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Klyde stared a Riyo for a moment and then the soft succulent flesh she was so willingly offering up to him. Letting the bag he had on his shoulder slip down his arm he took a step forward, a smile on his face, his expression one of hunger. He didn't say a word to Riyo as he stepped up to her placing a hand on her arm. Leaning down he lingered just above the spot she was offering him, ready to sink his teeth in.

....Instead, he softly pressed his lips to her skin before he pulled back up to press his cheek to hers. It was so tempting, oh so tempting; he could hear her heart beating, feel the warmth that her life blood provided, he could even smell it. "You're not a meal ticket, Riyo." He said softly before pulling away. "If I've made you feel like you should be....then I'm a real d**k...I'm sorry." Shuffling the bag back onto his shoulder he smiled down at her. "See you back at camp?"

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Now in a hurry fearing she would be late...and also silently hoping she would have a minute to grab something to eat, Mitsu ran from the nurses cabin back to the mess hall. When she got there the groups were already starting to gather. With a sigh she joined her first group which was team building. She didn't understand why Desmond had to be apart of it, but she understood perfectly well why they wanted her to be in it. She was shy and not very outgoing, they probably hoped this would help her break out of her shell. In reality she would probably fear these people more in the end.

"I hope so, it will be great," Marty seemed enthusiastic and turned that smile on Mitsu as she approached. "Ah, Mitsu you too?"

"Y...yes Sir." Mitsu gave a nod.

"You'll enjoy yourself, I promise." Marty seemed very pleased at the ideas he had come up with this year. No doubt the students would be overjoyed.

Neko rolled his eyes as he took another sip of coffee, "Yeah uhh...no." Fighting animals....really? "You're going to be learning something much more useful. Like being able to use random items you might have to survive, preparing animals to eat, and caring for knives." Ah knives, the ammo that never ended. How he loved them so.

Arriving at the campsite, Blade paused as Varn asked him about his classes. It took him a moment to remember what he had exactly.

"I think I have hiking first.." he mused. With as much chaos he was going through yesterday, he sort of forgot about the whole class part of this trip. Letting out a sigh as he recalled this, it seemed that he would be wandering around the woods some more. Though, this time it'd be with a group.

"What about you?"

At the little exchange between Neko and Poke, Shun couldn't help but roll his eyes. Did she really think what this class was about? His friend had caught the guy's expression, and gave him a look that said something along the lines of 'don't say anything about it - be nice.'

He did hold his tongue, but his feelings didn't change a whole lot there.

Klyde smiled down at her before walking off back to camp. He was very tempted just to skip out on his first class and have a meal in the mess hall. Surely no one would care. But then he would also miss out on a class with Riyo. It was a perplexing situation.

Once back at camp he saw that the groups were gathering up. Ignoring them he wandered into the mess hall for a bottle of liquid garbage. Popping the top on the substance he took a large swig nearly gagging at the taste. Dear lord it was far worse than he remembered. It always seemed that way after having fresh blood.

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As more and more students started to gather Marty wondered if this would be a good time to start giving the run down of today's class. "All right gather around everyone." Marty called waving everyone in with a smile. "If you're with me in team building today we're going to have a lot of fun!" He chimed. "The first activity I have planned will take place over by the rope course. We'll be playing mine field."

There were a few groans as he mentioned this. Apparently some of the students new what this game was about.

"Now now, I've added some interesting features this year." Marty grinned at himself. "The course is set up among the trees, where you will lead your partner through blindfolded without touching them, another teacher helped me set up 'traps'. If you trigger them you could get a number of surprises. Some of them will dump water on you and some will even pelt you with paint balls." Though those weren't the only surprises. "Each land mine has a small marker so you'll have to keep a look out. Now if you could partner up!"

With a frown Mitsu looked around wondering who her partner would be. Somehow she had a feeling she was going to get a partner that led her into the mine fields instead of the other way around. The potential was high since this class seemed to be filled with kids from the hive.

Looking up Neko saw Shun and Bent-tail had also joined them among other students. Too lazy to get up Neko gestured them to have a seat as well. Apparently he was going to conduct class right here. "Have a seat we'll start soon." Reaching down he grabbed a bag at his feet setting it on the table. From it he pulled out a number of things. The first of which was a tightly rolled up piece of cloth with straps holding it closed.

"Yeah, I guess," nodded Blade before he went to find the group that was going to be hiking. While he was feeling considerably better than earlier, he probably still looked fairly roughed up. He passed up Suto and the earth science kids as he found where he needed to be.

Raising an eyebrow at the custodian, Shun went ahead and sat down while watching as he took out a number of things. Bent-Tail soon took a seat right next to him before glancing over towards where Marty was. It looked like Mitsu was stuck with a lot of hive kids. Frowning at that, he could only hope that she managed to find a decent partner that wouldn't purposely walk her into trees and the like.

Downing what was left Klyde tossed the bottle away. Normally he would sit and drink quite a few of them but one should at least get him through until lunch time. At least he hoped it would. Walking back out into the open he headed toward where the classes were gathering. He knew his first class was hiking with Riyo so he looked around to see where she might be. It didn't take him long to settle on the blonde in between two of the hive boys. She seemed to be a magnet for this kind of attention.

With a sigh he began his approach hoping they wouldn't get too out of hand with the teachers this close. He didn't want to attract a lot of attention by rushing over. However, it was hard to hide the expression of anger that was creeping over his face, his eyes glowing softly even in the light of day. "I think I may have just found myself two good meals for later in the day." Klyde spoke as he approached, stopping a few paces back encase they might try something with Riyo held between them. He was fast but he didn't know if he would be fast enough in this case.

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Kylar, the teacher in charge of fire magic class, made his way into the group of kids gathered about. He had obviously overslept sine his spiky red hair was flattened on one side leaving him with classic bed head. Making his way through the groups he tried to find the group of kids he was supposed to lead on a hiking trip. They said no fire use while camping except to light the bonfire, what kind of s**t was that? So to at least give him something to do they said he could conduct the hiking class and show the kids around the forest. Yeah...that sounded equivalent.

With a yawn he ran his hand through his hair, not helping the state of it in the slightest. In a tired haze his vision settled on a student from his class. "Hey, Blade." He seemed to be focused on Blade's state for a moment, the wheels slowly turning. "Man....where did you sleep last night you look like s**t." Kylar had a way with words when it came to the students, words that often got him in trouble.

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Tessa, fresh from the shower and looking as normal as ever, stepped up to the groups. Unfortunately her first class was with Suto, but at least she would be done with him for the rest of the day. The man had a twisted personality for sure. There was no safe ground to tread on. With a sigh she found some of the other hive members since it appeared she would be alone in this class with no one important and no one to bother. She had hoped Desmond would be here but that didn't seem to be the case either.

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Nervously, Mitsu watched as the kids in her group partnered up, a sense of panic when she saw one of the hive boys, the Cajun, walking toward her with a grin. Eyes darting around hoping there was someone else she spotted Ken. She really didn't know him though he was in her science class. He was one of the boys she often saw with Poke. Hoping for the safer option she made her way toward him trying to avoid looking at the hive boy again. Once she was close enough to Ken her eyes darted back nervously to see that the Cajun had stopped with a displeased look on his face. "W..will you be my partner?" Mitsu asked softly looking back at Ken. If he wouldn't she was afraid her options might be limited.

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Busying himself Neko unlatched the straps and rolled out the fabric. Inside it, surprisingly, was a number of different blades. Anything from hunter's knives, throwing knives, to even a few small daggers. A lot of them looked to have been used regularly and maybe not the best of quality, but like hell Neko was going to give good knives to kids would would probably ******** them up or steal them. "To start with we're going to learn about knife care." Reaching down he pulled a blade from his boot. This one was much nicer in quality, shiny and well cared for. "You can do a lot with a blade and you don't have to worry about running out of ammo. So the first trick is to learn how to keep it sharp." Reaching into his pack he pulled out a bag filled with fine stones. "You'll learn to sharpen them with these." He went about explaining the process, showing them with his own knife before he instructed them to get started. Hopefully this would take up a good majority of time though he had other things planned if it didn't.

uh oh... Lina had not known Tessa would be in her class, and this made things 10x times worse. Although, she mightn't be be as mean as she usually was, considering this was in suto's class...
Yes, it would be best to just stick low for the hole lessons, and pray she didn't realize she was here and not with anyone else. While the hive members where talking to each other, Lina did her best to hide...by creeping around to the other side of the tree she was under.

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Mitsu wasn't the only one to spot the Cajun coming her way. Under normal circumstances, Ken would have bolted or found some excuse to move, but he was not about to leave the girl in the hands of such a brute. As soon as mitsu had asked if she could be his partner, he nodded, still eying Cajun. "O-Of course" Then, placing a hand on mitsu's shoulder her gently lead her in the opposite direction. "Uh, I think we should start that mine field game now.."

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Since poke had been expecting to go walking off into the woods and learn how to, you know, survive, this was somewhat of a letdown. She picked up a small knife, then grabbing one of the stones she started to sharpen it based on neko's instructions. While doing so she recalled Atticus's excuse for not giving her a needle, smiling to herself at the irony of the situation she was in.

Next to her, Varn had also begun his own knife sharpening and was looking about as thrilled as poke was. "Unlimited ammo huh?" he mumbled to himself. He hoped they would get to do something more then this.

Klyde's eyes darted to Nami as she approached but he barely heard a word she was saying as his gaze moved back up to see what was happening with Riyo. His mind wasn't focusing on the problem that he could be causing himself, mainly he was too worried about the looks on the hive boys faces. When they started touching her, which wasn't at all expected, a sense of anger flared in those violet orbs. Taking hold of Nami's hand he removed it from his shoulder as he moved passed her, making his way toward the boys with hast. "Hey!" He snarled when he approached drawing back a fist. "Hands off!" He aimed a gut shot to the hive boy who was running a hand up her back, trying to hold back so that he wouldn't injure him too badly. His other hand reached out for Riyo trying to pull her toward him and away from the other hive member.

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Tessa seemed to foreign interest in anyone in class, though she looked to be brooding about something. That deep set look of anger was hard to overlook, it was no doubt a good idea to avoid her.

Seeing that his students were gathering Suto went over what they would be looking for today in the forest. Different types of trees and plants. The students were to identify random things and bring back samples like leaves or bark. He was sure to tell them to avoid poisonous items though, the was the last thing he wanted to deal with. After that instructed he led them to the edge of the woods and motioned them to have at it. He was more than happy to stay here and answer questions if they came back.

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"An abandoned church? No s**t." He seemed interested, at least as interest as a half asleep individual could be. "So what kind of mess are we talking about?" He quirked a brow. "Are we talking you hurt yourself or someone did the hurting?" He may be aloft most of the time but he wasn't an idiot. If there was a chance one of his students was being picked on he wanted to remedy the problem. Ironically though he was sleepy brain was too focused on Blade to realize there was bullying going on in his own hiking class right that moment.

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Well, everyone seemed as pleased as punch, to bad Neko really didn't care. He wasn't in much of a mood to go traipsing through the woods, despite the fact he knew he was going to have to. Letting the kiddies continue with their work for a while, most of them seemed to finish rather quickly. Some of them had started to even get bored and were messing around with the blades which gave Neko a pretty good indication he need to do something with the lot of them before someone got stabbed.

"Alright, alright. Stop horsing around." Standing from the table he placed his blade back in his boot. "I have a few more random items in my bag. Without looking I want you each to grab something and follow me. I'll show you how you can put your item to use as well as a few skills to get you by when you don't have anything to aid you." Opening his back pack wide he stepped away and waited for the kids to grab something and group up. There were a random assortment of things from matches, a small package of tissues, string, rope, paper clips, small soft candies, a cheap poncho, and other random things.

((Survivor Man and go lol. You can also pick something else if you like, though nothing huge.))

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Mitsu nodded quickly following beside Ken as Marty led the group toward the rope course. She couldn't help but look back every once in a while, nervous eyes looking for the hive boy. He had her on edge now and since none of her normal friends were here she felt vulnerable.

"Alright, here we are!" Marty chirped showing off the course he had laid out among the trees. Off in the distance there was a tree marked with a yellow ribbon, it was the safe point. "You're goal again is to move your partner through the course blindfolded without touching them. Communication is key. Speak clearly and know to trust and listen to your partner. Now to add to the challenge I'm going to have two pairs go at once. You'll have to listen carefully to what your partner is telling you and not what the people by you are saying. So who wants to go first?" There didn't seem to be a huge rise of enthusiasm so Marty pointed to Mitsu and Ken. "How about you two? Would you like to go first?"

"We'll go as well." The Cajun as well as one of the Desmond fan club members stepped forward the join them.

"Excellent! Let's get started." Holding down two blindfolds, Marty waited for them to choose who would be blinded and who would be the leader.

Nervously, Mitsu looked to Ken to see what he wanted to be. Honestly she wasn't looking forward to doing either one. Either she was going to panic that she was going to have him run into something or she was going to panic in fear that she was going to run into something.

"P-p-please don't touch me..." Riyo asked, trying to make her voice sound as uncaring as it usually did and failing miserably.

"Hohoho. Looks like we found a weakness, ay-" Before he could say his friends name, the boy had a fist in his gut and the ground at his back. As Riyo was pulled away, the boy quickly drew his hands back from her and tried to put distance between him and the vampire. "What the hell, Nami?" The boy yelled as he tried to help his sputtering friend to his feet.

Nami's eyes widened as Klyde simply brushed her off, a look of fury on her face as she turned around.

Riyo almost immediately clung to Klyde's shirt the second she was pulled away from the two boys. She could take a beating, but people touching her bare skin was something she just didn't like. Especially her scars.

The infuriated black-haired feline marched over to her male cohorts with a glare at Riyo. The second that girl was unattended, she would let her have it... "Shut up." She told them, eyes narrowing.

Both of the boys slouched back at their scolding, but one decided to meekly speak out. "D-does this mean we won't get any?"

"Yes, that's exactly what it means." She hissed, folding her arms and looking back in Klyde's direction. "Well, I hope you enjoy your cross-dressing little b***h, because you'll never get anymore of this again."