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((First period will be wrapped up at the end of this week -Saturday or Sunday at the latest- so please draw your instruction to a close before then.

I'm sure most of you have already noticed this, but I've fallen into the rhythm of a weekly passage of time. Since game time tends to run much slower than real time -being the nature of most forum-based RPGs- a week in real life should give everyone enough time to finish what they need. This is probably going to be the way I'm running things for a while, so I figured I might as well clue everybody in just as a precaution.

Tobi, you're fine with what you've been doing--detail is often good, as it sets up what the class is doing. Just give everyone an equal opportunity for controlling classes.

Otherwise, everything has been running smoothly; thanks for that!))

Hearing Anne's remark, Asako winked, and said quietly, "It's no big deal. I didn't have the answer, and I wasn't just going to sit there like an idiot! And I hope the you're right about Mr. Brown--all in all, I have a feeling this isn't going to be that fun a class."

Looking down at Anne's written reply, she felt both pleased and slightly disappointed. She was proud that Anne wasn't just going to go for the first guy she liked--in Asako's eyes, that showed that she wasn't too clingy or dependent on having a guy, which was good. On the other, it meant that Asako would have to wait once again for her fun.

Noticing that the teacher was once again watching them, Asako looked up quickly, trying her best to act innocent, though it came out rather more like she was stoned.

Once Mr. Brown's eyes had passed from them, she wrote hastily in the notebook, Good for you! Keep your options open--and you never know, maybe he'll turn out to be a great friend!

Deciding it would be better to at least try to pay attention, Asako turned one ear to focus on the teacher's lecture, scribbling a few sentences about the different dialects of nymphs, "depending on location of their chosen realms and difference of species," his exact words were, in her red composition notebook.

Three of them were grouped up. The one he'd dueled, and two others, both looking to be vampires. Their eyes and teeth showed it. Mori walked over to them hesitantly, gingerly holding his dagger-like weapon. When he reached them, he spoke: "Odd, isn't it? Two humans and two vampires, all clustered up." Mori stopped, glancing from the vampires to Arcarian. "Would any of you three like to pair up with me?" he said, lacking the knowledge that two of the three had already partnered up.

Tristelle winced and sighed. Great. Now three people knew. "Yeah, I'm Tristelle... Could you please keep the whole vampire thing a secret? I'm not exactly proud..." She shook her head and turned to the other guy and smiled, "Actually, I already told Acarian I'd partner with him." She said shyly with a shrug. She took a step forward, standing as close to Acarian as she dared, which wasn't close. "Ready?" She asked with a small smile.

"A soft spot for leeches?" Tristelle asked in disbelief. She shook her head and took an extra step back. His scent was so inviting. She had to try even harder than usual to keep control. She looked up to him, thoughtful when he asked what level she would like. She knew her reflexes were amazingly quick. That was something she couldn't help. She had never actually fought with her newly acquired power, but she knew what she was capable of from sparring lessons from when she was human. "Well, it is only stance breaking..." She shrugged, then smiled darkly. "Anything goes?"

Tristelle almost regretted saying that. What if some one saw her? They'd be suspicious. She quickly looked around the gym, and thankfully, most of the students were already paired up and sparring.

"Well, if anything goes, then I'm going to have some fun with this,"

She turned back to face Acarian and her eyes widened slightly. Great. So much for not drawing attention. The guy was half dragon for heavens sake! "Now that just isn't fair." Tristelle said with a laugh, but nodded anyway. Her eyes grey colored eyes stuck to him, watching with excitement as he rose off the ground and literally hovered towards her at an incredible speed. Wanting to test her limits, she waited until the last possible second, until his katana was almost on her, before rapidly raising her spear, blocking with it's iron shaft. A loud clash faded in with the rest, echoing through the gym. The hit was powerful, and she leaned back slightly, making sure she didn't fall back. "Always ready." She said with a smile and she pushed forward, straightening again. She paused for a moment, before pulling her spear away from his sword, and swinging it horizontally, bringing the dulled tip towards his side.

acarian was not ready for the block that she threw up. he put a lot of power into that swing and wasn't ready for the recoil, more or lees the spear that slashed his side. acarian floated back and landed. "i congradulate you for that hit. not many people are good enough to do that." acarian grinned. "i think i'll go for speed this time," he said pulling in his wings. as quickly as he could run, he got behind her and went for a vertical slash.

Aqua finished up her writing, and passed it forward with everyone else's. Ms. Morningstar, collected them in, put them into a neat pile and said "class dismissed."
Aqua joined into the crowd of students flowing out the classroom, and sighed, hearing people chattering around her. 'its like the always say... you feel more alone in the the middle of a crowd. i don't even have any roommates! although that could be a good thing. for starters, i don't need to keep my wings and tail in while I'm in there. but still...'