Orientation Begins Here

<< Kevin Bishop >>
He was barely aware of being held and spoken to. His gaze stayed fixed on the man that was sitting at the teachers table. Unlike Chrysth, he was hopelessly fixated on the headmaster, hearing and seeing nothing but the man, even as he spoke, his voice pulled at him and his roommate would have to keep a firm grip on him, dragging him back to sit once more.

For once he was not feeling paranoid, he was not worrying about this being a massive setup, he was not concerned about his classes, no. He was purely fixated on the man sitting up there, talking. He could hear the purr of his voice, the clear tones that moved around the room. He could see his hand raising to pet the small dragon on his shoulder. Even the sight of the dragon did not rouse him from his stupor, for indeed, that was exactly what this was. He stared, his mind noticing nothing else.

<<Lux>>

Settling his robes about him with a swish, Lux rose at the conclusion of the Headmaster's speech. Shorter by a whole paragraph this year. Lux wasn't complaining.

He headed for the campus administration building to sign up for his classes:

1. Interspecies Relations
2. Advanced Spells, Charms & Incantations
3. Advanced Arts of Trickery

and some random extracurricular activity. Shrugging, he submitted his schedule and headed off for the library.


<<Darcy>>

His master hadn't given him any directions or instructions, so when the elf left, the shadow huddled under the table, waiting until the Dorm Heads singled out their students. He would go with the Water Dorm freshmen on their tour.

((OOC: This is by no means a good post. I just wanted to keep things going so you didn't have to wait for me.))

<<Kain>>

Having no-one as yet to interact with, Kain has sat quietly, not touching any food. There was really no reason for it and his Master had long ago taught him economy in movement and actions. As the mumble in the room increased, Kain found his irritation start to perk up. It was unlike him to be so nervous and impatient, which only served to steepen his ire.

Later rather than sooner, the doors boomed open and the HeadMaster made an appearance. Kain felt the pull, the desire to be with the Incubus, but being a semi-sexual creature himself allowed him to think more clearly about his own actions. His breathing quickened (yes, my vamps breathe) and his blood pounded in his veins. He watched the man with his eyes and his mind flashed with visions of pleasure and luxuriousness.

When the HeadMaster spoke, Kain finally began to relax. He was sure now that he would not put a step wrong seeing as he was so close to getting instruction. Without thinking, his fangs distended and he popped a cherry in his mouth and rolled it around with his tongue, images still dancing in his head, even though the man was no longer talking.


<<Casey>>

She took the butter, swallowing her tongue and grimacing at the elf. He had hexed her! Her! Casey cackled in her mind, and she shoved him deeper and deeper, muting him to jusst an annoying buzz. She savaged her piece of toast with the knife as she spread the butter and fairly growled under her breath. When she got a hold of him on their own!

Her head swivelled painfully towards the door as the tremendous sound boomed across her ears and blinked as the man seemed to flow across the room and into the Head Master's chair. When he spoke, she blinked again and stopped herself from shrugging. At least they were finally gettin gon with the business of the place, after all , this was a school andshe had come here to learn how to undo her curse. She felt a swell of emotions well up inside her and realised with a disgusted grunt that Casey was actually sexually aroused! Strangely, she herself felt nothing towards the Incubus - she knew what he was - but he didn't seem to affect her.

Glancing down she realised that she had develped something unwholesome between her legs. In her mortificcation, she fled and Casey came to the fore. Blinking he giggled and stuffed the toast in his mouth. Such a simple thing as eating breakfast had been denied him for too long. He let his raging hormones lie and grinned at the elf as he turned to leave, enjoying what he knew to be a brief freedom.

<< Ash >>

Now that he settled down a little when the incubus turned his attention away from the students, all he wanted to do was run. Of course that was his primary response to almost all situations he didn't like. Not only that but he couldn't leave just yet, because they had to be taken for a tour around the place! Maybe if he just sat quietly and unobtrusively he would escape the notice of whatever dark beings there were around here.. and there were plenty he was coming to realise. Even a vampire.

Eventually he could stand it no more and would slip out as unobtrusively as possible and went for the phones down the hall. It hurt to touch them, there was metal in there, a lot of it, but they had plastic handles and buttons at least. He stood there, breathing heavilly as if he had run a fair distance, but that wasn't it. "Ahren.. " he cursed after a moment as he realised it was one of those answering machines. After the beep "Ahren, you have to let me leave here.. there's vampires and incubi.. I can't stay. Its too dangerous for me. Crap, someone's coming. Ill call back later" and he hung up, turning to see who was walking down the hall. All his nerves were afire even as he tried to appear to be casual, nothing special, trying to blend into the background. It was a difficult task since he was so out of sorts, and may not work. The door to the dining room was still in view. He would have to go back in there, but he really, really didn't want to.

<<Cheshire>>

He managed a polite smile for the Headmaster, all too happy that the speech was short and he could be on his way. He nodded to Keegan and wished him good luck on his tour, and then made his own escape.

Standing up as some of the returning students made to leave, Cheshire formed an invisible air-bridge at about table-level to walk on and grab attention as he yelled for the Wind Dorm Freshmen to gather at the doors.

He corralled his group without too much trouble in the chaos that the Dining Hall was turning into, and herded them outside.

"The Dining Hall you know," he told them, not having to strain his voice as his one of his 'professor spells' let his words carry to each individual. "It's open all the time, and there's always something to eat, sandwiches or fruit or snacks of some kind. But." He raised a finger and an eyebrow in warning. "Watch out for Duncan. Some of you may remember him from last night. He's a dragon, and the Dining Hall is his home. Treat him poorly and you may find yourself going hungry."

Turning, he went down the steps towards the main campus. He led them past the Rec Room (that would be their last stop), and took them to the administrative building for their welcome packets. These had, among other things, maps and a full course list, with some standard academic paths and degrees, as well as other miscellaneous odds and ends such as flyers for university clubs and intramural teams.

From there, he took them to the Library.

<<Chrysth>>

He kept a wary eye on Kevin, pulling him down next to him, dragging his gaze from the headmaster, "Hey, snap out of it." He said, "How are you this morning?" he asked, his hands holding the other's face so he focussed on him. "Kevin. Focus please." He arched a brow. "Headmaster got you... spellbound?" He asked, amusedly, his eyes dancing slightly. He looked up as he spotted DiMarcoh calling for his dorm as everybody started up. "Come on, we have to go."

<<DiMarcoh>>

He managed to gather up his dorm, fairly well, it was a little harrowing but he managed to gather everything (literally, everything) and didn't lose any of his students, save Lux, but he was an upperclassman, and according to the librarian, he had a prior engagement. He instructed his students to gather, he would lead them to the grounds first, he wanted to show them the Lake, and possibly introduce them to a few of the creatures that had a tendency to wander the grounds. He led them, "Now, the grounds are vast and when you're walking between certain classes you'll probably encounter a few different creatures. We have bears that like to wander, deer, the occasional unicorn, and, as you met in the dining hall, we have Duncan, our resident dragon." He said before they broke into the Grounds.

<< Duncan >>

Duncan would perch there, rubbing his head a little against the incubus' hand as it was offered, and eating any little nibbles the other gave him off his plate. He didn't demand it from the Headmaster as he tended to do for everyone else, but they shared. Duncan, after all, tended to offer to share what he found around the place. He used to bring him dead rabbits, but the other seemed not to like the taste, so he had stopped. They were, after all, quite tasty, and he was more than happy to finish them off himself.

He looked out over those that were still in the room, so many having left already to get taken around the school. He would stay here for the moment, allow the fresh meat to think that this was his only area of domination. They would find out differently soon enough when the teachers weren't around to warn them of his approach. The air dorm master especially was troublesome because he could feel the shifting of the air currents that would show his approach. He had found a way around it, but actually sneaking along the floor to pounce was more seen as harassment than amusement. Not that he had got into trouble for it, but still. The teachers had ways of limiting his fun, which he didn't particularly approve of.

His head turned in towards the Incubus, touching his horned cheek lightly to the side of the other's. Touch was always best for communication, since none of the people here seemed to understand his native language. ~Caught many today.~ He murmured into the incubus' mind, and his alone. ~Better than last cycle.~ He approved of the way that this one made his entrance when it suited his purposes best. That was the way it should be, not by being dictated to by those others sitting at the table. ~Many whine of your lateness. But late only to them. Was good entrance.~

He let his tail slip over the other's shoulders, but held back the urge to stroke it up and down over his neck and spine. It would not do to have the other male's hunting sense turn on him seeing as he had no mate to relieve the feelings. He had some resistance, but mostly the other kept his natural 'persuasiveness' away from him because a sexually frustrated dragon was not a good thing to have around.

((I'm putting Cheshire back in here for lunch, even though the rest of the dorms are still out on their tours. He's caught up for now.))

<<Cheshire>>

Leaving the majority of his students to learn and play in the Rec Room, Cheshire returned to the Dining Hall for lunch. After lunch he planned to return to his room and get some badly needed sleep. His teaching schedule was a demanding one, and he needed all the energy he could muster, especially the first week.

He would hang out for an hour or so to eat and chat with any students or staff who are also there, and then return to the Wind Dorm.

The Headmaster had not left as the students were scattered, the upperclassmen back to their dorms, the underclassmen to follow their heads to the grounds and through the manor to explore and tour, and eventually choose their schedules. For the most part today, he was allowed to relax, tonight would be spent approving schedules, and printing out fresh copies, so the students would know where their classes were, placement wise, and who their teachers were. Those would be given to teachers and placed beneath doors for tomorrow. Save the trouble of everyone scrambling to get them in the morning.

He ran his gaze over those who remained, mostly upperclassmen, who were free to relax Orientation day, one or two were hanging around, some had switched positions and were sitting on tables, doing whatever, it never mattered much to him. The teachers would be leaving soon, to go set up classrooms for tomorrow, no doubt, and prepare for the wave of students.

Now, all this eating made him hungry. That certainly wasn't fair. He stood, "Come Duncan." He said to the dragon and moved to leave the hall, where in the world could he go to get himself a snack?