private PGA 3: Angel Academy (RP)

[Suitaloo 743]

Apisves was nodding his head normally until he heard about the burn. His skin hardened and his head ducked beneath his collar, shaking a bit as the weak boy shivered. "N-no, no burns. You should know why fire and birds aren't my favorite things" he whimpered

 

"That's what I thought." Rune sighed. "Well, on a positive note, even if it might scare you a bit, mentioning fire or birds causes you to reflexively harden your skin. If you keep working on that, you won't need to be scared of birds at least because their beaks won't be able to penetrate the skin at all. As for fire though... That's a bit of a different story, unless you can turn your skin to stone, which I doubt you can."

[Hive King 2,001]

"That's what I thought." Rune sighed. "Well, on a positive note, even if it might scare you a bit, mentioning fire or birds causes you to reflexively harden your skin. If you keep working on that, you won't need to be scared of birds at least because their beaks won't be able to penetrate the skin at all. As for fire though... That's a bit of a different story, unless you can turn your skin to stone, which I doubt you can."

"Okay" Apisves nodded, moving back to his chair and sitting down. He looked around and felt a small spike of jealousy pierce his heart. He was so pathetic by comparison. On the other hand, it excited him a little. They'd be challenging to face. What was he saying?! He needed a nap

[Octavia's Bow 2,035]

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Breathing in and then breathing out, Fey walked up to one of the more damaged dummies. Plantin her feet squarely, shoulder width apart, she curled her hand into a fist and threw a solid punh to the dummy. It didn't move a bit. "I d-d-do? Wh-Wh-Who?" Fey asked curiousky as she kept punching the dummy. As she punched, she kept thinking of what Apisves called her and everytime she thought of that word her punches were faster and stronger.

 

"Mmmm, I'm afraid I forgot his name. But he was half Marrowalk. Caused quite a stir on the first day when the class bully through a few taunts about his mother. That's bad taste, by the way." She looks over at Fey and frowns. "Stop." She postions herself behind the Ninetails gijinka and gently, but firmly, corrects her form. Elbows higher to protect the face, staggered stance, feet shoulder-width apart. "Fey, you can beat this dummy until it's a pile of cinders-" (The burn marks were pretty obvious) "- but it won't help you. Breath, and focus on the motion. Put your anger into something more constructive, and maybe you'll be able to focus it. Like a magnifying glass and a ray of sunshine. Mayhaps punch fire, instead of punch on touch, ey? Go ahead and give it a try."

[Sekel 696]

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Fey flinched when she heard Mrs. Blade talking about a Marowak student and his bully. She stopped when the teacher said and let her correct her form. "Breath and focus." Breath and focus? It was worth a try. She did as she was told and listened to what else she said. "Punch fire? How c-c-can I d-do that?" Fey asked, sounding surprised. How was one meant to punch fire?

[Octavia's Bow 2,035]

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Fey flinched when she heard Mrs. Blade talking about a Marowak student and his bully. She stopped when the teacher said and let her correct her form. "Breath and focus." Breath and focus? It was worth a try. She did as she was told and listened to what else she said. "Punch fire? How c-c-can I d-do that?" Fey asked, sounding surprised. How was one meant to punch fire?

"Hmm... I ment punch WITH fire. And you kind of envision yourself doing it. Like your fist is on fire. You can try it with your eyes closed too, if you think it'll help. Older martial artists thought of a kind of spiritual energy flowing through the universe. They called it chi. Or qi, with a 'q'. It really doesn't matter. They philosophized that if a person focused their own qi, or life force, they would be able to produce amazing results. Allow me to demonstrate."

 

She picked up her bow and showed it to Fey. "When I was a little girl, I made this. It represents a lot to me, and has followed me throughout my life. And right now, I'm going to use it as a sort of focus point for my 'qi'. This takes years of practice and discipline for most. Some find their way through forcing it, as I believe you do. This makes it a bit more powerful, and a bunch harder to control and condense into something meaningful." She brought her arrow quiver over, "I made this quiver rigt after the bow. The arrows, unfortunately, are new, but I had plenty of free time to make them. I never really thought of myself as a craftsman until just now, but there you have it. All of these things are somehow connect to me, and that'll make it easy to pull my chi through it."

 

She drew an arrow while standing. "The targets Rune makes for my target practice are wooden with a sort of hay-mesh covering. I hate to do this to them, but for the purpose of demonstration, I'm sure he'll understand." She took aim and closed her eyes. Focusing on the very tipp of the arrow, she fired just as it began to glow with a hinto of pink. If the target were a person, it would've never stood a chance. The arrow zipped in, and blue up in a rather charming cloud of pink smoke. All that was left was two mysteriously chard pieces of wood that held up the target. 

 

"I wouldn't expect results on my first try, but if you work at it I think you'll discover something very fascinating about yourself and your abilities. Maybe in discovering that, you'll be able to deal with Rune's punishment more effectively?"

 

(You may be wondering how she knows. I'm still wondering. It's the spirit of Pinkie man.)

[Sekel 696]

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Fey's mouth dropped open in surprise at what Mrs. Blade just did with an arrow. She closed it and looked at the dummy and fists. "Just envision your fists with fire. Okay." Fey said to herself and breathed in and out. She shifted her stance to make it like how the teacher showed he. Lifted elbows, hands protectig face and feet shoulder width apart with a staggered stance. Fey focused on trying to her qi through her fist and envisioned flames surrounding them. Once Fey felt like she was truly focused, she punched the dummy unsure of the results as her eyes were closed.

[Octavia's Bow 2,035]

@@NightWing

Fey's mouth dropped open in surprise at what Mrs. Blade just did with an arrow. She closed it and looked at the dummy and fists. "Just envision your fists with fire. Okay." Fey said to herself and breathed in and out. She shifted her stance to make it like how the teacher showed he. Lifted elbows, hands protectig face and feet shoulder width apart with a staggered stance. Fey focused on trying to her qi through her fist and envisioned flames surrounding them. Once Fey felt like she was truly focused, she punched the dummy unsure of the results as her eyes were closed.

 

Synthia smiles as a few sparks jump off the punch, "You've got the idea. Eventually, the pathways for chi through you will become more clear. But hey! Progress, right?" She smiles at Fey, "How are you feeling?" She sits on a straw mat to check her bow while she waited for a response.

[Sekel 696]

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Fey opened her eyes and smiled when she saw a few sparks fly off her punch. "I did ... something. But p-p-progress is g-g-good." Fey agreed with Mrs. Blade and turned towards her. "I th-th-think I'm f-feeling b-b-better now but I d-d-don't think I'll b-be able to face A-A-Apisves for a while, Mrs. B-Blade." Fey said, answering her question as she watched the teacher maintain her bow.

[Octavia's Bow 2,035]

@@NightWing

Fey opened her eyes and smiled when she saw a few sparks fly off her punch. "I did ... something. But p-p-progress is g-g-good." Fey agreed with Mrs. Blade and turned towards her. "I th-th-think I'm f-feeling b-b-better now but I d-d-don't think I'll b-be able to face A-A-Apisves for a while, Mrs. B-Blade." Fey said, answering her question as she watched the teacher maintain her bow.

 

"Mmmm, a lot of times social problems can be solved by just taking a deep breath and letting go of the things bothering us. I'll assume Apisves was probably being a jerk too you. You can't really control Apisves.But you can control how you react to him. Maybe his intimidated by you, ya?" She smiles at Fey as she moves from the string to oiling the bow.

[Sekel 696]

@@NightWing

"M-M-Maybe he is. I'm a fire t-t-type and he's a b-b-bug t-type. I c-c-can s-see where h-he's coming from." Fey sighed and thought about what she woukd say next. "If A-A-Apisves calls me a psyc-c-cho again, then I m-might not be able t-t-to restrain myself." Fey said nervously. She doesn't think she can control herself the next time he does that.

[Octavia's Bow 2,035]

@@NightWing

"M-M-Maybe he is. I'm a fire t-t-type and he's a b-b-bug t-type. I c-c-can s-see where h-he's coming from." Fey sighed and thought about what she woukd say next. "If A-A-Apisves calls me a psyc-c-cho again, then I m-might not be able t-t-to restrain myself." Fey said nervously. She doesn't think she can control herself the next time he does that.

 

Synthia laughs, "Well, you are crazy. Crazy cool. So what's one cat in the... err.... den? gunna do to stop you from getting better. Take it from me, best to ignore the clowns when you can. When you can't, just brush it off. Maybe someday they'll grow up, but it won't be your problem. That's what this book says anyway...." She takes out her 'People 101' book and opens it to one of the post-it pages. "Oh, sorry. You're supposed to take it from HIM. Right, that makes more sense. He's got the experience. So yah, take it from him. Life gets better. Teacher prep talk to the max!" She gives Fey the most innocent, happy smile ever to grace her face.

[Sekel 696]

@@NightWing

Fey couldn't help herself. She laughed merrily at Mrs. Blade's confusion. "You're g-g-getting a-a-advice from a ... b-book?" Fey asked increduously. She smiled back at the teacher's innocent one. "I th-th-think I should b-b-be g-going back t-to c-class now, Mrs. Blade." Fey said, smiling and trying not to laugh again at the book she had in her hand.

[Octavia's Bow 2,035]

@@NightWing

Fey couldn't help herself. She laughed merrily at Mrs. Blade's confusion. "You're g-g-getting a-a-advice from a ... b-book?" Fey asked increduously. She smiled back at the teacher's innocent one. "I th-th-think I should b-b-be g-going back t-to c-class now, Mrs. Blade." Fey said, smiling and trying not to laugh again at the book she had in her hand.

"I know.... the book tells me I'm an oddball automatically for having it... Anywho, good luck Fey. And one more thing; remember to have fun, ya? Beginning of a fresh school year with lots of potential. Never forget to have fun." Synthia winks, and slips the book away, then leads Fey back to her classroom.

[Sekel 696]

@@NightWing

Fey nodded and breathed in and out. "Th-Th-Thank you." Fey thanked the teacher and walked back into the classroom, nervously wringing her hands inside her sleeves again. Instead of sitting next to Apisves, she instead opted to sit as far away from anyone else as possible. She took a look around the classroom and found Kage and that Snorunt gijinka talking to one another, Kenji talking to himself and Apisves was most likely napping.

[Umbral Noir 1,556]

@,"I guess that would be cool..." he said, making his mouth smaller as he blew a bit harder, making a smaller stream of cold air."Neh, needs more practice and concentration I guess..." he continued, before looking back down at Kage. "What about you? Any way I can help you?" 

"If there's anyway I can help you practice, I'll see what I can do!" Kage said. He thought for a moment about Sne's question. "Hmm... I can't really think of anything , unless you know a way you can help me practice invisibility? Or maybe help me learn to walk through walls?"

[Zhooves 843]

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He seemed to think for a moment...

"Hm... Have you tried going though thin walls? Like paper maybe?" he said, looking around.

 

"They should have some paper here at least... If you want to try, that is." he continued, before looking back to Kage.

 

"As for you helping me, I am not sure... I was told to think and focus on 'warm' thoughts to control the cold around me..."

[Umbral Noir 1,556]

@@Zhooves

 

Kage nodded. "That's a good idea! I don't think I'll be doing too well at this though!" he chuckled. "As for your training, maybe you could use that warm feeling used to control your cold powers to concentrate the ice into one of those beams you mentioned earlier?"

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[Zhooves 843]

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"Hm... I guess I could try... But first..." he said, walking over to a shelf, coming back with a stack of paper.

"I'll help you with this..." he said, before taking out a small bottle of water from under his cloak. Placing some of the sheets of paper so they kinda formed a big square, overlapping each other at the corners and edges. Right after this, he dripped a few drops of water at the spots where they were overlapping, before gently rubbing at it till it froze, freezing the sheets together.

Once done, he lifted - with extreme caution - the now big sheet of paper.

 

"It's extremely fragile... But it is paper-thin." he said, still holding it up.

[Umbral Noir 1,556]

@@Zhooves

 

Kage nodded. "I'll give it a go then!" he replied. "I'm not to sure how to get started though! I guess it's like turning invisible; willing yourself to disappear through the wall..." He closed his eyes, willing himself to pass through the thin paper wall. As he stepped forward into it, the paper flapped against him, but he certainly didn't pass though it. Frowning, Kage stepped back. "This is going to be tough..."

[Suitaloo 743]

((TIMESKIP-A-GO-GO BABY!))

 

The bell signalling the end of the period rang throughout the school. Rune stood and said "Well done everyone today, if you borrowed any equipment from me, please return it and proceed to lunch. We'll be having a veritable buffet today as a welcome to the new school year." He announced as he waited for the students to leave so he could lock up and proceed to lunch himself.

 

 

 

Out in the garden, Jared heard the bell. He could only assume it meant time to move on. He reluctantly returned the gardening tools and grabbed a small planter card, whipped out a pen, and wrote "Property of Jared Desjardines" on the blank side of it, sticking it in the ground next to his flowers. "Shame, I was starting to really enjoy that." He said as he rose and headed for the cafeteria. 

[Hive King 2,001]

Normally, Apisves would have slept through that. But he had ears for food. He jerked up, rubbing sleep out of his eyes and stumbling away, looking a bit like a zombie. He walked towards Kage and tapped him on the shoulder.

 

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"Hey, I met a new friend. Wanna meet him?" Apisves offered, yawning a bit 

[Umbral Noir 1,556]

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"Hey Apisves! Sure!" Kage replied with a grin. "I've met a few others too! I'll introduce them to you later." Kage was looking forward to lunch too. A while class of doing nothing but failing to pass through a thin wall of appear needed to be forgotten by some food. He hoped the cafeteria served something decent!

[Concerto Dusk 240]

"Heh, time to eat. About time." Walking out of class, he looks around. "Wow, I don't know any but two if these gijinka, and one of them I tried to eat." (OOC I will be using "" for kenji, and '' for the little voice in his head.) 'Heh, maybe he will run away screaming when he sees you.'

[TheImaginaryAlicorn 147]

Fiona ran as hard and as fast as she could from the car and into the building. Of course, she had to get the times mixed up for when she was supposed to arrive at her new school, and her mistake was realized all too late. A few hours late, to be precise. Upon entering the building, the secretary took notice of the new arrival and directed her to her key and her new room, mentioning that it was now lunch time. Fiona thanked her, grabbed a key with her name on it, and bolted up to the dorms. Dorm 7, huh? She thought to herself.

 

Entering her room, she spotted someone's stuff on one of the beds, and she deposited her bags on the one adjacent. There would be time to unpack later, so Fiona practically flew downstairs to lunch. Hopefully she'd at least be on time for her meal. Once in the cafeteria, she grabbed a plate of food and looked about for a vacant seat next to someone who looked friendly.

Edited August 4, 2014 by TheImaginaryAlicorn

[Hive King 2,001]

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Apisves gave a small smile in response to Kage before his eyes flickered to the door. 

"Jared, this is my friend, Kage" Apisves introduced, stepping back a little to let the two of them greet each other. Okay, maybe today hadn't been too bad. At least he had found two nice people...and one psychotic dragon boy and bipolar kitsune