Kokoro Maimi and Kumori
Apprentices, Light
Everlastia,Courtyard
ARPers: @FedoraChar


Both Kokoro and Kumori started the ring of the bell in surprise--had time passed so quickly? "Well, there goes lunch," Kokoro sighed, and Kumori hung his head.

"I'm sorry," Kumori whispered, "I wasted too much time--"

"Nonsense," Kokoro replied firmly. "I don't think anyone was really thinking much about lunch today anyway." It was true--she hadn’t really seen many Apprentices carrying food or joking like they usually did. The discovery with the Tree of Blessings seemed to have upset everyone, not just Kumori. “Besides, we were headed to your room--what was that at practice, anyway?” she asked. “You know you have bad luck with magic…” Kumori hung his head.

“I could feel it, Kokoro, for a second I could. I thought I could do it that time, but...clearly I couldn’t,” the young man sighed, shaking his head. “And as always, it recoiled at the last second.”

“I’ve never seen you get backlash like that, though, most of the time it’s just that you can’t, not that it physically harms you,” Kokoro replied, biting her lip.

“Normally I don’t reach that hard for it,” Kumori replied softly.

Synna Bard (and Master Astrid Kain)
Dark, Apprentice
Everlastia, Underground Training Space
ARPers: @FedoraChar, @Comatose (Kinda)

Did he...had that boy just sniffed her? Synna wondered as she took the world book Mr. Owens held out to her. Synna could swear he had, and shifted uneasily away from him the moment she had the book in her grasp. She glanced over to Master Astrid, who had moved over to the training room’s door and opened it, extinguishing her magical lighting as she did so.

“As I said before, I have a trial to attend, and it’s about time I get going,” the woman called as Synna followed after her. “‘Turn in’ that world book as quickly and efficiently as possible. The less liklihood of it being connected to either of us, the better.” Synna scrambled up the wooden stairs after her, clutching the book under one arm, before Master Astrid could close it.

“Understood, Master,” she breathed as she passed.

“Good girl, once you’ve completed your task, you are free to do as you please for the day. I am unsure of how long this trial will take. If I need you, I will call for you,” the woman told her.

“Good day, Master,” Synna replied before heading off in the direction of the library. After she had put some distance between herself and Master Astrid, she paused to finally look down at the book she had been given, and smiled. It looked like a magic tome from her homeworld--thick and heavy, with a rather plain leather cover and uneven pages. The only things that really defined it were its shape--almost squarelike--and the four symbols that appeared to represent four different elements stamped into the cover. Had it not been for Master Astrid’s warning, she would have been tempted to take a look, however if she were that adamant on her not opening it… Synna shook her head, tucked the book under her arm again, and started to look for a place to dispose of her package.

OOC: FINALLY got time to sit down and work on this! Have fun, guys.