[@Inertia][@Jedly] [center][img]http://orig04.deviantart.net/7cd8/f/2016/179/1/5/kano_hargor_by_zelosse-da7xiiu.png[/img][/center] [center][color=004b80][h1][b]π’¦π’Άπ“ƒπ‘œ π»π’Άπ“‡π‘”π‘œπ“‡[/b][/h1][/color][/center] [@inertia][@jedly] Kano watched Luke and Zephyr from the top windows of the school. Despite the distance, he witnessed everything the two did as though it were happening just a few feet away, and silently congratulated Luke on his control over the water along with his intuitions. The only logical step now was to push him a little further in the right direction and see if the boy had what it took to become a master in his own right. Kanos hand reached out as if he were going to grab the boy and clenched his fingers and felt the often violent waters of the pool eagerly accept his request as the waters spiraled into a more solid form as that of a large [url=http://taxidermicowlbear.weebly.com/uploads/2/3/7/4/23742956/5847016_orig.png]dragon-like[/url] creature composed entirely of water. Though there was only enough water in the pools to allow it to form a good portion of its upper body at the moment. The spirit of that inhabited the waters was ancient as was the headmaster so both had plenty of time over the years to gather an understanding. Every new student that stepped into the waters fed the energy of it while absorbing it at the same time, creating the rich flow of concentrated essence. On times like these the emotions that ran in the pool took this form to test students, it would not injure but it could certainly give you a hard time. It snapped and whipped its body around like a whip even as its body continued to form as the water beast ventured further and further out of its home to 'attack' the intruders. [color=004b80]"Luke. Your test here will be dissipation. A will binds the beast to a form and a purpose. You cannot control it but you can return it back to how it began."[/color] Kano was not speaking to them directly, nor could they hear him, but he chose to ramble as he watched the two boys begin. [color=004b80]"As for you, young Zephyr, you hold no hope of participating the same way as Luke. His element repels him now. But perhaps your part will be participation. Use the darkness, boy, and help your fellow classmate overcome the serpent. Merely holding the orb does not test your skills." [/color] The orb Zephyr held was not just a means of whether or not he could control the orb. It was to serve as his shield and sword all at once. To identify the boy and make clear to everyone that his elemental was still taught on these grounds with respect and honor. Kano had already issued punishments to students, and teachers, he had found talking ill of the boy. Peace between the elements was of vital importance. No fool with his head full of hate would threaten it ever again. Kano turned from the growing scene of the serpent and began his return to his office. ------------------------- (near the office) The headmaster strolled gingerly through the halls and greeted the other passer-by with a polite wave and a hello but stressed he could not stay to talk. A mountain of paperwork, and those damn 'hall monitor' reports, were probably stacked to the ceiling by now. Though they did have a tendency to find the worst students they also had a bad habit of hassling regular students merely dancing in the grey zone of the school rules. Was it a rule not to feed your pet mana infused food? No. Experimentation was good for everyone. Was it a rule not to over-do feeding them something? absolutely. Animal cruelty was still frowned on. Kano passed by more than a few students, and caught a glimpse of a few he did not recognize. [@liferusher][@Ennui] Yoshino Hirasawa and what appeared to be her co-conspirator Emilia Averill. That thought caught in his mind for a moment. [i]Co-Conspirator? Surely they had done nothing wrong.[/i] It wasn't uncommon for him to get visits from the students in the slightest, look at Luke and Zephyr. Whom by now were either being swallowed by the serpent on trying not to be. His office door opened without a sound on the well oiled hinges as the headmaster made his familiar walk into the room, only stopping to grab yet another report from the ever growing pile. Crumpling it up and tossing it into the recycling bin for later repurposing, he sat down upon his chair and stared at the pile. As expected, it had grown. Again. [color=004b80]"I need a secretary.."[/color] He mumbled. In times like these when the mundane work of his empire required just a tad too much of him it was a habit to pull out the picture he kept on his desk. It was old, faded, worn out, and frozen, but just holding the picture gave him great comfort. The same way his dance in the mornings always brought out the humanity trapped in his form. If he stopped remembering what it was to be a person it would be disaster. Kanos hand failed to find the picture in its familiar spot. More and more things seemed to have been moved ever so slightly. Unfamiliar fingers had danced upon his personal items while he had been away. Closing his eyes and focusing on himself, the headmaster easily found the resonance with his form coating the picture. Steadily leaving his office in someones pocket. A feral growl escaped him as he turned to water, rushing down the drainage tube kept so conveniently behind his desk. A tube that circled every inch of the school grounds. His form rushed through the tubes on memory alone until the resonance was at its peak. His watery form all but exploding through the wall in a shower of debree and mist while the headmaster returned to his human form. Only to find the same two conspirators he had seen earlier. Normally he would have talked. Words were easy to understand and few wouldn't listen to what their headmaster had to say. Anger led him now, betrayed by his own students, who had so blatantly taken what was not theirs. Rather than lash out he merely rushed forward like a tidal wave, both of the girls drenched head to toe by his passing form. In an instant he had reformed on the opposite side of the girls again holding every and any personal items the two had been holding, right down to their socks and shoes. Their clothing was drenched, they were shoeless, and an angry Kano held his picture in one hand, and everything else in a sphere of frozen water in his opposite hand. [color=004b80]"Explain yourselves. [i]Now[/i]."[/color]