Where is he? {Li-Wa}

[Sea]

Ripples lazily formed as Sanet disturbed the pool's surface with a stick. She was sitting on a log, holding her head up with one hand. She had a blank, possibly forlorn stare on her face. She brushed the water with the twig absent-mindedly. Where could he have gone? She hadn't seen him in years. She kept on having these dreams.. he must still be alive. All the dreams indicated that. She sighed heavily. There was a world to search. How would she ever find him? She couldn't just let it go. But it was so hopeless. Angrily, she threw the stick.
Why did she bother? He had left. He had left her behind. Her tail lashed angrily. He didn't care.. he would have found her at any time. But did he come back? No. She was a big girl, she didn't need him. But yet.. she did. She did need him. Weren't dads supposed to be there when you need them? They had had a happy life.. why did he throw it away? Why hadn't he said good bye? She touched the pendant on her necklace. He hadn't even stayed to give it to her. He'd left it in his closet for her to find. Why kind of father leaves on his daughter's birthday?
She sighed again, looking down at her reflection. She looked like she was on the verge of tears. Tears.. the only thing that had stopped her from knowing where her father had left. She had cried on the note and blurred the ink.. and now she didn't know where her father was. The teary-eyed look went away, but she angrily slapped her reflection anyway. Her face was lost in frantic ripples.

[Señor Sunday Friday]

"Well aren't ye jus' a bi' un'appy today?" Came a light voice that was heavily laden with an accent of Scots-Irish descent. The being whom had the voice was a rather short one, it was Terent- the friendly neighborhood four foot ten elf man. Yep, gotta love shorty. His long slender elven ears twitched slightly as he breathed through his respirator. He stood next to San with one of those parently expressions that read 'You're unhappy, what's the matter?' because well, Terent wasn't a parent or anything, but he still worried about people... well atleast when he wasn't on shrooms or anything.

[Sea]

San sighed.
"Yeah.. I'm.. I'm just thinking about my dad. He disappeared when I was eleven.. on my birthday. I know he's still alive.. I.. I just don't know where he could have gone, and the world's so big, and why would he leave without saying good bye?" She shivered, though she was sitting in a beam of sunlight. "I keep having dreams.. and I see him.. but he runs away and I can't find him.. It's just so hopeless.." She bent her head to hide the incoming tears.

[Señor Sunday Friday]

"Now, now Lassie... i's no' 'opeless..." Terent patted San on the back, "Who are ye lookin' for anyways?" He asked, curious as to the name of this mystery man that had to be found. There were lots of connections here at Twilight Moon Academy so being able to find anyone from the magical community was very likely. "An' if ye wan' ye can 'ave somethin' tah make ye feel be'er." Terent reached into his pocket and withdrew a shroom though he just broke a small bit off, not enough to make someone zone off, it was closer to a medical dose to calm the nerves. Terent was acting more like a friend than like a teacher if anything.

[Sea]

Sanet took the bit of shroom in her hand.
"His name is Colin O'Malley.. he has blonde hair and he wears glasses. He has a cat tail and cat ears just like me." San briefly described her father, or what she remember of him. She popped the bit of shroom in her mouth. Her ears stopped being pressed against her skull, and laxly hung on either side of her head. "Thanks." Her tail stopped twitching about, and her muscles untensed. "What is that?" She hadn't ever had anything quite like the shroom.

[Señor Sunday Friday]

"Well, wha' ye jus' ate is called a shroom, or a 'fairy bed' or if ye're bein' technical i's called Elven False Nigh' Coplandia... i's actually qui'e addictin' in a larger dose." Terent didn't mention that it was also extremely expensive, that didn't have to be said at the current time. "I'd suggest that ye avoid anymo'e shrooms for a while tah avoid an addiction." Terent made a quick little note, "An' on 'nother note, I'm no' sure where 'e is righ' now, bu'... are ye aware tha' Colin is a teache' 'ere...?" Terent had a smile on his face that was rather mischevious in all honesty, he seemed to already be formulating a plan to get San and Colin to see each other again, and of course if Terent came up with a plan it'd be completely over complicated... but infinately more amusing to watch... and likely to include spoons and high explosives at some point or another...


((Elven False Night Copelandia))

[Sea]

San's eyes grew large, and she nearly snapped to attention.
"He's here? Are you sure? How can we figure out where he is?" She was abuzz with joy. "Here? Here? You're absolutely sure? Terent! I can't thank you enough!" She was smiling as well. She could barely believe her father would be here. Then, he was a shapeshifter and he did have the cat ears and tail, TMA was probably the only place he could get a job. Her mother had said the dad had been a student here before, too.

[Señor Sunday Friday]

Terent let a laugh come through his respirator, "Aye, 'e's 'ere..." under his mask was a smile, "An' mah suggestion fer ye is tha' ye shoul' go ou' alookin' fer 'im if ye wan' tah see 'im sooner, though I'm sure tha' ye'll see 'im sooner or later." Terent shrugged, he figured San would want to go out and find her father rather than just wait for something to happen because well, San had probably waited for quite some time and impatience was something that was probably allowed by this point. It was rather amusing, actually- seeing someone here at Twilight Moon Academy who still heald a fondness for thier parents- and who's parents were still alive, it was odd. Most students either had A. Deceased parents they cared about or B. parents that they despised but were unfortunately still alive. It was an odd trend to have at a school, but TMA was an odd school so any oddities were forgiven in a rather prompt manner. Yay.

[Sea]

"Where would I find him? Or where would I begin to look? Or who might I ask?" She hurled the questions at him fast, as her excitement was bubbling over. Her father was here. She didn't have to search the world. She didn't have to spend a lifetime of searching. She jumped to her feet. She was ecstatic, to say the least. She threw her arms around the short man, though she was over a foot taller than him. She released him quickly, before spreading her arms high above her, as though she might take off flying.
"I'm just so happy! I can't believe it!" Her words told the obvious, but the joy behind them told volumes. She'd waited over six years.

[Señor Sunday Friday]

"You act like I know everythin', I don' know yer dad pers'nally, I jus' know tha' 'e works 'ere." It was obvious that he was smiling wonderfully under his respirator and that a laugh was just trickling through his dialogue. His elven ears twitching madly and he paused "Though is there somethin' tha' I can do tah 'elp ye further?" he asked, because he was starting to feel the effects of not having shrooms for long enough a time and if he wanted to keep from much more twitching and a mental breakdown and seizures... he'd probably have to take another shroom.

[Sea]

"Yes.. who might I ask? Who would know where he is?" she asked. "And... what's with your ears?" She looked at them with fascination. Her pupils grew large like a cat that is watching some toy being dangled in front of it. Her ears flicked once, and her tail began to swish behind her in a rhythmic fashion. She had to shake her head to break the trance. She didn't particurally want to pounce on and/or eat her master teacher. It was just movements like that got something weird in her brain.

[Señor Sunday Friday]

Terent shrugged, "I don' know who ye shoul' ask... believe i' or no', there aren' many teachers 'ere who'll talk wi' me... say i's my 'abits." Terent shrugged, "Now if ye don' mind..." He reached into his pack and withdrew a shroom and instead of breaking it into a tolerable dose he removed his respirator silently and tossed the shroom into his mouth. He promptly returned the mask to his face with a satisfied glimmer in his eyes. His ears stopped thier twitching and he shrugged, "Ye 'ave probably a few moments 'afore I'm practically useless." he warned.

[Sea]

San smiled.
"Thanks, Terent! I can't believe my dad's actually here. I'm sure I can find him. I really can't thank you enough!" She gave the little man another joyous hug. "... When you're practically useless... will you need help getting back to the academy?" She'd deduced what the shrooms were by now, and didn't particularly want to leave her Master Teacher high in the forest.

[Señor Sunday Friday]

"Nah, I thin' tha I'll be fine, don' need tah worry, Lass- just go an' fin' yer father." Terent laughed, his tone changing sluggishly and oddly, yeah... he was of course getting high because otherwise he wouldn't be Terent. He just held an expression in his eyes that let you know he was smiling and he shrugged.

[Sea]

San smiled again, wider this time.
"Ok! Watch yourself, Terent! Thanks again!" She then loped off into the woods, tail streaming out behind her. Her father! She was going to see him again! Her father. Maybe she could ask another teacher.. or maybe she should just look for him herself. Nah, she'd go find a teacher first. "I'm gonna find you dad... I promise."