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Academy for Unnaturals

Academy for Unnaturals

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AU is a prestigious boarding academy with high entrance requirements, for two reasons. Firstly, the teachers and curriculum are amazing. Secondly? They teach what no other schools will...

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Introduction

You have been chosen because you are a supernatural - an Unnatural. You are either a werewolf, vampire, demon, angel, or neko, and you're to pack up your belongings and get yourself to the Academy immediately! Your dorm awaits...

*** Dorm rooms will be assigned when we have enough charries ***

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Period 1 - Science or chem
Period 2 - Unnatural training
Lunch
Period 3 - Math or pre-calc
Period 4 - French or English
Period 5 - Gym, art, music, computers, woodworking, or drama (Elective block; feel free to add to this)


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"Wow... That is one way to start your first day, right?" Morgan giggle like a little girl. When she used too much of her powers she became weak and slightly delirious, always accompanied by a little fever. They usually passed after about an hour of sleep. "What does it take for a girl to just find some peace and quiet from people? Do you know what I mean? You seem to know what I and knowing to mean..." She mumbled. "I mean, guy everywhere! But they just don't understand, no means no, you know? Just not interested in them! Wana know what else I'm not interested in? Fakes! Can't bloody stand them! At first they are all "Hey let's be friends!" and before you know it zap! Toad time... Well, they are usually the toads." She snickered a little. "You gals aren't like that though! I mean fakes, not toads. Though you're not toads either... But you're not fakes! You say and do what you mean! Oh hey, is this my room?" Morgan got helped under the covers of a bed (not necessarily her own). "Before I nod off, or you go... I just want to say sorry. I talk and talk and talk and... I can't help it... I feel kinda funny. And not in a haha kinda way either... I am tired now. I'm gona take a little nap..."

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Mercy listens to her and chuckles quietly, "It's alright." She says and tucks Morgan into the covers, "Just take a nap and you should probably be awake by dinner. If not, I'll come wake you." She says, walking towards the door and flipping the light switch off. She walks down the corridor to her own room and unlocks the door with the key she had on a chain around her neck. Staring out the window she sits down on the sill, cracking the window open a bit, a cool breeze bustles through and it makes the hair on her neck stand up as she closes her eyes, smiling.

For some reason she'd always been fascinated in falling. Being taken away by some greater force, she opens the window fully, looking down. Falling was exciting, the adrenaline, the rush, until you hit the ground of course...

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Dante watched with relief and irritation. She could do nothing to help her girlfriend, and her girlfriend seemed to be doing fine with Morgan...She tried to shake her jealousy but couldnt as she stalked away.


Dallas smiled and lead the way, finding a path easily enough she entered the music room quietly. all around there where instruments, and it took her breath away. She ran over to the Piano and ran her fingers over it gently.

"beautiful" she breathed as her face lit up with excitement.

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feeling confident that no student knew where the shed was he was sure he wasn't going to be bothered if any one even cared he was even on campus. he decided to look on the computer on the desktop there were only 2 shortcuts one lead to a internal school wide chat room and the other was a type of encyclopaedia for the unnatural species in the world from this learned he learned about the people that call this place home

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((OOC: Sorry I haven't been posting, was on holiday in Dublin for the New Year.))

"I agree, Dallas-san...very beautiful.", Mikuo said, moving over to stand next to the angel girl. He loved music of any kind, but had always hated that he couldn't play it. He could sing though, but generally didn't. Besides, it was really only Japanese songs he knew anyway, which no one here would have heard of. Still, he quietly sang a few lines from one of his favorites while he waited for Ion to get here. Dallas wouldn't understand it, but Mikuo didn't care. He was happy doing his own thing. He couldn't help but pull a notebook from his bag though. Dallas would make a good model for a drawing, especially when she looked so happy. So Mikuo set about capturing the image, the bold lines of his pen creating a stylised, but clearly recognisable portrait of the angel hybrid. He could always work on a better version later, but this would keep him busy for now.

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Ion sat at one of the pianos and began playing a piece of original music he composed. It was a fast and aggressive piece, something he wrote a long time ago. It wasn't long and when he finished it, he stood up and nodded. "This is a good one to use. Who wants to go first?"

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Dallas smiled brightly at Mikuo and patted his hand before watching Ion play a piece.

“that was lovely.” She murmured.

"This is a good one to use. Who wants to go first?" he asked

Dallas raised her hand a little, in a shy manner and ran her fingers nervously through her hair before sitting down at the piano. It had been a while since she had played the piece she chose, but she felt the need to impress her friends. She took a few deep breaths then closed her eyes and let her finger take control as she began playing Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata, one of her favorite pieces from him. She becaem lost in the music, a small smile playing on her lips as she pressed through the song. Suddenly she remembered why she loved the piano so much. It was beautiful...enchanting....enticing...real. finished the song slowly, then without missing a beat, fell into another song, Debussy's Clair de lune. Her hair fell into her face as she leaned forward, lost completely in the beauty, forgetful of her friends, and delited at the sounds coming from under her hands. She finished the song and suddenly remembered her friends.

"Oh...im sorry..." she murmured as she blushed and looked through her hair at them, embaressed that she forgot they where there.

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Ion sat next to her. "And you said you can't play..." He tutted at her jokingly. "Start playing again, I want to see more. I will join it at some point with something." He encouraged her.

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Mikuo sat at one of the tables, his head resting on his arms while he watched the other two play. He was really quite jealous of them. To be able to do things like that, to have skills beyond what little he was capable of...yeah, he was jealous. He continued his sketch of Dallas, it was coming along quite well actually. Maybe he'd show it to her later? She did say that she would have liked to see his drawings, as amatuerish as he himself thought they were. Dallas didn't know that, of course. That he thought his drawings were crap. That was something he kept to himself. He looked up when Ion said something about wanting Dallas to keep playing, and Mikuo had to agree. "Maybe afterwards you can start teaching me to play, Ion-san? Only if you want to, and if we have time though.", he asked, not wanting to seem pushy or clingy, but he really did want to learn this, if only so he could have at least one skill aside from his drawings.

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Mercy heard music streaming from down the steps and she smiles, the calming piano riff plays, bouncing off the walls as she walks out to the quad. She sits down underneath a cherry blossom tree on a stone bench, and stares up at the arrays of pink with a small smile.

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Dallas started playing again, letting the music flow through her, just composing as she went, a smile on her face.

"Maybe afterwards you can start teaching me to play, Ion-san? Only if you want to, and if we have time though." Mikuo asked. Dallas suddenly felt bad for hogging the piano and stopped before standing gracefully.

"Come, there is time now" She said with a gentle smile.

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Ion nodded, patting the seat next to him. "First we should do a few hand and finger exercises." Ion showed him what to do, and watched Mikuo follow instructions. "That should help loosen them up and let you stretch further. Now let me show you the scale." Ion played to Mikuo and named every individual note. He let him practice it a little. "Now you should always remember that. Knowing the scale is paramount to learning. Getting all this in?" Ion was enjoying having a sort of pupil. He has never sired another vampire, but he imagined this is what it would be like. Showing the other how to cope with the disease and live out a good and safe immortality.

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"I think so. Like this?", Mikuo asked,trying the scale again,enjoying this immensly,even though it was only basic stuff he was learning. Ion was a good teacher though,something that Mikuo had never had before. He would have found his condition much easier to manage had the older vampire been his Sensei from the start. But it had only been Mikuo,he had been abandoned as soon as he was turned. While this had allowed him to learn how to look after himself,it had also led to a few 'mishaps' in his early years. Like the fact that it was really down to luck whether he killed someone when he fed from them. Sometimes he didn't know when to stop,or worse,couldn't stop...While he was distracted,his hand slipped,causing him to hit the wrong note,the sound snapping him back.
"I am sorry,Ion-sensei. I try it again.",he apologised,playing it again,taking more care this time with the notes. His playing was hesitant,unsure...but that was to be expected,right? He had never even touched an instrument before now.

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"Don't worry about it. You just need to relax a little." Ion told him, smiling. He continued to watch him practice, until he was satisfied that Mikuo was comfortable with the scale. He then began playing a note on the scale elsewhere on the piano, and Mikuo had to follow it up. After that, Ion began teaching him on using both hands to play. "Using one hand is no good if you can't use the other. You need to learn on how to use both at the same time." In the middle of the practising, a bell rung signalling the end of lunch. "Okay, time to get going. You should come here and practice whenever you can." He told the boy. "What have we got next?"

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Mikuo was dissapointed when the bell rang, he was having fun. And he wasn't looking forward to his next class. He had Maths next, and he wasn't good at Maths at all. "I have Math now, then English, then Art. What do you two have?" He had forgotten about English. That was a problem all on it's own. School was turning into a real problem for him. Mikuo just hoped he'd learn to adapt fairly quickly...

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"Math." Ion replied. "Then French followed by Drama." He looked at the rest of them. "We should get going. Hopefully this time there will be a nice shaded route to take to class. The sun does not do me any favours." Ion wasn't looking forward to French. He hated the language. He already knew some, though his knowledge might be several centuries out of date.

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Dallas nodded with a smile. She had watched her friends play and thought they had done quite well together. She shrugged when asked what class she had next becasue she didnt remember, but she was sure she would find it.
"Lets go then" she said with a smile as she grabbed each of their hands and pulled them along with her.

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Mikuo was surprised when Dallas grabbed his hand. It was a new, but oddly nice, experience for him. For all he had a lot of friends while he was alive, he had never had a girlfriend or anything. Not that he would allow himself to like Dallas in that way, when she and Ion were so good together, but he supposed having a girl so close to him would give some kind of reaction. And react he did, his face turning bright red at her touch. He was glad his hair was longer than normal, it hid it a little. Not enough though, the deep blush spread across his cheeks was still blatantly obvious.

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Ion followed her to his next class. He thought little of the holding hands. From where Ion came from, this form of close contact wasn't only reserved for people in relationships. Reaching the class, he sat himself down in the class and took out his things. Ion found math boring. He was good at it, but he never put effort into the subject. It just didn't interest him.

It was a good long time before Morgan woke up, and a good while longer for her to work up the strength to heave herself out of the bed. She still felt hot and her clothes where covered in sweat from the fever. Looking at the time, she sighed. It was already half way through the class, and she would need to have a wash and change her clothes. Morgan may not of cared for much, but hygiene was something she held with utmost importance. She hit the showers for the second time today, and walked back to her room, wearing nothing but a towel around her body. She wondered what her next class would be, and also began thinking about those hunters she came across. Hopefully they wouldn't attack again. Last thing she needed was to get in a fight with them.

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after the half of day he was already exhausted knowing the Dean had taken care of the hunters let him rest easier

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Dallas smiled as she took her seat in her next class, next to Ion, since her next class was also math. If she was honest she was kind of tired. She considered lying her head down and taking a quick nap, or asking to go to the nurse’s office. She looked around for the teacher but didn’t see him or her. The second bell rang just as she stood up, grabbed her bag and walked out of class, feeling exhaustion taking over her every limb. It was unusual for her to be tired and she hoped she wasn’t getting sick. That would be a downer. She made it up to her room in what seemed like forever, stretched her wings then folded them neatly behind her as she lay down on her bed. Immediately sleep over took her mind and body, dragging her down into the inky depths of unconsciousness.

Dante woke with a start as she realized she had dozed off at lunch. Not a surprise to her at all. She ran her fingers through her hair and realized that the bell had rung for her next class. Surprise, surprise. She stood and gathered her things before heading to class.

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Pre Calc. Gag me. She thinks to herself and a small growl escapes her lips as she sits down in her next class. The teacher was sitting at his desk, his glasses sliding over his nose and she narrows her eyes on him and then kicked her feet up on the desk in front of her.

He looks at her, an eyebrow raised, but says nothing.

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I meant that she came outta the room guys, sorry for confusion xP

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I've edited mine post so that Cheri is ignored, unless you change your post that Cheri comes out of the room to Ion's aid Mori.

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Dulci, Ion wasnt in the dorm. -----> Ion: "Lovely... Very mature of you. Why don't you ask me to spot breathing next. Well... no never mind, that is possible for me." He took his glass and walked out of the dorm, mumbling under his breath something about dogs and stubbornness. He wasn't really looking when he accidentally bumped into a girl on the way to the kitchens to clean his glass. "I'm sorry... I really should look where I am going." He began doing his shirt buttons up, suddenly a little self concious of himself.


Ill let you guys edit before i post.

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Curious... do we just make another post for the classes, or will there be another place for that?

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Hey sorry if im not really posting im not sure when where or who to join in with so yah... sorry can any of you who arent really rping with someone try to rp with me because i want to participate in this rp but i dont kno where to jump in.

Re: [OOC] Academy for Unnaturals

Also, it's EE-yon. It is the Romanian for John. And yes, completely a coincidence that he likes chem :)

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Seems good to me haha! Let the fun commence!

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OH, and just curious, is it pronounced 'eye-on' or 'ee-yon'?

And I assume it's no coincidence that he likes chem? XD

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Oh, durp, forgot dorms XD

Yes, it is, and here are the dorms...

Room 131 - Krisi + Dallas
Room 143 - Ion + Cheri
Room 149 - Dante + Mercedes
Room 157 - Aidan + Nevaeh
Room 169 - Mikuo + Fletcher
Room 171 - Pandora + Anastasia
Room 177 - Natalie + Ellie

Good for everyone?
Any issues just post here or PM me.
And after a week I'll edit these so that anyone who hasnt posted by then is kicked out, and people will have actual roomies xP

Re: [OOC] Academy for Unnaturals

Curious... is it mix-sex dorms or not?

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Haha, I love him SO much x)

And hullo ^-^
I havent been on in a while so my apologies if my RPing is sub-par for a couple days, until I get back into it.

Re: [OOC] Academy for Unnaturals

@ DulceMori: Who doesn't love a good bit of David Tennant?

Hello everyone by the way. Looking forward to having a good old roleplay with you guys.

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Depends what time zone you're in... I'll be posting in school tomorrow, around 9am Pacific time.

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I can post tomorrow as long as it is after school.

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@Spanner... DAVID TENNANT FTW O-O

@Smileybird, it's fine, just please try to type more properly ^-^

Re: [OOC] Academy for Unnaturals

Hello this is my first roleplay (on this websit enot in general ive done other styles of rping like cortex) but im prob going to be asking questions and such :[ so please do not get mad or frustrated but ill understand if you do ok just at least be helpfyl when i get used to this i will be a good addition to the roleplay :D.

Re: [OOC] Academy for Unnaturals

If we start tomorrow, is that cool with everyone?
You'll all be active and post ASAP? :3

Re: [OOC] Academy for Unnaturals

Neko does mean cat, but it's been adapted to mean an anthro-type charrie.

And you can definitely still join! ^-^

Re: [OOC] Academy for Unnaturals

Ummm...can I still apply for this? I'll put up a sheet anyway. Was thinking of making a vampire, if that's okay? If you have any specific rules about them then let me know and I'll edit them in.

Re: [OOC] Academy for Unnaturals

....neko means cat i do believe.....