[001E - Audio/Video] - Arrival

[heartofarapier]

[It is admittedly, the strangest situation Eirika has found herself in. And she has been in a few strange situations. She was intent on going along her way, but greater powers had other plans for her. It was how she found herself at the door to what was being referred to as a 'dormitory' and shortly after, shown inside and offered a key.

It's audio feed first by the one who's helped her in and shown her about. Video feed afterward, leaving Eirika on her own. Her expression paints her transparent. She's... confused, disoriented, and unsure exactly how this even managed to happen. She's just gone from a world of an unnecessary war to a...

They called it a school.

Rapier still in hand, she moves to sheathe it and shows her back to the camera momentarily as she turns to investigate her shared room.]

I should have liked for them to be more hospitable, rather than rushed. Whoever this Miss Lyra may be, I hope she won't find this too much of an unpleasant surprise...

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[superior_archer]

Eirika? What are you doing here?

[heartofarapier]

[His voice catches her off guard and her hand almost immediately flies to the hilt of her sword. She turns sharply, which must look comical from an objective point of view, and when she doesn't find him, her eyebrows knit together.]

...Prince Innes?

[superior_archer]

[ not that Innes is much better with this tech nonsense either. ]

Who else would it be?

[heartofarapier]

[She frowns. Prominently.]

I hear you, but I don't see you.

[superior_archer]

Turn around.

[ because somehow he'd gotten this video thinger to work. ]

[heartofarapier]

[She looks over her shoulder and pauses. Sure enough. Innes.

In a box. Leaning over, she reaches forward and with her right hand, taps at the screen.]

How did you even manage to fit in there? What is that? [Seriously, this is about to become twenty questions very quickly.]

[superior_archer]

Like I know. Some computer nonsense about electrical magic. It just works.

[heartofarapier]

[... He expects her to be happy with an explanation like that?]

So you aren't in danger?

[superior_archer]

[ he wasn't necessarily happy with the one he'd been given prior, either. ]


Nonsense, of course not.

[ video ]

[obfuskate]

The Headmasters rarely show hospitality. I am here to warn you:

Don't expect it.

[ Not from them, at least. ]

[ video ]

[heartofarapier]

[If it wasn't for Innes, this sudden... 'intrusion' would likely be more surprising. And though she's at least aware of 'electric magic' and a 'computer,' Eirika's not quite at ease.

Is that... an animal? Just where has she gone to?

She stares blankly for a few moments, trying to piece things together, and feels minutely frustrated because she simply... can't.]

I do appreciate your information. [His opinion? His warning?] Pardon me as I don't intend to be rude, but what are you? You don't appear to be a Manakete...

[ video ]

[obfuskate]

Rude? Hardly. [ He glances up and down, trying to determine the time of her armor's make. She has to be from centuries ago. How interesting. ]

It is clear that you are not from here, so you have all of the reason to ask. Tch... I'm used to it.

[ He wrinkles his snout briefly before addressing her again. ]

As for your question, I am a hedgehog. I... have absolutely no idea what a Manakete is.

[ video ]

[heartofarapier]

[She's that obvious, is she? She follows his gaze and eyes her own armour before her posture straightens. It's as if she knows she's being evaluated and without any retainers present to defend her, she must come off as strong.]

A hedgehog...? [She has no idea what that is.] My knowledge on them is... sparse, at best.

[ video ]

[obfuskate]

There are a few of us here. You will learn plenty about us soon enough.

[ Shadow gives a curious tilt of his head. Is she a warrior, or is this just customary for peasants in her village? Hmm. ]

I am Shadow. You are...?

[ video ]

[heartofarapier]

I am--

[She pauses. In Magvel she's called herself Erina. But Innes is here. And from what she gathers, he seems intent on protecting her. Likely hasn't even made the effort to hide his own identity. But she doesn't know if she can trust anyone here.

It's a 'school,' though. She's safer if she's wary, but she's also a representative of her lineage and her kingdom. Lying at the forefront of things - even for her own protection - may not be understood. Eirika's uncertainties tug her back and forth a few times as she tries to make a final decision.

And she decides to hope for the best.]

--Eirika, the Princess of Renais.

[ video ]

[obfuskate]

[ Thankfully, Shadow doesn't know about her royalty or her kingdom, nor does he particularly care, not in the sense of conquest or harm. Her status, however, does fascinate him for a multitude of reasons, namely one specific thing he's about to vocalize. ]

I see. I... don't believe you are the only royalty here, but... hm.

[ He curiously twitches an ear, his hand cupping over his little hedgehog chin. ]

Why would an esteemed ruler be at an academy like this?

[ video ]

[heartofarapier]

My arrival here was not intentional.

[Not the way Innes' was, evidently. She's still not sure why King Hayden would send his son to such a place.]

I appear to have come simply by coincidence and before I had the opportunity to depart, a rather large... hand... was enthusiastically welcoming and hurrying me along.

[She has absolutely no idea what she's been roped into.]

[rarebear]

You too, huh? I know all about being rushed by the hands.

[heartofarapier]

So it really is second nature of them?

[Why are there all of these talking animals?]

[rarebear]

Kinda feels like that sometimes.

I'm Banjo!

[heartofarapier]

[... Isn't a banjo a musical instrument...]

Are you a student here, Banjo?

[As she slyly avoids introducing herself. For now. While she tries to figure out if this bear means more harm than good.]

[rarebear]

Sure am! And I work here. Example of how fast things work 'round here too.

[heartofarapier]

You are both, a pupil and... for hire? ['Employed' is what she means, but that's not really a word they'd use back home. Most people there are sellswords or soldiers in the service of their kingdom.]

I'm not certain of how that's possible.

[rarebear]

Well, when I'm not taking class, I work part time in the lost and found here.

[heartofarapier]

I'm not familiar with the phrasing. What is a 'lost and found?'

[It sounds obvious in retrospect, but the concept could use an explanation.]