Squids anxiety wasn't nearly on the same level as Jules, although it was still there he mostly kept it to himself. He watches Ms. Delaney for a moment, she seems nice enough, thankfully. He was dreading the teacher being some grumpy boring old person- he fidgets with his fingers, picking at his fingernails and sighing to himself. The gargoyles just perplexed him, and anything that perplexed him usually gave him anxiety.
Squid glances over at Jules, frowning a little as he watches him. Wow he looks really shaken up, what could've happened? It seems like one moment Squid was listening to him inquire about gargoyles and the next moment he looked close to passing out. "Uhm..Jules, are you ok?" He whispers, not wanting to be too loud right at the beginning of class. Squid watched as the other grinned, is he ok then-?
(Hey, sorry for never replying. I've just been in a bad mood, and you guys are mostly active when I'm asleep. I may leave. My family's annoying as hell (I'm on vacation until Sunday), and by the time I will have time to reply and be in the mood to, it'll probably be way too late for me to put Ena back in. I'm still here for now, but I sincerely apologize if I do end up leaving)
(That's ok. Take care of yourself <3)
"So for this first semester, we will be learning about Realms!" Ms. Delany grinned. The topic of the seven realms was her favourite and she loved learning about them and make hypothesis' given the little information they had.
"You may or may not know, but there are seven realms that live along side us. Earth, Eva, Aifore, Oceana, Esul, Turrak and of course, Astura. Each realm is home to different species and creatures."
She lifted her arm and made a small downward motion with her right index finger. A large poster fell from the ceiling to reveal drawings of different species from the seven realms.
(I’m sorry to hear that. Please do what is necessary for yourself)
Jules had managed to calm down. He wasn't entirely sure what had happened, other than that he had entered his own world. He prayed that that was the last time that he would experience such fear. I'm good, I swear. In response, he mumbled. "Sera's stories just spooked me and drew me deeper into my own thoughts, but I told myself things that crushed the terror.” He grinned to let Squid know he was alright. Jules did have a dread of dying; it usually gave him anxiety, but this time his fear became irrational. While maintaining his silly smile, he shook his head and concentrated on Ms. Delaney. Nothing will harm you, Jules! You're strong and competent to defend yourself! Maybe going on a journey wasn't such a bad idea. History may also endure. Everything would work out just fine. What might possibly occur? The school being attacked?
He didn’t have time to sink into his mind further, he was now focusing on a huge drawing of all that was out there. Jules could help but say wow. His anxiety melted away and curiosity took over. What would happen if they encountered something from one of the seven? He knew you couldn’t visit, but what if something visited them. The notions concerning the gargoyles were replaced by fresh concepts, which proliferated. Forget gargoyles!
(Sorry his character is all over the place 😵💫. His fear response is— high (Like his curiosity) and his mind is all over. I’m a sense he is like me-ish lol)
"These are species from the seven realms." Ms. Delany pointed out the creatures, "Each realm is different from each other to best suit who is living there. Now you might be thinking, 'Ms. Delany, how come I didn't know about the seven realms earlier?' That is because travelling there is forbidden. Our gods are called Angels and they watch over us, making sure we don't travel to other realms. Getting there is relatively simple if you're a powerful witch. You create a small tear in space and time around your body and you are teleported to a realm. The tear then seals itself. This is how we assume witches would realm jump back before it was forbid…" Ms. Delany froze.
"I probably shouldn't be telling you that.." she mumbled to herself and rushed back to her desk, picking up papers that had lesson plans on them.
"Ah yes, thats right." She cleared her throat, "The realms have many different creatures but because no one has been to a different realm in millennia, we are no entirely sure on the looks or customs. We can only go off what we know in history books. So for our next activity, I would like you to use a history book as a reference and draw or write up what a human would be like." She lightly flicked her wrists, curling her fingers in and about 20 books exited the bookshelf, floating on a stream of air that Ms. Delany was manipulating. "You may use any of these books to help you." The books stacked themselves on Ms. Delany's desk and she grinned. "You may start. You have until the end of the lesson."
(I agree)
Squid nods quietly, looking forwards and watching the drawing that Ms. Delaney pulled down before focusing on the teacher herself. He was a little bummed out when she trailed off and switched subjects, frowning to himself. He was definitely interested in the other realms, and how to get to them..it's not like he's going to try, hell no, but it's something he never learned about before- so naturally he's a little curious, hopefully they return to the subject.
Squids curiosity quickly turned into nervousness again as Ms. Delaney gives them their assignment, oh great. He has to draw- drawing is not his strong suit, he more prefers reading. Although reading about the other realms would be fun, there's no way he's drawing it. He's just glad that he can write instead, but even then his handwriting is mediocre at best. He sighs quietly.
“You know, when I was a kid, I always thought humans were myths. Kinda odd to find out they were real,” Sera said and stood up, “Come on. Let’s get a good book before everyone else does.”
"Hm..same, I guess..alright though." Squid nods, getting up from his desk and shivering a little as he goes up to get a book. He just grabs one and immediately returns to his desk, sighing to himself.
Jules leaned forward. Realm-jumping? The teacher switched to talking about creatures, but he still wanted to know more about this malfeasance. Did Ms. Delaney know what she was doing? She told a whole room of kids of how to realm-jump. But it wouldn't matter; he would have to conduct his own independent research. In addition, he was certain that Sera knew something. He had a sneaking suspicion that they would eventually engage in such illegal travel. He was now determined to maximize the potential of his element. As Ms. Delaney described the upcoming task, which involved the textbooks, Jules glanced up at her, watching as the books floated to the desk and settled on it. Drawing!? He shuddered. He was incapable of drawing, much less a creature he had never seen. He got to his feet, standing next to Sera. "Humans exist?" He pondered, attempting to recall the tales of his great-grandparents long ago that he had read in a hand-made book. "I never considered so. I initially believed that the strange creatures in my many great-grandparents long ago's old written tales were just weird creatures." He shrugged, watching Squid pick up a book. Was he hesitant to approach the teacher's desk and take the materials she had provided?
Sera picked up a books and flicked through it, reading about humans and Earth. She found it rather interesting. She then opened her book and started drawing a human. Her drawing skills weren't the best and she struggled to figure out what the colour of a human's skin was. They didn't have magical powers hense they didn't have colourful skin. Sera imagined they were gray and coloured them as so.
(Did you guys want to skip to the end of class? I don't mind what you want to do.)
(If you want? Idk what the others would wanna do lol)
(A time skip to the end of the class block is alright with me)
(Sweet)
"Ok class." Ms. Delany interrupted them from their activities, "Class if almost over so if you could please return your books and make a pile of your drawings or paragraphs on my desk. Then you are free to go to your next class."
Sera looked at her drawing of a human. She was kinda proud of herself but she wished she had more or an artistic talent so it didn't look like a grey blob.
Jules did his best, studying the information provided in the text book about humans, but he also had a secret weapon: the tales of his long-gone very great-grandfather. Although not as beautiful as some, his drawing was effective. It appeared to be a stick with ears, but it worked. He gave it a peculiar reddish-brown hue that resembled a mango. Jules dotted a light gray color for the eyes. That was the best it would get. Even though he didn't feel particularly proud of it, he still signed it. Julian Rowland. He stood up, stacked the book on top of the others, and handed in his assignment. He would never look at that monstrosity again. Jules went back to his friends.
(Let’s go ‘We can’t draw’ gang!!)
Squid sighs and gathers his paper and book, heading over to the desk and setting his book down on the stack. Of course afterwards he also hands his assignment in, having gone for the written description instead of the drawing. He hopes he did his imagination justice- he assumed, from the books and myths, that humans were 5 feet tall at a minimum and had yellow/orange-ish skin. He's not particularly proud of it but eh, it's the thought that counts.
Squid goes back to sit down again, looking around at the others for a minute. Of course he knows class is ending very soon- "..What did you guys come up with?"
(Squid didn't even try lol-)
“I had no idea what a humans skin colour is. Cause we don’t know their blood colour. So I just went with brown.” Sera said packing up her stuff
Jules looped his satchel back around his body. "I gave it gray eyes and colored it orangish. I'm not very good at drawing, but I seem to recall reading about that in the great tales of my great-grandfather long ago. Dad told me they were all myths, perhaps not to pique my interest." He shrugged, waiting for the bell to ring. "What class do you guys have next? I think we all have the same schedule at least. That's a bit comforting." Since class would soon be over, Jules leaned against his desk rather than sitting. He grinned as he considered what lay beyond their world.
“It’s either Elemental Studies or trading, one of the two.” Sera opened her schedule to check, “Studies and then training, one after the other. Sounds like fun!” Sera grinned at her friends
“Elemental studies and then training. We’ll at least know each other in each class, given that I have the same schedule as you.” He pulled out the folder containing his schedule. “Studies coming before training seems like the best outcome.” He pointed out each class he had while carefully examining the timetable. "I am not ready to train my element. Well, I believe the class is for improving, I guess, but the best I can accomplish with a light attack is blinding someone or rendering someone unconscious." Jules didn't have much faith in his skills, but he should be alright. They wouldn't expect kids to know how to use their element properly on the first day. Would they? He put his green folder back in his satchel and shrugged. Before class ended, he spent a considerable amount of time focusing on Ms. Delaney to gain a favorable impression of her.
Ding Ding
The school bell rung through the halls and students stood up, heading to their next class.
"Come on, our classroom is on the other side of the school, so we have to be quick." Sera jumped up and ran to the door, looking behind her to see if her friends were following.
(I found this website that has different uses for magical powers if anyone needs/wants idea on how to use their power.)
(I’d personally love to see Jules just glow in the dark. He’d be like torch lol)
When the bell rang, Jules turned to look at Squid and then at Sera. Sera, however, had already rushed to the door when the bell rang. "All the way across the building. Nice to hear. ACROSS THE SCHOOL, WHAT?!” He chased Sera while turning to face Squid. He had made the boy a promise that he wouldn't pull him along again. Jules hoped Squid could navigate himself. “If we could teleport, this would be so much simpler.” He met Sera at the door, waiting to see where she would bolt off to. Jules was aware of most of the other powers associated with his element, but he wasn't sure how to effectively use them. His glowing was one ability that he had little control over. Whether it was from flushing or the dim surroundings, he seemed to glow a lot. He might be able to learn how to banish a gargoyle.
