Diana Hawk
Ireth
Ass't Principal; Head of Shapeshifters
You told I had the eyes of a wolf; search them and find the beauty of the beast.
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Post by Diana Hawk on Mar 8, 2010 11:32:32 GMT -5
Diana stepped out into her gardens, looking around in every direction as she walked, and especially looking up. She knew of Korlian's tendency to hide in trees; it was logical that he would be found in one, especially if he had nothing else to do while he waited for Diana to find him.
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Korlian
Kitty Kat
Academy Freshman: Bound Fae
Close your eyes and surrender to your darkest dreams... Only then can you belong to me...
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Post by Korlian on Mar 8, 2010 17:36:06 GMT -5
Sure enough, the young boy was hanging in a tree, upside down and playing with something small. He turned it over and over in his hands, making a soft noise of triumph as he held the little box in front of him, each side covered in one color of stickers. A solved Rubix Cube. He looked up and waved at Professor Harrows as she came over, still hanging upside down with his shirt tucked into his belt to keep it out of his face.
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Diana Hawk
Ireth
Ass't Principal; Head of Shapeshifters
You told I had the eyes of a wolf; search them and find the beauty of the beast.
Posts: 262
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Post by Diana Hawk on Mar 8, 2010 17:49:59 GMT -5
Diana looked up and smiled when she spotted Korlian waving at her from where he hung upside down in a nearby tree, a solved Rubik's cube in his hands. She waved in return as she came to the base of his tree and looked up at him, her curiosity unabated. She had found her quarry... now what was his purpose?
It was going to be tricky finding out what he wanted when he was hanging upside-down like that... harder still to communicate given the language barrier between them. Diana would have to make do. She made a sort of pantomime, pointing to Korlian and moving her hand downward, then looking at him in polite expectation, to ask him to 'come down, please'.
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Korlian
Kitty Kat
Academy Freshman: Bound Fae
Close your eyes and surrender to your darkest dreams... Only then can you belong to me...
Posts: 942
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Post by Korlian on Mar 8, 2010 18:08:39 GMT -5
Korlian grinned at her and let his legs uncurl, falling... and twisting in midair to land lightly on his feet. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a number of small objects, dumping them on the ground as he looked. A small piece of paper fell and he jumped on it like a cat with a laser, smoothing it out and handing it up to her.
"Step two," he said slowly, making sure she could read his lips clearly. Then he grinned widely, looking like a little imp with mischief on his mind.
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Diana Hawk
Ireth
Ass't Principal; Head of Shapeshifters
You told I had the eyes of a wolf; search them and find the beauty of the beast.
Posts: 262
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Post by Diana Hawk on Mar 8, 2010 18:55:22 GMT -5
Diana jumped in surprise and alarm as Korlian fell out of the tree, then twisted in midair to land neatly on his feet like a cat. She watched him empty his pockets while she waited for her heartrate to slow again, then took the small slip of folded paper he offered her and read it over. Ooh, another riddle. Lovely.
Hamlet once said that the play is the thing, And it is here again, in the message I bring. Search for the one whom the groundskeeper chose, He who bears secrets that few others know.
Diana smiled. Well, the second half of the rhyme was easy enough: Michael had chosen Smoke to be his boyfriend long ago. She pondered quietly over the first two lines. The play is the thing... Perhaps that referred to the auditorium? That seemed like the most likely answer. She'd look there first.
She looked back up at Korlian, her smile widening at the sight of his impish grin. She mouthed a silent "Thank you" to the boy, tucking the riddle into a pocket of her coat as she turned and headed back inside to begin the next step of what was looking more and more like a quest of some kind. This was certainly turning out to be an interesting birthday.
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