The Tiberius J. Swann Education Facility

Who: Arcelia and Ethiel
Where: Ethiel's room
When: eveningish
What: Just spending time together.

Her conversation with Ethiel was a huge slap across the face for Arcelia. She made him feel uncomfortable with her flirty ways and he did not like it. At all, it seemed. Guilt swept over her and before she knew it, she cried for a couple of minutes. Retouching her makeup was a must before going out, so she did and remained in her t-shirt and jeans. Nothing too sexy... this was a new Arcelia. She had never been so desperate to make a guy like her because deep down she wanted a serious relationship. Trouble was, she wasn't quite sure what to do with an introverted man such as Ethiel.

She brought along a book and a picture album, figuring they were good topics of conversation because he could make fun of her for all the crazy things she did. The trip to his room took longer than she thought due to nervous and she knocked on his door. "Hi," she said with a small smile after he opened it. "I brought a couple of things... I figured it'd be low-key and stuff." She sat on his bed and placed the album next to her, holding the book up for him to see.

"Edward Lear," Arcelia added. "Okay, it's not Shakespeare, but it's really fun to read the limericks aloud. When I was younger, my dad read them to me in funny voices and so they kinda stuck in my mind." She had read some of the more classical works of literature, but she needed something humorous.... Arc hoped he wouldn't mind and go along with it. Surely this wasn't too low brow for him, right?

Who: Everyone who received invites
When: Saturday night, starting around 8 pm
Where: The student lounge
What: Frankie's surprise party!

When it came to planning big, elaborate things, Vinnie wasn’t so good at it. Luckily, when it came to planning and working on stuff for Frankie’s surprise party, Nate had his back. He and Nate were gonna split the cost of supplies and stuff for the shindig itself and Nate was also gonna bake the cake, which was a huge relief. Vinnie wasn’t very skilled in the cooking or baking departments so he was glad that Nate at least was. As for the rest of the food, the two guys had managed to get stuff from the kitchens, so that was another huge relief.

The invites to the surprise bash had been sent out earlier in the week and Vinnie was happy to see the responses he had been getting. It seemed like it was gonna be a good sized party after all! Hopefully, Frankie would like her surprise. He didn’t doubt she would, though. Vinnie was pretty sure his sister was gonna be ecstatic about it.

After his last class of the day, Vinnie ran out to Party City to get balloons, streamers and other decorations to put up in the student lounge. Once he got back to the school, he changed his clothes, grabbed the supplies and his iPod and headed off to the kitchens for all the food. Luckily, the kitchen staff had set everything up on a food cart for him so that all he had to do was move it over to the table. Sweet deal.

With the loaded cart on hand, Vinnie headed off to the lounge to get everything ready. The first thing he did when he got into the lounge was hook up his iPod to the sound system. He needed music to entertain him while he set everything up. Once that was done, he grabbed all the drinks and bowls and plates of chips, dips, cheeses and other finger foods and spread them across the large table in the lounge, placing Nate’s homemade cake in the middle. Next came the decorations. He hung red streamers from the ceiling to all the walls, blew up a ton of red balloons and hung up a huge sign that said ‘Happy Birthday Frankie!’ on the wall across from the door.

Once he was done with all that, he plopped on one of the sofas he had moved out of the way to create a ‘dance floor’ and let out a sigh of slight exhaustion as he waited for the guests to start arriving.

Who: Lelia, Ethiel, and open?
Where: Boston
When: Afternoon
What: Lelia tries to see a duck! And other happy things abound.

Lelia was nervous and it showed. She was shivering despite it not being cold at all, and she was overdressed for the weather as it was, wearing a green turtle neck with a black jacket, as well as thick womens slacks. But she was still not used to the Boston weather and the occasion was one that gave her butterflies in her stomach.

She was waiting outside for Ethiel, still not exactly sure what was happening, or how they would get into the city. But she trusted he would have a plan, after all he seemed so confident about things and had been the one to suggest the outing. Either way she wanted to see the harbour, and maybe even a duck!

She smiled widely as he came through the school front doors and had to resist bouncing up to meet him. She had to try to be calm, and remember that this was just a friendly outing. She'd been disappointed left and right and it wouldn't do to build up her hopes again. But it was so nice to be out and doing things with people. She waved eagerly and gave an enthusistic "Hi" as he approached, tucking her hands into the pocket of her coat to try to warm up. Maybe she should have worn a hat...

Who: Arcelia and Ethiel
Where: The common room and TBA.
When: After dinner.
What: Meeting someone new and card games.

( Ethiel probably has a good poker face. )

Who: Lelia and Open
What: Lelia hides after her online confrontation with Peyton
Where: beneath a tree on the grounds.
When: Post Peytons Post (early evening).

Lelia had shifted in the library after the confrontation with peyton. The students were less than enthusiastic by the 120 pound black widow that had suddenly appeared among them, and there was the usual shrieking of some of the female populace. Terrified Lelia had fled down the halls and somehow made her way through the doors to get outside the school, afraid to run into anyone else.

She made her way beneath a tree and her spider body started to quiver in a motion that, were it human, would be sorrowful crying, but in her spider body it looked more like she was trying to devour something. She was too upset to even focus on that right now though. She couldn't believe what had happened. How had Peyton found out about her date with Nathaniel. And why would she get so upset. She didn't even know who chicks before dicks meant, and it's not like she had asked Nathaniel out, he had asked her to dinner. And how had she found out.

After a few minutes she shifted back but continued sobbing, and after a few minutes, shivering as the night darkened around her. And now she was trapped naked under a tree far from the school. This night just kept getting worse.

Who: James and Ethiel
Where: Ethiel's Room
When: Tuesday Afternoon
What: James has forgotten something and comes by to pick it up.

Of course it was two days after he had turned in the key to his old room that he realized that he had left his safety box underneath the bed that had been his in the room he had shared with that English guy, the water elemental. Truth be told, he hardly remembered the man's name. He had barely had the chance to get to know him at all before he had changed rooms and he honestly wasn't terribly upset by that. Living with Fisher was going good so far though he could see how it could possibly become problematic in the future. But he wasn't going to think about that now.

His hair a tousled mess, though it was that way on purpose, and dressed in a pair of well pressed jeans and a t-shirt from American Eagle, James' Timberland boots thumped hard upon the floor as he made his way from the room that he shared with Fisher down the hall to the room that he had briefly shared with Ethiel. Hopefully the man was around. If not, he'd have to go see the Dorm Adviser about getting the key back just so he could pick up the box. Everything that was important to him, as far as documents and such went, was locked inside of it, and though he needed none of it right this minute, he would feel much better with it in his possession.

The sound of him knocking upon the door was quite heavy as he shuffled his feet and then shoved his hands in his pockets. He sighed, waiting about a minute and a half before he started to walk off, barely catching the sound of footfall inside the room in time enough to prevent him from doing so.

Who: Cissy and Ethiel
When: Monday Afternoon
Where: Ethiel's Room
What: Cissy goes to talk to James not knowing that his room has been changed.

Cissy was not always the most observant girl when she was dealing with her own inner turmoil. The world could be exploding around her and she would hardly notice, too busy reflecting on her own issues, her own life, to really take time to stop and look around. It was this that was the primary factor and cause in the scene that unfolded itself inside of the Boys' Dormitory on Monday Afternoon.

With a huff, Cissy had knocked on the door to the room where she had been told James McCafferty would be residing. The door was opened, but she hardly looked at the man that had opened it, and instead stormed passed him into the room to fling herself down upon his bed, a pout forming upon her lips as she lay there on her stomach. "You are such a jerk." She said, and then sighed before she offered any further explanation.

"We have been here for over a week and you've not even come to see me yet. Did you not miss me at all? I can't believe I even bothered to bring you back a gift from Iceland. I shouldn't even give it to you, what with how you've been ignoring me and all." She scoffed and then pushed herself up. "Have you nothing to..." It was then that she saw him, the man who looked nothing like James and just as shocked as she did right now, with a slight bit of confusion added into that.

With a gasp and a look that should have and could have occurred after a sharp slap to the face, she exclaimed, "You aren't James!" She glanced over her shoulder towards the bed that she sat upon and then over at the other bed in the room that was completely empty. "Wait.. he's.. Who are you?" She looked back towards him. "Where's James?" And in a slightly angered tone. "How could you let me run on and on like that?!?"

Who: Lelia and Ethiel
Where: All around the grounds (Starting at the main doors)
When: 9:30-10:00
What: A friendly meeting.

Lelia was nervous. Very nervous. She didn't even know why she was doing this! Curfew was at 10, and she didn't go walking with people she'd never met before and...

She took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down. She was just meeting a fellow classmate. They were just going to talk. She didn't have to be this frightened.

But he was...a boy. She hadn't been comfortable around boys since...that time...

No, she was supposed to be learning to get over her fears. She took another deep breath and rounded the corner, putting on her best smile and taking another deep breath through her nose. Here went nothing.

Who: Aimee Vassar and Ethiel Windsor
What: A meeting between student and sponsor
Where: Science lab near Aimee's office
When: Thursday, before lunch

Aimee had been in the lab since seven o'clock in the morning. She had risen early, trying to keep her naturally nocturnal internal clock on school time, which meant being awake during the day instead of after the sun set. She'd put a post-it on her office door with directions to the lab in case any students needed her, and then took off for the familiarity of microscopes and specimens. She had brought as much of her research as she'd been able to salvage with her from the old school, but a lot of the specimens would need to be recounted.

She would need to essentially start from the beginning. So for hours, she leaned over a microscope, counting microscopic single-celled organisms taken from specimens of populations. After so long, her eyes were tired, and her back was beginning to ache slightly from being leaned over for so long.

She stood up straight and stretched, yawning a bit before she readjusted her lab coat and started counting again. The door to the lab was open in case anyone needed her. One hand adjusted the focus of the microscope while she kept tally with the other on a sheet of graph paper, utterly focused so she didn't lose count.

Who: Ethiel and Ita
When: Monday, 9/10/07
Where: The clear water springs in the grounds
What: Ethiel's taking advantage of the cooler weather to take a dip.
Status: Unfinished

Ethiel hadn't wasted any time in diving right in at the springs near the facility. Having been tipped off by his new helpful, albeit moody, room mate he reasoned the only way that he could satisfy his lingering thirst was to actually submerge himself in the clear, fresh water and try and calm himself there. It wasn't hot today - just the right temperature for him. If it got over 65 sometimes he felt the heat a bit more than he really wanted, and being in a different climate than England he realised it'd probably reach other that temperature more often than not. Still, outside was better than inside, seeing as the pool had lots of chemicals that he could really do without.

The only thing Ethiel was wearing was his boxers as he swam. His shirt, jacket and shoes were abandoned at the bank of the water's edge. It felt good to do this, rolling underwater, even though he didn't really change his form this time. Hours on a dusty, dry plane then an hour in a car, then an hour trying to find his room... worries about his mother, concerns, nerves, panics... all washed away with a big splash.

Who: James and Ethiel
When: Sunday Afternoon
Where: The smoking area in front of the school
What: James is bored, as always, and has found a comfortable spot to relax and enjoy a ciggie.

James had actually arrived on Saturday night, for some ungodly reason, well before anyone else that was registering for the new semester would have. This was probably because he hadn't been at Halcyon when the whole place went to hell. He'd been in New York and he had needed out of New York as soon as possible. The good thing about this was that he was placed in his room first so he got to pick the best bed and arrange the furniture the way he liked it. Hopefully he wouldn't get a roommate. He was never one to enjoy sharing his space.

His first night here he had met the director of the facility, Saffron Swann. She had informed him that he was to meet with his staff sponsor first thing Monday morning as the man, Nox Alekos, was unavailable over the weekend. That was fine by him. He would prefer to spend a little time settling in first. Of course, he had initially thought that Fisher would arrive shortly after he did, but last he checked, he wasn't here yet. He would be coming here though, so at least he would know one person. Or two rather. Cissy was coming also. And her boy toy. And probably a few other people he had known before but hopefully none that he wouldn't want to know any longer. Aka, Natalia and Noah.

The morning had been spent unpacking his bags and familiarizing himself with the layout of the land. It was a huge place, lots of rooms, an entire second floor he wasn't allowed on, a huge recreation facility, infirmary, tunnels that connected all the buildings, pretty much anything a person could need. And they were right inside downtown Danvers so it wasn't quite like the other place, lacking the normal human city nearby where he could shop for things that were more familiar to him.

Shop. There wouldn't be much more of that now, would there? For the first time in his life, he was faced with the very real possibility of being broke. He hadn't told Fisher. He hadn't really talked to him to tell him about it but the trip to New York had not been a pleasant one. His mother had left everything to her husband, his step-father, who had kindly informed him that he wanted nothing more to do with him and that he could certainly find a way to provide for himself.

Thinking about that made James scoff as he crushed out his first cigarette and promptly brought a second one to his lips. He lit it by way of his palm, a talent he had mastered just a few days ago in New York, and inhaled a deep, long drag. It was too bad he was restricted to the grounds for the first weekend here. He'd like a drink. He'd like a lot of drinks. And his liquor had unfortunately not made it through airport security on the way here.