Oriens Academy [Phoenix Game]

[Advent Azure]

Azure looked over at Vash... maybe seeming him being less than a black hole for food made looking at him more bearable...


"Ya know what... you're right Vash..... I didn't school life would change me this much..."


Azure's body has gotten used to not needing to eat for long periods of times... so much so... that its affected his metabolism... as well as his growth... although luckily, it didn't result in him being child size. Kylier would be partly to blame for is poor eating habits... if only because it lead to his family forcing him to skip out on meals... He's been so focused bettering himself and..... well lazing about without risk of punishment for the first time of his life...


-I really want to forget those days... but I shouldn't... its still apart of who I am-


"Honestly Vash... I should know that better than anyone... guess my sister is right about me..."


He got himself what would serve him as a competent meal... of course it is no match for Vash's gut..... but not really even for a normal guy as well...


"This might sound a little silly... but I'm not really used to just helping myself to whatever I want... that's sorta my reason for being so small..."

 

[Parsnip]

With a sheepish mumble of, "Thanks, I'll do that.", Curtis shuffled carefully out of the shop room, making sure to lock the door without accidentally destroying the keys. "Just, uh, close it when you're done, I guess." he said before jogging back to the custodial closet, where he found Tevye once again reading the newspaper.


"Uh, here's your keys, sir." Curtis said as he placed the keyring on the little desk


"Yeah, yeah, that's great, kid. Don't let the door hit you on the way out."


With that, Curtis began walking back towards the dorms.

 

[CSA]

"Oh, how precious she is!" Thought Lily, as Anya answered her politely before jumping up on her. Lily returned her affections with a hug of her own as the child laughed joyously. Such divine laughter made it easy to forget all the other nasty things that were happening around here.


"It is fun, Anya. Hm... how about you go be a cute little fairy?" Asked Lily, setting Anya down and petting her on the back. As Anya went off to change, Bunny came out of the closet and Lily immediately took a picture.


"The sailor uniform is a little plain on its own compared to the other costumes, but it's obviously too big for her and the way it kinda drapes makes it really cute. It also makes me feel like I've won against her in some way."





"Oh, that's just too cute Bunny. Has anyone ever told you how adorable you are?" Asked Lily, slithering into her closet and coming out dressed in a fairly traditional-looking general's uniform.


"Bunny really has a lot of potential. I'd really like to dress her up in all sorts of things- not just costumes. I bet if she wore something nice, her confidence level would get a boost."





Not that Lily really cared about her confidence, however. She just wanted to make Bunny wear a lot more stuff and take cute pictures.

 

[Croissant]

Elaem

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Elaem looked at the bottle and shrugged, he got his dollar back and the woman looked at him oddly for even giving her he felt slightly embarrassed but didn't really care, he stood and drank water and Vash started complaining about them not eating, he ignored him due to him already have eaten but then sighed and got some food. He sat next to them and ate his sandwich, bored out of his mind currently but he was feeling a dark presence.


"--Something is going to happen..--" he thought

 

[amdreams]

"Okay . . . ?" Rose watched as Curtis left, wondering why he did it. She could've helped him find someone to fix his floor. She shrugged it off as the boy did seem rather . . . shy or perhaps awkward would describe him better. Either way, she couldn't hold it against him, especially given that he was pretty much a stranger. He had no obligation to stay with her.


She left the room as well, making sure to lock it with her own key. The half-elf first dropped by the main office, dropping a request for someone to go to Curtis' room to fix his floor. It should be fixed by today since there were no classes to keep them busy.


And now with that out of the way, Rose decided to patrol the hallways once again. She still need to deal with this Mel situation and the first thing she had to do was find someone involved to warn them. The girl didn't seem happy when Rose saw her and it was highly possible that something would happen today.


(Please note that the person fixing Curtis' floor will be an NPC, so feel free to do whatever.)


~~~~~


As much as he had taken, Vash was soon finished with his meal in a bit over half an hour. Patting his stomach, there was an immensely satisfied look on his face. There. That should last him like . . . 3 hours before he'd get hungry again. This of course, not really taking into account all the snacks he'd gobble down until then.


Not really paying attention, Vash barely heard Azure speaking back to him, though he did hear how Azure mentioned his sister and knowing something rather well. And, not surprisingly, he was a bit confused. "Huh? What are you talking about?"


~~~~~


Bunny was stunned for a moment by a small flash, but soon recovered from Lily's camera. As Lily called her cute, BUnny immediately looked to the floor, tugging on a strand of hair that made the bow on her head twitch a bit. She had been called cute before. Living as long as she had, there were very few things she hadn't experienced yet. Still, being complimented was nice. "Um . . . t-thank you, Lily."


She looked up at Lily's general's uniform. Oddly, it really suited the alraune, though Bunny couldn't exactly tell why. "You look really nice," she said in a soft voice.

 

[Advent Azure]

"Eh...?"


He guessed he didn't hear him... but then again, what he said did sort of slip out... he wasn't to crazy over just letting out his past and personal problems to others.


"It's nothing..... its uh... just about Pedo Kiki before she came here and I"


-Heh..... saying that was more fun than I thought...-


"It doesn't really matter anymore... thinking about the past is only going to depress me really. I mean, well after all, I should just focus on what's right before me now..."


He got up... he wasn't sure what he was even trying to say or do anymore. He was done with his food anyway.


"I'm just gonna go"


-I haven't felt her presence lately..... she must be doing something... I'll probably be alright in my room... still...-


Azure went out of the cafeteria, and into the halls, he thought about thinking how things are turning out in his life as of yet, at least he would have if he didn't see Rose going through the halls. She seemed a little worried, or maybe hasty, and maybe even a little mad, and decided to call out to her


"Rose...? Are you alright?"

 

[amdreams]

"Huh?" Rose jumped as someone called out to her. However, once she turned around, her unease vanished as she recognized Azure's face. "Oh, Azure, it's you. I . . . I'm . . . " The half-elf rubbed her arm nervously. She was trying to find the right words to describe what had happened and how exactly she had been feeling. Worried? A bit. Scared? Sort of. But as a leader, she shouldn't really be feeling any of this at such a crucial time.


Straightening herself up, she looked Azure straight in the eye before telling him, "I'm fine. There just seems to be a bit of a problem in our plan." Rose stepped closer to Azure, so he would still be able to hear her though her voice dropped to a whisper. "Mel came to see me in the student council room. She didn't do anything but I'm pretty sure she has an idea of what we're going to do. And she is not happy about it."

 

[Advent Azure]

Azure was shocked, or at least on the inside... he sort of half expected the situation to deteriorate to this sort of thing eventually...


"I..... I see..."


Azure grinned, looking down and to the right, not that there was anything there, but he just couldn't help but do that as he started thinking things over...


"Well... if she knows that you are all going to try to kill her..... I can understand that she may very well do the same thing to all of us... probably with some sort of magic....."


-Or at least I hope so... actually... I guess for what I can do... it doesn't matter if its magic or not...-


"She may very well be doing what it is that's going to..... end us all right now..."


-Maybe Kylier was right..... she never really did anything when no one was messing with her...-


He looked at Rose with a rather conflicted face


"I don't know... if its already hopeless for everyone here or not... but if she's planning on killing everyone... she's going to try to leave no survivors, since that's her reputation I guess... and I don't think that'll be a problem with her magic... so I don't think warning the school about this is going to help anything..."


He shook his head a little. It was apparent that he was starting to have an increasing amount of hopelessness in his voice as he went on talking.....


"If worst really does come to worst though Rose... and she can't be beaten or defeated..... or talked out of this... It might be possible to run..."


Azure reluctantly took out his weapon off of him... and held the Shadow Blade in his hand


"I know I'm not supposed to have weapons... but this one doesn't really allow me to get rid of it... but that's beside the point..."


He put it away... he didn't really want to just have it out in the open


"Its able to absorb any kind of magic... using my body as a sort of storage and filter... I might be able to shield a small area from whatever magic she uses..."

 

[CSA]

Lily smiled as the angel complimented her.


"Why, thank you Bunny," said Lily, slithering over to her.


"It's not the cutest piece in my collection, but I like it all the same. It's quite regal, and has a certain refinement as well as strength to it."


Lily brought herself down near Bunny's level, put her arm around the girl, and gently pulled her a little closer so that they were side by side. She brought her lips close to Bunny's ear, and began speaking softly so that Anya could not hear.


"Thank you so much for doing this, by the way. I'm sure you're worried, and so am I, but I need to make certain that Anya is safe and happy you know? I'd like to be out there too, but I don't know what I'd do if, in my absence, something bad happened to her."


Lily thought for a couple of seconds before continuing, with a slight smile on her face.


"Anya is so happy she's getting to play with her new friend... I'm glad she can smile like that."

 

[MechaGhoul]

Espinosa breathed in and out, as she was performing a daily set of dead-lifts while in Mars Hall. "5..." Espinosa brought the bar back down as she lifted it up again, "4..." and again, "3..." and did the final two in quick successions. As she left the bar down on the ground, she went over as she grabbed her towel and wiped off her brow. Espinosa glanced around as she grabbed her water-bottle as she took a quick drink and headed over to the treadmill. She got on and started running.

 

[ComradeSenpai]

Anya emerged from the closet once more, this time clothed in a short gown. It was both frilly and sparkly, as well a clean white color. The skirt seemed to flow down in sections, not unlike a flower's petals. Her back was adorned with a set of clear wings, brushing past her hair. Her feet and arms were left bare.


She smiled, ears twitching, as she approached. "How do I look?" she asked, twirling in the dress.

 

[amdreams]

Rose looked at the blade, impressed. She had heard of magic weapons and her father had some at the castle, but she had never seen one up close. She hadn't even heard of one like Azure's Shadow Blade. "No, it's fine. Students are allowed to keep weapons. You just can't take them to class or the dining hall. Though . . . Are you sure you'd be able to handle that sort of stress on your body?"


This plan didn't sit too well with Rose. Azure was just a human. How could she rely on him to act as a meat shield? No. If there was no other ohe would.ption she might let him do it. But if she could avoid it, she would. "It may be a bit too soon to sacrifice yourself. I think we should find her first."


~~~~~


Bunny was surprised when Lily pulled her close, whispering thanks into the angel's ear. She looked down, feeling a bit awkward about it. She wasn't even sure the alraune was thanking her or relying on her to help protect Anya. Last night was proof of Bunny's lack in combat skills. If they were attacked now, there wouldn't be much she could do. In fact, she'd probably get in the way more times than not.


Still, she smiled back at Lily. "I should really be thanking you. For helping me with all this . . . tax business."


Bunny then watched as Lily and Anya went back and forth about costumes. She smiled at Anya as the neko came out as a fairy. But her mind was elsewhere. She really wanted to be out on the field looking for Mel and her goons. She'd need an excuse to leave though and she was sure Lily was too smart to fall for "I need to go to the bathroom". BUnny would just have to wait for an opening or actual reason to leave.


~~~~~


Mel made her way through the woods surrounding the school, looking for Kylier. The green girl had left her fairly easily so now Mel was looking for any signs of the cotton candy head. The girl said she wished to talk so Mel might as well humor the girl. What would a simple chat do that could jeopardize her plan anyway? Still, it better not be anything stupid. Mel has had enough idiocy from these people. Mostly from Vash but still.

 

[Advent Azure]

"No..... I can't use magic normally..... so my body can't handle this process at all..."


-After all... Kylier said that its because I can't handle it that the marks appear on me...-


"I've gotten used to it, so I can handle some... but..."


Azure looked at his right hand for a moment... there was nothing there... for the time being... He then looked back at her


"I'm glad to hear that you think we should find her also... I can easily get us out of the situation if things don't go right..."


-Hopefully anyway...-


~~~~~


"So you actually came Mel... how rather fortunate for me..."


Kylier had appeared leaning behind the tree that Mel had just past that was right next to her, after she had walked a good distance away. That smirky grin grew on Kylier again.


"I can tell that you are reaching your wits end for this school, so I will cut straight to the chase. Am I right in assuming that you were never looking for any trouble by coming here?"

 

[CZDoubleU]

A sleek black limousine pulled to a smooth stop directly in front of the school. Dawn glanced out the window with her pale almost lifeless blue eyes. She was pale-skinned with dark blue tinted hair and matching eyes. She was considerably thin even under the huge sweater the had put on earlier that day to cover that aspect of her body. On her lap sat a small black cat curled into a ball. He had dark black silky semi-long fur with a long tail feathered in longer strands of fur. Neither budged as they had pulled up next to the school.


The driver looked in the rear view mirror and saw Dawn gazing endlessly out the car blinking every few moments whilst stroking the cat sleeping on her lap. He sighed rather exasperatedly then opened his door walking to her side of the car. He tapped on the window and made a face so funny it forced a small smirk on Dawn's face. Then he opened the door. "You know, you do have go come out some time," said the man bending down with the door opened. Dawn glanced at him but returned her eyes to the school. She wondered briefly who had seen her and who of those had wanted to get to know her. Probably not many, so she dismissed the thought and glanced at the man.


"Anytime," he whispered with a sweet smile.


Dawn knew after she stepped out of this car she would most likely not step back into it for a long time. She had been to a majority of privet schools any number of times but this school was board and care. Everything she needed was either in her bag or provided for her. She would also not see this man for a long time. Somehow though and not even she could have relayed it she managed to muster enough strength to leave the car.


She woke the cat on her lap whom got grumpy and meowed at her in frustration. She stood placing the cat down on the ground preventing him from going back to sleep. He stretched and sat down curling his tail slightly watching Dawn walk to the back of the limo (which wasn't far) to grab her bags. He groomed his paws while waiting. When she came back the cat blinked quite uncatlike and started trotting up to the school forcing Dawn to come with him.


The two companions stood frozen just inside the doors of the school. "Wow..." Whispered Dawn, looking around. The school was nice, quite attractive but she was not saying wow because of that, instead it was her mind being blown on what to do. The cat looked around curiously searching for the office. It was hard to locate being this small so the cat stripped his cat from and instead took that of a black coloured German Shepard. Dawn skilled as he did this because no matter what form black took (unlike her) was black furred even though his natural hair was brown. It was the side effect of their bond. Black started looking for the office now sniffing around slowly trotting this way or that. Then he paused and turned to Dawn.


"What do the teachers smell like?"

 

[Parsnip]

Curtis slowed as he passed the cafeteria. It is almost lunch- well, okay, it'll be lunch in like an hour-, he thought to himself, -but I really don't want to be in my room when the repairman comes- he'll probably yell at me for breaking the floor. Probably should grab some food and wait this out.


He fixed himself a couple of burgers and a plate of fries before setting his tray down on a nearby table and tucked into the (for Curtis' size) modest feast.

 

[amdreams]

Rose's lips thinned into a line. Azure's plan. It sounded now like it might kill him or at least hurt him. So it would definitely have to be a last resort sort of thing. Plus, it wasn't even sure if Mel would use a magic spell to get rid of the school. The half-elf had no idea what this girl's capabilities were and this worried her immensely. Azure and Bunny had only a taste of a battle with her and they didn't fare too well in the end. How were they going to fight an enemy they knew so little about? Especially now since it seems she might go all out.


Well, first thing's first. They had to find her before she hurt someone. It was already 3PM so there was no time to waste. "Well, let's go then. We'll need to tell Richter. I guess Lily and Bunny too, but they're probably with Anya and she doesn't need to know about this."


~~~~~


Mel scowled at Kylier as the pink-haired girl seemed to come out of nowhere. It must've been her abilities. Mel still hadn't figured out what it was that Kylier could do, but she must've used it then. There was no other reason as to why the demon girl was able to get so close without her noticing.


Her scowl only deepened as Kylier asked her question. Seriously? What sort of stupid question was that? Was no one at this place capable of using their brain just a tiny bit? It seemed they were only capable to stupid questions and lacked any social ability whatsoever.


"I don't see how that's any of your business. And to be honest, it really doesn't matter what my original intentions were, does it? Because whether or not I wanted any trouble, I'm making some now. So you better be careful of where you stick your ******* nose. Or I'll gladly cut it off for you."

 

[Advent Azure]

"I'm not really sure where Richter may be if he's not in the teacher's lounge, but that would be the first place I would look... and I believe Lily and Anya would probably be in their rooms, unless they went out to do something."


~~~~~


-As expected...-


"Struck a nerve have I?"


She laughed at her, as if she wasn't taking this seriously at all, for just a little while


"Even so, if someone threatens to harm, or even kill, is that not reason enough to wish to know why...? Since you are going to be making trouble, I can only assume you mean to kill me in the end, so why not humor me? If you are true to your namesake people impose upon you, then surely I have no chance of survival anyway."


Kylier always had a way of leading the conversation in a way she wanted, always asking questions that lead to her twisted, yet reasonable logic, it was only a matter of asking the right ones, no matter what they may be. Even so, it always falls on the other to follow through with answering her questions, no matter how manipulative she may be, others could almost always decline what she asks.


"Since you are going to act against me from the sound of things, and eventually the entire school, perhaps you could tell me what makes you so special, as a source of destruction and demolition."

 

[CSA]

"Oh, you look wonderful Anya!" Said Lily, clapping as the girl twirled in her dress. The fairy costume did a lot to supplement her personality- her natural sweetness and innocence really shone in a cute costume like that. It made Lily happy, but it kind of hurt at the same time somehow.


She didn't let it show. Containing her emotions was something Lily happened to be very good at- perhaps because she wasn't accosted by those horrid mammalian hormones constantly.


"Yeah, well, I try to handle my taxes however I can Bunny. I just wish I could do more," said Lily quietly.


Lily didn't particularly enjoy staying back and doing nothing (Though she did like the dress-up), not that she cared about anybody but Anya but simply because she didn't have faith that the others had the ability and drive to get things done. It was the same team as the other night as far as she knew except for Rose, who Lily believed was too soft to properly execute anybody- much less a biological human.


Lily knew for a fact that she could, however. No hesitation, no remorse, a clean kill. She had Anya to protect, after all, and anybody that might threaten her simply had to go.

 

[CZDoubleU]

Dawn started towards the school figuring out thanks to the founding of the office that food would have been served soon. She could already taste the grapes like she had at home but let her mind flow to thoughts of the dining hall. Her long hair blew ever so slightly as she walked. Black was overly nervous and sat as a bird (more importantly a crow) upon Dawn's shoulder. Every once in a while he would pick at his feathers. "Will you calm down?" Asked the girl narrowing her eyes ever so slightly as she walked into the dining hall. As she did Black took off flying through the air at a safe distance as a jet black hawk. He wanted to let out a shriek for Dawn to know what was on the menu but decided against scaring or making too much of a scene then he already had. Dawn lifted her arm and he soared to it flapping his huge wings landing safely on the girls thin covered arm. He nudged up against her lovingly exchanging some silent thoughts and he flicked her arm forcing Black to take flight again. Dawn sighed and decided to approach the only other person in the room.


"Ah, excuse me...?" She whispered lowly as Black doubled back from his circle flying almost diving straight for Dawn. She did not notice him or rather chose not to as he started flying in the air again missing her head. She knew he was just showing off and she would have none of that.

 

[Parsnip]

"Hm? Oh, uh, hey." Curtis was hunched over his tray for fear of the bird stealing his fries, "Uh, could you- Oh, right, introductions. Name's Curtis-", He held out a ham-sized hand- or rather, glove- to the girl, "-Er, anyways, could you... control your bird? I'm afraid that it might decide to shit on me."

 

[CZDoubleU]

Black looped around and landed on the table without a single word, glance, or hand gesture from Dawn. He turned his head wanting to mess with the boy but looked at Dawn and decided against it.


"He has more of a conscious then you think," said Dawn stroking Black's dark feathers. You can tell him if you want but I can guarantee he will not shit on you. Nor will he steal your food. Actually he does not eat food at all," said Dawn with a gesture towards Black. He stepped forward turning his head on impulse but otherwise acting as human as he could pulling out his large wing for the boy to take.


Dawn wasn't much of a toucher and in reality neither was Black but they had an understanding with people and last time it was Dawn's turn and so naturally it was Black's turn for greetings. "I'm Dawn, and this bird here is Black. Unfortunately we are never apart." The girl grinned slightly and black blinked his unbirdlike green eyes.

 

[Parsnip]

"Yeah. That, uh, certainly sounds interesting-", he slid his tray away from the bird, "-er, you might want to tell your bird that he can stop holding his wing out like that, I'm afraid I'll break it."


There was a long, awkward pause as Curtis munched on some fries.


"So, uh, what's your relationship like? Is this one of those wizard things, with the animal that hangs out with you- what's it called...", he snapped his fingers- or, well, he attempted to. With the gloves on it just made an odd sort of squeaking noise, "Familiar, that's the one! So is that your familiar?"

 

[CZDoubleU]

{I forgot to mention Dawn cat ears and a semi long furred cat tail.}


Black pulled back his wing and jumped off the table morphing in the blink of an eye to a large panther circling Dawn watching the boy. "Something like that, though I am not a wizard," answered Dawn with a worried smile. Black glanced up at the boy but did not like the fact he took him for so week. "Do they have grapes here?" Dawn was dying for those and she now was hungry enough to get some. Black started to sniff the air his eyes starting to flash from green to blue and back again. Her hunger meant hunger for him too. Only he ate something more eccentric. Or rather came in mass at about ten billion.

 

[Parsnip]

"I dunno. I mean, I would assume they have fruit, but I didn't really check. Look for it on the lunch counter, I guess. Also I, uh, think your bird-cat-whatever might be having a seizure, his eyes keep flashing. Might, uh- might want to get that checked out."


Curtis turned back to his burger, munching quietly as the cat's gaze bored into the back of his head.

 

[ComradeSenpai]

"That's good. Oh!" Anya dug through the box.


"Now I get to choose one for you!" she rummaged around. "How about this magical girl costume you got me?


She held up the outfit. "It's not the same as the first one, though."