New arrival

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Drazule made his way around the school still fascinated by the structure and the architect of the entire building. Looking around he found himself staring at a large area and what truly caught his attention was a large pond. A smile appeared on his face underneath his hood that covered his face. He slowly walked closer to the pond feeling the gentle breeze push his baggy clothes against him. He looked upwards fora split second just to see a few puffy clouds float across the blue sky. For being in an unfamiliar place it was pretty cool and interesting. He would be able to study the beings that resided here not like how they studied creatures where he had come from. However in a sense he missed his home even though it was horrible.

Shaking his head he pushed the thoughts of his home away and continued down the way towards the pond. He hadn’t gone swimming in well he couldn't really remember. They never had water where he had come from even though it would have been nice for what he was. The smile on his face grew larger as he walked closer and eventually looked down at the pond hoping it was cold so he could relax. It was starting to get annoying wearing these clothes, he just wanted to get comfortable and wear his shorts, but he didn't want someone to notice him especially not holy beings. Drazule thought back to the handbook he had been given and smiled seeing there wasn't anything wrong with simply taking his pants and hood off. So he did just that. He stripped down to his shorts which he had stolen when he arrived on earth and grew to enjoy wearing them.

The male stood there with all his smoke like markings on his fur as he stretched his arms, legs and tail feeling much more like himself. Now let’s see how it is. He ran and dove into the pond letting the cool waters engulf him. Upon entry he had let out a sigh of relief as he began to swim through the waters, feeling it flow through his black and grey fur. Eventually he kicked his webbed feet up to the surface taking in a breath of air and shaking his head spraying water in all directions. Slowly he repositioned himself and began to float on his back closing his eyes, both the warmth of the sun heating his fur and the cold water cooling his back felt invigorating and he really didn't want to move.

Slowly he drifted around the pond using his tail to guide him so he didn’t run into anything that might cause him harm or small injury. He was glad that his powers were not affected by the water or weakened. But as he let himself move on the surface, he just thought of what this place would have to offer. He knew there were classes and that was weird for he had never heard such things, along with dorms, rules and cafeterias. He was going to need to adapt to his surroundings and he figured if he didn't do it soon, he might as well drown and be run out of this place quickly and try to find a new place to hide. O the other hand though he had the thought that this place might help him become stronger and teach him new things about this world he found himself in.

[SIMA ORATIO]

Sima thought it would be nice for a casual walk around the yard. Everything seemed interesting, the smells, the sights, the sounds. Sima was liek a lost puppy when he was not at work. He really loved the adventure. Despite being here a hundred times over the subtle smells always seemed to be different. The grass slightly crunched underneath his feet. He looked at the ground. Not really paying attention of what was in front of himself he continued to walk. The subtle wind pushed his hair ever so slightly. He continued to walk, at least until he realized his foot had entered a small portion of the pond. He immediately retrieved his foot, and began taking ten paces away from the pond. He shyly put his hand on his heart, but acted as if he was searching for something. In all reality his heart was shot with a burst of adrenaline.

Sima had thought for a second he was going to plunge into the thick dark water. "How didn't I notice how close I got?" He mumbled to himself to keep others from hearing. He looked over for a bench, and quickly made his way there. He sat down, and pressed his hand harder against his chest as he tried to control his heart rate. He closed his eyes and began to focus his breathing. As he began to do this, he slowly returned his body back to it's calm state. Sima continued to repeat the pattern. In and out, in and out. Calming himself down quickly, his body that was panicked, had now calmed. As soon as he felt comfortable Sima opened his eyes to look around.

Sima groaned as he stretched back into the bench with a big look of depression on his face. A few mental images began running through his head, the root of his fear towards water. He couldn't get the image out of his head and in fact it made it hard for him, for someone who usually always smiled, to get it out of his head. It would certainly be something different for anyone that knew him. Sima scratched his head, wondering how much time he had today, at least before he had to go do something important. "I've got time..." He muttered under his breath. "I think."

[SITA CHANDE]

With a tired yawn Sithara pulled her hair into a long loose braid and slipped into her work dress. Popping a purple cardigan over the top she grabbed her folders and her bag and made her way out of the staff dormitories the sun was bright and it shone down in orange glowing waves warming her back. Perhaps she’d misjudged the weather this morning; she was already feeling constrained so with a sigh she peeled off her cardigan enjoying the way the sun felt across her already bronze shoulders. She checked her wristwatch, she had at last an hour till her shift started and she wasn’t feeling particularly hungry.
So she made her way to one of her more favourite spots, the pond. She loved the pond, it was usually so peaceful and tranquil especially in the mornings. With a grin she decided to finish her research this morning there in the sunshine and when she finished her shift later she’d add it to her report – a subjective assignment on Chromosomal Crossover. She grinned with excitement, it was really coming together now Sithara only had thirty more pages to right, but she’d planned out most of them leaving only a conclusion to try and structure.

Turning the corner she spotted another male on the park bench, she was sure he was a teacher though she didn’t know his name and he looked distressed, he was counting as if in mid panic attack and he appeared worn. Her eyes glanced to the pond, water bubbles rose and it seemed as though something was swimming inside it. She turned her attention back to the panic stricken teacher – that took first priority, then she’d find out who was in the pond – she simply hoped they weren’t connected.

“Excuse me,” she began her accent thick with morning fatigue, “Are you alright?” she asked softly, her tone filled with concern. She settled her books next to the man.

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While the male jsut drifted on the surface of the pond he was quickly distubred well awoken by the sound of someone pulling their foot out fo the water. He quickly dove under without making a sound and jsut stayed udner water lsiteing and scannign the surface to see if they might be looking or trying to find him. Or simply just gor for a swim themself. It felt nice being completely submerged udner the water but he cleared his mind and slwoly swam upwards.

He slowly swam towards the outer edge of the pond making sure to not making alot of noise. Lifting his head up a little he saw the female and the male he had run into upon his arrival. Due to his curiousity he actually slipped out of the water, feleing a few droplets fall off his fur onto the grass below. He made sure to stay as hidden as possible which was kinda of hard for an otter that was black grey with a smoke pattern but he listened in carefully to see if he could hear the conversation they might be having.

From what the male could make out though, the male teacher who he believed his name was Sima seemed distraught. Drazule didn't know anytinhg about him and as for the female, he didn't seem to remember her. She had looked famillar but now he knew he didn't actually know her from anywhere. Nontheless he made sure to keep hidden and listen closely to what would be said. If he was seen he would simply dive back into the water and tunr into smoke or jsut turn into smoke and blow away with the wind.

[SIMA ORATIO]

Sima looked up as he was approached by a female. He sighed lightly, trying to alleviate any more anxiety he had from earlier. "Are you alright?" She asked him. With that Sima broke into a large smile. "Of course I am!" He said very energetically. "Don't you worry I can take care of myself!" He laughed, trying to hide his earlier fear. He stood tall, getting up from the bench. He reached his hand out towards her, as preparing for an introduction. "Hello, my name Sima Tekuta Oratio" He said with a grin. "You can call me, Sima, If you'd like" He thought to himself for a moment, but then quickly glanced behind him, making sure that the source of his fear didn't somehow etch closer to his position. "What's uh, your name?" He asked curiously. Sima wasn't sure how else to keep the situation on why he previously looked so worn, so he thought it was best to overwhelm them with his personality, and questions of course!

"So, what are you doing out here?" "Do you like the pond area?" Sima looked slightly intrigued at her, but for some reason she didn't seem to be what he was focusing on. His eyes darted hack and forth from her, and the pond. It was as if he was keeping tabs on the lake, or looking out for anything inside it. "Do you work here too? How long have you worked here for?" Sime returned his attention to her only momentarily to ask more questions.

Sima stretched as he waited for some sort of response from her.  "So what does your job entail?" Sima continued to batter her with questions in some sort of attempt to keep her from asking any. 

[SITA CHANDE]

Slightly taken aback by his incredibly energetic answer – at such an early hour – she nodded and held her books closer to her chest.
“Well that’s okay, you just looked a bit distressed,” she said still considering, his playful expression did nothing to justify her question and it simply looked as though he’d been alright all along. Well that was good, the last thing she needed to do was drag him up to the nurse’s office. Not that she wouldn’t have helped him she just really wanted to finish her thesis research before her work shift started. She took the hand offered and gave it a good shake and with a friendly smile introduced herself.
“Nice to meet you too Sima,” she grinned, “my names Sithara Chaunde I’m the librarian,” she said with an air of proudness to her tone. “But just call me Sithara or Sita – actually maybe not Sita,” she giggled noting the similarity of their names.
She loved her little library and most of the students in it, even that loud third year and his silly long haired friend had a place in her heart.
“Well I came to study before work starts,” she said “and it’s always been really relaxing here,” she smiled, “especially if there’s no students about.” She chuckled, noting the tranquil atmosphere of the area.
“What about you Sima, enjoying the time before lessons begin?” she asked curiously. She caught his eyes darting to the pond and followed his gaze.
“Is there something in their?” she asked suddenly, “It is just I saw the water stirring, like air bubbles.” She said before she turned to check the pond and almost swore she saw something or someone scurry across the grass. Peering curiously her gaze darted across the lush green area of the pond.
“Strange.” She murmured to herself.

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Drazule had stopped abruptly thinking that the female had seen him darting across the grass but when he looked over he thought he had seen her look away so he inched a little closer but he realized he could be caught so he thought of a better idea. He inched his way around the pond making sure to go prone so any of the tall grass that grew out of the pond might cover him as he did so. As soon as he reached the other side he inched further away from the pond and eventually when he believed he was far enough he stood up and began heading in their direction. He figured if he seemed like a student coming towards the pond it might not look as suspicious.

every step he took was a relaxed and causal one as he slowed his heart rate to make it seem like he had just arrived and not dwelling in the pond. He truthfully didn't know if he was fully allowed in there but nonetheless he continued on his way. He realized a she got closer, he could still hearing them talking and this fascinated him greatly. He figured when they could be in ear shot he kept quiet and just walked over there before eventually he stopped a few feet form the female and spoke up. "Ummm is everything ok over here? I thought i heard splashing and ran over quickly to see what was wrong." That was a huge lie but thanks to the hoodie it wouldn't show on his face.

[SIMA ORATIO]

Sima looked towards the person in front of him. Whenever he met a new person he liked to study their face closely, it was a way to know what they looked like under regular circumstances, happy circumstances. He shrugged at the new visitor, not liking the fact that he was hooded. "well if their is anything I can do for you Sita, please feel free to ask me" Sima looked at her, "Studying doesn't really interest me that much, I mean I have to do a bit of research, but everything I teach is mostly what I learned personally, and with a little bit of training from the previous teachers" He laughed with a smile, scratching the back of his head. "I guess I got this job.." Sima paused slightly thinking of the many times he lost control of his powers. "Because my powers are extremely difficult to control." He looked down at his hands briefly before glancing back up.

"How did you get into the librarian position? Just a usual resume submit?" Sima took a sly step towards the entered student. He sniffed the air ever so shyly, as to not draw attention to himself, because, well he was sniffing the air like a dog. He drew in the scents of the people around him, both Sita, and the individual near her. He shook his head slightly and pressed on his nose. "Do you need to go have a shower or something?" He said rather abruptly. It was subtle from such a distant for any regular human, but Sima's sense was so acute that he could pick that up from miles away. "Sorry.." Sima said rather quickly after that. "I'm not saying you smell bad!" He said rather quickly, "If it was anyone else, they probably wouldn't notice!" He said justifying himself. "I didn't mean to be rude,"

[SITA CHANDE]

Keeping her gaze pointed at the pond area she pursed her lips for a moment as she considered the peculiar feeling. She must be going mad, yet she was (almost) sure she’d seen something move. Sima didn’t seem that concerned apparently he didn’t share in her pondering he was more preoccupied with drilling her with questions about how to apply to be a librarian. She would remember to let him know they were hiring since he was that interested in the position – she cheekily thought to herself. Though Sita knew it was his way of making conversation- or so it seemed like it so she let the questions slide and answered them with friendly ease.

“Well I was travelling – I’m from England – well India first but that’s a different story,” she began, “And I needed a job so I could fund my thesis work and I saw the vacancy and though to myself - well I’ve never tried being a librarian yet – three years later and I’m still here,” she grinned, “I enjoy it though, the students are sweet enough – troublesome but sweet.”

She furrowed her brows and her mouth fell agape in acute shock, at Sima’s sudden rudeness.
“Excuse me; I’ll have you know I showered this morning Mr Oratio.” Her tone suddenly formal and short she rolled her eyes at his quick apology, his ability to backtrack was certainly admirable. “Perhaps you’re smelling yourself.” She offered, “Though I’m sure I did see something near the pond earlier perhaps it was that.” She frowned still slightly offended.

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Drazule looked very sketchy in his attire and had to laugh to himself hearing the male say the women smelled. It brought a smile to his face but it was hard to tell since the hood covered it drastically. However he looked at both the adults and glanced down and saw what appeared to be water specs in the grass. It was easy to tell since he never wore shoes and he could feel every under his webbed feet. While standing here he could tell it was damp with water and that's when his question came up. he glanced up a bit to see Sima better and spoke in a calm tone of voice. "Sir were you by the pond? I only ask because it appears that the ground is damp and well it was either you or her." He pointed out as he looked over at Sita.

He didn't know much about her and had only got the last bit of her talking which wasn't much to him but he would take not of studying her one day.For now he had to act all innocent like and be concerned. Truthfully he didn't know what caring was or most of the human emotions. to him what he displayed were called many things. He didn't know what these human creatures liked to call them but once again he would find out later. It was time to stay calm and seem like he truly cared about any of this going on. While on another note he made sure if he had to get out quickly he would turn into smoke and vanish.

[SIMA ORATIO]

Sima looked at Sita slightly confused. He gripped his nose tightly for a moment before letting it go. "I wasn't talking about you" He spoke, taking his finger and pointing toward the student. "He smells of fish" Sima didn't realize that it appeared as if her was speaking that to Sita. "Sorry if you thought I meant you" Sima smiled a slight blush coming to his cheeks. "You smell of much nicer things trust me!" Sima didn't bother taking in her scent, because most females wore thick perfumes and it was actually quite a hefty scent on such an acute noise as his, A strong perfume would most likely irritate his nose and make it hard to concentrate on other things. Sima was slightly embarrassed, he had made a fool of himself it had seemed. However that didn't bother him for too long. "Nope!" Sima said toward the student. "I did not go in the water, I was just relaxing on the bench" Sima's words had nothing but truth written in them. Sima got an odd tone from this student here, but he tried to not judge people on their appearance, after all students were so varied. Sima shrugged lightly, not sure how to handle the situation.

Sima smiled at the two, "SO!" "Are you going to enter Power&Control?" He said towards the student. "Perhaps it would be suitable for your needs!" (Sorry for the short post guys,)