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Post by goldfish on Jun 20, 2017 22:22:15 GMT -5
"School? Huh. Culture differences already," Anstus said thoughtfully. He had lived in the middle of a desert and had thus not gone to school. Education was all online, for him. "And what's a 'mom'? Never heard of those." Like all other trolls, he had been raised by a completely white animal of monstrous features. Trolls weren't a nurturing species. He was so wrapped up in these observations that he barely even noticed Kang's hair color change. If he had, he would have dismissed it as another alien thing.
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Post by AΠΌΠ²Ξ΅ΡΟΞΉΠΈg on Jun 20, 2017 22:44:31 GMT -5
Kang was wondering where in the world Anstus came from, but thought better of it. He'd probably just get confused. "Well, a mom is the female person who gives birth to a baby and takes care of that baby. But the mom is only considered mom to her offspring. So I wouldn't go around calling a stranger's mom, mom. Does that make sense?" He had difficulty explaining a concept he grew up knowing.
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Post by goldfish on Jun 20, 2017 22:54:17 GMT -5
Anstus stared. "That is the weirdest thing I have ever heard," he said bluntly. "And I've heard of a lot of weird things. Does that mean your species doesn't get birthed from a single Mother Grub and then distributed out to individual custodians? What if the 'mom' had more than one offspring? How would she take care of both? Why can't males have babies?" Anstus had grown up with a completely different system, of course. It had been enough to find out that he had been created in a lab and then sent back in time on a meteor; learning about this weird reproduction system was enough to completely blow his mind.
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Post by AΠΌΠ²Ξ΅ΡΟΞΉΠΈg on Jun 20, 2017 23:00:18 GMT -5
Yuan Kang had a difficult time figuring out that some people had different experiences when he was little. This was an extreme situation. "Well, I guess not. And yes, the mom would take care of all the children she had. Males can't give birth to the babies, but the male who is the other parent is the dad and he helps take care of the children, too."
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Post by goldfish on Jun 20, 2017 23:07:24 GMT -5
Anstus had once lived on a planet full of different situations. It was hard to find anyone who lived in a place even vaguely similar to his own home. This, however, was simply ridiculous. "That makes no sense. Assuming that a 'dad' must exist for there to be children, how would same-gender pairs with an inclination to have children get anything done? Heck, what if only one parent felt like dealing with children? Or if there were too many children for the parents to handle? God, that sounds dangerous. My custodian had a difficult enough time preventing me from lighting the hive on fire when I was younger. How would anyone deal with more than one?" Ironically, his custodian was a bird and his residence had, in fact, been lit on fire multiple times. It had all turned out okay, though, so he didn't count that.
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Post by AΠΌΠ²Ξ΅ΡΟΞΉΠΈg on Jun 20, 2017 23:15:24 GMT -5
Kang found it difficult,but he said, "When parents can't look after a child, they can be taken to an orphanage or something. Anyone can adopt the child and care for it like parents."
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Post by goldfish on Jun 20, 2017 23:18:13 GMT -5
Realizing that he had probably been interrogating the poor guy a bit too much, Anstus blushed slightly. "Ahem. Sorry. Didn't mean to go on about that so much," he said. "I just find it interesting. Apologies. Um. Feel free to interrogate me about my culture or something. It's only fair."
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Post by AΠΌΠ²Ξ΅ΡΟΞΉΠΈg on Jun 20, 2017 23:23:03 GMT -5
Kang was somewhat relieved the questions stopped, but felt ashamed after a second. "It's okay. So, does school exist where you're from?" Maybe if he found similarities to their pasts, he could find why they were here.
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Post by goldfish on Jun 20, 2017 23:29:13 GMT -5
Anstus shook his head. "No, not really; the term is fairly outdated, where I come from. We get our education over the internet, since most young trolls seem to live in fairly out-of-reach locations." He had lived in a desert, and had known people from the mountains. Ah, the wonders of technology.
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Post by AΠΌΠ²Ξ΅ΡΟΞΉΠΈg on Jun 20, 2017 23:31:45 GMT -5
Kang was trying really hard, but the lack of similarities was frustrating. The only things they had in common was that they found each others past weird and that were not from here. "What's the mother grub you mentioned?"
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Post by goldfish on Jun 20, 2017 23:37:19 GMT -5
"Oh yes, the reproduction system. Most of trollkind sends their genetic material off to her once a sweep or so, and she combines it to create eggs that hatch into trolls. I wouldn't know the precise details; never was terribly interesting, to me." Anstus shrugged. It didn't even apply to him at this point, so it seemed to matter even less.
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Post by AΠΌΠ²Ξ΅ΡΟΞΉΠΈg on Jun 20, 2017 23:39:52 GMT -5
As he was having difficulty thinking of questions, he asked, "Is the food here good?" Yuan Kang would love it if the food tasted even slightly like Hogwarts.
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Post by goldfish on Jun 20, 2017 23:43:31 GMT -5
"Yes, I'd say it is," he said. "Although, considering how many differences we've already come across, I'm not sure if you could count me as a credible source." Honestly, he was happy with any establishment that served hot chocolate. He loved hot chocolate. However, it was unclear if this person would like hot chocolate, which was worrying. Everyone needed hot chocolate in their lives, in his opinion.
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Post by AΠΌΠ²Ξ΅ΡΟΞΉΠΈg on Jun 20, 2017 23:52:42 GMT -5
"I suppose most food is good, but I hope it tastes like it does at... My school." Kang missed Hogwarts food all summer and was now forced to wait longer. His parents wondered if he missed the food or classes more. He didn't know himself.
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Post by goldfish on Jun 20, 2017 23:56:03 GMT -5
Anstus shrugged. "Surely it'll be fine." He paused for a moment, wondering if it would be tactful to continue interrogation. He gave up and went ahead with it. "Your school seems to be important in your life," he said, hoping Kang would take that as an invitation to elaborate.
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Post by AΠΌΠ²Ξ΅ΡΟΞΉΠΈg on Jun 21, 2017 0:00:36 GMT -5
"Well, I'm kinda different from most people in my world. Even within the different people, I'm weird," he said, indicating his hair and ears and willing changing his eyes to blue. "I live there during the school year. Because we're different, no one in my world can know."
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Post by Salted Squid on Jun 21, 2017 0:07:39 GMT -5
Hello!
I finally posted the form for my quirky math teacher cx))
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Post by goldfish on Jun 21, 2017 0:11:42 GMT -5
"Interesting," Anstus said. "I assume the constant aesthetic changes aren't just part of your species, then?" He was a bit of an oddity himself, but he decided not to mention that yet. He had spent enough time talking already.
(Hi there! Glad you joined. You have been added to the front. c: )
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Post by Salted Squid on Jun 21, 2017 0:16:34 GMT -5
quick question; do the teachers also have dorms?))
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Post by AΠΌΠ²Ξ΅ΡΟΞΉΠΈg on Jun 21, 2017 0:16:43 GMT -5
"Nope. Not a bit. I can choose how I look. I know blue hair is possibly weird. Or rabbit ears," Kang said. Nothing makes you get to know someone like waking up somewhere weird and trying to figure out where you are.
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Post by goldfish on Jun 21, 2017 0:24:16 GMT -5
(Ruby Rose: Yes, they do. Forgot to include them in the general summary of the campus; let's just say that they're in the same area as the other dorm buildings.)
"Huh," Anstus said. "Quite interesting. Never met someone who could do that before. But then again, I haven't met many people." He paused for a second before deciding to explain his own abilities. "I'm not exactly normal either. Most trolls of my blood caste are telekinetic; all I can do is light things on fire." He demonstrated, willing a small orb of flame into existence before extinguishing it again. Best not to risk setting the building on fire or something.
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Post by Salted Squid on Jun 21, 2017 0:30:52 GMT -5
Alright, cool! I'll try to have a starter up soon!))
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Post by goldfish on Jun 21, 2017 0:31:30 GMT -5
(Okay, feel free to take your time!)
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Post by AΠΌΠ²Ξ΅ΡΟΞΉΠΈg on Jun 21, 2017 0:32:16 GMT -5
Kang wasn't sure if it was a compliment. He always thought of unique as being a nice way of saying strange, but he was soon distracted. He was startled by the flame. In most cases, he'd have heard an incantation and would've known that someone was making a fire. "Well, that was surprising."
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Post by goldfish on Jun 21, 2017 0:34:41 GMT -5
"Really?" Anstus said, sounding surprised. "Never really thought of it that way. Just something that I can do." Not something particularly useful in most cases, but still something. He only seemed to be able to destroy with it, honestly, and that had inconvenienced him in the past.
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Post by AΠΌΠ²Ξ΅ΡΟΞΉΠΈg on Jun 21, 2017 0:37:45 GMT -5
"If someone at school made fire, I'd generally hear it beforehand." Yuan Kang was regretting saying that. Hopefully, this wouldn't bring anymore questions. If it did, who knew what would happen. The ministry would probably be upset.
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Post by Salted Squid on Jun 21, 2017 0:46:52 GMT -5
Skylar couldn't quite remember a time when her head had hurt this badly.
The pain was intense and throbbing, centered in the place just behind her eyes and radiating out through the rest of her skull. Her mouth felt dry, and her body ached, much in the same way as it did after a long day on her feet. She gave a soft moan, licking her lips feebly in an attempt to return some moisture to the dry, cracked skin. She lay flat on her back, her face toward the ceiling. The room around her was warm, not quite suitably cool enough, and she found herself kicking feebly at the blanket that lay draped on top of her until it slid off onto the floor. She lay still, then, wondering whether she was sick or just tired from yesterday. Oh, god, she hoped she didn't have the flu.
And then, she remembered the accident. It hadn't been a pleasant one, her bicycle against a car that rounded a corner far too quickly. Understandably, she had gotten the short end of the stick.
In a panic, she opened her eyes and sat bolt upright, her head screaming out in protest. Her glasses were gone, and she winced, pinching the bridge of her nose as she waited for the pain to subside. When it did, if only a little, she reached out blindly, surprised to find her glasses folded neatly on a bedside table, seemingly undamaged by the accident. Sliding them on, she looked around, confused to see that the room she was in looked much more like a boarding school dorm room than the hospital room she'd been expecting. Looking down at herself, she found that she still wore the blue jeans and the pink hoodie that she'd been wearing during the accident, a bit crumpled from sleep but otherwise fine.
Okay. So she wasn't in the hospital, then. Surprise, surprise. But then, where the heck am I?
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Post by goldfish on Jun 21, 2017 0:47:09 GMT -5
Amberwing: "Hear it how? For me, I just kind of tell it to happen, and it does. Not really something that can be heard." That was simply how it worked. Anstus had been born with pyrokinesis, and it had always just been a part of his life.
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Post by AΠΌΠ²Ξ΅ΡΟΞΉΠΈg on Jun 21, 2017 0:51:48 GMT -5
"Well, whenever I or anyone else do the stuff that makes us different, we have to say a special word for it to happen. Older and more advanced students can do it non verbally, but I still have to." Kang tried to explain it without giving to o much away. If it was someone who brought him here, he wanted to use the killing curse on them, or at least the cruciatus curse.
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Post by goldfish on Jun 21, 2017 1:10:02 GMT -5
Ruby Rose: "Hello," someone said from beside her bed. An odd-looking woman stood there, smiling uncannily. Two orange horns sprouted from her head, which was covered by black hair. She was dressed in a grey and black dress criss-crossed by blue lines. "You just woke up, didn't you? Hope that hasn't caused you much woe." The rhyme flowed from her mouth almost unconsciously, a slight rhythm underneath them.
Amberwing: "Very interesting. Things don't work at all like that for me or anyone I know. Things just sort of... happen. If we're lucky, that is. It's a bit difficult to deal with, honestly." Getting his prophetic abilities to work had been a headache and a half. Anstus was pretty sure he had gotten the hang of them by now, but it had been quite dubious for a while.
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