Big Eyes, Small Mouth (BESM): Monster Academy - Chapter 1: First day

[Toby Lupin]

"Death like this is horrible... though perhaps if this was for sympathetic magic, the thefts of clothing might make sense. But if it's correct that this is for sympathetic magic, and someone's willing to kill over this?" Darrik looked rather pale at the thought he was about to speak.

"The implications would be rather bad. Sympathetic magic is one of the most basic forms of magic. It works best with hair from the target, for example, but clothing is a workable option too. Basically, you need an item belonging to the target, of sufficient use or importance. The item while held is used to create a mystical link from which you can direct spells at the target from any distance. Meaning you can scry on them or strike them with a fireball from the safety of your own house. Not good stuff."

[Justin OOC]

"Or control them." Koyohei added. He knelt down and covered the dead student's face. "We don't know who did it. I'm hoping our teacher can help."

[Delilah Synn]

"I hope so too. Ms. Nekomone is pretty sharp... most of the time," Delilah said, staying under Kyohei's shoulder, pressing her face against his chest to avoid the sight of Saizo's remains. Her lambent, violet eyes narrowed as she listened to Darrik's explanation of Sympathetic Magic, then nibbled at a delectable lip with thought.

"This Sympathy-magic-stuff, is it something you can manage, Darrik, establishing a link with our clothes? Maybe with our help, since we must have more of a connection to our clothes than our clothes have to us, right?" She cocked her head at Darrik, questioningly, the golden, Hellish runes slowly beginning to fade back into view. Kyohei could feel her body heat sharply rising. "If you can make the link Darrik, I bet I could send some fire through it and burn out clothes to ash. That'll suck - I'll I have to get some more bras customized, but then they wouldn't have anything left for the link, right?"

[Justin OOC]

Ms. Nekomone nodded. A quick series of questions got the room number, and then She was gone, Calling the headmaster along the way. He met her there to find the students, there, most having not moved. He spoke with an air of authority. "Has anyone touched the body?"

"Only to cover his face."

"Good."

He knelt down next to the corpse and as soon as his hand touched it, the body turned to ash and vanished.

"As I feared."

Ms. Nekomone, round up all the other faculty, This is an emergency meeting." She bowed and left to do as she was bid. He looked at the students there. "What happened here?"

[Delilah Synn]

Delilah uncurled herself from Kyohei, standing up straight and throwing back her shoulders with almost explosive results as she faced the Headmaster. The inhumanly beautiful girl-woman's face was pale, if smooth with a facade of calm, though she still held Kyohei's hand tightly with demonic strength.

"Ms. Nekomone gave us an assignment in Journalism Club to find the person stealing clothes from the baths," the teen succubus began in her sultry yet girlish tones, placing a hand on the laces of her dress straining to contain her over-abundant curves, "which I was all to willing to do, of course, since I had already lost too many custom bras."

She gestured imperially at the body on the floor without even attempting to glance at it. "We caught Saizo in the men's bath. After... persuading him it would be in his best interest to cooperate with us, he told us that he was stealing clothing on behalf of someone else and led us here. But when we got here..." Her fiery purple eyes widened in remembered surprise and fright, her sharp nailed hand almost crushing Kyohei's fingers. "A... a hand in a black glove went right through Saizo's chest - his heart! - a white jester's mask appeared, telling us that children shouldn't play games they can't win."

Delilah's nostrils flared in a sign of irritation, her free hand resting on a cocked hip, as she took a deep breath. "Is there anything about me that looks the least bit childish?"

[SalmonMax]

"Saizo was stealing clothing in his bat form," Aria adds. "Whoever was waiting for Saizo here was also very perceptive, noticing small details that most would miss, and was very fast...fast enough to kill several creatures before they could even notice it, at essentially the same time."

[Justin OOC]

The headmaster nodded. "Delilah, physically you're no child, but in terms of how things work, and understanding, you are most certainly a child." There was no insult in his tone, merely statement of fact.

He looks to Aria. "What sort of Creature do you think could do such a thing?"

[Kyradathea]

Kyra was slightly disturbed, as a young dragon she sort of thought that she could deal with anything that came along. This even however, suggested that there were some things, besides dragons, that could be a threat to her.

The question was directed at Aria, but Kyra spoke up herself. "Most dragons would go for the throat first, but, I don't think it was a dragon.. we tend to be more direct. I would say it was a kind of predator though."

[SalmonMax]

"As far as the raw power to do this, there are seniors on the Punishment Squad and Executive Council who could have enough. Which would have the specific abilities to carry it out, that I'm less certain of. Speaking purely speculatively..."

She started counting fingers, one at a time.

"An elder vampire would have the power to compel Saizo, especially if it was of his bloodline. It would operate in darkness, and be both strong enough and fast enough to dispose of all threats nearly instantly. It could then escape without trace as mist or a swarm of bats."

"A shadow demon of age and power could have done it as well. Since it destroyed his familiar, I think we can absolve Darrick of any connection to these events at the moment.

"I briefly considered an adult jorogumo as well, since the spider 'demons' are creatures of both strength and stealth, but the specifics aren't right for that. The hand that tore out his heart was definitely humanoid. A spider demon in humanoid form is denied most of his strength."

Aria shrugged. "There aren't many other common monsters that easily fit the known facts." She hesitated, then added, "There is one other possibility though. It may not have been a monster at all."

[Justin OOC]

"Indeed it doesn't smell like any monster I know. It does have a certain humanoid smell though, this whole room does."

[Delilah Synn]

"Really?" Delilah tilted her head up and took several tentative sniffs, which made interesting things happen under the straining bodice of dress. "I don't smell anything like the human smells I'm used to," Delilah claimed. The other students couldn't help but assume what mortal scents Delilah would be used to.

"I mean, that guy in the mask, there was no way he could have been human... Right?"

[SalmonMax]

"It's possible," Aria demurred, not commenting on the 'human smell' debate. "Exceptionally powerful and skilled human beings can learn to harness spiritual abilities and martial techniques. The best of them sometimes become demon hunters, and police their realm for..." Her mouth quirked in a wry half-smile. "Us."

"It would be incredibly dangerous even for such a human to come here though, and I'm not sure Saizo would serve so willingly just because he was afraid."

"On the other hand, a human demon hunter would have a motive for gathering the clothes of young monsters."

[Justin OOC]

The headmaster's demeanor changed. "What sort of mask did you see?"

he looked to Aria. "there monsters so close to human they have that scent. And demon Hunters have a unique scent, once they're fully trained."

[Toby Lupin]

"A white jester's mask." Darrik broke in. "But the fist that it shoved through Saizo's chest was black-gloved."

[Justin OOC]

The Headmaster looked at Darrik. "I see. Thank you Darrik."

He nodded. "All of you, return to your rooms. The Faculty will handle this." his tone brooked no arguement.

Kyohei nodded and took hold of Delilah and Kyra's arms. "Come on I think we've all earned some sleep, we can work on the article later. We did our part."

His words were a reminder to the Headmaster who nodded.

[Toby Lupin]

Darrik let out a breath. Sleep... after an eventful day and night. Painfully so, which made the sleep even more important to recover. "Good night to everyone then."

Vanishing again through the shadows, he returned to his room, and laid down on his bed. More like throwing himself down onto it, but he was too exhausted to care about the manner of action.

Click to reveal..

Power Roll:

2d6+6=15

Basically the Shadow-porting stuff like before, I'm not going to list the crunchy stuff since I don't think it really matters, just going to his room.

[Delilah Synn]

Kyohei walked down the hall, bracketed by two vastly different teen girls, one taller than him and fiercely beautiful, the other shorter and so voluptuously tempting, she haunted the fantasies of any man, and many women, who saw her. They dropped Kyra off as they passed her dorm-room, then Kyohei began escorting Delilah to hers before the gorgeous young succubus on his arm began subtly urging him to his dorm-room.

Somewhat surprised, Kyohei found himself standing outside his dorm-room door with Delilah pressed close to his side, looking up at him with imploringly huge, violet eyes. "I... I don't want to be alone tonight," she whispered in her instinctively enticing tones. "Can I stay here with you, tonight?"

Kyohei found himself incapable of refusing the almost pleading request from the supernaturally beautiful teen and soon found himself in his room with Delilah beginning to undo the laces of her dress with no trace of self-consciousness. Kyohei quickly turned his back as he unbuttoned his shirt, blushing as he heard Delilah's smokey giggle.

Down to his boxers, when he heard the rustling of his sheets, he turned around... and froze. Delilah reclined on his bed, legs crossed and smiling at him, patting the bed next to her invitingly. Kyohei swallowed - save for a bit of floss around her hips, Delilah was impressively nude. He hadn't expected that.

Delilah's grin grew wider - despite what most people thought, she hadn't chosen her First yet, but she never tired of drawing reactions from men and women. She beckoned with a slender finger then slipped beneath the covers as Kyohei staggered awkwardly to the bed and joined her. She felt the heat of his body and his restrained desire roll over her and wriggled closer. When Kyohei grew rigid and stiff - and not only in that way - Delilah sighed.

"You can put your arm around me you know, I won't mind," she urged. Tentatively, she felt a strong hand slide over her minuscule waist and smile. She laced her fingers with his and nestled his hand in the warmth of her cavernous cleavage, this time sighing with contentment.

"Good night Kyohei and thank-you." Her simple gratitude sounded unimaginably wicked.

[Justin OOC]

Kyohei counted himself very lucky, and at the same time unlucky. being next to a nearly nude Delilah was something any man would love, and yet he restrained himself. She just wanted to be next to someone, and he refused to take advantage of her. He briefly leaned his head against hers. "You're welcome Delilah, any time." With that, the sole human at the Academy fell asleep.

For Jeremy, another note waited on his bed, reading "I can't be there to keep you warm tonight, I have some biological issues that prevent it. Give me a week, and then I promise, your desires won't lack anything."

[Toby Lupin]

Darrik had been so anxious for sleep, that he fell on top of the note and went to sleep without realizing it was even there. In the morning, he would notice it and reflect with a smile that perhaps Jezebelle wasn't out purely for sex and another boy toy.

On the other hand, considering her choice of words during the night, he had a sneaking suspicion as to the precise 'biological needs' she had to take care of.

[Justin OOC]

The next day the school was abuzz Regarding the events of the night before. A week later, finally the Newspaper Club was allowed to run the story, ommitting any mention Saizo being murdered. It was officially recorded as suicide to avoid facing being tried for his crimes.

The paper sold out quickly, and the Student Council took alot of heat for harboring a pervet like Saizo. Needless to say, the Newspaper had made a powerful enemy.

(10 CP)