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Selena made her way over to Anise, her tail wagging as she got closel, she hesitated, worried when she heard Kayra giggle, and Anise laugh that she was doing something weird. But Anise did say she could. She reached up to the taller student's head. A smile came on her face as she ran her hand along the cool and smooth purple horns. She glanced to her right to see large male walking towards them. she saw him look right at her. But before she could even attempt to get out of the way he walked RIGHT INTO HER. 

Confused and unbalanced, Selena was knocked over. She didn’t even have time to yelp as her head quickly hit the heavy table. Stars exploded into vision as she hit the ground under the table. 

Fate it seemed was not done placing Arn in the right place at the right time. No sooner had he plopped himself back down on his chair when a scene that could have only been scripted by the gods played out before him.

A burly man, the same one who had bumped the Librarium mage and who had subsequently had the favor returned to him, was making his way towards his own table. The big man as at least 6ft tall and well muscled. One could clearly see them bulging from his shirt, which he had modified to show off his biceps and had left more buttons than necessary undone to showcase his pectoral muscles. The smug look on his face was evidence of the pompous nature of someone who is used to literally throw their weight around. That weight, unfortunately, met the small, not matter how toned, figure of a particular pink haired, fluffy tailed lovable fox girl. The impact did not slow down the grunt one bit but sent the poor girl crashing into the table the odd mix of students were sitting at.

Caught completely off balance, her body could do very little in preventing her head from impacting the table. A very audible whack could be heard. All this played out in slow motion to the dwarf’s eyes. No sooner had the poor girl collided with eh walking brute that the Dwarf left his seat. His anger rising at the blatant disrespect not only to a fellow student, a lady, but most of all just another living being. He made his way round the other end of the table in an intercept path to stop the bully. He reached the man just as he was passing the blue haired Lorelei. The young cadet held up his hand. The look on his face was a dangerous one.
The big man growled at the dwarf, a gruff tone dripping with disdain. “What do ya want shorty?”

Keeping his tone controlled, the dwarf looked up at the man but showed no sign of backing down. “Excuse me sir…did you not realize you bumped into one of our classmates?”

Finn watched out of the corner of his eye while Arn introduced himself as Selena excitedly ran her fingers along Anise's horns. Her tail flicking with sheer happiness of trying something new. That is, till suddenly a large brute pushed passed her, knocking the unprepared Kitsune over and causing her to hit the table.[color=0E7609]"Selena!"[/color] Finn yelled out. Just as Arn stood, Finn was already up with a foot on Selena's empty chair and as soon as his right foot was placed on the table itself, he vaulted over the food and drinks. Landing on the corner of the table where Anise once sat with his left foot and hopped just enough to clear the chair and turn back towards the table before landing on the ground next to Anise. 

Falling to his knees he reached down to slowly help Selena back up. [color=0E7609]"Selena! Are you ok?" [/color] He asked hurriedly as he slowly moved her hand which was holding her left side of her forehead. She whimpered something but he couldn't hear what she said. She moved to get up and he took one of her hands and placed another over her head so she wouldn't hit the table by accident that she was currently halfway under now.

Selena heard commotion around her but she didn’t really focus on it. Her hand pressing to her head to help with the pain. Soon Finn was there, helping her up. She mumbled [color=FF3AD9] “no my head hurts…” [/color] 

 After managing to get into a sitting position on the ground, he paused to give her a moment. It was then he heard the ass hole's reply to Arn. His eyes wide for a second before narrowing with a look that was clear he wanted to punch the guy's face in.

 He didn't however, he turned back to Selena and moved her left arm over his shoulders gently and then moved his right arm around her waist. He easily lifted her just high enough to sit her down in Anise's seat. Selena quickly moved her arm off his shoulder to once again hold her head, and cover her face. Gritting his teeth he turned, [color=0E7609] "You piece of shit! What the hell was that!" [/color] Finn said as his voice raised as quickly as he stood up straight before quickly moving over towards the bigger guy. 

[color=76c429]"Hey!"[/color] Karya slammed her drink down, wine sloshing onto the table. Knowing there were going to be jerks and bigots here was one thing, seeing it was another. [color=76c429]"What did she ever do to you?"[/color] She stormed over to check on Selena, but Finn was there in an instant - by the look of it, all too willing to challenge the much bigger guy to a fight.

In the blink of an eye Lorelei had stood and was instantly in the middle of all three men, grabbing Finn to hold him back from doing something stupid. She'd become hyper focused the instant Selena had been knocked over and, while feeling murderous towards the bully, she hadn't reacted until now. They'd just been told that fighting was a huge no and she wasn't about to be lumped with a group that got in a fight. [Color=7ce7d3]"Alright everyone needs to back down NOW!"[/color] She was ready to stand her ground and held herself tall with a commanding presence. She eyed all three of them for a brief moment before deciding Finn was the biggest concern right now. [Color=7ce7d3]"Listen you aren't going to do Selena any good if you get expelled. I'm all for beating the shit out of this guy, but do it within the rules. Challenge him to a duel. I'll join you if you wish, but we aren't fighting here."[/color] 

Finn didn’t even seem to acknowledge Lorelei really, save for stopping when stood in front of him and grabbed onto his chest. [color=0E7609]” How about you walk into me and see which of us gets their head slammed into a table?!”[/color] He said pushing forward slightly even with Lorelei’s hands against his chest. He had his left prosthetic arm over Lorelei’s right shoulder pointing up at the much taller and bulkier student. He did look down at her after that and shook his head. About to tell her he didn’t need her help. 


[color=C0C0C0]“It would be wise to listen to the young lady and cease your behavior. I would hate to expel anyone on their first day.”[/color] The large teacher with an eye patch stated, his voice even but dangerous. Sir Vermont Baleth stood directly behind the group, and was looking down at the three students with a face that looked like someone had managed to piss off a mountain. He had gotten there incredibly fast for someone so large.

[color=C0C0C0]“If you wish to settle your altercation in a duel then I will referee it for you. Tomorrow, after your classes have ended. Is this acceptable?”[/color] It sounded like a question, but his voice left little room for negotiation. 

Finn turned behind him to look at the teacher, Still pissed off, but with Lorelei stoping him and reminding him of the rules, then the teacher he gained a little control. He simply nodded to the teacher in accepting the duel. 

Vermont turned to the young Kitsune. His eye softened a little as he moved over to her. He reached out a hand and in a surprisingly soft voice spoke [color=C0C0C0]“Hwe so hwul sito sealsom heal unm santo ou tlap, cemit sito eanmtloop”[/color] A soft blue light emanated from his palm and streamed towards the spot that Selena had struck her head. The wound would tickle for a moment, before the pain dissipated entirely. 

[color=C0C0C0]“You.”[/color] Vermont said, his head swiveling towards the large young man who had knocked the young kitsune over. [color=C0C0C0]“Will watch where you’re going.”[/color] There was no question in that statement.   

The bully froze in place as the steel sharp voice of the instructor reached him. His shoulders slumped a little as he turned and sheepishly nodded to the man. “ye..Yes sir” with that, he turned and walked away as quickly as he could while maintaining his dignity.

The altercation completed, Arn placed his right hand upon his chest and he bowed respectfully to the instructor.  Having seen the man heal via magic had really impressed him and Vermont demanded respect just by his gravitas.  The dwarf also nodded slightly to Lorelai acknowledging her assistance and showing her a bit of respect too.  The young cleric walked back to his seat, sat down, and poured himself another cup of ale, proceeded to eat as if there was not much else to be done.

In truth, he, like probably the whole school, was looking forward to the duel.  He could barely contain his excitement and wished that Finn would not beat up the guy too much for he also wanted a go at the damned fool.

As the situation de-escalated, Karya gave a sigh of relief. [color=76c429]"You alright, Selena?"[/color] she asked, hurrying to her side, rolling her eyes at the bully. [color=76c429]"Y'know, jerks like that must have the dullest lives if they don't have anything better to do."[/color] She made sure to speak loudly enough that he'd overhear her. Even if it proved to be a bad idea later, right now she didn't care. What mattered was making sure Selena was ok.

Selena had kept her face hidden and down all through this. Hiding the fact she was crying. She was confused on why this happened. Her head hurt...she never took pain well. She had glanced up when she heard someone speaking a spell. While the pain went away she gave a sad smile before looking away and down. Trying to wipe her tears. When Karya asked if she was ok, she only nodded.