1 Feb 2024, 18:44
It's practically a maze
'I'm going to be so late, why does this school have so many stairs and corridors, and why on earth do they move?! What could possibly be the benefit of moving stairs??' Mylo thought to themselves as they speed walked, no running inside he had always been taught, through another corridor that looked exactly like the one they'd just come out of.
He had been trying to get to his potions class, their very first class of the year to be exact and they couldn't believe that his first impression towards the teacher would be tardiness. It also seemed as if there was nobody around for them to ask directions to, the last person he had come across had told him to go, and I quote 'Down the stairs at the end of the hallway'. Except when they got to the end off the hallway there were no stairs going down, all they saw was a staircase going up and several moving across the stairwell and none in his direction. 'Of course I miss the stairs! Of course that is something I would say in a magical school. This is not what I imagined going to a magical school would be like.' He muttered to themselves getting rather frustrated at the lack of stationary staircases.
He noticed that they were starting to get a little bit panicky, they did not like being late to anything and especially not to classes where he would have to walk in to a full class with everyone staring at him because they were the only one who was late and then he'd get detention and have that be his reputation for the year, know to everyone as the late kid. Scratch what he had just said, he was panicking, full on panicking.
'Find a corner, sit down, feel the walls against your back, breath.... 4 in.... 4 hold.... 4 out..... 4 hold..... repeat.' He heard their fathers James's voice in their head say, it was something he had taught them when Mylo was little and got very panicked over most things.
'Okay, okay, find a corner,' They softly said to himself while moving towards the closest corner, and sitting down in it immediately focusing on the feeling of the cold, rough material on their back, pulling his knees up to their chest and putting his arms around his legs, creating a soothing pressure. 'And breath' they said to themselves closing their eyes and trying to focus on calming themselves down.
@Lucian Mornstern
He had been trying to get to his potions class, their very first class of the year to be exact and they couldn't believe that his first impression towards the teacher would be tardiness. It also seemed as if there was nobody around for them to ask directions to, the last person he had come across had told him to go, and I quote 'Down the stairs at the end of the hallway'. Except when they got to the end off the hallway there were no stairs going down, all they saw was a staircase going up and several moving across the stairwell and none in his direction. 'Of course I miss the stairs! Of course that is something I would say in a magical school. This is not what I imagined going to a magical school would be like.' He muttered to themselves getting rather frustrated at the lack of stationary staircases.
He noticed that they were starting to get a little bit panicky, they did not like being late to anything and especially not to classes where he would have to walk in to a full class with everyone staring at him because they were the only one who was late and then he'd get detention and have that be his reputation for the year, know to everyone as the late kid. Scratch what he had just said, he was panicking, full on panicking.
'Find a corner, sit down, feel the walls against your back, breath.... 4 in.... 4 hold.... 4 out..... 4 hold..... repeat.' He heard their fathers James's voice in their head say, it was something he had taught them when Mylo was little and got very panicked over most things.
'Okay, okay, find a corner,' They softly said to himself while moving towards the closest corner, and sitting down in it immediately focusing on the feeling of the cold, rough material on their back, pulling his knees up to their chest and putting his arms around his legs, creating a soothing pressure. 'And breath' they said to themselves closing their eyes and trying to focus on calming themselves down.
@Lucian Mornstern
| sta • 8 | eva • 7 | str • 5 You will grow strong wis • 10 | arc • 7 | acc • 8 | Perf. | Wand. | Calm. pres. In the softest way ability | ability | ability |
1 Feb 2024, 19:55
It's practically a maze
German | British | Sadie | Georg | Bax | Malakai
DATE Mon, September 4th. 2023
OUTFIT School Robes (Slytherin)WC 434/200
HAIR CLICK
MENTIONING
• @N/A •INTERACTING
• @Mylo Atkins •
He had thought coming back to this place would be hard, to be reminded of what he had endured with friends leaving and people trying to kill him, but it had been one of the best things to happen to him. The nostalgia that welled up in him during the train ride to finally walking into his dorm room. Being reunited with his friends! (He didn’t like to think about what had happened between he and Odi during the summer) It had been nice and after a nice few nights sleep, he was feeling refreshed.
Donned in his school robes, complete with black cloak and his wand holster, Lucian was walking to his first class of the year. The walls of the school were now as familiar as the walls of his own home thanks to his enhanced senses and the fact he had probably walked this path a million times already. He didn’t envy the firsties, trying to worm their way around the maze that is the stony walls of this haven.
With that in mind, he heard laboured breathing as he turned a cold corner and he stopped in his tracks. It was quiet but not far away. Behind. He turned around and came face to face with a small boy curled in the corner, hugging their body. Lucian pushed past the familiar image, waking up in a sweat with night terrors about either hurting his family or Ava trying to hurt him again. If more of his friends leaving. Pushed past the familiar image of hugging his legs so tight to his body he thought they would become one with his torso.
"Hey, kid. Can you hear me?" Lucian asked, kneeling down and shifting closer— but not touching. Not until he knew he could. "Raven?" what, the kid was wearing Ravenclaw colours and he didn’t know his name. He was only calling him 'kid' because he was in the year above him aaand technically older. He wondered what got the kid so worked up, maybe it was how big this castle actually was. They should make a map. Luci looked around but no one seemed to be in sight yet. "Raven, I’m Lucian but if you take a deep breath for me, you can be special and call me Luci. Now, if you take two deep breaths, you get the rare privilege of calling me Lu," he told him with a smirk. 'Just please don’t hyperventilate on me laddo' there may be a smirk and an air of mirth on his face, but he was a little concerned on the inside.
1 Feb 2024, 20:23
It's practically a maze
They were trying their hardest to calm down, truly he was, but for some reason he couldn't quite collect themselves. The technique their father had taught him wasn't working as everytime they tried to hold for 4 counts they felt like he was suffocating. Short shallow breaths were all that he was able to produce, hugging their knees tighter he hoped that the pressure would calm them down and allow them to properly breath and come up with a better plan than panicking in the middle of the hallway.
All of a sudden Mylo hears someone talking to him, "Hey, kid. Can you hear me? Raven? "Raven, I’m Lucian but if you take a deep breath for me, you can be special and call me Luci. Now, if you take two deep breaths, you get the rare privilege of calling me Lu."
Hearing someone talking to them seemed to do the trick of at least letting his body know that they could breath. Slowly but surely he started to be able to get his breathing under control, it took a while but eventually they got there. Doing a few more 4 counts just to be on the safe side Mylo slowly opened their eyes and blinked a few times trying to center themselves.
Lifting his head he saw a Slytherin student in front of them, Mylo assumed as there was no one else around that this was the one who's voice had helped ground them, 'Lucian' they thought to themselves ever so slightly loosening his grip on his knees, not letting go yet just releasing some of the pressure.
'Uhm, I-I-I' He stumbled through the sentence they were trying to start. 'Breath buddy, in and out, and try again' They imagined their dad saying. Their dad's had always been there for him when they had any problems, especially when he got anxious. So trying to navigate this without them was proving to be a bit of a challenge. But the best they could do at the moment was thinking about all the things they had said in the past and trying to apply them, hopefully that would work.
Taking a deep breath and slowly exhaling he tried again. 'I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do this in the middle of the hallway, it's just that this place is like a maze and you guys apparently don't know about stationary staircases.' He took another deep breath, finally feeling themselves start to calm down bit by bit.
@Lucian Mornstern
All of a sudden Mylo hears someone talking to him, "Hey, kid. Can you hear me? Raven? "Raven, I’m Lucian but if you take a deep breath for me, you can be special and call me Luci. Now, if you take two deep breaths, you get the rare privilege of calling me Lu."
Hearing someone talking to them seemed to do the trick of at least letting his body know that they could breath. Slowly but surely he started to be able to get his breathing under control, it took a while but eventually they got there. Doing a few more 4 counts just to be on the safe side Mylo slowly opened their eyes and blinked a few times trying to center themselves.
Lifting his head he saw a Slytherin student in front of them, Mylo assumed as there was no one else around that this was the one who's voice had helped ground them, 'Lucian' they thought to themselves ever so slightly loosening his grip on his knees, not letting go yet just releasing some of the pressure.
'Uhm, I-I-I' He stumbled through the sentence they were trying to start. 'Breath buddy, in and out, and try again' They imagined their dad saying. Their dad's had always been there for him when they had any problems, especially when he got anxious. So trying to navigate this without them was proving to be a bit of a challenge. But the best they could do at the moment was thinking about all the things they had said in the past and trying to apply them, hopefully that would work.
Taking a deep breath and slowly exhaling he tried again. 'I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do this in the middle of the hallway, it's just that this place is like a maze and you guys apparently don't know about stationary staircases.' He took another deep breath, finally feeling themselves start to calm down bit by bit.
@Lucian Mornstern
| sta • 8 | eva • 7 | str • 5 You will grow strong wis • 10 | arc • 7 | acc • 8 | Perf. | Wand. | Calm. pres. In the softest way ability | ability | ability |
2 Feb 2024, 17:33
It's practically a maze
German | British | Sadie | Georg | Bax | Malakai
DATE Mon, September 4th. 2023
OUTFIT School Robes (Slytherin)WC 220/200
HAIR CLICK
MENTIONING
• @Colin McCoire •INTERACTING
• @Mylo Atkins •
Thankfully his words seemed to be doing the trick because the other student was starting to calm. "Good job. Well done," Lucian said gently, smiling at the other boy. "Looks like you get to call me Lu if you want to— don’t tell Colin," he joked with a wink.
Lucian sat next to the other lad as he started to stammer with his words. Luci waved a hand. "Stop talking. Focus on staying calm. Talking can come later," he commented softly. Get past the fog first, let your chest relax. Raven started to apologise and spoke about the labyrinth called Hogwarts. "It’s okay, Raven. This place is massive but you’ll get used to it. So you had this attack because you got a little lost?" Lucian asked, no judgment in his voice.
He got up and held his hand out for the Ravenclaw. "Come on, what lesson you got? I’ll show you the way if you want," he offered, gesturing with his hand to grab it. "I don’t mind if I’m late, and I don’t want to leave you to find your way after that," he said honestly. If this happened again then Luci would feel incredibly guilty for leaving the young boy alone. "Maybe I can give you a tour after lessons or at the weekend?" he added.
2 Feb 2024, 18:52
It's practically a maze
Finally having calmed down enough to speak without worry of fumbling over their words Mylo realised that he had been asked a question by Lucian, if the attack came because of them getting lost. Not noticing any kind of judgement or hostility in his voice, not that Mylo's very good at noticing those kinds of things to be fair, Mylo tries to joke and answer honestly hoping to earn a bit of approval from the seemingly older student.
"Yeah, I don't do well with being late. Don't you guys have like a map of this place? Or is that the one thing magic can't do?". Thinking back to the previous things Lucian had said, they noticed that he called them 'Raven', 'probably cause he doesn't know my name, might be good to introduce myself' he thinks to himself, "I'm Mylo btw."
After explaining why he was in the corner of the hallway Lucian stood up and offered a hand out to Mylo, asking them what lesson they had and if they might want a tour at some point. Taking his hand to help them stand up Mylo quickly replies "It's really kind of you to offer, that might really help actually, I don't want to take too much of your time though." Fidgeting with his hands at the thought of giving someone else extra problems.
@Lucian Mornstern
"Yeah, I don't do well with being late. Don't you guys have like a map of this place? Or is that the one thing magic can't do?". Thinking back to the previous things Lucian had said, they noticed that he called them 'Raven', 'probably cause he doesn't know my name, might be good to introduce myself' he thinks to himself, "I'm Mylo btw."
After explaining why he was in the corner of the hallway Lucian stood up and offered a hand out to Mylo, asking them what lesson they had and if they might want a tour at some point. Taking his hand to help them stand up Mylo quickly replies "It's really kind of you to offer, that might really help actually, I don't want to take too much of your time though." Fidgeting with his hands at the thought of giving someone else extra problems.
@Lucian Mornstern
| sta • 8 | eva • 7 | str • 5 You will grow strong wis • 10 | arc • 7 | acc • 8 | Perf. | Wand. | Calm. pres. In the softest way ability | ability | ability |