Valhalla Docks | Dying Crowd outside the portal
Marcus Demere - 005
Marcus sat in his designated area for some time. He just barely caught a glimpse of Andrew's untimely passing and sighed. It was unlikely he'd get to a teacher before first being patted down to make sure he was okay. After that, he'd have to actually remember after the traumatic experience. If there was anything a life of sports had taught Marcus, aside from a whole ton of useful teamwork, friendship and leadership skills, it was that one sprained ankle can completely erase that school record you supposedly broke but have actually no recollection of. Marcus chuckled a bit to himself, reminiscing at the track and field event that took him out for about a week or two after the hurdles. Despite having broken a school record that day, he couldn't remember a thing because he was too focused on the pain and the fear that his ankle might have been broken. But his friends championed him through the time on crutches and with hampered mobility. That was friendship and school life.
Marcus sighed, looking at a girl he would have otherwise found cute if she didn't have animal parts coming off of her. Was it really so bad though...? he mused as she slipped into the portal. Did he really want to squander this new opportunity to be young again and silly prejudices? Then were all just people like--
"-So I just f***ing ate him!" A girl's voice echoed somewhere from the crowd. A couple other girls around her laughed at the supposed joke as well.
Nevermind. He didn't know who said it or even what it was about, but holy crap that was awkward timing. Awkward enough for Marcus to reconsider checking out the girls that did not appear 100% human....for a few minutes at least. He was still a healthy young man, after all! Try as he might, he wouldn't be able to keep his eyes of the "fairer" features of the girls unless they were truly revolting.
After a small frame of time passed and Marcus had given up hope on Andrew returning, he tried to scope out the crowd for a trust-worthy looking human. That was easier said than done. It seemed that he and Andrew were the most normal of the human bunch. Marcus thought he remember a frail-looking girl on the boat, but if she were still around, he'd have seen her. The crowd was thinning out and Marcus's chances for an answer making a direct correlation. He was a school jock. He could talk to Anyone! Anyone, you hear me, Marcus? He psyched himself up. These were all just normal girls and guys! NOT monsters. Next girl he saw--
-Oh god she has a spider body, NOT that one-
--he would ask to contact a staff member for him! There she was! She wore a cute lil skirt, and beneath it was a reptilian tail. She had fangs she couldn't hide. Maybe she was some type of horrid human eating monster? It didn't matter! Marcus was already on an intercept course and before he knew it, he was within earshot. He could hear her speaking with some accent he couldn't make out, but it was definitely English. There was NO turning back now. Her slit-like pupils focused on him and his intention to move toward her for the one meter that separated their comfort bubbles. She gave an awkward smile. Was Marcus food? Was he a threat? Was this girl gonna freak out and kill him?!
"Hi! My name's Mark. I'm-uh here on a weird magic scholarship, so I'm a bit apprehensive to walk through to portal. Do you think you could her a hold of a teacher for me?" Played like a champ, not one ounce of the insecurity in Marcus's heart displayed through his greeting.
"Sure." The girl smiled and went for the portal while giving Marcus her name and a cute wave as she disappeared into the crowd and portal.
Success. Marcus sent another messenger through. Maybe snake-girls were okay? Was she a snake? Maybe some kind of lizard? His biology would need some brushing up, it seemed....
Marcus returned to his impromptu camp and waited for a teacher to come confirm that it wasn't dangerous for him to go through. As the crowd became smaller and smaller he saw others like him, afraid to enter the portal without confirmation from a teacher. He guessed this must be a regular fear of first time students....unless this wasn't the usual way to enter the school? Whatever...there should have at least been a teacher out here to help the dazed and confused stranglers! Marcus pulled out his phone and took a picture of the thinning crowd and strange portal, sending it to his mother and father.
"I'm just about to enter into the future! We're taking this magical portal to the school. Everything's pretty cool here!" He lied. They didn't need to know he was scared. Maybe like this he could be a bit more of the man his parents thought he'd be....
Last edited by Alayosho; 11/03/2016, 10:06 PM.
I gazed up at the sable-haired maiden with eyes so full of warmth it appeared she was crying silently. My trecherous mouth opened, "Why do you look so troubled, Princess?"
Slowly, she moved her eyes from the moon to me. She studied my imperfections before her for what seemed to be a blissful eternity before gracing me with her voice, "I've slain this land's only prince. What use, now, is a princess?"
As the maiden left my presence, so too did my heart.