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Post by Ayden Daire on Mar 15, 2010 13:08:07 GMT -5
"No, that's when I set my bed on fire during a fight with my roommate who wasn't letting me sleep after a seventy two hour shift, where I had breaks but no real sleep. I first noticed weird stuff around January seventh. I figure at least here I'll get regular sleep," Ayden shrugged, still curious about how it was Remus that was hurt even though Romulus was the one who'd tripped. It made him want to do experiments that his good side wasn't going to let him do.
Or Seth. Probably a good thing, since it was Seth that usually cleaned up after him. Or had, back when Ayden still hadn't been serious about what he was doing. Partying, especially in this school, was out and it seemed to him that Seth was certainly thriving here.
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Post by romulus on Mar 15, 2010 13:16:46 GMT -5
Romulus' eyebrows rose at Ayden's story. "You set your bed on fire? I hope you weren't IN it! Was anybody hurt?"
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Post by Ayden Daire on Mar 15, 2010 13:25:20 GMT -5
"Yes I did, no I wasn't in it, and no, thankfully. I did stop yelling though," Ayden said thoughtfully. "Luckily my best friend just happens to go to a school for people who have random shit like that happen all the time, and talks enough for me to have an idea of what happened. Talked with my folks, they told me about my grand-aunt whositwhatever who had magic and so I guess I'm not halluciating or anything like that."
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Post by romulus on Mar 15, 2010 13:31:12 GMT -5
Romulus nodded. "I imagine it takes a while to get used to if you don't grow up already knowing you've got supernatural blood in you. Remus and I knew all our lives that we had a chance of turning wolf. Neither of us have shown potential yet though, much to our parents' disappointment. But this place seems to churn out a lot of the most random shit you can think of on a regular basis, so who knows? I mean, you should SEE the kinds of people we get and stuff that happens. Some of it is just unbelievable."
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Post by Seth Larisha on Mar 15, 2010 13:33:20 GMT -5
"And yet it's just like every other high school and university, minus the drugs and alcohol. Veronique does not allow such things in her school," Seth said pointedly, looking at Ayden with narrowed eyes.
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Post by Ayden Daire on Mar 15, 2010 13:39:04 GMT -5
Ayden shrugged, "Hey, I've been clean, don't look at me that way. I didn't even drink over Christmas, remember? Of course, that might be because I was on shift the entire break, or on call when I wasn't, but I still could have gotten wasted if I wanted. I know the rules, I know how to behave, even if you don't believe I do."
He stuck his tongue out at Seth and shrugged again, crossing his arms and leaning back a little. "Besides, I never did like anything hardcore. Didn't even experiment much. I watched what you did to yourself and decided alcohol was enough for me. And even you weren't doing anything illegal."
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Post by Seth Larisha on Mar 15, 2010 14:16:07 GMT -5
Seth winced and looked away, scratched the back of his neck. "ANYWAY, it is pretty hard to get used to the stuff here, at least at first. But then again, outside of the magic it's a pretty typical school."
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Post by remus on Mar 15, 2010 23:17:23 GMT -5
"Well, the magic makes up a pretty significant portion of the school itself," Remus noted. "You can't really take it out of the picture, or ignore it. Probably more than half the students are mages, and the rest are almost all other supernaturals. And we live in the middle of a forest full of Fae. We're really not that typical at all. Sure, we have a lot of drama and romance like any other school, but that's really where the similarities end."
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Post by Ayden Daire on Mar 15, 2010 23:20:13 GMT -5
"What're Fae?" Ayden asked curiously. "No one said anything about Fae."
He looked rather piercingly at Seth, then shrugged. Well, Seth probably had good reason not to talk about his school much, but now it was Ayden's school too, dammit. "And I thought school was all about the drama. And romance and stuff. You know..."
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Post by remus on Mar 15, 2010 23:30:59 GMT -5
"Fae are..." Remus frowned. "Hard to explain in a few words. From what I know, which probably isn't much, they fall into two Courts, Summer and Winter. The Summer Court are usually the more benign, where the Winter are more malevolent, but they don't have much of a concept of 'good' or 'evil'. They just do what they want because they like it.
"There are a lot of different species of Fae. The Daoine Sidhe, for example, are kind of like elves, but not exactly. Then you have things like pooka and redcaps and merrows and trolls, and a whole bunch of others I don't know the names of. They're all vulnerable to cold iron -- it burns them. Each kind has its own weaknesses besides iron. I'm sure there are people here who know a lot more about the Fae than I do... I've heard of a couple of Academy freshmen who actually claim to be Sidhe princes. I've never met them myself, but I've heard the older one's a nut."
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Post by Ayden Daire on Mar 15, 2010 23:44:22 GMT -5
"Um.... right then. Keep a horseshoe and I'm golden then, I suppose. I should know what Fae are, my parents are from Ireland... Never was very interested, I suppose."
Ayden sighed and flicked at a piece of lint on his shirt. "I'm sorry, I guess I'm just getting tired. Or overwhelmed. I mean, trying to keep Seth from killing everyone in a mosh pit was enough, but now all the crazy shit I can apparently do? Couldn't have just stayed a simple intern trying to like, save lives the old fashioned way, no. Had to suddenly have this... magic and accidentally keep someone alive like a month longer than he should have been and nearly burning my roommate, and possibly killing a large number of people I 'live' with and have never met..."
He sighed, "Dammit, Seth, now I fucking sound like you did three years ago. Except it's not from like, repressed magic shit, it's the EXpressed."
Leaning forward, he covered his face and dug his fingers into his hair and scalp.
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Post by Seth Larisha on Mar 15, 2010 23:47:44 GMT -5
Seth paused, looking a little lost. "Um... who the hell are you and what did you do with Ayden? You're some alien clone, right?"
He looked at Remus and Romulus apologetically. "Well, he did come from Chicago, and things always seem to be complicated to get here. I'll um... just take him to his room or something?"
Seth reached for Ayden's arm but twitched when his friend jerked away.
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Post by Ayden Daire on Mar 15, 2010 23:54:42 GMT -5
"I'm fine, Seth. I don't need you babying me," Ayden sighed. "All this magic stuff... it belongs in a book or something, you know?"
He looked over at Remus and Romulus, then glanced away, knowing they didn't 'know'. "I mean, you both knew all about magic all your lives, right? But me... I didn't even believe in much of anything, and then suddenly my best friend isn't suicidal, he's just a big wild animal and now apparently I'm some... mage. I want everything back to normal. Making sure Seth's taking his depression meds, making sure he's eating and there's no new scars and all that... Patients recovering on their own and not because I somehow... wished it to happen. You know, normal stuff. Stuff everyone does, and not just the 'elite'..."
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Post by romulus on Mar 16, 2010 0:04:02 GMT -5
The twins sat in silence, both unsure of how to react to this. They exchanged uncomfortable glances, neither of them looking at Ayden or Seth. They were sure they now knew more about Seth than he'd ever intended to let them know... depression and suicidal feelings were definitely something to hide.
Romulus shifted a little where he sat. A change of subject was definitely needed -- but to what, was the question.
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Post by Seth Larisha on Mar 16, 2010 0:09:46 GMT -5
"Ayden..." he said slowly, his voice dying as his friend just kept going, revealing pretty much his entire past in one solid rant. He facepalmed in embarrassment.
"Are you sure you aren't on some new kind of bender or something? Guys, I'm sorry... seriously, this is really weird for him. He's never like this..." Seth looked blankly at Ayden, though he could feel heat in his face that meant he was insanely red. He covered his face a little and sighed.
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Post by romulus on Mar 16, 2010 0:20:14 GMT -5
Romulus caught Seth's look of utter embarrassment, knowing that someone really should change the subject NOW. He stood up, attempting a smile as he spoke to Ayden.
"Have you had a tour of the school yet, Ayden?" he asked with an awkward attempt at brightness. "Rem and I can show you around if you like... trust me, you'll want to get a feel for the place before you start your classes and such."
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Post by Ayden Daire on Mar 16, 2010 0:26:36 GMT -5
Ayden paused, then slowly stood. "Yeah... sure... Tour. Why not."
He'd already wandered the place for an hour (looking for Seth, truth be told), and now it was just a way to think about something else. "Sorry... I guess. Didn't mean to make stuff awkward and stuff."
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Post by Seth Larisha on Mar 16, 2010 0:31:17 GMT -5
Seth still had a dumbfounded expression on his face, watching Ayden blankly. Something was wrong here... And Seth was too shocked to understand what it was, or even pretend he was really able to understand what was going on.
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Post by remus on Mar 16, 2010 0:34:26 GMT -5
"It's alright, no harm done." Remus stood up as well, starting to lead the group back toward the school. He paused when he caught Seth's dumbfounded look and frowned, wondering what was wrong. "Seth, are you okay?"
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Post by Seth Larisha on Mar 16, 2010 1:14:48 GMT -5
Seth shook his head rapidly, blinking. "Yeah, perfect. Go ahead, I need to restart this picture. My agent's expecting a winter landscape in the next week, I need to do that."
He stood and grabbed his notebook, shivering as his movements drove away the warm bubble of air his body heat had created around him. "I'll catch you all later. You especially, Ayden."
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Post by Ayden Daire on Mar 16, 2010 1:56:36 GMT -5
"Um... right... Sorry about the art, Seth. And the... um... imitation thing," Ayden said awkwardly, shoving his hands into his pockets. "See you later then..."
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