[center][U][B]Arkaeis Zraimat[/B][/U]
[I]The College[/I][/center]

The guards having no time to respond to his words, Arkaeis heard someone from the other end order the gates open. Raising an eyebrow briefly, he waited patiently till the door lay open before he at which point he saw the voice's owner. A woman it seemed, dressed modestly and with,,,pink hair. Odd, but not unbecoming, perhaps she was eccentric, he enjoyed eccentric people. With her introduction out of the way Arkaeis bowed his head respectfully, offering a pleased smile. [B]"Thank you for the warm welcome madam, I am Arkaeis,"[/B] he decided to leave out his last name, if anyone asked he would easily relent, but there was little reason for him to offer it up here. Few, if any, would know its relevance anyways.

Following the woman so as not to get lost in the unfamiliar location, the Reven glanced about, taking the scenery in and almost immediately beginning to memorize the layout of the College. While he observed the building, the woman started talking again, and he listened, using his peripheral vision to scope out the place. However, instead of filtering to his subconscious it was all engraved in his conscious memories for review when needed. [B]"Yes it has been [I]interesting[/I] to say the least. Having lived in an isolated village in the west most of my life made seeing the world rather jarring an experience. Though it has been very eye opening as well,"[/B] he stated, smiling lightly in remembrance of his trip. His words were not complete lies, he had spent much of his time on Midnight island, mostly underground in one of the small villages. Other times he'd be assisting the rest of his family in their duties as Zraimat. Plus Midnight Island was in the west, so that was also truth--little did he know that lying to this woman was fruitless.

Glancing around, Arkaeis wondered if the College was always this busy...and cautious in regards to admittance that their gates would be closed [I]especially[/I] if they'd been expecting new students. That brought something else to mind, how had this woman known he was a student and how had she been aware of his presence outside the gate. It was possible that someone had notified her, or that she had somehow sensed his presence, but if that were the case then either she must have been one of several types of magus. She could have been of the an Electromancer, a Pyromancer, or a Psychomancer--all of which he knew were capable of sensing people through various means.

However, to also know that he was a student without him saying a single word, especially since there had been no obvious indication of such. He did not recall Electromancers or Pyromancers being capable of telling whether or not someone was a stranger. They could only detect presence via heat signature of bioelectricity, as he recalled from his reading. However, she knew the guards had not recognized him, or they'd have let him in right away so he must have been a stranger to them--she could have deduced that much. Still he did not recall most people being that quick witted or intelligent. There were always exceptions and he was standing in one of Tiien's centers of knowledge, so it was more likely than not that she [I]could[/I] have been one such exception.

So he'd consider all three possibilities. She was either a Psychomancer, or she had made some base assumptions about the nature of his visit inferred from the guards not recognizing him immediately and then her also not recognizing him. So she was either a Psychomancer, or a very insightful human, either of which could be a good or bad thing depending on her disposition. At the moment she seemed nice enough, but if she was either of the things he'd figured her to be then it was likely that she kept any of the negatives of her personality to herself when interacting with new students. It was polite, professional, and would add a surprise factor if she turned out later to be a terribly difficult individual to deal with.

Sighing mentally, Arkaeis noted that if she were a Psychomancer she was likely listening into his thoughts that very moment and knew everything he'd just been thinking. It didn't really matter in the end, he figured. Perhaps she could teach him wards, he'd been curious about those for awhile, but had not had any time to learn how to create them, nor had he the resources--both unfortunate truths. Now of course he could amend such, so he decided to do a little experiment.

[B]"What is your job here, madam Satori? I hope I am not interrupting a class, or important job of some kind."[/B] While he spoke the only thoughts that passed through his mind were mere feelings of curiosity and worry. Oddly, despite his prior thought process, the feelings were entirely honest and there would be no way of detecting anything false about them. Even if she'd been detecting his thoughts prior she had no way of knowing what his experiment actually was, as he had not thought about them, and still wasn't.

It would be interesting to see her response, but he wasn't thinking that--that bit was simply the truth. Who was to say what'd happen now, after all, the wheels had begun turning and they could hardly be stopped now. Things were about to get [I]intriguing,[/I] that was for sure.