Human, not human (actual rp)

[RedHotSwami]

"Well I've been warmer," Schmendrick replied after looking oddly at Gabriel's evasion. "And I'd be glad to count you as among my friends. I don't have many in this new place." They went into the building and to their room. "So, this is our room? It's nice and spacious. My last master had me in a small room barely large enough for my writing desk." He sat down on the obviously unclaimed bed and put his books on the floor by his feet. He inhaled deeply as he took stock of what was 'his' in the room. This bed, that desk and chair, and that dresser. He stood up took off his hat and placed it on the dresser. He unpacked his books and set them around the room to dry. He removed a small notebook from within the folds of his tunic, and then patted his pockets. "Do you have a quill and ink I could use? I lost mine... on my trip here."

 

[Twizinator]

".....a WHAT?!" Ryrax shouted through the doorway as Samuel stripped and turned on the water.


Samuel flinched at his eye's exclamation. "What exactly is a leviathan? Isn't it a sea creature?" he asked as he waited for the water to heat up.


"A massive sea serpent," Ryrax answered. "And I do mean massive. They have incredible power...how the hell do you condense that into a human form?!"


Samuel no longer understood the conversation, having no idea how gigantic a leviathan truly was. He stepped into the pleasantly hot shower. As he cleaned himself off he could feel some of the stresses of the day wash away with the water. He allowed himself longer than usual to simply relax under the shower head. After about a total of twenty minutes, he stepped out, totally clean and back into his simple pair of pajamas. His long white hair was still rather wet, though, and he'd done his best to pull it back and out of his face. "I admit, that felt good," he said with a sleepy grin. He returned to his bed and sat, fiddling with the towel as he rubbed his head with it to dry his hair.

 

[Ixidor92]

Ray chuckled a little at the Raiju's exclamation. It would have been the first time either Samuel or Ryrax heard him laugh.


"With a lot of practice, Raiju."


As the demon was so informal with his exclamation, Ray chose to dip back into english for Samuel's benefit. He smiled from his bed as Samuel returned back to his own


"I thought it might. Water is more calming then people generally care to think."


He leaned back and pulled a book off of his nightstand to his chest. Raziel thought it wise not to pry into why Samuel was in the state he was. Personal relations were not something he was overly experienced with, and besides that was solely his business and no one else's. The book he was looking through had a few olden tales of the ocean, and he finally stopped at large picture. It had been a tapestry once, now shrunk down into the format seen in the text. Upon it was a massive black serpent, rising above the waves, and coils upon coils of its body being shown above the waves. In the center lay a boat crushed by the creature's body.


"Here--"


He handed the book to Samuel


"This is an olden depiction of a leviathan."

 

[Twizinator]

Samuel took the book, and stared at the picture. "...Is a leviathan...are they really that big?" he asked, awestruck.


"More or less, I'd say," Ryrax said, amused by Samuel's reaction.


Samuel returned the book shakily. "So...you're...your real form is..." he stared at Raziel, equally terrified and incredibly impressed.


"Yep," Ryrax once again answered Samuel's question.


Samuel blinked as he stared at Ray. Somehow, though he now knew the true form of his roommate, he wasn't terribly afraid. Maybe that was just how Ray was as a person, that he struck Samuel as a gentle and calm soul, like a serene and still open ocean. "...Wow," was all he could say.

 

[Ixidor92]

"It isn't really that impressive."


Ray leaned back down on the bed, closing his eyes


"I just grew up in the ocean. Deep ocean."

 

[Twizinator]

The significance of the fact that Samuel was engaged in small talk with a devastatingly powerful sea serpent from the darkest depths of the entire ocean was not lost on him. He could barely wrap his head around the revelations that he'd had to deal with today, and his feeling of exhaustion enforced the fact that the day had indeed been eventful. "Heh. I grew up in the streets of south London," he said softly as he lay his towel over his chair, too tired to be bothered hanging it up properly. "Though that's not nearly as impressive sounding as 'deep ocean' when asked about your home town," he said with another laugh. He didn't bother getting under the covers; he just collapsed backwards, his head landing with a soft *flumf* on his pillow. It was not even a minute before he was fast asleep.


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Alex was stetched out on his bed, his homework abandoned halfway through. He didn't have time for that nonsense now, not when there was such an enticing young woman to be reeled in. He rolled over onto his side as he contemplated ways to bring her to her senses and give herself to him willingly, drifting off into slumber within the half hour.


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Adrian, meanwhile, had gotten out of bed after a brief rest, and was currently pummeling the crap out of a sandbag, sweat glistening on his shirtless body as he loosed an unrelenting series of blows from all angles upon it. He had a calm smile on his face and was humming a tune to himself, as if he was taking a stroll to the grocery store and not bestowing upon a piece of training equipment strikes that would kill most grown men.

 

[Ixidor92]

Raziel felt a smile creep over his face as the soft sound of snoring came from beside him. This was a very different feeling from the last couple of years he had had with his roommate. Gabriel had been a completely different entity. Loud, constantly moving, occasionally annoying, but he never had to worry about the young man. The favor of the divine followed him like a constant spirit of good luck. He shook his head and pulled the sheets over himself before turning in himself.


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Armin continued to flip through the magazine as Sanz put on a pair of sleep pants. His chest was laid bare as Sanz laid down for the night.


"Night Armin, thanks for the umbrella."


"Just make sure I get it back."

 

[Cyrionessa]

Habibah finally got up the stairs, Isolde right behind her. She opened the door and immediately went to her closet, looking for a specific article of clothing. If she was going to brave the rain for this odd magical scent, waterproof gear was going to be essential. The leather suit that she had had specially made for her after leaving the Egyptian Pantheon's dimension was going to come in handy.


"....what are you doing?" Izzy had by now stripped down to the essentials only and was sitting at her computer.


"....I could ask you the same thing?" Habibah raised an eyebrow at her.


"It's too hot up here. Until the AC kicks in, I'm going to stay exactly like this." Izzy began pulling up her League of Legends client. What was she going to play tonight, she wondered.


"Well, there's a delicious magical scent in the air. I plan to find out what it is." Habibah started changing out of her uniform, throwing it onto her bed quickly before slipping into the leather suit.


"But it's about curfew time?" Izzy raised both eyebrows at the cat, partially because of that fact and partially because of the suit. It appeared to be built sturdily and definitely with Habibah's cat-like features in mind. Leather domes that would encase her ears sat on top of the head. Small holes in the fingers and toes indicated that they were intentionally there. The leather over her face was molded perfectly to each contour, covering to just below the nose and leaving her mouth open. There was even a leather piece in the back for a tail....wait had Habibah always had a tail? Like magic, the piece was filled with a twitching cat tail and the holes in the fingers and toes were replaced by claws. The only portion of skin that showed was suddenly covered with midnight black fur and her mouth opened slightly to reveal cat fangs.


"....purrrrrfect...." Habibah looked down with a smile. "It's been too long since I've been my true self." She slid open the window quietly.


"....you're going out the window?" Izzy looked at her with an "are you serious" look.


"Cliche, but yes." Habibah perched on the window sill with a smile. "I'll be back eventually. Don't wait up." As she climbed down, she closed the window behind her. Izzy sighed and turned back to her computer, thinking that her roommate was eventually going to get her into trouble.


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Habibah scaled the wall easily, jumping down from window sill to window sill. Most of the windows were closed and dark. One, however, was not and she only caught a glimpse of the room's one occupant. She cursed Apep under her breath, hoping that the half-dragon creature hadn't seen her. When she reached the ground, she took off into the forest, scenting the smell of magic as she went.

 

[Twizinator]

Alex was half-asleep, roused from his slumber by a strange noise from outside. Out of the corner of his partially opened eye, he saw a midnight-black silhouette sit at his windowsill for a split-second before disappearing into the night. At first he thought he may have been dreaming, but as he rose to peer out the windowsill, he saw the same figure scurrying off into the forest. "What the...?" he wondered aloud, barely a whisper, and threw off the covers, wondering who had the gall to disturb the sleeping (half) dragon.


Less than ten minutes time saw Alezarius racing across the grounds after the unknown person, heading deep into the forest. As he went, he could feel an odd sort of magic in the air. He surmised that this person must be heading towards this magic since he could feel its presence growing rapidly closer as he followed.

 

[Cyrionessa]

Habibah heard someone behind her and immediately started to move in a zig-zagged pattern, just to add some confusion. Then, when she was sure that she was out of sight, she stopped altogether, waiting for whatever was out there to come to her. Her quiet steps took her over to a tree, which she jumped up into quickly so that she could peer down from a limb. This seemed safer than a ground approach and she figured that she could surprise whatever was chasing her, if necessary.

 

[Twizinator]

Alex was confused at first by the rapid change in movement, but he realized that the net direction the person was moving was still towards the mysterious magic. He was thoroughly annoyed, however, when he suddenly lost the trail. "Where the hell...?" he muttered in his frustration. He leaned against a tree as he started trying to pick up the trail, completely unaware of the demigod in the branches above him. "Where did they go..." he growled, focusing his supernatural powers to augment his senses. Where did they go, where did they go...not left, not right, and they didn't double back.


Above?

 

[Cyrionessa]

At that exact moment, the cat-like creature fell from the limbs, knocking him down on his back. Habibah's blazing green eyes glared down at him through her mask and her mouth was pulled back into a snarl. Her long teeth clinked as she began to speak.


"Why, in the name of Osiris, are you following me?" Her body was tensed, ready for any move that he could make. Her front claws scratched the skin of his shoulders and her knees held down his legs.

 

[Twizinator]

Alex merely chuckled once he recognized who had him pinned. "Ah, Habibah, was it? No serious reason. I was disturbed from my slumber by your antics exiting the dorms and decided to investigate who the hell woke me up." He was very clearly not at all worried about his current situation. "Though now that we're like this, I might as well ask: why are YOU out after curfew?" Without waiting for an answer he very obviously and unashamedly turned his gaze down the length of her body. He made a small gesture with his head and a momentary expression on his face that seemed to say 'not bad'.

 

[Cyrionessa]

"My eyes are here, half-breed." Habibah was clearly pissed at the feeling of his eyes on her body. "I'm out here doing a bit of investigation. I thought that maybe I'd be able to do it in peace. But, apparently, I was wrong." One clawed hand grabbed his chin and forced him to look up at her face. "Now, I'd kindly ask you to leave me be and stop staring at things that are not yours to stare at in the first place." She was just about ready to knee him in the groin if he didn't stop staring.

 

[MControl]

Unconscious, Renaults mind lay dormant, finally relaxed after barricading himself off from the world behind his barrier. Designed to prevent the passage of all but time, he could watch the world end behind its blue transparent dome. He slightly regretted the waste of all the prepared materials used in its erection, which had been time consuming and expensive to create, but in light of recent revelations, he felt it was worth the loss of those materials. However, with his mind lain dormant, the other mind was given just a bit of freedom, slight leeway in what it was allowed. Fortunately, because the dome blocked out projected emotion and thought, the skinwalker had nothing upon which to draw more power to free itself. Rain fell from the sky, cascading down the exterior of the dome in sheets. Time passed, and Renault began to wake. Almost as if entranced by the falling water, and the hypnotic rhythm of the rain striking the barrier, the skinwalker passive passed back into imprisonment. There was a moment, when Renault was still waking, and the semi-devine beast was returning to slumber, where the two minds were all but one. As the minds fully returned to their 'normal' locations, Renault was left feeling quite tranquil, tinged with regret, as if mournful of an act performed long past. Staring up, he consigned himself to spending the night watching the rain fall.

 

[Twizinator]

Alex raised an eyebrow. "Staring at things that are not mine?" he laughed. "There is no such existence. You're a sharp one, Habibah, I can tell. You're a demigod, why wouldn't you be? So, I'll spare you the act."


Alex's hand flew to Habibah's throat, fingers forming a powerful vicegrip around her neck. His glare was cold and intimidating. At this distance, Habibah would notice that his eyes were the color of gold. "I am this world's rightful king. If you submit, I can promise you, you will never know unhappiness or want. However, should you have the folly to oppose me, you will be crushed like the ant you and the others truly are compared to my might. Are. We. Clear?" By now he had forced himself up into a sitting position, still holding Habibah's throat tightly. His grip had been tightening as he spoke.

 

[Cyrionessa]

Habibah felt the pressure on her neck and smiled down at him. "You really think that you can hurt me?" Around them, the winds began to circle in a vortex, catching the rain up in it. The winds traveled faster and faster, the water drops traveling fast enough to cut through flesh. "You didn't do your research before you challenged me, half-breed. "You don't know how to kill me, do you? And if you don't know how to do that..." She laughed to the sky above the vortex that was still pouring down rain. "How do you propose to make me feel threatened?"

 

[Twizinator]

Alex was silent, finally analyzing his situation. After nearly a minute, he smirked and released his hold on Habibah, standing up from his seat on the muddy ground. "Threatened? I think not. There are a few things I would much rather make you feel than 'threatened'," he said calmly. "Believe it or not, I do not eagerly seek out conflict. I prefer it when my subjects and I are able to cooperate amicably and peacefully. Though I do not shy away from violence, it brings me no joy to risk damaging my own possessions," he explained.


Truthfully, he had realized that the situation was against him. She was correct in that he really had no idea as to her weaknesses, and the rain made it impossible to use his fire. Alezarius may be arrogant but he wasn't stupid: though he would rather die than admit it, he knew he was at a severe disadvantage, and he would lose if he fought her now.


"Fine. I'm willing to drop the issue. Be thankful. Now, though, you've piqued my curiosity as to your reason for sneaking out. What, exactly, are we investigating?" He paused for a moment before continuing. "What, exactly, is that peculiar magic I am feeling from deeper in the forest?"

 

[Cyrionessa]

"I don't know." Habibah sighed, turning her head slightly towards the source of the magic but still leaving Alex within her field of vision. "That's why I was investigating it. I don't like not knowing what something is." Her eyes turned back onto him, glaring angrily. The nerve that this creature had, talking about her as one of his subjects. Her anger knew no real bounds as she warily continued to look at him. Though she had the advantage, she wanted to give him no chance of gaining the upper hand.

 

[Twizinator]

"Hmm. That is very understandable," he said neutrally, staring off in the same general direction Habibah was. He noticed she was still keeping an eye on him, though, and smiled teasingly, shooting a furtive gaze over to her. "What's with that look? Didn't your parents tell you it's rude to stare?" he chuckled. "I get the distinct impression that you don't trust me. Or are you staring for different reasons...?" he let his voice trail off, clearly messing with her.

 

[Cyrionessa]

"Even the idiot that I have to marry after I graduate looks better than you." Habibah hmphed. "And he has the unfortunate issue of being the son of Sobek and inheriting his father's alligator skin." A part of her reeled at the fact that she had just give that admission. It was something her mother had told her seconds before she left for this school. Serxes, a guy that she had never met, was going to be her husband to maintain the line of deity blood. She quickly tried to move on to something else. "And what reason have you given me to trust you? If I were any lesser of a person, you would have crushed my windpipe."

 

[Twizinator]

"Pffahahahaha! Seriously? You're betrothed to a f***ing lizard?!" he howled with laughter. He wiped a tear from his eye as he calmed down. "Hehehehe...hoooo....I didn't know arranged marriages were still a thing.....seriously though, that's a load of sh**," he said. "You could do much better than some lizard-lipped moron."


He laughed again at her comment about trust. "Hahahahaaaa! Ahh, but the fact that you still draw breath attests to your power." He shrugged. "Trust me, or don't. It doesn't matter. One undeniable truth in this world is power. And I have power." He turned an actually serious eye to Habibah now. "As do you. I'm not afraid to admit that." He smirked as he turned away, actually showing his back to the demigod as he slowly strolled in the vague direction of the strange magic. "I'm willing to let a person operate independently of me as long as they don't get in my way, but only if their strong enough to earn that autonomy. I'd say you qualify."

 

[Cyrionessa]

"The balance of power in the world of gods is something that you could never understand." Her lips drew back in a snarl but she followed him towards it, catching up so that she was walking side by side with him, albeit a foot apart. "I don't get a choice in the matter since there are powers in this world that would crush you or I underfoot if one of us got in their way. Not like you care...." Habibah then realized who she was talking to and stopped. "You'll never care about anything but believing that you have power. You may have power here on campus over some people, but in reality, you're a fly next to the actual major players in this world."

 

[Twizinator]

"Man laughs at the flea for its puny size, yet it brought them great death in the dark ages with the Bubonic Plague," Alex retorted. "I aim for the top. I don't care if my opponent is a god; I will find a way to defeat them, because I have the power to do so. That is another truth."


He grinned a little. "You seem to have issue being viewed as a servant of mine, yet you speak of having no choice of your own?" he shook his head. "You may disagree but I see no difference. Power gives freedom. Weakness is controlled and robbed of the choices that it could not be trusted to make anyway." He glanced over to Habibah. "You're strong. Make your own decisions about your own damn life."

 

[Cyrionessa]

"This is also a power move." Habibah shot back. "Serxes is a full-blooded deity. Right now, my mother can pander with Sobek and they can think that it will work. I have higher prey in mind." She licked her lips hungrily. "The son of Horus, king of the gods, Danothis. My mother is far too cautious in her strategies. I'm just going to "aim for the top," as you say." These deep thoughts of greed and power unhinged the bindings of her Immortal Form and suddenly she found herself as basically human again. Habibah hoped that he hadn't noticed as she reached around to where the tail piece was, wrapping it around her waist like a belt. The claws, however, were still there and she didn't plan to retract them until he was no longer a threat.