First Impressions (Open)

[Eyvindr]

Babylos.

Quite the interesting place. Eyvindr's eyes scanned the area, absorbing everything. The most obvious feature of the island was the giant academy that Eyvindr was currently in the process of entering, the Arcane Academy. Another was the sheer size of the island itself. Considering that it must have weighed several thousand tons at LEAST, even making it hover an inch off the ground, no, even getting it to budge, was an impressive feat. Eyvindr knew. Magically lifting things was his area of expertise.

The other thing was that, of course, it was extremely high up, and also flying. It was an uneasy sensation, knowing that you were constantly moving about the world. Also, the weather was bound to be different at these altitudes. And the air was intoxicatingly thin. When Eyvindr first stepped onto Babylos, he had stood panting for a moment before doing anything else.

But that wasn't fully relevant. He was not here on a vacation. No, he was here for something far more significant. This would most likely be his home for a very long time. He would have to get used to it.

He stepped forward, and entered the academy. He was currently carying a great deal of weight, with both his current and future weapons, along with any food that he had brought with him. He looked heavily armed, but only if... some of the things he carried he could barely lift with his telekinesis, much less use in combat.

Thoughts of hs training drifted through Eyvindr's mind as he continued to walk. It was like a habit: For the past year, he had been practically unable to think of anything else. He was looking forward to a bit of rest.

[Jason]

Jason wlked along through the Academy whisteling a nameless tune. nothing fancy just a pleasent sound ashe walked. He had on today a pair of faded grey jeans and a white shirt and his sandels. his long hair trailed behind him as usual. This time he had left the cylinder that aced as a handle for his mana focused sword in his dorm as he didn't have classes and has no p[lans on visiting the training grounds today which made his look oddly 'normal'.

He soon noticed a person with a great deal of stuff with them. being the friendly sort Jason walked over makeing sure he could be seen as not to startle the person.
"Hey there. it looks likeyou have a decen amount of stuff wuth you. Want a hand with it?" he asked with a friendly smile always glad to lend a hand.

[Eyvindr]

Nothing.

Not a twitch. Eyvindr didn't react to the question at all. Why, one might ask? Because he hadn't heard it. He had never heard anything in his life, except indirectly, through the ears of Randulfr. For, you see, Eyvindr was deaf.

He did, however, notice Jason approaching him. And that Jason moved his lips. He touched Jason's consciousness just in time to "hear"...

"Want a hand with it?"

One is usually thinking about what they are saying. And Eyvindr communicated with others by "hearing" thoughts, and projecting his own. He did this now.

"Hello. A hand with what?"

[Jason]

Jason was slightly taken aback with surprise. He hadn't ever experianced someone who communicated mentally. But he caught on quickly between the mental message and the fact the guy didn't respond to his verbal words. he projected his thoughts finding it interesting as to how this was working.
"You just seem a bit wheighted down from all that gear. I'm no muscle man but I can at least give a hand with it. oh yeah. I'm Jason." He 'said' figuring this was how he'd have to talk with the guy.

[Eyvindr]

Eyvindr sensed Jason's confusion. It was a little hard to miss. It was an unfortunate drawback of his communication method that he sometimes had to invade the other person's privacy.

"Ah. Do excuse me for not explaining earlier. I am Eyvindr, and I a also deaf. This is how I talk to people. And some help would be much appriciated."

Eyvindr handed Jason a few bags with food in them.

"Now... I only just arrived. Would you mind showing me arround? I plan to enter the Academy, so is there anything special I must do? If so, what? Show me the ropes."

OOC: A bit short and low-quality. Meh.

[Jason]

Jason gave a shrug as he took the bags for Eyvindr.

"No big deal. It's not much different from learning a new language. Well a bit easier to use but still it's the same kind of thing in a way. Never talked with a telepath before though. And I'd b glad to show you around."[/i[ He responded and motioned for Eyvindr to follow him.

"Well the place is huge. I mean there are parts for classrooms and dorms then we have the training grounds. There are also places to get food which doesn't cost anything here which is nice. It all depends on what you want to do first. I reccomend dropping your stuff off at your dorm first so you don't have to take it everywhere." He 'said' as they walked.

[Eyvindr]

"I see. So I find my dorm, then drop all my stuff off, then I'm free to explore without fifty pounds of stuff on my back? Sounds great."

Eyvindr gave a harsh grunting sound. It was his version of a small chuckle. After walking a bit, he tried to strike up some more conversation. It was interesting, talking to someone other than Randulfr.

"So, what kinds of magic do you use? I personally specialize in telekinesis and a bit of phychism."

OOC: Short... Bleh. Hard to put any detail into a 'casual conversation' post.

[Jason]

OOC: Don't worry about it I do it as well. I'm more for quality than quantity.


"Interesting powers. Not a surpise from they way we are 'talking'. Not to undermine the abilitys from what I can tell it takes alot of focus to use those powers. I myself am an energy manipulator. I can use it for beam attacks and shields and so forth. Mabey we can show each other example of our respective abilities later." He 'said'. It was interesting haveing to direct his thoughts to communicate. but it was still pretty cool in his opinion.

They headed up the stairs to the dormatory area.
"So where do you come from?" he asked.

[Eyvindr]

"Japan."

Eyvindr answered shortly. Hopefully, this wouldn't develop into anything about his past. He didn't want to discuss that yet, besides, he had only just met Jason. Maybe they could discuss it when they knew each other better.

The area was now starting to look like the dorm area. Pairs of doors were in the walls, with a good deal of space between each pair. Another question sprang into mind.

"Which one's yours? Is it around here?"

[Jason]

"Thats cool. I've wanted to take a trip there at some point."[/]i He said as they went by the dorm rooms.

"Yeah mine's around the next turn off. I don't spend alot of time there though. I'm normally in class or in the training grounds. if not in those places I'm in the city. However fell free to drop by my place if you want a word. If I'm there your welcome to come in. It's room 657. Oh yeah what was your room number?" he asked.

[Eyvindr]

"My room is 671. A little farther."

It was soon reached. Eyvindr opened the door and stepped in. After choosing a suitable spot, he dumped everything that he had been carrying on the floor. He stretched. DAMN, it felt good to have that load off. He briefly gestured to Jason to do the same, then looked around.

"...A little under-decorated, but I guess they can't give anything fancy if they're going to be supplying hundreds or thousands of rooms."

Eyvindr commented. After looking around a little more, and noting that all the essentials were there; a bed, fridge, microwave, some silverware and plates, that sort of thing; he turned to Jason again, smiling slightly in an almost evil way.

"So, you were mentioning a 'Training Grounds' earlier..."

[Jason]

"Yeah the rooms are pretty bare in ways. But they give you what you need to live very comfortably. And down in the city are plenty of places to go buy things anyways." he said putting the stuff he was carrying down.

he gave a nod at mention of the training grounds.
"Yeah it's a pretty good place. You know. go test skills and so forth. i tend to spend a decent amount of time down there. The classes teach alot but being out to get the firsthand experiance always helps." He said and stretched a bit. He hadn't been to the trainigng rounds for a couple of days due to the fact he had been really busy with his classes.

[Eyvindr]

"Indeed. It would be interesting to see what other kinds of magic there are out there... Shall we take a look?"

Eyvindr's smile was still there, though it had lost it's 'Evil'. He was genuinely interested. He vaguely remembered other forms of magic being mentioned, like elementalism, and maybe something about scrolls... and... Enchanting? Oh well, he would surely figure it out again later. He couldn't remember what any of those were like in any way that he couldn't figure out in an instant with a bit of time in these training grounds.

Eyvindr waited for Jason to either lead the way, or to give another suggestion.

[Jason]

"Sure we can check out the rest of the school later. We can go ahead and start with cjecking out one of the more interesting areas. I've been wanting to head down there as it is." He said and motioned for Eyvindr to follow.

Jason lead him through the Academy and pointed out a few things about it. Just basic helpful little hints. Such as where some classes were held and other small types of things as they walked and headed out the the training grounds.

OOC: i reccomend the next post to be in the grounds itself.