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Julian hadn't minded the owl staring at him, but he was surprised when she moved away from her reaper and sat next to him instead, staring. The demon's eyebrows rose a little in curiosity, as he had actually never really met a reaper beside Cora, especially not one with a bird familiar. Oh, he'd seen a few others around school, but he'd never actually interacted with one in any way, shape, or form. And he hadn't seen Cora in a while, so it wasn't like he learned much about them. Mostly just about her, she was just as pushy and nosy as Sin was.
Then again, maybe that was just how certain ghouls were.

When the owl continued to stare at him, he tilted his head to one side and gave her a soft, friendly twitter. It was different from the sound he made in his natural form but similar enough to be recognizable.



His attention turned back to Lumi when she replied to his comments/questions.
"That's okay, when I first got here... the only friends I had I met by being in a class with one, ran into another on the school roof, one of them caught me in the dorms and thought I was a lost monster instead of a demon, and one of them I almost dropped a book on in the library," he replied, reaching up to rub at the back of his neck. In retrospect, he'd met his friends in really strange and awkward ways. Then again, his relationships with half of them also seemed to be rather strange and awkward. Ah well.

"I am curious if they're going to just give us FEAR-embued gems... If they're as special to the clan as Ylaria makes them out to be, I sorta think they wouldn't just give them away to us..." But then again, he could always be wrong.

Adiyan smiled as Tess came over to join him and glad for the company as he would be less nervous about his surroundings. "Thank you, Tess," he quietly answered as he tucked his tail underneath himself were it wouldn't make any sounds if it wagged to loudly as he wouldn't want that at all. "Yours is quite lovely as well and it will look good in your hair as well," Adiyan added still talking softly as not to disturb the rest of the class or even there teacher.

Chuckling softly as he saw Tess try and see if Imryn would come over and he just smiled as he wouldn't mind if she came over either.

West practically spilled into the classroom, straightening his clothing and looking around warily as he took a seat. This place was weird. It had been the only word he could come up with to describe the Isle of Death, and it still applied. This morning he had wandered into a hallway full of mirrors and had been forced to fight a twin of himself (which had been pretty cool) and some hunter (which had not been cool at all). Now, he had to... make jewelry. Peh.

Yes, he had signed up for this class. No, he had not done so to make a--he looked in the pouch he had been handed, wrinkling his nose at the ring schematics--damned sparkly ring. He had wanted to show these horsemen that the s**t they had pulled at their trial had not been welcome, but all it seemed he had been able to do since he had arrived was run into more of that s**t.

He still had some fight left in him though. West would always have fight. The boil glared at Ylaria as he dumped his pouch out on the table next to Demi. "So," he sighed as he picked up the pliers and started carefully bending his wire, "Phos. Is that yer new stage name'r somethin'? Startin' a band?"

Kit contains: Gold wire, ring instructions

Unfortunately, Ev wasn't quite sure how the tool provided worked. She'd never seen something like it before! Thus, she began to hold it in various odd positions, before her fingers held onto either handle.. feeling a bit awkward of the stretch it naturally gave her hands. But upon glancing over at Kettil to see how he was doing it, she began to give it a go too!

But a hairpin... hm.. They were so versatile. What shape should she make? Kettil thankfully brought her out of the puzzled state, making a light smile grace her features, "Oh, what are you making then, Kettil?" she asked curiously, before glancing at the ghoul on the other side, offering her a polite smile as well.

Luidaeg payed rapt attention to the instructor. Having arrived to the class moments before it started, he did not have a prime seat at the front, but he still had a decent view, thanks to his sharp eyes used to peering through sometimes murky water. He cared not a bit that she was obviously talking down to them, they were quite ignorant compared to her in this particular instance, after all. He took his kit with barely contained eagerness, opening it to find some copper wire, his jewelry crafting tool, and the pattern for a bracelet. He had been hoping for silver wire, as it was his favorite metal, but was not entirely displeased with his results.

He took the copper wire and began to meticulously follow the pattern he had been given. It was fairly simple, as befit a beginner's class, but still surprisingly elegant. Or perhaps not to surprisingly, given the import of jewelry and gems in particular to this culture. While working on his assigned piece, ideas began to pop into his head for other pieces he might make on his own later, or perhaps if they were given a more free-form assignment at some point. One particular idea, of silver wire woven around and around in seemingly endless waves, was particularly appealing to him, and he vowed to write the idea down as soon as he returned to the dorms so he wouldn't forget.



[Kit: Copper Wire, Bracelet]

Aurian bent her attention to the schematics, reading slowly through the instructions. It would be best, she thought, if she knew exactly what she was doing before she started. The roll of gold wire was large, but not endless. Too many mistakes and she'd be left with nothing useable at all.

Once she thought she had a good grasp on the concepts, Aurian took a few minutes to look around the class and see how others were doing. A confidence burst couldn't hurt at this stage. Or hat was the idea, at least. Seeing that a pink-haired ghoul nearby was already finished the first stage had Aurian's stomach dropping.

"That looks really good," she whispered to the ghoul. A demon, she realised, noting the black horns peeking out of her hair. The pink-haired demon had fashioned the wire into a spiralling armlet with a heart design at the top.

Aurian was kind of dreading her own attempt now, but that didn't stop her from appreciating pretty work when she saw it.

Hel was actually excited. Granted, it didn’t show on her face, but she really was genuinely excited. She loved doing crafting with her hands, and learning to do something as refined as jewelry would be a challenge that she was looking forward to. Thus as she seated herself near Mitsu at the start of class, and then was instructed to get a kit, she went up to the front and picked it up. It even brought a brief, soft smile to her face. Until she saw Sabine. Damn. She was just everywhere.

Oh well.

As Hel made her way back to her seat though, it was the sight of another familiar face that made her pause. Was…was that West…in…in a Jewelry crafting class? Hel took a few steps back, and then just stared at him, holding her kit in her hands, trying to wrap her mind around this. Not saying it was a bad thing just uh…surprising…that’s all. “…Huh. I thought you would be at the Isle of War right about now, West.” Hel finally spoke up, giving a nod to him in a delayed greeting.

((Kit: Gold Wire, Ring))