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((lol, sorry. Completely forgot to post yesterday.))

Ophiuchus looked up at Lin and raised an eyebrow. "Yes?" His arms were crossed and he was leaning against the wall. He had been walking away, but stopped when he heard Lin's voice.

Lin walked up to her professor the rest of the way in the hallway. "Professor Akakios, I am deeply sorry that I did not show up to talk to you after class to discuss our independent study schedule. I would still very much like to study with you, if you still agree to it."

She didn't know if he still would want to instruct her privately after what he saw.

A confused expression appeared on Lin's face. At no time did she see her professor 'having fun', let alone fun at her expense. "I am sorry, sir, but I do not know what you mean by 'having fun at my expense'. You did not seem to be having any fun earlier."

"And of course I wish to study with someone as intelligent as you, someone who knows so much about healing."

((Forgive and forget what? And he WANTS to let Lin spend more time with Dymetri?? Wow! What happened?? lol!!))

Lin smiled brightly and nodded. "Oh I would love to start as soon as possible, sir! Would tomorrow at 5 PM be alright?"

"Yep, yep." Danni agreed, nodding her head. "But man, that rock...there's something to be said for hard objects connecting with my skull...not fun. Crap, class is out. Gotta go. See ya!" She said, then dashed off, muttering a spell so that suddenly her workout clothes were gone, and she was dressed back in her normal attire. Dashing around to the back entrance of the kitchen, she used her key to get in, and found Cook already at work, flipping burgers and submerging frozen fries in oil.

"'Bout time you showed up, little one. These burgers don't make themselves." He said, even as she ripped open a bag of rolls. "Yeah, I know. I got held up at the last class, no big deal. I'm still in time to deal with the lunch crowd." She pointed out as she chopped onions, sliced tomatoes, cheese, and pickles, and ripped lettuce before setting them out on the food bar that people would use to fix up their burgers. She slid burgers onto buns, then wrapped that in a wax paper and stacked them at the front of the bar.

As the french fry timer dinged, she pulled them out, let them drain, then drowned them in salt just as the kids prefered. Then she stuffed scoopfulls of fries into little paper containers, and stacked those up next to the wrapped burgers. As Cook made more of each, Danni kept up the steady pace of wrapping and salting and chopping. She was content in the kitchen as, despite the rush of their work to beat the lunch crowd, they made conversation about nothing in particular.

As she set about making fresh salads for the vegetarians of the bunch, she hummed to herself as she mixed carrots, lettuce, cucumbers, and assorted other vegetables into a plastic container that came with a wheat roll and yogurt. These were also set at the food bar, as well as a variety of other health foods. But today's fatty, greasy menu item was burgers and fries, and that's what many would be coming in for.

Ialo reappeared in the fray, soaked. He had sensed the commotion, and had ditched Luna - again. Hopefully, she wouldn't get too mad.... he turned to Bastet. "It's really not a good idea to be here right now." He took her hand. "Do you mind coming with me?" If she said no, Ialo figured, he could always paralyze her and stuff her in a pocket dimension - hell, that always solved a bunch of his problems.

A blank stare of approval was the only response that Ialo garnered from the strange girl.

"Sonofa-" muttered Aesop as he got up, rubbing his face.

"Hey, get some beats going!" yelled Shuusuke. He ran at Tivrusky, prepared to dropkick him. As he jumped, the armor-clad man bent into a disturbingly unnatural limbo-like position as the BattleChanter flew over him, hit the ground, and rolled off the roof.

"Bout ******** time." He threw his headphones on the ground as they reshaped into speakers once again, his sharpie forming into a mic.
"Smack for later. Made a fire, made a wheel, made a snack for later. Catacomb kids cuddle up and test the paper. When the town's speed freaks sleep, trap the traitor, he will ask for papers. See I'm a nice invader, made a roof, made a weapon, made a flag from paper, by the snotty little nuzzle of a latchkey neighbor. When the pope does shaggy over some dap from gators, he will catch the vapors."
The world around them began to shift, blurring between the psychedelic and psychotic.

Tivrusky was quite apparently catching fire as he began sinking into a pit of sand that had formed between the two combatants.

((Ha, nice. Now that's karma. Sylevester Rinaldi goes and leaves his wallet there!))

While the other students were running off for lunch, Arzol, Gambit, and Dunstall slipped off into the shadows of the forest. They found a secluded area, and Arzol muttered a chant. Immediately a strange black orb appeared in front of them, and a face completely in shadow appeared inside it. The three demons bowed respectively, and Arzol kept his head down as he spoke. "My Lord," He murmured in greeting, and a chilling, terrifying voice said darkly, "Arzol. How are things preceding with your mission?" He demanded, and Arzol shuddered involuntarily.

"All is well, my Lord. We have successfully innfiltrated Shadow Runner's school, and have been entered in all her classes. She suspects us, but most likely doesn't think we'd dare act out in the open where her teachers can see." He said, and the Dark Lord made a noise of agreement. "Very well, it's better that she remain unknowing. I trust this mission will be more successful than your previous attempt, Arzol? I'd hate to have to punish you again." He said in a sinister voice, and Arzol swallowed audibly before replying.

"Of course, my Lord. Soon Shadow Runner's head will be mounted on your wall, and you will drink the blood that spills from her veins. My last failure was simply a miscalculation that will not be repeated." He promised, and the dark face nodded. "Be sure that it doesn't. Return to your work." Then the orb was gone, and only the three demons were left. A forbidding amount of dark energy had appeared from the Dark Lord's presense, and it carried out on the breeze towards the school...