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[ahew_kha]

Who: Kisara and you
What: A catch-all for June (mostly mid to late June)
When: Mid to late June
Where: Research and shifting shenanigans
Warnings: Death, past bullshit

A. Library research

It takes a bit to honestly shake Kisara for longer than a day, but the appearance of someone that claimed to know her and his insinuations had been enough to get under her skin. But, of course, the best way to find out who that person was was to see what kind of history this school actually had within the library. If her assumption was correct, based on his dress, then he should be some sort of an important figure from the time period she also believes is correct.

Which is exactly why she's pouring through a huge stack of books with small noises of frustration with her hair pulled back into a ponytail and looking like she hasn't really slept in the last week or so. Or really just looked way rougher than she normally does.

B. Dragons

A shifter of some sort seemed to be the only explanation for her whole "powers" ordeal as the alternative honestly made no sense to her. She was human last she checked, flesh, blood, all the hallmarks of what human meant. Which leads her to the understanding of something needed to be done to harness that power. So far she'd done relatively well on at least being able to summon that part of her, but actually controlling it was another story entirely.

But probably doing this in a corner of the quad was probably the worst idea, at least she's only having success in a few little physical changes. Mostly a small sprout of wings, teeth taking a sharper hint, and the beginnings of a tail.

"Why isn't this working!" She's hissing to herself, though loud enough for anyone nearby, if they cared to interrupt.

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[heromedal]

Rex is honestly shocked at the number of people with some sort of paranormal power that they neither understand or properly test at Daybreak, because if he had superpowers you better believe he'd want to know how they worked from top to bottom. He's been helping out a few people with that, because the scienfitic method is hard. One thing he didn't learn, because he knew instinctively, was don't do it in the quad.

"Uh, excuse me," he says, doing that fucking thing he does where most of the time he moves like a silent shadow and then draws attention to himself and there's a 7'4 ghoul of a man right there. "I don't think you should be trying something you haven't mastered in a crowd of people."

[ahew_kha]

Of course her focus was on trying to figure this whole thing out still and she feels like she's almost there until he appears out of nowhere and she's yelping and almost falling onto her rear on the ground. Luckily, she's catching herself quick enough and is right back to the normal human looking form other than her teeth still having a slight edge to them, this is fine.

"... There wasn't a crowd here a little while ago." Which had been the truth, she'd been mostly alone until recently. Also, Rex, just ignore the very clear accent going along with her words.

"I'm not... entirely sure where the best place to do this even would be since I'm pretty sure most of the areas inside are too small..."

[heromedal]

Rex had his hands out to catch her if she was actually going over (he's still not used to people reacting to him, because he didn't bring attention to himself before), but once she's back on her feet, they return to his pockets.

"You've still got a little..." He curls his upper lip, looking remarkably like a snarling dog, pointing at his own perfectly normal human teeth. In case she hadn't noticed.

He moves on, looking out over the crowd while doing a mental catalogue of all the indoor areas he's measured (which is many of them, in case he needs to know that later). "You'd have to be turning into something... quite huge for that to be an issue."

[ahew_kha]

Oh, that. She's rubbing at her face with a small sigh, good grief. "They always have that bit of sharpness to them, it's fine." She really needs to stop saying she's fine when she absolutely isn't fine, but that's another issue for another day.

"... That's because I am." Not helpful in the slightest. "I, um, turn into a dragon, basically. An actual dragon, not a drake like Hiccup's partner."

[heromedal]

It’s fine, it’s okay, nothing to see here. As long as it’s (relatively) normal, nothing to immediately worry about. But she just said she turns into an actual dragon. And actual, factual dragon.

“Okay,” is his quietly dumbfounded response as billions of ideas explode into his head and he has to sort them. Many of these are bad ideas, many of them are good ideas, but only one needs to be articulated immediately. “Then you really should do that in a controlled environment, or at least further from others.”

And he just has to ask-

“May I ask, are you a dragon in human form or a human with dragon connections?”

Because that’s important to working out how the transformation should operate, which would be helpful for her and him to know.

[talkstoposters]

Out on the quad probably wasn't the best spot for a number of reasons. Especially because there's a lot of people around there and it makes it hard to do basically anything without getting interrupted by someone else. Like Bowser. At the very least, it is pretty easy to hear him coming. Thumping his wave over to Kisara, he stops just a few feet away from her and cocks an eyebrow.

"Why isn't what working?"

[ahew_kha]

He'd be obvious if it wasn't for her focusing on how to fix all of this, so even he is managing to scare the hell out of her. But she's taking a deep breath to calm her nerves and rub at her face with a palm.

"Being able to change. I can get bits and pieces here and there to change, but not the actual form... And I don't think anyone here really knows how to fix it..." She is a weird situation, she knows that much.

[talkstoposters]

Oh crud. He probably should not have gotten involved in this for a number of reasons, but now here he is. A part of him wants to defuse the situation and just leave after coming up with some kind of excuse, but that sounds lame. Besides, he's still got plenty left to prove. Even if he isn't sure what kind of help or advice he can give her. After all, his powers are pretty straight-forward.

"...huh." Bowser pauses for a few moments, thinking. "Have you tried talking to anybody with powers kinda like yours?"

[ahew_kha]

"I don't think anyone really does have the same powers." As far as she's aware, anyway. "I guess weres are kind of the same, but there's tends to not be... controllable like mine apparently can be." That makes most of no sense, Kisara, but okay.

"That and a giant flying lizard is a little different than a wolf, I think."

A.

[marmoron]

[Well finals are approaching and Keith's in the library grabbing a few books for on alchemy when he spots a familiar face pouring through a huge pile of books. He approaches, raising an eyebrow and pulling the chair opposite hers out to take a seat.]

Dunno if anyone's told you this, but the library isn't going anywhere, Kisara. You can sleep.

[ahew_kha]

[Uh, give her a moment, Keith. She's writing something down in a separate notebook in what appears to be some kind of language. It's Arabic.

Once that's done she's looking up from the book and taking a deep breath.]

I'm... I'm fine. Just a little stressed, but fine. [She's not.]

[marmoron]

[Enjoy this lineface.]

There some kind of deadline you have to find this dude by? What's the stress over?

[ahew_kha]

[She's calmly closing the book and setting it aside.]

Because the more I find the more questions I end up having about him. I have a name, I have a face, and then there's just... more questions.

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[onebetter]

[ Seeing people change physically or even people who don't appear human in the slightest has become some kind of normalcy for James. It is astounding what a person can get fully used to in just a few months. Thus, he almost walks right past Kisara's display, only turning when she hisses.

The wings and tail--- dragon. Wait, he's seen this girl's picture on the network and he has certainly heard of her. ]

Excuse me, are you Kisara by any chance?

[ahew_kha]

[Given she's the jumpiest thing on the face of the planet, it's simple to say that she's absolutely jolting as he's speaking to her. She'd been off in her own little world and everything is reverting back to normal as she's turning towards him.]

I... am, why?

[onebetter]

[ Oh. Oh jesus. That's one nervous person right there. James instinctively feels a little sorry for his polite 'excuse me', even though that is ridiculous. ]

Oh, Keith just told me about you. I'm James, his roommate. Hi.

[ahew_kha]

[Even her own body language is very much meek and ready to bolt at the slightest hint of trouble. Until he's speaking again and she's visibly relaxing just a fraction.]

Oh.

It's nice to meet you, then, I didn't know he had a roommate exactly. But I suppose in a place like this it's not unheard of, right?

A!

[soft_focus]

[People being tired and frustrated in the library is a Common matter. Almost everyone in there is like that. Which is absolutely baffling honestly, because she rather likes the books.

Does Reira have good grades, somehow yes, and her absolute lack of awareness and care toward the idea of those grades is an enviable matter to those in the know.

Regardless. This one stands out a bit, if only because she never really sees the pale hair, pale skin, and pale eyes as features all in one place.

Except, maybe, a mirror.

So maybe it's a good idea to note the tiredness.

One of the local nine year olds is scooting over now.] ....

Umnnn...

[Hello may she offer...Maybe assistance. Maybe not,

It's a toss-up.]

[ahew_kha]

[Was she expecting company? No, no not really. Was she studying for a test or anything? Also no.

Which is exactly why she's honestly a little surprised at this child scooting over towards her and is slowly blinking in her direction.

Huh.]

Hel... lo? [Really, she has no idea what to do or say in this situation, but hello will suffice, right? Of course.]

[soft_focus]

[Yes, good. Social contact has been made. Now.]

...what are you reading?

[She has learned, very importantly, that immediately jumping into 'you are Tired and sort of Upset, go get sleep' makes people feel kind of nervous and a little on edge. So the best way to do things is talk about books first, probably.

What do you mean it's still awkward.]

[ahew_kha]

[This is the most awkward and it's The Worst. Good grief, you two.]

Um. Books on Ancient Egyptian history? Nothing... interesting, I guess? [To most people it probably isn't, and she's not really too keen on getting more people involved in what she's going through all of this for. Mostly since she's sure she'd sound crazy to literally anyone else.]

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[inkedspell]

The library is a place where Sarona spends most of her time. If she can get away with sneaking out after curfew, she's found here, in the library looking at whatever runes or texts she's studying at the time. And that means she's seen her fair share of people who forgo sleep for reading.

"When was the last time you ate something?" she asks from a few steps away because being nosy is her thing.

[ahew_kha]

Had she expected someone to talk to her in any capacity? Of course not. Which is why she's jolting out of her body trying to get her to at least nap for a little bit. Just before her head is trying to hit the book she'd been flipping through. Oof.

"... Uh." She's looking for her a clock and rubbing at her eyes. "About eleven hours ago?"

[inkedspell]

That sounds about what Sari expected. She leans against the chair the girl is sitting in. "Yeah, you look like it," she says. "Straining the eyes and not eating enough. You're asking for a midnight migraine."

[ahew_kha]

Stop caring about her health, Sari, gosh. She's just going to put her cheek on her book with a soft sigh, she had a feeling this would be bad for her health in some way or form. "It's not as if I have anything important to do tomorrow?"

Still not the best idea.