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Culture shock? She hadn't had that issue, herself, but.... Now that she thought about it, didn't they have this issue consistently? How many new people had come to the academy daily? What about when the Above races appeared in their school grounds? Now that she thought about it.... what would she do?

'If someone I knew was having an issue, I'd try and calm them down. Make them a new outfit, or take them to a movie, unless that triggered the reaction. Go for ice-cream, maybe? Just normal hang-out things to try and comfort them, if possible.

I also would do my best to help explain. I'm not the smartest Chimera out there, by far, but I like to think I have a grasp on the world around me. I'd do my best, anyway!'

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“Death's Kiss in Boreas is one of my favorite places in all of the Below, mostly because it’s where I’m from. It gets pretty chilly up in Boreas, but if you climb some of the mountains, you can get some beautiful views.” Kuchena hated the book’s description of her hometown, she almost wanted to go to the editor and have them update it with something that didn’t sound like a horror novel. She really enjoyed running through the mountain trails as rough as they were.

“The wind nearly sings over the stone and ice, it kinda makes me homesick just thinking about it, though. So, come and visit Death’s Kiss everyone! It’s really nice once you get bundled up!” the litch grinned. Hopefully they listened to her rather than the book.

“Oh, I’m not quite sure about all of the places in the Below yet, but I think that Ozryn in Zephyros sounds like a pretty nice place to visit. I would have to save up money because I’m sure that a resort would be expensive, but why not enjoy a getaway?” Not that coming from the Above wasn’t a getaway in and of itself, but it seemed like it would be an interesting adventure.

“Zephyros just seemed like such a large continent, there would surely be more to explore than just Ozryn if I had the chance to visit.” The little goblin looked forward to seeing what this world had to offer her. Hopefully they didn't mind a few more tourists!

"Let them deal with it on their own." Castus stated quite bluntly, leaning back in his chair with his feet up on his desk, lightly tipping himself back as he rocked back and forth, balanced on one chair leg. "It's their problem to deal with. They should deal with it. It's not up to me to solve their problems for them. If the shock is too much, maybe they should have reconsidered attending the Academy."

Blythe was antsy, more than usual. Their feet shuffling beneath them as they sat at their desk trying to be as quiet and still as possible, though failing at it by now. Blythe listened intently at the topic. Pick a city and talk about it. Blythe blinked for a moment, then frowned slightly. They didn't really know anything about other city other than the one their baphomet family stayed and the one Blythe was currently in. With limited options, they had to make a quick decision as their turn was fast approaching. "Uhm... There's Alcyone. It used to be the Baphomet capital. It was destroyed in the 50 Year War and is since being rebuilt. I'm also kind of from there." Blythe was soft-spoken for once, not even sure why they were so conflicted about their mood on the matter. It was a weird feeling, but Blythe shook their head. It was best not to dote on it. Blythe then gave a single silent nod then sat down calmly. They were no longer having trouble with the fidgeting as they sat quietly for the remainder of the class, seemingly deep in thought about something.

As usual, Autumn was very excited to share what she had to say, and the subject couldn't have been any better for her. Magic was something she really liked and wanted to learn more about, espescially shapeshifting. She couldn't help but wonder how Geists disappeared and Grimm turned into beasts, and kind of wished that Imps could shapeshift too!

"Good morning! Today I wanna talk about shapeshifting!" She exclaimed, wiggling in place. "Shapeshifting is a super cool magic that lets you change how you look. Geists use it to disappear and Grimm use it to turn into big beasts! It's really really cool and I wish I could do it! I'd turn into an apple tree, or, no, wait, a spectrefox! It would be so amazing to be a spectrefox!"

She bounced and tapped her chin.

"I guess that's all I know about my favorite magic!"

Tricia grimaced at the class assignment for the day. Great... geography. Just what she wanted to get into. Not! Grumbling, the elf flipped her book open and half-assed looking at the different maps. Finally, she just picked one and looked away as she drew over the paper with her nail, stopping after a few moments. Leaning in, she squinted and pursed her lips. "Frostfyre..." she muttered in her teacher's direction. "Litches live there and whatever. I don't know what else... about it. Blind pick from my book." and she shrugged, closing her book and looking off to the side to try and find something of more interest. She missed home way too much to care about someone else's home town.

Mira had to flip through her little social studies notebook and find the magic section to answer the teacher's question. She wasn't all too familiar with magic, but she knew it was very helpful. She read over the different kinds of magic and picked one she liked the most to write about.

After doing some research, I really like charm and enchantment magic. There are so many ways to use charms and enchantments, and it sounds like they're super useful! I would use enchantments and charms in baking so i could be a Crafter and have the best bakery in all of Below! Magic takes a lot of practice and a lot of time to be good at, so I'd have to be super patient, but that's okay! It's something I would look into later on in school.