Shaeffer Academy for Precociotons

takaedakumi • 9 August 2013 at 5:19 PM

It was an exciting day for Riley, not only had he recently discovered that he possessed incredible powers, but he had been accepted into the Shaeffer Academy for Precociotons, an elite school only for those gifted, like himself. It felt good just to think about it. Him, a Precocioton...! He wondered what kind of new friends he would meet there as he climbed onto the bus. It would be the last time he saw his hometown for a long time, perhaps ever, but he didn't care all that much, he was going to be introduced to a whole new lifestyle...

It was a long ride there, he really hadn't paid attention to any of the other passengers, he was too busy fantasizing about the academy. The bus came to a halt and everyone piled out, it was a short walk from the stop to get to his destination, but as he walked, he noticed that the closer he got, the faster people seemed to be moving away from the academy area. When he was practically there, people were downright running from the place. "What on earth is going on...?" he wondered. A sudden pang of worry hit him, and he started to run toward the academy. Flames tore through the building and smoke billowed out into the evening sky.

Was this really it? Maybe he'd made a mistake on the map...! No, he couldn't fool himself, the Academy was under attack.



HA! You thought this was a regular Academy roleplay, didn't you? Well, since you're here, maybe you're willing to help save the Academy for Precociotons. We need all the help we can get, so get helping!

Let's lay down the basics. You're all students who applied for the Academy, on the first day it's been attacked by some unknown force, so you're going to need to get rid of 'em! Precociotons (pronounced Pre-co-shet-ons) are people with special abilities unlike any other. Powers that bend metal and lift objects into the air, immense strength and electromagnetic pulses, you name it. The name comes from the word "precocious", which means gifted, highly intelligent, quick at learning.

What are the rules, then, you ask? Well, I'll tell you! AND LISTEN CLOSELY, I WON'T REPEAT THEM!

1. No god-modding! Everyone knows people who do that are a pain and annoying. This includes Gary Stus and Mary Sues.

2. Your ability MUST be believable! We can't have time-travellers or people who can kill someone with one touch or anything!

3. There will be no, and I mean NO bending of storyline, meaning you can't just make up your own bad guys and go changing things up!

4. Respect people. Yeah, the maker, the players, everyone.

5. GOOD GRAMMAR, Y'HEAR?

6. You better be sure you write "Save the Academy!" under "Other" on your form when you fill it out! Remember it!

7. No one-liners! They don't keep conversation going, WHICH LEADS TO DEAD TOPICS!!! So to be safe, maybe you should make sure you put THREE LINES.

8. There will be ABSOLUTELY NO excessive romance scenes, seriously this isn't a love story, it's an epic action roleplay!

9. Don't even THINK about asking to be caught up, or you'll get yourself a detention! Well, since there's no academy, we'll settle with a rear beating.

10. No out of context conversations, we want roleplaying, not chat. If you have something important about the roleplay you wish to discuss, ask Taka to make a Chat Topic just for this here.

11. HAVE FUN. If you don't this would be pointless.

So I know that's a lot of rules, BUT I BETTER NOT catch you BREAKING ANY. And I know there isn't a perfect dozen of 'em, but you most likely don't WANT another one, take it from me. Anyway, you probably want the form now, but just HOLD ON TO YOUR SHORTS, THERE!

I haven't explained who I am yet. I'm Seretta, the Principal of the Academy! Now that may sound like a lame job, but I'm also one of the strongest Precociotons so if I catch you making fun I'll bash your face in, HEAR?! So yeah, you can fill out your forms now. AND BE QUIET while you're doing so, no one else can fill 'em out if your BEING NOISY!


-Form-
Name:
Gender:
Age:
Appearance: (not clothing, you wear the academy uniform)
Personality:
Ability:
Other:


-Taka's Form-
Name: Riley Chase
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Appearance: Riley is average height for his age and slightly thin with black hair and deep blue eyes, he normally wears the academy tie loosely around his neck.
Personality: Smart and creative, Riley has a very quiet personality. He isn't shy, but doesn't talk much unless speaking about something he's particularly interested in most of the time. Since he isn't very athletic, he tends to lose his temper when someone makes a remark about how thin he is.
Ability: Extreme accuracy, can hit nearly any target.
Other: Always keeps two pens and a pencil on him. Save the Academy!



YOU FINISHED? Post it and wait for the startup announcement then! Unless you'd like to help me sort out these PAPERS HERE. OH YEAH, and you might want to subscribe to the topic, just so you know when there's a new post, sometimes people forget to ping others!

marinalily • 10 August 2013 at 1:21 PM

@takatheeducatedkid
Why hasn't anyone joined yet? This looks amazing.

Name: Oliver Casson
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Appearance: Oliver is around 6 feet tall, so he's a bit on the tall side. Chiseled appearances, but also with the classic boy-next-door look with his dirty blonde locks of hair and light blue eyes.
Personality: Oliver is that normal, popular guy that's part jock, part gamer, and part charmer (actually, a lot of a charmer). Unlike most of those guys though, he has a brain that he likes to use to come up with snarky, arrogant remarks and often can be found smirking at the subject of them. Actually a very loyal and good guy, he just has some... attitude defects (that make him all the more loveable to the ladies). Sometimes, in fact, he does let his good side show, although you shouldn't count on it.
Ability: Oliver can create and manipulate illusions.
Other: Save the Academy!


Name: Saffron Rivers (also responds to Saffy)
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Appearance: Saffron is an average miss, with long curled locks of brown hair and the normal height and body for a girl her age. The only "special" thing about her would probably be her dark and always-sparkling blue eyes flecked with a sprinkling of many different colours of the autumn season upon closer observation (green, gold, even a bit of brown). (Yes, I have a thing for blue eyes.)
Personality: Saffron, meaning the bright colour of yellow, plays her part perfectly. Bright, happy, cheerful, the perfect personality one would expect in a girl. She does, however, have a strange case of depression that causes her to sometimes change her moods quickly, be it cheerful to super-sensitive.
Ability: Saffron has the power to heal injuries, although the bigger the injury, the more unstable and energy-drained she'll be.
Other: Save the Academy!

cutebirdy79 • 10 August 2013 at 2:38 PM

@takatheeducatedkid
Name: Tara Winters
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Appearance: ginger hair parted to the side by a black bandana like this: http://favim.com/orig/201108/12/cute-ginger-girl-red-hair-Favim.com-121531.jpg
Has one bright blue eye(right) and one bright blue/green eye(left). Her right arm is covered in butterfly and flower tattoos. Kinda like this but only the arm: http://www.only-tattoos.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/women-arm-tattoo.jpg
Personality: A sweet and funny girl. May look tough on the outside but she is a sensitive girl on the inside. Can be a prankster.
Ability: shapeshift into these animals : a wolf, bear, tiger, raven, cheetah, a fox, a Dalmatian and a barred owl.
Other: Save the Academy!

takaedakumi • 10 August 2013 at 4:00 PM

@marinalily @cutebirdy79 Both accepted! Too excited to wait, I'm gonna start like, right now. Feel free to jump in however you like!
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Riley stared at the burning building in disbelief. "So this is the Academy?" he asked himself aloud. The boy stood there, stunned. Suddenly he noticed figures moving about the area, not other students, or they'd be wearing the typical white uniforms with the secondary colors of brown and sea-green. These figures were dark, and they seemed to be the cause of this destruction as they tore down portions of the building.

No doubt about it, they were Precociotons as well. From where, though? And where was everyone else? Running? Looking around, Riley saw only a few students and what seemed like teachers, fighting some of the intruders, but they were spread thin due to the small amount present.

'I have to help!' Riley thought, running to assist them. But the closer he got, the more impossible it seemed that he would make any difference, what with the roaring fire and the intense heat. Not to mention the people doing the damage. Running to the closest one he could find, he caught their attention by yelling: "Hey, you!"

The young woman who must have been about 18 years old, with long black hair and deep brown eyes turned to face him. "What do you want, kid?" she asked rudely, "I'm a bit busy to stop and help you with homework. Oh wait, it's all burning!" the girl chuckled at her own ridiculous joke, a smirk on her face. It faded quickly, however. "Go home." she added, in an annoyed tone when she saw that Riley hadn't moved.

"Why are you destroying the Academy?" Riley demanded.

"None of your business," she snapped in reply, "now stop trying to play hero or I'll have to show you what real pain is!"

marinalily • 10 August 2013 at 4:30 PM

@cutebirdy79 @takatheeducatedkid
I'm introducing Oliver next~

Saffron stood, gaping at the damage that the academy had sustained. Mom would most definitely not be pleased that her daughter had ended up here, at a burning building excuse for a school. And she was so excited to go to another school for gifted people, as well. Where was she going to go now? Was she expected to drop out and never complete her schooling?

The brunette shook her head and mentally slapped herself. Getting an education was the least of her worries. Although she was quite concerned about where she was going to stay, and more importantly, for her life. Dumbfounded, Saffron stood there, not really sure what to do.

Saffron grinned as an idea flashed forth in her head. She could help! Racing towards the edge of the field where Saffron could see the injured were laid, and figured they were defending the school from where they were camped, which was quite near the school building, but safely away from the dangerous flames.

The people all jerked and some tried to raise weapons against her when Saffron arrived, but they quickly took in her alreafy-dirtied uniform and instead gave the girl looks of pity.

"Sorry, darling," one of the teachers, a gruff and large man said with a Southern drawl. "We didn't want it to end up this wa-" He broke off as he started coughing, probably due to the smoke.

Concerned, Saffron placed the tips of her fingers against the man's throat, and he visibly relaxed. But Saffron could already feel her holds on her emotions slipping away, and she pinched the bridge of her nose as a small headache formed.

takaedakumi • 10 August 2013 at 5:05 PM

@marinalily @cutebirdy79
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Riley gave the girl an angry look. "Maybe I wouldn't try to stop you if I knew why you were doing this!" he pointed out.

"Seriously, even if I wanted to tell you, It's not my place to." she answered with a frown. "Now get lost!" she yelled. Throwing out her hand at him, she released a strange dark matter.

Riley knew it had to be something dangerous and moved quickly away as it blasted past him. Scanning the ground as fast as he could, he picked up a stone and threw it at the hand she still had outstretched, ready to attack him again.

"Agh!" the girl yelped, pulling her hand in and clasped it with the other. "Why, you-" she roared in anger.

"Olivia!" a voice called from behind her.

"What is it, Sara?" she snapped, frustration filling her voice as she turned around.

The girl who must have been Sara flinched a little as Olivia turned.

"I was just going to ask if you needed any help." she answered, walking closer into the light as her friend lowered her guard a bit. Sara had short blonde hair and golden-brown eyes that glittered in the flames.

"I'm still here...!" Riley said, surprised at how little they were concerned about him.

"Oh, right." Olivia said in monotone, "how to deal with you...?"

cutebirdy79 • 10 August 2013 at 5:23 PM

@marinalily @takatheeducatedkid


Tara had fell asleep on the bus ride to the Academy. She was awoken by the bus rider's yelling. "Get off" he yelled.

Tara began to blush from embarrassment and got up from her seat. "Sorry. Here take this" Tara said as she handed the bus driver $5 dollars.

"Thank you" he shouted as Tara got off the bus.

"Your welcome" Tara shouted back. Then she began to walk towards the Academy. She was surprised to see it on fire. "Whoa what happened here?" Tara said to herself. 'Well how is a shapeshifter going to help this situation' Tara thought.

Then she looked around and saw 3 people talking(Riley, Olivia and Sara). Tara turned into a raven and flew towards the group while she was in the shadows. When she was close she turned back to normal and listened in on there conversation.

takaedakumi • 10 August 2013 at 5:54 PM

@marinalily @cutebirdy79
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"Don't worry about it, I've got you covered." Sara said as a tongue of fire fire ignited between her fingers.

Riley's eyes widened. So this was the person behind the fire...! Or at least one of them.

"You can't have all the fun, Sara. We'll just team up on him. The Tricent Academy isn't known for playing fair anyway..." Olivia snickered.

Riley had to think quick, he was outnumbered, and he couldn't see anything more he could throw at them on the ground. But then, he had his pens. Taking them out of his breast-pocket, he whipped them at the two, aiming for Olivia's right eye and Sara's left. Direct hit, as usual.

"Ouch!" Sara yelled, immediately dousing the flame and reaching for her throbbing eye. Olivia held her eye but attempted to get to Riley anyway, who was already running away.

Riley's heroic feeling faded into lack of confidence as he he looked for a safe place to hide. 'Why did I approach her in the first place? I don't have any weapons and I don't know anything about these people! I must be crazy!'

cutebirdy79 • 10 August 2013 at 6:02 PM

@takatheeducatedkid @marinalily

Tara saw the boy begin to run. "Psst Over here" Tara said loud enough for the boy to hear. Then she just reached out and grabbed the boy.

She put her left hand on his mouth and whispered in his ear. "Shhh" Tara watched the two women run by. "Won't be long til they find us" Tara whispered as she took her hand off the boys mouth.

"Hello. I'm Tara" Tara whispered with an outreached hand. "We don't have much time until they find us so you need more allies" Tara whispered as she glanced to see where the two women went.

takaedakumi • 10 August 2013 at 6:18 PM

@marinalily @cutebirdy79
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"Right," Riley said with a nod, "I'm Riley. Nice to meet you, strange circumstances, but still." He watched Sara and Olivia searching the area not far from them. Suddenly he got an idea. "Tara, they aren't expecting two people, we can catch them by surprise. If only we had something to fight with, though..." he was annoyed by the helpless feeling of having nothing to fight with, but he'd have to make due.

"He couldn't have gone far." Sara said in the distance, "let's go back and check where we were.

"Yeah..." Olivia said, rubbing her sore eye, hoping it wouldn't effect her aim.

cutebirdy79 • 10 August 2013 at 6:27 PM

@takatheeducatedkid

"Well nice to meet you Riley and nice plan. We might want to put it into action because they will find us probably once they get over here" Tara whispered.

"If you really need something to fight .Use this." Tara said as she pulled a pocket knife out from her shoe. "Here use it. If you want" Tara whispered as she handed Riley the pocket knife.

Then she saw the women get closer. "Well got to change" Tara whispered. Then she morphed into a wolf. Tara winked at Riley to signal she was ready.

xxthexnickxx • 10 August 2013 at 6:33 PM

Name: Nick
Race: Human/kigon(dragon persion)
Looks: Carmel hair, black jacket with sleeves rolled up, green t shirt, jeans, soccer shoes, fingerless gloves. Has 2 dragon shaped scars on the palms of my hands. I'm skinny but quite strong. My K9 teeth are sharp. But not vampire sharp. I have my hair flipped to the side. Not like a emo flip though.
Weapons: A one of a kind katana called shadow slayer. made from darkmetal, it was forged in flames. The blade glows white hot at the touch of blood. I have 2 glaves that come back. I also have 2 grapple hooks on my arms. They extend to 250 feet. I can sometimes use wind magic
Pet: A green dragon named brisk. Brisk has green scales as a base and gold horns, belly, tail spike, spikes, and claws. He has 4 orange fins on top of his head. Not to mention his large orange wings. He is extremely quick and can use air blasts, dragon fire, and alpha poison(does not affect other dragons). last, brisk can change sizes from 1 foot tall, to 10 feet tall. But it makes him extremely tired.
Skills: quick, strong,
Personality: ( brisk and I) brave, smart, expert and finding enemy weakness, great Allie, Deadly enemy


(In the same persion for like every RP XD)

takaedakumi • 10 August 2013 at 6:56 PM

@xxthexnickxx I'd appreciate it if you didn't bring dragons into the RP, it's just regular humans here. ^-^' I'm also not seeing the best display of grammar on your form, which is also not copied from above, not to mention you must not have read Rule 6... I can't rightly accept your form until you've read the first post thoroughly and created your form accordingly. :\

@cutebirdy79
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As Tara handed Riley a pocket knife from her shoe, he had mixed feelings. Then he saw her transform into a wolf, which surprised him, but it soon wore off as he readied to catch the two girls by surprise.

He waited for the perfect moment... Just when they were close, he leapt out from the shadows and sliced downward with the knife, cutting open the side of Olivia's left arm assuming she was lefty because of the use of her ability earlier.

"Aaah!" Olivia yelled, grasping the gash to keep it from bleeding, "you sneaky little rat!" she screeched.

Sara ran at Riley, completely turning her back to Tara.

cutebirdy79 • 10 August 2013 at 7:11 PM

@takatheeducatedkid

Tara watched Riley go after one of the women. Then the other one came at him and left her back wide open. Tara ran at the woman and jumped on her back and bit at her neck.

Then Tara morphed into a bear and clawed and bit at the woman's neck. Then Tara sat on her.

marinalily • 10 August 2013 at 7:33 PM

@cutebirdy79 @takatheeducatedkid

Oliver clambered out of the bus, brushing off the admiring looks he had already received from half of the girl population of the school. Something wasn't right. As he walked nearer and nearer to the academy, it became obvious that there indeed was something wrong. The whole thing was burning down. Oliver couldn't help but scoff. So much for specialty education.

As he walked closer, though, he could see that clearly, there were two sides to this fight. One, some people trying to destroy the building, and two, some kids, teachers, and a bear... Well, wonders would never cease, would they.

Throwing an illusion over himself, Oliver managed to watch as the fight unfolded, his nose wrinkled in disgust.

As much as Oliver enjoyed watching a school burn down- this was his school, his future home for a few more years. Plus, he didn't want to end up like the clueless students that just threw themselves into the throng, but it appeared he had no choice in the matter unless he wanted to just sit there and watch.

Sighing, Oliver pushed off from the tree he had been leaning on and gathered up a string of power in his hands and pointed, trapping someone attempting to burn down the school even more.

The person frantically pounded on air as Oliver guffawed, clutching his sides, his own illusion over himself forgotten. He also managed to get a good look at the person, who seemed too elaborately dressed to look like a random mobster.

Sighing, Oliver released the guy, pointing at him yet again as he started running off screaming in terror as his comrades called after him in vain. That never turned old.

Well at least Oliver knew who to target now. Gathering his energy, the boy pointed in different directions at many different people, hoping that none of them would be able to see through his illusions.

takaedakumi • 11 August 2013 at 11:03 AM

@marinalily @cutebirdy79
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"Hey, get off me, get off me!" Sara whined, wildly flailing her arms. It wasn't very comfortable to have a bear sitting on top of her.

"Please." Olivia grimaced. She lunged at Riley with her palm open and slapped it against his forehead, releasing more dark matter that instantly knocked him unconscious. "Your turn," she huffed, leaping onto Tara's back and doing the same to her.

"Now I have a sleeping bear on top of me! Ahhh!" Sara complained again, "please move it before I get crushed!"

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As Oliver walked, he seemed to be able to trick some, but it was easy to tell the more experienced ones apart from the lesser. However, even though some noticed him, they didn't seem to do anything about him.

Suddenly he was beamed on the back of the head with great force. "I thought you were there." a voice said from behind him.

As the boy fell unconscious, he heard another voice.

"How did you see him?"

"I didn't SEE him, I'm blind remember?!"

(Don't mean to make you all seem weak or anything, but we need to move on to the next scene)

marinalily • 11 August 2013 at 11:23 AM

@cutebirdy79 @takatheeducatedkid Yeah, you do whatever you want to my guys. May I just ask what's happening next so that Saffy gets included? (:

Oliver laughed at the people running around getting chased by their biggest fears. Or at the very least, they were being chased by the Boogeyman. It was quite funny, watching them scream into air.

Now that he thought about it, Oliver was quite surprised that he didn't end up attacked yet, and he realized- he probably wasn't guarding himself that well- he could get ambushed whenever and Oliver wouldn't be prepared at all.

Oliver raised his hand, just about to cloak himself onnce more, when suddenly a dull throb began inside his head, and the last thing Oliver saw was his face nearing the ground as he slumped on the floor.

takaedakumi • 12 August 2013 at 10:16 AM

@marinalily Oh yeah. *slaps forehead* I totally forgot. @cutebirdy79
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As Saffron stood among the injured people, a very tall young man with short silver hair and pale blue eyes- one of those dressed in dark colored uniforms of black lined with silver, approached. A symbol much like the one embroidered on her own uniform, an Academy crest decorated the uniform he wore.

"Many apologies." he said very seriously as he threw out his hand. She could feel a pulse come quickly from him, it seeped through her inducing a deep drowsy feeling. It must have effected the injured on the ground too, they didn't seem to be moving as she fell heavily to the ground.

marinalily • 15 August 2013 at 7:02 PM

@cutebirdy79 @takatheeducatedkid

Saffron wasn't really happy.

Then again, was she ever really happy?

She wished she could use her own powers on herself. Maybe she could finally get her own sanity fixed then.

But the girl still knew what she had to do, and looking at all the injured people and what casualties they had sustained, Saffron knew she had to at least try her best to help them, in any way she could.

And after all, didn't everyone want to be a hero?

Turning around, her vision stuck on a tall guy, with silver hair. How strange. Looking at his attire as well, Saffron noticed it was much like her own, except.. different.

And why was he apologizing? Did he do something wrong?

Saffron wasn't feeling that great in the first place, and almost missed the shock of energy that pulsated from the young man's hand as she started on her fall towards the ground.

At least now she knew why he was apologizing.

takaedakumi • 19 August 2013 at 2:04 PM

@marinalily @cutebirdy79 Sorry for the wait, you two!
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Riley opened his eyes wearily, the sun beaming brightly in them. Flying up, he looked around for Olivia and Sara but soon came to his senses. "What happened?" he asked himself aloud as he looked around. He was... inside the Academy? The walls were charred but it seemed all the fires had been put out. He was sitting on the floor among other wounded Precociotons, most sleeping.

"The Tricent Academy happened." a voice answered Riley's question. Riley turned and for the first time, noticed a woman sitting on the floor in the corner of the room. It wasn't too dark in this room though, so he wondered how he could have overlooked her. She wore a lightly armored silver uniform lined with the sea green secondary color of most Shaffer academy Student uniforms. Sure enough, the Shaeffer Academy crest was embroidered on in brown. The boots she wore matched the color of the crest, and so did the long fingerless gloves she had on her hands, one of which clenched the hilt of a sheathed sword hanging on the also brown belt that loosely hung around her waist. Her hair was silver like her uniform and her eyes a crimson red. But none of these things were the strangest thing about the woman. The strangest thing was her long, thin pointed ears that were decorated with three small silver hoop earrings each. She looked like an elf... or something. Riley had never seen someone like this in his life.

The woman stood up and walked forward. "The Tricent Academy decided to pay a visit to my school while I was out." she stated in annoyance.

"You must be Seretta Shaeffer, then? The Principal...?" Riley assumed, from what she'd just said.

"That's right," Seretta answered, "unfortunately I don't have much of a school left. It'll work though, only most of it is burned beyond teaching in."

"You mean you still plan to teach kids here?!" Riley asked, stunned.

"Keep your voice down, kid! People are trying to rest!" Seretta yelled.

"Right, sorry," Riley apologized, "you still plan to teach kids here?" he repeated in a whispering tone.

"Of course we're still gonna teach kids here. There's nowhere else to teach Precociotons in a way that DOESN'T turn them into arsonists." she answered, her face twisting in disgust on the word 'arsonists'. No doubt she heavily disliked this other academy. And with good reason it seemed, from what Riley had seen and heard so far.

"Oh yes, where's Tara?" Riley asked, looking around once more.

"Ah, the bear we found you out cold next to. She's in the other room if you want to see her," she replied, pointing to an ornate oak doorway, that lead to another room full of people, "probably still unconscious, but you can try to wake her up. Taking up space is what she's doing." Seretta finished. Raising a hand, she took her leave.

Riley stood up, almost falling over again due to fatigue. He shook it off though and headed in the direction of the room Seretta had pointed him to. Sure enough, there was the girl he had met the night before. Or rather, bear. He walked cautiously through the room, trying not to wake or step on any of the resting Precociotons.

cutebirdy79 • 19 August 2013 at 2:28 PM

@takatheeducatedkid @marinalily

Tara woke up and looked at her paws. 'Dang I'm still a bear' Tara thought then she turned back into a human. "Whoa" Tara said to herself when pain rushed over her. Tara put her hands on her head and closed her eyes and opened them. She saw Riley. "Riley is that you?" Tara asked.

Then she tried to stand. When she did she almost stepped on another student. "Don't want to do that" Tara told herself as she placed her foot in an empty space. "What happened? Why isn't the building on fire anymore?" Tara asked as she looked around and saw charred walls.

Tara then began to make her way to Riley. She almost tripped over some people but she turned to an owl and saved herself. She flew to a desk and turned back into a human. She sat on the desk and stared at Riley.

takaedakumi • 19 August 2013 at 2:43 PM

@cutebirdy79
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"I guess backup arrived or something," Riley said as he looked around at the charred walls again, "apparently we were unaware that this academy is at war with another one called the Tricent Academy. Funny how we never heard of it before we signed up for this. Something's weird here." he said thoughtfully. Yet he couldn't say anything for sure yet, he'd only just gotten here.

"So apparently classes are going to continue too," he added, "I hope we get to rest for a while though, I feel terrible. What was that shadow stuff that Olivia girl dumped into our consciousness last night?" Riley held his forehead, he had a pretty bad headache.

cutebirdy79 • 19 August 2013 at 2:56 PM

@takatheeducatedkid
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"Well I have no idea what that shadow stuff was or is. If I did I would tell you first." Tara said as she jumped off the seat and made her way towards the door. "If they start classes today. They can count me absent for all of them because I just want to sleep" Tara said as she walked out of the room and into the hallway.

"Well if I was going to sleep. Where would be the best place to do that?" Tara asked as she leaned against some lockers with her arms across her chest.

marinalily • 19 August 2013 at 7:10 PM

@cutebirdy79 @takatheeducatedkid

Saffron awoke in a daze, the events a while ago almost forgotten. Almost. How had she gotten here? Shooting up and glancing around her, Saffy let out a breath she didn't know she was holding. Nobody there had the different uniform of the ones who had attacked her.

Crinkling her nose just so in disgust to the smell of the odours of too many people in too little space, Saffron looked at her sleeping companions. They didn't look that hurt, aside from a few scrapes and cuts here and there- nothing vital. Saffron herself only had a faint bump from when she had fallen on the ground.

Trying to organize her thoughts, Saffron thought up all the questions and answered the ones she could in her head.

Where was she?
Probably the school, judging from its charred walls.
Who were these people?
Students, for they had the same uniform as she did.
How long was she asleep for?
Were they safe?
Most importantly, what were they going to do now?

Those last questions went unanswered in Saffron's head. That was not good. And another enquiry- what was she to do now? Saffron highly doubted she could just fall back into her slumber on the floor.

Standing up amidst a mass of students lying down, Saffron frowned. How useless was she? She didn't have any friends, or any acquaintances, unless you count the few that she had helped before she had been knocked unconscious. And those were teachers. Whoever heard of your only friends being teachers? Saffron scoffed at herself quietly, trying to pick her way through the mass of sleeping bodies on the floor.

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Oliver groggily groaned, rolling over only to be blocked by... something.

"Dude! Personal space?"

Well that got Oliver awake. What was he doing sleeping with a guy? Why was his bed so hard? Who- then it all came crashing down. Oliver was knocked unconscious. The school was burned down.

"... sorry," Oliver muttered, for lack of a better retort and of a painful headache. The guy beside him looked Oliver over, grinning easily. "No worries," he said coolly. "I think you'll be one of the big-shots here, best to get on your good side while I can." Oliver smirked. "Someone knows how to choose sides."

"I try my best," the guy said back, rolling over and groaning. Oliver, bored of the conversation, walked away, looking for something else to do. Everyone seemed to be lying on the floor, and the school wouldn't be of help, as it was burned down. Or at least heavily charred.

But what would he do? Oliver was too tired to try and pull pranks on people, plus he had that splitting headache. Maybe he would go find a better place to crash and sleep off everything.

takaedakumi • 20 August 2013 at 12:04 PM

@marinalily @cutebirdy79
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Despite being tired, sleeping was the last thing on Riley's mind. He knew he needed it but he wanted to satisfy his curiosity first. Walking past some of the other students, most of which were waking up by now, he walked into a large hallway. A lot of sun shone in through charred holes in the ceiling and walls and the broken windows.

The place didn't look half bad for having been on fire the night before. As he walked down to the other end, he heard the voices of two women in one of the rooms and stopped just before the doorway.

"Do you think the students will be willing to help? I mean, last night was pretty rough."

"Some of them will, we just have to convince them."

"...Seretta?"

"What is it?"

"Last night, those students weren't as weak as we thought they'd be..."

"Just... Just get back to work already, this crap won't move itself!"

Riley walked casually into the room after a bit as though he hadn't heard anything out of the ordinary. He noticed Seretta was carrying a large oak desk, it looked terrible with burn marks all over it and some holes in the sides. Despite it's size, the Principal was carrying it like she had picked up a box of books or something, though he knew he himself would probably be unable to lift it off the ground. The other woman who was probably a teacher had long brown hair and blue eyes, she wore a long dress with the Academy colors and was carrying a pile of barely identifiable items, black from the fire and falling apart.

"Oh!" the woman said, almost bumping into Riley on her way out. "I'm sorry sir," she continued with an apologetic smile, "just clearing out the old burned things."

"It's okay," Riley replied, "in fact, if you don't mind... I'd like to help out."

Seretta had a look of surprise. "If I were you, I'd have rolled over and went back to sleep," she admitted, "but since you're offering, we need that stuff in the corner moved too. You can do that, right? We have other rooms to clean out."

"Sure." Riley said with a small smile. Seretta Shaeffer was an interesting Principal.

"What's your name, kid?" Seretta asked.

"Riley... Riley Chase." he answered.

"Nice to meet you Riley," she replied, walking out of the room with the large piece of furniture, "just dump it into the pile outside the door down the hallway!" she yelled back.

"I'm Chelsea Stenner, the English teacher." the other woman introduced herself as the she left the room to follow Seretta. She had a hard time keeping up with the Principal.

Riley shook his head in slight amusement and turned to what seemed like a mountain of charred stuff in the corner. His smile faded to a tired expression when he came to a realization. "Oh man, I agreed to moving all this...?" he sighed.

cutebirdy79 • 20 August 2013 at 2:06 PM

@takatheeducatedkid

Tara watched Riley walk into a room and then two women walked out carrying things. "Probably cleaning up. Wonder if Riley needs help?" Tara said to herself as she pushed herself off the lockers and walked into the room. She saw Riley standing in front of a pile of charred stuff.

"Need some help?" Tara asked as she walked over to Riley. "So what were those two women talking about before you walked in on them?" Tara asked as she picked up some charred stuff.

takaedakumi • 20 August 2013 at 4:48 PM

@cutebirdy79
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"Oh, thanks. I didn't think I could do this by myself," Riley laughed as he picked up some old wood chunks, "as for those two... I think they were talking about those other academy students that attached last night. I guess they weren't worried about them before. Makes me wonder, what could have started this whole thing...?"

After standing for a bit in thought, he moved onward down the hallway towards the door that the Principal told him about. Sure enough, he could see a pile of other charred things outside the open door. He felt better doing the work with someone else, it wasn't such a daunting task this way.