[IC] Athalia Academy

[Animelover_princess]

Oona turned when she heard Crash slip, at first she was shocked, then kind of impressed when he managed to get back up in time to catch the teapot, even if it was upside down, she held back a little laugh when the tea went all over his head "Oh, my"
Zivon crossed over to Crash before she could stop him, asking if she was alright 'took the words right out of my mouth' she thought.
he did seem to be alright, thinking soon everyone in this room will have burns to deal with.
Kathy leaned down beside Crash and Zivon took the teapot back from him.
Kathy threw a towel over Crash's head and started drying his hair, which made her want to laugh some more but she refrained, taking hold of zivon's wrist, gently "come on, you still need to cool your hand" she pulled him back over to the sink without waiting for an answer and took the teapot out of his hand, still being gentle, and put his hand back under the water "crash'll be fine" at which point crash stood up, he was comically soaked. Kathy suggested he go change" he agreed and awkwardly shuffled out the door.
"poor crash" Oona muttered.

[Theobromine]

– Leroy

Nodding in agreement with Seven, he greeted the 2 newcomers with a smile and gestured towards the empty seats around them. “Go ahead, plenty of room around.” Looking at the guy in the neon green tux, Leroy’s smile grew a bit bigger. Without a hint of sarcasm in his voice, he complimented, “Nice tux. Don’t think I’ve ever seen one quite like it.”

A moment later, something else caught his attention. Turning back to Seven, he realized that the bakeneko had changed into his cat-like form and was squirming on the floor in pain. “Sh-t.” Raising a brow, Leroy got up from his seat and walked over to Seven. Looking at the empty tray on the table he scratched his head and said, “Guess you really are more cat than human. That’s unfortunate. Sorry for telling you about chocolate Seven.” There was something clearly odd about Leroy. Although the painter was no longer smiling, he seemed far too calm for someone watching his friend writhing in pain. He didn’t want Seven to die or anything but… The natural sympathy and concern most people would have felt was just not there.

Turning to the two guys that had joined them at the table he pointed at Seven on the ground and asked, “Hey, is there a doctor around here? Or rather, maybe a vet? I think he needs one within the next few hours or he might get liver damage.” A way to help came to mind, but he wasn’t sure how to implement it. Thinking aloud he murmured, “How do you get a cat to vomit anyway? Do I just press down on his stomach or something?”

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– Kathy

Kathy could tell that Crash wasn't really getting much help from her getting up, it was far too effortless to help him up despite the fact he was a lot taller than her. ‘I don’t seem that weak, do I?’ She wondered with a slight frown. Then noticing that Crash still hadn't let go of her yet, the momentary frown disappeared completely as the blush on her face returned and deepened. ‘S-Should I say something?’ Her thoughts beginning to spin, she ended up just remaining silent and staring at their hands. When Crash let go and thanked her she mumbled, “You're... Welcome…” Closing her now-empty hand into a loose fist, she tried not to think about the slight warmth lingering on her fingers.

“Oh, wait. I’ll be right back as well.” Seeming to remember something, she followed Crash to the door in time to see him hit himself on the forehead. Looking away, she tried to pretend that she didn’t see it. ‘Oops. I seem to have impeccable timing to make him even more embarrassed.’ Following him out into the hallway, she cleared her throat and told Crash, “Um, hey. I remembered that you told Oona about a cream that’s good for burns? Do you mind grabbing it while you’re there?” In a slightly quieter voice she continued, “And… Um, since I’m already out here, can I wait for you by your door?” Inwardly, she cringed a little, wondering why she felt the need to ask for permission instead of just offering to wait. ‘That wasn’t too strange though, right? Why am I acting so odd around him at times..?’ A small part of her probably knew the answer, but she was too busy pushing that part of her to the very back of her mind to even try to listen to it.

[Destinyfailhorror17]

Zivon

He watched Crash and Kathy leave the dorm, Oona gently grabbed his hand and put it back at the sink, he was only to give a simple sigh but he smiled. He had hope everything will ne fine, that was one disaster gone out and he was afraid more would come. Put as the water run down his burned hand he felt something wrong…he looked at the soup and….”No!” He had forgot he had to check the soup frequently or it could be ruined quickly; he removed his hand from the sink and immediately grabbed the pot of soup from the stove and put in on the counter. He grabbed a spoon and tasted it to know if it was still okay. “Good…” he sighed in relief, as the soup was still okay. He then grabbed a bowl of ice and some red bean paste he bought. He stuck his hand in the bowl of ice and then rubbed some red bean paste on the burned part. He grabbed a rag and some tissues and wrapped in around his hand. He showed it to Dani and Oona. “Som-ehow this alw-ays wor-ks. W-ith my bu-rns.”

Seven

The pain was killing him; he didn’t know why it hurt so much. He was practically begging for something or someone to help him. “It hurts! Make it stop!” He begged as he squirmed on the floor. ‘”I hate chocolate!” He shouted really loudly, he then all on fours began to change back and fourth as cat to human multiple times. “AARRHHH!!!” He shouted as the pain surged everywhere in his body. Due to his back and fourth transformation his teeth started to grow fangs and nails became sharper. He gripped his body and stomach and started to cough badly. ‘I FUCKING HATE CHOCOLATE!’ He had felt extreme pain before, getting into fights and practice for performances that failed but never like that. This was a new pain for him, a new defiantly high level of pain. He was then in his human form, taking deep, sharp, painful breaths and was actually close to crying from the horrible pain. “Just…make it stop…”

[Ebil Bunny]

Matt - The Curse of the Choclate
Matt's eyes opened wide when the strange looking boy began acting strangely. Was he allergic to chocolate? He realized what was happening as soon as the boy had turned into a cat.
Who allowed a Bakeneko eat chocolate!? he thought. However, Matt quickly put his tray on the table, moved over to him, and when he was in cat form, Matt punched him in the stomach just hard enough to make him throw up. It would make his stomach hurt for a while, but it was better than getting food poisoning.

Dani - Tea Time Escapades
“Som-ehow this alw-ays wor-ks. W-ith my bu-rns.” Zivon told Dani and Oona. Dani looked at Zivon's hand for a while.
"And that really works? I might have to do that for my burns." Dani said with a smile. Since Zivon was okay, and Dani didn't want to get in his way, he sat back down at the table.
"Oh, and Zivon? Do you mind if I don't eat much? I'm not... hungry right now." Dani told Zivon awkwardly.

[Destinyfailhorror17]

Zivon

"Oh, and Zivon? Do you mind if I don't eat much? I'm not... hungry right now." Dani told him, he just gave a nod. “Its fin-e, I can’t for-ce you to e-at.” He smiled at Dani, he can’t force anyone to eat that would be to rude and awful of him. As he looked around, with much of the weirdness and awkwardness pass down there weren’t much stuff to do, and all he can do is that he gave a sigh of relief. It seemed a bit to quiet then, of course he is used to the quietness yet it felt sad in a way. He wanted to strike a conversation with the two but he didn’t what to say. “Uh…Ho-w wa-s your d-ay?” It seemed like a good conversation starter.

Seven

The punch at his stomach defiantly made him throw up, the things he had ate where on the cafeteria floor. He took deep wheezing breaths, and just collapsed on the floor, luckily not on the mess he had made. He was happy the pain was gone but the fresh filling of being kicked defiantly made him feel terribly bad. He wasn’t a good fighter and can’t deal properly with a strong punch or kick so this was sort of better than chocolate but still very painful. He had lifted his head slightly to see the man who punch and saved him, he recognized him as the guy who asked about the heavenly aurora thing in the student center. He slowly crawled up to the tall man, he didn’t know what to say, thank you for saving me or what the hell? You punched me asshole. ‘I better just say thank you…’ He rubbed his stomach as it still sting from the punch. He lowered his head. “Thanks…I guess…”

[FaithsRose]

Crash

Crash still had his hand held against his face as he felt someone pass through the door before he closed it, he groaned quietly as he realized Kathy had probably just witnessed him slapping his own face he dropped his hand from his face. "Sorry, force of habit" He said with a light shrug in explanation to his palm-to-face action. His previous embarrassment washed away as a smile jumped to his lips, at her question though he frowned as she asked to wait by his door, he lifted his hand to rub the back of his neck. "Right I'd forgotten about that already, thanks for reminding me" He answered. "Sure I'm just down the hallway" He mentioned, going to move past her though he was walking in an odd fashion...as Zivon had predicted his jeans were very uncomfortable! After a few steps he had to adopt a more penguin like walk. "Don't laugh" He told her, though he himself was trying not to laugh as he waddled down the corridor, of course he probably could have shifted into something which would have made the whole process easier but he figured the comedic value may lighten the rather intense feeling in the hallway. Once he reached his door he pulled his I.D card out of his pocket, sliding it into the contraption and pushing the door open he held his arm signalling for Kathy to go in. "I'd prefer not leaving you stood out in the hallway like a lemon though, would you mind waiting in here?" He asked courteously offering a small smile. "You could at least come in and make yourself comfortable" He pointed out, he followed her in if she entered otherwise he jammed something under the door to hold it open for her as she decided what to do.

He walked past the first door moving down to the back of his dorm opening the other door which led to his room he promptly disappeared into the room moving over to the bed he dropped to his knees reaching under his bed and pulling a dark green firstaid box out from under it. He got back to his feet placing the box on his tidy bed, quite glad his room was fairly presentable minus the untidy bookcase, he hadn't really put much effort into returning the books to the shelves in a tidy fashion. He opened the kit and begun to rummage through it, glad Kiwi hadn't down a dorm inspection to remove medical supplies...he wouldn't have put it past her. He grinned as he found what he was looking he picked up a red box with the word 'Acriflex' He twirled the box through his fingers before moving back over to Kathy hoping she had taken him up on his offer, he held the tube out towards her. "There you go, if you need anything else let me know...I think I brought half the pharmacy with me" He grinned sheepishly, standing there for a moment before he turned away and headed back towards his room.

"So...Katherine Argall" He repeated her name as he pushed the door too, sliding behind it to get some fresh clothes. "Please don't take offense to this, but it's crossed my mind how little I actually know about you..." His voice drifted through the slight crack in the door. "I was wondering, if you don't mind me asking...where are you from originally? Before here..." He asked testingly frowning at the structure of his own question. I swear I'm not usually this awkward...what's happening to me? having already changed into a fresh pair of jeans. He realized the bottom of his white t-shirt had also absorbed green tea, with a tutt of annoyance he pulled his black dress shirt off of his shoulders, dry testing the bottom of it when he was happy it was he laid it on the bed before pulling his white t over his head as he crossed the room moving away from the safe zone behind the door as he dumped it in a laundry basket and opened another draw listening for Kathy's answer.

[Scallop]

Darwinn watched Matt punch the guy with a look of fascination. He could really punch!
He emptied his skittles from the green packet onto his tray and he began scooping them up with a great big spoon that came from god knows where. He hadn't noticed yet but his tuxedo had turned fluorescent orange. He decided to dump some ice cream and jelly over his skittles. "Cats don't like chocolate" he remarked as he chewed

[Theobromine]

– Kathy

“Don’t laugh” Crash told her, which of course made Kathy want to laugh even more. “I’ll try but… No promises.” She let out a few light chuckles, but overall did quite well in keeping the noise level down in the hallway. Hearing the offer to go inside to wait, she hesitated for a moment. ‘Just go in. He made the offer, so there’s no reason to refuse.’ Scolding herself, she continued inside. Noting the number on the door as she passed. ‘113…’

Accepting the cream, she smiled in return to his sheepish grin. “Thanks. I actually bought a first-aid kit just before coming here but… I didn’t really get a chance to see everything inside of it yet. I’m sure Oona and Zivon will find this useful.” Reaching up, she gave him a pat well-done on the head. Noting it was faintly damp. “Good thing it was tea. Something like juice would’ve been a lot more troublesome to get out of hair.” Lifting her hand away, she let him go back into his bedroom to get changed. She leaned against the wall opposite of the door as she waited.

She felt another smile come to her face when she heard Crash say her name and state, "Please don't take offense to this, but it's crossed my mind how little I actually know about you..." Laughing she reassured him, “Don’t worry, it’s not offensive at all.” In her thoughts she continued, ‘In fact, the same thought crossed my mind earlier today.’ “As for where I’m from, um…” Kathy had to think about this a little. “Kind of here and there really. We moved every so often because of my dad’s job. A couple of times we even crossed borders into other countries.” She left out her own part in why they had to relocate every so often. More depressing talk could come later or, better yet, never if she could help it. “What about you?”

Catching sight of some movement, her eyes reflexively went to the small space created from leaving the door ajar. Feeling another blush rising up to her cheeks, she took a big step to the side so she couldn’t see inside the room anymore. ‘I didn’t see anything..! Er, I might have. A bit. But I moved away really quickly and it’s not like it’s my first time seeing a guy’s bare back and…!!’ She stopped thinking. She was obviously making herself even more embarrassed. “U-Um,” Trying to distract herself Kathy stammered out, “B-By the way, I didn’t really get a chance to ask… Do you prefer being called by your nickname instead of ‘Caleb’?”

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– Leroy

Wrinkling his nose slightly at the mess on the floor, Leroy took a step back to make sure he didn’t step in it. He turned to one that punched Seven and opened his mouth to say something when realized that he recognized the guy. “Oh, wait! I’ve seen you before.” He had been so distracted by Seven and the green tux that he hadn’t gotten a good look at his face until then. “Back at the Student Center, remember? Did you manage to find out about what happened to that girl?”

Turning back to Seven he told him, “I’ll get you a glass of water.” Moving back to the table, he lifted his tray up. About a third of his chicken was left and his cake was completely untouched, but he had lost all his appetite now. Thinking of throwing the food away on his way to get water, he looked at the purple-haired guy still at the table and asked, “Hey, how’d you do that? Wasn’t your tux green just a moment ago?”

[Ebil Bunny]

Matt - Puncher of Stomachs
“Thanks…I guess…” wheezed the bakeneko.
"Sorry about that, it was the only way to fix it." Matt said with an apologetic shrug.
“Oh, wait! I’ve seen you before. Back at the Student Center, remember? Did you manage to find out about what happened to that girl?” asked the boy.
"Oh, yeah, I remember. I thought you guys looked familiar." Matt said cheerily, until Leroy asked about Lily. "No, I found nothing."
Matt sat down and began eating his dinner. He was so hungry that he was pretty sure that he would end up going back for seconds, thirds, fourths, and maybe fifths as well.

Dani - Awkward Tea Conversations
“Uh…Ho-w wa-s your d-ay?” Zivon asked.
"Oh, it was pretty nice. The time sped by so fast, I had to run to get here. I made some new friends up in the Student Center." Dani replied. "What about you? Did you also skip all your classes, or am I the only one?"

[FaithsRose]

Crash

Crash’s smile grew at the pat. “Yeah, good thinking bat-girl” He grinned, closing one eye as his wayward hair poked down onto his face. “True...it’s still a little sticky but I’ll have to wash it off later, I really don’t want to keep Zivon waiting for too long. He’s gone to so much trouble...” Crash murmured before he turned away after she had retracted her hand.

He felt a smile flicker across his face as she assured him he wasn’t be offensive, that was a relief, he pulled a shirt from his drawer listening as she answered his question. He felt a slight twinge in his chest at her words. Here and there? Is that another way of knowing where to belong? “Moved around a lot I see...guessing that couldn’t have been easy on you, anywhere in particular you liked countrywise? Statewise?” Crash questioned, pulling a face as he said it. Nice one captain obvious... He pulled out another plain white t-shirt holding it in his hands a moment as he thought over his answer. “Call me a copycat, but here and there. Haven’t really spent a lot of time in one place, we had to keep moving” He answered, pulling his shirt over his head and moving over to the door. “Both of my parents fancied themselves animal specialists they would travel and protest animal rights and what not. Being shape shifters they got places no-one else could” Crash explained, kicking open the door and reappearing just as he was trying to pull his shirt down the rest of his torso, unintentionally flashing Kathy a front view of bronze lightly muscled abs he had a large purple mark on the right side of his stomach. He tugged the shirt down with a huff of annoyance, was he not capable of dressing properly now.

He frowned at Kathy as she stammered her way through another question, he raised an eyebrow at her questioningly. “Ah the jig is up then, it was that librarian earlier wasn’t it?” He grinned at her. “She gave you my full name” He shook his head but smiled all the same. “I’ve been called Crash since as far back as I can remember, I think my m-“ Crash cut himself off, looking away from Kathy briefly. “Doesn’t matter, you can call me anything you like. I generally respond to most things” He teased with a quick wink turning back into his room and grabbing his dress shirt pulling it back on over the top of his t-shirt, he reached into a laundry bin patting down the pockets of his jeans from before pulling out his phone and I.D card, before he walked back out leaving his door open he came to a standstill in front of Kathy “I’ve got a few more questions...” Crash folded his arms across his chest, resting his right arm on the left he lifted his right hand and ran his fingers over his chin looking at her as if contemplating something he actually looked pretty serious...

“What is...your favourite colour?” He quizzed her as a smile cracked through his serious expression, softening his features as he jutted his head towards the door back into the hallway. “Come on we can talk and walk, don’t want to keep the others waiting. They may question what happened to us” He jested, moving over to the door and opening it courteously for her.

[Scallop]

Darwin was happily squeezing syrup and chocolate sauce over his skittle masterpiece as he listened to the others speak. "Want sone?" He asked Matt showing him his plate if amazingness. Then the other guy asked bout his tux. "It does it itself, it's been around me too much and my RAinbow array affects it. Pretty cool right? Oh I'm do rude, I'm Darwin! Nice to meet you!" He grinned at the guy as he got ready some rainbow sprinkles. And this was only his starters.

[DELETED7282737]

Liam walked over to the fridge once again grabbing another one of the drinks that were spread throughout the fridge. "Well this is what they call an energy drink. It has some caffeine in it and sugar and might be a bit unhealty for you but it does the job" She tapped the fridge door with her heel while talking and opened up her can and started to drink out of the can. "O this is just some new popular rock music that just came out. many people listen to these songs." She grabbed a cushion from the couch and plunked it down on the ground. Her can was placed next to the cushion and she layed down onto the cushion planting the lower side of her face into the cushion. "If you dont chose something or I will chose for you" She said while still holding her mouth into the cushion.

[Destinyfailhorror17]

Seven

He started to cough less than before but he feeling of it didn’t go away; he slowly walked up towards the table and jumped up the seat. He tried to ignore most things and focused on his aching stomach. He immediately wanted to faint from that but somehow he couldn’t like something telling to stay conscious. Then he watched the other guys who asked to join them earlier to eat. He wasn’t sure he wanted to eat or not to eat. The guy with the colorful suit eating all the sweet things made him worse. “I don’t like sweet…” He moaned out as he curled into a ball and tried his best to ignore the pain.

Zivon

"Oh, it was pretty nice. The time sped by so fast, I had to run to get here. I made some new friends up in the Student Center." Dani replied. "What about you? Did you also skip all your classes, or am I the only one?" Zivon gave a nodded, time did move by fast. “I was goi-ng to a cla-ss but I -got lost, th-is school is confu-sing to me, I just wis-hed I could have go-ne to art cl-ass.” He rubbed his head, he got lost, fell on his face because of his shoes, got kissed at the cheek by that Vanessa girl…‘Eh…that still feels weird..’ hee rubbed his scheeks, he wanted to know the answer why. “So…uh-h…ya…” Things were going a bit awkward.

[Theobromine]

– Kathy

“Actually, it wasn’t too bad. Packing and moving-in was always troublesome, but I got to see a lot.” Kathy said, shrugging. “Country-wise, maybe Japan? I was there during early spring and got to see a whole street filled with blooming cherry blossoms.” She smiled at the memory. She had stood out like a sore thumb there and felt uncomfortable every time she was in a crowd, but the view of thousands of delicate petals blowing in the wind had made an incredible impression on her. “State-wise I’d say California. Lots to do there, and the warm weather was great.”

When Crash kicked open the door in the middle of changing, she was beginning to think he wanted to make her embarrassed and suffer from the potential side-effects of high blood pressure. ‘I swear, one of these days I’m going to be the first real victim to die of embarrassment.’ She thought, covering her face to hide her blush and to block her own view. Her responses would have to wait until she could trust herself to remember how to speak normally again. ‘So his entire family is made up of shape-shifters.’ She noted, ‘I wonder what that was like. It must have been nice to have people to consult about your abilities...’

“Ah the jig is up then, it was that librarian earlier wasn’t it? She gave you my full name.” Crash said. Nodding, she slowly lowered her hands again. Her cheeks were still a little red, but it was at the level where it could just be mistaken for makeup or due to warm temperatures. Catching the unnatural way he cut off his sentence, she raised a brow in question but didn’t say anything about it. After a small moment of thought Kathy smiled and told him, “I’ll keep calling you Crash then. I think Caleb’s a good name but everyone else seems to know you by Crash, so it might get confusing if I start calling you something else in front of the others.”

The eyebrow went back up at the serious-expression on his face as Crash prepared to ask another question. After a small but dramatic pause he finally asked, “What is… your favourite colour?” She burst out laughing, knowing he had done it on purpose. “That’s all you wanted to ask?” Nodding in response to his suggestion to talk and walk, Kathy stopped in front of Crash and pretended to make a slight curtsy with a non-existent dress of air just before she went out into the hallway. “I’ll tell you, but I have 3 conditions this time.” Waiting for him to close the door, she continued their conversation with a slight pout on her face. “One, you have to promise not to laugh. Two, you have to tell me yours. And three…” Taking the Acriflex in her good hand, she gently poked him on the right side of his stomach where she had caught sight of a bruise. “You need to tell me how that happened.”

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– Leroy

“No, I found nothing.” Answered the dark-haired boy. Shrugging Leroy said, “Pity. But you’ve still got time right?” Watching the guy eat, he took the plate of cake off his tray and placed it back down onto the table. “Hey, do you want this? I didn’t touch it, and I don’t plan on eating it anymore.”

Turning to the guy with the awesome tux, Leroy smiled and replied, “Pretty cool is an understatement. No idea what your Rainbow array is, but if it can make your tux change colours like that then I think it’s awesome.” Picking his tray back up he added, “Leroy, nice to meet you Darwin. I’ll be right back.” Walking over to the trash, he scraped off his unfinished chicken and placed the rest of the tray where all the unclean utensils and the like went, waiting to be cleaned. He then went back to where all the food and drinks were being served, and returned to the table with a glass of water. Holding it out to Seven he said, “Here. It’ll help you get the bad taste out of your mouth.”

[HylianRose]

Lily - Skies

She closed her eyes and let the wind take her where it may and when she opened them, she saw the small yellow dots of the school, the lights from the windows. The sun was slowly setting in the west.

Oops...

She made her way back to the school, trying to get back before anyone noticed she was gone. Though, the school probably did. She didn't know what their policy for leaving campus was but she knew she needed to get back before dark otherwise she'd get lost pretty easily. She flew down to the garden, expecting Matt to be there. She wasn't really too surprised when he wasn't. She assumed he'd just gotten bored and left. With the thought that she'd go see him again, she left for her room, wanting to settle down before going to dinner.

Slowly, she wandered over to her room and used the card they'd told her would let her in. She still didn't understand it but she assumed eventually someone could explain it to her. When she went in her room, she paused to looked at the new stuff that had been placed on her still barren bed.

Who?

She blinked and picked up her things, what she assumed to be her things anyway. They were the only things there when she'd came earlier. She walked, things in hand back to the other room and settled it all down. She preferred the room with the window but she was more than willing to give it up to a potential friend. She stopped when she noticed the note on the desk,

Carmen said
"Dear roommate,

It seems I have arrived at the room for the first time before you have. I tentatively put my couple of belongings in the other bedroom, but if you would like the window bedroom, please feel free to move my things to this one. It doesn't matter to me and I wouldn't want you to not get the window if you wanted it. Hopefully we'll run into each other sometime!

Your roommate,

Carmen" (signed very ornately)

She let out a small chuckle and smiled at the note.

Carmen...

She eyed the name carefully, trying to imagine the female. In her head, she had long flowing black hair and big brown eyes... Then again, maybe she shouldn't let her imagination get away from her. Not everyone was a pretty fairy type lady. Then again, it might be because she knew an Angel named Carmen. She smiled and picked up a pen. Picking up another piece of paper, she wrote to her roommate,

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Dear Carmen,

It's a pleasure to have you as a roommate! I can't wait until we formally meet! I hope we can be great friends. You're more than welcome to have the window room, I'm fine with this one. If you want to call or text me, here's my number. The lady in the office showed me how to use it. We don't really have a use for phones in Heaven.

###-###-####

I can't wait to meet you!
Lily Melody Brightendale <3

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She smiled as she looked at her handiwork. The writing looked like a child's but she wouldn't know the difference. She danced and twirled over to Carmen's room and placed the note on her bed. She went back to her room and carefully made sure to place the note on the wall above her desk, a souvenir for her very first roommate. She grinned at herself and for next few minutes, spent her time putting things away and getting everything settled.

Eric - Room

He grinned as she watched little Vanessa romp around on the desk. Quickly, he got up and picked the tiny Vanessa up, ignoring her squeals for him to put her down. He placed her gentle on the bed beside her larger, real version.

"Here. You can stay with them. I have to head out because I promised someone I'd meet them somewhere. I'd offer to let you come but I don't want to be rude to them. Feel free to stay and play with Ian and your little Vanessa. I'm going to take Lucy with me. I don't want her fighting with you two." He explained, chuckling a bit as he picked Lucy up and placed her in his pocket. In a few minutes, she'd be gone anyway. He waved to the two Vanessa's, the smaller on giving him sour look and then to Ian. The boy simply grinned, looking up at him and then at Vanessa.

With that, Eric was gone, headed for Zivon's room. He blinked as he noticed two others walking in the same direction, one of them Kathy. He smiled and waved bashfully. "Hello. I... hope I'm not late." He said, his voice small. He smiled and waved at the boy that was with Kathy. They seemed close, but Eric couldn't tell. As he stood there, outside Zivon's room, Lucy peaked her head out of his pocket.

"...Hi." She said curtly, eying Kathy suspiciously. She didn't even take a second look at Crash, assuming him to not be a threat. She sighed and leaned her shin on the edge of Eric's pocket, resigned and still pouting a bit.

[Destinyfailhorror17]

Seven

He looked at the glass of water that Leroy put on the tale for him. Seven didn’t want to move from his curled up position he was in pain from the punch. He growled and hissed in pain but he slowly crawled towards the glass of water and sipped it. He lapped up the water pretty quickly. “Thank...you Leroy.’ He gave out a really tired yawn he then curled up again and gave out another yawn. This was not a good evening at all, he looked at the guy who punched him, Matt was his name and his ears flickered. He didn’t know what to do next but he just gave a small mewl before probably passing out of exhaustion.

[FaithsRose]

Crash

Crash’s face softened as he listened to Kathy’s answers to his questions. “A perfect cherry blossom is a rare thing. You can spend your whole life looking for one, and it will not be a wasted life when you find one” Crash grinned at her. “That sounds like it was pretty amazing” He commented. “I can tell you have impeccable taste...California also has some of the best waves” Crash added, he looked up realizing she had covered her face with her hands, though he could see how red she had gone between her fingers. He suppressed a chuckle at her embarrassment; it seemed the tables had turned! Crash felt bad though for making her feel uncomfortable. “Sorry, I couldn’t hear very well in there...” He shrugged apologetically. He caught her raise a brow in question as he cut himself short but he chose to ignore that fact, he wasn’t feeling the need to discuss his reasoning’s at the moment. “I can live with that” He grinned at her. “I suppose it would confuse the others if you gave me a new name, besides I’m pretty ‘Caleb’ is reserved for scolding purposes” He chuckled a little.

“Maybe...maybe not” He grinned at her, he chuckled at the curtsey leaning forward in a bow before following her and closing the door behind them, he turned and looked at her with a raised eyebrow a slight smirk coming across his face. Crash literally squeaked and twitched away from her touch as she jabbed at his midriff. “Whoa! Easy with the jabbing” He grinned, holding his hand protectively at his side his face colouring under the circumstances. It’s ok, your secrets safe...just leave the hand there “I promise not to laugh if you don’t laugh at me” He grinned at her, moving down the hallway though he was walking quite slow and turned slightly towards her, he looked around double checking there was no-one else in the hallway before he leant closer to her “It’s purple” He mumbled in a low voice, before pulling back color apparent on his cheeks as he pressed a finger to his lips in a ‘shh’ motion watching for her reaction, he expected her to laugh maybe even take the mick a bit. “As for the bruise, I had a run in with my own bookcase earlier” He grinned.

“I’m going for a new world record of most accidents in one day...it’s going pretty well so far” He smiled at her. “I’ve got one final question before we go back in, can you tell me one thing I don’t know about you” He asked, aware they were pretty much back outside Zivon’s door he was rather enjoying himself just talking to Kathy. “I’ll offer you one in return” He grinned at her, trying to tempt her into answering his question. A truth for a truth seemed a fair enough offer...Crash looked up as he saw Eric walking towards them, a flicker of disappointment crossed his face before he could reset his smile though Eric wasn’t close enough to see it. “Hey Eric” Crash grinned at him. “Cafeteria this morning...I’m sorry I left before you could tell me about your power” Crash apologized, blinking as a tiny head poked out of Eric’s pocket he chuckled as the small girl eyed Kathy suspiciously, before reaching over and knocking on Zivon’s door.

[Ebil Bunny]

Matt - Takes The Cake
Matt finished his dinner and moved the tray towards the middle of the table.
“Pity. But you’ve still got time right?” asked Leroy. Matt sighed.
"Maybe," Matt said. However, the longer Lily's in this state, the longer Bael[/i] is going to mess with her head.[/i]
“Hey, do you want this? I didn't touch it, and I don’t plan on eating it anymore.” Leroy said, putting his cake on the table. Matt politely took it and began nibbling at it.

Dani - ...I got nothing *shrugs*
“I was goi-ng to a cla-ss but I -got lost, th-is school is confu-sing to me, I just wis-hed I could have go-ne to art cl-ass.” Zivon replied.
"Ya, I was afraid of getting lost, so I spent yesterday patrolling the school." Dani said. He fingered his cup of tea, but didn't drink any. Things were getting pretty awkward. Zivon was a great friend, but he wasn't the most... Hospitable guy on earth.

[NaraK]

Ryuu Yamauchi

Ryuu felt like screaming in joy. Was this really happening? Was this real life? Or was it just fantasy? Was he escpaing reality? Someone was actually making him food, out of all things. Pumping his arms into the air, he simply exclaimed one word.

Ryuu

Feeling quite excited, the otaku looked back down, his eyes on fire with determination. In fact, he seemed so excited, he looked as if he were about to go ahead and squash a bunch of delinquents to show who was the boss. Except he was not going to squash a bunch of delinquents, but instead, actually get a life and get some katsudon.

"I... I can help you! Actually, can I help you? Where're we going to eat the katsudon? Her mer gurd, I'm so excited! I haven't eaten katsudon for months, now!"

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Nathaniel G. Terotrax

"Mu-sic?" Terotrax asked, a wide grin entering his face. Oh, how much he loved this situation! It was as if his future in the academy would be an awesome paradise. Save for the occasional transformers destroying the place, it seemed as if he would be enjoying this place far more than he anticipated. Most of the people were kind here, after all!

Most of them. He had to take note of how most of them were good, and how some of them simply needed guidance from others.

"I'm a-okay with music!" Terotrax said, transforming his gauntlets back into his boombox, using it as an amplifier for the flora's music. The sound of nature was empowered by his musical device, which simply brought him into a lovely mood. With that said, he morphed two of the small speakers into two large, bongos for the heck of it. He loved playing them when sticking with nature, after all.

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~Hell - Near Athalia Academy~

"Are we there yet?"

"No."

"Now?"

"No."

"Please?"

"No."

"Okay."

"..."

"...Please?"

As Reggie and Shazt continued to bother each other in their own ways, Kain simply walked quietly. The three footsoldiers had been following the two demon officers for quite a while now. About two hours of non-stop walking had passed, and now, they were apparently getting very near to their destination. Time flew by mercifully, and soon enough, they had gotten extremely close to the academy now. One more hour, and they would be able to see Athalia Academy.

Thane simply rolled his eyes when he saw Apophis carrying a headless squirrel. "Put that damn thing somewhere away from me," he grumbled, annoyed by Apophis' random acts of violence. It seemed that he ate out of it hunger, rather than to collect its soul.

The hollow man simply commented,

"Brain food-"

"Shut up."

He giggled, which made Thane ignore him entirely. The masked warrior did not like this man at all, and not because of the fact that he was violent and sadistic, but because of the insecurities he generates wherever he walks. Apophis' power grew as more people died; that alone was enough to make Thane wary of him. This man, who joined Lucifer's ranks when he had no reason to, became an essential part of the army... acting as if he were some sort of virus sticking to a host cell, waiting to strike at the last moment. The ninja decided not to put too much attention to that right at the moment. For now, he needed to focus on finding the academy.

They walked for another five minutes without any distractions.

Suddenly, Thane twirled around and threw a sharp object straight towards Apophis' head. The hollow man blinked in surprise when what appeared to be a kunai stopped right in front of his face. The ninja simply pulled it back away, concealing it to an unknown location again. It was a good thing that they were traveling in the wild.

"My friend, what was that for?"

Thane dangerously growled at him,

"You tried to take one of the soldiers' lives, didn't you?"

The hollow man coughed, shoving a deathly looking knife deep into his hip so that it became hidden for the naked eye. Then he laughed. And laughed. He liked laughing.

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Oh, how much he loved laughing.

"Oh!" Apophis wheezed, calming down after a long spree of laughter. He had never laughed so much before- actually, he did, when he was in his chambers. The reason was self-explanatory.

"Why would I ever do that to my fellow soldier?" Apophis said, patting Kain with a grin.

That grin grew up to reach the sides of his eyes, some of his skin ripping even further. His eyes bore into Shazt and Reggie hungrily, as if there was something precious underneath all of the flesh they had.

"We are kin, Thane. An army that must take care of each other. I would never hurt my

friends."

Apophis tilted his head, as if to question Thane. His eyes had grown mad in such a short time.

"Are you not a friend of mine...?"

The ninja roared, throwing the kunai once more. The blade stabbed Apophis right in the chest, letting the masked warrior pull the hollow man toward him harshly. He let one of his feet out, letting Apophis stop being pulled with an abrupt halt. Despite the fact that he was stabbed, Apophis showed no signs of pain, as if he were expecting it to happen. Thane was not surprised, either. He had grown used to the hollow deity's insane stamina and endurance. Grabbing the collar of Apophis' ragged suit- at least, what was left of it- the masked warrior bellowed, his pale, enraged eyes threatening to burn Apophis along with that damned academy,

"Won't you shut the fuck up any sooner?! We're on a mission for FUCK'S SAKE!!!"

The two stood there in silence. Thane's hands had caught on fire, burning some of Apophis' flesh. The footsoldiers nervously stared at each other, then at the two demon officers.

Pace O. Shazt felt like taking a piece of sh-t out of fear.

Apophis had a blank expression for a while, though the tips of his mouth were pointed upward as if he were smiling. He then genuinely smiled at Thane, simply answering, "I will try. I've got this habit of getting so... excited, y'know? It's been, oh, so long since I've gotten to eat, y'know..."

Satisfied with Apophis' surprisingly lenient attitude at the situation, Thane let go of the hollow man, taking his kunai out of his body in the process. Lucifer probably knew how volatile they were together, which he could understand completely. Before things got out of control, he needed to get the footsoldiers to the academy as soon as possible.

That was, before Apophis began to starve. He also needed to find a nearby house that no one could see the hollow deity in, as well. He needed to feast upon souls as soon as possible, after all, and even Thane was not stupid enough to not know that.

"Let's move," Thane said, motioning the frightened footsoldiers to follow him. "We're almost there: no point in idling by, anyway."

And so, they neared the academy.

Now, only ten minutes remained before the reached the academy. The aura of demons drew closer.

Too close...

[Theobromine]

– Kathy

Nodding in mutual agreement not to laugh at each other, she waited to hear Crash’s answer. Another blush started rising up to her cheeks when he leaned over, but she managed to resist all urges to jump back or cover her face again. “It’s purple” Crash mumbled in a low voice. As he pulled away, she gave him a slightly funny look, but it was difficult to read what she was thinking. Kathy smiled when she saw him put a finger to his lips, making it seem like it was a complete secret supposed to be shared only in private. ‘His height really is an unfair advantage at times like this.’ She thought. Now her turn to tell him her favourite colour, she gestured for him to lean in again. Whether or not he did, she got up on her tip-toes and drew as close to his ear as she could. Cupping a hand over her mouth she whispered, “… Now you’re just copying me.” Letting out a light laugh, she slid away from him and let her words sink in.

Kathy raised an eyebrow again when she heard how he got the bruise. Responding to his jest about the record of most accidents she said, “Hey, you’re not allowed to get Crash hurt anymore. I’ll get mad.” She briefly stuck the tip of her tongue out through her smile, a small childish gesture that she hadn’t done in a long time. Crash’s next question was probably the most difficult one he had asked so far. It was so open-ended, and she wasn’t sure what kind of answer she wanted to give him. Then seeing Eric coming up to them, she gently told him, “Let’s take a rain check on that. I’ll tell you one thing after the dinner, okay?”

She gave Crash a chance to finish first before she greeted, “Eric, nice to see you again.” Smiling Kathy reassured Eric, “Don’t worry. The dinner hasn’t started yet.” Then seeing the cartoon girl peek out of Eric’s pocket, her eyes widened in surprise. “Oh, hello.” Despite the fact she felt a little hostility from the small girl, Kathy smiled again and resisted the urge to reach out to the girl with her hand. ‘She’s… She’s so cute!’ Giving the warmest smile she could she continued, “I’m Kathy. Can you please tell me what your name is?”