halcyon_houses

When: Mid Morning
Where: Zephyr House; Their Room
Who: Jasper and Micah

Today was the day. Most would likely be excited or eager to get their items together and going. Jasper however, was in a way terrified. He knew that he needed to do this and was intrigued by going somewhere else to learn but that didn’t take away the fear he held in being alone. This was the first time he’d really made the choice, his own choice, to be away from Micah. It was one of the biggest decisions he’d even made in his life. It might not seems momentous to others but it was for Jasper. Overwhelmingly so even. But that didn’t change that he was going to do it. That he’d picked a school. With the help of some teachers he’d filled out all the paperwork and everything was set. The woman he spoke with on the phone seemed so very excited he’d picked the school. He knew they were supposed to sound that way but it still had made him feel a little better.

Jasper hadn’t slept all night, he had tried of course but in the end he just laid there through the hours staring up at the familiar ceiling wondering what it was going to be like to not be here. To not have his brother sleeping across the room. To not wake up and see the teachers he’d come to know and respect. To not have some treat from Cassandra waiting at the door. To not go to his set tutoring sessions to help in topics that no human school would have. The more he thought about it the more he realized…he didn’t know what it would be like at all.

Everything always felt like a guessing game with Jasper when it came to situations that most others were incredibly familiar with . But a human school was new to Jasper. Thankfully he was told that a scout lived in that area and if he had any troubles that he could go see the man. Of course Jasper didn’t really trust others he didn’t know but a teacher he had come to hold some sort of trust for, not fully as Jasper really didn’t trust anyone fully except Micah and now Cassandra, had vouched for the man. A long time scout to the school that had helped many students. He was the one that Jasper was to speak with if he wanted to visit Halcyon or anything such as that. Already Jasper had committed the mans name and phone number to memory.

When morning came Jasper didn’t really move. He turned to watch the sunrise from his window but he kept silent. He didn’t want to wake Micah up way earlier then he normally would get up. Then all he’d have was a groggy zombie like Micah for hours and hours. Better to just let him sleep for another hour before finally waking him up. Around him he could hear the slight shuffle of movements from other students getting ready. Would the hours be the same at the new school? He didn’t even know what classes he’d be taking yet. He was to pick all of those out when he arrived and spoke with the advisor.

Only after most others were settled into class did Jasper finally get up and start moving around the room. From their little mini fridge he got a juice and put it next to Micah’s bed for when he woke up before getting a water for himself. Biting his lip he looked around the room, he wasn’t sure why the school had dropped off boxes for him. He really didn’t have anything to move with him. Jasper wasn’t the sort that needed much. Most of the books he had were the libraries and beyond that all he’d really concerned himself with was having enough clothes.

Instead of going for the boxes Jasper started to pull a few duffle bags out from under his bed. He thought these would work better.

When: Afternoon
Where: Their room
Who: Jasper and Micah

Jasper had spent the weekend going over the information he had picked up from Janos. Really he was still confused on just who had put his name out there to so many schools. He’d asked a few teachers but so far no one was really admitting that they were the ones who had. It wasn’t that Jasper was angry for it he just didn’t understand the need. He’d never had any human schooling so why did they think he’d be able to sail smoothly through such advanced education? He had never seen the basics of what humans were taught or expected to know when arriving.

All the information that had been sent out was falsified; there was no other way for it to be done. Jasper had no past really, nothing legal that gave his name some sort of worth in human society. Yet somehow it had all been down and now he had packets of schools that said he could go to them. It was…confusing….and overwhelming. He could not deny that a part of him really wanted something more but…he had not entertained the thought of leaving because of Micah. He didn’t want to take Micah away from somewhere where he was happy. He deserved to be.

Jasper wasn’t really sure what to make of all of this.

All weekend he’d debated it. He spoke with nearly all of his teachers and spent a good deal of time talking with the librarian as well. Trying to understand the details of all of it. Everyone of them told him it was a great opportunity and he really should consider it. He always said thank you for their opinions but it still took him completely back that his grades had appealed to so many. Jasper wasn’t the sort that ran around thinking himself smart. He just loved to learn.

He had gone over it all with many that he trusted the opinions of but really the only opinion that mattered to him was Micah’s.

After classes Jasper went back to their room, waiting there for Micah to show. He wasn’t really sure when he would or if he even would for that matter but there was a good chance. Normally he dropped off some stuff before venturing out for the night. If anything Jasper could message him on the computers and see if he’d get it. For now he was okay with just waiting a bit though.

He was seated to his bed and all around him were various piles. Everything was of course in complete order and the piles were arranged by name and locations were written in dark ink to the bottom of the brochures. He had tabulated exactly how far they all were from where the island now was, even if he knew that the islands location shifted with time.

Of course small flags stuck out from the pages of the booklets as well, marking any fact about the school that had appealed to Jasper in some way or another. No he wouldn’t lie and say that they didn’t appeal to him at all or that he saw no point to going. But he was scared of it just as much as intrigued. Even if he didn’t know if he was going he had to pick the information apart…it was in his nature. He wanted to make sure he understood every last bit of it.

Sighing Jasper shifted on his bed, leaning against the near by window then as a cigarette was put to his lips and lit. He really didn’t know think right now.