Today's Assignment: Stay Hidden

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Name: Kyle Merrill
Age: 18
Creature:Manticore

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"S-sure," Kyle answered, although his voice was only a whisper. His eyes darted around the cafeteria, trying to make sure no one was looking in his general direction. However, his fear warped his mind into thinking that everyone was staring at him. His heart was racing in his chest and his breathing was a little labored, terror filling his mind to the point where he wanted to just fall to his knees and start crying. Instead of doing such an act and causing a scene, he looked into Mairianne's eyes, trying to focus on them instead of his surroundings. It was interesting that they matched the eyes of her griffon form. Did all human forms have the same eyes as their true form? People did say eyes were the gateway to soul...
His heart beat started to slow down once he stopped focusing on the people around him. However, the fear was still there.

[Guardian-Angel]

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Name: Ace Gilbert
Age: 19
Creature: Dragon

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As Ace was waiting for his food, he suddenly felt the presence of strong magic nearby. And Kyle and Mairianne say I can't sense magic, he thought, mainly just to assure himself that there wasn't anything wrong with him. He then looked over and saw a beautiful young lady taking careful steps towards the restaurant. He was able to see the unicorn walking beside her, which looked a lot like the unicorn from earlier, except it wasn't giving off as much magic as before. Maybe she was just reigning it in and trying to conceal herself better. He wanted to greet her, but he wasn't sure how to. Did he just say "hi" and act like it was normal to see a unicorn just strolling around a college? Before he could think too much about what he was going to say, he went ahead and said, "Hey, I met your roommate earlier. She's...interesting." As soon as the words left his mouth he winced, wanting to punch himself. That was one of the lamest introductions he had ever done.

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| Lily
| Age: 18
| Mythical Creature: Unicorn
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Surprise flitted across her expression when the boy (young man?), in front of her in line, surrounded by a cloud of magic that marked him as like her, mentioned the roommate she herself had yet to meet, "My roommate?" She struggled trying to remember the name she'd glanced at earlier in Grand's files, "Mar-Marianne?"She stumbled over the pronunciation with its strange spelling. "Wh, Why do you say that she's, interesting?" She asked quietly, a bit reluctantly, dread filling her stomach with a sinking feeling. Obviously she must have been bragging about having me as a roommate. What if she's not nice, or one of those 'popular' types? Or incredibly flirtatious, or worse? Thankfully Lily already knew what she wanted, so she didn't have to look at the menu at the restaurant and focus on their conversation. She tried hard not to sense for him, to keep her magic away from him so he didn't get caught up in it or she be able to feel his emotions, which seemed a terribly intrusive thing to do, but it was incredibly difficult, especially as close to him as she had to stand in order to stand in line. She felt her hold on her magic begin to slip almost immediately, so she stretched it far above her, where no one was, which thinned it out around her to her relief. It was difficult to believe that all that magic had been compressed into her human body, such a small space compared to its natural form now, and for so long as it had. It sort of made sense that it was so unruly, she supposed.

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Name: Ace Gilbert
Age: 19
Creature: Dragon

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Ace, glad she hadn't judged him on his "introduction," quickly said, "Interesting in a good way, I mean. She's outgoing and likes to talk to people, and she's very nice. I'm sue you and her would get along great," he told her, although he wasn't sure about his last statement. Lily, remembering Mairianne had mentioned her name, didn't seem like the type of person who would have trouble with someone, but Ace wasn't sure. "If you want, I can introduce the two of you. She's over..." he scanned the cafeteria, finding her with Kyle by a Chinese restaurant, "...there." He frowned, noticing that the magic around Mairianne seemed dimmer. At first he thought it was just her, but it was also Kyle's and, when he turned back to the unicorn, her powerful magic felt...less powerful. There was a sudden pinch at the back of his neck, which didn't cause him any pain. It felt more like being poked by a sharp fingernail than an actual pinch. He rubbed his neck, but didn't feel anything. "Anyways, um, did you want to meet her? She wouldn't mind, and she would probably think of you as a friend the second she sees you," he smiled slightly, trying to help Lily relax.

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| Mairianne
| Age: 18
| Mythical Creature: Griffin
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It pleased her to see him calm down some, especially since, it seemed, he calmed down by focusing on her. She of course allowed it to go to her head, to be filed with her other memories that emphasized how amazing she was, but then tucked that folder away for the moment. She was very proud, but she would in no way let that get in the way of her being kind or anything of the sort. She supposed she was strange that way.
Adding a hint of kindness to her happy smile, "Well all right then. Come on," she said brightly, tilting her head toward the line, then took a step in that direction, slow at first to make sure he followed her and remained calm, her eyes remaining on his as much as possible.

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Name: Kyle Merrill
Age: 18
Creature:Manticore

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Kyle followed her, focusing on Mairianne instead of the strangers in the room. His stomach growled when the aroma coming off the food became more prominent. He glanced over the menu, figuring out what he wanted to order. Once he knew what he wanted, he glanced at the person behind the counter, his mouth going dry. He would have to talk to her. What if he said something stupid? What if he completely messed up and made a fool of himself? "Um, Mairianne," he called her name softly. He paused before going on, his cheeks reddening in embarrassment. "C-could you, uh, order for me?" he asked, feeling like a little child. "I-I-I get nervous and scared." He looked down, wanting to curl up and disappear.

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| Lily
| Age: 18
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Lily actually sighed in relief, glancing in the direction he directed, before her magic quivered, demanding to be allowed to reach out for the boy. She mentally nudged it impatiently, wanting to continue the conversation without any magic involved. He seemed nice enough and Lord knows she needed friends not out to get her for her power. She smiled, "Thank you. I'd greatly appreciate it. I'm Lily by the way." She didn't offer her hand to shake his because contact would have opened essentially everything about him up to her, but she really wished she could. It felt strange not to.

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| Mairianne
| Age: 18
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Her heart went out to him, it really did. She bit her lip, simply nodding at first before she got her sympathetic and heartbroken emotions under control. Then she smiled reassuringly, "Yeah, absolutely. What would you like?" She supposed it was pathetic for him to be this insecure at his age, but to get into this school, one had to be incredibly intelligent and hardworking, and the battle for grades and to simply get into the college was a difficult one. It had broken better men and women. She supposed it would be easy, expected even, to have at least one major fault. She might say her insatiable pride, talkativeness, and forgetting (to remember) things were hers. If this was his, who was she to judge? All he really needed was good friends.

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Name: Ace Gilbert
Age: 19
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"I'm Ace, nice to meet you, Lily," Ace said, smiling slightly. He led Lily towards her roomate. "Mairianne is a griffon...which I'm sure you already know because you probably see her true form, right?" Ace mumbld, pretending to act like he could see the griffon and not just Mairianne's human mask. He decided to roll with a different topic for conversation. "Are there other unicorns like you, or are you the last one? And why would you come to this school and expose yourself? Isn't that a little dangerous?" He raised an eyebrow at her, genuinely curious as to why she would do such a thing.

[Guardian-Angel]

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Name: Kyle Merrill
Age: 18
Creature:Manticore

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"Roast pork and broccoli," Kyle told her, his lop-sided smile spreading across his face. "Thank you so much! Sorry for making you do this though..." He felt bad for asking her to do something as simple as order food, but just the thought of talking to a stranger and demanding them to do something terrified him. First off, it felt rude, even if most of the population had no problem with it. Second off, he had been taught by his pride that, as a deformed manticore, he wasn't supposed to demand/order anyone to do anything. Technically, he wasn't even supposed to be asking Mairianne to help him, but she seemed to be understanding and he didn't have the same mentality when it came to friends. However, it was hard to shake off the teachings when it came to strangers, plus he hated social encounters.