[i]Damn these narrow hallways![/i] Rex Volt thought to himself as he traversed the halls of the Academy, his shoulders rubbing along the walls, and the tip of his cranium and ears scraping the ceiling. Being a massive beast had its disadvantages, but the perks far outweighed the cons. So putting up with small hallways and struggling through small doors was a bearable annoyance.

Somewhere, and somehow, he managed to obtain a tailored tuxedo for the festivities. He looked as sharp as his claws. Though he wondered if all the shoulder bumping with the environment would wear out the seams.

He wanted to look the part, and impress a special someone that was attending today.

Finally he had arrived at the double doors that lead into the Ballroom. Luckily they were large enough for him go through without problems, he just had to kneel down a little.

He palmed open the door and shimmied in. If anyone was paying attention, it would a comical display of an 11 foot tall Wolf Beast squatting down and moving into the room like a crab.

First to spot him was Lily Quarin. And she was actually behind him, returning to the ball room after speaking to a few people about what to do with the “guest of honour”. The principal smiled at the nicely tailored suit, appreciating Rex' effort and gave him a gentle push to ease his passage through the door.

“If I'd have known you'd be part of our staff, I'd have asked the ceiling to be higher.” 

Not having noticed Lily stalking behind him, Rex was slightly startled by the gentle nudge, and hit his head on the doorframe. A small whine escaped through his gritted teeth. “Oh, hey there!” He said awkwardly, a little embarrassed. Now inside the high ceilings of the Ballroom, he stood up straight and turned around to face the Principle. “Well, I’m... kind of used to it.”

Noticing her formal dress he said. “You look stunning.” He leaned in close with his jaws right next to her right ear. “Just like you always do.”

“So do you.” She smiled, giving him an affectionate peck on the cheek. “I'm impressed with your costume and really happy you came in late. Ten minutes late makes all the difference between it staying spotless or being ruined.”

Volt raised a brow. “Something happened?”

“Solus Grim arrived and had a show off with the Essence.” From her mouth, the word was less a title and more a subjective. “They just had to demonstrate how barbaric they both were. Luckily nobody else got involved so my hope is the students will soon forget.

“Hmm…” Rex placed a gentle paw on Lily’s shoulder and pulled her a little closer. “Solus did want to destroy her, but Luciana gave him an alternative. One that he didn’t really like.”

Lily nodded grimly but smiled at his touch, despite herself. “He made that pretty obvious. I just hope they don’t go after each other in the future - they’re both legends and it won’t be good for our school to be the place where the illusion is broken.”

“Illusion are always broken eventually… But anyway. Let’s enjoy the party shall we? We left all the bad things of the world outside. Better not to think about them and let them in, hmm?”

Lily smiled and followed Rex back to the ball-room. A gentle melody was playing in the background of students chattering and she took Rex’ paw in her hand, smiling as he understood her intention and moved his other paw around her waist. He smiled back and spun her around and they both started dancing gracefully in the center of the ball room.