Human, not human (actual rp)

[Ixidor92]

Sanz had his math textbook open, with several equations written on a nearby notebook. The majority of them had also been marked with red ink, corrections from the vampiric math teacher. Sanz let out something of a groan as he massaged his temples


"Remind me again why algebra is important?"


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Ray gave a small smile at the mention of the falls.


"Yes. The water is very clear right now, though most people seem to think it's unbearably cold

 

[Cyrionessa]

Habibah actually blushed when he said she didn't need it. This was...different.... From what she knew of her betrothed, Serxes enjoyed his women glamorous and gilded like trophies. And apparently he had many woman at his command. She'd never love him enough to care too terribly much but it still irked her. "....Serxes will disagree...." It was mumbled underneath her breath as she reached out for a slice of pizza. She spent a few seconds carefully sniffing the odd food that she had never eaten.


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Isolde laughed. "Algebra is ac-actually used a lot in daily life." Her stutter was actually decreasing as they talked as she began to feel more comfortable. "Perhaps you will not use a lot, but you still w-will to some extent.


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"Id love to go there now." Aamor turned towards the door and waited for him to follow. "Follow me at your own risk. We both know that I have a propensity for accidental harm."

 

[Twizinator]

The strange and uncharacteristic reddening was not lost on Alex but he didn't address that; it was out of character enough that he'd actually investigated her and the Egyptian pantheons a bit in the past month. He had done so with the intention of digging up as much dirt to throw at Habibah as possible, but he'd gotten mostly apparently-useless information like the fact that harems very much exist, depending on the diety. That didn't surprise him that much, as he knew of members in other pantheons that were notorious for playing the field. He could hardly believe how Zeus seemed to get away with it so often.


However, he was surprised that she didn't immediately seem to disapprove of the fact that her fiancé had many women at his beck and call, and still would after their vows were spat out. Thus his incredulity at her muttering. "Who gives a shit about what a scaly-assed saltwater-huffing lizard thinks?" he said. "Are you seriously gonna take the advice of some tongue-less womanizer? Hell, I hate bringing my father into anything but he's a one-woman guy and I can respect that. More to the point, he loves my mother for who she is and not what she looks like, which I also respect. I get you're doing this for a position of power but it just seems wrong." He paused, realizing he'd suddenly gone on a rant for no apparent reason. Where had that come from? "Before you call me a hypocrite for skirt-chasing around here, its different. I'm not lookin' for a life partner, just a fling. If I finally settle down, it'll be with one lucky lady."


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Samuel cradled his head in his hands. "Ahhhh......I wish it wasn't. I suck at this..."


"If you didn't we wouldn't be here," Ryrax agreed. "Though here we are, so try to get less awful at math would you? Don't make Izzy-chan's time with ya a waste or I'll be even more annoyed with ya."

 

[Cyrionessa]

"...I'm starting to wonder if it's all worth it." Habibah paused further from eating. "....it's the only way I'll be allowed back into the Field of Reeds. I'm starting to wonder if I'll ever want to go back there after experiencing this world." A half-smiled crinkled her face slightly. "It's true; the gods do envy mortals. Can I forget the joys of this world for the power of that world, I wonder?" It was then that she realized that she had just said that out loud. She quickly took a bite of the thing called pizza. "....this...." Her ears perked up completely erect and her nose took a sniff again. "....is amazing..." She immediately downed that piece and reached for another.

 

[Twizinator]

Alex tried and failed to suppress a snort of amusement at her reaction to tasting pizza. "Can't say I know what you're talking about because we dragons aren't blessed with our own f***ing plane of existence," he said with a grin. "Still, I think this world can be pretty nice sometimes. I've been to Olympus once, when I was thirteen. I tagged along with Father while he was on some business there, I dunno what it was. Met some of the big names like Ares; that guy's on steroids, I swear. Still, for all the comforts I got while there, I prefer this place. Something about the chaotic nature of the world. Sure, there are presidents and dictators and shit, but they are only powerful because they are allowed power; one human is just as capable of beating another as the next, while in Olympus, I'd stand very little chance against Zeus's lightning bolts." He got himself another slice, this time only cheese. "Though I wouldn't mind going back sometime: I'd actually be able to enjoy the creature comforts of Aphrodite and her gals," he said with a smirk.


He took a few bites before shrugging. "Even if you go back, who says you have to forget anything that happens here?"

 

[Cyrionessa]

"I become the wife of Serxes, throwing parties and entertaining other gods and goddesses while constantly being reminded that I'm only half-deity." Habibah's eyes narrowed. "I become the mother of a line of deities who will continue on doing the same things that the others do before them. Life there is a lot of repetition and not too may surprises." Here eyes softened with a bit of sadness. "The problem is that I'll never forget what happens here and I'll miss it..."

 

[Ixidor92]

"And I have a propensity for being able to handle it."


Raziel opened the trapdoor back up and motioned with his hand


"Ladies first."


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Sanz's head fell back against the beanbag chair he was sitting in


"Ugh . . . so what the hell is this 'completing the square' thing again?"

 

[Twizinator]

"Then stay," Alex simply replied. "Honestly you're disappointing me, sounding like you're going through with this. I thought you were strong and independent; to me you're sounding like a slave to your family and traditions, swallowing your pride for Jerkxes."


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"I thought math was a game of numbers, what the bollocks are all these letters for...?" Samuel wondered quietly to himself, earning a condescending cackle from Rryax.

 

[MControl]

Laughing softly, Renault comments,"Watching you study makes me glad I don't have to learn this way." Seeing confused looks aimed at him, he adds, "I... well, I cheat, in a manner of speaking. How else would I have time to research and construct working, magical obelisks?" He had, since the incident with alex, produced a similar obelisk for his own dorm, and a second one for Habibah's. He hadn't given it to her yet, due to what he firmly stated was a misunderstanding.

 

[Cyrionessa]

"I will..." Habibah's voice went lower and her eyes became much farther away. "If I ever find someone that I am capable of loving, I'll stay. Otherwise, I will continue my duties to my family and return to the Field of Reeds."


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Isolde spent another half an hour trying to work with them. After that, she addressed Renault. "....an obelisk for my room mate? Whatever c-could she used an obelisk for except maybe a clothes rack?"


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Aamor didn't actually just climb down the ladder. She'd gotten used to climbing down it so half-slid down it to hasten the process. About halfway down, she let go and fell to the ground, landing nimbly on her feet. This seemed very normal for her now. Her body that had been so weak was starting to gain strength from the daily regimen of walking to school or through the forests. "Come on down!"

 

[Ixidor92]

Raziel titled his head to the side in confusion


"Looks like the forest has been treating you well."


He slid down the ladder beside her, and started following in Aamor's wake

 

[MControl]

"Ah, well, it pretty much locks onto the significant psychic residue in a location set by the array inscribed upon it. With that done, it makes it very uncomfortable, and unlikely, for anyone to enter her dorm room without her there AND her explicit permission." Folding his arms over his chest, he was rather proud of it himself, though there was something niggling him at the back of his mind... "Wait, you're her room mate?"

 

[Twizinator]

Alex rolled his eyes, grabbing her chin and forcing her to look at him. "You're really boring me there, kitten," he said, irritation in his voice and expression. "Stop worrying about your perceived 'duty' and go after what YOU want. That's something I can definitely help you with."


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Samuel leaned in towards Renault. "Though this discussion of obelisks is worrying, I'm more interested in what you said before that. I don't suppose you'd like to extrapolate on how you cheat...?"

 

[MControl]

Laughing again, he replies, "Fine, but first, let me re-introduce myself," making a rather dramatic and showy bow, he proclaimed, "I am Renault, a mage of significant power, and master of the mind." With his rather excessive display over with, he adds,"It helps that the teachers here are really quite good, but what I do is collect aggregate thoughts and information from their minds as they teach. At night, I compile and collate all of the thoughts, and assimilate their useful aspects." He doesn't mention that by 'at night' he means the 6-8 hours normal people would sleep. Missing sleep once in a while is ignorable, but doing something like that everyday is just downright weird.

 

[Cyrionessa]

"I love it here." Aamor took a deep breath of forest air outside and a spring came to her step. The leaves' colors were absolutely beautiful and her eyes twinkled appreciatively. She shyly grabbed onto his arm to urge him along. "Hurry it up a bit slow poke!" A little bit of a giggle slipped out, as well as a giant grin.


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Isolde raised an eyebrow. "That seems quite interesting. And yes, I am Habibah's room mate. Why do you ask?"


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Habibah raised an eyebrow. "...how could you help me with that?"

 

[MControl]

"It is, and completely useless for Sam here, too" he says, wearing a cheeky grin. "But in regards to Habibah, if she hasn't said anything, I'm not about to break that silence. I'd ask you to give it to her for me but... it probably weighs a bit more than you could comfortably move, so I'll figure something out." Sighing a bit, he adds, mostly to himself, "Which would be a lot easier if she would even talk to me..."

 

[Twizinator]

Alex laughed. "Well, I'm supposed to follow your lead to be 'acceptable', right? So just follow mine to do whatever the hell you want," he said. "I'm the king remember? I take what I want, I get what I want. I get I'll have to restrain that a bit for some reason but I think you could learn to do that a bit more. Be the Queen," he laughed again. The pizzas were disappearing without either of them really noticing how much either was eating.


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Samuel's head drooped when he was told it wouldn't work for him. Ryrax spoke up instead. "What exactly DID you do...?"

 

[Cyrionessa]

"A Queen?" A highly pleased look entered Habibah's eyes. "...you know what words to use around me, don't you?" She nodded as she finished off her last slice. "...well, then, Sensei..." The tone on the word "Sensei" was heavily sarcastic. "Show me the ropes of such things." If she were the Queen and he were the King, was this some sort of unlikely alliance? Honestly, the wheels in her head started turning. That sort of alliance would be quite difficult to beat.


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"If you w-wish to talk to her..." Isolde said. "I can definitely arrange a meeting with her. Speaking of which...." She raised an eyebrow. "Where is my dear room mate anyways? I haven't seen her for so long."

 

[Ixidor92]

Sanz had a look in his eyes that may as well have been dancing question marks


"I thought math was confusing, and now you're bringing magic into this?"


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Ray gave a bit of an *oof* as Aamor pulled on his arm and the two of them moved through the forest.


"You're right, it is quite beautiful."


He gave a bit of a somber look as they neared the running water. Raziel could hear it becoming louder as they got closer, though it likely was not noticeable to one less attuned to water


"Before I left the ocean . . . I never even though about the world above the surface . . . now I'm walking through the forest like it's second-nature."

 

[Twizinator]

"Well, for example, say I really wanted that slice of pizza in your hand," he said, referring to the half-eaten piece that Hibibah held in her hand farthest from Alex. "If, for example, that was the last slice of the type I specifically wanted, I would be hosed if I was a weak-willed kid like Samuel. He wouldn't even make a peep about it. If I gave a shit about formality, I would ask if I could have it. However, being the King, I just do this!" He lunged across Habibah, chomping his teeth into the pizza. He ripped it out of her hand with his mouth with a quick jerk of his head. Now he was stretched across her, his left hand bracing himself on the other side of the bed next to her leg, and was looking her in the face with the pizza still in his mouth, his grin easily noticeable despite the food. The crust was barely two inches from her mouth, and his smugness was palpable.


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"I...fear we've gotten completely off-track," Samuel said, realizing that keeping on-topic would be difficult to say the least.


Ryrax decided to answer Isolde. ""

 

[Cyrionessa]

"[Habibah has been investigating the rumors about Samuel. She's trying to stop them.]" Isolde answered Ryrax quickly. "Boys, we should probably take a l-little bit of a break so we don't over-work ourselves." Isolde stood up and stretched a bit.


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Habibah didn't even think about it. She jumped over on top of him, quite literally onto his lap. Her teeth grabbed onto the crust and she ripped it away savagely. There was an almost savage growl that perpetrated from her. Her eyes stared down on him with a level of anger that was actually quite impressive. Her fingers had wrapped around his free hand and was holding it back. She began to pointedly eat the crust in his face, as if showing off.

 

[Twizinator]

Alex swallowed the bite he was chewing on and pointedly raised his head up enough to grab the half of crust that was sticking out of her mouth. He tore it away from her end, chewing it with not a little satisfaction. "There," he said once he'd finished. "You get the idea, I think." Unfortunately for Habibah, Alex's physical strength far outstripped hers. He reversed the situation, pushing himself upwards and over until he now pinned her. "Just don't get cocky, kitten. You're not quite my equal in everything," he taunted. He rose off of her, sitting neutrally on the bed once more.


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Samuel shrugged. "O-Okay. What should we do, th-then?"

 

[Cyrionessa]

"No." Habibah marveled at his strength for a moment. Never in her wildest dreams could she dream of having that. Could he ever be faster than her, though? "No, I'm not. But I have other strengths that you do not quite beat me in." A little bit of annoyance filled her eyes. "...I don't like being called kitten, honestly. It feels demeaning."

 

[Twizinator]

"Oh, really?" Alex blinked. "I wasn't actually meaning it that way...at least, not anymore. As per our agreement, I'll stop." He thought about getting some more pizza, but honestly he wasn't hungry anymore. Also, there was something up with his room. Why was it so warm in here? Had the atmosphere changed so dramatically? Why would it have?


Actually no, he realized, I just still have my heat aura going. He closed his eyes for a moment, shutting it down. Unfortunately, that didn't change the fact that he was uncomfortably warm in his own dorm room, but the temperature would gradually drop. Though, he'd just noticed that he was still totally shirtless. Yeah, he could put something on, but really at this point it was pointless and he didn't care.

 

[Cyrionessa]

"...if it was not demeaning, then how did you mean it?" Habibah raised an eyebrow. "I can't really see you using it as an endearment, thus I am quite confused as to what you are meaning by calling me that." Her eyes roved over his muscles momentarily. It was rather hard to ignore them, since they were blatantly out for the world to see.


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"...is that a bad thing?" Aamor looked up at him questioningly. His tone had changed, along with the look in his eyes.


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Isolde sighed. "Okay, if you g-guys wouldn't mind, help me find my room m-mate. It's probably n-nothing but I'm g-going to worry till I know where she is." The succubus was genuinely concerned.