Felica smiles and waves on Elias, Rojo, Branden and Paige to follow her. Sophia, Hojo and Xeno come following as well, seemingly have signed up for Braver lessons. Felicia hums a song as she leads her crew down the hallway and enters the tubes - headed right for the center of the school - which, upon exiting the tubes, turns out to be a huge medical facility. As she leads her students down the hall, they look in various huge windows to see a varity of different things happening.

To the left, there is a huge operating room where about 7 doctors, 6 of which seem to be 4th and 5th years, and one superising teacher, have another student cut open at the chest and seem to be impanting a Drive into his lungs. To the right seems to be open space, however little blips of light reveals tiny ships flying about in a sealed vaccum... flight training. Further down theres a huge group of students that seem to be practicing some sort of dance fighting. Even further on is an open wall of circuits and conduits which about 5 students are gathered about with there eyes closed and resonance flowing into the wall.

Felcia opens the door to her classroom... which is filled to the brim with beanbags and nice looking couches and cushiony chairs. Blaine is spawled out on a beanbag grinning as Jonnhy goes to town on his keyboard, headphones on and hard rock music spilling out from them. Felica plucks the headphone cord out of the desktop and Johnny looks up with a smile and shuts it. "Heya Teach!" There is a ton of Medical equipment all over her room, ranging from shots to bandages, to what seems to be fully fledged operating tables. The contrast of the comfertable furnature to the cold hard steel medical equipment is slightly disturbing...

"Everyone find a comphy spot! I treat my students well! ...spoil them rotten is more like it!" She grins, plops down on a beanbag, and is out in seconds snoring away and mumbing something about crying bugs and steamy rice. Blanie sighs and flicks a needle at her, it pokes her and she jumps straight up like a cat, "POKEYCATUSFRIES!!" She brushes her hair back down flat and blushes, "Ya... in case ya couldn't tell, I'm kinda narcoleptic - so if I doze off just wake me up any way ya want."

She stands up and cracks her back. "Okay. Bravers. Bravers are jacks of all trades, the supporting factors of any *yawwwwwwwwn* team. As you can tell, there is tons of things you can learn here - from making weapons, to fixing machines, to medical Alchemy... pretty much anything you can imagine. I'm sure your all here for your own reasons, some like Paigey here I know - she wants to learn Medical stuff. What about the rest of you? What do you want to learn from me?"

Branden follows quietly as Felicia leads the way. He walks with his hands clasped together and his back slightly bent. His gaze wanders, examing the many sights along the way, lingering a bit too long on the surgery, then staring into the void of the flight training room, following with interest the motions of the dance fighting...

When they reach the classroom Branden's eyes light up and he lets out an estatic laugh. Then following the teachers lead he dives head first into a nearby couch. He gives a questioning look when Felcia suddenly falls asleep, then grins at her antics when Blaine wakes her. When she begins discussing Bravers Branden regains his composure and sits up straight. He grins wide when she says the words 'anything you can imagine', and then in responce to her question he stands up.

"Balance, I wish to learn Balance. Bravers, as I understand it, are the balance between Breakers and Blockers, and that is why I chose this class. My original alchemy has potential for great destruction." He holds out his left arm and rolls back the sleeve of his shirt revealing a flow tatoo on his wrist. "And potential for great defence." He repeats the guesture with his other arm revealing a flow tatoo on his right wrist aswell. "But to reach the full potential of what I intend to accomplish I must be able to balance them both with perfection. I must be capable of harmonizing, harnessing and controling massive quantities of energy, and I must be able to maintain absolute tranquility and clarity of mind no matter how violent or harsh the effects of said energy may become."

Branden pushes his sleeves into place and sits back down on the couch.

"Anyway, yeah, that's what I'd like to learn."

Rojo thinks for a second, and then says, "Well, there are two things I'd like to achieve. The first is simpler; I'd like to expand my techniques with automail engineering and other machinery. The other is develop all the aspects of my original alchemy in some form. I've many ideas, but they need lots of work."

OOC - Crake? Queso?

oog: Sorry. I'm afraid my posts are going to be infrequent.

Paige smiles when Fess mentions her.

"You know I want to help my Daddy more than anything," she agrees. "I need to find a way to get rid of his cancer. And it's not just him I want to help... I want to help everyone. This ability... is a gift. And I should use it to help as many people as I can."

She listens to her other classmates, and smiles at them in turn.

ooc: Sorry, been a bit busy with the student exchange in Germany. Haven't had a chane to post in a while.

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Elias looks around at the Braver classroom sure that he has come to the right place. When Fess asks him what he specifically wants to do, he needs a minute to think. Eventually he says,
"I guess what I want to do is master Gate alchemy. Not the way Sophia has mastered it, being adept at using it to fuel transmutations. I want to find a way to use the Gate itself. If I could pull things out or send things into the Gate... wouldn't that be a unique type of alchemy?"

He adds on, "I know that it is possible to go inside the Gate..."

Felicia listens to Branden. "You wish to learn the Ying-Yang Theorem. A concept of Alchemy that states that one is in balance in all the forces of Resonance, one can learn a full new tier of Alchemy."

"Ah but Rojo!" The young teacher beams, "Have you ever considered the possibility that you could enhance your ARC powers by modifying your Automail? Becoming a better Engineer could be the key to mastering your Original Alchemy."

"Paige is all about Medical Alchemy - through and through. It can be tough, it can be bloody, but it can be the strongest kind of Alchemy and the most usefull your team could have. Do you think you have what it takes Paige?"

Felicia takes a long hard look at Elias. "I've... never even heard of someone trying that. While we encourage new ideas and whatnot... working with Gate Alchemy in that aspect can be extremly dangerous Elias..."

Rojo grins. "Of course I've considered it. Ideas spin throughout my head constantly. I've just not found one that impacts Null Alchemy, ARC or APECS, without requiring something far beyond my level. Alchemic emulators, enhancers, all that... but all probably requiring things I can not do."

He reaches in to his shirt and pulls out a small diagram of an automail mounted shield with an outcropping. The outcropping is given its own detail, and notes on the margins are written and scratched out, with the words "Rune Alchemy" and "Drives" underscored several times. "I saw this in a dream... an automail-mounted and powered shield which could emulate alchemy based on an input transmutation and perform an appropriate reversal. It relies on Automail for power and reaction speed, and requires not only the adjustment of the artificial nerves of automail, but also cannot be created by conventional alchemy. The emulation unit, from all my ideas, can only be successfully manufactured based on use of advanced skills, like Drives and Rune Alchemy."

He puts the diagram away and shrugs. "So while I have ideas for much further down the road, I'm sort of at a loss for what can be done now. Even all my studying of automail has not given me an inkling as to what can be done with alchemy on it beyond what I already know."

Branden watches with a contented smile as the other students speak. As each one expresses their thoughts Branden's eyes seem to flicker brighter, and his smirk creeps wider.

When Felicia responds to his idea he nods in agreement, then looks away as if lost in thought. When Rojo goes on the explain his ideas, Branden looks to not be paying attention. Whatever thoughts have occupied his mind to be appear to be quite entertaining for his expression is euphoric. At last, no longer able to contain himself, Branden laughs out loud with maniac glee!

"Bwahaha!"

He stops as quick as he started and looks about as if suddenly remembering that there are other people in the room.

"oh, uh.. my apologies..." Looking about at his fellow students he continues. "I think I'm going to enjoy this class very much. It is a true pleasure to be in your company." He looks back to Felicia, and without any further explanation of his sudden outburst he returns to the topic of the class.

"Yes, a new tier of Alchemy is part of what I hope to achieve. I want to transform my resonance in such a way that it is not only fuel for Alchemy, but the fire as well, so to speak. The theory has highly volatile potential and will require the complete 'balance of all forces of Resonance' as you said."

Paige only looks hurt for a second at Brendon's laughter. Her face is determined. "I'll keep trying until I find the right way to cure my Daddy.... I know it'll be bloody... and hard... and it may take a long time...."

She looks at Fess with devotion in her eyes. Devotion to her cause. "I'll do whatever it takes."

Branden takes notice of Paiges momentarily hurt expression. "My deepest apologies if I offend; my mirth was not that of mockery. The marvels I have seen in my short time here are more than I could have imagined, and the excitement I find.. difficult to restrain."

Branden takes a moment to regard Paige, his eyes burning to deeper hues of violet. "Your Quest is noble... and your passion for it appearent... I find it... beautiful to behold..." and I'll pray to every diety that ever promised benevolence that you succeed

Looking to the other classmates. "Rojo, I do hope that time is allowed during or between classes that we might have opportunity to talk further. I suspect our respective alchemic ambitions may be excellent compliments for training together..." if nothing else I must know more about this NULL alchemy...

"And you dear sir," he turns to Elias "your plans for Gate alchemy I find more than facinating." Branden's grin widens, the light of his eyes intensify. To enter the Gate... yes.. more than facinating...

Looking back to Felicia, "I beg you pardon, I shall interrupt class no more."

Slightly unnerved by Branden's expression, Elias says, "Thanks, but physical mainpulation of the Gate is the ultimate goal. The current goal right now is to find a way to manipulate the Gate."

Elias pulls a piece of piece of paper out of his pocket and begins to unfold it. When it is unfolded the others see a pentagram, a rough drawing of the gate itself, lots of writing all over the paper. If the others take a momment to look at the area around the Gate they see some drawings of eyes, hands, people without faces and some other indistigushable things.

Elias points to the pentagram explaining, "I found this circle in one of the books in the library. It was and alchemists diary that had been found on Earth. What they wrote in it was that they had found a circle to mainpulate the Gate. The only problem is that they never explained how. The only clue was that this circle was drawn in a few times."

"The alchemist theoroized that all people are connected to the Gate on some level. I agree with that. If you manipulate a person's connection to the Gate, you can maipulate them..."

"So then... we have a course on Automail to take... Resonance Theroy, Medical Alchemy, and of course, Gate Alchemy. While I want you each to study your speciality, I want everyone to study all classes for support and backup in battle. You're bravers! You must back yourselfs up as well as the others."

"So let's see!!"

"Those whom are in the 3rd and 4th have a tutorial regement to fill. You guys will too. So... we need an Automail Specialist... A Resonance Theroy master... A med Alchemist... and someone who can use the Gate... just a sec guys. Lemme make a few calls..." Felicia begins typing away on her computer...

Elias tilts his chair back and wonders who Fess will call in for him. The only students who comes to his mind is Rufio. Elias shrugs and decides to pass the time with Fry.

He snaps his fingers to get Fry's attention and holds up a fist asking, "How many fingers am I holding up?" Fry replies with a curious "Pto-tweet?", the code chirp for zero. Elias holds up one finger and asks the question again. Fry responds with "chirp". Correct again. When Elias holds up two fingers, Fry gives the desired "tweep".

So far so good. For getting things right so far, Elias claps his hands and watches as Fry enjoies being immolated. Elias holds up three fingers and Fry immediately responds with "tweep".

Elias sighs and his eyes dim a bit in frustration. Why does Fry have such a problem with numbers? The PET can recognize names and and simple commands, but it can't count to save it's life. Fry understands zero and one. It just has trouble realizing that two is a distinct number, not any quantity greater than one.

Fess keeps on typing and says, "Oh... that's right. Will Bane's students go see Tom please? He has additional training for your group." Bane's students file out without a word. "Ah! There here." Felicia gets up and beckons the first student inside. A young but huge Russian looking boy comes into the classroom first, looking around at each student with apprasial on his face. He's a Hybrid, that much is obvious by the paleness of his skin mixed against the pulse under it, but something looks quite different about this boy than other Hybrids... besides the fact he's almost as tall as Felicia and only 14. "This is Boe Rasputin, one of Bane's students whose kindly vollunteered to help me out here."

"It is not for Bane. It is for teacher." He bows low and kisses Felica's hand and the teacher smiles back. Boe speaks with a heavy russian accent.

"Boe, I'm pairing you with Elias. He wants to learn all he can about the Gate." At this, Boe grins.

"Ah. He is boy who can use Gate? Excellent. I am Hybrid..." Boe claps his hands and suddenly he's gone, a small implosion filling the space where he once was. A simallar poof and breeze appears behind Elias as the large boy wraps his arm around his dwarfed new friend. "Who can also use gate. Good to meet."

"Cool. Hey Mary c'mon in..." Mary Illyana, The Flailing Dragon Alchemist who recently beat the living crap out of Simon, comes stumbling through the door and lands in a heap, drunk off of her gord.

"Woooo!" Mary is a stange Kyoushin, extremly frail looking because like Simon, she's gone through an Echo.

Felica smiles, "Rojo here wants to learn about how different kinds of Resonace flows through the body and through circles, as he wants to learn to reverse and nullify Alchemy. I figured a master of such an art like you Mary would be perfect for him."

Mary stumbles to her feet, wrapping her arms about Rojo. "Roho neh? Yesssssh... I will teach you the ways of the force!! Have a drink!" She jams the jug on her hip into Rojo's mouth, where the taste of flaming jet liner fuel drains into his mouth... he might even feel his teeth melting...

"Branden... you need someone who works with a custom element of Resonance... you haven't met her yet, but the other students have. Nicole?" In bebops a Feline girl Chimera cat dressed in blue, waving like mad to Paige. "Nicole here uses Alter-Alchemy... she breaks down anything around her and can reconstruct it into her Lotus Energy to use in battle. I figure she'd be a big help in your kind of Alchemy."

Nicole bows to Branden, "Welcome to the club!"

In wheels the last student, one Paige met that very day... Charles Roxas, a young human boy in a wheel chair comes wheeling into the room... he has very odd milky white eyes, even his iris is white. "Hello Felicia."

Fess nods, "This is Charles Roxas... one of the most advanced medical students this school has to offer Paige. He's one of Bane's students, but Bane said he could help me here." Charles nods to Paige.

"Why don't you guys trade info and get started on comparing powers eh?"