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Volitaire gently shook her hand. "I'm Volitaire Lucath. It's a pleasure to meet two newer students. Unfortunately, I'm not enrolled here, but I'm known for my participation in a past endeavor. Making me sort of welcomed here. It would make sense to enroll, but I'm already proficient in the Dark School of magic. Being home taught and all. And hello to you too, JD." His face relaxed and gave a more natural smile.
Without saying another word, Enki turned and walked out of the training room. He was clearly upset with Enzo forgetting him. He felt bad. And what was strange was Kenji's reaction to seeing Enki. "You know him, Kenji?" Enzo asked. "Yeah, but you aren't ready." "Not ready for what?" Kenji looked down. While the sad tension in air escaped, it was replaced with guilt. "You aren't ready to learn your past, yet." "M.. My past?" "Your hyper form mustn't know, is what i'm getting at." Enzo slowly nodded, looking at the rings on his fingers. "I see.." It must be pretty bad if my cursed form can't know of it.
Enki climbed up the steps leading to the lobby. He saw Volitaire, who had seemly been good friends with Enzo. He was surrounded by two other people. Enki went back into the cafe and ordered another ice cream, before leaving the school completely.
“Ow,” JD pantomimed as she thwacked him in the shoulder- it didn’t hurt of course but he was playing it up. “Someone call the police- I’m being abused- by my tiny twin sister with clown hair.” Those eyes narrowed. “You heard me: clown hair.”
About that time he turned towards the dark haired chap and offered a stern salute. “Crazy new- so new actually that I think we missed the rest of the student body. I mean unless you are the only student, and by all means they need to aptly rename this place ‘Sorcerer and two Carneys’.” It was then he glanced over Eos’s consistently vapid attempts to get this fellow to fawn over her. “Right right- well by the time you give her your said ‘benefit of the doubt’ she will have crushed your heart into a fine powder.” Those eyes glanced about rather bored and he offered a shrug.
As this Voltaire fellow gave his introduction JD found himself getting a bit glazed over by the small details. “Ah- well- that is odd. Do you stay here disguised as some mundane student? Have like a room in the attic? Watch us while we sleep? Protect us from evil? Are you Batman?” JD offered with bright theatrics and then laughed shortly afterwards.
He thought he heard someone behind them and turned around only to see nothing. “Dark magic- sounds- interesting. Care to elaborate? Sorry E and I aren’t proficient in magical knowledge- rather despaired past and all that nonsense. So you know- baby steps and what not. Baby steps.” JD stated- not even offering what type him and his sister performed. Seemed easier to avoid the topic all together- it would make for a more dramatic reveal.
Eos closed her eyes and took in a deep breath, trying to not focus on those extremely irritating words "clown hair". It's not clown hair, damn it! But... there isn't anything wrong with being a clown. Oh the many things she would say to him when they got behind closed doors. The last thing she needed was to be called "clown hair girl" in this new school or something dimwitted like that.
"Volitaire, hmm?" She purred, "Well it's a pleasure~." She continued to hold him in the gentle shake before slipping her hand away, letting her fingertips intentionally linger before bringing her hands behind her back. "That is a rather interesting title to go throwing around, are you allowed to give demonstrations?"
Volitaire had a small burst of laughter. "Batman? Hardly...but I can relate to the despaired past. Before I get off tangent again...Dark Magic is a sinister School. Draining, Snaring, Cursing, Summoning, your basic asshole School of Magic. For draining you can pry someone of thier own life force, to replace any that you've lost. Vice versa with manna. Snaring is like binding the opponent down..." Volitaire casts his Spell Chains and caught his book in them. "Like that...there's other ways to do it, but I love these chains. Summoning, is self explanatory. Making undead appear at whim, taking a mans own manna and manifesting it into a physical form, or making your own shadow be your doppelganger. I hope that can sate you for now. It's better to give examples with me." Volitaire dispelled his chains and grabbed his book. Noticing Eos' finger movements and blushing again.
Seeing Enki leave in such a rush after leaving the atmosphere thick with tension got Silver wondering about him. Before anyone could say anything, she slithered away and decided to pursue the redhead. She stayed a good distance away from him, using her illusions to hide herself while still keeping an eye on him. Another ice cream? Seriously? This guy has a major sweet tooth.
She decided to continue following him, even after he left the school.
Enki continued down the main street that started at the entrance to Sorcerers. Like on his arrival to the school, he dodged direct contact with people he didn't know, and kept to the side of the street. After a while, he turned down a smaller street. This street was much darker, the buildings on either side shadowing it from the sun.
Following him here was difficult. He kept turning down small streets, and it almost seemed as if they were getting smaller with every turn.
Eventually, Enki came to a dead end. He stared at the wall that blocked his path. "Open Gaze." He said blankly. A portal, around 6 feet tall, opened on the wall. He walked through it, and the portal closed behind him., leaving no trace of his being there.
Meanwhile, Enzo had totally forgotten that Aleister wanted to talk to him. He had already left the training room, despite Kenji's protests. He headed up the stairs and saw Volitaire on a bench at the entrance. He had not noticed the two figures standing near him until he gotten close. "Why'd you walk off like that?" He asked him as he approached him. "I haven't hanged out with you in..." He caught sight of the two students. ".. ages."
Volitaire saw his good friend running up. "Have you any manners, Enzo?" Volitaire chuckled. "Well, that's true. We haven't really done anything in a while. But it seems others are asking for my attention. I guess you finished with that...'Enki' fellow? Sorry to come off so cold about him...I don't really trust him." He sat back down and and rested his head on his hand.
While Voltaire spoke, her eyes listened attentively as her eyes wandered around him. He looked to be young, but carried himself much like an adult would - his speech was comparable to that of a professors. He must be powerful.
"You're quite good." She hadn't seen anyone perform magic spells aside from herself and JD so this was all too exciting for her to witness. "Sinister you say? Wouldn't that make someone like you - a master of the art, sinister as well?" Her sharp tongue hid behind he continuous smile. This boy was intriguing, surely.
Her eyes soon caught glimpse of another boy, running up to greet her new found acquaintance. In an attempt to amuse herself even further, she sat down beside Volitaire and crossed her legs. "Yes, have you any manners at all, Enzo?" She giggled and nodded as if she knew who she was now talking to and exactly what they were talking about. "Yes, Enki. He is untrustworthy!"
Leaning over she whispered in Volitaire's ear, "Who is Enki?"
Silver sighed as she watched Enki disappear through the portal. No longer feeling the need to hide herself, she let her guard down and stopped using her illusions. "Where'd he go?.."
She sighed and decided to go back to school, a bit disappointed that she didn't even get the chance to confront him.
"Sinister...perhaps. It's situational I guess...It's hard to explain, and I'd rather not." Volitarie heard Eos' question but tried to answer it by asking Enzo a question. "Did you find anything out about that Enki guy, though? I mean, Kenji knew a thing or two it seemed." Volitaire looked up at Enzo, giving him his full attention. "I really hope this has nothing to do with his second state...if so I'll be even more concerned. It'll make everything far more dangerous than it already seems..." Volitaire thought.
Sinister... Enzo heard the word in their conversation just as he saw Eos. It fit perfectly to him. Sinister... Evil... His familiar phobia returned to him after all this time.
He felt choked up for a second, not sure how to respond to her humorous mood.
He looked back at Volitaire. "I don't remember ever seeing him before. Kenji knew him, but he didn't want me to know."
Is this Volitaire's girlfriend? He thought. How long have you been gone, Voli? He shook his head a little, as if to shake off the thought.
Volitaire sighed. "This...might be a bit bad then. For someone like Kenji to know him and not want 'you' to know at the same time, this is troublesome. Make sure to keep away from him, or at lest try to dodge odd or malicious fronts by him. He looks to be friendly but that power in him says otherwise." Volitair'es face frowned the more he lectured Enzo to be careful.
“And now we have a party-“ JD stated as a boy ran up and pretty much ignored the VanCise twins’ existence. He had been watching Voltaire go through the motions of his powers, and describe them in their fullest. Eos chittered on about how having sinister powers shouldn’t make the owner of them sinister at all. JD just rolled his eyes and crossed his arms over his chest. It was then the girl plopped down beside their newly made ‘friend’.
“Kenji, Enki, Enzo- wow doesn’t this Sorcerer school allow anyone in with normal names?” Of course E was Eos and inevitably that was quite exotic within itself. JD’s full name was also a bit of a mouthful, but he was honestly content with having initials to make things easier. “Call me Commander Esquire Janus-Dante VanCise the Third and I am High-Duke of all Falafel Land!” He sighed. “So- why are we worried about this Enki and why do we listen to a guy named Kenji? Eh- no- nevermind I don’t need to know. I feel like there won’t be a recap montage long enough for me to understand.”
This school was odd for sure- and JD didn’t think he liked it.
Silver walked back to the school, still a bit irritated. She happened to stumble across her two friends, Enzo and Voltaire, along with two others she didn't recognize. It seemed to her that they were discussing something serious. She looked at the other two and walked over to Enzo's side, wondering how long it would take for him to realize she was standing there.
Volitaire's attention turned to JD. "Unfortunately, there's some things I can't explain to you just yet. We've only met. But it involves a lot of dangerous variables. All of which can be possibly something I don't even know too much about. Which worries me deeply. And hey, you're one to talk. You have a very interesting name, yourself." Volitaire sighed again and opened up his book on the folded page. "Oh yeah, and hi Silver."
"Kenji is my partn-" Enzo was again, cut off by the interrupting Kenji landing on his head from somewhere above them. "I'm his bodyguard." He said, barely visible through Enzo's hair. "I already know your names." He turned his head over to Silver, who was standing right beside Enzo. "Hello Silver." "Silver?" Enzo looked to his side to see Silver standing there. He laughed awkwardly and waved to her. "Hey, had a good nap?"
Eos quickly interjected, "Well if you are such a powerful master of Dark Magic, why not just take care of the guy - since he's such a threat." Chuckling a little she let her words settle with those around her, unsure of if that was a topic you were allowed to joke about. Either way, Eos was never big on worrying about what was socially acceptable and what wasn't.
Her eyes veered to her brother, who was being his ever so sarcastic self. His antics always made her giggle, they both shared the same off-key sense of humor.
Suddenly, another body stood in the semi-circle around the bench, this addition - a girl. A pretty girl, in fact. Her arm absently rested on the back of the bench behind Volitaire.
Silver sighed and nodded at them before speaking. "Yes, actually. I had a fantastic nap, thank you. The training room's floor is a lot more comfortable than you would think." She looked to the two she didn't know. "..Who might these strangers be?"
Deciding it would be best to at least try to make friends around here rather than enemies, her lips curled up into a slight smile, showing her sad attempt at being friendly.
"Eos VanCise." Her voice was smooth as her stare connected with the female's bright green eyes. "And this is my brother, JD. As you can assume, we're new... and you are... Silver I presume?"
Volitaire looked down in some shame. "If Enki has the same abilities as Enzo here, but is equiped with more skill in them, he may be a bit of a challenge for me. Maybe even overpower me. I'm taking this slowly. I don't want to make a enemy out of something who seemingly isn't. Best to know his deal first, before I jump to violence." Volitaire turned back to his book.
“Ah all Cloak and Dagger you are- fine fine- I’m sure I’ll figure it out.” JD stated to Voltaire as his sister continued to make googley eyes at him. Honestly he didn’t know if she was truly interested in dark haired boy or just wanted to anger him to the point of seeing red. But JD didn’t have a quick temper, but he was known to be volatile when it finally went off.
About that time two things happened: a rather meek girl seemed to almost materialize next to the one JD assumed was Enzo, and other fellow- out of seemingly nowhere- landed on Enzo’s head. The blonde glanced up and attempted to fathom where the smallish Kenji had come from, but just left it up to the odd happenings of a school that practiced magic.
JD smirked at Voltaire, “well our parents were into mythos and literature pretty heavily- or at least this is my assumption.” He didn’t know his parents- or at least he had never been given the chance to be acquainted. Ah well- probably for the best. “Just be happy we weren’t called like Odin-Allfather and Aphrodite-Goddess of Love. Though if we were- we could have called Eos ‘Aphro’- ah the jokes that would ensue.”
Eos asked her question of Voltaire, and he felt intrigued himself. This Silver on the other hand was inquisitive but his sister handled it quickly enough. “Do they make you sleep on the training room floor?” It was then JD gasped, “for shame you guys- for shame.”
After Voltaire spoke- JD looked at Enzo. "So- why are you so badass? Beyond having the ability to make midgets land on your head."
Volitaire kept to his book but replied clearly. "Mythos, eh? What I'd give to have parents again. Or a family for that matter. But those names stirred my interest, hopefully you can explain when it' less crowded, maybe?" Volitaire peered up to JD with a friendly grin.
Silver looked back at the other girl, slightly intimidated by her stare and smooth voice, but didn't dare show it. "Eos and JD, huh? I'll try to remember that." She crossed her arms. "Yep, the name's Silver."
She smirked at the boy's comment. "No, no. I just happened to fall asleep there after training, probably because I haven't slept well recently," she said with a shrug.
"You should see him when he's mad." Kenji said, pulling on Enzo's hair to annoy him. "K-Kenji, that's not something to joke around about." He didn't want these people to see his cursed form. Everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves, that's all he wanted. He kept a smile on his face and listened to the conversation. It felt good to be in the presence of people making friends. It gave Enzo hope. Hope that would soon be crushed to dust.
Her voice lowered itself, the statement meant for Volitaire. "What's so important about this book, huh?" She pressed her hand across it's pages and grinned at him, lingering a moment before standing up from the bench and brushing off her skirt. "Now that it seems JD and I are lucky enough to have a few people around that are accustomed to Sorcerers... would you guys care to show us around?"
It wasn't that she wanted to be pushy, but she might as well take advantage of the opportunity while she could. "JD and I aren't very good at finding our own way around, and I have no clue where I'll be sleeping..."
"The most Enzo could do is show you back to the training room. He isn't finished." Enzo tried to look up at Kenji. "Whaaa? Really?" "Kyoya and Aleister are still waiting." Kenji stated. Frowning, Enzo started to walk back to the stairs, that led downstairs into the training room. He had no clue if they were going to follow, or wonder on their own, he just wanted this day to be over, as far as training went.
JD offered a small frown. “Sorry to hear that Silver- and a pleasure you meet you mate.” He would have offered his hand to her but there were quite a few people buffering his way to her, and so instead he gave a wink to the young girl.
He was suddenly distracted by Voltaire who seemed particularly interested in what JD had to say about his lineage. “Hm- yeah- maybe some time,” he paused. “Actually you might be able to help.” He made a mental note to inquire later about Voltaire’s offer, because truth be told the Dark Magic prodigy might be able to fix a few problems that would arise from the VanCise name.
“Either way Eos has the right of it- we need a bit of a tour and you blokes seem more than apt in giving us one.” Their friendly meet and greet was interrupted by Kenji stating that Enzo needed to head back to the ‘training room’. “There is a training room- so this place isn’t all about theory and learning and junk? You actually get to use your powers?” There was a flicker of mischief in JD’s eyes.
Volitaire raised a eyebrow after leaving his attention towards Eos. "Help?" Volitaire closed his book again. "I'll be more than happy to assist you. Right after you're done given a tour, however. I think I'll be lurking about down by the waterfall by the treeline of the woods east of the school. I used to have a little wooden shack built there back when my bro-" Volitaire stopped himself, trying not to remember Einso and his passing. "I'll just be down by the waterfall, doing some practice. It's out that way. You just go completely strait." Volitaire pointed at the path facing east of the school that trailed into the treeline and severed off inside. He got up and put his book at his side. "It was nice meeting you, JD. And umm...you too, Eos. Also, this is a old novel about the man who began Time, and breathed Space." Volitaire obviously blushed when he mentioned Eso. His voice was shaken a little and his cheeks were flustered. "Enzo, tell Maria I'll go shopping with her another time. I need to do some fine tuning to my magic. I'll see you when you're not so held up." Volitaire emitted a black aura that spun and came together to form a dark purple-ish spectral wings and flew out towards the forest.
Silver's cheeks turned a pale pink when she saw JD's wink, and she tried to shrug it off and hide it by following Enzo to the training room. She enjoyed watching Kyoya fight, at least from what she saw of him fighting with Enzo, and wondered if he would maybe train with her a little.