Waiting in the dark..

[Jackie]

Krios sat in the darkness, the chirping of the crickets filling his ears, and the damp smell of mold filling his nostrils. 'Hm, I wonder what could be taking so long? I've been here since dawn..' Krios wondered a frown crossing his face. His eyes scanned the dark area, he admired the skill of whomever built the old boats. Krios silently stepped over to one of the boats that seemed to be among the eldest of the boats in the shipyard. He let out a low whistle, "Amazing craftmanship.." Krios murmured softly. He allowed his fingers to carefully trace the carvings in the boat.

[Jackie]

((....Can someone please post?.... I'd like to be able to RP with Krios sometime soon.. XD))

[[red].Raven]

((*rescues Krios from Shipyards*))

A low drone could be heard in the distance above the low breaking of the waves against the docks. The drone soon turned into a deep buzz, and after a gust of wind, a figure was perched on top of the boat Krios was admiring. "Hey! Sorry I'm late." The young women jumped over the railing and onto the dock beside Krios. Well, she's was definitely different. She wore a sleeveless shirt that came down to just above her bellybutton- pierced, by the way- and a pair of loose, dark green pants; these were secured with a studded leather belt which had an animal-skin pouch hanging form it. Her dark eyes were multi-lensed, like those of a fly minus the extreme bulginess. Two antennae came down the sides of her face from underneath a brown kerchief worn over short red hair. Transparent wings were folded neatly on her back and- here's the oddest part' she had two sets of arms.

The bottom set of arms crossed and the top was place on her hips, one arm being offered to Krios to shake. "My name is Agatha, you can call me Aggie, Ag... or 'Tha' I suppose, but that would be a new one for sure." The young woman- probably in her early twenties- smiled brightly at the young man. "Krios, right?"

[Jackie]

"Aye, Ma'am that is correct. I suppose I'll just stick with calling you Agatha, if that is alright with you." Krios said bowing politely. He stared at the woman for a moment, she certainly did look rather odd. 'What is she?...' Krios wondered silently to himself, but he decided that it would be rather rude if he were to ask.

((*Glomps Red* THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!))

[[red].Raven]

((x3))

The woman nodded and a very bright grin spread over her features. "Sounds good to me!" A very light, almost unnoticeable accent lined some of her words; hardly recognizable. 'He's very formal... he should loosen up just a notch' For a moment or two, Agatha said nothing nor made any visible attempt to do so; she just stood there, grinning and watching Krios. Then, quite abruptly, she spoke up again with a good amount of enthusiasm. "Alrighty then, Krios! D'you mind telling me- or showing me- what your powers are?" She loved this part of being a teacher at the Academy.

[Jackie]

"Powers?" Krios blinked, a look of confusion crossing his face. He thought for a moment. Could Agatha be reffering to the destructive hellish stuff that the Beasts used to destroy Leyawiin? "I don't suppose I have any of that evil stuff ma'am, but I am rather skilled with a blade." Krios said motioning to the blade that hung around his waist. Little did Krios know, he did indeed have that 'evil stuff'. He simply needed the right motivation to tap into it.

[[red].Raven]

"Evil stuff? Oh well, potato potahto, I suppose. So, a swordsman, hm? Very nice. I don't suppose that nifty trinket-" Both of Agatha's left arms gestured toward the blade at Krios' side. "-can get both of us across the lake?" Now both of her right arms gestured outward, over the expanse of dark water. The butterfly-like antennae hanging down the sides of her face twitched and curled slightly, the transparent wings on her back fluttering just the tiniest bit.

[Jackie]

Krios frowned, "No ma'am I'm sorry to say that it can't. The only thing this sword is good for is cutting through my enemies." he said as he looked out at the water. He hoped that there weren't any monsters in there.

[[red].Raven]

Agatha's top arms clapped together. "Alright then, I guess I'll do it then." Lacing her fingers together, she flipped them around and pushed, listening as her knuckles popped and cracked. Two arms reached around behind her and came back with... nothing? Well, what looked like nothing; what she held was invisible. "I've been wanting to try this one!." Raising up her arms and pulling one back- much like a bow and arrow- Agatha released something with a quiet 'twang' and the lake water splashed. It rippled oddly for a moment, but nothing happened and she sighed, very disappointed. "Scratch that, we'll have to fly across." Whistling through her fingers, Agatha stood there, grinning brightly, and watched the sky for something unknown. "While we have a moment to wait, do you have anything questions about the Academy?"

[Jackie]

Krios was silent for a moment. "Um. Not really... The only question I have is about my classes. How do I know what classes I am to take?" he asked, his gaze going to the sky in an effort to find whatever Agatha was looking for.

[[red].Raven]

"Oh relax, we'll get to that." Her grin brightened when, apparently, she saw what she was waiting for. "I'll give you your options now, to think about on our way over. For the first 6 periods of the day, everyone will have the same schedule:
1: Magic
2: Weaponry
3: Alchemy
4: Beastry
5: Master
6: BREAK

Then comes the optional classes.

For period 7 classes, students choose ONE of the three:
Music, History, Potionry

For period 8 classes, students choose ONE of the three:
Holy, Flare, Summoning

For period 9 classes, students choose ONE of the three:
Dragoon, Samurai, Thievery

For period 10 classes, students choose ONE of the two:
Puppetmaster, Survival

Got all that?" Suddenly, whatever Agatha was looking at became visible. A very, very large shape hovered toward them, stopping to flight just above the water beside the dock Agatha and Krios were standing on. It was a wasp. A very, very large wasp whose buzzing wings made no wind or apparent sound. Grinning, Agatha jumped onto the overgrown insect's back and sat behind the head; much like riding an elephant. Still grinning, she extended two arms to Krios to help him on. "Don't worry, Jet won't bite or sting anyone I don't want him to." she stated very casually as though she wasn't sitting on top of a huge wasp.

[Jackie]

Krios was slient as he carefully climbed onto the wasp. To be quiet honest, this freaked him out. Krios thought for a moment about his choices. "I guess I'll take;
Potionry
Flare
Dragoon
and Survival..." he said slowly, making sure he was positive about his classes.

[[red].Raven]

Agatha nodded. "Alright, sounds good! Hold on, alright? I promise this'll be fun!" Grinning widely, Agatha made a sound in the back of her throat and the wasp- Jet- took smoothly and silently to the air once more. Not being able to turn comfortably to look at Krios, she just spoke while facing the empty air in front of her; they were high over the lake now. "So tell me, Krios, where do you come from and what brings you to Twilight Moon Academy?"

[Jackie]

"Well, I come from a place called Leyawiin, but alas it was destroyed a while back. I had been given the task of delivering extra armor and weapons to the guards outside the city gate, and I found them dead." Krios paused, a far off look forming in his eyes. "Thats when the screaming started. I went back to my father's shop just to find my entire family dead upon the floor. The damn beasts had killed them. I-I tried to go fight, but.. But upon leaving the shop a piece of wood or something fell onto me, knocking me out. I awoke and the city had been destroyed, the beasts nowhere to be seen." Krios sighed. "I wandered for ages afterward. Making friends here and there. They told me of this place and one of them who practiced light magic told me to come here. I don't quiet understand why but, oh well. I guess he saw something in me that even I myself don't see." Krios fell silent.

[[red].Raven]

"Oh, I'm sorry about Leyawiin, and all you've lost. Hopefully your friend was right to send you here; Twilight Moon has really made things a lot better for the lives of many students. I- Hey!" Very abruptly, Agatha kicked out one of her legs and jammed it into the wasp's side, voice now very assertive; she was scolding him. "You stay on course! You can go back to the Dark Forest after we get dropped off at the Academy, understand?" A low buzz could be heard before the overgrown insect slightly altered its direction by about a degree or two; odd how Agatha managed to notice that. Sighing, she grinned once more, again speaking to Krios. "Sorry about that. Anyways, we'll be there soon, so-" One of the woman's arms reached into the animal skin pouch dangling at her side. She then reach back, hand closed around something, and prepared to drop it in Krios' hand. "-here; a small 'Welcome to the Academy' gift for you."

Krios receives:

Dusk Orb
An small, smooth, iridescent orb with very attractive qualities to it. Swirls and splashes of colors within a mostly clear sphere.
When used, Krios can summon one creature to aid him in battle. The creature will be invisible, and can only be seen if it is killed. The orb houses several different creatures- all of minor power- and Krios will have to learn to recognize them by their sound and feel in battle if he wants to know which one has been summoned. Only one creature can be summoned per battle.