Saint Poemandres Boarding School

[Agent Larkin]

"What did you say?" the lead vampire said breathing straight in Alex's face. "Oh nothing." Alex replayed his voice shaking a little. "Oh I think you called us Animals" the vampire put his hand on Alex's shoulder "but in respect for the fact you are one of our kind, albeit very weak I will give you the opportunity to apologise." "No." Alex replied a courages streak suddenly bubbling up.

"Fair enough." The fist of the vampire slammed into Alex's ribs. He gasped doubled over in pain and next he got knocked down to the ground. He felt the blows raining on his body as his vision turned dark. He noticed them stopping or he could have been imagining. All he could feel was a heartbeat getting slower and slower. His last thought before going straight out was 'I don't have a heartbeat.'

 

[CounterAttack]

"Wait, who are you?" Rochelle was confused; she didn't know what Nathan had looked like before he died. Then she spotted the wand's handle in his pocket, and realized who it was. "Nathan? Wow, you look completely different. Nothing like the way I saw you yesterday."

Well, this is gonna be awkward, she thought. Lilli and Nathan, though... could it work?

 

[revolverwolf]

She thought he'd take longer than that. But no, apparently not, because here he was with a plate of food. She tried in vain to think, tried to make words, but none came. She just stared at him, semi-entranced...

Oh God, oh God, stop staring at him. Do something! Anything!

"Th-thanks Nath." She took a small selection of food and popped it into her mouth, trying her best to avoid dislocating her jaw. While chewing, all she could think was Why the hell does he make me feel like this now? He's just Nathan!

 

[j1-2themax]

Sven eventually made his way to the snack bar and began scouting out the best looking pieces of cheese when he eyed a fountain of punch. OK, that seems a little ornate, but I'm willing to go with it. As he got closer, he realized the "punch" was really blood. Sven shivered a little at the thought of almost drinking it. And to think, there are beings here who would lap this stuff up without a second thought, like... All of a sudden, he seemed to become aware of somebody glaring at him and turned to see a group of vampires. Two of them were busy beating up somebody, but one of them turned his attention towards the werewolf. Sven quickly slipped away to rejoin Rochelle and Lillith.

 

[CounterAttack]

Spoiler: OOC

Just so everyone knows, I'm gonna be away from my PC for most of the day tomorrow, so I won't be able to post. A couple of double lectures and a Marketing test are keeping me out of the house for the majority of the day.

 

[Oneirius]

Spoiler: OOC

Good luck on your test. Home you make it.

 

[Quad08]

"Oh yeah, sorry Rochelle, I forgot you didn't know it was me"

Nathan bowed slightly, before taking another sip of his drink as he tried to talk above the noise of the band

"Its how I looked before I became a walking set of bones"

 

[revolverwolf]

She turned to Rochelle, trying to communicate 'Help, I'm flatlining here!' without using words. Lillith didn't want to put Nathan off her for good, she still wasn't sure if he felt the way she did about him, and she didn't want to murder any semblance of friendship she had with him by acting stupidly. But she didn't want to stand there like a sponge either.

She was absolutely hating this moment, and dreading every second that her silence continued. It was torture to be standing here, uselessly trying to think of something to say while Rochelle spoke so easily to him.

"He can only stay like that for 12 hours. A week. Hardly enough time..." It wasn't long enough, Lillith thought, for a relationship to blossom. Especially not from whatever scraps of romance she had. She was still hung up on all the negatives. There wasn't enough time each week, it was too early into the year to be thinking about romance yet, she'd just moved here and... he's Nathan.

 

[j1-2themax]

Sven made his way back to Lillith and Rochelle and noticed an unfamiliar face talking to them. "So, which one of you ladies wants to introduce me to your new friend?" Sven asked. Or, perhaps more importantly, what are you?

 

[CounterAttack]

"Oh... wow. I didn't think about that." Rochelle shot a glance at Lillith, her eyes saying, Relax, Lilli. You'll be fine. Just wait to speak until you're ready. Unsure if Lilli got the message, she asked Nathan out of curiosity, "Doesn't it bother you when you go back to your original appearance? Memories of your past life and all that?"

When Sven approached, she turned to him and said, "You know Nathan, right? He's in his human form as opposed to being a skeleton."

 

[Quad08]

Nathan nodded to Sven

"Hello Sven, I hope your enjoying the evening as much as I am"

Looking behind the group, Nathan noticed the blonde haired man motioning to him.

"Pardon me for a second"

He smiled and quickly moved to where the blonde haired man was

 

[revolverwolf]

As Nathan wandered off, Lillith breathed a sigh of relief. It was early days yet though, because she knew that Nathan would inevitably wander over to her again. After all, he had been enjoying the evening so far when all he had done since he got here was talk to her.

She'd have to be quick with this. God knows how she'd manage to continue the conversation if Nathan stuck around for any decent amount of time. She looked to Sven and Rochelle and tried to draw their attentions, "Sven, 'chelle. How do I stop it? The... 'me liking him' thing?"

 

[j1-2themax]

Wait, that was the lich? Huh, kinda weird seeing him with skin. "Wish the music was better, but otherwise..." Sven didn't notice until he started talking that Nathan had already left. Thanks for leaving me out on a limb, buddy, he thought to himself. Sven scrambled for a way to save face, but Lillith interrupted his train of thought. "Sven, 'chelle. How do I stop it? The... 'me liking him' thing."

"Sorry, can't help you much there." He thought about adding, Let me know when you find out, but decided against it because he didn't want Rochelle to take that the wrong way.

 

[CounterAttack]

"I don't really know, Lilli. I'm somewhat inexperienced..." Rochelle trailed off, realizing what she had said. Dammit, girl! That'll put Sven off for sure. "Anyway, I think the best thing you can do is just act normal. If Nathan feels the same way about you, he'll let you know eventually."

As she spoke, she realized something else: her advice for Lillith applied to Rochelle as well. If I wait long enough, just act casual, and maybe drop the occasional hint, Sven might catch on!

 

[Agent Larkin]

Alex opened his eyes. He was greeted with the smell of fresh grass while his vision adjusted to the sun. He looked around at the land in front of him stretched out for miles. To his left a simple wooden cabin stood from which various different constructs made their way out among the field to join the others.

He looked to his left and saw the cup of tea still warm on the little table next to his chair. "So I've been hit that bad huh?"

 

[revolverwolf]

"If Nathan feels the same way about you, he'll let you know eventually."

There was that 'if'... Maybe Nathan didn't like her that way. Maybe she could just ignore these feelings, try to stay as normal as possible around him when he was human, and stay friends. In their own ways, their own noticeably uncomfortable, quiet and subtle-point-missing ways, they'd helped her figure it out.

Lillith nodded and then smiled to them both. "Don't worry. I get it... Thanks." No more uncomfortable-ness. You just have to be you and let the ball be in his court. Cross any other bridges when you get to them.

 

[Quad08]

"Nice catch Nate. Think she'd dig me?"

The blonde haired youth asked Nathan

"Screw you Fruh"

Nathan muttered, his hand drifting threateningly to his wand

"Woah dude! Chill, chill"

Fruh laughed, holding out a file

"Here is all you need. Get this done, and the boss is willing to expand your time as a normal person"

And with a final laugh, Fruh disappeared

 

[revolverwolf]

Lillith looked past Rochelle and Sven to where Nathan was. She'd managed to tune out what they were saying, something about the ridiculous price of the ear plugs that were going around, instead listening to Nathan and his blond friend. She couldn't quite hear over all the background noise, but she could definitely see the blond boy laughing. What was strange was Nathan... He wasn't laughing. Not even a snicker or chuckle.

Then she saw them exchange something, before the blond boy left and Nathan began to walk back towards them. As he neared, she slithered around Sven and Rochelle to meet him with a smile. With a genuine amount of interest, she asked "Who was he?"

 

[Quad08]

Nathan spun around, completely surprised at Lilith's sudden appearance

"What?! Oh Lilith..."

He rubbed the back of his neck, a bit embarrassed at his reaction

"He's an...old acquaintance. A bit of a dick but he's good at his job"

Please don't ask about the file, please don't ask about the file...

 

[revolverwolf]

Wow. You get some confidence and Nathan loses his. She smiled to him with a reassuring warmth and pushed her hair out of her face. "Come on, I bet he's not that bad. He looked like he was having a laugh."