"t-they might not be safe" rinion whispered in Ayakas ear as he scanned the newcomers, then he twitched once again and his demeanor changed, "greeting its a pleasure to meet you all" rinion said as he moved his arm around Ayakas waist, "me and rinion are here to help if you need anything" rinion said in 3rd person once again, "Ayaka their are spare seats by ours, should i escort our new friends there?" rinion was confident once again, "and would you like me to help them with their luggage?" he asked Ayaka once again, maby it was because she was his first proper friend but Rinion was only asking for Ayakas approval, he slightly tightened his grip around her waist pulling her slightly closer, he then stretched out his hand to greet the newcomers while he waited for Ayaka to respond.

Elliot and Ashley hesitantly shook Rinions hand and exchanged a look with eachother at his obvious personality switch.

They might not be safe? What exactly was he worried about? Did he think fellow students would just suddenly attack her? Ayaka decided to one day find out what the deal was about that. One day when he felt more comfortable talking to her. It was cute that he seemed to be suddenly protective over her, but seeing as how they literally just met this morning, Ayaka didn't understand why. Does he have some kind of crush on me or something "Calm down, they all seem nice," she whispered back to him. All of a sudden he found his confidence again and he was now referring to himself in the third person. And was he he asking her for permission like she owned him or something? Sighing, she calmly peeled his arms from around her waist so she can turn around and face him. "Just do whatever you feel like doing. I'm your friend and will stay that way no matter what, so you don't have to ask me permission to do things like that." She hoped this made the shy side of Rinion a little more confident in himself.

"We can carry our own bags, but thanks for offering" Elliot declared, and as both Elliot and Ashley were done their cheese pizzas, they picked their school bags off the ground and Elliot said "We'll go find our rooms."
"I wonder if we can somehow get more things from home...I mean it's not like I keep my shower kit and everything I use to get ready in the morning in my school pack." Ashley wondered out loud.
Then both of them excused themselves from the group and went to find two rooms, heading towards the staircase they were told about on the way inside earlier.

"oh, of corse" rinion said as he stared back at Ayaka, now for the first time looking into his eyes she might see the color change, they were green instead of blue, as he stood there the green color faded and he twitched once again, "i-im sorry, i dont know what came over m-me, they seem nice tho" rinion mumbled as he glanced towards the floor, "is i-it ok if i stay with y-you for abit? being around you s-seems to make my head a little b-bit quieter" rinion asked as his face turned red. "and im sorry that he... i-i mean i grabbed you" he said, you could see he was disappointed in himself.

Lady Violetta frowned and thought about Elliot's question. She was not at all sure about how his adoptive parents will know about his magical core..... She would have to ask The Creator.

"I honestly don't know Elliot. I'll have to find out from someone who is greater than I. I have seen her several times but now exactly when I wish to see her. Her name is The Creator. She is kind and such but very aloof. How ever, after you and Ashley have found your rooms, please come back down here for I want to go to the village. Everyone has a free shopping trip and you need your laptop for the trip. I shall meet everyone here at the stairway in 10 minutes." Lady Violetta spoke warmly as she shooed the students off to get ready for the trip to the village.

Elliot wanted a room at the very end of the hall but Ashley said she didn't want to live in a corner, so they chose rooms near the end but not too close.

Elliot sat and thought about everything that had just happened for a few minutes, and then he glanced over at the new equiptment that he had been given, and after a few more minutes, his curiousity won him over and he went over and opened it all up. First he activated his PLT, and after looking through everything, he knew he couldn't pass up the oppurtunity to study here. I mean, a school for MAGIC. People dreamed about this on earth, and he'd be crazy to turn it down! He spent a long time just looking through the pet folders, trying to figure out which one he would chose to get. He thought he would want one of the canines, but he would have to consult with Ashley, as she would definately chose a canine as well, since the only thing she loved more than dogs was- Oh.My.God. A picture of a dragon stared him in the face. He definately knew what Ashley was choosing now.

Ashley had been holding back her pure excitement so she didn't seem weird downstairs, but as soon as she entered the room she broke out in a great grin and opened all of her equipment. She activated her PLT and looked through all the folders. Then she saw the dragon. Her heart almost stopped. When she was little her father had two snakes and a bearded dragon, and the only thing she loved more than dogs was reptiles. She would be taking Draconic Studies for certain. She couldn't decide between the Air Dragon or the Water dragon at first, mostly since she couldn't stand the thought of feeding whole birds to the Air Dragon, but she ended up deciding on the Air Dragon in the end. Ashley had been a vegetarian since she was little, she never liked eating something that had been alive. Elliot hadn't been one, but Ashley's lifestyle slowly rubbed off on him, until he too was repulsed at the sight of meat.

She then realized she was almost late and ran and got Elliot and ran downstairs to meet everyone else.

Ayaka saw his eyes changing colors. Wonder if that has something to do with his occasional personality switch. She made it a point to try and see what his eye color was when he's being shy and what it was when he's being confident. "Of course you can." If it made him feel better, Ayaka didn't mind if he hung around her for awhile. That's what friends are for after all. Rinion referred to 'he' again in his apology and more to the point, he was apologizing again for his confidence. "it's fine, don't worry about it. well I'm going to go make sure my things are ready to go shopping." That is considering her computer is still open with the list of mythical creatures still up. She walked over to her stuff, closed her computer. Since she had no need to go to her room before the trip, she held the laptop at her side and waited until Rinion and Rhiannon were ready before going toward the stairway.

Rinion had his bag over his shoulder with his book and PLT inside he had already equipped his equipment belt so he was ready to go, he was excited to be going shopping but was still abit nervous, he followed Ayaka closely and he started to scan the other students with his eyes, "is Rhiannon o-our friend?" rinion quietly asked Ayaka under his breath.

Ashley and Elliot made their way down the stairs and stood with their small bags, ready to leave for shopping.They planned to stand with everyone else, and gave everyone small smile as they approached.

Rinion recognized Ashley and Elliot as they moved towards the group, he wanted to ask them to join him and Ayaka be he didn't know them well enough, he looked at them and gave them a slight nod, he the stood just behind Ayaka and continued to keep track of everyone's presence.

Lady Violetta gives us 10 mins to go to our rooms & drop things off we have with us.
I didn’t need to see my room because I have nothing with me. So I ended up walking over to Ayaka who was at the stairway waiting for Rinion & me. I was a bit shocked to see Rinion being so close to Ayaka & so over the top about her. That’s how Rinion is I guess & that’s fine.
“So Ayaka, Rinion let’s go shopping together ok?”

Ashley approached the others and asked "can we hang out with you guys too? I prefer to not be the loner type"

Elliot sighed and walked over to stand beside Ashley. He did prefer to be the loner type, but he would stay with Ashley

Rinion looked to Ayaka for reassurance but he remembered what she said, "y-yea sure" rinion stuttered then gave off a small smile

he was happy that all 3 newcomers had a "clean" glow as rinion would describe.

Lady Violetta smiled as the small group gathered together for shopping.
"Let's see..... everyone but Noelle is here. I do hope that she gets here shortly and we shall leave for the Village. If you would like to have a sneak preview, please look at the folder called Village Stores and Activities. If you have any questions, feel free to ask them. You will have about four hours to shop. When you see the lights going dim, you have 15 minutes to get back upstairs. The village is in the basement of the Academy." Lady Violetta spoke as she looked about the students that had gathered together.

“Yes Rhiannon is our friend,” Ayaka whispered to Rinion while wondering why he was so worried about the others. It was almost like he thought they’d all pounce on them for no reason. Ashley and Elliot approached them asking if they can hang out too. Ayaka wasn’t really the type to say no to hanging out with people, but she was kind of worried how Rinion would react to this based on how he’s been acting around others so far. She was happy when he said they could. Maybe he was trying to make other friends after all. So it looked like all five of them would be together shopping on this trip.

According to Lady Violetta, it looked like they were waiting on one more before they can go shopping. Honestly, Ayaka wasn’t sure she wanted to look at the folder she described for the sole reason she’d rather just be surprised at what she found downstairs. On top of that, she was giving them four hours to shop which was all together plenty of time. She couldn’t wait until Noelle got here so they can all go to the Village. Maybe I will look at that folder after all…..

Ayaka sat on the floor and opened her PLT again and navigated to the folder Lady Violetta mentioned. It looked like there was quite a bit to do there too and some of the candies looked interesting. One kind in particular she may get just so she can mess with her soon to be pet. She sat there reading about the different things in the Village until it was time to go downstairs

Ashley was looking through the folder Lady Violetta had spoken about while Elliot looked over her shoulder.
"I'm guessing you're getting a dragon?" Elliot questioned.
"Of course, aren't you?" She shot back.
"No I'm going to go into traditional magic, might help to explain the whole fire thing I have. I'll be buying a canine of some sort"
They didn't speak after that, just scrolled through the folders silently, taking everything in.

Rinion was set to go, slightly apprehensive but excited none the less, he could hardly believe he was getting a free shopping spree, " y-yes ok, look i know" Rinion mumbled to himself as if he was answering someone, from the second he read about it he knew the Arcane hound was for him, he only hoped their would be one that would accept him.
Then it happened, rinion made a click sound as his head jarred suddenly, "Elliot my friend do you have any particular stores you would like visit first? because i figure it would be a good chance for us men to get to know each other, and let the girls do the same, only if you want to that is?" Rinion asked in that same confident manner, "Thats only if you can do without Rinions needyness for a while?" he said to Ayaka with a cheeky wink ;)

Elliot looked at Rinion in surprise, completely caught off guard. "Umm...I guess so?" He said with a hint of bewilderment in his voice.