[h1]Mathew Holems[/h1]

"[color=fff79a]Well...this is definitely new[/color]" Mathew mused as he rode atop the Griffin that had more or less kidnapped him. "[color=fff79a]And to think, yesterday was just so normal. I wonder if this is any indication of thing to come[/color]". While he did know that he was going to be attending the Academy of the Arcane Artes, he didn't expect this kind of a ride there. Hell, he thought he was being abducted at first. Of course, there were clues that he was able to use to sleuth out the truth; like the uniform

[i]"[color=fff79a]This...this wasn't here before. Mother, did you put this outfit in my room!?[/color]"

"Hmm? What outfit sweetie?"

"[color=fff79a]Wait, if it wasn't you...then. Someone's broken into our home[/color]"

"Mathew dear, what were you talking about-MATHEW HOMES! What are you doing!?

"[color=fff79a]Someone has invade our home mother! I'll be damned if I let them kill the two of us and pull our horns out of our corpses![/color]"

"Mathew. Mathew sweetie, just calm down"

"[color=fff79a]I will not! The day I've feared my whole life has finally come, I will not just sit back and let them take us![/color]"

"Sweetie I understand you're scared, but there's no need to-THE SOLAR GUN! Why is that even in your room!?"

"[color=fff79a]Because I knew this day would come, so I prepared myself[/color]"

"Henry! Your son has the Solar Gun! He thinks someone's broken into the house and he's in one of his moods!"

"[color=fff79a]This is not a mood mother![/color]"

"HE'S WHAT!?"[/i]

...yeah, that could have gone better. "[color=fff79a]I swear, that was intentional. They just left the uniform in my room without warning just to get a reaction out of me. I simply can't believe this; my first day of school, and the staff causes me to nearly blow a few holes in my own home. Whoever is in charge of distributing uniforms should be fired. Don't you think so Muffins?[/color]" he asked the Griffin that he had named not too long ago. The Griffin responded with silence "[color=fff79a]well I think that's a bit much. Plus, I don't think they make wood chippers big enough[/color]" Mathew replied. The Griffin once again failed to make any sort of sound that could be taken as a reply of any kind "[color=fff79a]well if the wood chipper was too much, then a Bagger 288 is far beyond reasonable. I'm honestly surprised to hear that you even know about it[/color]" more silence from the Griffin "[color=fff79a]no, of course not! I simply didn't expect anyone from Lucis not involved in engineering to know about an obscure piece of Earth technology. The only reason I know about it is...well...when a Bagger 288 nearly run over your home, it makes one want to learn more about it[/color]" Griffin silence "[color=fff79a]I wish. Some maniac got one of those metal behemoths and nearly destroyed my entire town. Lucky for us, the Bagger 288 is a mining vehicle, and therefor doesn't have much in the way of self defensive weaponry.[/color]" Even more Griffin silence "has a[color=fff79a]nyone ever told you that you're a fascinating conversationalist?[/color]"