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Allister Curtis
Allister woke up with a groan, pain running through his back, neck arms and around his eyes where his glasses had dug into his skin (he had not worn his contacts the previous day on account of itching in his eyes).
This isn't my bed? Oh, I see… Allister sat upright in the rather uncomfortable chair he was seated on, each and every vertebra in his spine cracking loudly as he straightened his back. As he had several nights during the last week, it appeared he had been up late studying and fallen asleep at the desk. In fact, the library staff had become very careful as a result of his insane study sessions, but he managed to break in regardless what they did to the library's sturdy doors.
"I really need to be more careful about this…"
Standing up, his legs now cracking in much the way his back did Allister looked out of the window, it was still fairly dark outside and most of the students of Yokai Academy would still be in bed. Wordlessly, Allister replaced the books from the library on their shelves and put those he had purchased or stolen from teachers (another habit he had picked up in his search for more useful information) into his bag.
Allister walked through the dark deserted halls, running over what he had studied in his head and attempting to work out various uses for skills he had now developed until he reached the open space between the dorms and the main buildings of the academy. It was now that he went through another of his newer habits. Allister dropped his bag, and began a rather quick-paced jog around the grassy area - in light of his loss to fairytale he had been training both his mind and body ready for the woman's return, he was sure she would be back.
Finishing a decent enough number of laps, sweat that hadn't been present now dampening his hair and clothing and the sun starting to creep higher into the sky, Allister returned to his dorm room. Entering the small room (no longer bothering to check for the presence of his roommate who was never around and God knows where he went) Allister quickly cleaned up and changed from the dress pants and white shirt he had been wearing to an identical pair of pants, although with a black shirt sitting un-tucked over them, he had taken a stronger liking to dark colours recently for reasons unbeknownst even to him. Once satisfied with his appearance, he left the room and headed out towards the cafeteria for an early breakfast. Pleased by the total emptiness of the room bar the staff that had just started laying out trays of food – especially because it meant he wouldn't have to listen to Sagishi or Luthas, Janie hadn't bothered them as much as of late.
"This is a good start to today I guess, although as a general rule mages get treated rather poorly by some during these events on account of human appearances… oh well worst-case scenario I get to try out some of my new tricks" Allister mumbled to himself as he took a seat with a plate of bacon and eggs.