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The first few classes where relatively good and now it was lunchtime, Gael was just eating his salad with chestnuts his mom had shipped to him with some juice he got from the machine, it was relatively normal until a confused but scared scream was heard
"H-HOUSEWARDEN ROSEHEARTS!?"
Gael, like a good foreigner he was, immediately looked towards the commotion, his capybara ears flickering a bit as his brown eyes looked at the table that had three freshmen and two classmates he knew, Trey clover and, the social media addict, Cater Diamond. "This is better then the six pm novella....psst...Azul! What is that all about?" He asked the octopus merman who was a few seats away with Jade and Floyd eating and half paying attention to the commotion a free tables away
"Freshman seemed to have been talking too much and Riddle just happened to walk by to hear and decided to give the idiot a scare, plus prolong the collar punishment" definitely checked out with what was happening on that table.
"...Think riddle was actually going to be merciful for once?" Gael asked, already knowing the answer
"With how much trouble those tow freshman are causing and it's just the second day? Absolutely not after that fiasco" Azul replied
Jade chuckled as Floyd's sharp grin extended ear to ear, sharp teeth at full display "Fufufuhu~ kingyo-chan sure is more angry this year~ hey Jade I think this year will be more fun than the last~!" Floyd continued to laugh at the thought of the chaos that awaited all of NRC and Jade agreed with his Twin, both in it for the chaos that would come with the magicless student.
As soon as Riddle left, the Heartlabyul students began to murmur about rules they broke and how they where scared and tired of the tyranny they where under, a certain Ace of hearts was mad but quickly brightened up at some Trey had said and all of them ate fast before getting up and walking out of the cafeteria in high spirits and determination.
"You recon that whatever plan they have will trigger something?" The capybara beastman asked amused but having a bit of hope for the trio and seniors
"With how strict Riddle is? Something is bound to happen and, I'll be right there to...lend a helping hand to those poor unfortunate souls~" Azul said, a slight undertone of mischief that you at least had to have talked to him long enough and known him for a while before actually picking it up on the changes os his voice, but Azul's eyes where also a dead giveaway, the octopus like eyes and the slight blue tone on the white sclera just screamed mermaid, Jade and Floyd weren't any better, the yellow eye glowed slightly in response to Azul's magic, their sclera had a pale yellow pigmentation to it and their brownish eye's sclera had more of a dark grey color instead of white.
"True...and do hold back on the naive minds of the freshman 'zul, and I'll be a bit late to my shift today, have a family call to make and participate but I'll take the closing shift as well to make up to my tardiness" Gael explained and offered himself, the closing shift was never a good one, there was cleaning to do on the tables, floor and the dishes, store everything back and make the tables presentable again for the next day as well as collecting tips to put them in the register.
Azul agreed to those terms, the bell rang and all the students got up to start walking to their classes, Gael caught up to one of the new first years that he remembered the names was Jack, Jack was bulky for his age, taller than most kids and was a silver wolf Beastman
"Yo Jack!" He was tempted to make a nickname for Jack on the spot but Gael knew some people preferred nicknames as a sign of intimacy/close friendships alike
Jack perked up and looked behind him to see the second year "Ah, Gael Senpai, what is it?"
"Just wanted to check on how you've been settling in, you seem to be more adequate for cold climate than the heated temperature that the dorm has"
Jack seemed kinda surprised that a senior was asking him how he was settling in into the dorm with so much people and new smells, the roommate was...nice...to an extent but the guy acted like he already knew more and wasn't a freshmen as well like Jack.
"I've... I've been settling in nicely, the dorm seems to be dedicated when it comes to the Spellfrive tournament and it's interesting to hear the others tell stories about their first year here during study time" both now where walking together, Gael seemed to want to only part when jack was at his classroom dorm, both made small talk and Jack learned that Gael had a small cactus that he had since he was 15, apparently it was a present from his older brother's wife and that it was still alive and well even now that he was 17, Jack also mentioned wanting to take care of a plant, just to see how it was like but he wasn't too keen on the idea of it just yet. ((A/N:His dear plant will be coming in later, maybe after Leona's overblot as a type of therapy for Jack.))
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It was a fairly normal day for classes, Gael had taken his seat beside Jamil in the middle rows and Azul sat a bit more at the front due to his sight, Jamil, safe to assume in Gael'spoint of view, the latter didn't seem to really like him at all, but he was determined to make a friend out of the Viper, trade Fo
od recipes, dance moves, cultural music...maybe Jamil would like *Samba? *Capoeira? Maybe Jamil would be more interesting in capoeira, it was technically a fancy type of fighting and had deep roots in Gael's home history that was still practiced today as a form art, and represents Combat and resistance!
Professor Crewel soon came into class and told them to open their books on page 60. The topic they would go over today was 'how to alter an herb's poisonous property to be used for medical purposes ((A/N:Wth am I writing about??? How the f do I go about this???... it's another dimension, so f it:)) if you can get the poison out of the leads and add a bit of healing herbs to it to make the concussion
Professor Crewel soon came into class and told them to open their books to page 60. The topic they would go over today was 'how to alter an herb's poisonous property to be used for medical purpose
"Pair up pups! The person beside you is your partner for this lesson"
Gael looked at Jamil and Jamil looked at him with a neutral but constipated face
"Viper"
"Santos" for Jamil, saying Gael's second name was a bit strange to the tongue, but he pronounced perfectly nonetheless
"How are we going to do this? We need a plan first and some research before we actually go into action with the herbs" Gael said seriously to him, it was surprising since Jamil thought of him as a moron, someone lazy or too hyped up like Kalim, it was annoying but he surprised the dark skinned teen with such a serious front...hm, maybe he was useful after all, but maybe not too much, Gael was too much of an wild card for Jamil and he didn't know Gael's unique magic or how strong willed the beastman was if the viper decided to use him as a pawn, decisions decisions decisions...
"We could get an already existing poison and see if we can reverse it to a healing? Or a stun agent even"
"That does sound good, say, how good are you with smashing?"
"Eh?"
Gael smiled with a mischievous glint in his eyes, that could compare to Ashengrotto's own when that octopus found something interesting or had a scheme cooking up, but his posture was in a way that Jamil would either like the idea or be stressed about it
"I'm listening..."
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And that was how both found themselves in the botanical garden collecting herbs and pots made of stone sitting near them, they would crush the leafs and separate the 'juice' from the 'body' turn the body into powder and then start separating the poison deject from the rest and try to go from there.
Gael was looking at some of the poisonous herbes, that where separated in a section from the rest of the garden and under lock and key, looking at their names and poisonous properties on the cyclopedia they borrowed from the professor "We could used Bellanosis for this...or maybe ichiling flower?" The beastman suggested to the charcoal eyed boy
"I think we could use Bellanosis, it's a bit harder but we can make it, well, I know I can, what about you, Santos?"
"Oh ho, you should know now that, If you challenge me, I plan to do it and rub it on your face later, but in this case, want to rub it on Azul's face~?" He smiled with a mischievous glee in his eyes, Jamil got to fully see the two slightly bigger front teeth that he had
They both looked at each other for a moment before getting to work, goals aligned and a prize in mind to win, even if there was none, they bantered a bit, more of Gael poking at Jamil and Jamil giving sass back the whole process until the timer was up,
They had two separate containers, one holding a dark purplish pink liquid, the poison, and another that held a pink liquid, the healing properties where In a lesser quantity then the poison, but it was still a bit more than the rest of the class, clashing with Azul and and his partner
"Good job pups, now, you call can leave the gear, folded, in the desks and got to your next period, I'll give your grades next class" said crewel as he watched the students fold the lab gear and slowly leave, Gael stayed as he corrected some of the students folded lab coats before giving crewel a smile and walking out as well
Crewel shook his head with a small smile and a huff, chuckling at the exchange student antic's
"Silly pup"
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TWST -MULTY CULTURAL EDITION- DICTIONARY!
*SAMBA(Sam-ba): is a music genre, Samba, also known here as urban samba or Rio samba, is a genre of Brazilian music that originated between urban communities of afro-brazilians on Rio de Janeiro at the beginning of the 20th century, it's very fun do dance and is often used on a celebration we have here known as Carnaval (Car-na-val) whitch happens every year and have parades, people getting dressed up colorfully, wearing masks, and bring out foods and drinks
*Capoeira(Ca-po-ei-ra): Capoeira has history here back from the colonization era we had, is a form of expression that also comes from the afro-brazilian community, is a mixture between martial arts, dance and music, developed here on Brazil by African slave descendants, possibly around at the end of the Century XVI Quilombos dos Palmares that resisted for another century of the old Pernambuco Capitinga, but now it's considered a sport and we even have schools that teach the moves, Capoeira was a form of the black people to resist being oppressed and train in secret with the cover up that they where 'dancing' back in the colonization times midst slavery era
(A/n: The plant names are basically Belladonna and poison ivy, I just decided to use out irl plants and give them other names, does this count as creating another biology? Dunno, hope you liked it and sorry for the wait! I had fun writing this, and soon, Savanaclaw to Scarabia arc, you'll see the love interest! I love him <3)