The Tiberius J. Swann Education Facility

Who: Rorie, Zevira
When: Mid-Afternoon
Where: Rorie's Room
What: Z wanted to pop-in and surprise her new friend!

The drive from Southern New Hampshire into Boston was easy as cake. Zevira fiddled with the knot and tails of her silky scarf tied loosely round her neck. While it was easier to wear a hooded sweater it was also too hot to do so. She chose to tuck her hair away into a scarf for the brief trip. But sitting in the backseat where the windows were dark and tinted she felt safe and took down the fabric. Linus babbled beside her about something X-Men related beside her. Today she was being associated with Colossus--sometimes she never knew if this was good or bad. Linus seemed to like the character, though.

When the family of four arrived at the school it was only 11AM. Her father carried in her TV while her mother helped roll in her suitcase filled with covering clothes. Z took care of her sewing machine, wheeling it into the building with it safely strapped into its travel case. Linus carried nothing and, instead, ran in circles.

Her parents left shortly after having lunch with their daughter, letting her get back to the school life she had only begun to know within the last year. Zevira unpacked her clothes, set up her machine on the desk, and plugged in the television before sitting on her bed to rest a moment. She had plenty of energy, and nothing really seemed heavy to her anymore, but sometimes it was nice to just relax. Sighing, she flipped open her phone and giggled when a thought dawned on her. She began to text her new friend, Rorie.

r u on campus now?
whats ur rm #?
~Z

With a woosh her phone told her the message sent. Now, all she had to do was wait.

Who: Vinnie and Zevira
When: Thursday afternoon
Where: Zevira's room
What: Vinnie has to come clean.

Way too many days had passed since the incident at the bar and they had all been spent worrying about how to tell Zev and how she would react to the news that Rocky had kissed him. He wanted to tell her sooner than this, but after Frankie blew up at him not once, but twice this week, it was kinda delayed.

It was now or never though, and Vinnie took a deep breath as he stopped in front of Zev's door. He really didn't wanna hurt her, but Frankie had told him that there was no way around that. She was gonna be hurt, but he had to reassure her that it had meant nothing. Raising his hand up to the door, he gave a short knock, his heart starting to beat faster as he waited for the door to open.

Who: Vinnie, Zevira
When: 4:30
Where: Zevira's Room
What: Z has cannolis for Vinnie and lets him just relax

( It was like the first date all over again! )

Who: Open to all students staying here!
Where: The underground room
When: Evening.
What: Party!

The underground room was transformed into a beach setting, the walls bespelled to show the image of a stretch of sand with waves lapping onto it. A bamboo leaf rug covered the ground halfway, leaving a decent space for a dance floor. Torches stood next to the walls every five feet, and towards the back of the room stood refreshment tables. Rather, the bar, which was important. The rock that covered the entrance to the room would glow as someone approached it, to let them know they had arrived at the right place.

Fake palm trees, and a fire pit with magical fire roasting meat, as well as a small fountain (because they were always neat) were some of the final touches to the party area. The music was loud, necessary for a party, and was something to which anyone could dance. Jacob stood in the middle of the room and inspected his work, pleased with himself. Putting together this for the party was a decent distraction and at least other people would enjoy his work, so it was not going to waste. For the theme of a luau party, he wore black swimming trunks and an unbuttoned blue shirt. Floral patterns of any kind were a definite no. He wasn't sure about not drinking during the party, because everyone else would, and he was the co-host after all. He'd have to see how the evening went.

Who: Vinnie and Zevira
When: Wednesday afternoon
Where: Zevira's room
What: Hanging out and serenading

As always, Vinnie was tired of doing his homework. Actually, it was more like putting off being tired of doing it.. er, or something like that. Heh. Either way, he didn't feel like doing it right now. He much rather be spending his time doing something enjoyable. Something like hanging out with his girlfriend, for example.

They hadn't gotten to hang out much in the past week or so what with all their school work, his band rehearsals, her play rehearsals and his added hours of work at the diner. Something had to be done about it, though and now it seemed that they were both finally free enough to spend some time together.

Walking over to her room with his guitar in hand, he knocked on her door, eagerly awaiting for her to answer. He really wanted her to hear this song he had finally finished. No one had heard it yet. Well, except for Pearl, but she had stumbled upon him in the music classroom when it was in its beginning stages. Now, it was finally done and Zevira would be the first to hear it in its entirety.

Who: Vinnie and Zevira
When: Saturday night
Where: Starbuck's apartment
What: Adventures in babysitting!

Like a good best friend and "uncle", Vinnie was over at Starbuck's around 8 o'clock to take care of Kamea so he could get ready to go to Erin's party. Seeing as he wasn't over 21, Vinnie hadn't gotten an invite, but he had heard about it anyway. It was kinda impossible not to, especially at a school like this where everyone seemed to talk about everyone else's business. Going to the party didn't matter much to him though. He had a fake ID, so he could've gotten in if he had really wanted to, but Zevira didn't and he much rather just spend the night with her.

A while after Starbuck had left, Vinnie was sitting on the floor of the living room with Kamea in his lap as they watched Spongebob. Kamea watched on babbling happily as she watched the yellow sponge and his pink friend sing and dance on the screen. Every once in a while, he'd give her a spoonful of her dinner, sometimes missing her mouth because she was squirming around a bit. That's when he'd have to wipe her mouth, which she didn't seem to like at all because she'd make a face and try to move away from it. He was just about to give Kamea another spoonful of food when he heard a knock on the door. Both Vinnie and Kamea looked over at the door. The little girl looked up at him as if to ask 'Who's that?'

"Who do you think that is, Kamea? Should we go see?" Vinnie picked her up and walked over to open the door.

Who: Shawn and Zevira
When: Tuesday 2/19/08
Where: The common room
What: Jenga!

"You're going to be late" The half reproach half reminder came from Leo, even if he hadn't looked up from the computer screen.

"Are you sure you will be okay?" Asked the elemental, currently pacing the room without having his feet touch the ground. He tended to do that on rare occasion, but only in times of extreme nervousness. This, by all means, was one of those moments. Why had he even volunteered to do this anyway? Nobody had helped him, and it wasn't as if she was a danger to herself. But in a fleeting moment, the instant he learned that someone out there couldn't quite control their strength, he had felt the need to help.

"For the millionth time, I'll be fine. It's not as if I'm going to create some giant monster or flesh eating bacteria in your absence. Now go." He looked up at that point, giving his 'older' brother a glare to emphasize the point. "And before you ask, I will not come with you. Zev is a nice girl, you'll be fine." He glanced at the clock quickly, "and you're also late. Get going."

Shawn walked out the door at that point, with one last look back. Halfway down the hall, it hit him, the icy words of his previous master. "Ungrateful elemental. Can't even bother to show up on time. This'll teach you." A minute shiver crossed his frame, accompanied with a small shake of the head, as if to rid himself of the ghostly voices. It seemed that Julius would haunt him forever.

It would be impossible, in that moment, to know exactly why Shawn shifted into his elemental form. Perhaps it was because he could move unhindered and with great speed, so he wouldn't keep his new companion waiting. Or maybe, just maybe, it was because thoughts were so much simpler in this form, and the voice of Julius would be temporarily silenced.

A small but powerful jetstream made its way through the school, circling the common room before taking the form of Shawn. He appeared in front of Zevira, a small across his face from the thrill of what he'd just done.

"Hello."

Who: Vinnie, Zevira
When: Late Sunday
Where: Vinnie's and Simon's Room
What: REUNITED
Rating: PG-13 just in case?

There were two things Zevira had promised herself upon throwing down her suitcases on the bed earlier that day. The first was that she would unpack everything before going off and seeing her friends. As important as it was to see them, it was a Sunday and they probably already had plans. Not to mention she couldn't stand not unpacking. Living out of a suitcase made her feel like she wasn't really living there at all so all of her clothes had to be put away neatly in their drawers. Her sewing machine was set up on the spare desk of the room. It was meant for two but, fortunately, the school was kind enough to give her the whole place to herself. That also meant an extra bed, extra chair, extra closet. The extras were quite nice. Stacking the beds one over the other to make bunk beds with ease, Zevira put sheets and blankets on both to make the room look more homey and filled. Linus left his stuffed animal on the top bunk before leaving, the little snooker, and Z laughed at it.

When evening set in she was just nearly finished with her things. Her classes were registered for and, between putting things away, she had been talking with Xander over the journaling system. Boy had she missed that. It was so nice to be able to talk with people again. When she had been home for the last three weeks it felt like she was caged in--she had been but there's no need to really get into that--and wanted out. Being here was perfect. Freedom and security all in the same place.

( The second thing was to not panic. )

Who: Vinnie and Zevira
When: Monday night
Where: Vinnie's room
What: The spell isn't letting them hold back anymore.
Rating: It's gonna get hot, folks.

As soon as Vinnie finished killing off the last of the zombies in this stage of Resident Evil, he exited out of the game and tossed the controller on his desk. Crossing the room over to where Zev was sitting, he didn't even pause at all before he picked her up from the seat at Simon's desk and threw her over his shoulder. "See? Told ya I'd do it!" he said with a slight chuckle.

God, why was he still so damn horny? I mean, it was already normal for him to be horny, (18 year old red blooded male, thankyouverymuch) but this was just.. yeah.. another level. He had been trying to concentrate on his video game while Zevira was studying, but he kept catching himself looking over at her, a million and one dirty thoughts running through his mind.

Walking over to his bed, he set her down on it and plopped down next to her. "I figured you could use a study break. You looked like you were thinking too hard over there. A face like yours needs to be concentrating less and smiling more.. or something like that that sounds more suave." Shaking his head, he laughed at himself. Sure, the horniness was amped up ten notches, but he was still the same goofball.

Who: Everyone!
What: Winter Social
Where: Recreation Center
When: Saturday, starting at 7pm

As expected, the school had turned the recreation center on its ear with awesomeness. What was once a place of pool tables and board games had become a frosty winter wonderland. The walls were decorated in classic Victorian Christmas fashion, a garland of evergreen and velvet ribbons strung along the ceiling, burning gas lamps filling the room with a soft glow. The refreshmant tables were draped in dark green tablecloths, shining silver platters and a sparkling crystal punch bowl serving finger foods and warm cider. Hot cocoa was available in perfectly polished silver pitchers. Classical Christmas music played through the stereo system, giving the room an old world feel. The most striking piece in the room, however, was the fifteen foot evergreen tree that took up the far back corner. Covered in ribbons, glass balls and tiny colored lights, it seemed to give off an ethereal glow. A brilliant white star topeed the display, a shining beacon that attracted the eye like moths to a flame. This was the room where students and staff could sit in overstuffed chairs, sip mulled cider and talk quietly, and simply bask in the glow of a warm winter evening.

For those who desired more kick in their Feliz Navidad, the basketball court upstairs looked like a disco Christmas- mirrored balls hung from the ceiling while strings of blinking colored lights hung corner to corner across the ceiling. Long strands of tinsel were draped over the table where the turntables were set up, the hired DJ playing typical dance club music. Whilst wearing a Santa hat, of course.

Outside, the grounds were still covered in the new snow that had fallen on Sunday, with a crisp fresh layer added courtesy of the ice mage faculty members. The outdoor pool was also frozen solid, and ice skates were available to borrow from the rec center gym. Paths were shoveled in the snow so students could walk from place to place, each path illuminated by white pillar candled placed inside frosted glass bulbs set along the footpaths.

Who: Vinnie, Zevira
When: Evening
Where: Roller Rink
What: Their First Date!
Warnings: Fluff, like on a peanut-butter and fluff sadnwich

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Who: Vinnie, Zevira
When: Late evening
Where: Vinnie's room
What: Z heads by to hang out after a chat on her journal.
Warning: Cavity inducing. Brush before and after reading.

( She was so going to push him off of the bed. It was only a matter of time. )

Who: Damien, Zevira
When: 7PM
Where: Dance stuido
What: Zevira practices her strength control in the form of yoga and meets someone new!

On Monday's and Wednesdays Zevira liked to practice yoga. It was a new habit of hers that she really enjoyed, thanks to the late-Fenrir. She'd only ever attended his classes a handful of times in the early mornings, but after he had started to give her advice she took it far more seriously. Sometimes, when she thought about him, she wasn't sure if she should cry or not. In her case, she hadn't exactly known him very well. He seemed like a misunderstood individual. The things she remembered about him, prior to meeting him in person where she had literally run into him, were not good. Everyone had been up in arms about the angry werewolf that roamed the school. Cassie had antagonized him and Zevira herself nearly got in trouble for it. But then they had met and he was more helpful than the Gemman had imagined.

Still, she did not know him enough to really feel pain. When that sort of thought dawned on her she always felt a little heartless. Why could she not cry for him? Zevira would have thought any death would strike her hard, especially her first one. No relatives had died before that she knew of, other than grandparents on her father's side who she was not allowed to meet. And then her Gemman ancestors were already dead or dying, far away on the other side of the country where her mother didn't want her going.

( Breathe deep and let serenity fill your soul... )

Who: Vinnie and Zevira
When: Sunday evening
Where: Vinnie's room
What: Hanging out and playing video games

Even though Thanksgiving Break didn't officially start until Wednesday, Vinnie's mind was already in vacation mode. Although he loved it at the school, he still missed Chicago and the rest of his family like crazy. And he was especially looking forward to his mama and nonna's cooking on Thanksgiving. It was gonna be amazing. He was pretty excited that Starbuck was gonna be joing them with Kamea and his mom as well. Thanksgiving was gonna be interesting.. it always was with the Vallarios.

Unfortunately, Vinnie had two more days of classes to go through to get there though so as much as his brain wanted to completely shut down and not care about classes anymore, he had to force himself to focus.. after a round or two of Grand Theft Auto. What? It helped him focus better on his homework afterwards.

He was just about to hijack another car when he heard a knock on his door. "Come in," he yelled over the sound on the TV.

Who: Duncan, Zevira
What: The new teacher catches a student singing
When: Around 9:30AM
Where: The front entrance

Gosh this was boring. Zevira could usually find something to do with herself while waiting for things to happen but she was up, awake, and ready to go. Her parents weren't supposed to be at the school until 10AM, but she was outside early just in case. She was pacing back and forth, balancing on the steps waiting for her ride. Even though it was damn cold out, she wasn't too bad off. A hat was pulled over her head and her jacket was puffy and warm. She was comfortable.

The usual scarf was wrapped round her neck, covering her face up to her nose. All in all, Zevira looked like a normal girl. Winter was a great time of year. She went for walks outside and no one was the wiser.

But here she was, standing outside all alone, bored, with a song stuck in her head. She was humming most of it, but the chorus came out again and again in murmurs. Every now and then she stopped, looked around warily, and continued. Rhianna just had to go and sing one of those songs that got stuck in your head no matter how hard you tried to get it out. So Zevira tried to forget it by singing, even if she wasn't so sure she had a good voice to begin with. "When the sun shines we'll shine together, told you I'll be here forever, said I'd always be your friend, took an oath, I'm'a stick it out 'til the end. Now that it's raining more than ever, know that we'll still have each other. You can stand under my umbrella. You can stand under my umbrella, ella ella, eh eh eh..."

Who: Duncan and Zevira
Where: Bookstore
When: Tuesday late morning
What: Duncan recognizes what Zevira is.

"Next...?"

"NEXT?"

Duncan couldn't hear the cashier, because he was too busy staring at the pink-haired student that had just entered. The lanky new professor was holding an armful of Doritos, Vitamin Waters, Rice Krispie Treats, and a paperback book whose title was covered by more junkfood.

It wasn't necessarily a lurid, please-call-the-authorities, tongue-swiping-over-the-lips-too-slow stare. No, the wide eyes and slightly upturned mouth was more of an expression of wonder than anything else less savory. One of his eyebrows lifted a little above the other, and he craned his head to get a better look when she moved toward his peripheral vision.

( Was that..? Could it be? )

Who: Fenrir, Zevira
Where: A generic hallway
When: Afternoon (post bed-busting)
What: On her way back from throwing laundry in the dryer, Zevira runs into a rather unfriendly face.

The only thing on the young Gemman's mind between her dorm room to the laundry room was the fact that she had bent the metal in the platform of her bed. Mentally she replayed what she had done, to see if there was some clue as to why it had happened. No. Nothing. The same thing she did every time to get on her bed happened. Zevira had stepped back about three paces or so, took quick strides, and lightly leaped onto the bed. Everyday it was the same thing and nothing happened to the bed then. Most of the time she was careful to not even make a sound when she got on the bed by putting her hands down first and rolling onto her rear once she was more or less on. That was the same today, too.

In the bathroom where she kept a scale she weighed herself. Same as usual, if not perhaps a pound over. (Zevira kept a scale more for a gem count than her actual weight. She weighed more than a girl her body size would due to the solid gemstones in her skin.) It was quite troubling. So far the only bites to her journal online were Cassie. That silly girl. Sometimes Zevira didn't know whether or not to take what she said seriously or laugh it off. Their brief conversation about Vinnie had left the Gemman to nod and pretend like she really knew what Cassie was talking about. Without proof she wasn't going to condemn Vinnie to "player" status. It was just easier to agree than argue.

She had bent the metal framework under the mattress after returning from putting her clothes in the washer. Most of the time she didn't wait so long to do her laundry but the machines had been filled whenever she went to go do it. Now that she finally had a chance she figured she might as well. Grabbing two dryer sheets and her school ID card, Zevira went to the laundry room and threw her things into the stacked dryers, taking up two. Her things would dry better if it was spread out. Adding the sheets, she went to shut the lowest machine door. The aluminum of the door banged so fiercely with her (what she thought was usual) soft touch that it didn't even shut appropriately and swung back open. Gasping, Zevira very carefully pushed both of the doors closed, started the machines, and started to run back to her room.

What if she had been palling around with a friend and pushed them? If a lock on a door didn't shut a person was not going to stand. What if they got hurt because of her? Trying not to worry and just get back to her room to maybe watch some television, chill out and relax, there came a dark figure in her way. Throwing up her hands to try and stop herself, Zevira collided with a man's wide chest before falling to the ground. If that tile cracked she was going to drop out of school and go live in her house forever.

Fortunately, it didn't crack.

"I'm sorry!" cried the pink haired student as she looked up from behind a flurry of curls that had fallen in her face. "Are you alright?"

Who: Vinnie, Zevira
When: Tuesday afternoon
Where: The pool
What: Vinnie and Zevira have to talk

After the conversation the night before with Nate and Shizuka, Zevira was feeling no better and no worse than when she first found out that Vinnie "wanted to talk." All sorts of feelings were swishing and swashing around in her stomach. She was nervous because she didn't want Vinnie to leave her, in any sense of the word. She didn't want to lose him as a friend because he was the best guy friend she had ever had--second male friend next to Nate. And she also didn't want to lose him because she genuinely liked him. Even Zevira wasn't really sure what that meant. However, any time she thought about Vinnie she wanted to sigh in that far-off thought kind of way, as though she always was having pleasant day dreams about him. Maybe she liked him more than she wanted to admit? Or maybe she knew it and admit it to herself, but to no one else.

If Vinnie wanting to talk, telling him that would be a disaster.

So instead of worrying about it, she tried to forget. She got dressed in her swimsuit after dinner and stood in front of her body mirror for a long time. Well, thought Zevira. I could look a lot worse. She really didn't look horrible at all! The aquamarine color of the swimsuit and the teal of the paisley pattern brought out all of her pink in a positive light. Even her eyes looked a little more magenta and much prettier. After deciding to leave her hair down in it's half-curl half-straight do, she pulled on a pair of pajama pants and a t-shirt, grabbed a towel, and left. Well, all she could do was listen and hope for the best.

At the pool she found no one there but the lights left on. She had written to Jin-Sang ahead of time to ask him to leave it open so they could go in. He was so nice. He said he would be in and out in the afternoon or within his office at night if they needed anything. Zevira put her towel down on a bleacher near the shallow end, stepped out of her flip-flops, and pants. Sitting on the edge, putting her feet in until the water reached her calves, she leaned back on her palms and waited for Vinnie. Please don't hate me.

Who: Sydni and Zevira
When: After lunch
Where: Outside
What: Molly's favorite color is pink

The lunar madness was already affecting Sydni, even thought the full moon was almost 5 days away.  To burn some of her energy, the brunette decided to spend some quality time with her pup.  Molly was loving the cold weather.  It gave her even more energy as she tried to keep warm instinctively, and she soaked up the attention from her human.

With her new strength, she could toss a ball quite a distance.  Hurling it beyond some trees, Sydni laughed as Molly took off.  After a moment, she took off after her pup.  Even with the full moon so close, her mood was quite bouyant.  It seemed to be impossible to be unhappy around Molly.

Molly, for her part was enjoying playing outside.  Sydni had been spending too much time with the other wolf.  The pup liked him enough, but her human needed to plaaaay!  Speeding toward the ball, Molly suddenly changed course.  Who was that?  She knew enough not to jump, but that didn't mean she couldn't bounce around the poor woman.

Who: Blake, Zevira
When: Designated tutelage time
Where: Blake's office
What: Meet, greet, and maybe learn

If you asked Zevira why she all of the sudden wanted to learn a new language, she couldn't tell you. She just really wanted to do it. Neither of her parents spoke anything other than English so her home schooling went without a secondary-language. Sometimes she'd watch movies on the television or YouTube in other languages and often wished she could speak one of them. French and Spanish were what she watched the most. The Spanish channel was very accessible and considering the state in which they lived it was probably a wise choice.

Yet she thought both Spanish and French were good languages to learn. French just sounded so much. . .prettier. She really liked French music, too. Not that English music wasn't good, but there was so much more out there to discover!

Making her way over to her new tutors office, Zevira looked inside before giving a knock. She came prepared with her notebook and pencil, just in case they started today. While not anticipating beginning today, she wanted to be ready. "Professor?"