63 Osp Day 1 - School Hall (1/2)
Ryuu showed us a card trick called 'find a card', which was a perception trick. He explained that this was a fundamental exercise for mastering semblance magic, especially to understand object manipulation over mind.
We broke into a team of four to practice the card trick. I was failing miserably with my efforts in my group with Alina, Jace and Charlie. I skewed my head over to where my brothers were drawing in a crowd of impressionable kids around them.
I pouted at Death's easy ability to trick the ma.s.ses with his fancy and swift hand flourishes over the cards. A lot of the kids clapped and eagerly asked him to do it again, watching his movements intensely.
My mind wandered back to a memory of him performing this trick when we were younger to brighten up my day after being scolded by Bulldog for something. Magic tricks were always his forte.
Charlie handed me a note that drew my attention back to my group.
”Death's cool. You're lucky he's your brother.” I read.
I smiled and nodded.
I felt everyone's energies perk up and figured the end-of-lesson bell had gone off; stood up and left the gym with my cla.s.s, feeling hungry. I hoped it was time for food.
”Lunch time.” War signed to me that got my face grinning stupidly.
”Knew that'll perk yah up.” He slapped my back.
We entered the school building through the double doors and headed down a corridor where lots of other students were power walking towards the door at the end. I was baffled as to why.
Inside was a vast hall to hold three rows of long vertical tables with benches on either side separated by narrow aisles. At their head was one long horizontal table that was propped up on a low stage with the Evadale Knight Order star emblem flapping proudly on an enormous banner in the center of an all wooden wall.
On either side of the banner were three other banners with the common words of ”Force”, ”Elemental” and ”Semblance” written in silver on them and a symbol underneath.
The Force Banner carried the symbol of a flying bird, Elemental Banner showed the symbol of two fishes swimming in a circle about each other's tails and Semblance Banner held an image of a sitting black cat whose green eyes were staring directly at us.
”Cat, bird, fish symbols.” I mouthed.
”The house symbols for this school.” Ryuu signed and advised that I'll know more once I take my seat.
We filed into the room and followed Ryuu's lead to a long table at the right of the room before the Semblance Banner. I sat in the middle near the aisle and table before the ”Force Banner” with Death and Alina on either side of me. My heart sunk and stomach growled at the sight of an empty table, yet I could smell delicious cooked food coming from somewhere nearby.