Welcome to Gaia! ::

When the two "little brothers" arrived at the school gates later that afternoon, they would find a certain gryphon with an enormous black sack in his hands, a black fedora on his head, and a wide smile on his freckled face.

"GREETINGS TEMPORARY SIBLINGS OF MINE!" he shouted happily, rocking back on the heels of his feet. "It is a pleasure to meet you both; my name is Ren and I'll be your tour guide mentor for a bit."

When it came to first impressions, Merope quite often failed utterly at making good ones. First, there was his visual appearance himself. While he did have eye-catching cyan markings that glowed, quite often they were dull and unglowing in appearance. The fact he was an undead in and of itself with his obvious rank rotting flesh didn't help matters either. Secondly, as he was of the aquatic nature, the distinct smell of fish long past their pull date was more than enough to announce his presence long before he showed his partially skeletal face. Thirdly? Merope was late.

It wasn't just a minute. It was several minutes that piled up somewhere between five and ten when the undead finally appeared, flicking water free from his fins. "Sorry! Sorry," he winced, fins held tightly against him to make himself appear smaller. "I got... I was... Uh, never mind."

Merope looked down at the ground, embarrassed. There were several reasons why he signed up for the program, and to show up like this... He hoped he didn't just ruin his chances at it.