Ashling
Girl's Dorm
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The image of the tiny girl whipping and waving her faux-sword around the room would stick around in Ashling's mind for quite some time, as an image of such things being used for something besides combat. Of course those movements could do nothing to actually hurt somebody, the way Eva held it was perhaps the clumsiest and her attempts at mimicking swordsmanship were flimsy at best. But she didn't care. To her roommate, it seemed to be an object of fantasy and wonder, to have fun with and mimic those she held to be great in the kind of reckless abandon many other children would have had. Though, approaching the other students with such a thing drawn would have provoked quite the ruckus, but Eva's approach of the door ended slightly before Ashling's skull was shacked by a sudden turn.

The hit hadn't hurt at all, and the shrieking that the smaller woman did immediately afterwards had probably injured more people than the sheath ever had, but as Eva sputtered her apologies like water from a geyser, Ashling noticed something. She'd given Eva the sheath to swing around, thus it was her own fault that she was struck, and also the reason for Eva's eyes mimicking a kicked dog. That simply would not do, and something had to be done. With her head slightly turned from the blow, Ashling winced at brought her hand up to her opposite ear, retrieving from it, with a bit of wriggling, what appeared to be a golden coin.

"Ah...now look what you've done." Ashling teased the puffy-haired roommate with a clear smile on her lips, as she took back the sheath by its center of mass and ran the golden coin between her fingers. "Do you have any idea how long it takes for these to be restored? Oh well...no harm done, and you did it hit out, so you take it." She said, as she re-tied the sheath to her belt and flipped the coin through the air so that it would land on Eva's hand. However, instead of landing like a firm, relatively heavy galleon, it puffed up into nothingness.

Youkai Academy [IC][T]


Cheryll managed a small smile as Frio introduced himself and even complemented her, but she grew more nervous when he said she should have a lot of friends. She went quiet a few minutes watching the sky get darker before she finally stood up. "It...it was nice to m...meet you" she stuttered "b..but.." She sighed pausing "I....I don't....h...have f....friends" she managed to get out nervously before running off in the direction of the girls dorm.

I tried....but I'm no good at talking to people she thought sadly as she returned to her room. Looking around she saw she still didn't have a roommate which relaxed her slightly. Grabbing her Pj's Cheryll went in the bathroom and quickly showered and changed before outing a bandaid on her knee. With another sad sigh Cheryll laid down and put her glasses on the nightstand and quickly fell asleep.

Kakusu was still as he felt something poking him in his ribs. A burnt smell prevailed through Kakusu's nose although he had no burns on his body, something that was expected since he was a Yoko. He lay there for a moment, with his eyes closed feeling nothing but pain and the nudging of somebody who was probably no doubt testing if he was alive. He quivered for a split second, to exhibit a sign of life and then coughed up a cloud of smoke and cinders.



Kakusu slowly opened his eyes and everything was blurry and hard to distinguish although he could see a boy poking him now,. Kakusu struggled to get to his feet and succeeded for a moment before succumbing to soreness in his legs and falling again. He slowly sat up, making sure not to irritate his legs and observed his surroundings He could now make out the boy looking frightened for some odd reason and they appeared to be in front of the dorms, though it made a little bit of sense, he must have fell out the window or something.

Slowly getting to his feet, Kakusu attempted to run but clumsily staggered over to the doors and ran to retreat into his dorm, regaining the ability to run although it made him a little dizzy. The boy that he saw was definitely the one who screamed in his dorm, although Kakusu didn't even know if he was his roommate. It was so idiotic of him for is introduction to go that way if so…

Kakusu opened the door of their room and sat on his bed, waiting to see if the boy would come into the room. If so, then this boy was his roommate and he was off to a bad start.

She walked always with the words, "I don't have friends" then running away. I sighed, pulling blades of grass out of the spot where I sat. Then I looked up at the orange sky, the days were so much longer here, I liked it better.

She left before I could say to her, "Me neither." But I still muttered it to myself. I liked her, she was a lot like me, alone. "I suppose I'll see her again tomorrow." I stood up, my clothes now grass stained, and walked toward what I thought were the dorms. "Maybe I'll see all of them in class, I forgot to ask so maybe they are." I nodded, "And maybe others too."

Once I got in the boys dorm room, it took my an hour to find my room. Once I got inside I wasn't very tired, and I couldn't think of anything to do, so I did what I always do when I can't sleep. I worked out, I did about 50 push ups, then 20 one handed. Then I did the standard leg lifts, curl ups, and stretches. I looked outside, not very much light, but I wanted to do a little running so I grabbed my journal, wrote the room number in it and ran outside. I ran until I found the school track, then did a mile on it. It didn't really feel like I was pushing myself, so I did another while sprinting the straights. That tired me out, and I felt out of breath, so I jogged back into where the dorms were and checked my journal. It was now completely dark outside, but I could see under the moonlight a note that said to call my sister.

"No, no she is going to be worried, I'm late calling to check in..." I frantically looked for a pay phone, when my pants started to vibrate. I jumped suddenly, unaware that there was also a tone playing. I pat myself down and pulled out a cell phone. "When did I get one of these..." I answered it and my sister was on the line.

"I've been calling for hours, why didn't you answer?"

"I didn't know I had a cell phone..."

"I took all the money you've been giving me and put it into getting you one and a plan. You have enough money saved up that you won't have to worry about the fees for a while." I never thought the money I gave her was going toward something for me. Though I probably should have. "You also have a separate account for luxuries, I slipped the bank card into your wallet. It only let's you take out 20$ a day, so don't be careless."

"Thanks, but I gave you all my money, why didn't you spend it on something?"

"It's your money, I just put it away until you could live alone. I must say all that overtime and extra hours plus bonuses really add up." She changed the subject, "Make any new friends?"

"Yea I made three." I heard the words please hold and a tune for a few minutes.

Meanwhile
Frio's sister put the phone call on hold and almost cheered, she called her parents and told them the good news. "Frio has friends!"

"That's nice honey," Her mother said indifferently, "I'm glad he isn't useless." Frio's sister felt anger growing in her stomach, her mother and father were so apathetic toward Frio, it was no wonder he never enjoyed company.

She didn't answer, just hung up and switched back to Frio's call.

Frio
I heard my sister's voice on the other end again. "Sorry, had to call mom and dad to tell them."

"Were they happy?" I said, hoping it was what they wanted.

"Uhhh, yeah they were excited." I sighed relieved, I'd always wanted to make them happy. "So who are they?"

"Well I remember the names well, but I also wrote them down so I couldn't forget. Cheryll is my favorite name, but there is also Elene, and Elise." There was a long pause before his sister responded.

"Wait... Those are all girl's names." She sounded shocked.

"Yea, and they were really nice, but two of them kicked me while I was napping." She told me to wait again.

"You are saying you made nothing but female friends?" She repeated.

"Yes..."

She sighed heavily, "I'm not really sure what you did, but I really hope this isn't a bad sign."

"What does that mean?"

"Nothing, just go to bed, it is late. I don't want you taking any girls into your room got it? I'll visit the academy on weekends to make sure you are not getting in trouble."

"Ok, bye."

"Bye" And then she hung up. I walked to my room as instructed, found my room, then layed in bed until I fell asleep. Which didn't take long because I was pretty tired, I think there may have been another in the room, but I didn't pay attention.

Takumi Makkusu - Life Is...Cheese

I got startled when I saw the body move. Zombiiiieeeee I quickly back away from the Youkai as he tries to get up. Oh cr**, this is it! He's gonna turn to me & kill me! Uhm, but does anyone actually know I'm a human. Maybe, just maybe... I just gotta keep up the charade until I can find a way out of this school.

I saw the boy was having trouble getting up & heading into the dorms. I might guess he is my roommate. I hope he doesn't find out I'm a human. This guy can use fire at his own free will. How do you not anger him? I'll just have to keep it cool.

Hee hee, cool...

I slowly walk back into the dorms & head back to my room. Sure enough, the Youkai was sitting on one of the beds. I-I guess he can have that one while I take the other, it makes no difference. I avoided eye contact- I don't wanna make any contact with any monster, but if I have to for survival, then I must. Still avoiding eye contact~ Nice wall. "I-I guess we're r-roommat-tes..." Why was my voice high? I am not doing so well.

I am gonna die. I am gonna die today.

(OOC: I guess not being around for the weekend was a mistake, seeing all the posts...)

Volt

Seeing the girl going on about how beautiful the night was- which it was- he noticed she was diverting her gaze as she spoke, blushing. He smiled warmly, but she seemed to be embarrassed. Did she know that he had noticed her gazing at his eye? That probably was it... ack, why'd he have to go ahead and readjust his headband?!

She began to speak once again, trying to cover her blush. "Yeah, we should probably go. I'm gonna go grab a shower and get changed. Then we can head back to dorms." She climbed out of the pool. "I'll see you in a few!"

"Alright! I'll get going, too."

Climbing out of the slippery pool (And tumbling once, but discreetly enough so no one- at least, he hoped- would notice), he walked towards the changing rooms, once again going through the motions. Untying his headband. Putting wet clothes in a bag. Showering. Getting out, this time with blue cargo shorts and a blue t-shirt, and sandals. Tying headband. He then walked out of the changing rooms, and his stomach grumbled. Crud, he thought, might as well go to the cafeteria.

"Hey Milly, wanna come catch a bite at the cafeteria? I'm getting hungry." His stomach grumbled once again, and his face quickly turned red. Getting hungry? I already AM hungry!

Milly Kaiko
(wanted to let Milly eat but looks like everyone else is going to bed :P)

When she was out of sight back in the changing rooms, Milly once again took a shower before retrieving her stuff from her locker and getting changed. The floor was cold under her bare feet and made her shiver more now, making her hands unsteady as she tugged on her top and shorts. When she was at last done, she made sure her hoodie was zipped up and her wet hair was tied back, away from her skin as to avoid the damp strands chilling her skin.

Wrapping her swimming stuff in the towel, she crammed the load into her rucksack before shouldering it and slipping on her shoes. Treading outside, she looked up into the dark sky, her green eyes focusing in on the pale light of the moon and lapping it's silver tones up jealously.

"Beautiful" she breathed, the word slipping over her lips in little more than a whisper as her whole body froze, taking in the moon, which now hung in the sky. Stars scattered around it like glitter on a dark velvet background.

Glancing back down, she looked back towards the swimming pool. It's surface once again as smooth and clear as glass, no longer distuded but the rippled given off by her and Sorae.

In this moment of silence however the girl pondered over the time. It was getting late and they had an early start tomorrow morning but then she hadn't eaten either. Remembering this, her shoulders dropped.
nothing beats dinner. It's best meal of the day. But as if on cue, as this thought drifted through her mind, she heard Sorae's voice.

"Hey Milly, wanna come catch a bite at the cafeteria? I'm getting hungry."

Milly chuckled and walked through the gloom to where the voice was located, until spotting her friend. "I can tell." She giggled, hearing his stomach growl loudly as she drew level with him. "Sure, I'd love to join just hope it the cafeteria is still open." She said, reaching into her bag and pulling out her phone to check the time. "It's getting pretty late but fingers crossed." She shrugged with a lazy grin before starting down the dark path which lead to back to the main grounds. Here and there the black tarmac illuminated in pale pools of yellow light which emanate from old street lamps with lined the path's boarders.

"You looking forward to tomorrow then?" she asked, glancing over her shoulder, briefly slowing to see if Sorae was following. "I'm kinda curious what our lessons are gonna be like." It was then however, when her phone which was still gripped in her hand, let out of loud bleep. Glancing down, she frowned, her heart sinking a little. Lights out was about to happen back at the dorm, she had completely forgotten!

stopping in her tracks she looked back with a disappointed face. "Rain check on the food." she sighed, her shoulders drooping slightly as she spoke. "Lights out back at the dorm in a lil while." She sighed, readjusting her bag on her back with a twitch of her shoulders. Pulling her bat, woody, up and over her shoulder she then put on her best grin.

"I'll catch up with you tomorrow after class, alright?" she asked, wrinkling her nose as she giggled. "see ya tomorrow Volt and thanks for an amazing afternoon. Was fun. " she winked at this, though she really didn't understand why and mentally cringed before she turned and moved off towards the girl's dorm without another word.

I cannot believe I just winked...why did I wink?!

When she got back to the dorms, she shouldered open the door and walked up the plush stairs until she reached her floor. When she got to her door, she fished out her keys and stumble into her room, as the latched unlocked and swung back to once again revealing her new home for the semester. Sighing happily, she kicked the door closed before she pulled her wet clothes out and draped them over the radiator. Dropping her rucksack to the floor in a crumbled heap without a second glance, she then spent a good few minutes looking for the perfect place to prop woody up on display. Settling for a prime corner which was directly opposite the bed, she placed the bat there lovingly and stepped back a few paces to admire her decision.

The pile in the middle of her room remained untouched however, bar when she fished through some bags to find her favourite sleeping T-shirt, a band T-shirt she had got a few years before. Getting changed, she eyed the mountain of belongs with tired eyes before choosing to ignore it. Turning on the spot, she padded over to her bed and climb under the covers. Her muscles welcoming the soft mattress's embrace eagerly. Kaiko fell asleep quickly, being more tired than she had realised, with a smile on her face.
It had been a good first day to say the least.

Kakusu blankly stared at the boy, who entered the room and seemed to be avoiding Kakusu, until Takumi broke the silence.

"I-I guess we're r-roommat-tes..." the boy said with extreme edginess within his voice.

Out of dread of starting a conversation, Kakusu seized his night garments and dashed to the bathroom to get space from his roommate. He quickly changed and brushed his teeth before retreating back into his room, deciding to wake up early enough to take a shower.

As he re-entered the room, Kakusu looked at the boy with a confused but sad glance before getting into the bed he was sitting on previously. The scent of ashes was no longer coming from Kakusu's skin, probably absorbed into his skin no doubt. He had never been in Youko form since he felt comfortable in his human form, although this seemed unusual to some. It was weaker and less agile but Kakusu had become accustomed to it and most objects were made for humanoid shaped creatures.

Burying himself under the covers, Kakusu closed his eyes but remained in thought. He wanted to explore the campus tomorrow although he predicted that it would definitely be uncomfortable to go survey alone while the area itself would be crowded. He would either have to make some companions or go at night. With that final thought, Kakusu fell into a deep sleep.

Takumi Makkusu - I Thought I Was Rude

No, really. I thought I was the rude one, from what I've been told back home. My new roommate flaked on me to the bathroom to get ready for bed. He was in bed soon after. Not even gonna mention his name to me. Not even a single word. I can see now that some monsters are quite rude. Maybe i'm just going way over my head here. I went to see what time it was.

Is it that late? I don't feel the tiniest hint of the sandman. Is that another Youkai? What could I do for part of the night? I'm not a fan of bedtime if you haven't already guessed. I guess I could play some video game. Good thing I brought my 3DS. It's red with cool games!

I don't bother to change in my pj's. I don't need them. Going to play Unchained Blades~

This is ShinyDiamond informing that Takumi fell asleep at 1 AM without covers over him. His 3DS is near his hand still. I apologize for his energy. Anyway, this is the end of the post, so I thank you.

Volt

"Alright then, sucks about dinner. Guess it's time to hit the sack, though, so I'll see ya after class tomorrow!"

Jogging the way back to the dorms, he began to undo his headband. By the time he arrived at the door and fumbled for his key, he had placed his headband in his pocket, his third eye slightly visible, but as almost always, closed. Unlocking the dorm room, he entered, scouring the fridge for food. It had some things, and he fixed himself a ham and cheese sandwich, made from ham and cheese he had found in the fridge and some bread that he had found in his suitcase that he had saved from breakfast that morning.

It was okay. Not anything amazing. Okay.

Showering, changing, brushing his teeth and finishing up, he put on his pyjamas and got under the covers. Exhausted from what the day had brought, he quickly fell asleep. His last fleeting thought... was...

Best first day ever.

Cheryll yawned as she sat up and looked at the clock 7:00. "It's to early." She whispered to herself as she got out if bed shivering as her bare feet touched the cold wood floor. Running a hand through her messy white-blonde hair Cheryll yawned again and grabbed her hairbrush and her clean uniform. "Just because I don't want to be here...doesn't mean I'm going to slack on my education." She muttered exiting the room and entering the bathroom. Fifteen minutes later Cheryll was washed and her teeth and hair brushed and she was dressed in her uniform. Glancing at the clock again seeing the time at 7:15 the girl sighed again just as an announcement came over the PA system.

"Good morning students from 3C!
Rise and shine and get ready for class!"

"Today the local school mall is opened from 1 pm till 5 pm, feel free to stop by!"

"You'll have two classes today from your homeroom teacher Higoroshi-sensei, Youkai studies and Youkai history.
Class ends at 12.30 pm today, make sure to make this day another usefull one! Oh! and class starts at 8.30 am! hehe I almost forgot~ have a nice day!"

Once the announcement was over Cheryll nodded to herself as her stomach growled. "Time to go eat" she muttered grabbing her bag that was full of books and left her room walking to the cafeteria. Once there Cheryll quickly got a plate of bacon and eggs as well as a cup orange juice and sat down at a table. Setting her large book on Youkai history on the table she started to read absentmindedly eating her breakfast as she turned the pages of her book.

Takumi Makkusu - One Tiring Morning

"Shut up already..." I threw a pillow at nowhere when the intercom kept yammering. I just wanted some sleep, but I guess even Youkai's...where was I going with this? Oh, that's right! I wanna marry my bed...

I didn't care what time it was. I was only brushing my teeth & combing my hair.

ShinyDiamond: Takumi is not good with a comb.

Sleepy... I am so tired right now, I don't even bother to take the sand out of my eyes. I only barely manage to open my eyes to check the time. Is human, regular time the same as Youkai time? 7:15 AM. I didn't pay attention to the intercom what time class starts. I should ask my roommate later. I'm just too tired. I'm still in the same clothes- I should take a quick shower! My brain barely comes up with that.

After showering & drying off, I'm still tired. Sure, the water felt good to my skin, but my eyes only managed to focus enough. The saand is out my eyes. I'm hungry.

I'm not sure how long it took me to find the cafeteria. A decade? I need breakfast to function my brain better. Pretty soon, I got my food, very strange food. I got bacon, fish, pancakes, & milk. What's this red stuff? I hope it isn't blood... I shudder & choose what I eat. I'll eat bacon, pancakes & milk. Like I said, I'm in a school full of monsters. I'll just eat in peace here.

I hope.

Kion Gavin - Boy's Dorm

Gavin's awakening was not a pleasant one. He woke to a burning sensation engulfing his body and a loud voice covering the dorm. The flaming embrace was comforting to him, being Beelzebub's servant as he was, but it was paradoxically painful. He opened his eyes and jumped off of the couch, which was covered in a growing sea of inferno.

"Aqron!" Gavin yelled, pointing his hands at the fire. Aqron (/awk-rOn/) literally means "water area". Promptly after uttering the strange word, the sigil on the back of Gavin's hand changed from red to blue, and the fire that was spewing from his hands started to spray water over the couch, extinguishing the flames. Gavin sighed and then looked to see who the cause of the incident was. He finally found out who was causing his hellish powers to activate. It was a boy who looked like fate smacked him in the face and ruffled his hair. He was the human. Gavin did not stop the boy, though; he did not want to risk burning the dorm down. He simply waited until the boy left and returned to his room.

Gavin took a shower and changed his clothes, and he returned to his room to do some more preparation. He brought a spell tome with him, and he headed out to the cafeteria. He didn't really know where it was, so it took longer than expected to arrive there. When he finally arrived the, there was a moderate amount of youkai already eating. Gavin made his way into the lunch line, picking up a tray, a spoon, and a fork. The lunch lady looked at him for a moment in confusion.

"What are you, hun?" She asked. Gavin was taken aback by the question, it wasn't something that you normally get asked- as a human, at least.

"I'm a...a mage, ma'am," he said hesitantly. She promptly put some food on his plate. The food looked unexpectedly normal: pancakes, sausage, bacon, and toast. It made sense, mages weren't really that different from humans in terms of diet.

After getting his food, Gavin returned to the central area, looking around for a place to eat. He found an empty table, since he didn't really feel like meeting any eccentric characters at the time. He looked at his food. He didn't feel hesitant so much because of the surprises that may have laid inside (as he was almost sure that the meet was not that of cow or the like- at least, not the ones from his realm), but rather, because he felt that eating the food would mean the denouncement of his humanity.

Instead, he looked around. He saw the human from before at one of the neighboring tables, and his eyes widened. His face tensed, and he grew a terrifying scowl. The mere sight of that human boiled his blood. He clenched his left fist as fire danced from it, filled with his rage. He picked up his fork and lunged it into his sausage, blood splashing from the punctures. He put the sausage up to his mouth and furiously bit off half of it, exposing the mangled insides of the sausage.