Ingenium Academy: Capitulo Uno

[Krylo]

Outside the dorms the sun was just rising over the tall walls surrounding Ingenium Academy, casting its light across the grounds, and banishing the darkness of the night into the long shadows cast by its horizontal rays.

Somewhere a rooster was probably crowing to the beginning of a new day, but inside dorm room 5A a boy of thirteen was standing in a picturesque field holding a rose. Before him was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen, although he didn't know her name, having only caught a single glimpse of her on his way into the school. She appeared to be in her early twenties, and wore tight leather armor, with chains linked across carefully tailored holes on her hips, meant to allow for easier movement--and seduction. The leather clung to every body part, and was cut low at the top allowing easy sight of her ample cleavage.

In truth, she'd have looked more at home ruling over a dungeon than in this bed of roses, with a quirky smile on her face about to embrace the boy.

BANG! BANG!

"OI! Git up in thar!"

Both the boy and his much older lover turned to the side looking for the source of the irritating sounds.

Creeeeak...

"Time ta go get signed up fer classes ya blasted kid! GIT UP!"

This time the noises were much louder and closer, and, much to the boy's horror his scene of love began to melt away. The picturesque field melted away into a small dorm room, barely large enough for the desk, book case, dresser, and bed that decorated it, and the girl of his dreams melted away into the face of a dirty man, whom seemed to be missing a couple of teeth and whose face was scarred from an apparent multitude of battles. Of course, none of the hideousness of his face compared to the rancid breath that washed over the new student like a wave as the man shouted, bringing bile up the boys throat.

As soon as the older man saw the boy's eyes open, the younger man was grabbed by the back of his sleeping robes and lifted out of bed to be dropped unceremoniously on the floor.

"Oi! Git dressed and git on down ta the courtyard! It's sign-up day fer ya damn newbies, and the dean's givin' ya all his speech!"

With that the man, who seemed to be quite large, perhaps over six feet tall stormed out of the room slamming the door behind him. The disshelved boy could hear his thundering footsteps heading down the hall, presumably to wake any other new students who needed it.

A sigh escaped the boys lips as he thought back to his dream, his eyes glazing over wistfully. It only lasted a second though before he realized something that kicked his mind back into sharp focus:

"Hey! Maybe I'll finally get to meet her!"

With that thought he jumped to his feet and 'ran' the two steps to his dresser, pulling out the threadbare peasant garb he had come with and hurriedly dressing.

[TheBlindMime]

As the amber light of the dawn began to cascade over the courtyard it illuminated the few figures that had been there throughout the night. One figure stood quite stoicaly, his arms locked around his waist pulling his woolen shirt tight. The man was seemingly unfazed by the beginning of a new day, of a new chance to learn from the most legendary teachers to walk the earth. Even as approaching footsteps moved towards the figure, he remained unmoved, whether he was uninterested in them or didn't notice was unknown until a subtle snoring noise fell from his lips. The presumed man was merely a boy who had fallen asleep on his feet.

Piotr had wanted to make a good impression on the school after arriving only one day before the new classes were to begin. He quickly found out when and where the sign-ups for classes would be held and promptly stood outside them all night. Not taking into consideration the long journey he had been on, nor the last time he'd had a good nights rest he forced himself to stand in one place and wait for his new teachers to arrive. Then it would be Piotr who would be the first to step forward and sign up for his classes.

But now he merely stood in the center of an evergrowing crowd, his jaw agape, his snore growing steadily more audible and slowly but surely he was leaning to the right, drifting down towards the soft earth below. At least somewhere in his subconscious he hoped it was soft.

[Raiden]

"Sir Thomas. Sir Thomas, please awaken."

The stuffy servant stood over the sleeping body of a young man in bed. The teen's hair was messily covering his head, and his eyes were gently closed in sleep. But through the constant pleading of the servant, the young man's eyelids opened to reveal a piercing blue. The servant smiled.

"Good morning, sir. It's about time to go sign-up for the academy. The bathwater has been heated, and your toiletry supplies have been laid out."

The teenager gave out a quiet thank you, and slowly got out of be. The servant bowed, and left the room.

A little less than an hour later, he joined his servant outside the building. His longer messy hair was now clean and combed to a straight hanging down, and his puffy white shirt was popular amongst the nobles at the time. The servant gave a smile when he saw Thomas approach.

"You look like a noble should, Sir Thomas."

Thomas gave out another quiet thank you, and followed the servant to the sign-ups.

[Mesden]

A thumping came to Carolina's door, but before the wake up call could come, she had already opened it, holding her clothes.

With a smile, she quickly strutted off to the girl's showers. Her fast walking pace led her there sooner than most and after a quick shower and a change of clothes, she was off to the sign ups.

[Incendius]

Aledan was already awake by the time that the call had come. He was a farm boy, used to waking up at dawn or before. When the call had come, he had been sitting on the roof of his dorm watching the sunrise and thinking.

Aledan when the call came get off the roof after a moment more of contemplating, and then started walking slowly down the road towards the sigh ups, enjoying the scene of all the just awakened people.

[Abeni]

At the crack of dawn Jennifer's internal clock woke her up. She was used to getting up this early, usually having to be at the docks early enough to send off her brother. She dressed in her usual outfit after taking a shower, then paused at her dresser for her lucky charms bracelet and her locket.

She looked for a moment at the open locket, there were two men shown inside. One was scruffy looking, with cropped light brown hair and an x-shaped scar over his right eye, he was grinning out at her. The other was darker looking, wearing a black leather shirt with his long dark brown hair tied back and a slight smirk on his face. "Wish me luck guys..." She donned the locket and bracelet and grabbed a biscut before heading down to the sign ups.

It was pretty crowded down there. As she was inching her way through the crowd she tripped over something soft and barely managed to stop from falling on her face. It was a body, some guy with a stubbly chin, and he was snoring. She stared at him, a little dumbfounded, then poked him tentatively. "Um... did you want to sign up? 'Cause... they're kinda getting ready to do that... now... so, you might want to, you know... wake up."

[Astral Harmony]

Elena Hertzfinct, daughter of nobleman Richard Hertzfinct and one of his mistresses, awaited someone who would organize the gathering bunch of academy freshmen and get things rolling along. Her unique jet black eyes (from her father) scanned the other people with disinterest while she ran a loose hand through her blonde hair (from her mother). Her expression was one who wasn't looking forward to what was to come but yet wanted things to get moving along. Elena was wearing the same comfortable white cloth and brown tanned leather traveling gear that left her slender shoulders, skinny arms, smooth torso, and long legs exposed to the refreshing chill offered by the shade from where she stood.

[Elminster_Amaur]

Tai son of Rheed son of Ghon was just re-entering the Academy grounds when he saw the small crowd gathering. As quietly as he could, he joined the ranks of his fellow students. The ridiculus stories about his people hiding in made by a rise of the ground a dog wouldn't notice were well cultivated rumors that gave his people an advantage by keeping their enemies awake all night, while his people got a great night's sleep. Since he did not want to ruin all the work his clan and others had put into nursing those tall-tales, he walked out of the shadows, and scared a nearby student. "I see you, stranger. I am Tai son of Rheed son of Ghon, but you may call me Tai."

[neyo the king]

BANG BANG BANG!

Steve Godrun mumbled something incoherent in his sleep. He was having an to good a dream to wake up now.

Well, he was trying to have one, anyway.

BANG BANG BANG!

"Would ya git up already? Ye don't wan ta be late fer class sign-ups, do ye!?"

"Alright, alright. I'm up." Steve yawns, getting up and scratching his head. He hears the man at the door walk away. Good riddance, thought Steve, this was one of the best night's sleeps I've had in a while...

He yawned again, grabbed his clothes, then went out to get to the boy's shower room. He hurried up considerably when he saw everyone else rushing around.

Cleaned and dressed, he runs to the courtyard, and the crowd amassing there.

"Maybe I should have thought more on what I would sign up for, and less on sleep..." he sighs to himself, as he elbows his way to the front, just missing some sleeping guy. He wanted to be one of the first to sign up, just in case classes started to fill.

[TheBlindMime]

As it turned out, the dirt that had been below Piotr was quite stiff and unyielding. He could tell this by what felt like a bruise forming in his shoulder. As his unfocused eyes caught a girl who was sitting before him, at first he could only see a greenish blob with a small reddish blob on top of it. As his eyes came into focus Piotr found himself with a beautiful girl kneeling beside him. His dark brown eyes were locked upon hers.

Though he hadn't seen many women in his lifetime, he assumed that the girl who had taken the time to check on him was probably one of the most beautiful women in the world. Had Piotr been a little older or if he had come to the school for a different reason he would have said something more affectionate then what he did say, "Thank you for waking me, twas a long night. Good day."

Wiping the drool from his chin Piotr moved to his feet and sifted himself into the crowd. He had just stared a temptation in the face and walked away, I can let nothing hold me from my studies. Piotr's thoughts echoed through his groggy mind, he found himself having to reaffirm his plan forcibly in his sleepless state. I will become the most powerful sorcerer, regardless of the cost... Running his rather large hand over his eyes and through his long black hair Piotr couldn't help but realize that sometimes that cost included breakfast.