Halcyon Halls

Who: Ita and Xander
What: Playing with fire...
When: Evening
Where: Xander's room

Ita had been a very busy little water elemental, what with finals coming up and all. She had come here to make her parents proud, and she was determined to do just that. Especially after her little chat with them through Fisher. But really, this blond elemental could only be a good girl for so long. It was time to have some fun!

With that thought, she spent the early evening baking up a batch of goodies. She couldn't very well go pester Xander for some chill time entirely empty-handed. Bundling the treats up in a pretty little cloth, she made her way up to the House of Fire. She had so much to talk about, especially with how things were going with Kin. She wondered for a brief moment if it would be weird for Xander talking about another guy, but the thought was quickly dismissed - she and Xander were best buds!

With goodies in hand, she practically bounced up to his door and knocked. "Xander!" she hissed at the door, though her attempt at stealth was quickly destroyed by a slight fit of giggles. Come on already and open the door! she thought as she bounced on the balls of her feet.

Who:  Ana and Xander
What:  Twin switcheroo for a beat down
Where:  Blades - Swords class

Well, Xander had certainly seemed interesting in the journals.  And from what Ava had told her, he was interesting all around.  Especially, where it counted.  Hehe.  But none of that would get him out of the beat down she had promised.  She had no skill with a blade, and since he was already in the class, she could only assume he had more skill.  But that was fine.  She could still try, and that was the whole point.  While she enjoyed succeeding, it was all the thrill in getting there.  Hell, she was no grand street racer, but she still did it, and enjoyed it.  She had enough money that it was no real loss when she did lose.

In any case, she and Ana had worn matching outfits for today, not that anyone had usually noticed whenever they'd pulled switcheroos in outfits not even remotely resembling the other.  So, it was a bit geektastic that they matched on the first day.  People would get over it.  Besides, didn't guys lust over having twins in bed?  Ew.  As if she'd sleep with her sister.  That was just wrong.

Soon as class started, Ana listened for roll call.  Luckily, having a new student, the instructor did a roll call, and Ana noticed the face that matched the name.  Oh, and it was such a pretty face.  When they were told to split up for practice, Ana made her way over to Xander.  "Well, well - you wouldn't mind giving an old friend a warm welcome, would you?" she nearly pouted, giving him a blatant once over.  "I do need a partner, after all."

Who: Evelyn and Xander
Where: Music Club, and then the Pit
When: Friday Late Afternoon/Evening

It had been a busy week at school, which was probably a good thing in the end. Lyn preferred to be occupied than not. And she'd met some interesting new people, and that was saying the least. Last night had been so relaxing though, especially after all the activity of the festival the day before that. She'd had the chance to indulge in a bath. The water had been cool, a nice and stark contrast to the recent weather. She had drifted off with the gentle laps of the water up to her chest. The book she had brought with her was forgotten as she dozed in and out.

Even so, when she was able to tuck herself in that night from her bathing, she found her dreams became a little more than they were before. Truly as if she had drifted outside of herself, and when she awoke she didn't exactly feel rested. As if she would have done as well just staying up all night. So vivid. It felt so real. She was half-distracted most of the day in class, and tired to the point that she was tempted to beg off. But the day actually went by fairly fast. And who couldn't muster the energy to at least get through the last day of classes for the week?

The music club meeting at the end of the day went on as planned. After the 'business' at hand she smiled and nodded as everyone else began to filter out, getting ready for their own weekends. And meanwhile Lyn looked across the room to the one other person that had planned on lingering as well. A bright red blush touched her cheeks as she actually watched Xander for the first time the entire meeting. It wasn't that she'd deliberately avoided him, but she was careful not to gaze at him too closely.

Finally, she stood, picking herself up as she moved over to him. Even so, she couldn't hide the yawn that came unbidden to her lips. "Excuse me," she said not wanting him to think it reflected on the activity at hand. She wasn't bored, just a little tired. "So. Did you finish that sheet music? Or have you been too occupied since Monday to really care," she smiled.

Who: Xander and Jaida
Where: Music Clubroom
When: Tuesday night starting at 8.

The day had been entertaining, he could say that much at the very least. Much to the annoyance of certain members of the female gender, Xander always did like a little variety in his meals. He knew that sooner or later, the school would growl at him for feeding on the other students, but he really didn’t see any other way around things. Sure, he could always go to the clubs and feed off everyone, but that was far more dangerous of the options. And it wasn’t like the school kept bottled lust around like it did for vampires. So, when left with the choice of feeding off students and breaking the rules, or heading into town and risking upsetting older more powerful supernaturals, Xander picked the easier of the two options.

And he made sure he had been well fed for the evening, just so that hunger wouldn’t distract him. After all, he knew just how hot the muse was, as he shared several classes and a club with her. Even then, he knew he was going to get distracted somewhat, but hopefully it wasn’t going to be too bad. If it was, he had only himself to blame in the long run, as he knew what he was getting into. But, with the fact the song stuck in his head just wouldn’t allow itself to be finished, he figured there was no harm in trying. Worst thing that was going to happen was that he would fail with the song, but then that’d happen whether he risked it or not.

So, long before Jaida was actually supposed to meet him there, Xander was in the music clubroom. He had his laptop setup on the side, as well as a microphone. Sometimes the newest software around made things so much easier. This particular bit would create the sheet music for whatever sounds were playing at the time. It made things so much easier, as he wouldn’t have to remember each and every note and rift he did while he was creating and write it down. Or try to write without playing. That was often even more frustrating.

When Jaida did arrive, he was sitting in the back, his guitar across his lap as his fingers worked the strings. His full attention was on his music, as he strummed out a lively little tune. His eyes were closed, and he wasn’t even paying attention to the computer string, or the time. Nor would he even realize that anyone else had entered the room.

Who: Xander and Evelyn
Where: Music Club meeting room after the club, then maybe Kat’s party bar
When: Friday night after the club

For the most part, Xander was fully convinced that most ‘clubs’ were a waste of time. Sure, they gave you extra credit but what did they really do for you in the long run? Not a whole lot, unless you really were planning on going pro in one of the sports clubs, or even the dance club. He would even say the same about the music club, except, of course, the fact he had gone pro in the field would’ve turned his own argument against him.

But even against his better nature, he found that he did enjoy the club quite a bit. There was quite a bit of talent within its membership. Even a few names that he recognized from the game. Still amused him a little bit, that Ada Crowe was at the school, one of those poor victims of an out of control were creature. Her music had helped to inspire his own band’s particular music setup as well. That she was in the club as well, was just another bonus that it had in his mind. After all, if you were going to learn, you might as well learn from someone who was quite successful, right?

Then, there was the view. Even if he wasn’t an Incubus, one couldn’t argue against the view. Some of the best looking girls in the school were musicians of some stripe, it would seem. And that was something that he wasn’t ever going to argue against. In fact, it was one good argument for just continuing his membership in the club. The eye candy was enough to keep him smiling for the entire night afterwards. Although, that particular night he had other plans for ‘eye candy’. A party in a bar, after all, was always good for finding some woman to seduce. Even if it was that loud mouthed Kat who was throwing it. He really needed to ask them to keep it down next door, or at least move the bed so it wasn’t constantly slamming into his wall while they were doing each other.

But, he stayed a little while after the music club had ended. He had found a niche while they were all goofing off. One that his mind had focused on. So, even while the others were getting up and leaving, the demon settled himself into a corner with his guitar and began to play it. He had gotten a tune in his head during the practice, and he was trying to figure out how to pull it off, or at the very least getting it out into the open, and the hell out of his head where it would be stuck all night otherwise. And that got to be even more annoying than anything else. So focused on it, was he, that he didn’t even noticed that not everyone had left just yet.

Who: Alice and Xander
Where: School, then beach
When: Monday Evening after school

Well, it had been a wonderful start to the week. He had almost managed to forget that one of his teachers was actually his guide as well. Which, made it all the more embaressing for that one day he missed while on the beach with Kalli. Oh well, such was life. At least, it had been worth it to skip class. Everything else regardless. He even managed to get some honest to god school work in, early for once. That was a first for him, that was for sure.

Once school had let out, at least for him, since he didn’t have any of those pesky night classes. Seriously, what were those people thinking? Night was for going out and having fun, not staying in and answering questions. Especially the nights of young people, but what did he know, right? Of course, his date for that particular night happened to be in one of those pesky night classes, the little brat. But, he made the best use for it as he went out into town to get the surfboard for Alice that she would need for the evening.

He was back in plenty of time, though. Plenty, if she had to get ready after her classes that is. When she did come out of the school, he’d be leaning against the back of his pickup, his feet stretched out over the bed of it, and a hat pulled down over his eyes. Seems someone decided to do a little napping, if he was even asleep under that thing and not just pretending that was. But, even if he was pretending, he was nestled, nice and comfy between the two boards, and seemed to be quite comfortable there.

Who: Xander and Serena
Where: Front of Halcyon, then Hell!
When: Friday Night

Friday, that oh so lovely day that all students want to come as quickly as possible, came right on time. Of course, getting through the day was something else. The hours of class crawled by at an annoying slow pace. At least for the demon, it did. His mind was not on school at all. And while he didn’t normally pay much attention in class, there were far too many hot women in class for that to happen, he paid even less attention that day. He likely paid for that on the weekly exams, but he’d deal with that little bit.

When the classes ended, he threw himself into the music club. Music was the third item on his ‘funniest things’ to do, and it was something that he could easily let himself slip into. Focusing on his music kept his mind off other thoughts. It wasn’t so much that he was off balance by his plans with Serena that night, no, that wasn’t it at all. It was what she had told him. Vampires with powers other than preying off mortals. That thought was new to him, as most of the vampires he had known back in his home city never revealed any other gifts.

Not that most preyed upon him, or tried, since the few women vampires knew he could drain them just as quickly as they could him so they tended to look elsewhere. It still kept his mind occupied thinking about just what they could do that he didn’t know about. Or just what some of them might have done to him without him being aware of. It made some situations come into a little better focus that hadn’t made any sense before. Random fights, people suddenly changing their mind in mid sentence, and other ‘mysteries’ that he blamed on drugs in the clubs or too much to drink just might have had an entirely different excuse.

Right after the club, though, he got himself ready. His hair had been the truly hard part, though no guy would ever really admit that, would they? Had to get the proper ‘mussed’ look to it. And that always took time. The rest of his clothing was fairly easy. He was a couple of minutes early at the front of the school. When she finally did emerge, Xander would be found waiting at the front of the school, his arms crossed over his shoulder as he leaned against the older pickup truck. A Chevy S10 extended cab, though it was clearly modified for use off road as it had been raised a bit from normal, and even had cargo latches on its roof and back to hold at least a trio of items, surfboards in his case.

Who: Alice and Xander
When: 7:30pm till ?
Where: Some beach somewhere
What: Alice decides to do a little drinking with Xander.

Since arriving at Halcyon, Alice had already made quite a few bad decisions. They weren't really that bad, but not really all that good either. Let's just say she wasn't making the brightest decisions in her life and had never done so before. Maybe it was the people she was hanging out with, but she was not used to this new lifestyle. Alice was a very a good girl and was starting to have a bit of trouble keeping it that way nowadays.

Tonight's planned festivities was a prime example of the poor choices she had been making as Alice waited patiently while sitting on a bench in front of the school. She was dressed in a simple white dress with her swimsuit underneath and a pair of white sandals. She arrived ten minutes early since that was what she normally did when meeting up with people and wouldn't mind if Xander showed up late. She wasn't one to fuss over tardiness since she wasn't even paying attention to the time herself as she skillfully pressed the buttons on her white psp while humming a soft melody to herself. Nope, she really wouldn't mind at all. She probably wouldn't have really noticed until it started getting dark out anyway.

Alice had spent the majority of her day in the kitchen preparing for the late night picnic. As much as she enjoyed a simple sandwich like turkey on white and as funny as it would be to show up with just that, Alice decided against it. She actually got up early enough to make it into town to do a bit of shopping despite the horrible pounding that was going on in her head due to the all the fun she had the night prior. As soon as she procured all the needed ingredients, she quickly got to work with all the cooking that was ahead of her.

Xander had said to surprise him and Alice hoped she'd be able to do so. Inside the cooler and basket that sat below her feet contained some roast beef paninis with fontina cheese and roasted roma tomatoes, the deviled eggs like she promised and a few white chocolate, raspberry muffins with light butter cream frosting. Alice hadn't made a meal for someone other than herself in awhile, but enjoyed doing so. Even if they were only sandwiches. She even roasted the beef herself! Hopefully Xander liked his meat rare.

Who: Xander and Kalli
Where: Cove on the west side of Island
When: Monday Morning, just after dawn around 6am

Now this was more like it. The demon had been ‘good’ for far too long in that school, and there was nothing like old habits to bring the spirits up. Xander had found what he thought was the perfect spot on the island. Of course, he would have to look across the island for other coves, but this one wasn’t too far from the school, and he could hit the beach and still head back to school in time for morning classes. Which, at least for his morning run made it the ideal beach.

It helped that the waves weren’t all that bad either. The currents outside of the cove combined to create a good, solid wave system. They might not have been the largest waves he ever surfed, but they were good enough for his needs. Plus, the cove was on the west side of the island, so he didn’t have to worry about the sun coming up and blocking his line of sight. And no rocks in the water, at least none he found with his exploratory searching cruise. He was sure he’d find some sooner or later, he always did.

For the past hour, Xander had been running the waves. Ever since the sun had come up over the horizon, he was there and riding. He was in a good mood, a very good mood, and riding the curls only made it even better. The only thing that was missing was serious waves. The four and five foot swells the island got were nice and all, but he needed those with at least ten to twelve. Those were the types of waves that had tubes that were big enough for a person to ride down in. And there was little that compared to in this life than riding the tube within the surf.

And now, he was making another run, as he paddled with the rising crest, toward the shore. He lifted himself up onto his feet as he got into his position and then angled his board to ride the wave for its fullest inbound.