Courtyard (South)

[Lily Wong]

Moaning a little as her eyes blinked open, she noticed that she was still in the Southern part of the Courtyard. She happened to notice that she felt strangely warm, and that she was holding onto something. Her memories slowly coming back to her, she realized that she'd fallen asleep on Lazoras a few days ago, she knew it had been a few days because she remembered stirring for a moment or two every once in awhile and looking around. That's when she realized that what she'd been holding onto was his shirt, causing her to flush a dark pink as she now felt fully awake. At least now she knew why she was warm, his body heat and the blanket he had apparently draped over them. Thoughts of paranoia ran through her mind but she ignored them, seeing how he wasn't that type of person.
Not wanting to disturb him, she didn't move from the position of sitting on his lap with her head on his shoulder she'd been in, but merely gripped his shirt just a little tighter as she had already been quite rude in falling asleep on him and didn't want to further indulge in being impolite. She was careful to look beyond to another tree to keep from staring or anything, knowing that it sometimes bothered people and it was an almost instant way to wake someone from their slumber.  

[` F o x B o y]

He had slowly awake not to long after her. His eyes slowly opened and he noticed she was awake. He blinked a few times and he let a soft smile slide across his face " You slept a long time, i gease i did a good job of keeping you warm and comfortable " he sead looking to her keeping his arms around her gently as he watched her thinking just alittle about how he had woken up a few times in her time asleep and just stiared at her beautiful face for hours on end. he Kept his eyes rested on hers as he watched her. his head resting to the back of the tree as he watched her. he seemed to have goten plenty of rest over the time she was asleep " ANd its fine that you fell asleep. i need the rest to, and besides, i dont mind being a personial coutch for you " he sead smiling as he looked to her. She hadnt relay woken him. just he had wonted to wake up when she did so it somehow happined. He kept his eyes on her as he thout just alittle Wondering how much she liked him and if he had minded him leting her sit on his lap. he looked at her cheeks seeing she was red like she was. his eyes flashed lightly and his smile got alittle bigger  

[Outlaw_elf]

Taqune quickly got up and chased after her. He could have just used his speed to get infront of her, but he felt that this would be better. He didn't want to exert all his energy on her because he knew that she would come closer to death than he would want her to. On top of that he didn't say he had to be with her he said he has her to be with. He wants to be with her not as if its all set in stone. He is just going to have some explaining to do and maybe she can fight him to let out her anger.  

[Lily Wong]

((I warn you, it's a little long))
Her face turned darker at his comment upon her sleep, but it wasn't like he didn't have reason to say it. After all, nearly a week is quite a long time to sleep, unless you either are in a coma or dead. She then realized that her power had disabled itself whilst she was sleeping, which in turn enabled her to be at even greater ease than what ease she had been at already.
She gripped his shirt again, then loosened it as she adjusted her head a little since he was now awake, so that the side of her head was on his shoulder and she was facing towards his neck. Breathing in, she found that the scent of the trees had rubbed off on him, which almost made her want to laugh, but she smiled instead, for she still felt she was being incredibly rude, even though he said it was fine.
I bet he's lost some of the circulation in his legs by now, the poor guy. Sitting there that way just a little longer, she lifted her head a little, kissing his cheek like she always seemed to do, as was her 'Good night/Good morning' and sometimes 'thank you' gesture. Then she gave him a li ght huge as she pulled herself off of him and stood. After a few minutes' stretch for her arms, she sat down in the grass next to him, placing the heel of one foot onto the knee of the opposite leg, which, when done right, is actually a really good stretch.
Smiling, she tilted her head somewhat towards the sun's rays as she thought about how incredibly nice Lazoras was, even for a best friend. "I'm really sorry about that," she said, scratching the side of her head with a finger. She took note that she really needed a shower, and the sooner the better. She'd get it in a few, she didn't think it would be nice or fair to ditch him all of a sudden. Besides, she really enjoyed his company and wanted to visit just a little more this morning before washing. "I really do hop you slept okay in the least," she said with a look of apology. "I didn't mean to suddenly drop on you like that." Although she didn't think she deserved it, she hoped he'd somehow forgive her. Switching her foot to the ground and lifting the other to the knee of that, her smile faded a little, a distant sadness swept over her. It was a calm, graceful, gentle, almost eerie kind of sadness. Putting her arms back bhind and somewhat beneath her so her face was aimed more toward the sky and she was better balanced, she said, "If there's anything I can do, just tell me."
Her seemed sadness wasn't just about how rude she'd been, that actually was a smaller portion of it. During her sleep, she'd seen chopped and blurred remnants of home. Her first, real home. The way her family used to be, fuzzy outlines of children in her specific village she had played with... So much so long forgotten that she'd seen but it was so incredibly unclear. It made her slightly depressed whenever her memory fizzed out like that. It was also the main reason that she usually avoided sleeping much, for usually her dreams were her old memories. There was something else that bugged her too. She'd heard voices--most likely thoughts--during her rest of two people and the female voice sounded oddly familiar. Not recognizing it brought a little frustration upon her, but it mostly worried her.  

[Saint of the Damned]

The courtyard was large and welcoming, complete with a centerpiece of a large fountain. Karyan admired the details that had been used to make two lovely sculptors of the dragon and the phoenix that were on the fountain. Karyan then looked around at the many students that filled the courtyard. Some were jogging, while others were reading. Groups that hung out together ranged from small to large and each group appeared to be having their own fun. Karyan felt out of place at that moment, she had no friends… at least, not yet. But she doubted herself even then, how could a demon fit in amongst others? That was what her aunt had taught her, that demons were not meant to live amongst people, they were evil.

After studying some of the other students, Karyan realized that she was not the only one with pointed ears… in fact she looked rather ‘normal’ (a word her aunt used to describe humans often) compared to some of these… things. Some of them even had wings! Karyan’s heart ached as she saw some of the students with wings as she subconsciously touched her back were the only reminders of wings where two deep red scars. She shivered at the memory of that night. It had been another one of her ‘episodes’. She remembered it well… shivering at the thoughts, Karyan was brought back to reality when she heard the roaring laughter of one of the groups of students.

Karyan looked around the courtyard once more and realized something… she was lost. Where did she go from here? She cursed under her breath as she looked around the massive campus, how would she ever find her way around this place?  

[` F o x B o y]

HE had arched his back alittle and move dhis arms behind it stretching out some he had laughed just alittle at her kiss to his cheek apperently he had liked it. he looked to her as he finashed his stretching quickly stayingin a sit there beside her he looked up at the ski with her " You dont have to be sorry " he sead with a smile and a node " THat was the best sleep i have had in a wial " he looked over at her " SOmething about you relaxes me very much " he new that the answer to that was that he loved her, but he wasnt saying anything out load seens he didnt think she felt the same way about him. he looked at the ski " i dont realy need anything " he sead as he sat there " ANd Besides, i forgive you for falling asleep " he sead with a node " ita was kinda my plan " he sead and he let out a shirt light laugh " o could tell how tired you were and it was good that you layed down and rested a wial " he sead with a node He had thout about his dream, a dream taht had first seemed like a nightmare at how he ahd bean told by a nother angel that he would never be alod into the haven agian. but thin it becouse much more present when the angel told him why ' Your inlove with a mortal, witch makes you mortal aswell, wether you now it ornot, you love her with the passion a mortal should, and for that you are granted your mortality ' he remebered the angel specking to him. he closed his eyes leting a smile slide across his lips. He thout of some of the things he had done with her durring the dream and he let out a light laugh in her hearing rang. he slowly opened his eyes and his happy face quickly faded at how she looked so sad. he had no idea why she felt so bad and he thout it was proboly him. he let his head drop alittle so he was looking down some and he looked to her " whats wrong " he asked watcing her alittle. He had plained on asking her if she wonted to go to the bathhouse, seens he new he was a rather smelly person at the time seens he had bean laying under a blanket in the sun with her for so long. and he had bean training before that he new he was in desperate need of a bath. this idea shatered away in his mind seeing how sad she looked. he bite the inside of his lip alittle were it wasnt seeable in hopes that he hadnt done anything wrong to upset her or make her dislike him. He noticed how easily this upset him, how her being so gloomy droped him strait into it, Human emotion, Mortal things.  

[Saint of the Damned]

After a few minutes of standing in one place, staring at the fountain, Karyan made up her mind that it wouldn’t do her any good to just stand in one place and just wish for something to happen. She walked away from the fountain and started to wonder from one end of the courtyard to the other. After walking the length from one end of the court yard to the other several times, Karyan realized that she was receiving some stares from the passerby. “I must look like an idiot!” She cursed under her breath and kicked the ground. She reached up to her mother’s necklace once more and did something that she never did… she prayed. Not to that God that her aunt had forced her to pray to, but her mother. “Mom, please help me, I’m lost…” she said silently. After letting out another sigh, she decided that it would be best if she just headed over to the shade of one of the trees, maybe she could make some use of her time and practice her shadow manipulation.
After finding a tree that no one was sitting under, Karyan placed her bag next to her and prepared herself to begin her shadow manipulation. She stood in a strait, but relaxed position and breathed long, even breaths. She then cupped her hands and willed the surrounding shadow’s to gather into her hands, forming a small black ball. She separated her hands and stretched the shadow as she did so, smiling her approval of what she was accomplishing. She then stretched one arm forward and gathered more shadows into a second ball and brought it to the other one, merging them together. She tossed it between her two hands and chuckled slightly. It was the simplest form of Shadow Manipulation, but it was her favorite… for what reason she did not know.
After she finished with her exercises, Karyan sat down and relaxed for a moment. She tried to formulate a plan of action as to what she would try to accomplish next… and the first thing she should probably do is find her dormitory… but not now, Karyan was too busy relaxing in the shade of the tree to care at the moment…  

[cursed-with-curves]

Morrigan got up and walked to the fountain and looked down at her reflection. she saw herself, blonde hair blue eyes, slught tan prettty enough face, "your stupid to think you would ift in here." she mumbled she spalshed the water making her reflection ripple as she looked away. she turned and leaned agaisnt the foutain walla and took out a cigarette, "fuego." she said pointing to it it lit up and she took a long drag and blew it out. she could see alot of people around her. MOst of them looked her age, "your ment to make friends your age, be different not be the same older people your used to, you need to change." she said to herself looking around. she frowned and looked at her cigarette.  

[BenFleming]

Kayato whistled under his breath as he entered the courtyard. Big was an understatement. Here and there students milled about the courtyard. Some were chatting animatedly with others, some were dozing underneath (or in) a shady tree, and other still were *shudder* studying. Kayato followed the stone path towards the fountain. Leaning over the edge, he dipped his head under the running water and took a long drink. Wiping his mouth off with his wrist, Kayato extracted his head from the water and sat on the edge of the fountain. For several minutes the swordsman sat, the gentle tumbling of the water very pleasing to the ear. Eventually he got up and headed towards the grass, intending to lay there and look up at the clouds. He found a nice spot not obstructed by a tree's shadow and flopped down on his back, making sure to not lay on top of his katana as he did so. A sword sticking through you isn't pleasant.

There Kayato lay for a while, watching the puffy white clouds drift lazily by. He nearly fell asleep in the soft grass, but just as his eyelids began to sag there was a rustling in a patch of long grass just to his left. In an instant Kayato was to his feet, his hand behind his back, clutching the grip of the katana. Kayato was caught off guard as a purple blob of some sort flung itself out of the grass at him. Before he could draw his sword the blobby thing was upon him, tackling him to the ground in a flying tackleglomp.

"Oi, geddoffme!" he cried, using his free hand to push the thing off of him. It rolled off, but tried to pounce back on. Kayato threw a punch at it, but the blob just opened it's mouth, Kayato's fist going right inside. Now rather annoyed, Kayato drew his katana with his other arm and swiped at the blob, taking care not to take his arm off in the process. The remains of the creature fell off of his arm onto the ground.

"Ew... blob slobber." he moaned, wiping his thoroughly coated arm off on his pants. Hopefully no one saw that...  

[cursed-with-curves]

MOrigan watched the boy infront of her under the tree be attacked by a blob and saw the disgust on his face. she smiled and raised a eyebrow. She pointed to a pebble next to her and morphed it into a packet of tissuses. she lifted it with her telkensis and moved them closer to the boy, levitating htem in the air just above his face. she stubbed out her cigarette and held the packet of tissues in a telkentic brace  

[Bakurish]

Solana stepped out of the dark registration building and into the bright sunshine and shielded her eyes from the sun. "It was never this bright in Elzen-" she muttered, then stopped. If she was going to compare everything to her hometown, then there was no point in staying. "I can't think like that," she said to herself, sighing. "I have to believe in myself for Otou and Shibou... No! I will do this! I will stay!" she shouted, gaining the curious looks of passerbyers. Solana grinned sheepishly and dashed away, her bag rhythmatically bumping against her leg as she made her escape out of that awkward situation.
When Solana slowed her running into a slow jog, she noticed that she had wandered into the South courtyard, or at least that's what her map told her when she checked it to figure out where exactly she was. The Ria campus was very large, and her mad dash away from the reg. building had tired her out. As she looked around, she saw that every single one of the benches were full; students had resorting to sitting on their lovers' laps for room. Solana scrunched her nose and quickly walked away, clutching the strap to her bag as she saught out a place to sit.
At last she found one under a large tree that was far away from the lovers she saw. The only problem was that there was already a girl sitting there, a girl that looked almost asleep in the shade. Summoning her courage, Solana took a deep breath and walked over, and using the most politest voice she could muster, she said,"Hello. Would it be alright if I could sit down here?"  

[Saint of the Damned]

Karyan hears someone ask if they can sit next to me and she opens here eyes to see a girl standing above her. She shoots up and looks at her. “Hello. Would it be alright if I could sit down here?" The girl asks, sounding just as nervous as Karyan. She nods and the girl sits next to her. Karyan is quite perplexed by this whole situation… no one has asked her permission to do anything before this. Well, except for her father… Karyan desperately searches for a conversation starter when she finds that she has none. She's never had a non-hostile conversation with anyone (once again, with the exception of her fater). She then remembers that it was usual for people to give their names when first meeting and shake hands.

“Uh… hello, I’m Karyan,” Karyan held out her hand for the girl to shake it. When she did, Karyan continued, “What’s your name?”  

[Bakurish]

The girl nodded and Solana sat, taking off her backpack and setting it on the ground beside her. She noticed that the girl looked extremely nervous, like no one had ever asked her permission for something, and Solana frowned, spacing out as she thought of what her family and hometown was like. Maybe she lived in a castle somewhere where her father was king, and they- the girl, her father, and her mother- all laughed and talked and were normal where they lived. At least, that's what was running through her mind when the girls voice snapped her out of her daydream.
"Uh... hello, I'm Karyan," Karyan held out her hand to Solana and she instinctivly shook it, the girls hand warm in her own. Karyan finished the handshake and said, "What's your name?"
"I'm Solana. Solana Morte," she replied, smiling. "I've only just got here and I don't know anyone or where anything is." Solana laughed nervously and leaned back against the tree trunk, staring up at the blue sky throught the thicket of leaves. "I guess I should try to strike up a conversation," she thought, then turned to Karyan again. "What about you? Have you been here long?"  

[Lily Wong]

She felt a little relief when he said he forgave her, and that his sleep was fairly top-notch. The fact he said he planned it made her angry for a split second, but nothing more as he was doing what he probably thought was best. That single characteristic reminded her of Mirael, and thinking of something as strange as them being alike caused one corner of her mouth to lift into a lopsided smile. She closed her eyes and shook her head. It just seemed...wrong.
Hearing his light laughter, she opened a brown-grey eye and looked at him, watching his own smile fade. She frowned again for a copule seconds as seh read the two emotions his body language told her and sat on her knees, her hands in front of her waving from side to side. "N-nothing's wrong!" she began as she placed a warm smile on her face. She'd had lots of practice doing this and she'd gotten real well in fooling people with what looked to be a genuinely happy smile. "It's just a mood swing. I get them sometimes when I don't pay attention." Pleae, just please don't feel sad or guilty, it only makes me sadder and more guilt-filled when people frown around me she thought privately to herself.
She couldn't think of anything funny that she could pull off, or at least nothing that'd get as good a result as putting markers on her face like she had that one time. But once something is used it's never the same. Her mind drawing a blank but her face still smiling, she shifted her weight to the side and in an instant her body was straight over her head, her arm and hand on the ground supporting her as she did a one-handed handstand. "See? I'm perfectly peachy!" she said enthusiastically. She wanted so badly to bring that smile back to his face, she'd do just about anything, just like with her other friends. Only slightly more so as he was not just a friend, but her best friend.