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The priests and the friars
They approach me in dread
For I love you still
My wife, and you're dead...



"I will not feel guilty one bit if you are so stubborn as to refuse to leave my class after being told," Saeslin said. "It is your choice--not mine. I do not bear any guilt for decisions of other people." His voice broke slightly on that as he knew it was far from the truth, but he had come this far already and he was not backing down before this student.

"However, if you are determined, then you can simply wait in the hall for security." He went to one of his work benches to find a small remote control. Well, the machine hadn't exactly been tested yet but now was as good a time as any. He took a deep breath and pushed the small black button (he refused to place a large red one) on the front of the box. There was a loud his of steam being released, then a slow creak in the back corner of the room. Using the small remote control, Saeslin directed the robot toward Markus.

It was a slow, lumbering thing. Nearly twice as tall as Saeslin with thick arms constructed of metal tubes, wires, gears and steel posts, it wasn't exactly pretty--in fact, with its head set into its broad shoulders and all the mechanical guts visible for anyone to see, it was a little intimidating. Hissing and sputtering, the slow whine of metal heralding every heavy footstep, it made its way to Markus. Overturning two work tables in its way, and nearly taking out one of the support columns in the room, the robot finally reached Markus' side. The huge hands clamped over his arms and started to drag him toward the door. Saeslin temporarily forgot his anger, and swelled in pride a little, as the robot unceremoniously tossed Markus into the hall.

It took a moment to direct it in the delicate maneuver of actually shutting the door, but the moment it was closed, Saeslin strode over and locked it. He stood for a long moment, listening to the clacking gears and sputtering steam engine of his robot automaton, before he shut it down. Turning to lean against the door, he let his head fall back against it so he could stare at the ceiling.

He felt ill. His legs buckled and he just let himself slide down the door and sit leaning against it as the trembling took over. What a horrible, horrible student. He was never letting that boy in his shop again.

Then again, he was obviously a horrible, horrible teacher. He'd just used a machine to throw a student out in the hall. He had yelled at his students and treated Monica poorly when she'd done nothing wrong at all. Saeslin yanked his glasses off and buried his face in his hands. Why did everything he tried turn out this way? If it didn't involve his precious machines, he failed at it always. He'd been a failure as a son, as a brother, as a husband...and now as a teacher.

Perhaps he should simply gather his things and leave--go home, shut himself away and just stay away from everyone until he died.

I still will be your shelter
Through rain and through storm
And with you in your cold grave
I cannot sleep warm...

"We all have dreams.
But in order to make dreams into reality,
It takes an awful lot of Determination,
Dedication, and Self-discipline..."

Charlie decides to pass by the Machine shop. He would just pay Saeslin a visit, since the said teacher is some sort loved to lock himself up along with his machines..

Knocking at the door and at the same time peeking, "Saeslin?.. Are you here?.."

Pushing the door open gently and stepped inside the classroom.. Taking out a chocolate bar and starts to munch on it before he experienced another churning of his stomach and may result to another face planting event.

"Failure is not always an option!"

((I need to RP him more >D ))

"We all have dreams.
But in order to make dreams into reality,
It takes an awful lot of Determination,
Dedication, and Self-discipline..."

Soon as Saeslin responds, Charlie smiled over at him while wiping those grease.."I won't mind waiting.."

He grabbed another chocolate bar and throw it to Saeslin.. While munching over his, "Sorry about that.. I didn't have anything in here, next time I shall bring some english muffins to share.. And top of all.. I'm doing fine.. I should be the one asking you that.. Seems you were quite busy everyday in here.. I've been doing research.. I just thought to drop by and check on you.."

His eyes caught on the door he's been working on.. "Uh.. Another room?"

"Failure is not always an option!"

The first of the group to arrive, Commander Glow carefully opened the door and marched inside, leaving it ajar for the rest of her members to come in. This was the first place she had seen with any activity and.. if she was to leave her mark on this school.. Then she had better start one by one! She didn't recognize anyone within the classroom – it appeared as if it was just two teachers having a discussion, one working on a door and the other eating some.. sweet, tasty treat. But, that was all beside the point! The girl lifted her gun up and aimed it at the blonde first, “...Six Glow.. sends you.. greetings.” Punctuating her last statement, she began to fire wildly at the men, spraying a mix of glitter, flowery perfume, and one could only hope what was glue at the pair and any machines around the room. She wasn't one for perfect aim, so her best bet would be to shoot at everywhere and know one of the shots would inevitably hit the inhabitants.

I dream of rain
I dream of gardens in the desert sand
I wake in vain...


Tshila was surprised when Markus didn't throw her across the room. Or headbutt her hard enough to launch her through the ceiling. But hey, she was in one piece, didn't have internal organ damage and got a free ride. So, bonus! She was still clinging to him as he followed Xochi to some kind of dark, smelly place where Xochi was shooting glitter everywhere

There was a bespectacled man standing there with that sort of deer-in-headlights expression, looking as if his brain completely shut down. Well, she didn't blame him. She'd nearly had the same reaction when she realized how gorgeous Markus' legs were, too. She didn't even protest when Markus put his arm around her because, hey, he was hot (literally, he was spouting smoke but she could actually kind of appreciate that in a man, under the circumstances) and as long as he was happy to not throw her or headbutt her, she was happy too.

And now that he seemed to appreciate her proximity, she was afraid to let go because that might make him mad and then he really would headbutt her through the ceiling.

I dream of rain
I lift my gaze to empty skies above
I close my eyes...

"We all have dreams.
But in order to make dreams into reality,
It takes an awful lot of Determination,
Dedication, and Self-discipline..."

Charlie tilted his head a little while placing his free hand against his side hair, still munching over his chocolate and followed Saeslin looking for refreshments. Next time he would probably took a bunch of muffins and even refreshments too. He's paying a visit right?"A student?.. Children nowadays were pretty curious. That door may serve its purpose for privacy and personal uh.. use as well"

Charlie is actually running out of words, by the time Saeslin would be able to hand him one.. When suddenly, a purple haired girl came in and aim a gun at Saeslin first.. Eh? What in the wo----?! But before Charlie could react, the young girl starts to spray them! Uncertain on what it is.. But it smells somewhat flowery? fruity? Whatever it was, this is somewhat absurd! And... Glitters?!!

Charlie blocked his arm against his eyeglasses, hopefully it won't be caught by any of those from the girl's gun! and second, another batch of voices was heard and Charlie didn't even bother to look at them.. He's preoccupied saving his eyes from the glitters.. "Sae, I never thought you're expecting other visitors too?!"

"Failure is not always an option!"

((I haven't replied yet because I can't really work out what he's actually saying, if he's saying anything at all. The green part is in quotes as if it's dialogue...but with the weird symbols, I'm honestly just confused if he's saying the part in brackets, if he's saying the 'desperately' thing, if he's saying anything at all. I know that [/command] would probably be said aloud as "end command" and I have to tell you that if that's what he's saying, it would make it much easier on people if you would write it that way. Or is all of this just appearing on his screen? Does he have a screen instead of a head? I....have no idea. gonk

I know he's a robot but if that is supposed to be dialogue, can you find a slightly more normal way to write it so it's easier to understand and reply to? I hate asking this but I very honestly have no idea what you're aiming for by typing it that way. D= If it's appearing visually on his screen/head, than the current way makes more sense but you should clarifying that this is stuff appearing on a screen. If this is audio, I think it would be better for your fellow RPers if you typed out exactly how the code sounds when you say it out loud. Sorry >.<

I hate being nitpicky but if I can't decipher the post, then I can't reply.))

((A character being confusing to other characters is a lot different from your post being confusing to other RPers. I'm still going to request you get rid of any symbols from his dialogue unless those symbols are being said aloud.

In other words if he's not saying "Bracketcommandbracket bracketactionequalssearchbracket" then you shouldn't be putting those symbols in his actual dialogue. Dialogue should read the way it's actually being said, for the purposes of clarity. No one is going to want to RP with this character if they, as an RPer cannot decipher what he's saying. Regardless of whether my character might be confused or not, I can't be confused or I can't write a post. Does that make sense? ^_^;

I mean...it would be like me having Ihsan speak only in Arabic and not including a translation for other RPers to at least understand the sort of tone he's speaking in. You're not really going to be able to reply very well to that, are you? Again, there's a huge difference between me having my character be confused because they would be confused in that situation, and me having my character be confused because I am the one confused. I can't respond to something if I don't understand how it's being said.

"[searchmatch=or>to lubricant (WD-40) etc.]" Is he saying "bracket search match equals or greater than to lubricant perenthesis WD -forty etcetera bracket" Is he saying "Searchmatch equals or greater than to lubricant WD forty etcetera." Is he saying "search match equal to or greater than lubricant WD forty etcetera" or is it said more like "search match: lubricant WD forty etcetera." Depending how it would sound aloud, Saeslin would respond with varying degrees of confusion. But I, personally, as an RPer, have no idea how that is being said. So I, personally, as an RPer, am not sure how confused Saeslin should be.

I have no idea if I'm explaining this well but it comes down to the fact that I don't know what his dialogue sounds like when said aloud so I don't know how to have Saeslin respond. And you are going to have to write out the how the code would be said instead of writing the actual code, or I can't reply. Sorry for being such a hardass on this but really...........I'm still confused. And I suspect others are going to be as well.

Confusing characters is fine. Confusing RPers means people aren't going to be able to RP with you.))