Knight of Doom

Shine City II: The Next Season

After being given the Bluebird Nemesia, Amaya looked over at where the bright girl had pointed out the fertilizer, and grabbed a smaller bag. After quickly purchasing her gift the blond made sure to thank the younger girl for her help. Then she whipped out her phone to check the time. Geez, was it that time already? Maybe it was about time to eat. However, another thought invaded her mind. She wasn't really all that hungry was she? Amaya had such a good workout this morning that she didn't want to ruin it with overindulging in food. Besides she needed to study for finals. She had already spent too much time shopping for gifts. So, with that thought in mind, Amaya stopped by her dorm to drop off her gifts (making sure to find a good hiding spot from Rachel), and grab her backpack and laptop before heading to the library for a long study session.

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Time Skip

Amaya's eyes wandered from the pages of her notebook to the massive amount of students in the library. She had been studying for who knows how long, hours most likely. The quiet girl had managed to make a lot of progress since that morning. Her bio essay was 75% done, she studied for her massive math final, and she had even finished her presentation for speech class.

However, boredom was starting to settle in. Amaya's eye were looking around the room, making educated guesses about what everyone was doing. For example, there were a group of guys studying at a table together. It didn't take a genius to know that they were on the football team. It looked like they were hardcore studying to keep their grades up to stay on the team. At another table a girl and a guy sat staring into each other's eyes more than staring at their study material. A small twinge of sadness filled the single female. Being alone sucked, but it was better than being with her ex, Damien. That bast... he wasn't a great guy.

Snapping out of her trance, Amaya realized she wasn't going to get much more done, so she packed up her things before heading back to her dorm. She either had the option of fooling around on the internet, or do something more productive with her life. Especially since she didn't have work tonight, she felt like doing something adventurous. So she decided to see what Shine City had to offer tonight.

The biting winter cold nipped at her uncovered ears and nose. Amaya had dressed up warmly, but not everything could be covered. The park was pretty much empty. Not many people were out for walks in the freezing cold on a Saturday night. But, still, Amaya kept on walking. Even if nothing exciting came up, at least she had gotten some more exercise in that day.

Freymont Academy - A place to live, love, and learn how to murder angels

In the world of Abadon, humans have been engaged in a nonstop war for many year against angels. This unending war has been named "The Angcrial war". It started when angels had started to appear more and more to humans. The humans had learned to accept this and did not think too much of it. Eventually, the angels started to reveal the true reason as to why they were appearing before the humans. They wished to be free from the shackles that bound them to God. They wanted free will, just like the humans. Some took pity on them, while others believed that God knew what was best and that they shouldn't mess with holy affairs. Eventually, however, the angels had slowly worked their way into the innocent minds of the younger generation. When that generation finally became in charge of the world, the angels asked them to assist them in a war against God, they accepted, believing that God had become corrupt. The angels needed the human's free will in order to bring down God. The war was extremely short due to God's love toward the humans and his unwillingness to harm them. This event was called "The Retrearcle Capture". Since it was impossible to kill God, they simply sentenced him to hell. There, he is unable to hold any grasp over the angels.

At first the angels and humans celebrated, however times changed. Ten years later, the angels realized that their freedom could only last as long as the humans would allow it. They were also bitter at the human's lack of appreciation for their free will. After some research, the angels found a holy artifact created by Satan and a high ranking angel. It had the ability to strip God of his powers, however, they were never able to use it due to the high ranking angel being eliminated as soon as God received notice of it. God had locked away the artifact since he was unable to destroy it because of Satan's existence. In order to retrieve the artifact, angels need to gather enough "Inhera" that is emitted by humans when they die. The humans grew furious at the angels for killing their kind when they had helped them, so a large scale war broke out.

It has been 196 years since the first battle broke out. Since then, many advancements have been made. A material called "Auren" was chemically produced to damage the holy beings. It is produced in a liquid form and can be used in a variety of ways. "Proticans" are the soldiers who are trained to fight angels. Each Protican is trained at a specialized academy where they create a specialized weapon that is derived from two classical weapons. The two weapons are combined to create a weapon that the student will one day go into battle with. All weapons incorporate Auren in some way. The academy and the teachers give students 6 months to train with all the available weapons. Then they give recommendations as to what weapons to choose, however the ultimate choice is up to the student.

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Dear future students of Freymont Academy,

My name is Malrain Hilfox, headmaster of Freymont Academy, one of the most notable and skilled academies in all of Abadon. I welcome you to participate in our annual initiation for all interested first year students.
Freymont academy focuses on the most important skills needed to join the ranks of our nation’s military hunting down our nation’s one common enemy, angels. It is critical that we stand together in order to win this atrocious war. That is why we need eager students like you, the generation of our future, to train and join our forces.
In order to test if someone is ready for such a task, all first years must pass our annual initiation. Students will be placed inside an arena full of dangerous challenges and creatures for a full 24 hours. They will receive no outside aid but should they choose to surrender, medics will be awaiting them outside the arena.
Once you pass this daunting challenge, you will be accepted into our academy and welcomed to our first term. Students will be split into different houses, all co-ed, where they will spend the rest of their four years of training at. Class attendance is of the most important and any absence without genuine proof could be at risk of expulsion. Here at Freymont academy, we take training very serious and hope you do as well.
I can promise that you will find your time spent at Freymont academy both beneficial and enjoyable and I look forward to meeting you at our initiation.

Sincerely,

Malrain Hilfox

Shine City II: The Next Season

@Takashi
Yea, that's even better! Then basically everyone can be in the same place without it being unrealistic.

Shine City II: The Next Season

Amaya's free usually I have her work at night, but since she got most of her gifts bought, she's taking a break.

Also I had an idea of a Christmas party somewhere on the college campus if anyone is interested. Maybe once finals are done.

Shine City II: The Next Season

Amaya's in a good position for a time skip. Ready whenever you are.

Shine City II: The Next Season

"A Christmas present for a gardener!" The girl exclaimed. "We have lots of things for tending gardens! Flower garden, veggie gardens, herb gardens~" It almost seemed as though this girl was in her own little world, but then she addressed the blond. "Here, towards the back!" Amaya followed the cheerful red headed employee to the back of the store. "Decorations, how to books, tools, gloves, aprons, even sun hats! The ones with humming birds on the ribbon are my favourite." Hmm, there sure were a lot of things to choose from. At first she was overwhelmed, but then took a moment to wrap her head around what kind of person her secret Santa was. She loved being outdoors, and tending to plant life. However, Amaya had to remind herself that she was a college student and didn't have much space to do what she wanted. "Do you know what kinds of plants your friend tends to?" the young girl asked, "If you do it may help you narrow down some of your choices!"

"Well, first of all she's a college student who lives in the dorms, so she doesn't have much space to grow larger plants. I think something to do with flowers would work better." The brown eyed girl thought out loud. "Perhaps a potted flower. Oh, she really likes the color purple, so maybe a purple flower," Amaya was simply speaking the first words that came out of her mouth. During these kinds of times it helped her think, but sometimes made her look ridiculous because she was too deep into thought to apply common sense, or a different factor or what she was thinking about. "If I'm going to get her a flower, then I should also buy some things to help her maintain the growth of the flower." All of a sudden, an obvious thought hit her. "Oh! But it's winter isn't it? Aren't flowers out of season?" Amaya asked. She felt so stupid for not realizing it before.

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I'll get to writing a post ASAP, sorry for the delay. I was without internet for a day.

Shine City II: The Next Season

As Amaya looked around, she noticed a lot of flowers and bouquets set up in nice arrangements. Most stores like these had some tools for maintaining flowers and such, however, what if she was wrong? The brown eyed girl wanted to get all her christmas shopping done today, so she didn't have to worry about it. However, there was only so much time in a day. Plus, she still hadn't had lunch, yet. A familiar tightening in her stomach had reminded her.

"Welcome to The Enchanted Florist! Where we'll help you make the arrangement of your dreams!"
A cheerful voice piped up from the back of the store. Amaya looked up to she a cute redhead with shining eyes. The older girl couldn't keep a smile off of her face as the next cheesy line came from the brightly dressed employee. "I'll be your personal Florist 'Fairy' today, My name is Kaori. How may I help you today, my lady?" Amaya giggled at her words.

Honestly, she was surprised that such a cute shop has adorable employees as well. She should definitely come here more often. Especially since the customer service was good as well.

Her first instinct was to decline, but she stopped herself before the wrong words came out of her mouth. Amaya nibbled on her lower lip for a brief moment before giving in and asking for help. "Ah, actually I'm looking for a present to give to a friend. She's very much into gardening, and I was wondering what to get her." The blond girl responded, making her way towards the counter, a bit uncertainly.

@LovelyAnastasia

Shine City II: The Next Season

Amaya wandered around, looking through small shops, large name brand clothing stores, and various other kinds of stores that littered Shine Junction. She held a few bags in her hand as a result of her shopping. So far the blond had gotten presents for most of her family and Rachel. She still needed that secret Santa gift, Devin's, and Professor Matsuoka's. She honestly didn't know what to get for them. Taking out a small piece of notebook paper, Amaya read over the "Likes" part. Let's see, they like fuzzy socks, sour candy, photography, chocolate (no nuts, I'm allergic :D), vintage things, and gardening. The green pen was slightly smudged at the end. The slender girl was freezing at this point so she made a quick decision. Gardening. She remembered a small floral shop on the way here, so she turned around to head towards that general direction.

After a bit of searching, Amaya found the cute shop named The Enchanted Florist. There weren't many people which made sense, but she went inside anyways. It was 10 times warmer inside which gave the freezing girl some relief. She was wearing a white turtle neck sweater with a black winter vest, however, her legs were only cover by her jeans, leaving her susceptible to biting wind that bypassed the fabric easily. Rubbing her hands together, Amaya looked around to see what they had. She was no gardening expert, but she has had her own share of failed attempts of growing some indoor plants. Those usually didn't go very well with her energetic roommate. However, before she made the attempt there was a lot of research that went into the initial stages. That, and her biology class usually helped. Speaking of biology, was Prof. Matsuoka into plants or gardening? He was a biology teacher, but that didn't necessarily mean he's into plants. Oh well, it's best to stick with what you know. She'll probably get him tea and/or coffee plus somethings for his dogs. She wandered around aimlessly, looking for something adequate for her secret Santa, yet still affordable and wouldn't bankrupt her.

Shine City II: The Next Season

Sorry for not posting, but today I had finals. They finish up tomorrow, so I'll post tomorrow night. Hopefully I'll be able to find someone to interact with. Many people are spending time at a coffee shop, while Amaya's off shopping.

BTW, I want to know whether finals are done or not in the RP because @MyCatGinger said they're done, but I had Amaya working on a final paper and Shizuka mentioned something about handing out a paper so that the students can study off them for finals. IDK. I could have Amaya be writing a long term paper if necessary.