Equius Zahhak

Closed Equius RP blog for Alternia Academy

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The Rule of Two: Master and Apprentice

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“I’m Dirk, I’m here because I found a poster,” he said fishing it from his pocket,“I build my own robots and am in the advanced STEM class.” He said. He was a little thrown by the clearly feminine look. The name Equius Zahhak brought to mind a large bara male. Not someone feminine in any way. He guessed this Equius was the exception to the rule. He’d find out if he got to ask their pronouns.

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Equius smiled wide. “Oh, that’s great! Thanks for coming. Please, come in.” They stepped back so that they could let Dirk in and close the door when he did. “I have some work set up on the table if you’d like to take a look. I’m working on fixing a laptop.” They hoped Dirk didn’t have a problem with them being feminine. He probably didn’t, but that didn’t keep Equius from worrying.

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Sleepover Saturday in 102

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“I mean, if someone spoils it, that’s no fun, but speculating is half the fun in a movie! Everything’s just… more with friends. Like more intense! Like in a scary movie, you might jump if you’re watching it by yourself, but you’d probably scream if you had a bunch of friends there. What kind of movie do you want to watch?” She nodded slightly. “I usually get corrections on pitch, I have a tendency to shriek and squeal.”

“Tell them I saw their posters and I hope they someone to help out soon!” She told Aranea when she began texting, still smiling from the comment about the brick wall. Aranea could be very forceful, but she could also be very sweet. She made a great friend. “Oh, maybe you should ask them if they have a preference on genres!”

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“You’re right, everything is more fun with friends around. It gets all excited in the room, I love it. That’s why I wanted to have a sleepover!” was her excited response. Just having the bubbly girl around was enough to boost her mood. “Romantic comedies are always fun, but I love mysteries and sci-fi too. Anything goes, actually!”

She added on to her messages what Fef had said and the question ‘what genre of movie would you prefer we try to pick out?’. It was important to her to not pick something the others wouldn’t want. Then what would the point be? “Alright, now we just have to wait for their reply. Or maybe they’ll surprise us and just get here first.”

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Equius had just put on some cute pajamas when they got Aranea’s text. They smiled and typed out a response. “I’ll grab some things and be right over. And I don’t mind what genre we watch, though my favorites are sci-fi or action.” After hitting send, Equius grabbed a pillow and a blanket, as well as some other things, and put them in a bag. They rushed down the hall and knocked on Aranea’s door. “I’m here Aranea, I brought some popcorn bags.” They were really excited. They hadn’t been to a sleep over in... Actually, they’d never been to a sleep over. They hoped it would be a little like the movies, but not too much.

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The Rule of Two: Master and Apprentice

Equius was really enjoying being the school’s resident mechanic. However his workload was starting to be a little too much for him. He had school work, swim team, and his Derse shifts. So, he decided to take on a helper. An apprentice, so to speak. He designed a poster just like the one he had made when he started his business. “Do you have mechanical repair experience? Do you want to help people out? If so, contact Equius Zahhak in dorm room 105. I’m looking for someone to help me in my repair business.”

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Dirk ran into the poster on accident, more like something made crashed into it full force and busted at his feet, oh well he guessed. Grabbing the broken pieces, and the poster, he reviewed it carefully.

Room 105, he could do that. Folding the poster he stuck it into his pocket before heading off in the direction.

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Equius was anxious to see if and when someone would reply to their poster. In fact, they were pacing around their room. They were presenting as a girl today, hair in a pony tail and wearing a skirt. Finally, they couldn’t take waiting in their room anymore. They opened the door and almost ran into someone. “Oh, I’m sorry. Can I help you?” They spoke in a feminine voice. “I’m Equius. And you are?”

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The Rule of Two: Master and Apprentice

Equius was really enjoying being the school’s resident mechanic. However his workload was starting to be a little too much for him. He had school work, swim team, and his Derse shifts. So, he decided to take on a helper. An apprentice, so to speak. He designed a poster just like the one he had made when he started his business. “Do you have mechanical repair experience? Do you want to help people out? If so, contact Equius Zahhak in dorm room 105. I’m looking for someone to help me in my repair business.”

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Swimmin’ with the fishes

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Meenah didn't even waste time looking up from her clipboard, hot pink glitter pen making annoying scritching noises across the papers while she heard Equius enter, not flinching at all as she waved towards the Zahhak weakly. She didn't particularly care that anyone was late by now - being far too tired and in need of a cigarette to fully care - and only partially ignored his apologies as she scribbled out more shit on her clipboard in an attempt to look productive.

Finally giving up on anything involving the crappy scribbles on her clipboard, Meenah stood up and looked over at Equius slowly, shrugging weakly before waving him off towards the pool, "Ain't anymoby fuckin' here anywaves, shoal I fuckin' guess you can jus' go half-speed wit laps shore a bait beshore anymoby else gets here. Boat as soon as chumone walks through that door, yoar back at full fuckin' speed, got it?"

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Equius smiled softly as he relaxed, realizing they weren't in trouble. They were even the first one here. Wait a minute, that didn't make any sense. It wasn't like the team to all be this late. They frowned for a moment before Meenah told them to go half speed with laps. They nodded in acknowledgement, “If you say so captain.” They weren't going to go half speed, however. They were never one to not give something their all.

They stood at the edge of the pool and lowered their goggles over their eyes. With one more look around to see if anyone would show up before they started, they dove in. As soon as they hit the water, they swam as hard as they could. It wasn't until they completed their first four laps that they slowed a bit, and another four before they had to stop for a few minutes.

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Sketches

Nepeta padded through the thick grass on one of the nature trails outside the school. She had her sketch pad under her arm and her drawing pencils in her hand. She loved drawing outside. The nature trails outside the school reminded her of the woods she and her friends would go on hunting trips in, back home. The thought made her giggle, since her hunting skills always made the guys in her town jealous.

She looked around for a good model to sketch. A couple joggers here and there and a few big groups of students enjoying the scenery. But nothing would do. She knew she really shouldn’t have been picky. Models were hard enough for her to find as it was. Her problem was she always asked first. The girls in her class had told her not to worry about asking. They said if you sketch from a distance no one noticed or cared. But Nepeta always thought that was kind of rude. I mean Nepeta would be lying if she said she’d never been rude before but never intentionally.

So she always asked, which always lead to her getting shot down more than a couple of times. But that was all well with her. Besides the fact she was trying to be considerate, she kinda thought it was a great way to meet new people. Art was supposed to bring people together after all.

Her eyes scanned the area once more before someone caught her eye. She grinned. Purr-fect. She walked over cheerily with a small skip in her step, “Excuse me!” She said, tapping their shoulder, “My name is Nepeta! And I’d like to draw you, if that would be alright with you.”

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Equius was spending the day working on a robot outside. Today they were feeling masculine, so they were dressed to reflect that. Their muscles were noticeable and their tools were in a box next to them. When they felt a tap on their shoulder, they turned to look. They saw a girl who looked like she might be a freshman or sophomore. 

"You want to draw me? Well I suppose that would be alright. Will I need to stay still or can I keep working? I'm Equius by the way." They offered a smile.

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A hopeless romantic

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Roxy was currently putting the finishing touches on her homework, and was mainly in her relaxed at home clothes: pink kitty pjs. Now most people would change before answering the door, but all she did was brush her hair a little, debated on putting on her breastforms but decided it would be ok as only rose or Equius would be calling on her at this time. 

When she answers the door, she grins wide and ushers them in. “Hey honey! Good to see you, have a seat!” she says, leading them to the couch. “I’m almost done with this paper, then I’m going to test my new program and have it edit it. Whats new with you?”

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Equius sat down and smiled. "Not much, I just finished some stuff. Would it be possible for you to test your program in my room? I made some food, and I thought you might be hungry." They hoped she would say yes. Otherwise it would be difficult for their plan to work. "I like your pajamas. They're really cute. Where'd you get them? Maybe I could find some there too." They were slowly building up a secondary wardrobe.

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A hopeless romantic

Equius loved February. It was their favorite month of the year, even beating out the month their birthday was in. They had never had a significant other on Valentine's Day before, but they had always imagined the year it would happen. When Roxy entered their life, they knew they would have a great Valentine's Day. The fact that the school was having a dance with dates being mandatory only made them more excited. They planned for days, developing a great way to ask Roxy to the dance. The moment everything was perfect, Equius headed down the hall to knock on Roxy's door.

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Time to talk

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 Equius blushed at Roxy’s words and moved to sit down on the couch. They looked at the screen to see the paused game and smiles. Roxy loved her video games. “Which game is this one?” They asked, curious. “Does it have multiplayer?”

They had to admit they were a bit nervous. Which was silly because they knew Roxy would accept them, the way they accepted her. Also, Roxy had already said they look adorable. They decided to cut to the chase. “I’m gender fluid.”

"It’s single player, called Styx: Master of shadows, its a stealth game where you play as a goblin who is trying to steal the heart of a world tree AND ITS THE HARDEST STEALTH GAME EVER!!!!" she says exasperatedly 

When she hears them say that however she blinks, grins and sits down. “thats amazing! it takes a lot to come out like that, is there anything i can do to help? teach you how to do make up? give you some feminizing voice tips? Do you have a name you want to be called when you’re a girl? or just the same?”

"That sounds really cool. I haven’t really played many stealth games. The only one I played extensively was Dishonored. I had a lot of fun with that one."

They smiled and gave Roxy a hug. “Make up tips and voice help would be amazing. I had to get Aranea and Feferi to help me with this.” They gestured to their current attire. “And I don’t think I’m going to use a different name.”

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Roomies

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Brushing her hair out of her face, Latula beamed as her new roommate introduced herself. “Nice to meet you too babez! I’m Latula by the way! Pretty sweet setup we have here.” She said, surveying her new “home”. It was nice, nicer than what she expected, that is. From what she had heard growing up, you had either really shitty dorms with bugs in the sheets and no heat, or a decent enough complex to live out of. Thank god this was the latter. 

Taking it all in, she took a deep breath, preparing for her next few sentences. The room smelled of lemon cleaner, as if the floors had been wiped just before she came in. Picking at her bracelets as she looked Equius in the eye, she boomed, “I guess I should tell you this like, right away, but…I’m pretty much the gayest person you’ll ever live with!” She said, adding to the last part confidently. As the wheels in her head started to turn, she added, “I stay up like, HELLA late too. Ooooh and I have a ton loud electronics sooooo, sorry dude. Just an itty bitty heads up haha!!”

Biting her lip, hoping she played that off, she set her bags down by her side.

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Equius smiled as Latula introduced herself and looked around. They were a bit surprised when she started blurting out her heads up, but they ended up chuckling slightly. They had to admit hearing that made them less nervous. They even dared to think that Latula would be accepting of them. With a rub of their neck, Equius looked back at Latula.

"Well, all of that is quite alright with me. I can sleep through anything, and I also have some loud electronics. Also, I should also tell you something important about myself. I'm gender fluid. I was designated male at birth, but I fluctuate between that, female, and neither." They sighed in relief from having said it, but were still a little nervous.

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Roomies

The quiet rolling of Latula’s suitcase made the even quieter hallway seem more homely. She found comfort in knowing that this was her home in a sense, and having a suitcase meant that she was just moving in. A sudden wave of uncertainty washed over her however as she neared the door. Latula was great around people, but…living with a completely new person wasn’t something she had done in a while. Not since summer camps she attended in her child hood.

When she was at the door, duffle in one hand, rolling suitcase in the other, backpack nearing falling off her back, Latula felt like she wasn’t ready to bunk with another person. Maybe her roommate was the complete opposite of her, or what if they just didn’t get along? Her mind spin with hundreds of possibilities of to why her roomie might hate her.

However, taking a deep breath, she remembered some tidbits from her various therapists. 

I don’t even know them! They’re probably a wonderful person. Besides its not like the odds are stacked against me…there’s not even any evidence that they hate me. Take a breather or your head is gonna pop like a balloon, thought Latula, as she set down her rolling suitcase and put a hand on the doorknob. Bracing herself, she put on a brave face and opened the door.

"Someone order a new ROOMIE because I’m here to deliver!!"

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After speaking with the housing department, Equius couldn't really hide the fact that they were nervous. They weren't just getting a new roommate, they were moving to the girl's floor. They were told their roommate would be new to the school, so Equius would have to come out to them at some point, preferably sooner than later. 'Relax,' they thought to themself. 'Your roommate will either be okay with it or you'll switch rooms again.'

Thankfully Equius had gotten to the room first, so they had time to prepare. With all of their things on their side of the room, they put their hair into a pony tail and worked on their make up. Equius would present themselves as female and ease their roommate into the truth. Just as they finished, a girl entered the room.

"Hello, it's nice to meet you. I'm Equius." They said, altering their voice to sound more feminine.

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You're A Mess, Serket

Aranea was really distracted. Like for the first time in her school career, classes seemed to be out of the reach of her attention. There were obvious reasons for this, but she just barely made it through math and went to lunch. Her face was flushed, her makeup was put on almost lazily. Not completely. Just mostly.

She sat down with her lunch tray and opened up one of the books she always carried with her. Anything to take her mind off of the one thing flustering her ridiculously easily. It was only when a shadow was cast across the page that she gazed up at the approaching person. Her book would have to wait, it seemed. She tucked her hair behind her ears, turning her gaze up to the other student.

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Equius smiled when Aranea looked up at them. They were currently dressed in a cute sweater and sweatpants, with their hair in a neat ponytail. "Good afternoon, Aranea," they said, their voice sounding noticeably more feminine than usual. They sat across from their friend, setting their lunch tray down in front of them.

"I hope it's not too much trouble that I'm interrupting your reading," They offered a soft, apologetic smile. "I just noticed you seemed a bit off today. Is there anything that's bothering you? You can tell me anything, and I'll keep it quiet." They giggled a bit. "I'm really good with secrets."

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You Need Help, Rufioh.

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Holy shit holy FUCKING SHIt n o thanks nope no NO no. Oh well. He can’t run from the situation now. That’d look incredibly rude and Equius seemed like a nice guy. Maybe they can just keep this little meeting confidential and not tell anyone ever in their entire lives. Except for Tavros. Rufioh can tell Tavros, but Tav wouldn’t tell anyone. 

"I… Uh…" He laid his head down on the desk momentarily and carded his fingers through his hair (which is longer than it used to be and he kind of wants to get it cut, but then he also wants to grow it out to ass length; he’s getting there, with it being upper mid-upper-back at this  point). 

Lifting his head, he sighed and nodded a few times. “Yeah… Help’d be nice…” He could feel fire in his cheeks as Equius told him that getting help was a big step and adjusted again. “I just… I dunno, I can’t really understand it. Reading things is difficult and I’m not exactly… Quick, with catching on to things…”

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Equius smiled again. "Well you lucked out. Math is my specialty. Let me just take a look at that homework, and I'll get to explaining." They slid the homework to his side of the table, looking it over.

They looked up, and he could tell that Rufioh was nervous. They smiled a bit softer. "Don't worry. I'm really good with secrets too. I mean, no one had any idea I was gender fluid before I told them," they laughed. "No one will know unless you tell them."

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Swim team, one of the few times in Meenah’s busy life where she was actually content with everything. Swimming had always been a big part of hers and Feferi’s lives, and that didn’t leave either of them as they came to Alternia Academy - Meenah quickly forming the swim team and making Feferi her...

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If you had asked Equius at the beginning of the year what teams or clubs he would join, swim team would not have been on that list. Swimming was fun for them sure, but it wasn't for competing. It was for relaxing and maintaining muscle. If it hadn't been for a certain scary tall girl, they wouldn't be on the team. But she had seen them doing laps and strong-armed them into going to one practice.

They'd loved it, and from then on they put all they had into it. They made an effort to never be late to a practice. Except of course, today. They'd busted though the door, a little out of breath. "Sorry. Should I do laps?"

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Time to talk

After their party where they had revealed they were gender fluid to everyone, Equius realized Roxy hadn’t been at the party. They knew they had to tell her, so they headed to her dorm. Still in her dress and make up, with her hair still curled and in a ponytail, she knocked on the door.

"Roxy? I need to talk to you."

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She pauses her game, grumbling at the frustration she is feeling from how hardcore it is. ” Damnnit you green asshole, cut me some slack” She shakes her head and heads to the door, once she opens it she looks Equius over then grins.

"OMG! Honey! you look adorable come in hon! I’ll put on some coffee"she says taking their hand and leading her in.

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Equius blushed at Roxy's words and moved to sit down on the couch. They looked at the screen to see the paused game and smiles. Roxy loved her video games. "Which game is this one?" They asked, curious. "Does it have multiplayer?"

They had to admit they were a bit nervous. Which was silly because they knew Roxy would accept them, the way they accepted her. Also, Roxy had already said they look adorable. They decided to cut to the chase. "I'm gender fluid."

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Time to talk

After their party where they had revealed they were gender fluid to everyone, Equius realized Roxy hadn't been at the party. They knew they had to tell her, so they headed to her dorm. Still in her dress and make up, with her hair still curled and in a ponytail, she knocked on the door. "Roxy? I need to talk to you."

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You Need Help, Rufioh.

"Okay… Okay, you can do this… It’s all good. You don’t gotta worry or anythin’… Whoever’s assigned to you won’t know you and it’ll be okay and you won’t have to be afraid of getting help from them because they don’t know you enough to make fun of you. It’s fine. It’ll be fine."

Rufioh continued to give himself a small, somewhat pathetic, and quiet pep talk, trying to boost his own confidence about the situation that he wasn’t proud of being in. But, it wasn’t entirely his fault. Tavros kind of forced him into it, and it is for the best. Rufioh would rather keep his spots in dance, color guard, and winter guard thank you very much.

See, Alternia Academy started hosting this after school tutoring program thing. You come in, take a seat in this big ol’ room with lots of desks partnered together, and wait for one of the tutors to come in and get assigned to you. It’s easy, and the tutors are almost always fucking brilliant. Everyone at this school is brilliant and it frustrates Rufioh quite a bit.

Out of nervousness and habit, he began chewing on the pencil that was given to him and sat back in his chair, staring at the math homework he had kept out for the new tutor to see. In his pencil chewing, he prayed to whatever God was out the that it was someone he didn’t know. Please be someone he doesn’t know. Pleeeeaaaase be someone he doesn’t know.

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Equius was excited for his first day of tutoring. When he saw that there was a new tutoring program at the academy, he was the first to sign up. He was great at math and science, and if he could help anyone it would make his day. He walked into the room and checked in with the teacher in charge. He was given his assignment, then he headed to the desk.

"R...Rufioh?" Equius was surprised to see someone he knew right off the bat. He noticed the math homework on Rufioh's desk. "So you need some help with math? That's pretty big of you to get help. What seems to be the issue?"