I spent the next two days reading the book I was given whenever I was alone intensely.
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Turns out, I'm pretty freaking cool.
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Like there was some cool, wild things in there, like it was straight out of a comic, that's how cool it was.
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A lot of it though is stuff I can only do without the Ordeiga Seal, that's where all the really cool stuff is. Without the seal I could create freaking solar flares, blow crap up, move in light rays, become a literal ball of fire and a whole bunch of stuff.
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And don't worry, we'll get more into it.
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Because of this new found discovery I was up almost the whole night with Seraphim to check out the book and I found myself actually excited to learn how to use my abilities.
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I also learnt the other factors that lead to the Essence Collapse because we would have a test on it next week.
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Just for the sake of it, I'll give my understanding on the other factors.
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Basically there's this period of time every few centuries when Essence is at its most potent, called Essence Convergence Season. And during the last season sages and other Essencers tried to mix and mesh Strains together, because of this they threw the balance of Essence off.
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Then there was the awakening of Promordials, which are basically gate keepers of Essence. Right before the collapse, people tried to communicate or control these entities. They change the fields of Essence around them, without knowing it and people trying to control them suffered Resonance burn.
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Then there's Essence Fluxstorms. Basically when large amounts of Essence is used, it burns up causing a surge of energy that destabilizes magic.
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The more you know, huh.
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But here I am now, Friday afternoon, a few days later walking back from having lunch with Saeg and Lakota. Saeg headed to her dorm while Lakota and I headed to ours.
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Nothing eventful happened since my first day, I was getting better at navigating through the school and I found myself in Lakota, Saeg or Raphael's company often.
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I enter his room with him and I immediately smile at the decorations. He had posters up, vinyl casings hang up, even a potted plant sat at his window sill, along with some action figures, it was a single room which I was jealous of.
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He puts his bag down and flops onto his bed.
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I look to him. "What's happening now?" I ask him.
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"Well there's sports, then dinner, then the social." He says and I groan at that.
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"I forgot about that." I say and he laughs.
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"Go get changed into your sports clothes." He says and I huff before sulkily leaving Lakota's room and literally take two steps and I was at my door.
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I heard music coming from inside and Raphael singing loudly and unapologetically.
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I open the door and laugh slightly seeing Raphael shirtless with his tie around his head and hair brush in hand.
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"When are you going on tour?" I tease as I walk, closing the door behind me and walking to my side of the room where Seph was as usual sat on my pillow.
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Raphael laughs. "Oh shut it, I was just getting changed."
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"Mhm, keep telling yourself that." I respond and he flips me off to which I laugh at.
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I go to my closet and remove my sports clothes. Which was just a royal blue t-shirt with the house crest and navy blue shorts.
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I turn my back away from Raphael as I start to change, luckily he didn't seem to pay attention to the weird angle I was making to keep my back hidden as I changed.
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Once I was done, I put on my sneakers and left my phone and my wallet in the closet before locking it.
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"We go?" Raphael asks.
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I nod. "Lemme just grab Kota." I say before heading out and knocking on Lakota's door.
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"Come in." He calls and I turn the handle and peep my head in, he was changed just on his phone.
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"We can go?" I ask and he nods, he stands up and slips his phone into his pocket before coming out of his room, Raphael comes out of our room and smiles.
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We start to head out of the hostel, Raphael and Lakota both lead me through another entrance that takes us from our dorm to the sports fields.
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This was my first time coming to sports because I've been busy either catching up on notes and either talking to the Professors that are helping me get ready for my first trial. They said next week is when I start proper training and I'll be doing classes in this place called the Inner Ring, it's a part of the school but only for high ranking students.
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"Leon you said you play every sport except football and hockey?" Raphael asks and I hum in confirmation.
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"Yep, I did everything else though." I say and he nods.
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"You wanna come with me to track?" Lakota asks and I smile at that, I've always enjoyed track and cross country.
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"Uh yeah, sure." I say and Lakota smiles brightly.
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"Okay you bozos go to track, I'm going to basketball." He says and we smile and wave him off as he departs and goes to towards the courts.
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"I think I have a crush on Raphael." Lakota whispers with a grimace and my head whips to look at him almost getting fricking whiplash, that hurt my poor neck.
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"What? Really?" I rush and he nods, his face tinted in pink as he nods in embarrassment.
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"He's just so nice and dorky, and goofy, and super hot!" He says and I laugh at that. "God, he probably doesn't even like guys! I'm cooked aren't I?"
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I laugh and put a hand on his shoulder. "Hey you never know, but I think you should just try spend more time with him to see if you actually, properly have the hots for him."
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Lakota laughs as that and pushes me away. "Leon! Don't put it like that, that sounds pervy."
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I laugh almost hysterically when he pushes me. "You're the one that wants a slice of Mr. Dorkcharming,"
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He groans loudly, his head thrown back. "Leon I'm actually going to strangle you," He says and I smile.
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"And how do you know I'm not into that?" I ask and he bursts out laughing. I laugh with him, his hand grabbing onto my arm as he laughs and we both almost topple over.
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We recover after a few moments of our hysterics. Lakota hooks his arm with mine and also hook my arm with his and we both walk towards the people along the starting line and a man, very short— actually tiny, wearing a tracksuit and holding a clip board.
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Oh!
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He isn't a man, and I'm gonna try put this in the best way possible. By his troll like— oh that's mean. Okay, by his goblin like— darn that's rude too!
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Okay, I'll just say it as it is, he looked like a troll. And not like that cute ones from the Trolls movies, he looked like a proper troll. Gray skin, long ears, wrinkly face, sharp teeth sticking out.
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There's a lot going on.
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"Oh by the way, next week is interhouse challengers." Lakota says.
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"What's that?"
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"We play games that are native to the First Veil, and we compete against each other, in our houses." He explains and I nod along. "It's really fun though, I'm sure you'd enjoy it."
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We get to everyone by the track and people don't really pay attention to Lakota and I. I actually smile at that, this whole week every where I went there was always a group of people giving me sideway glances, and it was really starting to irk me out.
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"Everyone start off with some stretches, Kenny will lead and then I want five laps." The coach said and everyone nodded.
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"Can we get into a circle please, Kenny in the middle." He orders gruffly as everyone, I stand next to Lakota with this really pretty girl on the other side of me.
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Who we know now as Kenny, gets into the middle of circle and leads the stretches. We take about fifteen minutes to fully do the the exercises before everyone got onto the track and was preparing to start running.
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"You wanna just jog and talk or you actually wanna do this seriously?" Lakota asks, I smile at that.
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"We can jog and talk."
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He smiles and that's when the coach blows his whistle and everyone starts running, some bozos immediately start sprinting, while others take it lighter. Lakota and I jog at a comfortable pace.
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"I told you my crush and now you have to tell me yours." He says and I laugh.
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"So because you exposed yourself, now I have to do the same thing?"
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"Exactly."
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I laugh and roll my eyes. "I don't really have a crush on anyone right now honestly. There are people I find cute for sure." I respond and he wiggled his eyebrows.
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"Spill. Who is it? Wait— let me guess!" He says and I shove my shoulder lightly into his.
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"Think of the first person anyone will find attractive here." I hint and his eyes almost bulge out of his head.
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"Is it Deimos?!" He almost screeched and I laugh at his reaction.
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"No, I haven't even seen him before. He's more of a myth than anything else." I say and Lakota chuckles.
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"Okay so if not that hunk, then who?"
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"Mi—"
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He gasps and lightly slaps my shoulder. "No way! really?!" He asks and I nod.
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"From what I've experienced he's more on the uptight side but he's definitely beautiful." I say and Lakota hums.
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"You guys would make such beautiful babies!" He says and I splutter a laugh.
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Don't stress, male pregnancy is not the trope here, thank god.
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We continue to run for a little run in almost silence, Lakota's breathing became more labored the longer we ran and I slow down a little.
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"We can walk for the next lap." I offer and he smiles, he was very out of breath.
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He looks at me with a mock scowl. "How are you not even breaking a sweat? Holy shit." He huffs looking at me.
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I just shrug and he laughs, he stops and puts his hands on his knees. Breathing deeply.
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"Doing track while having asthma is not a good combo." He says and I start to panic when he says that.
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"Do you have your pump on you?" I ask and he nods, taking it out of his pocket, putting it to his mouth and pumping.
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He takes a second then exhales. The smell of it tickled my nose and it kinda smelt fruity.
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"Is that a vape hidden in an asthma pump?" I ask and he laughs loudly.
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"Yeah because vaping, and having asthma and running are all such a good idea." He says and I roll my eyes at his sarcasm.
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"It smells like it." I mumble and he laughs.
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"It probably smells different because we use different chemicals and medicines because our respiratory system is different from mortals." He says.
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I nod and a small "ohhhh" leaves my mouth.
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"Wait Leon, do you wanna make our own Force?" Lakota asks me and I perk up.
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"We can do that?"
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He nods enthusiastically. "All we have to do is talk to Professor Eternus." He says and I smile.
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"That sounds really cool, let's do it."
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He lets out a small cheer and I laugh. We continue our laps until we finally completed our last one.
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Lakota was huffing and puffing, the front pieces of his hair was wet and plastered against his forehead as he rested, his hands on his knees. I chuckle softly and he gave me a glare in return.
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I pat his back and Lakota stands up straight.
"I need water." He says and I look around and point to the tap.
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We start walking in that direction. "Do you know what you're going to wear tonight?" He asks me and I shake my head response.
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"Still can't believe you and Saeg are dragging me to this thing. I'd much rather chill in my room and watch Modern Family." I complain.
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"Come on Leon, it could be fun." He says and I huff in response.
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"You'll be with me and Saeg and maybe Raphael, if he's not with his friends, the whole night. It will will be fun." He says, more determined.
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I sigh. "I guess I'll give it a shot."
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He smiles and walks over to the tap and gets down so he can drink.
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When he's done he closes it and we begin to walk back towards Apollo. We walk back to our hostel and pass through the common room before taking the stairs up to our floor.
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"Everyone usually showers after dinner right before the social, but I like to do it before dinner because no one is in the showers." He says.
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I nod. "Okay, let me grab my stuff." I say as we spilt ways and I get into my room. Raphael wasn't here and Seraphim was seated by the window sill before his head turned to see me and he immediately flew over and landed on my shoulder.
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I smile and rub his head. "Hey buddy." I say, you know a really cute trait this gecko has, he kind of purrs like a cat, like a soft vibrating noise coming from him.
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I feel bad because now I haven't had much time to spend with Seph, also because I he had to keep that charm on him so I can't interact with him openly when Raphael or any of his friends pop into our room.
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"I gotta go shower." I say and he screeches softly.
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"I'm sorry Seph but I have to go, just chill here until later." I say and he flies off my shoulder and lands back on my pillow.
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I grab my loofa and my bottles of shampoo and body wash before meeting Lakota in the hallway and we made our way to the bathroom.
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Also we had room inspection this morning and I told you that the house master had a problem with me, he said my bed making was "sloppy" THEN he said he expected that from someone like me.
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Rude right?
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We make it to the bathroom, Lakota and I both step into separated showers before closing the doors and the water started running.
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As I shower I deep clean my entire body, making sure to even get the gaps between my toes. Eventually Lakota finishes and not too long after I finish too.
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I put my shirt on and wrap my towel around my waist before making my way back to my room where I found Raphael on his bed and on his phone.
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"Hey roomie." He says brightly as I step in.
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I smile at him. "Hey Raph, how was basketball? Wait— it's okay I call you Raph right? Will I get like struck by a bolt of lightning if I shorten your name?"
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He laughs and waves it off. "Nothing like that, Raph is fine." He says and I deflate in relief.
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"You getting ready for the social?" He asks and I hum as I open my wardrobe to see what I was going to wear.
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"Yeah, Lakota says I should look like a bombshell but I have no bombshell attire." I huff, looking through my clothes.
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He laughs at that. "You'll look fine, don't sweat it too much." He says.
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I smile and when I look back to Raphael he's on the floor checking for something underneath his bed. My eyebrows furrow then Raphael lets out "Aha!" Before pulling this light purple bottle from underneath his bed.
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I was even more confused when the contents of the bottle had a strange glow to it. I look at Raphael in slight panic.
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When he sees my face he laughs, his head shaking.
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"Leon, now why are you looking at me like i killed your whole family?" He asks and I look back to the bottle and point at it.
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"What's that?" I ask him cautiously.
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"This...is....something..." He says, looking at me with his eyes narrowed.
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"Raphael—"
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"Okay fine! It's booze." He says and my mouth drops.
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"Isn't your brother a prefect? Isn't he gonna like, come down here with his flaming sword and smite you?!" I ask him in soft panic.
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Raphael puts his finger to his mouth to tell me to keep down. "Relax, everybody usually just drinks a little bit before the social. You know...to release their inhibitions and the such." He says and I nod.
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"So it's like allowed?"
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"No no no, very much not. But everyone hides it, and everyone usually drinks a little before the socials." He says and I nod, without anything else he pops the lip off the bottle and takes a pretty big gulp.
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I laugh and shake my head before turning back to my wardrobe but Raphael gestures to the bottle.
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"You want some?" He asks and I think for a second.
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Alcohol isn't a drug right?
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Unless it is.
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I have no clue, but I think when Cece said no drugs she went the nose ones right? Because Caleb is a stoner and she doesn't seem to mind when he does his stuff.
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Why the heck not?
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I nod and he hands me the bottle. I look at it suspiciously.
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"Okay but why is it glowing?" I ask him, eyeing the bottle up and down.
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"It's enchanted to not cause a hang over and to get rid of the harshness." He says and I look at it again. That seems fun no? I can drink and not worry about the headaches Cece is always complaining about after a night out.
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Wow, I've been in this school less than a week and I'm already breaking the rules.
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Who gives a shit!
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Omg— AGAIN?!
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I shrug before smelling it. It didn't smell too horrendous.
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"Wait wait wait wait!" Raphael says and I look at him in surprise.
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"I don't want you to feel pressured into drinking. If you genuinely don't want to, don't let me make you do something you aren't sure about." He says and I smile at that.
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I look back to the bottle before handing it back to Raphael.
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"Will you have it at the social?" I ask and he nods.
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"Yeah, August and I hide it in backpack." He says and I nod.
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"I'll think about it, and if I want to, I'll find you at the social and ask." I say and he smiles and nods.
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"Okay, you heading to Ms. Thornspell during dinner?" He asks and I nod.
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"Yeah, why?"
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"Can I join you guys?" He asks and I nod, giving him a smile.
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"Of course. But what about Cassius and August?" I ask.
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"Cassius isn't coming to dinner cause he has something to do with Professor Stolas and I'll just come with August." He says and I nod.
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"Cool, you'll find Lakota, and I there. And our friend Saeg." I say and he nods, giving me a thumbs up.
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•••
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I decided to get changed after dinner because for some reason it was stressing me out. Saeg had texted me saying she got Lakota and I dinner packs and was already waiting for us in the greenhouse.
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Lakota and I made our way there, talking about what two gay men talk about most; fashion.
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He tells me how they're these big fashion shows in the large cities all over the First Veil, but for some reason they were out lawed by Nepheros not too long ago.
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"So of all things, he banned fashion shows?" I ask him and he hums.
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"Mhm. He could have done anything, but nope! He decided to ban fashion shows." He says and I nod as I listen.
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"What else has he done?" I ask as we enter the greenhouse, Saeg smiled brightly at us and we smiled back before walking over to the desk she was at, three dinner packs on the desk.
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"What are we talking about?" Saeg asks.
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Lakota responds. "I'm telling Leon about the stuff Nepheros has done." He says and Saeg falters slightly.
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"What's like the worst thing a dictator has done in the mortal realm?" She asks.
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"Well there was people like Hitler more than seventy years ago. He did a whole bunch. He banned foreign media, he killed and prosecuted millions of people that weren't his idealized views. He invaded other countries forcefully, he killed woman and children as well— he just did so much." I say and Saeg nods.
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"Okay, think that— but make it a thousand times worse." She says and my eyebrows furrow at that, her voice was quiet.
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"Leon, it may not seem like it here. But this place, this whole realm is on the verge of becoming something unrecognizable. Children above the age of seven are sold or auctioned off to whoever he put in power of that area. Homes are invaded and raided, cities are torn apart, women— the things he does to women are unforgivable, Leon. The only reason why we are here and not at a Necromantic Testing ground is because we got here in time. We don't have many new students because he's after children of this realm. Our families are forced to stay hidden to avoid the danger of his soldiers. He's been less horrible these past few cycles but things are still happening. Less children are abducted and less homes are invaded, but it still doesn't stop the horrid things he's done to people." She says and my heart feels like it sinks down to my stomach.
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"But don't worry, Jïlar Grufaas is gonna stop this, all this suffering will be over." Lakota says and that makes me feel ten times worse.
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"What- what if they can't?" I ask him in soft dread.
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"Don't think like that." He says, putting a hand on my shoulder. "They will, whenever they get here." He says, the last part more to himself.
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I nod. Welp, they're gonna be disappointed.
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Don't think like that Leon, you're strong and totally gonna stop a crazy dictator from another dimension...
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I'm screwed aren't I?
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I'm broken out of my inner spiral when two people come into the greenhouse, knowing it was August and Raphael I turn to them and smile.
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"Sorry for crashing you guys's spot." He says and Saeg looks around in confusion.
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"Oh, Saeg this is my roommate Raphael and this is August, they said they'd be joining us here today." I say and Saeg smiles at them politely.
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August pulls a chair from another desk and sits next to me, which I inwardly laugh at. And Raphael sits on the other side with Saeg.
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Everyone talks and laughs and converses— talk and converses are the same thing Leon, come on now.
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Anywho, we all talk and laugh together, but at the back of my mind I'm still thinking about what Saeg and Lakota said to me, how they sprung up with hope from the prospect of me coming to save them from years and years of tyranny.
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It hurts, thinking I'm probably not gonna be good enough but I push that all down and focus on the moment. For now, all I can do is learn and be better, even if I'm doomed, I need to make at least a small difference.
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"Leon, we go back so you can change?" Lakota asks and I nod, grabbing my dinner pack. I didn't eat much, so I'll just give the rest to Seph like I usually do.
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"See you guys at the social!" Saeg says brightly, I smile and wave as Lakota, Raphael and I make our way back to our hostel.
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"Leon you okay? You seem quiet." Lakota asks and Raphael as well looks over in concern.
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I smile. "I'm okay, just anxious about this social and stuff." I say and he pats my back reassuringly.
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"It's just dancing, you'll do great." He says and I smile his way.
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We make it back to our hostel and Lakota goes off to his room to change as well while Raphael and I head to our room.
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I open the door and there was an outfit laid out on my bed. I look to see Seph innocently wagging his tail.
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How did he get in my—
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"Wow Leon, what happened to your lock?" Raph asks me and I look over to see my lock it melted.
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"Huh." Is all I say, quickly looking over to look at Seraphim who was still innocently wagging his tail.
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I shrug and look back over to the outfit the lizard picked out for me. Is it weird that an animal literally just picked out something for me to wear like a coherent human?
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Yes.
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Is it also weird that we're in a magical dimension with goblins, probably trolls and cars flying over gorges? Yes.
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The outfit Seph picked out for me was cute. There's this top I took from Jordan, it was a button up that was loose knitted which is light pink and a creamy white color, it was baggy draped over my features pretty well. With that, a pair of baggy cargo pants (if you can't tell, I really like baggy clothes) that were a beige kinda color. Then my usual gold rings and a gold necklace.
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Oh this is gonna make me look like a bombshell alright; but not too much, perfectly in the middle of looking like an old lady, nine year old boy wearing his fathers clothing and like any gay in LA, that was a perfect mix.
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I should actually visit LA some day. You know, when I'm not sacrificing someone, or trying to end a war. Yay me!
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Raphael looks over to my bed and the outfit, he lets out a soft whistle.
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"You need to take me shopping in the mortal realm." He says and I laugh softly.
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"Someday. Now let's get dressed and get this thing over with." I say and he gives me a dramatic salute.
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"Sir yes sir." He salutes.
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✵to be continued✵
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