Welcome to Gaia! ::

Upon arriving from the portal, an attendant was already waiting for the students dressed, her outfit plain compared to the last ambassadors of War, dressed only in simple cloths with minimal feather decorations. She nodded shortly, briefly, at the students arriving. Several students may have noticed by now how high up they were: though they were in what was notably a large, wooden room, the strange creaking of the floorboards moving underneath them betrayed their height. A few open windows and doors also revealed thick tree canopy, and temporary elevators that lead down, very far down.

"This is our Clan of War." As emphasis, she thumped her spear against the wooden floor. "We value your skills, your ability, and your physical prowess and will continue to test you, as students, as warriors. You will be given temporary sleeping quarters, but starting tomorrow, you will begin the first of your classes and training field exercises. You will have free time to explore various areas after your studies. Does a student dare challenge me with any questions?"

Entering

Calder had taken his information and followed his assigned group, and while he waited to go down, there was no down. There was no movement other than horizontal, and while it was better than going up, he had a much stronger desire to see some solid earth under his hooves.

He was looking a great deal more pale than normal.

There were buildings in the trees, which suggested staying in the trees. This mean staying up high for longer than what Calder deemed necessary.

At the offer to ask questions, no matter how it was phrased, Calder rose his hand. "Is...Is this entire place up high?? Are we going to be up here the entire time?" His voice has reached a rather high pitch.

No kelpie was meant to be this high. They stayed in rivers and on ground. He never ever managed to get above a branch of a tree before, and had freaked out when Belladonna had taken him on her broom.

This....this was making him feel dizzy.

[[Entering!]]

Canon was practically turning herself into knots as she attempted to listen attentively to the attendant, and see every bit of their surroundings that she could at the same time. They were up so high! Far more used to swampier environs (and a much lower viewpoint) she was practically giddy from the view.

When the attendant asked if their were questions, Canon waved her tail above her head, it having the better reach. She waited semi-patiently while the boil with hooves asked his question before offering her own.

"Hello! My name is Canon! I have a question, too! Are there any poisonous plants native to this land?" she asked, red eye sparkling with interest. "Or corrosive substances in general?"

The attendant gave Calder a sharp look. "You will indeed be staying up here while you take classes here. Best not to look down." Her tone was laced with sarcasm.

Calder let out a pathetic whine in response.

((Entering))

Alex had followed directly behind Yin, though it had taken a large effort on his part to force himself through that portal. He wasn't at all sure that he was ready for this, not so soon after what had happened with the trials, among other things that had gone on since then. But if he didn't move forward and do this, he wasn't just going to let himself down, he would be letting Yin down as well.

And so he was here, standing in wooden room with open doors and windows. Alex's eyes did a quick scan of the room before he began shuffling along towards Yin, where the other boil appeared to be looking outside, his feet barely leaving the floor as he moved.

The heights didn't really bother him, but he wasn't exactly a fan of them, either. Especially not after he'd fallen off of that cliff during the war trials, and even worse, when Yin had fallen off just after that. But still, it was hard not to appreciate the beauty that he beheld when he stopped beside the weremantis and let his gaze wander across the tree tops.

Yin's enthusiasm was hard to ignore, and his gaze shifted, as he turned his head to look down at the other boil and smile, speaking quietly to him as well, so as not to disturb the others who were asking questions, or to draw the attention of the rather grouchy looking clanswoman who had greeted them when they came through. "I certainly hope so. And I'm glad that we at least get to be together for this." A small bit of tension that had been building up inside him seemed to start to die away.

"Do you think I'd be allowed to take pictures, with my phone? To send to my family? I bet they'd like to see....Maybe I should ask..." His eyes flickered towards the horsemen attendant, and he almost cringed back from the thought. She just looked so mean.

((Entering))

Mitzi stepped through the portal, looked around, and gasped in delight.

The wooden room was different than any building she'd ever been in before, and she found the entire setup simply beautiful. The wooden boards beneath her feet, the thatch roof above her, and the forest spreading out before her - she didn't know what was best, because it was all amazing. She grinned, standing for a moment just to take it all in; as she looked over at Alex and Yin, she saw the zomboil glance back to the portal, and she waved, but the scenery was just too exciting for her to be distracted for more than an instant. She ran forward, up to the railing, to get a better look at it all.

As soon as she reached the edge, saw exactly how high up they were, the vertigo struck.

She took a couple stumbling steps backwards, suddenly trying very hard to catch her breath, and she squeezed her eyes shut as she did her best to push the height out of her mind. Focus on the room. Focus on the other students. Focus on anything else but the height. She could do this.

She turned around, her back to the edge - there was an edge right behind her don't think about that - and opened her eyes, watching the portal. Surely there had to be other people she knew in the same class; once she had someone to talk with, to distract her, she'd be able to forget about the height.

She could do this. She had to do this.

Amphi, soon stepped into the room. Her body lurched though at the height before staring way down to the ground....that was far...far away.

"Oh...my jack." She covered her mouth in surprise before rubbing her temples. Surrounding them was a onslaught of foliage and wood as well. Not a hint of water in the treetops.

She might've stepped further back then intended and made a special little awkward stand in the middle of the room. Just so she didnt get accidentally pushed out or something....

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.