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Athalia Academy: Season Two - Finding Bael

Summary: Training continues. A group forms at the ranged training dojo. Kathy is distracted by Crash. Nobody is surprised.

- Crash -
Crash glanced over his shoulder at Tora sheepishly, the zombieish man looked pretty spaced out so he was sure he was safe for the moment. Leaning on his elbow he propped his chin on the tops of his knuckles watching Carmen and Kathy with intrigue, absorbing both reactions noting how Carmen held the trumpet strategically before striking and how not only stepping forwards but sideways worked in Kathy's favour. I wish I'd heard what Yutaka said earlier He glanced at Kathy as she gave him a funny look, he blinked at her a sheepish look entering his expression. "...well we can't have that, I'll be careful promise" He grinned at her, though quickly averted his gaze at her next question lifting his head as his hand rubbed the back of his neck. "Not so much rile him up...just worded my interest wrong" He murmured, his trade mark smile returning as she laughed although he wasn't aware of his mistake until she repeated the name, he felt his smile widen into a grin. "My bad, he accidentally put a 'D' at the front of his name must have stuck in my mind" He shrugged, relaxing back onto the side of the wooden boxing ring crimson eyes admiring his friend's...technique.

- Little Feather & Lion -
Little Feather tilted her head to the side listening to Dani having helped him to his feet, she retracted her hand fiddling with the ring on her finger thoughtfully, giggling at his comment about being a terrible runner in a marathon. She watched him address Garden with a sense of awe, unsure whether this was a normal custom that she was unaware of...should she be bobbing or bending at the middle every time she greeted Garden? Lion rather enjoyed both of the students reactions his tail flicked behind him as he first addressed Garden. "No offense taken m'lady" He purred lifting his jaws in a grin, tough his ears flickered as he settled her with a thoughtful gaze. Turning his head slowly to look at Dani who was looking around in search of the 'man' that owned the deep and melodic voice, he purred appreciatively at Garden as she patted his head and explained to Dani who had spoken. "Apologies Dani, I didn't mean to startle you" He apologized to the purple haired boy. "I'm glad you think so" He made a motion to rub his cheek against Garden's leg, careful not to disturb Sunflower. Little Feather rubbed her hands together nervously before reaching for Lion and sliding her fingers into his mane, the beast pressed his shoulder against her leg in a comforting manner. "Range...sounds great" The Lakota woman lied convincingly, she could tell Garden really wanted to go there and she didn't want to part ways with either of the two students. Are you sure? Lion grumbled so only Little Feather and the feline atop his head would understand, he lifted his bright blue eyes to watch Little Feather, she nodded at him with a small smile.

- Matt -
"MAAAAAAATT! YOU CANT LEAVE! YOU MUST TRAIN! TRAIN, TRAIN, TRAIN! IF you want to be awesome like me, you must train! Now get back in there and kick *** like a duck!" called a voice from behind Matt. Matt whipped around and looked sheepishly a his old pal, Darwin.
"Er... About that. You see, I am going to train, just sort of... Elsewhere..." Matt trailed off as his eyes glanced over at Crash. Crash seemed to be looking a bit less beat up now that he was moving around, but still... Matt didn't feel comfortable in the same room as a teacher who would do that sort of thing to someone.
"I was thinking of moving over to the ranged dojo. I heard they had archery, and shooting targets with a bow and arrow sounds pretty fun." Especially compared to this place... Matt thought with a frown.

- Alistair -
Alistair was frankly surprised as the world around them bent and shifted to show 3 buildings instead of an empty lot "interesting magic" he waved his free hand in front of him as Cyber had stopped to look at the building and part of the original lot he saw formed below his hand, he laughed "the lot's just an illusion, how interesting, I'm surprised I didn't see through it, i can see through most" he turned to cyber as she said “Which one? I think I will go to this one! Come on Alistair!!”and pulled him towards one of the building "alright!"
“So Alistair ready? This might help you too!!” Alistair grinned a little maliciously "Oh I'm ready! how are we going to train Cyber?! one-on-one?"

- Carmen -
Despite the instructor telling Kathy two things she should pick from, Carmen was still unsure which one Kathy would pick, and so was not prepared for the dodge. This was certainly enjoyable, even if elementary. "Agreed," she responded to Kathy, giving a soft smile. She prepared again, with an altered tactic. This time when she went at Kathy, she directed her swing more vertically than horizontally, giving Kathy less of a chance to dodge by going forward. There was still plenty of chance to dodge, but she thought it would work. She started the swing going very sideways like before, but lower, and quickly curved it to go almost completely upwards. Hopefully, it would connect with Kathy this time, but she learned just as much when Kathy dodged it.

- Kathy -
"Hey, you already promised to be careful, remember?" Kathy smiled, tilting her head to side as she looked at Crash. "Does 'you're not allowed to get Crash hurt' ring any bells?" Laughing she added, "You need to be able to remember your promises to keep them right?" She watched as he avoided her gaze and began rubbing the back of his neck in answer to her quest about riling the teacher up. 'He really isn't suited for lying.' She thought with a fond smile. Though she was curious about what he meant exactly, she took the vagueness of his answer as a sign he wasn't all that keen on telling her the full story and decided to drop it. "Wait, you mean Tora was the one that made the mistake first?" She asked, confused but not doubting Crash's words. Kathy momentarily turned her head to glance at the other instructor. 'Now that I think about it, I haven't even heard Tora speak before. Is it because he has a strange accent or lisp of some sort?' Shaking her head at him she asked, "Taking a break already?"

Turning her attention back to Carmen, she got ready for the next short exchange. Even if she had been looking for it, the vertical swing was slightly harder to perceive and her reaction just a split later than it should have been. Caught by surprise, she accidentally resorted to her old tactic and sprung back, putting distance between them. "Ah." Realizing her mistake, she sighed. "That was a habit of mine, sorry." If Carmen had actually used her full strength and speed behind that one, she thought that it would have probably connected. And if it was a real fight, she would have given her opponent an unnecessary advantage again from having a wider reach than her. Kathy walked back to the same distance again and readied herself again with a slightly more determined look. "Again."

- Carmen -
Carmen was only too happy to oblige. In Kathy's surprise and backwards spring, Carmen learned still more. Sure that Kathy wouldn't make the same mistake again, she altered her approach yet again. This time, she would come in from the opposite side, quickly switching her approach as late as possible in an attempt to fool Kathy into preparing to block the other side. It was sort of a long shot, but she had already done side and up, so she figured she might as well do the other side. Glancing over at the instructor, she noticed him just calmly observing, not saying a word. Yet. As she planned, she moved towards Kathy and switched her approach at the last second, swinging towards Kathy from the left side instead of the right.

- Crash -
Crash’s eyebrow twitched up, his mouth twisting into an amused smile though he looked a little surprised at her comment, his hand thudding against his chest as if in mock hurt. “Wow...Miss Argall, do you really think I’d forget a promise?” He queried. “I’m hurt by such a thought, I’ll have you know I never break my promises” He admitted with an honest grin. “Yes, he can’t really speak from what I can tell so he wrote down some instructions...he’s far more talented at fighting than writing” He explained trying not to sound rude about his teacher but be truthful at the same time, he wasn’t exactly good with words at the best of times. He tilted his head to the side as she shook her head at him, a reply to her question jumping to the tip of his tongue asking him to be bold enough to say it. “Just admiring the view while I recover” He grinned cheekily. ...Oh good...I actually said that out loud...

- Kathy -
Kathy watched Carmen's movements carefully, knowing from her second attempt that she was not just going to stick to the same patterns as before. Thinking that the attack was coming from the left, she waved over to the right. However, that was the trap. Carmen suddenly switched the trajectory of the trumpet and came at her from the right. She brought her knee up to try to kick it, but knew she had already lost her timing and didn't bother following through with the defense. She smiled at her practice partner. "That was a good one." Licking her lips, she retreated back to the predetermined distance once more. She had lost that exchange now, but with it she got a small idea and wanted to try it out.

"Oh? I'll be sure to hold you to that promise then, no excuses." She laughed, joining in on Crash's jest. Glancing over at Tora again for a second she admitted, "He does give off that sort of feeling... You know, being better at physical activities than academics?" Kathy was a little surprised he had chosen to write something out to Crash, but supposed Tora had to have some method of actually communicating with with students if he was a teacher. Then hearing Crash's cheeky comment, her stance wavered a bit as she felt a flush rise up to her cheeks. 'Did he just..? Did I hear that right?' Looking at Carmen, she waved her hands a bit and asked, "S-Sorry, can I get a time out? Just for a bit." Taking in a deep breath she pointed at Crash and told him, "No distractions from the sidelines please..!" With all her embarrassment, she wasn't sure whether to just take it as flattery or question what view he was actually even really referring to.

- Andromeda -
Andromeda had left soon after the Beach Olympics were over, she had heard about a training thing so she followed everyone else towards a vacant lot. when she crossed the threshold it warped into 3 separate buildings, she stopped and looked around, finally she decided on a building and walked towards it (magic dojo). she walked in a gaped, it was a huge library. she slowly walked in with a wide mouth. someone walked in behind her she turned to see Ryuu "Oh! Ryuu!" she blushed a little "Hi!, you did a good job in the ... the ... uh, the contest" she smiled "do you know where we are? some kind of ... of 'dojo' i think they called it" she looked around "it's a really pretty place" she saw another guy inside with them (Leroy) and waved shyly at him before returning her attention to Ryuu.

- Ryuu -
Ryuu walked up to the dojo of magic. Now, he personally expected a lot of weirdos to be bragging about how smart they were right in front of the entrance. Much to his surprise, there weren't those kinds of idiots.

...Then again, maybe I'm thinking that my entire life is an anime. Of course not every academy with magic would have idiots bragging about how strong they are.

The otaku got closer to the building. Before he entered the dojo, however, he met someone he personally felt guilty in meeting in.

Ryuu rubbed the back of his head as he stopped in front of Andromeda. With a guilty look written on his face, the otaku simply mumbled,

"Uh... heya."

Andromeda was kind enough to actually congratulate him! He felt a little happy about that, actually. It felt better than being barked down by disappointed insults. When she averted the topic toward asking on where she was, Ryuu simply answered her,

"Well, this place is the 'magicka' dojo, or at least, that's how I like to call it. You can just call it a training ground for magic, though."

The otaku found the girl's awed reaction to the dojo quite adorable. It was something he'd see rarely in his life... except in anime. Thankfully, women invoked different reactions from him when they were three-dimensional instead of being made of pixels. Ryuu, feeling a lot more confident with the fact that Andromeda did not seem to mind using her time to cheer for a slowpoke like him, asked the fellow sunglasses-wearing student,

"So... you here to train as well?"

Ryuu thanked the heavens that what he said sounded too stupid to be a pick-up line.

- Andromeda -
Andromeda didn't quite like the way he looked guilty and it made her feel a little bad. she pulled at the strings of her bikini bottoms, but she'd done it enough that she didn't undo the bottoms, but she realized what it might look like so she pulled her hand away. she pulled one of her snakes down and ran her hands down it like someone would a lock of hair, at first it was about to snap at her hand but then it seemed to sense her feelings and stopped.
When he said "Well, this place is the 'magicka' dojo, or at least, that's how I like to call it. You can just call it a training ground for magic, though." she blinked "Waaah! seriously!" she looked back "wow"
then he asked her if she was going to train, she smiled and nodded "yeah, it seems i came to the right place, magic would be more useful to me then physical combat, i heard something about a firearms dojo too, i might want to head there later, as well, what about you Ryuu?"

- Carmen -
Carmen felt satisfied with a successful mock attack. However, she soon felt even more satisfied when Crash showed up. By now, she knew it was only a matter of time before Code Red occurred, and it occurred very quickly and very humorously. Carmen had an endearing grin on her face, trying (this time successfully) to suppress laughter. "Take all the time you need," she said with a playful streak. She decided to take the opportunity to ask the teacher about the three spars they had done so far. "Do you have any suggestions for me? I'm still pretty new to all of this," she admitted to the gas mask man.

- Garden -
Garden smiled at Sir Lion who like a cat rubs his cheek at her leg, she really like Sir Lion he was like a big protective kitty cat but can only...kill you... she and held hands with Little Feather. "This will be fun Lady Little Feather and I bet we will learn well from it too!" Garden said then pet Sir Lion and Sunflower. "You two make a cute pairing!" She said happily as she then looked at Sir Dani, smiling happily to him like a child at a playground. "I would like it if you join us Sir Dani but it's your choice." She said to him offering her other hand to him and giving a sweet and kind smile.

- Cyber -
Cyber was getting ready, he needed to train... no way he was letting that Alexandria bitch beat him. He started to practice some punches and kicks even though he was in a dress. "Hell yeah!! I can't any asshole out!!" Cyber shouted doing a fist pump. He looked at his dress thinking he might be in a disadvantage and opened his backpack there he still had a lot of clothes he could change into. He saw this really cute dress even though it wasn't really training gear he would love to kick ass with it. Cyber looked around to see a changing room and ran there, he remove the dress he was wearing and wore a black and orange dress then came out. Even though it was sort near his thighs he made it really REALLY sure that if he kicked or jump wearing a short like dress no one will see his...gender at all. He walked again to Alistair and gave out a fighting stance. "I am ready!!"

- Zivon -
Zivon waited for a while but then he looked at the three dojos and decided to see. He put the phone in his pocket and started to limp there, as he was close enough he looked wondering which one to go. "um...which one...what if I pick something that could injure me!? Or mental scare me!?" Zivon panicked a bit, making decisions was like life and death to him. He closed his eyes, shaking with fear he then started to walk near a dojo (magic) without knowing it and opened the door. It was amazing once he opened his eyes, a gigantic library, stone pillar, floating lights that leave a beautiful fairy dust! It was like the books he had read before. He didn't even mind other students were there, he goes near a shelf and scan through the books, he was an avid book reader and this was like heaven for him. "I never seen so many books!" Zivon said, he was enjoying this place but forgot it was a dojo for a reason.

- Crash -
Crash propped his chin back atop his knuckles watching Carmen's new technique his eyebrow twitching up at the deceptive yet clever move, he ran his fingers from his jawline to his chin thoughtfully watching Kathy's reaction. Her reply to his jest made him chuckle to himself. Pretty sure I just shot myself in the foot...I haven't mastered control over my clumsy nature He watched her glance travel to Tora again, he followed her gaze suppressing a small laugh as he realized how spaced out the teacher currently looked completely spaced out. "Your perception knows no bounds, ma chère" Crash jested maintaining his cheeky grin, apparently on a cheeky streak. "I have a theory he's way more...'academic' than he comes across" Crash added scratching his injury free cheek idly, as he glanced back at her he realized she had a slight flush to her cheeks. Oh crap...knew I shouldn't have said that He lifted a hand to the back of his neck automatically adopting a somewhat bashful look as she waved her hands and called for a time out he shifted his gaze to see Carmen's reaction, catching the endearing grin on her face, made his cheeks color and confirmed his previous thought. He resettled his crimson eyes on Kathy as she pointed at him, he blinked as few times taking in what she had said before presenting her with his trademark grin another response flickering to the tip of his tongue he heard Carmen turn to Yutaka and ask a question. "I'm sorry, how am I distracting you?" He asked Kathy taking the chance given to him knowing he would probably pay for his cheek later. "I'm learning" He offered though his mouth had twitched up into a smirk.

- Yutaka -
Yutaka gently told the boy (Seven), "No killing allowed here I'm afraid. You'll have to deal with a very scary lady named Maria if you do." Laughing, he told him his name. "It's Yutaka or Mr. Ito by the way. Though if you'd prefer Mask Man, then I'm sure I can remember that much." He (Seven) wasn't the first student to give him that nickname and probably wouldn't be the last either. Now the slight troubling part about this student was that he said he wasn't even sure if he was training, and probably had no idea what he wanted to do. Well, that was basically putting two clueless folks in front of a giant puzzle. He waved over at Annie, hoping she would have some sort of idea on what to do. "Want to help me with this student?" He asked. "I'm currently helping out with these two ladies so I could use an extra pair of hands."

Turning his attention over to Carmen, Yutaka smiled. It was always good to see an enthusiastic student that was willing to ask questions. Though he tried to pay attention and approach them himself if he saw any particularly shy students, but there was only so much he could do if they weren't willing to ask for help when they needed it. "First, you'll want to keep your elbows closer to your body." He told her, pretending to hold a weapon in his hand as well as he demonstrated. First he showed how Carmen had swung her trumpet the first time, then did it again keeping his arms closer to his body. "It's a minor difference and it'll feel awkward at first, but you basically want to make the area someone can target as small as possible. You'll create less blind spots for yourself that way as well." Now since most people didn't know any better, it was generally very ironic to hear Yutaka suggest that people decrease the number of 'blind spots' when he was a walking example of everything you probably shouldn't wear into battle. One, all his masks would've greatly narrowed his vision if he was a normal human (though luckily for him, he wasn't). Two, all the fluttering and loose Japanese clothes he wore were perfect examples of clothes that were easy for opponents to grab onto and to become a hindrance when attempting to move quickly. Again, his abilities made up for the 'hindrance', but he probably needed to consider becoming a better example for the sake of the students.

- Kathy -
Kathy smiled and nodded gratefully at Carmen, thankful that the girl had decided to let her embarrassment slide instead of teasing her this time. There had been a hint of playfulness in the musician's voice, but that much she could take. If anything, it made her like Carmen more for her friendly nature. After watching Carmen go up to talk to Yutaka, she walked over to where Crash was. Catching the smirk on his face, she couldn't resist a slight poke at him. Literally. She brought her finger up and gently poked the bruise on his face. "Now I know guys don't care about their looks as much as girls, but don't you think you'll want to avoid hits here?" Satisfied with her mini-vengeance, she switched the topic back to his cheeky question. "Geez, you know exactly what I'm talking about." She let out a sigh, but the smile on her face seemed to imply she found his cheekiness more endearing than irritating. Shaking her head she continued, "Just what's with this evil streak going on with you today? Have you been influenced by someone?"

- Darwin -
Darwin tilted his head at Matt. Ranged training? Darwin loved ranged training. "Aw cool!" He said jumping up and down. "I'll join you, it'll be like we're ranged bros! You can be the brawn and I'll be the grains!" He grinned at the Phoenix. "Sounds cool right?"

- Dani -
"Apologies Dani, I didn't mean to startle you" Lion to Dani.
"Oh, it's just you." Dani said, then realized that that might have sounded offensive. "Not that I'm disappointed that it's you- I mean- I'm glad that it's you- I mean." Dani promptly shut his mouth. He was only digging his hole deeper, and that was the last thing he wanted.
"I would like it if you join us Sir Dani but it's your choice." Garden asked, offering her hand.
"Where are you going? You know, besides to train." Dani asked. "I heard the ranged dojo has archery, that might be fun."

- Carmen -
Carmen listened and observed as the instructor gave her advice. She hadn't been thinking at all about what her elbows had been doing, so it was advice that she was sure to heed from here on out. "Thank you, I'll try that next time," she responded to the teacher with a satisfied smile. "I hadn't been thinking about my elbows. It makes sense." This was exactly the sort of advice she needed, what with minimal fighting experience. Every tip she was given would elevate her fighting skill significantly. Briefly glancing over at Kathy enough to catch her grateful nod, Carmen couldn't help but grin. That pair was great fun to mess with, that was for sure. As long as Kathy would still have time to train with Carmen, she welcomed their awkwardness.

- Crash -
Crash’s smirk widened into a smile as Kathy approached him, he remained leant forward over the side, raising an eyebrow at her as she brought her finger up to his face, he winced as she poked the bruise on his face, his face falling for a moment. “Dededede easy on the face” He complained pouting at her as he resisted the urge to lift his hand to the nick on is cheek knowing it would only sting more, his eyebrow twitched up at her comment. “I’d rather avoid hits at all times, but I seem to be a magnet for that kind of thing” He grinned at her, crimson eyes dancing with amusement. He chuckled relieved to see her smile taking it as a positive sign, one that meant perhaps she didn’t mind his cheekiness at the moment. Crash leant forward on his forearms, his lip twitched up into a soft smile as he mused over her question.”You know I’m not entirely sure I do know what you’re talking about” He teased her further, feigning innocence although he visibly tensed as if expecting to be thwacked for being a git. "Have I been influenced by someone to do what? Be complimentary?" Crash chuckled at her questions. "If I was being 'evil'..." Crash started, lifting his hands and making quotation marks as he said evil, still grinning in his idiotic fashion he didn't however finish his sentence however as he caught Carmen glance over at Kathy and grin. "Never mind, I think Carmen's waiting for you" He pointed out, poking at her side for no reason what so ever. "Time to show off some more moves" He added, his mouth relaxing into a smile.

- Kathy -
"Haha, that's true." Kathy laughed, imagining all the injuries he probably incurred from his clumsiness alone. It was odd how she'd be worried if she saw Crash getting injured directly, but just imagining the accidents seemed rather funny. Probably for the same reason 'fail videos' were popular on the internet. She made a dramatic sigh as she shook her head, pretending to be exasperated with him. Not quite pulling off the right look with the smile and amused look in her eyes though. She now knew that he was older than her, but out of acquired habit, she reached up and ruffled his hair. Besides, he still acted younger than her. "I'll get back at you soon, just you wait." She grinned in challenge. Then nodding as she glanced over at Carmen she answered, "Yeah. I should probably get back there." Feeling the poke at her side, she moved and laughed, feeling slightly ticklish from it. "Hey!" She considered poking back at his side too, knowing he was much weaker with it than she was, but she decided to let it slide for now. "Stop procrastinating and get back to your own training as well."

Returning over to where Carmen was, Kathy made a sheepish smile and said, "Thanks. Sorry for keeping you waiting."

- Melanie -
Melanie watched as all the students went flocking to the other teachers. Wow...they were good. She sighed as she thought of a plan to get people ready to destroy the undead. he glared at the zombie teacher, she never cared for the undead, they were mindless killing machines who smelled like garbage. Ah well......she still had one way to get all these kids prepared for vampire hunting. She whipped a box of brownies from her dress and held them up in the dojo. "FREE BROWNIES!" She announced. "If you want to learn how to kill vampires come here.....for free brownies!" She smiled sweetly. Bribery always worked.

- Crash -
Crash grinned at Kathy as she laughed, one of his favorite sounds as of recent, he raised his eyebrows at her rather dramatic sigh as she shook her head, he found himself chuckling at her attempt unfortunately the smile gave her away a did that amused twinkle in her eye. “Oh really? I will wait with bated breath then” Crash noted the challenge, though there was curiosity present in his expression. “Probably” Crash agreed in a murmur though he didn’t sound overly enthusiastic. A rather playful look crossed his face as she laughed and moved away from his poke, he reached out to poke her again for good measure. “Oh do I detect a slightly ticklish area?” He grinned at her, quite glad she hadn’t thought or more to the point decided to pay him back for it. “Perhaps I can come join in with yours for a bit” He suggested cheekily having now made a motion to hop over the edge of Tora’s ring however in typical Crash style he caught his foot in the process which sent him toppling over to the side with enough momentum to result in him dropping and rolling towards Kathy and Carmen at speed, it'd be pretty impressive if they managed to avoid the clumsy shapeshifter

- Ara -
Wanting to take a chance to rest after the Beach Olympics, Ara returned to his room. He instantly heard a voice coming from the mirror. "Woah, what happened to you?" B looked incredibly amused, noticing the spatters of paint on his skin and hair. He had changed back, but hadn't bothered to really clean himself up from all the mess. "Stuff. You'll see when we switch." He answered. B looked surprised. "You're going to switch with me now?" They had agreed that she would get her chance at nightfall, so she hadn't expected him to willingly trade places until then. But more than eager to take the chance up, she nodded her head in agreement. Placing a hand on the mirror, watching B do the same, they traded places. To an outside observed it would look like A just suddenly became replaced with B, the exchange occurring in an instant without any real noticeable transitions.

Ara (now B) smiled, happy to be out and get a chance to enjoy herself outside. "Hmm, not bad A. Looks like you've met a couple of interesting people." Rubbing her hands mischievously in anticipation, she changed from her usual dress into a pair of purple yoga pants and a white t-shirt. Walking over to the training area, she noticed a large group with some people she didn't recognize from A's memories. Curious about the lion with a small kitty on top of his/her head and the fact a few of the members of the group (Garden and Little Feather) were dressed different from the rest, she went up to them with a friendly smile on her face. "Hey there! I don't know too many people here yet so I was hoping I could join you guys for the training. Would that be alright?"

Athalia Academy: Season Two - Finding Bael

Summary: People start training. Crash continues to get beaten up, while Kathy and Carmen spar under Yutaka's direction. Ryuu punches some bags and then heads to the magic dojo. Dora the Explorer shows up in a cameo no one was expecting. Swiper, no swiping!

- Tora -
The zombified man completely let his stance fade away as he stood curiously at the shapeshifting student. His pale eyes simply stared at Crash, who turned into a blond highlander. Tora wondered if Crash was going Super Saiyan.

Nevertheless, the teacher would continue the training. Answering Crash with a blind grunt, the zombie put up his Dragon stance again. He, however, planned on using a hybrid mix of multiple martial arts, along with his own methods of sparring with others. The teacher simply stared at the now-blond-Crash, wondering how he could train Crash for a long time.

Tora decided that Crash could probably handle on his own. In other words, he proceeded to try kicking a-s.

The cursed man groaned...

...before launching himself toward he shapeshifter. However, he was not close enough to actually begin delivering attacks that Crash could (probably) block, so the zombie began to walk through the ring using his hands. After taking about six steps with his hands, Tora pushed himself toward Crash, spiraling like an extremely powerful torpedo. Should he miss, Tora would push himself back into the ring by using the ring's walls.

- Carmen -
Carmen willingly stood across from Kathy when instructed to, and didn't even have to say her name. The gas mask man posed an introductory question and Kathy answered first. Carmen thought altogether longer about the question posed, before answering, a bit hesitantly. "I'd imagine that if Kathy has more experience in hand to hand combat than I do that she would have the advantage, despite the weapon. I have very little experience," she admitted. "Plus, my trumpet may be long but it might take longer to attack with than with bare hands," she finished, still not exactly resolved in her contemplations on the question but semi-confident in the answer she posited.

- Crash -
Crash wasn't aware of the stance his teacher was using as he readied himself for the mans approach unsure how to utilize this forms powers, his eyes were still a crimson color though they seemed to shine brightly in this form. He growled impatiently as the zombie stared at him, feeling an uncomfortable rage crawl beneath his skin, though it was easy to suppress luckily. He flinched back as the man came towards him readying his heightened senses for the oncoming barrage of...what the hell was he doing now? He watched the teacher take 6 steps with his hands, lifting a questioning eyebrow he hissed as he barely managed to block Tora's spiraling attack, it clipped his shoulder as he dodged to the side hitting the ground on his he stayed on the balls of his feet leaning forward on one hand he dug his fingers into the sand looking back up at Tora as propelled himself back into the ring with an angry growl Crash launched himself at Tora recklessly aiming to collide with the teacher and hopefully get a few punches in...likely situation he was going to regret this move.

- Tora -
Tora's eyes grew wider. For a split second, a reflection of Crash's anger sparked brightly from his eyes.

The zombie, twisting his body around, crouched and kicked in front of him, leaving Crash in midair for a quick second. He then jumped and did five front flips: in each flip, his hooks created a larger distance from him. After flipping around in the air long enough to unwrap some of his chains, Tora swung his hooks directly towards Crash. The hooks wrapped themselves cleanly around Crash's neck, though they did not harm him with their sharp tips. Thinking that Crash could handle such an attack, Tora swung Crash behind him, letting the student harshly land directly beneath him. As the teacher fell, the hooks let go of Crash.

Tora fell straight down on Crash feet-first. He yelled his iconic battle cry before flipping off of Crash, immediately putting up his Tiger stance, thinking that Crash would pop right back up like a... woopie cushion.

Not that woopie cushions ever exactly refilled themselves with air.

- Crash -
Crash hadn't expected that reaction whilst in midair he could only wait for Tora's next move his hands reflexively reaching out to grab the hooks but they had already curled around his neck he gripped the chains as he had before hissing angrily as he was pulled behind the teacher, unprepared for the speed he hit the ground at he was immediately knocked spare his vision swimming for a moment as he tried to pull air back into his lungs. He roared out in pain as Tora's feet drilled into his chest, pushing him further into the ground before springing off of him like a spring board. The shapeshifter's bruised body screamed in protest but he surged forward aiming to at least get one hit on the teacher, his lips were moist with a red substance as he aimed 3 swift punches at the zombies torso using the forms fast speed, though on the third punch the blonde highlander slid away and Crash shrunk back into himself, blinking up at Tora. ...oh...sh-taki mushrooms...

- Tora -
Tora held his Tiger stance for a while... before loosening up. The zombified man deemed Crash to be surprisingly unfit against him. Then again, Tora did sort of immediately start training by beating the living day out of his own student. The man tilted his head slowly, as if he were wondering if Crash was going to fall asleep at any moment.

The teacher, wondering if the student was alright, began to walk toward Crash.

The zombie heard in his own head,

"What the heck are you doing? You're supposed to train him. Do you need Merriam's dictionary to understand that?"

And another voice said in his head,

"Take it easy. Go ask if he's okay and just... have him run. Or something."

Tora nodded to himself, though the zombie would have to somehow communicate on that part while getting over his inability to talk.

Dragging himself toward the student, Tora attempted to help the student back up, growling like he usually did. It was strange for a zombie that growled so much to suddenly yell out humane battle cries of victory, but then again, there were others that acted far stranger than he did. After helping the student back up, Tora wondered what he could do to let Crash understand that he should begin training with easy stuff.

The cursed man got an idea. Motioning Crash to stand still, Tora suddenly smashed a hook into the wooden boxing ring. He then let the hook slide into the floor a little.

He waited.

After a few seconds' worth of waiting, Tora took out a paper and pen. Though his English had been severely downgraded to the point where even Bill Nye would say "Wow, you're stupid," it was enough to get straight into the point. The zombie humorously scribbled something down on the paper before showing it to Crash. On it, there were two things listed:

"1. Do 100 lapz rund the dojo"

"2. Prakdis punshing wid Dora"

He spelled his name wrong, but you get the point.

- Seven -
Seven slept for a while until waking up and didn't bother to look at the other people trying to something he was busy grooming his face and body when he turned around to see what was happening. He looked at a weird zombie looking man (Tora) and decided to bother him because he was bored, he slowly walked there and poked the weird man at the back. His ear perked up just poking the man's back... he was just entertained just by poking him multiple times. He then grew bored then walked away well he jumped up to the air and walked towards a man with a weird mask (Yukata) Like a cat he played the guy's hair from above. Like his cat anture he made little cat mews and noises just by playing with his hair.

- Garden -
Garden smiled and petted a bit Sir Lion head. She listened intently on what Lady little feather said. "Hhmm.... I don't know which one to pick...I am curious with the shooting range...." She said as she continue to pet Sunflower. The little kitty look at Lion and little feather and yawn again. "I dwon't know...I jwust wemembwed neaw thwis gwuy (Ryuu) awnd I pewwedon hwim... Then shwe pwick me up... I lwike hew...." [i] Sunflower said then looked at Garden telling her with his eyes that he wanted to be on Lion head. Garden giggled and placed Sunflower on Sir Lion head. "He wanted to be on your head Sir lion." Garden said happily while Sunflower yawned and began to sleep on his head. "So Lady little feather where would you go?" She looked back to see Dani, she waved at him. "Hello there Sir Dani." She said as she curtsied to him.

[i] - Crash -
Crash was currently knelt on the floor just in front of the zombie, breathing heavily as he tried to suck oxygen into his lungs he was clutching his stomach visibly wincing he was definitely going to have a very colorful stomach after that brutal assault...he wouldn't be surprised if his internal organs were even bruised after that. He wiped at his bloody lip, spitting a mouthful of blood onto the floor with a grimace, he'd managed to cut his tongue as well, he also had a small cut across the top of his cheek which was already surrounded by the tell tale sign of a bruise. He swallowed as Tora approached him, gritting his teeth and preparing to force himself to his feet ready for his teachers next move, if he was still breathing he was still going to fight. He blinked in surprise as Tora helped him back to his feet, looking a little unsure of what was expected of him...had he failed already? He really wished he could understand the strange growling noises the man made at him. "I may have jumped the gun a bit there..." Crash murmured, feeling rather foolish for his previous confidence, just because he learnt how to do a few fancy flips and punches last week didn't mean he had become combat savvy...He caught the motion from Tora and pretty much froze, flinching as the hook flew into the wooden boxing ring. Well...never again...if its scary it can bloody well remain so Crash thought to himself, he had orginally thought to train with Tora in an attempt to get over his mild fear of limb manipulation, what better way to get used to seeing body parts at peculiar angles then sparring with a zombie? And although he no longer felt he would lose his breakfast if he saw it, he was regretting ever wanting to conquer that fear. He blinked at the teacher wiping a line of blood away from the corner of his lip in an attempt to clean himself up a bit, he felt his sore face crease into a grin as he watched the zombie scribble on a piece of paper, it was a rather entertaining site. He leaned forward glancing at the paper curiously as he was shown what was listed on there. Laps? Aww man...basketball training all over again...Dora? He couldn't stop himself laughing at that he knew it was rude, but he couldn't help it he paid for it as the movement made his bruised stomach ache. "Ow ow ow, laughing not good" He groaned, rubbing his stomach with a grimace before he stood up adrenaline still in play he nodded at Tora. "Right running I can do that" He grinned at Tora, figuring it would be better to soldier on at the moment instead of nursing his broken ego and licking his wounds. He jogged away from Tora, beginning his laps gritting his teeth and ignoring the dull ache that passed through his limbs he was still healing slowly thanks to his previous shift but its powers were subsiding slowly but surely.

- Little Feather & Lion -
Little Feather felt her stomach twist nervously as Garden voiced her preference, of course of all the dojo's it would be the one she really wanted to avoid. She was busy chewing her lip and failing to not look stressed when she heard the kitten speak again, she was barely able to stifle a laugh at the story wondering who on earth the kitten had decided to randomly pee on. It had to be one of the more unfortunate guys which in her head was Crash or possibly Ryuu? She couldn't be sure, she smiled at Garden. Lion also found the cats story amusing it made him lift the corners of his jaws as if grinning at the kitten, though he was still confused as to where on earth the creature had appeared from. "He's positively adorable" Little Feather grinned at Garden, sounding rather 'Mercy like' in manner it was obvious she'd heard the silver haired woman use that sentence before. She was distracted as someone flopped onto the ground beside them, she turned to face the student instantly recognizing the purple haired boy as he huffed a greeting up at them. "Dani!" She exclaimed, a wide smile breaking across her face. "Hey! Where have you been?" She asked him crouching down next to him, concern momentarily breaking through her joyful expression. "Are you ok?" She asked, offering her hand to help him up. Lion turned towards Dani raising the ridge above his eye questioningly he had literally just turned back to face Garden and Sunflower when he heard the woman giggle and felt something being plonked down on his large flat head. His ears flicked out to the side and he went cross eyed trying to look at the kitten curled up on his head. "How did you know he wanted to be on my head?" Lion asked Garden probably surprising both students, his voice was deep and melodic with a purring undertone. "Hello Dani, hope you are well" Lion greeted the spectre as well. Little Feather smiled at the lion. Finally She thought in response to him revealing his human voice, he had been holding out on everyone...not that it had probably bothered them all that much.

- Garden -
Garden was startled with hearing the human...like voice? From Sir Lion. "Oh wow! I didn't you could speak like that, I mean no offense really.” Garden said happily, interested in Sir Lion a bit more while looking at Sir Lion. “Oh I just looked into each other eyes! Sunflower seemed to want to…” She said also wondering how did that happen, how did she know that Sunflower wanted that by just looking at his eyes. “Well greetings again to you Sir Dani, I am glad you can make it, that voice was coming from Sir Lion, it was a surprise but it’s really cool to know he can talk, really cool!” She said as she patted Sir Lion head even though Sunflower was on his head. "He is such a cutie!” Garden said in a bubbly tone then looked the three of them (Including Sir Lion) and then looked at the dojos. “This will help us be strong, I want to try range…”

- Dani -
"Well, I've been in my little beach hut thing, transforming my bedroom into a living area." Dani replied. Dani reached up and took hold of Little Feather's outstretched hand, and hauled himself off the ground. He quickly brushed himself off.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I was worried I would be late for training, so I ran all the way here. At least now I know I'd make a terrible runner in a marathon." Dani said.

"Greetings, Princess Garden." Dani said to Garden with a bow. For some reason, her courtly manners had rubbed off on him. "How are you today?"

However, before Garden could answer, a deep, manly voice rung out.
"Hello Dani." Lion said. Dani looked around, not realizing that Lion was the one who spoke.
"Who's there? Where are you?" he asked.

- Matt -
Fire... Water... The sky... And fear. Lots of fear. These were the only things Matt could remember after he awoke from his... Er... Nap? It wasn't a nap as much as a strange occurrence that causes him to have visions of his past lives.
He looked at his watch, wondering what time it was.
Wait... I've been asleep for an hour? Just sleeping on this random table at this bar. I'm surprised I haven't been drawn on. Not that I'm complaining. Matt thought. He stood up, put his empty cup on the counter, and left the building. He headed along the path towards the training grounds. Unlike the classes at the academy, he had heard that nobody was allowed to skip these classes.

Matt found his way to the training area, and entered one of the dojos. The first thing he saw after his eyes got accustomed to the light was Crash, and his battered up body.
That can't be good. I may be having second thoughts on coming to this dojo instead of the magic training, or the archery. Matt thought with a frown. Nobody had spotted him yet, maybe he had a chance. If he slowly left, maybe he could go over to the ranged dojo. Maybe. He cautiously turned around, and quietly began to make his way out.

- Darwin -
Darwin skipped through the corridors with skittles spilling out of his hand as he popped one after one into his mouth, never to be seen again. Some thoughts went through his head, why were they training him? He already had pro MLG skills like Ryuu. But no one seemed to notice him! Damn...he must be that good. He was like a ninja...super rainbow ninja, jumping from place to place dispatching his enemies with nothing but a muffle. Yes, he was awesome. So there was...skipping through the corridors when suddenly he saw a disturbing sight. "MAAAAAAATT" He called out as he saw him leaving the training centre. "YOU CANT LEAVE! YOU MUST TRAIN! TRAIN, TRAIN, TRAIN! IF you want to be awesome like me, you must train! Now get back in there and kick ass like a duck!" Darwin grinned almost like he was ready to eat Matt. Maybe he tasted like an orange skittle.....

- Yutaka -
"Those are both very good answers," Yutaka nodded, smiling broadly under his mask. Then chuckling he announced, "But the correct answer would be: me!" The teacher himself could almost hear the crickets chirping from his lame joke, but he did have a reason for it. "Now now, before you two start waving that off, consider this. I am the one instructing the two of you, so like Carmen said, I would have advantage over both of you in experience. And I have some weapons accessible to me here that I'm very used to using and, like Kathy said, I'd have the advantage in reach as well."

There was more he wanted to explain, but the loud sounds coming from the wooden ring in the dojo grabbed hold of his attention. "Er..." Yutaka looked at the rough fighting going on there, then at the two girls in front of them. His gaze wandered back and forth for a moment as he wondered which was more important to address. 'Tora knows that he should hold back for a student, right?' Well, he would step in if things went too far but for now he gave his fellow instructor the benefit of the doubt. He gave the two girls his undivided attention again and continued the lesson. "For a unique weapon like your trumpet Carmen, experience itself is probably the best teacher but we can start with this: find a place where you can put both your hands on the trumpet and get a good grip on it. Make sure you can let go at any time you need too though, so don't hook your fingers in anywhere and make sure that your thumb isn't pressed between your hand and the instrument."

Turning to Kathy he continued, "Now because Carmen does have a much longer reach, it'll be better for you to use kicks rather than trying to draw in closer for a punch. Unless you're more used to using your fists?" Seeing her shake her head he nodded, "Perfect. Now I want the two of you to take turns, but first let's have Carmen attack while Kathy defends. Slowly, at first, just get used to the motion and stop before you actually hit each other. Then if you get confident the two of you can start adding some force behind it. Carmen, try to practice swinging up or sideways at Kathy from below. Though most people like to swing up from around the head, it's a lot harder to see attacks coming from below so let's practice those first. And Kathy, when it's your turn to defend then I want you to either dodge while moving closer to Carmen or kick the trumpet off to the side so it doesn't hit you." Taking a couple steps back, Yutaka gave them some space to try it out as he watched the red-haired boy start jogging around the dojo. He looked more like someone who had just picked a fight in the streets than a student under the instruction of a legitimate teacher, but at least he was in one piece and seemed to have the energy to move around still.

It was at this point that Yutaka felt a slight poke from behind. "Hm?" Turning around, he saw an interestingly-dressed fellow (Seven). He probably didn't have any right to comment on anyone's attire because of his own, but he saw the humor in it. "Hello there." He greeted, tilting his head up towards the boy (Seven)."Are you here for training as well?"

- Kathy -
Listening to the oddly violent noises coming from the wooden ring, two thoughts came to Kathy's mind. 'Is Crash alright? Isn't he bleeding?!' And, 'I am really glad I chose Yutaka over Tora now.' Her worry and sympathy went out to Crash, but there was quite a large sense of relief that she was not the victim of those heavy blows.

She nodded, listening carefully to Yutaka's instructions for their own training. Keeping her hands closed into loose fists, she took a stance in front of Carmen with both her hands near her hip and one foot slightly in front of the other, shoulder-length apart. "Ready?" Kathy asked Carmen, waiting for her to make the first move so she could run her defense. She seemed a little distracted though, peeking over at Carmen's shoulder every so often when Crash passed by during his laps. At one point she finally asked him, "Are you alright? What exactly was Tora trying to teach you with all that?"

- Carmen -
Carmen listened to the instructor's words intently. When it was time to mock attack Kathy, she was at a bit of a loss. Her normal trumpet playing position was the most ergonomic way to hold it for playing, but due to the long leadpipe might be completely ineffective for fighting. After a moment of experimentation, she arrived on a grip that placed her left hand on the back bell curve and her right gripping the third valve slide. It allowed her a good range of movement and solid grip with leverage. She also noted that she could also jab a rushing opponent with the leadpipe like using the butt of a gun. Looking positively out of her element, Carmen looked at Kathy. "Ready when you are," she said, noting her interest in Crash running by. When there was a break, she decided to begin. "Okay, here we go," she said audibly at Kathy, making sure she was ready before starting. She moved towards Kathy, holding the trumpet low and horizontally, and began the mock swing, which would ideally come up and connect with Kathy's side.

- Crash -
Crash jolted to a halt regretting the action as he leaned against the wooden side of the dojo, he grinned at Kathy his chest heaving as he sucked in oxygen. “Nope, but nothings broken so that’s always a plus” He commented between pants, his eyes flickering from her to Carmen he touched the back of his neck. “Probably not to be such a cocky git” Crash shrugged at her. “You should see the speed this guy moves at...” He chuckled, apparently not concerned about the violent training session. “Don’t look so worried...Dora’s pretty tame, believe me. I’m still standing” He grinned at her, leaning both his arms on the side looking as if he was in no rush to move instead looking rather...content watching Kathy and Carmen.

- Leroy -
Despite Leroy's promise to see Oona down at the beach, he never really stuck to it and went back to his room instead. It had been more of a casual, 'see you there if I do' kind of situation more than a real promise anyway. And besides, 'Beach Olympics' seemed like something more for people interested in the athletic department. Not people like him who were abnormally thin and preferred more a sedentary lifestyle.

So why exactly was this painter making his way over to the training center? Well, one, he had never really received any formal instruction on using his abilities better. And two, which was his real motives, he was interested to see other peoples' abilities at work. He got to see a few of them back in the auditorium of that chaotic day, but he was sure there was still other interesting powers to observe within the diverse academy. Whistling to himself, he entered the magic dojo and looked around to see what everyone else was doing so far.

- Tora -
Tora tilted his head, watching Crash begin to run a hundred laps. The zombie opened his mouth dumbly before loosely closing it again. Maybe he was doing alright, after all? Tora lost all of his knowledge on how emotions exactly worked, so he could not exactly tell what Crash was feeling. The teacher, however, felt accomplished when Crash met up with some random female student.

Maybe he could teach her how to fight as well. He, however, clearly knew that teaching students one-by-one allowed Tora to properly focus in teaching. With that said, the zombie wondered if the female student was Crash's sister.

Tora immediately stopped caring and began to think about what else he could teach Crash. Maybe he could teach him that "bungee" trick nearly every other combat teacher hated...?

- Ryuu -
Ryuu swiftly delivered a single punch at the training bag he placed in front of him, smashing the very center of it with a surprisingly decent accuracy. Something about his hits, however, felt lacking to him. As much as he enjoyed training, training felt incomplete without a partner. Not that he cared about that particular flaw, anymore. The reason why he always fell behind was because he accepted training alone. Now, he sort of improved on working by himself.

The sunglasses-wearing student lied on his back, simply huffing a disgruntled mumble. The free training area he chose was literally filled with grass, a tree, and several training materials. Ryuu had set up the punching bag by using one of the branches to hang it onto. He aimed to improve his overall stamina and strength to prepare himself for any further "crazy stuff" that could happen to him. After all, some demons- yes, demons- decided to attack the freaking academy he began to attend in. And the entire attack was certainly not part of any "opening ceremony," from what he could tell.

But more than worrying for himself, he felt a little worried about... his family. He wondered if the demons would somehow attack them. Sure, they were pretty strong in their own ways, but there were always those dark thoughts about him losing those he considered to be important to his life. And as much as he hated to admit it, he felt most worried about his sister. She was not particularly the combative type, despite being able to control his "totally-sh-t" attitude when he was younger. The last thing he wanted was to have his family attacked instead of him.

So he needed to get stronger so that he would not need to worry about such matters. Lifting himself up from the ground, Ryuu was about to begin training again before he thought about something.

I need a teacher if I want to learn how to use my powers more efficiently, though.

Ryuu sighed. Admitting that he needed some training in his powers, the otaku reluctantly left the free-training area to the magic dojo.

- Seven -
Seven looked down at the weird man with the mask and gave a tired yawn, still playing with his hair. “Maybe… I don’t know…there is nothing fun to do here!! I need something to kill or something!!” Seven said in a sour mood, like a very grumpy cat. His tail droop down like the only thing that was holding up his body was like a board on his chest. His ears also droop down and her gave out a pathetic mew. “Give me something to do Mask man!! “ Seven shouted at him then lie on his back getting annoyed with boredom, his worst fear water second…boredom.

- Cyber -
Cyber looked at the empty lot but just continue to walk while holding Alistair. As they went closer things began unravel it turned to three big dojos…. “Wow, Man I am ready!!” Cyber said as he ran towards the dojo and looked at each one. “Which one? I think I will go to this one! Come on Alistair!!” He ran to one dojo (Physical) and looked around, punching bags and a fighting match!! It was like a boxing game, Cyber smiled and began to stretch a bit more… maybe he though he could have change but no time for that now! “So Alistair ready? This might help you too!!”

- Kathy -
Seeing that Carmen seemed to be aiming for her side, Kathy decided to dodge instead of kicking the trumpet away. ’Dodge closer to Carmen.’ She repeated in her mind, moving slightly sideways as she took a step towards her. She was beginning to see the point of just having a ‘mock’ spar. Her normal reaction would have been just to jump back, but that would have made her unable to attack Carmen as well. Actually stepping forward while dodging, however, put her past the trumpet’s ideal range and made it easier for her to get a hit into Carmen if she took advantage of the opening quickly enough. “Let’s keep going.” Smiling, she stepped back to the same range as before and readied herself again.

Kathy gave Crash a funny look. “I’d be really worried if you broke anything during training.” She wanted to actually do something to help tend to the bruises forming, but she was in the middle of training herself and didn't want to interrupt Carmen or Crash's valuable training time. Then tilting her head slightly to the side she asked, “A cocky git? Did you do something to rile the teacher up?” She thought that was kind of unlikely, but she didn’t know enough about the interaction between Crash and Tora to make any other conclusions. She let out a laugh at the inaccurate name Crash mentioned, instantly imagining a small cartoon girl with a pink shirt and purple backpack. She laughed, “Dora? I thought you were going to call him Hook?”

Athalia Academy: Season Two - Finding Bael

EH WHATEVER: Stuff 'n' Junk

Summary: Some people begin to decide what to actually do while Crash gets righteously beat up by his instructor.

- Zivon -
Zivon tried to limp back to his assigned house but gave up half way, his sprained ankle was killing him. he did ended up walking towards a training like building...he did remember hearing about a training thing for the student to get better with their abilities... 'Maybe I should go and try... so I won't be a pathetic and lose...' Zivon thought about it as he slowly limped all the way to the building. His low esteem was getting to him and was feeling pretty depressed. He looked at the ocean and smiled gently. It was still a very beautiful view it reminded him of home. He wanted to take a picture but he had no phone... "...Dad would love this view...I wish I could take a picture and show it to him...." Zivon said as watching the ocean, he shook his head and continue to limp until seeing something shiny on the ground. "Huh?" Zivon picked it up, it was a phone... quite fancy looking one too with no damages on it. " Who would lose this? This could cost my entire saving in a year..." Zivon said as he inspected the phone carefully then he clicked a button, it turned on. "Wow...no wonder people like these things..."

- Save -
Save has been bored for a rather long time now since she entered another phone that suddenly disconnected from the internet. She couldn't get out after entering the phone and was lying on the beach for an hour or so ''Why did it have to send me here'' thinking back to what she did before she got here. A few people where talking about cosplay and a guy in girls clothes it all looked rather funny however she couldn't have joined them and let them see her cosplay outfits. When she turned on the speakers of the phone and said a few words she immediately got sent to this hell hole of a phone. Just when she started thinking that no one would ever gonna find this phone she could hear some footsteps coming from the mic the speakers however where still in muted like they where the whole time she tried some thing with them but they just didn't want to make any sound at all. The phone lifted from the sand as she could see the face of a rather young looking boy. The mic must have been damaged by the sand slightly as she could only hear some of his words. She gave a gentle wave at him as he clicked on the home button.

- Zivon -
When the phoned turned on the only thing Ziv could see was a girl...waving at him... "AAaaaahhh!!" Zivon shouted in the girliest scream possible and fell on the ground, landing on his butt. "Ow!!" He shouted as he but his lip from the stinging pain coming from his butt. the phone dropped pretty bad and caused a crack on the screen. "Sh-it..." Zivon cursed slightly but he picked up the phone and stood up, his sprained ankle was killing him but he was trying not to be a cry baby and cry over it. The phone looked pretty damage but he sighed and touched the screen, using his ability he was able to repair the phone to its former great working self. The girl was there and he was too scared to even say anything but give a shy wave, tremble in fear and whimper like a kick puppy. His fear, anxiety and nervousness was getting worse than before, soon enough he felt like he will break.

- Save -
The camera was flipping a few times as Save could hear a cracking girlish squeak. Her head raised up in curiosity she could only see the sand once again. A puff came out of her mouth as the phone was being picked up once again. She folded her arms together and gave a angry look at the person that was watching her she opened up her mouth a few times but still nothing came out. Trying to un-mute the phone again and again but still no results at all. She became pissed at the fact that she couldn't talk anymore and got out a note pad that was on the phone ''You shouldn't drop a phone in the sand'' She typed out quickly before folding her arms once again. She could feel a warm feeling through her body as he touched the screen with his finger and could immediately hear the sea on the beach and everything much more clear. The phone also was connected with the wi-fi on the island now must have been broken when it dropped in the sand for the first time. Looking through more of the advanced options now she tried to find something about the speakers.

- Zivon -
Zivon looked at the girl at the phone as she typed out "You shouldn't drop a phone in the sand'' in a note pad thing. He gave an awkward smile and felt pretty weirded out.. this girl must be something else to able to do that...unless phone have people in them and do that... he wanted to say hello or asked if she was real but every time he tried all came out was silence. 'Stupid! I can't do anything right...ugh....just say it...come one Ziv...don't bail now...' Zivon said to himself in his head but he was still trembling with fear, he was to afraid and his anxiety issues was going through the roof. After that horrible experience with the nymphs... he feared a lot of more thing than before. As he tried to speak he finally able to say something but only word by word while stuttering. "H-i...Th-er..ere.....uum...s-so..rry..." Zivon stuttered out as he started to walk towards the building he was heading earlier too, his ankle hurt him and in was painful enough to deal with emotional self esteem and anxiety... He wanted to cry and go to his dad, cry all day but he tried not too. "U-m...uuh-h....Wh-o-o...ar-re...y-you...?" He asked as if he wanted forgiveness from something.

- Little Feather & Lion -
Little Feather was sat atop Lion just outside of the 3 dojos, she was trying to decide where to go. Neither of them wanted to enter the dojo that seemed to specialize in ranged weapons, the idea of being around 'Boomsticks' did not sit well with Lion after their visit to the city. Just the sounds of the guns alone were causing Little Feather great discomfort, her heart was beating irrationally and she looked positively pale under her face paint. She had changed clothes since the earlier Beach Olympics having met up with Mercy, she was now wearing appropriate training clothes, a dark brown cropped sports top complete with Indian quillwork which Little Feather herself had added and tight khaki shorts for 'aerodynamic movement' whatever that was supposed to mean. "I wish we could find some of the others..." She murmured to Lion, as much as she appreciated his company it would have been nice to interact with another fellow student or two. So far she'd manage to lose track of Dani who she deemed a friend even after knowing him for such a short while and Alistair had left her to go somewhere with Cyber, not that she minded all that much. I'm sure they will be around here somewhere, the sooner we pick somewhere to train the better! Lion grumbled to her, flicking his tail as he caught a few students giving them strange looks. They'd been here long enough you'd of thought people would of grown used to them by them..."Physical, Magic or Free Practice?" Little Feather asked him, playing with her hair idly. She desperately wanted to start training, since it was allowed she wanted to learn how to protect herself better without having to solely depend on her spirit animals...if she was separated from her flute she was defenceless. Her hand fluttered down to her belt touching the hilt of her fathers hunting knife, the one he had given to her such a long time ago she wondered whether she could be taught how to use it if the worst came to the worse. Then there was magic she harnessed a large amount of magic within her, she would be mad not to want to explore it! Perhaps it would help her reconnect with some of her lost spirit animals? Or help her master her healing abilities or expand them? The possibilities were endless in her eyes. She didn't want to visit the 3rd dojo she may allow herself to be convinced but the idea of it made her stomach twist painfully and caused her palms to become clammy. I don't know! You decide Lion growled at her, he didn't want to make the decision he was just along for the ride...well at this moment he was just a form of transport for the Lakota woman upon his back. His nose twitched as he caught the scent of another feline. Hmm...interesting He grumbled as he padded towards the scent without warning Little Feather who almost nose dived off his back, she barely managed to grab his mane and keep herself upright shifting so she was straddling his back properly. "What? Where are we going now?" She asked him grinning as he pulled up next to a familiar looking person. "Hey Garden!" She greeted the other woman, as Lion extended his nose towards the cute kitten held in her arms, his tail swaying behind him.

- Unknown Woman -
A rather sporty looking woman stood in the corner of the dojo, looking down at the ground, mumbling.

"One... Two... Three... Step... Roll... Dodge..."

She looked up when she heard more movement inside the building and watched as the other teachers moved to greet the students. Her unruly red hair was tied up in a ponytail, softly hitting her shoulders. She wore her standard fighting gear, a tight fitting tank top with a minimalistic leather jacket for defense. She had on loose fitting pants with tennis shoes that were light enough that she couldn't really even tell she was wearing them. On either hip, she had two wooden short swords.

It wasn't that she didn't want to go and welcome the students, she just had the belief that if they wanted to learn from her, they needed to seek her out themselves. So, with that, she walked over to her little center and sat down on her pillow, cross legged. She moved her around a bit and then closed her eyes to meditate, keeping a watch on her surroundings mentally.

- Garden -
Garden turned around to hear a familiar voice. It was Lady Little feather and Lion, she remembered seeing and talking to her after that event at the academy. "Hello there Lady little feather and hello to you too Sir Lion" She curtsied to them while still holding Sunflower, he noticed that Sir lion was every interested with Sunflower. The kitten yawned and meow to the very big lion. " Hewwo thewe... you awe a vewy bwig cwat..." Sunflower mewed at Lion while Garden talked to lady little feather. "Excuse me for asking but do you know what to do Lady Little feather, I am kind of confused what is happening here... There is this training event right?" Garden asked to here in a calm yet curious voice. She wanted to train a it only because she can't really fight well. Sunflower looked again to Lion and licked his paw. "So vewy big cwat...you lwook wiewd...weiwdy cwat!" Sunflowed meowed and tried to touch Lion nose. "Oh be careful Sunflower!" Garden tried to make sure the little kitten was not being to rambunctious.

[i] - Tora -
Tora growled, tilting his head as if he were asking Crash if the student was talking to him. After a second's worth of silence, the zombie nodded. He groggily lifted an arm, slowly pointing at what appeared to be a... wooden boxing ring.

Even in death, Tora had a dumb sense of humor.

The zombified man gargled, still pointing at the boxing ring, before smashing his other hand's fist on his chest. His teeth were grinding against each other, and his pale eyes seemed to stare down at Crash. Tora's method of training involved direct contact, which meant that anyone training with him would not only have to deal with his inability to speak, but also the possibility of feeling pretty battered. At the same time, however, he provided one of the most hardcore forms of training.

The man stood still, wondering if Yutaka, or someone, could translate what he wanted to say.

- Yutaka -
Yutaka took the hat and carefully placed it in a corner of the dojo that he didn’t think they would use. Returning to the young lady (Carmen), he smiled at her question, though once again no one would be able to see it under his gas mask. “Not at all. In fact, I’d be a lot better at teaching you how to use odd weapons instead of hand to hand combat.”

Hearing the question directed to both instructors from the red-haired student (Crash), Yutaka tilted his head and answered while nodding, “Of course, that’s why we’re here.” Then he tilted his head over to the other side and made thoughtful humming sort of noise. He glanced at the red-haired student (Crash), the girl that wanted to use her trumpet (Carmen), the purple-haired girl (Kathy), then at Tora. Basically talking to everyone in the dojo he suddenly asked, “By the way, how am I supposed to train you exactly?” For the trumpet girl (Carmen), he thought he should probably start off with some basic theory of how fighting with a weapon was different from being empty handed, but otherwise he literally had nothing really planned out.

He watched was Tora growled out an answer to the red-haired student (Crash) and pointed towards a wooden boxing ring in the dojo. “Tora seems to be saying that he’ll teach the students one-on-one in the ring. Possibly some sparring?” He told the student, turning to Tora for verification of his intent.

- Kathy -
“Ah. I probably don’t understand it completely,” Kathy admitted, “But I think I get a vague idea of what you mean. Basically, because the trumpet itself is manifested to use with your abilities you don’t need to worry about damaging it right?” A weapon though… Technically hand-to-hand combat would have probably been the best option for her to learn, but perhaps there would be merit in learning how to handle a weapon as well. She would have to take that into consideration for training.

Kathy couldn’t help but smile at Crash’s obvious attempt at pretending to be fine. She finally recognized an opening for some teasing, however, she decided to let him get away with this one. Not really out of mercy for Crash though, and more so because she would be poking fun at him at the expense of the instructor. A slight blush came up to her cheeks as he leaned in to whisper by her ear. “Hook?” She repeated, making a small laugh at Tora’s new nickname. It was interesting that Crash decided to go out of his way to talk to that particular instructor since she had thought that Tora’s strange head twisting was what had made all the blood drain out from Crash’s face. “Alright, have fun.” She gave him a funny look at his last statement, wondering if he was treating her like a small child that didn’t want to be separated.

… Kathy did actually like the fact that Crash decided to go out of his way to tell her before suddenly wandering off, but he didn’t need to know that. And neither did Carmen, who was still close by. She looked between the two instructors, wondering who she should go with. Tora was a little intimidating, and Yutaka didn’t even really seem to have anything planned. Thinking that she didn’t really want to go head-to-head with an instructor right off the bat in the confines of a ring, Kathy followed Carmen to see if they could learn a thing or two from the teacher with the gas mask.

- Crash -
Crash didn't notice her blush as he whispered to her though he was glad she found his nickname for the teacher amusing, he was a little nervous about his choice of teacher but he had his reasons he was absolutely positive however this was going to bite him on the ass. He shrugged his shoulders at her as he caught her giving him a funny look he wasn't going to apologize for that. Turning just enough to face both teachers he gave the zombie-ish man his full attention...well most of his attention. Crash watched the zombie nod before groggily lifting his arm towards an arena not far from them, he was about to say something else when the man started hitting his chest with a fist in a fashion he thought wasn't all to dissimilar to Tarzan, if he would just lift the other hand and make ape like noises it would have been spot on. It made an amused grin spread across his face, with the grinding of the zombies teeth and wide pale eyes accompanied by the zombie beating his chest this could easily be mistaken as a challenge in the animal world...He blinked over at Yutaka as he answered his question nodding his head in appreciation of the confirmation, he raised his eyebrow as Yutaka explained what Tora would do. "Sparring sounds like fun, I'm Crash by the way" He introduced himself to Yutaka and Tora giving them a two finger salute. "I'll go wait over there for you Hoo-Tora" He started just about catching himself before he made the mistake of nicknaming the zombie teacher. He exhaled before moving over to the ring that had been pointed out to him, he had no idea what to expect though once the teacher approached he made the mistake of saying. "Don't hold back on me" Which was an invitation for trouble. (Advanced training 4 or 5 xD You know you want to >.>)

- Little Feather & Lion -
Little Feather tilted her head to the side as Garden did her usual strange dipping movement after greeting them, she wasn't entirely sure why she called her 'Lady Little Feather' either. None of the other students did this...Lion on the other hand was rather enjoying his title he gave Garden an appreciative purr. Greetings, Lady Garden Though the girl probably couldn't understand him. "Lion said hello as well" Little Feather smiled, sliding off of the beasts back to stand beside him. Lion watched the kitten stretch and yawn before speaking to him, his ears flickered as he chuckled at the kitten's remark before he replied in a rumbling purr. Greetings ...small one. On the contrary you are a very small cat He flicked his tail, jowels twitching up in mirth. Little Feather smiled at Garden. "Ah well from what I can gather after all the strange happenings around the school, demons showing up buildings being destroyed. The school has decided we need some training" Little Feather explained turning so she was facing the 3 dojos she pointed to the one on the right hand side. "On the right you've got the magic 'dojo'" She put emphasis on the word dojo as she had only recently learnt that word, though she still hadn't a clue what it meant. "In the middle is range training" She shrugged as if she wasn't sure what else to call it. "On the left is physical training" She finished before pointing out another area where a familiar sunglass wearing student was. "I think that area is a free practice area" She smiled, turning back to Garden looking rather proud of herself for remembering it all. "Did you want to go to one of them?" Little Feather couldn't stop herself from following up with that question. Lion lifted the ridge above his eye just barely as the kitten accused him of being a weird cat, he didn't react negatively to being bopped on the nose just tilted his head and nudged the kitten back gently with his nose. On the contrary small one, you're the weird kitty...where exactly did you come from? Lion purred softly to the kitten, Little Feather looked between the two cats finding their conversation rather...odd for less of a better word. "Don't worry, Lion won't hurt him. He's just being curious...aren't you little fella?" Little Feather murmured reaching over to scratch the kitten behind his ears affectionately, silently wondering whether the kitten would pick up on human speech as Lion did or whether he could only understand cat talk.

- Tora -
Tora blinked, wondering if his name was actually "Hook," and the life he had been spending was all a lie. Nevertheless, the zombified teacher seemed satisfied when Crash went inside the ring. Though, from what the teacher could tell, Crash wanted some good training. Tora did not know just how strong Crash was, but he felt the need to assist Crash in training by kicking his a-s.

Well, he did not know how to train people well other than the usage of that method, anyway.

The teacher threw his hooks toward the ring, letting them fiercely create two holes on the cornerstands. He then flew up in the air, dragging his body toward the center of the ring, before letting the hooks leave the corners. Spiraling in the air, Tora harshly landed on the ring with his feet, his back facing Crash. He felt quite happy to finally earn the chance to spar with someone!

Tora's head snapped backward- then his torso, which was followed shortly by his legs. The fallen martial artist wanted to put passion into teaching this life-filled student, who... probably... had the chance to utilize whatever potential he had within him. So far, Tora was enjoying this particular student's confidence. Confidence was what let Tora begin physical training as well, after all.

Tora decided to immediately begin "Advanced Training Number Five."

Groaning with his empty eyes directly facing toward Crash, the undead martial artist began to spin both of his hooks. He did so in a fashion he would use for nunchucks, except hooks acted far more differently than nunchucks. Tora came up with how to perform Crash's first lesson under his guidance, but Crash himself needed to at least show that he was willing to train. Tora began to inhumanely twist his body, letting his hooks create a very simple shield that could be broken easily. Getting hit by the hooks would hurt a little, however...

- Carmen -
Carmen looked a little puzzled when the gas mask teacher (Yutaka) responded to her query. "Well...I figured you'd be able to tell me," she said with a shrug. "I typically use this [gesturing with the trumpet] as a long-range weapon. It matches my ability, you see. But as it is unbreakable by conventional means, I want to also explore what it can do as a melee weapon," she explained. "I would be happy to learn empty handed techniques as well though. I just want to train, you know?" she said with a cocking of the head.

Quickly turning to Kathy, she realized her hands were quite full on the conversation front as Kathy asked about her trumpet. She smiled at Kathy's guess. "You've got it," she replied. "It's not a traditional instrument by any means. I'm quite defenseless without it," she admitted.

"...which is why I'd like to train," she said, turning back towards the gas mask teacher. "When can I start?" she asked, a bright smile on her face and eagerness in her eyes.

- Unknown Woman (Annie) -
Annie opened her eyes a peek when she overheard a girl speaking about using a trumpet as a weapon. She closed them again almost immediately after seeing the girl had her trumpet. A trumpet... What an interesting choice of weapon...

- Crash -
Crash had tucked his hands inside his short pockets as he waited for the teacher to enter the training ring, he was rather curious as to how Hook...Tora even was going to train him, he grimaced for a moment thinking back to the 'training' he had endured over the two week break before coming to the island. Training? More like human punch bag He physically jumped as the two hooks created holes on the cornerstands. HK quote comes to mind here He swallowed as the teacher flew into the air spiraling towards him before landing with a thud in front of him his back turned towards him, by now he'd dropped back into a defensive stance. The color drained from his face a second time as Tora manipulated his body to face him instead of just turning like a...normal person. OK you can do this... Crash thought to himself, rolling his shoulders and smiling lightly at the zombieish man. He shifted backwards crimson eyes focused on the man in front of him watching him spin his hooks like...nunchucks?! He bounced back on the balls of his feet watching the teacher for an indication on what he expected him to do. "Do you just want me to attack you?" He questioned the teacher, carefully stepping to his right as if to circled the zombie his eyes seeking out a weakness in his shield. Upon hearing no reply from the teacher the shapeshifter took a deep breath before propelling himself forward jumping into the air deciding to put his new athleticism to use as he twisted forward into a front flip sailing over the top of the hooks and landing behind Tora jutting forward aiming to slam his shoulder into his back though he didn't put a great amount of force into it. He hopped back grinning at Tora as if he thought it was just a simple exercise...

- Dani -
Dani finished rearranging his room to become less of a bedroom, and more of a living room, as ghosts don't actually sleep. He then looked at his clock.
"Oh, nuts! I'm going to be late for training!" he exclaimed, and shot out of the tiny beach hut.

Dani ran along the dirt path that lead to the training grounds, but fell panting to the ground right outside of it. He turned around onto his back and lay there for a while, calming down. He really needed to get back into shape.
Then he realized that he wasn't the only one right outside the training area.
"Hello," Dani huffed up at Garden and Little Feather.

- Tora -
Right when Tora's shoulder was hit, the combat teacher suddenly threw his hooks back towards himself, catching them expertly. The zombified martial artist suddenly lurched toward Crash with swift speed, almost breaking his own neck. With that said, Tora literally sent one of his feet directly towards Crash's face so quickly, he accidentally let go of one of his hooks. The hook caught Crash in midair and, not knowing that he caught the student, Tora spun towards the ground, smashing the ring's interior with his fists. His hooks immediately crashed into the wooden ring as well.

Tora wondered if he did not do it hard enough, so right after the entire attack, the zombie backed away from Crash, finally entering one of his standard martial arts: the Dragon.

- Yutaka -
Yutaka made a thoughtful sound. Looking between the two ladies, he snapped his fingers. “Let’s start off with some theories then.” Turning to the purple-haired girl (Kathy) he asked, “What about you miss?” Looking at the instructor Kathy replied, “I’m interested in hand-to-hand combat.”

He made a thoughtful sound, wondering how he could integrate both their interests. Snapping his fingers, Yutaka exclaimed, “I know! We can do a mock sparring!” Kathy frowned a little at his words. ‘Do all the teachers intend to make us spar?’ She wondered. Noticing her expression, he reassured her, “Don’t worry. I’m not actually going to make the two of you actually exchange blows. Just stand in front of each other for now and you’ll see what I mean.”

- Kathy -
As instructed, Kathy went to stand in front of Carmen. Yutaka directed them so that they were about 1.5 metres away from each other. “Would the two of you please tell me your names?” He asked. She nodded and replied, “I’m Kathy, and this is Carmen.” The instructor smiled and greeted once more, “Nice to meet you both. Now, at this distance who do the two of you think has the advantage and why?”

Kathy thought about it for a minute. "Carmen would, right? Since she has a weapon, so I think she has a longer reach than me, giving her an advantage." Yutaka nodded, though he didn't affirm or correct Kathy. "And you miss?" He asked, turning to Carmen.

- Crash -
Crash had been far too cocky for his own good, he was completely unprepared was the teacher's lightning reactions, he had barely stepped back before Tora's foot connected with his chin sending him flying into the air, regaining his wits he twisted in midair grunting as the hook curled around his shoulder piercing the joint apart from the obvious pain the student was more concerned about the fact if he was in the air he had to come down. He exclaimed loudly gripping the hooks chains as Tora spiraled towards the ground, tugging him down with him, straight into the side of the arena with an almighty crash...which was quite fitting for the red haired shapeshifter. Who hit the wood so hard he winded himself, as the dust cleared from around him Tora was able to see the student remove his hook from his shoulder as he got to his feet already looking like he'd just been dragged through several holly bushes and used as a pillow by an angry cat. "Right...So...you're quite serious about this" Crash spluttered, spitting a mouthful of blood onto the floor as he lifted himself up onto one knee, groaning as he wiped his mouth on the back of his hand pulling himself to his feet wincing at the pain that coursed through his gut. "Argh, I'm going to feel that in the morning" He murmured, shaking out his hands before rolling his shoulders, smirking at Tora as a few wisps of purple smoke appeared on his shoulders.

Whilst the teacher was waiting patiently Crash's form begun to change, mostly noticeable when his hair changed color , growing out to his shoulders and turning a dark blonde in color his facial features became more angular and his body buffed out until an unrecognizable man stood in front of teacher he brushed himself down, a little upset the transformation had ripped his shirt...yet again Tora's attack had ruined it anyway. The cuts and bruises apparent on his torso had already begun to heal, as the man smiled at Tora. "Round 2?" He asked, his voice deeper than normal and carrying a rather distinctive highlander accent as he turned side on to zombieish man falling back into a defensive stance.

Athalia Academy: Season Two - Finding Bael

EXTREMELY EXTREME COLLAB CHAPTER WHO CARES PART I DUNNO: It's Training, It's Pouring

Summary: The Beach Olympics have concluded and the second chunk of Season Two has begun, where the students head over to three dojos to train. In keeping with the geographical trend on Destiny Island, the dojos are reasonably close from the Beach Olympics course, which is reasonably close to the pool, which is reasonably close to the central resort building thing, which is reasonably close to the bar, which is reasonably close to the water, which is reasonably close to the dojos.

- Intro -
Fists of fury burst yet another sandbag, leaving it lifeless on top of cold stone. Firearms screamed through the air, blasting apart targets one-by-one. Magic spells filled to the brim with power caused training dummies to literally vanish, though some of them were obviously spared for later use. A water fountain sat in the middle between these three sources of power.

After a (literally) eventful day on Destiny Island, Athalia Academy's students had been sent to train under the academy's supervision. If the students were to face the sources of dangers that threatened their lives, they wold need to learn how to harness their strengths. While they could certainly not accomplish that within a single day, training was certainly not an optional choice in the current situation.

There were three "dojos" (all of them have different appearances) that contained teachers, though there were also free practice grounds that students could independently train in. The training grounds in its entirety was located a little away from the beach, but far enough to prevent people from noticing them. A spell had been cast so that bystanders unrelated to Athalia Academy would only be able to see an illusion image of an empty, locked building site.

- Nikola -
Nikola fired a Desert Eagle straight through three targets, simply tossing the firearm away before picking up a Glock 18 on a metal table in front of him. After testing out all of the weapons- getting perfect shots in the entire process- the cybernetically-modified human began to read through some of the reportings of the demons that had been spotted so far. The man himself preferred not to teach (the irony) a bunch of children how to shoot guns, but at the same time, he did not want any student to die. He would get the blame, and that would mean that not many people would try to help him out through funds and payment. He hated how reputations worked, sometimes.

- Madame Serena -
The magic dojo, from the outside a plain looking building open those steel doors and be prepared for an unexpected surprise, once you've passed the threshold the empty warehouse becomes a intricately designed library with magic practically buzzing through the air! A shiny well kept marble floor leads the way into the library, with intricately decorated wooden shelves lining either side of the room stacked from floor to ceiling with various tomes, though there were no ladders visible to access the top levels. High ceilings decorated with pastel colored paintings of mythical beasts dancing across the cream ceilings, majestic griffins and unicorns trailed down circular white stone pillars that lined the room separating the bookshelves from the large open space at the center of the library. Small spheres of light floated peacefully through the air leaving thin trails of powder blue smoke behind them as they sailed around the room. At the far end of the spacious hallway was a circular room with a huge oak table sat at its center cluttered with many glass jars and steamy pots, smaller tables were carefully laid out around it with chairs tucked under them a cauldron sat atop each table with books placed either side of it.

Madame Serena hummed softly to herself gliding across the magic dojo, the elderly woman moved over to a table covered in jars and steaming pots, various tubes and apparatus added to the clutter. Today she had placed wooden field dummies alongside the stone pillars, though apart from that the old witch hadn’t given any other indication of what she would be teaching.

- Tora -
A growl echoed from the man within the wood-covered dojo, his pale eyes peering into an abyss of nothingness. It had been quite a while since he had lost his humanity, and even now, he lacked the ability to think like a human being. But while he failed to retrieve his soul for the time being, his lifeless reincarnation trained to become a teacher of fighting. No more did he need to use words, for now, his martial arts demonstrated who he truly was, even before becoming a cursed zombie.

The man swung around his hooks violently, decapitating five dummies effortlessly. He then smashed each and every one of the heads back up into the air, jumping up to reach the height of the heads. He then, creating a massive arc with a single leg. The zombified martial artist effortlessly smashed the airborne objects - with a single strike - toward the respective bodies they popped up from.

The man landed on the ground before cleaning up the place again. Another advantage in being a zombie was that he did not know what "annoying" felt like. Tora growled like a dog before sitting down.

- Yutaka -
Yutaka watched the fellow teacher (Tora) smash through the dummies with ease, just leaning back against the wall and relaxing before the students joined in. "Smile Tora, smile." He chuckled, "You are going to scare the students at this rate." On the other hand, it would probably be better if Yutaka tensed up a bit. He didn't look someone ready to teach the students about combat at all.

In fact, the mask he had chosen to wear that day was a black gas mask. So forget about looking like a teacher... Everything about him was just screaming 'suspicious' character. He was better prepared than usual though. In a corner of the room there was a large pile of white sheets that Yutaka intended to manipulate to give the students a moving target if they wanted to practice against them.

- Tora -
Tora turned to Yutaka. He tilted his head in curiosity before attempting to smile like the fellow teacher told him to.

It turned out that he was already smiling. With that said, Tora decided to - humorously - slap a single training dummy. Even then, the dummy looked like it would explode at any time soon due to how much power he could not contain within himself.

- Carmen -
Carmen had certainly enjoyed herself during the Beach Olympics, but she wanted to be at least a little productive during her stay on Destiny Island. Luckily, the general student population all elected to go train, somehow all at the same time, and she found herself making her way towards the dojos. Stopping by her house to pick up her trumpet, she quickly made her way to the dojo area. It had been odd spending this whole time without her trumpet, but at the same time kind of nice to be an - almost - ordinary girl. Well, ordinary other than her extremely sophisticated fashion sense. Obviously.

She decided to wait at the entrances of the three dojos for some people she recognized to show up. She knew she wanted to try all three dojos as well as the free practice room, but she had no idea which one to start with so she figured she'd let somebody else decide for her.

- Crash -
Crash had been released! Not that he had anything to complain about, whilst in puppy form Kathy had practically hugged him the whole time...he wasn't sure whether that was to stop him from chasing Seven though...Deciding that four legs were better than two and probably far more stable, he had shifted into a large crimson pelted wolf, sprinting across the sand heading towards the training area kicking up sand as he went. The only problem with this form of travel was it was fast and Crash's reaction times were not the best in the world, once he began to weave through students it was only a matter of time before he collided with something. In this particular instance, the shapeshifter had tripped over someone's shoe stumbling forward he'd been unable to keep his balance and in an attempt to stay upright had shifted into an armadillo curling into a protective ball...which wasn't his best idea as the hard red shell made him look like a giant dodgeball. He was kicked from one place to the next by a small throng of students very much as if he was a pinball in a pinball machine. As soon as he was flicked into the air he shifted a third time adopting a flying squirrel form he zigzagged his way towards a very familiar hat well there were quite a few actually all kind of blurring together, tilting down slightly he zoomed towards the sand at Carmen's feet shifting back into his human form a smidgen to early and practically face planting into the sand in front of her. "...Eurgh...why do I do these things?" He groaned to himself as he rolled onto his back his eyes not all that dissimilar to spinning discs. "Hey Carmen" He grinned at the multiple Carmen's stood behind his head, he was currently wearing a plain white T-shirt and a pair of cargo khaki shorts.

- Kathy -
Kathy was actually more than happy to go for training. She enjoyed physical activity. And more importantly, she wanted to become stronger. The party, the next day at the auditorium, and even during her stay back at her parents’ house… She was honestly beginning to feel like nothing more than a damsel in distress (minus being the main victim of the story) and the idea of that irritated her to no end.

Before making her way to the training center though, she stopped by the small house she was assigned to and changed into a pair of black gym shorts and a white tank top. Kathy also grabbed a small hair tie and went to the mirror to fix her hair up into a ponytail. And to her surprise... "It's purple..?!" Somewhere between her transition from the beach to her room, her hair had changed from blue to purple. Surprised, she ran her fingers through it again. "... Just how does Darwin's powers work exactly?" She wondered aloud, then got back to tying her hair up into a ponytail.

Leaving her house, Kathy went to the training center and joined the crowd of students gathering around there. It seemed a lot of them were talking amongst each other and discussing where they wanted to go, but she had already made up her mind and pushed through the crowd with a few apologizes to make her way towards the physical training dojo. On her way there, she came across a bit of open space without too many students and saw a very difficult-to-ignore hat there. At the next minute, she also noticed the familiar mess of red hair at Carmen's feet. "Hey you two." She greeted. With a slight chuckle, Kathy shook her head at Crash and added, "You did pretty well in heels. Here I was thinking you got a bit better at this 'walking' business."

- Ryuu -
A certain otaku believed that training would be the best part of the trip. Sure, there were lots of "cosmetics" that severely distracted his intentions, but nevertheless, he finally made it. Some training would help him stop getting destroyed by everything. Also, he needed to get stronger to completely stay up all night watching anime for two weeks without moving at all. That would literally make him a complete man.

Aside from the dumber reasons he had in training whole-heartedly, the otaku actually wanted to learn everything the training grounds had to offer. Training in magic might allow him to learn how to create more items that can utilize his plasma, training in physical power would increase his stamina, and possibly increase his power output in general. Ryuu actually considered taking a quick ride in using ranged weapons if he succeeded greatly in his magic class, though he personally doubted that he would be able to start casting Touhou-esque bullet hell abilities.

Ryuu wore his regular outfit, but the most noticeable difference was the fact that he changed his sunglasses. They were, right at the moment, bright blue. Other than the ocular accessory, however, nothing in particular changed about him. He got quite surprised on how he ranked second in the cross-dress obstacle course.

He actually sort of liked being a Sailor Mini for some odd reason. The sunglasses-wearing student would never try to wear a seifuku again, though.

"Alright," the otaku said, entering the training grounds. "Time to learn how to kick some... stuff."

Ryuu was forced to censor his own words due to a girl walking by him. After she moved past him, the otaku corrected his sentence as he said to himself,

"A-s."

Entering the training grounds, Ryuu headed immediately toward a free practice zone, exercising as much as he could before he began his training.

- Carmen -
Carmen was, understandably, startled by Crash's entrance. Although she missed most of the sequence including the pinball game, she did see a flying squirrel barreling towards her, clumsily crashing in front of her as it became Crash. "He...llo?" responded Carmen to Crash's greeting. She was a little unsure on how to react to that entrance but it had made her chuckle, and she was certainly enjoying herself now that she had company. Barely seconds later, the redhead named Kathy showed up. Carmen looked back and forth a couple of times. "Wherever one of you goes, the other is always not too far away," she observed. "It's cute," she said adamantly. Anticipating Code Red (aka extreme blushing), she quickly moved it along. "So, I'm assuming you're here to train like I am. I must confess that I am at a loss as to which dojo to enter first...do you two have any ideas?"

- Crash -
Crash blinked up at Carmen hearing her respond to him, watching the three outlines of her finally merge into one he was able to sit up brushing sand from his hair he turned round to face her with an apologetic grin glancing to the side as he heard Kathy's voice. He sat back on his feet, lifting his hand to the back of his neck looking sheepishly up at Kathy "Walking wasn't the problem...apparently I'm not made for flying" Crash grinned though it didn't last long before he practically bounced to his feet, blinking at Kathy's new hair color. "What...happened to your hair?" He queried, once again reaching out to touch a section of it, the tip of her pony tail as if checking to see if the color would come out on his fingertips. He would be lying if he said he didn't like the purple look...he was biased on the color, he looked back over at Carmen as she spoke. His eyebrows shot up at the observation, puffing his cheeks out before exhaling and rubbing the back of his neck taking a small step back when he realized he'd invaded Kathy's space, code red activated with the 'cute' comment as his cheeks flushed a similar color to his hair. "Erm...I...err" Crash struggled over his words, going for a sheepish grin instead. Though Carmen's next question was one he could answer confidently. "You would be correct" He smiled at her, looking over at the 3 dojos he reached a hand to his face gripping his jaw as he thought it over. "Physical training...its got to be the safest place for me personally. I'd rather not go alone, would you two ladies consider accompanying me?" He asked the pair innocently, a warm smile on his face.

- Kathy -
"Flying?" Kathy repeated, a little confused by the statement. She had apparently not seen the mini fiasco Crash went through this time. Her blood actually began rushing up to her face before she was fully conscious of the fact the shapeshifter had reached out to touch her hair again. "N-Not sure..." She stuttered. Then clearing her throat, she continued, "It was just like that when I went back to the assigned housing."

If she recalled correctly (and in all honesty she was pretty sure she did), Kathy knew that Crash's favourite colour was the same as her own. Purple. She did like the familiarity of her natural hair colour, but she thought that perhaps going with something different temporarily (hopefully) would not be a bad idea. "It's not bad right..?" She asked, looking up at him with one hand on her cheek as she tried to cool herself down.

Listening to Carmen's observations, however, the colour came right back to her cheeks. "T-To be fair, quite a lot of students are here." She answered back, perhaps a little too quickly. Letting out a sigh, she placed both hands on either side of her face to hide the redness there. Quite glad to move onto to another topic of conversation, Kathy answered both of their inquiries at the same time. "That's where I was headed actually, the dojo for physical training. So I'd be happy to go with you." She glanced over at Carmen for a moment, hoping the girl would not get the wrong idea about that. "Are you coming too Carmen?"

- Carmen -
Carmen let out a laugh as Crash and Kathy's faces lit up right on cue. Code Red had been achieved. But, her instant move on had worked, and the conversation hadn't ground to a halt. An awkward halt. So, even though that would have certainly been enjoyable for Carmen, she was glad to move along, because she wanted to train. Both Crash and Kathy stated that they were going to physical training, Crash even asking in a way that was a Carmen level of formality. "I'd love to accompany you two, thank you for the offer," she replied, smiling warmly at them. "I need to improve my melee skills with this trumpet, anyway. And perhaps I can learn a thing or two about hand-to-hand combat as well. But for now, shall we go in?" she said, walking towards the entrance, with Crash and Kathy following.

Walking into the dojo, the three were greeted by a group of students in front of her and two instructor-looking types. One appeared to be...dead? Carmen had read about zombies but had never seen one or gave them much thought. He certainly seemed like the fighting type. The other was wearing a...gas mask? Now Carmen was at least a little bit confused, but...she reminded herself that the abnormal was normal here, so shrugged it aside. She wondered if "physical" included melee weapons or exclusively hand-to-hand...either way, she could learn something. If not, there were two other dojos and a free room to occupy her.

- Tora -
Tora froze when he heard several people entering the dojo. Actually, a considerable amount of people entered the dojo, though he was not exactly surprised. After all, he did not exactly have any emotions right at the moment. With that said, the zombie let his head completely twist around, letting him see several students behind him. The zombie remembered what the staff members told him to do.

He waved at the students. Some of them flat-out tried to ignore what they saw. Growling mindlessly, Tora grabbed his head, snapping it back into its proper position, before walking around the dojo. He moaned, his eyes lolling around. The zombie set up another punching bag before walking away from it, his hooks ominously following his path.

- Crash -
Crash tilted his head to the side. “Yeah...long story” He chuckled, completely oblivious to how nervous his proximity to Kathy made her. “Hmm” Crash hummed, retracting his hand with a thoughtful look on his face. “It’s not bad, I like it better than the blue but not as much as your normal color” He decided on saying, giving her his trademark smile though there was a twinkle in his eye as he spoke. Crash looked around at the other students as Kathy mentioned there were quite a few of them, he hadn’t actually noticed how busy it was...His face lit up as Kathy agreed to go with him, he turned his crimson gaze to Carmen unashamed of his puppy dog eyed look as Kathy asked her if she was coming as well. At her courteous agreement he grinned happily at the pair, stepping aside he motioned for them to pass hi. “Ladies first” He smiled following along behind the two women. He was pleasantly surprised by the simple layout of the dojo, he tucked his hands into his pockets his height giving him an advantage as he was able to see over the top of the small crowd gathered in front of them, he frowned as his eyes rested on a man wearing a gas mask who he could only assume was a teacher A gas mask? What the hell have they got planned? Call him suspicious but as far as he knew a gas mask wasn't a casual accessory. His eyes then drifted to the other man in front of them, watching as the man's head turned all the way around the color actually drained from Crash's face and he shivered involuntary, looking positively green. Wh-what?! How is that...eurgh...don't you dare He felt his stomach twist as the man snapped his head back into place, shivering again. Its like something from the Exorcist... Apparently there was a reason for his reaction. "...well...this looks interesting" He half grinned the color slowly returning to his face.

- Yutaka -
“Welcome!” Yutaka greeted them with a deep and warm voice, smiling under his mask though the students couldn’t see. Looking at the girl with an extremely large hat (Carmen), he clapped his hands together once and commented, “That’s a wonderful hat you have there Miss. It may be damaged while you’re training though, would you like me to leave it somewhere where it’s safe?”

Yutaka didn’t really think turning heads 180 degrees was the best way to greet the students either, but at least Tora seemed to be trying to help out. “I’m Mr. Ito, or Yutaka if you prefer to just be friendly. And the interesting instructor over there is Tora. We’ll be helping all of you with some physical training.”

- Kathy -
‘He likes my original hair colour..?’ Kathy thought. Her blush didn’t get much worse, though she could actually feel her pulse rise a bit. It could have very well been in comparison to the purple hair she had right now but it made her happy to hear that. Being able to see Crash smile at her in his usual way also added to the good mood she was feeling now.

“With your trumpet?” Kathy asked with surprise. “Is that alright? What if you damage the instrument?” She gave her a moment to respond before Carmen asked to go inside. Nodding to her, she went inside with Carmen as she gave a smile at Crash’s courteous actions.

Inside the dojo, there were three surprises for them. One, someone that seemed to have come right out of a first-person zombie shooting game with his head turned all the way back in an impossible angle. Two, another person greeting them in Japanese clothes and a gas mask. Three, the fact two such strange individuals were standing in front of them and seemed to be their instructors for the training. Having adjust to the oddities of Athalia, however, she took in a deep breath and didn't think too much about it. Kathy looked over to see how Carmen and Crash were faring. Carmen seemed to be fine but... Crash looked ready to lose the fruit loops he had eaten a while back. "You alright?" She asked. Watching the one introduced as Tora set up sand bags, she waited to see what the teachers had planned for them.

- Carmen -
Carmen smiled at Kathy's concern for her trumpet. "Oh, it's quite impossible to damage it. It's not exactly a normal instrument," she explained. "Essentially, it's a human manifestation of the vehicle for using my abilities, just as I am currently a human manifestation of my pure form." She ended the explanation there, but it got her thinking. Maybe I can make my pure form useful, she thought. Perhaps the magic instructor can help me with that? For now, she would stick with Crash and Kathy.

The instructor with the gas mask noticed her because of her hat, and offered to store it for her. In this instance she didn't object to taking it off for a number of reasons:

1. She was training. Gas mask man was right; it was not a supernatural hat like her trumpet was, and it would undoubtedly get damaged. And we just couldn't have that.
2. People could see her wonderful hair again.
3. It was a nice change to be able to see above her a little bit.

So, without hesitation she walked over to him and handed the hat over, saying "Thank you" with a pleasant smile. While they had each other's attention, she also took the liberty of asking him about the parameters. "So...would you be able to train me on how to better utilize this [holding up her trumpet] as a melee weapon? Or is this dojo limited only to hand-to-hand combat techniques?" She hoped dearly that he could help her with her melee technique, but would still be able to get use out of hand-to-hand instruction.

- Tora -
Tora groaned, finishing setting up several more punching bags. Having completed his extremely simplistic task, the cursed teacher simply turned to Yutaka. There were several students standing nearby his fellow teacher.

The combat teacher instinctively dragged himself toward the other teacher. No words came out of his mouth: instead, inaudible grumbles slid out of him. Tora limped, and walked, until he finally reached Yutaka. He had been dragging the loose hooks chained around his arms.

The zombie simply stared at the students, looking at Yutaka, then at the students again. He continued this pattern of... staring.

- Melanie -
Melanie knew she had forgotten something...but she had only just remembered that the thing she had firgotten was teaching... She literally sped into the dojo carrying a pile of training books and what-not. She put the pile down and approached the other teachers with a cute but nervous smile. "Sorry I'm late, forgot where the dojo was" she said grinning at the other teachers before turning to the other students, keeping an eye out for......vampires.

- Crash -
Crash was also curious about Carmen’s trumpet...he remembered the last time he’d seen her use it, she had blasted a Demon and a Dragon, it had been insanely impressive. Her explanation left him reeling however he had failed to follow it...

He looked at the man wearing Japanese clothes and a gas mask as he introduced himself, he chose to refer to him as Yutaka. Chuckling as he offered to keep Carmen’s hat safe for her during the training, he glanced at Kathy as she asked him if he was alright. “Just peachy” He answered her with a somewhat strained smile, he was terrible at lying but he wasn’t quite sure his masculine pride would allow him to admit his reasoning’s. He watched the zombie like teacher drag himself towards the group, apparently unbothered by him now although he was curious as to how he was going to train them. Curious enough to find out...He pulled up behind Kathy leaning forward to whisper in her ear instead of shouting across the excited chatter of the other students. "I'm going to talk to Hook" He told her in a low voice jutting his chin towards the zombie man. "Not abandoning you, I'll be back" He grinned cheekily, unintentionally implying Kathy would be bothered with him moving away...With that he shifted around her and approached the two teachers. "Hey, are you going to be teaching us anything today?" He asked the zombie-ish man, though glanced at Yutaka in case he answered as well.

- Seven -
Seven just smiled silently then ran off to sleep underneath a tree. Upon waking up he gave out a loud yawn, he turned back human and of course was naked but he just "borrow some clothes at a store" A light blue tank top, a short denim shirt with leggings and a pair of pink rubber shoes. He oddly remember that there was a training thing happening and her was curious about it. "Right....training thing...eh I have been eating too much I don't want to get flabby like Mr.Lion well time to have fun!" Seven did a couple of flips and twirl until reaching a place with lots of students. "Huh? Dojo thingy? Well lets go!!" He ran quick ans agile as possible in a way he looked a ballerina, gracefully avoiding any contact. Once he had entered one dojo with looks like a lot of training bags (physical), he yawned immediately and lay on the floor sleeping a bit.... he had no idea what to do... he was bored already.

- Garden -
Garden was glad the vent was over because it was so much fun! And she have a new friend too called Sunflower the kitten. Since everything was over she saw some student going somewhere... it was like a weird training center of some sort. She was curious of going but first wanted to change because...she wasn't going to wear that for the whole day. She went into a changing booth with sunflower and started to change. She didn't need clothes, using her ability she can create clothes and underwear out of petals and flowers. The material is strong so it just like any other clothing. She turned the blue flowered swimsuit into a light blue dress with light blue and white flowers scattered on the dress. It was more movable than the swimsuit. She picked up Sunflower and left the changing booth then headed towards the weird buildings...she had no idea what to do but wait outside, She didn't know which training thing to go so she just petted Sunflower.

Moon's Tale (DrivingPark x HylianRose)

"I don't really mind it, actually," he responded to Claire. "I've in the water a lot. It's actually kind of nice to just look at it for a change." After a pause, he continued. "Plus, I get to go in after hours. Today I just decided to take a walk...and look where that ended up," he finished playfully.

He heard Claire's voice get...flustered? when she answered his question. He would try his best not to let that cause him to get flustered, though he was in a volatile state and thus prone to do so. He took a mental deep breath and began to respond. "Well um...normal is boring anyway," he said. Doing ok so far. "And...who do you know that's actually, you know, totally normal?" You're losing it man, keep it together! "I think being abnormal is what makes us unique..." he said. And...off the rails, he thought, visibly facepalming. "Sorry, that was...cheesy," he said, managing a meek smile.

He thought it best to move it on to her question, noticing that so far he'd asked the questions and she'd just said "what about you?" I guess that's bound to happen in a Q&A like this, he thought. "Well, I um...I'm not really musical, so your singing already beats me out. I've always wanted to learn an instrument or something though. Maybe a ukelele or something easy like that...one day," he said as much to himself as to her. "Other than that, I uh..." he floundered, trying to think of something that he actually did to make his existence meaningful other than being a lifeguard. "Um..." At this point he actually stopped walking, trying desperately to think of something. "...I don't really do much of anything, I guess," he admitted defeatedly. "I wanted to get out of the house to find myself, and I still kind of haven't. Even with all that time in the chair to think," he finished. He shrugged, trying to keep the mood positive. "But I still have plenty of time, right?" he said, managing to smile at her.

Across Broken Skies [Ace Combat inspired RP]

Miyoshi flew in silence to the carrier. For one, there wasn't much to say, but she was also thinking about Overwatch's words about how the entire attack was merely a diversion. She wondered where the squadron would be sent next, and if for the entirely of the war they would merely be playing defense, trying to prevent the UN forces from being completely wiped out by the UNWO attacks.

As the squadron entered the carrier's control range, Miyoshi expected a normal aircraft carrier, like the ones she had landed on many times while in Japan. What she was greeted with was far different, appearing more like something out a science fiction novel than an aircraft carrier. In addition, the squadron learned that it would have to land going head on for the carrier. Mistakes, it seemed, would be a one-way ticket to Heaven. Worse, Miyoshi had carrier experience, but never flying something as massive as her Foxbat - even her lightened, combat-ready, carrier capable Foxbat. At best, the ride would be hairy. It seemed the squadron was developing a trend of doing a few practice flybys before actually attempting the landing, and Miyoshi gladly followed suit. After she was as prepared and confident as she thought she would become, she began her final approach.

Remaining completely silent as she bled altitude and airspeed, she soon had her landing gear down and began to pitch up, feeding a little power sporadically when necessary. Fortunately, she stuck the landing, catching an arrestor cable and safely decelerating. The plane was towed to the elevator as Miyoshi began powering down, and was soon in the hangar. It was definitely more cramped than a normal carrier, as her squadron mates had already observed. Arriving at a complete stop, she climbed out of her plane which was by now completely powered down, glancing at the rear tail and patting the fuselage twice as she went down.

Looking around and seeing the two other Excaliburs that had already landed, Miyoshi stood idle and did what they seemed to be doing - watching the rest of the squadron land.

Athalia Academy: Season Two - Finding Bael

:O Ara B! Carmen will have to run in to her at some point :D

Athalia Academy: Season Two - Finding Bael

I attempted to get on the Etherpad on my phone...did not go very well. What've I missed?

Across Broken Skies [Ace Combat inspired RP]

Miyoshi observed the last Bear going up in an extraordinarily large explosion. It was, perhaps, a fitting firework to end the squadron's first sortie together. She was far away from the rest of the squadron, having successfully chased down the cruise missiles, so she had a bit more ground to cover. Putting her plane into a lazy series of turns, she found her way to her flight lead's six. Listening to Overwatch and Excalibur One give their sitreps and air debriefings, Miyoshi couldn't help but smile as she looked around and saw the rest of the squadron forming up around her. It was such a random hodgepodge of planes and pilots from all over the world who had never flown together before, and yet they had succeeded in thwarting a deadly attack force. Sure, each one of them was a very skilled pilot, but it had still come together remarkably well, and she and her Foxbat had provided a crucial piece of the puzzle.

Athalia Academy: Season Two - Finding Bael

Hey guys, just so you know. We're getting pulverized with severe thunderstorms right now, so if the power goes out I might be out of commission for a while.