[center]Ralthavar Marchosias[/center]
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Laughing softly Ralthavar played with Mishka a little as Ayaka spoke more about him. Though she claims that he isn't magical, Ralthavar was certain he was feeling a certain energy radiate from the fox. Certainly not normal as far as Ralthavar could tell. Whether or not there was more to it, he'd have to wait and see. As Ralthavar occupied the fox Ayaka complimented his dedication to class and had questions about his staff. He didn't say much about his schooling; he though it was normal to keep notes. He suspects that once he gets into the swing of things, he'd write less and less down. [b]"Unfortunately, the skull must belong to a spellcaster for me to gain their magic from it. Though I can bind souls to objects, it requires another ritual to gain their powers that way. It's hard to explain, but... In a sense, by taking a magical user's skull, I can "Short Cut" most of the ritual and simply use the skull as the source of power. To bind spirits to a new skull would mean that I need to bind not only the object, but also the spirit to the object, since the spirit would not naturally reside in any skull but it's own. Not to say that it's impossible. But taking the heads of mages is easier than trying to pull their souls from the afterlife."[/b]

Ralthavar continued to listen as Ayaka explain her powers and abilities further. She was a magical shapeshifter it seemed. He has heard tales of druids back at his home land who could turn into powerful beast while still retaining their spellcasting. He was somewhat certain he had a few orcs under his command that can do exactly that. Ralthavar would have to figure out the details and see if Ayaka would be willing to learn from his orcs. While they weren't masters, perhaps together they could learn something. Ayaka also mentioned that her whip was magical, and short of creating portals, it could do anything. That certainly interested Ralthavar. He wanted to learn the enchantment behind it and see if he could put one on his own weapons someday. It would certainly be something worthy looking into. Though from what Ayaka mentioned, it was a temperamental enchantment. He would really need to look into it further, in that case. 

There was another thing for him to look at too. Ayaka leaned in, revealing her cleavage to Ralthavar. He did not stare directly, however he could see just from the corners of his eyes the detail and unblemished perfection of Ayaka's bosom. Indeed, she was quite a woman. Ayaka even warned Ralthavar of how he looks at her, worried that she would leave her mark on him. The orc merely smiled. [b]"And where would you touch first?"[/b] Ayaka pulled back just as he did as he stole a quick bite from his plate. She bashfully asked for his experienced, to which he remarked: [b]"Educated, my dear. But I'm always eager to put it to practice. Perhaps later you and I should go somewhere... And I can show you my technique."[/b]

However before it could really go much further, lunch was over and all the students were called to class. Ralthavar packed the rest of his lunch into a bag for later and got up. He winked at Ayaka and said good bye to Elena and Mishka. He lightly tapped the end of his staff that was hanging off the edge of the table, where it shot out towards him. He caught it with the same hand he used to knock it up and sauntered off to class. 

-Later-

Ralthavar walked with dull amazement as the various wooden targets popped out. It would be him, the crystaloid creature Ier, and Ayaka first. Each had their own group of training dummies to demonstrate their melee abilities with. Suited him just fine he supposed. It's been a while since he was able to take out his axe, and he certainly felt like showing off a bit. On the teachers command Ralthavar threw himself into the mass of moving targets.

Now granted, Ralthavar wasn't much of a duelist. When he fought against others, he often did so as a group. Even if he was expected to fight alone, he was more experienced at taking down monsters than human sized targets. Not to so say that he lacked the competency to fight on his own. He just had an odd way of going about it. First, he launched himself to the location where he was certain most of the dummies would converge onto him, as though they would "Attack" him. What did than wasn't so much as striking back as much as he did intercept them. He dodged and weaved, leaving his axe behind in his place, resulting in many of the dummies moving towards their demise. He cleaved and decapitated various targets without even throwing one attack. Once the dummies started to move in such a way that implied they were avoiding him, he cut off their escape. In addition to his axe, Ralthavar carried a few double-ended spears. He threw one of them which actually overshot a line of dummies. But that was because he was threw his spear in such a way that it dug into the ground in front of the dummy, which than ran into the spear, as did the next few. By the time the dummies would realize (If they could) that they were running into a trap, Ralthavar was already on them, slashing them down with the flat of his axe.

There was some more targets for Ralthavar to hunt down, but he was going to need a bit of an edge to get them all efficiently. That's when he took out his staff and began to cast a Enchantment on himself. When his spell was complete his body was thrown forward towards a small cluster of the dummies, who managed to avoid him. What they didn't manage was to escape his threat range as he grew to three times his size, standing at around twenty feet tall. His weapons and clothing grew with him, not only granting him the strength of a giant his size, but also a massive reach. He only needed one cleave this time to eliminate the rest of his targets, and this time he actually used the blade of his axe. When his attack was finished he had cut a large groove into the ground behind him. Sheathing his weapon Ralthavar returned to his normal size and stood in line with the other students.