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Surtr was walking when he suddenly stopped, his head turned to the side and he saw her. A woman up on a crazy high ladder, no doubt made with magic wiping the windows. What the hell? That is crazy! She was so high up and she was just cleaning the window? Surtr grew a mischievous smirk he knew he had to go see what she was doing. It was way too tempting to go and see. He began to rise up, levitating himself as he continued to rise going up to see her.

As he got to her level being behind her he sprawled out so he was laying on his side with his elbow in the air supporting his head as if he was laying out next to her. "Whatcha doin?" He inquired playfully his fiery eyes looking to her waiting to see what she would say. Surtr had no idea she was looking for him but here he was just in time for her to find him.

She freaked out and clung to the ladder for her dear life before dropping her equipment as it almost hit the mage in the head Surtr pointed and laughed at the man. "HAH! That's what you get Malok!" He exclaimed as the man shook his fist at Surtr before walking away. "Man I hate that guy..." He said softly loud enough for Kuro to hear as his gaze seemed to snapped back to her. He had a very absent minded demeanor so far definitely something he was known for.

As she spoke about cleaning Surtr chuckled softly. Well that was apparent, he wanted to know why she was specifically here. As she spoke about earning her keep Surtr nodded. Now that was getting somewhere, so she was here trying to make a living to remain. If that was true where did she come from? As she looked at him the slits in her eyes now obvious he looked closer floating so her was only a few inches from her face. "My my... are you a were? Quite uncommon in these parts.." He said staring deeply into her eyes obviously having no regard for personal space. Surtr was a very open and outgoing man. He was rather oblivious to the fact that he was in her bubble but she would likely tell him that soon enough.

His pitch black hair seemed to fall where it may and his fiery eyes were looking at her crimson hues wanting to absorb the moment so he would remember them. "Me?" He asked thinking for a moment before shrugging. "Just floating around." He said with a smirk making a rather cheesy pun.

As she blushed it only made his smirk grow, alas a woman after his heart with such a cute demeanor. "Oh, a werefox? I've only met a handful of them before." He said perking up as if she was suddenly more exotic and rare. In truth Surtr was very interested regardless but he wouldn't let her in on that secret. "Hmmm, I'm not familiar with Aleon but if he let you in he's definitely doing good work." Surtr said now sitting in the air. It would look like he was just sitting on a surface but in reality he was just levitating.

Seeing her cling to the rung of the ladder Surtr's brow furrowed for a moment before he extended a hand. "Care to join me? I promise I won't let you fall. You can do that later, I know the Archmage personally so it'll be fine." Surtr said with a playful smirk. He wasn't lying, he was the archmage and this was his college as Kuro had said unintentionally. "Our little college is completely different from up here." Surtr said playfully putting emphasis on little as if to tease Kuro a bit. He quite enjoyed her so far, pleasant and direct. Rather cute too, certainly cute. In addition she liked magic! Checking all the boxes down the line to be sure. His hand would remain extended inviting her to take a leap of faith.

She spoke of Aleon and Surtr seemed to nod. "I must meet this man. We few mages are good people" Surtr said his hand still waiting. It was getting tired from sitting in the air this long.... well that wasn't true but still Kuro was taking her sweet time pondering the offer. I mean he wasn't asking for her hand in marriage so what's the hold up?

She talked about not trusting men and Surtr let out a good laugh seeming to agree with her."I'm not in the habit of trust anyone...Besides with you superior reflexes you should be able to kill me at this range before I could try any funny business" Surtr said in a nonchalant tone as if his threat being slashed by her would be a normal occurrence. In truth he was rather strong so such an action wouldn't be so easy. Still his lax demeanor was nonnegotiable so he would always be like this.

She took his hand and Surtrs smile brightened she had soft skin, nice and warm to the touch. He moved backward while holding her hand and she would begin to float like Surtr. He smiled as the two were now high above everyone else simply floating in the air. "So what would you like? Flying? Walking? Swimming? Any of those methods are viable. Piggyback rides too if your feeling lazy." He uttered teasing her with the last part. She didn't seem like the last time but Surtr tried to never assume so he would be ready for any of the choices. After Kuro decided which one the two would begin moving in a leisurely pace towards that direction if her hand slipped from his she would merely remain next to him. He never needed her hand he just wanted to see if she would put everything on the line for a bit of fun and it seemed his little experiment went off without a hitch.

As she spoke of her reflexes and other short comings Surtr chuckled softly. "We all have our strengths and weaknesses. Besides the ears and tail are cute. I'm sure they have their advantages stop selling yourself short." Surtr said with a smile and a playful squeeze of her hand as if to jolt her from the melancholy thoughts she seemed so intent on dwelling on.

"One can be as lazy as they wish." He said playfully as the two would begin to walk. Though it would look odd, each step was slow and they would bounce a bit with their clothes floating oddly as well. It was almost as if the gravity around them had been lessened. This was all just a very carefully constructed illusion. It actually took great strength to manipulated all those things properly with telepathy and it not look ridiculous. The sensation would likely be odd for Kuro at first but Surtr surmised she would get the hand of it. "I'm here because I wish to be. You interested me so I came up. You still hold my interest so here we are." He said with a bright smile before looking down at the people below. Surtr would raise his hand and gently touch the ceiling when at the peak of one of his bounces.

"Oh, do you mean here at the college?" Surtr asked realizing he may have misinterpreted her question. It humorous how easily intent could be misconstrued. How quickly something could change from a to b. Tone, diction, body language all of it played a part and if one piece was out of sync the whole dance was ruined. Such a simple thing and yet wars had been fought over its shortcomings. Surtr would chuckle at this realization it always made him laugh how silly this world could be.

Surtr chuckled softly. "A were fox in the mage college, and one who is paying their way? How can that not be interesting?" He inquired as they continued to float along. They were reaching the restricted section of the college. The part only reserved for the Archmage. His personal quarters in fact. It was a stair case that leads down though to where no one but the Archmage knew. Surtr lowered down to the ground releasing Kuro's hand as he did. He smirked looking back to her as she specified her question.

"Well I'm here to resume my work of course." He said nonchalantly with a smirk as he took a few steps down the stairs. "Come along if you'd like to join." He said slowly descending the stairs so she could catch up if she liked. He intentionally did it this way, he didn't want to scare her off so quickly so he waited until they were on cusp of his domain so she would have to quickly decide whether or not to follow. It was a fun little game but Surtr would now see how curious she was.

Upon finishing their descent they came to a monstrous hall that was lined with books and various curiosities. In the center was a large cauldron that cast a green light outward a very delicious smell aroma came from it but the heat and light would likely be a bit unsettling. "The Archmage correct, there's just one actually." He said with a smirk glancing back to her as he walked to the cauldron and began to stir the pot before taking in a whiff. "Hmmmm...." He said with a frown before reaching into his robes and casting in a hand filled of black and white grains of something into the cauldron before stirring some more.

"So why has a were fox come to Karst?" He asked turning to face her now and walking closer to the young woman. "To travel so far from your home you must have some purpose." He said with a bright smile his luminescent eyes studying her waiting for her answer. He wanted to know, she had to have some reason some purpose for her venture. It was almost impossible that she just wandered here. Surtr was aiming to help the woman to grant her what she sought. He had learned enough from her to know that he would be willing to help.