The skylark flew down to Aether's shoulder and nuzzled her cheek. She softly laughed. "Hiya, birdy." Aether lifted up and hand and gently petted the bird. "Aren't you sweet?" Something about this bird calmed the girl, and soon the tears were no longer dripping down her face.
The skylard trilled happily, nuzzling her cheek again.
Aether stood up and headed towards the school. The bird nuzzled her cheek again and trilled. "I'll have to face them eventually, I suppose." Aether sighed. She really didn't feel like explaining why she had an episode like this to the others.
The bird almost seemed to nod in agreement, flapping its wings and lifting off just enough so that it could perch on top of her head.
Aether laughed. "Let's go, little bird." She opened the doors, careful not to catch the bird on the top of the doorway. As she neared the doors, she grew nervous. What would they think? Slowly, she pushed the dining hall doors open with a creak.
Barry heard the doors open, along with the familiar call of his skylark, and turned his head to see Aether standing there nervously. He gave her an easy smile and waved her over.
Aether saw Barry wave over, so she slowly walked over there. With a quiet voice, she said, or more like whispered, "Hi,"
Oliver glances over, seeing her uneasy and uses his powers on the flowers on the table, making them release a relaxing aura
Barry smiled comfortingly, holding his forearm out to the skylark, which dissolved when it touched his skin and turned back into a tattoo. "Hi. Feeling better?"
Sym steps into the shaded park, plugging in his headphones and being thankful that he was alone. He started to play his music and at first, hum than sing along.
Peony gave Aether a close-eyed smile. "Glad you return!" she said. She watched at the brid returned to Barry's skin. She couldn't deny how interesting the ability was.
Aether smiled at Oliver, silently thanking him for the flowers. Then she turned to Barry, a smile still on her face. "Yes, um, thank you for the bird? Although, now that it's on your arm now, I am not too sure." Aether pointed at Barry's arm, where the tattoo now was.
Barry laughed warmly. "Magical tattoos.", he said by way of explanation. "And it's no problem."
Aether slid into the open seat where she was before and puckered her lips sourly. "I wish I had some magical tattoos."
Barry scratched at the nape of his neck. "I could give you the name of the tattoo artist I'm apprenticed under, then you could learn to tattoo yourself.", he offered, finishing off his food.
Fade just has this ever-present slight smirk on his face. He shoves the last bit of mash potatoes that was on his plate into his mouth and gets up, he turns to Barry "Well I guess I'll cya at class if I even decide to show up" He gives a short laugh as he starts walking out.
"Bye Fade!", he called after his friend, laughing quietly to himself.
"I shall exit too.." Peony added, pushing away from the table. "It has been the sweet! Good night to you all." she bowed to them and started towards the door, a smile on her face as she hummed a folktune. She already had studies, Humanities and American History for starters.
Fade holds his hand up lazily as he walks out when Barry said bye. He walks down the hallway, his hand trembling as he took out his phone. He had been ignoring it all this time and made sure that his nervousness hadn't shown. He takes out his phone and sees the two text messages.
Oliver smiles, content, he thinks to himself, this will be very different from last year! They all seem so nice and happy…very different from last year
Peony passed Fade in the hallway on her way to her dorm. "Good night, Fade…" she told him with a small wave. She was preoccupied, looking at a list in her hand. It was kept on her person because she would have to hunt the books on this list down by the end of tomorrow. She smiled. Better to start now…
(We're just gonna say Beau left early and is in the dorm XD)
Fade smiles, nodding to her "Night Peony" He walks to his room and reads over the text, he sighs "I guess I'll have to buy a new phone" He says as he chucks it out the window, literally.
(We're just gonna say Beau left early and is in the dorm XD)
lol alright
Sym is just sitting in an empty park//
(is everyone heading back to the dorms?
((It appears so. When do we skip to the next day??))
(we can go ahead and skip to the next day now)
((M'kay))
Aether groaned, throwing a hand out and blindly reaching to turn her alarm off. After the others left, she went back to the dorm with Maggie, both collapsing on the bed as soon as they got into the dorm. The beeping was finally silenced, and Aether snuggled back into the covers, sighing happily.