First day jitters (onira)

[Shea]

The silent pale skinned girl stepped through the gates of her new home a small white kitten at her heels. Her pale green eyes scanned the courtyard like area in front of her the grand steps up to the academy's first hall way stood only a few trees and some sunny spots away.

Well... we're here.

Come on it'll be great and you know it!

Shea looked down at her white kitten the familiar she took with her everywhere and smiled. Always the upbeat one she kept Shea in a contstant state of happiness and that was what the black headed girl needed truthfully.

One small duffle bag clutched in her hand all other bags and furniture having been shipped ahead of time to her room. She pulled some papers out of the pocket on her jeans looking down wondering how she was going to find all this stuff on her own. She sighed her chest heaving in her small silk camisole that hung just away from her body in a light lavender color that really accented the girls skin and eyes. She chewed on her lower lip nervously as she read over the paper the silky strands of her thick black hair blowing in the wind.

"How am I going to navigate this place? It's huge." she said her soft and elegant voice speaking aloud for the first time.

[Onira]

"Aww crap!"

Onira's back smacked swiftly against the doors, keeping his body out of motion for only the tiniest second, until everything came back and he was taken straight through the parting wood blocks. He landed hard on his back after doing a complete backwards flip. He had gone right over the steps and onto the concrete path leading up to it. But, it was probably proper. You see, he had, umm, sort of sarcastically mentioned that the senior who had tried to start a fight was... not all there. Of course, he got a nice taste of chi, sending him straight through the doors, and where he lay now.

"Well, that was fun."

He sat up slowly, getting a sharp shot of pain through his back. He had hit harder than he thought. But that was obvious by the small bits of gravel on the back of his black T-shirt. He slowly begun to stand up, shaking his head once the action was completed. He thought he might have smacked his skull aswell, but given the thikness he so easily possessed, he figured it wouldn't be a problem.

"Cranky seniors. It must be that coffee or something. Meh, I don't know. Guess I just gotta hope I'm not that mad when I'm at that level."

He puffed his cheeks for a moment. A habit of his whenever he was thinking, or just relaxing. Actually, at any time when he didn;t have to be serious. It was a habit after all. But, something made him deflate. A person. Behind him now. He turned around slowly and gave her a curious look.

"Well hello miss. What can I do ya for?"

[Shea]

Shea looked up as a boy landed not to far from him apparently he had been thrown through the front door and was now laying in front of her. She looked at Bella and then back at the boy who was now saying something about .. coffee of all things. She knelt down in front of him her black hair falling all around her.

"Are you all right? You took a pretty big fall." she said in her light sweet voice.

She sat her duffel to the side and looked worried her light green eyes staring down at the boy.

"I'm Shea." she said with a slight blush crossing her pale skin. "Can I help you up?"

She offered him her hand gently. Bella came over and rubbed against the boys shoulder mewling cutely.

[Onira]

Onira looked at the girl, now relaxed. He noticed the cat rubbing against his shoulder, and the girl holding out a hand for him. Well, atleast she wasn't a stranger. Of course, Onira didn't define "stranger" the same way everybody else did. Everyone else defined it as someone you didn't know, but Onira preffered thinking of it as someone who just doesn't really relate or talk that much. Someone who wasn't really a friend.

"Thanks miss, but I got it."

He slowly came to his feet, noticing as he did the girl's blush. He took that as a sign. So far, he seemed to come over a lot of people who blushed. Phoebe the most. Of course, second up was Phae. She was confident on the outside, but a little contained deep down. Embaressed when it came to more deep issues. Now, he had found another person. Shea, apparantly.

"Nice to meet you miss Shea."

He stood up straight and gave the girl a handshake, giving her a sort of warm smile.

"Welcome to Arcane Academy."

He knelt down, and begun to give the cat a gentle pat. He had a feeling it wasn't a regular cat. No pets seemed to be regular at Arcane Academy.

[Shea]

Shea stood up when the boy did and smiled at him a sweet genuine smile. He took her hand in his own to shake it and then even reached down to pet Bella. Shea thought it was sweet how he had instantly taken to the cat and Bella's purrs in her mind signified she too was happy with the boy's moves.

"She likes that. Her name is Bella and thank you for the welcome. I just arrived here today." she said stating to obvious. Silently she cursed herself for being so stupid as to do that but it had already come out so.. nothing she could do about it now.

"I was about to look for my room. All my things are supposed to have already arrived." she told him with a shy smile and another blush as she picked up the duffle in her left hand and gave a wink to Bella.

[Onira]

"Oh cool. A new girl. I thought so. Haven't seen your face around. Of course, I don't really keep a note to welcome the new people, but glad I can be here to be the red carpet."

He gave a smile and continued petting the cat, offering his arm to it. He wanted to see if it was willing to sit up with him, or if it wanted to stay down and just relax. No problem for him either way. He liked the cat. Not as magical looking as Loish, but still, it was much cuter.

"Your room, huh?"

His smile turned from warm to mischievous. A sort of glint came in his eyes, but it wasn't as bad as it seemed. Most already knew it, but not the new comers. Onira was the sort of local room-personalizer. He went to people's rooms, and just sort of decorated them. Changed the wall colors, changed desk colors, and even made torches and lamps. It was cool. At least for him. It really gave him something to get his mind off of the troubles of school. Plus, it only took five minutes to get it done. Easy enough.

"Might I escort you to your room, miss? Of course, if it's too uncomfortable I'll leave you alone. You do seem a little bit of a shy one. Not to imply that that's bad or anything, I jus tthought you might not want me in your room and stuff. Not that I intend, like, you know. It's just that, well, I know it's a sort of confidential area and... sorry. I'm rambling."

[Shea]

Bella meowed loudly before bouncing into the boys arms and Shea couldn't help but smile. The cat hadn't taken a liking to anyone like that in a long time and so it kinda shocked her.

Her eyes opened a bit wider at the look in his eyes when she mentioned finding her room but somehow it seemed not to be a 'I'm going to get some' look more like a ... well she just couldn't place it so oh well.

He's fun!

Shea giggled and covered her mouth shyly with the back of her hand her eyes lit up momentarily as she blushed.

"Actually, I would like your help. I don't know where my dorm is and I have no idea how to get there. If you help me, I could.. buy you dinner maybe." she asked and blushed deeper tucking some of her black strands behind her ear exposing her earings and a smile as she did so.

"I'm in dorm room 178." she offered and showed him her paper with the assigned classes and her dorm assignment on them.

[Onira]

Onira took the cat gently into his arms, making a sort of cradle beneath the creature. He looked through his mind.

"178 huh?"

He had to think for a moment. He had been to 176 before, and the corridor he was in when he was leaving seemed to continue in numbers. Maybe it was there. Hell, it was worth a start. Of course, if you got lost in Arcane Academy, you were pretty much royally screwed. The place was big, and was equal to the most complicated maze if you didn't know your way. Onira could only hope he was right.

"I think I know where 178 is. I think I've been in the corridor that had that dorm in it, so it shouldn't be too hard. Of course, you must be prepared for major headaches. This place has been known to be... annoying. Not to scare you or nothing. It's not that bad."

He gave a grin and turned around, slowly beginning the trek to 178. It even sounded scary. Like there were monsters randomly stashed around the area. Like if you even moved, a hand would come out and grab your leg as you heard the roar of a rabid slime creature. Or a wolfman. Or a bear. Or a plattapus. Ooooh. A plattapus. Scary.

[Shea]

She began to follow him easily keeping in step with him her own movement very graceful her hands barely clasping the bag that was in front of her.

"You know Bella isn't usually so comfortable around someone she just meets. You must be nice and have good intentions." she said with a smile trying to give him a compliment with out coming straight out and saying.... 'I think your cute'

She wasn't worried about getting lost in the academy thats usually how you found out all the fun nooks and crannies to get some alone time in the world. She looked at the school it was huge but she knew this was the place to go.

"So.. I don't believe I got your name." she ventured her pale green eyes roaming over to him once more.

[Onira]

Onira gave a slight shrug, not willing to deter (probably spelled that wrong) the cat from her rest. In order to keep with this fashion, he also had to kick the front metal bar of the door in order to open it. But no problem. He jsut hoped no one was on the other side.

"Well, I always thought I was nice. But, you can't judge a book by it's oddly attractive cover can you?"

Onira gave a laugh after this. He wasn't in any way, shape, or form self-loathing, he just thought the time needed a little bit of humor. And who better to joke about than yourself? No one to piss off that way.

He took a quick look around after entering, making sure he hadn't hit anybody. Seeing nothing wrong, he walked in a sort of arc, so that he could keep the door open wide enough with his foot for Shea to walk through the gap. As he did this, he heard another comment.

"Oh, I forgot. Since you welcomed yourself first it's only customary for me to tell you my name isn't it?"

He gave a smile and waited for Shea to enter.

"My name's 'Onira'."

[Shea]

A smile would cross the young womans face as she heard him call himself attractive. And he was at least in Shea's mind. Violet eyes blonde hair he wasn't bad looking in the least.

"Thank you." she said as she stepped into the hall of the massive academy with a smile and a nod towards Onira.. yes she finally knew his name Bella curled up in his arms.

"Can I ask what kind of magic you do Onira?" she asked looking over at him with a smile. She had never smiled so much in her life but now.. now she was and it was a good feeling. "I think that question most likely gets asked a lot around here but I've heard there is a rather diverse crowd here."

[Onira]

"Well, everyone's curious here. It's a very questioning place. Of course, it's not as bad for me as it is for most people, cause I've been living here since I was pretty much born. But even so, I quite like seeing other people's magic. As you said, this is quite a diverse place. So far, I've run into a sword mage, two psychics, two summoners, a pervy teacher (I'm not too sure what exactly he does), a demon, a half demon, and of course, alchemy, which is what I do."

With that word, he let Bella rest on his one arm as he placed his hand against the wall, giving Shea a quick smile before his palmed tattoo lit up.

"This is about as much beauty as I can create."

The walls slowly began to switch between colors. They became red, then blue, then green, then purple, and many other colors that can't really be described. After about half a minute of this color change, the walls returned to their original dull grey color, and with a final receeding flash of light, Onira withdrew his hand, plus a small wooden rose in his gentle grip. He turned around and handed the crafted artifact to Shea.

"This is for you, miss Shea."

He gave a smile, and then, after the rose had been handed off, turned around to continue the journey.

"May I ask what you do miss Shea?"

[Shea]

Eyes wide with surprise and excitement she watched as the dull gray walls of the academy changed into a rainbow of different colors all seemingly coming from the tattoo on his hand.

"That's... wow... it's amazing." she said in her soft yet excited voice as he finished. But there was something in his hand in which he handed to her. It was a wooden rose.

She gasped looking down and gently took the rose into her hand. She turned it over and over looking at it how lifelike it looked. She blushed a bit from the gift and smiled.

"Absolutely beautiful. Thank you." she said and smiled brightly up at the boy her first day, first friend/interest, and her first gift. This was shaping up nicely.


"Me? Well I'll show you." she took her pamplet of papers that were in her hand her dorm assigment and a few welcome to the academy papers and broke off one of the papers she didn't want or need. She crumpled it up and threw it on the floor before touching her ruby on her wrist with her thumb and forefinger the paper erupting in flames. Then reaching up to her ear she touched the sapphire and the paper froze. Next she touched the green emerald in her ear as well and the paper was back to normal and finally the diamond at her throat and the paper danced in the air back to her hand.

"I'm a jewel mage. I focus my mana and energy through my gems each representing an element." she said with a smile.

[Onira]

Onira gave a toothy grin.

"No problem! I think you deserve it."

He looked at her interestingly, wanting to see what she could do. He was hoping it wasn't anything super powerful, like summoning a dragon that would destroy the whole school or something. Or maybe a giant plattapus that would walk in with his big plattapus beak and break through the science lab. That would suck. But no, nothing that extreme. Even so, Onira thought it an eye catcher.

"That's so cool!"

He watched as the paper was slowly changed. Slowly morphed and almost attacked by this girl's magical abilities. First the piece of paper erupted into flame, then, when Shea touched her earings, the paper froze. Then, as she continued touching the artifacts, it went back to normal, and finally threw itself to Shea's hand. Onira just stood there stupified. no amtter how much he saw it, magic always sparked some sense of amazement in him. He loved it. The ability of magic. To create. To transport. To even destroy something. Alchemy could make not such a claim. Alchemy operated on the laws of science, a biggie being "matter and energy cannot be created or destroyed, they can only change forms." Most magics didn't abide by that rule, and went out all willy nilly.

"That's awesome miss Shea. I wish I could do something like that. Noted, I don't think I could wear all that jewelry and get away with it like you can. Sorta doesn't look right."

Onira looked ahead of the two, noticing the big metal doors only six feet infront of them. The elevator.

"We got here faster then I thought."

Onira put his hand against the button, and instantly the doors opened, welcoming the two with a cheerful ding! Onira walked in and held his hand infront of the sensor's door.

"If you will miss Shea."

Once the girl was in, Onira would hit the button to go one floor up. To the first floor.

[Shea]

Shea smiled brightly at his reaction to her magic she followed him watching him as he spoke. He was so animated. Her almost opposite at the moment. How he would be surprised when she finally calmed down and wasn't so nervous with him.

The elevator doors slid open and with a nod to her new friend she stepped into the small room that would take her up apparently to whatever floor her dorm was on.

"Thank you." she said.

She waited silently as the doors closed and the elevator began to rise because she wasn't really sure what to say. 'say Onira.. got a girl' somehow didn't seem right. And she wouldn't ask anyway not til they got to know each other a tad bit better. She continued to let her eyes travel to and from Onira looking at him or looking down at the rose twiriling it in her hand and smiling at it.