Irvine was fortunate, it do not appear that the fighting would be making its way over to him.  With a sigh of relief Irvine beckoned to the shadow creation with his hand and it faded back to nothing but that which the sun would cast behind him.  However it still didn't seem all that safe so Irvine decided to stay clear of the centre, at least until this Arken guy showed up.  Whilst in this trail of thought Irvine glanced around him, catching a glimpse of a girl leaping towards him, his eyes grew wide startled and caught off guard once again by a new arising situation.  Before she would come into contact with him though she was caged away in a earthen cell and before his shocked look could translate itself into one of anger she was gone from his sight.

Irvine reached out and touched the wall of the corridor that had just erected itself in front of him.  Strange, it was almost as though it had been created in the same way as what had caged the girl only a moment ago.  As the words began to spell themselves out made out of dust and dirt Irvine sceptically read the message.  With everything that had happened could he really trust it?  Glancing around, it didn't seem he had much of a choice the path behind him was blocked and it didn't look like the path would lead to where this 'friend' of whoever was helping him was caged.  Maybe this was the first creature he'd encounter that wasn't looking for a fight on this field, with a shrug Irvine slowly began to pace down the path forged ahead of him.  What was that thing anyway?  That leap didn't seem like one fuelled by someone looking for a fight, perhaps hunger.  Once Irvine made it to the end of the corridor and the treeline he sighed once more leaning against a tree and looking back down the earthen passage, all he could do now was wait.

It wouldn't be long after the waiting had begun that the corridor disappeared.  Back toward the centre of the field there appeared to be a new person, perhaps this was Arken.  With little other choice Irvine began to make his way toward the centre of the field.  As he passed the girl that had leapt at him, giving her a curious glance over his shoulder.  It seemed now that she was fine at least, either that or she'd found some form of prey.  Irvine had made it over to the centre to simply catch the end of Arken's speech, from the looks on some faces it'd appear he had been addressing the students, his main focus would also have appeared to be on those fighting.  Before him now laid a staircase, leading up to the clouds, up beyond where his eyes could see at least.  [color=39b54a]"This could take a while."[/color]  Irvine grumbled as he glanced down to his shadow behind him. [color=39b54a]"Alright time to move."[/color]  With that said his shadow enshrouded the boy again its cowl resting over his head, as Irvine began to climb the stairs.  The first impressions hadn't been great but it would seem that for the most part Irvine had failed to make any.  Alas, maybe it was better to set no impression than to set a bad one, but perhaps in not setting an impression that in itself was a bad impression? [color=39b54a]"Bah."[/color]  Irvine grumbled to himself once more as he thoughts continued their internal conflict.  Hopefully this journey would be shorter than it initially appeared.