Holy High - IC 2 - Open

[Ranoria]

Ryujin growls, "So that won't work then. We'll have to go to option two." he steps forward, sizing up the mage's dragonic state. This could be difficult to explain... "Alright, here's what I need you to do. This should be easier for you, since your physical body isn't actually a body. Try to enter your dragon form, but...younger, much younger, think of all the features that make it dangerous and think of yourself as less developed, almost like turning into a human child, but as a dragon."
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"Alright!" Otohime dashes into the room, and this time starts packing her own things instead of Bo doing it for her, "This is going to be great!"

He nodded, and he began to focus. "Alright...Hmmm..." Closing his eyes, he imagined himself as a little kid, when he didn't know he had powers developing inside of him. He then imagined that child-self as a baby dragon-chick. As he imagined himself this way, he suddenly felt himself shrink. When he opened his eyes again, he saw he was lying on the ground, and the sun was far above him. "Whoa...did it work?" He looked at his claws-they were tiny, with pin-needle claws. "Haha, yes! It worked! YES!" he exclaimed, excited.

Ryujin looked down at him, and chuckled before shrinking down to his human form, "Oh my, Hamiri's heart is going to melt." He picks him up by the scruff of his neck.
"Adorable." He places him on his shoulder, "So, you want to go see Hamiri now, or wrap yourself up in a gift box for Christmas?"

[Luminesa]

He nodded, and he began to focus. "Alright...Hmmm..." Closing his eyes, he imagined himself as a little kid, when he didn't know he had powers developing inside of him. He then imagined that child-self as a baby dragon-chick. As he imagined himself this way, he suddenly felt himself shrink. When he opened his eyes again, he saw he was lying on the ground, and the sun was far above him. "Whoa...did it work?" He looked at his claws-they were tiny, with pin-needle claws. "Haha, yes! It worked! YES!" he exclaimed, excited.

Ryujin looked down at him, and chuckled before shrinking down to his human form, "Oh my, Hamiri's heart is going to melt." He picks him up by the scruff of his neck.
"Adorable." He places him on his shoulder, "So, you want to go see Hamiri now, or wrap yourself up in a gift box for Christmas?"

"I'd rather not be stuck in a box before I have to be in one, if you know what I mean," he grumbled. "I got a better idea, how about you put baby-dragon me under the tree on Christmas morning, and put a bow around my neck or something?" He wagged his tail like a puppy, imagining Hamiri's face when she saw how adorable he was now.

[Kitsune France]

Tori is at her locker, fiddling around with the lock, not even sure what time of the day it was. The arctic fox opens her locker and is met with a merrily organized stack of thick textbooks, after brushing her hair and adjusting her pink butterfly bow, she huffs and grabs a book covering Technical Algebra. "I hate math, hmph!!" The rational expressions and hellish fractions that reside within drives her nuts, everything about numbers drives her nuts, even the analog clock drives her nuts.

"Stupid math!!" Tori groans and depressingly walks down the hall.

[Luminesa]

Tori is at her locker, fiddling around with the lock, not even sure what time of the day it was. The arctic fox opens her locker and is met with a merrily organized stack of thick textbooks, after brushing her hair and adjusting her pink butterfly bow, she huffs and grabs a book covering Technical Algebra. "I hate math, hmph!!" The rational expressions and hellish fractions that reside within drives her nuts, everything about numbers drives her nuts, even the analog clock drives her nuts.

"Stupid math!!" Tori groans and depressingly walks down the hall.

Hamiri saw her walking by and she waved. "Hey there! I've never seen you before. Wassup?" she asked.

[Free Empire of the Low Isles]

Raphael scratches his neck. "Well... That's kinda... you know... I think we have plans..." Raphael mutters, then sighs. "I'm trying to do it again. I'm trying to skimp out on my duties just to be with Otohime..."

He grabbed Raphael's hands, his eyes pleading. "Please...I want to help him...if this is truly happening, it must be stopped...Please..." he begged him.

Raphael sighs. "We can do it before Christmas, most certainly, but I've already packed for my trip to Nepal... And so has 'Hime..."

Sky's not here, sooooo....

[Kitsune France]

Hamiri saw her walking by and she waved. "Hey there! I've never seen you before. Wassup?" she asked.

Tori halted before the slender girl, her violet eyes gazed awkwardly at Hamiri with a raised brow before smiling warmly. "Ohhh, I'm just on my way to failing math.... You know what I'm in the mood for? Some bacon!!" The vixen quietly hums a tune to herself.

[Charlia]

"Don't you find those books dull? Come on, let's have some fun, just you and me." In her innocence, she didn't hear the undertone in his voice, didn't see the venom in his eyes, until it was too late...

The pain was sharp, unexpected, a stinging blow to her cheek, knocking the young girl back. She cried out, and he grinned in a mocking manner. She climbed unsteadily to her feet, but another blow knocked her down, opening a long cut on her head. She began to cry, and he stared at her in exasperation.

"Oh, stop crying, you're so pathetic."

"I--I don't understand--Why are you doing this?"

"Because I want to. Because I can." He pushed her down, and she cried out again.

"What do you want from me?"

"My dear girl..." he said slowly. "It's not what I want from you..."

She shook her head, tears streaming from her frightened eyes.

"What do you want?"

He raised his eyebrows, staring at her in a terrifying way.

"Isn't it obvious?...

I want you."

She didn't understand, but from the tone in his voice, she knew he meant nothing good. She scrambled to her feet and tried to run--but he was faster than her, and she only made it a little ways before he had her cornered.

Although she struggled, her youth meant that she had neither the knowledge or the strength to bring him down.

He, on the other hand, had every qualification he needed to pin the screaming girl to the ground.

There was nothing she could do.

As things progressed, she grew more confused, and more afraid. The pain was like nothing she had ever known before. It wasn't just pain, as if you stubbed your toe... it was a pain that filled her, confused her, frightened her beyond words, made her feel like she was dying. Maybe she was. Soon enough, she began to wish she had.

She didn't know what had happened to her. She didn't know much at all.

But there was one thing she knew...

It was wrong, so wrong, in fact...

That nothing would ever be the same.

Eventually, he left her there, alone, her torn dress bloodstained and sticking to her skin. She stared at the ground, watching her own blood slowly fall, coalescing in a pool of red on the ground, mixing with her tears.

As she watched, she felt something cold hit her. And another. And another.

It was raining.

It wasn't supposed to rain here.

She looked up, seeing the drops pour from the darkness above her, mingling with her blood, her tears. She held out her arms, letting the rain flow over her, washing the blood away. She wanted to feel clean. She wanted the rain to cleanse her. Healing rain...

But it was not to be. Nothing could wash the stains of evil away. He had violated her, corrupted her, and nothing could cleanse her now.

Her tears had been silent, but now they were audible, deep, ragged, heaving sobs, her face twisted in anguish as the heavens wept with her, as she gasped out a single word, over and over again, choking on her tears...

"Why?"

[Ranoria]

Ryujin looked down at him, and chuckled before shrinking down to his human form, "Oh my, Hamiri's heart is going to melt." He picks him up by the scruff of his neck.
"Adorable." He places him on his shoulder, "So, you want to go see Hamiri now, or wrap yourself up in a gift box for Christmas?"

"I'd rather not be stuck in a box before I have to be in one, if you know what I mean," he grumbled. "I got a better idea, how about you put baby-dragon me under the tree on Christmas morning, and put a bow around my neck or something?" He wagged his tail like a puppy, imagining Hamiri's face when she saw how adorable he was now.

"Sounds like a great idea...Ama doesn't even think it's that cute...at all...it kind of bothers me actually. I mean, who doesn't love a baby dragon?"

[Luminesa]

Hamiri saw her walking by and she waved. "Hey there! I've never seen you before. Wassup?" she asked.

Tori halted before the slender girl, her violet eyes gazed awkwardly at Hamiri with a raised brow before smiling warmly. "Ohhh, I'm just on my way to failing math.... You know what I'm in the mood for? Some bacon!!" The vixen quietly hums a tune to herself.

She blinked. "Well, the cafeteria's this way. I just got done packing, a group of friends and I are heading to Japan on vacation. You wanna come? I know you don't know very many people here, but it's always fun having new kids here," she explained, walking with her and Otohime.

[Ranoria]

Tori halted before the slender girl, her violet eyes gazed awkwardly at Hamiri with a raised brow before smiling warmly. "Ohhh, I'm just on my way to failing math.... You know what I'm in the mood for? Some bacon!!" The vixen quietly hums a tune to herself.

She blinked. "Well, the cafeteria's this way. I just got done packing, a group of friends and I are heading to Japan on vacation. You wanna come? I know you don't know very many people here, but it's always fun having new kids here," she explained, walking with her and Otohime.

Otohime leans over to the new girl, "I'm Otohime, princess of the oceans and Ryugu-jo. What's your name?" She smiles warmly, excited to have someone new around the school, as, in her opinion, there weren't enough to begin with. The more people the better.

[Luminesa]

"I'd rather not be stuck in a box before I have to be in one, if you know what I mean," he grumbled. "I got a better idea, how about you put baby-dragon me under the tree on Christmas morning, and put a bow around my neck or something?" He wagged his tail like a puppy, imagining Hamiri's face when she saw how adorable he was now.

"Sounds like a great idea...Ama doesn't even think it's that cute...at all...it kind of bothers me actually. I mean, who doesn't love a baby dragon?"

"I don't know...Now how do I turn back? I need to go see if we're all ready to go," he asked.

[Ranoria]

"Sounds like a great idea...Ama doesn't even think it's that cute...at all...it kind of bothers me actually. I mean, who doesn't love a baby dragon?"

"I don't know...Now how do I turn back? I need to go see if we're all ready to go," he asked.

He looks over at him, "What do you mean how do you turn back? You just...turn back. There shouldn't be a difficult process. I think. Are you stuck?" He tilted his head, concerned, scratching Patriah's neck, "If you're stuck, we might have a problem.

[Kitsune France]

Otohime leans over to the new girl, "I'm Otohime, princess of the oceans and Ryugu-jo. What's your name?" She smiles warmly, excited to have someone new around the school, as, in her opinion, there weren't enough to begin with. The more people the better.

"I'm Tori! Goddess of Ice and.... Wind? Water? Whichever sounds cool." The anthropomorphic fox waves to Otohime before looking at Hamiri. "What's a Japan...? Can you tell me at the cafeteria? I haven't eaten in a while." Tori hops ahead of the two, twirling a finger along a row of lockers, creating a thick layer of frost on them.

[Theyra]

Xavier blushed, and he looked to Haruka, as if to ask, Do you want to tell her or do you want me to do it?

She grinned, although Kyoko gave him a look that said, So you can't read my face but you expect her to be able to read yours?

Kyoko was an odd child, to be sure.

"We're... actually, we're discussing... our wedding." Saying the words made her face light up.

"Wed..ding, you and Xavier? "I.... didn't know you two were that close".

[Ranoria]

Otohime leans over to the new girl, "I'm Otohime, princess of the oceans and Ryugu-jo. What's your name?" She smiles warmly, excited to have someone new around the school, as, in her opinion, there weren't enough to begin with. The more people the better.

"I'm Tori! Goddess of Ice and.... Wind? Water? Whichever sounds cool." The anthropomorphic fox waves to Otohime before looking at Hamiri. "What's a Japan...? Can you tell me at the cafeteria? I haven't eaten in a while." Tori hops ahead of the two, twirling a finger along a row of lockers, creating a thick layer of frost on them.

Otohime glances at the lockers for a second, then back at Tori, "Nice to meet you Tori!" She fishes a kanju jewel out of her pocket and tosses it at the lockers, making the frost disappear, then heads into the cafeteria, right behind the ice goddess. She doesn't need to buy anything, summoning seaweed kebabs in a plastic bag, but follows anyways. "So where'd you come from? Not from the ocean I'm assuming, so I probably wouldn't know." She keeps smiling, happy as can be.

[Charlia]

She grinned, although Kyoko gave him a look that said, So you can't read my face but you expect her to be able to read yours?

Kyoko was an odd child, to be sure.

"We're... actually, we're discussing... our wedding." Saying the words made her face light up.

"Wed..ding, you and Xavier? "I.... didn't know you two were that close".

Haruka didn't know how to answer such a statement.

I...

We really haven't known each other that long...

Could this be a mistake?

She glanced over at Xavier, and then smiled.

She didn't need to know him for a long time to know that he was one of the best people she had ever known.

And that she loved him.

[Castle Crashers]

Here it was.
Holy High.
The school many of his fellow deities had been talking about for many months now. Out of his many siblings, he was the one chosen to go, mostly because he was the youngest and the others were over the age to go to high school. Cade had happily accepted the invitation, and now, here he was, standing in it's full glory. He entered the front doors with a quite a level of enthusiasm, which quickly died when he spotted absolutely no one in the school. Wasn't it a school day..? Or had he gotten his calendar days mixed up? He shrugged, deciding that most everyone must be outside somewhere. He began walking, finding himself in the forest soon enough. He'd always found quite a love for nature, and moreso the outdoors. His trek was stopped when he came across a young girl sitting among the trees, seemingly caught in her own distant world. He approached, and stood directly in front of her. After not getting really any response, he bent down, waving his hand in her face. "Ehh, hello?" He asked, tilting his head slightly.

[Theyra]

"Wed..ding, you and Xavier? "I.... didn't know you two were that close".

Haruka didn't know how to answer such a statement.

I...

We really haven't known each other that long...

Could this be a mistake?

She glanced over at Xavier, and then smiled.

She didn't need to know him for a long time to know that he was one of the best people she had ever known.

And that she loved him.

Helena looked how happy the two looked, "Uhhh, I'll just leave you two alone then" and Xavier could see the sadness in her eyes and left the room. She walked around the school, aimless and heard someone said hello. Helena turned her head to the unknown man in a slightly sad tone. "Hi, who are you?

[Charlia]

Here it was.
Holy High.
The school many of his fellow deities had been talking about for many months now. Out of his many siblings, he was the one chosen to go, mostly because he was the youngest and the others were over the age to go to high school. Cade had happily accepted the invitation, and now, here he was, standing in it's full glory. He entered the front doors with a quite a level of enthusiasm, which quickly died when he spotted absolutely no one in the school. Wasn't it a school day..? Or had he gotten his calendar days mixed up? He shrugged, deciding that most everyone must be outside somewhere. He began walking, finding himself in the forest soon enough. He'd always found quite a love for nature, and moreso the outdoors. His trek was stopped when he came across a young girl sitting among the trees, seemingly caught in her own distant world. He approached, and stood directly in front of her. After not getting really any response, he bent down, waving his hand in her face. "Ehh, hello?" He asked, tilting his head slightly.

She snapped out of her visions, and her first reaction was fear, pushing him back and scrambling to her feet, assuming what looked like a defensive stance...

But in reality, would do absolutely nothing.

Most of her 'intimidation' routines were all show.

[Luminesa]

He grabbed Raphael's hands, his eyes pleading. "Please...I want to help him...if this is truly happening, it must be stopped...Please..." he begged him.

Raphael sighs. "We can do it before Christmas, most certainly, but I've already packed for my trip to Nepal... And so has 'Hime..."

Sky's not here, sooooo....

He nodded. "...I understand..." he whispered. He was slightly saddened, considering what could be happening to Alex, but he agreed to listen to him. Yet at the same time, as he thought about Nepal, he began to have an inkling of an idea. He smiled slightly, thinking about something.

[Free Empire of the Low Isles]

Raphael sighs. "We can do it before Christmas, most certainly, but I've already packed for my trip to Nepal... And so has 'Hime..."

Sky's not here, sooooo....

He nodded. "...I understand..." he whispered. He was slightly saddened, considering what could be happening to Alex, but he agreed to listen to him. Yet at the same time, as he thought about Nepal, he began to have an inkling of an idea. He smiled slightly, thinking about something.

Raphael pokes his nose. "What are you thinking about?" he asks.

He and 'Hime have similar smiles...

That smile looks like the one she gets before she messes with me...

[Castle Crashers]

Here it was.
Holy High.
The school many of his fellow deities had been talking about for many months now. Out of his many siblings, he was the one chosen to go, mostly because he was the youngest and the others were over the age to go to high school. Cade had happily accepted the invitation, and now, here he was, standing in it's full glory. He entered the front doors with a quite a level of enthusiasm, which quickly died when he spotted absolutely no one in the school. Wasn't it a school day..? Or had he gotten his calendar days mixed up? He shrugged, deciding that most everyone must be outside somewhere. He began walking, finding himself in the forest soon enough. He'd always found quite a love for nature, and moreso the outdoors. His trek was stopped when he came across a young girl sitting among the trees, seemingly caught in her own distant world. He approached, and stood directly in front of her. After not getting really any response, he bent down, waving his hand in her face. "Ehh, hello?" He asked, tilting his head slightly.

She snapped out of her visions, and her first reaction was fear, pushing him back and scrambling to her feet, assuming what looked like a defensive stance...

But in reality, would do absolutely nothing.

Most of her 'intimidation' routines were all show.

"Woah...calm down..." Cade said, standing and taking a step back, holding up his hands. "I'm not gonna hurt you, okay? Because it looks like that's what you're assuming I'm going to do..." His green eyes showed sincerety, though he doubted she really cared. She looked horribly terrified, but he wasn't sure why. Was it the way he was dressed? Did he look like he planned to hurt her? He wasn't sure. For now, he simply needed to have some distance, it seemed.

[Luminesa]

He nodded. "...I understand..." he whispered. He was slightly saddened, considering what could be happening to Alex, but he agreed to listen to him. Yet at the same time, as he thought about Nepal, he began to have an inkling of an idea. He smiled slightly, thinking about something.

Raphael pokes his nose. "What are you thinking about?" he asks.

He and 'Hime have similar smiles...

That smile looks like the one she gets before she messes with me...

He looked at him, and blushed slightly. "Ah...nothing...Heheh...I suppose that must mean something, though...but...I suppose I can just say that...hopefully for Christmas everything will be as it should be..." he answered, timidly.

[Free Empire of the Low Isles]

Raphael pokes his nose. "What are you thinking about?" he asks.

He and 'Hime have similar smiles...

That smile looks like the one she gets before she messes with me...

He looked at him, and blushed slightly. "Ah...nothing...Heheh...I suppose that must mean something, though...but...I suppose I can just say that...hopefully for Christmas everything will be as it should be..." he answered, timidly.

Raphael frowns. "I don't like it when you get secretive. It makes you creepy..." he says.

I wonder if he's gonna mess with me...

It has something to do with Nepal...

Is he gonna push me down the side of Mt. Everest?

[Kitsune France]

Otohime glances at the lockers for a second, then back at Tori, "Nice to meet you Tori!" She fishes a kanju jewel out of her pocket and tosses it at the lockers, making the frost disappear, then heads into the cafeteria, right behind the ice goddess. She doesn't need to buy anything, summoning seaweed kebabs in a plastic bag, but follows anyways. "So where'd you come from? Not from the ocean I'm assuming, so I probably wouldn't know." She keeps smiling, happy as can be.

The fox glances at Otohime, a puzzled expression took over her face as she watched the other goddess summon a plastic bag. Everything Tori had summoned was nasty, she particularly liked the delectable gifts of food from grateful humans, who were damn good cooks. Tori ponders over Otohime's question, she wasn't too fond nor proud of where she came from. "Just a cold dreary place of nothing more than ice...."