Transfers

[ahriman]

It was never easy moving schools... especially when you had to forge your credentials due to deceased parents. But this was still the situation a 17 year old James Steven Claymore found himself in and was now becoming more and more glad that he'd lost a firm hold of his legal compass a long time ago.

With papers made by the mafia a few cities over, Jimmy arrived at Davis-ville with just enough time to find out his legend had preceeded him. Or rather, his actions had preceeded him. As he walked across town to the school he caught snippets of conversations that caused the blood to drain from his face

"-Sliced to ribbons they say, head to foot, it was shocking-"

"-Just no idea how a human could do that-"

"-The kids are saying that old boogeyman is back-"

"-Oh, I never believed in the Moonlight Ripper-"

"-New Name? Think they call it Ahriman-"

Oh craaaaaap, that fight a few miles away had been reported, now everyone knew and he'd end up being hunted and locked and killed forever and-

With great force of will, he calmed himself and reminded himself firmly that they had NO reason to suspect him of being a monster. He was just your regular, everyday, transfer student who's parents were dead but were made to look alive in the legal manner by a collection of unscrupulous gangsters. That's not too bad.

He was inside the gates of the school when he stopped to think, the school seemed kinda... odd. Like, it was off in some strange indescribable way. He started wandering towards his dorm
"Hope it's pretty good" he thought, leaning against a tree "I have no idea what this place is like"

[Anya]

Humans. They. Were. Everywhere.

And the worst part? She was one of them now. She could no longer look on with disdainful superiority, awaiting the destruction of their pathetic little race - because she was one of them. That stuffy old librarian was going to pay dearly for what he’d done to her - and that Cordelia Chase girl would suffer as well. They all would, actually…just as soon as she got her powers back. And she would. She’d find a way. It was only a matter of time, and then she’d show that pathetic slayer and her friends that she wasn’t just another demon they could cross off their ‘Major Threat’ list. She was Anyanka. She’d been placing horrific curses on humanity for over a thousand years; she could have snapped her fingers once and sent them all up in flames…she could have…

"EEEK!" the high-pitched, extremely un-formidable yelp escaped her before she could stop it as a large, oblivious jock barreled past her and sent her flying right onto the ground. Grumbling and snarling under her breath, the ex-demon immediately scrambled to her feet, dusted herself off, and sent a deadly glare after the boy. Idiotic, meat-headed, males! They were all the same! "Watch where you're stampeding, you moronic--"

But the boy, it turned out, was paying her absolutely no mind whatsoever. He'd already hurried over to several of his (equally dimwitted, she was certain) friends and began muttering about...something. Anya didn't particularly care what, her only concern was that she was full of violent, vengeance-y rage and he was paying absolutely no attention to her! She clenched her pathetically human fists, having half a mind to march right up to him and pop him one in the nose despite the fact that he was about three times her size. And then...she managed to catch a word or two of their conversation.

"...Ahriman..."

"...Some kind of demon..."

"....probably transferred here right out of hell..."

What was this? Suspiciously, Anya followed their fleeting gazes to a tree a little ways across the campus where a rather apprehensive looking boy was currently standing. She nearly snorted aloud. Him, a demon? She didn't even think she'd seen him around campus before, let alone hell - but then again she'd hardly been paying attention to the obnoxious crowds of human teenagers that flocked around her at this horrific place. And yet...the jocks weren't the only ones that seemed to be talking about him. As she walked slowly down the sidewalk path, it became quite evident that more and more of the surrounding people were muttering distinctively similar rumors - all about that strange new boy. Hmm...humans could be complete idiots most of the time, it was true...but what if they were on to something?

Perhaps it was just her being desperate, but this wasn't a chance she was willing to pass up. She needed her powers back, and she needed them back soon. And the only way to do that, it would seem, was to enlist the aid of another powerful supernatural being. This boy, she realized, could be her ticket to high-tailing it out of this facepalm-inducing hellhole. Squaring her shoulders, the ex-demon turned and strolled confidently towards him, her chin lifted defiantly as she ignored the occasional snickers of one or two of the girls she'd passed. Anya wasn't exactly too popular herself around here, now that she'd lost her demonic abilities and had more or less dropped all pretenses of being a friendly, normal human. Not that she cared. As if she wanted gaggles of airheaded girls on her heels trying to ask her advice on which purse went with what shoes...

Upon reaching the boy, she haltered a few feet away from him and did her best to look intimating. Which was...not an easy thing to achieve, as it turned out, when you were a 5'4, defenseless, brunette human. None the less, she maintained a rather icy expression and narrowed her eyes slightly as she addressed him.

"Hey you. Shady looking kid. Why do the mindless moronic sheep keep saying you're not human?" she inquired with unapologetic bluntness.

[Bao Yu Chao]

"Welcome the new student, my dear daughter...he may make good company for you. Jimmy Claymore is his name. He's....a good kid from what I heard...I'll see you this weekend if you so choose to come home and take a break." Those were the words of her father echoing in her brain as she walked along the grass...crunching a few innocent flowers to death beneath her pink soled black boots....like a boss. Was she alone? No...she had about three six foot guys she paid off and threatened from the foot ball team who were forced to wear fedoras and pin stripe business suits. Plus she was holding onto an abnormally small pig which had black and white patches similar to a panda's own pattern.

Narrowing her sapphire optics into what seemed like a permanent death glare while approaching the boy and...some blondish brunette girl who she could have sworn had more of an attitude problem then her. It was nice to catch a breath of air since this school was so...underground. WHY it was underground was beyond her, but what more should someone expect from a principal who ALWAYS wears a mask? Yeah, exaaaactly. Plus their school was weird...she could have sworn some places had FALCON HIGH written over HIVE ACADEMY with the way the letters popped up from beneath it....she never brought it up with Principal Slade. Seemed like something that was best left to her own investigation skills. Hell, the place even LOOKED like it should be called HIVE Academy! Oh well...stopping few feet in front of them, she looked over to the new transfer student while canting her head slightly to the right as she spoke in a professional fashion with hints of edge here and there.

"Jimmy Claymore, my name is Bao Yu Chao...I'm here to show you around out of the kindness of my heart. Your little peasant friend is welcome to come too...." Giving off a slight shrug, the girl with a black and pink pinstripe jacket complete with pink pig tie and skirt concealing a pair of black spandex shorts beneath it stared at the two. Almost like she had half a mind to set her pig down and smash their heads together if they so much as gave her any trouble....maybe.....she recently had a sundae so she wasn't in a completely foul mood.

[ahriman]

Of all the times for jock muscle-heads to have some observational power it was now!? Everyone was whispering about how he'd rolled into town at just the same time as the killings. Grown adults treated the rumours like some kind of dumb jokes but teenagers were in that nether-realm between fact and fiction, adult and childhood, where unlikely fantastical ideas seem suddenly grounded when examined with a curious eye. And now he was jumping as a girl stormed up to him, a pretty one at that, but the look on her face made him think she wasn't about to start fleeting. Her question didn't help matters, especially as when he heard sheep he thought of the animal first

"I have no idea," he replied. That was actually mostly true, he DID have no idea why they were talking about him. He didn't exactly fit the profile of a pale, rail-thin guy with spiky hair and jet black eyes.
"It sounds like their looking for a wolf in sheep's clothing but everyone's all... wooly" OK, so that analogy had gotten away from him there but it fits. Bunch of sheep looking for the wolf. Which was him. Literally, a wolf passing for a sheep. Wow, that was depressing. And made him hope this girl wasn't going to be the little boy crying wolf. Seriously, gotta stop with the analogies...

"I'm Jimmy" he said, stopping the flow of his thoughts with good old fashioned speaking "Nice to meet you. Hey, do you know where the dorms are? I'm in this one with three stars next to it..."

Suddenly the sun seemed to be blocked by three enormous guys and a girl so naturally he went quiet as he glanced up at the suit-wearing gorillas and the little girl and her... piggy... OK, wait, wait, what? A pig?

Evil masterminds carried Cats!

Girl's had puppies!

Why did this apparent combination carry a pig? IT WAS A PIG!

She introduced herself and tossed a casual insult at the girl besides him, which he hastily covered up with
"Pleasent! My pleasent friend, I think you missed the l. It's nice to meet you, Miss Yu Chao" Well, at least he attempted manners... especially when it seemed likely she had more money in her purse now than he'd ever seen in his life. "Ummm, well, I'd like a tour, but I'd be more comfortable if your enormous friends could leave us alone. I just feel like they're a few seconds away from tearing off their suits and beating me up. No offence, guys." He smiled and waved his hands as he said this, well aware that he'd never be able to fight back... unless he transformed. But that'd be the end of his school-life before it began.

[Anya]

She studied the boy skeptically when he made his claim not to have any idea why so many people on campus were suddenly muttering about him - Anya found that pretty hard to believe. Humans didn't make much sense at the best of times, but even she knew it'd be a bit random if they suddenly decided to accuse this boy of being something...abnormal for no particular reason. But before she could comment, she was distracted by his little analogy and the fact that it ended up completely confusing her. The ex-demon blinked several times, frown still in place, as she considered his words. Well if he was a demon or something of the sort, he was certainly well-practiced at portraying the bizarre behaviors that humans seemed to possess.

"So you're telling me you are human." she wanted to clarify, arching an eyebrow slightly. If this guy really didn't possess any sort of special powers, then this was more or less a waste of her time - but she still had the sneaking suspicion that he was hiding something. His introduction didn't reveal anything except for the fact that he had - or was at least pretending to have - a fairly human-sounding name; Jimmy. She considered this bit of information for a moment, allowing for a brief awkward pause before she realized that this was generally the moment in which she was expected to introduce herself in turn. "Anya." she replied tersely, almost reluctantly. Her human name still sounded foreign and uncomfortable on her tongue; some other identity that simply didn't match up with her own. Though...she supposed it would have to now. She was human now. And 'Anya' was her human name.

It was at that moment when she suddenly became aware that they were no longer alone, turning to come face to face with -- GAHH. MORE HUMANS. Anya actually visibly cringed at the sight, especially since three out of four of these newcomers were...very large and intimidating. She'd never actually noticed how...big humans could be before, because it didn't exactly matter when you could just wave your hand and send them all flying into a wall. But now...now things were a little different. The girl who seemed to be the ringleader of the group, however, was a lot shorter and more slender than her three cronies - but she didn't look particularly friendly either. And she had a pig with her. A...pig. Well, at least it was better than a bunny. After a moment of nonplussed shock, the former vengeance demon's expression quickly changed back to her usual one when dealing with humans...which was mostly a mixture of contempt and slight confusion.

Three things registered when Bao Yu introduced herself. One: she seemed to know Jimmy by name, which only reinforced the notion that he seemed to be sort of infamous around here for whatever reason. Two: she'd come to give Jimmy some sort of tour...pfft, why? What was so interesting about this hellhole? And three...she'd referred to Anya as a peasant. A. PEASANT. REALLY?! Already she was being thrown in with the rest of the common human population, and it was not improving her mood. Somewhat affronted, she scowled. "I am not a--" But before she could finish her snarling retort, Jimmy jumped in with a comment that Anya was guessing was meant to smooth things over. She closed her mouth promptly, but narrowed her eyes into an irritated glare. Barely a minute spent in human company and she was already severely disgruntled. No surprise there.

A tour didn't sound particularly thrilling, actually, and if this had been any normal situation Anya probably would have turned around and walked away without sparing any of these people another thought. But facts were facts: Jimmy was the only person she'd met so far who possibly had some kind of supernatural abilities. Even if all she had to go on was rumors, the truth was...he was currently the only thing close to a chance of getting her powers back that she had. She gave a brief, frustrated sigh and lifted her gaze to glare at the jocks instead. "Yes. Call them off, please. They look extremely ominous and unpleasant." she muttered at last, once again displaying that she didn't possess so much as an ounce of tact.

[Bao Yu Chao]

Moving one hand toward the ridge of her piggy pal's nose...all while keeping a straight face as she looked at the two with a look on her face that clearly hinted off ZERO amusement what-so-ever about the boy trying to correct her let alone the upperclassman's glare of doom who was cut off by the correction. Oh please! The older female was CERTAINLY a peasant and looked the part so much that she almost LAUGHED at the correction because on top of that the seemingly cranky one of the two who was...well she needed to look up her name again or something. Even though she had to make it a point to know everyone...it's not like it was permanently engraved in her head considering how much she had on her plate! FOR NOW she'd let it slide and merely shrug it off unless either of them really managed to piss her off. ...but what was this...they wanted her guards to be dismissed?! For some reason her USUAL right hand man had been missing in action so she had to fill the void...OH WHATEVER! She told her dad off not too long ago that she could hold her own ON HER OWN without pawns! With em' or without, it didn't matter because she wasn't the typical rich girl push over.

At the corner of her eye, she saw the lackey of hers to the right dig his nose at the corner of her eye while the other two were looking intimidating. Suddenly twisting around to kick him in the knee cap and giving him nothing short of a death glare while speaking in a tone which would make anyone with common sense acknowledge she was FAR from pleased with such a horrible display of crappy manners! "IMBECILE! I wonder how many times your mother accidentally hit your head against a door frame while you were a sniveling little brat?!" Swiftly ramming the sole of her foot into the knee she already injured causing the poor idiot to fall over and scamper away calling her crazy and some other things that were rather crude. Oh...she'd finish off that poor fool later. For now she looked to the remaining two while lightly petting her panda pattern piggy pal as she sounded a bit less like she was going to kill someone...more like a professional who demanded respect.

"You two are dismissed, that means out of my sight in case basic English isn't your strong point. I'll be in contact if I require your services at a later date." The two nodded and briskly walked off....and...ran like `OH THANK GAWD SHE'S FREAKING CRAZYYYY` in the background complete with little dust clouds! Turning lightly on her heel while letting little Panda Pig snuggle against her hand, she lightly shrugged and spoke LIKE A BOSS who was just a little frustrated but sorta calm regardless. "Tch...they're only decoration anyway...pathetic jocks who can only appear intimidating and tackle someone for a ball. My real right hand man is actually useful in comparison to those fools...wherever the hell he is today. Not like it matters anyway."

Narrowing her eyes a bit...not liking this little bit of obligation since she'd much rather get a delightful sundae, she continued on... "Well, since every underling of mine aside from my friend Panda Pig here is absent...are you two ready for the tour?"