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[The GrandMage]

Hellion "James" McKimble

He smiled. "Dying isn't the strangest thing, believe it or not. The first time it happens, whoo, it can really get to you. Of course, the real problem is not getting accustomed to it. You get used to it, and next thing you know, once you're out of here and no one's ready to bring you back, you can be gone for good."

He smiled, and ate. They talked about some of the oddities on campus, like the clock tower that never seemed to be in sync with itself, much less anything else, and some of the finer points of being free. Before he knew it, they were done. Their waitress arrived, clearing off the plates and asking if they'd like some dessert. Hellion quickly said no, and looked at the bill as it was laid down.

He smiled at Ari. "The only thing they have here for desert is an old cheesecake that's on par with the school's food. If you'd like something, we could go womewhere else..."

He counted out the money, absently, leaving a good-sized tip. The waitress returned, and he handed it to her, saying the change was for her. He turned back to Ari, smiling.

 

[Vixandra]

Ari

I pondered the thought of dessert seriously for a moment. "Eww, school cheesecake," I said, wrinkling up my nose. "I think I can live without that. Come one."
I rose from the booth and lead the way out side. Once outside, I turned my eyes skyward to the stars and sighed deeply. "I don't mind this terran based schooling but... I still miss being on a ship, going where life takes me, flying through those stars."
Turning back to Hellion, I held out my hand him. "Are there any cool shops in the area? I want to pick up a few things for my room- its rather drab at the moment."

 

[The GrandMage]

Hellion "James" McKimble

Hellion smiled, and took her hand. He smiled at her, and looked around, with a shrug. "I dunno. I probably would never have left campus if my first meal hadn't tried to eat me. Scoped out the nearby restuarants."

He smiled at her, walking along, holding her hand. He looked around at all the shops. "Tell you what. You pick out anything you want, on me. A special treat. So if you need a refridgerator or something, nows the time to get it."

He laughed, and smiled at her, giving her hand a slight squeeze.

 

[Vixandra]

Ari

I giggled and shook my head. "You're talking to the girl that graced the cover of Popular Mechanics: Space Edition for my work. Money isn't something I have to be careful with. Still, I do appreciate the offer though."
We walked down the street that bore the Italian resturant, first hitting a book store. Actual paperbooks were rare for me to see- took up too much weight on ship. To feel the paper under my finger tips was oddly refreshing. I said as much as I arragned for my rather large purchse to be shipped to my room directly.
We followed this with a trip through a couple of furnature stores (could never get used to sleeping on a hard surface so needed an anti-grav bed).
A few hours later, a handful of receipts stuffed in my purse, Hellion and I headed back toward campus.
"This is so peaceful," I said as we walked on campus, ignoring one of the dorms blazing in the distance. "Least compaired to other places I've lived."
I yawned deeply, looking at my watch. It was almost 2300 already. "No wonder I'm sleepy, I've been up since since four this morning. Joys of jet lag, I suppose. My home world runs on a 22 hour day, I spent three weeks there before hopping here."
I shivered a bit in the chillier night. "Care to walk me to my dorm?"

 

[cats]

Kyle Wind

IC: The rat was distracted with the new agressor. Sad thing is that idiot had a range weapon too. I began to crawl my way out with one arm the other one being preocupied with keeping the foul smelling air out of my mouth and nose.

I limped my way back to my weapon. I'd be quicked out of the school if I was foolish enough to elave this evidence around. I stoped my crawl and took the time to put it back in my scabard. I then began to cawl once mroe until I flt I was lout of range. I uncovered my mouth and nose. "Dear god the smell sticks to you." Allthough I clearly did stink now it wasn't nearly as bad as what I got by being next to it. I now need to shower.

I turned and looked back at my would be savior, and considered he may very well of saved my life with the distraction. Perhaps I did owe him. "Don't worry if he kills you I'll pay the ten dollars to have you revived!" The rat king then did a spin knocking him off his knees back on the ground. When he stoped he was faceing me once more. Then with a few simple but yet graceful jumps he was closeing in on me.

"Damn my big mouth!" I began to run away as fast as I could.

 

[hybirdx]

'F-fuck...." Jamie stood up, holding his now shattered nose. "Rats... I hate rats.... Especialy rats who dace to the nut cracker!" Jaime shoot after the rat, now extreamly pissed. He pulled his fist back as it charged up, or to be more exact, the black glove around it charged up. "Hey putrid breath!"

The Rat King snorted, stoped, and turned around, only to come face to face (withen a 13 ft radius,) with somebody who could pretty much no longer smell, but definetly was pissed. "Smell this!" Jaime threw his hand forward, opening his hand as he did so. A errie-purple, plasma like orb shot forward, hitting the rat. Jaime didn't hesitate to go in for the kill, but as soon as he got close, the putrid scent hit him again.

"Aw dammit! My node id broken and I'd still can smell him, much less taste the putrid thing!" The Rat King, now furious, got up and lunged at Jaime, making the young assasin run in circles, the rat following.

 

[cats]

Kyle Wind

IC: Hmm well this idiot has helped me out twice now. Maybe I should try and help him out. But then again I am risking my life, the thing knows where I am and I have to put up with atht smell still. Man do I want to go home and take a bath.

Still, I best not make a worse impression then I already have. I take off my shirt and tie it around my head, covering my mouth and nose. I then took my hand and placed it tightly over my mouth. Then with the otehr I picked up my sword.

I ran as quickly at the rat king trying to catch up with and the fleeing person with the broken nose. Once I was with in a few feet of the rat I slowed down, trying to keep the smell out the best I could, but it still was very strong. I had to strugle to keep my grip on the sword. The rat king kept up his pace after the other boy and by blocking all this air from geting inside I simply couldn't keep my endurance up. I stoped in the stinky tracks of the rat to try and catch my breth. If only I could get close, I could atleast do soemthing.

 

[hybirdx]

Stoped an d turned around, the rat now having a new target. Jamie looked around for something, anything that would ease the horrific smell. He saw a bucket of soapy water the janetor was going to use to mop the boys' bathroom. He ran straight for it and grabed it by its handle before swinging around.

"Hey Rizo!"

The Rat King turned around and glared at Jamie, his eyes widening as he saw the bucket of water. "Bath-time!" Jamie hurled the bucket at the rat, it bounced off of its head, flew into the air, and turned upside down, pouring the soapy liquid out. The rat, who wasn't all that bright up in his head, looked up, letting the liquid not only dreanch him in pine scented deodorent water, but also let it get into his eyes, blinding him.

 

[The GrandMage]

Hellion "James" McKimble

Hellion had bought a couple of books at the store. Mainly a small paperback he hadn't thought would be there. Some quick questions showed it was mistakenly shipped to them, and cost more than it was worth to send it back. He bought it, mainly because a mistake to get it there seemed appropriate for the book itself.

He smiled, and walked with her. He held her hand, and smiled. "Yes, it is, very peaceful. And I'd love to walk you back to your dorm."

He smiled, and walked with her. As they neared her dorm, they heard a lour rukus. As they turned the corner, they could see two men fighting,...a giant ballet-dancing rat.

"Well, this ruins a perfectly sane night."

 

[cats]

Kyle Wind

IC: The rat was now blinded although it seemed the smell still as in effect, perhaps only a small degree less effective. This was a good chance to hit it still, especially since it wasn't moving away.

I walked over to it carefully, as not not to arose it's suspicions with loud noises. I was now with in striking distance of him and he was facing away. I tried to stab the thing but the music it was producing did a sudden change in tempo and he jumped into the air and spun around with his foot out knocking me back and causing me to drop both my sword and the hand I have over my mouth.

"Holy shit.... Hey he doesn't smell quite as bad." I removed the cloth covering my mouth. "Spoke to soon." I then quickly put it back over and tried to keep from breathing.

 

[hybirdx]

'Thats it!" Jaime growled as a blue aura sorrounded him, then the same aura surrounded the the rat. The noticing something was about to happen, and caught the sound of Jamie's growls. It jumped torwards Jamie, but stoped in mid-air. It strugled around trying to escape the psuedo bubble that not only left him wide open for a asault, but also blocked the smeel from every bodie, except for Jamie who was now psychineticly connected with the bubble, so he smell what filled it, and it was making him dizy.

"Hey! I got him held up, but I can't hold it for long! Kill this mutated rat before I lose him!"

 

[Vixandra]

Ari

I watched the two boys from earlier battle with the rat, not interfearing. Maybe the rat had a good reason for attacking them- till I knew what was going on, I was staying out of it.
And its one thing to smell like JMP, another to smell like a sewer rat.
Covering my nose with my sleeve I looked to Hellion.
"You going to help, or we just going to call a Medic when they die? If they die, which they might not. That's an interesting bubble trick too."
I destealthed my gunblade, hand resting on it, though I didn't draw it. Wouldn't do to get involved just because I was too quick on the trigger.

 

[The GrandMage]

Hellion "James" McKimble

"Ehhh,..."

He thought, hard. It was a rapidly approaching decision. He could help, wait and call a medic, or just walk ARi to the dorm doo-

He stopped, took Ari's arm, and began slowly backing away. "From the stories I've heard, rarely do these things come out alone. Plus, where's the music coming from? No, I think this is just the start of something. Likely it's not alone, just the others are in the dorm, going from room to room."

He shook his head. "I say we don't get involved. You never know what could happen. It'd probably be safest not to go back to your room tonight, at least, not until we have some idea of their numbers or what they're after."

He looked at her. "Umm, I could kill my roommate, and spend the night crashed in the lobby. You could use our room."

 

[cats]

Kyle Wind

IC: I ran to my sord picked it up, and stabed the rat in the back. Okay it is finally over. The other boy droped the bubble and then I noticed the smell was still there.

"Holy shit! even dead it stinks. That is so it I need to shower." I walked away heading to my shower.

 

[hybirdx]

Jamie fell to his knees, then leaned backwards so he laid on his back. To him, the rat was nothing, but its odor was beyond mortal, it was like it had the life of its own. Either that, or the music not only got the rat in the happy dance from hell, but amplifyed its odor.

Jamie sat up, then stood up. He walked over to the now dead rat, it was starting to loose its odor. "Rat King my ass!" Jamie pulled his foot back and slammed it into its nose, shattering it. "Thats one for one bung-wipe."

For a moment, Jamie stood there, with the intent of further dismantling the rat, but decided against it. Insted, he jammed his hands back into his pockets, and left for his dorm.

 

[Vixandra]

Ari

I shrugged as the rat died and the two boys walked off, hopefully to find showers.
Turning to Hellion, I listened to his proposal.
"Nah, I'll be okay in my own room," I said honestly. "As I said, if the Space Corgi's didn't get me, I'm sure the campus rats can't either. Thank you for being so worried though."
I was actually touched- most people didn't worry about my safety after hearing who I was. Of course, most had apparently heard of me and my family. I guess Hellion hadn't- ah how fleeting fame. In this case though, it was a good thing.
I lead the way to the other door of my dorms and, after glaring down a couple of rats on my own, found my room. For some reason the dorm council liked to move the rooms around, I guess to mess with the freshthings.
I put in the key code that opened the door and whistled to disarm the door trigger as I walked in. My room was kind of bare still, just a few boxes left to be unpacked, everything else tucked away, the shelves currently bare except for a few miniatures, one of my engine.
"Come on in," I said, motioning Hellion into the room. When he didn't move, I took his hand and tugged a bit, enough so I could close the door behind him.
"Were you really that concerned for my safety," I asked, staring into his blue eyes. He nodded and I could see the truth in it. Smiling I hugged him close to myself, resting my forehead on his shoulder. "That's such a rarity- no one else, other then Master of course, ever has feared for my safety."
I pulled back, suddenly aware of how close we were.

 

[The GrandMage]

Hellion "James" McKimble

He fidgeted a bit. She was a very nice person. He'd enjoyed when she'd hugged him, buit she'd pulled back. He became aware that he was in her dorm room. HER ROOM. He suddenly felt very uncomfortable.

"Yes, well, it's always good to have people care. Besides, you may be able to take care of yourself, but that doesn't mean you need to go into dangerous situations."

He fidgeted again. They'd run into a few rats on the way up here. He was very worried, because unlike here, he had no stealth device, so had left his gun in his room. He could cast a few spells, but due to his still basic control, he was worried about fighting his way back down.

"Umm, I should,....probably go. You'll need you rest, it's very,...umm,...late."

 

[Vixandra]

Ari

Mentally railing at myself for being a ditz, I tossed my purse on the desk. He said something about me needing rest.
I laughed. "I need only about three hours of sleep per twenty-four hour period and I'm good. Mad scienctist type thing. Are you armed? Some of those rats looked rather nasty."
The look in his eyes told me he wasn't.
Puzzled, I opened one of the boxes behind me, the pads on it testing my magic before allowing it to open. I looked over the assortement of items before pulling out a standard pulse lazer pistol.
"Here you go, its got a good thirty charges, should be enough to get you back to your dorm," I said, holding the gun out to Hellion. "Two deaths in one day- a bit too many if you ask me."

 

[The GrandMage]

Hellion "James" McKimble

Hellion took the weapon from her, looking it over. It was obvious by the way he handled it he knew exactly what it was and how to use it. He grunted. "Two you've been a witness to. Probably at least a hundred across campus today. School's gotta keep the mone flowing in. The price is only ten bucks because of the volume they serve. There can be as many as half the student body in a day."

He looked up at her, and shrugged, making sure the weapon was armed and ready for use. "Kinda the way things work around here. People die, they come back, the get revenge, the person they got revenge on gets revenge. Circle of vengeance kind of thing."

He smiled at her, and fidgeted nervously. "I'll, umm, be sure to get this back to you tomorrow." He scratched the back of his head. This was awkward. He decided to ignore the little voice in the back of his head telling him to go for a good night kiss.

"I really enjoyed spending time with you tonight. Seeya tomorrow, at lunch?" He smiled again, and opened the door to head out for the dangerous trip back to his dorm.

 

[Vixandra]

Ari

There was something in his eyes as he turned to go, as if I'd forgotten something... He was halfway out the door when I remembered- it was a custom on Terran human dates to kiss goodbye.
"Wait," I said, my voice showing how silly I felt. "I'm sorry, I'd completely forgotten about a tradition here. Rather silly of me."
I laid my hand on his cheek, pulling his face close to mine. I could have sworn sparks flew as we kissed, but then perhaps that's the dreaming of a young woman. 'Specialy since I wasn't wearing sparking lipstick. That stuff was too expensive for a first date.

 

[hybirdx]

Jamie glared down a few more campus rats before they cowardly ran away from him. Not only did help kill The Rat King, but he choped down a few lackys. He noticed that after The Rat King was slaughtered, the rats have... Well... Random, disoriented. It's just too bad that most of the students didn't know that, if they did, they'ed probaly would have wiped them out already.

Jamie just shruged it off and walked into his room, he grabed his shirt and pulled it off, he did the same with all of his clothing until he was completely naked, then jammed all of them in a pot of boiling water. Most of the foul smell of the giant rat clung onto his cloths, in fact, Jamie himself didn't all that bad, a quick shower could destroy the smell pretty easily. He waited a few minutes until he turned off the stove and grabed a few items of clothing before walking to his shower, hoping to clean off the roten smell.

 

[cats]

Kyle Wind

IC: I had been walking for an hour now, and I was fairly certain it was now the early morning, maybe 2 or 3 am. How ever I still was having trouble finding my dorm.

"Okay now, if the deans clock tower is there, then where would my dorm be?" Wait isn't that the side that normally faces my dorm in the mourning. I looked behind me and to my surprise found my dorm. "I swear, you'd think the stability generators around the campus could keep the schools map from changing daily." I couldn't help but laugh to myself. "Make that minutly." This would be a peace of cake to find your way around if it only changed every day.

 

[The GrandMage]

Hellion "James" McKimble

He felt a shock of lips on his. He watched her, and pressed his lips back against hers. A kiss. In all of Hellion's life, it was a first. He gave himself over to the moment.

Once it had passed, he smiled. He didn't know what else to do. He smiled stupidly, and opened the door. "See you later then,..."

He wandered out into the hall. He was halfway back to the front doors when the first rat attacked him. Hellion shot at it once, not really paying attention, and continued on his way. He felt good.

Real good.

The rat's body fell to its knees before the rest followed it to the floor. One eye stared out, cold, dead. The other was splattered with a good chunck of its brains on the wall behind it.

And Hellion continued on to his room.

 

[Vixandra]

Ari

I fell back onto my bed, a smile on my face. That had been different- I like it, but it was something new. He kissed differently then those space cowboys, much differently and better to bout.
Yawning, I washed up, changed into a pair of shorts and a tshirt and slipped into bed, snuggling into the prewarmed blankets only griping for a moment that my new bed wasn't here. Earth mattresses were not my idea of comfort but it would do- better then a crate anywayy. It had been, all in all, a pretty good first day.

I woke up the next morning, startled by a bolt of lightning nearby. I opened my eyes as the flash flew through the room.
Stupid lightning storms, I muttered, looking at my clock. it was only 8am or so, on well, I was awake, no point trying to go back to sleep now.
I dressed in my work out cloths, grabbed my boe after making sure its cloth wrapping was secure, slipped on my thigh holster and gunblade and made my way to the exercise room I'd been told I could use.
Finding a quiet corner, I went through my morning routine.

 

[hybirdx]

Jamie woke up and wandered the campus for a while, looking for a spot where he could meditate and think to himself for a bit. Ironicly, he found a small water nearby. What surprized him even more was that it was actualy there. The brosure didn't say anything about waterfalls on school campus. Jamie thought it must have been some illusion made by one of the students, but it still proved to be a fitting spot for him to think.