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Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 8:48 pm
In the morning, Danni was back in her tower, ringing the giant bells to awaken the rest of the school. Rumor was going around that there was a ghost in the tower, which suited her just fine. It gave her an excuse to scare the s**t out of those stupid enough to try and come up.
She yawned, tugging down on the rope once more, listening tothe bells ring and echo throughout the grounds. She'd already sent Slime a present this morning.
A nice package of fancy tea-with just a little something extra in them-with a note that read, "A humble offering to our new Headmaster. I look forward to learning from you. Sincerely, Miss Lin Yin."
As revenge for shattering her brother's heart went, it wasn't half bad. No one, especially not a Headmaster who considered himself smarter than frigging God himself, would suspect the goody-goody elf of tampering with fancy-shmancy tea. And that just made it all the better.
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Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 9:06 pm
((oh look Seven got turned on by Alec, heart heart heart xd ))
Kai immediately got out of bed with an obvious absence of his wings and went too his wardrobe. He pulled open the massive doors revealing regular clothes hanging on one side, and on the other Suits of different armor. He decided to go casual however and settled for sweat pants, and a sleeveless shirt with symbol of a long Sword dividing an angelic wing and a demonic wing on the back. With that his silver wings sprouted from his back and he leapt out his window.
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Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 9:27 pm
((Yes, yes she did. And wait till he figures out how to overload her processor again!))
As morning came, Ophiuchus looked out the window of the clinic. He always found it eerie, how no matter what happened to the people within the school, the outdoors never seemed to change much. There had practically been a mutiny yesterday, and today... the trees were the same, the grass was the same, the birds were still singing, the fish were still swimming - it was as if nothing had changed at all.
The healer smirked to himself. Dragons had a subtle effect other creatures around them - very subtle, but it was there. Without Ialo's blatant dragon aura to mark the school as his territory, other creatures in the forest would slowly begin to close in on the school. And as a serpent, a cousin species to the dragon, Ophiuchus also had a similar effect.
But, hey, he had been masking his aura for years so that it wouldn't be obvious he was a god. Besides, Silas Lyme was Headmaster now. That was his concern, not Ophi's.
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Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 9:48 pm
Poopsie, who happened to share his 'mother''s love for the woods, whistled as he pulled himself over a fallen log in the forest. He'd gotten up really, really early, and had been really, really quiet. He didn't want to wake his grandpas up, after all. He'd had to go on his tiptoes too, so Moe and the other dogs wouldn't wake up.
But he was in the forest now, singing to himself as he strolled through the trees, mindlessly wandering. Danni's aura would lead him back home, as it always did. He never had to worry about that.
His bare feet made barely a sound as they padded over grass and leaves, stones and twigs. He loved hearing the birds singing in the trees, the gurgle of a stream.
He blinked when he heard a rustling in the bushes, and stopped, falling silent as a giant head popped out of the brush.
He knew from the picture books Mama had bought him that he was looking at a moose. A really, really big moose. It didn't look like the huge creature had recognized him yet, so intent was it on eating grass.
Maybe it wanted to be friends. How cool would it be to make friends with a moose? He could name it...Ted. Yes, he'd name it Ted, and him and Ted and Mama could play great moose-human games together. Like chase the moose. Or play hide and seek with the moose. Or feed the moose. But how did you call a moose that didn't speak human?
Suddenly he got an idea and grinned, cupping his hands around his mouth and deepening his voice. "Moooooooooooooooooose...Mooooooooooooooooooose." In Poopsie's opinion, that must be the best way to call one. Surely he'd understand, and they'd all be friends. Best friends.
As he expected, the moose's head came up abruptly, its huge eyes locking on Poopsie's laughing ones. "Come here, Moose! Let's play a game!" He said, excited, and tilted his head to the side.
When the moose began running toward him suddenly, his head bowed, the rack atop his skull pointed towards Poopsie, the young boy clapped in delight.
"Oh, you want to play tag! You're it!" With a giggle, Poopsie pivoted on his heel. He scrambled over the fallen log again, and grinned when he saw a low hanging branch. He really, really liked climbing trees.
Because he did, and because he'd just thought of a fantastic new game, he dragged himself up into the tree, pulling himself up onto a higher branch so that the moose's head skimmed the bottom of his feet. When the moose circled back around again, Poopsie bit his lip to hold back a laugh, and then leaped as the moose passed under him again.
He landed on the moose's back with a thump, and then wrapped his arms around the huge creature's neck, laughing like a loon as the moose began to charge towards the school, bucking every now and then as if to dislodge Poopsie.
"I love this game, Ted! Let's go get Mama so she can play too!" He said, and was still laughing as the moose charged onto school grounds.
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Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 10:03 pm
Alec certainly wasn't expecting a small, chibi version of Seven to pop up on the screen, and to be honest Alec wasn't complaining. He began to laugh a bit at the situation as a whole and started to question the automaton good naturedly. "Well! Can't say I expected to see you on my desk this morning. If you don't mind me asking, why are you on my desk?"
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Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 10:10 pm
The little cartoon Seven giggled. "Where else would I be, on the floor? I'd get stepped on!" She walked over the other side of the screen, towards the logo. "I told you, I have no where to report to. So... I thought I'd spend my night here, in your room. I needed somewhere to plug in."
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Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 10:43 pm
The first thing Danni saw when she looked out onto the grounds was Poopsie. No, scratch that, not just Poopsie. Poopsie riding on a charging, bucking moose. Laughing. And calling the moose Ted...Maybe she should lay off on the demon blood after all.
"Mama! Mama, look! Ted wants to play! Come play with us, Mama!" That was Poopsie's voice, all right. And those were definitely his skinny little arms clutching that beast's neck.
"What the...hell?!" Her eyes popped wide, and she grabbed her cloak, enclosing herself in it, blocking anyone from recognizing her, before she leaped from the window of the tower. Dependable as a favored steed, Zapporo caught her, zipped down to where Poopsie was still clinging happily to the damned moose.
"Young man, you jump over here, right now! Get off that thing!" She demanded, and didn't realize that, for just a moment, she'd sounded like Eleanor with her prim 'young man' exclamation.
"But Mama, Ted just wants to pl-" He cut off with a squeal as, distracted, his grip loosened, and the moose managed to buck him off, tossing him up in the air. It was more luck than skill that had Danni actually grabbing his arm, plucking him out of the air before he could fall.
"Stay. Right. HERE." She said, and there was the promise of murder in her eyes as she leaped off Zapporo, and was faced with a very angry moose.
"I said STAY." Black magic shot out, as her voice raised in a righteous snarl that had Poopsie quivering on Zapporo, and had the moose screeching to a halt, its muscles quivering as its gaze locked on Danni's suddenly red eyes.
Slowly her arm rose, her finger pointing towards the trees. "Leave." She hissed, her eyes narrowing to dangerous slits, and the moose, apparently deciding it wasn't quite ready to die, scurried at full speed back into the brush and the trees.
When she turned back to Poopsie, her eyes were still red, black magic still shooting from every pore. She was nothing but Reaper.
"I...I'm sorry, Mama. I just wanted to..." He trailed off, stunned, when Danni reached forward, taking him off Zapporo and dropping to her knees, her arms wrapped around him.
"Don't you EVER do that to me again. Do you hear me? Never again!" She held him tight, so tight he could feel her heart beating against his.
But then she was on her feet again, with him up in her arms, and her eyes were carefully blank.
"Where are we going, Mama?" He asked, his thumb in his mouth, and she spared him a glance.
"The clinic."
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Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:05 am
Kai hit the ground soundlessly, folding his wings against his back. He looked much younger then the day before replacing his former adult form for something more suited for the school, a teenager. He looked around awkwardly trying to place where everyone in the school was. After he was satisfied he breathed a sigh of satisfaction enjoying the forest air once more. His peace, however, was cut short by a shallow cry in the distance. The cry grew louder and louder before what it was hit him. (literally) A Teenage girl tackled him to the ground locking her arms around his neck snuggling his face with joy.A few minutes of intense struggle passed before Kai climbed back on his feet, the girl still locked on his neck with her arms. The girl looked normal enough other then a tail and cat ears. Her brown hair shifted out of her eyes revealing even her eyes were similar too a cat's. "Kai you said you were going to come and get me as soon as possible." She whispered moving her arms from his neck to his waist pulling him into a warm embrace.Kai snickered, "Sorry Skia you can blame Ialo on that one ... he's kinda the damsel in distress of our little play." Stroking her head reassuringly he smiled and kissed her forehead. ((Updated profile Cha cha cha))
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Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 5:30 pm
All Alec could do was chuckle at Seven's cheerful antics. That must be a nice feature of being a machine, as soon as your batteries were charged you were ready and raring to go. Not like Alec, who was still slightly sleepy from the long night last night. This fact was made public as Alec let a loud and long yawn escape his mouth, his arms stretching back over enthusiastically.
After his moment was over Alec opened his eyes and looked back at the cartoon version of Seven walking over to the dragon symbol in the bottom corner. Alec began to think about what Seven said, and couldn't help but raise an eyebrow and smirk inquisitively at her. "Oh really? You just happened to choose my classroom of all places? Not Ophi's office perhaps? Or even the library, that might have been more inconspicuous."Meanwhile in Ialo's old room a rather disgusting individual was waking up in Ialo's old bed. As it was Silas was also yawning as he was getting up from his brand new imported silk sheets he had ordered from France the other day. However, Silas' yawn was slightly... different than Alec's was just moments ago. Silas, being a slug demon, had certain... differences. Silas had the ability to mold his body into any shape he wanted. However, it took quite a bit of concentration to keep it in any shape that wasn't his 'default'. As it was, Silas' face looked like a very badly drawn Picasso as he laid on the pillow. His eyes were sunk into his head like pools of water, with wrinkles surrounding them like ripples. His mouth was dragged out across the entire width of this face, and his nose had sunk backwards enough to resemble a gorilla's after it had been in a fist fight. As Silas pulled his face up off the pillow, his yawn made his entire mouth stretch out, nearly enough to envelope his whole face. As he stopped, his mouth refused to close, leaving a huge gaping hole where Silas's face aught to have been. Silas sighed audibly, and immediately began to grunt and struggle. Slowly but surely his face began to tighten and contort back into the shape he enjoyed, that of a suave, experienced, youthful business man.
Eventually Silas was back to his old self, and eventually he finished with his own daily routine, consisting of the disposal of several thousands of dollars worth of shampoo and beauty supplies needed to keep him smelling like a rich human being rather than a walking pile of slime like his kind was prone too. It was when he was good and ready that Silas finally exited his new room and walked over to his desk, which was now equipped with his laptop, a steaming mug of hot coffee, and the morning paper, opened up to the business section of course. Just the way Silas liked it.
But one thing was out of place. Silas noticed a small package left on his desk as he sat down in the polished gold chair from yesterday. It was beautifully wrapped, appeared expensive, and Silas had to smile at that. He looked at the note and smiled to himself even more when he saw that it was a student. Silas began to wonder what this "Lin Yin" looked like. If she was pretty enough he might even consider asking her to stop by his office later for a 'private meeting'.
Silas then proceeded to unceremoniously tear open the present, causing large chunks of paper to fly behind him. When he found the present inside Silas was pleasantly surprised. It appeared to be a small bag of tea, and it appeared Elven. Silas knew that Elves made the best tea in the world, and he had been hard pressed to find a respectable buyer for them. Silas smiled to himself as he pushed the box of tea to the side for now. He'd get to that later, he preferred his coffee in the morning. Tea was a lunchtime siesta treat for him. Right now he had some work to do.
All last night Silas had been discussing business strategies with his analysts and other employees, and after much deliberation they had finally come up with a plan that would actually make this school turn a healthy profit. Silas had a few of his techies draw up an overview of the changes to the school, highlighting the parts that would affect the teachers directly as of today. Silas logged into his computer, opened up the file in question,and hit the "send all" button. Immediately the message was sent out to all of the staff's emails, including Ialo's. But Silas wasn't aware of that, nor did he care really. For now he just sat back in his golden chair, began to sip his exotic coffee and read up on his competition in the business market.
This is what that email looked like that was sent to all of the staff:
Attention: All MFHS Staff and Faculty.
As of now, all personnel will be seeing new changes in the school's budget. The most notable changes to staff are as follows:
A 40% cut in pay for all staff and faculty. Sick, Holiday, and general Off days are to be cut. Staff and Faculty are now allowed 1 Sick day, 1 day off for Holidays, and 1 day off for personal reasons a year. Bonuses and Raises are to be suspended until the school's finances are able to balance themselves out. All Staff and Faculty are now required to pay rent if they wish to stay in the dorms. Extra fees and fines will incur for several violations of new school policy. For details contact the new housing office. An immediate compensation fine is being levied to all Staff and Faculty to account for excess funds being distributed. This fee will be due by the end of the week. All Personnel who fail to pay the fee will be subject to late fees, administrative discipline, termination, and possible judicial action. For information contact the new billing and finance office.
These new policies are being implimented to rectify the school's current and dangerous deficit of funds. When conditions improve requests to improve pay and other benefits will be heard and considered. All complaints should be forwarded to the Employee Relations office.
-Silas Lyme
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Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 5:48 pm
Adolf, after returning to his human form (he always found it more comfortable to sleep in yokai form whenever possible, and as such took advantage of the land near Mystic Fountain High School), headed into what had apparently become his classroom. He looked at the computer on his desk--it was a hardy-looking laptop not quite suited for the teaching profession--and wondered if he was supposed to check emails before his classes for the day began. It was not his first day teaching, but he'd never figured out if he was supposed to do certain things or not.
It had, after all, been a very long time since he'd ever entered a school for purposes beyond visiting friends or his goddaughter. He wasn't sure how modern teachers got messages. Then again, he supposed it could not hurt to check the inbox just in case anything important came up. He sat down and powered up the laptop, heading to his inbox when it had finished.
One new message, he thought, from Silas Lyme. For a moment, he forgot who 'Silas Lyme' was, but he clicked on the email anyways and quickly deduced who: the despicable man who'd booted Ialo out of office, so to speak. Adolf was not paid and had only been seriously afflicted once in the past century (during the Great Depression), so neither of those affected him. Bonuses and Raises would be hard to give on a nonexistant salary, and he slept outside. Since none of the bulletins applied to him, Adolf deleted the message.
Not in any different a mood from five minutes before, Adolf began to write the class' daily assignments on the board--he'd heard from Athena that many people used whiteboards nowadays, but he still preferred the soft green color of the chalkboard.
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Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 6:01 pm
The little cartoon Seven shrugged, a little animated puff of air appearing as she sighed. "Mister Ophiuchus is a bit wary of me. If it's not for a patient, he tends to avoid modern technology as much as possible. Plus he likes to be alone." That never really bothered her though, she respected Mister Ophiuchus's wants.
"And if I went to the library, I might've ended up in the last-and-found, or someone might have seen me. I have to stay undercover for a while. Mister Lyme has already copied a lot of Master Ialo's work, I'm the last thing anyone would want to fall into his hands."
The cartoon blushed, two little pink circles under her big green eyes. "Besides, I like your room! The view is pretty!" That was true, she did enjoy the view of the forest from the windows - and Alec was not a bad sight himself.
"Oh! Master Ialo has... email?" It took her only a second to analyze it, and she shook her head and clicked sadly, bringing the email up on the screen.
"Mister Lyme is at hard at work..."
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Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 6:21 pm
After a few moments of talking Kai's back pocket beeped. He pulled out a purple crystal the size of a cellphone, A gift from the Crystal Kin on the plains. The crystal flipped open projecting a screen covered in dark purple runes most written in an unknown alphabet. One, however, was written in English and that was the one blinking. "huh I have mail ... that's a first," He peered through the message unaffected by the report.
Skia was looking over Kai's shoulde,r her tail twitching as she read the message along with him. "Pay cuts, rent, ... what's that one mean?" She asked pointing to the word 'holiday'.
Kai followed her finger and chuckled, "It's nothing, earthly traditions is all. humans like celebrating things that happened in the past."
"Like when we the feral blade visits our ancestors?"
"Yeah except they do it to keep the memory alive, not much else." He shrugged and closed the crystal making the projection disappear with it. "Not like he can force me out. No one even knows I'm here.
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Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 6:40 pm
Alec stared at the screen long and hard.
......... Alec face immediately dropped from a friendly smile to a grievous frown as he read the information. Alec's face began to contort, and his anger began to manifest itself in a flame that started on his head, smoldering and hissing until it had consumed his entire scalp in a ball of heat and light. Alec's eyes even began to burn with anger as he bellowed out at the top of his lungs, "THAT... FILTHY... GREEDY....... SWINE!!!!!!!"
Alec actually had to sit down grab the handles on his chair tightly before he could even start to think about calming himself down. The wooden chair began to smolder in his hands as Alec carefully conjured a pool of water above his head. As the chair began to smoke under his hands Alec finally lost concentration and let the water drop. It immediately put out the fire above his hair, and also subsequently calming Alec down enough so that he could think clearly.
Alec quickly shook his head to get rid of any water that was still in hair, then looked over at Seven apologetically. "I'm sorry you had to see that Seven. I don't normally get so upset over small things like this. It's just... this Silas is such a slimy p***k..."
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Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 7:00 pm
"It's alright," she hurriedly assured him. Though she was startled, she was actually used to it. She had witness many of Master Ialo's fits and to be honest, this was nothing new to her. Just, coming from Alec of all people... She had never seen him lose his cool like that before.
"Everyone has their moments. Look, it's not that bad, honestly. Master Ialo payed well enough that even this large a pay cut shouldn't be too bad. I know how to get to all his bank accounts."
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Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 7:05 pm
Kai reopened the crystal and started typing on the screen the runes instantly translating into English. Once he was done he hit send and a wire of light shot from his "laptop" to Seven.
It read:
"Ialo it's Kai, Where the hell are you? I've been snooping around the school and haven't seen hide nor hair of you since I came back from the spirit plains. I'm assuming Seven is safe with you since the slug of a new headmaster doesn't have her by his side. I'm confused at the moment and would like to talk to you.
P.S I heard Alec with Seven last night ... What the hell is going on?"
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