Piotr nodded a final farewell to Johann before going back to the problem at hand, "Apparently he isn't feral enough to not understand at least a little english." Piotr remarked to Zane, "Khan, me Piotr, he Zane." Piotr made sure to point to more clearly demonstrate his meaning.

Piotr decided not to await the acknowledgement of the boy before he began eating again. Appearing submissive in front of the boy probably wouldn't be a good idea, sure Piotr had the height advantage were they to fight but the kid had an axe and no one seemed to want to take it from him. Piotr did his best to look tough as he ate.

"Well I'll be," commented Zane in a state of mixed shock and surprise. "I guess I figured him a bit wrong." He quickly refocused on his meal forming a wedge shaped mass on the plate with his fork. Lifting the plate up he slid the entire mass into his mouth. The wedge shape helped channel the food and prevent spillage. Somehow fitting Zane fit the entire thing in his mouth and even managed to swallow some. With his cheeks puffed out he stood up waved goodbye and headed for his room. He had a long day ahead and he wanted to get to his first class a little early if he could. At least he didn't want to be late.

Jenn nodded. "Sure, I'm not hungry either, I'm too excited." she blushed only slightly. "We both have Magic Items first. We're going to be a little early, but it should be fine. Oh!" She gasped, realizing something. She examined their clothes. "Didn't they say something about uniforms?"

Azishkra'elhykai, having taken extra long in deciding her classes - due to the fact that she is slow in deciphering writing and that she only learnt how to in less than two years - came into the mess hall blinking blearily. Gliding across the floor, she scratched a bit of her scalp, grabbed some food, and sat down at an unoccupied table to eat a quick breakfast.

As innocuous as she came in, she quickly downed her food and left again, bumping into Zane by accident as she made her way out.

"Sorriay," mumbling a quick, thickly accented apology, she continued her way into her room.

"And your friend is?" The boy seated next to her swiveled in his chair to address her.

"Emma Fletcher," Emma supplied. "Pleased to meet you." She looked around, noticing that the table was swiftly becoming less crowded. Her brows knit.

"Do classes start this morning?" she asked. "Seems like everybody's practically inhaling their food and running out the door. I didn't expect classes to start today; we've only just signed up this morning. If so, I must admit they certainly are busy people here at the Academy. Although I imagine they must be used to this mad rush of incoming students, year after year."

A pair of second-year students walked by; a boy and a girl. They both wore boots and trousers, and a vest that denoted their year in school.

"Oh, right," Emma said. "The headmaster did say we had uniforms..." She cringed slightly.

Khan listened to Piotr introduce himself and Zane. Like most people, he dumbed down his talking, so Khan understood who was who. Then Khan continued eating like a normal person, though he still couldn't hold his fork right, and had the grip the entire thing and stab his food.

"Erm, I think they did... I guess erm we should go check then, I'll erm, meet you at the class then" Aledan said stumbling over his words as he walked backwards away from Jenn. Predictably he tripped over a rock, this time suceeding in hitting his head against the ground, though luckily it was against a patch of moss. Quickly he pushed himself up and signaled that he was fine before running off to his bunk to change.

Steve looked at the passing students. Man, I hope our uniforms don't look like that.

Steve turned to Emma. "No, I don't think classes are starting today, I think they start tomorrow. No idea why they're rushing so much..." Steve reclined in his chair, putting his feet on the table, just to prove his point. "Nope, it's best just to relax today, because tomorrow, the real work begins."

After taking another bite he finished his drink and cleaned up. "Well I am not one for relaxing. I think I will get my uniform and check out the school grounds. Maybe get in abit of a work out." He gets up and makes a small stretch. "So I will see you later." He then turned his attention to Emma. "Care to join me for abit of a walk?"

Almost as soon as he had sat down, and before he could initiate any more conversation, the blonde girl stood up and left with nary a word. Will blinked a few times, then began to eat his breakfast.

Wonder what that was all about. Oh well, if she's in that much of a rush, not much I could do to stop her. he mused as he munched on his bacon. Since he would have no first hour class, he could take his time with his meal and savor the food. As he ate, he glanced down the table, where three young men and a boy of a somewhat uncivilized nature partook of their meals. Interesting... Could that be one of them wildmen I've heard about? I hope I have a few classes with him, I think they'd turn into a nice learning opportunity.

Steve looked from Allen, then to Emma, and back. "Well, I'll leave you two love birds alone, then!" Steve said with a laugh. Before anyone could react, Steve quickly said, "I'm kidding, I'm kidding. But I do hope to see you again," He turned his attention to everyone else at the table. "All of you. I think with a group like us, this is going to be quite an experience for us all! Now, if you excuse me, I have unpacking to do. Good day." He grabbed his plate, and walked away.

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"Hm... Eh, it'll do, I guess..." stated Steve as he buttoned up his vest. He had finised packinging, and decided to try on the outfit we would be wearing. "But it'll take some getting used to..." Steve sighed and sat on his bed, looking out of his window. He was going to be here a while, and he had to soak up as much information as he could. With that thought, and some other thoughts about the people he meet today (one in particular...), he drifted off to sleep...

"That's better" johann said to himself, He had just finished rearanging the room how he wanted it, Now the room felt like it was his.

Straitening his uniform back into some semblance of neatness, Johann looked at his reflection, "wonder if they have this in blue?" Dismissing the idea Johann went for a walk.
"Guess i'd better find out where all the classes will be!" He was pondering who to ask when some third year classmen caught his eye.
"Excuse me" Johann called "but can you help me out".

The group gave Johann explicit instructions on how to get to the classes and off he went, Not noticing the snickers that erupted from the boys as he dissapeared around the corner.

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Sometime later Johann found himself lost and definatly in the wrong Boarding rooms.
As he walked lightly down the hall, Girls heads poped out of rooms to laugh or thrust snide remarks at him, "Oh boy" was all that Johann could get out.

"Care to join me for abit of a walk?" Allen asked Emma.

"Actually, I was going to head back to the dormitory," she replied apologetically. "I just arrived last night, so I've got quite a bit of unpacking to do yet." She grinned. "Besides, I figure I might as well find out what horrible uniforms we've got to wear now, so I don't go into shock before classes start."

She also had to prepare for the upcoming will test that afternoon, she suddenly remembered. Hopefully she'd pass; otherwise she'd have to redo her entire schedule.

"It was a pleasure meeting all of you," she said to her table-mates. She grinned again. "Enjoy the morning; like Steve said, it will probably be our last free morning for quite some time." Waving to them, the girl left the cafeteria and returned to the girls' dorm.

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Emma frowned in the little mirror. She had halfway finished unpacking when she noticed the strange uniforms that had been provided for her, and so she had paused her work to try one on. It was... different, to say the least. She would have much rather worn her usual skirts than these trousers, but that really wasn't her decision anymore. School regulations. She'd have to get used to it.

Shrugging, she went back to unpacking her belongings.

Thomas finished his meal, got up, and left the messhall without saying a word. He went back to his dorm room and checked inside. Several uniforms were laid out on his bed. He quickly changed into them. While not something he would normally choose to wear, it would do.

The black vest went neatly about his body, it seemed it was cut to his form. He didn't know how they got his measurements, but they did.

Jenn was about to help the boy up but he was fine. He had a point though, she headed back up to her room and retreived her uniform. It was simple enough. She dressed and went to go look for her first classes.

"K'wat iz thiz?"

Azishkra'elhykai held up the white shirt in open disgust in her room. Considering her current garb, Azi felt quite repulsed by the stark contrast in the hues and the vivid horizontal red bar across the left breast. This wasn't something to be able to walk inconspicuously about!

Still, the boots were a tempting darkness - her current status being soleless. Azi shrugged to herself, putting the thought forward that Ingenium Academy tended to have weird quirks anyway, and began to slither out of her own clothes.

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A moment later, Azishkra'elhykai glared down at her outfit, spreading her arms out and testing its flexibility. The cloth whispered as she moved, and Azi grimaced slightly, before fixing the half-mask a little more tightly over her lower face.

She crossed her small room in two leaps, before pirouetting on one heel and hopping to the other side of the room again. Hmph, not too bad. The colours may not be to her taste, and she felt more like a mouellish* than anything. However, the material felt nice to the skin, didn't chafe, and Azi could see how somebody could get used to the 'style'.

Provided this person wasn't herself.

Making another face, Azi set her mind, tightened her half-mask, and left to have a quick browse of the school grounds and facilities before the afternoon will test came up.

[OOC: *Mouellish - Tribal for 'Gay Lesbian Lover', 'Wierd Dresser', 'Dodgy selfish individual' and other such nasty little insults]

Elena was sure her jaw was hanging slightly. "What? No classes today?"
"Are you the newbiest of the newbies?" the senior student shrugged. "There's no classes today for new students. You're free until four in the afternoon when you have to go and take a will test."
Elena wasn't terribly disappointed. But she felt she wasted her time being in such a hurry only to find she had the whole day ahead of her.
"Will test? What's that?"
"They didn't tell you? In order to take most of the magic classes, you have to take and pass a will test first. Without having any mental ability, what good is trying to learn magic going to do?"
"I guess they didn't tell me about it because I didn't sign up for any magic classes." Elena said, mostly to herself.
"Well, then you're completely free today." the young man said, then stared at Elena for a short moment. "Say, would you like to have lunch with me later today?"
I don't think I've even been here for twelve hours and already I'm getting hit on, Elena thought, then shook her head. "Sorry, but I just ate. I probably won't get hungry until midnight."
The student opened his mouth to speak, possibly to say that he could make that time, but Elena had already made her escape, getting her distance. "What, he can't find a girl as old as he is?" Elena said, sighing. "I'm only 16."
And on another note...
"Just what the hell am I supposed to do for the rest of the day?"

Infisil finished eating quickly and went off with the other students to find a room. Considering he had nothing but the clothes on his back (plus or minus a few pieces of gold or other items he had "found"), he figured it would be simple enough to unpack. He looked around for his room, then went to a desk outside the dorms for late comers after an incident he figured he'd leave unsaid, involving walking in unannounced and other people changing. He went into his room with the outfit and locked his door before and after he changed into his uniform.

"I suppose it could be worse." He sighed, slipping the key into his pocket. He left his clothing unfolded on the bed. He asked a guard where his class was and walked there, stretching out his arms as he did so.

After realizing that there was no class, he was informed that there was a will test for the magic courses and where it was held, with a bit of a snicker that he countered with a rather grating remark. He decided to get a better look around this place, and decided to explore the campus.

Will took his time with his food, musing over his past week at the academy and looking forward to the next few years. It would be nice to have a roof over his head again regularly after so long. He was also eager to begin his training. As he finished, he got up and put his tray with the others where it would wait to be washed, then headed off to his dormatory to inspect and try on his new uniform.

In his room, William scratched his stubbled chin and arched an eyebrow at Ingenium's odd choice of a color scheme. With a shrug of his shoulders and a sigh, Will began changing into his new outfit, and decided to leave his cloak hung up next to his bed. He locked up his room before he left, then began making his way out to the campus, where he would spend his time exploring until the will test at four.

Piotr ate his food steadily doing his best to enjoy the morsels as it was the first food he'd eaten that he hadn't raised himself. Quite an extravagant feeling to eat something that you had never had to care for yourself. As he finished his meal he took greater note of the boy sitting beside him, though his grip was off the boy was doing quite well with a fork... well better then Piotr would do anyways.

Piotr stood up before bowing to Khan, "Goodbye Khan," Piotr was going to say some parting words... but it seemed futile considering who he was talking to. He walked away from the table with a final wave, making his way towards the cramped room which had been assigned to him. On the way he caught the eye of an upperclassman gaurd with the glint of his only gold coin. Using that as payment he secured himself a wake-up call for the will test.

With that Piotr lied down in his room, his eyes shut tightly as he finally allowed himself to get some well deserved sleep.