Human, not human (actual rp)

[Ninja_Onions]

"Hmm...Academy most safest place near dark trees. But you no study or schooling. Better than dirt I thinking. We ask bossman how do your issue. Follow." Frank said as he began his trek back to the school. "Walk fast, Magick Man. Dark trees become not good after rain. Much scary things arise when water."

 

[RedHotSwami]

Schmendrick had to jog a little to keep up with Frank's long strides but he stayed close. He didn't like the idea of being jumped by something this man-beast would find dangerous. He tried to avoid asking him any more questions while they walked in the dark, wet woods. Schmendrick hoped that 'bossman' would have more answers than Frank.


Eventually they cleared the forest and stood near the school. "Well, that sure is something." Schmendrick said whistling. "Sure it's an academy and not somebody's castle?"

 

[Ninja_Onions]

"Surely certain. Is learning place for people who special: deities, supernaturals, and monsters, like me-person." Frank said, pointing a thumb towards his person. "You special, have magicks. Bossman be nice...most probable. He assign dorm and living things. Also tell us 'future is control by make decisions. Every choose important and is self.' " Frank said, fairly confident that he had quoted the Headmaster verbatim. "Not much far like, just across courtyard." Frank said as he turned and began walking towards a large building near the center of the academy grounds. "Oh, one thing for remember more. Don't trust Strawberry. Actual name Alex. Give name because strawberry head-hair. Very mean. Is half scale-bird, fire magicks. Burn very bad." Frank said in a very morose tone, before continuing his walk in silence.

 

[Ixidor92]

"Why yes, thank you Frank."


The voice that greeted both Frank's and Schmendrick's ears came from a man who appeared no older than his thirties. He was garbed in a simple robe, colored a deep blue that matched the sky. Despite the falling rain, he did not appear to be wet. A very close look, particularly from the corner of one's eye, seemed to place him shrouded in rainbows. He smiled at the newcomer behind Frank


"You seem to have found a rather interesting companion, if his method of travel was anything to go by."

 

[Ninja_Onions]

Frank nodded. "Magic Man suddenly in dark trees, dropped head shoe. Seemed unfound, brought here. Hope makes good fit here." He said, patting Schmendrick on the back, being much more careful than when he patted Armin and Samuel on the head.

 

[RedHotSwami]

Schmendrick only moved forward about a foot when Frank 'patted' him. "Guff... thanks Frank." He stayed upright and turned to what he presumed was the headmaster of the school. "Greetings sir." Schmendrick said bowing deeply and removing his hat. As he returned it to his head he introduced himself. "I'm Schmendrick, Schmendrick the Magician, and Last of the Red Hot Swamis. You probably haven't heard of me. I seem to have become quite lost in my travels and... well I know not where I am. The last I recall I had just stol-erm, borrowed several tomes from the esteemed wizard Golgorion. Are we in the lands of King Lier or perhaps east across the sea?" Schmendrick listed places unknown to the man before him. Perhaps from a far off land or maybe a time long gone.

 

[Ixidor92]

The man in front of Schmendrick raised an eyebrow


"My good sir, such places do not exist on this planet. And before you ask, I would most definitely know. This is the Schwarzwald, or black forest. In the country of germany, on the continent of Europe, on the planet of Earth, within the sol system of the milky way galaxy."


The man took a few steps forward, and Schmendrick would have felt the rain drops falling on him lessen somewhat


"Perhaps you came a distant world? A universe apart from our own? Such occurrences are not unknown to this place."

 

[RedHotSwami]

"Well... my spell must have... well.. in all honesty I don't have full control over it. I am immensely powerful but my magic has a mind of its own. So I have no idea where I am or even where I came from... though I think I would know it if I saw it..." Schmendrick's mind wandered and he stared sadly into the woods for a moment. He abruptly turned back to the man before him with a smile on his face. "Well until I can fix it a place of learning sounds like just a perfect place to stay in the meantime. If you'll have me that is." He stuck out his hand. "I don't believe I got your name sir."

 

[Ixidor92]

The man gave a smile and took Schmendrick's hand briefly


"You may simply refer to me as 'Aido'. Or 'Headmaster', whichever you would prefer."


He gave a smile and gestured with one of his arms


"You would most certainly be welcome here. I created this academy so that those who do not fit into human society could better learn how to cope. Here they are also safe from the prying eyes of outside, and can discover their talents. I'm quite certain that someone here could help you with your . . . power. But these are matters to be discussed inside, not out in the rain."


The headmaster turned briefly to gaze at Frank


"Frank, you should head inside for the storm. I believe your roommate should be back with you by this evening."

 

[Ninja_Onions]

Frank nodded. "Many appreciations Bossman. Will go swiftness and soon." Frank turned and headed off towards his dorm room, curious to see how much damage had been done to his poetry book. Upon returning, he found most of the contents soaked, but that the book of prose had miraculously survived from being inside a shell of the other books. Content that the most important of his texts was no less for wear, he tossed the wet rucksack on the ground and got to work reading.

 

[RedHotSwami]

Schmendrick waved to Frank as he left. "Alright Headmaster, this sounds like a great place fore me," he said as he followed the Headmaster inside. "I don't have much to pay for my stay... Just some pocket change." He pulled out a few gold coins and tossed them up and down. "But I can be a good worker," he continued as he pocketed his wealth.

 

[Ixidor92]

The headmaster chuckled as he walked into the building beside the young man.


"I don't believe that will be necessary. Tell me young man, how old are you?"

 

[RedHotSwami]

As they entered the building Schmendrick replied, "Seventeen, sir."

 

[Ixidor92]

"Then you need not worry. This place was made to teach, not extort."


He continued up a few flights of stairs, going up two floors before walking down the corridor on the right


"That is of course assuming you would wish to take classes here?"

 

[RedHotSwami]

"Well, learning has always been a great aspiration of mine." he said as he followed. "So I suppose so. As well as pursuing my own studies." He says indicating his mildly wet bag of books.

 

[Ixidor92]

The headmaster chuckled and pushed open a large pair of double doors, opening up into what looked like a massive study. Two opposing walls, on either side of the door, were covered in bookshelves. The ages of the books varied greatly, but all of them seemed well taken care of. At the opposite end, across a lush, rainbow-colored rug, was a large desk. Behind it stood a large window, which allowed one to see almost the entirety of the grounds


"There is no shortage of things to learn here, as well as those who could help you with your personal studies. Tell me young man, have you attended any sort of formal school before?"

 

[RedHotSwami]

"I was taught by Kalzar my elder in my order, the Red Hot Swamis, for about 4 years. Outside of that I have never been to an academy or college of any sort. I was taught much of the basics needed for my future in the magical arts, arithmetic, reading, writing, and the basics of physics, alchemy, astrology, and biology."

 

[Cyrionessa]

Isolde backed up slightly, her eyes downcast. Was that fear of her or his situation? She made no reply and allowed Sanz to say whatever he wanted to about the situation. Until she ascertained this one's thoughts on her, Izzy would keep her distance. The rain was still coming down and her red hair looked dark, not it's normal fiery disposition. Her purple eyes still shown in the darkness since she was still in her human form.


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".....after things happened...." Aamor quickly moved past that thought and onto the next. "The academy created a structure that would keep the rest of the campus safe from my.....break downs...." The rain splashed off of the tarp and she started walking towards her make-shift abode. New students would not have noticed it, but older students must have wondered where this random structure had popped up from over the summer.


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"....I'm not going out in that...." Habibah rolled her eyes at the phoenix and sat down next to the door. If she had to stay here all night, she'd stay here all night. Rain was something that she hated; water was something she despised. She leaned up against the wall, staring up at the ceiling. This rain couldn't last forever, could it?


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The dryad awoke and stretched; Adrian still wasn't back? That wasn't good. Where could he have gone? She had been looking forward to talking to her good friend, the werebear. Now all this rain would cause some flooding and there was no Adrian to converse with here. She sighed and started walking back towards her tree.

 

[MControl]

Confused and afraid, Renault raced through the building. The skinwalker inside him, urged him to gorge himself on the fear of others, playing on his own fears. As he ran, his form shifted through many shapes. He'd run as a human, and then as if a large ape, and then as a large cat. He surged up stairs, and grabbing his bags, leapt through the window. His body, shifting grotesquely, formed wings, and flew off into the forest, as a man whose nature he could feel clashing with his entered his room.


Landing in a small clearing, his body shifted back to that of a human. Tearing open a bag, he immediately set about erecting protections. He no longer cared for subtlety, and pushed as much power into the four ward foci as he could. With an ethereal pulse, spreading out over the forest, a thick, transparent blue dome-shaped barrier sank over the clearing. It was noticeable as hell, but it had the added effect of blocking out fear, in addition to nearly everything else.


In the middle of the clearing, laying amongst strewn mystical supplies and mundane materials, the body-jumping shape-shifter collapsed. It had been a long day, first day at a new school, dealing with crowds for the first time since the incident, and of course, the revelation that there was more to this school than appeared. Relieved of the panic and fear felt by others, the pressure from inside abated, and he made a mental account of the preceding events. Or rather, he tried to, as he fell asleep on the grass.


Edit: for clarity

 

[Ixidor92]

Sanz heard Samuel groaning behind him, but was not ready for the young man to suddenly twist out of his grip. The young man looked up at him with fear in his eyes, though to what exactly Sanz could not place.


"I found you collapsed next to a tree when--that thing in your eye took over your body. I didn't like him. He dashed after Isolde, and when I caught up you collapsed on her shoulder. We were just heading back to the academy."


He laid out the facts slowly and carefully, making sure he didn't miss anything. He still involuntarily shuddered at the thought of when that creature had overtaken Samuel's body


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Raziel let out an exasperated breath. He'd been wondering what the sudden structure had been for, but now he was just getting more questions. He tried to keep his mind rational and not get irritated


"All right, but why would you need to leave the dorms in the first place?"


They were just outside the structure now, Raziel never having been this close to it as of yet


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"Then all that's needed is to enroll you as a student. I can work out the specifics over the evening. If you wish, I could have another student guide you through the academy and its functions."


The headmaster pulled out a stack of papers from his desk, though he stopped as something seemed to register in his eyes


"Tell me, would you be opposed to staying with another student?"


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Armin let out a sigh as the girl behind him pointedly refused to enter the shower. He turned around briefly to shout through the falling rain.


"If you're planning to wait it out you'll be here awhile. I overheard one of the seniors saying it would last until late tomorrow morning at least."


He turned back around and pointedly headed towards the male dorms, not giving her any chance for rebuttal

 

[Twizinator]

Samuel's eye widened in fear as Sanz described what happened. Ryrax was totally silent...actually, he was asleep, and even if he were awake Samuel doubted he would get anything out of that bastard. Isolde seemed to recoil from him. According to Sanz, he'd collapsed on her shoulder...what had happened before that? What did Ryrax do?


"Isolde...?" Samuel asked tentatively, picking himself off the ground. "What happened? Did Ryrax do anything?" He was afraid of the answer: he'd never been able to predict Ryrax's actions particularly well, and given the demon's forward nature, combined with the fact that she was apparently a succubus...Samuel was afraid of what Ryrax may have done to her while in HIS body. "What did Ryrax do?" he repeated anxiously.


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"That's...unusual," Adrian muttered to himself when the blue dome appeared in the forest, not far from his location. He wasted no time in running there. When he arrived, he squinted into the dome and saw what appeared to be a student asleep in the center. "Odd place for a nap," Adrian mused aloud. "Why not just use the dorms? The weather's better there," he chuckled at that thought. He began inspecting the dome, careful to not touch it. He had no idea what it was.

 

[RedHotSwami]

Schmendrick shakes his head. "No i wouldn't mind that at all Headmaster. I think that there is much in this place I might have trouble adjusting to." He stares at the papers. "Never seen scrolls like that before. Erm.. nevermind, just let me know what I need to sign to get into the school sir."

 

[Ixidor92]

"It's already been done."


The headmaster waved his hand, and a few of the papers floated over the desk


"After all, it's nothing but a formality."


He stood and walked around the table before offering his hand to the young man.


"Now, with those out of the way, I can take you to see the student in question."

 

[RedHotSwami]

Schmendrick shakes the headmaster's hand and follows him out of his office and to, presumably, other students.

 

[HilgenHoffer]

Gabriel made tracks inches deep in the mud as he raced through the forest. He was soaking wet, but any branches that swept his face caused miraculously little damage. He had lost the flying form of the window jumper as they had entered the forest, and he continued pursuing aimlessly, hoping desperately that he was still going in the right direction. He found footprints and scarred bark as he went, which assured him that he had to be following the right tracks. The more destruction he saw about the path, the more he worried about the student's condition.


As he burst into the clearing, Gabriel found himself confronted by a massive blue barrier. He touched it with his fingers; it felt cool, like glass on an autumn morning. He saw the lanky student inside, finally getting a good look at the one he pursued. Somehow, he looked peaceful, sleeping as he was, and Gabriel's fears began to fade. Perhaps it would be alright after all.


He turned at the sound of Adrian's voice. "My friend!" He held out his arms to the man, approaching him with a bounce in his step. They laughed and embraced, and when they released, Gabriel grabbed him by the arms, saying "do you know what let out that horrendous shriek? I have to believe this student had something to do with it, but I'm not sure if the situation is contained." His worries were clearly fading at seeing the student safe, however; he was smiling even as he made his inquiry.