un: ornithology

[hawkwardness]

Hey. I'm new here. My name's Tobias. I figured I'd introduce myself before I'm in the classroom, so that no one thinks they're going crazy. See, I'm a red-tailed hawk, not a human. So if you see a big bird with a pretty red tail indoors or flying around, keep in mind it might not be a normal animal.

That's all. Thanks.

[The end of the world is more than enough to worry about, he doesn't need to fight off fellow students! Let the boy get an education.]

Comments

[stavros]

It isn't? Maybe humans are just more social. Is that insensitive?

un: Galanthusnivalis

[buddinghopes]

Welcome to the school, Tobias! I'm Lia :)

Can't say I've ever shared classes with a hawk before but I feel like that's kind of tame for Daybreak tbh

[hawkwardness]

Thanks. I'm feeling alright about it so far. Sounds kind of nice to be able to learn in a classroom instead of spying on people.

[hawkwardness]

Nah. Must be true. I was more bored than unhappy.

[Except no, not really, but at least it's easier to cover up as a hawk... and he always has his wings.]

[hawkwardness]

Aren't those dangerous?

[hawkwardness]

I don't have a clan or family. I'm a genuine freak of nature.

[hawkwardness]

Good to know I'll fit right in. I couldn't go to school back in the normal world, you know?

[soft_focus]

...The Outlands?

I think there's some spots that are dangerous, but I don't remember those places. Just the places where it wasn't.

un: jaybird

[nor_iron_bars]

[Possibly not the most encouraging username, given his thoughts on jays, but her actual reply seems amiable enough:]

cool.
lemme know if you're gonna be taking my class and i can work out some custom tools for you.
metalworking might be kinda annoying w/o opposable thumbs otherwise.

[hawkwardness]

Do you think that would be useful? I'm not sure I could make anything human-sized.

[nor_iron_bars]

it's a class for making magic items, so.
honestly, as long as you can carve a rune on it, you're good.

[stavros]

I do hope you receive the knowledge you seek. Daybreak has all nearly anyone would need for such a pursuit.

[hawkwardness]

I can probably do that, if size doesn't matter. Might as well try.

[hawkwardness]

So what's it like, then?

[hawkwardness]

Seems like it. Even if you're me.

[stavros]

A bird can learn calculus as well as anyone, I suspect.

/Cuts in

[unpocoloco]

It's bad. It's very bad. Like constant monsters everywhere, semi-perpetual terror bad. Reira there is a very lucky girl to have made it through.

[And less lucky to be there in the first place.]

[hawkwardness]

I'm as smart as 'anyone', in my opinion. Maybe I should start with basic algebra first and work my way up from there.

[hawkwardness]

[Oh hey, Héc.]

Yeah, that's more along the lines of what I thought it was.

[stavros]

Do they give you an entrance exam?

[hawkwardness]

Already been done. I think I did alright, considering.

[stavros]

If you made it in, you must have. Daybreak does its best to foster strength in its students.

[buddinghopes]

Yeah, I'd imagine that'd be... difficult. For a number of reasons.

[nor_iron_bars]

that's the spirit.
doesn't matter how big the artifact is, what matters is whether it can set you on fire or not.
(protip: the answer is usually yes, fire safety runes are in the front of your textbook.)

[soft_focus]

The Outlands?

I though this place was part of it before everyone kept saying it wasn't. The 'Outlands' didn't mean any sort of big spot, until everyone said it was.

There was just all the different places I saw, like places with big mushrooms you could bounce on, or places where everything was upside-down and also left and another direction, or the ones where you could see different colours.

(I still can't find words for the colours and directions though)

They were all just other places, like this one.

I don't know what makes this one so 'special' other than being...'monotonous'.