Heartfillia

**CANCELLED** Flower Power! - A Plant-Inspired Superpowers RP [OPEN]

@Zanavyoh thats good to know! thank you!

**CANCELLED** Flower Power! - A Plant-Inspired Superpowers RP [OPEN]

@Zanavyyeah, I wasn't planning on instantly freezing people. But how long of a touch for frostbite?

**CANCELLED** Flower Power! - A Plant-Inspired Superpowers RP [OPEN]

Name: Ryker Burke

Appearance:
Ryker stands at about 5’10” with Brown hair and Amber eyes. His body is athletic and muscular, as he must be to do his job. He has a few scars that could be seen on his arms and face, but many more on his body and back. The way he carries himself it’s clear he was a soldier.

Gender:Male

Age: 28

Occupation: Detective

Plant Essence: Peppermint

Superpower: Ryker has the ability to cool anything he touches, and can make it so cold it can freeze as if he dipped the object in liquid Nitrogen. He currently can't control his ability, which really comes from his fingertips. So he wears gloves to block it so he doesn’t accidentally freeze someone.

The air around him always seems a few degrees cooler, and his skin is cold to the touch as if he was standing out in a blizzard for too long, this causes his skin to be a bit numb...and because of this he has a higher tolerance to pain. This is also bad, because while he may brush it off as a small thing, or not even realize how bad it is... until he suddenly gets woozy from blood loss. His breath is cold as well, and sometimes you can see a puff of his breath if he was standing in a freezer even if it’s 100 degrees out.

With practice he would be able to control it without worrying about gloves, how cold it gets, and how far it can expand. As of now, it’s about a three foot radius from the point he touches that can freeze.

Personality: Ryker is a very intelligent and observant person. Who is quick to pick up something with what seems like little effort. However despite his natural athleticism and smarts he believes in working hard for what you want. There are many hours of training and learning when people are not watching.

He is kind, and respectful, with the habit to address everyone as Sir and Ma’am. He is quick to make friends, and is always willing to help complete strangers. As if they were close friends. He has a mischievous side to him as well, often joking around even while working. He also is known to always have gum on him, specifically peppermint. In his pockets, car, desk, home. While really odd, it became a joke for everyone that knew him. He claims it's just something he picked up while in the military to deal with stress.

While fighting though, he seems like a completely different person.

History: Ryker grew up in a Military/police home. So it’s clear where he got his strong sense of morals from. However he wasn’t always like that. He was a little cheeky rambunctious kid who always got into trouble all the way through his teens. But he got his act together just before joining the military.

He excelled while there, making three close friends that became his brothers after a small conflict turned bad for them. The short story, which is all he would say always if asked. They were captured and tortured, for a few weeks before managing to escape. No matter how many times, he won't go into details.

After the military the four stayed in touch, he became uncles to their children, despite not being related by blood. He also joined the police force and became a K-9 officer. Where he and his partner Sascha, did really well for five years, somehow managing to be a part of some big busts during that time. One of them, almost killing his Partner. While she managed to live, she was retired from the force and he decided to become a detective after that, not wanting another dog.

A few months later, he found out one of his brothers was killed in a car wreck, along with his wife. Their 10 year daughter, Everly was also in the wreck, but managed to live. He took a few months off to take care of his brother's funeral and arrangements, he also took custody of Everly, as he was named the GodFather in their wills.

About three months ago, when he came back to work, his fellow officers pranked him by filling his desk with hundreds of packets of gum, as well as placing a large Peppermint plant in a pot on his desk. After all the joking was done, he decided to keep it in his office. It was after that he started to have strange dreams of peppermint plants freezing over by themselves. Over the next week he Catch himself looking at Peppermint plant for no reason at all thinking about the dream. That it would just stick with him. He felt a sudden surge of cold surrounding his chest. Then slowly spread throughout him. He didn’t think much of it, as he got up and left, he didn’t see his chair’s arms were cracked and frozen.

Miscellaneous:
-always has a pack of gum, but not always chewing gum.
-Sascha usually follows him around everywhere.

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Selena took the chopsticks and smiled warmly, Finn then looked over to Valencia, who was eating only an apple. She looked back at him and saw a look in his eye. He was alway so aware of his surroundings and always made friends wherever he went. He was confident and fearless and unbelievably kind.

She had looked to Karya now who had left it open to just the magic question. She thought for a moment about what she wanted to say, She had a small smile when she heard Finn's first comment to Val and decided to just start eating. She had heard the others introduce themselves, including the blonde haired boy named Calven and was grateful to the one called Ixius for taking Anise’s focus off of her..but she said nothing to them. She remembered something when Karya brought up what was happening in the world...something Mr. Reinheart spoke of, and one of the reasons he and Mrs. Reinheart escorted them to the academy. But again, she wanted to calm down a bit more.

She used her newly acquired chopsticks to start eating, quite quickly really, which would have been quite odd for everyone to see for sure, especially picking up the bigger chicken pieces. When she heard Lorelei speak up, she looked up at her. Who then turned to her. While her cheeks were full of food of course. She turned red when she spoke up in her own language, reiterating that she shouldn’t say anything that might put her people in danger. She swallowed what chicken was in her mouth and nodded. Letting out a relaxed sigh. Then answering Lorelei with ”Thank you… “ Slightly muffled as there was still chicken in her mouth despite swallowing a lot of it. She put a hand over her mouth.

She looked over to Karya, once she was comfortable again, and softly said. Um...miss Karya?” Once she had her attention she then said, ”Mr. Reinheart...I mean… Finn’s father. Said there was. M-meny adventures. Um, experienced ones? That worked with Mr. Reinheart. That were...eh… She thought for a moment, as she remembered the wording. “Vanished with trace.” She looked confused. ” With...OUT… trace.” She said nodding to herself.

”He say roads are no ...s-safe anymore. To travel alone...he said.

Remnants of Mana

Liah didn’t have a chance to hear Emrin’s reply when the masters spoke up/\. While they spoke she glanced around at the other people that showed up...one other girl that was wearing a poncho backwards…. That works she guessed. She normally wore cloaks that had larger cowls that could cover her face if she really wanted. But she looked to the other two men. Who joined them. Her eyes narrowed with a hmmm as she looked them up.

Both looked quite interesting and one stood like a soldier. She knew, just like Liam, how a soldier stood. She bit the bottom of her lip as she looked from him to the other one who looked a bit older, perhaps experienced. She stood up straight as she thought Interesting while her eyebrows popped up.

She sighed as the masters said they needed to hex them.. It’s not like she could say no, but hell of a way to inspire loyatly… She scratched Rascals head to his dismay of trying to sleep in her arms. An adorable snort/growl could be heard from him.

The soldier brought up the hexes revealing he worked on hexes as well. Wouldn’t he know that already if he worked with it? Her confidence was waning. Maybe she was just use to working closely with two Runecrafters. After the soldier was answered, she would ask "Are we at least getting a carriage?” She wanted to sleep of course. She wasn’t like most people she knew who slept very little and seemed to be able to function. She needed her 10 hours! She heard an audible slap next to her from Liam. His hand now covering his face. He seemed to know exactly why she asked. "Wat!?" She whispered towards him. To which Liam only shook his head.

Hoseforn’s Academy for Gifted Adventurers

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Once Finn managed to get some of the hair out of his mouth, he smiled at Valencia and Selena. “I don’t mind the fluffiness. However, that changes when you get some of the fur in your mouth. “

Selena felt her face turn red as she pulled back slightly as Finn made the comment back to Valencia, so he could easily see her. She flicker her tail around her waist and between her legs pinning it there so it wouldn’t happen again. “Do not worry about it Selena…”Selena looked up to see Finn smiling at her. Which only made her calm down slightly and smile back. Sitting straight once again. The lights dimmed and the main teachers came in. She looked ahead as a tall horned man with red skin excused himself and sat down with another woman.

She noticed the hair, and the eyes. Finally a race she recognized! The girl was a Siren! The only race that knew the location of Inarikami. The Sirens were never aggressive towards them, and had kept their location a secret even after they were chased off the mainland. So they kept up peaceful relations with them. While Inarikami was considered holy ground, they were allowed a much smaller island to stay/rest on. Kitsune would often travel and trade with the sirens on that island. Selena was taught their language as well, despite the siren’s royal family being murdered, they believed that they might reorganize one day and Selena will have to visit them.

She didn’t know if she should say anything though.. She had heard they had nearly disappeared after that fact...going into hiding. She didn’t have time to think about it though, as another girl told them to move over and sat down just before it started. Another girl with horns...like the man...but purple instead of Red. Selena was a little nervous, cause she never seen a race like that. Admittedly she was a little scared of their look. Because that is how often humans were depicted in the horrible stories of the past aggression against the kitsune.

But if this Siren was walking with him and her arms were hooked with his...perhaps she needed not be worried. She looked over to see the Teachers coming in, a woman with a snake’s body did the most talking. She felt a little bad when she brought up no harassment of other races. While she didn’t, she felt bad that she was even scared of the two horned people across from her.

The old man at the center cleared his throat. Selena’s ears suddenly flattened as she yelped in pain. She put her hands over her own ears. She couldn’t hear what was said next over the ringing in her head. She took a few breaths and was about to try and mutter out a healing spell but she didn’t have to as she felt a warm hand over her ears and the pain washed away.

She looked up to see Finn had reached up and healed her with a runestone that he was holding in his prosthetic. “I hope that was enough to help…” He said with a slightly concerned look on his face.

She nodded, "thank..you." her face red as he removed his hand, her ears rising up only slightly. As the room was still loud at first for her. She was Mostly embarrassed for yelping in the hall as she noticed a few people not at their table looking at her. She turned her gaze downward to the food on her table. The surprise of seeing it suddenly there taking her mind off it quickly. Her tail escaping once more at the sight of the chicken. But she didn’t reach for it, she was still unsure of customs here and decided to watch others. The purple horned girl introduced herself as Anise.

She then decided to go, saying while looking to Finn first, who gave her a comforting nod. ”Hello...I... Selena Vixen.” Her face red with embarrassment. She flustered realizing she didn’t say it properly like she did with Valencia. But she then did what Mrs. Reinheart taught her. She pointed to Valencia and Finn while looking at everyone at the table and continued. “These are...my friends. Valencia… and Finn Reinheart!” She managed to say with a small smile as she felt like she said it properly. Her tail sweeping more behind her as she pushed her hands together and into her lap.

It’s nice to meet you…” She said in another tongue while looking at the blue haired girl. She closed her eyes as if catching her mistake, She then spoke again, in the common tongue. “It is...nice meet you all.” as she glanced to everyone.

Hoseforn’s Academy for Gifted Adventurers

Mentioning
@mantou@Omni5876@ChaoticLaw@Inertia

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The foxgirl’s accent was… Quite different. Definitely not from anywhere local, and there were definite signs that English was not her language. Valencia swore that she had heard somewhere about some kind of fox-like race, however she couldn’t really pull any other bits of knowledge from her mind - likely she had either heard of them or read of them in passing; such tended to happen when tutors were trying to pour as much knowledge as they could into your mind in an attempt to please their benefactor. Particularly when that benefactor was known for committing deeds of evil, and they had no clue if they would fall victim to such if they failed in their task.

At the very least, this Selena seemed to be happy that she had gotten a roommate, based on that cheery expression. Valencia herself was unsure about how she felt - she hadn’t had to room with anyone else before, nor did she have much social experience that wasn’t filled with eloquence and elegance, courtesy of her father. Whether she liked it or not, Valencia knew that it was at the very least going to be an interesting experience. Perhaps she could try and keep her family name a secret, though she doubted it - if anyone put the name Valencia and One of the only people, perhaps the only person, to have Gargoyle features together, they’d likely come to a very realistic conclusion.

Still, Valencia believed that it was worth it to try. No harm done if they figured it out in the end, right? By then, she’ll have made a name of herself as a good person. “My name is Valencia,” she says, giving a little bow of her head to Selena. “It’s nice to meet you too. I do believe you’re correct in the assumption that we’re roommates, unless this academy is so magical that the moment I step through the door I’m magically shoved into a different room,” she says.

Selena’s smile strained just slightly, her eyes scrunched up while her head tilted ever so little to this side. Looking quite confused as she seemed to process the saying. After placing a finger on her lips and then asked “Is that not how doors work? You open door and you are in new room? How is it Magic..al? “ Selena clearly misunderstood.

“That… Was a joke,” Valencia responds, after a half-moment of just staring at Selena. She was just a touch concerned that Selena couldn’t understand it, but she mentally shook her head. She didn’t know if that was just because she was used to joking to the servants back home, and that people outside of the estate’s walls didn’t joke as much within a serious, harsh world. Looking past Selena, Valencia began to examine her room from the doorway.

Selena groaned inwardly when Valencia said it was a joke. Hopefully she didn’t think she was an idiot...she just couldn't decipher the language quickly, even after a year. She nervously smiled again with a sad attempt at a chuckle. Before she realized she was still just standing in the doorway. She quickly moved to the side inside the room and bowed her head a couple times “Sorry! I still in the way.”

“Oh, no problem,” Valencia replies, despite the contrary - she likely would not have been able to fit past the other girl, not because of any personal width but because of the slight bulk that her armour provided her. Any attempt to slip past might have unintentionally turned into a shove just due to the weight of both her and her armour. It was also due to this fact that once she entered the room, she took a step to the side, just in case Selena still intended to leave even after she had entered. From there, she silently let her eyes wander around the room, though at the end, they flitted between the bathroom door and the towel that Selena was holding. “Stealing towels?” Valencia tries another joke.

Selena watched her for a moment before deciding that this was the moment to make her escape. She turned to walk out when she heard Valencia suddenly ask a question. Her tail straightened as she tensed. She took a moment and turned around, as if double checking she did take a towel which wasn’t hers...but clearly she didn’t because she took it from her bag.. Darting her eyes out to the hall then back to her new roommate she smiled. ”Ehhh no. I um… was looking for main bath.” she said with a small laugh. Oh Goddess….herself... why was she so bad at making friends.

The result of Selena’s words was another glance down at the towel and then back at the bathroom from Valencia in slight confusion. A main bath? Valencia was more used to private bathrooms, of which there was one right there. A quick trot over to the bathroom door and peeking inside confirmed the present of a shower-bath. Stepping back from the bathroom, she turned to lean against its doorframe, staring at the other girl inquisitively. “You do know we have a bath here, right?” She asks.

Selena tilted her head to the side as she watched Valencia trot over to a door. After she opened it and looked inside she turned back around confirming there was a bath in their room. Selena blinked multiple times before slowly moving over and peaking around Valencia. Her eyes wide as she noticed a tub and long pole with a flat thing and many holes coming out of it. Was that the waterfall Mrs. Reinheart spoke about. ”Eh?” her eyes darted from the bath to her roommate and back... then towards the hall then back in checking for other doors. “This is... She looked confused This is bad place for main bath… others walk through our room to use it? She asked, her eyes wide as she looked up to Valencia.

Valencia wanted to hide her face in her hands at that last comment, though she had to press against the doorway for Selena to have room to peek around the imposing presence of her armour. At this point, it was clear that it wasn’t a class problem, more-so that it was a locality problem. Things were clearly different from where Selena was from, in that she appeared absolved in the belief that there was a primary bath for all to use. Valencia sincerely hoped that she wasn’t going to have to show Selena how to operate a shower, because if that was the case, she’d prefer to send Selena out to find the Main Bath in the hopes that she was able to shower and dress before Selena got back.

“No, no, this isn’t the main bath,” the silver-haired girl responded, offering a shake of her head. “This is our bath. There might be a main bath out there, but we do have a bath of our own here. And a shower,” Valencia replies, motioning over to those of which she spoke of.

The confusion in her eyes melted away as she began to understand. ”Ooooh” She was intrigued. All the rooms had their own baths? That was unheard of on her island. There was a bathhouse in every village. “We do not have private baths where I grew up. Just bathhouses. Very very big baths.” She said, widening her hands to emphasize her statement.

“Do you mind? I use first? “ She asked with her cheeks turning quite red. While she was too nervous to ask how to make the shower work, maybe she could figure it out by the time the water got hot...if not she would ask Finn.

We’re going to be late if she can’t figure out how things work, Valencia thought to herself. Bathhouses would likely always have the water in them, so who knew if Selena even knew how to turn on a tap. It was her first day at the Academy, so Valencia did not want to be late to the main hall. There was just a touch of hesitation, before Valencia gently took Selena’s arm and tugged her toward the bathroom.

“We’re going to double check you know how this works, alright?” Valencia says. Speed wasn’t the only reason why she wanted to check - she would admittedly feel a little terrible if Selena decided to turned into a boiled fox. Releasing Selena’s arm, Valencia began to point to the knobs of both the shower and the bath to walk the fox through them. “You turn those ones for it to get hotter, and those ones for it to get colder. You can move the showerhead so it’s pointed wherever you prefer best, like if you want to stand up close or a little further back. Also, this,” Valencia tugs a little on the shower curtain. “Need to be closed while you shower, if you decide to shower, so you don’t spill water everywhere. Does that all make sense?”

Selena only turned more red when Valencia took her arm. Apparently she wasn’t confident enough looking that she figured out she didn’t know how to use it. She simply nodded as her ears folded down and her tail curled up around her right leg and up against her chest. She nodded and gave confirmation “hmms” As she was shown how it worked. As Valencia finished and looked to her she nodded again with a small smile. Yes yes… THANK YOU” She said with a warm humm afterwards and bowed her head quickly.

She realized she couldn’t relax if they had to share this bathtub. Her lips pursed and scrunched to the side. That is a sad thing. Perhaps she could draw up another bath after. “I promise I do quick.” She added as her tail unfurled and swayed slightly at the same time her ears popped straight up.

Valencia gave Selena a look that clearly showed her confidence in the foxgirl’s last statement. Then, she smiled. “Alright, Selena. You be quick, then,” Valencia replies. With that, she walked out of the bathroom, shut the bathroom door behind her, and internally groaned. Having a roommate was going to be a challenge, she could only hope that Selena didn’t snore at nights - that would just make things unbearable, but at least now Selena seemed willing to learn how to use modern devices. The shower. With that, Valencia began to take off her armour, piece by piece, placing it on an armour stand that was clearly there for that purpose. Valencia would take off the undersuit once it was time to hop in the shower herself. Her sword, however, she rested beside her bed. Even if she wasn’t going to be wearing her armour when she went to the main hall, Lazarus was going to be coming with her.

Selena gave a nervous chuckle at the show of confidence Valencia had on her face. Once she left Selena in the bathroom she began to undress, neatly folding her clothing and placing it on the counter in the room. Once done she went to the bathtub and turned on the hot water, quickly pulling the curtain over just so she didn’t forget. She was surprised at how quickly the water grew hot. As she could feel the heat of the steam already. Was there a hot spring just under the academy? She placed her hand under and involuntarily let out a yip. It was hotter than she expected, but she smiled. She was used to the hot waters of the spring of the mountain. Even though it was always a dance of sorts getting in and getting used to it.

She turned the knob for the ‘shower’... honestly...why shower...waterfall sounds better. She pulled back quickly as she got sprayed with her head sticking in. Giggling at the surprise. She hopped in, and after the same dance of getting her feet then hands wet, fully went under the hot water. Letting out a satisfied sigh. She could get used to this. Normally they would just use buckets to dump water over them to get the soap off. The thought of this jolted her in remembering she was to be quick. She turned to look for the soap quickly. Valencia who would have been hearing all of this surely would have heard a startled yelp and deep thud.

“Ooooowwwww” She moaned as she slowly pulled herself up. Rubbing her hip. Thankfully she didn’t hit her head...but her arm and side were sore from the slip. After getting used to it for a moment she then turned the water off, lathering herself up before turning it on again.

Once done she shook her hair and tail, getting as much water as she could out. Then she got out and dried off. She could barely see with all the steam but she managed to get her clothes and opened the door. True to her word she was quick. She let out a warm hum and smiled. Her skin red from the heat of the hot water. It appeared she enjoyed being boiled. “Done! Thank you Valencia!.” She only hoped she didn’t hear the fall. As she moved around her towards her bed and placed her clothes neatly next to her swords that she had laid out on them.

By the time that Selena came out of the shower, Valencia had unpacked her bag, and placed the bag itself into an empty chest so that it wasn’t sitting around. Valencia herself was laying on top of her bed, having just been listening and waiting for Selena to finish up in the bathroom; That being said, she had definitely heard the thud, and her gaze turned to the fox as she exited the bathroom. “Thank me? Thank you for being speedy,” Valencia replies. As she got up and walked to the bathroom, she asked, “Didn’t bump yourself too badly, did you?”

Selena froze as she was untying her own bag. Her ears fell and tail tucked between her legs. Her fear came true. She turned around and gave a nervous smile with her head slightly down. “N-no… I fine.” she tried to chuckle softly. “I did not...Realize? That tub slippery when wet.” She finished while brushing her hair from her face. Her skin somehow was even more red than before.

“Indeed, tubs do tend to be a bit slippery,” Valencia says, taking note to check how much soap there was in the tub. Shutting the bathroom door behind herself, Valencia slipped off her remaining apparel, and took a moment to stretch her wings a little, having had them trapped under her shirt for a while. It wasn’t painful, and she could go for as long as she wanted without needing to stretch them, but boy did it feel good to flex them a little bit.

With that having been done, Valencia reached over and turned on the water with the curtain somewhat closed, in order to test the water and make sure it got to a temperature that she liked before she entered the shower; she didn’t want to boil herself as much as Selena clearly had with her reddened skin. Once the water was good enough, Valencia climbed into the tub. She took a few minutes to wash herself, including using the soap, rinsed herself off, and then climbed out to dry herself off. Wrapping herself in a towel, Valencia came out of the bathroom. “All done,” she says cheerfully, making her way over to the closet in order to get her uniform.

Now completely embarrassed, Selena covered her face as soon as the door closed. Letting out a groan. She didn’t focus on it too long though, She started to get really cold. She first pulled a rune stone out and applied some mana to it, hot air started to emit from it and she used this to dry her hair, as well as her tail. Once dry enough she brushed them thoroughly.

She moved over to her wardrobe and opened to see the same uniform she saw on other students. She loved how it looked honestly. Though completely different from her style she was used too. As she started putting it on she was surprised at how soft it was. It was not nearly as soft as her silk clothing. But it was still comfortable. It was heavy, but it was also a bit comforting in a way. She finished putting on the armor pads on her shoulders when she started to feel a bit choked. Not that the uniform was too small, she just wasn’t used to it being all the way to her neck. So she unbuckled just the top buckle. She sighed with relief.

It was at this moment Valencia came out, saying she was done. With a bit of cheer on her voice. It would seem they both enjoyed a hot shower. Though she saw her skin was not red at all compared to Selena’s. Odd… But what made her pause and stare for a moment were the wings on Valencia’s back. So… she wasn’t a human. At least, like Finn. She couldn’t pry her eyes off them, as she was so fascinated. They were beautiful, maybe a little scary looking kinda like a bat, but nevertheless, beautiful.. But She never heard of any humanoid species that had wings.

She looked away before Valencia would see her staring. She wanted to ask what she was, but she didn’t want to seem rude. She didn’t know how to even ask that. She almost felt like she was looking at something she wasn’t supposed to see, which made her cheeks warm.

She looked at the skirt. She wasn’t a fan of the criss cross pattern. But she sighed and slipped it on, as well as the long black stockings that went up to her thighs and knee high boots. There were shorter shoes in the wardrobe...but they looked silly. She then took her red obi and wrapped it around her waist, then her belt for her two swords, then her thick knotted belt that covered the sword belt.. She did not put on the cape, she was thankful Mrs. Reinheart told her they were not too strict on the uniforms. Deciding this was enough,

After placing her things in a neat pile she moved to the door. She paused and turned around and asked softly. “I...um… do you want to… go together to feast?”

Valencia was just finished with dressing as Selena asked her the question on going to the feast together - she didn’t truly know that Selena had been staring at her back, though she had a bit of a suspicion; After all, Gargoyle wings were not exactly the most common of things, and admiring what parts strayed from a typical human was the best way to work out what race someone was without asking. For her part, Valencia was wearing the standard black shirt and red scarf, as well as the armoured plates on the shoulders and plaid-like skirt, and like Selena was wearing stockings that went up to her thighs however had opted for shoes instead of boots. Finishing the slipping on of her last shoe, she stood up, and picked up her sword and it’s sheath before turning to Selena.

“Of course,” Valencia replies with a smile, primarily because refusing would have been quite rude, but also because she was going to have to be nice to her roommate and it would be good to learn some more about her and the obviously-quite-strange place that she came from. Valencia leaned over a little, fitting the sheath and sword to her belt, and once that was complete, made her way over to the door. It was then she realised she didn’t actually have a key for the dorm’s door. “No keys?” She asks rhetorically. “I suppose the dorm locks itself if it doesn’t detect either of us or something.”

Selena raised her hands together up and against her chest, a smile on her face when Valencia accepted. She was clearly holding back more excitement than she was showing. Selena feeling that despite her mess ups she was possibly actually making a friend. She turned and opened the door when she heard her ask about the keys and then the door. She nodded as she exited the room “I walked up to door, heard big click and door was open. My hands full of stuff at moment.” She said as if it was such a wonderful thing. Almost like a child.

She stopped and quickly turned around. “Oh sorry, before we go. I must also stop by Finns room so we all go together..” She realized she didnt explain who Finn was. And quickly added. “Finn is close friend, he come to school with me! Is.. Is this ok?” She said with a big smile.

A nod was offered to Selena as a response from Valencia. “Of course, we can go and meet up with Finn,” she replies. She had a feeling she knew who Finn was already - probably the student that Selena had been talking about smells with when Valencia had originally passed her heading towards the crystal with Athena. “Do you know what room he’s in?”

Selena looked extremely pleased.”Yes! Room…...” She paused for a long moment suddenly looking confused. Then as if a bolt of lighting struck her and she quickly said “Six..four...Five.” She then pointed down the way she came from before. Then started walking towards his room. Valencia was quick to follow Selena, closing the door behind both of them.

They rounded the corner and there Finn was, standing in front of his door. While he wore all of his uniform, he also had the top buckle unfastened on his shirt. His leather bandolier/ Chest protector over his shirt, his bow over his back and quiver of arrows on his right hip. Selena Smiled and ran over to him, whilst Valencia just watched as she walked over. “ Finn! Finn! Did you know there are baths in our rooms? Pr...rivate baths? I made sure I dont smell like Athena lied about!.” She said quite loudly and matter of factly.

Finn looked over when he heard Selena calling him. Only to close his eyes with a small smile as she loudly proclaimed she didn’t smell. He did answer though with a chuckle. “Yes, I know about the bathrooms. Sorry I should have told you. I told you before I am sure she just says that to everyone. ” He looked over to the silvered hair girl that was walking up to them. The fact they were walking together, he figured she must have been the roommate. He smiled at her and gave a polite bow. “As, you may have heard, my name is Finn. Finn Reinheart. It is a pleasure to meet you.” If his mother taught him anything, it was how to be polite to a lady.

Valencia gave a bow of her head toward Finn in response, giving him a smile. At least he seemed to be pleasant and knowledgeable about the modern world and it’s utilities. “I have indeed heard a little about you. My name is Valencia, it’s nice to meet you, Finn,” she says.She swore his surname was familiar, though she waited for the pair to finish talking before she asked anything about it, if she decided to.

Finn was a little surprised that she mentioned she knew a little about him. He smiled, unsure what to say to that comment so he moved on. “I’m assuming the shower was quite an experience?” He said looking back to Selena. Only imagining what she would have done upon seeing it. Selena only scratched the skin behind her ear embarrassed at the thought of falling in the bath. She smiled though and nodded, hoping Valencia wouldn’t say anything. “Yes, Valencia show me how to work bath and mini waterfall… Much nicer than river.”

“Indeed,” Valencia replies, quite amused by the way that Selena called the shower a waterfall. She supposed in away that Selena was correct; the shower was indeed an artificial waterfall of sorts. “Though I suppose that bathing in a river does have some charm to it, being out in nature and all. But baths and showers are a lot more pleasant.” She notes, nodding. Then, Valencia turned back to Finn. “Say, have I heard your surname somewhere in the past? Reinheart, correct?” She asks, with some curiosity.

Finn smiled, as many times as his mother tried to tell her it was called a shower, she was adamant to call it a waterfall. He did rub the scars on his cheek as they were talking about showers and baths… his cheeks seemingly warm warm to the touch.. However that quickly went away when Valencia spoke to him again, asking about his Surname. Letting out a sigh, he smiled. “Yes, I’m sure you have. You most likely have heard of my father Fenros Reinheart the Dauntless. Or perhaps any of my four brothers who made names for themselves as well as Adventurers.” He said softly, as if growing slightly tired of saying that line a thousand times. But still with a smile.

Everyone knew the Reinheart name, many knew of his four brothers. And every time someone heard his last name he would immediately be known as, the son of, or brother of. He pushed the thoughts to the side as Selena popped in with “Come, we walk to feast and talk.”

It was true that Valencia knew of the Reinheart name, and knew of Finn’s father, Fenros Reinheart. She did not, however, push the issue. She knew what a burden a family name could be, it was why she was choosing not to say her own family name in order to avoid that burden herself, and let people see her for who she was and not for her father or his deeds. She was her own person, separate from him, and wanted to keep it that way. “It appears I was correct in that I’ve heard your name. No matter, you’re your own person, presented by your own efforts, not that of your family,” she says, giving him a sad little nod of the head. Her gaze moved to Selena as the fox suggested they go to feast and talk. “Hungry, are we?” Valencia jokes, motioning for Selena to lead the way.

Selena turned to Valencia and gave a big nod. “Always ready for food!” She said happily. Before moving further down the hall, not before grabbing Finn’s real wrist and dragging him along. Finn, who at Valencia’s comment caused him to pull his head back and to the side with a tiny hint of a smile. Finally meeting someone who understood him...was not ready for the sudden jerk that almost caused him to fall over. “Alright alright! We can go!” He quickly added as he caught himself.

Valencia couldn’t help but raise a hand to her lips to giggle as he almost fell over, and then turned to walk with them towards the Main Hall for the feast. She could not help but feel excited, though all that showed on her face was a simple smile, as she didn’t want to embarrass herself by looking too girly and excited at everything, even if that was her true expression beneath her exterior. “Onwards, then,” Valencia says, walking with the pair towards the Main Hall.

It didn’t take them long to walk through the main hall doors. Selena still dragging Finn by the wrist, she let go as she spun slowly around, looking up at the architecture. She then looked around to see many of the first years still here, including a dwarf… she had seen one before who fixed up Finns arm when the idiot broke it by ‘accident’ She also noticed two boys wearing robes...one seemly over his student uniform. Coming to a stop at a table near the three, she turned to Finn and asked in her native tongue. ”Why are they wearing robes?”

Finn, who had pulled out chair’s for both Selena and Valencia glanced over and said softly “They are magus’s… Eh…” he thought for a moment before switching to Selena’s tongue. Magic wielders..” to which Selena nodded in understanding and thanked Finn for the seat as she sat down.

Valencia offered a polite smile of thanks to Finn as he pulled out a chair for her and Selena, sitting herself down and flattening her skirt. “Thank you,” she says, folding her arms on her lap, though she had to sit and listen to him and Selena speaking in a language that she did not recognise. She shrugged it off, just glancing between the two for a moment, then, jokingly, said “I agree,” giving them a wink - it was obvious she didn’t have a clue about what either had just said.

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Selena was just in her room for less than a minute before going to check for the large baths. She heard there were two types from Mrs. Reinheart. A large bath filled with hot water, as well as a waterfall of sorts of hot water as well. Not a real waterfall as Mrs. Reinheart clearly said three times. Selena was used to cleaning herself before getting into a bath with a bucket. But Mrs. Reinheart said people would often just use the shower to clean themselves while in it. This was unheard of on her island. She simply had to see it.

She made sure to grab her towel and herbal soap. Then quickly made for the door. Only to suddenly be stopped in her tracks as soon as she opened it. She let out a small yelp as she was not expecting anyone there. Her face red with embarrassment at that said yelp.

She then heard the girl say hello. Her hair long and silver, which complemented her porcelain skin quite well. She would have been more surprised at her hair color for a human if she had not met Finn and his mother. Both with white hair despite their age. Her ears folding back with her face still red. “Sorry… Almost walk into you.” she sighed and smiled as her ears popped back up once more with a quick bow of her head. She added as she looked back at the girl standing infront of her. ”Hello. I...am Selena Vixen. It is...nice to meet you.” she managed to say with a clear heavy forign accent.

She then realized the girl was standing infront of her door and it clicked with the two beds inside. Her face brightened as her eyes grew wider. Her tail flicking side to side as her ears perked straight up. ”You are Roomate? Mine yes?” She was excited for the concept of rooming with another girl. She always had her own room growing up.

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Finn Edward Reinheart

18

Male

Human



He is 5’6” despite having a tall father and equally tall mother didn't seem to to pass on to him. He has an olive skin tone with emerald green eyes, broad shoulders, muscular right arm and athletic body. He also has a Dwarven made, arm and leg prosthetic. (leg has similar designs) That functions exactly like a regular arm and hand, but he only has a sense of pressure that he can feel throughout it. the same goes with his leg. He also has massive scarring up the remaining part of his arm, across part of his chest and back. Then coming up his neck to his eye. He also has many nasty scars that are from knife wounds that litter the rest of his body.

He always carries his custom made long bow, which is a bit thicker than any other longbow, and slightly less of a bend. As if it is a staff that was turned into a bow. Which is essentially what it is. Enchanted to be as hard as steel, but remain as light as wood. It has a long thin rod that goes over the hand grip (as if it is a makeshift hand guard) But it is what he uses to hook to a loop over his right shoulder on the back of his dark brown bandolier. So he can easily put his bow away when not using or quickly arm himself. He decides to wear his quiver on his right hip instead of his back. And has leather bracers as seen in the picture. (no goggles)



If you could define Finn in one word, it would be determined, possibly the very definition of. He is always optimistic, despite any odds and never gives up. Seeing each new thing in his way as a challenge to make himself even stronger or better. Seeing the lesson in all things.

He is smart and observant, also kind and honorable. always looking to help others before himself. He believes fiercely in defending those who are in need, even if he has to stand alone. He doesn't care for money but for the experience in life and becoming stronger himself, often spending all his money on others after his needs are met.

He is always smiling and often, quite often. Has a mischievous side where he likes to prank anyone and everyone.



Archer/Rouge - Finn took on his fathers fighting style as using his bow as a quarterstaff. While he is adept at both, he still is learning. While he can fight head on, he tends to observe and find weaknesses in his opponent and use his surroundings to his advantage. Using his agility and nimbleness to use his surroundings as well.



-Archery: He doesn't always hit his target, but he's skilled to be close to be able to. He is very skilled at shooting quickly, able to hold three arrows in his draw hand at a time. (his father can hold five) and fire them fairly accurately within 3 seconds. (His goal is under a second)

-Quarterstaff: He is adept with using his bow as a quarterstaff, while he can block swords and clubs. He can only deflect axes otherwise his bow can be damaged.

-Magic: He mostly only uses basic elemental magic, but he can apply it to his arrows to throw off the enemy or use it to advantage.

-Observant: He uses his surroundings to his advantage, whether for moving around or using a pot of oil, water, hay, Etc. to use his basic magic on.



-Finn can be too reckless. He pushes himself way too hard too often, and has gotten hurt from training more than in actual fights. it's as if he is trying to make up for lost time.

-Even though he has had his prosthetics for four years, they are still a bit heavy. His shoulder and hips hurt badly after long days, the skin under them can get raw and even bloody. Again, he will push through the pain but often pays the price. If he's too hard on them they can break, they are strong but there is still many fine parts inside them. The magic inside can only do so much. He has broken both his prosthetics a few times. while he learned a little on how to maintain them and do minor fixes, he would have to go to a dwarven specialist.

-He wont be able to learn higher power magic. He cant wrap his head around it. He can chant silently in his head, but it takes a lot more concentration than it would others. He has already screwed this up a few times, injuring himself badly.

-He gets a little hot headed when he meets anyone who supports slavery or profits from it. He can be a bit brutal if it comes to blows. This has also spilt over to anyone who thinks humans are better than other races. He knows he and his family are some of the few who are not ok with it, and has to control himself a lot. This has come up much more when Selena came into his life.

-He hates bullies and will always start a fight with them. (Even if there are any teachers he will probably do this.)

-Gets Irate if called too small or weak. Will often make stupid decisions right after.



Born as the youngest of 5 to a pair of adventurers who were partners when they traveled. He was a surprise, being four years younger than the fourth brother. He was also born prematurely. Which often was a sure death for a baby. Making his parents distraught at the thought. But by some miracle, he did survive and grew up in a large town of Everton on the coast in between Hoseforn and Windlton. Far smaller than those two cities, it mostly uses the ocean to transport the large amount of food from the lands around it, being much quicker to do so than to travel by cart to either city .

He would grow up hearing stories of his parents' adventures, as well as his fathers more recent ones when his mother stayed home. Finn’s personality was greatly molded by these stories and his fathers lessons. Knowing from a very young age, he too wanted to be just like his father.

Finn was always on the smaller side, despite his taller parents and siblings who seemed to be blessed with their height. Often being picked on by the other children of the town for being so small and not being able to keep up with the other kids. Often getting in fights because of this.

His father Fenros Reinheart was known as a hero in the world of adventurers and commonfolk. He would focus on protecting towns and citizens wherever he went, even against what seemed impossible odds. Also known for a unique fighting style not used by anyone else. A mixture of archery and staff fighting with a small amount of hand-to-hand combat.

Fenros, would train all his sons with his same style of fighting. His four older brothers became successful adventurers because of it. Fenros trained Finn as well, but it seemed he would put on kid gloves in comparison to his other brothers.

Finn noticed this, and wanted to prove to his father he wasn’t weak, or afraid. But no matter what he said, it wouldn’t change for years because Finn desperately wanted to be like his father and brothers, Finn would often get hurt badly because he pushed himself too hard. This worried his father and mother, so much that he wouldn't budge on his stance. That is, until after Finn almost died.

When Finn was thirteen, he had grown a lot stronger physically. Enough that he wasn’t losing AS many fights anymore. He also was quick and agile, from the times he was ganged up on and had no choice but to run. He could move around the town quiet easily, climbing walls and jumping between roofs to get away. Only because of years of practice. Which made him confident.

He happened upon two men attempting to kidnap a ten year old boy and girl. Most likely to sell into slavery up north. As it was known to happen. Finn couldn’t let this happen. Managing to get the drop on one of the men, Fin used a piece of garbage wood to crack him in the back of his head.

Quickly turning on the other guy who had a dagger. In the next few minutes, Finn managed to fight back, and give the man a few bruises, but nothing serious. Finn on the other hand received countless cuts and deep gashes, along with a black eye and bloody nose. Dizzy from all the punches the man gave him as well. But managed to keep the man away from the two kids, and kept getting back up. Making enough racket that other people were now starting to hear them.

The man finally had enough and decided to cut his losses and started a chant in his head for a fire blast. When he was just about ready he raised his hand, the fire gathering in his palm as he aimed towards the kids to get rid of the witnesses.

With the last of his strength, and no other choice. Finn rushed forward and grabbed the hand, using his other fist to hit the inside of the elbow to turn the hand away. The momentum and unexpected move worked, and knocked the man over. However the chant was completed...Finn had taken the brunt of it on his left side. But so did the man as they were both on the ground.

The pain was so unbearable, he passed out. Waking up almost a week later, he found out he had suffered massive burns obviously, but so bad on his forearm and leg they had to amputate both. Finn was crushed… his dreams to become a hero like his father was gone now.

What crushed him more, was he heard his father left the day after this happened. His mother wouldn’t say why. But he knew. He was a disappointment… he couldn’t protect himself from a thug. Nor could even become stronger if he wanted.

But that wasn’t the case. His father returned a few days later, with a Dwarf in tow. One he met on his adventures a while back. This dwarf was skilled in making magical armored prosthetics that were so intricate and light that it felt like a real arm, mostly. Such prosthetics were typically super expensive, this dwarf being the expert in this. But it didn’t matter to Fenros.

His parents explained to Finn how proud they were of him. When they had heard how hard he had fought, Fenros realized this was all his fault for not listening to Finn and training him as his brothers. Now, he would do everything in his power to make sure his son will have the best chance to become an adventurer.

The next couple years were hard after that, because Finn had to relearn how to walk with his new leg. Also regaining the fine motor skills in his left hand once again. But Finn never wavered, complained or pitied his situation.

A couple years after he fully recovered he was training with his eldest brother and father when they came upon a group of drunks surrounding a mysterious girl on the beach. His eldest brother recognized the men as a group of wanted criminals tied to kidnaping and murder. After explaining this, was when the girl began to yell and try to get away. Without hesitation it was Finn who raised his bow and fired the first shot.

Finn had heard myths of kitsune, as they were actually the closest to the island. Stories of how merciless they were kept any sailors away. mostly thought it was superstitions, and what it really was just dangerous waters, or just dangerous beasts. He never thought they were so beautiful.

After all that, and when Selena started living with them, Finn was the one who helped her the most with speaking. While his family did help a lot as well, and all of them learned a bit of kitsune as well. As he spent probably the most time with her, he is the most fluent in the family. though it is very much broken up he is sure, similar to how Selena speaks in their tongue. Selena will often turn to Finn if she doesn't understand, asking in her own language while using charades till he understands.

while Finn still aims for his original goal, he does hope and aim to help Selena in her dreams as well.

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Selena (Mizuki) Vixen.

Kitsune

18

Female





Selena is fairly short at 5’4”. With long natural pink hair that goes past her waist and a large floofy pink tail with a white tip. She’s in great shape with her daily training from the shrine, as well as recently from Mr. Reinheart.

Samurai/Moon Priestess Goddess

Selena kind and very quiet, being first and foremost extremely polite. However, once you actually come to get to know her, and she is more comfortable around you, you will see the childlike excitement and wonder, easily excited over little things. As one would as if they tried it for the first time. Once she makes a friend she will do everything to hold onto it, as she had few friends growing up, especially few that were her age.


-She has a great grasp on healing magic, as this was one of her main duties growing up.
-She is adept with a katana, another requirement of a priestess.
-she is able to turn into a fox, just like in the picture. However, she is only as big as a medium sized dog. (She will become bigger later on in life)
-The moon strengthens her magic, makes her healing spells stronger… and her fox form is bigger and stronger as well.
-She can communicate with animals.
-She has a far superior sense of smell, and hearing. She can see quite easily at night.
-She is Willing and eager to learn as much as she can.


-She is overly naive, does not understand how the real world works at all.
-She is quick to trust and fall for any sob story. With her being so kind, this has gotten her into serious trouble already.
-Her sense of smell and her hearing can be a curse as well. Loud noises hurt her ears/scare her super easily. Any overly strong smell can make her sick.
- So while she does have sword skills, she lacks experience of a real life or death fight.
-She is a very sensitive girl, not used to anyone ever EVER being truly mean to her.
-She has only learned the common tongue recently, so it can be hard to understand her. Often confusing words and embarrassing herself.
-Her magic is affected by how full the moon is, if there is no moon she has very little magic power.



Selena did not have a normal life, she was the eldest daughter of the Mizuki clan, a ruling clan over 10 others. She was destined to become the next leader. That is, until she was born. She was a Miracle, a Reincarnation of Oinari; Their Goddess that watched over them and protected them from the evil humans.

The reason they believed this, was because she had long pink ears. Now, Kitsune had very different sizes of ears, as well as different color of hair. However, the longer the ears a kitsune had, the closer they believed you were related to the Goddess Oinari. This is how the Mizuki clan became the leader over the other clans in the first place.

They were still long, though they were much shorter than what they used to be a hundred years ago. Besides that, baby kitsune ears were always small, but grew when they matured. However Selena’s ears were already far larger than any child ever before, to the point where they looked more like bunny ears to non kitsune. Ornari was always depicted with such ears, and to top it off, her hair was pink, which none of the kitsune had seen for hundreds of years. Another sign she was the goddess reborn.

She was to be raised on a shrine hidden on top of the tallest mountain, closest to her ‘real home’, the moon. She was to be raised as a priestess of the moon, and prepare herself mentally and physically for the time she will regain her memories and lead her people to expand into the world once again.

While one would think it would be a life of luxury, it wasn’t. She was a prisoner. She never had a chance to be a child...always training, always learning. She was friends with all the other priestesses in the shrine, but none were her age. She considered them all as her older sisters. But it was always a formality, they never grew truly close. Also she was never allowed to play with any children who did come to pay respects, as much as she wanted to.

She felt truly alone in the world. She could have anything she ever wanted, except leaving the shrine, or having friends. This only made her want to escape more and more. Upon hearing more about the outside world she longed to see it. Till finally she ran away just a few days after her 17th birthday.

Knowing she will never be able to blend in on the island they lived on, as everyone knew who she was right away, she did the most sensible thing...she took a small boat and sailed towards the mainland. Sailing was simple of course. Point the boat east and let the wind push her.

Clearly wasn’t the brightest idea she had. As for her luck, she sailed into a storm. After what seemed like days clutching the edge of the boat, she was tipped over. Losing consciousness soon after.

She woke up on the beach, surrounded by a bunch of humans gawking at her. She didn’t understand what they were saying. But their faces were red and they clearly stank of alcohol. Stories that her sisters used to scare her at night about humans popped into her mind. Frightened and confused, she scrambled to her feet and tried to run away. Only to be roughly grabbed.

She started yelling at them to let her go, prying at the hand that gripped her wrist like an iron shackle. Only for them to laugh, talking excitedly amongst themselves. They stopped suddenly when an arrow whistled and hit the man who held her arm in the shoulder. Once released she bolted down the beach.

She could hear yelling, and while some chased her, most of the others ran towards their new assailant. She heard movement to her left and looked, seeing a white haired boy about her age running towards her, bow drawn and firing. The arrow sailed behind her and into the man who was the closest chasing her.

He fired two more shots quickly at the last man who was chasing her, and yelled something. Causing the man to stop and block one of the arrows trained on him while the other missed. The boy ran past her, his eyes trained on the man. He put himself in the path of her attacker, and stood his ground, he had no arrows left, but instantly started fighting with his bow as if it were a staff. she finally got the feeling he was trying to help her. She stopped a bit away to catch her breath and to see what the heck was happening.She could see the other men who surrounded her fighting two new men who looked like the boy, and who seemed extremely skilled in combat.

Looking back to the boy, she could see he was quick and agile, easily out maneuvering the man and knocking him out with a blow to the head.

Long story short, she was saved by an adventurer and his two sons who lived nearby. Once the men were taken care of, and tied up. They offered her water, which after a bit of hesitation and finally realizing she was parched, she sniffed it… then drank it greedily once the cool liquid touched her lips.

The Adventurer crouched down in front of her after she finished drinking the water sack and began talking softly. Clearly asking her something. And with her confused look, understood she didn’t understand what he was saying.

After a bit of charades she realized he was offering food and shelter, The idea of a bed was too good to pass up, and she decided to follow...carefully. It wasn’t long before they reached their simple home, a beautiful woman with white hair came out to meet them, after speaking with the adventurer, she quickly turned to Selena and motioned for her to come inside, where she would be given a new set of clothes and cloak, to warm her up, and food.

This is how she met the Reinhearts, and was ‘adopted’ by them. Who spent the next year teaching her how to read and write and how to understand this new world, Especially Finn, who became her first real friend. She also found out the fastest way to see this world would be to become an adventurer. Finn, who was the boy who saved her, was becoming an adventurer himself. With help from Finn’s father, she was able to get into the academy as well.