Pseudo Stygian

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Which reminds me. We haven't seen Zafi in a while. Hey, @Aiyanna, how are you?

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@Emma Lemme see if I can remember.

There was some free moments before the assembly on the first days. Some people get to know some people. There was a water explosion at the fountain. During the assembly Felix went up to the podium after the teachers had given their speech and yelled at everyone. The night afterwards we had a Midnight Run, where the first-years get to run around in a foggy forest while the older kids (and teachers) play tricks on them. Dia met Felix and they fell in love. Silas almost got into a fight with Felix, which later resulted in Silas moving in with Vera. Jordan and Catherine were dramatic with each other. Lyra and ShiZhen met a water monster and nearly got drowned.

We're in the day after. Lyra and Zeke are hanging out in town. Vera and Silas are just about to get to town. Jordan and Felix were just fighting. Dia have just found an injured Felix. Catherine is coaching Kanako. Kano is coaching ShiZhen.

A new character will probably just have to know about the morning assembly and skipped the Midnight Run.

Out of the active students, we have two air (Lyra, Kanako), two light (Zeke, Vera), two water (Silas, ShiZhen), two fire (Felix, Zafiriel), one flora (Jideh). Co-GM has a light (Emi) and a lightning (Drow), but I haven't seen them in a while. The active teachers are Kano, Catherine, Jordan, Xavier?

Did I get all that right? Sorry if I'm missing anyone.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛

Ah. Well, in that case, I think I'm going to bow out. Even if I can get a sheet out, I don't think my pace can match your enthusiasm and expectation in the long run.

Besides, giving it another thought, I've never lived in either the US or the 80s, so I'd probably be a burden.

Good luck on your RP though. I'll keep a watch on it. And if you need a random townie later on, I might be able to help.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛

Err, by Tuesday do you mean today Tuesday, or next week Tuesday (2017/11/14)? If it's gonna be so soon, a specific time and its time zone would be nice. Tuesday here is Monday in America after all.

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Ice cream! "Viola! What kind do you like?" What kind does she like? She'd never thought of that. Where she came from, there was only one ice cream, made out of milk fresh from the cows in the farms. But here, the sign in front of the cart had about a dozen of them. She wondered if they have farms too around here, if the ice cream and its dozen of taste was made here or if it came from somewhere-

The ice cream attendant snapped his fingers. "Hey, kid? Are you gonna buy something?" His voice was more joking than unkind. He looked at Lyra, then at Zeke, and then he grinned. "Skipping class to be out with your boyfriend, eh? Man I shouldda done that when I was your age."

Unfortunately, Lyra's brain filtered through half of what he was saying. "Huh? Oh, sorry! We'll have the chocolate nuts one, and the," vanilla? But might as well get something new, "mint one?"

The ice cream seller rolled his eye. He took scoops of each flavour and set them on their cones. "Here you go, that'll be- oh, thank you." Lyra already had the money for it out of her pocket. He took it and handed the two ice creams, one brown dotted with more brown and another that's a light blue. "Enjoy. Oh, and nice music, there."

"Huh? Oh." The violin was still playing, all by itself. Was he listening? Did he not think it was strange that a violin was playing on its own? Back home people would definitely freak out if they see one. She supposed things are different here, so close to the academy. "Thank you," she mumbled.

Zeke was tugging at her hand. "Yes? Oh, and here's your ice cream." She handed the chocolate one with Zeke, then looked at his eyes. "Hmm, did you find something nice to photograph?"

@Regitnui

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Hey, sorry it's taking my reply a while, @Regitnui). School's been heeeectic this week. I'll probably be free by this weekend, though, so hooray for that!

Apropos of nothing, I just want to say RPing here has been something I keep looking forward to whenever I'm swamped with work or things (even though I only check the place once a week or so, heh). So, yeah, I love you guys. I love these kids. I hope we can keep on rolling.

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The town! What a spectacle it was, with its cobblestone streets and clean roads, with its buildings all neatly placed next to one another, with its people milling about, more people than Lyra was used to in the village that she came from. And yet they didn't seem like a crowd at all. She remembered being taken to city once, and it wasn't nearly this nice. There were too many noise there, from car engines, from people, from shouting, and there the air had a strange unpleasant quality to it. It was different here, even if she couldn't quite explain it. The differences between the air in the two cities was like between a cloudy sky and a clear one at night; on the latter you can see the stars.

And then there's Zeke, who was like a little star all on his own. He seemed just as awed with the city as she was, or at least the cobblestone street, which he took quite an effort to take a picture of. Lyra grinned as he came back and held her hand again, his curious eyes a little more nervous than they used to be. "I'm not going anywhere, you know," Lyra said comfortingly, "I'm not going to let you be a lost little sheep."

"Where are we going to go? There's ice cream somewhere, I think."

"I... hmm, I'm not sure? But ice cream sounds nice! Yeah, let's go look for some!"

Lyra didn't know where they could find one, though, so she just took a direction at random. Or rather, the direction that that she thought wouldn't have too many people around it (because Zeke wouldn't like crowds, would he?).

"Ice cream. Where would ice creams be?" Lyra muttered, on their way. "An ice cream shop? Well, if we can find one, of course. A market? A cafe? A park?"

And then as if she'd conjured it with her words, they came by a park. It wasn't a very big one, but it was an open area in the middle of the city, with just enough trees to keep it shaded. There wasn't a lot of people there, either, or at least less than she'd expected. Lyra saw some younger kids being accompanied by their parents, saw someone walking their dog. On the other side of the park, there were some stands selling small food, although there weren't a lot of buyers.

"Oh, yeah. It's a school day, isn't it? People have work. We have classes later this afternoon too. Hmm." Her humming turned into a bit of a song without her realising it. A faint breeze was flowing, and she could feel a thousand pleasant notes in it. It would be nice if she can spend the rest of the day wandering town with Zeke instead.

@Regitnui

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Whoops, forgot to tag @Regitnui.

Alsoo, I'm assuming we're riding the same tram system Vera was talking about. Thought for a second that it could be a train. I don't think you meant a literal four-wheel car car (did you??).

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Zeke's grin when he bumped to her was the happiest little thing Lyra had seen in a while, and whatever dark thoughts she was holding about the forest vanished. "Careful," she muttered softly, grinning herself. Zeke's smiles were infectious, and it was always so sweet and charming, the sort of smiles people write songs about. Happy songs, the sort you'll play to commemorate a day with perfect blue sky like this.

There was also something about Zeke's gray eyes, how they looked at the entire world as if they were trying to snap it all up, and then, then they had found the right spot, they'd just sit down and listen. Can eyes listen? It was the word that popped into Lyra's head when Zeke was staring at the ticket master. Staring was definitely not the right word. They way he was looking then was just the way Lyra's teacher had looked when a recording was being played. It was fascinating to see how fascinated he could be.

Lyra shook her head. She shouldn't stare at people either. She felt a tug on her hand, and after taking her tickets, she let Zeke pulled her into the car.

There were a couple of older students in the car, some carried bags or equipments. Lyra amused herself for a moment by guessing what they could be in them. The black case that guy was carrying there was definitely a guitar, and the long tube that the girl with hairband was carrying, it probably contained a rolled paper. A drawing, a painting, or maybe even some elemental device.

And then Lyra felt something missing from his hand.

"Sorry," he mumbled into his palms. "Now your hand's all sticky and I'm..."

Oh, he'd been holding her hand, hadn't he? She didn't mind. Now it almost felt like she was missing something. "Nah, it's okay, Zeke."

But those eyes were looking out the window now, at the changing scenery. Lyra looked out as well, but it was her ears that were open. She remembered trams and trains and all sorts of public transports when her father had taken her to the city, and they were all noisy in one way or another. This tram, though. It was moving, definitely moving, she could see they were going downhill, but there was barely a sound. What sorts of device powers it? Seeing as there is the Academy, it could be some manner of elemental contraption or something or other. Oh, her father would love to know more about that.

But the trip was over far too soon, and the older students were starting to file out of the car even as Lyra was distracted by her hypothesising.