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Post by jyo on May 16, 2006 1:37:23 GMT -5
"Whew I need to watch those all-nighter's. I can't keep doing that and be going to class" Jyo muttered as he sat up in his bed early on Monday at the academy. His long blond hair fell around his face and covered his green eyes for a second.
He brushed the hair out of his eyes and then stretched and yawned. He got out of bed and went to his dresser to get some clothing for the day. he brabbed a black tee-short some grey jeans, one of his paiars of boxers and some sockes. He then headed into the shower.
After washing up and taking care of his hair and combing it back. He slipped into his clothing and went to get his combat boots. He tied up the boots and then got his stuff into his bag for school. He grabbed his long white coat with the sword sheath sewed into it on the back. He then grabbed the shorsword wich gleamed brilliently in the light and sheathed it. He left his gun behind as it was not duel purpose like his sword which was a vry effective weapon and almost a badge of sorts to him
He hoisted his bag and said goodbye to his parents and headed out the door. He walked through the school to his first class which was to help him learn to make channeling his magic energies easier. And they were helping greatly. He ran into a few of his friends and exchanged hellos with them as he passed.
He went into the classroom he needed and two hours later he came out and he had an hour before the next class. He decided to go to the courtyard and read up in some of the other magic types that he did know how to use but wasn't nearly as good with.
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Post by Ezra Emmerich on May 17, 2006 23:39:51 GMT -5
Ezra was in the courtyard during the hour break, just avoiding people in general. Every once in a while, he had to deal with the girls who thought Zeke was so cute and adorable. They always had to give the plushie a big hug, and most tried to buy Zeke off of him for random amounts, or even for dates. But his friend was too precious to put a price upon. Besides, Zeke was a unique construct. If those dolts at the reseach department couldn't have him, neither could some extremely cute girl.
But in the courtyard, he kept to himself, listening to techno on a big set of noise-cancelling headphones. While the music went through his head, so did his current homework, nothing more than mathematical-magic-physics. It was mostly theory and forumlae, and it wasn't as hard as most people thought. Then again, most people didn't need to take it. Mostly just Alchemists and other "science magic" users.
"So you add in the equation for mana-disloaction in for F-squared, and I should have the answer..." Yeah, easy. Easy as the first 314 digits of Pi.
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Post by jyo on May 18, 2006 1:14:10 GMT -5
Jyo noticed a small bit of commotion. It didn't sound like anything was really wrong. He looked over to see three figures. Two of them human. And one of them... Something else. Jyo had seen alot of things growing up here. But he hadn' ever seen anything really like the third being.
Even though he didn't normaly think of things in such ways he had to admit the little thing was cute. Very friendly and sociable looking. He thought to go and see if he could find out aanything about this interesting being and walked over.
The other boy and the odd creature had gone off to be somewhat alone. Jyo figured this to be a good thing as he could go and not just be another person crowding the two of them.
He approched not loudly but also not sneakily. He wanted himself to be noticed. But not to startle them. He heard what the other boy was saying and he understood it was a more alchemical sort of magic that the boy was studying for the moment. Jyo didn't understand it all THAT well. But he did grasp the concepts easily enough. But his strengths were elsewhere.
"Hi there. My name's/ Jyo. I couldn't help but notice your friend or pet. Or if I am going to be simple. You companion. I wonder. What race is he or she?" He asked politely and with genuine curiousity in his voice.
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Post by Ezra Emmerich on May 18, 2006 9:32:00 GMT -5
"Only a few more problems to go, Zeke. You get any of this stuff? Of course you do. . ." Ezra plugged in a few more formulae and filled in the variables. In a few seconds, the calculator was able to do it's work and punch out the right answer. A quick doub;e-check, and he was done with problem 23. But there was a sort of shadow that was suddenly cutting off some of the light. When he looked up, he half-expected another plushie fanatic. Not quite.
If it had been one, there would have been some sort of squeal or random saying involoving the word "adorable". This time, it was another aprrentice with more on his mind than fluffy animals. Kind of. He was clearly curious about Zeke, but it wasn't just there to gawk. This guy wanted to actually know something.
"Hi there. My name's Jyo. I couldn't help but notice your friend or pet. Or if I am going to be simple. You companion. I wonder. What race is he or she?" The tone was a bit quiet and definitely curious. Might as well answer the guy.
"It isn't." He said simply, looking away from his work. With a quick uncovering of his Mage Deck, he turned on the projection monitor. The floating screen showed the time and his daily agenda. Next thing he had to do was some language studies. "Zeke over there is a construct. Which means it's not a living being, but something animated by magic. And I'm Ezra."
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Post by jyo on May 18, 2006 11:27:59 GMT -5
A construct. Intersting. Thats a power that takes some decent focus. It's clear thats one of his big strgengths is he has one as a companion. Jyo thought. He had read about uch majic though it wasn't rare it wasn't as well known.
"Well hello Ezra and Zeke." He said giving a nod in greeting. He noticed what Ezra was doing and new it was better not to bother him for the time. Instead he focused hit attention on Zeke. From what he knew constructes were not normally kept for more then work or cmabat. Jyo had a feeling that even though Zeke would be more than cabale at those endevores. It wasn't it's main purpose.
"Zeke is rather unique. If you don't mind my asking why did you build him. From wht I know Constructs are not truly made for lasting a while?" He asked still keeping his eys on Zeke with curiousity in them. Zeke semed like some cute cuddly little pet. But there showed an intelligence behind it's eyes.
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Post by Ezra Emmerich on May 18, 2006 11:36:48 GMT -5
((OOC: Zeke has stats now! He's my main constuct, so he gets 1.5 times my Stat points. As approved by the propogator!))
"It's really nothing. I animated him when I was eight. So it really was becasue I wanted to play with the little guy, and for him to play back." He didn't mention what happened because he had made Zeke into a construct. The screen went down again, but there was still a digital time readout hovering just above the deck. He had the rest of the period to just relax.
The guy seemed nice though. He wasn't one of those annoying people who pesterd him in that high-pitched sqeaky-voice way. Not to mention he seemed to actually know something about constucts. That was always a bonus. Less to explain. But now he was wide open for questions because he had no work. And Zeke seemed to be taking a liking to Jyo too. it wasn't obvious, but Zeke wasn't acting defensive.
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Post by jyo on May 18, 2006 11:43:29 GMT -5
Jyo reached out to Zeke to stroke it's head and rub behind it's ears so see the reaction. From what he saw Zeke would either be fine with it or back away. Not attack. It was one of thos thing where a person just knew he or she wouldn't be in danger.
He spoke up again.
"At eight huh? Zeke's been here for a decent amount of time then. And thats impressive making him come to life when you were that youn." He said.
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Post by Ezra Emmerich on May 18, 2006 12:10:39 GMT -5
Zeke was more than glad to accept the scratching, though it wasn't treated like a pet by Ezra. It had that sort of happy personality that normal child would have, obviously a remnant of Ezra's youth. And Ezra didn't seem to react positively or negatively to Jyo and Zeke. In it's own way, that meant things were going well between them.
"The research groups want to examine him, because he’s unusual. But I’m not letting them. They’d probably dissect him and ruin the magic that’s working on him right now. As for being able to do it when I was eight, it’s probably because I used too much mana.”
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Post by jyo on May 18, 2006 12:14:56 GMT -5
Jyo noticed that while Zeke didn't mind the scratching or so forth it wasn't something that it was used to.
I was right the first time. More of a friend than a pet He thought and then turned to Ezra.
"Well I would agree with you there. It doen't feel right to let Zeke have that happen to him. And I also have some experience from unexpected results in magic and so forth. Still do every now and then. But I think because magic isn't my soul focus." He said.
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Post by Ezra Emmerich on May 18, 2006 12:29:30 GMT -5
Zeke suddenly got distracted, seeing some birds. It ran off, bounding on all four of it’s limbs, and making a big pounce at the bluebirds. They flew away far too quickly for Zeke to catch one, but that wasn’t his objective. It was just playing around. As soon as they landed, it bounded after them yet again.
“Yeah, I probably wouldn’t make magic my main practice if I weren’t stuck here. But I’m here so I might as well make the most of it, right? But what do you do here?”
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Post by jyo on May 18, 2006 12:34:08 GMT -5
"I'm an apprentice. I do study magic but I more more adept at combat magic so I really don't o much into that since it's pretty straitforward." He said with a shrug leaning against a nearby wall.
"In short I am attuned to fire and lighting elemental magic. And have a couple of other more persoanlized types as well. Then I also train with the sword." He said.
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Post by Ezra Emmerich on May 18, 2006 13:06:49 GMT -5
Now Zeke was climbing right up a tree to get to those birds. His antics were almost enough to get Ezra to crack a smile in public. but only almost. instead, he just looked on and made sure Zeke wasn't going to get stolen by some school girl. Maybe he was a bit over-protective of his buddy, but who wouldn't be? Zeke was his best buddy, which may have been sad, but it was true.
"Offensive magicss huh? Elements of fire and lightning. . . Potent combination. Lightning for speed, and fire for power. I'm guessing you keep a well-balanced fighting style." For a second, he thought that his words might end up getting him stuck in a spar, so he added, "But neither I nor Zeke know how to battle. At least not yet."
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Post by jyo on May 18, 2006 13:13:47 GMT -5
Jyo gave a nod.
"Yeah it is pretty balenced. I don't really have a grasp on the other elements though so I'm going to work hard on what I do have." He said. Ezra seemed to have a decent grasp of knowladge on combat. But it seemed he was telling the truth about not having much experience in combat.
"I also have the grasps on alot of basic magic as well. Tell you what though. If you ever want a few pointers on combat you can ask when you start training up because you sound like you have that planned." He said.
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Post by Ezra Emmerich on May 18, 2006 13:20:13 GMT -5
"Well, I hear that monsters are getting out of control, and I might get drafted to deal with them. So I figure I should make sure I can hold my own, ya know?" It wasn't that he didn't want to know how to fight, it was that he didn't want to for fear of getting beat down. The healthy fear of death was a prime concern for him. And the hidden prosthetic wasn't a bad reason to stay away from a fight either. How he got it made him fear getting blasted all the more.
"Zeke?" The plushie toy was running at Ezra, full speed and dived behind his back. "What's going on?" When he looked where Zeke had come from, there was a flock of birds flying right at him. Ducking and covering his head, they all flew just above him and flew off, out of the courtyard. It was like when you hit the chicken one too many times in Zelda. . .
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Post by jyo on May 18, 2006 13:23:46 GMT -5
What the hel... Oh shit heading right at us. Jyo thought and slammed his arms forward with the palms facing out. A wall of gic force coveed them and the birds were pushed asied around them. Jyo let the wall down when the birds passed.
"Now what was that?" He asked wondering what in the Acadmey could cause that disturbance.
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