"Let's get inside, Dar. It is much safer there." Lady VIoletta spoke as she pushed the cart in and was closely followed by a Griffon who made sure that he was the next creature inside to safety as if his hide was better than anyone else. His eyes widen for a second when the large doors opened wide for Lady Violetta was walking up to them.
"Thank you, Grand Doors."
The Griffon suddenly thought *Must have been that fool Lady Violetta.*

~I am not the fool but you are. You must watch your thoughts or the Castle will turn on you. It is just as sentient as you are.~ Lady Violetta mind spoke to the Griffon who obviously ignored her words.

"Hmmmmm....I thought we were going to go downstairs to a basement.... By the way did a Night Glo Dragon or Griffon appear yet? Oh here you are Griffon. Have you seen Night Glo yet?" Titus asked about.

"No, I have not seen that wayward Night Glo Dragon, fortunately...." Griffon spoke with a human like voice with the last word being on a very soft low mumble.

"I heard that, Griffon. You know the rules. Pay no attention to Griffon. He tends to be a bit ......" Titus began but paused for the lack of words.

"Try these words, Titus. 'Stuffy, overbearing, imperfect Arse when it comes to the wayward Night Glo Dragon.' " Lady Violetta spoke as she came in with a cart.
"Ayaka, please take these creatures to the sub basement level. The stairs will widen for the passenger so there is no fear of lack of room. I'll find Night Glo."

Mystique had settled everyone in their rooms and since there had been quite a while since anyone came up, she decided to go downstairs to see what was going on. When she was down stairs she gasped in complete surprise for before her very eyes was a distinguished Griffon. But before she could say a word, Lady Violetta tapped her shoulder which made her glanced towards her moving body.

"Dar and Mystique, follow me. I may need your services." Lady Violetta spoke as she walked to the Floating Spiral Staircase.
"To the Roof Top, please."

Mystique turned and followed Lady Violetta in complete obedience for she sensed the urgency in her voice.

"What about me? Where do I go?" the Griffon spoke gruffly.

"You are a creature and will go downstairs with me. Now follow that young lady." Titus spoke firmly glaring at Griffon.

((My Mistake!))

"No haven't seen either one." Of course a Griffon appeared just as she said that. Ayaka couldn't help but be slightly amused at the Griffon's seemingly 'all about me' attitude. Luckily, Lady Violetta came walking in with a cart sense Ayaka wasn't quite sure where to take the animals either. At least now she knew to take them to the sub basement. She called her own animals to her first and gave them each a treat for helping out. Dusk decided to jump in her arms wanting to be carried. "What's this all about? You don't usually want me to carry you," she said as she started guiding Titus' animals to the sub basement.

Well there's a certain baby Raicho chick sleeping in my spot. Ayaka rolled her eyes at the shadow cat's response. "No one said you and Mist can't share that spot, silly" I decided I don't feel like sharing it right now. Ayaka laughed at that. "Well leave it to a cat to be grumpy." Dusk looked down at Rikami and glared at the spot on the frost wolf's back where Mist was sleeping. "Honestly, you and you're moodiness. One minute you're getting along with everyone and the next you're annoyed at everyone..."

She wouldn't be Dusk if she weren't like that. Skye had chimed in before Dusk could say anything else. "Of course, she wouldn't be a cat otherwise." Ayaka agreed with Skye.

Ayaka was slightly arguing with her cat as she made sure all the animals got into the sub basement, though Skye's reply seemed to have stopped the argument for the time being.

Dar was relieved when Lady Violetta finally showed up, nodding in agreement with her before following inside, "Aura has taken the townspeople to the designated floor, I intend to join her and anyone else wishing to assist in tending to them." he told her. He knew very well in a crisis such as this, that they had to keep everyone calm; if panic spread, chaos would likely follow suit. And nobody wanted that. He excused himself politely before heading upstairs, finding Aura tending to an elderly woman. He smiled and began to tend to the others, seeing if they needed anything, along with comforting the ones who were scared. Several children had started to pet Aura, who appeared to enjoy the attention. Dar chuckled, shaking his head when she shot him a look, returning back to what he was doing.

Ayaka got all the animals in the sub basement. It looked like everyone was ok for the most part. She took a quick walk around to make sure none of the animals got hurt on they way here from the Village. "Well looks like their ok." Ayaka went back upstairs and thought of where everyone else might be. Sense she thought she heard what sounded like glass shattering earlier, Ayaka went up to the roof.

Dar looked up after having just given a family something to eat, hearing Lady Violetta's voice call for him, "Aura, you stay here and keep helping, I'm needed on the roof." he told her mentally. He left shortly afterwards, arriving on the roof a few minutes after Mystique and Lady Violetta. He looked around and surmised for himself what must have happened, understanding why he had been called now; moving over to the large dragon that was being comforted by Mystique. "Hey there big guy, you came down pretty hard by the looks of things. My name is Dar, I'm just going to look you over for any injuries, so don't pay too much attention to me." he said, patting the dragon's leg gently. He looked over at Mystique and nodded for her to continue talking and comforting him, allowing him to check the dragon while she did so, finding a bruise or two starting to form, and several scales had been scratched from the glass; otherwise, there were no cuts on him. He looked up at Night Glo, "You have a couple bruises and scratched scales from your landing, but I don't see any cuts on you anywhere; not surprising though, a dragon's hide is pretty tough after all. I suggest you take it easy for a few days and let your natural healing deal with your bruises, after that, you should be as good as new again." he told the dragon with a smile, patting his leg gently again. He made his way over to Lady Violetta, "He's not seriously injured, just a couple bruises. I would imagine his self-esteem took a huge hit though, he'll likely need someone around him for a while to build that back up. He seems to like Mystique, I would recommend her, she seems to have a way with dragons." he suggested to her mentally.

Lady Violetta held up her hand to Ayaka to slow and stop her from interfering. She wanted to see how Mystique would do in an unknown situation.

~With this dragon, I'd say yes. Her other two are not working out and I think that the female may be pregnant. I am not a dragon person but it's a 7th sense. I am studying about the senses and I need to study more before I have the needed information. I think that Mystique has a 7th sense. I think that I will make an exception for her this time and allow the dragon stay in her room. Lady Violetta spoke then turned to Ayaka.
"Please go check on the refugees for me. I'll be along as soon as possible."

"What has that dragon done this time? Oh no...... is he hurt badly?" Titus asked as he came upon the scene with Griffon.
"TH...ack!" Griffon spoke in shock for he could not speak at all.

"Lady Violetta? Care to explain the situation, please?" Titus asked.


"Night Glo accidentally hit the last greenhouse which had nothing in it. He is physically fine. His mental status is stable but he is emotionally disturbed.
Griffon now has a long term spell on him which may help his mental outlook. Now I need to speak with Mystique." Lady Violetta spoke firmly on the subject.

"Mystique, I am leaving Night Glo in your care which means that he will sleep with you and your creatures. Please take him with you and see to his needs. Titus will bring you the type of food Night Glo will need as well as any other supplies that you might need to care for him.
I need to go down and check on everyone." she spoke gently but firmly then left without giving Mystique a chance to protest.

"Come Titus, you need to get this creature back to the sub basement and gather what Mystique will need for Night Glo's care. Dar, let's go." Lady Violetta spoke quickly as she walked by them.

Ayaka saw that Lady Violetta held her hand up for her to stop and when she saw Mystique and the dragon, she understood why. The headmistress didn't wish for to interfere with this. She stood there and watched Mystique comforting the dragon until Lady Violetta asked her to go check on the refugees. Knowing she will be along soon enough, Ayaka went back downstairs where the refugees were. "Everyone ok?" she asked as she started a walk around on the floor to check on everyone.

It had not been Elizabeth’s wish to have gotten duties in the kitchen. She was brushing the rags hard against the shining white plates, sparkling it clean from blemishes inflicted on it by various stains and foodstuffs. The burly head cook was next to her, overseeing her every move, and her eyes were impeccable in Elizabeth’s experience. Everything that happened in this kitchen was seen by that cook. Regarding how she had managed to get stuck doing this at all, she preferred not to think about it. All she would say is that it was not her fault, but rather someone else’s. It had merely been a situation of circumstance, and Elizabeth a victim of it, that had forced her into kitchen duty.

It was then that Elizabeth first began to feel the tremors. They were at first were light vibrations which were so light that Elizabeth thought that perhaps they were not truly there. However, their power soon magnified, and Elizabeth felt the quakes that emanated deep from the ground. Elizabeth set her arms at her side in order to keep her balance, and stopped the menial chores she was doing. Elizabeth had not even the faintest of ideas what it was that was making such a trembling. Elizabeth set down her white plate and wiped the soap from her arms. She ran out towards the door.

“Oy, where do you think you’re going?” the cook screamed at her.

“I’m going to see what exactly this is, if you don’t mind miss,” Elizabeth said.

“Well, I do mind,” the cook said. “Hey, get back here!”

Elizabeth moved fast enough that the large cook could not even hope to catch her in time. She pressed on the doors of the kitchen, and they opened into the halls. Elizabeth’s eyes widened at the sight of a great many men and women who wore the clothes Elizabeth recognized as belonging to the denizens of the village. Their appearance resembled that of refugees. Elizabeth mind went in circles, not quite being able to click, unable to ascertain what event had undergone that had enabled such a catastrophe to occur. At that moment, the maid Naomi passed by her, with the younger and fairer maid Ruth following behind. Elizabeth had met Naomi on a number of occasions, and was better acquainted with the young maid, Ruth. Naomi had an expression which told Elizabeth that she had plenty of tasks at hand that needed her completion, yet when she saw Elizabeth she stopped her movement, if only a movement.

“My lady,” Naomi said. “Whatever are you doing here?”

Glancing back before turning back to Naomi, Elizabeth said, “I had kitchen duty.”

“Ah, I see,” Naomi said. “Well, my lady, if you may excuse me…”

“Hold on a minute,” Elizabeth said.

“Yes?”

What is all of this?”

“Did you feel the tremors?”

“Indeed.”

“Well, outside the Academy, it was quite worse. The academy, it is alive.”

“Yes, I know. So its sentience allowed it to endure. So these people, they are…”

“They are refuges of a sort.”

“I see. And where are the others?”

“Your peers and instructors? They are elsewhere, on higher floors, although beyond that I’m not sure.”

“Is that so?”

“Yes it is, Elizabeth. Now, I and Ruth must get to work. These men and women need aid, after what happened to their homes.”

”Yes, I am sure.”

The cook came bursting out, anger and frustrating directed at Elizabeth in her eyes. She dragged Elizabeth by the ears, Elizabeth shouting, “ow, ow, ow!” all the while, and shoved her back in the kitchen.

“We’ll be having no more of that now, will we?”

”None of what?” Elizabeth said.

“No more mucking about,” the cook said.

There is something more important going on.”

“Maybe so, but we still need dishes.”

If that is all you need, I may be able to help you.”

Elizabeth waved her hand, and from it emanated magic. Invisible forces began to work, cleaning the dishes faster than Elizabeth ever could have manually, and it required no more attention from her. It was simply applied magic, just as engineering is applied mathematics. For Elizabeth, it was no great task once one figured out the essentials and substratum of the magic she learned.

“Oy, no magic!”

”Maybe that work for an appeal that would work,” Elizabeth said, and pointed to the scattered men and women walking up the stairs outside the kitchen. “But I think we’re passed that. Now, I think they would welcome a hot meal.”

“S’pose that makes sense,” the cook said. “Alright, I’ll bite. What do you recommend?”

”You’re the cook,” Elizabeth said.

"I need to inform Cook of our guests. Mingle about and see what needs to be done. 'Path if you need me." Lady Violetta spoke as she hurried off to the kitchen.
"Cook! Just to let you know....Let Elizabeth's ears be. I have another chore for her. I am sending one of the refugees in to help you some. You will need to allow magic in the kitchen for we will have the entire town eating here for quite some time.

Elzabeth, I want you to take all of the things in the student lounge that might hurt a child out of there. The Quakes have started. Now you scoot.

Adam, thank goodness you are here. I need you to work with Cook. Adam has Cooking Magic and runs a Cafe in the Village. He will help you prepare a simple lunch. There will be children including toddlers who will have special needs. Go your PLTs and open the M-Mail. It will have today's menu for lunch and dinner. I will have the refugees eat first then staff and students.

I will give you a few refugees to help in the kitchen. They can do dishes and clean floors. Now I must be off and do try to listen to Adam. He is terrific with children meals. Plan on 300 extra people which means that you have no time for arguing," Lady Violetta informed Cook in a long do not interrupt me speech then she hurried out of the kitchen.

"Let's go check the M-Mail and see what Lady Violetta has suggested for today's meals. Then we can plan who does what. I wouldn't expect any help for lunch though." Adam gently spoke with a simple listen to me spell.

"That sounds like a good idea, Adam." Cook spoke as if she was in a slight daze.

"All right, Night Glo. Let me see you stand up, please. I want to see how well you are able to walk." Mystique spoke gently.

@Aisling

Dar nodded as she explained what she suspected was going on with Mystique's dragons, a pregnancy would certainly explain why the female wasn't leaving the other dragon's side, or leaving the aquarium. He made a mental note to talk to Mystique about checking up on her once things had settled down again. When Lady Violetta indicated she wished to leave and tend to the refugees, he simply followed her, walking to the kitchen. He remained silent as she gave out orders, observing how she was quick and to the point, not allowing anyone to respond. He knew better than to interrupt her; when she left, he followed her, waiting for any instructions she needed to give to him. He sensed Aura was doing fine on her own, but he couldn't help worrying she shouldn't be alone. What if she got scared? No, she'd be fine, he needed to let her be independent. She would need that as she grew, he knew that. Pushing the thought out of his mind, he continued to follow Lady Violetta.

For the most part, there were no real problems to be found as Ayaka went around checking on the refugees. There was the occasional scared kid, however. It was usually because they had no idea what was going on or they somehow got separated from their parents. Neither one was too hard to attend to. As far as the adults were concerned, all seemed fine so far. Of course, she knew they were probably all worried and just not showing it. Some asked about food. There were even some who asked how long they would stay here, which to Ayaka is a question better asked when things settled down.

"Dar, did you notice that Night Glo has six legs? I do not know this species of dragons." Lady Violetta paused in her walking then turned to to Dar.

Night Glo stood up and held his head up high. She was told by Lady Violetta to take care of him so she had to be nice to him.




Mystique ran her hand down his body. It well muscled and finely toned.

"Your body is well shaped. Nice and long, sleek, so shiney..... I like your body. Tell me if you think that you can walk with me." Mystique spoke as she finished her examination with Night Glo's tail.

*Yes, I can do that. Where is your room?* Night Glo asked.

"Just follow me and we will be there in next to no time." Mystique spoke as she led the way to the Spiral Floating Staircase.

When she finally spoke to him, he furrowed his brow, "Yes, I noticed that as well. I have no idea what species he is either, I've never seen a dragon like him before. I'd ask Aura, but she's too young to know, and most of her mother's knowledge hasn't been unlocked yet. With your permission, Lady Violetta, I would like to forego the usual transportation procedures and have that container I was telling you about before, arrive today. I feel we might need what's in it before this crisis is over." he told her.

@Krinos Solstice


"Yes, you may send for it. I'll make a floor for your......no it would be best for you to arrange the floor yourself. I'll set up so that the Castle will allow you to arrange the floor." Lady Violetta spoke as she took out her PLTs. She did a bit of typing and there was a shudder.
"There is now a new floor. It under your jurisdiction and may move your equipment in any time. Use your PLTs Floor Arranger. Is there anything else that you need?" Lady Violetta spoke.

"Who is your owner? I will need to contact the person so he or she won't worry about you." Mystique spoke as they traveled to her room.

*I don't have one.* Night Glo responded glumly.


"A handsome dragon like you doesn't have an owner? Why not?" Mystique spoke.

*I am a mutated dragon. Who wants a six legged dragon with two wings?* Night Glo spoke with a sniff.

"I would but I have two dragons, two cats and a bird....." Mystique spoke.

"Just one thing, I would appreciate it if you could find someone to keep an eye on Aura for me. Once the container arrives, she's going to try and find me; I don't want her to do that, she needs to stick to helping the refugees...I would suggest pairing her up with Ayaka, she seems to like her." he replied. He then opened his PLTs to locate the new floor's location, heading there as quickly as he could. Once on the floor, he began to arrange things so the container could fit perfectly at the end of the room. He then took a small box from his pocket, "Let's see...they said to push this here and slide the white ring to the top until I hear a click." he said to himself. Once he heard the click, he set the device down and watched as a steel container appeared where he wanted it to. The device dismantled itself afterwards and the pieces attached themselves to the container, the illusion disappearing to reveal a full sized Aqua Dragon in it, "Hello, Aurora, it's been quite some time." he mentally spoke to the dragoness. Her deep blue eyes fell on Dar, "Indeed it has, Dar. I see I am in the Academy, was I not to be placed into the lake upon arrival?" she asked.

He nodded, "You would have, but unfortunately, we're in a state of emergency right now, so putting you outside is not an option at the moment. Once things have calmed down, then you'll be put into the lake. Before that though, there are a couple of things I need you to tell me, seeing as how Aura hasn't unlocked your memories yet." he told her. The dragoness flicked her tail with interest at his words, "Very well then, I will offer what I know. Now, what is it you wish to ask?" she questioned him. "First and foremost, there is a dragon here that I have never seen before, do you know what species it could be?" he asked, sending her the mental image of him. Aurora's eyes gleamed, "He is a Night Glo, though he is a mutated one. It is rare for a dragon to mutate like this, but it has been known to happen. I see he has six legs, it must be difficult for him to fly properly, which is to be expected. If he is cared for by someone kind, loving and understanding, I am sure he will eventually be able to control his flying. That aside, he has an advantage on the ground, his additional legs allow for him to be more stable on the ground. It's possible he may develop abilities typical Night Glo's would never have." she replied. He raised an eyebrow, "Explain." he said. The dragoness lowered her head to his level on the other side of the glass, "His extra legs will allow him to brace himself to unleash abilities that would otherwise cause any other dragon to topple over. He may become a highly sought prize, even more so if the wrong kind of people learn what he can do." she explained plainly.

He nodded in understanding, "The second thing, Lady Violetta thinks a student's dragon might be pregnant, though we can't confirm it as she won't leave the student's other dragon. Not even to go to the aquarium the student has for her. I was wondering if you would be willing to help us figure this one out, as you would be able to get to her, whereas we can't." he told her. Aurora nodded, "I will do what I can. But judging from what you've told me, she likely is pregnant, and if the only other dragon she's been around is this student's other one and he's a male, then it's most likely she is pregnant and the two have come to be mates. If that's the case, then this student needs to plan for the birth and what will happen to the young." she replied. He nodded, "I know." he agreed. Dar opened his PLTs and sent a message to Lady Violetta, informing her about what Aurora told him in regards to Night Glo. With that sent, he began to set up the equipment that had also started to arrive, most of it being records from the Knight Mansion back home detailing his studies and research notes on all sorts of creatures. The remaining equipment were for teaching purposes.

Mystique had by now arrived at her room. She hoped that the room would enlarge enough to give Night Glo enough room for moving around in.
"This is my room. What kind of food do you eat?" she asked.


*I eat


and
* Night Glo mentally spoke to her.

"I hope that Titus has some because I don't. What about some water?" Mystique asked.

*No thank you. Where shall I lay down?* he asked as he looked around.

"Anywhere, you can find. I'm gonna find Titus and if anyone comes along, just tell them that I have the privileged of taking care of you. I'll be back as soon as I can." Mystique spoke as she left.

@ZB1996
Lady Violetta was bringing a large box of games and toys behind her. She walked to the Student Lounge where Elizabeth was working.
"Here are some toys for the children that were left over from last holiday." she spoke. "There are more so I need you to come with me, please."

The refugees all seemed to be worried if things will be ok after this crisis was over, but are pretty much settling in. Ayaka wasn't sure where the headmistress was at the current moment, so she decided to stay where she was and help out the refugees if they needed it. Rikami didn't mind. In fact, he loved being able to play with the kids. And since it seemed to calm them down, Ayaka didn't mind so much either. She just had to hold Mist for awhile. Dusk on the other hand was still being grumpy and Skye stayed near Ayaka.

I know they're kids, but they're annoying. A moody shadow cat spoke to Ayaka.
"Still ms. grumpy kitty are we? Honestly, what am I going to do with you?"
Dusk just responded by deciding to start bathing herself, which made Ayaka roll her eyes at the cat.
I bet she stays grumpy until she takes a nap.
"That's not helping Skye."
Just saying. She likes to play with Rikami and I, but she's moody when she wants her cat nap.
Ha ha very funny.
"Ok you two that's enough."