First Class!

[vneef_healer]

A day for a student in the House of Bells starts at an unspeakably early hour. Sunrise? Hah! Sleeping in till sunrise would be positively SLOTHFUL.

Alia and Fajah have done their morning exercises, bathed, dressed in suitable clothes and eaten breakfast, and the sun has still not made it over the horizon. (Alia suspects there will be more potent stimulants in use among her peers than tea if this keeps up.)

Their amah, Iris, herds the female students through the courtyard and toward their first class in the eerie gray light of pre-dawn. As they near the classroom, the first year girls mix with the first year boys. Iris stays, as does her male counterpart, watching over the lined up students. Their presence is a bit puzzling, surely they don't expect students of THIS age to get into much trouble in so short a span of time?

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[vneef_healer]

Alia makes note of these preferences for future reference. It's good to know what your friends like, after all!

"We've got more physical training this afternoon," she notes. "Martial arts are not my strong suit."

Why couldn't they have charms instead this afternoon? She's GOOD at charms!

[infinitest]

"Not mine either. I'm good with spear and shield." Fajah is not really eager for the trouncing she's likely to receive later on.

At least they can help care for each other's bruises, right?

[vneef_healer]

They can indeed, especially since Alia has a knack for healing.

She grins ruefully at Fajah. "I guess it's a good thing I brought so many of my plants with me, then. Looks like we're going to need them."

While the school will, of course, treat serious injuries.....bruises are another matter.