Oriens Academy [Phoenix Game]

[amdreams]

Mel wasn't having a good time. Up until now, she had been in the corner, chugging so much punch, it was a miracle she didn't need to go to the bathroom yet. She very much didn't like this, watching everyone laughing and stuffing their faces. It was . . . She didn't like it.


Blending into the other happy faces, Mel almost couldn't make Vash out from the rest of the crowd. He came over carrying two cupcakes, one of which he offered when he approached her. "What are you doing here?" he said, smiling like an idiot, crumbs and frosting all over his face and clothes. "It's a party. You need to get out and have fun."


Mel only frowned, eyes focused on the floor. "Look, Vash, I don't think-" "Hello there." Interrupting her, a boy came by. "Hey, if you're here alo-WAH!" As Mel looked up, and the stranger noticed her eyes, he freaked out, running away immediately. Mel herself gave a sigh before leaning her head against Vash's shoulder. "I'm going to head back early."


"Well, then I'll go with you," Vash said, but she shook her head. "No, you stay. I just want to sleep. Besides, they haven't cut the birthday cake yet, have they?" She then pushed herself off of him and headed for the door.


~~~~~


Were they trying to escape? Rose was about to run after the two when a firm hand pulled her back. Looking back, she saw her father's face looking a bit concerned, a look that seemed a bit strange since it was almost never on his face. "Rose, is something wrong?"


Seeing his face, her body relaxed. "It's . . . nothing. Just a little misunderstanding." Rose didn't want to let her father know what a horrible job she did as council president. An attempted kidnapping, a cult run by a manipulative loli, multiple fights and even the death of 2 students, even if one was revived. To admit all this would be embarrassing.


And as if on cue, a familiar head of dark hair strolled by and Rose stiffened up again. Luckily, it seemed like Mel was leaving, except Rose wasn't exactly off the hook just yet. "Hm? Who's she?" Oberon asked. She began to panic. "Uh . . . No one, daddy! Just some random girl."


It seemed like her father believed her lie and Rose breathed a sigh of relief, but a female voice from behind him. "Rose, are you lying to us?" Out came an older woman, looking at Rose with stern eyes. "Rosalind Margaret Cruxetrosa, you know better than to lie to your own mother. Now tell us who this girl is."


Rose grimaced. "O-okay, but can we not do it here?" She then turned to Azure. "I'm sorry, Azure, but I have to go. Maybe we'll see eachother later?" And with that, the princess led her parents outside where she began recounting everything that had happened the past few months. How an ancient loli came to Oriens and tricked Rose and many other into killing Mel. How Rose took it upon herself to change Mel's race in the system to make what they were doing legal. How it resulted in the death of a student. And how Rose hadn't spoken to Mel since.


"Well, you need to apologize to her, then," Gaia said.


"But I don't think it'll be that easy."


"Rose, listen to your mother. Besides, she may not forgive you but you still need to do it. You want to show her you're a good person, right? Well, this is how to start."


Rose thought about it for a bit before smiling at her parents. "You're right. I have to do this. I just hope she hasn't already left."


~~~~~


Mel hadn't. Turns out, it was rather hard to navigate through a crowd this dense. ****! It was like these people were super glued together. Mel couldn't even count how many times she had been elbowed and shoved. Her patience was razor thin right about now. But things were looking up. She could see it now. The exit. She was just about to break through when she was suddenly pulled back. ************! Whoever did this was a dead man!


She turned around, ready to sock whoever dragged her back into Hell, when she saw Rose and stopped. What the **** did this ***** want?


"Mel," the princess started. "I realize I've never apologized for what happened to you. But I'm ready to now."


What. The. ****. Was. This. *****. Saying. The air around Mel became tense as anger welled up in her. Her eyebrows furrowed as a scowl appeared on her face. "You're 'ready' now? The **** is that supposed to mean?! It's been over a ******* month! What?! Does time bend for your convenience?! If that is the extent of your 'remorse' then I don't want it."


Rose was shocked. How could someone react in such a way when someone was trying to apologize? Rose herself began to get angry now, yelling back at Mel. "Hey! I'm trying to apologize right now. So just listen to me okay? Anyway, I'm sorry all this shit happened to you but maybe if you want people to treat you better, you should be a bit more likeable! None of this would've happened if you were a little nicer. I mean you are a murderer."


"So I deserve to die because I don't fit in?! My best friend had to die because I wasn't popular enough?!"


"Look! I know what it's like to have everyone hate you but-"


"Bullshit! Look around you princess! The entire school came out to celebrate your ******* birthday. I bet even the entire kingdom would come as well. Oh poor little princess, everyone must ******* hate her. Boo ******* hoo."


"Well, at least I'm popular!" The words left Rose's mouth before she could stop herself, but once they were out, she covered her mouth,realizing what she had said.


Mel grew silent after that and any visible trace of anger vanished from her face. But those who witnessed this would've told you that the air filled with the sort of feeling you get before a big storm. The room laced with so much malice, some grew afraid. "Well, congratulations. You've managed to allow a loli **** to manipulate a good chunk of your school, including yourself, to attack someone seeking your help, get a boy killed and fail to even mutter an apology when it happened. But at least you're well-liked. Bravo. But do you know what I think? You can take those cheap, hypocritical Sunday school teachings of yours and properly, and I mean properly, **** yourself up the bloody ******* **** with them."


Mel then turned and left, the crowd now opening up for her ans she walked out, leaving Rose paralyzed where she stood.


How . . . how could Mel talk to her that way? It wasn't Rose's fault. None of this was. She was just trying to be a good leader. And she did apologize, albeit late. She wasn't in the wrong, right? Rose felt the gaze of those immediately around her, but these weren't the sort of looks she was used to getting. Everyone seemed to be judging her. What were they thinking? She . . . she . . .


Not able to take anymore, Rose ran out of the room as well, outside. She didn't know what to do.

 

[Advent Azure]

"...?"


-So those are her parents... is she acting differently around them...? She kinda seems... meekish somehow... maybe...-


"Well... alright then Rose see you later then."


Azure looked around for a while, while not trying to stand out within the crowd... to find someone... anyone... well... there was Vash... but there's next to no chance that he'll be able to keep his attention if he's still gorging himself on the buffet... It probably wouldn't be safe either to get between him and his food... So he thought that he may as well leave... this day ended up being kinda bad, and he didn't want to be around on the off chance he would of made things worse.


-... I really hope I don't run into Vize on the way out..... that would be real troublesome...-


As Azure did his best to force his way through he stopped at the sound of two particular voices talking to each other...


-No... this... what will...-


Azure listened to the conversation intently... and... he didn't feel like what Rose said was the right thing... and resented what she choose to say toward Mel... He knows how strong Mel is by now... and how easily she could kill people here. Since Riff's story shed of light that she's for the most part killed her hunters... weren't we just her most recent hunters...? Maybe Rose's values... aren't the best... now that he thought about it... she still was a nice person... but...... no... but she was still his friend... and that was a good thing... right...?


"..."


She saw Rose standing there... he walked toward her. He noticed it was unusually silent, but for good reason, and could even perfectly hear his own footsteps, which were usually silenced by the crowd at large... He continued toward her till he was about a few steps away from her...


"..."


Azure stood there for a while, not saying anything... He looked away from her... he didn't agree with her argument at all... in the end, he chose to turn away from her and kept on walking... there wasn't really anything for him to say. If anything, he felt more sorry for Mel than Rose. He kept on walking, only to stop at the base of the stairs, and looked back at her... not sure what to do or where to go at this point.

 

[Advent Azure]

"Are you sure though, I don't think it'll be much of a race for either of us if we just walk."


-I wonder what made her decide that?-


She fidgeted her wings a bit, they really did feel a little sensitive, maybe that's why feeling the breeze as she flies feels so nice, or maybe its just instinct or something.


@DemonicPrincess

 

[DemonicPrincess]

"I know thats why we are no longer racing..." she said as she walked down the halls looking back at her friend. As she watched her the tingles on her back came back so she quickly looked away.


~.Hmm I really wanna let me wings out but,I just don't like them..~


She streched her body to get ride of the tingles and it somewhat worked but it still somewhat lingered there down the inside of her shoulder blades.

 

[amdreams]

She wasn't wrong, right?


Rose was more confused than she had ever been in her entire life. And each time she thought about her actions the past few months and Mel's words, she only became more disoriented on where she stood in this.


Mel was human. But she was also a killer. And killers were bad. But Rose had tried to kill her, which would make Rose a killer? But she was only trying to protect everyone, right? She was trying to kill Mel before she could hurt anyone. But who said Mel was going to hurt anyone? Who? Thinking back on it, only Bunny had said so, right? And she was the only one. Lily and Richter only came in later, after being persuaded by the angel. But Mel broke Bunny's arm in that fight. But why did the fight start? There was never really an investigation . . .


UGGHH!!! She just didn't know anymore. Her entire life Rose was taught that bad people were bad and good people were good. And the good guy is always right. She was the good guy. She should always be right. Rose had always been so sure of herself, of her actions, of her morals. But this time, she wasn't. Was she wrong?


Seeing a patch of green out of the corner of her eye, she looked up to see Azure, walking away from her. She raised her hand, ready to call out to him. Surely, Azure would tell her she was right. He was her friend after all, he should be on her side. But then a thought made her stop, words not able to leave her mouth. But what if he doesn't? What if he tells her, she's wrong? No. She didn't want to hear that. She didn't.


Rose let her hand drop to the ground. Her head hurt. She didn't want to think anymore. She just wanted this day to end.This was not a fun birthday.

 

[TenaciousTinkerer]

Maxine was having a bit of fun at Roses's party, not really making a show of herself during the entire event. Just by a group of students when she suddenly heard some yelling. Swiveling her head around to the source of the sound, she saw the girl that had gotten into some trouble a while back, and Rose yelling at each other. The subjects brought up, somewhat annoyed her, someone died? Murderer? What the **** happened while she was still on her own trip?!


This entire situation seemed like a mess, and it wasn't settling well with her at all. Rose ran off after that last vent off from Mel. And with that Maxine followed after Rose, pushing and shoving her way through the crowd with a annoyed mood ringing off in her and didn't want to waste time to get over. Eventually through her shoving she made it over to the other room that Rose ran into, knocking onto the nearest wall to get her attention. "Mind telling me what the **** was that about?"

 

[Yumi Flameheart]

Yumi lay on her bed sleeping as Jigoku hopped off the bed and ran over to the door he jumped at the nob and gripped it with his teeth. He strugled and the door opened he ran out of the dorms and ran out to the entrance of Rose's party he clawed at the door with his size opening this door was going to be a problem. He sat near the door hopeing someone would open it before Yumi wakes up.

 

[amdreams]

Thinking it was too dark to stay outside anymore, Rose made her way inside. She just wanted to get to her room without bumping into anyone and curl up in her bed. Once the day was over, maybe she'd feel better. Think more clearly. Well, that was her plan. Until Maxine blocked her way, slamming her hand onto the wall so hard, the noise made Rose jump.


As she looked up at the dragonshifter's angry face, she was reminded of Mel's and her eyes fell passively to the floor. Did Maxine hate her, too? As the redhead demanded an explanation, Rose didn't really want to tell her. She could lose Maxine as a friend, but worse was that they were roommates. She didn't want to think how that's going to become like if Maxine knew. But, the story would've gotten around eventually anyway, so Rose might as well tell her now. "W-well, that girl . . . When she in that fight a month back. It . . . it wasn't exactly the first one she was in."


Rose then told Maxine the events of everything that happened while Maxine was gone. From Bunny's initial warning going ignored by her to Mel breaking the angel's arm to the first attempt at Mel's life.

 

[amdreams]

Saturday, March 15th (2 days later)

~~~~~ 10:00 AM ~~~~~

​

Rose had seen better days. In fact, she couldn't even think of a time where she was more depressed than she was now. Her birthday was horrible. Mel had pretty much tore her a new one and her talk with Maxine didn't exactly help. But she couldn't deny any of their claims. Maxine was right. Though Rose had good intentions, she went about this entire thing wrong. She should've done her own research. She should've talked to Mel to clear up any misunderstandings. But she didn't. What did she do instead?


She let herself get swept up in an angel's lies. She overstepped her boundaries as student council president. She went against her own kingdom's laws and her principles. She . . . She caused a student's death. His blood was on her hands. She killed him.


This realization practically broke her. Her mind may have crashed. All she wanted was to stay in her room. She didn't want to see or talk to anyone, much less attend classes. Too bad Maxine would have none of that and literally carried the elf to class on Friday. But today was Saturday, so Rose could stay under her covers for as long as she wanted. She just . . . She just wanted to sleep.


(Feel free to come knock on her door, I guess. But make sure there is a legitimate reason why you would know where her room is.)

~~~~~

​

On weekends, Tatiana was in charge of the library. She had always loved libraries. Growing up, she wasn't the most active child. She spent most of her time reading books, either at home or at the library. Delving into the various stories and adventures of all types would momentarily make her forget that she was stuck in a cramped house in the middle of Russia with an irresponsible father who only came home from his journeys of seducing women to drop off yet another child he had helped to create.


Enough with the past. She had a job to do. Waving her riding crop, Tatiana made the last few books fly off the cart and into their places on the shelves before returning to her place at the front desk. And there waited a few students with books they wanted to check out and another stack of books that needed to be put away. Honestly, every time she put one away it was like 2 more appeared in its place.


With a silent sigh, she slipped behind the desk and began working, wondering why so many kids were looking for books on a weekend. It was a good thing, for sure, but a bit odd. She'd have thought they'd be out playing or couped up in their rooms with their electronics.

~~~~~

​

Mel and Vash were in one of the training rooms at Mars Hall, sparring. With Mel relentlessly attacking the boy as he sluggishly blocked and countered. The look on his face made it apparent that he was not enjoying this. "Meeelllllll! I'm hungrrrryyyy!" he whined, throwing a half-assed punch in her direction.


"You just ate an hour ago," she remarked, dodging his punch and kneeing him in the stomach.


"Exactly," he said before doubling over from her attack. It took Vash a bit to catch his breath again and once he did, he dropped to his knees, flailing his arms, almost on the verge of tears. "I'm hungr-" He stopped as he felt his fist collide with something. And looking up, his eyes widened when he saw Mel flying back and falling onto the floor. Oh boy. He was going to be in trouble. "I-I'm sorry, Mel," he shouted frantically, bowing down on all fours and prepared for a scolding.


Instead, he heard something else. "Whatever." He looked up to see Mel getting up, wiping a bit of blood from her mouth. "That's enough anyway. Go get some food or something."


Vash didn't question this in case she decided to change her mind. Instead, the demon ran out of the room faster than Mel had ever seen him go before, making her roll her eyes. The boy really needed to get his priorities in check. He'd probably one day get himself killed over a biscuit.


(Sorry for the long wait, but we've got a new day, so yeah . . . Hopefully, posting cam resume now.)


@Wild Born @Yumi Flameheart

 

[Advent Azure]

"..."


Azure was in line to grab himself some food since there really isn't all that much he'll be doing today. He wanted to spend the day in the training halls trying go learn how to use his new weapon after all. Of course, even he realizes that he'd have to eat up a lot. That one time Skyia forced Azure to eat some meat did give him a craving that he had be neglected to satisfy before he came to Oriens. Not even he realized how good meat was, and eating as he likes.


"Hmm... It still looks like a lot, but I think it'll all be good"


Azure took his tray of assorted foods, mostly fruit and meat, and sat by himself in an open area and began eating.


"Hmm... it took me long enough to learn how to use knives on my own, and I guess from Kylier... it probably can't be that hard to learn something new."


~~~~~


"Captain...ess Vize on Duty, I'll be back then Kylier if I need help."


Vize took off running down the halls trying to see where she could find Azure. Kylier had given her many places where he was likely to go, written down as a top 10 list style. She looked unusually excited, although that might just be her being herself.


"I can't believe Kylier is that sort of person, she really pulled an all-nighter on that, or looks like it, I don't think I've ever seen Kylier so sleepy."


She did her best to fly and glided on through the halls, and upon reaching Azure's room's floor, she dived toward it and busted on in, not breaking the door in the process. Azure learned the best way to deal with being out while having a personal door, is to have it slightly ajar. Upon landing, she span around striking some sort of battle posed, and being somewhat crouched.


"Aha! I'm here, your soul is mine this time Azure, because I take you to another!"


She waited for a good 10 seconds... before realizing that no one responded to her at all, upon which she got confused and looked around.


"Oh... he's not here... NEXT."


Vize went off to explore around to see if she could find Azure

 

[Yumi Flameheart]

Jigoku sniffed the air following the scent of Rose until he got to her door he scratched at it trying to get her attention. Yumie woke up stretching she felt around next to her but Jigoku wasn't were he normally was she shot up from the bed and looked around. "Oh no no no no no!" She repeated to herself. "Oh Jigoku where did you run off to this time!?" She left her dorm in search of Jigoku worried he might get hurt or worse.

 

[Advent Azure]

Vize was watching Azure from just outside main door, peeping on through a crack in harpy form. He was rather easy to spot since he was out in the open.


"He really doesn't eat much does he... Guess he doesn't need that much till his next meals... But... She said he usually does only once a day. How can someone live like that..."


Vize was confusing herself on various trains of thoughts, but more so how as to how to get some way to make him not put up a fuss while she's wisking him away. Paralysis didn't seem to have quite the effect she wanted, even if it was the faster acting of her disabling techniques. she figured making him sleep would be the easiest way this time around. She took the pouch in wing, wondering the best way to secretly get it into his system though.


"Maybe by food? ...Huh... What's that booming..."


Vize felt like she was vibrating on the ground a bit. Weird.


"What do I do about my food troubles...?"

 

[amdreams]

Rose was about to fall asleep when the scratching on her door started. Damn it. It was the weekend. She didn't need to be up today. So who was trying to bother her now? Growing angry, Rose shifted her position, placing her pillow over her head to block out the insistent scratching. "Go away!" she shouted to whatever was on the other side of the door. "Just go away!"


But the scratching didn't cease. Instead, the noises kept persisting until Rose had finally had enough. Throwing her blanket off, the half-elf stamped over to the door, throwing it open while shouting, "What?!" At first, she saw no one there and only grew more frustrated. Was this some sort of prank? She didn't want to deal with this right now. Rose was about to slam the door shut when she finally noticed Jigoku by her feet.


Even though he was just an animal, probably lost and looking for his owner, Rose's mood failed to improve. Instead, she glared at the fox. "Go away," she said. "I'm not your owner."


@Yumi Flameheart


~~~~~


With his goal always in sight, Vash practically tore a path to the cafeteria, leaving behind a trail of dust and some rather confused students who believed either he was chasing someone or someone was chasing him. But even those who tried to stop him and those who tried to stop his imaginary pursuer couldn't stop him as he rammed his way through. Eventually, he made it to the dining hall, bursting through the door as if he was some high baller at a club. "I'm heeeeerrrrreee!!!!"


Grabbing a tray, he slid into line, smiling at the woman behind the counter. "Hi Helen. Imma need you to hook me up please." The woman returned Vash's smile, and already knowing the boy's eating habits, which would probably be hard not to consider how unusual and frequent his meals were, she piled his tray high with various meats, carbs and, well, everything. "Thanks, Helen," he said before turning to search for a free seat.


Spotting a familiar mop of green, Vash slid into the seat next to Azure. "What's up, Mr. Blue-Not-Blue?" His eyes fell to Azure's plate and he immediately frowned. "Dude, what are you? A girl? You need more food."


@Advent Azure


(Sorry for the sucky post.)

 

[Advent Azure]

"... what Blue?"


Azure looked over to see Vash sitting next to him, he a friendly face at least, even if he was a little strange... still


"Everyone keeps saying that... I guess I can kinda understand what you mean coming from you Vash... but... well, I've been working on it more you know..."


It wasn't exactly clear if Azure was referring to him calling him a girl, or if he needed more food...


"Well, what do you think would be a good portion size for me then... you look like you'd call yourself an expert... given how much food you have stacked up there..."


Azure wasn't really sure with how much he thought would be appropriate for him... he thought it might be something silly, but he wondered if he just thought that everyone should eat that much, or if he actually knows his stuff, and is good at judging a good diet for someone... or... maybe is it some sort of racial thing? Now that he thought about it, he never really was around to see Kylier eat... does she eat houses like Vash!? He decided that that would be kinda silly to think so...


~~~~~


Vize woke up... recovering from whatever trampled over here at the end of the hall, blown away from some great force...


"... huh...? Waa! Is it the future already? Er... to much in the future? I mean, is he still there?!"


Vize got up to rush back over to the cafeteria doors to find that Azure was talking with what Kylier described to be Vash...


"Huh... since when does Azure have friends... oh wait... I'm his friend... Ohh.... and I would've gotten away with being that too, if it wasn't for those meddling kids, and their stupid snake stupid snake... this time I'll... its gonna be a while with the 'belly demon' she told me about... aww... I was gonna put it in his food too... how am I supposed to lure him away with them both going to chow away forever!"

 

[Yumi Flameheart]

Jigoku just gave a little yip and ran around Rose going into her room he rolled around on the floor before rubbing against Rose's legs.

 

[amdreams]

Vash gave Azure a puzzled look as the boy asked him for a more appropriate serving size. Vash looked at his plate and then back at Azure. "This much?" Vash wasn't exactly sure how much people were supposed to eat. Vash himself had been able to live off of less than even what was on Azure's plate before. But in those days, he was always hungry. His tummy had always hurt so badly and there were times he had even passed out. So, it was possible to live off of a little, though it wasn't good. In Vash's head, a lot was a good thing. And more was better.


Yes. More was better. Poor Azure didn't seem to know that, so it was Vash's job to share his immense wisdom with this pitiful soul. Taking about a third of his own tray, Vash pushed it over to Azure. "There you go. You're welcome." He smiled proudly before turning to eat his own meal. Stuffing his face, Vash tried to speak through a mouth of bread and meat. "So, like I said before, what's up?"


@Yumi Flameheart

~~~~~

​

Rose's frown deepened as Jigoku invited himself into her room. God, she hated dogs and thought this thing was a fox, it was exhibiting a lot of dog-like behavior. Peeking out in the hall, Rose looked for any sign of his owner, but the redhead was nowhere in sight. The thing probably ran away from its owner. Geez. Maybe she should suggest a leash law here at Oriens. Couldn't just have a bunch of animals run around the school all willy nilly. Priens had enough of that already and those were actual students.


But first, she'd need to return this thing back to its owner, didn't she? Rose sighed before slipping on a pair of jeans and a light sweater. She really didn't want to do things today. "Come on," she said to Jigoku, motioning toward the door. "We need to find your owner."


Once both were outside, Rose closed the door to her room, making sure to lock it behind her. She then proceeded down the hall. This was going to be difficult, as she didn't have the girl's full name, just the first one. And as she was new, no one would really know Yumi, so asking wasn't an option. Though, Azure knew her. Maybe he'd know where she was. But where to find that boy?

 

[Advent Azure]

"..."


Azure wasn't sure if he exactly could tell what to make of it, but he didn't think see it as a gesture of knowing how much food he should have. Still, at least he didn't unload absolutely everything. He wasn't sure if Vash's tastes would suit his own, although there were still some things he saw in it that was good.


"Well... thanks..."


-I guess its the thought that counts-


"Well... I guess besides making new weapons and things... I've been trying to think over something... something kinda big that happened between Rose and Mel during that party... I don't know if you listening since you were at the buffet... but it kinda made unsure of Rose as a person... I know she's nice and tries to be good... If you could say that... but I don't think she should of said everything she did to Mel, or really talked to her in the first place. All of that sounded like she was just enforcing her ideals about what is right and whatever... but... I just don't agree with Rose at all... I don't really think she understands her at all... Even though I think she thinks she does... Not that I really know either... but I don't know... I think she's looking at Mel way too black and white about everything... And it's left me with mixed feelings."


Azure was looking down rather confused... he still thought of her as a friend, but this was something kinda... iffy...


~~~~~


"Hmm... Aha! An idea!"


Vize pulled out Kylier's familiar!


"I'm glad she lent this to me, its small enough that it should go unnoticed... and with a food pile that big, it'll be able to sneak itself on in there and deliver the sleeping drug, while unaffected by it itself!"


She pulled her familiar out of her bag, it opening its eyes looking rather unamused of being in there in the first place, as it blinked somehow threateningly.


"Okay now toadie, I need you to bring just a little of the powder here to Azure... the greenie beanie in the cafeteria if that makes sense..."


She held out her pouch full of the sleeping drug toward the frog, with a big frozen open smile at it... but... it didn't really do much... and leaned closer, shaking it toward it. It still stood there, not giving two damns about anything... She pressed it against its body, and then put the open part of the bag to the inside of its mouth, leaning closer still. Suddenly, it took in everything like a vacuum, surprising Vize as she freaked out.


"Ah! No, not all of it, give it back!"


She grabbed the frog trying to make it spew it back out, but it burped a bit of it into her face, detoxifying herself with a huge concentration of sleeping powder...


-Ugh... no... what is this... I'm...-


She began already doing her technique to purify her body with her silver wind, and managed to purge a lot of the drug out of her system, but before she could fully cure herself, the drug had already taken its toll on her at an astonishingly fast pace, and collapsed in a light sleep.


"....nnnn.....nnnnng.....nnnoooo..."


Although she was shocked and not happy with what had occurred, she already set off into sweet dreams, and wouldn't wake before long. The frog, gone from Vize's side... who knows where it could be...

 

[Yumi Flameheart]

Yumi ran around the school shouting for Jigoku she was scared the last time Jigoku left her sights he was attacked by demon hunters and she almost lost him. "Oh Jigoku what could you be getting yourself into!?" She was getting very scared and was beginning to suspect the worse. But as she turned the corner she bumped into someone she was not thinking when it happened so she fell back


on her but. "Ow what the heck was tha-" She stopped as she looked up and saw Rose holding Jigoku she stood up with a wide smile and took Jigoku. "JIGOKU oh don't scare me like that I thought the big bad demon hunters got you mommy missed you yes see did!" Yumi had a bad habit of baby talking Jigoku when she finds him when he leaves her sights sometimes.

 

[amdreams]

Vash cocked his head to the side as Azure spoke, frowning as though something about what the boy said rubbed him the wrong way. "But . . . you're her friend. Right?"


"Friends need to stick together and help each other when they feel bad. So you shouldn't talk bad about her like that. Especially to random people. I don't like Rose. She made Mel sad. And I will say it again and again to anyone who wants to hear. But I'm not her friend. You are."


He turned to face forward, deciding to focus more on his food. All he could think was that Azure was lucky Mel wasn't around to hear that. From what he heard, Azure went through a bit of trouble trying to gain Mel's forgiveness from before and if she had heard what he said, he would've been back on her "**** off" list.


"And as her friend, you can't be all wishy-washy about her like this. You should be with her, trying to cheer her up. Because she was yelled at, too, so she must be sad. And if you're not going to believe in her, then you're a bad person." After saying this, Vash stood up and taking his tray, he left for another table. For some reason, something there was making him lose his appetite.


~~~~~


Rose was about to turn a corner when someone ran into her, sending her back a bit but not enough to actually fall. Watching the reunion between pet and owner, Rose raised an eyebrow. Demon hunters? The last known demon hunters died out centuries ago. And for good reason, with an actual kingdom of them, having someone who hunted demons exclusively would've been a rather serious political problem. It'd probably be considered genocide.


Well, anyway, the girl's pet was now with its owner so rose's work was done. Crossing her arms, she gave Yumi a stern look. "For future reference, you cannot allow your pet to roam the school on its own like that. It's a disturbance to the other students and if you can't keep it under control, there will be consequences. It'll either be sent to the kennels or sent to your home."


Now that it was over, Rose felt like going back to her room when her stomach began rumbling. A quick bite in the cafeteria couldn't hurt, right? After making sure, Jigoku was safe with Yumi, Rose turned and started her way to the dining hall. After a snack, she would go back to her room and just sleep. That's all she wanted to do right now.


@Yumi Flameheart

 

[Advent Azure]

"......."


Azure looked up as if he made up his mind and looked over to Vash


"Your right, I am her friend and that's probably exactly what she needs now... I really am an idiot I should of been there for her when she needed it the most. She's been good to me, and I can't just turn my back on her like that. I'm sorry Vash, but thanks for your advice, I'll talk to her after I eat. By the way, I don't think you count as a random person to me anymore. See Ya though."


Azure decided that the most adventurous thing to do would be to reach in and grab whatever her found. Vash couldn't have that poor taste in food since he eats so much and looks healthy. When he pulled back his hand, he grabbed what looked like a frog burger... Neat. It looked really nice looking too with attention to detail... When it comes to burgers... Which there isn't any ever, it looked special and tried to bite into it... And got his teeth stuck in it...??


"...!??! Mmmmph?!"


Azure felt what seemed like something being sprayed inside him, immediately got up, and tried to force his teeth off the clay, tearing himself off it after a few seconds and took it by the body as it sprayed more of the stuff at him.


"What the hell is this thing?! Agh Stop!!"


Azure chucked the living hell out of the thing, sending it flying away elsewhere.


"Get the hell out of here you frog!!"


Azure sighed and he looked around. To on lookers, it must of looked pretty funny or silly, since that scene got a few stares his way he noticed. He wanted to question why Vash had that in there... Even though Kylier's frog wiggled it's way in there while Vash and Azure were talking, and thus, wasn't Vash's fault.


"Ugh... Vash what the hell was that... That thing was......... Ugh....."


Azure felt increasingly unsteady all of a sudden, and his vision grew blurry, and had some sort of heavy motion blur...


"Ahhh.... What's... Going on.... My body... I can't.... Feel it.... I can't..... See...??"


He looked down at his own hands, palms open toward him, but his gradually wreaking senses were failing him... And felt heavy, and put an arm into the table to support himself, hunched over with his other arm on his leg as well... And after about 10 seconds, feel over onto side like a dead weight still breathing.

 

[Yumi Flameheart]

Yumi placed Jigoku on her shoulder and ran after Rose. "I'm so very sorry for the trouble I caused thank you so much for taking care of Jigoku...." She paused and thought about it to her knowledge Jigoku was not one to allow others to hold him sure he was playful but as long as she has been with Jigoku no one else has been able to carry him without walking away with bite marks. "Say Rose are you by any chance good with stuff like Jigoku he seems to be quite found of you. And to my surprise he didn't seem to have any disagreement with being picked up." Yumi's interest was being raised by the second.

 

[amdreams]

Rose turned back for a bit when Yumi asked if she was good with Jigoku. Glancing down at the fox, she grimaced, rubbing her arm before speaking. "Truth be told, I don't really like demons. And I hate dogs, all canines really. So Jigoku, who's both, well . . . " Her voice trailed off there for a while, unsure of how to tell a girl that she hated her pet. " . . . No. I'm not good with things like him," she finally managed to say after a few more seconds of awkward silence. "Yeah . . . I'm going to go get something to eat now . . . "


She then turned back and made her way to the cafeteria. Once she entered the crowded room, she shrunk back. No one was really looking at her but she still felt overly self-conscious, unsure of where to turn or who to go to. Maybe she should just go back to her room. There were some snacks there, so she wouldn't starve at least. Yeah, she should probably just go back.


But just as she was about to leave, something unsettling caught her eye. Azure was there, biting into a . . . frog? before passing out. "Azure?!" She rushed to him, skidding to a stop just as he knocked out. "Azure? Azure?!" She took him by the shoulders and shook him hard. But he wasn't waking up. Whether this was from exhaustion, malnutrition or something worse, this was not good. Rose began to panic. This might not have been a big deal on a regular day for a regular guy. But this was Azure. This boy had died before. Could something have been wrong with the resurrection spell after all? Was his body remembering the trauma of what had happened on the plane? Rose looked up and pointed to 2 random people. "You and you. Help me get him to the infirmary. Everyone else, make a path for us."


The students did as she said and they were in the infirmary pretty soon. Azure was placed on a bed to be examined by one of the staff. Rose sat in a nearby chair, rocking back and forth. Dear God, why didn't she ever ask for Skyia's phone number? Did Skyia even have a phone? Why didn't she ever ask if Skyia had a phone? Please be nothing major. Please be nothing major.


@Yumi Flameheart (If you're not sure what to do, I think it'd be okay for Yumi to come to the infirmary. As long as she doesn't get too nosy.)

 

[Advent Azure]

".....z........ Ohhhhh....... Ohhhh...."


Vize was slowly getting off the ground as what little of the drug was in her system was purged naturally, and her natural regeneration. However as she woke, some commotion was going on and got up and..... Was that Azure being taken away by Rose......


"Uh oh..... I'm in trouble..."


She ran off in a panic after she was gone to Kylier. This was bad... Like... Bad like nothing she'd ever knew was possible. She had no idea what would happen...


"Kylier!!!"


Vize busted into the room she was, but she was collapsed at a desk in a chair sleeping... That was a first, she quickly woke up however.


"Vize? What is it, it sounds as though something is wrong. Do not tell me you messed up big time..."


"Uh... Does Azure being knocked out and taken by Rose to the medical room place count as bad?"


She put her hand to her forehead in disgust... She really needed Azure to do a practice test on these machines now that they were approved...


"How do you plan to make up for this Vize..."


"By being the bestest friend I can be of course! So please forgive me....."


She sighed at her... That was all she had to say...?


"No good... I'll have to go do something now because of you..."


"It wasn't me! Your frog attacked me and."


"Enough!!! You've done enough already... I need to ready myself..."


Kylier dressed herself casually and made herself look more presentable than how she was when Vize came in to see her. Sometime later, Kylier came in to the infirmary, and looked at Rose, she didn't look like she was handling this well at all, and put a hand on her shoulder.


"So tell me Rose... What has my brother done to be sent to this place.. You don't look well, and appear like you know something..."


Vize was hanging out just outside... She was told not to go inside... So that she wouldn't mess anything up at all...

 

[Yumi Flameheart]

Yumi sat in a chair in the infirmary with her foot against the wall rocking herself in the chair. Jigoku was in her lap sleeping she petted him and thought. She's not good with demons or dogs and yet Jigoku is drawn to her why. She thought about thinking of every possibility when the most likely one hit her. She smiled as she whispered to herself. "You must think she's strong." Jigoku and her always loved seeking a challenge and Jigoku must think Rose is one Yumi was getting really excited. So much she accidently tipped her chair to far and fell over hitting her head. "Ow." She let out in a hushed voice.

 

[amdreams]

(@Yumi Flameheart I find Jigoku's opinion so funny in an ironic way, considering that Rose is currently my weakest character of the three being used, both physically and emotionally, and 3rd weakest out of all the characters I have planned for Oriens so far.)


Rose

Location: Infirmary


Rose glanced up at Kylier who was asking about Azure now. She hesitated at first to tell the pink haired girl about his condition. Since Rose really didn't know this girl. But she remembered seeing Kylier leave Azure's room once, granted he was unconscious at the time but still. To be able to go in and out of his room so easily, she must've been a close friend of his, right? It couldn't hurt to tell her.


"Well . . . the truth is, I don't know. He just fainted in the cafeteria. I don't know if it was something he ate or if he was attacked but . . . I guess I'm just worried he might not wake up." She intentionally left out why she was so worried since that would mean telling someone about how Azure had died before. And even if it was just to one person, secrets are harder to keep the more people know.




Vash and Mel

Location: Infirmary


"Mel, I don't wanna go to the nurse. Some of them are really scarrryyyyy! Can't you just fix me up?" Vash whined, being pulled by the ear by Mel toward the infirmary. Blood trickled down his face from a deep looking cut on his forehead and his arm seemed to be wounded as well. A trail of red droplets followed the two into the white room.


Glaring at him, she pulled harder on his ear in response to his question. "Even if I knew how to patch you up, I refuse to waste my time for your stupidity. What were you thinking?! Dumpsterdiving out a 4th story window! Just because some idiots bet you 20 dollars!"


"But I won, didn't I?" he said, grinning like the idiot he was.


Mel narrowed her eyes at him. "I don't care if you actually need one but I'm going to ask them to find the biggest needle they can and inject you with whatever they grab first out of the cabinet."


Vash's eyes widened and he began to flail his arms. "Nooo!" he screamed, apparently unaware that, physically, he was much stronger than Mel and could easily break out of her grip.


Walking toward the back, Mel caught site of Rose and after glaring at the girl, turned away to ignore her. Her plan though was interrupted when Vash saw Azure lying in a bed. "Azure?" He pulled forward, forcing Mel to let go of him or risk falling, and rushed over to the bedside.


Huh? Why is Azure sleeping here? There were people watching him here. Wierd. Was he some sort of pervert? Did he get off on this sort of thing? Or maybe he can't sleep without people watching him? That sounded like a thing. Like nightlights or placing fetal skulls under your pillow at night to ward off pedophiles. He was about to ask what happened when he saw Rose. He really didn't want to talk to her but if she could ans-


Gasp! Vash stepped back, and pointed at Kylier. "Pedo Kiki?!"