Just putting some stuff together.
Jubal was very afraid he was going to be late. The clock in the simple room he had been staying in off campus had gone out completely, and so he had practically jumped out of his bed and gotten ready for the morning. After he was ready he wasted no time literally hoofing it to Mythos High. When he arrived at the outer doors he was panting slightly trying to catch his breath after running so long. He finally caught sight of a clock and let out a low groan when it read 7:25. He plopped down on a nearby bench and decided to wait a while. To let his breath and his thoughts catch up to him. He had a tiny spark of hope in him, this place was supposed to be different. Maybe for once, he could have a friend that wasn't his mother or his aunt.
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Phinesa finished getting dressed in a new top Saquia got her special for today. She was so happy not to have to hide when she slept. She ran out of her room and skipped down the halls. She looked around and noticed immediately that they weren't any other satyrs she stopped and sat down on a bench her eyes wandering aimlessly. She looked at the other side of the bench and there was a satyr... A boy satyr she turned to him and tapped him on the shoulder, "Hi, My names Phinesa what's your's?"
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Jubal was taken out of his reverie when he unexpectedly felt a tap on his shoulder, he choked on the breath he was drawing in and coughed a few times as he felt his face heat in embarrassment. After clearing his throat he gave the girl, 'Phinesa, she said her name was Phinesa," a sheepish smile.
"H-hi there. Sorry about that, you startled me. My name is Jubal, it's nice to meet you, Phinesa." He held out a hand to her, already a bit apprehensive about what kind of response she would have. 'What if she's just going to make fun of me...Oh God maybe coming here was a mistake.' His smile wavered slightly as he tried to keep his hand and arm from shaking.
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"Hi Jubal, it's very nice to meet you," She shook his hand, "I was starting to get scared there would be anothe satyr in class." she noticed he was blushing and Pinesa started blushing. "So what brought you to Mythos, if you don't want to tell me it's okay." just then she noticed Saquia watching her and Saquia came over, "Phinesa who's your new friend?" Phinesa started getting jumpy. "Oh, Saquia this is Jubal, Jubal this is my older sister Saquia." Phinesa looked pleadingly at Saquia, Saquia just put her hand out to Jubal "It's nice to meet you Jubal, I'm afraid I won't be joining you in class, I'm a bit to old. I'm going to talk to Mythos and see if I could apply for a assistant fighting teacher position." Phinesa let out a small sigh of relief.
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His forehead scrunched up slightly as he listened to her talking. He started out in a soft voice, "Satyr, I'm actually-" but he was cut off in the flurry of activity when her sister arrived. He tried to smooth his face out as he looked at her to make a better impression and took her hand, giving it a firm shake. "It's ah, nice to meet you too, Saquia. I hope you can get that position." He tried for a smile again and found he was a bit more successful as he looked at the two sisters. He hesitantly turned back a bit more to face Phinesa. "Um. I just wanted to make sure that I was uh. Clear with you." He reached one hand up and scratched at the base of his horn bed slightly. "I'm not a satyr, although I'm not entirely sure what the difference is? But I've always been raised being told that my people and I were fauns, not satyrs." He looked down at the ground slightly, his cloven hoof scraping against the ground slightly. "I'm er. Sorry if I deceived you, even for a little while. If you don't want to talk to me anymore I'd understand."
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"Well I'm sorry I interrupted I'm going to see if I can find Mythos." Saquia left, "Oh okay. I'm not exactly sure but when I was younger my sister told me some satyr bedtime stories, In them fauns were the satyrs who didn't want to fight each other. So they left and were so disgusted of how their other people acted they stated calling themselves fauns to not be affiliated with the violent ones." She blushed "I'm sorry. I really shouldn't be the one to talk to. I don't know very much about my people. You see Saquia and I have been one our own since.... well since I can remember."
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Jubal was about to say goodbye to Saquia but she turned and walked away before he could get anything out, he dropped his hand which he had raised slightly and turned back to listen to Phinesa as she gave her explanation. He made a soft hum in the back of his throat. "Perhaps. I know we had some basic self defense and training where I grew up, but it was never compulsory..." His recently dissipated blush soared back to life as he continued, "I ah, I was never any good at it. I'm much better at music than fighting." He rocked slightly where he sat before continuing in a quieter voice. "I'm...Sorry to hear that. I was raised by my mother and aunts with the other young fauns. I...Couldn't imagine what that would be like. But I'm glad you seem to be okay now." He looked at her again and tried to offer a more sure smile.
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"To be honest I'm not very good at fighting either, Saquia didn't want me to have to. Yeah it was a REALLLLY long time ago I don't even remember them. Saquia tells me I look a lot like our mother but I don't know if she's lying." Phinesa smiled back at him I've got to get him to smile like that again he looks so cute "It must have been fun to have so many people around to teach you I've only had Saquia and a mysterious Grandmother Diann that I remember bits and pieces of. I think we should start heading to the mess hall."
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Jubal smiles slightly as he listens to Phinesa talk excitedly, but then his face falls slightly. "Ah...Well. I guess I'm glad that's how I was raised. But I don't know if it was fun exactly." He rolled his shoulders slightly before looking at the clock, noticing it was much closer to 8 now. He stood up slowly and stretch out. "Yes, I think we probably should. I think being late on the first day would be bad news." He seemed to hesitate for a moment before looking back at her. "Would er...Would you like to walk over there together...?"
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OH MY GOSH "Yes that would be great!" Phinesa stood up as she did she noticed Jubal was about a haf-foot taller then her even without his horns. "So are you staying in the dorms or do you live close enough to walk?" She started blushing. then Phinesa tripped, she bumped into Jubal almost knocking him over, "Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry." After straightening out she realized it was worse then she thought, her horn had looped around Jubal's! She was glad Jubal couldn't see her face, she was almost as red as a radish, "Great, just great, Jubal I'm so sorry."
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"Oh, well I'll be staying in the dorms from now on, last night I was sleeping in an inn just off the campus." Jubal startled and only just caught himself on the edge of a door way as Phinesa fell into him. He blushed slightly when he realized how close they were, but when he tried to pull his head back he couldn't help but give a short laugh as he realized their horns were locked. "It's uh, it's okay. This actually isn't the first time this has happened to me. Just hold still." He very carefully placed both his hands on her horn to steady it farther and then tilted his head down slightly, slowly pulling himself back until they were no longer connected. He gave her a nervous smile as he dropped his hands. "Ta-da? Guess we're lucky my horns aren't quite as curly as yours, or that could have been kind of a mess."
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Phinesa burst out laughing, "I'm so sorry *Snort* the ta-da *Snort* was adorable! I'm kind of a cults by nature do you think you could teach me how to untangle horns?" She blushes then realizes the time "Oh my gosh! Saquia's going to kill me if I'm late I'm going to run the rest of the way sorry." She rushes off around the next corner.
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Jubal blinked and then let out a soft laugh as he scratched the side of his neck. "Uh..Well I mean it's mostly about remaining calm and then just pulling back slowly. I'm pretty sure anyone can do it given enough time." He stared after her as she rounded the corner for a moment before laughing and shaking his head slowly as he started off the same way, to the hall. 'Maybe...This place won't be so bad.'
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Phinesa rounded the corner and stop dead in her tracks, there stood Saquia her back turned to Phinesa, She sighed at the close call then suddenly something bumped into her, it was Jubal. It was like a stack of dominoes Jubal fell on Phinesa and Phinesa fell on Saquia, they were a tangled pile of faun and satyrs, Phinesa got so scared "Saquia I'm so sorry I di..." Phinesa stopped mid-word when Saquia started laughing "What am I going to do with you? Jubal, I'm going to be perfectly honest with you, at first I thought you'd be a bad influence on my little sister, no offence I just don't trust most satyrs or fauns especially guys." Phinesa sighed relieved.
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He really should have been paying more attention as he was making his way down the hallway, but he had been lost in thought and had subsequently bumped into and knocked over Phinesa, who he had just met. He was completely mortified and wanted to blurt out an apology, but his voice seemed to be gone. To his immense relief, though, Saguia began laughing. He gave a sheepish smile as he stood up and offered one hand to each of the fallen girls. "That's okay. I mean. I guess I wouldn't trust me either. Since I'm you know, a stranger and all." He stopped and let out a soft laugh, smiling a bit, "And then I guess I must look really tough and intimidating, probably the facial hair."
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The girls excepted the offered hands and Jubal pulled them up, Phinesa accidentally noticed how strong he must be to lift them both up at the same time, "Sorry again Saquia. Thanks Jubal, Hey I'll race you!" Saquia shook her head as her sister got read to race and win. She thought to herself She puts that human saying about getting right back on a horse to shame
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Jubal offered both of the girls a smile after lifting them up and then looked at Phinesa with a bit of disbelief and amusement before looking down at himself and then back at her. "I don't think that's quite fair, I'm not exactly built for speed." He laughed softly, flushing a bit as he tugged self consciously at his shirt which covered his somewhat sizable middle.
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"Come on you're kidding, right?" Said Phinesa she added "I don't know a satyr, or a faun that was built for speed. Some are just speedier then others." She smiled at him, "Okay fine to make it fair I'll let you have a 10 second head start." She got ready smiling mischievously and started counting "1.....2.....3...."
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Jubal let out a real, full laugh this time as his smile turned more genuine as he looked at her. 'This girl...' "Okay, okay. Fine. But you're not allowed to be too pleased when you beat me squarely." He took a moment to orient himself and then took off just about as fast as he could towards the hall by the time she had finished saying "2." 'God I'm going to be tired by the time I get there.' Were his thoughts as he pumped his legs, breathing out through his mouth.
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Phinesa couldn't believe it, Jubal was actually going to race her! She turned around to Saquia who just raised her hands chest high and said "If you get caught I didn't see anything." With that Phinesa started after Jubal. She quickly caught up to him but hung back for a little bit longer to make sure he gets to feel manly enough, then she ran up next to him, tapped his shoulder and ran past him. She turned around and ran backwards for a bit yelling back to Jubal, "Jubal, If you can tag me before this corner I'll make you some wild berry muffins and I make good muffins." She turned back around and kept running.
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He was remarkably unsurprised when she caught up to him, he could tell she wasn't even tired yet but he was already breathing a bit heavily. He let out a short laugh as ran backwards in front of him, eying the distance to the corner before calling back out to her. "If you let me catch you I'll make you some muffins too, and I make great muffins." He breathed in deeply before picking up his pace to the absolute max and launched himself forward slightly in a jump, his fingers brushing through her hair for a moment before he nearly over balanced, barely catching himself as he kept running. 'So tired when I get there.'
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He actually touched my hair! "Okay Jubal," Phinesa said stopping a little bit out of breath, "You combed my hair I think that'll count. Do I still get muffins from you?" She asked him very sweetly. She couldn't believe she was having this much fun on her first day even before she got to her classes. "Um, Jubal. Do you want tosit with me when we get there? I thought it was implied but I wanted to make sure." Phinesa asked toying with her hair that was draped over her shoulder.
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He bent over a bit, resting his hands on his thighs as he let out a wheezing laugh, taking a few deep breaths before straightening back up. "Wow, please don't ask me to do that again." He was still breathing a bit harder than normal, his face flushed slightly. "I would have made you muffins anyway, if you wanted them. I..Really like cooking." He smiled slightly, scratching at the side of his neck self consciously. His smile stretched a bit when she offered to sit with him. "I'd like that, a lot. Should we go?" He gestured to the hall which wasn't much farther away, within the line of site. 'I'm finally making friends.'
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Phinesa loved his nice deep laugh. She just had to try to make him laugh again. "Jubal first of all it's not cooking it's baking. Second I might have to ask you sometime to race again. I don't know how you've not have fun this time. Third yes we should get going before, one Saquia comes around that corner amd two before all the seats are taking." This was grand, not even breakfast yet and she made a great friend! The only thing that could make this better... "Um, Jubal what class are you going to be in?"
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Jubal stuck his tongue out at Phinesa slightly. "Baking is a type of cooking, so we're both right. Maybe, but I'd like more warning. I ah, actually already ran all the way here today so I guess I'm a little burnt out on running in general. Plus, knowing you're going to lose before you start isn't the best fun." He nodded and began walking with her again, slipping inside as some of the announcements were being made. He lowered his voice as he scanned the room for seats with her and said absently. "Oh, animal class. What about you?"
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"Oh, I'm in humanoid." Phinesa tried to hide her disappointment, but failed horribly. "I wonder if all the classes will join together for fighting practice... Wait a minute! What's wrong with running?.. Oh yeah I guess not everybody likes it. Did the fact it was me you were racing make it any more fun?" She asked still looking for seats.
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Jubal blinked slightly and turned to look at her. "Humanoid? So then you can't transform? Maybe that's the difference between Fauns and Satyrs..." He gestured to a pair of seats a couple rows up near the side and started walking, gesturing to her, and still talking lowly. "Well I'm not the best at it, but it's not that bad. Mostly just doing tons of it. And a little. I don't know when the last time I had a race was." He slid into the seat farther in, hoping that no one noticed how late they seemed to be.
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"No I can't. Transform that is." Great you had a ton of fun with this guy and now you're going to make a fool of yourself "Oh that'd make sense, too. I just never knew that fauns could transform." Phinesa sat down next to Jubal Wow he's a gentle man, too. Sliding for the lady "Really you did pretty good at it you actually caught me and even Saquia's never done that. Hey later today when we're on free time do you want to go explore the woods? I need to find wild berries for your muffins." She blushed when she noticed Jubal's shoulders were so wide her shoulder touched his.
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