A Story Begins (Intro Post, Open to Mansion Folk)

[eidolon34]

When his mother told him that she was sending him somewhere to train to be a hero, Richard had thought that she was pulling his leg. Of course, he realized that she was dead serious when he was put on a plane and took a cab to a large mansion where some former associates of hers lived. Okay, she might have called them something else, but Richard was choosing to visualize them as old friends as opposed to something negative. Either way, they were going to be his friends, which was all that really mattered to him.

Once he got all of his stuff up to the door, Richard opened the door and poked his head through. "Hello! Anyone there," he called out as he started to drag his stuff through the door. Hopefully, someone would show up to tell him where he could place his things for the time being.

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[nohoundsallowed]

Rachel nodded and pushed herself to her feet.

"The boys' dorm is pretty sparse this time of year. Though there are the wandering turtles." She sent out a mental summons to whichever student was closest to her office.

"I'll have one of the other students take you there to let you unpack."

[eidolon34]

While he wasn't sure what she meant by 'wandering turtles', Richard had a feeling that he would find out sooner or later.

"Thank you," said Richard as he rose from his seat. Now all he had to do was meet this new person, get his things and settle into his new room.

[wild_child]

"Ya wanted somebody, Prof?" Rose asked, as she appeared in the doorway. She was short, quite short actually, at only five feet tall, but with well defined muscles. Everything about the way she carried herself suggested someone who could spring into action at a moment's notice.

[nohoundsallowed]

"Thank you, Rose. Our newest student here, Richard Brooks, needs to get settled into the boys' dorm. If you could do the honors?" It was stated as a question, but it really wasn't a question.

"Richard, this is Rose Logan. She'll be one of your classmates."

[eidolon34]

The first thing that came to his mind upon seeing Rose was that he was glad that he was going to have until the fall to get used to seeing such pretty girls all the time.

'Hello Rose. It is a pleasure to meet you," said Richard as he extended his hand for her to shake.

[wild_child]

Rose nodded slightly, then took and shook the hand, her nostrils flaring just a little as she did so. "Likewise," she said. "Fresh meat, eh?"

[eidolon34]

"I guess you could call me that," responded Richard. Of course, it reminded him of all those movies where the new guy got hazed.

Pushing that type of thought out of his mind, he decided that it would be best to get things going. "We should probably get my things before you show me to my room."

[wild_child]

"Yeah, well, welcome to Xaiver's, hope ya survive the experience," she said.

She nodded. "Yeah, let's grab 'em."

[eidolon34]

"Okay then," he said as he left the office and headed toward the closet that he had stored them in.

"So how long have you been here, Rose?"

[wild_child]

"All m' life," Rose said. "Pops is one of the teachers here."

[eidolon34]

"Well, that must make it fun when report cards come out." Richard knew that if his mother were a teacher then he would never hear the end of a bad grade.

[wild_child]

That got a laugh out of Rose. "Long as we did our best... and came clean when we weren't," Rose said, "Pops weren't too bad about it. Learned more from him than any of the other teachers anyway."

[eidolon34]

"So what class does your dad teach exactly," he said as he rounded the corner to where the closet that his stuff was in was.

[wild_child]

"Gym, wilderness survival, combat, occasionally guest lectures for history when it covers periods he was present for. That kinda thing."

[eidolon34]

"Wow, sounds like he does quite a bit of teaching." Opening the closet, a thought occurred to Richard as he reached for his bags. "Wait a minute. What do you mean periods he was present for?"

[wild_child]

Another laugh. "Pops is older than dirt," Rose said. "He goes back a ways."

[eidolon34]

"I see." He didn't actually see, but he figured he should take her word for it.

Pulling out all of his bags, Richard turned to look at Rose. "So where to?"

[wild_child]

Rose grabbed one of the bags from him, because, manners.

"This way," she said, as she started walking. "Don't get too comfortable, though. They're buildin' new dorms fer everybody."

[eidolon34]

Picking up the rest of his bags, Richard proceeded to follow her to his temporary room. "So why are they building new dorms for? Something happened to the old ones?"

On Tuesday, January 7, 2014 7:30 PM, wild_child - DW Comment dw_null@dreamwidth.org wrote:

Rose Logan (wild_child) replied to a comment you left in a Dreamwidth entry "A Story Begins (Intro Post, Open to Mansion Folk)". The comment they replied to was:
"I see." He didn't actually see, but he figured he should take her word for it.

[wild_child]

"Nah," Rose said, as she lead the way. "Though that'll probably happen at some point."

She went on. "We're expectin' way more students in the fall. Kinda got dropped on the public radar a little more a little while back."

[eidolon34]

"I guess that means that things will become very crazy around here with all of these new students." He was referring to the fact that so many different powers that would be housed under one roof. "So what is it that you can do, Rose?"

On Friday, January 10, 2014 7:37 PM, wild_child - DW Comment dw_null@dreamwidth.org wrote:

Rose Logan (wild_child) replied to a comment you left in a Dreamwidth entry "A Story Begins (Intro Post, Open to Mansion Folk)". The comment they replied to was:
Picking up the rest of his bags, Richard proceeded to follow her to his temporary room. "So why are they building new dorms for? Something happened to the old ones?"

[wild_child]

"It's always crazy 'round here," Rose said. "Me? Little of this, little of that. Healin' factor, super-senses, claws, that kinda thing."

[eidolon34]

Richard kind of figured that it might be, but it was nice to have his assumptions verified. "Wow, that is an impressive set of powers. You get all of that from your dad?"

[wild_child]

"Pretty much," Rose said. "Pops' claws are different than mine, but the rest is pretty much th' same."

She looked back over her shoulder. "And what do you do?"

[eidolon34]

"Oh, I just make things turn into mist and then move it around," Richard said. "Nothing too special."