Vera Meadows and (a little bit of) Jocelyn Blackwell
"You are an odd one, I'll give you that. So I'll be good with you and let you make an impression on me. Quick, your school of magic and rank!" Hm. So he really was going to be a little bit more open with the brunette. Although this guy hadn't really made the best first impression on Vera, at least there was some progress being made. She turned her head towards Lin.
"Well, my school of magic is actually-"Without warning, Vera was hurled onto the bed by the blue furred fenir, eyes so large they looked like they were about to explode. The tears that were being built up inside of them glossed over, making them look much more shiny than normal. Jeez, this familiar was just so unpredictable it was almost scary.
"Pwease... fweed meee..."Vera had no idea what to do at this point. She was the type of person to rarely show any emotions other than 'happiness', but right now her face looked both confused and completely dumbfounded.
What… just happened?"I Shikio... be your best friend if you give me meat now~" she continued, her large tail waving from side to side. So, the name was Shikio. Well, at least Vera wouldn't have to call her 'unidentified furry object' inside her head anymore.
Smiling, Vera slowly sat up, patting the Shikio on the head.
"Well, I don't recall bringing any meat with me today… I would give you some toffee sweets I bought a while back, but I wouldn't want to upset that little stomach of yours."To really make sure that Shikio wouldn't bite her head off, Vera continued to stroke her head, keeping a loving smile on her face. Glancing towards Lin, Vera continued to speak.
"She's quite the lively one, isn't she?" she spoke.
"I'm a user of Naturalis magic, if that answers your question. As of now I rank as a Sorceress, but I do hope I manage to raise my rank up to a higher class this year.""*cough cough* Is this think working? 1, 2, mic check."It was Director A.
"In any case, boys and girls, please head over to your classrooms at once. Where are they, you ask? Well, that's simple. It's classroom A-190. Professor Wick, please head there too. Mistress Rollanda and myself will be there to organize everything neatly and nicely."All right. Room A-190. She knew where that was.
Wait, did she?
Thankfully, Vera had managed to make it to the classroom safely after taking one too many wrong turns down the never ending corridors. She had somehow managed to lose Lin and Shikio in the crowd, and was only able to make her way back to designated classroom after spotting the massive crowd afterwards. Four years studying at Liseranna and she
still struggled to find her way around.
Once Vera had arrived, there already seemed to be something crazy going on. Well, seeing that Director A was in the room, it wasn't all that surprising.
As always, her staggering height came into good use in situations like these. To get an even better view she attempted to balance on her tippy toes to see what was going on. Immediately, her face dropped.
It was Mr Wick.
On fire.
On fire."O-Oh dear…"Another woman rushed in soon after, one that Vera didn't recognise at all. The girl's gaze followed the injured man as he was taken out of the classroom.
"In any case, let's get down to business, shall we? The reason I called you here is to meet your teachers. But really, look at them. They are as boring as they come. The hottie over there isn't too bad for the boys, I'm sure, but her classes are the most grim, so I don't really recommend them. There's also Alistair over here, but, well, what can I say about him without showing that I am madly in love with him? Teehee."That's the headmaster for you…The mention of the Magnus Games began to excite the other students. A majority just continued to get even more restless by the minute.
Make some friends blah, group events blah. As long as Vera had some acquaintances sprinkled around the classroom that wouldn't be too hard at all.
"And the most extreme thing about this all! I will give great power and the number one spot to the single person that manages to get me the Heir of Baphel!"Did she hear that right? The Heir of Baphel?
The Heir of Baphel?
Somewhere -or rather someone- in the cramped room looked up in confusion. The thirteen-year-old girl, standing at around only five foot, glanced around with large, steel blue eyes. What was this 'Heir of Baphel' everyone was getting so riled up about? She'd only just arrived in the classroom and she honestly had no idea what was going on.
In the other corner of the classroom, Vera's dark blue eyes widened. No, the headmaster certainly wasn't joking. Being the bookworm she was, Vera had come across the name 'Eye of Baphel' once or twice before. She knew what it was. And she knew what it could do. Sort off.
"Unlike what some of you would think, the Heir Of Baphel is definitely not the woman with heterochromia standing beside me. I know who the Heir is, and I won't ask for the unreasonable, so I'll give you a slight hint. They are in this room. As you may have noticed, this is not the whole of the school. A single classroom could not hold all of the students. The ones here are a selected few, among which there is the Heir. Good for you. Your search has been reduced to a few five hundred."This was just obsurd. The Heir of Baphel was here,
right here in this very classroom. Was it the one sitting next to her? Or was it the one sitting a few rows further ahead?
"Good bye boys! And good hunting!"A few seconds passed and the room was in an uproar. Vera could barely hear her own thoughts over the panicking voices of the other students. Not that she wasn't feeling just as uneasy inside, though.
"H-Heir of Baphel, I order you in the name of the Xiao Long to appear before me at once!" a familiar voice yelled.
Lin.
"SILENCE"The sounds that were hammering at Vera's eardrums came from both the man's booming voice and the thundering clouds engulfing the entire classroom ceiling. Now that was a magic Vera didn't want to get entangled with.
“I hope you all now realize that I am not a man to toy with,” the man's voice spoke up.
“ While the issue of the Heir is a well deserved thing of attention, at the current time you are students.”The man continued with his introduction as he paced up and down the room.
“And I will be your teacher. I am Alistair Kuruz. Graduated from this very academy five years ago at the age of fifteen. “ I suggest this is why you stay in my good books if you wish to learn."Another teacher to be wary off. How wonderful.
First the horrible sense of direction, then the teacher set on fire, then the revelation of the legendary eye and now a new teacher that didn't seem to be one to approve of a student's (or an entire gathering of them) extreme misbehaviour.
Stuff had just gone from zero to one hundred real fast.
"Um, sorry, but… would you care to tell me what this 'Heir of Baphel' is? I'm… sort of new here, you see…" a voice asked, directed towards Vera.