[IC] Athalia Academy: Season Two - Finding Bael

[Ebil Bunny]

- Dani -
“Erm Dani? W-what’s a Safari?” Little Feather asked, blushing slightly.
"Oh, I'm sorry. The Safari is... is..." Dani stopped and thought about it for a second. He had always thought "Going on a Safari" was riding around Africa in a camo jeep and looking at all the wild animals. What if it wasn't, though? Safari seemed to strange of a word to just mean riding a jeep.
"I'm... Not completely sure, actually." Dani said, frowning.

“He’s glad you think so.” Little Feather answered. Dani looked at Lion for a second.
"Do you think I'll ever be able to understand him? Does he, like, 'bless' someone with the ability to understand him, or is it just something you Spirit Guides can do?" he asked. Talking to a lion might be interesting. Not everyone would be able to do that.

“Home is where the heart is.” Little Feather said, quite proud of herself for having the perfect quote to give Dani. “Everyone has a heart whether they want to believe it or not, it doesn’t have to beat.” Dani laughed.
"You have a point. Even though my heart might be beating. If I can bleed, that must mean there must be some sort of current." Dani said. He put his hand up under his shirt and laid it over the left side of his chest.
"Yup, it's there." Dani said with a half smile.

“Maybe, you’re memories are just locked away for the moment...they’ll start coming back to you slowly.” Little Feather offered softly.
"I sure hope so. I'm sure they'll be useful to have." Dani said quietly. He had just sat down at the table when Lion began some sort of happy dance around his chair until Little Feather command him to stop as if he was a dog. Lion was clearly quite annoyed.

"Here you go, Lion." Dani said, handing the raw meat over to the animal carefully with a napkin. "Enjoy, even though it doesn't seem like nearly enough."
He then turned to Little Feather.
"Now that you know about me, I don't have to hide the fact that I don't eat. I got the salad for you." Dani said, handing her the bowl of edible vegetation.

Dani looked around with surprise to see Drow sitting on the floor.
"A-are you OK?" Little Feather asked her. Dani held his hand out to her to help her up.

[Theobromine]

– Leroy

Shaking his head Leroy answered, “No, unfortunately I missed all that. When I heard about it I really wished I actually came on the first day. Did you get to see the fight up close or anything?” By now his interest in the first day’s incident had waned quite a bit from when he first went to Athalia, but it never hurt to ask about it so he did.

“Hmm.” Making a thoughtful sound he looked at the cube Oona brought out. ‘She doesn’t seem to mind just slightly graphic vocab.’ Leroy thought to himself, ‘It might just be because she’s comfortable with the top, plain naivety, or larger acceptance of things in general.’ Then listening to the Nemo reference he chuckled, “Aah, I’m sure you could but that’d make for a boring movie. Unless you wanted to keep Nemo captive and create some drama of your own that is.”

“Yeah. Some people find it beneficial to learn the basics from someone else first, but in the end it just comes down to practice.” Shrugging he added, “Besides, I personally don’t think there’s really a ‘proper’ way to make or learn art. No matter what you make, some people will like it and others will think it’s stupid.” After making sure Oona had a good grip on the painting, he pulled out a lid to place over his paint palette (with the brush inside) and stuffed both the palette and easel back into his backpack. While pulling the zipper closed Leroy told her, "Yup, I got to meet mine. His name's Seven, a really fun guy to be around. It'd be nice if you got a chance to meet him." Slinging the bag onto his shoulders, he held his hands out to Oona for the painting. “Thanks. Pass it here and just lead the way back to your place. Oh, I’d appreciate it if you warned me about any trees or obstacles on the way, since the canvas will block some of my vision.”

[Animelover_princess]

when Leroy said “No, unfortunately I missed all that. When I heard about it I really wished I actually came on the first day. Did you get to see the fight up close or anything?”
oona replied with "sort of, i was actually part of what started the fight in a way, some guy hit a friend of mine so a bunch of us went up to protect him, my friend, and well, then a demon appeared, apparently really pissed that this guy had hit my friend and well, that's when the big fight started, i got out pretty quickly after that, i'm not good around flames, being a sea creature and all"

Oona laughed when Leroy said “Aah, I’m sure you could but that’d make for a boring movie. Unless you wanted to keep Nemo captive and create some drama of your own that is.”
"that might have made for a more fun movie, not for kids granted but still interesting," she smiled "not sure what i would do with him once i had him though, Marlin wasn't exactly the richest of clownfish"

“Yeah. Some people find it beneficial to learn the basics from someone else first, but in the end it just comes down to practice.Besides, I personally don’t think there’s really a ‘proper’ way to make or learn art. No matter what you make, some people will like it and others will think it’s stupid.”
Oona understood what Leroy said but thought it was a kind of pessimistic point of view "i guess that's true"

Leroy said "Yup, I got to meet mine. His name's Seven, a really fun guy to be around. It'd be nice if you got a chance to meet him."
Oona smiled again, she did that a lot she realized, she was just a generally happy person "i'd like to meet him sometime"
then Leroy said“Thanks. Pass it here and just lead the way back to your place. Oh, I’d appreciate it if you warned me about any trees or obstacles on the way, since the canvas will block some of my vision.” and Oona carefully handed the painting back to him.
"alright, it's this way" and she walked, by his side, up the beach towards the main resort.
"so what do you do with your free time, Leroy? besides paint?"

[Destinyfailhorror17]

Garden

Garden carefully listened to what Lady Mercy said about the net and ball. “Well you can make a game from it, volley ball. Use the net to divide the pool or sand which is probably the better option, then you get two teams together. The idea is you have to hit the ball back and forth over the net, you score points when the ball touches the ground on the opposite side of the net from you...its good fun. Though it can get pretty competitive” Garden wondered a bit. “…Volley…ball…Sounds cool….” She gave a smile as she was curious what could happen in a game of volleyball. “I’ll see what I can find, it’s up to you guys if you want to come with...otherwise I’ll catch up with you soon” As Lady Mercy went of to find a place where to find the net and ball Garden waved to her and took a deep breath. She went into the waters, slowly spinning around and doing underwater style flips. She swam to the girl (Anedine) with the interesting swimwear and waved to her.

[Theobromine]

– Leroy

Leroy raised a brow when he heard Oona use the word ‘pissed’. ‘You really can’t judge a book by the cover I see.’ He thought. “Huh, so you were pretty much a part of the whole thing? I did hear the gist of everything that happened from another girl at the academy. Know her by any chance? Her name’s Carmen and she plays a trumpet.”

"That might have made for a more fun movie, not for kids granted but still interesting. Not sure what I would do with him once i had him though, Marlin wasn't exactly the richest of clownfish." Leroy grinned, “You never know. If you think about, Rapunzel’s story is all about a girl that was basically kidnapped from her parents. If you squint a little, sometimes you’ll find that children’s tales are crueler than ones intended for adults.”

Taking the canvas back with the painted side on the side away from him, Leroy began to follow Oona. “As for what I do with my free time…” Trailing off, he thought back to what he generally did after school and on weekends. “Sculpting, pastel work, sketching stuff out in pencil or charcoal… If you mean something outside of art entirely, I guess just hanging out with others?”

[Animelover_princess]

“Huh, so you were pretty much a part of the whole thing? I did hear the gist of everything that happened from another girl at the academy. Know her by any chance? Her name’s Carmen and she plays a trumpet.” Leroy had said.
"basically, i think i saw her, it sounds familiar, but i never actually met her"

Oona nodded when he mentioned the crueler children's tales.
"you're more on the mark then you think, i've read many of the original tales," Her voice got faster and louder, she grew more excited "Disney left a lot out, the funny thing about mentioning Rapunzel is she wasn't actually kidnapped," She turned, walking at an odd angle so she could look at him as she spoke "she was given up so a witch wouldn't kill her father for stealing" Oona chuckled, stopping "i'm getting over-excited, aren't i?" she started walking again.
"so you're a really artistic person? that's really cool"
She smiled "I think we're almost there, do you think you'll have fun on this vacation?"

[DELETED7282737]

Drow

She looked up at the two who both offered a hand to her. Looking at her hands she tried to concetrate as hard as she could to not emit any electricity in her hands. She could feel the electricity becoming less as she breathed steadily. She reached out to the two grabbing both their hands, as she was being lifted up she couldn't hold it back any longer and started to shock again. Shocking both Dani and little feather she let go of their hands bumping back on the ground again."oof" She stood up looking concerened at both Dani and little feather "s-sorry" She looked down at her feet and was about to cry.

[Scallop]

Darwin - F is for friends who do stuff together

Darwin sighed as he watched Mercy walk off and then Garden swam over to the very.....attractive girl with the um....apples? No...melons. He climbed out if te pool all drenched when a delightful sight caught his eyes. "RYUU SAN!"

He screamed as he ran up to his BOFFL (Best otaku friend forever), flailing his arms around. Snide they had landed here he hadn't found an otaku, now his bestie was here. And friends help friends out! Darwin knew that Ryuu needed help, he was with a stunning girl....he needed a wingman, and Darwin was Maverick. "Ryuu San, Thanks for donating all that money to the homeless!" He said with a bright grin as he set dome skittles. He tilted his 3d glasses to give Ryuu an all too obvious wink. "They're already buying jet cars and big ass clubs, they're loving it!"

[PrinceYuki]

liferusher said
LiamShe lowered her head and placed her hands together "Sir, Can you please state your name" She looked at him with big puppey eyes but he didn't seem relaxed at all. The other guy started talking to her out of nowhere. "Hello.. Liam you said right?.. Its a pleasure to meet you Liam.. I'm Yuki.. Yuki Winters to be exact but some call me Yukio, you may call me Yuki or Yukio however you like i don't mind one bit at all." The boy made a gentel bow in front of her "Yo, Yuki" He looked for somewhat reason very manly but also quite young."I see that we are not the only ones here.. I was so worried that perhaps i arrived late or perhaps to early this time.. I was not able to attend Athalia Academy last season because I was ill but now that i'm better i was able to attend Destiny Island this season.. If i may ask?.. Are we the only three here so far or are there more on the Island?.. I just arrived here about an hour ago and came straight here to sign in.. but i could not find anyone.. Where is everyone at if i may ask?.." She blushed a bit at the way he spoke. Raising a finger to her lips she thinked for a split second "ummm yea there are people at the bar"

Yuki

"Oh most of the people on the Island are at the bar?.. How old are they?.. Are they legal to be at the bar or is anyone able to go there as long as the minors don't drink any alcohol?.. Actually why does this place have a bar in the first place really?.." Yuki looked at her his azure blue eyes sparkling like the water of the tundra so splendorous and clear though also full of curiosity for the current situation. "I am truly curious about this Island is there anything you could tell me about it or possibly escort me around possibly?.. I would be very much obliged and happy to have someone with such beauty to escort me around dear.." Yuki smiled at Liam kindly it was such a tender smile one that could melt the heart of any cold-hearted person who saw such a smile, so gentle and peaceful yet full of warmth and kindness as well, he truly was such a specimen to behold with his young looks though he was twenty-one and his calm and kind tender mannerism though he suffered such a cruel past from his parents death, if anyone knew any better they would consider him the opposite of what he really should be from the sort of past he was raised on and had.

[Destinyfailhorror17]

Zivon

Zivon watched and listened carefully at what Yuki and Liam were saying. The bar, escort…beauty…in a way Zivon laughed a little, not loudly but like a small giggle. He never knew anyone could speak like that to a girl or anyone and that made him laugh, earlier he was embarrassed and confused but now it seemed pretty…entertaining but not in a mean way… He stopped giggling, as he knew he was probably being rude and mean. He fixed the floppy sun hat and the sunglasses he wore and gave a sigh. He didn’t know what to say for the two. “Um…uh I-I u-m…” He got nothing particular to say, nothing he could talk to the two, and he was still pretty scared of Liam girl and in a way still felt embarrassed to Yuki. “I-I am cu-rio-s abo-ut th-e ba-r..” Zivon muttered out, he was actually curious of the bar, he wanted to know what…alcohol tasted like in a way, he had seen his dad drank it once and he said it was good. “Wh-at do-es alco-hol tas-te lik-e…”

Seven

Seven continue to eat the bird as fast and greedily as he can. As soon there was not much meat on it he grabbed the carcass and drooped down of the roof. Looking around a trashcan came to his site and well he quickly threw the carcass in there. He licked his lips from blood and bits of left over meat. After he ate that bird he looked like a mad man or a cannibal, blood smeared to his lips but the only thing that sort of distinctive was some feathers also in the mix. He was able to clean the rest on the blood and meat of and walked back to the group. He yawned and licked his hand, a good meal and a nap rounds up probably his day. “Ah…It so good to eat with no one telling you Don’t eat that! You will get fat, eat this! You can jump better! I guess there is a good thing being out of the circus for a while!” He smirked happily as he slowly grabbed another raw fish and started to eat it.

[NaraK]

"...But you two certainly act as if you were engaged," Nikola made a remark about Crash's flustered reaction to the apparent engagement. "If what you said is the case, my apologies. I rarely give out apologies these days..."

The masked man clicked his tongue as he commanded E.A.R. to go get some fruit loops. E.A.R. came back a few seconds after its disappearance, hovering over to the Nikola's side with a tray holding two bowls of fruit loops (spoons were provided). It seemed happy with the attention it was receiving, as a peaceful sky-blue shined out of its palm. It seemed to tug at Nikola's unarmored shoulder after it placed the tray down.

"...Hm? What about Margaret?"

The arm tugged at his shoulder again, making a strange whirring noise.

"...I see. She is acting accordingly to my predictions. It's been like that for five days now..."

Nikola nodded at the arm in acknowledgement before putting the glass he was cleaning down. He quickly took the sunglasses the student who smoked had placed down, carrying it as he entered the kitchen.

It took him at least thirty seconds to come back out. He seemed pleased with whatever he did, though this emotion faded away as soon as he realized that he had to deal with indecisive, scrawny little brats again. With that in mind, he proceeded to go back to work.

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Ryuu shrugged, looking positively(?) unsure. "Maybe he's around here. I did see him around here just now..."

The otaku, in all of his honesty, did not pay enough attention to the kind vice principal when he got off the boat. After all, he was playing "Harvest Moon-In-Real-Life", where melons seemed to thrive for literally no reason at all. Praising the fact that he was finally not staring directly at digital watermelon patches, he seemed to head toward a direction of where he thought Brako would be. As he moved slowly, he asked Andromeda with a curious look,

"So... what's up with the 'eye' business of yours? I mean, you don't need to actually answer it, but it'll be cool if you could let me know."

Ryuu honestly thought that he could take in anything at this point. After all, it had been revealed that freaking demons out of all things were planning on attacking them. At this point, he would probably be able to take in anything.

Probably.

He was still freaked out by the fact that he was not traumatized after getting "pwn'd" after being attacked by many arrows and sword swings.

Then all of a sudden, someone Ryuu knew of fondly popped up. As the student screamed "RYUU-SAN!!!," the otaku felt his eyes widen as he turned to someone he knew of well.

"DARWIN?! WHAT UP, M' MAN?!? Wait, what do you mean I-"

The student wearing sunglasses raised an eyebrow at what Darwin just said, but nevertheless, he was glad to see Darwin again. He loved Death the Kid Darwin's presence. It just made him feel like an anime character on crack. Like in that one episode of Samurai Champloo...

Still, Ryuu wondered whether he got drunk at one point and suddenly dusted his wallet off.

Actually, that would be a good excuse instead of saying "I bought all of the Limited Edition DVDs to Negima..." The otaku could not help but grin at the hyperactive friend of his, and it was a surprisingly less violent look compared to the emotions he usually expressed.

[FaithsRose]

Crash

“I agree. In fact, maybe we’ll get to see a proposal on the island sometime soon.” Crash visibly flinched at the other guys (Ara) comment though he managed to prevent more blood from rising to his face, he had hoped Kathy hadn’t heard him, he may have been embarrassed but he was more aware of how much this was affecting her as he watched her release his shirt and put her head back down on the counter before hiding behind her arms a second time. "I wonder if they'll ask me to be a bridesmaid, I'll only accept if I still get to wear my hat." Crash couldn’t help but glance at Carmen as she said that. That hat wouldn’t work....What are you doing?! Why are you thinking that!? He quickly turned his gaze away the thought itself made the color flare in his cheeks again and caused him to slap his palm against his head. He stood there like a twit completely at a loss on what to do...if he had a ‘Cloak of Invisibility’ he’d have happily passed it to Kathy in the hopes of remedying the situation but that wasn’t possible and he could only shift into animals...none of which could turn her invisible, so she wasn’t subjected to the imposing eyes of the other people in the bar who were clearly amused by their flustered display.

He felt incredibly guilty...even if he hadn’t caused it in the first place. Having forced the heat from his cheeks he was about to say something to Kathy when. “Let’s go then. Don’t want to intrude on the happy couple” Crash resisted the urge to rise to the other guys (Ara) teasing, he was used to it...however he wasn’t impressed with the brown haired students (Ara) obvious attempt to make things worse. He tapped at the bar looking up at Nikola with a rather guarded expression Time to go, definitely time to leave "...But you two certainly act as if you were engaged," Crash gave Nikola a strange look. “What? No, we do not” Crash denied, all they had done was walked into the bar at the same time talking, where was this idea coming from! It was like everyone else was seeing something they were not, Crash couldn’t understand it. Although he personally wasn’t one too usually care about being stared at, he was feeling very uncomfortable with the looks they were getting at this minute, he shifted his weight awkwardly from foot to foot. His own insecurity was making him guess what they were all thinking, and he was inclined to agree with them...

As Kathy abandoned the counter and slunk to the floor, Crash jolted to catch her stopping mid way when he realized she was still conscious just...hiding. He wasn’t sure what to do as she told him not to apologize before sighing about being confused, he pulled his hand away from his neck Confused about what, this situation or... He was about to crouch down to her and suggest they leave when he felt someone knock his shoulder lightly, he turned his head sharply feeling his eyes narrow warningly as they rested on the guy (Ara) that had been talking very loudly to Carmen. “Go for it. You’re in the right place for a honeymoon.” Crash raised his eyebrow at the guy, visibly tensing at the suggestion. He felt another flush of color enter his face, he forced himself to just let the comment go right over his head. He couldn’t however stop himself glare at the guy (Ara) as he threw his head back and laughed.

He felt his jaw clench momentarily as he glanced down at Kathy hoping she hadn’t retreated further because of it. He shook his head at the guys (Ara) retreating back before pushing him from his mind. He flinched as he was poked in the ankle having to crouch down swiftly to catch what Kathy was saying. “I’ll grab them...” He offered, he almost put a comforting hand on her shoulder but thought better of it at the last moment, retracting his hand as he got back to his feet. Probably best to just grab drinks and go...at speed to the nearest door The young shapeshifter sighed, the color in his cheeks was slowly ebbing away by now, he looked down at the bar hoping Nikola had managed to grab them a drink. Of course he wasn’t prepared for the sight before him; he was not expecting to see two bowls of strange looking cereal sat on the counter, with spoons included. “OooK I did not see this coming” He murmured, feeling a whole new flush of embarrassment at the misunderstanding. Cereal?! He’s behind a bar and he gave us cereal?

Crash felt his lip twitch up into a smile as he looked down at the bowls with a mixture of amusement and confusion, what was worse was Nikola had disappeared out the back at that exact moment which meant the bowls weren’t going to disappear anytime soon. This is unexpected even by Athalia standards... “Hey Kathy...you’re not in the mood for cereal by any chance are you?” Crash asked her, before he chuckled unable to not find this situation funny. “Mr Lovelock! Erm slight confusion on the order over here...Fruit Loops as in the drink, not the cereal” Crash called Nikola over, gripping a spoon and poking the cereal he was a little curious as to what it tasted like having never been given the chance, though he wasn’t sure now was the time to find out...

[Animelover_princess]

Andromeda nodded and started following when Ryuu said that he wasn't sure but started moving anyway. "alright, lead the way"

As they walked Ryuu said "So... what's up with the 'eye' business of yours? I mean, you don't need to actually answer it, but it'll be cool if you could let me know."
"oh umm ..." she chuckled nervously "you know who medusa is right?" she gently brushed at the snakes on her head "well, i'm her so many greats grand daughter"
she looked over at him for a reaction "sight of my eyes turns people to stone" she looked down sadly "i can never look anyone in the eyes"
she laughed nervously "i don't even actually know what color my eyes are"
she looked over at him, studying his face for his reaction "are you going to freak out? that's what everyone else has done, well, almost everyone"

then a kid ran up yelling "RYUU SAN!"
and him and Ryuu began to partake in conversation.
and soon after Andromeda gently poked Ryuu's shoulder and asked "who's your friend?"

[Theobromine]

– Leroy

“I didn’t really read the original tale,” Leroy admitted, “But sounds like the father was threatened right? Isn’t that pretty much kidnapping anyway?” Leroy smiled at Oona’s enthusiasm. She seemed to really like discussing fairy tales. To her comment about acting over-excited, he shook his head and said, “That’s fine. A vacation’s no fun if you’re not allowed to get excited every so often, just enjoy yourself.”

"I think we're almost there, do you think you'll have fun on this vacation?" To this, Leroy gave her a very big smile full of confidence. “Absolutely. You?” They were able to get to the residentially area without much trouble, though Leroy’s arms were getting a bit tired from holding the large canvas up for so long. Putting it down for a second he pointed at the houses and asked Oona, “So, which one’s yours?”

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– Kathy

She heard another pair of footsteps draw closer, but she couldn’t bring herself to see who it was. "You know, if you're too hot here, the bedroom huts have air conditioning." Kathy peeked for just a second to see Matt crouched near her. “Th-Thank you… I’ll be fine though, really.” She probably didn’t seem all the convincing at the moment. She took another deep breath in. ‘Okay, that’s enough. It’s time to get yourself together. You’ll get up, in just 5 more seconds. 5… 4…’

Hearing the strange question and Crash’s chuckle, Kathy lifted her head from her defensive position and looked up to see that he seemed rather amused by something. “?” Curious, she slowly got back up as Crash called out to the back, “Mr Lovelock! Erm slight confusion on the order over here...Fruit Loops as in the drink, not the cereal” She blinked. ‘Cereal?’ Looking at the counter, she saw that there were indeed 2 bowls of filled with colourful cereal in milk. Kathy also ended up laughing at the unexpected situation. “I’m surprised he even had these.” Her cheeks were still a little pink, but having had a bit of time and with the prime perpetrators gone, she was feeling quite a bit better. She considered for a moment if they should stay to either get proper drinks or eat the cereal but… ‘I’d rather leave soon though.’ She thought, frowning a little. Watching Crash poke at the cereal with his spoon, she told him, “I don’t mind. We could take them over to the restaurant to sit down and eat or… I can wait a bit longer if you’d rather have Mr. Lovelock to re-do your order.”

She sighed out in relief, glad the whole ordeal seemed to be over. Turning away from the bar, she leaned back against the counter and stared forward in a general direction. “Um…” Kathy fidgeted, clasping and unclasping her hands in front of her. After a small pause, she gave a small chuckle, “You probably wish you never noticed what Mr. Lovelock meant, don’t you? But… It’s not fair if I’m the only one getting embarrassed all the time. So I’m not going to apologize this time for roping you into this. Even I want to have my cheeky moment at times.” Technically it hadn’t been on purpose, and the brown-haired student (Ara) from before was probably the one that really made it sink in for Crash, but she was purposely trying to show that it didn’t bother her anymore. Much. Not in the bad sense anyway. “And it begins now, in case you didn’t notice.”

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– Ara (A)

"I wonder if they'll ask me to be a bridesmaid. I'll only accept if I still get to wear my hat." Ara’s grin widened. It was always more interesting to have an accomplice involved. With a wink he told her, “Wear it. I guarantee you’ll make a stronger impression than any of the other bridesmaids.” He had a very hard time stifling his laughter at the teacher’s (Nikola) remark. Apparently he had allies everywhere. On the other hand, the red-haired pair probably saw nothing but enemies. ‘These two are great. Their reactions are so animated I doubt I’d ever get bored of this.’

He had been so obviously trying to elicit a much bigger response, Ara had to admit he felt a little impressed that the guy (Crash) had not tried to punch him or something after his last comment. ‘I would’ve done it.’ He thought, nodding to himself. ‘Right in the jaw or neck to make sure not another word would come out.’

Hearing Carmen comment on how amusing it had been, he chuckled, “Yeah. I almost feel bad about how easy it was. Then again, honestly, that kind of teasing was only at the level of elementary children.” He was basically admitting that he had been acting childish, but perhaps that’s what made it all the more amusing for him. Chucking he added, “But I’ll be sure to hold myself back if a ceremony really happens someday. Wouldn’t want them getting that flustered during something that special. Though I doubt I’d be invited after all that. Sneak me in under that hat or something will you?”

Then thinking about it for a moment he told Carmen, “Actually, I have no idea. I didn’t even really bother checking to see what they had on the island. Anywhere you wanna go?”

[Animelover_princess]

“I didn’t really read the original tale,” Leroy said, “But sounds like the father was threatened right? Isn’t that pretty much kidnapping anyway?”
"i guess you could look at it that way" she admitted, smiling, happy that he wasn't put off by her excitement. she pushed back a strand of hair that had slipped over her shoulder again.

Oona was happy that Leroy was so sure he'd enjoy it "definitely!" she said "i like nothing better then being by the ocean" she looked out at the crashing waves with an excited smile "and i won't have to worry about getting dry here, like i will at the school"
Oona stopped and looked at him when he set the painting down, “So, which one’s yours?” he asked.
oona thought for a second, remembering the number, then saw it and pointed "Ah! it's that one" she looked over at him "do you need any help carrying that?"

[FaithsRose]

Little Feather & Lion

Little Feather tilted her head to the side as Dani claimed to not know what a safari was, she accepted his answer however just a little puzzled as to why he’d used the word before. She grinned at Dani’s questions about Lion, though she was unsure whether it was possible. “I’m not sure, I don’t know if Lion can grant something like that, he wouldn’t tell me either. It may be a Spirit Guide thing, we all need to be able to understand one another in order to function properly” Little Feather answered truthfully. A lion is allowed his secrets! Lion mewled at her with a toothy grin.

Her brow furrowed in thought as she listened to Dani talk about his heart, she watched him for a moment diverting her gaze as he slid his hand under his shirt to check his heart was beating. But if you die...it stops doesn’t it Little Feather thought. “It’s beating?” She repeated in awe. “Then...are you sure...you know, it’s just...” Little Feather stumbled over her words before deciding against questioning him any further on it. “Maybe...” Little Feather murmured in response to his comment on his memories. She was prejudiced on the subject and it wasn’t fair to mention it now.

Lion looked up at Dani waving a paw in front of him as if this helped his situation. Feed the lion! Lion whined at Dani. “You complain about not being able to hunt and having your ‘pride’ taken away from you, yet here you are begging for food” Little Feather said with a small grin, her gaze directed at Lion. Hush now, no more words Lion grumbled, bouncing back onto his feet as Dani offered him the meat, despite his apparent hunger he took it Gently from Dani’s hand before savagely devouring it. Little Feather looked up at Dani feeling another blush rise to her cheeks she graciously accepted the bowl of salad. “Oh, erm thank you!” She grinned at him, placing it on the table. “Do many people know about you?” She asked him curiously about to sit down when she was distracted by Drow.

She shot Dani a smile as he also offered Drow a hand, gripping Drow’s hand firmly she attempted to tug the other woman onto her feet. Though the shock that coursed through her hand instinctively caused her nerves to spasm and she lost her grip recoiling from the shock with a small exclaimation of pain as she jolted her wrist away hurting herself in the process. “Owie...” She murmured gripping her wrist with her other hand trying to ignore the numb feeling spreading through her fingers. “I-it’s ok no harm done” Little Feather assured Drow, offering the blonde haired girl a smile before she turned to check on Dani.

Lion who had by now finished his food trotted around the table to them, rubbing his head against Drow’s leg purring in greeting. He then shifted his gaze to Seven who was returning to them after finishing his meal. You were told what you could and couldn’t eat? And you listened? Lion queried the bakeneko. Little Feather looked a little grossed out by Seven’s original appearance, although she didn’t say anything just looked relieved when Seven rejoined them after he had cleaned his face.

Crash

Crash dared a glance at Kathy as she laughed, he grinned at her comment pretending he didn’t notice the pink glow to her cheeks. “Same, it makes me wonder what else he’s got hidden out there” He mused, comically stroking at an invisible beard as an evil genius would when thinking up his next dastardly scheme. His short attention span meant he didn’t ponder the idea for long, instead he was back to thinking about his stomach which he’d forgotten was empty, the cereal was looking like a pretty good alternative right now.

He switched his gaze to Kathy as she spoke to him, raising an eyebrow in question she hesitated after the or, he wasn’t particularly good at reading into things like that but he was inclined to think the first option would be better, it was the quickest way out of here as well. Leaving would be good right now, anymore wise cracks and I’ll turn into a sun bear...see whether they find that amusing Crash was brought out of his thoughts as he heard Kathy speak again, he wiped the grin from his face having not realized he had been grinning like an idiot and turned towards her.

A slight frown on his face as he watched her fidget and restlessly clasp and unclasp her hands in front of her. He felt apprehension rise in him as she seemed to pause for what felt like far too long, he couldn’t keep it out of his face. This part usually goes. ‘Well it’s not been fun but I’m going to err...disappear now and avoid you Go now. You know save myself a lifetime of embarrassment? See you around or not’ Crash bit his lip surprised at how much he really didn’t want to hear her say that. When she did finally speak he had managed to pull a lot of tension into his shoulders, he raised an eyebrow as she chuckled before listening to what she had to say. “You probably wish you never noticed what Mr. Lovelock meant, don’t you? But...

Yes! Still...I should have handled it better, since when do I get so easily embarrassed? He thought, tilting his head to the side as he continued to listen to her. "It’s not fair if I’m the only one getting embarrassed all the time. So I’m not going to apologize this time for roping you into this. Even I want to have my cheeky moment at times" Crash was actually quite taken aback by this, he looked at Mr. Lovelock before glancing back at her...If hidden camera’s pop out now I am going to be so pissed

Crash scanned the room for a moment, he didn’t care if he looked bonkers he needed to be sure he hadn’t been set up. It would explain the ruthless attempts of Carmen’s friend (Ara) maybe he was in on it? Yet again Kathy had been just as embarrassed if not more so...she could win an award with a performance like that if it wasn’t true. He finally resettled his gaze on Kathy noting she didn’t look all too bothered by it anymore. Conspiracy theories aside Crash felt himself smile slyly at her, his eyebrows raising in surprise at her sudden change in confidence...he hadn’t quite expected that response from her at all. He took it as a good thing, he was even a little worried about it. “You know it takes an awful lot to embarrass me” He pointed out to her. Except apparently when it involves you... he didn’t say that out loud. “But I can’t argue with that” He lifted his hand to the back of his neck, subconsciously showing his discomfort, confirming he was probably a bit worried about whatever she had in mind.

“And it begins now, in case you didn’t notice.” Crash dropped his hand to the counter and grinned at her.“In that case...” He started adopting a lopsided smile as the left side of his mouth twitched higher than the right; a challenging twinkle flickered across his eyes. “Let’s go find somewhere to sit with this” He decided, reaching out to grab the tray the bowls were rested on. “Thanks, sir” Crash grinned at Nikola, still thinking he was an accomplice to this whole incident. He didn’t wait around however already heading for the nearest exit, ignoring the strange looks he was getting for carrying cereal out of the bar area. Once he was outside he glanced over his shoulder to see whether Kathy had followed him, whether she had or not he set the tray down at an empty table close by not wishing to tempt fate anymore than he already had.

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Seven

" You were told what you could and couldn’t eat? And you listened?" Mr. Lion seemed to be surprised with what he said he gave out a small laugh and continue to lick his hand. " Ofcourse, being in a circus has it perks but rules are still there!! As an acrobat slash clown my diet is very strict, I need retain a certain weight and body to keep up with EVERYTHING! And if you don't listen..." His voice went dark and sinister. He had that sinister look with his eyes that can tell something was wrong. " You will get punished..." He then broke the tense feeling around with a laugh.

" But that barely happens! It is needed to get punish, if you mess up the whole circus could be in trouble. I do get pretty punshied alot but the circus is my familia!" He finished with his fish and walked towards the fallen girl (Drow) and gave a small meow. "It's been a while since I was at my normal form...so this is a good moment to change!" He then turned to his original form, with his little body he crawl up to the girl until he sort of face to face to her and sort of bopped the girl forehead with his paw very lightly. "Don't be sad, little seven will make you feel better~"

[Theobromine]

– Leroy

“We’re already here. I’ll finish the job, no worries.” Giving Oona smile, Leroy lifted the canvas back up and headed for the house Oona had pointed to. Without needing a lead now, he walked over to the place on his own and propped the painting up against the wall.

He gave the painting a quick glance over. It had been decently done (for him), and he had successfully transported it without smudging anything. “Good, good.” He nodded to himself, satisfied for the moment. Turning back to Oona he asked, “Now… This is the part where I’m going to ask if I should wait for you to put this away, leave so you can get some rest, or help you carry all the way into your house.” Winking Leroy added, “If you don’t mind inviting a guy you’ve met for the first time inside that is.”

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– Kathy

Kathy laughed again when she saw Crash stroke his non-existent beard. “Would that be my cue to say, ‘I wouldn’t do that if I were you?’” However, she was inclined to agree. “I do wonder what else he’s got though. With how prepared Mr. Lovelock is, it almost seems like a pity if the other students don’t try making a few out-of-place orders themselves.”

After stating the options, she looked carefully to see how Crash was reacting, hoping that she wasn’t making him feel the need to rush if he wanted to stay a bit longer. The odd thing was, she saw him grinning happily to himself as he seemed to be musing over something. ‘Er… At least it’s not a negative reaction?’ She thought, more than just a little confused at his expression. She would have expected a nod, a slight shake of his head, or a slightly troubled expression if he was weighing the options. A grin was a little out of context for her. Again she just repeated to herself, ‘At least it’s not a negative reaction.’

Kathy’s confusion returned after she finished her sentence about wanting her own cheeky moments. For some reason, Crash was looking around the bar with a rather look on his face like he expected to find something odd there. ‘Geeze, you really are a busy guy. Just what’s going through your head this time Crash?’ She wondered, wearing a faint and fond smile. “You know it takes an awful lot to embarrass me. But I can’t argue with that.” She dismissed the first comment with a slight wave of her hand. “I’ll find ways. Or rather, I’ll have someone teach me about that.” With Mercy in mind, she made an evil chuckle under her breath.

She had to admit it was a little worrying if Crash was actually going to take it as a challenge. He had a very clear advantage so far and seemed to know how to get her cheeks flushing while she didn’t really know where to begin. Knowing and planning to talk to Mercy was a start, but she didn’t actually have a real plan of her own yet. “Thank you Mr. Lovelock.” Thanking the teacher as well, she followed behind Crash as he left the bar. “Th-That’s not to say you should try harder to be evil, okay?” She tacked on, obviously a little nervous at the thought. Kathy was pretty much admitting that she didn’t really have the confidence to win at this point, but why pretend when it was probably obvious to both parties from the start?

Sitting down in the seat across from where Crash was, she reached over and lifted the bowls from the tray. She smiled, “I haven’t eaten these since I was just a little girl.” Placing one bowl in front of him and one in front of herself, she glanced over at the pool that was visible from afar. Remembering something, she looked at Crash with expectant eyes. “By the way, so I ended up telling you one thing about myself.” Kathy gestured over to him with an open palm. “You need to tell me something about yourself now.”

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Liam

"Oh most of the people on the Island are at the bar?.. How old are they?.. Are they legal to be at the bar or is anyone able to go there as long as the minors don't drink any alcohol?.. Actually why does this place have a bar in the first place really?.." She gazed at the boy that just kept talking and seemed very calm. "umm well, maybe for the older students" She looked quite confused as he just kept talking. 'Do I need to answer all of his questions I can't even remember the first one' She gave a quick look at Zivon that sighed she almost forgot that he was still standing there he didn't have that much presence compared to Yuki so it would just get akward for him at some point. "I am truly curious about this Island is there anything you could tell me about it or possibly escort me around possibly?.. I would be very much obliged and happy to have someone with such beauty to escort me around dear.." Her eyes widened as her face became red she stiffend as her pigtails were about to stand up straight "Umm umm I" She looked at her fingers which she started to play around with. . “I-I am cu-rio-s abo-ut th-e ba-r..” She looked at Zivon still bright red "Yea good idea" She didn't hesitate as she quickly walked over to the forest as she could barley hear wat Zivon was talking about. She placed her hands to her cheeks 'Beauty' as she kept walking forwards.

Drow

She could see Little feathers hand did somewhat hurt but she couldn't do anything about it.“I-it’s ok no harm done” she gave a small smile towards little feather knowing she was okay. She could feel her knee being pushed aside as a large ball of hair walked along it. She looked down at the big lion and kneeled down moving her body closer to him as she gave the lion a hug "hmm soft" she closed her eyes for a bit enjoying the soft hairs tingeling all over the place. She could feel a paw being placed on her forhead. She opened her eyes with a curious look and could see a little cat touching her forehead. "O" she sat on her knees and released the lion as she grabbed the cat with two hands as she started to hug it to. When her mind became clear again she quickly released Seven hoping she didn't shock him that much.

[Ebil Bunny]

((I'm going to assume that Mr. Lovelock gave Matt his two drinks))
- Matt -
"Thank you." Matt replied, taking the cocktails and leaving what he owed. He then turned and walked back to his table.
"Here you go," Matt said, giving Zaelyn one of the drinks. He held his drink up in the air. "Cheers."

After taking a few sips, he put the drink on the table.
"Zaelyn, were you at the academy when the attack happened?" Matt asked curiously.

- Dani -
Dani turned to Lion.
"Well, if you can grant people the ability to understand you, I'm up for it." Dani told him with a grin. Then he turned back to Little Feather.
"I always thought a Safari was taking a trip in Africa, but now I'm not sure anymore." He explained.

Little Feather stumbled over her words in confusion when Dani said that his heart was beating.
"Normally a heart would stop when one dies, but this body is fake. I don't need my heart beating, it just does. Think of it like a disguise. I don't need blood, but it's there. My true form is... Well... Nothing." Dani said with a sigh.

"Do many people know about you?" Little Feather asked.
"There's quite a few people here that know who I am, yes, but you are one of two students that know what I am." Dani replied. "The other being a first hand spectator of my abilities."

As soon as Dani grabbed onto one of Drow's hands, he felt an electric shock, making him jump back in surprise. He grabbed onto his forearm to help stop the numbness, and so did Little Feather.
"Wasn't expecting that..." Dani said, shaking his head. He assumed Drow was pulling a practical joke on them. However, when Drow apologized, Dani realized that she did it by accident.