Things had been slow since the battle with the bird girl, Sindri hadn’t had much to do in the meanwhile expect study and tend to his flock of pigeons which he regularly visited. He hadn’t seen anybody much lately, not even Alice, who he’d been getting on with better as of late. So he drifted, reading here, practicing there, listening to the dangerous “talks” of Slyphide as she scrutinised him within her iron grip, fixing his watches and seeing to whatever happened to intrigue him.

As of this moment he was up in his Hawthorne tree reading Ovid’s Metamorphoses, beneath him in the facility garden practically nothing moved asides from the passing of the occasional bird or student moving to classes. Thumbing through his clothbound copy, he admired the prose, but he felt restless and bored. After a few pranks which [i]might[/i] just have gone too far, Slyphide had told him on no uncertain terms to behave himself or face the consequences.

Frankly he never wanted to face [i]her[/i] consequences again, once had been bad enough.

One thing did lighten his mood a little however, Lilith had finally managed to make time in her schedule to meet with him later that day. Apparently there was some grand summer festival going on in the neighbouring city, an ancient Chinese traditions which stretched back hundreds of years, so they were planning to go to that. 

Not that there was much choice in the matter, the Academy had been abuzz with the news for weeks ahead, if they didn’t go they’d just end up enjoying the empty halls of the place as the students left to enjoy the festival fun without them. Besides, it had been a while since he and Lilith had been given a good time to chat to one another, it’d be good to catch up over a drink or two whilst taking in the festivities.

All the thoughts about the festival made him feel even more restless than before, and he closed his book with a snap, returning it to its position in his bags. He had little to do as of this moment – It was still a few hours until Lilith and he actually met up— so he figured he might as well take a ramble around the place.

After half an hour having a walk, he came upon the holographic sector of the place. A couple of weeks ago he and Lilith had started a little match in there over who could take the highest kill count. In the end it was Lilith, if only because holograms were not receptive to mind powers.

Most of the place today was relatively vacant asides from a few practicing younger students in various shifter forms, and he paused only occasionally to watch as they beat the crap out of their opponents. Eventually however he paused before one and saw an intriguing light show.

It was a phoenix apparently, utilising her abilities, attempt to refine them it seemed. He enjoyed the explosive colours that erupted across her as she flew, pausing for a while and observing from afar as she continued to practice. Finally she was interceded by a fellow student who went over to talk to her, obviously asking her something as she left.

Obviously the response was a yes, because he jogged past Sindri with a grin on his face seconds later. Sindri suddenly noticed that the girl had extensive burns down one side of her face and body, and a measure of sympathy went out to her, although he did not entirely know her. Still he had no reason to stay here, so he began to float off. Behind him he heard the door close as the phoenix girl took the same path as him, and he slowed down as she walked by to a more measured pace, fixing her was an analytical look as he did so. 

[i]Intriguing…[/i]