Fire Emblem: Three Houses ♦ Embers of a New Age

Julius | Dining Hall | Neason

Julius thought about telling Neason to just practice with their classmates. At least two of them were quite adept with magic, after all. But just as he was about to suggest it he realized that the classmates he had talked to this morning hadn't mentioned anything about that. And he couldn't exactly let anyone find out that he already knew a thing or two about the other Golden Deer. So instead he nodded in agreement. "I'm sure he can teach you those. And who knows? Maybe some of the other students will be focusing on magic too. We could ask them to show us the ropes," he said, grinning a little. "I just hope we can find some in our own class. Sure, I wouldn't mind training with the other houses too, but with the mock battle coming up I don't want them to learn too much about us. Can't let them know how to beat us, after all."

Jasmine | Dining Hall | Ciarra

Jasmine just nodded and accepted Ciarra's apology with a small smile. "It's fine. Not many people from outside of Faerghus know about that anyway unless they're greater nobles or work for the church." More than ready to drop the issue she thought about what she had seen of Albinea and Morfis. "Well, for one Albinea is much colder. The vegetation there is pretty sparse and it can be a harsh place, both because of the climate and the Beasts there. Hunters have to compete with Giant Wolves and Giant Birds in some places. You wouldn't believe that people can live there if you saw the vast plains of snow and ice," she told her. "That's not all there is to it though. As I said, we didn't go far into the country. I could see some forests and mountains. And I heard the towns and villages are really different from each other, each seemingly having its own values and traditions." She paused for a moment before she went on. "As for Morfis, I guess you could say it's the opposite. Instead of snow and ice there's sand and rock. It's a huge desert with a few villages here and there. And then there's the City of Illusions, which shares the same name as the desert. I haven't been to that city yet but I know it's a metropolis of magic. Not really the right place for me," she added with a quiet laugh. "I've never been super interested in learning magic."

Agnar | Bridge | Jason

"You're right. We won't know anything about Morfis. Unless we seek out the Kitsune from there before the mock battle we can't really predict what he will do." Not that it bothered him. There was something exciting about going up against someone who's fighting-style he knew nothing about. And since it wasn't a serious battle there was no real risk to it anyway. At Jason's statement about there not being too many differences he nodded. "Probably. From what I've seen from today's training it's not an issue. Its different but not so much that you'll have to keep a dozen things in mind." As he spoke he briefly glanced at the sky. It seemed like there wasn't much of the day left as the sun was setting already. "Looks like it's getting late. Think we should head back?"

Vincent | Dorms | Estelle, Rekka

"Yes, let's do so again sometime," Vincent agreed. While he would also have to focus on getting to know his own classmates a bit more he was looking forward to spending some afternoons with Estelle and Rekka. He nodded as they both were heading off to their rooms. "Best of luck with tomorrow's training then," he said before turning to head up the stairs.

Callan | Near the dorms | Luca

"It's just something I like to do," Callan replied with a slight embarrassed smile. "I guess most people think it's a bit weird." He gave a hesitant nod at Luca's suggestion. Whether he was serious or not, he did have a point about waiting for a while before they tried to deliberately break one of the rules. But as much as he wanted to, it still didn't sit quite right with him, and not just because he didn't want to get in trouble with the knights or professors. "I dunno. Apparently there's a good reason for the nighttime rule," he said. He wasn't sure if he really should tell the other boy about what he had heard from Estelle yesterday but then again she had heard it from another student too. And it seemed way too important to not let other know about it. He still lowered his voice a little, not wanting any knights that might pass by to overhear them. "Sounds like Professor Orryn has mentioned something about disappearances yesterday. But our professor hasn't mentioned anything like that. He has brought up that rule again this morning though so it must be important. But if it's really true then it's weird that only the Black Eagles get to know about it. I mean, isn't it kind of too big of a deal to not tell us?"

Julius | Dining Hall | Neason

"Well, at the very least we could ask them to be our training partners during class." Julius shrugged and then focused on his meal for a moment. "Since we all have to rely on each other for our assigned missions it's probably in their best interest to help us out a little. Unless we're completely hopeless with magic, of course." Whether Neason would agree or not, Julius would try asking them anyway. While he certainly didn't need their help he wanted to see for himself how good they were. Having to act like he was inferior to them in terms of magic would be humiliating of course but it couldn't get much worse than it already was, what with putting up with them for a year. "But yeah, I think they might give training with us a chance. At least the ones I talked to this morning. If any of them wants to focus on magic I'm sure they won't turn us down."

Jasmine | Dining Hall | Ciarra

"Hm. I think it's possible. But if they are they may not be super upfront about it." Jasmine rolled her eyes but kept a good-natured grin. "Some of the scholars here would be really interested in learning more about the magic from there. Can you imagine how much they would pester those students? So it's probably better not to outright announce it."

Agnar | Bridge -> Dorms | Jason

"Maybe. There must be some similarities," Agnar said as he followed Jason. "I'm sure there are some differences but we could get some idea of the basic skills of the beastkin if we train with Rieka." He was sure that all three kinds of beastkin had their own techniques but at the same time all three had a few things in common, mainly their transformations with their beaststones. "But now I wonder if there are weapons that are especially good against them. We have a sword back home that's more or less made for dealing with beasts." While Agnar wouldn't treat beastkin different than humans he couldn't help but wonder if weapons like Gieremund would treat them like beasts. "I guess that's for the best though. Wouldn't want anyone to look down on those three because a weapon treats them more like beast than human."

Callan | Dorms | Luca

While he wasn't sure if Luca actually meant what he said Callan couldn't help but smile a little at his comment about everyone here being quite skilled. "Guess they have a reason for allowing us in," he chuckled before growing serious again. "Maybe you're right. If the first thing they tell us is something like this some students might freak out. But not letting us know seems a little irresponsible too." He quickly glanced around to make sure no one else was nearby. It definitely wasn't something he wanted the knights to hear. Thankfully no one was at the dorms right now, aside from three other students who were heading off to their rooms. Soon enough they had reached the building too. He briefly glanced at the stairs, feeling slightly thankful that he wasn't a noble and thus wouldn't have to climb those stairs every evening after training. Instead he and the other commoners were lucky enough to have their rooms down here. With a slight grin he turned to Luca and nodded. "Well, I guess I'll see you around the monastery sometime," he said before turning to head off to his room.

Julius | Dining Hall | Neason

Julius grinned as he watched Neason behave like anything but a noble while eating. He glanced around the hall and sat up straighter while clearing his throat, as if he was about to announce something to everyone present. "Did you all see that? Truly a shameful display of utter grace." he whispered so that only Neason could hear him, still posing like he was shouting it. Then he chuckled and took some bites of his meal. "Nah, I wouldn't do that," he assured him. As Neason spoke of figuring it out on their own he nodded. "True. I'm sure we'll make at least some progress. I can show you how it doesn't work and once I've figured out what I'm doing wrong I can cast spells without causing chaos too," he said with a smirk.

Jasmine | Dining Hall | Ciarra

"There's a kitsune in your class, right? Maybe they know something about that city," Jasmine suggested. While she didn't know whether the kitsune lived in one of the villages or in the City of Illusions there was a good chance Rekka could tell Ciarra a thing or two. "Even if no one is from that city, the students from Morfis will probably know more about it than the students from around here." She briefly glanced towards the window, watching several people walk past the dining hall. It was getting late and aside from those who were still eating or getting in line to grab a meal most students seemed to get ready to head back to their dorms. Jasmine gestured towards their empty plates they had set aside. "Guess we should put them away now. You'll be getting back to the dorms soon, right?" she asked. "There's still time but whatever you want to do, make sure you won't be outside after sunset."

Agnar | Dorms | Jason

"It's possible. There are several weapons and spells that work especially well against certain classes or species after all," he agreed. "And since most beastkin rely almost solely on their beastform there isn't much point in making a weapon that is strong against their human form too." Getting to try it out would be interesting, especially since they would have to fight two beastkin at the end of the month. Once again he wished that his father would just allow him to finally wield Gieremund but Elvar still insisted that the time wasn't right yet. Agnar had to admit that he was sort of right to still hold it of. Given how powerful that weapon was against foebeasts there was the risk of relying too much on it. For now he was supposed to be focusing on his own abilities so he wouldn't just forget about them once he was deemed ready to wield the sword. "Oh well, let's just focus on figuring out their basic techniques for now," he said upon reaching the dorms. With a slight grin he turned to Jason. "I bet we'll get to train a lot again in class tomorrow so try to not stay up late. Something tells me our professor won't appreciate us being late or too tired to train."

Reason jumped when he saw Julius about to make an announcement but relaxed when it was just whispered. "Thank you," he said, with a relieved smile. He knew he needed to be acting like a noble, especially here anyways, but it got boring to him fast having to be proper all the time. He nodded to his words. "Sounds like a plan then!" He gave a cheerful grin. "Though after that happens does that mean if any chaos happens that you did it on purpose?"


"I'll see about talking to him tomorrow then," she said. It would also be heelpful to just learn mkre about the kitsune. Ciarra glanced out the window. "Yea we should get back," she agreed. She did want to get some training in, but with how late it already was, she could just wait till tomorrow to do it. She took her dirty dishes as she scanned the room, seeing where other people were taking them.


"Yea I guess that makes sense," he said. "As normal weapons would be just as effective on their human form as it is to us." He looked at the sky beofre turning his attention back to Agar. He had enjoyed the conversation with Agar, as it helped him get some information about the outsiders, but it had also just been a rather fun conversation. "Sleep well then," he said to Agnar. "See you in the morning." He gave him a small wave with a slight smile and headed for the stairs that would take to the next place on commoner dorms.

Neason listened to the other speak, throwing another piece of food in the fair and catching it in his mouth. "Nothing wrong with causing mischief," he said with a grin. "It can be fun!" Case in point a mischievous grin drew on his face. "So should we set our plan into action while there is still people here," he asked him. He had nearly finished his own meal, but he was all for causing some trouble for other people on the area before they left to head for bed.



She placed her plate among the other dirty ones. "I will," she said offering the knight a smile. "It might be fun having something to do in the morning," she said. She just hoped that the morning wouldn't be to far away. "I'll see you in the morning then though? Hopefully you don't go to hard on me in training." She gave a small laugh, though she wouldn't mind if the knight did, as it will give her proper training for when she was in real fights.

Julius | Dining Hall | Neason

"You really want to do this, huh?" Julius laughed as he glanced around the Dining Hall. He pushed his now empty plate aside and wondered how he should go about this. "But you're right, they all need a fair warning." He waited for a moment before he stood up and looked at the remaining students, most of them still focused on their meals or conversations. Then moved a bit away from the table to give himself enough space. "Hurry up and finish your meal," he whispered with a grin as he passed by Neason. "Even I don't know if anything will happen to it or not."

(Does Neason want to say something to the soon-to-be-traumatized students first or do you want me to have Julius hop right into action?)

Jasmine | Dining Hall | Ciarra

"We'll see," Jasmine replied with a short laugh. "Can't go too easy on you either, after all." She walked towards one of the doors that led outside and with a grin she briefly turned to Ciarra again. "See you then," she said and gave a quick wave, ready to head off.

Julius | Dining Hall | Neason

He hopped backwards and brought up both arms in front of his face to shield himself from anything that might come too close from his "mis-cast" spell. With a grin he glanced upwards to see what the dark sphere would do now. Instead of crashing down or scattering immediately however it flew towards one of the pillars at the other end of the hall. The spell seemingly disappeared into a cloud of purple smoke as it connected with the pillar but if anyone thought this weird performance was over or that there was nothing to worry about they were sorely mistaken: suddenly there was a loud 'bang' that came from a small shelf near the counter and a row of cookbooks fell out. Most of them just fell to the floor, one however was flung across the room and landed on the plate of an unfortunate Black Eagle.

Julius | Dining Hall -> Dorms | Neason

"I think they don't want to take any risks by going after us," Julius replied with a grin. Messing with not only one but two unpredictable individuals as well as the equally unpredictable "lack of skill" of his wasn't something the others would try if they had any common sense. Not wanting to risk it though Julius simply ran along, laughing as he and Neason put as much distance as possible between them and the dining hall. "But man, that was fun," he chuckled as they slowed down upon reaching the dorms. Maybe this year wouldn't be so bad after all. He couldn't scare the other students every day of course but maybe he could find some other way to entertain himself at their expense. Still grinning he swiftly glanced around. So far no one had tried to follow them. But even if there would be no consequences today Julius had no doubt that everyone would know about his little stunt by tomorrow. Maybe not all of the students but the professors would definitely have been informed by then. Oh well, they could probably come up with an excuse that would ensure a simple scolding or only a light punishment. With another grin he turned to Neason. "Wanna call it a day? I know I said they may not be brave enough to try anything so soon but I guess we still wouldn't wanna be caught outside now."

Sorry, but yea time skip works, I'll probably get starters up either today when I'm home from work after 7pm or wait to see starters and throw my characters with others then)

(I'll post with Jasmine and Konstantin later)


Nora listened as she ate some of her meal, having opted for some Daphnel Stew instead of what Estelle had picked. She sat down her spoon and nodded. Searc was one of the students she saw pretty often at the training grounds and she couldn't deny that he was quite skilled. "He really does. Maybe I should ask him to spar with me sometime," she said with a slight grin. There were plenty of good training partners in her own class but if the other two houses had some strong students too there was no reason to not challenge them. "Our training went pretty well too. Most of us really want our house to win at the end of the month so we're really giving it our all. I hope you can handle us. No matter how good Searc is, not even he could hope to win against Silke." Well, that probably wasn't entirely true. As far as she knew Searc and Silke were about evenly matched. "But speaking of our classes, how are you coming along with your magic? I feel a little stuck at the moment. I can't really decide which spell to focus on next." While she hadn't talked all that much to Estelle yet she at least knew that the other girl was interested in magic too. And out of the other nobles outside of her class Estelle was one of those who were the most easy to get along with.

Callan | Dorms

Callan sat on the steps outside the commoner dorms, simply enjoying the evening. Since not many people were around, at least as far as he could tell, he had grabbed his flute from his room earlier and had begun playing some songs he knew or some tunes that just came to mind. He hadn't played much in the two weeks, mainly because he was busy training, enjoying the scenery and letting his imagination run wild or spending time with some of his classmates, but also because he didn't really want anyone to listen to him play. But this evening he finally had time and with everyone else busy elsewhere he saw no reason not to. Right now he finished playing a fast-paced and somewhat whimsical song and began playing an equally fast but slightly wistful tune.