Oriens Academy [Phoenix Game]

[CZDoubleU]

Black turned his head and continued to sniff until his eyes permanently went blue.


"Alright, uh thanks," Dawn responded and turned nervously. She froze though hearing the fact the boy thought Black was having a seizure. Turning sharply she gestured to the large cat whom pawed over to her and she guided him away from there. He was hungry ready to feed, she knew this but she also didn't know the rules of the school well enough to assume he cod eat.... Anything.


She looked around confused for a moment and then closed her eyes sitting down like she was defeated. "You cannot just go around..." She trailed off seeing Black take a seat and flicking his tail around his massive paws. His ears fell square against his head and Dawn instantly felt bad.


She knew she could not help him and hear she was telling him he could not go around doing what made him survive. It was like asking someone to stop breathing. "I'm sorry," she whispered and rose to get her grapes. There was nothing she could do in reality and truthfully she hated that.


Black turned and trotted back to Curtis. He was curious about his hands and thought it would be best to ask him first hand. Halfway there he took the form of a too large to be real wolf and walked sitting right beside Curtis. "Hey man," he said looking away as soon as he had.

 

[Parsnip]

Curtis didn't bother looking up this time; he just wanted to eat his damn burgers, and his normally-polite demeanor was failing him. "Ma'am, is your talking whatever-the-hell-it-is just going to keep shapeshifting and trying to scare me, or is it going to let me finish my lunch? Because I would really like to finish my lunch."

 

[MechaGhoul]

Miss Espinosa just got through the cafeteria line, and picked up her meal. She smelled it and smiled, a plate full of cooked Ox-tail, fried plantains, white rice, and alongside this some hot beef soup. And to wash it down, some orange soda. Oh it was going to be a good meal. Hn, eh it's bit of a walk to the Teacher's Lounge to chow down on this. She glanced over to find a relatively empty table to eat at.

 

[CZDoubleU]

Black smiled at the irritation he brought but instead of instigating it more he turned and went around towards the teacher. He was curious about the rules and regulations here. He changed into his small cat form and raced up to her jumping on the table she was about to sit down at. Dawn was afraid for a split second and came racing after Black at full speed slipping by accident on the smooth floor landing on her butt.


Her blackish blue hair flipped around in front of her and covered her eyes snapping the hair band she kept her hair in. She felt paint hoot through her body as her tail lashed back and forth.


Embarrassed


Dawn got up slowly once her pride had returned to her and picked up her almost thrown halfway across the floor grapes. "No one saw that, right?" She asked to a very serious looking cat with his still blue eyes and the beautiful teacher.


{post is to both Parsnip as well as @MechaGhoul

 

[Parsnip]

Curtis finished his first burger, still not looking up.


"I don't know what just happened-", he responded, "-nor do I care."

 

[amdreams]

Mel glared at Kylier as the girl laughed. Her fist tightened, the fabric of her fingerless gloves stretched tight over her knuckles, threatening to tear. Soon enough, her hands relaxed though. She honestly had better things to do than play 20 questions qith some snotty anime heroine reject. "Believe whatever you want, but that doesn't mean I have to tell you anything."


"Now, if you excuse me, I have a . . . party to start." She turned her back to Kylier and began making her way further into the forest, stopping only to say, "By the way, what makes me 'special' is you people." And with that she disappeared into the trees.


Mel continued running until she reached a large clearing. She saw a lake, nearly completely frozen except for the area imidiately surrounding a waterfall. This seemed a good place as any for a show. She first waited until the sun was about to set. With a snap of her fingers, a wireless microphone had appeared in her hand. Before leaving the castle, she had "persuaded" another student to link it with the schol PA system. It was a temporary thing, but she didn't need it to last long.


"Hello there, eyesores. My name is Mel, though you guys probably know me by a different name. But I'm not going to bore you with the details. Now it's come to my attention that some of you are scheming and you know who you are. I just want to say . . . Bring it on."


~~~~~


Rose was surprised when an unfamiliar voice called out over the school's PA system. That was odd. There shouldn't be any announcements today. She first thought someone had snuck into the radio and was playing a prank. That is, until the speaker revealed her name. Rose's jaw tightened as Mel called them out. Fortunately, Mel didn't seem to reveal too much. No one around her seemed to panic, though they did seem curious. A couple students even came up to her asking if something was going on, but they were sent off with assurance that it was just some stupid prank.


Once out of view, she grabbed Azure's hand and began dragging him toward the teacher's lounge. "We need to find Richter. Now."


~~~~~


Stomach now full, Vash sat back in his seat, ready to relax. However, that dream was cut short by the sound of Mel's voice over the intercom. "Well, looks like my day off has come to an end. I really wanted a nap too . . . " He stood up and smiled at Elaem. "Sorry, but I have to go now. At least I think so. See you later."


~~~~~


As Bunny heard the "announcement", something in her stomach sank as she began getting more agitated. She wrung her hands repeatedly, the anxiousness readily apparent on her face. She really should go, shouldn't she? Lily must've heard. She'd know how important this was, right? After all, her power was more effective against Mel's goons than the others. She could help just a little, right?


The angel turned toward Lily, with something of a pleading look on her face. "U-um, Lily. Can . . . can I be excused?" Bunny realized that just asking probably wasn't going to produce results, but with Anya in the room, she couldn't risk alerting the neko to anything suspicious. Just running out would probably worry the little girl and bring unwanted attention to Bunny.

 

[ComradeSenpai]

"Speak of the devil." Richter approached the council president, carrying a duffel bag and a heavy oil drum. "I'll dump that in the ocean later" he commented, loosening his tie. His jacket was still gone, and he looked dirty.


"Fortunately for us, she waited for almost sundown." he pulled out his utility belt and shoulder holster, strapping on the Japanese sword and .45s. "Additionally, I've been cycling through attack types. Something should work soon enough." He holstered the shotgun-revolver and a variety of shells, as well as the chain weapon. The vampire placed several incendiary grenades on his belt.


"And while I'm flattered you came for me so quickly, I dearly hope you weren't counting on me fighting solo. This is obviously a trap." he pulled out a long weapon; it was clearly a type of flamethrower, but the tank was attached to the weapon itself. "I'll require you and Bunny to provide fire support."


He reached into the bag, and produced a heavy machine gun. "PKM, developed by the Soviet Union. This fires 7.62 out of a one hundred round box. When she gets here, the two of you will need to operate this."

 

[Ashmorne]

Ariel flexed her wings lightly as she landed in front of the school. Shaking out her dove-white feathers, she folded her wings slightly down. Her uniform felt foreign on her skin, her body used to wearing loose robes and dresses. She touched the locket at her neck, forged of pure metals in Heaven, and though of her father. And The Father. She closed her eyes and remembered the warm golden light of Heaven. Coming back to reality after a moment, she looked around the campus of Oriens Academy. She had no idea where to start really...


She smoothed her dark hair, and chose a random place. The room appeared to be a cafeteria, filled with students. It hit her like a tidal wave. The unguarded auras of a plethora of students wafted around her, bogging her mind. She sensed angst, anger, hidden romantic interests...all sorts of things that would be normal in someone her age. But the sensory onslaught made Ariel's head ache. Nervousness filled her belly. What if no one here would accept her? Suddenly, she wanted to go home...but she knew she couldn't. Slowly, she began walking across the cafeteria. Spotting a door on the other side of the room, she picked up her pace, wings perking up. She hadn't even met anyone yet, and she was already starting to worry.


Calm down, Ariel. Calm down. She chanted to herself softly. She just had to make it out that door. Lost in her thoughts however, she didn't notice someone standing up suddenly. In a blur, she knocked into a boy with very white hair, who appeared to be eating with a younger boy who had green locks of hair. His back was turned to her when she ran into him, so he couldn't see the color rose that in Ariel's cheeks. Her eyes widened, feeling uncharacteristically clumsy. Of course, today was the day she turned into a klutz.


"I am so sorry," she began, her wings lowering considerably. "I should've been watching where I was going,"

 

[Advent Azure]

Azure wasn't sure what to make of the announcement... he figured that she was going to just kill everything...


-Does she only want to do anything to the people who are against her?-


He was rather shocked to have Rose grasp her and take him along... not because she did it so suddenly, but more so because... well he's used to physical contact from others being in the form of beatings, or at least before he came to Oriens. He couldn't help but look away as he ran with Rose, between all the seriousness and gravity of the current situation, and Azure's social issues... he really wasn't sure what to be thinking. Instead... he was rather quiet.


"...right..."


He was glad they were able to find Richter, he had no idea why at all he looked as he was, but he figured that its a personal thing. Its not like everyone wants to tell their owns stories after all... probably...


-Ack... use a gun...? Well... I don't know...-


"I think... I'll stick to my weapons projectiles... if that's alright..."





~~~~~


"Heh... I suppose you are right, after all, its much more fun to learn everything bit by bit..."


She smirked toward her again


"Well then, hopefully the 'party' will be large and grand. I'll be watching, so don't disappoint me Mel"


She wondered if what she said would either piss her off, or make her be all the more flashy... who knows... She understood what she meant by what Mel said however as she left...


-To think..... Mel... you truly are an interesting being... I'd rather follow you than Azure at this point perhaps-

 

[ComradeSenpai]

"The gun isn't for you." Richter corrected. "It's for Miss Cross. And Miss Mills, once we collect her."


He inhaled deeply. "She's in... the dorms, like I asked. Good. We should go get her quickly."

 

[CZDoubleU]

{guess I'm just waiting watching. Going good so far if I may say so}

 

[Parsnip]

Curtis was halfway through his second burger when the intercom crackled to life. He swallowed as the unfamiliar voice finished its speech.


"That's strange. Rude, too.", He looked around, spotting Miss Espinosa at a nearby table.


"'Scuse me, miss? Is this, uh, normal? I heard the word "scheme"; is that us? Are we the schemers?"

 

[CZDoubleU]

Dawn looked up suddenly seeing the boy coming over. Black stood and turned jumping off the table morphing into a hawk once more. This time he soared outside and flapped around.


Dawn closed her blue eyes tightly, pain rose in her chest in her brain everywhere from her toes to her teeth. Her chest started to ache now, tears welled up in her eyes and she felt lightheaded. Finally it started to feel like every one of her emotions had been ripped from her brain and her heart had been taken from her chest crushed and put back in. Finally she moaned in pain before nearly passing out.


Black faulted his wings. They flapped now uncontrolled by him the further he flew away from Dawn the more he flapped and loose energy. This was the furthest he had ever been from Dawn. In no way shape or form had their bond been stretched to these limits. It was painful emotionally and physically. He shed a single tear which blurred his vision and when it did not clear he suddenly felt a drop. Not like his heart dropping, no this kind of drop was him falling. He realised this flapped once, then twice and curved into some trees before blacking out completely.


Dawn gripped her stomach. She moaned loudly this time and tears were streaming uncontrollably from her eyes. She took one last breath in and suddenly everything before her eyes went black. She collapsed to the floor.


{I like overly dramatic scenes. I'm not being serious. I just felt like I needed to be dramatic.}

 

[CSA]

"Sure I'll try it on," Said Lily. It most certainly would not fit properly, but Lily was still quite petite so she could probably squeeze it on if she tried. Anya had put up with her requests thus far, after all. It was only fair.


Lily cringed a little at the mention of the first magical girl costume. The one Lily made was most certainly not the same- that first one was terribly lewd and not at all appropriate for a child to be wearing. She kind of wished that Anya had forgotten about it, but it was what prompted Lily to make a cute magical girl costume that was appropriate for Anya to wear in the first place.


Then the announcement came on, which just made Lily angry. Firstly- Lily was not an eyesore. She was the most attractive girl in the school by a landslide. Secondly, she knew that she couldn't do anything to Mel as things were. She had to make certain that Anya remained safe.


Lily knew that Bunny was going to say something, and the Alraune turned to her as she did. Lily did not let her agitation show, but the glare in her eye could kill a cockroach.


"You may not," Lily stated simply, "It's... not good for someone like you to be out and about alone at this hour. What if you fell and nobody was around to help you up?"


Lily's expression softened as she turned to Anya- the glare was gone.


"That's why we have hall buddies, right sweetie?" Asked Lily, taking the costume from Anya to try on.

 

[amdreams]

Rose looked from the oil drum to Richter's dirty appearance. Though a bit curious, she really didn't want to ask exactly what he was planning to dump into the ocean. Looking at all of Richter's gear made Rose feel uneasy for a moment. The man sure seemed enthusiastic, but they were dealing with a killer, so better to have someone trigger happy than someone hesitant.


As Richter showed them a machine gun, announcing his plans with it, she couldn't help but frown. He expected Rose and Bunny to man it? Well, Rose, being 5'9" wasn't too much of a stretch, but Bunny was tiny. How could they lift it, much less man it with relative ease. "Trap or not, I don't expect you to take this on by yourself. But you may want to reconsider the gun. You really expect us to use a weapon that not only is huge but also something we're unfamiliar with? Even if it is our best chance with her, it would only give her the advantage. We'd be slower, more uncoordinated and easy targets since we'd have to lug it around."


"Besides, it looks like she wants us to find her and I don't think I'd be able to drag that around campus relatively quickly."


Once finished speaking, she headed off for Lily's room, walking swiftly but not enough to arouse too much suspicion. "We can talk plans on the way there, but first we need to get Bunny. And find out exactly where Mel is hiding." Skidding to a stop before the alraune's room, Rose knocked on the door. "Lily? Are you there? Is Bunny with you?"


~~~~~


Vash flailed as someone bumped into him from behind. Turning around, he say a girl, and angel, apologizing. Mel didn't like angels. She often forbid them from talking to or associating with what she called "glorified pigeons". But talkign to one for just a few minutes wouldn't hurt, right? Though he was in a bit of a hurry.


"Nah. It's fine. It's not like either of us got hurt right? But what's your hurry? Late for a date or something?"


(I'll post for Bunny in the morning.)

 

[Ashmorne]

Feeling more calm and put together, Ariel smiled easily, letting her wings relax a bit.


"Ah-ha. I wish. I'm new here, I was just trying to find my way to somewhere less crowded. This room is just a little overwhelming is all," she said, laughing a bit nervously as she smoothed back a lock of her hair.


At least this guy seemed nice.

 

[Parsnip]

Curtis looked over at the comatose girl and sighed as he stood up. Great, now he would never finish his second burger. He threw the girl onto his shoulder, glancing at the equally-comatose bird stuck in a tree.


Must be a wizard thing, he thought to himself.


Ignoring the bird, he walked down to the infirmary at the other end of the school, placing her on a cot. He looked around for the nurse, saw she wasn't in, looked for some sticky notes, failed to find sticky notes, and just resolved to write on the girl's arm in sharpie instead.


Found her passed out in the cafeteria, brought her here.


-Curtis


Satisfied with his handiwork, he walked back to the dining hall in hopes that his burger was still there.

 

[amdreams]

Bunny shrank under Lily's glare. "I'm not that old," she whispered. She supposed she understood the alraune's position. From appearances, Lily didn't seem like a fighter. If they were attacked, Anya would be in danger. Maybe if Bunny left Richter's gun with Lily . . .


The angel didn't get to finish that thought as a knock and voice came from the door. Rose was asking for her and Lily, a bit of emergency in the tone of her voice. She looked to Lily, unsure if she should open it or not. It was Lily's room, so it'd be her decision, right? "Um . . . should we get that?"


~~~~~


"Ah," Vash said in an understanding tone. He often got lost in the school, or anywhere, really. Even after a few weeks, he still got lost. And it didn't help that his powers screwed compasses up. "I get that. Though, if you want someone to show you around, you should probably find someone else. I still don't know my way around here."

 

[CSA]

Just as Lily was about to go and try on Anya's costume, a knock came on the door and Rose's voice permeated the room. Rose was asking about Bunny, so Lily knew what this was likely about. As the Angel looked at her and asked uncertainly what they should do, Lily had to decide.


Perhaps if Lily hadn't gotten as attached to Rose as she did, and perhaps if Bunny was less cute, she could have just done nothing. It just so happened that cute was an old weakness, and getting attached was a new weakness of hers. She couldn't say no.


As Lily opened the door, she became a little more relieved. It would not have been safe for Bunny to go out alone, because as far as Lily knew she was defenseless, but she would probably be OK if both Rose and Richter were with her.


"Oh... hey, Rose."


Lily then realized that she was still holding the colorful and frilly magical girl costume.


"I, uh, we were... playing dress-up with Anya."


Lily paused for a second.


"Oh, right. You need Bunny for that project, huh? The economics one? I'd like to help too, but..."


Lily turned her head slightly in Anya's direction.


"I need to protect my assets."

 

[Advent Azure]

Azure was perfectly fine with just standing outside the door, and out of her view. It's not like they were staying inside to talk things over, and was sure she didn't really care to much for him either...


-It's only right for Bunny to come along since she is after her... But she didn't seem like the most capable fighter...-


Azure thought it would be best if she stayed with Lily... But he knows that if she wants to go, she has the right to since it is her business


-Dress up though...-


He figured that he may as well go over it with the others


"I'm not to sure if Bunny... Well is going to be good for working on the project with us. I ended up having to take up her half of the work, and she got... Reprimanded in the end for her .....lack of capability."


-Ugh, trying to talk like this for Anya... It's annoying... But... It's nice to live in ignorance to a level like hers... I wish I was still this way way back then...-


"I'd also like it if I could talk to to Bunny about an unrelated health issue of mine... It doesn't have anything to do with the project..."


He still wasn't going to look in Lily's room, he heard that they were doing things... But... He could live staying out of it. Something about seeing them in play-dresses didn't quite sit right with him, but that's mostly from Kylier 'playing' Dress up with him in the past.......


-...-


He couldn't help but think of one of the times, and cringed...


-Lily..... You don't play dress up the way Kylier does..... Right...-

 

[ComradeSenpai]

"What other way is there to play dress up?" Anya asked, rummaging through the box. She was disappointed Bunny had to go file taxes, but at least Lily was still there. She'd always be there. Probably.


"You shouldn't knock the gun." Richter brought the topic back, walking up to the group. "Besides, it isn't for attacking. I need you to maneuver them towards and away from me with it; it'll be easy to aim with the bipod. And if it gets too dangerous, you can drop it and run. Oh, Miss Mills." he said. "You have about ten minutes to learn how to load and operate a heavy machine gun. I'll explain how on the way."

 

[amdreams]

As Lily opened the door, Rose's eyes almost immediately fell to the frilly outfit in the alraune's hands. Rose had never really understood cosplay. Costumes were fun on Halloween but why anyone would want to wear them all the time eluded her. Not to mention the costumes often went against the sort of fashions currently in, being rather elaborate and colorful. Still, she had to respect others' desires to do such things. Plus dress up was perfectly fine if you were little. And how Lily was willing to do this for Anya only proved how good of a person she was. How anyone could imply the alraune had a hidden agenda baffled Rose.


"I understand completely," Rose said in response to Lily's excuse for staying behind. "We'll be sure to let you know the results of the project later. You focus on keeping your assets safe." She gave Lily a final wave before leaving with Bunny following closely behind, after the angel changed her clothes of course.


"Okay, we need to go over the game plan. But first, we need to find Mel. I don't think she's in the castle. She waited until sundown for a reason, for Richter. So she must be outside. Not too far since she'd still need to be within range to access the PA system. But that still leaves too many places she could be. Any ideas?"


~~~~~


Bunny was a bit relieved to be pulled out of Lily's room, leaving both Lily and Anya with a hastened goodbye. Not that she felt threatened there. Just that she needed to be part of this. It was her mission and even if she wasn't fit for combat, she wouldn't give that priviledge to anyone else.


As Rose tried to figure out where Mel was, Bunny thought back to the announcement. Mel didn't say anything that gave away her location, though the angel did recall hearing something out of place. Like . . . "Water. You could sort of hear rushing water in the background of the announcement. Does . . . does that help?" She didn't know if it would give them an exact location as running water could mean a lot. There was the waterfall, but also the river or creek. Even a fountain or something.


Richter then mentioned a gun. Seriously? She was supposed to operate a heavy machine gun? Anya had a better chance of being able to lift it than Bunny. Sheopened her mouth to ask why when Rose quickly piped in. "Mr. Richter, I realize you're trying to get a plan underway, but you need to consider our strengths and weaknesses. We are different from you and not all of us will be able to lift that thing easily. I'm sure there are other things we can do to keep them away from you. Though you are the only one of use with healing properties, so I'm not sure if we should be so worried about protecting you . . . Also, really? Ten minutes to master a weapon she may have never even touched before?"


As Rose fought with Richter, Bunny took this chance to move over toward Azure. "So, you needed to talk to me about a . . . health issue? I'm not really a doctor, so I think you may want to talk with someone else. Maybe the nurse?"

 

[ComradeSenpai]

"Fine. I'll do it myself." Richter submitted, loading a box of ammunition. "Anyways, if she was near running water, we should follow the river. I doubt she'd stay close enough to the school to be near the fountain."


He thought for another moment. "Though I can't help but wonder why she'd wait for night, instead of attacking during the day. This is probably an ambush. And judging from our last fight, it'll be brutal, fast, and effective. Twenty dollars says Bane won't make it to sunrise."

 

[CSA]

Lily was still uncertain about Azure. She guessed he talked big, but as far as Lily knew his only skill was whining about his life and then doing nothing to change it. She'd probably bet a whole twenty bucks that he doesn't make it through this **** alive. Still, Richter and Rose could probably handle themselves and pick up the slack.


As Bunny and Rose left, Lily waved them off and then locked the door. She supposed that she would just play with Anya until everything got done. She couldn't help but feel a bit worried, though. If it was just she and Anya, Lily might have to kill someone in front of the tiny Neko. Murder was no good for children- no good at all. That had to be avoided.


Lily went inside the closet, and came back out in a rather constricting magical girl outfit- it was a cute, ruffled red skirt with white petticoats underneath and a red and white top with a big red bow across the chest. On her arms were elbow-length white gloves and on her head was a pretty red mob cap with a red ribbon along the side. Lily posed, and announced-


"Extra-Pretty Magical Girl Lily... is about to begin!"


Lily giggled, and gave Anya a wink. It occurred to her that if anybody but Anya had ever seen this, she would have to kill herself.

 

[Duwang]

Following the plant-girl out of the closet there was another vaguely masculine appearing figure walking out. He had long blue hair and fair skin, wearing a frilly pink dress with a tan colored abdomen. On his face were a pair of aviator shades. It was Mr. Khan, the unarmed combat tutor. He reached his hands to the back of his head and scratched his neck.


"How'd I end up in there?" he asked, yawning. The teacher looked around the room to see the girls playing dress-up with one another. Without supervision. The teacher swept his hair back and got on the job, but not before stepping into the closet and coming out with longer flowing, wavy locks of curly hair, and a shorter stature to match the dress... and breasts.


He... left the glasses on his face so that the students would hopefully recognize him, before pulling a chair and watching what was going on. "Carry on" he said in a soprano voice.