[] Well. Very well. She's managed to attract the attention of every eye in the room, as is only fitting for your first and most magnificent creation.
As you watch with bated breath, your creation introduces herself at the front of the room.
"Hello, everybody!" she declares with excessive happiness. "My name is Locke! I am here on Master Crowne's orders, that I may better serve his interests in all things! I look forward to associating with and assisting those of you who are my Master's supporters and eliminating those of you who dare act in opposition to him! Please take care of me!"
She bows politely, and marches down the aisles to your seat. She pauses to bow again, politely, to Kaho, who sits next to you. Then she steps behind you, picks the student seated behind you up from his desk and places him in the seat behind Kaho, whose expression suggests either homicide or defenestration. She happily seats herself behind you, and placing her chin on her hands, gazes adoringly at you.
The rest of the class is silent, presumably appreciating the appropriate dedication to a master shown by your ever-faithful minion. Really, why couldn't you have more like her? It would only be fitting of your station. You gaze innocently at the envious face of your classmates, until Kaho reaches across and jabs you in the shoulder, with a whispered admonishment not to make a scene.
Really, it's like training all over again.
Lunch continues to demonstrate your classmates' indescribable fascination with your creation, as they surround her, temporarily ignoring you to focus instead on your masterpiece, as is only fitting for the craft of a king.
As they crowd around her and begin pestering her regarding such inanities as her personal preferences, hobbies, and relation to you, you move towards her, to ensure that she is not overwhelmed by their excessive interest and does not err in her behavior. Before you can reach her, however, your movement is arrested by Kaho, who grabs you by the collar and drags you out of the classroom.
With quick, short steps, she hoists you up and holds you against the wall with surprising gentleness.
"What the hell is that!?" She snarls, through gritted teeth.
"Kaho." You reply flatly. "Put me down."
She locks eyes with you momentarily, before abruptly placing you back down on your feet and taking a step back. Closing her eyes, she exhales once, sharply, before focusing all her attention on you.
"That was unbecoming of me; I apologize." She concedes, in a surprisingly formal tone. "Now explain."
"I'm not replacing you, don't worry." You assure her. "She is meant to serve a very different role in my future empire, so you need not concern yourself about your future position."
"Not what I meant, Victor." She retorts wryly. "She's not human, and don't try to tell me she is. She didn't react when I pulled out a piece if her hair, her hair is metal and sharp enough to cut through a pencil when pulled taut, and she looks at you like you're God, which you're not. I hope."
"Well, it's complicated," you hedge, "and I don't want to go into detail in a public setting, where we run the risk of eavesdroppers.
"How very wise," a sardonic voice notes, entering the scene from behind Kaho. "Perhaps even necessary, considering the amount of fuss you've managed to raise with her."
Yetzirah Coalescing. Yetzirah Active.
The individual in question is a relatively tall japanese boy, dressed in a school uniform with a tie that is black instead of in school colors. His scruffy black hair sits messily on his head, in a manner reminiscent of a very fuzzy octopus. His baby-blue eyes are unfocused and cloudy, a clear sign of a weak mind.
Beri'ah Coalescing
He irks you, on a very personal level. For all that you have just met him, you already dislike him. First, for interrupting a personal conversation. Second, for interrupting a meeting with one of your subordinates. Third, for failing to express proper respect to your august personage. And finally, you find him distasteful simply because it is your right.
Beri'ah Conflicting. Yetzirah Conflicting.
Behind him stands a small girl, shorter than you by almost a head. Scantily dressed in an outfit that you are fairly certain violates not only the school dress code but also at least a few public decency laws, her eyes very nearly glow, so deeply unnatural is their exotic blue. Her hair and eyes both match his, and her face bears a certain resemblance in the bone structure which almost seems to suggest some relation. Which means that someone, after seeing the results of the first child, was willing to produce another, knowing the risks.
"Who are you," you snap, "and by what right do you interrupt a private conversation?"
He tries for a disarming smile, and fails rather horrifically. Behind him, his assistant steps out to the side, and draws her hands from her pockets, focusing on you.
"No need for such hostility just yet, there'll be time for that later" he promises cheerfully. "My name is Belus Usumgallu, and I just wanted to ask you about that marvelous adjutant of yours. Locke, I think her name was? Tell me, how exactly did you get your hands on so beautifully formed a specimen? She must have a
wondrous backstory."
You look at his airy, empty, smile, his perfect white teeth, and are filled with a sudden urge to punch him in the face.
"I think," you begin calmly, "that you do not merit any answers to the questions you have had the temerity to ask. Moreover, I think that if you continue to interfere in affairs that are frankly, beyond your ken, and to aspire to knowledge that is utterly beyond you, I am going to hurt you."
His grin only broadens at that. "Oh, really? Is that so? Then let me ask you this - what does it say about your rule,
tyrant, that your first and final retort to every inquiry is violence? Perhaps I ought to meet like with like, and employ violence myself?"
And now he's being needlessly cryptic, and he hasn't listened to your warning. And he's gone and threatened you. Really, that's just unacceptable.
Well, you are a man of your word...
REX REGUM System Activating
[] Hit him
-[] In the face? Or maybe you should be a little creative?
[] Don't hit him. (justification required; write-in)
-[] Why not?
-[] What do you do/say instead?
[]Kaho interrupts.
-[] Politely.
-[] Emphatically.
QM: I have discovered Warframe. This is in no way shape or form related to my current level of productivity. Really.