Ajala, Students around the vicinity of the Tree of Dreams, Interactions with Arcana and Andrej

Nodding in return to a relieved Arcana, Ajala felt her fury subsiding, but not as fast as she would have liked. Rather than let herself explode again in front of the new student who seemed to have taken an interest of sorts in her, the nagini took a deep breath and replied, "I'm fine, thank you. I just need to calm down..." Her sight fell onto the tower of water she had summoned and an idea clicked inside her head. Turning to the horned student, she politely said to him, "Please excuse me for a moment." She then slithered a short distance from the gathering group, then, out of the blue, directed the tower of water straight onto her head, drenching her from head to tail in cool water.

Not particularly caring about her wet uniform now sticking onto her skin and how sudden and random she suddenly behaved, she smiled calmly and stretched her arms. The cool water seemed to have washed her anger away and gave her the peace of mind she had lost after her encounter with Ahmose and his posse. It reminded her of the river stream she used to play in as a child and the joyful memories brought back her calmness and common sense. "Ah, that feels so good..." she muttered and returned towards the group. "Where were we?" she asked, giving the horned student a polite nod.

Those under the Tree

Gideon's jaw dropped open. A momentary glance towards the stream had revealed a tower of water rising, seemingly of its own accord, above the head of the harpy-phoenix girl hiding behind the Frost Giant. That being strange enough, the situation had now become even more bizarre as the tower decided to collapse onto the head of the nagini. Wait, the nagini. Those snake-people thingies. Gideon could remember them from nymph school, about five years ago;
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Memories

The teacher rise up the texbook again, indicating to an image of a strange, human/snake hybrid.

"Now class, what's this?"
"A nagini!"
"And what does it do?"
"Control water!"
"Well done. Now, go and have a seaweed cookie!"
"Yaaaaaay!"
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Shaking himself back to the present, the naiad slunk out of the crowd of students and towards the stream. It bubbled and trickled over the rocks on its bed - even if it was artificial, it seemed natural enough. Kneeling down, he held out his hand to the water and pushed down.

Instead of toppling forward, a strange transformation took place. The water appeared to run up his arm, flowing over his skin, clothing, everything. But this wasn't the end. The water appeared to take the place of his body, his limbs becoming eerily see through and reflective. At last, a human-shaped body, made entirely of water, crouched down where the boy had been.

Clambering to his feet (no easy task when you are composed entirely of liquid), he stood up straight and looked around. Everything appeared slightly wobbly and out of focus, as if watching through a veil of water. Decided, he marched back over to the group and tapped the nagini, who was deep in conversation with Andrej, on the shoulder.

"Hello, I don't think we've met. My name is Gideon, and I am a naiad."

Simon, Lilith, Ajala, Gideon, Isaac, Jack, Miri, Dagr *cameo*

Simon chuckled at the fairy, adjusting his jousting jacket across his shoulders and shifting his hooves a bit.
"Well, you're a step above me then. I tend to meet everyone at high velocity. But I guess there was an exception for you, hehe. You're...a freshman I take it? How are you liking it here so far?"
GOOSH.
The centaur flinched at the sound of falling water, looking around before noticing a now soaked Ajala and what appeared to be Gideon in water form trying to strike up a conversation. Simon grinned. Interesting to see the normally stoic Ajala...well...let her hair down. Kind of. Probably wouldn't last. He also hadn't forgotten about the now quiet, glowing girl behind Dagr. His attention turned back to Lilith. He rubbed the back of his neck, the strain from looking up at the fairy making it sore.
"Ow...not used to looking vertical...very much the horizontal for me...Don't say it Isaac."
The incubus pouted, leaning back onto the tree and deciding to amuse himself by trying to unlock Jack's legs from the branch while simultaneously looking up at Miri with a smoldering grin, eyes suddenly flooding with demonic energy as they flared an emerald green.
"Hello beautiful."

Lilith, Simon, Gideon*, Ajala*

"Well that's—"

*Splash.*

Lilith noticed a...being made of water just splash on...that snake lady from the Gardening Club. (What.)

"As I was saying, that would be unfortunate, that is, the fact that you constantly ram into everybody. Yep, I'm a freshman, and I do like this school, it's nice, got some beautiful looking gardens, yes."

Lilith heard Simon's complaint about having to look up to see her so she decided to drop down so that she's at his eye level.

"There, better?"

Anais & Xander | Reed | The Tree Gang

"You know, as much as I love watching you chow down 15 billion blood-popsickles, I think it's about time we leave, hm. Whadda ya say?" Xander said, letting out a loud yawn as a messy faced Anais looked up at him with a frown. "You're a ghost, you don't even get tired!" Xander tsked at the thirsty vampire in front of him. "I'm trying to tell you I want to leaaaaave." Anais quickly scoffed down the last bit of her popsickle before grabbing another one. "Ready?" Anais nodded, already digging into the fresh frozen treat. Juggling between holding up her umbrella, and trying not to let her bloodsickle melt, Anais whined to a floating Xander ahead of her. "It's meltinggggg," Xander waved her off before noticing the Tree of Dreams. "You wanna check it out? You know, I've never been there before. I think it'd be pretty rad." Xander says, turning around, grinning at Anais, who returns with a shrug. "Sure, why not."

Anais finished off her popsickle as the pair slowly make their way through the gardens. "Isn't that your friend?" Xander whispered to Anais, who was busy noticing a stain in her shirt from her messy dessert. "Huh, what?" Looking up, she noticed Reed who was making his way towards the pair. "Hey!" Anais waved, grinning a fangy smile at him. She liked having at least one other vampiric pal, even if they didn't talk much. The vampire looked up at her and let out a little chuckle. The scarf covered boy tapped his cloth covered cheek gently, before he said quietly, in his calm youthful voice, "you have something on your face." Still chuckling, he walked past the pair, as Anais stopped, with a confused look on her face. "What does he mean by .." touching her hand to her face, she pulled back to find red smeared all over her hands. "oH MY GOD," she shouted, as Xander laughed, continuing on making his way to the tree. "I had that all over my face the entire time? Why didn't you tell me? God, that's embarrassing." After a little bit of walking, Anais and Xander finally made their way up to the group of people. "Howdy, folks!" Xander waved enthusiastically as Anais wiped her face worriedly with her spare handkerchief. "Um.. Hi," she said, standing slightly behind Xander.

Arcana woke with a start and fell face-first into the ground with a solid sounding thud. "Wh-wh-what? She said groggily, her eyelashes fluttering against the dirt now covering her face. 'How did I get down here? Was I sleeping?' She spat out a clump of grass and flipped herself onto her back to look at where she had fallen from, only to see the rather impressive, frosty looking backside.

She remembered what happened in a sudden flash, falling asleep against the Jotun, 'Dagr, right?', and being woken out of a pleasant dream by a shout. She cranked her head to look back at the one responsible, and saw a pretty girl beneath an umbrella, and a transparent-ish boy. 'W...what? What is he?' She shook her head, trying to quell her curiosity. 'Fi-first things first.' She scrambled to her feet and blushed, tapping the Jotun on the back lightly with a taloned finger. She tried wiping at the dirt on her face as she waited for Dagr to turn around.

The tree posse yo.

Jack was having a good time being upside down before he felt something on his legs. He looked up and saw Isaac trying to unhook them. He was about to say something when he felt his legs unwrap from the tree. With a surprised expression he fell from the tree. He decided he would use the same thing he did before and changed to his wolf form. He landed on the ground, before looking up and barking at Isaac. If he could understand wolf, Isaac might have been a little offended, but that’s why Jack liked being in wolf form. He looked over as he saw his music club friends standing there. He ran over and sat at their feet, barking up at them. He licked at his vampiric chums hand before excitedly barking at Xander. He ran around, looking at everyone, somewhat forgetting he was in wolf form. If people could understand him, the would have known that he was trying to say “There are so many people here!” But instead, it sounded like ‘Bark bark bark!’

He sat down and looked around, wondering just why people were looking at him, before finally understanding. ‘Oh, I am in wolf form’ He thought as he looked down at himself. He changed back to human and looked around at the people.

“I forgot I was in wolf form” He said as he scratched his head embarrassed.

Isaac, Simon, Lilith, Jack, Anais, Arcana, Rest of Tree

Isaac put one hand under his chin, giving a growl at Jack alongside lazy eyes, as if perfectly understanding Jack's speak.
"Oi Scooby Doo. My tongue's good for a lot of things, including languages, and I understand you just fine, show some respect and self awareness now and then eh? You never know when someone just may understand your little side comments and bite you in the ass for it."
Isaac gave a wink to Anais.
"Hello cutie. When you gonna stop going after the Headmaster and start going after me?"
Simon smiled at Lilith.
"Much better yes, thanks. Although..."
Simon rose up, stretching his long legs out with some particularly loud cracks.
"I am starving, I have been so for awhile but I can't take it anymore. Want to grab some food Lilith? Isaac?"
The incubus rolled off the tree branch, swung out with one hand and landed about an inch from Anais' face, grinning at her.
"Famished."
The incubus unfurled his wings and immediately flitted upwards and out of the vampire's face as Simon adjusted his saddlebags, then looked up at the huge group of students.
"Hey if anyone else wants to come with us, we're going into Purgatory, grab some food. Been sitting around too long anyway, you're all welcome to come."
The centaur cantered in place, rolled his shoulders, then leaped over the massive roots, galloping around Dagr's side and finally noticing Arcana.
"Oh hey, I remember you! Nice to see you again! Your hair looks nice. Hope you aren't upset at me for running into you by the way, it's a bad habit of mine."
The jouster kicked with his back legs and took off down the path a short ways, sliding to a halt as he trotted in place, the blood flowing back down to his extremities. Isaac rolled his eyes to Lilith.
"Centaurs. I swear they'd explode if they stopped running for longer than an hour. Coming with, beautiful?"

Lilith, Simon, Isaac

"I am starving, I have been so for awhile but I can't take it anymore. Want to grab some food Lilith? Isaac?"

"Sure, why not?" Said Lilith. She took note of the rather attractive demon that swung down from a branch from the tree (Wow, I am rather unobservant this week, I know the demon has some sort of specific name to it...what was it again? Succubus? Incubus? Gah! I should've studied more on...the studies of...things...that are...umm...sentient...yeah...I know that's bad when I don't even know what to call that study! But I guess I'll find the answer in time, just as I'll probably somehow find the name of the snake without me bringing it up...ahah...)

"Centaurs. I swear they'd explode if they stopped running for longer than an hour. Coming with, beautiful?"

Even if Lilith is unsure if the question is directed towards her, she still responded anyway. "Yes, I am."

Dagr, Arcana, Jack, Simon, Tree group

Dagr held up a hand in greeting as Xander and Anais walked up to join them at the tree, he ran his eye's over the big crowd that had shown up at the tree at the same time. Did this happen a lot he wondered, had this tree always been so popular? He looked at the massive plant again, it lived up to its name easily but it was still just a plant, he just couldn't figure out why people flocked to this thing. Just then Simon jumped up and was inviting everyone to go eat, it honestly didn't sound like a bad idea Dagr thought with a frown, but he did have homework. On the other hand Jack would jump at a chance to go into the city and frankly Dagr didn't trust his hyperactive friend to not get lost. Oh well I don't really need that much sleep anyway Dagr thought before looking to Jack and nodding, the simple gesture saying that he was willing to go if Jack was.

There was a soft thud behind him and a sputtering noise, Arcana must have woke up. He jerked slightly as the harpy poked him in the side, not from the talon but the heat coming off of the girls body. He turned to look at her wondering what she wanted.

Andrej (Featuring Ajala & Gideon, + Tree Crew)

Tilting his head, as Ajala cooled hers with water controlled with her magic. Andrej both reflected on the surface world's cultures and acceptance of unseemly negative emotions such as inelegant anger, and blatantly showing it if not wearing/hanging it upon one's 'sleeve'...and felt a little bit of jealousy burn inside of him. Water dragons were of the most prodigious of the water element users, but he alone in his clan had failed utterly at it. Still, he wouldn't let such an ugly thing of jealous run him.

"Where were we?"

Andrej smiled politely, "What a splendid use and control over hy...hydrokinesis. Very elegant, miss nagini. I..." At that moment...

"Hello, I don't think we've met. My name is Gideon, and I am a naiad." Gideon the naiad...completely made up of water. Inside, a small portion of the water dragon proclaimed 'being done associating with water magic users', as it just made his own fault and lacking more loud to himself. Still smiling...

"Ah...the naiad's specialty ability...it's a real pleasure to see such a splendid example, it really is."

Miri (Featuring Gwendy, Isaac & Jack, + Tree Crew)

"Hello beautiful."

Miri giggle over at Isaac, crossing her arms under her breast to really make them jiggle, "You're looking pretty sexy and delectable, yourself! Still...tsk tsk, I don't think your wardrobe is quite the right size...you need something...tighter." She couldn't help her succubus self, and ogled his body from head to toe...before taking notice of Jack, in wolf form...had he said something earlier? Well, Gwendy waved at him, but Miri went straight for the jugular on this matter...instead, grabbing the now human Jack into a great big hug, her large breasts now really pressed onto the guy's chest, "Jack! You look so delicious, all bushy tailed and bright eyed. Did you eat something good? You're looking real handsome today, and has your hair has grown out since I last saw you?" Unabashedly, she tilted his head up and down, left and right...opened his mouth, poking his tongue and some sharp teeth with a finger...leaning over and sniffing the side of his neck, brushing a hand through his hair gently and scratching the hair above his ear...taking her hand and poking his belly. All this, after her hug, before she gave him a great big smile, "Wow...youth today are amazing~!"

On the other side of things, Gwendy was face palming at Miri's interactions. Geez...what...Miri was a senior student, but that wasn't crazy older in the scheme of things. Jack's personality always seemed to bring a little more energy into her friend...weirdo energy, though, so it's wasn't a great thing.

The awesome and fan-flapping-tastical tree friends.

Jack was a little taken aback as apparently Isaac had understood him. With a shrug, he smiled up to him as if to apologies. He couldn’t help but laugh as he watched Miri teasing Isaac. He looked over to Dagr and smiled at him, as if to say ‘We are going into town and you are coming with us.’ He knew that the hefty boy would come with them; he was just a big softie. He glanced back over just in time to see Miri closing in on him quickly. He was a little startled as she hugged him, but recovered quickly.

“Miri!” He said with a smile as he wrapped his arms around her waist, hugging her back before letting her go. He smiled as she rattled off her compliments. She was always a very energetic person, and even though she was a senior student, she had the kind of carefree personality that he loved in people. He always felt happiest with people like that. He had to hold back the laughs as she started turning his head, inspecting him closely. A lot of people would be a little surprised

“Well, I had pizza for breakfast again” He started before she opened his mouth and started poking around. He was a little surprised, but it wasn’t the strangest thing she had done so he just smiled. He looked over and waved at Gwendy with a look of 'I know, right?'. As she moved in and sniffed his neck, Jack felt it was common courtesy to smell her back. It might have just been his wolf blood, but he liked to smell people. Every person has a unique smell, but he particularly liked Miri’s. It was a rather sweet smell that Jack just seemed to love, and he couldn’t describe why.

“You smell just as sweet as ever” He said with a giddy smile. He giggled softly as she scratched above his ear, almost overwhelmed by the large amount of attention he was getting. He slumped over her, with a big sigh.

“You are talking like an old woman” He said, trying to hold in his laughs. She always talked like that, so he liked to make fun of her for it. He sighed, tired from being petted. “You should know that I am always handsome” He said with a poke to her forehead. He looked over to Simon with a grin. “I am huuungry! I will come with you!” He looked back to Miri. “You hungry? Let’s go to town!”

Ajala, Students around the vicinity of the Tree of Dreams, Interactions with Andrej, Anais and Gideon

A naiad? Ajala thought, recalling her mother's stories about water kins from the West. She told her about how they were the embodiment of water itself and noted the shared affinity of that particular element. She was quite intrigued to know that there were other creatures around the world that shared the naga's affinity for water, but to see one with her own eyes were quite an experience, one she would never forget. Turning to the aquatic student who had just approached her, "A pleasure to meet you, Gideon. I'm Ajala and I'm a naga, or a nagini, whichever term you prefer." Not wanting to exclude the horned student who approached her first, she adjusted her position to keep both Gideon and him in her periphery of view. "Thank you kindly for your compliments, although I do feel somewhat undeserving of such praise, and a pleasure to meet you as well, but I don't think I've caught your name yet. Something about you both feels... natural, in a unique way to each of you."

Hearing Simon's invitation, Ajala didn't react to it until she and the two students were properly introduced to one another, seeing no need to rush ahead like the centaur did. On one hand, she wasn't as gregarious as said centaur and, at times, shunned large gatherings of students. On the other hand, going out with a lot of new people would let her get to know many of them. Not to mention the fact that familiar faces were starting to move in and, quite possibly, go along with the group. After making sure that the three of them were acquainted with each other, she turned to look at Anais, locating her by her voice and lightly waved at her vampiric roommate. "Hmm... Perhaps I should consider going along with Simon for once... It would make for a nice change of pace. What do you lot think?" she asked, her thick Indian accent showing through.

Xander & Anais | Dagr | Jack | Isaac | Miri | Tree Gang

The pair waved at Dagr before Anais let out a little 'eep' as an excitable Jack came chasing down towards her and Xander. Allowing him to lick her hand, she cautiously patted the wolf's head. Anais was never very fond of dogs, even as human - but she also wasn't particularly fond of being openly rude either. "Um ... Good doggy," she giggled as she watched him whizz off to annoy other people, before barking at Xander who waved him off with a, "yeah, hiya Jack". Spotting a familiar face, a certain Incubus was telling Jack off for whatever insult he barked at him earlier. Turning to Anais, Isaac gave her a wink, which caused Anais to jump, looking around and behind her before pointing to herself for clarification. 'Oh god, he didn't wink at me. No, no, no, no. I can't handle this, no,' repeated in her head and a scarlet tinge creeped on to her face.

If there was one thing that could completely shut down Anais, it was a good looking man. "Hello cutie. When you gonna stop going after the Headmaster and start going after me?" Like marble, she was. Absolutely frozen with shock. Was she really that transparent? Could people tell how much she liked Headmaster Grey? AND DID HE JUST CALL HER A CUTIE? Shuffling on the spot, Anais went to speak, but was left looking like an awkward fish out of water, mouth agape. "I-I-I-I" Maybe she should get her stuttering checked out one day. She looked at her feet for a split second, and with a thud, looking back up, Anais' face was a inch away from Isaac.

He was so good looking up close. She knew Incubi were supposed to be these godly looking sex-demons, and she agreed that Isaac was handsome, but she didn't realize just how handsome he was until now. "Famished," Isaac said before flying off. The force of the wind, and the knee-weakening interaction with Isaac left Anais's legs feeling like putty, and with that, she fell to the ground with a thud. Face as bright as a beetroot, it looked as though she had just ran a marathon. In her dazed state, Anais saw Ajala wave at her, and waved back in return. Shaking her head, she lifted herself off the ground and dusted off herself.

"You are literally the BIGGEST horn dog," Xander mumbled to her before chuckling. "No I'm not! How was that of horn-doggy-ness? If anything, that proves that I'm the complete opposite of a horn-dog. Although ... " she looked to Miri with envy. Anais was always a bit self conscious of her .. boy-ish body. She had an OK hip to waist ratio, but the butt and boobs department were lacking, not a problem for the succubus in front of her though, "I kinda wish I could be a bit more forward with like .. guys, but ... I don't know," she shrugged before clicking the heels of her shoes awkwardly.

"Hey if anyone else wants to come with us, we're going into Purgatory, grab some food. Been sitting around too long anyway, you're all welcome to come." Xander looked at Anais with a sort of 'wanna-go?' look. The vampiric girl was a bit iffy on leaving school grounds, and even iffier that Isaac was going too. She'd constantly be nervous! "Buuut, I just inhaled like 15 bloodsickles? And and -- fine," she knew there was no point in arguing with Xander. "King of Charisma, strikes again," he chuckled before the two made off with the group.

Simon, Isaac, Tree

Isaac grinned as he flitted above the group, shadowy wings flapping lazily as he stretched every limb he had outwards. He then landed gently next to Simon, cracking his neck.
"Ready when you are big guy."
Simon nodded, looking up to see how many others would be following them. The centaur cantered forward, then headed down the path at a walking pace, Isaac strolling next to him.
"Where are we going then?"
"Uhhh....group choice, but it needs to also have vegetarian choices."
As a centaur, Simon's body couldn't process meat of any kind. His diet was restricted entirely to fruits and vegetables. He had tried eating a burger once in his life, when he was younger. He ended up stuck in bed for a week with the worst stomachache ever. Plus some other side effects he'd like to forget. Isaac tapped his chin. As an incubus, his appetite tended towards savory foods. Anything that overwhelmed with flavor.
"Well...how many freshman we got following us?"
Simon turned around, equine rump bumping Isaac over a bush. The centaur didn't seem to notice as he looked back at the others.
"How many of you have even BEEN in Purgatory?"

Arcana Under the Tree (Dagr, Simon interactions)

When Dagr looked at her Arcana tugged at her braid and shuffled her feet in the fluffy grass, every movement tearing away chunks of grass and soil. It might have looked like a bashful, or even flirtatious movement to other people, but for her it was a fight to apologize versus her innate caution. "I um..." She gulped, wondering what he would think of her falling asleep against him. She knew that he was big, but it wasn't his size that scared her, nor was it the way that he seemed to have a deadpan look across his countenance at all times - no, it wasn't either of those. She had known a few fully grown Jotun who were as soft as marshmallows and as tender as butterflies.

Before Arcana could continue, Simon had just come around Dagr and she held her breath as he noticed her. She was so stunned that she had managed to forget that Simon was here - the whole reason she was hiding in the first place! - that she couldn't say anything back. 'He...ran into me? H...he doesn't think I tried to kill him? Wait, a habit? He runs into other people? He's so dangerous!' Despite her thoughts taking an indignant path, the centaur made a smile spring onto her face. Something about his jovial nature made her mood improve. It was severe relief to know that he didn't hate her for their first smashing encounter. She smoothed her braid over, thinking of his compliment.

When Simon kicked away from her and Dagr, she looked back at Dagr and realized she still hadn't properly apologized. Without thinking, she extended her wings so she could hop up to place a small kiss discreetly on Dagr's cheek, a formal way to seek forgiveness from her homeland. The moment was so quick, her reaction so reflexive, that she didn't realize the implications caused by kissing a boy she had just met. "I h-hope we can be friends, Dagr." She gave him a big smile and a pat on the arm before shuffling away toward Simon and the rest: her stomach was rumbling ominously and she wanted to see the city. The Tree of Dreams could wait, she would come back alone to admire it in her own time.

That was when the centaur turned around, and Arcana shook her head in response to his question. "I haven't ev-ever been here before." She looked curiously towards the bush where that guy who flirted with her earlier had been shoved over by a seemingly oblivious Simon. '...W..was that supposed to happen? Are these guys a comedy duo?' She didn't know if she should laugh or be worried.

Dagr, big ole fat group of everyone, with Arcana, and Simon

Dagr watched Arcana move off to join the group of people heading into purgatory, with a puzzled expression. He put a hand on his cheek and stood there for a second a little dumbfounded, [i]what just happened[i] he thought. The giant shook his head and took a breath before striding after the rest of them. If anyone had been looking closely at the young Jotun just then they would see a much darker tint to his blue face right around his cheeks.

"How many of you have even BEEN in Purgatory?" Simon said as Dagr joined the rest of them, "Anywhere that serves chicken" he rumbled before he could stop him self. A few pairs of eye's turned to look at him at the uncharacteristic show of opinion, he cleared his throat a little uncomfortably before continuing "I have to eat a high protein diet for wrestling" he finished resorting back to his rough grumble.

Lilith, Simon

"How many of you have even BEEN in Purgatory?"

"Uhh..." The first thing that came out of Lilith's mouth was that. Surprise, surprise, she hasn't, in fact, she has barely left her home before arriving at the academy. She grew up in Irene's little tree house, with the yard open to her and art supplies supplied to her. She never left mostly due of a lack of interest after the people made fun of her antics. She went to Ouroboros simply because she knew Irene went there and wanted to know what it's like in comparison to her education from books and homeschooling.

"Truth be told. I haven't. What's it like there? Are the people nice? Because I hope they are. Though, nonetheless, I still want to go."

Gideon, Ajala, Andrej, Tree group

"Thank you, Andrej". Gideon beamed at the water dragon, happy that he hadn't been turned abruptly away because of his age. To Ajala he said; "You also seem, watery. I was impressed with your affinity for water manipulation! I hope we three can be on good terms with each other."

The naiad directed his gaze around the knot of students by the Tree. He wondered whether they would all go together to the town, as many seemed to know each other, or were at least tolerant of their companions antics. Many seemed to be getting restless - it was surely time to set off.

Andrej (Featuring Ajala, Gideon, and Simon, + Tree Buddies)

Nodding his lightly at the nagini, the water dragon smiled politely, "What a pleasure it is to have a proper name to address you by, Ajala the nagini...my name is Andrej, of the deep sea water dragon clans, at your service." As this introduction was going on, he took note of Simon's interactions with the mass of people in the general area...

"How many of you have even BEEN in Purgatory?"

Considering the name 'Purgatory' for a moment, and not quite recognizing...was curious...waving over to Simon, he gave the centaur an affirming nod, "I would be happy to join. Ah...is there a specialty I should try on my first visit?" Though...most clan water dragon limited themselves to a vegan or pescetarian lifestyle, it would be considered impolite to not at least try the local dish...so long as he allowed himself to try this first true dish of this 'Purgatory', then returned to veganism or pescetarianism the rest of the visits, it wouldn't be a break in tradition.

Miri (Featuring Gwendy, and Jack, + Tree Buddies)

Around Purgatory? Miri reached up again to ruffle Jack's hair again, "I'll stick to cafeteria junk foods...I want to spend the rest of the day here, at this tree, making my big wish...uh...if I remember how to make my wish..." The only reason she wasn't jumping this guy's bones right now was 'cause she got laid earlier...her one wish...well, her one wish at the moment was to get under control. Miri's wish in the first year worked our pretty well for the year and a half that followed (however way she made it)...maybe another wish was in order?

"Gosh...run around Purgatory?" Her friend Gwendy patted her lightly on the shoulder, "Don't worry...I'll find you something sweet...or mega, ultimate spicy. You'll just have to taste to find out!"

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