Julian looked to Samanatha when she asked if he was okay. That she figured he'd be the harder of the two to find, and he sighed a bit. "I'm okay, just a little on edge now." he told her. He didn't really elaborate much and asked her if she had seen the newest student file. Of course DeAndro was avoiding her, he usually did, but still he was almost glad she hadn't seen it yet. When they got into the office and DeAndro told Samantha her newest student sheet was in her office he sighed, but upon seeing Tamika coming out he shook his head. "No," he whispered back, "But she's going to be pissed when she hears Goodson is back." Julian remembered the whole thing revolving around him leaving the school. Things were bad, and had it not been for him and her father, Randa likely would have been kicked out. No matter how deserving Tony was of what he had gotten, and no matter that up to that point, Randa had never gone that close to actually killing someone in the school. It was a thing his niece struggled with. She could be extremely psychotic if left unchecked, but she hid it well, and she had the self control to keep it under wraps. It was something most of their family had in spades, self-control, but there was always something that could trigger them. He shook himself from his thoughts when he saw Aren come and get his lunch. "Thank you." he said. He looked stressed, but he looked to DeAndro, "Give me a few minutes before sending the next one in, please. I hope to be through the lot today before sixth period." he said before looking at Julian. "Did you have to cancel your class or did you find someone to sit in?" "Billie is going to run the lesson, she's my TA and she has a free period then, so she's just going to do it for me so they don't get behind." he said. Aren nodded. "Very well." He could hear the phone in his office ringing, and he sighed. "Thank you again, if you'll excuse me." he said. He walked over to his phone and answered it as he sat down at his desk, picking at his lunch. Julian looked to Samantha and motioned that they needed to leave the office, but before they did he could hear Aren say, "DeAndro, I need another new student sheet, please." As they headed out of the office, Julian shook his head. "This year has been the worst year for late additions and arrivals that I've seen in at least a century." he said. "You want to eat in my office? It's closer." -- Miles smiled a bit when she said he was friendly. Had it been years ago, he'd have laughed at that word being used to describe him, but now he was glad it could. Her answer about it calming down was welcomed. He knew these school settings were constantly filled with drama, but he didn't know it to begin at the beginning of the year. He chuckled a bit. "Thankfully I am neither, so I just won't worry about it. Thank you for answering my question though." She asked about his classes and he took out his class sheet. "I have been to earth before, but it's been a long time, so I opted for the Coexistence with Humans. The rest were more or less recommended to me. Aside from the Coexistence class which I was told was a requirement, which I can understand." he said. "I tried to get out of the Language class, short of Human English and Angelic, I can't really speak any others. I can understand a little Demonic, but that's also newer and from what this sounds like, this is all the more ancient kinds." When she was done looking over his class list, he was glad to feel the tension in the cafeteria had started to dial back. His aura sense was especially acute, having just come down from Heaven, so it was still a little overwhelming to be in this setting. He knew that it would only take time to get used to it, but he wished it would hurry up. He could feel his leg, that he had barely been aware was jumping, start calming down. He smiled to Iris. "So, what classes do you take? Would be nice to see a familiar face in at least a class or two." -- Billie had dealt so little with Fae of any kind, she forgot how they could be. She smiled a bit when Tiffany said it smelt good in the room, and she relaxed a bit when she said she smoked. She could see the slight look of surprise on her face when she agreed to the alliance so quickly, but Billie also knew how these things could go. She remembered what she was taught when she was in War, and she did date quite a few history buffs in her time. She saw Tiffany begin eating which helped her relax. When Tiffany couldn't think of a word, she could see it, and when she used the proper word, she nodded. "If you ever need to speak your native language, you can around me. I'm actually quite fluent in it, and I realize that some things just don't translate well." she said, and she nodded to her next notion. "I know, I just don't get to talk to those that were very often, so explaining up front always feels best." And this was the part of the fae she was going to have to get used to. Taking things quite literally. She couldn't help but chuckle. "No, no. It's nothing like that. Um, what I meant was them fighting with more than just one on one or using some kind of weapon. The majority of them are bad about fighting dishonorably. The only time I've ever even used my own powers in a fight was when I was outnumbered." When she brought up Logan, she couldn't help but to press her lips together and into a small smile, thinking about it. She chuckled. "It's okay, I'm honestly surprised that hasn't gotten around to half the school by now." She shook her head. "But he is one. Then there is Zach, he's the one I'm partnered with in Coexistence. Logan said he's cool, and then there is a girl named Rose. I have to actually have her pointed out to me first. She's fairly new herself." Billie was glad for how well this was going and she smiled a bit and nodded to Tiffany. "I hope so too." she chuckled. "Most of us are, but there are some that aren't. They don't necessarily even consider themselves part of my group though. There's another demon around here, his name is Darren. He's a dick. He's actually who I challenged for leadership of the demon group. Very few left when he was overthrown." she said, "But that is more or less demon on demon issue, and that almost always gets settled right away. Aside from him, Garret is back now, and while he can be a dick, he's cool. He's probably going to give me hell for the choices I made last year, but eh, I'm expecting it." she laughed. "So, speaking of friendship. I'm having a party here this weekend. It's a welcome back for Garret and his sister Erin, but if you wanted to come you are more than welcome to." -- Maggie nodded. "I'm impressed too. I have a body count. Granted, small, but I figured she had a higher one than Alex did and Alex was a war." she said. Ez nodded a bit. "They're good. All of them are finally going to be in school this year. And she loved it. She didn't stop talking about it for like two whole days." she laughed. "Josiah kept telling her to shut up." Randa joined them not long after, but after seeing Kajun put Jackie in her place, Ez couldn't help but smile a little. That was the guy that kept purring around her in shifting class. He seemed so sweet, and seeing he had this side to him too just made her think he was hotter than she already though. She shook her head, barely realizing her eyes kept flicking over to look at him. It didn't go unnoticed, but Randa decided not to say anything. "Shit, shove me in a suitcase and I'll pop out and scare the shit out of him." she laughed. She got a chuckle out of everyone, but she knew that Maggie had known she wasn't joking. She didn't make it known, but she had done circus work as a contortionist and could fit into a suitcase. When the fights got brought up, she couldn't help but chuckle herself. "I have pictures of the aftermath." She laughed. "You know I did. Billie was so mad at me for that. Not even that it happened, but that she missed it." Maggie nodded. "It's true. She went off on her for a solid ten minutes about not being able to wait until she was there because then she could have gotten video of it and they could laugh about how horrible his form was. And how when he hit it looked like a pansy in the wind." Maggie laughed. "It was the greatest ten minutes of Billie going off I've ever witnessed. Plus she was pretty drunk." Ez laughed. "Oh, that sounds like it was hilarious." She said. Randa nodded. "It definitely was." she said. She sighed, looking around and she saw how a few of the vampires were looking over at them, and Randa just rolled her eyes. "Do they not realize that staring is rude?" "You'd think after last year, they'd have learned that lesson then times over." Maggie said. She saw Randa start fidgeting a bit, and she noticed that the vampires were still looking at them. "Randa, not worth it. Just ignore them." "It's hard when I can feel them staring." she said. Ez patted her shoulder as she stood up and she walked over to the small group of vampire girls that had been staring at them. "Hey." she said, letting her eyes redden and her fangs come out. "Stop staring. It's not polite." "Why are you sitting with that trash?" one asked and Ez watched her hand scale over and they looked at her wide eyed. "Because, unlike you dumb twits, I know who was in the wrong." she said, allowing her eyes and hand to return to normal. "And remember, if I really wanted to, I could run your group like I do the dragons, I've just chose not to." The three girls began whispering amongst themselves and Ez returned to their table. She had caught very little attention, which was good, but she could tell she had still caught some. Like the shifters, dragons were known for their numbers, and pissing them off was not generally a good idea. Almost all dragon breeds, pure and not, fell under her umbrella and she made sure they had no conflicts unless it was needed. She already knew if issues started with the vampires, they'd back up the demons no problem, but she also knew if issues started badly enough, she would leave the dragons to Drake and she'd challenge Jackie for her spot. Most would see her as stupid for that, but everyone also knew who would come out on top. Jackie couldn't talk her way out of it with her, and she was sure a lot of people were waiting for that. "Thanks, Ez." Randa said. "No problem." she smiled. -- It didn't take too terribly long for Colten to get outside and head down towards the lake, but he, unfortunately, didn't see anyone there. He did hear a voice say Hi, and when he looked around again, he heard a soft chuckle and then they said up in the tree. He looked up and sort of chuckled himself. "You know, you'd think by now I would just naturally learn to look up. Being friends with Kajun as long as I have been." He walked a little closer to the tree and climbed up the one next to it, and he looked at Brooke. "Sorry if I'm interrupting you, or if you just wanted to be alone. I only climbed up so I wouldn't feel like I was shouting, but I wanted to check and see if you were okay." he said. "I would have tried to check on you sooner, but I needed to calm down some." he said. He could feel the soreness in his jaw especially still, but he was somewhat used to that. He tended to try partial shifting for his teeth and jaw more as that was where he started when he rage shifted, the few times he had. So he figured working on it would help when it did happen. He looked down at the ground and then at her. "How's your shoulder?" he asked. -- Azura smiled. "I'm glad you're still here, I might not have actually agreed to it had you not been." she said. It was when he started talking about her roommate that she nodded. "Yeah, that name sounds right." she said. When Cian went on about him, she smiled a but and chuckled. "To be fair, Cian, how many people have actually come across a giant? I think it's fair that he's hard to understand." The tension across the cafeteria was a bit difficult to ignore, and she shook her head at hearing the explanation. "I know that's a fact. I'm honestly surprised they're stupid enough to not realize that themselves." she said. She was glad to have kept the interaction with Colten fairly brief, and soon she and Cian were on their way out. "Honestly, outside of what I've heard about one of my aunts, there aren't many beings who can. Sure, sins [i]can[/i], but they're not often associated with major emotion like rage. Other than my mother. And even then it's easier for me than it is my mother." she explained. Once they made it back to his office, she smiled. "Well, I need a refresher on a few things. Aren told me that since I didn't need your class he wasn't going to put me in, but if you need, I'm always around for a tutor or whatever." she said. She laughed. "Oh come on, you can't entirely blame me for that one. She was giving her out of the ass opinion and trying to pass it off as a lesson in a history class. I get she had never done it before, but I was there when that history was made!" "Doesn't surprise me though, mermaids tend to be big bitches." she said, "Surprised about that being the last primal history class though. That was so intriguing." -- Kingsley smiled a bit, and sighed. "Familiar and weird. I don't like it, it's very off putting." he said. "I can't say you're wrong. I don't like it either." he said. When Knox said something about him smelling familiar too, he shook his head. "That makes me wonder more, but I don't want to dig too deeply into it. There are enough problems as it is." Kingsley shrugged a bit. "I'll talk to Aren after his plate isn't so full. I don't want to overwhelm him, and for now, I can be the class room cat. I can sit in sunbeams and annoy people, and get pets if I want them." he laughed. Reg chuckled a bit. "I don't mind at all." It wasn't until Kingsley left that Reg sighed. "It's so good that he's doing better. Having that bond severed the way it was really messed with him, but he's actually considering possible binding to another now. I never thought he'd actually get there again. I'm doing well, teaching here is a task, but never boring." "And that fued is between demons and vampires, so watch yourself. The shifters and dragons are both bigger groups, but demons and vampires are the more outwardly violent. Julian and Cian have filled me in on it. I know some, but I don't know all. I just know when the two clash it always ends up bloody. Said they've kicked out more than ten students for how bad the fights have gotten." he said. "So just be warned of that." Kingsley got back not long after and set down everyone's lunches. "This year will be interesting that's for sure." "What happened?" Reg asked. "The female vampire leader pissed off the shifter leader." Kingsley said. "I just barely missed it, but they were still talking about it."