Shamitako

Natalie - Library The girl was staring daggers at her. Some peasant was glaring at her. Natalie wasn't going to take that lying down, she turned her frigid lavender eyes on the girl and glared right back. "And who the hell are you?" She said, "Nobody, at least nobody I care about, which is basically nobody anyways. So I'd appreciate if you kept your nose out of my business." Without looking away from the glaring peasant, she spoke to Haley again. "Lucille, I came here to talk to you bout an important matter concerning Kal- Erm, Miss Katherine. I'd appreciate if you would join me in the hall so that we can talk about it." Lucille said nothing. Natalie wasn't sure why, she couldn't bring herself to tear her eyes away from her opponent, she wasn't willing to lose to this girl. Lilith - Dorm Room A (OOC: I finally thought of a good way of differentiating these, yay me) It seemed to Lilith she wasn't getting a lower bunk, she wasn't really expecting her request to be granted anyways. It was even likely that by asking it she had caused the others to want to deny it, though whether that had been a conscious or subconscious decision she was uncertain. She wished she didn't know so much about people, it would be so much nicer to naively think that they simply wanted those bunks instead of knowing that at least some part of them wished to deny her the place of comfort she had asked for. But neither the answer she had received nor her understanding of how the decision was made was going to change, so it seemed best to simply accept it and move on. With the way things were now, she felt the best course of action was to claim the bunk above Anna as hers. "A-alright then, I'll sleep on the bunk over Miss Anna." She said. She moved to the side of the bed but waited to place her bag on the bunk until she had confirmation that this course of action was okay. She was very nervous about having a top bunk, in fact she wasn't entirely certain she wouldn't just sleep on the floor. If she ended up hurting someone she was sure she couldn't forgive herself. She really didn't understand, but the safest course of action seemed to be to seek out the girl from her dream. She thought maybe she'd ask Arya or Esyllt to help her with that after she'd unpacked. Not that either of them would, they'd either think she was crazy or trying to manipulate them. And Lilith didn't blame them in either case. Katherine - Outside the Faculty Offices "Whoa, whoa, slow down there." Katherine said, trying to get the girl to calm down. All she had managed to gather from the girl's ramblings was that she was older than the other two and that she was extremely tall. And the latter bit was only because Katherine, who wasn't especially short herself, found herself looking up to the girl. Although she wasn't sure of the entire situation, she could puzzle out the basics. The senior girl had found the other two breaking the rules--fighting with each other, vandalizing the halls, making out in a classroom, etc--and had brought them to the faculty office to receive a reprimand. Although she was surprised at this, it didn't seem like the senior girl was especially good with people so she wondered how she'd coerced the two into coming with her. Perhaps it was simply that she was their senior and the other two had naturally deferred to her as an authority figure. Or maybe they were both just too lazy to argue, who knew? "Let's take this a bit slower. How about we start with you three introducing yourselves?" She asked.

TFW mastery 5 Nautilus~ Yay me~

4/1

6/10 Love Dewott, hate sprite avatars

Lilith - Other Dorm Room Lilith stared at the extended hand blankly. It wasn't that she didn't know how to give a handshake, but she wasn't sure she trusted Esyllt. Nobody was ever as trusting of her as Esyllt was acting, and it made Lilith suspicious in turn. Still, after a moment she grabbed the hand and timidly shook it. "It's n-nice to meet you, Miss Esyllt." She said meekly. She released her grip and turned then to the girl who had laughed. Arya she had called herself. Arya was someone who was clearly real, she hadn't hidden herself in an attempt to please Lilith or get something from her as so many others had. It made her sad that someone so honest would probably come to hate her for the person she was and the things she had done and been forced to do, but she was glad to be rooming with her. "It's alright Miss Arya, I'm used to far worse responses by now. And in fact your honesty in your reaction was far kinder than anything else you could have done." She said, her voice much calmer than normal, "I doubt you'll ever come to trust me, but know that I wholeheartedly trust you." Once again she extended her left hand with the palm up, this time it was not only a gesture of respect for a senior but also a gesture of trust. Finally, she faced her third roommate. She seemed unhappy, no doubt because of Lilith's presence. "It is also g-good to meet you, Miss Anna." She said. She couldn't think of anything more to add, but she was afraid of letting the room fall into an awkward silence, so she quickly changed the subject. She reached out the door and pulled a small luggage bag inside. "So, um, h-have you all decided wh-where you're sleeping?" She asked, "I don't care which b-bunk I have so it's fine if you decided without me. Although if you haven't, I, um, I'd l-like to have one of the lower bunks." She shifted uncomfortably with the request. She wasn't really fine with one of the top bunks, but all three of these girls were her senior. And on top of that she was a Laylite. She had no right to request anything of them, but she was very worried as to what she might cause if she wasn't well-grounded. Not that she could explain that to them, it didn't make sense to her in the first place.

How to prevent boredom: Don't be boring

(OOC: BTW, I'll be sticking to a single NPC's PoV outside the start of a new chapter, so try to keep track of who you're interacting with) Sharp - Dorm Room Sharp was concerned about Lexi, but she didn't really know what to say. Thankfully, her other two roommates picked up the slack. "Yes, I agree with Miss Riv and Miss Sion." She said. Lexi looked at around all three of them, her eyes clearly worried for them. Sharp wasn't so sure offering to help was so smart after all, if Lexi was this worried perhaps they should trust her judgement. "I appreciate the sentiment, but you really can't-" Lexi froze mid-sentence, "No..." She started pacing back and forth in a panic. Sharp didn't know her very well, but the way Lexi was acting felt very unlike her. "No no no. It's too late, I'm sorry for letting you guys get caught up in this." She clutched her right eye in a gesture of pain and self-admonishment, "I shouldn't have tried to stay a normal schoolgirl, it was too risky. I'm so sorry." Sharp was extremely confused, but before she could say anymore the entire room flashed white and she found herself standing in a barren white plane. She was not alone, her three roommates were there as well. And in addition, a multitude of large centipede-like creatures loomed over them. Considering how she had acted just before, Sharp figured Lexi knew what was happening. But when she turned to ask, she saw Lexi frozen in place, staring wide-eyed at the giant insects. "Miss Lexi, what's wrong?" She asked. "B-b-b-b-b-bugs." Was the only answer Lexi could conjure. Oh, that was right, Lexi had mentioned she was terrified of bugs. Sharp herself couldn't really understand, she wasn't especially squeamish. As Sharp contemplated what to do, one of the centipedes suddenly charged in her direction. No, she wasn't the target, it was Lexi. Since Lexi seemed paralyzed, Sharp took it upon herself to rescue the older girl. She wasn't strong enough to pick her up, so she did the next best thing: She pushed her over. The centipede passed harmlessly over them, although Lexi's panicking was clearly becoming worse. Sharp could tell she wasn't going to snap out of it, it looked like this was up to her. She had lost track of the other two, so she hoped they wouldn't get in the way. As soon as the creature was past them, she stood and ran as far away from Lexi as she could, trying to draw attention. It was only when all three of them charged in her direction that she realized what a terrible idea it had been. She was about to fall to the ground again when she heard Lexi chanting a strange prayer of some kind "By the light of my heart By the strength of your trust To manipulate every aspect of faith And for the salvation of all humanity I bestow upon you my strength That you may bring light to the world" As the chant finished, Sharp felt a tingling at her feet. It quickly traveled up her body, although it didn't feel like it was doing anything. And yet, when it finished she felt very different. The only physical difference seemed to be that her glasses were gone. She didn't really have much time to think about it, the centipede were milliseconds from overtaking her. She no longer had time to dive for cover, all she could manage was to raise her hands to guard her face. And as she did, they erupted with flame. Not just her hands, the centipedes as well. She had no idea why or how, but she knew she had a chance her and she wasn't going to let it slip by. She concentrated and formed the flames into a fireball in front of her. And with a scream of determination, she launched it at the wriggling mass of insect parts and flames. The world exploded with red and orange, and when the smoke finally cleared nothing remained of the danger. Relieved and exhausted, Sharp fell to her knees and felt her glasses re-materialize on her face. "I knew it, with an outfit like that there was no way you weren't a Fire Adept." Lexi said, walking over, "Or maybe you were a fire Elemental or Blade , but eh, one in three seemed like pretty good odds to me." Considering how she'd been going at poker earlier, Sharp was inclined to agree. She wanted to ask what had just happened, but first. "That can wait, where'd the other two go?"

3/10 Way too tiny, I'm not really sure what I'm looking at :c

AP mid Nautilus vs. duo mid TF and "support" Veigar. This game was... Something As best I can tell, Lucian got mad because his support went Veigar, so his support went "mid support." Me, I just want my mastery 5 Naut (I'm literally one game away ATM, but that's beside the point) and got tired of playing support. And because I didn't feel like jungling, I went top/mid and when mid popped up I went Nautilus anyways Although it may not look like it, I'd consider myself to have won lane. Positive score, out CSing them both (not combined, I was approximately 2/3rds of them combined IIRC), and neither of them had been especially successful in their roams. Of course, we still managed to lose, which I had no small part in. But I'm proud of my performance considering the insanity

7/10

Emberly took Rein and Lee to the faculty office because Rein punched Lee in the gut and then Miss Katherine showed up and asked what was up

TBF, that's pretty much exactly the situation I had imagined it being But yeah, you should probs double check with Acqui to make sure it's okay Also, age is like super important, anyone more than a year older than you is going to expect that you treat them P respectfully. Not calling Katherine Ms. Lucille is fine, but everyone should keep it in mind. The general way of referring to someone in your general age group but a couple years older is simply "Miss [First name]" Similarly, when talking to someone beneath you it is common to refer to them by their last name. This can also be used as a way to demean someone of a similar age And of course when talking to friends you'll just use normal speech

Oh, I didn't know you'd edited it. I read the original and was commenting on that because it lost a lot of its impact as the post went on

Sorry, wat, why? That's like, exactly the sort of reaction I was hoping for. One of my big issues with the last iteration of this RP was how I failed to convey that people were supposed to hate Lilith for being a Laylite. I mean there's the whole thing where Laylites declare in private so only their roommates and teachers know what they are (and schools have very strict nondiscrimination policies for teachers) Although I think you may have used the word bitch a bit much. A few times emphasizes anger and resentment, a lot of times starts to replace that effect with "oh, they just curse a lot." Not a huge deal, but I recommend dialing it back in the future so it has greater impact instead of just being expected

Ehh, we were still winning with her doing badly. Although her inability to stop Trist from pushing bot did spread me a little thin Also, I should quote Lucian at around 30 minutes in when I was catching a wave bot and Irelia was finally taking first top tower: "Cho hold your lanes!" I mean, he was full of BS, but telling me to hold my lane when I was only just losing my tower after midgame had been going for like ten minutes was top notch BS

Arya, Esyllt, and Anita - Dorm Room (Music) The three girls had all gone immediately to their dorm room after the orientation ceremony. They had quickly encountered each other and now very tensely awaited the arrival of their fourth roommate. The room was furnished minimally: it had four dressers, two bunkbeds, and a large circular rug. While the beds and dressers were of no consequence, the rug meant everything. It was half blue, and had a single green quarter and a single yellow quarter. What mattered most was that yellow quarter, signifying that one of the four girls in the room was a Laylite. That was why the air was so thick with tension, no one knew who the Laylite was and nobody was brave enough to outright ask. It was the dread of every second-stage girl to be roomed with a Laylite, members of the Line feared as manipulative and dangerous. All three turned towards the door as it slowly slid open. The door was silent in its movement, they mightn't have even noticed if not for the soft humming of the one opening it. Revealed on the other side stood a small girl, clearly the youngest of the four. She wore a very revealing black tank top with red jean shorts over black tights. Her mess of curls were tied back in a hasty-looking bun. And her pale yellow eyes felt like they were reaching out to consume the others' souls. Silently, almost as though she were a ghost, she crossed the threshold into the room. The lights flickered slightly, blinking off for an instant so short one might wonder if it was just their imagination. She extended her left hand, the palm held upward as a sign of greeting and deference. This normally welcoming gesture was tainted much darker by the presence of pitch black nail polish on her fingernails and the already nervous atmosphere in the room." "H-hello, I'm Layla, erm, Lilith Perditia." She said timidly. Whatever doubt had been in the minds of the three, it was gone now. This young girl with the hungry eyes and the fearful speech was the Laylite in their room. The tension dissipated slightly, clearly Lilith was not a threat at the moment, she was even being polite to those who were clearly her seniors. But still, a feeling of nervousness and suspicion remained in the air Rein, Emberly, and Lee - Office Area (Music) Emberly sat between Lee and Rein outside the faculty offices as they waited for a teacher to show up. She didn't actually know what had happened, but apparently Lee had done something that had caused Rein to lash out at her, since she found Rein standing next to a Lee who had very clearly suffered a blow to the stomach. After confirming that Lee was not severely injured, she had insisted that the two come with her to the offices so that a teacher could deal with them. Unfortunately for her, there weren't any teachers present at the moment. It was orientation day after all, they were likely all busy. But it did mean that she had to keep Rein and Lee in check until someone showed up. Thankfully, it didn't take too much longer before she spotted someone coming down the hall. They were young, not much older than she herself, so she couldn't be certain, but it was a glimmer of hope. The young woman's golden hair shone like it was on fire, her long skirt flowed behind her gracefully as she approached, and her tan turtleneck was covered in designs based on different summer flowers. She was absolutely beautiful and her presence was calming, like a gentle summer breeze. She stopped serenely in front of the three, her skirt swaying slightly as it drained its excess momentum. She looked down at the three seated on the bench with a kind smile. "Did you need something in the office?" She asked, "Nobody seems to be around much today, but I can help you out. I'm Katherine Lucille, I may not look much like it but I'm a teacher here." Arturia, Lana, and Haley - Library (Music) The three girls all sat around a table reading. They had met in the halls and had discovered that none of them were especially interested in being social. Haley had suggested they head to the library and neither of the other two could think of a reason to disagree. It was a calmi- *SLAM* The door to the library suddenly flung open and a haughty-looking girl strode in. Her bright red hair signified that she was of a rare breed, a type of woman considered special by society. She certainly acted like it, barging in like that. Haley had a pretty good idea of who she was, Natalie Opium. Haley had heard the name often from her elder sister, who was a good friend of Natalie's mother and was going to have Natalie in her class. Natalie wasn't spoiler directly by her mother, but she had grown quite the ego from being a member of the "elite." According to Katherine, Helen Opium was trying to bring Natalie's pride in line. It didn't look like it was working. "You there, Lucille!" She shouted, startling Haley. "M-me?" Haley responded, looking around. It was silly, nobody else was in the library but the four of them, and the chances of Natalie talking to either of her new friends was unlikely. "Yes, you." Natalie said, rolling her eyes behind her purple glasses. Haley gulped. She wasn't sure what Natalie wanted, but it couldn't be good. She unconsciously shrunk back from the loud and confident presence that was gesturing for her to come closer. She desperately wished either of the girls with her, or even better her self, had that kind of confidence. She could really use someone to tell Natalie off right now. Riv, Sion, Sharp, and Lexi - Dorm Room (Music) "I'll raise you ten fruit snacks." Lexi said cheerfully, shoving a number of pieces of gummy gold into the center of the playing mat. With a sigh, Sharp looked down at her hand. The way Lexi was going at it, she must have had a really good hand. "Fold." She said. "Yipee!" Lexi said, scooping up her winnings. "How good was your hand?" "I have no idea, I haven't caught on to any of the scoring stuff." They'd been playing for almost an hour, and Lexi had won every round... Yet she still had no idea what she was doing. "You really live up to your name with luck like that." Sharp said, a touch of salt in her voice. "I get that a lot." Lexi said through a mouthful of chewy fruit-flavored heaven. Sharp was about to get up and go join their other roommates in playing other games with less gambling involved when Lexi held out her hand; inside it was a handful of fruit snacks. It was a kind gesture, even if it was nowhere near the amount she had lost. She took them gratefully. After she had swallowed, she held out her left palm and thanked Lexi politely. "Oh don't be so formal. Sure, I'm a few years older, but we're still roommates. You can just say thanks." Lexi said. "I, suppose." Sharp responded, looking away to hide the fact that she was blushing. Sharp was about to say more when Lexi suddenly stood up. Her face looked like she had just seen a ghost. "Is something wrong, Miss Lexi?" Sharp inquired. "You three have to leave right now. Like, right now right now." The sense of urgency in Lexi's voice was unnerving. Sharp looked towards the other two to see their reactions. Should they follow Lexi's odd declaration and leave? The way Lexi was talking, Sharp was inclined to follow along. It seemed strange, but she had this feeling that she should trust Lexi above all else.