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care of like kings. Whoosh! He opened the portal and then we heard it! Screams like you have never imagined in your life. Instead of the portal opening into a new school, ghouls were pouring into the hall by the hundreds, hacking and slashing our friends and teachers to bits. Naton stopped looking, but we could all hear the horrendous tearing of flesh and pieces of people hitting the door…I remember looking down and seeing blood running out from under the door into the hallway.” Orim stopped and sobbed openly. “As long as I live, I will never forget the sound on the other side of that damn door or the slurping of the ghouls feasting on our friends…” He stopped and looked directly up at Maya and me. “Mistress Maya, Sir Alex, they never had a chance, there wasn’t time to get off any spells. It sounded like someone might have gotten off a fire wall, but the ghouls blew right through…in less than a minute, it was over. Right then, we heard a loud crash on the other side of the door and we ran, ran as fast as we could out the door. Throwing off our wizard robes, we ducked into some servants’ quarters and stole these clothes. By the time we got out of there, Central was already under attack and people were running in all directions. I think we were still in shock…or maybe we were just cowards, but we hunched down and blindly followed the servants away from the killing…until we found ourselves here.” He stopped, panting from the exertion of reliving the story, and then just hung his head and cried silently into his sleeve.
A healer boy stood up in the back and, cupping his hands so everyone could hear, he shouted, “After all the acts of sacrifice and heroism we all saw and heard during the fall of the school, you five come here with this story and expect to be put into a position of leadership? You five are a disgrace and I, for one, will never follow any of you!” He blended back into the group, but the crowd’s ire was still up and the cursing and grumbling continued, making it look like bloodshed was imminent.
While this was going on, Rosa had calmly walked up the stairs and taken a spot near Maya; My master and I had been communicating throughout the fire wizard’s story. Winya had also been taking an active role in the conversation, so I pretty much knew what she was going to say. Rosa motioned for Nia, who darted over and hovered while Rosa whispered something to her. A few seconds later, the new Headmaster’s voice was amplified just like at the tournament.
“Ahem...Thank you, Nia, I appreciate not having to shout. For those of you who don’t know me, I am Headmaster Rosa, formerly the Primus of the Enchanters Hall.” I was pleased and surprised at the fair amount of polite clapping that followed her introduction. “Before I address the issue of the fire wizard students, I have some housekeeping announcements to make, so please bear with an old elf.”
I could already see that the students in the crowd below us were automatically settling in to listen to what the Headmaster was saying, which drastically diffused much of the anger which had been building like a thundercloud. “As Corporal Higs so eloquently pointed out, Xarparion is currently fallen and is a non-entity at the moment; however, most of you are still counted as students and staff of the academy. You still have much to learn and we all have an academy to reclaim. So to provide some normality and structure to our lives that have been so recently sundered, we will retain the school’s structure template that we are all familiar with - Headmaster, tower Primus, journeyman, apprentice, etc. Staff members, of course, are free to leave if they wish, but considering the circumstances, I would highly recommend otherwise.” She stopped for effect and peered calmly down at the group. “Those of you who stay, however, will be expected to perform your old jobs or new jobs assigned to you to the best of your abilities. Back pay will be
A healer boy stood up in the back and, cupping his hands so everyone could hear, he shouted, “After all the acts of sacrifice and heroism we all saw and heard during the fall of the school, you five come here with this story and expect to be put into a position of leadership? You five are a disgrace and I, for one, will never follow any of you!” He blended back into the group, but the crowd’s ire was still up and the cursing and grumbling continued, making it look like bloodshed was imminent.
While this was going on, Rosa had calmly walked up the stairs and taken a spot near Maya; My master and I had been communicating throughout the fire wizard’s story. Winya had also been taking an active role in the conversation, so I pretty much knew what she was going to say. Rosa motioned for Nia, who darted over and hovered while Rosa whispered something to her. A few seconds later, the new Headmaster’s voice was amplified just like at the tournament.
“Ahem...Thank you, Nia, I appreciate not having to shout. For those of you who don’t know me, I am Headmaster Rosa, formerly the Primus of the Enchanters Hall.” I was pleased and surprised at the fair amount of polite clapping that followed her introduction. “Before I address the issue of the fire wizard students, I have some housekeeping announcements to make, so please bear with an old elf.”
I could already see that the students in the crowd below us were automatically settling in to listen to what the Headmaster was saying, which drastically diffused much of the anger which had been building like a thundercloud. “As Corporal Higs so eloquently pointed out, Xarparion is currently fallen and is a non-entity at the moment; however, most of you are still counted as students and staff of the academy. You still have much to learn and we all have an academy to reclaim. So to provide some normality and structure to our lives that have been so recently sundered, we will retain the school’s structure template that we are all familiar with - Headmaster, tower Primus, journeyman, apprentice, etc. Staff members, of course, are free to leave if they wish, but considering the circumstances, I would highly recommend otherwise.” She stopped for effect and peered calmly down at the group. “Those of you who stay, however, will be expected to perform your old jobs or new jobs assigned to you to the best of your abilities. Back pay will be
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