Livia [hr] [color=a187be]"Ah...hello, Katherine."[/color] Livia smiled faintly. [color=a187be]"You know as well as I do, I don't care about so called 'classes' so much. One can sit inside a lecture hall as much as they want and still learn nothing. All I care for is practical experience. So long as a student passes their exams, then I care not so much for that."[/color] The headmistress hummed lightly, leaning back in her chair. [color=a187be]"I'd say the more 'field trips' a student has the better. And yes, I am aware of the Eith situation. It would be best for Me, you, and Miss Gagne be present for that. Less chances of something going wrong if the three of us work on it."[/color] More importantly though, she was a little concerned about what Selvina said. A tower? Well, that might not be so easily done. [color=a187be]"Ahem, now Selvina."[/color] Livia continued, turning her attention to the other girl. [color=a187be]"While technically I own all of the land the academy is built upon, I do not own the land outside of it. That is, the town. The Mayor and I are on good terms but for the most part I do not have the authority to allow someone to build anything there. You'd have to speak with him for that."[/color] Livia leaned forward a bit, resting her arms on her desk. [color=a187be]"And I can not allow special treatment for a single mage to build some gaudy unnecessary tower just for them on academy grounds either. It would send a rather...rude message to most people. I could, potentially put in a good word for you with the Mayor, but I doubt he'd let a single mage build a tower to live in, in a town already full of mages without significant benefit. As I said, the message that would send to people is a little...not something neither of us would be too fond of."[/color] Hopefully Slevina understood that somewhat. Letting a mage from a powerful family build a tower in the city would send the wrong sorts of messages to certain people. A little...political statement, if you would. Perhaps she was being a little over cautious, but such as the way she was and built her little academy over the years. Politics was a complicated matter, and people looking to discredit others were always there. If she allowed a single mage from a powerful, older family to build something such as a tower anywhere on or near her land, it could be spun or taken as her accepting, or bending knee to them. Certainly that would not be the case, and while she could deal with potential detractors, she'd like to have to not deal with the hassle. She had a reputation to uphold...and she was sticking firmly to her beliefs, be they political as well her portrayed moral beliefs on this one. [color=a187be]"I'm not saying you can't dear - I'm just giving you a forewarning that you won't have an easy time of it. Money and power of other people mean very little inside this place."[/color] It was true - if anything she'd be amused to see Selvina succeed at this. The Mayor was an...lets say, scrupulous if lackadaisical sort. [color=a187be]"Now, Katherine,"[/color] Livia continued changing the subject a bit. [color=a187be]"I did indeed, have you in mind when I made this suggestion. So if you would be up for it, I think Selvina could learn quite a bit from you."[/color] Chione [hr] Chione, for the most part, kept up with Kozue. At least she tried to. After only a few minutes, it was becoming painfully aware that spending the better part of a few hundred centuries in a dusty tomb, was not good for your physical ability. By the time Kozue came to a stop, Chione was wheezing and sputtering, doing her best to catch her breath as Kozue offered her some water from the lake. [b]"Bleeeegh,"[/b] Chione fell to the ground, resting on the land near the lake covered in a large amount of sweat as she wheezed, trying to catch her breath. [b]"Forgive me father, for my physical body is not up to my mental or spiritual one."[/b] The priestess rolled over onto her back after giving what was apparently some sort of small prayer, or perhaps she was just being silly. Judging from the small pout and whine, it was likely a little of both. [b]"Koooozue,"[/b] She whined.[b] "That...was worse...than traveling through the underworld and meeting the chaos serpent Apophis."[/b] She groaned. [b]"Look at meee, I'm covered in sweat and yuck and I can't breath ugh how can I flirt with people like-"[/b] Whenever she was tired, she tended to fall into her old self just a bit. [b]"Ahem, I mean, wow, look at that water so crystal clear and cool."[/b] She sat up, shoulders slumping a bit as her tired body tried to tell her to become one with the earth. [b]"A...spirit you say?"[/b] Chione questioned, looking at the water and walking to its edge. It certainly looked clear...and there was a hint of divinity to it as well, wasn't it? Chione hummed lightly, dipping her hand into the water and taking a sip of it. [b]"...ah!"[/b] it was delicious! Not to mention. [b]"This is certainly something...my body feels lighter already."[/b] Miren [hr] [color=6ecff6]"I-I mean,"[/color] Miren stammered out. [color=6ecff6]"I like you just the way you are right now?"[/color] She did - Eith was cute in a certain adorable way, but she was worried that at some point she might hurt herself like this.[color=6ecff6] "But y-yes, I would feel much better."[/color] The rabbit said, taking a few of the dishes back to the kitchen. [color=6ecff6]"It's a little...erm, disheartening to see you stumble about and always struggle to understand things. It's difficult to talk to you sometimes, but worse is I feel like you might hurt yourself sometime."[/color] Miren walked back into the room, looking a little embarrassed for having said that.