Time for a Tour! (Open)

[Raikotsu Sudeki]

Leyva would be standing in front of the academy smoking a cigarette. This was a shit duty to be on. He can't believe the higher ups thought he was best suited for this. There was no way any of these kids could be threat. He sighed. He would look at his watch, it was almost time for the Tour to begin. He would wait a few more minutes for all the students to show up.

[Micah Key]

    One hell of an outfit.

Micah leans casually behind slight cover, a bit away, as he wonders if he'll look out of place in these clothes he thought were relatively normal.

He thought he'd gotten here in a sufficiently average, timely manner. He wanted to gauge the other people to see how best to blend in.

What's average for a military school in a territory of Ki users?

One hell of a place to learn how to be normal.

He was in way over his head.

He waits a ways away while continuing his casual surveillance.

[Malcomb Warhazzard]

The two strangers would see Mal, dressed in his dusty old suit, sprinting at full speed around the corner, desperately trying to dodge students while trying to look at his PT to see if it had a clock function.

"This damn thing has GOT to have a clock on it SOMEWHERE!" Mal said in exasperation.

After visiting with Professor Xapham, Mal learned it was somewhat commonplace to troll the new students, up to and including giving a brand new student a PT without an instruction manual and letting said student know there's a tour happening in 15 minutes while giving a vague idea of where it might be. At least they gave Mal a description of who he'd be looking for.

Eying Leyva from a distance Mal yelled. "Hey! Wait for me!" Mal was waving his arms frantically. He would stop before his tour guide panting and completely out of breath. "I'm...Mal...*heavy exhale* You must be the tour guide. *heavy exhale*" Mal was excited to learn more about the academy, but almost more excited to meet someone new.

"Wait... wasn't there supposed to be someone else?" Mal would start looking around.

[Raikotsu Sudeki]

Leyva noted the boy off to the corner watching. Was he the one? Then before he could make another thought about it. Another boy came charging through all the students to stand in front of Leyva. He raised an eyebrow, then sighed heavily upon hearing what the boy had to say. Dear Gods, I hope it isn't this one...

"Yes, You just charged through the rest of the Students going on this tour."

Leyva would say in his thick Latin Accent his hand indicating the other students in varying outfits and garb from their homelands. There would about 6 other students in total. Not including the boy still meandering over there. But if this boy in front of him was oblivious to the rest of the group, Leyva was quite certain he hadn't notice the other lad. He then turn to address the group as a whole.

"My name is Leyva Yayauhqui. I will be your tour guide today. My position at this academy is an advisory one. I offer assistance to any teacher in need, and will help the occasional student that is obvious need of direction. My suggestion? Never be one of those students. For if I feel I have to be involved. You have shown me how little worth you are to this academy."

He would take a moment to look up all the students names and do a roll call, the first six students would all answer their presence there.

"And last, Malcomb X, and Micah Key."

He would ask looking up to see who the two were.

[Micah Key]

Attempting to fiddle with this 'PT' he reluctantly put on, Micah realizes he evidently wasted a bit too much time trying to figure things out.

    Great, now I'm slightly late. At least the clothes are varied enough, mine ended up relatively average after all.

Micah starts to move behind the rest of the students filing in.

    Wait, did that guy... ...I can't tell. It doesn't matter, a nervous student worried about blending in is normal, even if I look slightly stalker-ish.

    Hopefully.

He continues, maintaining his look of nervousness and curiosity.

That was the character he needed. Looking like a poser is still a boring enough character.

    Probably.

To the roll call, he looks up slightly over the crowd and gives a casual wave with his best "nervous scrub" smile,

    "Here."

[Sessha]

Sessha would file away the advice from Mr. Yayauhqui. Even though she didn't think she lacked direction, she'd try even harder to stay on track now! She wouldn't be worthless!

During roll-call, she did her best to put every name to every face, but it seemed for the most part they all looked pretty ordinary.

None of them had horns or tails. That was a pity. But this was just a small sample! There was still time to see if she was really an anomaly with a monster form she couldn't seem to turn off! For now she'd just wait for the tour to finally start!

[Malcomb Warhazzard]

"Here sir!" Mal maintained a respectful tone. In his mind, Mr. stroke while typing Yayauhqui was equivalent to a professor and deserved the same manner of respect. At least he knew enough to be able to take notes on his PT. He opened the application while waiting patiently, though still eager to begin the tour. Mal's eyes were wide with fascination, marveling at the wonder of a school in real life. It didn't matter to him that this was basically a military academy, to him, it was a school, a place of learning, and THAT made it special.

[Raikotsu Sudeki]

Leyva was surprised when Sessha's name had come up, he was certain his reports had her arriving a few month back... However after a brief recollection of other reports on her he wasn't surprised to find her there. Well, the tour anyways, but why she joined the academy... that was wonder to him.

"Good, glad see everyone is here. So, I had you all meet here at the mid section of the academy as this is basically going to serve a hub. You will meet other students, teachers, and faculty members all passing through here at any given part of the day. This is also where most big announcements will take place, and behind me specifically."

Leyva would move revealing a large board with papers, posters, and flyers of all sorts.

"This is the notification board. This is where you, or other students, can put up fliers for extracurriculars or clubs, or join groups that have already set up. If you're lucky you might even find a Help Wanted poster or two for some easy mission with small pay outs while still attending Academy Matters. These won't qualify as full fledged missions but they will get you some small experience and some pocket change. While maybe not prestigious as you may want it to be, do turn you nose up at these, sometimes they come with a more grand adventure than you would've originally thought, and even if they don't experience is something everyone can use."

He would look at the group.

"Any questions?"

[Micah Key]

    Missions? Military missions?

That was something he could understand. "Academy Matters," however,

    What the hell do these guys teach?

He glanced around at the students, supposedly not all of them had magical powers, there were normal people here too. Though, he wasn't sure how "normal" it could get.

   

    How did I miss those horns?

He glances at the girl with scales.

    She has a small body, but the way she moves...

Would he be able to live a normal life here?

He has many questions, but remains silently observing, not wanting to stand out.

He figured the loud guy panting up front could easily maintain the attention for him.

[Sessha]

Sessha was already bouncing on her feet at the mention of help wanted posters, jobs and adventure! She'd eagerly raise her hand at the mention of questions.

"Yes, yes, I am having the question! Are the many can do mission? Only one?"

She liked opportunities that let her cooperate with her classmates!

[Malcomb Warhazzard]

Announcements? Like what? I've never read anything about this kind of stuff before, so maybe if the school is on fire they announce it here? No... That doesn't make any sense...

What kind of missions? I guess the posters will say more... Wait... Did he say 'academy matters'? Kinda makes this feel more like a business than a school, I'm sure its just a phrase...Full fledged missions? So they do a leveling system based on prestige? So that's how Knights of the Old Republic Sith Academy Cabal Academy functions!

"Yes, yes, I am having the question! Are the many can do mission? Only one?"

Mal would turn to look at Sessha and stagger back at step as soon as he saw her.

The fuck? What the hell is that thing and how in the hell did I miss that? Just file it here under 'more shit I don't know about this world'...Maybe I can get the information from my PT?

Mal would bring his other foot back to meet the one that had already taken a step back in an effort to make it appear like he was making room for direct eye contact between Sessha and Leyva as he quickly darted his eyes back to Leyva to hear the response.

[Raikotsu Sudeki]

Leyva would turn to Sessha and nod.

"Unless otherwise specified in the details of the request or mission, you can decide to take the mission solo, or in a group. At Cabal we do encourage you to get used to fighting in groups. As you will find out later, after graduation. Depending on what path you decide to take, you can be placed in a squad with other Graduates. So best to learn how to fight with others early on."

Glancing back over the group he would ask.

"Any further questions?"

[Micah Key]

    Pack tactics, advantageous for someone like me...

    ...but I should probably keep out of the groups anyway.

While this was a military academy, he was sure there was something he could do away from the thick of battle. Front-line fighting would be the opposite of laying low.

        Especially him fighting.

    Though, I guess not as much as the guys shooting fireballs.

While imagining the various, flashy ways those with powers may fight, he raises his hand,

    "What kinds of operations are there for non-combat types?"

Hiding his character wasn't gonna last long, especially not in the chaos of battle. He needed a new character.

    Some kind of tactical support? Good way to keep out of my natural habitat.

He was somewhat excited at the prospect of missions, but...

        He couldn't afford to slip up.

[Sessha]

She liked the sound of that! Especially the part about being put into squads!

As someone else asked a question, Sessha would slowly turn her head to look at Malcomb and give him a grin and a wave. Almost as if she'd noticed his reaction to her before.

[Malcomb Warhazzard]

Mal would smile and wave back.

Great, she's nice, now I feel bad. Probably shouldn't have reacted the way I did...

He would turn his attention back to their tour guide. He only had about a million questions, but he would ask none.

Wait a second... scales... is that one of the experiments Professor Xapham was talking about? He said those who were experimented on could be to a level that made them barely human anymore... I thought it was just an extended metaphor... I have so many questions...