[IC] The Ordinary Mystical Academy (Always Open)

[The One]

@EurmalEye

The wendigo ran at Rika as fast as it could but as it did the barrage of attacks hit, the wendigo went flying back and that was when Rika sent one final attack, sending a large fire blast at the wendigo which killed it. He smiled softly and sat himself down. After about a minute a spirit came.

"Hey Rika, I was sent by Isabella. Everyone is leaving the maze now. Take a right turn here, go straight on and take a left and the exit is straight on. Go back to the academy."

With that the spirit left. Rika got himself up and then turned to the other two.

"Come on, let's go. Don't worry we can trust the spirit."

He smiled before following the directions of the spirit and soon enough everyone was out. He sighed, it was good to be out of that maze finally. Meanwhile, the spirit followed Leval until he reached the academy, as soon as they did the spirit returned to Isabella and told her the directions it was then that Isabella began to head to the Academy. After a few minutes walk she returned. For now she waited in the grand hall to see what was happening.

Arken saw Leval come in soon after, as he explained the situation he gave a few nods. He stood up and clicked his fingers, suddenly Leval and Kong would find themselves in the Grand Hall. He then clicked his fingers again and every student who was not at the grand hall was summoned. However, those who had been captured would not return. He looked around at everyone and then spoke quickly.

"Ok everyone. For those who do not know the current situation, several students have been captured by a masked man when going through the nearby maze. The masked man has taken Shela, Ceres, Argentina, and considering Irvine isn't here it would be a good guess to say he has been captured too. There will be a few room changes until the students return. Rika, you'll stay with Leval for the night. Keith, you'll be staying with Cyber for the night. Tomorrow, the training session is cancelled. Five new students will also be joining us. Isabella, you'll be on your own tonight, Room 251. The key and map will be in your pocket. Everyone, I have put your time table for tomorrow in your rooms, including yours now Isabella. Now, everyone head straight to bed, I will investigate the maze and tell you if I find anything tomorrow. If there is no new information the training session may continue, however if we find the mask man it shall not. The reason for this is because we still need to train and become stronger. That is all."

With that, Arken teleported to the maze. He stared at it as he gave a soft sigh.

"Is it really you? Have you finally returned? If it is you, then why?"

He slowly entered the maze to investigate it.

[akirashadow]

Irvine resisted as much he could as the collar began the electrocution process. The cast shadow protecting his neck merely prolonged the process. A small smile on his face before the collar stepped up the power bringing Irvine to his knees until he could resist no further and he collapsed to the floor.

After some time had Irvine begun to stir in his cell, a muffled groan as his lips swept the floor of his cage. "Oh... that went swell." he mumbled. His eyes slowly flickered open. "ugh... still here... what's taking so long?" Irvine could barely make out his own mumbling voice as his ears rang like static. The he heard it, the screaming coming from one of the other cells. Still disoriented he pushed himself up to a shaky seated position. He couldn't see the origin of the voice but it would seem the situation hadn't changed. No more prisoners had arrived, that was a good sign at least. He glanced over at who he assumed was the masked man, no doubt Irvine's waking was going to grab his much unwanted attention.@The One

[Maria 127]

@The One
*Argentina Rhosphrus*

Zephroth followed the spirits directions to the exit of the maze and then he headed back to the academy in time to hear what Arkan had to say. However he disagreed and wasn't going to follow that rule, besides he wasn't a student so in a way he didn't have to.

He growls menacingly and darts between groups of students and decides to follow Arkan. Even though he couldn't teleport he could guess where he was going so he headed there. Once there he saw Arkan and heard him muttering to himself, so he growls lightly to announce his presence.

Argentina's head throbbed it felt as though she was repeatedly being kicked in the head by an elephant. It wasn't very pleasant, she was also very dizzy and disorientated and had to keep her eyes closed to stop the room from spinning. She hiss's aggressively sounding a little feral.

[Ojo chan 42]

''hey wake up'' A voice echoed throught Ceres dream, it was the soft and hight voice of a child.

''wake up please you have to wake up''

''who are you'' Ceres said back in her dream.

'' you will meet me, but you have to wake up first'' The voice seemed to come from a light and the being that spoke to her went into the light.

''aunt''

With a shock Ceres opend her eyes and found herself looking at the ceiling of a cage. When she shifted upwards she noticed she still wore the collar around her neck.

''what a shocking suprise'' She said making the pun to no one in particular.

''who the hell whas that'' Ceres said creating some space between her and the collar. That dammed masked man, what did he do to her and Shela.

[EurmalEye]

Leval Lamrue

@The One @Maria 127

Energy Source from the Death Being

Leval listened as Arken went over what the plan was with the rest of the students in the Grand Hall, where they had met this morning. Anxiously, he fingered the dormant energy source that lay in his hands, the only piece of puzzle of the masked man that he possessed. Now he had had the time to actually look at the item, it was not quite what he had expected it to be. For a 10,000 year old piece of equipment it looked almost modern in design and make, more suited as an highly sophisticated piece of engineering than a magical tool. Arken finished his speech with a final "That is all." Then he teleported away, presumably to the maze. Leval started, stowing away the energy source back into a pocket, and scooping up his staff in his hands. Zephroth also seemed to heading down towards the maze and Leval followed him for a time before making a quick diversion to the training room.

Leaving the energy source outside the room, it always paid to be careful, he entered through the doorway into the training device. He grabbed the helmet, uncertain how to interact yet with Cypher's upgrades, and reenabled the 'Infinite Energy' setting before stepping inside. He felt his energy rise up again to its normal maximum, the go higher and higher still. Quickly, Leval shut down the program before he could get a sense of the limitless power. The excess energy vanished when the machine was turned off, yet he was now back to usual magical energy reserves. Leval reflected that this constant rise and fall on his body would most likely mean hell to pay tomorrow, but for now it was what he needed. He began teleporting to the maze in a quick series of hops catching up to Arken and Zephroth.

@Ojo chan 42
"Hold on!" He prostrated himself before Arken. "Please let me come as well! What happened today with Shela was my fault and I need to set it right! Not only Shela, but Ceres too! We told each other that we would stick together here so I can't just abandon her. Argentina was doing all she could to help me and Rika today and Irvine put himself in harm's way with Sekhemi and Rika this morning! Please let me help you find them! I know I am not strong and I am breaking the rules by coming out here, but I need to help. Illusions, bait, whatever!" Leval kept his position not daring to look up at Arken as tears of frustration welled up in his eyes.

[The One]

Arken

Arken was about to enter when suddenly Zephroth came, he looked to him before he heard Leval's voice and turned to him. He looked to Zephroth and then to Leval once more. He took a deep breath, thinking for a minute before turning to Leval. This would give him a chance to make a request privately while he was here.

"Very well, Leval however, since you are here I have a request of you. Come, follow me while we talk."

He walked into the maze then looked to Zephroth and motioned for him to follow along too. He needed to visit each and every location that the students visited. He waved his hand and then a line of purple smoke appeared. This would lead him to the different places that everyone went to. He began to follow one of the trails slowly, as he did he spoke again.

"Leval, tomorrow a few new students are coming in as I stated earlier however, there is one in particular I wanted to talk to you about in private. There is a sin demon coming called Pozuzy. Like you, he specializes in illusion magic however Pozuzy, even though he is a sin demon isn't exactly evil. In fact, he is very playful, he loves to pull pranks and scare others. It is how he get's his enjoyment in life. Once that fun is gone, however he really does become a sin demon. His pranks and illusions become very dangerous to other students. I want you, whenever and if ever you see Pozuzy act like this to prevent any serious accidents. I also want you, whenever you have free time to try to be his friend. He has never felt true friendship before because of his pranks and illusions. If you, a fellow illusionist can become his friend maybe he will be able to control his rage when pranks don't go his way."

He stopped at the first location and looked around. He waved his hand and there a scene played. Arken watched as Rika followed the white fox and came into the room and the room trapped him. He transformed, however, this time was different. It seemed he had more control over his demon form than he usually did. After watching Rika defeat the demon, he ran off.

"Something or someone helped Rika in his time of need. My guess is Argentina. Come."

He continued to follow the pathway until he came to the grave stone. He waved his hands and watched as the scene played. He gave a few nods, seeing how Rika and Leval defeated the monster together which freed isabella. Although, at this point Shela had already been taken and the masked man had made his first appearance.

"Hmmmmmm. I see, let's go."

He took notice of the energy source Leval had grabbed as he walked. Instead of following the path Isabella and the rest ran down, he instead went the opposite direction, hoping to find where Shela was taken, as well as Ceres, Argentina and Irvine. He walked for some time before coming to another spot. He waved his hand and he gave a small smile as he watched Shela follow the white fox. She became trapped and the masked man appeared. It was then that Leval came with his own white fox, and tried to save Shela however the masked man was skilled and he ended up escaping with Shela. He waved his hand towards the right and and then played the scene again. He paused it just as the masked man used his reversal ability.

"Leval, do not tell anyone I said this, as I want to see if any of the students can figure it out in one of the training sessions. This reversal ability, it reverses any and all damage the user takes and sends it in a line towards the attacker at the speed of light. However this line does not bounce of the walls which is one of it's weaknesses but the main weakness is when the ability is active, any and all damage taken to you will go to the user of the ability. If you fight this man again, remember that weakness."

He then followed the trail once more, he soon came to the end of the maze, and watched the scene, to see that Isabella was trying to lead him to her grave the very first time, but the maze stopped them. He nodded and followed a different trail. He soon came to another spot and played the scene, where he saw Argentina with the fox, that was when he saw it. As Argentina was using her power, the fox turned into a red eyed demon and screamed at her, making her lose connection to whoever she was concentrating on.

"Right here, Argentina was using her power but the demon stopped her. My guess is Argentina helped Rika gain consciousness. Let's follow her to see what happened to her."

He followed quickly and came to the large room. He played the scene and watched her fight the large bat, in the end the bat flew off with her going towards the south of the island.

"The bat that took Argentina, it went south. That is a good clue where the masked man is located, however there is a lot of things headed south, so it's still too vague."

He continued forward, following different trails until he reached another. He played the scene to watch Irvine fight Ra. In the end, he took the Masked Man's hand and went off with him.

"Irvine had no choice to go with the masked man. He used his weaknesses against him and made it impossible for him to fight back. Whoever we are dealing with here is smart, very smart."

He continued forward, following the different trails again until eventually he reached Ceres. He played the scene and watched what happened. They would see that the witch created an illusion to make herself look like the woman in black that appeared earlier in her training session. Then, there was talk about breaking her curse if she helped the masked man, and sadly, she went with him willingly.

"Ceres went with the masked man willingly, in hopes of breaking her curse. For all we know, she could be working with him now, or perhaps her curse has already been broken, we do not know. All we do know is she isn't here, and she went with him willingly. Ok, I've seen all I had to see. Let's head back now so I can analyse the data."

With that, Arken clicked his fingers and teleported everyone out. It seemed the maze was no longer trying to trap them there anymore. Once back at the academy's Grand Hall he turned to Leval.

"Leval, go to bed, however, I doubt you will with the current situation. If you don't, have a look at the energy source while I work everything out. If you find anything interesting, let me know in the morning. If you can, try to come up with ideas on what happened so we can solve this puzzle although, don't stay up too late. Make sure you get some rest at least."

He nodded to him and with that Arken telpeorted away into his room. Arken sat down with a sigh and leaned back in his chair as he began to think about everything he had seen within the maze.

(I'll post with my other characters later.)

@EurmalEye@Maria 127@Ojo chan 42@akirashadow

[EurmalEye]

Leval Lamrue

@The One

Leval rose from his prostration and smiled at Arken, as Arken turned to walk down the maze path. He quickly fell in line besides him giving Zephroth a quick stroke of his hand behind his ears. Arken raised his hands and conjured up a line of purple fog, which branched into several different directions. Leval assumed it was to somehow retrace the group's earlier steps and help keep track of their location. As the began to walk slowly along the outlined path, Arken began to describe his request of Leval about the Demon of Sin, Pozuzy. Leval listened interestedly, yet found it difficult to maintain his full concentration on Arken's words as they went down the path, eyes drifting back to the walls of the hedge maze looking for signs of his lost friends. However, when Arken finished and nodded. "So you want me to make friends with him? Yeah I can do that. It will be by far one of the least strange things I have done since I got to this school. It takes a thief to catch a thief right?"

They walked through the maze, Arken would stop every once in a while and would somehow use his magic to play scenes of battles from earlier in the day. Leval watched as Rika managed to control his demonic form with Argentina's assistance and the breaking of the seal on Isabella. Leval took notes on a pencil and small notepad kept in one of his many cloak pockets, but other than that walked along without comment not wanting to distract Arken from his work. They came back to the room where Leval had lost to the Masked Man and, in turn, lost Shela. Leval reached down to his belt where he had secured the stuffed beaver toy he had picked up earlier. 'I'll get this back to you Shela, promise." He forced himself to watch the scene again, noting every move that the Masked Man had made trying to find his error in judgement. Watched from this third party perspective, it was clear to see that the blinding light he had made to blind the Masked Man had proven ineffectual, and had given away his entire plan. Leval clenched the notebook in his hands as he watched the Masked Man toy with him till the final blow. Leval winced away not wanting to relive the look of pained surprise that he had seen in Shela's eyes just before she had been taken. From there, Arken rewound the scene and played it once more. Surprisingly, rather than berate him or comment upon his failure, Arken gave him the hidden weakness of the Reversal ability. 'But how to tell when it is active? That's the real question now.' Leval pondered this for a moment before continuing forward after Arken.

There was no real evidence or new information till the very end of the scene of what happened to Isabella. Even the fact, that they had been taken in a southward direction gave them a much clearer idea of where the missing students could have been than they had before. Leval cast a weave at the location the giant bat had been flying before creating a line in the sky to clearly indicate its course and heading. While it could not serve as a true substitute for an address, it would help them come closer to the true location. Leval made a quick sketch of the heading and wrote a reminder to compare it to a map later. They made a quick stop to watch Irvine's fight against Ra, Leval watched carefully and made several notes, but again made no comment.

@Ojo chan 42
When they came to Ceres, Leval breathed out. He was not sure what had happened to his friend and protector. She had been deceived by the Masked Man who had used her own past traumas and present circumstances against her, but at least it appeared as though she had been left unharmed. To Arken, he said, "I don't think I would have done much differently if I was her shoes, she couldn't have really known what kind of man she was putting her faith in. If someone had come up to me and said 'Hey I can break your curse if you come with me' I think I would have at least given it a look just like she did." Arken than snapped his fingers and they appeared back in the Grand Hall, Zephroth in tow. Arken gave him a quick dismissal to which Leval replied. "Alright then- good night Arken and thank you."

Leval went to his room, following the map in his pocket, and like Arken had predicted could not bring himself to go to bed. So he sat up at his desk looking over the evidence they had gathered from their mission. Leval formed tables of information, comparing the monsters that had been in the maze to the people who had fought against them. Then compared those notes to the powers of each individual. Then carefully went over what both the Masked Man and Isabella had said. Slowly he began to create a report for Arken that held his theories about the possible dangers and reasoning of the Masked Man*. Then he overlayed the course the bat had taken on the map he had been given of the Island. It was only a rough estimate, but presuming the creature had taken the fastest route possible with few course corrections, it would give them a better idea of where to concentrate their report.
(* Majority of these theories were already sent over PM with the corrections included)

Leval sighed at his desk now covered with scrawled writings and notes, his completed report for Arken sat upon his desk. He had not paid any attention to his surroundings or roommate the night before and hoped that he had not been too much of a bother with his endless scrawling. There was not much else to do now except wait for sunrise and deliver the notes. Several of his ideas depended heavily on what further information Isabella could provide when he had the chance to speak to her again. Till then, there was one other piece of evidence that he had not gone over, he placed a clean piece of paper atop a clipboard and pulled out the energy source he had torn out of the death being. His theories had led him to believe that each of the creatures in the maze had their own energy source to fuel their temporary lives and abilities. There was only one good way to test his theory however, Leval went to the training room and without turning the machine on, crafted an illusion in his mind. The weakest creature he could come up with at the moment was a small ball of fluff that had no ability to move independently expect for a mouth that it could communicate from and ears with which to listen. He envisioned it being as small as the palm of his hand. He sent that illusion through a thread connected to the energy source and pumped a small amount of his power into the device. He then waited to see what happened.

[PharaohAtem]

Kai, Sapphire, Ruby, Hawk and Charlotte

Kai had just made it out of the maze and headed back to the academy he saw Level shot past him at an impressive speed he headed to the grand hall where the other students appeared he listened to Arken as he explained the situation after that he decided to head off to bed.

Sapphire and Ruby suddenly appeared in the grand hall soaking wet from the swim Ruby still wearing her swim suit, Sapphire used her water magic to dray them both off as they listened to Arken once he was done they both headed to bed.

Hawk uddenly appeared in the grand hall hovering off the ground when he looked around he saw most of the other students although some seamed to be missing he heard Arken what had happened once done he decided to head bed.

Charlotte suddenly up in mid air in the grand hall she quickly caught herself and ended up standing on her hand she flipped over so she was standing on her feet and took a set as Arken explained the situation once he had finished she headed off to bed.

[The One]

@EurmalEye

Sudden the monster screamed loudly, it changed, grew and evolved then when it was done it roared. Suddenly Leval would lose all access to his illusions. However the creature stayed. It was no longer a mere illusion anymore. Arken quickly appeared and stabbed his hand through the monster, grabbed the energy source and pulled it out. With that the creature crumbled and died. Arken sighed before giving Leval the energy source and speaking calmly.

"I see, my theory was correct. It gives the creature the power to be the perfect enemy against anyone it fights. However, the energy source is a prototype, that much I can tell. My theory is this, what if the masked man hadn't got the knowledge to do that without the energy source? He would need to somehow gain that knowledge. Well, who is the smartest out of all the students when it comes to magic?"

He waited for an answer, and no matter what he said he would continue to speak.

"Kuro, he is the most knowledgeable in magic. My theory is Kuro knows about my reversal magic however he didn't have time to cast it. He certainly has the power to, whether he has the knowledge I cannot say. After all, it is a simple trick to turn the enemies strength against them. I plan to continue with the training tomorrow to try and cover the weaknesses the masked man exploited. One more thing, I forgot to mention something. Tomorrow we are all going to explore the island in groups, Pozuzy will be going with you. You can learn from him while he learns from you. He is far more advanced in illusion magic than you are. He thinks it, and one wave of a hand, it is created in an instant. Even with large illusions. While you have to manually create it yourself. Now, go get some rest. You'll need some before tomorrow. Good night Leval."

He smiled and then teleported away. There were to be room changes tomorrow, sadly he could not help it with new students coming in. However one thing would remain the same, Shela would stay with Leval if she ever returned.

All the students went to bed, ready for the next day.

[Maria 127]

@The One@The One
Zephroth had gotten to the maze quickly but was surprised when Leval arrived he wasn’t sure why he had followed as Arkan had specifically told all the students to go to their rooms. Zephroth looked at leval and quickly realises that he felt responsible for losing a friend. As Arken had allowed him to join him, he followed them into the maze. His fur was on end as he cautiously sniffed the floor.
It was the that Arken seemed to reveal some of his magical ability’s, somehow using his power to figure out where everyone was when they were fighting and what they were fighting. He was sure that Leval would be confused as to why Argentina was fighting against a vampire bat but decided to keep that in mind for the time being. It was times like these where he wished he had the power of speech, he could use his powers to write into the earth but he didn’t want everyone to know how smart he was quite yet.
They continued on through the maze watching the scenes of all the other battles before Arkan teleported them back to the grand hall. Zephroth wasn’t done however. He followed Leval to his room deliberately lagging behind. He felt and oddly strong connection to Leval ever since he vowed to help find Argentina. Once Leval had entered his room he waited till the door was closed before curling up on his doors stop, wide awake. He was essentially trying to protect Level, even though he knew that he probably didn’t have to he still did anyway. When he heard activity from within the dorm he hid round a corner and waited to see if it was Leval, it was so he followed him to the training room Arkan darting in just before he poked his head into the room. Zephroth would continue to follow Leval and he would see him there when he woke up the next morning.

[Ojo chan 42]

Ceres sat in her cage looking around, but the masked man who trapped her was no where to be seen.

'ya, gotta be kidding me' Ceres thought while sitting into the lotus position. She looked at her ungloved hands and franticly searched for her gloves, wic were nowhere to be found.

''dammit'' Ceres cursed. luckely no one was around to see her. She hated her hands, not because of the scars but becasue of how they came there. and what they had caused.

She stood up in her cage end tried to turn into ash. immediatly a electrick shock went through her body and Ceres fell down. Clutching her troath she curled her body into a feutus position and wrapped her arms around herself.

''what is going on, what am i supposed to do'' Ceres said and she grabbed the silver flower and wisperd bloom. softly the flower took life features as Ceres saw the treaths of Leval's illusion magic doing there things.

[The One]

Day 2

Morning soon came and Arken was already awake. He waited for the new students to arrive within the assembly. As he did, the academy bell would ring out, making sure every student could hear it, telling them all to awaken. He wanted to make sure everyone arrived safely. He had already created the stairs to the academy and would close them as soon as they were no longer needed.

Sky, Pozuzy and Titan

Of course, as Arken predicted, the first to arrive was Sky, it seemed he still had the ring around his neck too. Sky bowed to Arken before going to sit down. Of course he was early, he had to be. He didn't want to risk being late.

The next to arrive was Titan was came up the stairs, he didn't bother to bow or anything. He simply sat himself down. Arken was already making possible room changes in his head.

Next to come was Pozuzy, he came in with a stupid grin on his face in which Arken replied with a cautious stare. He didn't know what Pozuzy was planning, but he knew that it had to be some sort of prank. Student after student arrived, and when all the students arrived, he made the stairs disappear and closed the doors.

He went to the middle of the assembly and made sure everyone was present. When everyone had arrived Arken began to speak.

"Welcome to the second day of the Ordinary Mythical Academy. I am disappointed to announce that four of our students have already gone missing. However, investigation is well under way with the help of one of my top students, Leval Lamrue. Now, considering there are new students and some of our students are missing, there are some room changes I should announce.

Pozuzy will now be staying with Leval. Carol will stay with Sky in room 250, Titan will be with Cyber in room 45, Crow and Red, room 251, Ophelia Doom Room 252.

Now then, all students will be sent off in groups to explore the island soon enough but first, let us skip socialize class and go straight to training, starting now!"

With that, he clicked his fingers and everyone disappeared, now in the training room. Arken looked around before stopping at Sky. He gave him a nod and explained how the training room worked. With that Sky went up first.

"Hello, my name is Sky, I am a Skydren, a very powerful species. I have this ring around me to actually reduce my power, so I don't hurt anyone while I stay. I have the power to control both light and dark magic arts."

He then flew over to the others. Next was Titan, he walked up and spoke up loudly.

"My name is Titan, I am an ogre and the strongest of my tribe. Watch me as I crush my enemies."

He roared loudly and smashed his fist to the floor, as he did bone spikes shot up everywhere. After that he walked back to the group. Then Pozuzy came up. Immediately he showed a look of trouble in his eyes.

"I am Pozuzy, and I have the power to summon anything I wish, any time, any where."

He giggled and then rose his left hand, suddenly a demon appeared, then rose his right and monster appeared. He stared at everyone with an evil look, and then suddenly he as well as the monsters began to sing. Throughout the song he summoned more and more monsters. Of course, any good illusionist would know that the monsters were all fake.

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But as the song was coming to an end, not Kuro, Red nor Rika showed any fright. In fact, Red was bouncing up and down and smiling like a five year old with candy. Pozuzy stared at them for a moment then his eyes turned red. He flew up quickly and shouted.

"Aren't you scared?!"

Of course, if anyone knew them well, they would know that Rika was no longer afraid of monsters and demons, considering he had one inside of him. He was more afraid of it coming out and hurting his friends. Kuro was the most knowledgeable in magic and knew it was all an illusion, and Red liked all things scary, she found it cool and fun instead of frightening. She spoke up with a happy giggle.

"No, you're funny!"

At that point Pozuzy's eyes glowed a blood red and fire behind to appeared behind him, although, this fire was no mere illusion, it was the real thing. He spoke in a demonic voice, not caring about Rika or Kuro anymore, even though Kuro was getting a little frightened as now, it was no mere illusion.

"I WILL MAKE YOU SCARED LITTLE GIRL IF IT THE LAST THING I DO!"

Red laughed again, and Pozuzy slowly flew away, breathing heavily. He dislike people not being scared by his tricks and pranks, but he despised it when people found them fun instead of scary. Arken simply watched, raising a small eyebrow as he stared at Pozuzy then, looked over to Leval before looking at the training room to see who would go up next.

[Maria 127]

@EurmalEye @The One
Ophelia Doom
Ophelia Doom would look odd among the other students, as she seemed like a rather normal human being. Although she has a fun, carefree attitude as she climbs the stairs she has dark and horrifying secrets deep within her past that she is unwilling to let go of. She climbs those stairs with a cautious attitude but a smile upon her face, as far as she was concerned she is in a dangerous place. Once at the top of the stairs she quickly headed to the grand hall where she sat down and patiently waited for the teacher to arrive.

Soon after the teacher arrived all the new students were forced to introduce themselves, she sighed and shook her head. She didn’t like being forced to talk to a large group of people. She shook her head once more before watching some other students go first. A student named Pozuzy introduced himself and told the group what he could do. Ophelia just shook her head, she understood what he was trying to do but he went about it all wrong. She had to admit though that kid did intrigue him

It seemed that she was up next. She walked to the front slowly, looked at everyone before looking at the floor as she mutters something. She spreads both arms to her side before taking a knife out from under her belt and creating a large wound that drips blood. As the blood hits the ground she kneels and draws a symbol in her blood on the floor. “Life of the great demons, come to us. I offer my life blood, Show yourself!” as she finishes these words her wound begins to heal and the floor underneath her starts to boil and buckle. She steps out of the circle and the demon witch that she had summoned climbs out of the hole she was summoned in.

The demon witch turns to look at her before saying. “I told you to say my name and status when summoning me!”
Ophelia just stares the witch in the eye and she flinches. “I prefer not to. Now begone! “ she says with a flick of her wrist the woman disappearing in a black cloud of smoke.
“I am Ophelia Doom. I can use summoning magic so don’t piss me off!” she says and returns to the back of the crowed. It was then that they were teleported to another room.

*Argentina Rhosphrus* @The One
Argentina still had a really bad headache but it wasn’t as bad as it was before, it was less distracting. What was worse was her steadily growing hunger, it was painful and extremely hard to resist she even contemplated biting her own arm in order to sate her hunger just a little bit.
She held her head in her hands as she had an internal battle for her sanity. It was wrong of her not to have drunk her fill before arriving at the academy. She really regretted that choice now and wanted to get away from whatever this place was.

[The One]

@Maria 127

The masked man slowly came, he stopped in front of Argentina's cage and gave her s smile. He stared at her, seeing her thirst for blood was starting to get to her.

"You're hungry, aren't you? Well, how about drinking the blood of a human? I hear they're pretty tasty."

He laughed before clicking his fingers. suddenly, the wall between Shela and Argentina disappeared. He then used magic to make Argentina feel even more hungry than she was, to try and push her into something he knew she'd regret. After that he walked over to Ceres and stared at her for a few minutes, he made sure she would be able to see what Argentina was about to do.

"Pay attention Ceres as your students are turning into monsters. however, you can save them all if you just tell me what I want to know. Where is the academy? Tell me, where is it hidden?"

He laughed evilly as he watched her, waiting for her answer. He then turned over to Irvine and asked the same thing. @Ojo chan 42@akirashadow

"Where is the academy hidden? Tell me, and maybe I will spare your lives."

He continued to laugh evilly, waiting for their answers while keeping a close eye on Argentina and Shela who was watching her carefully, staying in the far corner.

[Ojo chan 42]

''spare me'' Ceres said smirking an put her hand on the glass.She found the remark utterly hilarious, for she had no desire to live. Ceres looked at Shela and the vampire lady with the long name, Argentina her name was if she rememberd correctly.

Ceres felt pity for Shela, she was sure to be frightend by the vampire in the corner lusting for blood.

''Be strong, miss Tina. you two Shela'' Ceres said only remembering a part of Argentina's name. She didn't knew if they could hear her but she sure hoped they could.

''I will not tell you where the academy is located'' Ceres said to the masked man.
She tried to come up with a plan to stall time for help to arrive, if help would ever come. However no idea came to her mind as she could only pray for a quick death.

Ceres looked at the vampire who was thirsting and Shela scared to the point of breaking. She pointed at the cage with Shela and Argentina and said ''for all I care she can drain me of every drop of blood I have. I will never tell you what you want to know''

[EurmalEye]

Leval Lamrue

@The One @Maria 127

The monster came forth and then there was a rather confusing series of events. The monster began to grow, separating itself from Leval's illusions before Arken appeared and, using his hand like a fine blade, stabbed his arm into the creature wrenching out the energy source. Then Arken tossed it back into his arms, apparently entirely at ease with him holding it. Leval, somewhat dazed from the explosion of motion and power, absentmindedly removed some of the creatures fluff from his arm before it disappeared. Arken gave him a lecture on his this fit into his own particular theories and Leval handed him the report that he had made during the early morning. Arken then reminded him of agreement to befriend the demon Pozuzy, insisting that while Pozuzy was the stronger of the two with illusions, they would have a lot to learn from one another. Leval shifted his feet uncomfortably, having another illusionist at the Academy was one thing, but to have one better at the craft than he was? Leval maintained a resolved expression on his face however, not wanting to appear childish in his insecurities. Arken dismissed him and left the room, as he did Leval saw Zephroth's head peer into the room.

Leval quirked his head slightly to the side looking at the Sabertooth, he motioned with one hand for the him to come into the room if he wanted. Leval did not particularly want to head back to his room in any case. He turned the training room machine back on, and imagined the Masked Man once again. All through the night, Leval trained. Brought continuously emptying out his energy reserves and fighting in that state for as long as he could only to refill them back up to their natural maximum and turning the infinite energy setting off once again. 'Shela was lost because I was weak, I won't lose because of my own overconfidence. I won't make that mistake.' He left the training room open in case Zephroth wanted to join him.

An hour before Arken sounded the assembly bell, Leval had fallen asleep. He did not particularly need much due to the nature of the training room, but Leval assumed that at least some sleep was better than none at all. When the assembly did ring, Leval sleepily resisted its wakeful charms for as long as he could, but finally stood up with a sigh. "Good morning Zephroth...," he mumbled. He used his illusion magic to make himself look and smell presentable until he had a chance to clean up a little bit. Still wearing his not torn and frayed cloak, he entered the assembly room. Arken greeted them all giving a small recap of events as well as new room assignments. They were all transported back into the training room. Leval blinked somewhat wearily, it seemed as though he could have stayed in the nice imaginary bed he had made for himself after all. Leval watched the new students perform their abilities, but watched Pozuzy with some intensity.

The demon of Sin, as Arken had called it (Leval had never been one to spend a particular amount of time studying demon lore), seemed to be attempting to scare the class... with a musical number. Leval blinked rapidly, turning his head to a 45 degree angle, and mouth somewhat ajar in confused disbelief. When his plan to scare the younger students obviously did not succeed, he grew genuinely frightening for a moment. Leval caught the look in Arken's eye and nodded over to him, reassuring him that had not forgotten the promise he had made to him the night before. Leval moved closer to the Demon of Sin and whispered. "You know that wasn't half bad. I think you would have gotten them if you known what they were really afraid of..."

[akirashadow]

Irvine watched as the wall on the opposite side of Argentina's cell to his, the one that linked onto Shela's cell disappeared."Argentina... Don't..." It wasn't much but it was pretty much all he could muster having only recently managed to awaken. He shifted over to the side of his cell just staring through and watching Argentina. "Suppress... or regret. If you hold out, a grander feast will await you." A somewhat empty promise, but so as hope could be generated a crisis could be averted.

When spoken to Irvine glanced to the masked man. "Different test?" He asked tilting his head to one side. "Academy?... More difficult than last one." Irvine lifted a hand to his chin as though imitating a picture of a person in deep thought. "Hard to tell... no idea where I am right now?" Irvine then shrugged and smiled as he waited for the electric collar to kick in once more. "You picked the wrong prey, these predators sit at the top of this food chain." A mere comment on the people that were currently being held prisoner by the masked man.@The One@Maria 127

[Maria 127]

@akirashadow@Ojo chan 42@The One
*Argentina Rhosphrus*
Argentina looks up at the sound of the masked man, she wondered where he had come from since there was no one here a few minutes ago. She looks around her for a moment looking slightly confused. She heard what the masked man said, but at first she ignored it. It was then that she felt it a burning sensation she coughed and her eyes widened in shock and surprise. Then she noticed it… the wall. It was gone there was nothing protecting Shela from her.

She staggers backwards as her claws dig into the glass, trying desperately to resist the ever increasing burning sensation that was her thirst. The burning sensation began to spread making it more difficult to keep her eyes away from Shela’s neck. The pupils in her eyes began to shrink and increase repeatedly as she struggled to fight her animalistic nature. Her breathing became erratic and deeper at the scent of human flesh hit her nostrils sending her hunger wild.

youtube.com/watch?v=4DYk7g4pn-4 (imagine this playing in the background)

The tears that where in her eyes stop flowing and she freezes to the spot, not moving and then unexpectedly she starts to scream and ear piercing scream. The sound rebounds within the glass cage. She stands up slowly the thirst consuming her from the inside out. Her moves were more unnatural and unpredictable.
She had gone completely feral.

Although while feral and extremely hungry she did not attack Shela instantly. What she did however was watch the masked man and licks her lips. It seemed her animalistic mind had other ideas for prey she watches him intently. To draw his full attention to her she flicks the glass panel twice. When he looks at her, she would motion for him to come closer as soon as she did she would move her face to the glass and hiss at him while in an aggressive stance. She would then motion him to come closer once more.

Argentina then turned to look at Shela , she takes two steps towards her before disappearing from the vision of normal eyes stopping with a clawed hand around her neck. Opening her jaws, she laches them around Shela’s neck and beginning to drink. She would drink till she falls unconscious, she would save the rest of her for later. She would not kill her only food source.

[The One]

@EurmalEye@Maria 127

Shela screamed loudly as she felt the fangs dug into her neck. After a minute or two, Shela stopped struggling, and simply stayed still. When Argentina was done, the wall reappeared and the masked man revived Shela. He laughed softly, speaking to her with a caring tone almost.

"You see Shela, even your friends turn on you. The people you trusted, but that can all change as long as you come with me. I can make you strong, I can give you power."

Shela looked over to Argentina then looked to the masked man. She closed her head and lowered her head with a soft, sad sigh. The masked man held out his hand for her and she slowly looked up to him.

"You must be lonely, come with me, and you can see Leval again. You just need to trust me."

She looked down once more, not saying a word, then she slowly stood herself up weakly. She slowly walked up to the masked man and spoke to him quietly.

"Please, don't hurt my friends."

The masked man continued to hold out his hand for her as he smiled brightly.

"Of course Shela, just come with me, I promise."

She slowly grabbed his hand and with that, she came out of the cage. He snapped his fingers and her collar fell off. She pressed her finger against her neck for a moment before closing her eyes.

"What about them? You promised."

The masked man looked to Ceres, Argentina and Irvine before snapping his fingers. Suddenly, there collars would come off and Argentina would no longer feel hungry. He looked to Shela once more and stared at her. She spoke again.

"Who are you? When will I get strong?"

The masked man laughed a little before putting his arm around her. He began to walk slowly, but made sure everyone could hear him loud and clear.

"Me, oh, just call me Arken, and you're powers? Simple, you want to get strong, then change. Don't let yourself be pushed around anymore."

He clicked his fingers, and suddenly Bandit would appear in his hand, he gave her the toy before speaking again.

"Make yourself strong, make yourself change. Now, where is that academy?"

Shela stopped and turned to him, she grabbed Bandit for a minute before looking back to him.

"The academy? It.....it's......just past the maze."

The masked man nodded and waved his hand over her. He then spoke once more.

"Show me, and you shall be rewarded. Soon, you will meet Leval again."

She looked to the floor, not saying another word.

Pozuzy

Pozuzy looked to Leval as he came over to him. His eyes glowed red for a moment as he listened to him. Was he suggesting that he cheated? That he took advice from another?

"No help! No no no! Do not help Pozuzy! I do not cheat! I have to do it by myself! I am always on my own, always! It's just me, always me! Pozuzy is sin demon, Pozuzy is scary! Pozuzy is always scary! Pozuzy master trickster! I be best! Nobody laughs at Pozuzy, NOBODY!"

He tilted his head for a moment then looked to the others, more specificly Red who laughed at him. He then looked back to Leval, staring at him for some time.

[EurmalEye]

Leval Lamrue

@The One

Leval blinked at the unexpected outburst and grammar of Pozuzy, thinking rapidly. 'So offering assistance is not going to win me any points here... Time to change tact.' Leval raised both his hands out in front of him in an expression of surrender. "Whoa I am not saying you cheating nor am I encouraging you to do so. I am just trying to tell you that I was impressed with your illusion." Leval sent out a thread of power and created one of the smaller illusory monsters that Pozuzy had made on the stage. On a hunch, he threw in a few subtle errors that could not have been found on Pozuzy's own creations. "I am not trying to offer you help, I am trying to get your help. Your illusions are so clear, how did you get them to be that way. I personally have trouble scaring this group at all." He leaned in closer, "It's hard for my visions of monsters to scare any of these people, half of them hang out with demons in there spare time. And over there is Drumdawn who has two heads, with two brains, and one personality. He has told us that a couple of times now, but whose going to call out a dragon? It talks, you listen." Leval sighed. "Instead of scaring them, I've had a lot more luck tricking them." He glanced over at Pozuzy from the corner of his eyes checking to see how his words were affecting the demon.