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2023

Bluefirecan

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Eris breathed in the crisp, salty air. This would be her second year at Argent Moon, but the young witch lived near the sea for years. It felt like home. Her luggage was all black, and although she didn’t consider herself all that prissy or needy, she still had a 4-piece matching luggage set to contain all of her stuff. In addition to that, she had a grey messenger bag slung over her shoulder. Her laptop was contained inside, cushioned by the fabric.

Eris sighed. She’d miss her family’s coven. The goth had a bright (dark?) future in forensics, and despite her family’s vast business holdings, she wasn’t especially interested in all of that. Luckily, her family also had very little to do with the business side of things. They were mostly a figurehead for the company, so her family (and her coven) had supported her in doing something “meaningful.” She interpreted that to mean “introducing the witches’ influence to a new field.”

Not that the school’s coven was any less powerful. Just less… hers. The coven from her hometown had welcomed her with open arms and worked with her to hone her talents. The school’s coven, as of the last year she had been at the school, felt more distant. Maybe that was just her perspective. Maybe it’d be better this year.

The first of the ferries took off from the dock, carrying the new freshman class. They all looked so young. Looked so innocent. Several would be leaving the school different than they arrived. More would just… not return. Eris smirked. It was a little sadistic, to smirk at such a thought, but she had been raised in a world where this was normal. It just felt a little stupid, generally, to throw a bunch of hapless humans into the fire that was Argent Moon’s island campus.

To any onlooker, Eris was leaning against the rail separating the parking area from the sea beyond. Her luggage was stacked neatly beside her, making her seem, somehow, smaller.

((someone throw their character at me pls kk ily all))
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18-Oct-2020 15:58:27

Fysyx

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Zadie threw her car in park and bashed her head into the steering wheel. It had been a rough morning. She had thrown a going away party last night and put off packing until early the next day. Then she had slept through her four alarms.
All in all, she had barely gotten here on time.

She grabbed the to-go coffee she had bought on the way and got out of her car. It was a cheap Impala she had gotten used from a family member, and her hastily loaded duffel bags were tossed haphazardly in the back seat. Argentvale had a low crime rate, but after having attended for two years, she felt the school brought people with strange vibes, so she locked the car just to be safe. Not all the students were weird, but very few of them were normal. Most came from a lot of money, which creates a sort of obliviousness. Great for parties though!

Milling around the dock, she eventually made it to the railing at edge of the dock. The ferry of first years was already headed to campus. She turned back to the parking lot, leaning against the railing. She missed an opportunity to assess the new blood, but she’d meet them soon enough. Some of her friends from the previous years weren’t returning, and a few of them had gotten weird midway through, so she’d developed the skill of discovering the party groups midway through the year. Mostly it meant meeting a lot of new people all the time.

To her left, she noticed a very short goth girl next to a very tall stack of luggage. She chuckled a bit at the difference. For a mere moment Zadie thought she recognized her, but upon further reflection she didn’t think so. Ever since last spring semester, she had gotten that feeling often around campus, and she had learned to ignore it because it more often than not wasn’t true. Still, the girl looked a little lonely, or maybe wistful, staring out at the ferry. Perfect for an introduction! 404 SIGNATURE NOT FOUND

18-Oct-2020 18:10:19

Fysyx

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She walked over, coffee in hand, and waved with a wide smile.
“Hi there! My name’s Zadie. Had a rough morning? Mine was pretty terrible!” She laughed at herself a little under her breath. 404 SIGNATURE NOT FOUND

18-Oct-2020 18:10:43

Mar

2023

Bluefirecan

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A woman of significant stature approached the young goth. She blinked up at the new arrival. There was a flash of recognition that Eris noted but did not care to ask about. Immediately outing herself as a witch to every person she might’ve seen once or twice on campus would absolutely get her disowned. Her family, though accepting, still realized that some things should be kept behind closed doors.

The new woman asked about her morning, and whether it had been rough. It hadn’t been that bad, really, until a stranger stomped up to me while I was very clearly thinking.

Eris pushed the thought from her mind. Particularly because of the status of most of her classmates, it wasn’t worth making enemies right away. Besides, the new girl seemed genuine. If a bit flashy.

The young witch, feeling like maybe she was overthinking this, finally spoke.

“No, I’ve actually been doing okay for the most part. Just thinking about my friends back home.”

The young goth dusted her hands together briefly to remove any lingering dirt from the railing. She stuck her hand out for the newcomer to shake.

“Eris Sable. Yes, of Sable Financial.”

It would be clear to the new woman, from the tone of voice, that Eris had been through that whole song and dance a few times.

Assuming the stranger took her hand, she'd have a firm but brief handshake. Then Eris would return to leaning against the rail.
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18-Oct-2020 19:04:29

Drahcir Evan

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The breeze sang songs across the pier as she haplessly danced between openings in the ebbing and flowing crowd of students. A braided wooden hoop whistled round and round her hips as she strutted rhythmically toward the boats, merrily adding twirls and flairs as she went. A springtime smile adorned her carefree face the whole way, showing complete contentment for whatever world she was currently occupied with.

Connected by a headband, two miniature flower pots sat atop her head, each containing a single stem of clover. The band its self was covered in various flowers, forming some odd sort of crown. Her copper hair shone brightly in the morning sun, further illuminating her bizarre headdress. Otherwise, the dancer was dressed scantily in a bikini top and especially short shorts.

She carried neither baggage nor belongings apart from her makeshift hula hoop, and managed to stand out even amongst the flashy youth of the new semester. Yet every part of Nikki seemed at ease and at home, twirling along to some unheard melody as she weaved through the crowd without ever seeming to realize they were there.

It all came to an abrupt end.

Her wistful and hypnotic prance lead her a little too close to the goth Sable, who had extended her hand for a shake. That hand would land directly in the path of Nikki's hula hoop, which would hit it just hard enough to sting. It would also be enough to throw off the hoop's balance and thus Nikki's swaying.

"Oh! Sorry about that!" the dancer hurriedly declared, wobbling to catch her balance while nearly stumbling over her falling hoop. "Oh goodness, are you hurt? I didn't see you there!"

Nikki's eyes lit up as she got a full look at the goth. "You're just like a dahlia! I love your look, it really suits you!" she blurted out suddenly, already forgetting her previous train of thought. She hadn't even noticed Zadie yet.

18-Oct-2020 22:04:19

Mar

2023

Bluefirecan

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Eris snapped her hand back to her chest, rubbing the sting out with her other hand. She moved her attention from the thought-interrupter to the handshake-interrupter. The thought-interrupter, at least, hadn’t physically harmed her.

How were both of these women so perky? At least this one apologized.

“Oh, it’s… okay.”

Eris shook the rest of the pain from her hand, more confused about the girl’s outfit. She wasn’t wearing much, notably. The most clothing, if one could call it that, were the dual plant pots sitting atop the redhead’s headband.

A dahlia? Those were the fluffy ones, right? Eris forced her face into some semblance of a neutral smile.

“Thanks. I worked hard to achieve this style.”

With the pain having largely subsided in her hand, she offered it to the new girl.

“Eris Sable. And you are?”

With this, she also motioned towards the other girl, indicating that both should introduce themselves considering she’d already done so twice.
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19-Oct-2020 00:29:04

Fysyx

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Zadie was about to accept the handshake when Eris’s hand was smacked by a hula hoop. The cause was a young woman wearing a bikini and potted plants that appeared seemingly out of nowhere. Zadie clasped her hand to her mouth and let out a noise that sounded like, “Eep!”

After it seemed like Eris was okay, Zadie let out a sigh of relief. As Eris extended her hand, Zadie took a long sip of her coffee, and at an appropriate moment she extended her own while trying not to stare at the woman’s potted plant headband. “And I’m Zadie James. Pleased to meet you!” 404 SIGNATURE NOT FOUND

19-Oct-2020 03:33:20

D F Angel

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Heralded by headphones worn about her nape like prized jewellery screaming out Helena by My Chemical Romance, Lexii strolled onto the scene from behind Eris. She thumped the girl on the shoulder, and said, "Hey bitch." This was her customary greeting to friends, (the severity of the insult indicated the closeness of friendship,) oh which Lexii had scant few. She always had the slight, unnerving feeling that the other students of Argent Moon College were engaged in some extracurricular activities she was not privy to, and as such found herself on the outskirts of society - where she thrived.

Chewing gum in an obnoxious fashion, Lexii took Zadie's outstretched hand before Eris could receive it and began to shake, whilst her eyes scanned up and down Nikki's firm, flaunted form with no hint of embarrassment whatsoever. "You're fit," she stated, flashing a wolfish grin, before turning to the girl whose hand she was shaking but otherwise whom Lexii had taken no time to consider whatsoever.

"Oh yeah!" She said, with sudden recollection. "You're -" She paused, with sudden realisation. "Yeah, you, hey," she finished off, having realised she had forgotten the girl's name, if not her face. Lexii took a healthy, though less telegraphed, stock take of Zadie's physicality as well.

Turning to Eris, Lexii nodded her head in Zadie's direction. "This one's great for drugs," she said, basing her entire premise on some half forgotten party several months ago where the two had crossed paths, but for which any further details were a blurry memory. Still, it was not out of Lexii's character to make baseless, seemingly-innocent statements hoping that social anxiety would force the other person into going along with it.

Head switching back to Zadie, volumous hair tremoring with each exaggerated movement though held together with copious amounts of hair spray, Lexxi asked, "Mind sorting us out for tonight? First day's always the worst here." Hags be hagglin', gods be god damn crazy, it's all happening ogre at Into The Fire

19-Oct-2020 17:33:19

George Rozas

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A few metres off to one side of the congregating young women an unusual figure approached the railings, drawing odd looks from the students milling about the area. Amidst a crowd of people this large and varied it could be easy for a few eccentric individuals to be looked over without a second glance - fashion was a bizarre thing after all - but the sight of a short figure wearing what could have been mistaken for the outfit of an apocalyptic future, gas mask included, drew a little more attention than most.

With a sizable dufflebag hooked over one shoulder and a metal case in the other hand they seemed pretty weighted down, albeit the figure didn't look like that was the case based on the lack of issue with their movement. They stopped by the railing overlooking the water, maybe four or five metres away from the group of girls, and turned to put their back to the railings - setting the case down by their feet and turning the unsettling gaze of the gas mask on the area. A few nearby first years shifted further away when the cold glass of the mask fell on them, holding for a moment before continuing to sweep.

For even the second years not far away this was not a figure they would have seen before. I am Inferi.

19-Oct-2020 18:26:04

Mar

2023

Bluefirecan

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People just kept coming . It almost felt like a sitcom. Regardless, Eris heard the approach of the newest girl thanks to the emo-flavored fanfare touting her arrival. It didn’t give her much of an advantage when the girl thumped her shoulder, except to be expecting it.

Eris turned, finally cracking a smile.

“Hey Lexii.”

The girl accepted Zadie’s hand, leading to a somewhat confusing handshake configuration between the unaccepted handshakes Eris offered, the new handshake between Zadie and Lexii, and the general overall confusion of why everyone congregated around Eris.

“Okay, to alleviate some of this. Zadie, Lexii. Lexii, Flowerpot. Flowerpot, Zadie. And I’m Eris.”

Lexii mentioned Zadie’s affinity for getting hold of drugs. Eris glanced at Zadie’s outfit again. Yeah, that makes sense. Lexii then asked Zadie about hooking them up with drugs. Eris turned back to Zadie, quirking one dark eyebrow up. Something registered in her mind again, now that there was some amount of calm and she wasn’t being physically hit by others. Zadie stuck out in some way, just as, now that Eris could think about it, Nikki did.

“Are we already planning on hosting the new year party, Lexii?”

Eris joked. She wasn’t opposed to it. It’d be fun to see who showed up. Fun to see if any of the different campus groups had changed much over the summer.
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19-Oct-2020 19:08:34

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