Welcome to Gaia! ::

Dust starts to collect in a small alley way where after a few seconds, Skieth comes out and lands as if he had just came down from a ledge. He had a winter jacket on and a jumpsuit top underneath it. Around his neck was a blood red pendant, and around his arms were metallic armlets with orange gems in them. He had an odd eyepatch and a headband, which lay underneath a red, stylish cap with an odd creature on it. Around his waist was a holster that held two revolvers, which also served as a belt for the saggy jeans he had on. He had a small, blue prayer bead wrapped around his right hand. He walks out of the alley and into the sunlight where readjusts his hat and walks into the front seeing scores of other students entering
"So, this is Ria High...I hope the Mistress gets here okay"

"Hey Mistress" he said as he started walking
"So you're gonna be a teacher. That means we might have to keep our...relationship a secret for the most part"

Skieth nodded while blushing slightly at the Mistress's comment
"Same here, but what will you be teaching?" Skieth asked as he stopped at the door

Magin stepped out of the bus. He looked around the place and saw how big it was.
Then a lady yelled out "Next"
Magin walked forward to the lady.
"Please stand here while I take your pic-pic-pic-picture.", the lady said weirdly.
"Hm. . . Picture only has one pic on it... She's very weird......." Magin said to himself.
She went on the back of the camera, "Smile" she said as she pressed the button.
"Whoa, I just noticed it... She never even blinked. Not even once." Fujima walked to the gate and the security guards took 2 steps back to let Magin inside. They pushed the gate for him and stepped aside.

I walked up to the gates. "Woah. this is a um, big school!" I exclaims with a gulp. "Well, I hope I'll fit in the normal catergory!" I hope. I walk through the gates and through the doors to my dorm.

Alexandros stepped off the bus outside the main gates of the school, giving the bus driver a polite wave of appreciation. The balding, portly man in the blue jacket of the bus line returned the wave and kicked the bus back into motion, the hulking vehicle spitting clouds of dark grey, almost black exhaust smoke. "That guy really should change his oil," Alex murmured to himself, with a light Mediterranean accent. His Greek lineage made that a little unavoidable. He reached up to his shoulder to adjust the strap of the duffel bag, which was already digging into his joint, making it ache.

Alex strode through the iron gates, the hinges still squeaking, and his eyes roved over the activity in the courtyard. Suddenly, his previous worries about his robes and cape looking out of place were alleviated. There were a myriad of people, of all sorts of colors and manner of dress. His own garb was muted, to say the least. Relieved of that burden, Alexandros headed for the administration building, marked by cheerful, faded silver letters along the top of the covered walkway. The air inside the building was conditioned, which was a welcome sensation. His heavy robes were fashionable, but not suited for the warm weather he'd been traveling in.

He registered without much in the way of conversation with the registrar. He wasn't in the mood for conversation and he had so much to do already, and his heavy duffel bag was wearing him down. Taking his class schedule and dormitory room key, Alexandros left the relief of the cool building and consulted the student map he'd been given. Across the courtyard from him was the dormitories. He did a double take. That wasn't right, where the map was indicating the dormitories to be, there was just a... His eyes cast upward. A tower?

He could not believe what he was seeing. At the top of the tower was a giant sphere, suspended with...electricity? Was that really electrical energy running around the circumference of the orb? Well, this was a special school, it made sense that the students weren't the only unique thing about the place. Still, floating spherical structures were really out there. And anyway, who was he to cast that stone? He used magic, for cripes' sake.

He approached the tower and spied the droid standing sentry at the door. Magic and superpowers weren't the only odd thing about this place, it seemed, floating super structures aside. He wondered for a moment if the robot would be able to help him find his dorm. He shrugged, thinking, 'Compared with some of the people I've met on my journey, the droid might be a step up.' He strode up to the door and as he did, automatic doors slid open and the droid addressed him. "Boys dorms or girls dorms?" it asked. He was tempted to tell it to lead him to the girls dorms, but reason prevailed. "I'm headed to the boy's dorms," he told the automated being. The robot swept an artificial arm at the elevator doors. "This way, sir. Have a good day." Alexandros walked onto the platform and the moment he was completely inside, the doors shut and the elevator lurched upwards at a dizzying pace, heading up to the dorms.

Phae brushed a strand of hair out of her face and was contemplating on just turning around and walking away. Sure Hitomi had sent her to this school so she could be more 'social', but really did she need it? No. She didn't think so. She was perfectly content at homeschooling. Why send her away now during her final year of high school? Did her aunt really believe that she was somehow going to magically 'seal the wound in her heart' as she said?

Fat chance.

She watched as students entered the gates. Most of them were laughing and carrying on as if they didn't have a care in the world. Phae almost wished that she could go with them. But no. She hadn't remembered the last time she laughed, or smiled for that matter. In fact she really didn't show any emotions at all. That was fine however. She was beautiful, and when you were attractive like that it didn't matter how you felt as long as it didn't mess with your outside appearance.

She walked toward the woman at the gate. She could tell already that she was an android. Phae felt slightly jealous but put that feeling aside. It was stupid to feel envy towards a machine.

"Hello! Welcome to Ria High School. May I see your acceptance letter?"

Phae had the letter clutched into her small hand. Even though she had no desire to start this school she still kept the letter close. She handed it to the woman who seemed to process it like a computer. When she was done she nearly smiled, though it wasn't a real smile. Androids didn't smile. "Please step to to this side to get a student ID.

Phae stepped into the line to get her id. When she had it she looked down at her picture. Of course she wasn't smiling. Unlike the other students she wasn't excited. Really she just wished she could fade.

She wasn't ready to actually enter the school. Actually she was perfectly content to stand outside for the remainder of the year and watch the students from a safe distance. She didn't want to be near them. She would hurt them and then they would unintentionally hurt her. It was a sickening reality, but it was her reality and she had learned to accept it.

There was a large tree, whose branches hung limply as if it were carrying the weight of the world on its shoulders. Phae understood how the tree felt. She touched the hard bark with her tiny hand and stroked the tree. "Have you been here long?" she asked it. Phae rarely interacted with people, so in order to make sure that she didn't lose the ability to speak she tended to converse with inanimate objects."I just got here. I really don't want to be here, but my aunt made me come." she paused and sighed. "I'm afraid, really." . She tried to smile. She couldn't. Her face just wouldn't move like that, and even when she did it didn't hit her eyes. You could tell she didn't really mean it. She felt herself sliding against the tree and onto the ground. She leaned her head back and closed her eyes. She didn't want to move. She felt safe here, like the tree was some sort of big brother.

She could hear the laughing and giggling of her fellow students. Sometimes she wished she could be more like them. She couldn't. She started to hum softly to herself, and perhaps the tree. She enjoyed singing, and she was good at it. It was one of the few things in life that gave her peace. She wasn't shy, but even if she was it didn't matter. Everyone was too involved in their own lives to pay her much attention. She might have been beautiful, but luckily for her she was tiny and able to hide herself if she needed.

Phae continued to sit under her tree and was quite content at where she was. She knew the tree wasn't actually hers but figured most of the students probably didn't pay it any attention. She also didn't think that it cared if she claimed it. He seemed lonely, and she was though that was her choice.

She began to sing another song. The notes were eerie and sad and carried into the tree's orange and red leaves like it had been caught on the wind. Again students didn't really pay her much attention. They were too absorbed in their own conversations. Phae caught the tail end of one of the discussions. She was very good at listening at listening to people, probably because she barely spoke.

"The boo bash is going to be so much fun!" One of the girls exclaimed in a somewhat sing-song voice. The two of them were heading towards the main building of the school. Phae assumed that they were previous students of the school because they already looked at home. The Boo Bash was probably some sort of Halloween party.

Phae could just imagine her aunt's reaction. She would be practically jumping off the wall at the idea of her niece attending a party. She would also go crazy attempting to find the proper costume for her. Phae was very thankful that her aunt wasn't here just for that reason. She had no desire to go to this Boo Bash or whatever it was.

There was no point in getting close to anyone. And even if there was it wasn't like she was going to throw herself at any random person. So far all the people who had walked past her hadn't given her much attention at all. No one even glanced at her. They all looked boring as well. She wasn't stuck up or anything, but none of them would have understood her. She doubted anyone would.

Again she debated on finally getting up and heading toward her dorm, but again decided against it.