening the briefcase revealed a standard silver AMB base and a Module that resembled an amethyst with flecks of topaz within. "This is a Tactician Module. It allows one to monitor the condition of their summons as well as send some of your own Prana out to your summons. If you're interested, it is yours." Regardless of whether he took the Tactician Module, the briefcase would soon be closed and stowed safely away again.

Now that she was done messing with the space-time continuum, Professor Okamoto would at some point be asked a question by the newest member of their class (though newest was hardly saying much, considering they had only been a class for about a week). "Current reports only indicate that animal/monster activity has been abnormal over the past few days. Thus far, the town has only seen foxes in chicken coops, a goblin or two attacking sheep, and so forth. All of these instances have been kept under control by the town guard thus far, but they are likely symptoms of a bigger change in the ecosystem that may be beyond the guards' capabilities. We do not have any updated info on causes of the disturbances yet, as the request for assistance was sent to us prior to the return of their scouts. Upon arrival in in Normaden, our first order of business will be to check in with said scouts and update our knowledge."

Professor Okamoto glanced up at the clock. She had been told to expect a new arrival in class today, but they had yet to show up. Well, it was entirely possible that the new kid was late because of things outside their control, such as the Academy's administrative processes, so she wouldn't be too critical of the newcomer's tardiness today.
 
Elisa

A lot had happened. On the class, it was time to choose AMB, however Elisa had already doubted the compatability herself. And when Okamoto came to her, and said that her transformation could root an issue, she nodded. "I know."

Elisa would pause at the selection of the tools and in her thoughts go towards the Exploration module. She picked it up and put it by her hand. If I use this. I can help others.

Elisa took a deep breath to calm her nerves and she put it on. So mages are like soldiers. To go to missions. My value probably also lies in magic. If they choose to use us...

... They must be prepared to destroy us. And cast us aside when we are of no use anymore. How was it that a few decades could change everything. Elisa walked up towards Almeida.

"I think I can use this despite of being weird." She'd look at Levi who had chosen her bracelet with wavering confidence, Elisa would try to help Levi's confidence with a few words and a smile on top of it: "It looks nice on you."

While there was still commotion about, Elisa would try to see, if the brief rundown was enough to let her use the functions inside the Explorer module. Hearing about them didn't necessarily mean knowing. Her face would display intensity and focus towards the device, trying to understand it.
 
Almeida

Elisa slammed the restroom doors open, it was perhaps a blessing that it was slightly too early for students to be wandering about. Else someone could’ve gotten hurt. She immediately covered over a sink and started coughing. The little that she had inside her stomach flung out in an arc against the back of the sink. It was colourless and it didn’t smell bad. Elisa felt the taste of sweet apples in her mouth, yet in her disgust she kept coughing, and unable to produce anything more from her stomach. Eventually she’d feel the taste of blood in her mouth and in her breath, from too much coughing. Her legs were violently shaking at this point and her feet collapsed under her weight. Her thighs spread and she landed painfully on her kneecaps. She was sobbing from the physical pain and from the emergence of traumatic memories.

As Almeida came to step in from Lavi and Phoebe leaving the gymnasium facility she would see that Lavi had begun to lull to sleep, the weight of her body supported mostly by Phoebe in her tiresome state. The spirit Phoebe seemed to turn their head, in slight surprise as her name was called out and looked to greet whomever it may have been that had caught her attention. Ah I see, that is why. ’’Oh the pleasure is mine as well, I am happy to hear she opened up to someone around her. I feel she may be too tired for such an endeavour, but it would to poorly on my consciousness if I do not help out that poor girl.’’

Slowly she would follow Almeida likely as they tracked down Elisa who had rushed out to the nearest toiletry, finding her with her knees on the floor in anguish and unable to stop the tears which flowed outward. As Almeida took the initiative she simply observed the first moments.

The situation was worse than Almeida feared, as she encountered Elisa on the floor in a pretty horrible state. Truth be told, Almeida had no clue what to do. She was used to simply grabbing the nearest first-aid kid and patching up whatever wound her comrade had obtained to the best of her extend. Trauma was beyond what she had learned to deal with, so considering there weren't any obvious bodily injuries other than coughing too much, it was beyond Almeida's control. Even so, she could hardly not do anything at all, and at the very least she wasn't on her own. Maybe Phoebe would back her up if she did something stupid.

'Fuck it.' She thought, as she went with her instincts and hurried up to Elisa to get on her knees and grab Elisa by the shoulders. “It's okay, it's okay.” She spoke in a a voice as calming as she could muster. “Just focus on breathing slowly and steadily, like me, okay?” Almeida changed her breathing to a slow and calm pace, for her own sake as much as the kid's.

If she'd manage to calm Elisa down, she'd pull her up. “That's better, well done.” She'd gesture to the sink. “You should sip some water. Slowly, though.”

Elisa followed the instructions and tried to calm her breathing. It didn’t remove the pain that she felt against chest. Her feet were weak and barely supported any weight. If Almeida didn’t help she couldn’t probably stand up like this: "Sorry, I feel too sick to drink." She’d hold her hands against her chest for a moment before turning over to Almeida and hug her tightly. Sobbing against her chest: "They all died and I can’t help anyone. Punished because of me. It wasn’t a dream. They did … nothing wrong. Nothing wrong. Nothing wrong --" Elisa’s voice was slow and her words came one at a time with very long pauses. If someone wanted to interrupt her, it was not a difficult task. It wasn’t an easy task for her to talk in the first place. If she wasn’t interrupted, she would eventually start repeating the same word over and over again - ‘nothing wrong’ like her sanity was dwindling.

Observing the gestures that Almeida tried in hopes of bettering her state of mind could not bear but Phoebe feel a sense sadness to this young little girl whom had such a trauma, a girl whose mind had been broken through whatever she had lived through. The words that she spoke were particular though, quite particular, she knew there was not enough to grasp at to understand the context.

The words which she spoke out where in a manner of depression at her own inability to act, by the plural form it also suggested whatever she could not prevent or feels she should have done something about happened to multiple people. Punishment however would be strange, does she feel she did something wrong to deserve punishment, but instead of receiving it herself others did for her. A young girl like her? Intriguing.

That mindset seemed to have some reasoning by the last part of the sentence that began to be repeated. But she was quick to intervene in the downward spiral. ’’You may calm down if you want to, you don’t need to feel the need to force yourself to think about such things. You will have a life ahead of you. Bad things have happened, the stress is understandable, nobody can wrong you for crying out.’’ Lavi rustled a little, but Phoebe adjusted herself and hoped she would not awake right now.

Almeida realised she needed to support Elisa just to keep her standing, which wasn't a good sign. However, Elisa proceeded to hug Almeida and started sobbing. 'What in the world do I say to that?' She knew she was meant to figure out what was wrong, but simply asking Elisa what she was having a breakdown about wasn't exactly an option. The only option here was to return the hug, and luckily enough, she soon heard Phoebe take over. 'Thank the heavens she came along.' Almeida silently sighed of relief. “She's right. You should focus on the here and now, where you're with us.” She knew the headmaster would probably want her to start questioning Elisa, but luckily enough she couldn't give a single flying fuck about what the headmaster would want her to do.

Suddenly, a idea hit her. “Oh, I know, we can have a sleep-over at my dorm room. Would you like that?” She'd probably need to keep an eye on Elisa, but it looked like the girl was in no state to go out and try something. Lavi even seemed to be quite far into dreamland already. If Elisa would agree, Almeida would pick her up and carry her off, not even really thinking about it and going full in on her older-sister instincts.

Elisa would very slowly move her head backwards upon hearing Almeida’s great idea. She wouldn’t let go though. Right now Almeida was a paragon of safety, rooted to the ground and protecting them from all evil. Elisa’s dead eyes slowly brightened up and life came to them. It was taking her a moment to process it all. She would let out a loud happy voice that undeniably was an affirmative answer, accepting the proposal. And her hug around Almeida would get even tighter. Unfortunately her legs were still shaking like leaves so walking for the moment was out of question. Luckily enough the strong older-sister type was strong enough to carry her.


Over the past week, Almeida had avoided Londo like the plague. He was a living embodiment of everything about a child that she didn't want to deal with. He did seem to be dragging off the other red-haired kid, whom she couldn't even recall the name off. At least he had found a victim to keep him busy.

She had also barely dealt with Ozymandius, as he seemed to be focused on training. She couldn't blame him, as any moment spent training wasn't a moment spent being a babysitter, and it also looked like he might've had some issues to sort out. On that note, she'd barely been able to keep her own thoughts in check. The loss of her friends from the army still haunted her, but she didn't wish to show it. It'd only be a sign of weakness that'd further distress those around her, most of which were only kids.

With regards to those kids, she had come across a new one. A girl named Hibiscus. She was somewhat annoying to deal with, as she had an odd personality switch whenever she transformed. The rather grotesque way to use magic she employed didn't help either. At least she was nice otherwise, so Almeida didn't mind hanging out with her during breaks or other non-transformed moments. Whenever Hibby was transformed, however, Almeida would stick with the purely professional, as angst-filled teens weren't exactly a pleasure to deal with.

A totally different story were Lavi and Elisa. For one, the sleep-overs were pretty common, to a point where Almeida got so tired of waking up at 3 AM to a panicked Elisa that she had suggested the kid to just permanently share the dorm room with to which the answer is up to Inaru. It wasn't like Valerius needed the extra bed. Elisa and Lavi both managed to somewhat flare up whatever older-sister (or even maternal) instincts she had at times. There was also Phoebe, whom, other than maybe Valerius, felt like the only (non-teacher) adult she had been talking too for the past week. It made her realise she'd need to find some others her age in other classes, preferably ones that were more easy to go along with than Ozymandius.

Well, at the very least, Almeida had been able to come up with some ideas that were somewhat fun to do during the off hours. Things like making a cake, having a pick-nick, or learning to paint and whatnot. It was stuff Almeida wanted to do anyhow, so whenever some of the girls (Elisa, Lavi, Hibby) were willing to join in on the fun, Almeida was more than willing to let them do so and/or teach them where/when needed. We can sort out what'd have happened and how OOC. Otherwise, during the later night hours and during the morning classes that she royally skipped out on more often than not, she'd been semi-secretly picking up architectural designing again. Not because she felt like she'd ever succeed, but due to the fact that it was able to take her mind off of things whenever she got lost in negative thoughts.

Finally, she'd been trying to do some snooping around to learn more about the headmaster, but nothing too obvious, and therefore nothing with considerable results.

Well, that's basically how she got to today. Unless someone OOC wants me to add/remove/change bits.

Almeida was pretty surprised when they were sent out on their first mission. Even in the army, they'd been in training for at least half a year before the more serious things came up. Then again... Almeida knew how little value there'd be in protesting. Instead, she simply picked out an AMB, the Nimble Module. She ignored Londo and later watched how Hibby, whom had been sitting next to her, picked up the healer module. To that extend, Hibby asked some surprisingly sharp-witted questions. Upon hearing about Goblins, she could feel a strange urge to beat the creatures to a pulp, which was likely the result of her bond with Valerius. Other than that, she decided to play along and quietly await further orders and/or questions from others. She'd be able to make a better judgement and to form a more useful opinion on the scene.

It seemed like Elisa had also picked her AMB, and proceeded to test it out after encouraging Lavi. Almeida had little to add other than agreement. “She's right.” She then turned to Elisa, as she wondered whether the girl would really be able to use it. “We might need to check if it still works after you've transformed, which we should probably do before the mission itself.”

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Collab with: Elisa @Inaru-sama | Phoebe & Lavi @Giftvi
Mentioned: Londo & Hibiscus @LondotheGreat | Ryan @Valkan | Phoebe @Giftvi
Interacted with: Elisa @Inaru-sama | Lavi @Giftvi
 
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Aura: 100
Prana: 100
Stamina: 100

STR: EWILL: ESPD: EPER: D
VIT: ERES: EAGI: EREC: E

Summons
Overall Statistics
Aura: 1
Prana: 5
Stamina: 10

Attributes
Strength - E
Vitality - E
Willpower - E
Resistance - E
Speed - E
Agility - E
Perception - E
Recovery - E
Effect: Inflict a Level 2 Perception Debuff [x0.75] upon a single target in close range.
Cost: 5 Prana & 10 Stamina
Duration: 1 Phase
Overall Statistics
Aura: 1
Prana: 10
Stamina: 10

Attributes
Strength - E
Vitality - E
Willpower - E
Resistance - E
Speed - D
Agility - D
Perception - C
Recovery - E
Effect: Inflict a Level 2 Vitality Debuff [x1.5] upon a single target at a range.
Cost: 10 Prana & 10 Stamina
Duration: 1 Phase

Suilen sorta just zoned out once the administrator in charge of getting her up to date with what the class she was going to join had done for the past week. Didn’t seem all that important, really, and once they began talking about out-of-class resources that were available to students, the young girl defaulted to absent-mindedly nodding along as she stroked Drafi’s fluffy, smooth head. The Spirit didn’t care to comment either; he was busy digesting the morning’s butter-drenched scrambled eggs.

Really, the whole spiel that came out from the administrator’s mouth could have been summarized as ‘I know you’re new to the class, but we’ll be sending you off to Normaden for a mission’. Which was great. Awesome opportunity to stretch her legs, beyond physiotherapy and the gym. She couldn’t even remember the last time she left the walls of Uruk, and though there was a real sense of danger that accompanied such work as investigating the source of the wildlife disturbances, Suilen wasn’t concerned.

What was a death or two for a Mage?

Once the egg-headed administrator had ran out of things to say (or ran out of breath) she gave him a final nod. Drafi hopped off her lap and waddled away like the penguin he certainly wasn’t, while Suilen took her cane. With some effort, she stood up, and began wobbling off as well.

Two weeks in physio wasn’t quite enough to regain all the muscle lost, even with magically (and chemically) assisted muscle growth, and she still felt unsteady at times. She’d probably be out of breath by the time she made it down the stairs to room 107, and Drafi would probably have to slide open the door for her, and it was inevitable that she’d be late…but hey. Couldn’t get better at walking if she didn’t walk more.

Egghead admin didn’t offer help of course, but if he did, Suilen didn’t listen either. Swaying from side to side, feeling the ground’s slipperiness with her cane, she gradually made it to Classroom 107. Her owl spirit, implacably ominous as always, had arrived earlier, arms folded.

“Not gonna open it this time?” Suilen tilted her head towards the door.

“No,” came the response.

“Ok.”

So she did it instead. Looks like Drafi was only an occasional gentleman.

Class had started already, in the sense that people were grabbing shiny things and exalting over them. There was a redhead that looked about as spunky as his hair was spiky, a buncha fluffy-haired girls (one of which looked to be physically superior to the rest) as well as a guy that looked…wow. She had heard things about Mage school life before, but they seriously didn’t care about putting a thirty year old bachelor in the same class as adolescents, huh?

Nothing to think about too much though. Drafi was wobbling in once more, his blunted talons click-clacking against the hard floor, and Suilen followed suit, her own cane making the same sound, its rubber tip having been worn away long ago.

She stopped in front of the teacher’s podium, eyes downcast in a manner that definitely suggested she was more interested in the modules and the AMBs rather than Okamoto’s face. “I’m Suilen, supposed to be joining here,” she said. “Drafi’s down there, but you can’t see him because he’s small.”

“Not. Bigger than average.”

“Fat too.”

“Scrk.”

“Anyways, heard about Normaden. I can take these, yeah?”


Drafi was pecking at her leg now, but with her cane, Suilen only needed one leg in order to stand upright anyhow.
 
Ryan Gamaris

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Aura - 100
Prana - 100
Stamina - 100

Strength - E
Vitality - E
Willpower - E
Resistance - E
Speed - D
Agility - E
Perception - E
Recovery - E

It was certainly concerning to see Yuki's reaction towards Elisa's Transformation. It actually annoyed Ryan, as she didn't deserve to be treated as such... But, what would he say to intervene? Would he cause more trouble for both if he intervened? With doubt plaguing his head. Ryan decided to step down, and just observe. When Yuki spoke up to the entire class, Ryan just took the piece of information that sounded best for him at the moment. That said, he would've left the gym as soon as he was allowed to. Not speaking with anybody.
He made a beeline for his room, not bothering with dinner, as he stayed in his room for what remained of the day. Laying still on his bed, staring blankly at the ceiling. That would've continued for who knows how long, until Tidrog decided to intervene. "Why are you being so hard on yourself? It's just your first day" he said, as he materialized sitting on the other bed. "Her face, she looked desperate, and in pain... And then my idiotic ass goes and rubs salt on the wound." Ryan turned his body and screamed to his pillow. For a moment he laid still, but the need for air forced him to turn back up. Tidrog purposefully remained silent, Ryan had something else in mind, which didn't take long to show, as Ryan continued "...Will I continue to insult people without knowing?" Tidrog slowly stood up "I'm pretty sure Elisa was a special case. You did nothing wrong... In time, you'll befriend people, I'm sure of it!" as he finished that last sentence, Tidrog gave him a thumbs up and a pat on the shoulder. "Now, get some actual rest. All that thinking has you tired" not one to argue, Ryan drifted off to sleep rather fast.

Days passed and what Ryan did little outside of class, meditating most of the time. Occasionally passing by the group of girls in his class. They seemed like they had a lot of fun, but he was too afraid and self conscious to ask if he could join. He hadn't even apologized to Elisa. There was also a new girl in the class, she also seemed really nice, except when she transformed, as that made her act upset and rude. He did exchange a couple of words with her on some occasions, while untransformed of course. The person whom Ryan had interacted with the most would be Londo. He became his training partner for the gym classes. Londo seemed really eager interact with Ryan, as if he had already known him from before, which is what he told Ryan... kinda.
But that still left the issue Ryan had with Elisa, he still felt like he owed her an apology, but he was too embarrassed to get near her. Tidrog proposed something to Ryan just as he returned from class one evening. "Ryan, what if I joined you in class tomorrow?" clearly surprised, Ryan answered "Huh? I thought you liked staying as a core better..." Tidrog materialized a couple of steps ahead of Ryan "I only wanted you to go and talk with others without me intervening. But I think it's about time I show myself to your classmates". Slightly confused with the sudden announcement, Ryan stopped for a moment, unsure of why this made him happy. But he had time to think of that later, for now, he needed a shower.

As usual, Ryan made it to class around 5 minutes before it actually got started. Everything seemed as usual, he greeted Londo with a smile and a nod. As he did, another figure ventured through the door. A tall, muscular man, with grayish skin and white hair longer than even Almeida's, that had purple and black horns and some purple energy emanating from some parts of his body, though mostly from his right horn and arm. The figure sat down in the seat behind where Ryan sits. Tidrog looked around, making note on the faces of the individuals in the room, both humans and their spirits. If someone were to stare too intently at him, Tidrog would smile warmly and wave at them.
As for Ryan, he slowly walked to Elisa's desk. When standing at speaking distance from her, Ryan would say "... H-Hey, Elisa... I... I wanted to tell you... tell you that I'm sor-" Ryan recoiled in surprise when he heard Yuki's voice. To avoid further issues with his teacher, he immediately turned around and walked back to his seat.
Yuki brought concerning news: they were going on a mission. Ryan wasn't all that positive on feeling ready for one, but hey, he couldn't really back down... could he? Almost as if reading his mind, Tidrog placed a hand on Ryan's shoulder, reassuring him by saying "Calm down, you'll be fine. Just look at your buddy" they both knew Londo wasn't the best example to follow, but he was doing the right thing at the moment. He was brought here for a reason, he was no mistake, he will come out on top! "For a moment there, I felt like Londo... huh" With newfound determination, he took his turn to grab an AMB and a Nimble Module. He set both up in his right wrist, and took a moment to look at it more closely. Londo then spoke to him, so he turned his head to the fellow redhead. He was going on about another transformation of his, using other 'wristwatch'. Not wanting to be a killjoy, Ryan smiled and said "Is that so? Can't wait to see that"
Before more ramblings of Londo could occur, a new face entered the room, introducing herself as Suilen. Ryan would extend more of a greeting, other than a smile and a nod, if she were to sit in speaking range. "Hello... um, nice to meet you, I'm Ryan"

Interacted: Londo @LondotheGreat / Elisa @Inaru-sama / Suilen @ERode
 
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Professor Okamoto
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Eventually, the new student arrived. Professor Okamoto couldn’t say she was in love with the girl’s attitude or looking forward to fighting alongside someone who evidently needed a cane to help support them, but she didn’t let any of those thoughts slip out as she nodded and replied. ”Of course. Notes on the different Modules are on the board. Ask if you have questions.”

Time marched on, though nothing much happened that Professor Okamoto was involved in. The clock's hands struck 10:00 AM, and Professor Okamoto stood back up to address the class once more. "Everyone, please follow me to the Academy's airdock so we can depart." She would then leave the classroom, leading the group to the tallest building in the Academy. They would flow into a quite spacious elevator, which would carry them up to the highest point of the Academy: the airdock.



Academy Airdock, 10:10 AM

If one wondered about how influential the Academy was, one only needed to hear that it not only had a private airdock, but also its own private (though small) fleet. At the moment, there were three airships moored at the airdock; two blockade runners and a single galleon. The galleon and one of the blockade runners were clearly marked as off limits, while the second blockade runner, one UAS Iltani, had several people loading it. Seeing the approaching class, a man who appeared to be coordinating the loading efforts approached them.

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”Good to see you again, Professor Okamoto. I must apologize, as our flight plans have been changed. We will not be remaining in Normaden; we’re only stopping to drop you off before we proceed west to Babylon. Your return transportation will have to be arranged after you’ve completed your mission.”

"Understood. Do you need assistance with loading your cargo?”

”No no, the crew has it covered. Feel free to board and take your seats. Our other passengers haven’t arrived yet, so we aren’t being held up by the cargo loading yet.”

Professor Okamoto nodded her head in reply before beckoning the students to follow her onto the airship. It was hardly spacious on the deck, given the amount of cargo being placed around. Professor Okamoto paid the crates no mind though, threading through them towards the raised stern and climbing down a short staircase to the cabin below. In the large cabin that stretched most of the ship’s length, a few benches, two tables, and a number of chairs had been set down and anchored with restraints that were clearly designed to swap equipment in and out as needed. Near the prow, there was a smaller, private cabin, while back by the stern there was a trapdoor and ladder leading down to the cargo hold and the ship’s bowels.

After instructing the students to stay out of the private cabin and cargo hold, Professor Okamoto took one of the chairs and pulled out a clipboard and some papers from her briefcase and began working, leaving the students to their own devices. Though she had told the students to stay out of the way, she didn’t particularly care about restricting their movements either physically or with reprimands, so they could still wander around without much of any consequence. Just as the sounds of shifting cargo up on deck seemed to be coming to an end, footsteps on the stairs from the deck heralded the approach of the other passengers they had been waiting on.

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The Captain descended with the two women (who may appear somewhat familiar but not immediately recognizable to your character if they stay up to date on modern trends) and gestured to the private cabin. ”My cabin is yours to use as you please, ladies. I shall be up on deck if you require me. He then turned and climbed the stairs once again while the pair of women made their way back to the Captain’s cabin and closed themselves in there. Muffled sounds could be heard from within, but either thanks to sturdy walls or soundproofing, nothing distinct could be made out unless one actively listened.

Now that all the passengers were aboard and the cargo stowed safely, the Iltani was ready to get underway. The flight was a smooth one, with about two hours passing uneventfully (unless someone causes an event). At about 12:20 PM, the Captain briefly descended to the cabin momentarily to announce they were approaching Normaden, and the ship docked at about 12:30 PM. Professor Okamoto instructed for the students to disembark, and the Iltani departed once more shortly after.

"I will go consult the Mayor about any updated information he might have on our Mission. If you wish to accompany me, you may; otherwise, you may wander about the town. We will meet back in the Central Plaza by the fountain at 2:30. Your AMBs contain a chip that will charge anything you purchase to the Academy. You may use said function to pay for meals, though exorbitant or unnecessary charges may result in fines from your personal accounts or punishment later.” With that, Professor Okamoto would depart, accompanied by anyone who wished to follow because Alatar doesn’t quite have everything 100% ready yet.

Current Setting: Town of Normaden, Kingdom of Uruk. July 26th, 199 NWC. 12:40 PM
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Londo Sperry THE GREAT!

Location:
The Academy - Classroom 107 > Academy - Airdock > Iltani > Normaden
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Status: Normal

Aura: 100
Prana: 100
Stamina: 100

Weapon: N/A
STRENGTH: D
VITALITY: E
WILLPOWER: E
RESISTANCE: E
SPEED: E
AGILITY: E
PERCEPTION: E
RECOVERY: D


Ryan also seemed excited for the mission, and Londo himself could not wait at all!

Airdock

Some time passed, and the teacher FINALLY announced that they would be leaving, and Londo proudly followed her to the Airdock, where a stand user was waiting for them. Londo was suspicious of him, and kept an eye on him at all times, even following him around after the teacher told them to stay out of the way.

Nothing much happens. The captain has a slight smile on his face after noticing Londo was following him, but doesn't mention anything for about 20 minutes. He eventually asked if Londo was interested in learning how to fly and said while he was welcome to watch all he'd like, since they're hauling important cargo, the captain can't let Londo do anything important like take the wheel. Londo's only response to that was, "I don't trust you, so I'm watching to make sure you don't do anything." To which the captain said, "Oh? I didn't realize I did anything suspicious. Well, suit yourself."

Fortunately, nothing happened at all while they were in flight or before that, but Londo made sure to keep an eye on him just in case.

Normaden

Finally, they arrived at the town. Londo spent most of his time making sure the suspicious captain didn't do anything, so he didn't see the sights yet, but now that they arrived, Londo decided that... "I'm gonna go with you Teach!" Londo exclaimed, "I'm so excited to start this mission that I'm gonna go and talk to the mayor with you. I can show my gloriousness and awesomeness and Londoness!" Londo said, striking a pose to show his strength, then following the teacher because the teacher might want Londo to stay out of trouble anyways
 
Lavi Fluér

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At first instance Lavi felt hesitation. Hesitant as every step that was set meant a step she could not pull back from in her mind. She didn't want this. Yet it was still forced upon her, as something she had no say into. Putting on the AMB, she paid more attention to the cold sensation of the metal then she should have as it pressed against her skin.

Yet that state of mind left momentarily. Her eyes now looking behind her at Almeida and Elisa. As her attitude shifted seemed to shift towards being a little embarrassed, yet glad to hear at an unexpected compliment from the two of them. Rubbing against the back of her neck with her right hand as she looked at the two of them. ''I uuh, huh. Um, thanks! It looks kinda cute on you too, I like the color. But yeah I wonder if it would just fade through you.'' She looked back for a moment to the young individual that entered, Hibby a young girl around Elisa and her age had also transferred into the class since their initial day. Someone whom it had been fun to get acquainted with. So likely another person to get transferred into the class then? ''Good morning'' Laughing a little to the introduction Suilen gave, as her and her spirit sassed at each other. ''Nice to meet you Suilen, I am Lavi.''

As the time marched on and it was time to leave class Lavi would stand up from her desk and put the chair behind it again, before walking together with Elisa, Almeida and Hibby if possible hopefully. Whilst not staring, but definitely paying attention to Suilen. As a bit of a gasp of amazement came out of her to the sight of the private aircrafts that were prepared. ''Oh wait we are flying, I have never being on a plane before. Mister how high does this go?''

Though mid flight she was less of a fan of flying on a airship then before, as there were several moments she seemed to be close to throwing up. Causing her to standby the railing for when it might happen. With Phoebe taking a bit of backstage regarding any of that and just laying on the deck of the ship. After arriving in town one could believe she would have hugged the ground had she been able to do so.

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Interacted: @Inaru-sama @Elvario @ERode
 
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Almeida

July 24th, 199 NWC, 17:45
Almeida had been pretty tired of all the Academy bullshit. Dealing with the kids turned out to be less tiring than dealing with the Headmaster and the bureaucracy. How in the world was she even supposed to 'study' whatever was going on with Elisa? She hated being made responsible for something that was far beyond her, especially as it was risking the mental and physical well-being of such an adorable kid. Sadly enough, no amount of rants or complaints worked, she had realised that after only her single and first attempt a few days ago, so she just tried figuring out how to deal with it.

Now, near the end of such a long and tiring day, she figured she'd cook away all her frustration. Literally, as she was vigorously chopping onions, with a neat piece of beef already simmering in a pan, but a fair amount of vegetables still waiting their turn. The smell of clove and bay leaves was also filling up the small kitchen (which she wasn't even sure she was allowed to use, but who cares, right?), as the herbs were simmering into a thick looking gravy that surrounded the earlier piece of beef. It also seemed like a surprisingly amount of potatoes was awaiting their turn to be washed and pealed.

Hibiscus, after a long day of school, was pretty tired of all the hullabaloo and just wanted to relax doing something. What that something was, she did not know. At her home she usually entertained herself by watching the gardeners do their work or by watching the working class work. Whatever Hibiscus did usually involved watching others do their work. She didn’t lead what she thought was a boring life, but in hindsight she led a boring life. She wasn’t allowed to do the gardening or cooking herself for some reason because her parents forbid it, but Hibiscus had the feeling they may have wanted her to do as little as possible to avoid her awakening her powers. Well, it was the thought that counts.

As it was, having had her powers awaken, Hibiscus now had nothing to do in life save for training, and training was awfully boring, especially by herself when all she could do was heal. Although Lyka did say that an attack spell was a possibility for battle, it was not nearly going to happen yet. So with all that, Hibiscus’s only method of non-boredom was to explore the school. During this time, she smelled the most wonderful smell, like someone at home was making a nice soup, except with more meat. Hibiscus rubbed her tummy, which just started to growl, and followed the source of the smell, finding a small kitchen where her fellow student, Almeida, was making food, “Oh, hello there! Aren’t you from my classroom? I didn’t know it was you cooking that wonderful smell! What are you making?” Hibiscus said, walking into the room and looking around at the change of scenery.

Almeida was in the midst of chopping onions when she was surprised by a relatively new face, which was extremely relative, as the girl in question had joined only a few days later than the rest of them. "Ah, hello~ Yes, and I'm making a beef stew." A slightly devious plan formed in Almeida's mind. Peeling potatoes was boring and labour intensive, but fairly easy to do. Maybe she could get the kid to help out. "You can help out, if you want~ Would you mind peeling some potatoes?"

The girl said in reply that she was making beef stew, and asked Hibiscus to peel potatoes, “I’d love to!” While Almeida thought it was easy, however, Hibiscus did not. Although she watched other people do it before, it still took her a few potatoes to successfully be able to peel one without wasting too much of the potato itself. After a few more potatoes, she was able to perfect the potato peeling craft and peel the potato without losing too much of the potato. Hibiscus decided to make some small talk after finally learning the ways of the potato, “So, how long have you been cooking, Miss…?” Hibiscus asked, wanting to also learn the name of the person who put her into this slave labour grueling task.

It was odd how quickly Hibiscus was able to pick up on the art of peeling a potato, but Almeida was glad to see it happen before there was a severe risk at the amount of 'peel' being higher than the amount of 'potato' by the time Hibby was done. As to the question how long she'd been cooking for... “To be honest, I can't quite recall when I first started to help out in the kitchen, but I think I've made the first meal entirely on my own when I was fourteen or something, so a year or seven, I guess.” As for the less explicit question. “Oh, and I'm Almeida, nice to meet you~” Technically she'd already seen the girl before, but as they apparently hadn't exchanged names yet, a slightly more formal introduction felt in place. “Oh, and once you're done with the potatoes, you can put them in the pan over there.” Almeida said, as she added the finely diced onions to the beef and gravy that was slowly cooking on the fire whilst starting to clean and cut some carrots.

Hibiscus dumped the potatoes into the pan specified, then watched as Almeida did more cooking, “I’ve never been able to cook for myself, my father never allowed me to, as he was afraid of anything that might awaken mage powers. My name is Hibiscus, by the way, you can call me Hibby if you want!” She said enthusiastically, to which a small voice prodded at her with “Hey wait a second, I thought I was the only one allowed to call you that..,” To which Hibiscus shyly replied, “S-Sorry Lyka, but I thought it’d be nice to have another friend…” To which her spirit said nothing but simmered silently in her orb. Hibiscus seemed somewhat embarrassed, “I’m sorry about that, Almeida, that’s my spirit, Lyka. She can get moody sometimes. Anyways-!” Hibiscus said, wanting to lighten up the mood she felt had gotten dreary, “Do you think you can teach me to cook? I only ever watched other people do it, so I don’t have any experience much with cooking, but I want to learn how!

Almeida couldn't help herself from thinking 'Such bitter irony.' when Hibby told her that she hadn't even been allowed to cook in an attempt to prevent mage powers, considering she still ended up in this place regardless of the effort. She was surprised by the intervention of the spirit, as she was quite different than Valerius. She couldn't ever imagine Valerius being concerned about what others named Almeida, as he wasn't even concerned about what others named him. Hibby ended with a request to learn how to cook. “Sure~” 'One more potato peeler joins the labour force!' “It's not that difficult though, and judging from how easily you picked up peeling potatoes, it'll be a walk in the park.”

Almeida figured she'd go over the basics of her dish. “The beef's been on the stove for quite some time, slowly cooking so that it gets really soft and mixes with the flavours of the herbs, we're now just adding some onions to it to spice it up. We're going for a pretty thick gravy here, so we'll need to boil out the fluids a bit more as well. We'll then boil the potato with some carrots and parsnip in a separate pan and mash them together with a slight bit of milk to get a nice mashed mixture to poor the gravy and beef on.” With regards to that... “You can clean and cut the parsnip, if you want. It's the white carrot-like things over there, which clean the same way as I'm doing with the carrots, although they're a bit softer, so they require less force to be scraped clean.”

Having given all the instruction, Almeida figured she'd change the topic a bit. “So, how'd you meet Lyka?” Truth be told, she was fairly interested in learning how someone kept so far away from all things was still able to end up with a spirit.

Almeida was more than willing to teach Hibiscus, and she was pretty happy that someone was willing to do that for someone they didn’t even know. Hibiscus tried her best to remember what Almeida was saying about the soup. Apparently a thicker soup needed more time to boil, and Almeida also wanted Hibiscus to cut parsnips, which were cut and cleaned like carrots, which Hibiscus was able to do after watching Almeida do the carrots. While cleaning and cutting the parsnips, Hibiscus answered the question given by Almeida, covering her mouth a bit at embarrassment, “It’s a bit embarrassing actually… I was looking around the home finding something to do in the garden, when I tripped and fell into the rose bushes. I got stabbed by all the thorns and bled from the points. It just so happened that Lyka’s spirit core was buried in the ground beneath, laying dormant, and my blood just so happened to drip into the ground and onto the orb, which woke her up and made her call out to me…” She said, clearing her throat as Lyka replied, “Yea, Hibby is a clutz.” To which Hibiscus’s face turned red as she tried to deflect the conversation away from that, “A-Anyways, as you saw in the gym earlier, Lyka’s affinity is for blood, and that’s why she woke up with it. That’s also how my powers started. Anyways, what’s your spirit’s name and how’d you meet them, Almeida?” Hibiscus said, just starting to finish off cutting up the Parsnips.

It turned out Hibby's spirit bonding was kind-off grotesque, with the blood and all. Their spirit also seemed to be a pain to deal with, so she didn't envy the kid in the slightest. “We all trip sometimes, and for you to do so just then and there sounds more like some kind of destiny than it sounds like just being a clutz.” It was a fairly gruesome destiny, but Almeida figured that part was better left unmentioned. As for how a similar destiny had befallen Almeida... she was glad she had a kid-friendly version prepared, as she had been expecting the return question. “I met Valerius after getting lost in a cave, and bonded with him so we could find a way out of it together.” Leaving out how she'd seen all her friends die and how she had been on the verge of death, really did make it sound a lot kid-friendlier.

Having cut all the vegetables, Almeida waited for Hibby to finish the parsnips before adding them to the pan of boiling water. Considering everything was cut fairly small, it wouldn't need to boil for long. Now was a good time to try the gravy the meat was simmering in, as Almeida took a spoon full of it out of the pan to try it. “Hmmm... how are you with spices? It could use a bit more black pepper.” Otherwise, Almeida was fairly happy about how it was turning out.

Once the vegetables were done boiling, Almeida poured out the boiling water and let them dry-cook for a bit. “It's important to let it stand around for a few minutes, so the remainder of the moister evaporates.” After the explanation, she took a masher or whatever it's called in English to mash the potatoes, carrots and parsnips together into a semi-rough blend. With that final step out of the way, she'd add some black pepper (unless Hibby gave her a reason to abstain from doing so) and took two plates out of a cupboard to divide the food among them. First was the mixture of mashed vegetables, with the gravy (now thickened to an almost syrupy consistency), onions and meat on top of it.

Suddenly, Almeida realised she forgot the same thing she always forgot. “Oh, I left the bay leaves in it again...” Taking some cutlery, Almeida pulled a bay leaf out of the gravy-meat mixture. “These aren't edible, they're just there to add flavour, but I always forget to take them out afterwards.” Otherwise, the dish seemed pretty successfully made. “Anyhow, it's done, so let's dig in~”

Almeida’s story seemed sorta short to Hibiscus, but maybe it was a boring story, so she left out a bunch of details. Little did Hibiscus know, it was an interesting story, just very gruesome, and the gruesome parts were left out, leaving just a short story. After Almeida asked how Hibiscus was with spices, she got flustered, “W-What? Spices? Oh, you mean it needs something else.” Hibiscus said, taking a small sip of it with another spoon. It tasted a bit watery, not as thick as Hibiscus thought, but then Almeida added that it had to stand for a bit to let the rest of the water evaporate. That was something Hibiscus did not know about, and it was interesting to learn about it. Almeida then roughly mashed all the vegetables together, adding the soup with onions and meat on top of it. Hibiscus didn’t care about the black pepper at all, so she watched as Almeida added that as well. As Almeida had said, she forgot to take the bay leaves out, and Hibiscus managed to find one herself in her part of the meal. She took it out and nibbled on it to see if it really was edible. It wasn’t. It just tasted bland, but it was hard to eat and just felt like a normal leaf to Hibiscus, so she put it to the side and started to eat, “Wow, it’s delicious!” She said, digging into it.

Hibiscus hadn’t done much to help, but she knew the meal would have taken a lot longer to cook if it was just Almeida cutting the potatoes and parsnips, even if she was much more skilled at it than Hibiscus. So she felt proud of herself for finally being able to help cook something, even if her part was rather miniscule, “Thank you for letting me help, Almeida. If you ever need help with cooking again, please let me know. I’d love to know more about cooking and about you too!” Hibiscus said, taking Almeida’s hand and shaking it lightly.

Somehow, Hibby still started trying to eat a bay leaf... 'Right, kids being kids and all that.' She'd better make sure never to try preparing puffer-fish. Not that'd she'd know how to do so, but it was the thought that counted. Luckily enough, the kid seemed to enjoy the rest of it. “Thanks, and thank you for your help as well~” It seemed like the girl was eager to learn more, both about cooking and about her, the latter being a tad bit awkward considering the pretty big age difference, but it was sort-off cute, in a sense, probably... “Sure~” If Almeida hadn't already been pushed into the position of the classes' big sister, she'd surely have gotten the final push then and there. It was an odd contrast to the more professional handshake, but Almeida accepted it regardless.


As the results from testing the AMB on Elisa would be time-bend into another post later, Almeida now had the time to gloss over at the new girl. She didn't quite like this kid, as she felt a bit off. She was far too straight to business, which was too non-child-like, even by the standards of a young mage. That said, she figured it'd be best to reserve further judgement, as having a kid that acted a bit more like an adult might actual be a nice change of pace from dealing with the entirely childlike children around in this place. As a result, Almeida figured she'd just see how the kid interact with the ones trying to greet her, those being Ryan and Lavi.

That said, something instantly caught Almeida's attention. Ryan's spirit. Somehow, Almeida hadn't seen the guy in his non-core form so far, so seeing this creature was quite a surprise. Humanoid spirits weren't all that common, after all, at least from what Almeida knew about spirits. As the spirit had piqued her curiosity, and as it was one of the few beings that was humanoid without being a teacher or a kid, she figured she'd say go hello (at some point after Yuki stopped talking). “Hello, I don't believe I've seen you in your true form yet~ It's mighty impressive, if I may say so~” Was she flirting with a spirit? Possibly. Probably not though, or so we'd hope. In either case, she wouldn't want to make Valerius too jealous, if that was even possible, so she'd give more of a 'fun' laugh than a flirtatious one, to make her true intentions clear. At the end of the day, she was still a few years too young to be lonely enough to go after spirits.

As for Yuki's talk, or rather, the short command to follow suit, Almeida just played along. There was little reason to rebel, at least for now. She smiled a bit at the childlike glee of seeing the airships. Almeida had used them before, on army duties, but she did vividly remember how amazing her first flight had been. “Whew, it's quite stuffy in here.” Almeida commented on the amounts of cargo on deck. They were soon set down in the ships interior, after having been told about the forbidden rooms. Almeida instantly smiled, as a fun idea came to mind. “I”m gonna see if I can help out with the cargo, it'll beat sitting around.” Although part of it was true, she was also just plain curious to see what kind of stuff they were loading on board. She returned back to the deck to approach the workers and/or captain. “Would you allow me to help with the cargo loading? I'd like something to do, considering I'm not the best at waiting around~” She said it with her friendliest smile.

She didn't recognize the two people on board, as the only modern trends she was up to date with were those in architecture. She did feel a bit sorry for Lavi, as the poor girl seemed to be pretty bad with flying. “Just hang on, you'll get used to it~” Giving some comforting words were the best Almeida could do in this case.

By the time they landed again, Yuki almost instantly went off. Although some of her army instincts told her to go along for a mission briefing, she didn't feel like hanging out with Londo and Yuki. “I'm going to explore the town a bit, maybe get coffee somewhere. If anyone wants to come along, feel free to do so, but I can't promise it'll be interesting~” She didn't feel like babysitting the kids, but she also felt like it'd be a bit cruel to leave them alone in a strange town. To that extend, she wondered how Yuki would react if half the kids had gotten themselves lost or kidnapped while the other half had ended up somehow wasting their money on whatever. That's the kind of thing that wouldn't even be that strange to occur, leaving minors in a strange city with access to a large amount of money. Ah well, those that wanted could tag along with her, and she figured at least the spirits would keep the others safe.

Well, Elisa was a different story... As she didn't have a spirit to guide her back or keep her in check, it might be worth keeping an eye on her. Unless Elisa went along with Yuki, Almeida would ask her; “Do you want to tag along, Elisa?”

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Collab with: Hibiscus @LondotheGreat
Mentioned: Suilen @ERode Ryan @Valkan
Interacted with: Lavi @Giftvi Tidrog @Valkan Elisa @Inaru-sama