Sanctuary Academy (IC/CLOSED)

[Wiztech]

Upon hearing the words of the principal in her head, she went to the auditorium, following the other students, with her bag, wondering how he could speak to her such directly. She also thought that she needs to lay low now, as after how was she received at the Principal's office, she could only think of worse things to come. Also, from her physiology, she had to avoid chairs with backs, as it would be uncomfortable to her to sit in, as well as the others around her. Whenever she's sitting down, she has to fully spread her wings, and close it on the back of the chair. That's why she can't sit on chairs having a back higher than the middle of her back, as there are the lower end of her pectorals, and that's why she avoids chairs with armrests. She simply cannot fit inside, or she has to open her wings to do so.

That was why she had chosen to stand behind the last row of chairs.

Serenity heard someone in the last row she was in and leaned back against the chair. She tapped her walking stick on the ground and the waves bounced back, showing on outline of who it was. It was just another student and she shrugged. She wasn't about to talk to anyone...

She then heard the click of the principles shoes and looked at the sound, following it carefully with her head and then heard a whoosh and the whole auditorium going quite for a bit. She then turned her head slightly to hear better and waited silently.

[Nature-Spirits]

Endora sighed exasperatedly, the magic dissipating. "While I understand that some of our students have certain... needs, and while I accept your apology, I expect all of my students and staff to remain inconspicuous and keep their abilities under check. And yes, I am the principal. Now, please follow me." With that she spun on her heel and began walking, much faster than someone her age should have been able to, toward the auditorium. Upon arriving he ascended to the stage and stood behind an oaken lectern, sending a ball of purple energy up toward the ceiling, though of course it fizzled out before doing any damage. This was to tell everyone that they were to fall silent, and she patiently waited while the sound died down, plastering another smile onto her face.

[Starkindler]

The Angel had soon noted someone noticed her entering the room. Judging from the walking stick, she knew she was blind. She was sorry for her, and wished she could heal her, however, as she was a young angel, she did not have any healing powers, despite its ubiquity in Heaven. She looked at her shrugging, and wanted to ask what her problem was, when she saw the Professor shooting a purple ball of magical energy, indicating she was there. The room slowly felt silent along with her. However as Angela was close to Serenity, and she had a much higher lung capacity than a human, the vampire could hear her breathing, and could hear her heels clicking on the stone floor as she walked up to her keeping an eye on her, while paying attention to the headmistress of the institution she just got enrolled in.

[Kaledoria]

"Who is this?" Cherohetat asked the student sitting next to him. "The witch? She is the Principal of this place. You-" The Arcane Bolt flashed through the room and the two understood easily and shut up in the middle of the sentence.

[Wiztech]

The Angel had soon noted someone noticed her entering the room. Judging from the walking stick, she knew she was blind. She was sorry for her, and wished she could heal her, however, as she was a young angel, she did not have any healing powers, despite its ubiquity in Heaven. She looked at her shrugging, and wanted to ask what her problem was, when she saw the Professor shooting a purple ball of magical energy, indicating she was there. The room slowly felt silent along with her. However as Angela was close to Serenity, and she had a much higher lung capacity than a human, the vampire could hear her breathing, and could hear her heels clicking on the stone floor as she walked up to her keeping an eye on her, while paying attention to the headmistress of the institution she just got enrolled in.

Serenity heard the heals and didn't move from her position. Since the auditoium had gone quiet apparently no one was allowed to talk so she heard every little breath and every little whisper. She didn't mind. So, serenity stayed listening, liztening to the principles heartbeat and breath. She was calm and collective. Old but young.

She was an interesting character to say the least. The person behind her apparently saw the walking stick she had and was watching over her. Serenity didn't mind. As long as she could find her way back to her classes and such then this girl or boy could be her friend. She never had many friends. This would be a first.

[Holy Trek]

Rory - "Yea, I suppose so. I don't want a witch to kill me. Lord knows one's already tried."

He noted the look of shock on Amarante's face and shook his head.

Rory - "Long story...will have to tell it later."

Amarante nodded her understanding and dug into her rucksack for the map of the school. She looked it over and located the auditorium. "Looks like its this way." Points in the direction of the auditorium. "Shall we go?"

Rory - "Yea. Let's get this charade over with."

He followed Amarante to the auditorium, both impressed by her determination to convince him this academy was not so bad...and her beauty.

[Inuyashina]

Amarante nodded her understanding and dug into her rucksack for the map of the school. She looked it over and located the auditorium. "Looks like its this way." Points in the direction of the auditorium. "Shall we go?"

Rory - "Yea. Let's get this charade over with."

He followed Amarante to the auditorium, both impressed by her determination to convince him this academy was not so bad...and her beauty.

Amarante came into the auditorium and chose a seat in the middle leaving space encase Rory wanted to join her.

[Nature-Spirits]

Raziel's Library (aka the Akashic Records), Heaven
Raziel was poring over the books, his eyes quickly moving along the lines of angelic lettering. Suddenly he gasped. "It can't be..." the Archangel breathed. "No.... Not the Witch of Endor's school...." Abruptly a loud crack resonated around the Library, the sound of thousands of books slamming shut simultaneously and returning to their shelves. But I have to tell Michael or he'll punish me, he thought worriedly, downing a cup of Orange Pekoe tea spiked with Drambuie. But I can't betray the trust that she's placed in me. The lives of hundreds of creatures depend on me. This revelation made the teacup drop from Raziel's fingers, its saucer zooming underneath it just in time to prevent it from shattering on the floor. Oh, what do I do, what can I do? Incur my brother's wrath and possibly be sent to Hell, he shuddered, or betray all of those creatures on Earth depending on the Sanctuary for their livelihood? The Archangel collapsed into his armchair, the wings folded against his back retreating into his body (an ability reserved only for the most deserving of Angels). He stared off into space, muttering in countless languages (Enochian, Latin, Hebrew, Aramaic, Ancient Greek, Mandarin, Hindi, Old Norse, Irish, as well as other languages from worlds such as Annwn and Hell among them) as he thought about what to do.
Finally, while he was still thinking, he heard a whoosh of wings and a muscular form land lightly on the ground, followed by massive wings folding in and fading away.
Michael.
Raziel looked up at his big brother, saying, "As always, big brother, you are welcome in my library, but how many times do I have to ask you to notify me five minutes in advance?"
Michael snorted in laughter. His face was picturesque. Now, Raziel was handsome enough to make most beings, living, dead, or something in between, male or female, faint on sight, but in comparison to Michael he was downright ugly. Micheal was beauty personified. Over the millenniums he'd been in relationships with Aphrodite, Venus, and various other Gods, Angels, and Fae. But his perfection was marred at the moment by his snort of derision, staring down at Raziel. "I will go where I please, Raziel. I am master of Heaven, of Earth, and of all of the other worlds.
"Now," Heaven's self-declared Overlord continued, "what have you discovered, brother? I know that there's something that you've found that you're not telling me. What is it?" Michael was smiling now, a radiant smile that lit up his literally angelic face to make it, if that was possible, even more beautiful than it already was. However, Raziel knew, there was an underlying threat in his big brother's words and smile. Not a day went by when Raziel wasn't reminded that Michael could easily send him down to Hell.
But he had his own trump card. No one but Raziel could command the entire Library. Sure, those who were given permission could find information, but Raziel was the only being in existence whose very essence was intertwined with the Records. Michael may have been beauty and power personified, but Raziel was knowledge personified, much like the Gods who'd owned the Library in the past (it altered its location for the convenience of its owner; when the Library had been passed down to Raziel an entire block of Heaven's capital city had been replaced by the building). If Michael cast Raziel down to Hell the Records would move to Hell with him unless Raziel gave them to someone else. So he replied, "Nothing."
A crack sounded around the Library as Michael slapped Raziel across the face. If he hadn't been an Archangel Raziel would be dead. But he stared defiantly into Michael's mezmerising eyes, repeating, "I haven't found anything."
Michael crouched down to be at eye-level with Raziel. "Tell me." His voice was low and menacing, the smile replaced by a stone coldness, making him look like a classical statue, only more beautiful.
"Tell you what?" Raziel knew that he was treading a fine line. At any moment that day could be marked on the calendar as "Raziel's Fall," joining "Lucifer's Fall" and "Metatron's Fall." He only hoped that Michael remembered that the Library belonged not to Heaven, but to Raziel.

---

Sanctuary Academy, Earth
"Welcome!" cried Endora, smiling at all of the students. "As most of you know, this establishment, Sanctuary Academy, was founded by myself for the sole purpose of protecting those of us who have crossed the borders between the worlds and need asylum from those who would have us locked up, as well as a place for humans with high magical potential to train themselves without fear of being discovered. I, as may of you also know, am commonly known as the Witch of Endor, made famous by the Bible when I summoned the spirit of the prophet Samuel for King Saul, though they did get quite a few things wrong. However, you may simply call me Ms. Endora. Please, do not ask for my true name, as it was a common belief when I was young that the knowing of a person's name gave you power over them and I still hold to this belief, however irrational it may seem.
"Now! Classes will begin tomorrow at 9 o'clock sharp, at 8 o'clock for the rest of the school year. You will find your timetables in your dormitories." She then proceeded to introduce the staff, giving their names and their jobs, before crying, "Merry Meet, Merry Part, and Merry Meet Again!" and clapping her hands. Thousands of tiny white birds erupted from the rafter, unnoticed until now due to their stillness and silence, and swooped down, each going to hover in front of a student. "Follow the birds! They will lead you to your dorm rooms!" yelled Endora, smiling and sitting wearily down in a chair.

[Zarkenis Ultima]

Isaac, too, had fallen silent when the Principal of the Sanctuary had entered the Auditorium and fired the purple ball of energy up into the air. He looked around, noticing that everyone else fell silent as well and was paying attention to the Witch of Endor, as she had introduced herself, and decided that it was best to pay her attention as well. He looked with particular curiosity at the teachers that were there. Two teachers in particular stood out a bit, an Alchemist and a teacher of Demonic Knowledge. There also seemed to be a shirtless demon of sorts along with the other staff members.

When the white birds came from the rafter, Isaac was surprised at first, but when Endora explained that they would lead them to their dorms, he stood up and gladly followed the bird. However, due to being distracted, he lost sight of it and ended up lost on the hallway.

"This isn't good." He thought.

---

The Alchemist stopped looking at the ceiling and instead looked at Endora when the Witch finally arrived at the Auditorium. He simply looked at her until she threw the purple ball of energy upwards, which was when he turned to watch the reaction of the students, noticing they had fallen silent, and smiled with approval.

Afterwards, Morva simply listened to Endora's speech, smiling slightly when she introduced him and the rest of the staff members, and nodded at the students when his name was mentioned.

He never stopped twirling his staff during the whole thing.

When the conference at the Auditorium was finally over and the students were mostly gone from the place, Morva stood up and walked over to Endora, who was apparently exhausted. He stood beside her.

"That was short." He commented. "But anyways, it seems like this will be a good year, doesn't it?" He added afterwards, and then paused for a moment. "Would you like a potion to give you energy for the rest of the day?" He offered.

[Ameriganastan]

Laz simply stared at the bird hovering before him. And promptly ate it in one quick bite, burping up a few feathers after he did.

"Mmm, yummy. Hope the rest of the food around here is as good."

Cracking his neck, he shrunk back to his human disguise, and exited the auditorium, heading back to the boiler room.

"Wonder what kind of stuff I have to learn while I'm here..."

[Firstaria]

Sanctuary Academy, Earth
"Welcome!" cried Endora, smiling at all of the students. "As most of you know, this establishment, Sanctuary Academy, was founded by myself for the sole purpose of protecting those of us who have crossed the borders between the worlds and need asylum from those who would have us locked up, as well as a place for humans with high magical potential to train themselves without fear of being discovered. I, as may of you also know, am commonly known as the Witch of Endor, made famous by the Bible when I summoned the spirit of the prophet Samuel for King Saul, though they did get quite a few things wrong. However, you may simply call me Ms. Endora. Please, do not ask for my true name, as it was a common belief when I was young that the knowing of a person's name gave you power over them and I still hold to this belief, however irrational it may seem.
"Now! Classes will begin tomorrow at 9 o'clock sharp, at 8 o'clock for the rest of the school year. You will find your timetables in your dormitories." She then proceeded to introduce the staff, giving their names and their jobs, before crying, "Merry Meet, Merry Part, and Merry Meet Again!" and clapping her hands. Thousands of tiny white birds erupted from the rafter, unnoticed until now due to their stillness and silence, and swooped down, each going to hover in front of a student. "Follow the birds! They will lead you to your dorm rooms!" yelled Endora, smiling and sitting wearily down in a chair.

Daniel as as usual surprised by the simplicity but at the same time the effect of the speech. Simple and effective, why everything else in the world could be like that? Who knows.
He then walked to Endora and said " Excuse me, since it's not the right moment...but have you found anything about me this time? "

Every year the same question, every year the same answer: NO. He was really only more and more interested in what his bracelet was every year even the witch of Endor failed to find info on that artifact and every time he decided to go out in the world to find something an angelic or faith-driven tried to kill him.
He needed to know more, but he was starting to think there was nothing on earth that could help him.

[Starkindler]

The angel was amused by the magical display. She thought that Magic on Earth was impossible because of technology, but she had seen that capable magicians do exist down here. A bird also flown to her. Seeing it fly made her heart ache for herself flying, and hovering. She couldn't do that, as it was against physics on many levels, so even she, who had wings, needed magic for that, as the other angels solved it. Her wings wasn't hummingbird wings,and flapping them with that speed that would be sufficient for her to hover would tire her out extremely quickly. She remembered what Skuld told her, after a Magic class:

You must feel that you truly want your magical powers, not just the envy of others' powers.
Other than that, she didn't paid attention to her bird, rather the blind schoolmate of hers. Even she was behind her back, and she knew she couldn't see her, see did a curtsy for politeness.

"Excuse me, shall I help you?"

[Lakota]

Bird, bird, bird, bird. Want food. At least, that was the rough translation of the white bird's drone. Many people thought that the song of such a creature was beautiful. If only they knew the truth...

Esteph sighed and started to follow the bird. He had heard somewhere (although he forgot where) that each dormitory room was for two people. Where was he going to find a roommate? There were no other aarakocras in the school; normal hatchlings were taught other things, such as the warrior code. He would need to find the closest thing to an aarakocra (and hopefully, that someone wouldn't smell like fried chicken).

Food, food. Want food. The bird merrily glided past picture after picture, as if it didn't have a care in the world. Being a thief, Esteph Fawn knew that the bird was probably worth several coins if he could catch it alive, but the chances of it being a conjuration was quite high. He decided to focus on the pictures instead, trying to stop the bird so that he could read the tiny captions below them.

[Spetznaz Assault Teams]

Silva reverently sheathed the sword and put it back into his bag. No doubt he had missed the introduction, no doubt it was almost the same as all the other years. Silva technically taught a self defense class, but was often found off the campus grounds, watching, waiting, listening, for any information having to do with Yahweh.

He stepped out of the training room, closed and locked the door behind him, and made his way up the stairs, toward his room.

[Libaries]

Violet followed the bird back to the room she had put her stuff in. She walked back inside, and sipped the blood substitute. Then, she waited for her roommate to come back.

[Wiztech]

The angel was amused by the magical display. She thought that Magic on Earth was impossible because of technology, but she had seen that capable magicians do exist down here. A bird also flown to her. Seeing it fly made her heart ache for herself flying, and hovering. She couldn't do that, as it was against physics on many levels, so even she, who had wings, needed magic for that, as the other angels solved it. Her wings wasn't hummingbird wings,and flapping them with that speed that would be sufficient for her to hover would tire her out extremely quickly. She remembered what Skuld told her, after a Magic class:

You must feel that you truly want your magical powers, not just the envy of others' powers.
Other than that, she didn't paid attention to her bird, rather the blind schoolmate of hers. Even she was behind her back, and she knew she couldn't see her, see did a curtsy for politeness.

"Excuse me, shall I help you?"

After hearing the Principles announcement she raised a brow and when the birds came down she covered her ears and bit her teeth. Loud noices at different rates confused her and she couldn't hear. So after a while she heard a voice behind her and slowly took her hands off her ears. She pondered for a second and noded.

"Yes, that would be fine. I am Serenity. What is your name?" As she said htese words she slowly got up and held her cane with her left hand and felt along the back of the chairs till she got to the end and put her walking stick down. Waiting silently for the girl.

[Starkindler]

She noted the blind girl feeling her way along the chairs, while she followed her, ignoring her own bird.

"I'm Angela Featherfall. But you can call me Angie-chan. Serenity, could you please grab my arm? I'm on the right side of you."

She introduced herself to Serenity, and went to the right side of her, placing out her arm.

If she grabbed the arm, she would follow Serenity's bird to the her room, ignoring her bird. Carefully looking around, she would gently lead Serenity away from people, and announce every flight of stairs (the first and the last 3 steps), columns, low ceilings and other obstacles encountered on the way.

If she didn't grab the arm, the angel would wait for her to do so, or ask to be lead without contact.

[Nature-Spirits]

The Witch smiled at Morva. "Yes, today has been good so far. And thank you for you offer, but I'll be fine. Exerting my will over so many creatures can be difficult, but as long as I limit my magic use for the rest of the day I should be fine. Besides, I don't always feel comfortable when foreign magic, even when it's sympathetic and as simple as a potion, is affecting me."
Then, after Daniel approached her and asked about whether she'd found anything, she replied, "No, I'm sorry. I wish that I could help you more, but none of my sources give me anything."
With that she closed her eyes, a smile still on her face, and went silent.

[Firstaria]

The Witch smiled at Morva. "Yes, today has been good so far. And thank you for you offer, but I'll be fine. Exerting my will over so many creatures can be difficult, but as long as I limit my magic use for the rest of the day I should be fine. Besides, I don't always feel comfortable when foreign magic, even when it's sympathetic and as simple as a potion, is affecting me."
Then, after Daniel approached her and asked about whether she'd found anything, she replied, "No, I'm sorry. I wish that I could help you more, but none of my sources give me anything."
With that she closed her eyes, a smile still on her face, and went silent.

Daniel looked quite surprised this time " Really? I can't believe this... ". How it was possible that NOTHING on Earth existed that could explain his gauntlet? Well, it looks like he had to wait some more, or find a way to discover something by asking the bracelet itself.

" I'll prepare my classroom for today, then... " He was about to leave, then returned " However, I'm also worried about the angel. Not that I still believe her to be a spy, but that means angels can now find this place. This one was a good one, but if someone loyal to Michael arrives? "

[Spetznaz Assault Teams]

Silva turned the corner just as Daniel asked the question about angels.

"Then I'll gut them like a fish and put their severed heads on a pole on top of the gate." His eyes were burning with an internal fire. He shook his head, and seemed to be having an internal struggle. When he looked back up, the fires were dimmed, but not gone.

"Sorry. Old grudge."

[Wiztech]

She noted the blind girl feeling her way along the chairs, while she followed her, ignoring her own bird.

"I'm Angela Featherfall. But you can call me Angie-chan. Serenity, could you please grab my arm? I'm on the right side of you."

She introduced herself to Serenity, and went to the right side of her, placing out her arm.

If she grabbed the arm, she would follow Serenity's bird to the her room, ignoring her bird. Carefully looking around, she would gently lead Serenity away from people, and announce every flight of stairs (the first and the last 3 steps), columns, low ceilings and other obstacles encountered on the way.

If she didn't grab the arm, the angel would wait for her to do so, or ask to be lead without contact.

"NIce to meet you Angela. Sure." Serenity smiled just slightly and slowly moved her right arm out, feeling the girl she gently placed her hand down and shook her head slightly, getting a bird off her shoulder. She didn't feel like hearing it clean itself. She felt someone push against her and she moved slightly closer to Angela, wanting to get out of here she turned her head slightly towards where their was less noise and leaned on her walking stick slightly.

[Lakota]

Esteph tilted his head. The room was surprisingly empty, other than a bed and a desk. Of course, this would change once he summoned his belongings here, but for now, it was the emptiest room in the world.

The aarakocra gently (or at least, somewhat gently) dismissed the white bird that had led him here. An eerie silence filled the room, unlike any other Esteph Fawn had ever known. As if the weight of the world was on his shoulders, the aarakocra made his way to his bed, tired from the long walk here. Sighing, Esteph fell onto the soft mattress. It was too quiet. And lonely.

As a small hatchling, Esteph had been surrounded by noise; the chirps of his brothers and sisters, the flutter of wings, the sharp, shrill cries of the hunters. Even when he was adopted by the mage, Esteph had heard the beautiful song of magic. Now...

Now, it seemed as if the world had paused. The aarakocra lay his head on the pillow, waiting for his roommate to arrive. Probably some drooling human, or worse, one of those glowing bird-humans he had seen walking around the school. Was there anyone in the school that was like him? Probably not.

Esteph fell asleep, intent on restoring his energy. What was he going to do?

[Kaledoria]

Esteph's "hopes" were quickly proven correct, as the "Bird Men" landed on the windowsill. The glowing, however, was only the evening sun shining on his back.

---

Cherohetat flew with the little bird and reflected the event: This Ms. Endora seamed to be quite a vain person, she did not really explain all the rules and procedures as it would have been useful to know but she did have the time to tell stories from her life, that -honestly- were probably of less relevance to the majority of the listeners.

He landed with quite a speed, the wings vanished as his feet touched down and, still in movement, he stumbled into his room. It was not graceful but definitely with more grace, then had he folded his wings away a second earlier (resulting in dropping short and clashing below the window against the wall, then the ground) or one second later (resulting in probably not fitting through the window, bouncing off and again: the ground one storey below).

"Hi", he greeted his new room-mate. "Cherohetat is my name, they call me 'Che'. Are you new this year, t... Oh, you want to rest already? No problem, I'll just fly a few circles above the campus and will quietly slip into the bed afterwards." He was about to turn to the window again but then remembered to prepare the bed first, so he would not have to do it later.

[Rupudska]

Yuzuki spotted Isaac before he spotted her. And her bird seemed to be flying in his direction. Which was good, because it seemed that he had lost his bird. "Hey, you!" She ran towards him, and her bird wheeled around to wait, looking a bit angry. "Did you lose your bird?" She was panting a bit from running down the halls, and the bird was still looping and looking very pissed off.

[Zarkenis Ultima]

After having lost sight of his bird, Isaac sighed and simply continued walking, trying to complete the feat of finding the way to the dormitories and then finding the right one without the bird. As he walked, however, he noticed Yuzuki approaching and addressing him. He turned around to look at her, when she asked him whether or not he had lost his bird.

"Well... Yeah, that's exactly what happened..." He said, hoping she wouldn't think he was an idiot, even if he thought he was if he managed to lose his bird.