Kyrisse

After the Asteroid-Closed

@Wick Is fire elemental claimed already?

—(••[ 𝕎𝕀𝕊ℍ𝔼𝔸𝕋𝔼ℝ ]••)—

𝕃 𝕚 𝕝 𝕚 𝕒 𝕟 𝕟 𝕒 𝔹 𝕣 𝕒 𝕟 𝕕 𝕥

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𝕊𝕖𝕡𝕥. 𝟛, 𝟚𝟘𝟚𝟘 / / 𝕌𝕊𝔸ℝ𝕀𝕃ℕ 𝔼𝕒𝕤𝕥 / / 𝔻𝕠𝕣𝕞 𝔹𝕦𝕚𝕝𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝔹: 𝕊𝕦𝕚𝕥𝕖 𝟚𝟘𝟘 / / 𝟘𝟜𝟘𝟘

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Lily made her way back to her room, figuring that most would probably prefer to sleep rather than talk to her. Her thoughts shifted to what had happened earlier. New faces. Gunshots. Dead bodies. She wasn't really in a learning institution they claimed to be. She was in a prison with wardens that didn't care if they lived or died. The people here would shoot first and ask questions later. She sighed and wondered for the nth time how she ended up here in the first place. All she could really remember was waking up in the infirmary with bandages swathed around her head. She remembered nothing. Not even her name. When they started calling her Lily, she thought they knew something of her past, of where she came from. Later on, she found out that Lilianna came from some sort of comical character the staff at the infirmary had been watching the day they brought her in. And her surname was the brand of a toilet cleaner. How special. And there I was thinking that this place would be home... the people would be family--- her thoughts were interrupted when she stumbled on the last step of the stairs leading to her floor. She went sprawling across the floor. Muttering a curse under her breath, she sat up, blinked and rubbed her elbow. She sat there for a few minutes, scratching her head and trying to figure out what the hell she was thinking about before she decided to take that dive.

Her train of thought lost, she got to her feet, brushed off herself and continued walking to her room. Faceless people loomed in her mind. Fragmented memories. A walk in the woods. Laughter in the rain. Dead people. A fork in the road. Voices whispering immortality. Her mood wavered and the initial excitement of finally having other people in the building fading into tiredness."Ouch! What the hell?" she looked at the blank wall she had walked into, confusion etched on her face. Then she turned her head towards the door to her room. It was still a foot away. She reached up and rubbed her forehead. Once again, muttering a curse under her breath, she walked over to her room and stepped into it.

Her eyes immediately fell on the piles of paper on her desk. Seeing all the effort she would need to exert to finish all the exams put her in a foul mood. What were the placement exams for? It's not as if they were training them to be doctors or lawyers or people who become important in society. Disembodied screams echoed through her head. Immediately forgetting that she was complaining mentally about the exams, she closed the door behind her, pulled out a chair and began working on them. She needed something to do to keep the disturbing thoughts and fragmented memories out of her head. And what would be more effective than exams that she has no way of passing.

Most of her answers to the exams were guesses. Particularly for subjects that had to do with numbers. Who needs that much numbers anyway? All she really needed to know was how to subtract, add, divide and multiply. Why make things complicated? Who in the world needed to know the limit of a function as x approaches a fixed constant? What does it even mean? Page after page, she ticked boxes and encircled letters.

Hours later, she looked up at the simple wall clock hanging on her wall and was surprised that it was already 8 in the morning. She yawned, tossed the unfinished exam back into the pile and then headed to bed.

She woke up way past lunch, feeling as though she had not slept at all. Her dreams were filled with more fragmented and disturbing memories. Faceless people reached out to her with clawed hands. That was what jolted her awake. She had wanted to go back to sleep, her tired body yearning for more rest. But sleeping meant seeing more disturbing dreams, more faceless people screaming a name she can't remember. She didn't want that so she dragged herself out of bed and into the common bathroom. She showered, brushed her teeth and put on her usual oversized t-shirt, a pair of shorts and soft boots. She placed her folded dirty clothes by the foot of her bed and headed towards the cafeteria to get something to eat.

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𝕊𝕖𝕡𝕥. 𝟛, 𝟚𝟘𝟚𝟘 / / 𝕌𝕊𝔸ℝ𝕀𝕃ℕ 𝔼𝕒𝕤𝕥 / / 𝔻𝕠𝕣𝕞 𝔹𝕦𝕚𝕝𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝔹: 𝕊𝕦𝕚𝕥𝕖 𝟚𝟘𝟘 / / 𝟚𝟘𝟝𝟟

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Lily had fallen asleep again as soon as she returned from her lunch. As always, her dreams were disturbing and served to tire her out no matter how much sleep she got. The alarm sounding across the campus coupled with the continuous high pitched pinging sounds from the cuff she wore rouse her.

"WARNING: Hostiles located 11.6 miles north of designated city outskirts. Threat level: Significant. All personnel stand by for orders."

"Wha--?" Lily sat up, blinking the bleariness out of her eyes.

"Target designation: Unknown. Cannot confirm designation. Cannot confirm Dreamcatcher abnormalities."

Lily yawned.

"Updated target designation: Menagerie. Orders: Kill on sight. All personnel stand by for assignments."

They can't be thinking about sending us to fight those things, are they? We're new here and we're kids--- Lily's thoughts were interrupted by the Director's voice.

"My new students. Consider this your combat assessment come early."

"Oh, come on. You're sending us into a real battle for combat assessment? I'm not even good at combat," Lily grumbled. But despite her complaints, she found herself excited at the thought of being able to see Menagerie's monsters.

"Blue Team: Grant Rotem, Padma Majumdar, Callan Webb, Marcus Howell, Siena Santana, Lilianna Brandt."

Lily blinked. She can vaguely remember the names that were announced in the containment chamber earlier that day. But she can't place any of the names to a face at all. "Heck, I didn't even ask the names of those two girls earlier," she realized, making a mental note to pay better attention next time. Something that she won't do especially when she's in her depressive mood anyway. She looked down at her ankle cuff as it changed its color to blue. "Yay, blue team," she cheered sarcastically and then listened half heartedly to the rest of the instructions. She perked up when she heard her name again.

"Fourth. The only subnaturals in the three groups capable of altering damaged states are Lilianna Brandt and Christmas Halvost. Ms. Brandt can transfer an injury onto herself while Mr. Halvost can slowly regenerate any damage taken--provided you drink ample amounts of his blood. Keep in mind their locations during combat. Losing another batch of useful students at this point in time would be problematic."

"Ugh. Blood."

And then the soldiers came for her.

Vampires in the Shadows-closed

Claudia, Darric, Caius

_@Wick

Claudia didn't blush or slap Shade. Instead, she kicked him under the table. It wasn't meant to hurt him though--not as if she really could even if she tried--and she laughed at the look of surprise on his face. She was quickly changing her mind about vampires. Shade was a decent guy and spending time with him was making her wonder what it was about vampires that made her hate them so much in the first place. When Shade suggested that they get going, she looked at the two other males, wondering if they would be tagging along as well.

Caius immediately understood her questioning look. "My sister choosing lingerie is not something I'm so keen on seeing," he said. "I'm gonna go back to the condo to get some more sleep." He stood up. "I'll see you guys later."

Darric looked at Shade and shook his head. "Our meeting can wait. Let him see to his mate first." He looked towards Casey and then at Caius. He stood up and pressed a kiss on her mate's head. "As much as I want to spend the day with you, love, I'm afraid I have some important things to discuss with Caius. I will, however, be waiting for you at home later." He smiled at Claudia and then followed Caius out.

Vampires in the Shadows-closed

Claudia, Darric, Caius

_@Wick

Claudia nodded and looked from Casey to Shade. "It'd be weird to have guys tagging along while I choose underwear, you know." She grinned as a plate of eggs, bacon and toast was laid down in front of her, followed by a steaming cup of hot cocoa.

"This is a first for me. Hearing of a vampire bodyguard to a werewolf." Caius chuckled and then turned to Darric who was silently drinking his coffee. "Have you?" he asked.

Darric raised an eyebrow and then shook his head. "Perhaps in the olden times where wolves served to protect their vampire masters. But in the new world... no, I don't think I've heard of that practice being common."

Caius shrugged but gave Shade an appreciative nod of the head. "I appreciate the effort to keep my sister safe though."

After the Asteroid-Closed

Definitely looks interesting.

Where hearts lie

@Caits

Silently, in the darkness, Caius changed into his wolf form. He padded beside Callie as quietly as he can, the only thing visible in the darkness was his clear blue eyes reflecting the light from the orb the witch had summoned. His ears were pointing straight up, ready to hear any suspicious sounds. As Callie walked into a room, he could feel her panic. What was it that she said she needed found? A photo album? It shouldn't be difficult to find. He walked into the room, pressing his head on Callie's arm for a second just to assure her that everything will somehow be alright.

And then he turned his excellent sense of smell to the task. The album should smell like... hmmm... bleach and a combination of chemicals. Yes, that was it. He walked over to the bed, reached below it with his snout and pulled out a book of some sort. He looked towards Callie, one big paw on the cover of the book, a gesture to ask if that was what she was looking for.

Vampires in the Shadows-closed

Claudia, Darric, Caius

_@Wick

Reminded of how long she needed to wait until Alex comes back, Claudia frowned. It was a good thing that Casey offered suggested that they go shopping. She really did need to get some clothes and it would definitely take her mind off of exactly where Alex was. That was good. She nodded towards Casey. "Sure, that would be really nice." She looked down at herself. She was wearing the long shirt and sweat pants Alex gave her the night before. She looked frumpy in it. Not that she minded but... yeah, she could at least try to look her best for when Alex comes back.

Darric leaned towards Casey. "It's some sort of proposal I think would be beneficial to both our groups," he explained in a quiet voice. He reached out for the coffee cup that the waitress set in front of him.

It was Caius who answered Casey's last question. "No, a vampire has never been welcomed into a pack before. I don't think that will ever happen. An alliance can be formed though and I believe that is what Darric will propose to your mate, Claud."

"I'm okay with it just as long as Alex is," she contributed, looking at Shade. "What do you think, Shade?"

Where hearts lie

@Caits

"What do you need to get in there? I need to know so that I can help you. Unless you only plan on using me as your get away car... or well, wolf." Caius chuckled as they made their way to the coven house. "Why do we need to sneak in anyway if those things belong to you? Can't we just, you know, walk up the front door, tell them that we're getting your stuff and then just walk away?" He looked up at the house and frowned when it looked empty. "Hmmm... At least I don't sense or smell anyone in there."

Vampires in the Shadows-closed

Claudia, Darric, Caius

_@Wick

Claudia released her brother. She grinned at Casey and nodded, her mood immediately lifted by being able to talk about Alex. "Yeah, I feel exactly the same way about Alex. I thought I had everything I needed before. You know, freedom to run, no one to worry about..." she paused and glanced at Caius. "Of course I occasionally thought about you, Cai." She turned back to Casey. "Anyway... I didn't wanna settle down. I just wanted to keep on moving, keep on travelling. But now that I have Alex, I don't think I'm going anywhere else. He's my everything."

"Occasionally," Caius grumbled. "I don't doubt that he's your everything. Cause you know... years of not seeing your twin... he runs full speed aaaall the way back just to see you... and then you end up making out with your vampire in front of him," this time it was his turn to huff. He looked towards Shade. "You better tell Alex to hurry up. If Claud gets too impatient, she might tear down the house." He turned his attention to Casey. "I'm Caius, by the way. Welcome to the pack," he said even though Darric hasn't formally announced her joining yet.

Claudia made a face and slapped Caius soundly on his arm. "Just wait til you imprint on someone, you big oaf," she shot back.

Caius chuckled. "Yeah, yeah, whatever. I'm glad you're happy though. It's nice to belong somewhere." His words earned him another hug from Claudia. He looked at Darric. When the alpha nodded, he continued speaking. "Speaking of belonging somewhere, will you run with us, Claudia?"

Claudia was silent for a moment, a thoughtful look on her face. "I would. But I want to discuss it with Alex first before I commit to anything."

Darric nodded in approval. "Fair enough." He turned to Shade. "When will Alex be back? I also have some things to discuss with him."

Vampires in the Shadows-closed

Claudia, Darric, Caius

_@Wick

Claudia nodded at Shade's words. He has, after all, been with Alex for a while. There was no reason not to believe him. But even though her questions were put to rest, she still felt uneasy. Probably some sort of separation anxiety. She can't wait to get Alex back. When Shade stood up, she followed him with her eyes. Her eyes fell on the two wolves. One she met before. Darric Shadowforge. He was Caius' alpha. And a newly turned one.

Darric's gray eyes met Claudia's blue ones across the distance between the two of them. Darric gave her a small nod of his head which she returned politely. She watched as he shook Shade's hand and then was half dragged out of their booth and towards their table. She looked at the female, obviously Darric's mate by the way they moved together. She gave the girl a smile. "Hey. I'm Claudia. Hey, Darric."

"Claudia. I trust you've already met your brother?" Darric greeted.

"Yeah, I saw him last night. I didn't expect to see him so soon but...yeah, last night. He even has a rented condo unit ready," she laughed, automatically feeling at ease with the pack leader.

"That was my handiwork. I knew he'd hurry back when he found out that you were here. And with a vampire too." Darric seemed comfortable chatting with Claudia as well.

"That's Caius for you."

"You should at least be grateful that I worried for you so much that I travelled in a few hours what should have taken me days," Caius said as he walked towards their table.

Claudia blinked and then a wide grin crossed her face at the sight of her twin brother. She immediately stood up and threw her arms around him. "Cai! Of course I'm grateful."

Caius pretended to look sour but ended up laughing. He reached out and grasped Darric' hand, a greeting of respect and camaraderie. And then his eyes fell on Casey and Shade. He seemed to instantly know who Casey was but he raised a brow at Shade. "Hi," his greeting was plain but friendly. Her turned to Claudia. "Where's your mate?"

Claudia huffed. "Busy."