School For Gods (Kamigami no tame no gakkō)

I can tell right away that his words are genuine. As I listen to him pour out his noble heart to me, I can see that I've misjudged him yet again! I realize now that he isn't really a bad person at all. I can see it in his eyes! Yes, those eyes of him hold great potential! The potential to be a hero...yes, I can see great things in his future through those eyes! I put my hand on his shoulder and smile at him.
"I...I understand. There is always a strong temptation to stray from the path of righteousness onto the dark and twisted road of deceit and underhandedness! Although it shames me to say it, I have felt this same temptation as well. But we must stand strong! We must become shining examples of virtue and goodness, to bring hope to those who need it the most! THAT is what it truly means to be a hero!"
I take my hand off of his shoulder and move towards a nearby window. Then I point outside, in the direction of the sun.
"Take a good look. This is what we should aspire to! Like the sun: constant, unchanging and an everlasting source of light and hope!"
Then...I point back to him, as if I were calling him out from a great crowd.
"You asked for my name and you will have it. You speak to Roy Raghnall of the Raghnall clan! Now I want you to give me your name. And when you do...tell me what kind of man you are! Are you a hero or not?! Show me...THE BURNING FIRE THAT RAGES IN YOUR SOUL!!"
Now...I'll know for sure whether that outfit is just for show or not!

 

John stood up and stared up at the ceiling, almost a bit melancholic. "You and I, we are cut from the same cloth. Born with these abilities and powers. I can sense it just from looking at you. When I was young, I grew up watching these masked heroes on TV, using they're powers for good and banishing whatever evil attacked they're world. When I found out that I had powers just like their's, I didn't even think. I knew why I was put on this earth." John turns to Roy and points right at him. "I was given these powers so that I could protect others!!! You ask who I am and I will tell you! I am the flame of justice, the fire of hope, the ember of virtue! I am, Crimson Rider!!!" He shouted striking his trademark pose, fire running across the backs of his arms.

 

Lucis thought it over for a little and ended up drinking up his whisky. He chuckled as he smiled back.
"I can see your logic to those terms. Anyways we have a side company that's we've been using to develop more environmental friendly and more effecnt building materials so building homeless shelters won't be a problem and might even show everyone how those materials will hold up. We have a deal Ryker." He smiled warmly as he shook Ryker's hand.
"You'll have my full cooperation as well as my help. I'm sorry to hear that you only believe half of what I've said here but trust me, even I have my reasons to keep secrets out of the hands of those who are irresponsible. I may be the head of the company but even I can't control what some of my researchers decide to work on. thus bringing the immortals into the equation and, well lets just say that people of science who deconstruct things to figure them out aren't entirely the best people to deal with certain things with finesse. I'll trust that you know what your doing, but what you call a fairy tail is all too real and I can show you. Unless you don't believe in demon or satanic stuff as well."

As Penton finished writing out the check to Ms. Sedumere, he pulled out a tablet computer and handed it to Ryker.
"I know it's nothing much, but I really haven't had time to write up the actual contacts so consider these as temporary ones until tomorrow. They'll ensure you two my word and my full corporation. but the only other persons in the company that needs to know about this arrangement other than me is my VP, Whom is my second in command in case anything happens to me, and my personal secretary, whom I deeply trust. She'll help you find anything in the company that you might need to look at."

Lucis grabbed his hat as he got up and inspected the place to make sure it was spic and span, clean of blood.
"Now you really shouldn't worry about your brother being with me. I rarely face anything that will put my life in potential danger and I will keep him safe. But I can also teach him how to better control his powers as well as spar with him too. I might be evil but even I know the value to knowing how to limiting your own powers. Of course he does have a say on what happens too, just like you do."

 

I smile widely at Crimson Rider's epic introduction, what a display it was! I give him a firm nod back.
"Now I know for certain...even though we have taken different paths, our goal is one and the same! We seek to bring justice to the world and protect those who cannot protect themselves! In this way, we are most definitely the same. And so..."
I point at him again.
"...I propose an alliance! It would be an honor to fight by your side; I believe that we can accomplish great deeds of heroism together! Let us ride towards the dawn together, Crimson Rider, oh mighty flame of justice!!"
I confidently step forward and reach out my hand, readying myself for a mighty handshake to forge our alliance!

 

Getting over the initial shock, Sedumere got up from her seat and walked to the front of the bar to close and lock the doors in an attempt to give Ryker and his brother some privacy while making arrangements with Lucius.
"You're killing me. I thought I asked to have no more blood spilled tonight." She sighed and walked over to Anth and Sinclair. "I'll let it through tonight since both parties are first timers here. There is a way I run this bar, a few guidelines per say... but for now, the three of us will leave the room so your negotiations can continue. If I am needed, you can reach me by asking Hugo back at the bar to place a call."
As she mentioned leaving, she looked directly at Sinclair and Anth to make sure they got her message. They seemed to have registered what was going on since they stood up and seemed to be waiting for her to do more.
Ryker and Jedrek looked over to Sedumere and appeared to be appreciative of her actions and waited for her to exit the room.
"We'll be taking our leave now. Please use all the time you need." She nodded and turned around to leave the room with the others.

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(ooc: i originally started to write this before rogue replied, so allow this to serve as background for the next part)

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Once they all got to Sedumere's office, she sat her desk while the others sat on the couches she and Sinclair discussed business arrangements at previously that day. Sighing, she called Anth over. She decided that this time was better than no time to discuss his possible future plans for the syndicate.
"Anth, can you come over here?"
He seemed reluctant at first, but he eventually got up and made his way over to her.
"There are some small matters that I would like to discuss with you."

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Following Luther into the gymnasium, she was hit with the overwhelming smell of blood. It was difficult to deal with at first, but she immediately pushed through it and noticed someone sitting on the bleachers a little bit further ahead of her.
"Well, he seems... delightful..." She whispered to Luther.
He seemed amused at her comment and urged her to go on further with telling him more of what she thought of Mikhail. But after making the one comment, Ming Yue felt the feeling of someone staring intently at her and immediately stopped what she was doing.
"Luther... why don't we just sit here? That guy over there looks like he's heard us." She sat down on the floor and stared at the huge indent in the wall wondering what had happened.

 

"It is your time to go to work, Brother. Follow Pentons orders, and work closely with him." Ryker moved in towards Jedrek and gave him a hug, With Jedrek's hair covering Rykers face, Ryker whispered in Jedreks ear. "Make sure you report back to me everything he is doing, Gather his top secret documents as well, We want to trust him. and don't worry about me, I can handle myself" He let him go to look at the tablet. "The funds will be wired over tomorrow, Making me the new owner. I look forward to working with you Mr. Penton." Ryker stood up along with Jedrek upon him leaving with Penton. "Don't be reckless, Jedrek. You will have to protect Penton, but thats the extent of it."

Jedrek shook his head in agreement. and followed Penton to the door. "I'm ready when you are boss."

"Penton, before you leave. I want to say, I believe in Angels and Demons. But I also believe that they can be killed just like any human can, Just with a little bit more procedures. Nothing can survive forever. Under any circumstances, I will tell you when we will release the Immortals upon the world. For now, Get some of your best engineers and researchers that were present in the summoning of the immortals, I will talk to you again when I wire the money over. And Penton, Make sure my Brother doesn't do anything Reckless, He has the tendency to go a little berserk from time to time." Ryker, Began to walk towards where Sedumere went. only to knock on the door "It was a pleasure meeting you Sedumere, Your shipment of spoons will be in tomorrow. I must depart, I've got some preparation I need to do." Ryker walked away from sedumeres office and over towards the door, Penton was still there and so he just walked towards them waiting for him to open the door.

Mikhail, Stood up and walked down the bleachers. "2 Students, I got out of bed for 2 damn students?!" He said out loud. "I don't think so! Hey you two, We're gonna go out and look for the damn kids that think they're skipping class, and we're gonna drag them along with us. And if you see Gunn, tell me. I'm gonna give that bastard another beating!" Mikhail, Spent no time, He was already pacing towards the door. Instead of doing the human thing and opening it calmly he kicked the door open, and began to go towards the caf to see both Gunn and Haldor taking their sweet time. Mikhail practically was grinding his teeth. "GUNN! SET A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR THESE STUDENTS AND GET THEM TO CLASS!" turning around he continued down the hall aimlessly to search for some more students that may be skipping.

Luther remained sitting with Ming and didn't know what to do. To make his decision easier he asked Ming "Should we help him, he seems pretty worked up."

 

New Character:

Name: Roy
Age: 20
Abilities: Elemental attacks, Soul-bound deity, Spell destabilization.

 

John looked down at Roy's hand and grabbed hold of it with all of his might and looked him right in the eyes. "Truly this will be an alliance of legends! The kind that will be passed down among men for decades!" Suddenly John sensed the sound of footsteps and they did not sound happy. Breaking his grip, John headed for the window and opened it. "Roy... we will meet again! You can count on that!" he said, jumping out of the second story window. Making a rough landing John slowly got up and cursed a bit. "Damn it that was a bad idea..." Grunting, John headed back to his room, the memory of his conversation with Roy still burning hotly in his heart.

 

Sinclair cocked his head. "Now, you either don't understand how haggling works, or you really want me to take the job."
He then quickly scribbled a on a note and pushed it across the table.
"Either way, that's where I want the money transferred. Once that's done, we can get down to business. Now if you'll excuse me." Sinclair stood up to leave. "I have places to go and alcohol to consume."

 

Mr. Penton Smiled as he heard Ryker.
"Of course everything can be killed off, even a god. Angel, Demon, Immortal, they all just mean that their a lot harder to kill."
Lucis called hugo over to see if he can talk to Sedumere personally.

"Theres no need to worry about Jedrek. I'll keep a watchful eye on him and like I've said before I'll even teach him how to control his emotions and abilities a little more. anyways I look forward to talking to you again soon."

Penton walked back to the bar and waited for Sedumere, with a check in hand.
"We need to wait till I can personally meet with the bar's owner and to compensate her for the use of her fine establishment. I'm sure she wasn't happy with blood getting all over her place."
While he waited he took out his phone and called up his VP.
"Hey it's me, Penton. You remember the incidents where gates to hell where opened right? Well gather up all of the researchers, scientists, and engeneers who where involved with them, before and after, and get them in the same place for a meeting...."

"lucis, thats gonna take at least three days and for the ammount of people involved, maybe a convention center."
"Okay, make it so. me and a new investor wants to hear everything about the immortals and what led up to those gates. I'll explain everything later when I get back to the tower."

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Haldor saw and heard mikhail and rushed to the gym as quickly as he could.
"Sorry for being late teacher, Gunn was already beating me for being late.... and I fought back.

Wow, how many more teachers are hot headed around here?

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In the dessert out side of San Tenegra, a duo of travelers where exploring a ancient cave. They've heard about the rumors about it being filled with treasures as well as being an old hideout for the Occult. they where both in their early 20's and they both had a reason to be in this cave.

New Character: Micheal Prescott, supernatural priest.
Age. 21

Abilities:
Supernatural priest training
Artistic creation
Ergo kinetic blade construction.


Micheal had his special book out, sending pages of it out to stick to the walls. He was making sure that if there was any trace of the occult's magic or power in here, it would be sealed up. Micheal grew up in the Holy Roman Catholic Church, and was brought up as a priest. Not just any old priest to head a church or a congregation, but a priest who was a part of a very special and secretive group. when it was apparent that Micheal was super sensitive to that of the supernatural at a very young age, he was put through Supernatural Training and was also taught other things that would help him in getting rid of demons.

"So Roy, do you think we'll find anything down here? I mean dangerous that is. So far I haven't sensed a single thing that would harm a fly."

Roy held a torch out as the walked further down the cave. The seals he was putting on the wall where lighting up, but they weren't meant to light up a dark cave.

 

Roy let out a short sigh as It was quite a tiring journey that Michael and Roy had prepared for. "You can come out now, vincent. I need to ask you something." Almost as quickly as he said those words an angel materilzaed in front of Michael and Roy. "Sense anything harmful? I sure don't. I personally believe this place is empty of life." the angel confimed his claims by nodding in agreement and then went back inside of the soul of Roy.

"If there is any sort of harmful magic or barrier spells I can just reconfigure their wavelengths or disable them completely. So there isn't much harm inside of this cave, Although, once we've made some decent length in here we should set up camp so we can revitalize. I am however, getting an uneasy feeling as we get deeper. I think they had human sacrifices here, its almost as if I can hear the screams of innocence."

Roy's demeanor was clearly being affected by the violent history that this cave may have once had, He was certain that Michael could feel it too. They both had a remarkable sense for the supernatural with an angel being inside of his soul. And Michael being trained, it was no wonder they were such good friends. Roy's naturally inquisitive nature was driving him to find what was inside of the cave, he also had to ask a question to Michael.

"I have to ask you, Michael. Why do we always go for the Occult treasures. Usually one of us take the text, but you seem to take more of a liking to it. What kind of ancient text do you think we will find down here? Personally I just want the gold and priceless artifacts these places usually contain, we need to get some decent treasure here so we can get a place to spend the night and some food, maybe some new clothes. mines are starting to get ragged."

Roy noticed a large brush of spider webs and took the torch to it to make sure everything wold burn on it. moving ahead of Michael he stopped for a moment.

"The talisman you're placing on the walls, what kind of magic survives in this cave by reading them?"

 

Ming Yue was a bit off put by Mikhail's sudden yelling. She immediately began to feel herself pulling into her shell and shut everyone down around her. Instead of following the man out of the room she just went to find a place to sit. Preferably outside of the gymnasium since the scent of blood was still heavily lingering in the air and began to make Ming Yue nauseous.
"Luther, you can go on ahead... I'm just going outside to get some air. The smell is making me feel less than perfect."
He looked at her as if she was trying to get out of following Mikhail to find the other students. Feeling the need to explain herself, she quickly followed up her previous statement with an explanation of wanting to wait near the gymnasium in case the late students were lost trying to find their way. He seemed to buy it and walked off in the general direction of the screaming Mikhail, leaving her alone in the gym.

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She heard Ryker's farewell and called back to him to have a nice night and to reassure him that she would make sure the spoons arrived safely.
Before beginning her conversation with Anth, she also noticed that Sinclair was leaving as well. Standing up, she said her goodbyes and sat back down to iron out some details. As she started, her phone started to ring. Answering it, she was informed that Lucius was wanting to meet with her and being the polite business woman she was, Sedumere excused herself to leave the office.
"I will return shortly, Anth. Please try not to scar my desk or anything else for that matter while I'm out. And please, no snooping around my office either, it's rather impolite." With that said, she smiled and closed the door behind her before walking out towards the bar.

"Ah, yes. Lucius is it? Hugo told me you'd like to speak with me?" She extended her hand as a greeting. "What services may I offer to you?"
Sedumere hoped that she wasn't going to be roped into another scheme to destroy something or someone. Aside from owning a bar and offering some "services", she was a very, very active member of the syndicate and was sought out to be hired as a hitwoman from time to time due to her unique abilities that was nicknamed her kiss of death and the last assignment she had to do, she wasn't quite finished with yet.

 

I watch with a smile as Crimson Rider jumps out of the window to the ground below. I couldn't see his landing, but I'm sure he pulled it off flawlessly! I turn around and leave the room. When I do...
"What are you doing here?"
...I see one of my teachers with his arms folded, looking pretty unhappy. Uh...I took a wrong turn somewhere, didn't I?
"Well...I mean..."
How far DID I follow Crimson Rider, anyhow?! I let out a small sigh and decide to just give him the full truth.
"Okay, so here's what happened. I saw somebody in a bright red spandex-looking outfit-- it looked just like a superhero outfit you'd see on TV! So I decided to follow him around to see if he really was some kind of hero, and it turns out he is! He is the Crimson Rider, a fellow hero of justice and my new ally in the struggle against evil!"
I point to the window at the back of the room.
"He left just now outside of that window!"
I turn back to the teacher.
"And that's it, really. I'm sorry for wandering too far."
"..."
Why is he looking at me like that?! He's giving me this look like he thinks I'm either insane or lying like a rug. He points down the hallway...oh, boy.
"Principle's office. Now."
I groan.
"Yes, sir..."

 

Joseph started to cough loudly, he settled down and looked around him.
"How, long have I been asleep?"
He looks at the sun.
"Ah shit, they may be in class already. Hmmmmm, what should I do?"
He scratched his head as he thought on what to do.
"Well, lets explore."
Cracking his knuckles, he walked off to do some exploration.

 

Name: Ramen Tsubasa
Age: 18
Abilities: True Name Manipulation, Purple Fire Manipulation, Soul Exchange

Ramen wasn't too sure about where she was. She knew she was in a school for Gods, but where exactly was she? She was surrounded by students and gardens and she knew she had to get to the gymnasium for her class. But where was it?
She might have some amazing powers but having a sense of direction was, in no way, one of them. She let out a loud groan and stopped the first person she saw.
Trying her best to be as nice as she could, she asked "Hi, excuse me, do you have any idea where the gymnasium's at? I'm new here and I get the feeling that I'm going to be late for my very first class."

 

"AH, Sedumere it's nice to see you. I'm very sorry about what happened earlier but I assure you that My cleaners have wiped every drop of blood from your establishment. I usually try to conduct business in a civilized fashion, but sometimes you just cant control all of the cards."

He smiled at the owner as he handed her a check for the amount of $200,000.
"That should be double what you would have brought in today plus payment for the use of your establishment for a important meeting of mine today. You have a very fine bar here Sedumere," He smiled as he brushed his hat off and put it back on.
"I may just have to come back here and have a drink or two. Oh and tell the syndicate that Lucis Penton says hi and to expect some changes in this town.... it's becoming a little too soft lately..."
Penton Left the the bar as his new bodyguard followed. His left hand man and driver, whom where standing outside looked a little worried but penton waved them off.
"Don't worry boys, he's my new "bodyguard" He'll be working with us now. And don't worry, I think he'll be staying around."
as they got in he got out a spare gas mask as they made their way towards Penton tower.
"Oh, you may want to put this on before we leave the car. mnemonic plague is really hard to get out of your lungs and respiratory system.

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"They're more for dispelling any barriers left behind. We don't want to be trapped, now do we?" Micheal could feel the screams of the poor souls lost in this cave. He too his pen out and started to write release runes as he sent them to the wall, in hopes they would realest these poor souls.
"It's kind of like peering into Satan's own personal pit of lost souls. may they rest in peace. one reason we're here is to make sure those who where sacrificed by those in sin in this cursed place can find peace. But more importantly, I've been getting messages and hearing rumors that could very well be answered in this cave." Micheal thought for a little bit. He's been able to sense souls here, yet not a presence of anything else. this was troubling, since this was the area where the Immortals where Rumored to have roamed in ancient times... this was very worrying.

"Well, maybe if you where to pick out higher quality clothes then you wouldn't have to go through so many!" Michael stopped and took a moment to look at roy's inner angel and laughed.
"you know, I wanted you to be the entity that my divine connection was made with, but those bishops at the Vatican where against it. So I went with the archangel, Micheal instead." He smiled as he put his pack down and looked around.

"This looks like a good spot to rest for a little bit. we should rest for a little bit, we have been walking for a little while and anyways... I really should explain to ya why I'm a little concerned about these writings. especially from the stories about the surrounding desserts about roaming immortals destroying whole civilizations." The priest put his book and pen away and took a drink from his canteen.

"Believe it or not, this was one of the only time when the occult did anything good by sealing the immortals into their own dimension. But they wrote down the instructions to summon the portals to release them back onto the world again... as a means of revenge or for some act of the end days for some odd reason. Anyways I'm to destroy the papers this time instead of the typical collecting them and dropping them off at the nearing catholic church for reasons..." Micheal started to draw something on a small notebook he took out with his artist pin.

 

Usse turned as someone poked him on the shoulder - and his mouth almost dropped open at the sight of a hot babe in close proximity to his decidedly unhot self. (Usse was not many things, and a lady's man was no exception.)
He blinked upon her question, and smiled cheerfully. "Come on, the gym's this way. I'll walk you there!" He led the way into the gym where the other students were gathered.

OOT: For the sake of the plot, going to assume everyone's in the gym. Retconning FTW.

Gunn stepped round the door and watched, sipping a malt whiskey through a straw.

Anth smiled as Sinclair left. "Pleasure doing business with you." He then stood up. "I believe I owe Mr Penton a nice chat, now that my schedule's cleared..."

 

Jedrek put on the gas mask the was handed to him by Penton, As they were starting to step into the car he looked to see if there were any signs of Ryker, He took off probably back to their estate. Upon sitting in the car he tried to sit on the right side of Penton.

"Hey, Penton. sorry about your employee, My brother did what he had too. I hope there is no hard feelings later on down the road, he is trusting me with you, which means he really does have some sort of belief that you've got something great about you, So as long as he believes I will believe. Anyway, When we get to the office I would like to talk to you in private, just you and I."

Jedrek sat back, but was at the ready to attack if he needed too, his bones were already slightly loose. In case of any trouble, but he knew they likely wouldn't encounter it. He thought to himself 'what are you thinking brother.'

Ryker was already at his estate, it was in the heart of the rich district of San Tenegra, He was sitting down at his desk, processing a beyond illegal wire transaction of 40 billion dollars to Penton Enterprises. His study was located in a rich library the bookshelves covered in knowledge from the Bible, to the three musketeers, to modern classics. The transaction went through, And his brother already knew that Ryker wanted all the info they had on the immortals. He started making blueprints for the integration process, and titled it 'Omni Project' with no info yet he was preparing for greatness, something that would change the world.

The Tunnels terrifying aura was slowly going down. But it didn't make Roy any more comfortable, Michael was right, If immortals were locked away here its too calm for this place. It felt wrong, there was still a small presence of tortured souls, but they were much deeper than the extent of his magics length right now, they'll release their souls when they get to them.

"I didn't sense many barriers in here, other than the one used to prevent immortals from leaving, it's a strong one, I'll destabilize it when we get to it, you can use your talisman to do the rest, right."

Roy layer down and spoke in his head "go ahead vincent, you can come out, I know you're feeling just as sick as I am." Within a moment he already took on a physical form and looked at Michael. "Archangel Michael is far stronger than I could ever be, and you share the same name. It was fate, Besides, I am bound to Roy. I am his true guardian. Although Michael, I must request. Instead of destroying that document let me hold onto it, I need to examine it, and know what it's true existence and text is. I must protect those that we hold so dear." Vincent was hovering above Roy his angelic being allowed him to do such, and he preferred that over sitting.

"I know there may not be anything down here that is threatening but I just can't shake this depressing and ominous feeling in this tunnel, I think when we get down there we should check to see if there was a sacrificial chamber, there is likely one if the immortals were brought here. Prepare to say a verse to help these souls move on if there is."

Roy reached his hand up towards vincent, vincent noticed and placed his hand in his. it was a nervous impulse Roy had, Vincent would always do this when he knew Roy was unsettled.

Mikhail Rounded the corner and entered into the gym again, he just walked over to the wall and got the attention of the students. He raised his voice and said. "I would like you all to split into 2 groups, The captains will be Ming Yue, and Usse. Among picking your groups you will create a balance and a friendship with with your other classmates. And will train with each other."

 

Somehow I found myself in the gym. How did I get here, I was meant to be exploring.
*sigh*
I need more meat.
He hears a man announce the instructions.
This is intriguing.

 

After hearing Usse's gentle reply she put on a fake smile and started to follow him towards the gym, all the while thinking how fun it would be to tease him.
But she had to control herself. The principle was very clear on the fact that Ramen wasn't allowed to cause too much trouble. Though she had always wondered where this "fine line" between funny and over-doing it resided. She never really could tell it apart.

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The gym was packed full of students. Too many, for her liking. She just quietly moved to one corner of the wall while the teacher announced some group activity. Letting out an exhausted groan, she slumped to the floor and mumbled to herself, "Today seriously isn't my day."