Magical (A Quest of Vacations, or Starsigns, or Something Else)
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[X] Vanilla Nighthawk.
Why not? This is the second time the QM has brought her up specifically as an option so maybe she's more important than we think.
Why not? This is the second time the QM has brought her up specifically as an option so maybe she's more important than we think.
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All right, time for a history lesson!
More importantly, it lets me move the timeline forward a bit more quickly, because eight hundred years is a lot of history to read through, even when not all of it is available to the public.
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More importantly, it lets me move the timeline forward a bit more quickly, because eight hundred years is a lot of history to read through, even when not all of it is available to the public.
An Incomplete History
SeekerofDreams
Aspiring Farmer
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It bears repeating that you've never seen so many books in one place as there are in the Will-O-Wisp Academy library. Admittedly there are no libraries in Green Tea Village, and only one store that sells books in any capacity, and that's where your family does most of their shopping. But you think that, even if you grew up in the capital, of this planet or any other, you'd be hard-pressed to find a more complete collection of knowledge.
And if you want to learn about a place... well, where better to learn than the place itself? You aren't wholly familiar with the sticker sorting system- among other things, it involve the use of highly-stylized images of spirits that you can't see- but locating books by title is fine.
You still don't know why Machinery Spirits are associated with history, but you assume it has something to do with the old civilization that the dwarves of Kido Monga keep repurposing technology from. It makes as much sense as anything else.
There are, of course, a number of books on the history of the school. You think you could read here until the start of term and never run out of material on that subject alone, but you think you'll get bored by then. There's so much here to learn, why would you spend all your time focusing on one thing?
Someone left a light purple beanbag chair nearby- you think everyone just gave up on color coordination after a while- so you pull it under the shelf and plop down, ready to learn as much as you possibly can.
In the year X0X0L, a wizard named Biscotti approached King Geattsua III with a proposal to open a school. Nobody knows where this man came from, or how old he is, but he professed a desire for the secrets of magic to become available to as many children as such a building could support, provided he had the funding.
Or so they say. The official transcripts of the conversation that led to Biscotti being gifted the land on which his school was built have never been released in any capacity. Whatever the reasons behind this man's first appearance, however, his request was granted, leading to the school opening its doors two years later.
During the time of construction, Biscotti scoured Kovomaka for people with which to fill his academy, both staff and student, with the assistance of Madeleine, a woman bearing the Starsign of Night who made her first appearance at the same time he did. He sought people out based on rumor alone, and came back with a number of teachers, as well as the first class of students.
This started the tradition of Biscotti, in years when not enough qualified students applied to fill the school to capacity, repeating his journey across Kovomaka to seek out new talent, a tradition that has been credited to the success of several wizards from various races and backgrounds.
Several older families of wizards, hearing that formalized magical education was becoming available, chose to send their children to the school, which was named Will-O-Wisp. These include the Nighthawk, Pintail, and Cheaptrick families.
Miss Madeleine's class of X0XE0, often credited with the end of the Valencia Beach disappearances and the recovery of Vanilla Nighthawk, is a good example of both the student variety to be found at Will-O-Wisp Academy, and their capabilities. It is not entirely known what ordeal they went through, or what their exact powers are, though these facts have never been disputed.
First of all, whatever occurred caused the students involved to go on a journey across Realms. While the events of that particular summer are not well-recorded, there are several reports placing members of that group in Oturan Village, the wilderness of the Realm of Darkness, and, in multiple cases, as guests at the Seabreeze Inn. The dwarves of Kido Monga have admitted to doing business with the class during that timeframe, but as all of their transactions are highly confidential, it is not likely that they will shedding any light on this mystery.
Second, there were three students who seemed to come out as leaders of the group. The first, Ganache Nighthawk, seemed to care for little than the fact that his sister had been recovered. The other two were a pair of twins who have since decided to seek a career in education.
Third, whatever occurred at that time caused one of their members, whose name shall be left out of this publication, to lose her magic. Something that had never occurred before, and, at the time of this writing, has not occurred since. Despite the loss of her powers, she seems to still enjoy a wizard's lifespan, graduated from the academy with full marks in all theoretical courses, and is known to occasionally have conversations with the Wind Spirits that once granted her strength. It is unknown why, despite the loss of her powers, she was still permitted to attend the school.
This class was the first one in ten years in which all of its members reached graduation, and the first one in total that took more than two years for one of its members to die- and the fate of Blueberry Lakeside is heavily disputed to this day, so for all anyone but her knows, it could still be a completely surviving class.
When the twins started teaching six years later, the student population of the academy was abnormally skewed towards voxes and felins...
"You seem to be enjoying yourself." You barely manage to avoid jumping up when Miss Ketchup comes across you, and that's mostly because your paws can't get any traction on the floor. "You've been reading here for the past few days."
You nod. "It's... really interesting, seeing how all this got started." How you can come here, and learn with everyone else, despite there being so many different races and magical talents involved. "I... haven't made it past the first half-century yet, though." There's just so much to read about.
The teacher-turned-librarian sighs and shakes her head. "The first few decades of this school were... eventful, to say the least. I didn't arrive until it was almost the end of the main problem, but we were dealing with the fallout for... actually, I don't know if things have fully recovered yet, at least among wizard families." She turns to leave. "Enjoy your reading."
...Well. That was strange.
Eventually, your interest in the history of the school begins to taper out... or, rather, Miss Ketchup was right about things becoming a lot less interesting after a while. Not much there but names and grade averages. And you aren't sure you need to know about those.
You notice, not for the first time, that a number of students are milling around the library, a number of them quietly discussing things instead of reading.
So... you could read about another subject, or you could go spend the afternoon talking to people.
Decisions, decisions...
[ ] You might as well talk to people.
-[ ] Sugar and Sorbet.
-[ ] Merlot, their vox friend, and Caramel.
-[ ] Chai and the purple mole creature from the bus.
-[ ] Raspberry and the felin that uses wind magic.
-[ ] ...What is Mokka doing here?
[ ] You came here to read. You should do more of that.
-[ ] About Vanilla Nighthawk.
-[ ] About old families of wizards.
-[ ] About the different planets in the solar system.
-[ ] Various locations on Kovomaka.
-[ ] Monsters that can be found on Kovomaka.
-[ ] Unexplained magical events in history.
And if you want to learn about a place... well, where better to learn than the place itself? You aren't wholly familiar with the sticker sorting system- among other things, it involve the use of highly-stylized images of spirits that you can't see- but locating books by title is fine.
You still don't know why Machinery Spirits are associated with history, but you assume it has something to do with the old civilization that the dwarves of Kido Monga keep repurposing technology from. It makes as much sense as anything else.
There are, of course, a number of books on the history of the school. You think you could read here until the start of term and never run out of material on that subject alone, but you think you'll get bored by then. There's so much here to learn, why would you spend all your time focusing on one thing?
Someone left a light purple beanbag chair nearby- you think everyone just gave up on color coordination after a while- so you pull it under the shelf and plop down, ready to learn as much as you possibly can.
In the year X0X0L, a wizard named Biscotti approached King Geattsua III with a proposal to open a school. Nobody knows where this man came from, or how old he is, but he professed a desire for the secrets of magic to become available to as many children as such a building could support, provided he had the funding.
Or so they say. The official transcripts of the conversation that led to Biscotti being gifted the land on which his school was built have never been released in any capacity. Whatever the reasons behind this man's first appearance, however, his request was granted, leading to the school opening its doors two years later.
During the time of construction, Biscotti scoured Kovomaka for people with which to fill his academy, both staff and student, with the assistance of Madeleine, a woman bearing the Starsign of Night who made her first appearance at the same time he did. He sought people out based on rumor alone, and came back with a number of teachers, as well as the first class of students.
This started the tradition of Biscotti, in years when not enough qualified students applied to fill the school to capacity, repeating his journey across Kovomaka to seek out new talent, a tradition that has been credited to the success of several wizards from various races and backgrounds.
Several older families of wizards, hearing that formalized magical education was becoming available, chose to send their children to the school, which was named Will-O-Wisp. These include the Nighthawk, Pintail, and Cheaptrick families.
Miss Madeleine's class of X0XE0, often credited with the end of the Valencia Beach disappearances and the recovery of Vanilla Nighthawk, is a good example of both the student variety to be found at Will-O-Wisp Academy, and their capabilities. It is not entirely known what ordeal they went through, or what their exact powers are, though these facts have never been disputed.
First of all, whatever occurred caused the students involved to go on a journey across Realms. While the events of that particular summer are not well-recorded, there are several reports placing members of that group in Oturan Village, the wilderness of the Realm of Darkness, and, in multiple cases, as guests at the Seabreeze Inn. The dwarves of Kido Monga have admitted to doing business with the class during that timeframe, but as all of their transactions are highly confidential, it is not likely that they will shedding any light on this mystery.
Second, there were three students who seemed to come out as leaders of the group. The first, Ganache Nighthawk, seemed to care for little than the fact that his sister had been recovered. The other two were a pair of twins who have since decided to seek a career in education.
Third, whatever occurred at that time caused one of their members, whose name shall be left out of this publication, to lose her magic. Something that had never occurred before, and, at the time of this writing, has not occurred since. Despite the loss of her powers, she seems to still enjoy a wizard's lifespan, graduated from the academy with full marks in all theoretical courses, and is known to occasionally have conversations with the Wind Spirits that once granted her strength. It is unknown why, despite the loss of her powers, she was still permitted to attend the school.
This class was the first one in ten years in which all of its members reached graduation, and the first one in total that took more than two years for one of its members to die- and the fate of Blueberry Lakeside is heavily disputed to this day, so for all anyone but her knows, it could still be a completely surviving class.
When the twins started teaching six years later, the student population of the academy was abnormally skewed towards voxes and felins...
"You seem to be enjoying yourself." You barely manage to avoid jumping up when Miss Ketchup comes across you, and that's mostly because your paws can't get any traction on the floor. "You've been reading here for the past few days."
You nod. "It's... really interesting, seeing how all this got started." How you can come here, and learn with everyone else, despite there being so many different races and magical talents involved. "I... haven't made it past the first half-century yet, though." There's just so much to read about.
The teacher-turned-librarian sighs and shakes her head. "The first few decades of this school were... eventful, to say the least. I didn't arrive until it was almost the end of the main problem, but we were dealing with the fallout for... actually, I don't know if things have fully recovered yet, at least among wizard families." She turns to leave. "Enjoy your reading."
...Well. That was strange.
Eventually, your interest in the history of the school begins to taper out... or, rather, Miss Ketchup was right about things becoming a lot less interesting after a while. Not much there but names and grade averages. And you aren't sure you need to know about those.
You notice, not for the first time, that a number of students are milling around the library, a number of them quietly discussing things instead of reading.
So... you could read about another subject, or you could go spend the afternoon talking to people.
Decisions, decisions...
[ ] You might as well talk to people.
-[ ] Sugar and Sorbet.
-[ ] Merlot, their vox friend, and Caramel.
-[ ] Chai and the purple mole creature from the bus.
-[ ] Raspberry and the felin that uses wind magic.
-[ ] ...What is Mokka doing here?
[ ] You came here to read. You should do more of that.
-[ ] About Vanilla Nighthawk.
-[ ] About old families of wizards.
-[ ] About the different planets in the solar system.
-[ ] Various locations on Kovomaka.
-[ ] Monsters that can be found on Kovomaka.
-[ ] Unexplained magical events in history.
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[X] You might as well talk to people.
-[X] ...What is Mokka doing here?
-[X] ...What is Mokka doing here?
Solarstream
It's all in the cards
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[X] You came here to read. You should do more of that.
-[X] About Vanilla Nighthawk.
-[X] About Vanilla Nighthawk.
SeekerofDreams
Aspiring Farmer
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All right, let's go see the robot!
In all honesty, Mokka is one of those characters whose connection to the previous game doesn't seem to have been explicitly confirmed, just more or less accepted by the nonexistent fanbase because a lot of what he does makes more sense if you assume he's a fully qualified user of machinery magic. (Versus Ganache and Pistachio, who are... definitely Ganache and PIstachio.)
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In all honesty, Mokka is one of those characters whose connection to the previous game doesn't seem to have been explicitly confirmed, just more or less accepted by the nonexistent fanbase because a lot of what he does makes more sense if you assume he's a fully qualified user of machinery magic. (Versus Ganache and Pistachio, who are... definitely Ganache and PIstachio.)
Mechanical Speech
SeekerofDreams
Aspiring Farmer
- Location
- Selphia
It's been a while since you've seen Mokka around. He seems to be Biscotti's assistant, so it makes sense- you assume the principal is busy with whatever caused the school to go into lockdown- but it's one of those things you didn't fully realize until now.
Mostly, you realize it because he is actually here now, standing around so stiffly you almost wonder if he's been deactivated, except that you can see his eye moving around. You wonder what he's looking at.
...Well, you're never going to know if you don't ask. "Um... hello?" How are you supposed to talk to robots? The subject has never come up before, you're going completely blind here. "Do you... need anything?"
Mokka is quick to respond. "I do not have any particular requirements." Well, that answers exactly zero questions. "However, I have been told that it might be a good idea for me to try and interact with the other students."
"...Other students?" If he was in the same class as Miss Ketchup and Professor Maplewood, shouldn't he have graduated by now? You can't tell how old they are just by looking at them, but if their graduation predates the school's paint job...
Again, however, you get your answer rather quickly. "While I have full qualifications in matters of the Machinery Spirits, my Starsign of Erd has gone neglected for quite some time. I felt that it would be in my best interests to try and remedy this. There is probably some situation where earth magic will be useful in the future." You think the biggest problem with talking to a robot is the inability to tell whether or not he's being sarcastic.
So he wants to interact with the other students? You can't imagine that would be easy, if everyone already knows him as a member of staff. Particularly when, up until now, he's been acting as one pretty exclusively.
"I... didn't know robots could have Starsigns," You say, because just about every time someone discusses robots, it involves hiring them on because it's the only real option for things that require machinery magic. It's just not a common magical talent.
"It is not common. The Starsign of Erd was the only one to ever manifest, and it mostly happened on robots built in Erd. Even then, it has never been nearly as important as the machinery magic."
You'd imagine not, especially when other users of said magic are nearly impossible to find. "So, once you're done with this, you'll be able to do things other robots can't?"
"...That could be nice. Particularly if I could show it to the owner of that curiosity shop, if they are still alive." Should that be worrying? You think you should be worried. "I am the judge of my own worth, and I say they had no idea what they were talking about." Yeah, this definitely raises questions.
Still, you're not going to ask just yet. "Do you... do a lot of reading here?" Seriously, how are you supposed to talk to a robot!? You know nothing of his life experiences, of any culture he might have... he doesn't even have recognizable body language.
But he still seems willing to go along with this, probably because he's supposed to talk to students and you're the only one who's tried. "I do not usually have the time. I am often busy with important tasks. Filing paperwork, fixing computers, reminding Mustard and Miss Madeleine of deadlines... I do not deliver coffee, though. The others are more than capable of filling their bodies with caffeine on their own time."
One of those things sounds a lot more important than the others, though it can't take up that much time if he can go do all of those other things.
But. You aren't sure where to take this conversation from here.
All things considered, you should have probably expected it.
[ ] Just keep going, everything's fine... Maybe ask some more questions?
-[ ] Just when did he originally go to school here?
-[ ] What does the start of term normally look like?
-[ ] Is he allowed to say anything about why the school is in lockdown, or are you just not meant to know?
-[ ] Does he have any way of acquiring a picture of a Machinery Spirit?
[ ] If he wants to talk to other students... maybe you should try and introduce him to some?
-[ ] Sugar and the felin that uses wind magic.
-[ ] Caramel and the vox that uses earth magic.
-[ ] Sorbet and Chai.
Mostly, you realize it because he is actually here now, standing around so stiffly you almost wonder if he's been deactivated, except that you can see his eye moving around. You wonder what he's looking at.
...Well, you're never going to know if you don't ask. "Um... hello?" How are you supposed to talk to robots? The subject has never come up before, you're going completely blind here. "Do you... need anything?"
Mokka is quick to respond. "I do not have any particular requirements." Well, that answers exactly zero questions. "However, I have been told that it might be a good idea for me to try and interact with the other students."
"...Other students?" If he was in the same class as Miss Ketchup and Professor Maplewood, shouldn't he have graduated by now? You can't tell how old they are just by looking at them, but if their graduation predates the school's paint job...
Again, however, you get your answer rather quickly. "While I have full qualifications in matters of the Machinery Spirits, my Starsign of Erd has gone neglected for quite some time. I felt that it would be in my best interests to try and remedy this. There is probably some situation where earth magic will be useful in the future." You think the biggest problem with talking to a robot is the inability to tell whether or not he's being sarcastic.
So he wants to interact with the other students? You can't imagine that would be easy, if everyone already knows him as a member of staff. Particularly when, up until now, he's been acting as one pretty exclusively.
"I... didn't know robots could have Starsigns," You say, because just about every time someone discusses robots, it involves hiring them on because it's the only real option for things that require machinery magic. It's just not a common magical talent.
"It is not common. The Starsign of Erd was the only one to ever manifest, and it mostly happened on robots built in Erd. Even then, it has never been nearly as important as the machinery magic."
You'd imagine not, especially when other users of said magic are nearly impossible to find. "So, once you're done with this, you'll be able to do things other robots can't?"
"...That could be nice. Particularly if I could show it to the owner of that curiosity shop, if they are still alive." Should that be worrying? You think you should be worried. "I am the judge of my own worth, and I say they had no idea what they were talking about." Yeah, this definitely raises questions.
Still, you're not going to ask just yet. "Do you... do a lot of reading here?" Seriously, how are you supposed to talk to a robot!? You know nothing of his life experiences, of any culture he might have... he doesn't even have recognizable body language.
But he still seems willing to go along with this, probably because he's supposed to talk to students and you're the only one who's tried. "I do not usually have the time. I am often busy with important tasks. Filing paperwork, fixing computers, reminding Mustard and Miss Madeleine of deadlines... I do not deliver coffee, though. The others are more than capable of filling their bodies with caffeine on their own time."
One of those things sounds a lot more important than the others, though it can't take up that much time if he can go do all of those other things.
But. You aren't sure where to take this conversation from here.
All things considered, you should have probably expected it.
[ ] Just keep going, everything's fine... Maybe ask some more questions?
-[ ] Just when did he originally go to school here?
-[ ] What does the start of term normally look like?
-[ ] Is he allowed to say anything about why the school is in lockdown, or are you just not meant to know?
-[ ] Does he have any way of acquiring a picture of a Machinery Spirit?
[ ] If he wants to talk to other students... maybe you should try and introduce him to some?
-[ ] Sugar and the felin that uses wind magic.
-[ ] Caramel and the vox that uses earth magic.
-[ ] Sorbet and Chai.
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I was thinking of asking about the start of term, but Kkutlord makes sense.
[X] If he wants to talk to other students... maybe you should try and introduce him to some?
-[X] Caramel and the vox that uses earth magic.
[X] If he wants to talk to other students... maybe you should try and introduce him to some?
-[X] Caramel and the vox that uses earth magic.
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[X] If he wants to talk to other students... maybe you should try and introduce him to some?
-[X] Caramel and the vox that uses earth magic.
-[X] Caramel and the vox that uses earth magic.
Solarstream
It's all in the cards
- Location
- Zombie World
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] If he wants to talk to other students... maybe you should try and introduce him to some?
-[X] Caramel and the vox that uses earth magic.
-[X] Caramel and the vox that uses earth magic.
SeekerofDreams
Aspiring Farmer
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Okay, so at least she won't be spending the entire time as a background character.
Which is good. Literally the only vox in Magical Starsign is Pistachio, and he never actually shows up in person. Meaning, of course, that they seem to only live on Kovomaka. So getting more representation while you can is probably important.
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Which is good. Literally the only vox in Magical Starsign is Pistachio, and he never actually shows up in person. Meaning, of course, that they seem to only live on Kovomaka. So getting more representation while you can is probably important.
He Could Have Just Asked
SeekerofDreams
Aspiring Farmer
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You suppose that, if Mokka's instructions are to get to know the other students, you should probably give him some help with that. It's not necessarily that you don't trust him to interact with others, but more that he's clearly struggling, and would most likely appreciate the assistance.
The other students know him, first and foremost, as being a member of the staff. Whoever you choose to introduce him to, that will likely not change.
You don't really know a lot of these people. You never felt much of a need to, you're capable of holding a conversation with the group you eat your meals with, but it sort of leaves you woefully unprepared for this task.
But Caramel Highpitch is leaning against the wall that the library shares with the music room, talking to a black-furred vox that you clearly remember raising an earthen wall to defend herself. And while you haven't spent a great amount of time with Caramel, and don't even know the vox at all, you are more than a little worried they might cause structural damage to the academy.
And you don't want that. You sort of need the school to be standing in order to go to classes.
"Maybe we should go talk to those people over there," You suggest, waving your paw to direct the robot's attention to the two students. "I don't know them very well, but the vox can use earth magic, so at least that's something you have in common."
You never thought you'd be trying to figure out who, in a giant library, has the most commonalities with a robot, but you suppose that's just what your life is now, and you're going to have to get used to it.
You don't know what the two of them are talking about, because they stop as soon as you get close. "Oh, hey, Rye," Caramel greets you, more quickly than anyone's ever acknowledged your presence before. "You haven't met Nutmeg yet, have you? I mean, besides watching her biweekly fights with Bel?"
"Oh, very funny." Despite being one of the smaller students, she's got quite the death glare on her. "I tried getting him to go away, you know. More times than I can count. I still don't know what his problem is..." And then she quickly changes the subject, perking up as she does so. "Anyway, I'm Nutmeg Boulderfall. I'm sure it's nice to meet you. Caramel likes you, after all... then again, he also likes Bel..."
"It's... nice to meet you, too?" You think Nutmeg might have issues. "I'm Rye Seabreeze. So... I hear you use earth magic?"
She nods, ears flopping with the movement. "I like to think I'm rather good at it. Actually, Caramel was just asking me to-" And that's about when she registers Mokka's presence. "...Nevermind."
"What were you going to say?" The robot asks. "While I may not have been in the habit of using it, we both share the Starsign of Erd. It would be nice to know what I can expect from my furthered education."
For a moment, the only thing you can hear is flustered stammering from both Caramel and Nutmeg, who seem to be trying to avoid getting caught trying to break lockdown protocol. Or something. You aren't certain whether or not Mokka has the authority to assign detentions, but you suppose he could easily go talk to the ones who do.
You aren't sure, but you think Mokka might find this amusing.
"So, anyway, Mokka..." Caramel seems to be searching desperately for a way to change the subject. "There's something I've been wondering for a while. Are you able to draw things?"
There is, of course, no visible reaction from the robot. "I have never made the attempt, but if it works on similar principles to writing, I should be capable, though it would take me much longer than it would for anyone else." You suppose that, if he's attended classes before, he'd have to know how to write. If only for the sake of being able to take quizzes and stuff. "Why do you ask? We were on the subject of Nutmeg Boulderfall's magical proficiency."
You guess he wasn't going to get out of it that easily.
[ ] Cover for Caramel. Continue on with the subject of Raspberry and her project.
[ ] Stay silent. Caramel can figure his own way out of this.
[ ] Voice your suspicions. If only because you don't want Nutmeg to break the wall.
The other students know him, first and foremost, as being a member of the staff. Whoever you choose to introduce him to, that will likely not change.
You don't really know a lot of these people. You never felt much of a need to, you're capable of holding a conversation with the group you eat your meals with, but it sort of leaves you woefully unprepared for this task.
But Caramel Highpitch is leaning against the wall that the library shares with the music room, talking to a black-furred vox that you clearly remember raising an earthen wall to defend herself. And while you haven't spent a great amount of time with Caramel, and don't even know the vox at all, you are more than a little worried they might cause structural damage to the academy.
And you don't want that. You sort of need the school to be standing in order to go to classes.
"Maybe we should go talk to those people over there," You suggest, waving your paw to direct the robot's attention to the two students. "I don't know them very well, but the vox can use earth magic, so at least that's something you have in common."
You never thought you'd be trying to figure out who, in a giant library, has the most commonalities with a robot, but you suppose that's just what your life is now, and you're going to have to get used to it.
You don't know what the two of them are talking about, because they stop as soon as you get close. "Oh, hey, Rye," Caramel greets you, more quickly than anyone's ever acknowledged your presence before. "You haven't met Nutmeg yet, have you? I mean, besides watching her biweekly fights with Bel?"
"Oh, very funny." Despite being one of the smaller students, she's got quite the death glare on her. "I tried getting him to go away, you know. More times than I can count. I still don't know what his problem is..." And then she quickly changes the subject, perking up as she does so. "Anyway, I'm Nutmeg Boulderfall. I'm sure it's nice to meet you. Caramel likes you, after all... then again, he also likes Bel..."
"It's... nice to meet you, too?" You think Nutmeg might have issues. "I'm Rye Seabreeze. So... I hear you use earth magic?"
She nods, ears flopping with the movement. "I like to think I'm rather good at it. Actually, Caramel was just asking me to-" And that's about when she registers Mokka's presence. "...Nevermind."
"What were you going to say?" The robot asks. "While I may not have been in the habit of using it, we both share the Starsign of Erd. It would be nice to know what I can expect from my furthered education."
For a moment, the only thing you can hear is flustered stammering from both Caramel and Nutmeg, who seem to be trying to avoid getting caught trying to break lockdown protocol. Or something. You aren't certain whether or not Mokka has the authority to assign detentions, but you suppose he could easily go talk to the ones who do.
You aren't sure, but you think Mokka might find this amusing.
"So, anyway, Mokka..." Caramel seems to be searching desperately for a way to change the subject. "There's something I've been wondering for a while. Are you able to draw things?"
There is, of course, no visible reaction from the robot. "I have never made the attempt, but if it works on similar principles to writing, I should be capable, though it would take me much longer than it would for anyone else." You suppose that, if he's attended classes before, he'd have to know how to write. If only for the sake of being able to take quizzes and stuff. "Why do you ask? We were on the subject of Nutmeg Boulderfall's magical proficiency."
You guess he wasn't going to get out of it that easily.
[ ] Cover for Caramel. Continue on with the subject of Raspberry and her project.
[ ] Stay silent. Caramel can figure his own way out of this.
[ ] Voice your suspicions. If only because you don't want Nutmeg to break the wall.
- Location
- Argentina
[X] Cover for Caramel. Continue on with the subject of Raspberry and her project.
The robot will figure things eventually on his own after all.
The robot will figure things eventually on his own after all.