The Nexus

[VIP Quarters] Ah, yes. Games, games, always games. But she's no longer the jumpy little thing Kyne met on the running track; she keeps her composure. "Agatha? No, I haven't seen her since before I went on my sabbatical." She tamps down the jolt of excitement and nostalgia. The twinge of ...

[VIP Quarters] Carrie half-sits on the arm of the couch as Kyne slowly circlestrafes. Yes, she should have expected something like this. "Here as in coming back to Vulpania, or here as in going from the Keep to here? The latter answer's just my guard Trisula." She looks at Kyne, searching...

[VIP Quarters] Carrie winces. "And I thought the stuff I got up to when I was away counted as a relationship getting fraught... that, and the weird snakepit Queenie and Marel and the other kids are in. Anyway!" She squeezes each of their shoulders. "It's just... good to be back. Woul...

VIP Quarters Carrie shakes her head. "Okay, when I said anything, assisting in tracking and murdering somebody wasn't what I had in mind. Not much of a tracker any more anyway." She hugs Soteira. "Missed you both too." It's... it sure is a thing being with them again. Rememberin...

[VIP Quarters] Carrie replaces her glasses with a rueful smile. "And I'm not making the whole thing any easier by getting all ruffled." She steps forward, gently placing a gloved hand on her sister's arm. Sister. How funny that this is what she can now accurately call the woman who, a han...

[VIP Quarters]

Carrie looks from one to the other. "Both of---under the inf---okay. Okay." She takes a deep breath, pushing her glasses up to pinch the bridge of her nose. "... Mot's sake, it's who I think it is, isn't it?"

[VIP Quarters] Carrie looks at Kyne and stands, eyes fixed on her belly. "... Kyne, you're---you are!" She looks back at Soteira, then to Kyne again. "How are you holding up?" Of course, she's itching to ask the next question... and she's got a good idea of who Kyne will name as...

[VIP Quarters] Carrie frowns as she sits on the other end of the couch. "That's rough, I hope---wait, this morning?" She blinks, a little alarm bell going off in her head. "This mor---Soteira, hon, do you... perhaps have something you'd like to tell me?" She leans forward a litt...

[VIP Quarters] Carrie smiles at her sister. "Hey, So, what's---" She turns as she hears what sounds like Kyne throwing up. "Kyne? What's---is she okay?" Her eyes flick from Soteira to the bathroom door and back as she comes closer to the couch. "She get in a fight with a pl...

[New Arrivals] Vo listens to Cessie. Muscles in her arms twitch and bunch just a little; a test is a chance to prove herself, but it's also a chance to just ruin everything. She swallows down the hateful little voice inside and nods eagerly. "I'm ready! Uh, for the tour and then the testing af...

Evie grins lopsidedly. "Imagine sleepin' that long would be pretty restful. You'd hope so, at least---pretty unfair otherwise, if you slept that long and stayed tired.

[New Arrivals] Vo glances between Tirya and Blanche. "I, uh, I'm okay with going first or going at the same time, whatever works best." She wonders what Tirya's goddess would think of her. Is she undead? She might be undead. What did Tirya mean about how the needs of undead often conflict...

"Mmm? Oh yeah yeah yeah! It was a great nap though oh my gosh. I dunno if you've ever taken that long a nap? You feel actually refreshed and it's great! And the freezer is like a chill little cave. I love it. I miss that freezer. . ." Sally nods a few times, but then blinks a few times. &...

[Later]

Cola looks up at the sneeze. And then Mary and Kol get voip'd to nowhere, or something. She glances around for any of the other kids she talked to earlier. "... Did you guys just see that? Because I'm pretty sure I saw that, and it's a bad thing."

[Tour] Precisely, when people with different skill sets work together on a common goal, anything is possible! Now, onward to the labs! Staphis follows along to the labs; once there, she's soon able to find the sort of workspace she needs. "I'll make sure to advertise my availability---much as ...

Abandoned Farm

The light and the plasma-orb are enough to dissipate the barrier; rubbing her eyes, she notes that the skeever threat appears to be over. She moves a little closer as it tinkers, peering at what it's up to and what it's working on.

Abandoned Farm Her words in Old Realm do no harm; she watches as the simian emerges followed by rat-things. As an orb yeets back a skeever, she waves a hand; between the simian and the rats, there forms a translucent wall of mental force several meters wide, its concave curve facing the skeevers to...

Cola looks Mary over. "S' not half bad---you feel comfortable in it, though? How it looks isn't worth too much if it feels skeevy to wear."

Abandoned Farm The simian turns to look at the woman on the cloud when she calls out, but doesn't reply. Instead, it walks towards the farmhouse, the smaller spheres bobbing along in the air behind it. It doesn't seem as though the ape-like creature feels threatened by her, which is good, but it al...

[Hallways / Tour] Fel considers the question momentarily. Well, there’s the matter of your gift bag, we shall grab that for you shortly, but we should continue the tour so you’re oriented with the facility and you don’t get lost. Plus we might meet some of your new colleagues along the way. Staphis...

"I-" Sally pauses to purse her lips. And then frown. Then purse her lips again. Then kinda make that squinty-thinky-face with her mouth kind of pouted to one side. "Hmmmmmm. That's a good point. But it's still a good skill to learn I think! You're smart." Sally, finally reaching...

Cola winces at the short skirts. "It's probably not too late to request the long skirt." She tugs hers out of the bag; it falls just above the dewclaws of her cervine hooves.

Cola glances at Aikobaz. "I mean, there's always next semester. I couldn't fit in Home Ec right now." She shrugs. "Hell if this place doesn't have a wild spread of courses, though."

Cola has had a much easier time getting her schedule than Aikobaz. "Let's see... Hexology II, Demonology, Honors Ritual Magic, Literature, Geometry, Introductory Astrology, Classical Mythology, and Honors Computer Science." She glances about. "Looks like I overlap with at least some o...

[Abandoned Farm] A tannish, green-eyed young lady noticed the sphere's descent; she had been not too far from the farm for her own reasons. Seated upon a tiny cloud, she flies toward the impact site. When she sees the orange-furred simian, she lowers her cloud to just above the ground and stands to...

Cola watches Khannie's little upset with a wince, but nobody seems to be too bad off. As she starts toward the "M" table, she notes that the green gal seems pretty... intense?

Cola looks back at Khannie and sighs. Well, maybe someone can commiserate or something. "... I'm trying to find out who my daemon mom is. I know at least what type she is." Man, at least Grandma packed her lunch with last night's leftovers. She glances at Micah. "... Which card games?...

Evie chuckles softly. "Hey, you're doin' fine, boss. Small talk is weird, an' if everyone was good at it we'd all probably waste a lot more time." She leans over to pat Sally's hand. "Not a lot to ask about work---how'bout where you're from, if you don't mind?"

Cola notes Khannie, Kol, and Aikobaz. At Khannie's wave, she gives the younger gal a nod. "Cola," she says by way of pleasantries. "Here 'cause 'm good with curses. 'N... parent stuff." Her hands dig deeper into the pockets of her old beat-up canvas jacket; her second set of arms...

A boy trips, his hair pomade making a weird slippery mess on the floor. Another student slips on said mess and falls, their stuff skidding across the floor. A girl steps neatly around the shotgun-spray of school supplies hurled across the tiles, her cervine hooves clicking as her tail lashes out fro...