[center][h2]Beautiful Lies[/h2][/center]
[center][i]Themerlinhawk[/i][/center]
[center][b]Lazarus[/b][/center]
[center][h3]The Academy- Afternoon[/h3][/center]


Fading off the end of his playing Lazarus looked up at the girl standing in the doorway before he beamed at her. “Misty. What an unexpected pleasure.” Toying with the last few notes of the refrain he’d finished off on he realized his note book wasn’t with him and that it might actually require him to cross the ballroom again to grab it from his bag. The young girl wasn’t exactly a prodigy at anything in particular but she had the same general aptitudes that Ian had; if without the opportunity to master a martial arts system before she turned eighteen like the young man had. The average students were the best in his eyes. His students who had everything come easily to them were a waste of his time until they found something difficult to practice and the particularly horrid students really should have been sent home to keep them safe. Then again the strongest steel was often forged in the hottest fires. 


Turning his hands to the keys he played gently across them. “Come here, seeing my students is like hen’s teeth of late.” Looking up again he noticed the Weather angel behind her. [i]Barachiel?[/i] That sounded right. The Academy had such a varied staff now it was hard to keep up sometimes. Gesturing at him he snapped his fingers and one of the stacked chairs on the edge of the room slid forward. Scooting over he gestured to the pair again. “Come on don’t be shy. I know both of you can play so you might as well help me out here. Grab my bag while you’re at it Misty? I need my note book. It’s been so long since I bothered to compose anything and it has all been for Violin lately. The Piano just looked so lonely; I figured that it could use some love.” Sliding over more he patted the seat and gestured to the chair. “Come on. Come keep me company for a bit, ya?” 


Smiling to himself he continued to play with the end of the melody gently waiting patiently for the pair to come join him. He was fairly certain Misty hadn’t even noticed the angel. 




[@Caits][@BlackPanther]