un: werther

[imitationsoul]

This school boasts about forming a last bastion against Nightfall, but all I truly hear are tales of student-on-student violence and poor prevention measures for such incidents. I was brought here under the pretenses of 'channeling my talents more productively', but I can't help wondering if this isn't just a quarantine zone for those who are deemed potentially troublesome. Let them cause trouble for each other, rather than for those in power.

Not that I mind. I've never once considered using my talents 'productively'. That is just synonymous with 'for other people'. I hold no interest in becoming a tool for anyone.

in person option

[ Miach's been going to this school since the start of the semester, and she's spoken to exactly nobody since. She's just... around. A silent new presence on campus, always with a book in hand, never greeting anybody. If that's the kind of person you'd approach, you can find her anywhere, but most commonly in the library.

Note for faculty: Miach got transferred away from her last school for summoning a demon and getting students injured. Faculty would likely be informed of this ahead of time. ]

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[playitagain]

Guilty as charged!

[Why deny it?

Oh, she thinks it'll be a fun game for Miach. She loved playing it. She nods, cheerfully, quite happy at this turn of events. Funny that this started off combative, but...

She won't complain.] I can load an emulator and the game's file on a USB drive for you! It lets you play it on your computer.

[imitationsoul]

[ Miach can't help but feel like she's been lead into a trap and that's both irritating and novel. Huh. Her life had turned itself on its head once before, and it seems Daybreak might do it a second time. ]

Aube, Room 305. You can come by, Nana Daiba.

[ And with that Miach's grabbed her book and is walking (maybe dashing) off, because ending the conversation on her own terms is the least she can do to alleviate the weird tension here.

Also she may have to google some video game stuff now. ]

[playitagain]

I'll do that soon! Ah, see you later?

[Oh--oh, she's off. Nana watches her walk away, blinking a couple of times. A little weird, how fast she disengaged.

But... this was fun. Nana watches her go, finger curling around one of the locks of hair not bound up in her twintails, and wonders.]

[imitationsoul]

[ Sheesh, can't a girl have white hair and light blue eyes in peace? Everyone's a critic. ]

I was out there because big bad monsters took the little girl. The usual story.

[marmoron]

[he's raising an eyebrow even higher than before.]

That's not the usual story at all, actually.

[imitationsoul]

It is a usual story, in the mundane world. They may not know the word 'Outlands' but they do know of girls being taken by demons - pretty much globally, too.

[ Miach's always found it mildly funny how well she fits this absolute cliché. ]

[marmoron]

The usual story is that people from the mundane world live out their whole lives not knowing anything about the existence of the supernatural. Yours would be the unusual story.

[he waves his hand dismissively.]

Whatever. Beside the point. You were captured by demons?

[imitationsoul]

Stories that people tell aren't necessarily stories they believe.

[ She's not budging from her point of view, Keith. You can not make her. ]

Urban legends, fairytales, novels, movies... you should get the picture.

And yes I was, did I need to spell that out for you?

[marmoron]

But it's not a story that's typical for most people.

[she can have her opinion, but it doesn't mean he'll budge on his.]

And no, no further elaboration needed. But you could explain how it is you managed to escape.

[imitationsoul]

I could.

[ Aaaand here's a petulant pause. ]

Or you could issue a guess.

[marmoron]

You annoyed them to death.

[imitationsoul]

Hmmm.... a fun possibility. Maybe if I find myself in peril yet again I can test the power of words more decisively.

It's really a pity I was just 8 and didn't speak their language.

[marmoron]

[kidnapped by demons at age 6, huh. keith can tell he's gone and stuck his foot in his mouth and should probably try to backpedal, but .... he does absolutely no such thing.]

I imagine crying your head off would have accomplished the same thing.

cw child abuse

[imitationsoul]

[ This just gets a silent judgmental look instead of a verbal response.

The idea of monsters willing to kidnap and torture little girls being at all phased by the crying instead of amused or mildly irritated... well, what a wonderful world it'd be. Miach might have been granted a swift death in return for her tears. A quick end to suffering instead of the roughly applied methods put in place by her captors to ensure their toys wouldn't break. Yeah, wouldn't it have been nice, if crying did anything at all? ]

[marmoron]

[her silence is met with a raised eyebrow.]

What. You the only one allowed to be inappropriately flippant or something?

[imitationsoul]

Well. Saying foolish things is certainly your good right.

[ Miach is the last person who would ever tell somebody to not be cruel, even though this one hit home on some level. It endears her to Keith, even, to know that he'll hit her where it really hurts without a second thought. ]

Getting judged for it is, too.

[marmoron]

You're kind of a massive hypocrite aren't you.

[imitationsoul]

[ Miach simply shrugs in response. ]

I like to think I have a fairly clear policy.

[marmoron]

[the look he gives her in response to that makes his disagreement pretty damn clear, though he chooses not to verbalize it.]

Back to the story. How'd you escape then?

[imitationsoul]

I didn't.

[ Though Miach still doesn't feel very charmed by Keith and has little desire to tell her whole story, she also doesn't really feel like having him keep bugging her. ]

I just survived long enough until a resistance force liberated me and the measly rest of the slaves.

[marmoron]

[oh so she DOES give straightforward answers. amazing.]


The resistance force wasn't made up of dragons was it?

[imitationsoul]

[ There's a headshake. ]

No. Should it have been?

[marmoron]

Well.... no. I just thought.

[he shakes his head.]

Never mind. You just reminded me of a dragon clan I know.

[imitationsoul]

And what clan is that?

[ This guy may be annoying more than anything, but getting trivia knowledge? Always nice. ]

[marmoron]

Not sure if they have a name exactly. They're a clan of white dragons with blue eyes. Have some affinity for lightning based magic.

[there's a beat.]

Found a settlement where they used to live, but I'm not sure if they're still around. Seems like a lot of them might've died out, but there could still be more survivors.