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Oriens Academy [Phoenix Game]

Lily simply stared at the strange man sitting just outside her door for a couple of seconds before picking up the note.


"Well, looks like I won't have to ask. She'll be handing me the position. That's good at least."





"Yeah, well, I have schematics but I didn't have enough time to pick up or assemble the parts." Said Lily, casually stepping outside and heading towards the student council room.


"I need to go see Rose this morning, Anya, so I may not have time to eat with you. You should go pick something up yourself."
 
"I'll look forward to seeing them." Richter called, heading to class.


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"O-okay." Anya said, taking a few tentative steps back. Mentally preparing herself for time without Lily, she walked down the hall, making her way to the cafeteria. She wondered what she should eat this morning. Probably nothing with meat; the scent had been making her nervous since last night.
 
Kylier had already made her way into class long before, she was awaited for her to at the very least make an appearance in class... but until then, she was sitting at her desk with her homework completed... of course she would have simply stolen Azure's craft to turn it in, but it was already seen by a few others, and thus, could vouch for Azure that Kylier had stolen it from Azure... A minor set back, but nonetheless manageable.


-Soon enough, they will come... at least one of them is likely to show up...-
 
Lily separated from Anya and headed over to the council room. She didn't really care to be away from the Neko so long as there was a serial killer stalking the halls, but Mel apparently didn't go specifically for children. Lily would just have to trust that if she was going to make any progress.


She knocked on the council door before letting herself in. Rose was there, of course, but there was also a new guy.


"What's new guy doing here? I thought it was just going to be Rose and I... puts a bit of a damper on the situation."
 
Orion laughed aloud


"Not at all. I just never had a younger sibling or someone to have fun with, and I figured you would enjoy that...I use to make one of myself but that was for training purposes, and it's too exhausting to try to give a flame free-will"





He pulls out a chair and gets comfortable


 
Seeing Lily let herself in, Rose waved to the alraune. "Good morning, Lily. I'm sorry I called you in on short notice. I just had something I needed to ask you. But first . . . " She stepped aside to give Lily a better view of Bolt. "Lily, this is Bolt. He just arrived at Oriens yesterday. And he . . . has offered to become the student council secretary."


"Which brings me to what Iwanted to ask you." Rose looked to the floor for a bit, her lips pulled into a thin line. She really didn't like to think about Blaire. About the argument they had yesterday. About how Blaire left for the castle, for good this time, leaving her alone yet again. "My sister left Oriens yesterday . . . Permanently. Leaving the position of vice president behind. Not that she really did much. I've been meaning to replace her for a while now. With someone I can actually depend on."


Her green eyes lifted from the floor to Lily. "So, I wanted to ask if you'd like to be vice president. You've done a lot for the school. I remember you used t be the head of the disciplinary committee, right? And you've done a lot for me as well. Inviting me to a sleepover, helping me during the camping trip and taking care of the Bunny incident. So . . . what do you say? Should I give you a key to the student council room?"


~~~~~


Vash bounced into the classroom, his homework in a bag at his side. It was rather simple but suited him. And he didn't need help from Mel like Riff did with his homework, something he had fun gloating about last night. Though a quick hit to the head from Mel cut his fun short. Still, he was happy. Spotting Kylier in the classroom, he waved to her. "Hi Pedo Kiki."


Compared to Vash, RIff's entrance was more unnoticeable, walking in like a normal person would and heading to the back of the classroom. He had noticed Kylier as well but didn't choose to acknowledge her, only stifling a laugh when Vash called her a pedophile. He almost felt sorry for the girl. Once Vash had an idea in his head, it would take nothing less than a miracle to change his mind. No matter how wrong he is.


Riff sat himself in a seat in the back and Vash plopped down right next to him. He didn't want to sit next to a pedophile after all.
 
"..."


Kylier choose not to respond, there was no point in speaking someone as simple minded as Vash as that would lead to only the most off of topics... she wondered why Mel would have a servant such as him, there must be a reason, as it otherwise seems less than ideal...


"Pedo Kiki?"


Azure walked in wondering who would that be, he looked around, but he didn't know anyone by the name of Kiki...


"Who's Pedo Kiki...?"


Kylier didn't give so much as a hint or reaction to the name, as if the title belonged to someone else... ignoring Azure and Vash's words entirely
 
With Azure asking who "Pedo Kiki" was, Vash pointed to Kylier. "Pedo Kiki is Pedo Kiki." Vash stared intently at the green-haired boy for a bit before blurting out, "I have no idea who you are."


This earned him an elbow to the side from Riff. "Idiot," he muttered. "I told you last ni-" "Oh! The guy we need to give the knives t-OW!" Riff jabbed him again. "Vous avez le QI d'une durée de cinq ans. Taire imbécile." Though it was a whisper, it was enough to get Vash to shut up and sit down. After all, Riff only resorted to French when he was really serious, further evident by the glare he was sending the white-haired boy's way.
 
Bolt shrugged as Rose asked if he got enough sleep. Of course he wasn't going to explain his situation to her, at least not right away... His pride prevented that.


"... Just not so much of a morning person." He offered, raising an eyebrow as another girl let herself in. Must be the Vice President that Rose went and found. Much to his own glee at having deduced right, and after waving at his quick introduction while offering her a winning smile, he listened as Rose began to speak with the girl, named Lily. As Rose spoke, it seemed like Bolt had missed a couple pieces of key information. Rose had a sister that has left Oriens, permanently? Hmm. Seems strange. And it seems like Lily and Rose are pretty close. Good for them, Rose knew she could count on Lily.


"If you don't join, you'll miss out on all the fun we're having already." He offered with a sarcastic grin, sliding his left hand into the pocket of his uniform pants as he strolled over to the desk covered in stacks of paper, eyeing them up and beginning to plot on how to best proceed.
 
"Good morning early birds." Richter said, entering the class, putting down his trunk and cane. He reached into an oversized cardboard box and pulled out a ballistics gel torso, the synthetic bones visible through the material. He walked around class, slapping them down onto each desk. "My this will be a fun lesson. By the way, the winner gets that." he pointed to a wardrobe sitting at the front of the class.


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Anya stared down at her half-eaten oatmeal, scratching her shoulder. Something felt strange about... the texture, the warmth. It grew clear to her that Lily wasn't going to be on time for breakfast. She got up, resigning herself to class.


Upon arriving, the color drained from her face as she discovered human torsos. Torsos everywhere. Forcing herself not to whimper, she went to the far corner of the class, staring wide eyed at the whiteboard.
 
-Uh.....-


Azure looked at what Richter put down, and wasn't to sure exactly what was going on...


"So... what is today's lesson..... exactly...?"


This didn't appear to be relevant to what was assigned yesterday... he wasn't to sure what to think about it


-...-
 
"Weren't you paying attention? I said the device or technique you come up with must be capable of piercing a human sternum. This is a very good replica of a human sternum" he said, grabbing one by the front. "I hope you made something good. The sternum is extremely strong; you can't simply crush it with your bare hands like I would."
 
Lily waved amicably as Rose introduced... Bolt? Was that a name? Well it didn't matter too much to Lily- she just had to be nice, which was becoming much easier for her than it used to be. It was no surprise that the lazy sister had left after doing absolutely nothing for the student council ever. Lily supposed that was why Rose offered the position without coercion, which only worked out well for Lily.


It had been a while since anyone had brought up her involvement in the disciplinary committee, so that surprised her a bit, but since Rose was council president it really shouldn't have.


On paper, at least, her record as the top disciplinarian would seem not only clean but quite impressive. The reality of bullying, rules abuse, and outright bribery and coercion was cleanly swept under the rug as part of her terms for leaving Eric and his goons alone. On paper, it looked like she left to concentrate on her studies.


Of course, when reality and paper clash reality usually wins out. She would have to address those 'problems' soon.


Lily smiled as Bolt made a sarcastic crack about paperwork. A thousand references to Office Space flooded Lily's mind- none of which anybody but she would get.


"Of course I'll help, I can negotiate documents like nobody else. I'm related to half these piles anyways."


Lily extended a hand to Rose and a vine to Bolt.


"Let's do our best together, alright?"
 
"Ah....."


Azure looked at the torso, then back to Richter


"Is it alright if I place this on the floor to test what I made... or does it have to be on the desk?"


Kylier looked over at Azure, he certainly seemed sure of himself. All that she had to show for her efforts, was a dagger, where the blade of it was replaced with a stake. It certainly would improve usability, but its definitely not as fancy as Azure's weapon
 
"Either works. Just remember, you only get an A for getting it in on one go." he replied, slapping a torso down in front of Anya. The cat was left entirely confused. Lily would have known what to do. Which was good because she forgot to do her homework.
 
Victor walked into the class with the steak with a iron brass bottom fitting with Jayus following him carrying a rifle of sorts that was fitted with a large pipe replacing the barrel, and was big enough to fit in the steak size with the brass fitting nice and snug. A piece of wood to use as a forearm so it wouldn't jerk all over the place when it fired, and it was using the body of a old rifle, bleached down from its original color. It wasn't the prettyist thing, nor the most effective, but he thought it was pretty good for a one day project, aside from the fact what he had to use for the barrel. It was a pretty crappy barrel being honest, found just lying around near a dumpster out on a school alleyway


Hopefully it wouldn't blow up on him by a weakened side on the barrel, or a excess amount of powder. Now that would be terrible for wood shrapnel and metal bits flying everywhere now wouldn't it?


He set up onto a table with a torso, which seemed to be a very good replication of a human torso in Victors perceptions, and began to prep up the steak. Jayus set down the rifle onto the table, and victor coming over to load the brass bottom covered steak.


In the middle of prepping it though, he looked over to the Vampire and asked. " Mr. Richter, should i have this set up in some sort of corner just in case there's the chance that this rifle explodes? Or if allowed, Jayus could make a blast shield, If there happens to be enough rock under this room I mean. I couldn't exactly find the best barrel for this contraption. "


( i'm not too confident in this post, sorry if it seems like crap. )
 
"Set it up wherever you'd like, but don't alter my classroom." Richter stated, placing it in front of them. "Also, I appreciate the work you put in, but there's an easier solution here."


He reached into his trunk, pulling out the sawed-off. "This is an old favorite handload. Anyone with a basic understanding of ammunition can load a 12-gauge shell with almost anything." he presented what appeared to be a stake with a shotgun shell fitted on the rear end. He loaded it into a barrel, twirling it around. "Much easier than jury-rigging something liable to explode. Keep this in mind for your next project."


With that, he slipped the gun back into the trunk.
 
"Right..."


-I got this...-


Azure picked up the ballistics gel, and was surprised to see that it was heavier than he though. Even so, he carried it over to an empty part of the class room, and backed up from where he had put it.


-Time to put this to the test...-


Azure took his spear off his belt loop, and swung it, there were no students were he was, so there was zero chance of any reckless behavior or anyone getting caught but his swing. As it was in motion, he switched it to extend to its full reach, stopping short of where the gel is. If Azure were more of a spear user, he probably would of added some amount of style to this, but he only gets one shot at this, and rather not make a mistake since this weapon type isn't his specialty.


Azure held the weapon closer to the base, and jumped up toward it. As he fell, he thrust his arms down along with the spear, to give it even greater potency. It dove into the gel with little resistance with how much power and strength he put into the weapon. It helped that spears were by design, the best type of close range melee weapon for doing any sort of piercing attack. You might say that axe would do better, but it cleaves through what it cuts, and is met with even more resistance, spears were about devastating a single point, and thus, delivered the most focused damage.


It keep going through the gel, until he reached the bone part, and it gave a satisfying snap, signaling to Azure that he had managed to complete his task. It continued going on through until it reached through to the other side, which was when he heard another snap... He figured he broke the tile... maybe giving it all he had was a little excessive...


"Er... how was that Mr. Richter?"





He hoped he wouldn't get in trouble for the small amount of damage that occured... but the tile could be easily replaced... right?
 
"Class didn't start yet." Richter stated, walking towards the torso. He grabbed the spear, and hefted the torso up on it, revealing his thankfully unblemished floor. "Well, the force of it pushed these two ribs in front apart; see how one dislocated from the sternum proper? And it actually lodged in a rib in the back. You got some power. But that jump cost you accuracy; you're several inches below and to the side of where the heart should be. While that would be fatal for you, even a young vampire might shrug that off."


He nodded for a moment. "Additionally, you needed him on the ground, which would suggest this is a situational weapon. Am I correct in assuming that, were you to use it on someone standing, you couldn't kill in one thrust?"
 
" Well of course, I forgot to ask if i could even do that. Thank you for the input though I was originally going to do that with one of my handguns, or my rifle. But I forgot to ask, and since it was already getting late, i never was able to ask. So i went with the safe solution at the time which ended up now as the not so safe solution. Ill set up over in the corner then, where the least possible damage could happen in such a event. By the way, very nice shotgun. you have there. "


Jayus grabbed the rifle, and Victor took out a small can of gunpowder. and moved it to the other side of the room. To the most isolated part where they could. And continued to load it up. Shouldn't take too much longer. Just trying to measure out the right amount of powder to put into the shell. It couldn't go overkill, that would just cause the barrel to explode, or the steak to completely shred apart on exit, but it needed to be enough to pierce right through. Jayus went back and got the torso came back and set it up on the end near the wall.


Soon enough it was ready to go. " Ready to go Mr Richter, let me know when i have permission to fire. "


( Should i roll if it enters or not? Just to make it a bit more random then my biased perspective. Like, 1-6, getting better the higher it is. )
 
"Eh, might as well get them out of the way early. Ready when you are." Richter said, standing between the gun and the students.


(roll 1-6. 4 to hit, 6 to pierce the heart. 1 blows up.)
 
Victor readied his aim, aimed, took a breath in. Now hopefully this wouldn't go bad. Just in case, Jayus stood on the side of the rifle covering his eye, he could take most of the shrapnel towards the other students just in case it did blow up, his rock body could easily take pieces of wood. As long as they weren't moving fast enough to pierce his armor, and rock body of course. So he aimed, pressed down onto the trigger, and fired.
 
"Well, at least you hit it." Richter examined the dummy. "In the stomach, at least. Not very accurate, is it? Accuracy is important here. The heart is the size of your fist; you need accuracy at range if you want to make the shot. But hey, at least you didn't blow up. Maybe the vampire would take pity, and kill you quickly."


"I doubt you'd have time for a second reload." he continued. "Unless a firearm is specialized like these, or can cause massive bodily damage, you're not going to slow a vampire down in combat. Small arms, like the handgun and rifle you mentioned earlier, would do next to nothing. Even if they hit the heart, the bullets aren't large enough to properly destroy it. That's one of the reasons stakes are so common; they're large enough to leave the organ a pulpy mess. This ensures death."
 
"......."


Azure realized that he sorta became blinded in what he thought was going to be the perfect weapon, perfect target, and perfect execution...


"I... but... you said to go through the sternum....... I... mistook this as just a normal target... and wasn't aiming for the heart..."


Azure was ashamed... he wasn't at all about power he never was... he was always about accuracy... his dealings with Kylier should have though him better, that there is no point in doing any effort, if it won't even accomplish anything at all..... he realized... that he was a fool...


Azure had to think fast, to at least save some face and his reasoning


"Well... you said that a vampire could easily beat a human... so... having this or not wouldn't make much a difference... so I shouldn't fight one alone........ so I would have to wait for the perfect opportunity. Since we are doing this on stationary bodies... you were training us for a situation moment where we would do this right?"


That is when Azure had a realization, this test was somewhat flawed!!! Somewhat... this wasn't about how to fight vampires, it was only about how to kill vampires... if they truly were better, Azure, or really any non-vampire wouldn't stand a chance on their own, anyone who managed to... is a bad vampire...


"Wait... but... your teaching us how to take advantage of an ideal situation... but not how to get to that point....."


Azure looked down at the floor...


"Are you... really trying to teach us how to fight, win... and kill a vampire alone...?"





Kylier couldn't help but laugh a little, she of course already realized this some time ago when he placed these ballistic gels on the tables, of course it would only apply to an ideal situation, it didn't matter if it was on the desk or not





"Heh..."


The only difference between her and Azure though, was that even if she failed, she could always try again, she could hide the truth, until he obtained the desired result, and it would appear as though she had done it in one blow... The problem was that she learned the teacher was much sharper than he appeared... she was certain that he would be able to notice at least something was off...
 
"What's the point of getting to a kill if you can't do it in the first place?" Richter snapped. "And yes. I am teaching you how to kill vampires, as I established yesterday, and I wanted to see what you lot came up with to do it. Infiltrating their nests has many variables, but the kill is simple. Almost easy. That's why it's lesson one; you just need a weapon that can kill them. But because of the high variance of species in a single class, I left it up to you to do something based on your skills, abilities, and personal strengths, to ensure your own survival. Victor, also a human, at least had the sense to make a ranged weapon. It's not a very good ranged weapon, but he can't get his arms ripped off from twenty feet away. All this spear shows me was that even if you found a vampire sleeping in his coffin, you're still working on a coin flip."
 
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