Chase laughed. "I'll find and fight him anyway! Besides, old Hastur, C'thulu, Cthugha and others like Azathoth are still alive! There are plenty of gods and forces beyond that if you know where to look. Which is what I want to show you. I kinda get the feeling that your world view is terribly suppressed." Meruin stared at James. "Are you actually considering going with Lady Chase?" Well, it was a bit hypocritical since she herself was, but that was besides the point.

James looked at Meruin. "Don't worry. I'll be fine. Besides, the god of fate likes me. He...well, actually...maybe I should say she..." That last sentence was mumbled, as if he wasn't supposed to say it.

Tyler popped in as he listened to the discussion. "May I come with? I've never seen a god before, meaning in comparison to many other mages, I'm way backwards. Did I get that expression right? No, it's way behind. Damn!" He cursed to himself slightly. "What happens when you draw a card in its reverse form?" He asked as the question popped into his mind.

> Sol growled, this woman was far more vexing then he had anticipated. While obviously he could go for weak points such as eyes and ears he had no intention of killing Mithrail simply defeating her. The girl's head must have been protected by an aura of arrogance far thicker than he had anticipated. Sol noticed offhandedly that his powers felt more distant and turmoils then they normally did, but it mattered not since he had no intention of using them, at least not yet. "Bah," Sol scoffed at her, "I think I'm winning in points wouldn't you say, you haven't laid a finger on me and I doubt you will before you finally tire of your pointless endeavor." he finished scornfully Mithrail seethed and balled her hands into fists. "As if any of your strikes actually mean anything! Perhaps you should consider the fact that you could tire out before I do!" she shouted, before launching herself at Sol. At the last second, she struck the ground and the force equaled a localized earthquake. Hoping this would unbalance him, she used her other hand to fire an uppercut towards Sol's gut.

> Ryan popped in as he listened to the discussion. "May I come with? I've never seen a god before, meaning in comparison to many other mages, I'm way backwards. Did I get that expression right? No, it's way behind. Damn!" He cursed to himself slightly. "What happens when you draw a card in its reverse form?" He asked as the question popped into his mind. James looked at him. "Depending on the card, it's different. But I can't choose if it's normal or reversed. For the reversed form it's normally a negative effect on whoever I'm fighting."

"Not likely." Sol said disdainfully as he watched Mithrail's approach. As soon as she raised her fist obviously not aimed towards him he saw her intent to hit the ground. Having almost felt the impact of those punches he knew that the earth-shattering results could be dangerous which forced him to make his next move. He charged Mithrail and flipped over her avoiding the uppercut and grabbing her hand as he did so. As he landed on the other side of her he launched Mithrail over him using the combined force of his fall, leverage, and Mithrail's own punch to send her crashing into the ground. From what he had seen it probably wouldn't even really damage the girl, but he had to keep attacking so he could find some weakness in that supernatural body of hers. "I saved your face card boy don't you get mad at me!" Sol yelled out as he heard James blame him for something stupid that he barely heard.

Tyler sighed as the fight continued. He then began thinking. "What does the High Priestess do? My guess is it would raise your intelligence temporarily, am I right? Because if so, I would like to borrow that." He asked politely.

"No," James said. "High Priestess gives me healing powers. Not only the ability to regenerate, but the ability to heal others, just like the High Priestesses can do. Hierophant is the same thing, because it's just the male version, except that it has more of an offensive set of abilities."

Kevin smiled happily as he was about to sink his teeth into another fish , but was rudely interrupted by an earthquake which caused him to drop his fish."WHAT THE HELL!" He shouted as he kneeled down in front of the fish."That's it!!!!!" He walked over to Sol and Mithrail with his fist balled and anger raging in his face. " Excuse me!!! Could you two please seetle your marital problems some were else!"

> "Not likely." Sol said disdainfully as he watched Mithrail's approach. As soon as she raised her fist obviously not aimed towards him he saw her intent to hit the ground. Having almost felt the impact of those punches he knew that the earth-shattering results could be dangerous which forced him to make his next move. He charged Mithrail and flipped over her avoiding the uppercut and grabbing her hand as he did so. As he landed on the other side of her he launched Mithrail over him using the combined force of his fall, leverage, and Mithrail's own punch to send her crashing into the ground. From what he had seen it probably wouldn't even really damage the girl, but he had to keep attacking so he could find some weakness in that supernatural body of hers. "I saved your face card boy don't you get mad at me!" Sol yelled out as he heard James blame him for something stupid that he barely heard. James looked at Sol, and sighed, getting a very serious look on his face. "You tripped me, which caused that card to fall out of my pocket. I was trying to make sure I didn't have to use that card. If the wrong Aeon would have activated, then it would have killed not only me, but everyone else in this room, except maybe Chase."

> "Not likely." Sol said disdainfully as he watched Mithrail's approach. As soon as she raised her fist obviously not aimed towards him he saw her intent to hit the ground. Having almost felt the impact of those punches he knew that the earth-shattering results could be dangerous which forced him to make his next move. He charged Mithrail and flipped over her avoiding the uppercut and grabbing her hand as he did so. As he landed on the other side of her he launched Mithrail over him using the combined force of his fall, leverage, and Mithrail's own punch to send her crashing into the ground. From what he had seen it probably wouldn't even really damage the girl, but he had to keep attacking so he could find some weakness in that supernatural body of hers. "I saved your face card boy don't you get mad at me!" Sol yelled out as he heard James blame him for something stupid that he barely heard. Mithrail tumbled along the ground, leaving dents and cracks along the way. Naturally, she just got back up. "Ha ha ha! Is now really the time to get distracted, fool?" she stated before rushing towards Sol. As soon as Kevin spoke up, the girl swiveled her head towards him. "_What was that?!_ how dare you even imply that I would feel anything but disgust for this low person!"

James sighed. "Okay...she's getting annoying..." He pulled out a card. "Judgement: Silence..." Mithrail's voice would suddenly stop working, no matter how much she tries to talk. "I blocked the sound waves coming from her vocal chords for the next 4 hours. Now we won't have to listen to her high and mighty attitude."

"Wow.....there's a lot of tension over here." Right after Kevin said that James activated something that he said has the power to stop that girl (Mithrail) from speaking. "Duuude that's a little over board! Using your magic to do stuff like that is mest up.....why is Bonnie and Clyde (Mithrail and Sol) fighting anyway?"

James looked at Kevin. "Just be quiet...I have a headache thanks to this bitch..." He sighed. "I'll be in my room if any of you need me..." He started to walk out.

Mithrail took a deep breath, then shouted: #### **"DON'T YOU DARE IGNORE ME!!!"** She is a Celestial. While not totally resistant to magic, spells that are meant to affect the integrity of their person are almost dismissive. They have a contract with the World since their birth and it prevents them from ever being twisted into another person image by magic. This is especially true for Mithrail, who's ego is like a magic shield in itself; she refuses to be the pawn of some mages magic.

James stopped and sighed, turning to look at Mithrail. His cards started to float around him. "Silence, wench." The aura that was coming off of him...wasn't his. And his eyes were glowing. In fact, it was a woman's voice speaking. "You are a fool and a nuisance. Do not speak like you are above the others again or there will be punishment." His cards slipped back into his pocket on their own, then his eyes stopped glowing and the aura faded. "Damn...Fate really is demanding..."

Sol turned angrily to face James now that Mithrail was no longer trying to tear him apart. "First, i tripped you because you were about to get hit the face which probally would've knocked multiple cards out. Second, what the heck are doing with such powerful things just lieing around in your pocket. THIRD." he said his voice slowly increasing in volume, "You seem to able to draw whatever card you want and yet you were just complaining about how its totally random and you could suddenly blow up the world, which brings me to my next to last point. This is a school for MAGIC, do you really think there aren't any safegaurds agains't magic, thats like building something on a nuke site without radition protection. Finally, if you've got some chick that can randomly posses you care to warn us about that a litte?" he finished angrily --- The headmaster slowly opened one of the doors to the cafateira and came hobbling on his cane. "Sounds like we're having some trouble around here." He stated in that slow gravely voice of his. "What seems to be the problem here." he said calmly but an obvervant person might notice a dangerous twinkle in his eye hidden under all that hair.

James noticed that twinkle in the headmaster's eye. "It's nothing serious, headmaster." Then he turned towards Sol. "I carry these cards around because...well, actually, I can't tell you why. If you want to find out why, then later on come with Chase, Meruin and I to the Temple of Fate. That's also where you'll meet that person that just spoke using me. Now I'm going to my room. Don't bother me." He started to walk out.

"Sol, shut up. You're beginning to act like her. Match over." He said bluntly as he looked over at James. " Sol seems to have a problem with James because of his powers. I find it quite annoying, and the princess over there thinks she's better than everyone. If you'll excuse me, I'm going to hang out with some semi normal people, like Meruin and Chase." He finished his monologue and walked back towards Meruin and Chase. " How annoying."

Sol sighed obviously controlling his anger and ignoring Tyler and James, "Sorry headmaster I lost control of my emotions, Could you please open a battle room for us?" he asked politely. --- The headmaster sighed, "Such fighting is quite unruly, I expect better behavior out of you lot in the future. I would like everyone to attend one of our evening classes tonight. Classes offered are Advanced Magic Theory if it is convenient for Chase, Combat Training, and Deception. Of course i will open a battle room for you to finish your little spat in assuming Mithrail agrees. The battle room is a 10m cube of solidified magic that moves with you. It disperses when the word "yield" is said by one of the combatants inside." he finished saying. With that the headmaster walked to the buffet and got a bowl of oatmeal and sat down to watch the fight, interested to see the celestial in combat.