{ The School Office } [Re-Open] PAGE 36: THE CALLING

[Toshihiko Two]

Hello, Office.

Barth hoped he wasn't going to be making a habit out of this. But his impression was clear. The Forbidden Woods (even the outskirts) were forbidden for a reason. Apparently teachers just liked to wait for students to get in trouble there. In spite of the very comfortable soft and loamy soil that also liked to hang around there.

All things considered, he was just glad he wasn't trapped in a world where if he moved more than 10 feet he began to disappear.......






.....actually, in retrospect, that didn't sound so bad.  

[Nio Love]

Deja vu.

Riley was, oddly enough, happy to be here. Why would anyone be happy to be in the school office, a second time even?

It wasn't the human world. That was enough to sate Riley. She folded her arms, and let out a soft sigh. Still, it didn't actually feel fair that they were in trouble for something that, in her opinion, wasn't really their fault.

Since when was curiosity a crime?

Riley's happiness died in a heartbeat when she caught a glimpse of Luce in Malodore's arms, however. She pushed off the wall and moved closer. Oh, Luce..  

[Bilious]

Christof shuffled into the office, his shoulders slumped even more than usual as he slowly trudged in to hover at the wall, looking hopefully from face to face for any sign of his Mistress. But they were back and... there was Master Malodore at least, safe and sound! Relief flooding through him, he hobbled towards the Plague doctor, eyes glistening with concern...

And his shovel! His poor Shovel, gone who knew where! Probably still stuck in that horrible Human grave dirt.  

[Appeal]

Lilith had no idea what in the world... was it the world? She couldn't say for sure. Either way, Lilith didn't know what just happened. Either way, she had been more than serious to get back home. She didn't even mind having to stop by the the office again, so long as no one decided she should have to go do laundry again.

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At this point Lucien didn't know where he was. Was he in the office? Or was he in a graveyard? Was it all in his head? Was he crazy? This was a question to be asked at a later date for sure. Conspiracy against his head, reindeer, elves, people suffocating others with their lips, and now the forest? What did the forest suddenly have against him? Really now? Was this really real? The air felt right, so that helped the air spirit calm down from his curious, bewildered state but how could he be sure? Perhaps when something hit him on the head he'd know that the world was right... before his body hit the floor.

 

[Manda]

Aksaja didn't want to go to the Jackdamned office. It wasn't their fault the forest went all weird and warped them into the human world! Then they kept on disappearing while trying to get to the stupid pendant to come back - as that was APPARENTLY what it did.

Muttering curses under his breath, the lightning dragon stomped into the office and found a chair to sit in - backwards. Screw the rules right now, he didn't care. This was stupid.

With a huff, he glanced around at the others there, wondering if any of them had ever been in here before, and for what. Some of them looked rather resigned, others just tired, and some nervous. Hmph. Well, he didn't really care what happened to him as long as . . .

Oh Jack, they wouldn't do that, would they? A thrill of fear suddenly trickled down his spine. "Y'don't think . . . we'll get sent home or anything, do you?" he whispered to Jericho.  

[Rii_Hon]

The office...? Again? Really?! For the love of Jack... he was tired, wanted to sleep, needed to put Luka down to sleep (as the minipet was snoring on his shoulder) and he was just not in the mood to be standing in general. And yet, back to the office again. Hopefully,t his time it wouldn't meant they were in trouble...

haha... Ha. Why be so optimistic when it was obvious they were in trouble again. Out in the woods past curfew and suddenly in the human world? Yeah... he didn't want to see another filthy blanket if he could help it... His entire body slumped into a seat, quite content to slouch... for all of five minutes.

Remembering himself, he straightened and fixed himself up a bit. Might as well not look like a wind whipped train wreck...  

[Smerdle]

West was proud of himself. He knew he shouldn't be, he knew his mother was going to throw the most epic of proper lady fits when she found out, he knew he hadn't actually done anything worth receiving punishment for short of standing somewhere he shouldn't have been, but for now he was basking in the aftermath of a job well done.

He was in trouble.

Filing into the office after a large chunk of his class, West claimed a spot near the back, crossing his arms over his chest once more and leaning against the wall. The spot where his screwed up wing sprouted from his back was more than a bit sore even if the actual appendage was no longer visible, having finally retracted wherever his wings went when they weren't present.  

[Kyrieko]

When she had first told herself she might wind up in her again more than once, LW had not expected it to be this quickly! She...she was still recovering from the first trip! And on TOP of all that, the she-wolf was thoroughly freaked the Jack out over what all had just occurred. In fact, she was still not sure what that had been. Maybe it as all just one really bad really ugly dream. The she-wolf looked around at the other students, remaining quiet and holding her tail again. She really wanted to just curl up in a ball somewhere right now. Instead, she stood quietly towards the back of the office.  

[Enoh Love]

It was rare for anyone to call her Rita (though she did like that nickname!), and so she didn't notice at first that she was being addressed; she just thought some other ghoul was named Rita, and was secretly sighing over the luck that other ghoul had to get such a nice, shorter name. Curiousity won over though when the voice of the caller dimly registered with her, and she peeked towards the voice's owner.

Hey wait, she remembered that ghoul! Where was she from, again? Come on brain, you can do it! Uhh, uh, uhm...OH! From class! Sex Ed! Pumpkin's other Mama! Then another thought hit her; her name had Rita in it, maybe...Mei was calling out to her?

"M...ei?" She said slowly, hoping she remembered it correctly. "Hi!" She added next with a smile and a wave. "You're here, too?" Now her smile faded, making her look absolutely miserable again.

Wow...a lot more of her friends ended up here than she originally thought!  

[Blade Kuroda]

More and more students filed on in. Considering how many were warped, Jericho wouldn't be surprised if this room became rather packed. Spotting Riley, Christof, and Aksaja come on in, he nodded to them out of acknowledgement. The lightning dragon's whisper caught his attention, causing him to frown at the thought of that.

"I doubt it. How the Jack were we supposed to know we'd be sent to the human world?" he grumbled lowly back to Aksaja, "I've been in the forest before and nothing like that has happened."

Well. Almost. There was the whole fiasco he shared with Tsetsiliya, but that turned out to be nothing more than a hallucination. This, on the other hand, definitely was not. Even so, he was sure other students had other relatively uneventful experiences involving the area in and around the woods, granted they didn't try looking for the portals.

"We'll probably get lectured, maybe get some sort of warning or detention but I don't really care all that much at this point."  

[Dragain]

Lizzy dragged herself back into the office, looking really upset; they had just gone to the human world and back. It was an adventure... An adventure she really didn't need to go through. Too many things had happened within such a short time that she was beginning to wonder how she would be able to survive until graduation. However, feeling so negative never helped anyone; forcing a smile, she joined the rest of the students, settling for a spot near a wall. She leaned on it for support and closed her eyes, determined to clear her head before a faculty member comes to address them.

Hopefully they wouldn't get a second round of detention. The last one had made a pretty 'good' impression on her already.  

[Manda]

The lightning dragon's shoulders instantly relaxed at that, and he crossed his arms over the back of the chair then leaned on them. "Oh. Well okay that, it shouldn't be too bad," he murmured, suddenly calm again. Anything else he could handle. He just . . . didn't want to go back home. Ever, if he could help it.

Still, though, detention didn't sound like much fun. A lecture would be better, he decided. Yea, he'd hope for that. Just a lecture and send them away. After all, he'd learned very early on to tune out such things whilst still appearing to listen with every fiber of his being.