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@Crusader Lord @Regitnui My homeworks are currently kind of AAAAAAHHHH, so I'm gonna have to stay off for a couple more days. Sorry.

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@Pseudo Stygian@baraquiel Eh? *goes back to read*

I...think there might be some time issues going on as for where the OC's are? ^^;

It looks like Freya started the convo prior to the timeskip, but it was never resolved when we skipped to three months later.

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I forget when the first post was, but when she talks with Lyra (and mentioned that she was new), it was already after the three-month timeskip. @baraquiel got a bit confused about the time, but at the end we had an OOC talk here and agreed to have Freya be a new kid 3 months in.

The convo between Lyra and Freya starts before Zelosse put the timetable, so to fit it, we just set it to happen at lunchtime that day. Freya only just arrived and haven't been to class yet.

Sorry if it's a bit confusing.

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@Crusader Lord @baraquiel Wait isn't Freya new? Her first IC post is about her new room assignment, so I don't think Diana knows her yet?

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Time: 12:40

And I'm really excited to start the new school year with my new classmates!

So the girl was new. That would explain why Lyra hadn't seen her around. She put her flute to her left hand and shook the girl's hand with her right. "I'm Lyra. It's nice to meet you, Freya."

"So are you new here?" Lyra added. "We've already got classes for three months. It's, ah..."

How did her months go by? It was a huge relief, in a way, to be able to manipulate and study the elements without her family looking over her shoulder, thinking her crazy. It was also a lot like wandering through the unknown wilderness, especially with the teachers giving them free reign on most things. It was wild, and kind of scary, but they were interesting, and she's got plenty of friends to-

Lyra noticed that her thoughts were running again. If she didn't reign it in now, they might stand there for hours. She smiled apologetically at Freya, and said "It's been a fun three months. Well, ah..." She thought about what to say. "It's lunchtime right now. I've some free time before study sessions later. Do you want to go, maybe, get something to eat in town? Have you been downtown?"

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@baraquiel Feels like it'll be a bit of a shame if we timeskip without getting some interaction. How about we make it lunchtime, have Freya be a transfer student three months into the year, and now Lyra can show her around or something. Freya might've skipped the earlier classes that day since she just arrived.

Is this okay with you, sir @Zelosse?

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Yeah, ShiZhen and Lyra are best roomie buds already, sir @Zelosse. I didn't mention it before because you only asked if we're unhappy with our roommate (and we're pretty happy).

Ancient god's return

Gonna assume this will have lots of over-the-top fun goodness, in which case I'm totally into this. Let us know whenever you have an OOC thread up, ya?

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@Pseudo Stygian Oops sorry, I didn't know. I just assumed I was new. I guess I can just say she's a transferee that's three months late if that's possible and I'll work on the reason why she's that late. If not, then I'll just edit my earlier posts :)

Btw how many class sections does the academy have? Is it based on the number of elementals or are we all just one, big, happy class?

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Paging @Zelosse.

There's also this bit from the three month timeskip:

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As the months began to progress at the school, each student was told to choose an academic specialty, as was mandated by Kano. After all, many students would return to a normal civilian life once mastering their control of their abilities, and a very select few would be considered to powerful or too valuable to allow to leave the Academy.

The domains of study were; The Sciences, The Humanities, The Arts, and The Technological Studies. These were further subdivided into Theoretical and Practical areas, yielding a total of eight options for a student to choose from.

Through dedication and practice the prowess of new students has climbed steadily, enough that a fledgeling control has sprouted. Moving mountains is still far out of your control but problems like spontaneous expulsions of heat have dropped significantly amongst the junior students.

You will also find that while you have all chosen domains of study, there are certain essential courses which are universally mandated by Kano. These are as follows; English, Philosophy, and Physical Education. These three classes are typically composed of an entire year's worth of students, if subdivided to manage in reasonable numbers.

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She coughed a bit and continued. "And I'm really excited to start the new school year with my new classmates! What's your name, by the way?", she said with a serene smile on her face.

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Yo, just wondering if you're aware that we're already three months into the year? Unless Freya is new? I assumed Lyra must've seen Freya in class before, but if she's new....

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So you can make the violin play without touching it? Lyra's old teacher had said, when she called home after three months in the academy. She called her parents too, but they seemed more distant than they had been. They always changed the subject whenever anything about the elements came up. Instead, they asked her about the town, or academy building, or the atmosphere of the place, or her friends. She wanted to tell them about Zeke, but it was difficult. Zeke, who could paint colours in the air. They wouldn't believe a word about him.

The violin is a bit complicated. I'm surprised you can pull it off, her old teacher had said. Have you tried using the same tricks to play the recorder flute? It's a simpler instrument.

So today Lyra left her violin in the room and was instead carrying a recorder flute she'd bought in town. She could summon gusts of wind now, which create different notes according to which part of the flute they went through. It was a bit difficult to control, and it was a completely different feeling to when she was playing the violin. She continued making random notes through the flute, slowly figuring out how to make it sing, as her feet were carrying her around the academy grounds.

Eventually, something distracted her enough to make her look up. There were sparks in the air, like a small firework party right on the grass. She blinked, then saw that there was a girl underneath those sparks, dancing to an inaudible rhythm. Lyra wasn't sure if she'd seen her before, but her firework dance was mesmerising. She stood while her mind ran.

Sparks from her fingers. Fire? No, it doesn't feel like one. Is just light then? But not the same light like Zeke. And those movements, the kind of music she might be listening to needs a beat that's....

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