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[color=6795ea]"Right,"[/color] Duncan nodded, agreeing with the plan to push him back to the top step, where he could find one of these 'other accessible ways' the girl who'd just jumped down the stairwell was talking about. Duncan didn't know his way around the school yet. Even this stairwell took him by complete surprise. In hindsight, he should have enquired about stairs and elevators and such before he left, but he was too used to his own home, and everything being designed around Centaurs. Also, he was hungry and eager to get to the cafeteria.

When Roland pushed, Duncan grabbed hold of the handrail behind him and pushed up, and at the same time walked backwards. It looked a bit funny to passers by, but with a bit of effort from the both of them, Duncan was back on the landing. [color=6795ea]"I appreciate the help. Thank you!"[/color] He beamed, smiling down at the younger boy who would still be taller than Duncan if Duncan had the legs of a human. [color=6795ea]"I'm Duncan. Nice to meet you. I think I saw another door out. Maybe that was a lift."[/color]

The moment Duncan stopped talking, a scream echoed through the stairwell. Duncan very quickly sharpened up, and moved his head from side to side as if looking around, but he wasn't using his eyes. He was using his ears. [color=6795ea]"That scream was loud, yet far away. I think it came from outside, in that general direction,"[/color] he spoke seriously, pointing to the direction of the scream. [color=6795ea]"Should we go and look? It might be dangerous, but somebody might need help!"[/color]


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[color=d1aaf7]"I was getting hungry, actually. Are you a mind reader now?"[/color] Akane joked, before she heard the scream. The change was instantaneous, and the Witch became deadly serious. [color=d1aaf7]"Did you hear that? Someone's in trouble. Of all the things to happen on the first day...I hope it's not serious, but we should go and make sure anyway."[/color] Akane was about to set off, but then both she and Aster, as well as the other faculty, heard voices in their heads.

[i][color=bc8dbf]“Akane, Aster, I want you to make sure there’s no pandemonium among the students. Especially the First Years. Yurius, Lotte, Mitsu, I want you to make sure the entrances are guarded. Tholl, I want you to investigate the disturbance near the forest behind the school. Reiko, you will come with me to the scene.”[/color][/i]

Akane stopped in her tracks, and paused in thought for a second, before turning back to Aster. [color=d1aaf7]"We could use the Tannoy in the staff room to order the Students to assemble in the Cafeteria, or back in the hall, though there are probably several students already outside and heading to the source of the scream. Asking us to stop Pandemonium amongst teenagers when something exciting and dramatic is happening is a pretty big ask."[/color]


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