MikkishtheLeprechaun

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After crossing a few streets and taking several turns, Mikkish finally noticed a lack of sirens. Back home Maniacles had taken a large role in maintaining order, but there were still cops and ambulances. He had even been arrested a couple times (for misdemeanors, unless we count the murder) so he thought maybe that was why the lack of sirens effected him so much. How was the law carried out on this island?

Eventually, as a red glow on the clouds were the last light of the sun, the group came to a plot of land which resembled a palace. An iron gate encircled three old, but well maintained buildings. A sidewalk led through the gates and to a fountain with a statue of a man with several faces around the head. Something about the statue was...unnerving.

"This is it. Magus Academy." He said, stopped on the sidewalk far away enough to see the entire campus lit up by various street lights and the lights which, while nothing truly special, made it appear mystical.

"So here's where we go from here. This first building is where the front desk and most of your classes will be. The building to the left of it is the dorm building. I have your room numbers." Richard pulled a few slips of paper out of his pocket and dispensed them with the student name and room number "Just remember, all the men in this group are in room 312, and all the women are in 212. They are actually quite spacious for dorm rooms. But the front desk is closed, so you won't get keys until tomorrow. This is where I leave you for tonight. You will be given schedules tomorrow starting the next day at the front desk also, but you are to report there at 9am. I have to get going, so good night to you all." He said, and with that he was off.

Evan began heading towards the dorms right away, followed by Mikkish, who stopped once he reached the fountain and paused looking over the campus, imagining what it would be like. This was his punishment for killing a guy? I mean, the guy was a creep and was about to do the same thing to him, but Mikkish wasn't expecting this at all.

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We will be getting to the exciting things soon, I promise.

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"Woah hey, nobody gets my pink wand!" Mikkish asserted "Pink wands are only for real men."

Richard lead the new students into an elevator, to take a closer look at the city they had arrived at. They arrived at the bottom and it turned out they were in the island's HQ for Maniacles. This was obviously new, if what Richard told them back on the aircraft was true. Mikkish wondered what the local population thought of Maniacles, and how much they appreciated their presence being that they weren't exactly needed here.

Evan on the other hand was too excited about what the city would be like to think of anything else. How would this city be different from one's back home? When would he first see someone perform this "magic?" He was skeptical, but what was to come?

Stepping out onto the streets, habit took over and both Mikkish and Evan immediately drew their pistols and scanned the area. The streets were clear, the sidewalks were clear. There weren't any Pests crawling on the sides of the buildings either. Both guys looked a tad paranoid, each totally forgetting that Richard told them there were no Pests. That was until Mikkish noticed people were glancing at them, some with concerned expressions, others worried, some mocking even. He slowly holstered his gun.

These people, they were mages, weren't they? These people could do magic? The people walking the sidewalks and driving the cars looked pretty average.

"Alright, no time to space out. The academy is waiting." Richard walked along past Mikkish and Evan and continued down the sidewalk. Evan followed, but Mikkish stopped when he noticed a young guy, maybe mid-20s, walking down the sidewalk toward a cross walk. In a split second, he became a blur and shot across the street to a pizza joint. It was so fast, almost like teleportation. Instant. Taking one more look around, Mikkish went on to follow Richard.

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Richard looked at the Japanese kid for a second, considering he shouldn't be surprised to have someone so heavily ESL since Maniacles now technically owned most of the world these days. While scraping the back of his mind for what Japanese he knew, his expression remained unmoved.

@Default
"Uh...あなたの質問..." Richard awkwardly said "すぐに回答しました"

Many high ranking member of Maniacles knew a few languages fluidly. Richard was different, more of a jack-of-all-trades but a master of none. He knew bits and pieces of many languages, including Spanish, French, Russian, Chinese, Afghan and obviously Japanese to name a few. He also knew a fair bit of Latin, for whatever good that did.

"Anyways." Richard said, clearing his throat "Lets make our way to the school, and maybe see some interesting stuff on the way."

@Camey
"Well here we go. On our way to Hogwarts." Mikkish said with a mischievous smirk "Did you remember your magic wand?"

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Stepping off the aircraft, which he still had no proper name for, Mikkish had no conclusion for how to react. He had never been to a big city before. Though his home town was compact, it was home to just under ten thousand people.

Here he now stood, however, at the summit of one of the great glass skyscrapers, over looking similar buildings making up the city which spanned the whole island. It was around 6pm, that time of day where the neon signs were lighting up but the sun was still glowing.

"Here we are, Malfic City. Feel free to count the buildings, you will be quizzed on it later." The man from the helicopter said "You may all call me Richard, by the way."

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@Delta44

There will be opportunities later on to drop in if you change your mind.

Putting status to closed and moving the plot.

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@Default

"Well, anything you experience can be explained with science, even this, but I won't go into detail about that right now. By the way, I appreciate the 'sir." He implied amusement by the way he said this, but his face was like rock and didn't change.

"Anyways, you will all be staying in the dorms of an academy built a long time prior to us having any contact with this place. We are still unsure when this school was built or who built it. Regardless of any skepticism any of you might have, however, you all signed up to learn whatever the instructors of this academy have to teach you. You will be given free room and board. The program also includes free meals." He said, seemingly attempting to get the passengers excited.

Evan didn't hear a big deal of this, however. He was distracted. It had always been his dream to fight for Maniacles against the infestations, so it would take a great deal to distract him from what someone of authority in the Maniacles ranks was saying. What he saw out one of the few windows, however, put him in such awe, that even what the man was saying couldn't fully catch his audience.

The serene ocean waves below reflected the dimming orange light of the setting sun, which though it was going to sleep allowed the passengers aboard this aircraft to view the masterpiece landmass they were no doubt headed to. A colossal wall of rock towered above the ocean, holding a blanket of trees at the top. The orange leaves reminded anyone who saw what a proper autumn looked like. Toward the center of the island, pillars of concrete and glass reached towards the sky and seemed to welcome these new students.

Then, everyone felt it. A sinking feeling, like the world falling away from you, but that was not the case. It was simply the aircraft dropping altitude, communicating that the ride was nearing an end, but a new journey would soon begin.

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A door opened and man walked in. He was the type of man you wouldn't realize was taller or more jacked than you until you got right up in his face. He wore a clean, pressed suit, complimented by a pair of dark sunglasses which somehow made his expression seem more stoic than it already did.

Mikkish was staring awkwardly at Evangeline when the man walked in, wondering if she was special ed somehow.

"If you all are done running your mouths, I'm here to brief you all on exactly whats going on." The man paused, looking around to see who was paying attention. Evan had shut up and turned to the man immediately.

"I won't repeat all this, so if you're not listening you'll deal with it. Maniacles made contact a little while ago with these people on this island. The first thing we noticed was there seemed to be a lack of a Pest infestation. I'm not talking about a low infestation zone. I mean you could walk anywhere and you wouldn't find Pests. It was like the old days." His unchanging expression contrasted with his upbeat tone.

Mikkish was paying attention at this point. He struggled to imagine a world without Pests, but a headache came on.

"What we discovered next shocked us even more. I'm sure you are all familiar with Harry Potter or...whatever else there is. Well these people say they can tap into a natural human capability that we apparently forgot. It sounded like some new age crap at first, but everyone on this island can demonstrate what so many believe to be impossible. I am talking a stream of fire bursting from a person's hands, displays of incredible strength, instantaneous wound healing. The exciting thing for all of you, is they have an academy on the island to help a person learn and master these abilities, which is where you will all be going." The man with sunglasses paused, allowing it all to sink in for the passengers.

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Will move the plot forward in the morning. Anyone else interested has until everyone gets off the aircraft to get their character in or they will have to wait a little bit before posting.

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@Allie@Mariana Collie

"Ooh!" Mikkish said, his amused expression unchanged "Sounds like a good time" he said with feigned arousal. He could see she seemed to be sizing up the short girl. Most likely, she was planning to make Bara trust her and screw her over somehow. Not that Mikkish really cared that much. Hell, he thought that might be funny.

@duskshine749
Evan on the other hand, who had been lost in thought and excitement about what he was potentially heading towards, had been silent all this time, looking out the window. When he looked over at the others in the aircraft talking, he was shocked to notice what he considered a Satanic tattoo on one guy's shoulder, and felt a little uneasy about everyone else. Maybe it was simply because he was feeling socially anxious from the fact he was leaving his family and old social circle behind. When a guy named Gabe asked about everyone's names, while the others might have been too caught up in their conversation to notice he asked a question, Evan took this opportunity to maybe meet one of his new coworkers/classmates.

"I'm Evan. Evan Morgan."

@Gentlemanvaultboy

"Woah!" Mikkish exclaimed "You are one tall lady."