Nightfury Kat

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Ariel had waited for everyone - or at least, for the crowd - to leave the auditorium after the lecture. She had a lot of useful information, as far as she was concerned anyways. It would have been better to sit with Jack and leave with him, but he seemed to be taking Nola's instructions to branch out to heart. She, on the other hand, was quite content playing it safe and sticking to herself.

She had the map of the school grounds sketched out based on what the projection had shown, but she wasn't about to trust her ability to get to class on time following that map alone. Like most others she had seen at the assembly, she held onto her class schedule and searched around for the appropriate rooms. Most of her classes were related to learning more about other races; there was a vastly different outlook from what Nola taught her in the past couple years and what her parents had. She wanted to know more about each - as far as classes could teach her anyways - if it meant she might be able to better aide using her magical capabilities. Mixed in were more spell oriented classes as well. Nola cautioned against such a full schedule, which was the only reason she wasn't also taking any Ancient Languages courses this year; Ariel liked keeping busy, but that was too much as far as Nola was concerned.

With classes mostly found - one or two were at least in the same building as others and her schedule allowed for time to get lost in between courses - Ariel wasn't quite sure what else to do with herself. So she opted to end her travels in the library. Staying was busy was more habit than necessity like it seemed to be for her twin. Which was why she was searching for a book - she would know what she was looking for once she found it - to fill her quite necessary hours after finishing the few books she had brought with her.

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@vietmyke

He could have been at least a little more subtle about it, Penelope found herself thinking at the insinuated trouble the night might bring. It wasn't like she was planning for trouble, but she wasn't exactly shy about getting into it. She knew it, Tony knew it, worst was that the Pack knew it too. Her uncle Daithi had been pretty direct in his request she stop getting into fights on a moral ground, and she was trying but it was a hard instinct to combat. Something about stubbornness and hotheadedness being inherited traits; it was a statement she heard often in teasing considering her father's nature.

A sigh escaped her, and Penelope couldn't help but nod. "All right. I promise. I'll do better to ignore trespasses that aren't against me," she said. It would be hard to turn a blind eye to a lot of what went on at Fitzroy parties, but she'd make a conscious effort to at least.

"Though we might luck out and it might be my uncle to come break up whatever. He swept the fight from my freshman year under the rug after all. And you could always approach Connall about one if you can't get one from the Chief or Professor Bianchi. He's in good standing, and he's still teaching Guardian Protocol. I understand going elsewhere, but he'd write you a letter if you asked." Yes, it would be better to get a letter from someone that is strictly involved on a professional basis, but Connall wasn't Tony's family. Friendships shouldn't influence that sort of thing, right?

"You need to drive. Daithi took my license for a month - it's not suspended, he just physically has it - for getting into another fight with Conrad over the summer. In my defense, he started it...But that's neither here nor there. Point is, I can't get caught driving without it."

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@mnkee

Some people just didn't understand the beauty of taking their time to get from point A to point B. Jack realized Sapphira had to slow her pace to keep better pace with him, but she didn't seem to make a fuss about it. Maybe if they continued to hang out he would walk a bit faster; it meant having to keep his hands out of his pockets to do so, but he could just as easily play with change or something outside of his pocket.

The fact that she used a past tense term to describe her parents leading her down the path to be a Guardian didn't go amiss. She didn't sound sad, but considering it sounded like she had a pleasant childhood, he didn't think pointing it out would be good. Well, not in the way that first came to mind which was to ask about what had happened to lead to their deaths. Most wouldn't want to share that information, whereas most in the area were probably familiar with how despised his were and knew their death was out of vengeance. There were no condolences; he didn't want them anyways.

[color-8493ca]"Sounds like a lot of training. You must be pretty good at what goes into being a Guardian by now. Why not go off to take the test already?"[/color] Perhaps it was a poor assumption, but she was an elf. She had to be at least a hundred given that she looked to be about his age. That was a lot of years to train depending on how long ago her parents died.

His gaze drifted around the cafeteria when her narrow eyed gaze turned toward him. She might have tried to get rid of it, but he still spotted it. Without many in the room to begin with - first day of school, he figured more would be there - he could pick out at least one group that might have set her off. The Fitzroy Wolfpack. No surprises there; they were a load of pompous animals as far as he was concerned. Maybe that was his parents' thought process, but they looked like they would try to bully and beat their way through situations. Not a bad group to befriend and manipulate, but some didn't exactly look like they were pleased to see him even if some were sizing up Sapphira.

Distraction. That's what they needed. "Here, let's go grab some food. My treat." He was going to leave it at that, but the half second pause between sentences told him that offer might be construed improperly. "As a friend thing. If you don't mind, that is," he added quickly. This wasn't a date; it was an opportunity to get to know a potentially powerful ally and possible friend.

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Sorry for the delay; I was away for the weekend and got a bit of heat exhaustion that kept me from posting when I got back yesterday. I'm working on a post for you both now, @mnkee and @vietmyke.

@Alina13 Yes, we can 'pause' your character. We can fastforward you and fill you in when you are able to return.

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@mnkee Sorry I haven't responded yet. Life has been getting in my way; I won't be able to respond until Sunday.

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@mnkee he looks good to go. Go ahead and post him to the Character Tab.
I'm going to try to post tonight, but my long hours at work may get in the way of that.

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@Brasslazer Well, it would depend on what class they would want to teach, and if there was an opening.

PM me and @Emma what you're plotting up, and we'll discuss. Though Emma may not be an active member in the conversation for a little bit as she is dealing with recovering from an ailment.

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@vietmyke

Cafeteria, town, it made no difference to her. Though it was times like these that she considered getting better, stronger, with her ability to travel through shadows. Sure, it was kind of cheating, but who wouldn't mind getting from point A to point B quicker? Especially if it was a walk into town from campus. Maybe that would be the area she worked on strengthening this year given she had little desire to figure out if she could get strong enough to summon undead or command vampires - the first might be useful, though creepy, and the latter...she knew enough about vampires to know she wouldn't want to find out how one would react to finding out they had been controlled.

Penelope folded the flier up and shoved it into her back pocket while she walked with Tony. She preferred settling up plans right away than let them stagnate. It helped make sure it wasn't forgotten.

Deciding what to eat was always so tough. Mostly because she never seemed to have an appetite. Considering all she had was a protein bar before a strenuous work out, she knew it was about time for an actual meal. So she got in line behind Tony and picked out a sandwich and a banana.

Penelope had spotted the Wolfpack when they exited the line, but was going to ignore it until Tony kindly pointed them out. She did her best not to scowl, because there were a few that Tony was friendly with. But it was a tough thing to do - keep from matching glares with the upper rung members. The best she could do to not glare was keep a placid look on her face while making eye contact with the ones glaring. There was half a cafeteria between them and the Fitzroy Wolfpack, but that didn't really mean much when it came to the way shifters could move.

She set her shoulders, leveling her gaze with Conrad - a member that lost out on being lieutenant to the current one, and the one member she butted with the most after her freshman year after he tried more than putting moves on her at a party - as she continued on toward a different table. "Probably best to not pick a fight with a sorry lot of sods so early in the day." Being on school grounds - they learned from experience - wouldn't matter much in the terms of explaining why two guardian applicants - auxiliary members to boot - got into a physical conflict with others from the student body.

"Here's a good one," Penelope said as she rounded then sat at a table. It had the benefit of being well away from the wolfpack as well as being close enough to a wall to make sure she could see the whole cafeteria. One too many fights had her overly cautious and not wanting to give anyone a chance to get the drop on her from behind. At least, no one she had the chance of seeing. Maybe she'd eventually kick the habit, but it would doubtfully be while she was attending Gringore.

She hid her glances around the room as best she could from others, but she knew Tony would notice. He always noticed. So she decided to make conversation with him between small bites of her sandwich. "So, excited for your final year? Looking forward to going to Rome for the test? That's coming up next summer, isn't it?" She knew it was coming up soon, before she was finished training here, and that she'd have to wait at least a year or two to take the test herself.

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@mnkee

Sapphira, enchanting name, Jack thought to himself. She didn't seem to react well to being complimented on her looks, so why compliment a name she also had little say in receiving? He'd figure out something better to compliment. Maybe. Some people were tough reads, but he was getting better at figuring them out. Reading people, figuring out their strengths and weaknesses, their preferences, was important when one needed to network. Especially if one needed to do so with individuals that might already be biased against him for the way his parents treated other races; he might use people, but he never did half the awful things they did.

"Don't sound so excited for it, Sapphira," he said with a chuckle. Sure, she said yes, but it sounded more apathetic than an actual decision to continue to converse.

Nonetheless, he started off toward the cafeteria. He at least knew where that was, even if he'd need to figure out where his classes would be. His hands stayed in his pockets, fingers idly playing with the change he kept in his pockets. It was the only reason he carried pocket change - just so he wouldn't absently touch anyone while talking to someone; Nola had suggested it back when she realized how often he did it, and considering now he wasn't around just her and Ariel for most of his day he wasn't about to start any unwanted conflicts for a simple misunderstanding.

He couldn't, however, avoid trying to get to know her more while they walked the short distance to the cafeteria. "What lead you to want to be a Guardian? Being an elf, you've probably been alive for far longer than I have, so how long did it take for you to decide you wanted to do it?" He glanced over at his walking partner after he spoke, then held the door to the cafeteria open for her when they arrived at it.

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@mnkee Sorry. I'm working on my posts now. Every time I tried today and yesterday, something came up. =(