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Penelope Sky
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Jack Darcy
Despite the fact that he felt totally swamped by the influx of students heading toward his first class, Darcy was getting better at navigating Oz without his all-extensive map of the Yellow Brick Road (because, really, despite the cheesy reference, Darcy was certainly not in Kansas anymore) - and even greater, he held his head up high at the triumph of it. Small victories, he told himself. It was in that moment when he realized he was likely the corniest student in all of Whiteridge. Or, at least the corniest induced empathizer, if not the sole representative of his kind. When it came to mages, ones that could control or manipulate the human condition - telepaths, aura readers, hypnotists - were the rarest breed. Hence the strange eye colors. Even stranger, as Darcy passed an oddly tall reptilian student fishing books out of his locker, he didn't feel so abnormal anymore.
Just wait until they see me go, he thought morosely, distracting from the earlier epiphany. To Jack Darcy, there was hardly a way anyone could trust, not even the wily-est of demons, a guy who could manipulate one of the most important parts of a being's character. Where are the boundaries? he once asked himself. And suddenly, with a textbook in his arm and a pack on his back, the mage was asking himself the same thing, yet again.
Luckily, he spotted a human entering his class, although he wasn't sure if she was old enough for high school based on looks alone. Generally, Darcy liked talking to humans more than supernaturals. Most mythics thought mages were stuck up and non-deserving of any inclusion in the Supe community, simply because their gifts were considered finely tuned talents, not obvious, more aesthetical abilities like turning into a cat at will or having a scaly, slimy mermaid tail. Darcy had met a few underground paranormal creatures in his days, mostly mages and the occasional vampire, but never anything like the menagerie of 'freakshows' he saw right here. But humans, he decided - and not just any humans, but the ones studying here - would look at him like just another weirdo in a mix of chimeras and elves, a pale white ghost among the truly fantastic.
Just the way he liked it.
Darcy wasn't sure if he should feel proud or ashamed - perhaps a little of both - as he slid into the farthest back seat he could find, right next to a slender hipster angel with wings made of fire and a phone in his hands, tap, tap, tapping away a random text to - what's next? - King Kong or Godzilla or somewhere in between. Literature would distract him, he decided. And maybe, just maybe, as a thought to get him through class, the humans felt 'different' too.
Just wait until they see me go, he thought morosely, distracting from the earlier epiphany. To Jack Darcy, there was hardly a way anyone could trust, not even the wily-est of demons, a guy who could manipulate one of the most important parts of a being's character. Where are the boundaries? he once asked himself. And suddenly, with a textbook in his arm and a pack on his back, the mage was asking himself the same thing, yet again.
Luckily, he spotted a human entering his class, although he wasn't sure if she was old enough for high school based on looks alone. Generally, Darcy liked talking to humans more than supernaturals. Most mythics thought mages were stuck up and non-deserving of any inclusion in the Supe community, simply because their gifts were considered finely tuned talents, not obvious, more aesthetical abilities like turning into a cat at will or having a scaly, slimy mermaid tail. Darcy had met a few underground paranormal creatures in his days, mostly mages and the occasional vampire, but never anything like the menagerie of 'freakshows' he saw right here. But humans, he decided - and not just any humans, but the ones studying here - would look at him like just another weirdo in a mix of chimeras and elves, a pale white ghost among the truly fantastic.
Just the way he liked it.
Darcy wasn't sure if he should feel proud or ashamed - perhaps a little of both - as he slid into the farthest back seat he could find, right next to a slender hipster angel with wings made of fire and a phone in his hands, tap, tap, tapping away a random text to - what's next? - King Kong or Godzilla or somewhere in between. Literature would distract him, he decided. And maybe, just maybe, as a thought to get him through class, the humans felt 'different' too.