001 | bbs and action

[relicalmode.livejournal.com]

BBS

Greetings, everyone. My name is Raine Sage, and I'm a returning Instructor who just finished a very educational and quite fascinating study of ruins around the globe. I'll be teaching World Geography, so if any students have questions about the class, please feel free to let me know. If you want to see a slide-show presentation of my trip and my collection of artifacts and other historical objects, please feel free to ask! I'm one of the faculty members staying in Fisherman's Horizon, so keep that in mind if you'd like to see me in person.

Zelos, thank you for keeping touch with me. I'm sorry for not returning your latest letter, I was busy packing. Did I miss anything important?

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[ Raine is hanging out at the Quad, with some weird... "artifacts" and stones laid out on a blanket. A lot of it looks understandably like junk, but Raine looks like she is in heaven. Just staring at them makes her seem happy. She looks quite busy arranging, rearranging, and examining the different objects. Maybe she's thinking of putting them up on display? ]

This is marvelous... simply marvelous! Real stone from the Tomb of the Unknown King! I wonder if being around the Brothers has imbued it with Earth properties...

[ Let's be honest here: She looks like a madwoman, the way she's staring at the stone in her hands. There's other crap all over the blanket: A stick of metal that looks like staircase railing, a piece of a broken vase, some broken bit of machinery and it's difficult to believe that any of this could be considered valuable. Still, maybe if you're a bad dude enough, you can approach her and ask about it... ]

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[freewolfmoon.livejournal.com]

A stone with earth properties.

[There's a man who's taken the opportunity to rest against a nearby tree. Icons notwithstanding, he currently does not have any tattoos (although the pointed ears are still there). He's just watching, unimpressed.]

Congratulations on your find.

[He's also being sarcastic.]

[relicalmode.livejournal.com]

[ Fenris is just jelly of her cool looking stone... ;_; Anyway, Raine seems ready to defend her weird collection of stuff to the death. ]

I see you're not that fascinated by how some objects can be enchanted with elemental properties due to their proximity to Guardian Forces and other factors, but I'll be more then happy to give you a lecture about it.

[ it's time to LEARN!!!! ]

[freewolfmoon.livejournal.com]

The demons' magic seeps into everything around it and taints it forever. That's what you're saying.

This fascinates you?

[relicalmode.livejournal.com]

[ She is silent for just a moment, before gesturing to the stone again. It has a close place in her heart, you see. ]

Yes, I guess you could put it that way. As a researcher and an instructor, I'm naturally interested in studying phenomena like this. If you're not interested in that, then I'd be more than happy to talk about the history of the Tomb of the Unknown King.

By the way, I'm Instructor Raine Sage. I've just returned from Garden after a year-long trip. And you are...?

[freewolfmoon.livejournal.com]

[The guarded anger in his expression starts to dissipate into thoughtfulness instead. She's not going to object and leap to Garden's defense like most other people he talks to here? Huh. Imagine that.]

I am Fenris.

[A curious tilt of his head, as he considers her introduction, then offers up a guess.]

You were Colette's professor?

[relicalmode.livejournal.com]

[ Regretfully, this is not the first time Raine's ability to use magic has been called into question... But she looks shocked once Colette's name is spoken. Fenris isn't someone she recognizes, so the only way he could know Colette is... ]

Yes, I was Colette's ... No, I am Colette's professor. Is she here? What's your relation to her?

[srslytoopretty.livejournal.com]

[relicalmode.livejournal.com]

PRETEND I'M NOT FOREVER-LATE

[srslytoopretty.livejournal.com]

IT'S OKAY I AM ALSO FOREVER LATE also I guess this will be action?

[relicalmode.livejournal.com]

I AM LATER THAN LATE --> [Action]

[srslytoopretty.livejournal.com]

[WHO'S THAT HANDSOME DEVIL PUTTING HIS ARM AROUND YOU]

Yo!

fkldsjfls I think I should be apologizing for lateness now LMFAO

[relicalmode.livejournal.com]

[ oh hai Zelos. Raine is just... sighing. THAT'S WHAT WE LOVE ABOUT ZELOS, RIGHT? ]

I'm glad to see you're in high spirits as usual, Zelos.

[ To be fair, she is smiling! ]

BBS

[gunspluscells.livejournal.com]

Oh, it's nice to see other instructors popping up. My name's Aya Brea and I teach Limit Break Theory here now. I hope to hear more about your travels at some point, they sound pretty cool.

- AB

[relicalmode.livejournal.com]

[bunnypassingby]

[The stone in Raine's hand sparkles with colors it does not even possess as Mikuru approaches, curious to hear about something connected to the GF she learned about in class. Recognizing the sparkles, she sighs.] I'm sorry, I don't know how to stop that...

[relicalmode.livejournal.com]

[ The sparkles really pique Raine's interest. For a moment, she looks really excited, until she hears someone apologize for it. It seems like the sparkles came from someone else, not the stone itself... CLOSE ENOUGH. ]

No, it's alright. Actually, would you mind telling me what that reaction was? I found it fascinating.

[ She's looking at the girl with such hope in her eyes... ]

[bunnypassingby]

[Such hope that Mikuru feels awful that she is about to crush it.] I'm sorry: I don't know... It just keeps happening around me lately...

[relicalmode.livejournal.com]

[ Raine almost looks thoughtful. Another student with strange phenomena occurring around them? Something is up. ]

Is that right? Hmm... When did you start noticing the sparkles? And what sort of objects did they appear around?

[bunnypassingby]

[Mikuru looks to the sky as she tries to figure out the timing.] A couple of weeks ago, I think, though it didn't use to be that flashy, or so often. And it seems like anything, or anyone: My breakfast, a textbook, my Junction device once...

[relicalmode.livejournal.com]

Alright, and has there been any other effects aside from the ... [ Raine is trying to think of a better word then "sparkliness"... ] flashiness? [ This is an interesting effect that's been different from the others, so Raine seems more interested in gathering data then... helping. ]

[wingsofvirtue.livejournal.com]

[ Madwoman? No, she looks like.......Professor Sage. It's silly that she would look like anyone but herself!

Colette's a bad dude, right? Colette is totally a bad dude. ]

Hello, Professor Sage. It's so good to see you.

[relicalmode.livejournal.com]

[ Colette is the baddest of dudes. B) ]

Oh, Colette! There you are. Zelos actually just told me that you were here, and I was about to go looking for you. [ Raine looks visibly relieved for a moment. But now there's a matter of... ]

When did you get here? Has everything been okay for you?

[wingsofvirtue.livejournal.com]

You know Zelos? [ Not that she didn't believe him, of course, but it's reassuring that Raine knows him too. He's different from anyone she's ever met, and a stranger from the future... It's a little frightening. ]

About a month, I think. Everyone's been really nice so far. It's so kind of Headmaster Cid and everybody to take us in like this. The classes here are tough, but I've been studying hard to show my gratitude.

[relicalmode.livejournal.com]

[ .... ]

... Yes, of course I know Zelos.

[ This is troublesome. Raine leans forward to feel Colette's forehead with the back of her hand, cuz you know, she might not be feeling well, while nodding to Colette's words. At least Colette sounds like she's settled comfortably in Garden... ]

Yes, I'm grateful that he's doing this for all of us. I'm sorry for not contacting you sooner, I was out and... Well, I just had no idea you were here. [ Come to think about it, she stopped checking her mail a month ago while she was out in Centra... Whoops. ]

Anyway, are you feeling alright? I've been hearing some strange rumors lately.

[wingsofvirtue.livejournal.com]

[ Colette's eyes follow Raine's hand, then flick back to the older woman's face. ]

...Yes, I'm fine. [ No, she's not. Lately she's felt almost tired, and sometimes her angel spells don't work. But she's too scared to tell Professor Sage that. If she admits it out loud, it's like confessing that she's failed her duty as the Chosen, and failure is not an option. ]

But what do you mean? Where did you go?