The Ludus Magus's foreign class (IC/Closed)

Pixiv · by **Wolfenium** » Sun Dec 05, 2010 12:56 am

Midori's eyes flinched at the comment. It was just as she feared.

"This isn't just some nation versus nation situation," she affirmed, "this is an act of war... Me and Sofya... are both members of two opposing nations at war with each other... I am a citizen of the Empire of Wolfenium, sworn by oath to the Kaiser and the Fatherland... Sofya is a citizen of the Commonwealth of Amythyist, bound by loyalty to the Tsarina and her motherland. Our two nations has had a history of conflict, and the latest war had only worsened matters... I fear the ceasefire may not hold for long. When that happens... I... I don't even know what to do..."

It's time you choose, Midori Katsuga. Whose side are you on? A vague dream that brings nothing but false hope to those gullible to believe in it, or the beleaguered nation of your birth and upbringing. Choose wisely, Midorikage.... I know you will come to make the right one soon enough...

"Those girls... were sent by my nation... I don't know what to do now..." Midori admitted, "excuse me... I have to call my father..."

by **Ameriganastan** » Sun Dec 05, 2010 2:18 am

"I know what you should do Miss Midori. "

Shane struck a rather bad dramatic pose, pointing in some random direction

"You should find these jerks who tried to hurt a nice lady like Miss Sofya here, and give them a good smackdown! I will be happy to assist you, and give these people a good taste of my lightning!"

He struck another pose. If this was an anime, there would have been a dramatic thunder crash in the background...since it wasn't, it was just a simpleton standing there like an idiot.

"Nailed it."

by **Eireann Fae** » Sun Dec 05, 2010 4:43 am

Gilja darts back to Jessica's room and relays events to Praxis. "Huh," the woman says, after the Faerie has finished speaking. "Seems you're not the only student with an interesting spirit, Jessica. The young lady who got upset in class earlier is also... special. Curious..." She and Gilja whisper amongst themselves for a bit, sharing observations with each other, and apparently forgetting about the others in the room.

(OOC: I need to choose better hours to be active..)

by **The Overlordy** » Sun Dec 05, 2010 10:08 am

Reidi stood there, working to shush Ejji's hissing as he listened to Midori tell him the status of their two nations. So he really should be careful in how he should proceed in helping them in the future, if ever there seems to be a time where these two need help. He certainly didn't want one of the two nations to go against him, though if he were to be helping Sofya and Midori, it likely would result in Wolfenium going against the Empire. He sighed when added in that only recently this war has started to make things extremely sour between the two, and that ceasefire may not last too long. He shook his head, it was always sad when two nations couldn't work solutions out verbally. That was what the Empire tried, well, at least when it seemed the two were conflicting and had yet to actually fight. If the other nation chose to attack, well, then the only thing they could do was attack back. Though really, there hasn't been any conflict in over two centuries, but that could have been because the Empire played it slow and careful. They weren't seen to the world in a... bright eye, not when their entire nation had been founded on "conquer and control".

Reidi tensed when he heard Shane suggest he look for the girls and give them a "smackdown", all the while posing as he did so. He smacked his metallic hand to his face, Ejji returning to hissing at Shane.

"Will you take this seriously? This isn't some little girls fighting, this is an issue which can lead to full blown war." he scolded Shane. "I don't think Midori can fight back against these girls, when they can disappear into the wind." he spoke. "And if Ejji can't find them," he showed the shark, which again worked to sniff them out but couldn't find their scent. "Then I don't think any of us can. Not until they reappear."

Cairbre just stayed where he sat in the blanket, humming to himself as he fidgeted with the fabric. His smile widened when he saw Gilga return to the room, but looked confused when she spoke about... spirits or such like that.

by **Ameriganastan** » Sun Dec 05, 2010 10:37 am

"Chill man. I'm well aware of the seriousness of said situation. Hell, i was like 3 feet from her when she got a bullet through her back. But don't worry. I'll be keeping both eyes open for any suspicious looking chicks who could be here to kill her."

He thought for a moment.

"Never thought I'd say something like that."

by **The Overlordy** » Sun Dec 05, 2010 10:47 am

Well posing like a twelve year old certainly doesn't feel like you're taking it seriously... Reidi thought to himself, still uncertain if their trust should fall onto a guy who thought posing was "making things dramatic". Looking to Ejji who suddenly bobbed up and down, Reidi sighed and stroked the top of the shark's head, looking over to Shane.

"I got to go feed Ejji... stay here until Midori returns." he said, leaving the room as he headed to his own.

by **Ameriganastan** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 12:53 am

"Aye aye dude. I'll be like a bodyguard you don't have to pay. Ain't no one slipping past me. I am singularly focused. Won't let my mind wonder..."

He stood there for a few moments, rocking back and forth on the balls of his feet.

"Focused. Focused...i wonder if any of those assassin chicks are single. Sure they kill people, but they could be nice when they aren't killing people. Man I'm hungry. I could go for a sandwich. Maybe a turkey sandwich...what was i standing here for? Right, keep an eye on Sofya. And then go get a sandwich...i like pudding. I wonder how that guy got the Darth Vader hand..."

He drifted off into his own little world, staring off at nothing.

by **New Amerik** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 1:00 am

Gabriel could not get to sleep. There was....there was too much to think about at the moment. The plans...the Device...Jeremy and Jessica.....

He gave up, and got out pf bed. Trotting out to the the hall, he looked around, trying to remember if there were guards patrolling the hall. Seeing none, he scuttled out, until he passed by a room and-

"Darth Vader hand..."

Dark Father? What was this? Something intriguing? Wait a minute....it was that one boy...the one who was also at the infirmary, and showed proper disregard for medical procedure. Perhaps he might know something....

Gabriel showed up in front of Shane's face, suddenly, and stared at him. "You. Shane. What have you seen since we last met?"

by **Ameriganastan** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 1:21 am

Shane snapped out of his wondering thoughts.

"I never did find that pen... oh hey Gabe. What have i seen. Well there was Miss Sofya over here, about to blow someones brains out. The girl she was gonna shoot was kinda cute, she passed out, her bodyguard went that way, Reddi went that-a-way, and i stayed here."

by **Eireann Fae** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 11:27 am

"Œfœ wilʃin höſ'œöpa'mönʃin^[1]," says Gilja, as she flies out the door. "I understand," whispers Praxis, who stands and walks over to the open doorway. She turns to face the other two, ignoring for the moment the blood in the hallway. "Gilja tells me a student with very strange spirit energy was just shot. The second blast was another student shooting light at the cliffs outside. The students went to the infirmary. It was then discovered that the hole-y student (her joke, I promise!) had completely healed by the time they got there, and then..." She pauses, trying to decipher what Gilja meant by "ha-höſzœ^[2]". Shrugging, she continues, "she used a ghostly hand to remove metal fragments within her body. Whatever that means. Anyway, she went to check it out, and I'm waiting to see if my services will be needed. While we wait..." Praxis turns to Cairbre, smiling. "Why don't you tell us about yourself?"

In the meantime, Gilja flies into the room of the girl with the odd spirit, totally ignoring the two students conversing outside the door. She eyes the girl, flying to within a few feet. "A...fœ...'ka...?^[3]"

by **Grandtaria** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 11:29 pm

By now the complex security had fallen into chaos as soldiers rushed up and down halls, shoring up defences and moving weaponry to their posts. Around twenty Soldiers came stumbling down the hallway outside the dorms, a few wearing their sleeping caps and night attire, a few loading their muskets or searching their pockets for ammunition, others straining to get the bayonets free of the end of their weapons. Unfortunately, these where the best soldiers the kingdom had to offer.

Elizabeth had ordered all precautions be taken to prevent another breach security in an attempt to stem the disorder, though headway was less then ideal as the soldiers waded through the commotion. It was, however, enough to set up a basic ring of defence around the school, and allow the students to go to ease. The palace gates had been sealed and soldiers were posted on every bridge leading to the dorms and classroom.

The king himself had left the classroom just after the first shot was fired, for the most part ignoring James as he remained deep in thought, and was only now reaching the palace. He ordered a number of knights to inform the students dinner was ready and they were free to attend. One of knights, a medium chest plate and chain mail hood indicating his lower rank, approached the solarians room and knocked lightly, his light half gauntlets making a slight rattle as they struck the oak door. Getting no response he opened the door to find the students lying in the same bed. A blush crept across his face, his mind instantly sinking into the gutter, though the blush might have been paid to the intense heat in the room, which was still a nice change from the drafty hallway.

"Di..Dinner has been prepared. It's informal and a map of the route to the feast balcony is available in the commons. As it will be a feast, please feel free to take all you need, and dress warm, a blizzard is coming south on the northern winds, and as such the balcony will be chilly." Pausing he did not know exactly what to say to them, only now seeing their ridged posture. "Erm...?"

by **The Floor Kippers** » Fri Dec 10, 2010 4:49 am

James Was seriously Browned Off to Have Been outright Ignored by The King.
Dammit What He wanted to ask Was important, Well, He was going to Collar the King At Dinner, And then He Would Get some answers. He Wasn't Going to be treated like that in his home country and It certainly wasn't going to start here
He Pulled on a Long thick Overcoat and A Russian Hat Before setting off for the Commons room to check The map

by **Cilistia Novaren** » Fri Dec 10, 2010 9:49 pm

It was very conveniently the very time that the three had decided to wake, and it was very exact. Nearly at once their eyes opened and they began to sit up. Immediately they detected someone else was in the room and Veraso turned his head, if he had an eyebrow it would have been raised just then. He got off the bed and bowed slightly to the guard, showing no sign of fatigue that usually accompanies sleep. Of course, they weren't exactly sleeping.

"Sir" he said straightening, "If I may ask you what you are doing in our quarters?"

Salora and Varteshnin had already gotten up and had been making sure their clothing was wrinkle-free, which of course it was.

by **New Amerik** » Fri Dec 10, 2010 9:55 pm

Ameriganastan wrote:Shane snapped out of his wondering thoughts.

"I never did find that pen... oh hey Gabe. What have i seen. Well there was Miss Sofya over here, about to blow someones brains out. The girl she was gonna shoot was kinda cute, she passed out, her bodyguard went that way, Reddi went that-a-way, and i stayed here."

Gabriel nodded, and smiled. "Then come with me," he said, as he reached a hand forward and grabbed his own. With a yank, he trotted off in the direction of the direction the bodyguard was said to have gone in. "And get your Applied Imagination ready for usage, we must see how she was able to get into the school. No less than the possible saving of a person's life is at stake here."

Pixiv · by **Wolfenium** » Fri Dec 10, 2010 11:59 pm

Midori was still silent over the whole matter, as she took to a quiet corridor. Whipping out her PDA, she began pushing a few buttons on the keypad. Within moments, a holographic screen popped up, showing her former high school's website.

"That's odd..." Midori quipped, as she thought about the name she had keyed in. She had at least half the belief that simply googling 'Azusa Nakano' would turn up nothing. Instead, the search brought her to - of all places - St. Alexander High School's homepage.

"Now..." Midori commented to herself as she followed the link, "what do we have-" However, Midori stopped short, clicking the page. It showed the class alumni of the school, listed in the year and class they were in. The year in which the alumni was shown was-

"290 I.C... (Imperial Calender, 2000 A.D.) the St. Alexander School Massacre..." Midori murmured in shock. She had known fully well of the incident, having seen the school memorial hall. It was common knowledge in the school. Ten years ago, during the outbreak of the First Astoli War, the Amythysian Expeditionary Force overwhelmed the thinly defended Province of Belka. Her hometown of Saint Olivie was the site of the bloodiest siege in Wolfen history. While Midori's family was evacuated long before the start of the war, the students of St. Alexander were not as lucky. Caught in the many skirmishes in the city, most, if not all the students were killed in cold blood by Amythysian commandos. The Amythysians later claimed that it was a mistake and that the commandos thought they were soldiers. The Wolfeners, however, had a different opinion.

'They're murderers, plain and simple!' she recalled the words said by a survivor in a documentary, 'this was not accident! This was genocide!'

"Geno... cide..." she stuttered, biting her lip as she carried on. As she looked on the list, her worst fears were realized... Labelled under Class 1-A was a picture of a young, black haired Fuso girl. Her name...

"Azusa Nakano... It can't be..." Midori stammered, feeling increasingly unnerved. As she frantically scrolled down, she found the portraits of the two girl she had went after earlier.

"Mio Akiyama... Tsumugi Kotobuki..." Midori gasped, "they... they're all dead!?"

Then came Reidi's words...

...they work for a group called Schatten der Vergangenheit...

"Shadows of the Past..." she murmured to herself, bitterness raging in her, "how apt..." She could not stand conspiracies. She could not take deception. She could only speculate what dark deeds the Imperial Defence Force may have done to ensure their superiority over their neighbours. Slamming her fist to the wall in rage, she howled, at the top of her voice, anger filling her every word.

"WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON!"

by **Ameriganastan** » Sat Dec 11, 2010 12:03 am

Shane angrily yanked his hand away.

"Alright skippy, lets establish a few ground rules here. Do not, i repeat, do no grab me. I don't know what applied imagination is, and you really need to work on your personal space issues. Tap me on the shoulder, go hey, don't just pop up like that. Don't drag me like that. I still have blood on my shirt, that dude said its dinner time, and I'm supposed to stay here and guard Sofya. So why should i follow you anyway?"

by **New Amerik** » Sat Dec 11, 2010 1:31 am

Ameriganastan wrote:Shane angrily yanked his hand away.

"Alright skippy, lets establish a few ground rules here. Do not, i repeat, do no grab me. I don't know what applied imagination is, and you really need to work on your personal space issues. Tap me on the shoulder, go hey, don't just pop up like that. Don't drag me like that. I still have blood on my shirt, that dude said its dinner time, and I'm supposed to stay here and guard Sofya. So why should i follow you anyway?"

Gabriel turned to him, and smiled with a wild grin. "You do not wish to die, do you? Because if they get in again, you may very well die. And if we cannot stop it, we can at least use it for our benefit. And....."

He took his right arm, and he stepped towards Shane. In a second, he lunged, and he grabbed Shane by the collar, and hauled him upwards, keeping him on the wall. Gabriel leaned in close, and whispered, "A sniper just shot a girl through your window. You are covered in blood. This means that anywhere, at any time, they could kill you. If we find out where they've come from, we can shut it down, you can be a hero and take all the credit, and I can be on my way to saving a boy's life. If you don't, I can make you die....maybe. I think, you know, I've never really tried The Device on anyone before. I'm really eager to find out where that woman went to, because if she's not a student and I seriously doubt she'll be a teacher we need to find out how she got in? You understand? This is not a matter of delaying dinner, this is something important."

He dropped Shane to the ground and handed him a lollypop from his lab coat. "Here, thank you for your time. You've been very helpful, now let's get a move on, please? And Applied Imagination...your lightning."

He stood in front, and folded his arms, eyes wild with a kind of madness as he stared Shane full in the eyes. He was waiting.

Pixiv · by **Wolfenium** » Sat Dec 11, 2010 1:52 am

"He sounds like one of those crazy mad scientists..." whispered a voice inside the room, "I wouldn't trust him if I were you... Besides... what about Sophie?" It sounded awfully like Midori, not just the pitch but the tone too. Although strangely enough, Midori was nowhere to be found...

Still, the only occupants in the room are Sofya, Shane, Gabriel and Midori's cat sleeping on her bed under her pile of clothes.

by **Ameriganastan** » Sat Dec 11, 2010 2:23 am

Shane stared kind of shocked on the floor. He fixed his jacket, stood, popped the lollipop in his mouth and smirked.

"Dude, your crazy. I like crazy people. Lead the way."

by **The Overlordy** » Sat Dec 11, 2010 10:21 am

Finished feeding his pet, Reidi returned to the room, standing there confused when he noticed Shane on the floor and Gabriel over him. He wondered what had happened here while he was gone... maybe the two argued? Who knew? Hearing Shane speak on something about how he liked crazy people and that he would follow Gabriel, Reidi decided to stay until Midori came back or Sofya awakened. Maybe it was his paranoia, and that likely now things were calmer. But seeing as earlier his Paranoia had somewhat helped him figure out that these girls were not part of the school, he was starting to really trust his... er, distrust. As he stood there, he somewhat tilted his head upwards as he could hear some quiet whispering. He couldn't figure out what it was saying, but Reidi was positive he heard something. Looking around the room, Ejji started to hiss at a lump on the empty bed that Reidi assumed was Midori's. Confused he walked over, slowly lifting the clothes off to reveal a cat.

"Mmm... that... could be the one who made a sound." he told himself, though he wasn't too certain as it certainly didn't sound like a quit meow. Lowering himself down to the cat's level, he stared at the kitty for a moment, lightly stroking its head with his left hand. As much as he was a land shark type, he was always open to other pets.

by **The Floor Kippers** » Sat Dec 11, 2010 3:26 pm

James Walked straight between Shane and Gabriel
"Out of my Way" He said Irritably to them, not looking at either one and Stomped off in the direction he had identified by smell as leading to the dining room

Pixiv · by **Wolfenium** » Sat Dec 11, 2010 4:51 pm

As much as Happy wanted to just keep her eyes shut, having the Ameriganastani barge in that first time pretty much killed his sleep. As he heard Shane agree to follow, the only thing he could 'think' of was, "idiot..."

'Uh oh...' he thought to himself as he heard the words echo out of his mouth. As much as he tried to deny it, he was starting to act a lot like his mistress, echoing every thought in her mind in a monologue as if her were in some anime thriller. That was not a good idea. As he felt a hand stroking his head, he jumped, turning to the man in shock. He was pretty touchy on people stroking him. After all, he had his fair share of physical contact with his ill-tempered mistress, although she never really meant it.

"Uh... he stuttered as he looked around the crowd. With one look of faux innocence, he tilted his head to the side in pretend ignorance uttered a simple 'ニャー (Phonetic: Nya)', an onomatopoeia of a cat's meow in his mistress' mother tongue. He knew better than to open his big mouth. As cold sweat broke humoursly down his face, his thoughts went back to his mistress' warning.

"Don't you dare open your big trap to anyone else, you hear..." Midori angrily threatened in his mind, gazing maliciously at the whimpering cat's image, whipping out her Kunai, "or I'll start having cat's tongue this evening..."

While Happy would usually ignore Midori's threats, this one was particularly dangerous. There's only a certain limit of how much punishment Happy could withstand, and having his tongue turned into barbeque was not one of them. He dared not take any chances with that. All he could do now was hope the 'shark man' and the others leave... soon...

by **The Overlordy** » Sat Dec 11, 2010 5:08 pm

Now for Reidi, a talking animal was not usually too much of a surprise, at least in his nation. They had done minor projects in where they've built collars that allowed the animal speak through converting what it would say naturally into human words. Usually the most they had to say was "food", "play", or "me"... mostly "me" a lot of the times. But nevertheless, a talking animal never surprised him, if he knew it couldn't talk. But here in this nation, Reidi doubted that people had such technology, well most people minus the Solarions and Gabriel, and perhaps one or two he didn't seem to know well enough. So when he heard that cat mumble "idiot", he pulled back a little in surprise, certain now that the quite mumbling he had heard sounded very familiar voice was to what the cat had just said. He watched as the cat proceeded to act like nothing had been said, making a "nya" sound as if to meow. The corner of Reidi's mouth twitched a little, feeling certain that most cats never said "nya", at least not that way. It just didn't sound right. He carefully patted the cat's head back, wondering when Midori would return. As he did, he looked back to the cat.

"You know, I don't think cats SAY nya." he spoke. "More like mew or such... mm, maybe cats are different around the world, right?" he asked, this time stroking it with his right hand as he left the pointed tips of his metallic hand pointing upwards, and the blunt bases softly stroking against the cat's ear.

Pixiv · by **Wolfenium** » Sat Dec 11, 2010 5:31 pm

"Well, so much for my tongue," Happy muttered to himself despondently. Although he believed Midori was merely threatening him in jest and would probably be unlikely to carry out the deed, he still felt quite flustered at such a prospect.

"Don't blame me just because my mistress speaks Japanese as a first language," Happy told the 'shark man', "I'm just following up. And please stop stroking me. I get twitchy when that happens."

by **The Overlordy** » Sat Dec 11, 2010 5:39 pm

Reidi grinned widely when he began to receive a reply from the cat. He knew the cat was talking, not at first but after hearing "idiot" he was certain this cat could speak. The only question now was, how? He shook his head, in a school a magik, should he really expect no situations like this?

"You should tell her that. Most cats meow or mew, nya is rather the Japanese term for a human's way to express a sound. Like neigh or bark." he said. "And why do you hate being stroked... last time I checked most animals, at least pets, love to be stroked." he said, though he did stop. He carefully placed Ejji to the ground, the little shark staring up at the talking cat with curiosity. "So I'm assuming then that you're no ordinary pet?" he asked.

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