Divided RP:

[deanharagatsu]

The school bell rings as Dean walks down the hallway. His book steady in his hand as he is reading volume five of ice sword crafting. He was obvousley trying to cram for an exam as he gazed relentlessly murmurring to himself. The halls were crowded with everyday people that studied the powers of ice but he was only interested in the lower levels of their school foundation. He read more and more as he was cramming as much as he could. He looked a little bit tired since he was up all night figuring a way to get to the lower dungeons undetected.

[Lucid]

"Master Julio?!" Solan shouted in surprise and fear as he burst through the exterior doors and ran onto the courtyard of the school. All around him were dead bodies scattered across the bloody and broken ground, making it look more like a battlefield than a college garden. He was in complete disbelief. He knew something bad had happened when they reached the city entrance and found it had been blocked, but finding an alternate route just for the two of them hadn't been too difficult. As they neared the college, they had heard the explosion and seen the smoke from the road, but Solan had no idea that it was this bad. From behind him he could hear Marcellus as he struggled to catch up to him and the reality of the situation finally hit him as he frantically turned back toward his friend.

"Don't come out here Marcel!" Solan called out, raising his arms in a pathetic attempt to shield his young friend from the gruesome scene, but it was too late. Marcellus stood in the doorway in shock as he looked out into the garden. Solan started towards him in a panic, worried about how he may react after viewing such a horrible scene, but Marcellus only pushed him away before falling to his hands and knees and turning to vomit in the nearby bushes. Solan sighed somewhat in relief. Marcellus' mind hadn't been quite right ever since his accident and so he never knew what kind of situation might trigger some sort of reaction that could further damage him.

"I'm sorry you had to see that," Solan said as he kneeled down by Marcellus to make sure he was all right. "I'm going to go check it out. Stay here, okay?" Solan didn't wait for an answer as he rose to leave, but was stopped by a tug on his cloak. Looking down he saw Marcellus' pale face looking up at him with a troubled expression.

"The earth is crying, Solan. And the wind is crying. I can hear it crying in pain ...and it's calling me." Marcellus said, putting his hands to his head as if it pained him. "Can't you hear it? It's deafening."

Solan couldn't hear anything, but nodded anyway as he kneeled. "You stay here and keep them company then, okay? I want to see if there are any survivors. I'll be back soon." Solan told him. Marcellus gave a small nod, but Solan wasn't even sure that he had heard him. He felt bad leaving him like that, but there didn't seem to be anymore danger, and plus there was little that he could do when Marcellus got into that state. It would be best just to leave him alone for now. He stood, then glanced back at Marcellus once more before turning to go survey the scene more thoroughly.

As he walked through the garden, he noticed that the smell of smoke and blood overwhelmed even the most fragrant of the foliage, and it made him sick. He took note of the bodies of students as well as black-armored soldiers and tried to think what in the world had taken place here. He clenched his fists in anger as he cursed himself. If he had only arrived sooner, then maybe he could have done something to prevent this. No, he shook his head. If Master Julio couldn't have prevented this, then he wouldn't have stood a chance either, no matter how early he had arrived. What could have happened to Master Julio anyways? He hadn't seen him amoung the other bodies, so where was he?

Solan had been so deep in thought that he hadn't even noticed voices coming from further in the garden until a familiar voice brought him back to reality, startling him in the process. He turned to see Marcellus standing behind him, looking in the direction of the voices. Upon investigation, they discovered two students talking, and fearing they may be hurt, Solan ran across the garden towards them.

"Hey you kids!" Solan called out as he ran. "Are you okay?!"