"Thanks, Edward! And, yeah, daring," Ascot said, while turning to Odette, and saying:

"I want us to be friends, too. Is that possible?" Resist the urge to flirt!

He would then muse about Edward. A nice, friendly person whose eyes showed the briefest glimpse of a great burden, but who was genuinely optimistic in spite of all that. And quick to accept friendship when it was sincerely given; Ascot was fast falling into unrequited crushing on the guy.

It seems that he is likely to become the centre of the group, at this rate... He would then blurt out:

"So, anyway, fun facility, isn't it? A truce zone between Heaven and Hell, as well as a student body president who knows when not to be serious, while getting the required information across." A glance at Olette and Kyoko, and the two would see a flash of hurt in Ascot's eyes, a flash of hurt that couldn't be hidden from Edward as well. If the other boy's powers to pierce illusion and deception allowed him to read minds, he would see the Half-Seraphim thinking:

A noble and kind and optimistic soul burdened by a great weight. A magnetic and friendly personality deserving of love and fealty. I want to give him my heart, I want to give him my service! I want to be his knight and his flame and his rose, but alas, biology seperates us in a gulf I should not dare cross!

Turning to Kyoko again, Ascot would smile, and say:

"Indeed, I feel blessed to be in an academy such as this."

@Melpaws@TheHangedMan@Rune_Alchemist

Lily's smile got a little wider when she heard her having difficulties saying her name. She really was cute.

"It's my pleasure," she replied, still with her smile. Polite, too. She liked polite people.

She watched her explaining why she didn't hide her ears and tails. So the reason was because she felt her ears and tails were part of her body, and hiding them felt like losing an arm or a leg. She herself didn't understand that reason. She very well knew she was a dragon even though she was in her human form. Dragon blood flowed through her and no amount of transformation would change that.

It's a shame that a kitsune's power comes from its tails. A dragon's power comes from its blood, so even if it loses its wings and tails, it can still regrow them back. Maybe a kitsune will just die if someone were to cut its tails.

"I see," Lily responded. "Then, I won't hold it to you. Just... be careful with your skirt. Maybe ask the tailor to make a hole for your tails to go through. Really don't want some boy to look at your underwear," Lily said with a little blush.

Hinako then asked her about her kind, the poison dragons.

"What there is to say about my kind?" Lily sighed, though she still smiled, "They're dragons. Powerful beasts, terror of humankind since ancient times." She walked away from her as she said this, raising her hand dramatically to the air. She then turned back and looked at Hinako once more, this time with a wide, almost-a-grin smile, her hands on the back of the skirt. "Nowadays though, we have quite calmed down a little. We are no longer like our ancestors who prey on humans. We become their protectors instead, whether that be eating the local wildlife that threatens them or overthrowing a tyrant that oppresses them. Nobody knows exactly why, but my Papa's favorite theory is because we dragons end up seeing the worth of humans. We no longer see them as mere weaklings, only there as prey. We see how they struggle every day in this world."

"And if you're asking about my subspecies specifically, poison dragons, we don't really have our own community. Dragons these days have blood from various types of dragons, so they can birth other types of dragons not of their own. My Papa is a fire dragon while my Mama is an ice dragon. I am the only child and I'm a poison dragon. Papa once said that my great grandmother was a poison dragon too so I probably got my blood from her. We no longer fight over territories like the old days, where fire dragons will stay with other fire dragons and will only marry them, and the same for ice dragons. We are now more flexible, thanks to our dwindling numbers, I suppose."

"Now, if that answers your question, shall we go?" Lily's smile was now genuinely bright. She had eased herself towards the company of the kitsune.

@ADamnFiddle

Adrian, by the grace of his insect heritage, was primarily a dominant night time explorer. It was only when the darkness had taken away the world and stars blanketed the sky that he was free. To come and go at his pleasure and discretion for no reason beyond personal whim. There was a great deal of freedom to be gained by refusing the shackles of a 'home' so to speak. Clad in his faded red robes, wrapped up warm against the nights chill, he had wondered many times if staying at this place was shackling the spirit inside of him.. But near as the moth man could tell, he was bound to this place.
Until he went to look for her again.

People like himself, monsters and stuff of nightmares, were always described to be cruel. They would kill for the thrill of it and move on to the next thing they wanted without pity. Every creature was labelled that way by the unthinking or the frightened, Adrian had encountered these people in his time wandering the world. Yet his reason for continuing had changed somewhere.
The radio nearby had begun to play a tune as he'd wandered by. Adrian had rarely been enthusiastic about music, but this was an exception. The lyrics had caught him. Over and over he'd told them to himself.

Perched on the windowsill of someone elses home, their life hanging from every inch of their abode, he sat and listened. His mind unattached to his stomach and soul as thoughts of his friend invaded his mind. A promise to be friends, if he remembered right. Did she remember him the same way he remembered her? As the song faded away he took flight high into the sky towards the school grounds, the long red cloak flowed like a banner in his wake, long wings working to steadily bring him to his destination. There was one place on this planet they could meet again and it was here.

Adrian would wait.

The four eyed friend of Hikari had gotten over to a nearby snacking table where she got something to drink for her and Hikari. Mary had decided on a normal cola for herself and a package of tomato juice for toothed friend. In disgust she looked at the package, who would actually like this stuff apart from her weird friend. Hikari was something in itself but imagining other beings drinking this kind of liquid appeared to be weird in her head.

Mary got them both a small sack of chips to munch down on with the juice and headed back. Hikari must have felt sorry about now, for ruining the opening ceremony with that terrible behaviour of hers that is. What was this girl thinking when she did that. It must have been burying in Hikari her brain that she messed up in front of so many people. She could after all be a genuinely nice girl, but that wasn't coming to show at the speech...

Mary squeezed the tomato juice package empty in one go. Her glasses reflected a sinister white glow from the lights of the wall unable to see her eyes. The chair Hikari was suppose to stay on for detention was empty. Mary had an empty emotionless look on her face, in most cases that was pretty normal but she gave of the creepy vibe, the vibe of wanting to kill someone.

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In the meantime Hikari had sneakily escaped from her prison chair. She giggled in a sinister way as she waved through the crowd of people. She had sat there for long enough now, her mess up wasn't all too bad anyway. Most of the people even found it moderately funny or so to say done in a different manner than the usual ceremonial speech, is what she heard from the students at least.

Hikari slowed down her pace a little now that she had come a long end away from Mary and took a good look around. It was immediately noticeable that she saw a lot of new faces which weren't seen before by her. It felt like being freshman all over again. There were so many new odd looking people that you wouldn't seen in your everyday life, it was a fun experience. She would die to get to meet some of them right now, cute people that was at least. Perhaps she would even be good enough to make some new friends. With that thought Hikari continued to head for the big doors at the back with a moderate smile on her face.

Hikari left the auditorium rather quickly for now to escape from the four eyed demon. That poor girl might look for her all over the place knowing that Hikari would be rather fond of that party and didn't want to miss it. Hikari chuckled amusingly at the thought of it. There were snacks and drinks here too knowing that there wasn't enough space in the auditorium itself, so it didn't really make a difference if she stood inside or outside the auditorium. The music was just a little softer but that made it somewhat easier to talk to others. Hikari looked over the hallway for a moment to see where they had placed that table with drinks and all before heading that general way, till...

~Odette Billeaud~

@TheHangedMan@Melpaws@Letter Bee

As Edward went about introducing himself, Odette didn't visibly respond. She mostly was focused on the angel, or at least, trying to ignore him in a not offensive way and failing miserably. At least the question that was asked by Edward provided some relief and distraction. What brought them here? Well...to make friends and learn things? She didn't exactly want to vocalize that, though, it sounded extremely childish and she didn't want to be thought of as such. While she was caught up on these thoughts and trying to come up with a sufficient explanation, Kyoko decided to get a little handsy.

Odette froze, more so than she usually did. Kyoko's hand was warm, unlike her own skin. It was...a bit muted, as if she was touching Kyoko through some sort of thick medium, but it was...pleasantly warm, nonetheless. She vaguely though about touching the girl back, but the ghost immediately dismissed the thought, and if she could have been blushing she would have. Plus, she apparently had a...unique name. She had never really though about it, but she supposed so? It wasn't a common name, exactly, but she never thought of it as incredibly unique. Kyoko was being way to nice, and Odette didn't have any way to really respond in a fairly coherent manner. Not only that, she was just offered to be friends with pretty much all of them! That's exactly what she was sort of here for!

The ghost, was happy, and had no way to really express that via words. In fact, she was incredibly happy. So happy in fact, she forgot where she was for a moment. It would suddenly seem as if Odette was growing taller. Those who happened to look, would suddenly find the ghost girl levitating a few feet out of the chair, not even realizing she was doing it.



"Hmmmhmmhmhm~"

Not all students were on time to the auditorium that day. But then, not all students also had to wake up and say hello to all the friendly little birdies or make sure all the stars were in the right place. In the daytime, it was quite difficult to see the beautiful stars. They were hiding from her, like a child hides from someone during hide and seek! Hehe, it was a fun game at least, but she got a tad bit involved and lost track of...time. The funny thing humans were so obsessed with.

"Oh little birdie, flying so high~"

The girl walked to the school, walking with a brisk, almost literal bounce in her step as she hummed a small tune. Most of the other students were already at their destination, and only a few stragglers were able to hear her little song. That was alright though, it wasn't for them. They wouldn't understand anyways, but it'd be funny to watch them try to figure it out. She sort of hoped someone would ask so she could play with them too, but the birdies might get jealous. Jealous birdies were not happy, and the bees might come out then.

"What are you doing up there? The sun hides the stars, you'll melt your wings, little birdie~"

She reached the front of the school, stopping briefly as her brisk pace turned into a...slow waltz? She spun, dancing with an apparently invisible dance partner, still humming a small tune to herself as she arrived at the front of the school. This continued for a few seconds before she came to a halt.

"Little birdie, the stars don't want to speak with you," She craned her neck upwards at an uncomfortable looking angle, before tilting it to the side. "You're not a little birdie. What are you, flying so up high with so many others oblivious to you? So shiny wings, like metal...Are you trying to cover the sun and find the stars? The sun is much bigger than you, or maybe it's as big as a marble being tossed on the ground! Hehe, you're funny, but you should go home, birdie." Whatever conversation she was having, was done and she straightened her head and headed into the school grounds.

Unfortunately, she didn't immediately go to the auditorium. No, instead, she got a little...the human word was 'lost' she believed. Was she lost? Not really, but she wasn't where she was supposed to be so 'Lost' would be an appropriate term. She hadn't a clue how to navigate this entire place. It was beyond her understanding. The walls were so...stubborn. How could you not walk on them, or go through the angles? Living in a different reality than what you inherently were supposed to understand, was a daunting task sometimes. So she wondered for a bit...and getting some stares from a few people who were observing her a bit too closely until one suddenly have a sharp yelp, stumbling back and muttering something about someone spiking his drink with something. She merely giggled and moved on, simply giving him a slight smirk.

After some time though, she managed to find her way outside of the auditorium by following a tune other than her own. It was loud, though, and the tune wasn't all that pleasant. Of course, human music was never all that pleasing to her so she didn't go in. Instead, she remained a bit out in the hallway. There were a number of refreshments here, and she was feeling a little...dry, so to speak so she walked over to the refreshment tables.

"Ah...I should find a little human and ask if they want to dance." That was the sort of human things humans would do at this sort of little party, no? It was a good thing she was good at dancing.

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What a time to be alive. It was a beautiful day outside. The birds were singing. The flowers were blooming. On days like these, kids like Kurou should be B U R N I N G S O M E C A L O R I E S by playing a nice game of baseball, or even soccer. However, today was the beginning of the school year for Kurou and his sibling. That meant that he was to be forced to pay attention to things like lectures and instructions and other, boring and pointless things that were no fun.

School was not a place where Kurou held pleasant memories, and while it had improved in the recent years, the scars left from being outcast or bullied would never entirely heal. Even if Yoshikage Kurou appeared as though he was entirely fine. Because they had moved to an entirely new school far away from the one they had previously gone to, everybody here would be strangers. And to a stranger, Kurou might seem just like any other idiot with a temper. He had become quite good at keeping the bad thoughts down, but it was not as though they ever disappeared.

He merely had the ability to suppress those horrible thoughts, not to remove them. He wondered if Shizu had been able to do what he could not, to remove these horrid memories. Yet though the twins shared a great deal many things, from their body to their schedule, one thing they did not share were thoughts.

Kurou hoped the best for Shizu.

"Ha... this thing is so damned hot!" the young Jinyou sighed to himself. Riding the bus turned out to be a really horrible idea. But how was he supposed to know this thing was going to be so damned cramped, hot, and humid?! Hell, he was not even intended to be the twin to deal with the morning of the first day. He had wanted to dump that upon Shizu, because for some odd reason, she liked listening to lectures and crap like that. But of course she went on study spree the past few days to catch up on the most recent lessons and mentally exhausted herself the day before and there was absolutely no way he was going to let her push herself any harder. For somebody as smart as she was, Kurou caught himself questioning why she couldn't comprehend the idea of overworking her mind way too often. It was literally the one thing they had to look out for. They did happen to have an incredibly durable body.

Kurou dealt with what seemed like an eternity of bumping into other students and sweating in the hot bus while it crawled up the hill. He noticed a few obvious demi-humans among the crowd. This would be the first time he had personally seen any, though he could not say he was in a state where he could express happiness at the fact. Right now he just wanted to exit this cramped and heated deathtrap, and when the bus finally stopped and people poured out of the thing like they were running from a monster with a taste for hormonal teenagers, Kurou was stuck at the back of the bus, destined to be the last one out. How cruel of the world to curse him with this kind of luck! Well, at least he could finally take those first few steps on a new campus...

....

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....

....

Wonderful.

Fantastic.

Excellent.

Interesting.

A few words could be used to describe the situation that Kurou was part of, but if you asked him to list a few that weren't, well there you have it.

The male Yoshikage sibling was not known for being patient for these kinds of things, and this fact was written quite clearly on his face. His irritation was made obvious by the scowl he was wearing; a look that said "I might as well be watching paint dry or grass grow". At this particular moment, most people would likely think he was not the happiest person. And they would be right. How the actual fuck does she enjoy all this waiting for nothing? I'm worried that somehow the speech will feel like an even bigger waste of time than the wait for this damned thing! Kurou briefly contemplated the idea that his sibling was both a huge pervert and a masochist and all of this school stuff just got her off. There had to be something he was missing here, because right now he couldn't see why anybody would enjoy this kind of nonsense when they could be doing something FUN.

After a few eternities, Kurou had noticed some blonde-haired girl moving to the back of the auditorium. There really was no reason for him to pick up on this particular girl if it weren't for the fact that she was one of the very few standing at this point. Most had already arrived by now. Moments later, some yelling that was incoherent to Kurou from where he sat had preceded this very same girl stepping out into the proverbial spotlight as the lights dimmed. What happened in the few moments before the speech confused Kurou. For a brief second, the young lady seemed pretty confident in front of all these people, but in the next second, she seemed to almost deflate. This would have been fairly entertaining if Kurou was not in a sour mood at the moment. Regardless, the girl eventually gathered the courage to start her speech, taking the microphone in a single hand in a style that gave Kurou the feeling that she was a rockstar from some upper part of the western united states.



When the speech had finished there had been many reactions. Some were upset at the obnoxious speech. Some laughing at how silly it was. Some ignored it. One even got scared and ran off, though Kurou wasn't sure why. But as for Kurou....

A lone tear scurried down his face.

He found himself applauding, any angry feelings he had moments ago had vanished into thin air as if they were not there in the first place. As if it were all but a ruse of some sort. At the current moment, he could only have the feeling of being content with life itself. To him, this was not just a speech with quite literally no thought going into it beforehand. No, this was a big "screw you" to the establishment, to school.

Well, it probably wasn't actually.

But the very thought that it COULD be was enough to bring a joyous tear to the young man's eye. He found himself instead thinking of how lucky he was to witness this event. He knew his sister could never understand how great this moment was. He knew she would misinterpret this speech as being irresponsible and reckless. That she would get mad instead of appreciating this piece of history. Thankfully, she was still asleep.

Kurou had to thank this young woman for doing what she did. It was quite clear nobody else had been up to the task. It was a job only she could do. One only she could accomplish.

Finding her, however, proved a bit difficult. It was not as though she was hiding. No, the problem was that when Kurou stood up, he was immediately and unwillingly dragged out of the auditorium by a mass of students, which then prevented him from entering said auditorium for a couple of minutes. Damn these students! First they bully him, now they block his path! When will they stop taking away everything he loves!?

Boy, Kurou was definitely bored to be that dramatic in his thoughts. He was almost ashamed of himself, but it was too entertaining to him to stop. At least for now. Exaggerating everything was usually always more interesting.

It did not take long for the outpour of students who did not seem too interested in candy to finish leaving the auditorium. This meant that he could now go inside to see if that lady was still there so he could thank her for an interesting speech. However, it seemed going back into the auditorium was not necessary, as he noticed her slipping out of the place as if she were fleeing from something or somebody. How curious. Or his sister might have thought so, but he didn't really care. It was just a chance to greet her. She did not seem very old, but there was probably a reason she was made to give that speech. Wasn't it like the student body president's job to do that?

Aghhhh, too much thinking!

Kurou did not have plans to become a detective, so he decided to hell with it and approached the young, blonde girl.

"Hello." Kurou greeted, hoping to grab the attention of this girl. She seemed to be looking around still. "I must get your name! That speech really made my day, it was great!" he laughed before suddenly recalling common courtesy. "Oh, and I'm Yoshikage Kurou, very pleased to meet ya. Are you... on the run?"

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@Rune_Alchemist @Melpaws @Letter Bee

Karu sat on the step outside Pakora Academy, licking her paws and washing herself reading for her first day. After a little bit of waiting, slowly children of all shapes and sizes began to flood through the front gates, and into the school. Karu padded behind a tree and transformed back into a girl.

Slowly she dragged her large bag through the doors, people shouting as she held them up. Karu just kept her head down and found out her room number. 235... Top floor...

Karu collapsed on the soft, squidgy bed, after pulling her bag up several flights of stairs. The room was fairly big, with an en suite bathroom, two beds and a desk. She unzipped her bag and began sorting out her things, hanging her clothes up in her provided wardrobe and placing her soft blanket on the end of the bed.

I wonder who I'll share a room with? I hope they're not annoying. And if they're allergic to cats then well they'll be allergic to me!
She giggled at that thought, and munched through her emergency chocolate bar before transforming back into a cat and dosing off on the bed...

@Melpaws

Although Ascot couldn't pierce through illusions, he was perceptive enough to realize that Edward was...pertubed, pertubed and troubled. As the other boy took his leave, the Half-Angel followed, trying to be silent, masking his footsteps using the noise of the crowd...or at least, trying to. Ascot would admit to himself that he knew little about stealth, but he didn't let that stop him from following Edward as he moved towards Bea's position. He took note of the other boy's now-grim body language, the language of a trained fighter, and Ascot knew that he could not let Ed fight alone.

Wait, was Edward going to fight anyone today? He shouldn't jump to conclusions. Even so, the fact is that something was up, something...weird. And in this case, two heads were better than one, right? Or in this case, two fighters?

@TheHangedMan

Kyoko Sakura

After touching her cold shoulder, there didn´t seem to be too much going on. Kyoko thought that Odette might be giving her a cold shoulder for a second, but she chose not to tell such an awkward joke in front of the others. It was exactly her kind of humor, but it would probably just end in awkward silence. Actually, something else that was important was going on. Not changing in her position, Odette started to levitate a feed feet away from her chair. Now that was quite the unique event, as it attracted yet again some attention towards them. Though not as much, it was "Just" floating after all, and she was demi-human.

Not quite sure what to do in that situation, Edward suddenly turned away too, seemingly going after something important. His quick scanning of the room and determined walk away from the group after such a quick goodbye signaled that he had something really important in his mind. Hence why Kyoko decided just not to ask anymore. And without any goodbye at all, the angel-boy decided to follow Edward, leaving Odette and Kyoko alone. The witch looked after both of them for a little, scratching the back of her head as she decided to look for them later again. Right now there was something more important.

The rather small girl reached up to pull on Odette´s skirt, trying to pull her down back to earth again so that she wouldn´t fly away or anything like that. "You can´t just start floating like that Odette... come back down!", Kyoko pouted.
Though she wanted Odette to come down again and walk with Kyoko on solid ground, it was a very interesting any beautiful sight. A creature that Kyoko had no idea existed, since she did not learn anything about them at her witch school, floating like that with the always same cold expression on her face. The blonde girl was really hoping that Odette was happy on her inside or liked talking, well somewhat talking, with Kyoko since she did not seem like that on the outside. "People can look up your skirt if you stay up there Odette!" Kyoko decided not to do so, but the thought of it almost gave her a nosebleed.

@Rune_Alchemist @TheHangedMan @Letter Bee

@Hammerman

If someone were to remove a Kitsune’s tails, they would likely die. And it would be extremely painful. But Hinako was a big girl. For you. They were the source of her fantastical abilities as a demi human. If she was to somehow lose her tails, then she would likely not be able to maintain the illusion of her existence any longer.

“I see, I see. You are right, “ Hinako said, hammering her fist lightly into the palm of her other hand as if coming to some sort of conclusion given the circumstances the other had presented her with.

“I suppose that showing off my body like that might not be the best for a girl my age from the books I’ve read. I should be more reserved regarding my clothing then, no? A spot-on observation, Lily!”

Hinako definitely found the subject of other Demihumans rather interesting. There were various examples of youkai she was familiar with. In the event a Demi happened to derive from the far east it was likely that Hinako could identify them through physical traits if any were obvious enough.

“You must be strong then Lily~. Dragons where I come from are more or less individuals of unparalleled power, but because of their power they are not allowed to interfere with the world of the humans and act as pseudo deities. ”

The more Eurocentric Demi tended to be a bit less obvious to her, if at all. There were dragons in Eastern mythology, but they were not the same sort of dragons of the western world, Though they shared some characteristics, the dragons she was more accustom could rival the gods themselves in strength if they weren’t gods in their own right.

But Hinako was clearly interested in learning about other cultures. She did have her followers bring her dutch writings after translation to her native tongue when she had followers at her disposal, and then again with English and French texts after the end of isolationism. But after the Meiji resteration, the belief in her as a goddess seemed to wane until she was forced into her current state.

“But you are right. Thank you for taking a bit of time out of your schedule to assist me Lily. I really appreciate it. The kindness of strangers is something I dislike to rely on, but at the very least a kind and kindred soul has chosen to help me in my time of need. If there is anything you can think of that I can repay you with, I dislike keeping a tab on anything I owe others.”

Perhaps she was not all too different from the feudal-like dragons that Lily had mentioned. Hinako loved humans, despite her current fear of speaking openly towards others after being abandoned. Though she did resent humanity to a degree for their lack thereof faith in her abilities as a goddess, it was not as if she hated humans. The former goddess loved humans. But to obtain something from a god, one must give offerings. And if that were to be applied to the current situation Hinako simply didn’t wish to have something granted for her if Lily felt that she had owed her something.

And with that, Hinako followed the other to the auditorium.

He should have stayed in bed today. Much like the majority of other students who didn’t want to be here, Markus Damon was regretting getting out of bed to attend this opening ceremony. Not only that, but he had the distinct feeling that nobody wanted to interact with him; indeed, so far most people had formed their own little groups so far.

Had the welcoming speech been given? Was it already over? He didn’t even know; time meant more than nothing to the undead. Even so, he figured he might as well leave since it looked like the other students were doing the same. It was truly a drag and his eyes hurt just from looking at things. He really should have stayed in bed today.

With not much else to do, Markus’ feet took him to anywhere and nowhere at all. In layman terms, he merely shuffled about to whatever interested him though it wouldn’t be hard to mistake him as a zombie just wandering the halls. To that action he did, moving about until he eventually bumped into someone or someone would call him. A somber, exhausting aura rained over his shifting form…

What more could a catfolk girl asked for? Sam couldn't hide the grin on her feline face as she eyed the people around her. She abhorred crowds but the thought of meeting and messing around with new people kept the fear of the crowd at bay. She was far too interested in the smells of the people around her to even pay attention to the people speaking to the crowd. It wasn't like she cared anyway. She'd follow whatever interested her regardless.

When everyone started filing out of the auditorium, Sam followed blissfully, skipping as merrily as a child in a candies store. She didn't even notice who it was that she was on the path to toppling until it was too late.

Not one for feeling badly for this sort of thing, Sam took it in stride and turned to pounce on said person, but stopped when a wash of fear overcame her body. This person was cold, cold like the dead and smelled like it too. She wrinkled her nose and bent down to sniff at him.

"Are you dead?" She asked bluntly, blinking innocently at him. "But wait... if you're dead... Which, you so smell dead, then how the heck are you still walking around?" She continued, getting up to sniff all around him, confused. It wasn't that she didn't know the sorts of people that would go to a place like this, but the thought of something that is dead still walking around baffled her to no end. If it was true, it was like a toy that no matter how much you toyed with would never go away or die. If it was true, she may have just found the most interesting person ever! She couldn't stop her tail from swishing from side to side in excitement as she waited for his response.

@TheWindel

Hikari was about to step next to the snack table but, before she could do that her eyes were dragged over towards the girl that decided to pick a snack for herself too. Hikari her eyes glammer in daze as she stared at the girl. Two words: outerwordly beautiful. She looked so pretty, she had long back hair, soft blue eyes, a nose for attire and nice proportions. She was perfect. Hikari stared at the girl in wonder for a bit longer and decided to do it, she wanted to know the girl better since she liked her. Hikari took a step forwards toward the snack table, but she was stopped by a sudden greeting from behind. Hikari stopped for a moment and circled around to get in direct line of sight of the boy. She immediatly let her upper body tilt forwards as both hand bundled up behind her back. Her eyes sweetly peered up to his as she greeted him back cheerfully.



Hikari flashed him a quick smile and rapidly blinked twice before starting to look him over and straightened herself at the same time. Nothing really seemed off except for his bleach white hair. Hikari stared at it for a few more seconds before turning her eyes back to his face again like nothing happened.



Hikari tilted her head to the side in question on why he called out for her. He certaintly seemed new here but she wondered why he needed her. He instantly asked for her name. Well asking is a big word, he more so commanded it to give it to him. Hikari grinned for a moment and spoke back



Hikari sounded plenty amused by her new title that she got last year from the elections. She could finally use it to full potential now that she really became the president. Hikari showd him a moment of pride by putting both hands in her waist and promptefully smiled at no one in particulair. As for her speech well she was happy to hear that at least some one liked her not so boring messed up speech.



Hikari suddenly had a smug look on her face while looking the complete other way. She was deep in thought about how she got a compliment on her speech but not anything negative yet. Mary was so wrong! No one wanted these boring long speeched anymore, you iust had to have a bit of fun on stage and make it short. Doing nothing fun on school would only make the day longer and way more boring then it should be. It was youth after all!



She gave a rapid short wave at him and appeared to be quite confused by his question if she was on the run. How did he know that? Was it that obvious she was trying to get away from someone? Hikari eyed away for a moment before brushing the back of her head awkwardly. She quietly chuckled while looking a tad bothered by his question.



Hikari gave the boy a reasuring smile but looked distracted at the boy for a moment. She tilted her body forward a little hands behind her back again and jumped closer towards him. She scanned her eyes over kirou's body to see if there were any special smaller marks of him not being human. With only moving her upper body she looked at the sides of his body but nothing. She stood upright again and skipped along towards his back where she tilted her torso down again and carefully watched.

She lightly lifted up his shirt and looked up but nothing, she did the same with his beltan d looked down his pants but nothing intresting either. Shesk ipped towards the front again and was very close to him now. She highered herself by standing on her toes and stared at him. Her face began to tense up a little definitly glaring at him. She squinted her eyes loghtly but couldn't find anything weird except for his hair. Her face returned to normal with two big bright eyes staring at him from only a few centimeters away seeming quite curious about him.

Lily looked at Hinako incredulously. She didn't expect a response so... casual and nonchalant when she told her about her little clothing problem. She would be horrified if she was forced to walk around with a lifted skirt, showing off her purple panties to everyone. Panties were a girl's pride after all, and you wouldn't show it to just anyone.

Then again, Hinako wore a skirt even shorter than her own already quite short skirt. Maybe she liked showing them off.

"Well, I like to think of myself as strong," Lily replied. "No dragon thinks of themselves as weak. Our stubborn pride just simply wouldn't allow it. Though perhaps not as strong as those dragons you are talking about. We western dragons don't really know much about our eastern counterparts." She shrugged.

"I understand. I'll take you up on that," Lily said with a smile after she heard Hinako thanking her. Once again, she was so polite and grateful. Dragons loved that sort of people.

"So, shall we go then?"

Outside the auditorium, the students were also served snacks and drinks, in case they wanted some fresh air. When Lily and Hinako arrived, the party seemed to be still going on.

"Here we are," Lily said, putting her hands on her waist, "Not so hard now, is it?" she gave a little grin towards the fox girl. "Now we'll just have to blend in and do things like socializing. I just hope I can find somebody interesting among--wait, that girl..."

Lily's eyes squinted as she focused her gaze towards a certain black-haired girl wearing a warm-looking green fur jacket. When she glanced at her as she scanned her surroundings, she sensed something... something wrong coming out from the girl. But now, when she looked at her closely, she understood the reason.

"She--she's a Great One!" Lily said, nearly shouting. "Hinako, look at her!" She grabbed Hinako's hands to catch her attention and then pointed at the girl.

For the first time in her life, Lily was terrified. The Great Ones. Eldritch abominations that came from outside this world. She had heard tales about them. Her mother once told her that it was one of the few things that dragons feared. The relationship of a Great One to a dragon was that of a dragon to a mouse. Not even the eldest dragons could take on a fully realized and matured Great One.

"Don't blink! Focus on her and you would perceive her true form!" she ordered to the kitsune.

She had no idea what a Great One was doing in a place like this. But she was sure as hell that she wouldn't want to stay around to find out. It's a shame but she had to leave this school right now.

"Quick! We must hide before she noticed us!" Lily said as she tugged at Hinako's hand.

@ADamnFiddle@Rune_Alchemist

Well, well, if it hadn't been an adventure just to get here, especially given that Taura walked most of the distance on foot. Not because she was poor, or a masochist, but because she wanted to feel the trip rather than just take it. That was the usual process of thought of the very conspicuous, and a tad short bull girl who was in fact the living incarnation of one of the Zodiac constellations, Taurus, the Great Bull of Heavens.

Either way, how else would Taura have found the ramen shop just a few blocks away from the hill that led right into the academy? The very same shop which sold the rather large bowl of udon that she was having at this very moment while sitting cross-legged on a park bench under the shade of a peach tree, not very far from the student flow.

"Oh yeah, that's just like it! If there's one thing these modern people do well is food!" Taura said to none in particular as she broke a couple of selected eggs she bought along with the noodles, pouring their gooey contents over the steaming broth. "Bush dem again, shomethings neber shange, hehehe..." The bull girl continued her monologue, now slurred down as she slurped the noodles without a care in the world, while looking a cat person sniffing some edgy looking guy.

It wasn't like Taura was worried about anyone notice her looking at them and grinning, as well. If that happened all that she would do is smile more and raise her bowl, inviting them for a bite. At the time being however, Taura was content just to stuff herself.

Ash slowly closed in on the academy it was an oddly hotter day than usual, the young ant looked up to the sky, something foolish for her to do and nearly blinded herself doing so, after regaining her eyesight, she sighed."Been up here for eight years and still haven't realized that the big ball hanging above our heads burn my eyes." The ant pushed her way past the school gates hoping to get out of the sunlight and cool down inside she took a good long look at the large building wondering what new forms of technology it held within she only heard from others that it used the newest and best of modern technology.

Then she noticed it the one thing every academy need, the students, Ash looked around for the students that should be hanging around the place only to find every place she looked to be void of anything she expected." Where are the monsters?" She asked aloud." Maybe if I go inside?" She continued speaking to herself. The ant woman cautiously made her way into the school and felt small compared to how big the place felt, she began to wonder around the academy, and soon her long ears began to pick up on something, it sounded far away but oddly close as well. Ash quickly started following after the sound and as she gotten to a door where the sound was emerging from and entered it, on the other side was an auditorium packed with students of all different races and on the stage, it looked like a human, one of the few creatures she felt wouldn't be here.

The young ant blended in with the crowd of people and noticed this seemed more like a party than an assembly, Ash's antenna picked up on some sugary snacks nearby planted out of her sight. As the speech ended and the human looking girl left the podium, the ant began to wander around the large room even bumping into the human girl that ended up making the odd speech from before, or someone that looked a lot like her. When the ant girl made her way over to the snack table, her antenna began to wiggle up and down at the barrage of smells of the various types of snacks, salty, chewy, sweet and even sodas, Ash's mind quickly thought about all of the other members of her kind that would rudely assault the table's surgery snacks after being told it's food, she chuckled at the thought of it before just getting something to drink.

After drinking some of her surgery beverage, Ash noticed some of the students leaving from the auditorium, not wanting to get lost in the future, Ash finished her drink before she chose to go off and get to know the place a little better, with how everything was looking, there might not be any classes today or if there are they won't happen till later.

~Odette Billeaud~

@Melpaws

Don't go into the light? She wasn't about to fly into a lightbulb unless he meant something...else. She was not about to pass on. Not at all. Why would he even say that? There was still so many things she wanted to do! She wasn't going to go into the light so easily. She realized it was probably a joke, but she really didn't want to be teased about that. If she had to be honest, she was afraid of 'going into the light', for whatever reason. Perhaps it also stemmed from her rather...dislike of anything dealing with religion and holy things? She couldn't recall...

She barely noticed Edward and Ascot leaving, lost in thought once again. Had...had she done something to scare them off? It was then she looked down noticing they got...shorter? She blinked in surprised when Kyoko started tugging on her skirt. No wait, she was just floating. Oh dear, she lost her focus and ended up doing something rather...non-human. She hoped that hadn't scared them off. It seemed like they had something they were doing though. Maybe she should follow? She was curious as to what could be so urgent. Surely they wouldn't mind a bit of help? She was very good at non-trivial tasks. She watched them leave, curious.

"People can look up your skirt if you stay up there Odette!"

Her head whipped back towards Kyoko. It took about a second for the ghost to process those words. First, she thought about what sort of undergarments she was exactly wearing. Why she had always decided to wear something as scandalous like that, had always been a bit of a mystery but it had felt like something she had worn before in life. She had been wearing this same outfit for almost three hundred years and she hadn't considered changing it. The second thought, was about the number of people who could probably rightly see them right now, and the fact Kyoko had most definitely saw them if she was the one mentioning it.

Suddenly, the ghost just...vanished, winking out of existence. A few seconds would pass before Kyoko would find the ghost standing next to her, mouth turned into a small pout, a small break from her typical stony faced expressions

"You...you saw..." She muttered quietly, giving Kyoko a slight accusatory look.



@Hammerman@ADamnFiddle

Bea quietly observed the table with food on it. Granted, she didn't exactly require the same sort of sustenance humans did but it was always so much fun trying different things. She was certain she tasted things differently than they, but even so delicious food was delicious, and something she greatly enjoyed. Especially the thing known as 'Sea Food'. It reminded her of the vast expanse she briefly knew before coming here...did they have some here? She looked over the table, noticing most of the food seemed to be of the other sort. A bit disappointing, but before she could say much else she noticed someone was staring at her.

A small smile crept over her face as she turned her head in the direction of a blond girl. It had only been for a few seconds before she had turned away, but it was funny nonetheless. Perhaps she should say hi? It would be interesting to converse with a human for a bit. She didn't get the chance to all that often. Mother was quite...overprotective sometimes. She could understand though, mother also told her there were people out there who would want to hurt her. Understandable, even she knew the risks of her being here, but this world was just...so interesting. Colorful. Alien, to her, as much as she was alien to it.

She wanted to know as much about it as she could.

And then someone else was staring at her. Someone that sounded both quite excitable, cute, and a little afraid all at the same time. All of her favorite qualities! Bea suddenly twirled once, coming to a halt and facing their direction and walking over with a fairly brisk and springy step. That said...she should probably stop any sort of misunderstandings. She would loathe to cause any sort of actual trouble intentionally.

"Mother says it is rude to stare." Bea said to Lily and Hinako, blue eyes staring at them and wearing a small, obviously amused smile. "You might see something you shouldn't, if you do." As she spoke, a pale blue, slimy appendage would appear from beneath Bea's sleeve, coiling around the palm of her hand. It was only for a second before the appendage retreated back into the depths of her sleeve. Before anything could be said about it, she continued. "I would advise against staring too long, hehe, I might start thinking you find me enthralling~" Suddenly anything Lily might have been seeing shifted, jerking violently before blurring and disappearing altogether. Normally she did her best to keep others from seeing her appearance unless she wanted them too, but sometimes she got careless, or someone was simply already too far gone for her to do anything about as rare of a person that might be.

"Ah, silly me," She tilted her head to the side. "I forgot to introduce myself. I am Bea. A clearly normal human like the rest of you~" The fact she was smiling still and her voice had an obvious tone of playfulness to it, likely meant the statement was false and she wasn't even trying. "Well, mostly human...or not human at all. Maybe I'm a busy little bee disguised as a human, trying to find all the nectar from the flowers before it's taken." She ended the sentence with a small giggle. "May I have your names?"

As he followed Edward, Ascot saw Bea 'harassing' Lily and Hinako, even to the point of allowing her true apperance to appear briefly, and decided to make his presence known in response. Unfurling his red-orange wings, he made a literal flying leap, a leap that would end up behind Bea unless she moved to intercept. If she did intercept, however, Ascot would already have his 'Shield of the Heavens' flaring up, enveloping him in an oval of force that might - might - deflect tentacles or other appendages. Noticing that Bea's true apperance was something that would drive most people insane, Ascot extended his calming aura, hopefully lessening the effects of whatever Lily and Hinako saw.

"Can we please not scare the other students?" Ascot decided to try diplomacy at the last moment. "I am willing to believe that you are here under a flag of truce, but quite frankly, frightening other students does not prove that you would be." His eyes would then flare with literal holy fire, glowing with flames that would not scorch his retinas.

"Ms...schoolmate, please state what you came to this school for, and any answer other than to learn about this world and other people, and refraining from destroying the latter, will end up with you being consumed with Holy Fire." Ascot's wings were still extended, glowing brightly with celestial energy.

@TheHangedMan@Rune_Alchemist@Hammerman@ADamnFiddle

To Lily's horror, the girl suddenly twirled and then began to skip towards her. Yes, skip. Her steps looked like they had springs to them. It was quite a bizarre and disturbing scene for Lily as the abomination she saw was skipping like a little girl. Lily couldn't help but tightening her grasp on Hinako's arm. The mighty dragon now seek support from the kitsune.

When the creature spoke, her voice was a terrifying mix between a girl's voice and screeching and screaming from another world. Lily noticed how she seemed to enjoy the situation, and so responded with a weak "W-what are you?". Any normal human would have fainted at this point and it was only LIly's dragon blood that made her still able to stand there and look at the creature. Lily's already wide eyes widened even more when she saw a pale blue tentacle appeared under her sleeve, coiling around her hand before it slithered back in. Lily had been sure that she would use that to grab her, before the rest of her tentacle heads consumed her. Thankfully, it was only in her imagination.

Until suddenly, the horrifying and terrible presence disappeared and she reverted back to her normal human look.

She then introduced herself as Bea, a normal human. She was absolutely playing with her, as a sly grin was plastered on her smug face. She then giggled before asking for their names.

"A normal human? You think after all that I will just accept that introduction? I know what you are! You are a Great One! What is your purpose going here? Are you going to turn everyone here mad so you can have more of your playthings?" Lily shouted with great gusto. With Bea having surpressed her true form, LIly regained her courage and oh boy she was really mad that Bea had made a mockery of her.

Before Bea could answer however, a winged boy suddenly leaped in to the scene. Lily could feel his calming aura, and it actually made her less mad, not exactly the effect the boy had planned for. He then chastised Bea for scaring her off, and she demanded that she declared for what purpose she came to the school.

Somehow, Lily felt a little irked that this boy had just come in and played knight in shining armor. She was the dragon, not the damsel in distress, dammit.

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