It's not a school without a mysterious new transfer student [OPEN]

[evangelclairvoyance]

Who: Christo and you
What: Christo gets settled in.
When: Early May.
Where: Soleil, various parts of campus, Aube, the network



A. How does your garden grow? -- Soleil, campus

[Now that he's gotten moved in, Christo's come to the realization that he's going to be here for awhile and that he's probably going to have more downtime than he expected.

Of course, that means picking up his hobbies from home.

Whether it's on campus or in town, you may catch Christo dragging along a small wagon filled with precariously stacked garden pots and starter flowers, a few seed packets tucked here and there.]

I wonder if I'm forgetting anything...


B. A very important phone call. -- an out of the way part of campus

[The moment his phone rang, Christo had ducked away to one of the less traveled parts of campus. Anyone who stumbles upon him now will catch him in hushed, serious conversation, eyes darting around as if he's afraid he might be caught.

At least until...]

I--

[His expression shifts, clearly annoyed.]

Yes. I made sure to pack a toothbrush.

...

With all due respect, I don't see how the amount of underwear I packed is any of your business.

...

Sir, I know how to do laundry.

[It's about now that Christo notices that he's not alone, and though he seems almost panicked at first, it changes to an incredible amount of relief almost immediately.]

Ah, yes, yes, I would be happy to hear my horoscope for the week, but it seems like someone is trying to get my attention at the moment. Please excuse me.

[He hangs up before the person on the other line can respond and puts the phone away with a sigh.]

Sorry about that. Can I help you?


C. un: yuie

Good afternoon--or evening, if you're reading this then. My name is Christo, and I am the new RA for Aube Dormitory's first floor. Please don't hesitate to contact me if you should need any help, academic or otherwise.

I ask only that you try to go easy on me for at least a week. I've heard that dorm life can get somewhat... exciting here.

[AKA he's heard about the Lum dorms]


D. Now that that's Settled -- Aube

[he's moved in, watered his flowers, and introduced himself on the network. Now all that's left to do is relax.

Christo has set himself up in the common area on the first floor, a cup of steaming hot tea close at hand and a chess board set up in front of him, playing against himself.]

Comments

[made_up_names]

[ Seems normal to him, okay. He hops inside, politely closing the window behind him. ]

I think I like jasmine better. And my name's Peter. Peter Parker.

[evangelclairvoyance]

A pleasure.

[He holds out his hand to shake]

I believe I said it on the network before, but it always feels more proper to make an introduction in person. Please, call me Christo.

[made_up_names]

[ He shakes! Kid's got a hell of a grip. ]

Oh yeah, I think I did see that. When'd you get here, Christo?

[evangelclairvoyance]

[That he does! It's a good quality, though. Christo has found few who can manage a good, professional handshake.]

Just last week. I came from a larger school, but I've heard that the quality of the teachers here is something to be admired.

[He walks over to a drawer and pulls out a tin of looseleaf tea, as well as a small tea set--one of a handful of items he made sure to unpack first.]

At least I hope that's the case.

[made_up_names]

[ Peter meanwhile finds a place to sit down. ]

There's other schools? Seriously? Where?

[evangelclairvoyance]

Quite a few, actually. Would you believe Oxford is one of them?

[made_up_names]

What, like the fancy England college?

[evangelclairvoyance]

The very same. It's all kept hush-hush of course, but it's one of the more famous schools.

[The kettle whistles and he he sets to preparing the tea proper]

[made_up_names]

Man, I am missing out. I shoulda gotten bitten by a Blighted spider way earlier.

[evangelclairvoyance]

A Blighted...! It's a wonder you're alive.

[That explains the climb down to his window]

[made_up_names]

[ It's a good thing Peter doesn't have tea in front of him yet or he might have choked on it. ]

Oh. Yeah. Alive. That's definitely a thing that I am.

[ Then again, Peter's here to ruin it anyway. ]

[evangelclairvoyance]

...

[Some of the students are undead. Noted.

He pours a cup for each of them, placing them on a saucer and setting one down in front of Peter.]

Healthy then. Enough to scale a wall down to my room at 5 in the morning.

[made_up_names]

[ Oops. He winces a bit; if Christo has any magical senses, he can sense a faint ripple go through ... well, all of Peter. But he seems okay, albeit a bit headachey. Also. Kind of resigned. he's so bad at secrets. ]

Yeah that's the spider blight powers. I stick to things and I'm super strong and stuff.

[evangelclairvoyance]

[He can, and he does, and the reaction is duly noted. He doesn't quite understand what's going on here, but it's got him curious.]

I see. Anything else about your condition I should note for the future?

[a pause]

Or is it better to keep questions related to the spider part of things?

[made_up_names]

[ Sigh. Once that initial ripple has passed, Peter seems fine; he's at a point where more people finding out won't really hurt him, at least. Until he abruptly has too many and something else happens but. He's fine, this is fine. ]

Nah, you can ask whatever you want. It's some kinda pact? Annnd whenever someone else finds out I'm actually dead, it unravels a little so. Maybe don't tell anyone else.

[evangelclairvoyance]

[That explains the ripple just now.]

I see... [That's definitely unfortunate. Curious, but unfortunate.] So it was to bring you back? Or did the pact itself result in your passing?

[made_up_names]

Yeah. I was extremely dead. So, uh. this fixed it.

[ For certain definitions thereof. ]

[evangelclairvoyance]

[So a relation or a friend stepped in--or so he assumes. He doesn't envy whoever had to make that decision in the slightest.]

Well. You don't seem the sort of undead to go around eating other members of the student body, so your secret is safe with me.

[made_up_names]

[ Pretty much. The details are vague in this AU in case anyone wants to play May or Tony but. Yeah. ]

Thanks, man. I'm pretty normal outside of technically being dead. And the spider blight stuff.

[evangelclairvoyance]

Normally I'd say that anything related to magic shouldn't be considered "abnormal," but this school seems to be filled with its share of oddities. It's refreshing.

[made_up_names]

Yeah? What kinda place do you come from?