AFTERMATH

Time is a funny thing. Karina Choi. 20 years of age. Time Kitsune.

[becketthussey-blog1]

As Beckett crosses the room to where he’d placed his things before heading towards the window for a smoke, he maintains eye contact with the Kitsune. “Wheres your stuff at?” He asks, hands moving on their own as he slides his jacket on, checking for his wallet in his pocket, then sliding his phone and box of cigs into his left jacket pocket. He fixes his hood, making his way back over to her before pushing his hair from his face. “And no- it’s not a joke at all. Do you know how hard it is to control something that you can’t see? Being Kitsune, you guys make it look easy. That stuff is cool. I make, like, wind. Woo-hoo.” He laughs.

[karinachoi]

“Too far. Well, it’s on the way down, really. I don’t know -- I’ll see how I feel when we walk past the floor.” As they began to walk, she listened to what he had to say, cocking her head to the side -- an amused expression touched her features, and she let out a laugh. “Controlling something you can’t see? At least wind is tangible -- and though you can’t technically see it, you can feel it. You can hear it. You know it’s there.” Making their way through the doors of the Ascendor commons, they began to walk down the stairs of the castle. “I control time. If you think you’ve got it tough, try wrapping your head around that one, buddy. You know how the saying goes -- time doesn't exist, clocks exist? Well, apparently not.” She scoffed -- her expression, however, was gentle. She was playing around -- though deep down, she meant what she said. “Wind, though. Some of the most beautiful and tragic things are of the wind. The breeze in the summertime, hurricanes, sandstorms. Nature is a beautiful thing -- you’re lucky, you know.” After talking for longer than she had expected, they were at the floor of the Brightfeather common room, and without warning she walked through the doors, only gesturing for him to follow once she had walked through them. Her sweatshirt was over the back of a chair, where she’d left it in-between classes earlier, and she lifted it over her head. It was probably five sizes too big, but that’s the way she liked it. “Now we can get going, yes? Lothering is calling my name. It’s been a long day.”

[karinachoi]

becketthussey

Karina never had trouble making friends, or holding conversation. In fact, she had always thrived in social situations -- even since she was much younger. Though it was a little more difficult for her as of late, she preferred to push those thoughts aside -- she’d deal with those later, as she dealt with everything later. “Sure, we can get your jacket. I should probably get mine, though I’m loving the fact it’s getting that slight bit warmer.” As she walked with her new acquaintance, she couldn’t help but laugh at what he was saying. “Airbending? Tiring -- is that a joke?! Try being a Kitsune. Yuck.” She couldn’t help but overreact when it came to talking about the supernatural -- if there was anything she resented, it was the fact she took after her Kitsune father rather than her human mother. Life would be far easier had she not. Besides, in her eyes, the Kitsune powers seemed far more intense than those of any other. After what had happened to her, she was sure she could hold up to that reasoning. “I’d rather be an Airbender, that’s for sure.”

[isaac-thayer]

Isaac rubbed at his eyes before reaching to put on his glasses, hesitating once he realized his vision was hardly corrected. “How did I crack these? And why does it smell like it was fried?” Looking toward the nearest person, he tried his best to keep a serious expression and not laugh. “What the fuck did I do last night?”

[karinachoi]

After unsuccessfully attempting to stifle a laugh, Karina smirked. “You’re asking the wrong girl, pal. Though if my memory is correct, you as though you were stumbling through the corridors in the early hours of the morning. Truth be told, I’m not exactly sure just as to why you’re in the library -- shouldn’t you be asleep still?”

[anitabonacieux]

Nat had skipped her first class of the day, deciding instead to use the time to get ahead on her classwork so she could enjoy the spring afternoon. As she left her last class of the day, a gust of wind blew past her and with it the faint smell of rain in the near future and newly bloomed flowers. Along the pathway, she’d fallen into step with another student. “Lovely weather, isn’t it? I was thinking I might do a picnic for dinner.”

[karinachoi]

“Picnic? Sounds sweet. I would say I’d join you, but I think I’m about to drown under the amount of study I have.” Karina sighed. She was starting to think she had bitten off more than she could chew with her academic studies, as well as the tutoring she was doing on the side. “Ridiculous, isn’t it?”

[becketthussey-blog1]

He nods. “The smart guys, right?” He asks, then continues to answer her question. “Just fine, thank you. Hows your own coming along?”

[karinachoi]

“Smart guys? I’d say more along the lines of the super-intelligent-and-also-super-cool guys. But each to their own.” With a wink, she shrugged her shoulders. “It’s alright. I’ve just had classes all day, which were fine. Those Kitsune classes though -- a total drag. And I’ve been tutoring all afternoon.” She often kept herself busy with academically related activities, though she was done for the evening and it was time to unwind. Flicking the charred filter of the cigarette through the window, she looked towards Beckett. “I’m just headed off to Lothering for a drink, if you felt like coming.”

[becketthussey-blog1]

He imitates the gesture, but not before switching cigarette hands. “Beckett.” He says, shaking hands with her, a pleasant look on his face while he made eye contact. “I don’t believe we have, either. Where are your commons, exactly, if you don’t mind me asking?”

[karinachoi]

“Beckett.” She paused for a moment, repeating the word in her head as to commit his name to memory. She realised she had become lost in a world of her own for a few moments -- as she often did when meeting new people -- and laughed sheepishly as she snapped back to the conversation. “Oh, I’m a Brightfeather. Wicker repository, first floor.” Nodding her head, she grinned at the boy, hopping down from the ledge to lean forward out the window -- smoking a cigarette was proving difficult facing the other direction. “So, Beckett,” Karina never had problems striking up conversation, "how’s your day been?”

[becketthussey-blog1]

Beckett sits by the window in the Ascendor common room, putting his head out every minute or so as he takes long drags from a cigarette. He exhales, blowing the smoke into the air outside before he ducks his head back in and spots someone. He drops his hand, hiding the cigarette. “How long’ve you been there?”

[karinachoi]

“Playing dumb, are we?” Karina smirked as she hopped through the door form the dorms into the common room. The Kitsune had been tutoring, though she made the most of being in the Ascendor common rooms -- aside from the Brightfeather dorms, they were her favourite. Walking to the boy, she sat herself on the windowsill beside him, lighting her own cigarette. Though she didn't have many bad habits, this was one that she'd retained from her more rebellious days. “Not long, just walking through. I’m not even meant to be here -- not my commons. Ah, well.” Swinging her feet as she inhaled, she cocked her head at the boy. He didn’t seem familiar. Either he was a new transfer, or he was simply quiet. “Don’t think we’ve met? I'm Karina.”

[icy-gaze]

Anouk wasn’t usually particularly violent. She had a sharp tongue, and thats what she used instead of hitting someone. Today already started out being bad as she woke up late and received a horrid grade on a test. The guy next to her had been flirting, and she had shot him down with a snarky comment, and that was that, Until he brushed his hand against her cheek, of course. Without hesitation, she put her hand on his head and pushed him down. Slowly, she walked out to get some fresh air, hoping he wouldn’t follow.

[karinachoi]

Karina was out running. It seemed to be the only thing that cleared her mind from all the study she did -- and it was a habit of hers. Deciding to swing past Lothering, she was running through the town centre when she passed the bar, noticing a familiar face. Slowing down from a jog to a walk, the Kitsune stopped for a moment, attempting to register just where she had seen the woman when she realised she was a fellow Brightfeather. “You okay?” She called out as she began to walk towards her -- it wasn’t often that the blonde looked so agitated. “You’re looking a little... Flustered. Yeah, that’s the word.”

[thecomingstorm-robb]

“I didn’t see one either,” Robb replied, crossing his arms in front of his chest. Unlike many of the students, he hadn’t strayed from the camping site and wandered around in the woods. “Figure they only roamed around the camping site, but were smart enough not to come too close.”

[karinachoi]

“That seems like it would be the case. I mean, if everything I’ve ever read on them is true they prefer to stay away from busy places most of the time, rather than be drawn to them. I’d say they were just making their way through the forest...” Stopping for a moment, Karina quirked a brow, shrugging her shoulders. “It definitely makes me happy I didn’t go, to be honest. That kind of stuff is only distracting,” glancing at the pile of books before her, she laughed slightly, “which would be the last thing I need right now.”

[sybellagrimaldi]

“The camping trip?” Sybella appeared from behind a book, it’s size big enough to render her non-existent when held vertically. Dragons were interesting and huger creatures, why should a book about them be any less. “I did go,” The faery nodded, “– oui, there was an incident or a few actually –” she recounted the trip’s events in her head, “– they’re vicious when hungry, i’ll tell you that much.”

[karinachoi]

“Hearing this only makes me happy that I didn’t attend.” Karina muttered, her face scrunching up in distaste. Camping wasn’t exactly her forte, though she almost wished she went just to help the injured. She was doing a medical degree, after all. “Vicious? Apparently so. Surely the school would know whether or not there were a herd of Manticore roaming around before the trip though. I mean, there are more than a few injuries around, that’s for sure -- and they were certainly preventable.”

[karinachoi]

“So, about that camping trip...” Karina leant across the desk in the library to the stranger, pushing her work aside for a brief moment. She was finished, anyway -- this was all extra reading. She hadn’t gone on the trip herself, but there had certainly been enough talk about it around campus. “Did you go? Apparently it was all a little out of hand. Manticores -- though I can't say I've ever seen one.”

[sosuperficial]