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Blood Act I~ Ghosts of the Past

Coco+Lucilia

Lucilia sighed as the demonstrations were coming to a close. That was a close call, but she feared that the night ended on a negative note. She worried about the amount of students who might leave the college if they remembered what Satori had done. But Lucilia's worries were not over yet. Shortly before she began to return to her office, Coco came to see her. Lucilia had already picked out a nice place for Coco to rest at, but she came to her with an odd request; since she hasn't been in sunlight for some time, Coco has been feeling weak. She wanted to know if Lucilia could help her. This did catch her off guard for once; while she has always taken care of plants that require much sunlight, during times were light was in short supply she used her magic to sustain them, or artificial lights that took some time to prepare. She had none ready at the moment. "Oh my, Coco, I'm sorry to hear that..."

Lucilia's mind raced with ideas of what to do. She wondered if she could use her magic to sustain Coco until morning. Perhaps she could find Val and get her to fire up another Sun Rune. But than Tyrael arrived. He was on his way back to his office underground when he overheard the tree thing ask for sunlight. Taking advantage of the situation, Tyrael offered his help. "Sunlight huh? I can help you there, little one." Lucilia shot him a dirty look. She knew what he was suggesting, and while it would work, she did not want his help. "Stay out of this, Professor. I can take care of our guest just fine." Tyrael hid his smile and stood his ground. "You know that the little one cannot survive on your magic. I have what she is looking for." Lucilia threw seeds into Tyrael's mouth and caused them to grow and shut him up. She quickly began to lead Coco away from the dinning hall as Tyrael continued to tear the plants out, but soon he would find her again.

Coco had barely had a second to form words as she watched the scene unfold in front of her. At first, Lucilia voiced what seemed to be concern, but Coco's attention was taken by the sudden interruption of Tyrael, the Demonomancy teacher. Had she been able to, she would have spoken up but Lucilia beat her to it and had replied to Tyrael first, with noticeable contempt. What Coco had not been expecting at all, was the violent action that Lucilia took. After the seeds were thrown and the growth was enhanced, she was quickly led away.

"Teacher Lucilia!" Coco exclaimed a minute later, after she had been dragged out of the Dining Hall and into the hallways. "It is mean to throw someone's seeds into a fleshling's mouth! Will you apologize to the mother? She needs to know what happened to her seeds."

As Lucilia lead Coco away, she stopped once they got outside. Coco began to ask her to apologize to the mother for the seeds, of which Lucilia dully noted. "Right. I'll be sure to do that. Anyways, you mentioned you needed sunlight, yes? I... I can try to help." As a vampire sunlight wasn't really something that Lucilia liked to work with, and in fact much of her plants have been altered to be able to survive well into the night. Coco was different though. Lucilia would have liked to do nothing but strap Coco down onto an operation desk and make "alterations" on her, but she knew that if word got out she'd be run out of the college. She needed to figure something else out. But she wouldn't get that chance.

Tyrael showed up. The plants gone from his mouth, and when Lucilia threw more at him he smacked them away. "Enough of that! You have avoided this for far too long, vampire. She needs my sun, and there is nothing you can do about it." Lucilia stood between Coco and Tyrael, grabbing a rose from her clothing and causing it to grow into a thorny vine whip. "She will have nothing to do with you, demon! Leave now!" Tyrael responded to Lucilia's hostility by transforming his hands into large, sharp claws and standing in a fighting stance. "Do not be so foolish, vampire. Allow the little one to decide. This is it's fate." Lucilia raised her arm, ready to fight Tyrael, but she did wait for Coco. As much as Lucilia did not like it, she didn't have any way to help her. Tyrael did, but she did not want to risk Coco's safety for what help the demon could offer. "Coco... What do you think?

"Rathel's a demon, and he's nice. He's actually going to pollinate me in spring, so why do you not trust Tyrael? You heard him, he has a sun." Coco said to Lucilia in a quiet tone, standing still and immobile behind Lucilia as her leaves quivered in the most minuscule manner. She couldn't understand the reason to fight- They must have been irritable because of a lack of sun as well, as this land seemed to be in a perpetual lack of intense sunlight. At that moment, Coco realized what she'd study on the next time she had to visit the Tree... Fleshlings.

"And vampires are great, and Lucilia's very good at tending to plants. She's actually making me a garden to stay in. So don't worry," Coco mentioned softly, "Tyrael will help me with his sun, we might even be able to hang it from a tall pole or the roof, if there's a roof."

Tyrael chuckled at the idea that they could hang his sun from the roof. "Well than, it seems that the little one is willing. Will you stop it now, vampire?" Tyrael reformed his arms back to normal. Lucilia herself kept her whip out, but soon she allowed it to shrink back into a small flower. She put it back into it's place, and shot Tyrael a stern glare. "I'm coming with her. No funny business Tyrael." The demon smirked as he turned to walk away. Lucilia followed him, stopping mid way through to turn to Coco. Softly she called out to her. "Come on Coco. It's going to be a bit of a walk."

The trio entered the college's cellar level. But unlike some of the other students, Tyrael led Lucilia and Coco deep underground. The hall was illuminated with Inferno Fire, undying flames that burned brightly, contained in special glass containers so that they didn't burn anyone. Eventually in the middle of a hall Tyrael stopped and turned to the other two. "Here we are. I would suggest that you close your eyes, but I can see that you do not need to worry about that. As for you... Riovas, you may wish to stay in the shadows." Placing his hand on the wall, a large rune appeared, similar to the one on Underhaven. Like the entrance to Underhaven, the wall shifted and lifted out of the way, revealing Tyrael's sun. "This... Is my Subterranean Sun. I brought it here from the Inferno, in case of emergencies like these. How do you feel, little one?" The Subterranean Sun glowed magnificently. It was massive, nearly a hundred yards in diameter. It glowed so brightly, so violently, that even Lucilia was blinded, though she was hiding in the dark. The heat from the sun caused the ground near it to burn and melt, and the only reason that it did not turn Coco into ash was due to Tyrael's influence; the sun came form the Inferno, and he was using his magic to prevent it's harsh effects on her, but still allowing it to act as a sun.

Even when they were descending, Coco had already sensed a change. The light here was brighter, more fulfilling, and while it felt like a good change of pace, she couldn't help but slowly grow worried. While she physically felt a lot better here, the teacher's demonstration came to mind and started reminding her of the things that he summoned and killed the staff.

Was he about to kill her, too? Suddenly, Lucilia's distrust made sense, but there was no room to back out now. Her scent made subtle changes, changes that someone like Rathel would have been able to understand. But Rathel wasn't there.

It wasn't until they reached their destination, a bright hallway deep underground, that Tyrael's sun was revealed to Coco and Lucilia.

Coco's leaves immediately flared out at the intense light, and her posture, previously weak and softened, became strong, straight and fluid. Her body tingled, and she moved not an inch, and uttered not a word. She silently stood there for long minutes as she soaked in the bright light, and eventually she knelt down and hunched over, so that her face touched her knees and the light fully covered the remaining parts of her body.

Tyrael was a bit surprised at the little one's reaction to the light. He was about to reach out and touch her when Lucilia's vine shot out and stopped his hand. "Don't. She's trying to absorb as much light as she can right now." Tyrael didn't know a thing about these plant types, so he let the creature bask in his sun for a little while longer. Soon however he decided it was time to close the doors once more; though he could protect the little one from the effects of the sun, the hallway behind them was starting to get baked. Pulling the creature back into the hall he closed the door, the Subterranean Sun's light gone.

Once his eyes adjusted back to the illumination level of the hallway, he looked towards Lucilia but spoke to the little one. "So, feel any better little one?"

The moment the light ceased, and the sun was hidden behind the wall once more, Coco felt as if she had just awakened from the pod again. Fresh, full of energy, and full of questions. She had never, not once in her life, had the chance to take in that much light, and her skin and leaves showed it. Slowly, her skin had turned from its brownish shade to a bright, soft green that would make even the most attractive shrub jealous of her. Her leaves, previously in the process of withering, had regained their life and expanded to their full size, with a deep, rich green color that one could smell and touch.

"I..."[/b] She began, quietly and slowly as her leaves settled down with a few twitchy movements, "have never felt so fresh..."

Coco calmly rose, stretching out and relaxing. "It's like having a thousand tiny bees tickle your body. That sun is the best, can we hang it from the sky so that everyone in the College can be refreshed by the light?"

Though Tyrael's face made it difficult to tell, he was smiling. Lucilia's face was quite the opposite however. "I am afraid not, Little One. As you can tell, it is powerful. Too powerful to put it in the sky. I can control it better down here. But if I could-" It in in that moment that Lucilia chimed in and interrupted Tyrael. "It stays here, Karnage. We... Coco does not need it up there." Tyrael's smile was gone (not that one could tell it was there in the first place) as he crossed his arms, getting into a glaring match with Lucilia. "Oh? Are you so certain? Unlike your precious flowers, the little one, this Coco, cannot live without the sun. And I am the only one who controls this one." Lucilia put her hands on Coco's shoulders and began to lead her away. "We'll make due." And with that Lucilia quickly hurried Coco out of the underground, leaving Tyrael by himself. "Do not lie to yourself, vampire... You are letting your fear show..." He said to himself.

Lucilia and Coco soon arrived back onto the surface, where the moon was up on high. The college was quiet now, with most of it's students in their dormatories. At least they should be. "Now that you're feeling better, let me show you where you're staying Coco."

"Alright, teacher. Was it hard to make the garden? I mean, you do have the power to make seeds grow all of a sudden. Could you make one of my seeds grow that quickly if you wanted to? Because that would be very creepy." Coco said, walking besides Lucilia with a happy and confident gait to her step. Now that she had her fair share of light, she wouldn't have to worry about dying! At least, not for another couple days, that's for sure.

"Did you add flowers? Shrubs? Grass? Is there a leaf pup in there? Leaf pups are the cutest dogs in Tiien, you know. With their little leaves and breathing and muzzle... Have you ever seen a Leaf Pup, teacher? Rathel hasn't, which is strange, because he looks like one to some extent."

Lucilia was glad to finally get away from Tyrael. She listened to Coco's rambling, interested in what the Foreas knew. Lucilia certainly needed to brush up on her knowledge of their kind, now that one lived among them. "I'll admit, I did cut a few corners and used a space that I was already working on. I don't really know about your seeds though, but I wouldn't unless you allowed me to. As far the garden itself, well... I'll let you see for yourself."

It took Lucilia and Coco and little while to get to the garden. They had to go through multiple gates that divided the college, and normally the guards wouldn't allow anyone through them. But since Lucilia was there, they did not question her motives and did as she told them. Soon enough they arrived to a massive garden, but Lucilia continued onward. They reached a gate that Coco might of found familiar, but Lucilia simply opened it and made no comment on it. They continued onto the path, though Lucilia went slowly in the hopes that Coco was enjoying the scenery. Even though it was night time, some of the flowers looked as though they were glowing. Mostly because they were.

They passed through many places, including a little building decked with white flora and past a glowing red tree. But eventually Lucilia and Coco arrived at their destination; past many flowerbeds and through many fields, they arrived to a medium sized house, backed by a small forest. "This is it Coco. This small building used to be just a break house for the gardeners, but I've refurbished it for you. You are always welcomed to frolic and live outside of it of course, but if you ever need some privacy or just a place to leave your things, you're free to use the house." The house itself was surrounded by fields of flora and wildlife, much of it formerly kept in check by the college ground's keepers, but even they could not always keep everywhere in check. She let Coco look around and personalize the place, though Lucilia imagined that she wouldn't know what to do with the building. Hopefully however, she'd find it useful.

The walk had been long, but entertaining. She certainly hadn't expected the College to have such a big garden, and one of the parts, the gate they had to go through felt odd. In some way, it just made her feel... Weird, as if she was about to feel a cold wind. Of course, the feeling disappeared as soon as they left the area and passed through the gates.

The scents of flowers flooded her nostrils and the distant sounds of lonely insects were caught by her hearing. It was perfect. There were many little structures dotting the gardens, and a few interesting trees and plants as well, but her destination was none of those -- Instead, their walk had come to an end when they reached a house, covered in what smelled like moss in most of its surface and surrounded by various kinds of plants, and even some animals made of flesh.

"Teacher, when you told me I'd get a garden, I was thinking of a small three by three, maybe five by five plot of land with a few flowers and a couple bees!" Coco exclaimed, chuckling as she walked over to a nearby patch of flowers to sniff them closely. Purple, sweet smelling glowing flowers that Coco just had to caress. She lightly brushed her index finger against one of the flower's petals, before moving to the next flowers. Red roses with very few thorns, and doing the same. "These flowers are top quality. They almost make me wish that I smelled like them."

Eventually, after messing around enough with the flowers, Coco sat down on the overgrown grass and relaxed, projecting her voice towards Lucilia. "This garden feels familiar -- Like I have already been here. I love it, you know? I could bring a dozen Foreas here and they'd all mix with the scenery so perfectly that no one would ever know they're here."

Lucilia watched as Coco played around the garden. She really shouldn't give students special treatment like this, but she figured as long as she kept it under the record no one would notice. She kept quiet as Coco played in the garden, and mentioned bringing other Foreas. It would certainly be something interesting to see, more Foreas. Maybe she could even study them closer. She'd have to think about it though, and make sure that she doesn't end up taking in a bunch of crazies. Has happened once.

Eventually however, Lucilia was going to have to leave. She couldn't just stay here forever, as much as she'd like. But before she left, Lucilia had one question of her own. "So Coco... What did you think of the presentations?"

"I loved the Electromancy demonstration. Herbamancy was strange, I guess you can figure out why I think that. Most were fine, some uncomfortable, and only one was very confusing and... Terrifying, I guess?" She said, nodding towards the end. "Psychomancy was bad. I try to think on that one, but it's like a mist is blurring my thoughts. I feel cold, lonely and scared whenever I try to remember..."

"I didn't like Psychomancy. I can only think it was horrible, as I can remember clinging to the nearest source of warmth for a while."

Sighing, Lucilia figured that would be Coco's reaction. She had hoped that Tyrael would have absorbed most of the hostility with his stunt, but it seemed that Satori didn't even need to draw blood to do the most damage. "I cannot say I know what Satori, the Psychomancer teacher, did. But I'd like to ask if you can try to forgive her... If I knew what she was going to do, I would have stopped her. I was careless..." With that said, Lucilia knew there was little else to be done now. Hopefully they would all recover from the shock and move on with their lives. "Anyways, I'm sorry for bringing that up. Now than, you should get some rest! tomorrow will be your first day learning at the College, you should be able to find out what your mageblood is exactly and plan out your electives. I'll be quite busy tomorrow, but if I have time you can always come to me for help."

And after another fond farewell, Lucilia left Coco alone at the garden house. She would have to get around finding a roommate for Coco, or someone to keep her company. Perhaps other Foreas if more came.

Coco had chosen to stay silent as Lucilia spoke, attempting to apologize in Satori's place. It was a nice touch of her, and Coco was grateful that Lucilia was so readily available to aid her. Satori, though, had done something with Coco's mind, and it didn't set well with her, so if she was ever to truly forgive Satori, the fleshling had to be the one to forgive, and not the nice vampire next seat.

Certainly Coco must have been even a bit upset, having brought up that topic, but she was calm. After a day spent in a building made of stone, wood and such materials, one became tired. There was only so much that buildings offered that the outside world could double or triple.

Time was hard to track once the vampire left. The only sensible thing to do was to just lay down and wait for the inactive hours to tick by, and so she did, willingly letting her body fall into a state of inactivity to save energy and heat for the next day.

Dying Light

Can I reuse my character sheet if that happens? :p A lot of work went into it at some points.

By reusing, I mean reusing it in the reboot.

Star Wars: Coruscant Sacked: Aftermath

That's awesome!

Blood Act I~ Ghosts of the Past

I love it how Fallen's avatar is still the default one :p

Blood Act I~ Ghosts of the Past

Coco Bean

Eventually, Coco's interest in Ssarak diminished. The Esyire was just too quiet and reserved for her taste, and his scent wasn't at all interesting. He had thick scales and wasn't even warm enough to give her that much comfort, so the fact that she had even exchanged such words with the Esyire was a waste of time for her.

The Great Tree did hold many memories on the Esyires, of course. Not as many as it had on other species, but it had enough to quell most of the Foreas' curiosity.

A few mere seconds after starting to poke Ssarak's chest scales, Coco walked away, without even one word as a goodbye. She made her way to one table and sat on one of the simple wooden chairs, her shoulders sinking sharply as her posture sagged and leaves fell limp and soft. She shivered once and just listened. She listened to the quarreling forest elf so many meters away from her. She listened as the Elf was held up into the air by a bunch of thick, strong roots, caring none about the female's situation.

From what Coco could hear, the elf was angry, intent on killing Satori, the Psychomancy teacher. Why? Why did she have to do that? If what they saw recently was truly an illusion, then why was she getting so violent? Coco was upset too, but she didn't go around trying to kill anyone.

'She surely sounds irritating...'

Soon after, the whole situation was defused, yet Coco felt no better. She was cold, exhausted and was starting to turn into a shade of brown.

Coco+Rathel

Coco could still hear them, the many voices, quietly bickering in the background. Elves, Men, Esyires. Many had already tried to kill Satori, and all had failed. Driven by their frustration, the great many of the student body left the Dining Hall.

Then she smelled it -- A plant, but not like the others. As the big crowd of students left, many things became clearer. She could start picking out scents without even thinking about it, and one of them stood out, snatching her attention completely.

At first, she was reminded of other Foreas but she quickly dismissed the thought once she focused her hearing and saw the plant's form.

Its form roughly resembled one of a gigantic dog, but instead of fur and lice, it smelled of leaves and bark. It would easily tower over Coco if it stood on its two hind legs, and she knew this. And while Coco was suddenly excited about being able to befriend it, she wasn't motivated enough to move or use up more energy.

"Leeeaaf Puup..." She slowly said towards the gigantic puppy as she tried to sit straight, and failed miserably at it.

She successfully changed her bitter chocolate scent to be sweet and rich though, and she was sure her scent would draw it in if it was anything like the Leaf Pups back home.

Rathel had finished ensuring Khan wasn't going to move when his venus appendages caught the little molecular which drifted from the Coco. His body stiffened and read the information sent, his mind mulled over the details and information he stored over his life. It was sweet and rich, heavy in aroma as his head turned towards the source. However one key factor disturbed him. The fact the plant's scent was weak and faded, a warning of troubling health.

His senses gathered the details bit by bit and centered on the creature. It started with the shape outlined by the displacement in the air, now filled with small pollen, where the creature sat. It was easy to tell the creature, a living plant, apart from the dead table since one continually used carbon from the air to survive. The table didn't. The scene marked by his venus fly trap appendages aided in this, easily, so he noted it was human shaped with several jutted parts from near the shoulders and leaves. A number of leaves that he guess made her hair trailed down a fair length past her shoulders and midback, resting upon the chair's seat. His eyes noted the color of her leaves, brown. Another worrisome sign that confirmed his earlier readings.

His mind ticked over the underlying causes, from light to humidity, even heat and water. He won't know the cause sadly, until he actually approached and examined her which he was hestiate to do. His eyes flickered to Khan who seemed to read his mind.

"It's alright, I'm fine. The medicine will wear off after Uicle's demostration so go and relieve your worry. Namely before it started to affect me." Khan reasoned in a calm, yet tired voice.

"If it gets worse, than call me." Rathel simply added and made his way through the remaining crowd, his form towered over the young Foreas before him.

His scent grew stronger, heavier and laced with a clear worry over her condition. Slowly a clawed hand rose to examine Coco's leaves and gently saw the browned coloring overlap the green, their shape withered and slightly weak looking. His hind legs curled under his rear while his eyes narrowed on the problem areas then reached for a cup, held it tightly within his hands to offer to her.

"Drink a bit of this, it might help" he offered.

Coco could not help the small twitch her leaves gave at being examined by the leaf pup, and she could not control the sound of surprise that she let out when the pup spoke to her, offering her a drink.

"I didn't know leaf pups could speak... What breed are you?" Coco asked quietly as she grabbed the cup and poured half of it on her leaves, while the other half was poured evenly across her whole body.

Time was of the essence, and as the liquid was slowly but surely absorbed, she reached for the leaf pup with her hands, trying to get a more complete feel of the being.

Rathel tried to leap back in surprise, most creatures he met didn't reach out to touch him as they found him distrubing or gross in their minds. To be honest with himself, the demon knew by most standards he wasn't much of a looker. He reflected upon her question, slightly confused, before he answered politely. He stood still to allow her hands to roam over his hard and slightly spiny surface, a little aware at where her hands came to rest through in truth his anatomy was much different compared to any humaniod and there little worry about anything showing.

"I'm called Rathel and I'm not a leaf pup. Rather I'm a demon bond to the current Headmaster, Khan. I've never seen a leaf pup or someone like yourself before." He commented, his scent slightly changed when he notice her drink and the effects only minor in comparison to what he had hoped. "How are you feeling now?"

Coco's hands lightly explored Rathel's surface, stopping for a few moments every time they stumbled over something out of the norm. But she had a limit, and soon enough she had felt as much as she could without having to stand up, so she retreated her hands and sat straight on the chair, turning her head towards Rathel. The moment he said he was a demon, she could feel her heart sink. For a moment, she felt like running, being reminded of the Syphis and their nature -- But she managed to find a hold of herself. Rathel was a plant, so he couldn't be bad.

She noticed the change in his scent, and tilted her head at him.

"I-I just need some sun, that's all..." She started, "Um, you're not a plant syphis, are you? I've never seen a plant syphis, but I think Syphis are demons. They could be, at least. They're that scary."

"Anyway, I'm Coco Bean, a Foreas. I'm sorry for thinking you were a Leaf Pup, the lack of sun is messing with my head."

Rathel shook his head, his head turned when Uicle's voice rang out. For a moment, the demon chose to hold off on Coco's question while the teacher made his brief demostration of magic. It was combination of Necromancy and Hydromancy in union as cups, fallen and forgotten in the ill performed Psychomancy event, had sprang to the nearest table to be filled by some liquid. The ale and other liquidor danced into unique patterns, traced within the air around most the remaining students until they found a cup to which they could rest. Each cup was fill, even Coco's, to the top and sat there waiting to be drank. Once the demo was over and Uicle wished them good night, Rathel's head returned to look upon Coco's drooply leaves.

He chuckled a bit, unoffended by her mistake as he spoke."It's alright, and no, I'm not a Syphis. I've never heard of one until now. To be honest, it's better then some of the names I've been called. Anyway, since the demos are over and Khan seems on route to deal with the unsavory prior events then it best to get you attended to. I think I know the proper teacher for you, Lucilia."

Gently he held out his arm for Coco to grip and to aid her movement by being a makeshift, living cane for her. "Shall we?"

Coco had a hard time really catching the direction and location of the liquids, but was able to appreciate the actions of the Hydromancy thanks to the sudden movement of the cups. It was amazing.

"How can the cups move like that..?" Coco had whispered to herself as she used her hearing to follow the various movements. She couldn't believe it, a cup moving itself? It wasn't even that there was a magnetic field in effect, the cups were literally moving on their own. If they could make rocks move like that, then Rocky might even be able to get a few brothers. Or so Coco thought, and she didn't think deep into it, having her attention snatched by Rathel once more.

She gladly took a hold of Rathel's arm and used it to stand up and stabilize herself. "Thank you, Rathel." She said to him as she held onto him and walked towards Lucilia.

"Did you know Lucilia's a Vampire? She can even create bats, and one of them is named Clima and it's very friendly."

He slowly paced their walk, gently navigated through the crowds that pushed themselves towards the exit. Many downed their drinks and seemed rather eager to be off, their emotions still highly strung and hurt after Satori's recklessness. He wasn't surprised at the reaction, their minds took the first chance to escape the pain when given. He distracted his mind by answering Coco's questions with a calm voice.

"My pleasure, Ms. And Lucilia's currently the Herbamancy teacher and an Alchemist, which I'm sure will help you greatly. Watch your step, we're drawing close to the table. I don't know her personally as I get the distict notion she doesn't like demons very much. How about you tell me your name? I can't just call you Ms, because I don't want to be rude."

"I've already told you, I'm Coco Bean-" Coco stated, "Rathel, listen. When spring comes, would you like to spend some time together? I could take you to meet some leaf pups if you want."

Her leaves, though weak and majorly unresponsive, gave a light twitch as she made her offer and released her grip on Rathel, slowly standing straight and starting to slowly walk towards the head table, backwards. 'Say yes! I want to have some fun in spring!' She thought, her scent communicating a strong need for company.

"I'm sorry, I'm a little distracted with avoiding the student and hope you'll forgive me." He started out gently until he noticed she let out, his arm instatly lighter and absent of her weight. "Easy there Ms. Coco Bean. Please don't hurt yourself..."

He blinked when he felt her scent communicate the need for company. It was strange for him. The main reason why was because the plant wasn't stationary or just merely unable to care for itself, he was use to the fact it had to depend upon him to keep them healthy. However he he smile best he could, his scent relay the intensity of joy at her hints and acceptance to her offer. It would be easy enough for Coco to read without strain since he was rather adapt at it. "I get this notion you want me to say something about yes and I want to have fun in spring time. What brought you to think of such a message?"

Coco didn't need to hear Rathel's words to know his answer. His scent told her everything she needed to hear. He had accepted her offer, and she clapped a couple times to show her enthusiasm. He could clearly communicate just like her and other Foreas did, so there was no need to waste time choosing words for the artifact, and she relied on her natural manner of communication.

Her scent got stronger for a brief moment, tiny fluctuations allowing Rathel to understand her thoughts. 'Because you want to, and I want to, and we might even manage to start the cycle of pollination! Don't you love the idea?'

His body reflexively flinched at the loud sound, the senstive hairs on his shell close enough to feel the air pulse from the air's movement. When the clapping down he felt himself relax again, his body kept close should her body waver in holding herself upright. Again he caught the aroma shift, his mind flickered across the signals and markers. He translated and formed his own thoughts into the scent he projected. I've never done it before. To be honest, you're first of your kind I've met so I've not experienced it before. What is it like?

Coco lightly kicked once at the floor in an attempt to cull her sudden shift in mood, and sniffed the air to fully take in the scent change. 'Well, when spring comes, our shoulder bark starts falling off to reveal our shoulder pads. In my case, they're bright red petals. In their fertility peak, the petals grow long enough to wrap around my arms. It's the best moment to exchange pollen then, and once I've gathered enough pollen, my petals will retract and the bark will regrow to protect the pads for next spring. Usually by the start of Fall, I have a seed ready to plant.' She explained to him, her scent shifting from strong to subtle and sweet.

'Umm... You'd be the one to pollinate me, if you're a male. Or you'd let a bee aid us in the process. That's why I say it can be fun. We can share a bit of warmth while we share pollen, and we'd bring another Foreas... Or, uh.. .Foreas demon, into the world. More memories to experience from the Tree, right?'

Rathel translated the message, his mind absorbed it for a bit and filled with the curiosity. While he was a Herbamancer once and knew the basics on plant, the idea of completing and performing was an enriching chance to discover the plant's true experience during the process. To be the one actually creating a new life that would expand and develop across Tiien seemed like a worldy accomplishment. Something that thrilled his inner mage to a familiar point that would've concerned Khan, the demonomancer only mild felt the high from his demon.

I'm male, that much I know from my last life. One that was human. He scented thoughtfully, noted the perkiness in her smell that grew stronger with the conversation. I'm not sure what we'll bring into the world as I've never heard of such a feat happening though Khan might disappove it.

They had arrived at the teachers' table, his eyes noted their range and fixed upon Lucilia. His scent increased to show important towards the fact they had arrived. They continued to walk until Rathel stopped right beside the Herbamancy teacher, his body pulled slightly behind Coco and likely from the teacher's sight. His mind still replayed the scene where her plants had wrecked hell upon the demon and though it was unlikely she would, at risk to upset Khan, Rathel felt to risk a chance wasn't needed. Here's Lucilia, Ms. Coco Bean and she will take care of you from here. If you need me, scent me a message.

Rathel's eyes seemed to display his enjoyment at the fact he could understand the little Foreas in a way most other might not be able to and looked forward to seeing her again. Until then, I hope you feel better.

Coco nodded at Rathel once he dropped her off next to Lucilia. His scent remained in her mind and repeated Rathel's thoughts. Why would Khan disapprove of pollination? The esyire probably had dozens of seeds planted around the world already! But there was no time to delve into such thoughts, as the moment that Rathel communicated his last thoughts was the moment she felt a shiver go down her spine, reminding her of her current state.

She listened to Rathel's steps as he walked away, relunctantly as Coco could smell. He was a nice demon leaf pup, for sure.

And once her scent normalized again and she clapped her hand once, she spoke.

"Teacher Vampire Lucilia, do you have an idea where I could... Get some sunlight? I haven't gotten nearly enough since arriving at this land, and I'm starting to feel weak and brittle."

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I doubt anyone wants to sleep in a garden, so Coco will most likely have her garden all to herself!

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Colette only flirts with Coco, Witch!!!!!

jk :p

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Coco's always ready for interaction! I'll send you the link :p

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Right now our characters can't control their abilities, they're not even lethal with only a handful of exceptions, so I doubt we'll have any trouble with the balance. This topic, though, will become a problem when they reach intermediate level, I just hope it's all sorted out by then. There's still a lot of time to go and our GM's are good at sorting stuff out, so let's steer away from the balance discussion for now.

That said, I can't wait for the list of classes! I'm so going to put Coco in classes that have to do with gardening :p

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If in real life, you put a tank pilot against a jet pilot, both of equal skill, you can be sure the jet pilot will have an advantage. It's the work of countering. If every blood counters the other, what's the fun of it? Your character would never be afraid of any other blood and the magical battlefield would be stagnant.

It's obvious that master mages would be, well... Lethal, but keep in mind that very few people actually reach that level of power, and the ones that do, are often too aware of the destructive potential they possess, to the point of refusing to use their powers to their full extent most of the time.

Besides, masters know their weaknesses. A pyromancer would know fighting an aeromancer is pretty much certain death to them, as would a hydromancer know that an electromancer is very dangerous to them, due to the conductivity of water.

Psychomancy can disable most, if given time. But their actions require such a level of focus that even a single distraction can disable their offensive capabilities for the time required to kill them. Freeshooter, you're putting psychomancy on a pedestal. They truly aren't that special. You think they're OP, but in reality, just flick their nose or send one mentally trained pyromancer aided by a rune at them, and they're done for.