emote 's eyes are filled with questions that are having a hard time getting 
themselves expressed. "So... oh." Comprehension suddenly dawned on Razz, and 
she wondered... perhaps it's better to let some thoughts alone. The important 
thing is that she'd get to stay. "When are you going to start, then?"

emote cocked her head. "Eager? I didn't think I was... I just wanted to 
know.... are we going to start today?"

emote choose right at that time to sneeze, proving Justin's point. "I guess 
so," she grinned sheepishly. "Okay... uhm... where can I get spare clothing?"

emote blinked. There is, after all, not much else to say. "Aaa, thank you."

emote cocked her head again. "Should I wait here or go with you?"

emote nodded. "Okay... I'm ready to go now."

emote took the scarlet clothings, examining them. "Thank you..." she said, 
trying to figure out exactly what she's holding.

emote , dressed in the scarlet robes given to her by Justin, stood at the 
doorway, partically radiating uncertainty. The room is otherwise empty, save a 
large chest and table stacked at the north east corner of the spacious room. 
Two mages are standing beside the table, pouring over heavy looking volumes of 
ancient texts.

emote dragged her teeth over her bottom lip in a nervous gesture. "Uhm... 
actually, not really."

emote 's features twisted, not in anxiety, but UTTER confusion. "They're gonna 
take my stuffies and not give it back to me?"

emote started, but closed her mouth again. They know what their doing... she 
think.

emote Gareth, a man with a pair of specticles rested on his nose, looked up at 
Razz. "Aa, Razz. Come here for a second." The elf girl looked uncertain, but 
obeyed nonetheless. The older man reached out and took her wrist, pulling her 
sleeves up in a no-nonsense manner, examining her tattoos.

emote chewed on her lips as the mages each took one of her arms and examined 
her tattoos. Gareth, apparantly the one in charge, took her by the face and 
stared intently at her forehead, while Reize went back to flipping through the 
ancient texts. Finally, Gareth looked at her in the eyes and asked his first 
question. "Where else do you have these tattoos, besides your arms and 
forehead?" The elf girl hesitated before answering. "Uhm... my legs... and, my 
back..." Gareth nodded at her answer. "Very well." Pushing the texts to one 
side, much to Reize's protest, Gareth cleared out a portion of the table. "Sit 
here, pull your robe up." 

emote obeyed, pulled her robe up to reveal her pale, slender legs. Reize 
promptly took up a notebook and scribbled with a pencil, duplicating the 
inscriptions, while Gareth took a closer look at them, comparing them to 
something in the texts. "Very well, you can let it down now. Now, loosen your 
robe for me please." Slightly more wary, Razz casted a look at Justin with her 
deep blue eyes before proceeding.

emote nodded, and undid the lacings in front of her collar, loosening the 
robe. Reaching out, Gareth took the collar at the back, pulling it down to 
expose her back.

emote turned to peer at the volumes that Reize and Gareth are absorbed in, 
trying to get some idea as to why they're so interested in her tattoos. Of 
course, she couldn't even discern which language those books were written in, 
much less read them. So there she sat, swinging her legs, waiting. Finally, 
Gareth looked up at her again, gesturing to her that she could pull her robe 
back into its original state. "Am I to understand that you're a gatecrasher?" 
Razz nodded, sparing a glance at Justin. "I see, this puts a complicated spin 
on things. Am I also to understand that you have no memories whatsoever of 
your life as of three years back?" Razz shook her head, confirming Gareth's 
statment. "I see. What do you know about these tattoos?" Razz shook her head 
again, indicating that she knew nothing more than he did. "Can you speak?" 
Gareth asked, exasperated. Startled, Razz spoke up. "Yes..." "Good, then use 
your voice, shaking and nodding your head can be very misleading at times. 
Now, the tattoos?" "I don't know..." Gareth sighed, he's certainly not getting 
any help from the girl.

emote turned to looked at Justin again, and Gareth grumbled. "Razz, look at me 
while I'm speaking to you, it's proper manners. Now, when you took out the 
students two days ago, what did you feel? Tell me everything you remember."

emote nodded. "What sort of sensation was it? Was it painful?" Razz pondered 
for a moment before answering. "Yes, it was... but... I didn't quite notice 
it... It was as if I know I was feeling pain, but I wasn't there to feel it... 
it's strange..." Gareth looked up sternly, first at Razz, then at Reize. Reize 
met his gaze with an equally serious expression, and went to a different 
text. "What is it?" Razz asked tentively. "Nothing you need to be concerned 
with," Gareth replied. "Can you do what it is that you did again?" Razz shook 
her head. "I, I don't think so..." "Have you ever done it before..." "I don't 
remember..." "You don't remember... you remember nothing," Gareth muttered, 
and sighed, exasperated. "Well, can you at least try?"

emote pushed herself off the table, took one more look at Justin, and closed 
her eyes, concentrating. Her eyebrows furrowed as she attempted to summon up 
whatever she had felt the other day, but other than working up a sweat trying, 
nothing had happened. She looked anxiously at Gareth and Justin, wondering 
what to do next.

emote 's continuous gaze at Justin did not go unnoticed by Gareth's observant 
eyes. Turning to Justin, he gestured for him to come.

emote looked on as Gareth led Justin to the other side of the room, making it 
hard to hear the words that are exchanged between them (author's note: it's a 
biiig room). "Your assistance wasn't required, but that's not the point," 
Gareth said. "But your presence here seems to reassure the girl. I was given 
to understand that we are trying to subject her to extreme distress, your 
presence isn't allowing that to hapen. See how she kept on looking to you for 
support and confirmation, she'd be much more vulnerable were you absent. By 
the way, where did you find this girl?"

emote is still staring at Justin and Gareth's backs as Gareth went on. "Did 
you notice anything particularly... special about her? What was she doing when 
you first saw her?"

emote would be whistling a dixie when the author gets tired of her meaningless 
staring. Gareth nodded in response to Justin's reply. "Which proves my point, 
she's reassured by your presence, I believe that it's nearly impossible for 
her to be provoked to the point of anger while you're around. Rumor has it 
that the stuffed animals that she was trying to obtain from the injured 
students were given to her by you, is this true?"

emote yawned as Gareth moved in for the kill (or not, I just felt like saying 
that). "Has it occurred to you that the girl has grown attached to you? Thus 
the emotional stress that helped the manifestation of her powers? I believe my 
point is clear. What we're doing to the girl might not seem righteous, but 
allow me to remind you of the possible consequences of powers that are 
mysterious and uncontrolled. While I would suggest that you be the one to 
provoke the desired reaction of the girl, due to her dependence on you - I 
realize that it's not quite possible," Gareth quickly added. "And so, if you 
can't help, I think it's best that you leave her alone during these studies."

emote 's eyes widened, panick filling her eyes as soon as she saw that Justin 
was leaving her. "Justin-" The girl started, slipping off the table to go 
after him. Gareth stopped her, however, by stepping between her and the 
door. "Now, Justin has other businesses to attend to," he patronized the girl, 
it's hard not to, given her youthful appearance and innocent demeanor. "You 
can go when we're finished with you here. It won't be too long."

emote fidgited as Gareth gave her a once over, why did Justin leave? She 
doesn't want to be alone here, Gareth doesn't seem to like her very 
much. "Now, Razz," Gareth went on. "We're not going to do much today, 
considering that this is merely the first of the many other sessions that will 
follow. But I do want to confirm one thing." He paused, staring into Razz's 
eyes. "The tattoos, do you think there's any possible way of removing them?"

emote shook her head. "I never tried," she said, still looking towards the 
door, hoping that Justin would be back. Reading the girl's mind, Gareth 
snapped impatiently. "He's not coming back, stop staring at the door. Look at 
the person who's addressing you! The door is not such an individual!" 
Reluctantly, the elf girl dragged her line of vision back to the older 
man. "Now, let us see if we can't do something about these inscriptions."

emote 's arms were placed upon the table as Reize prepared the spell of the 
removal of the inscription (I need sleep). His hands glowed an bright, searing 
light as they came to cover the tattoos over Razz's forearms. Upon contact, 
however, Razz hissed in unexpected pain as the spell burned at her flesh. Both 
Gareth and Reize were surprised by this effect, and Reize quickly removed his 
hands. Gareth frowned as he inspected the slightly scorched flesh. "How odd... 
not only is the spell ineffective... but it seems to repell the spell without 
regard for... hmmm..." Tears of pain filled up in Razz's eyes as she looked up 
at Gareth, her hands spread into stiff claw-like form due to the pain in her 
arms.

emote 's pained state was apparantly ignored by Gareth as he gestured to 
Reize, exchanging whispers between themselves. Finally, they seem to come to a 
conclusion, and Gareth turned to face Razz again. "Well, that's enough for one 
day. Me and Reize has learned what we need, for now. Dismissed."

emote covered her burnt arms with the scarlet sleeves of the robe before 
venturing out. She was surprised to see Justin standing right outside the door.

emote frowned, she's nearly glowering as she faced Justin. "Why- why did you 
leave?" She demanded, stuttering in her anger. Signs of betrayal are evident 
in her eyes as she stared mournfully at Justin.

emote stomped her feet and shook her head in denial. "But- but-" she tried to 
go on, but found herself to be unsure of her own point. After all, Justin 
hadn't promised to be there for her during the sessions, she merely assumed 
that he would. So, in truth, he really hadn't done anything wrong... But why 
does she feel betrayed? "I- you- I thought-" after more futile attempts at 
finding the source of her distress, Razz gave up and turned away. She stopped 
for a moment, unsure where she was suppose to go, then remembered the recently-
acquired wounds on her forearms. Confused and hurt, she went off to find her 
way to the healing hall.

emote stomped her feet in frustration again. "Thank you!" She replied out of 
reflex, yet no tone of appreciation could be found in her voice.

emote arrived at the healing hall, where she was greeted by cautious looks and 
an atomsphere that was less than welcoming (as she perceives it). The injured 
students were still resting in beds reserved for the wounded. They are 
conscious, but to their credit, they said nothing to Razz. It was under such 
an atomsphere that Razz received treatment for her arms.

emote quickly left the hall after her arms had been properly treated and 
wrapped in white bandages. Covering her arms with her sleeves again, she 
turned out the infirmary and nearly walked right into Justin, jumping in 
fright.

emote mistook Justin's displeasure to be directed at her unreasonable 
outburst, and she tooked down to avoid meeting Justin's eyes. "I'm sorry," she 
murmured.

emote didn't look up as she answered. "For, for getting mad at you, and I 
agreed, so-" she nodded, unsure as to where the conversation is going. Justin 
seems to be apologizing, almost, yet his expression and tone said much 
differently.

emote looked confused by Justin's last words. "The point... I should be angry 
at you because of something I agreed to do?"

emote nodded in acceptance, though she had no idea what Justin was talking 
about. "Okay," she replied, as she always does.

emote paused before opening her mouth again, but stopped as she saw other 
people passing by them. "Can we go outside?"