Today's Assignment: Stay Hidden

[Guardian-Angel]

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Name: Kyle Merrill
Age: 18
Creature:Manticore

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Kyle relaxed in her arms, taking a deep breath, her wonderful scent hitting his nose. He couldn't exactly explain Mairianne's scent, it just smelled...warm and safe. He purred quietly, enjoying everything about the moment. His heart raced as he nervously grabbed her hand that was on his shoulder, holding it gently. "I-I...l-l-lo..." he trailed off, struggling to get the words out. He knew he meant them, and he wanted to same them too her so badly, but his mouth just wouldn't work. After a pause, he tried again. "I l-l-lov-love-y-you-" He buried his face in her shoulder so she wouldn't see that he was bright red and had a huge grin.

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| Mairianne
| Gender: Female
| Age: 18
| Mythical Creature: Griffin
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Mairianne didn't have any idea whatsoever how to respond. He had already told her he loved her. The second day they'd known each other, only been dating for, what, five minutes? They hadn't even gone on a date yet. How could he love her? How could he know? Was there a difference between loving someone, and being in love with someone? She supposed so. She really, truly liked him, almost everything she knew of him. Even his embarrassment was cute sometimes. She loved his character. Personality, looks, blush, laugh, talents, etc. But she couldn't yet say she was in love with him.
"I love everything about you," Mairianne murmured into his hair sweetly, squeezing his hand and pulling him closer to her with a gentle pressure of her arm that was draped over his shoulder, the one in which his hand was. She could get used to this, this loveliness. Maybe someday she really could fall in love with him.

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| Lily
| Gender: Female
| Age: 18
| Mythical Creature: Unicorn
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Lily resisted from moving further away, a wave of disappointment rising in herself at herself for being so afraid. Instead she let her eyes trail over him, curious, cautious, examining. He was still the same person she had loved yesterday. This was who he was, how he was. After a bit, she smiled slightly, leaning down to kiss him gently on the lips, wishing his carefree smile could transfer to herself that way. It somewhat helped, feeling his happiness.

[Guardian-Angel]

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Name: Kyle Merrill
Age: 18
Creature:Manticore

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Kyle could have stayed like that forever, but a few hushed whispers around the room brought him back. He gently pulled away from Mairianne's embrace, glancing around the room, all eyes on them. At least in his mind he thought everyone was staring at them. He wanted to run out of the room and hide somewhere, but he stayed where he was, trying to be brave for both himself and Mairianne.

[Guardian-Angel]

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Name: Ace Gilbert
Age: 19
Creature: Dragon

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Ace kissed her back, a little surprised at the sudden kiss. He gingerly placed his hand on her cheek, wishing he could tell what Lily was thinking at the moment. Was she still sad about her parents? Or was she perfectly fine and happy? He just wasn't sure. He ran his thumb along her cheek as he focused on his desire to know her thoughts, trying to send the feeling to her.

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| Lily
| Gender: Female
| Age: 18
| Mythical Creature: Unicorn
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Lily felt the tendrils of his thoughts force themselves upon her and she broke the kiss, looking into his brown eyes, stubbornly resistant to allowing her thoughts to be heard. "I had been practicing not reading yours," she semi-whined quietly. As though that made up for all his thoughts she had already read. As though that justified her not sharing them. She straightened from leaning over him, leaving his gentle caress of her cheek behind to stare at the window, wishing the raven would come back just then, disappointed when it didn't. She glanced back at Ace, Ace whom she both loved and feared, before returning her eyes to the window. "The Bible says that perfect love casts out fear... our love just isn't perfect yet." It was the closest she would come to admitting she was afraid.
Remembering the Bible, God, her parents' morals they had instilled in her growing up made her feel sick. Could God still exist in a world of magic? Maybe, but then what about the Greek and Roman gods? Grand had mentioned a demi-god being on campus, which meant they existed. So what about God? The Hebrew God?
If He didn't exist, Lily's life was completely without purpose.
If He did exist, Lily had just committed adultery, and was technically a witch since she practiced magic, meaning she should be put to death.
Where did her magic come from? God, or the devil, or random circumstance?
The raven landing on her sill in her moment of melancholy thought brought her to her feet and to walk to retrieve the rose hip from the raven.

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| Mairianne
| Gender: Female
| Age: 18
| Mythical Creature: Griffin
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Mairianne didn't entirely know what to do next. If it had just been herself, she would have been bouncing around the room aquainting herself with everyone, but Kyle had been put through so much stress, so different from what he was used to, for only one day's difference, that she knew she couldn't make those rounds with him, and she also personally didn't want to leave Kyle's side, so she was at a pretty big dilemma. Plus, her brain felt kind of fuzzy with all Kyle had said to her, done with her, today. They were both way out of their comfort zones. "Do you wanna go sit down? Or try talking to the teacher?" She suggested, her voice barely above a whisper and with such tenderness in it. She really didn't want to push him too much. It had been a fairly long day. The teacher was a seemingly nice, older woman, though a bit serious and not very attractive.

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Name: Ace Gilbert
Age: 19
Creature: Dragon

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Ace frowned, worry in his eyes. Was she...scared? Scared of what? Was she afraid they weren't meant to be together? That he would fail her? That their love was just lust in disguise? That it couldn't work out because they were two entirely different magical creatures-her calm while he was fierce? No...those were his fears, his concerns about their relationship. Was their relationship even justified? So far...it hadn't been very Godly.
He watched her get up and go to the window, furrowing his brows when he saw a raven calmly standing on the sill. Figuring the bird had something to do with unicorn magic, he kept quiet about it. "What fears do you have?" he asked as he stood up, hoping he had understood her correctly. "A way to make this love perfect is to be completely honest with each other, which I think is something we both need to work on," he mumbled the last part, his gaze dropping to the floor. They had a lot to work on. He suddenly felt so...small and immature, realizing that there was a lot more to loving someone than simple words and concerns. They had to work as a team, they had to communicate to each other, and so much more. "Please tell me, Lily," Ace begged.

[Guardian-Angel]

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Name: Kyle Merrill
Age: 18
Creature:Manticore

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"We-we can talk to the t-teacher," Kyle shrugged, forcing a smile. He really just wanted to go back to his room where he could curl up and be alone...or with Mairianne. Having to socialize with all of the different people was starting to wear down on him, and it didn't help that he was getting scared and nervous again. However, he understood that Mairianne was social, so he didn't want to take away this opportunity for her to find new friends. He really wasn't sure what to do, but meeting the teacher seemed like a good middle-ground.

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| Mairianne
| Gender: Female
| Age: 18
| Mythical Creature: Griffin
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Mairianne smiled, aware that Kyle was pushing himself, for her, and she both felt sad that she was so social (something she had never, ever felt before in her entire life) and so very happy that he cared so much as to do so. "All right," this time she held her hand out with a question in her eyes, a smile saying it was completely his choice this time whether to take it. She had been grabbing his hand so often, yet didn't really know if he even liked holding hands. Mairianne had hoped it would help comfort him and keep him from getting separated from her, and it seemed to help, but she thought she might as well ask, at least this once. Other times, his hand in hers was almost as much for her sake as his. Even now, she wanted to hold hands, but he might feel too awkward in front of so many people, behaving as boyfriend and girlfriend, as though they actually were dating.