MonsieurShade

Gedonelune Academy

"Jacque, musst we continue wandering aimlessssly, i've grown rather bored with thiss you know.", Coal stared up at Jacque, her pumpkin orange eyes glowing slightly as she communicated with him mentally rather than the verbal method that they normally used. Picking up on this, Jacque cocked his head a bit as his purple eyes began to glow as well, "I guess we could go outside for a little bit more, but we'll have to stay on campus. Why the sudden change in communication? I liked actually speaking to you.", "Few can commune with their familiar specifically in the familiar'ss native tongue, most ssimply converse through common or mental speak. I grow tired of the sstrange looks people give you when we conversse...". Jacque thought about it for a moment, he never really payed much attention to it and would have likely never come to realize what he was doing when he spoke to Coal had someone not brought it to his attention. During conversations between Coal and Jacque, Jacque's language switched over from plain english, to something that sounded like a person playing a recording of latin in reverse, which was apparently unnerving to some people much to Jacque's dismay. The mage rolled his eyes and gave a small huff, "I'll consider trying. It the mean time let's catch a few more rays of sun before class.".

Jacque travelled once more outside in time to catch a fire ball disappearing from in front of another student, "Huh. They heck do you suppose all that was about Coal?", "You're doing it again." "I said I would consider trying. Verdict still isn't out on whether or not I agree.". The pair moved away from the scene in favor of approaching someone that appeared to be dozing in a tree. "A man after mein own heart. That a prefect uniform I spy?" Jacque purred as he crept towards Raulf. Years of learning how to silently track wildlife made for a very silent approach, even in the confining uniform that he wore Jacque did not make a sound as he crawled up the tree. It was only when Jacque had crawled onto a branch just above Raulf's that he chose to make himself known; "Comfy, isn't it?" Jacque all but purred as he stared down at the prefect with a grin.

Gedonelune Academy

As he entered the main building and traversed the academy halls, Jacque found himself to be in a particularly good mood. It was a new year, he'd gone for a morning jog, and there where plenty of new folks to meet. The only thing missing now was a good bit of music, something Jacque quickly remedied by pulling the slightly cracked iPod touch that he'd received from his parents as a birthday gift a few years back. The mage popped in one of his earbuds and hit the shuffle feature before bobbing his head, "Aw yeah, Danger Doom in the morning? Talk about based!" "I do not undersstand why you enjoy that inssipid device Jacque..." Coal hissed into his mind as she slithered out from under his cloak and wrapped around his shoulders with a bit of help from Jacque. "Well excuse me for having functioning outer ears!" Jacque teased before lightly tapping Coal on the nose, "Low blow. I thought you ssaid you wouldn't bring up the ear thing." "Oh come on Coal, you know i'm just messing is all!". Coal flickered her tongue in Jacque's face for a bit before tightening her coils slightly, "Right..." she hissed as Jacque reached up to unsuccessfully try to loosen her grip, "Coal? Getting a hard to breath here. C'mon this isn't funny!" he wheezed, "Oh come on Jacque, you know i'm jusst messssing is all!" Coal said mockingly as Jacque gagged.

Such routines were typical between the two even in public, and several of the students and prefects ignored Jacque's pleas for assistance knowing that Coal would never actually injure her master. Seeing no other way out of his predicament, Jacque began to tap Coal on her tail to concede defeat "Alright, point taken! Uncle, uncle!". Coal immediately ceased squeezing and placed her head under Jacque's chin, "What have we learned?" "That you don't play fair...", "Well, you aren't wrong. But would I be me if I played fair?". Jacque mulled this over for a second before nuzzling the top of Coal's head, "No, I suppose not.".

It's Time For An Adventure!!!!

"Trickster, huh?" Jacque cocks his head a bit to the side, his left brow raised as he digests Renria's words. She hadn't said yes to his offer, however she also hadn't exactly said no. Jacque leans down a bit with a somewhat crooked smirk made slightly menacing by his scars "Well, Renria was it? There's gotta be a few places even you can't take folks simply due to the risks. A shame t'miss out on all that potential cash to be made, ain't it? Perhaps we could work somethin' out here if you're willing to listen to my proposition.". The dhampir may not have been the smartest man to grace the planet, but he knew when there was coin to be made. This halfling before him would definitely be a good source of income if he could sway her.

Gedonelune Academy

"Another year has come and gone. Funny, sure doesn't feel like it's been a year, does it coal?", "It doess not. Though I can't ssay i'm fond of the concrete dwellingss that we are forced to sstay in over the year. Why can't we jusst sstay in the foresst or the greenhousse?". Jacque let out a soft chuckle as he climbed up a tree that hung over one of the academy walls, "C'mon Coal, i'm just glad they allow us to walk out here if we get up early. No need to risk making people angry when we've got a good think going.. There was a rustling under Jacque's cloak as a large, dark triangular head poked out from his collar, "I sstill think that it iss not fair to deny uss a night under the sstarss...". Jacque snorted at Coal's and scratched the python under her chin, an act that ellicited a small hiss of annoyance despite her nuzzling into the scratch. Jacque looked around briefly, and spotting no teachers or prefects roaming the area, hopped out of the tree and over the academy walls, "Terra Magicae: Terra reformationem!" he muttered just before hitting the ground. In an instant the patch of hard ground that Jacque was about to hit was turned into a soft pile of dirt.

"Umph!" Jacque grunted as he landed on his feet and stood, "I think i'm gettin' better at my spell timing, what do you think Coal?", "I think you have a bunch of twigss in your hair.". Looking up at the wild black tangle atop his head, Jacque found that Coal was indeed speaking the truth, prompting him to gingerly tug the twigs out, "Thanks for that. 'Least I kept my uniform clean this time!" Jacque chirped as he began to walk towards the main building. Coal flickered her tongue and hissed into his ear, "Aren't you forgetting ssomething?", "Huh? oh yeah,right. Terra Magicae: Terra reformationem!" Jacque said before turning and pointing towards the pile of dirt he'd landed on. Within seconds, the soft soil was returned once more to it's solid state, and Jacque was on his way towards the main building with a soft grin on his face.

The Many Adventures of the Life Guards (Shade and Diz)

Pulse waited for a bit to allow Mirage to don her secret identity before continuing onwards, amused expression worming its way onto his face rather than the near perpetual scowl, "You sure do love fish Kas'. I'm pretty sure i've never seen someone eat so much seafood in my life." Dimitri said as he and he kept a brisk pace. As they came upon the burger shack Dimitri could see that the third thief from earlier was still right where he left him. The man was face down and groaning in pain, his right hand was shredded pretty badly and his knees were bent in ways human knees simply were not meant to bend. The cause of his injuries was none other that Pulse, who had taken exception to having a gun pointed in his face when he went to intercept the thieves. Being that the unconscious man was the only one to have a gun, Dimitri had remedied the situation by blowing the weapon up before blasting him in the knees as well much to the horror of his comrades. "So, this place still open for business or will I be looking for chow elsewhere?" Dimitri barked to a waiter as he stepped over the injured man and swung open the door.

"Well...we were going to close while we waited for the police to come and file a report, but-" "I'll take that to mean you guys are still open. And would'ja look at that, a bunch of seats opened up." Dimitri said before stepping out of the way to allow Kassy to walk in first. True to Dimitri's word there were now several empty booths and tables; a result of people either fleeing or following after Pulse after he'd left to pursue the escaping thieves-to-be.

The Many Adventures of the Life Guards (Shade and Diz)

"To the burger shack then..." Pulse grunted softly in response to Mirage approving his idea. He'd already been in a bad enough mood for having his meal ended before it could even begin, however being yelled at when he'd taken what was -for him- the least destructive course of action to stop a criminal simply soured it further. He'd come a long way since starting in jump city; he was easily two times less brutal than he was as a teen, and had gained a lot more patience and experience in regards to complaints, still, it was a bit irksome now and then to have to deal with people who had no clue how much damage he could really cause. Dimitri let out a sigh and popped a few vertebrae in his neck to relieve some stress, "Oh, before I forget again, remind me to grab a small carton of eggs from the grocery store. Regis is getting a bit round in the midsection, I figure I should give him a bit more protein instead of fatty mice and crickets nonstop.".

The Many Adventures of the Life Guards (Shade and Diz)

As Mirage wrapped things up by soundly beating and detaining the thief and his companion Pulse stepped forward with an expression best described as child-like glee. The hero stood atop the now unconscious thief's earthen prison and crouched before grabbing a fist full of the man's hair to yank his head up a bit, "YOU GOT KNOCKED THE FUCK OUT, SON!" he said before releasing his grip and falling onto his rear to laugh for a few moments. Once the humor had passed, Pulse stood once more and wiped a tear from his eye "Ah...man, that shit was priceless. Nice work Mirage, good to see you really took those lessons to heart. However..." he lightly punching Mirage where her bruise was, "Still gotta remember not to call out your injuries." Pulse playfully jeered before shoving his hands into his pockets. With the thieves apprehended and authorities likely on their way for clean up, Pulse nodded his head towards the direction that the thieves had been running from, "So, how 'bout we go get some burgers? I'm seriously craving a one pounder with a fried egg on top, maybe a chocolate sha-" "You're just going to up and leave after blowing a hole in the boardwalk!?" a shrill voice cried out.

Pulse's brow raised again as he turned to see a woman in her late thirties marching towards him, "You can't just do that! You need to fix the damage you caused, right now!", Pulse's eyes narrowed, "Lady, do I look like a damned carpenter to you? I'm sure the city'll have it fixed soon.", "With OUR tax money!", "Ok, one: i'm sure YOUR tax money isn't specifically being used to fix that hole, and two: I pay taxes too.". The woman looked incredulously at Pulse for a moment, "YOU pay taxes? With what money? I don't see you working anywhere around town unless you consider blowing things up working.". Pulse sneered at her for a few moments, "Hit it right on the head actually. I destroy buildings scheduled for demolition. Good job actually, I get paid for a full shift even though i'm done in a half hour at the most.". Pulsed relished the woman's expression as she opened and closed her mouth in an attempt to make a rebuttal, "I also made a few investments in the stock market. Tricky business but I got a guy in jump city that keeps me posted on the important stuff. Now,if you'll excuse me, i'm going to get me a fuckin' burger.". Without a word further, Pulse turned on his heel and began walking away. Everything he'd said just now was indeed the truth; he'd acquired a fairly simple job with a wrecking crew and invested in the stock market to continue having a steady cash flow, however, he'd failed to mention just who kept him up to date and how he'd acquired enough money to buy a share. That would be a secret he'd keep to the grave.

Gedonelune Academy

I'm noticing a lot of "tamer" based magic thus far...

Gedonelune Academy

It would likely be best if you yourself picked them.

Gedonelune Academy

No need to fret Spazzy. Would you prefer that our buddies be assigned by you, assigned at random via some sort of generator/randomizer, or for us to pick them ourselves?