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Axiom's End Timeline

This contains spoilers for Axiom's End. The completed timeline will be posted here when it's finished. You can make a submission here

Noumena Timeline - Earth years 1045 C.E.         – Ampersand’s creation 1352 C.E.         – humans are brought back to the superorganism for research around the time of The Black Plague affecting Europe *date unknown*    – Transients (Physterines) develop the electromagnetic pulses to incapacitate amygdalines, and begin to become aggressive against them. The Superorganism discovers the population explosion of transients, and views this as a threat. Ampersand and a few other Oligarchs petition that a stable population size is not a threat in and of itself, but the Superorganism ultimately decides to sterilize the entire planet. 1629 C.E.         – Fremdan Genetic Purge occurs due to those who opposed the sterilization of the Physterines 26 February 1971  – The Fremda group seeks refuge on Earth in Inarajan, Guam, not knowing just how advanced humans have become. 6 March 2007      – An email is sent regarding language samples of Pequod Phonemic which is included in Nils Ortega’s “Fremda Memo” in the Broken Seal, published 24 August 2007 23 August 2007    – The Ampersand Event Occurs 24 August 2007    – prompted by the Ampersand Event, Nils Ortega leaks the Fremda Memo 20 September 2007 – The Obelus Event Occurs at 1:13 pm PDT, Eli Gerald publishes “Follow the Noise” on the DeceptiNation Blog, and Nils publishes an Op-Ed titled “These Disparate Lives” 21 September 2007 – Nils publishes “Obelus” in the Broken Seal           – Cora’s house gets invaded during the early hours of the night by a (presumed) Ampersand           – Cora rides with Bard to Santa Crus in order to avoid the CIA, hoping to join her Aunt Luciana and lie low           – Douglas Siegel publishes “Expanding the scope of Ortega” in The New Yorker regarding Luciana Ortega           – Ampersand follows Cora to Santa Cruz, placing an earbud into Cora’s ear while she is under a sedation of his design

22 September 2007 – The Fremda Group loses four members to elective suicide, bringing their numbers to 27 total. The four are known by the US government as AG-ETI-008 “Scivo”, AG-ETI-015 “Logi”, AG-ETI-028 “Birdo”, and AG-ETI-042 “Verda”. The Fremda group is described as locking the government out of their shelter after the Obelus Event occurred, likely in an attempt to hide from Obelus. 24 September 2007 – Ampersand tries to control Cora in order to break into the Googleplex building in Silicon Valley in order to locate the Fremda group. She is the 3rd human under his control to attempt this. She is able to escape with an incapacitated Ampersand due to an electromagnetic pulse that causes a black out. 26 September 2007 – Cora and Ampersand use Luciana’s contact with CIA Agent Sol Kaplan to help Ampersand gain access to the Fremda group. He directs them to Vandenberg AFB.           – Nils publishes “Where’s the Revolution?” in The Broken Seal           – Lewis Callum publishes “The Revelation of Nils Ortega” on the DeceptiNation blog           – Ampersand is allowed to meet the Fremda group.           – ROSA is reinstated.           – The Fremda group and Cora, Luciana, and Kaplan are transported to the NORAD Cheyenne Mountain Complex bunker in El Paso County, Colorado

27 September 2007 – Ampersand performs Cefo’s autopsy at NORAD, where Cefo and the rest of the Fremda are described as having a higher quantity of organic nervous system, body parts, and a microbiome.           – The rest of the former ROSA employees arrive at NORAD 2 October 2007    – Nils publishes “What did the president Know, and When Did He Know It?” in The Broken Seal which exposes President Bush in his lie of knowing about First Contact with extraterrestrials           – Luciana is arrested and held for 36 hours           – Aisha Jackson publishes “Hunt for Cause of Massive Guam Power Outage Begins” in The Washington Post           – Physterine sighting accounts codenamed “Sloop John B” are confirmed by Ampersand after Sol Kaplan shows him files of plausible extraterrestrial interactions           – Ampersand meets with the secretary of defense, telling him that opening up communication freely between humans and amygdalines will lead to a sort of colonization event. Despite this, the secretary of defense insists Ampersand give them a means of communication.           – George Walker Bush announces that he will officially resign as the 43rd president on 3 October 2007

5 October 2007      – Ampersand transports Cora out of NORAD for a moment to visit her empty home and see the stars in the desert.

6 October 2007    – Obelus breaks into NORAD using an electromagnetic pulse and Cora evacuates to Langley, the CIA headquarters. The Genome makes itself known as a small, partially natural amygdaline. Cora, the genome, Vincent, and Kaplan are given orders to leave. Their caravan of vehicles are taken out by another one of Obelus’s EM pulses. Cora, with the Genome in hand, runs from the scene to safety           – Vincent Park as well as a few other unnamed CIA employees are annihilated by Obelus and his Similars.           – Amygdaline Similar Brako is assumed deceased.

7 October 2007      – Luciana receives a text on her burner phone as to where Cora is located and picks her up, transporting them and the genome to one of Luciana’s contacts in Christianburg, Virginia. Luciana gives Cora coordinates to an abandoned warehouse two hours away that arrived with the text of Cora’s earlier location, suspecting that’s where Ampersand would like to meet.           – Cora meets Ampersand and Obelus appears. She is held captive with other Fremdans until Ampersand can bring Obelus the genome

9 October 2007           – Nils publishes “Open Letter” on The Broken Seal calling for his family to be released from government custody.   ?? October 2007      – Cora attempts to undermine Obelus by telling his similars that he is Fremdan and Ampersand’s symphyle, rousing suspicion amongst their ranks.           – Ampersand ultimately doesn’t comply, detonating an EMP allowing Cora will be able to evacuate the remaining Fremdans and the genome with transport plates.           – Cora attacks Obelus with a shovel while he is recovering from the EMP           – Cora is mutilated by Obelus, the Genome attempts to cause a distraction which ultimately results in her death           – In an attempt to get Ampersand to leave Earth, Obelus warns Cora that Ampersand was created to dominate and if he stays on Earth, any assimilation will result in his desire to take control of the Earth and that humans will hate him for it.           – Obelus’s similars return and challenge him. A fight ensues and he’s incapacitated. The similars take the genome, Obelus, and themselves back to the Superorganism.           – Cora is repaired by Ampersand.

~ 21 October 2007 – Cora awakens at a hospital with her mother Demi and Luciana with her who tell her that she’s been gone for two weeks.           – Cora is debriefed by the CIA           – On the second night of her hospital stay, Cora and Ampersand confirm that they have fusion bonded and are now symphyles.

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Câmara Municipal de Itupeva define as Comissões Permanentes para o biênio 2025/2026

Em sessão extraordinária realizada nesta quinta-feira (23), a Câmara Municipal de Itupeva definiu a composição das Comissões Permanentes que atuarão durante o biênio 2025/2026. A reunião, conduzida pelo presidente Marcão Marchi, contou com a presença de todos os vereadores e marcou a segunda sessão extraordinária do ano.

As Comissões Permanentes são responsáveis por analisar e emitir pareceres sobre os projetos de lei e demais proposições legislativas, desempenhando um papel essencial para o funcionamento do Legislativo.

Confira como ficaram as composições para o próximo biênio:

Comissão de Justiça e Redação (CJR) Presidente: Duzinho (PL) Membros: Márcio Gallo (Republicanos) e Ju Albuquerque (Republicanos)

Comissão de Economia, Finanças e Orçamento (CEFO) Presidente: Márcio Gallo (Republicanos) Membros: Primo do Hortênsia (PSD) e Chicão do Direto (MDB)

Comissão de Obras, Serviços Públicos e Meio Ambiente (COSPM) Presidente: Primo do Hortênsia (PSD) Membros: Joel Maranhão (PSD) e Duzinho (PL)

Comissão de Educação, Saúde, Higiene, Cultura, Bem-Estar Social, Esportes e Turismo (CESHCBESET) Presidente: Ezequiel (PSD) Membros: JUBA (União Brasil) e Osvando (MDB)

Comissão de Defesa da Criança, do Idoso, da Mulher, da Pessoa com Deficiência e Direitos Humanos (CDCIDPDDH) Presidente: Josi Moura (Republicanos) Membros: Jota Junior (PL) e César Farali (MDB)

Comissão de Ética e Decoro Parlamentar (CEDP) Presidente: Joel Maranhão (PSD) Membros: Ezequiel (PSD) e César Farali (MDB)

O presidente Marcão Marchi destacou a importância das Comissões Permanentes no andamento das atividades legislativas: "As Comissões são fundamentais para garantir que cada projeto seja analisado com seriedade e responsabilidade, assegurando que o Legislativo atenda às necessidades da população de Itupeva."

A Câmara Municipal de Itupeva reafirma seu compromisso com a transparência e o diálogo, convidando os cidadãos a acompanharem as reuniões e os trabalhos legislativos, que podem ser acessados presencialmente ou por meio das plataformas digitais da Casa.

Câmara Municipal de Itupeva – Trabalhando pelo desenvolvimento e bem-estar da nossa cidade!

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[natandcefo]

NaNoWriMo Day Nine

It didn’t fit with everything else that he had in the house, with any of the other décor, a blurry painting of a lady with a parasol. She paused a moment to look at it. His home and attire had such crisp clean lines, she found it hard to imagine that he liked art like this, though upon closer inspection, she realized that it wasn’t a painting at all.

It was a framed puzzle. She stopped to look for a bit longer. He did puzzles? And framed them?

“I’m still taking questions.” His voice startled her, sounding from behind her. She turned back and looked up at him, and she must have looked some sort of way because he laughed. “Go on, then. Ask me.” She pursed her lips, before doing so.

“You don’t seem like the type to like stuff like this. You’re so…” She struggled to find the words. Tom raised an eyebrow.

“Look at you, speaking as if you know me when we met a little over two hours ago.” He said, and Natalie shook her head.

“Anyone that spent ten minutes with you would say the same thing. Everything is clean and neat and this painting… isn’t.” She said. Tom nodded, looking at the puzzle as well.

“Yes, I suppose you’re right. By all means, this painting baffles me.” He told her, crossing his arms. “This artist baffles me really. And still I buy puzzles of his artwork.” Natalie found that very surprising.

“Why?” she asked. Tom shrugged, still looking at the painting. Natalie even thought she caught him looking at himself in the glass of the frame, rather than the puzzle itself.

“Because they’re difficult for me to complete, and so they keep me busy. Because somehow, he can find order and beauty in the mess of splotches he creates.” He tore his eyes away from the painting to look down at her, a small intrigued smile on his lips. “And then at the end of the day I’ve created order of chaos and a picture to hang on my wall.” He turned and began to walk again, away from the painting.

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alternate extra captions: “and this is ampersand’s boyfriend’s boyfriend, cefo, and this is ampersand’s boyfriend’s boyfriend’s boyfriend, obelus :)” 

(based on that one parks and rec meme)

[cipher-the-sidhe]

A single Pequod amygdaline. Ampersand? Cefo? One of the propagandists? I am struggling to draw a design I like for them but eh. This fandom needs FOOD

[supercalime]

Axiom’s End Commentary

So, it’s been a while since my last book commentary, so here’s my big ass come back with Lindsay Ellis’ debut novel I didn’t know I would like at all “Axiom’s End”. Hope y’all enjoy some ramblings!

Part One: The Obelus Event

- I’m not even done with the first chapter yet but I got two things to say: Lindsay nailed the early 2000’s era and lm already hooked on the story so far

- It’s not a novel without some sprinkles of daddy issues, is it?

- I wonder if those website links actually work… would be fun if they did

- Dude, I’m so hooked on this story

- Hey, maybe the aliens aren’t bad, maybe they just want to teach Cora the newest dance craze of the universe, the intergalactwhip! (If you got this reference, I love you, let’s be friends!)

- Oh shit! They made her forget her family????

Part Two: Billions of Flesh-Eating Aliens

- Just the sheer idea of being under control is chilling. This book is increasing my anxiety yall

- I’ve been noticing a few repetitions in the writing, nothing too distracting, but still noticeable (not saying I could do any better, I’m not writing any books to be published any time soon)

- Cora please do not touch the may or may be not dead alien corpse

- Oh my god! Shut up about “consume”!

- How the turn tables! The alien is afraid of the humans!

- Cora is queer! And it’s normalized queerness! We love to see it!

- The dynamic between Cora and Ampersand is giving me huge Hiccup and Toothless vibes and I kinda love it too much

- Please don’t remind me bush was president, I was having such a good day

- She said the thing! She said “the whole plate”! I giggled and I don’t even care if that’s cringe!

- Just realized that I also been pronouncing nils’ name wrong

- Was that a weird “better call Sal” reference or just an unfortunate coincidence?

- I kinda love that Cora keeps comparing people to actors

Part Three: The Great Filter

- I sense that mr park is a possible love interest, let’s see if that’s true

- Take a shot every time the word myriad is used. You’ll get alcohol poisoning

- I think Ampersand just did a little Wi-Fi foreshadowing

- This whole pandemic talk is so topical it like, hurts. What a weird coincidence

- Esperas just yeeted Cora like she’s nothing! I’m very invested

- I don’t know why but this whole bush thing weirds me out a bit. I get that sci-fi needs to be a little grounded in reality but it could have been a heightened reality based on our world

- What? They just… arrested Luciana????

- I know this is fiction, but I still find it hard to believe that dr sev just managed to translate the alien language so easily

- Damn, big revelations, also we finally got the meaning for the title of the novel, nice

- Fuck! Ampersand! It was you?! All this time! I feel so bad for Cora

- The genome is honestly terrifying

- Ampersand is back! Yay!

- Luciana! Hooray!!!

- Yikes Cora, that last line was ice cold

Part Four: Beloved

- Completely unrelated to the story but I gotta vent. I’m not a book snob in any way but I’m so annoyed how the spine of this paperback was obliterated during these two weeks I’ve been reading it

- I. Just. Ripped. A. Page. Of. The. Book. On. Accident. I wanna scream

- Okay, grieving over, back to the story

- I’m still confused about the alien world but now it’s too late lol

- The memory thing is cool tho

- Look, i love “girl bonds with monster trope” as much as anyone but I’m starting to get a little weirded out with how Cora has been phrasing her affection for a few pages now

- BELOVED???? What is going onnnnnnn???

- Oh ok. Got it. I’m glad it wasn’t going where my brain first went

- The phrase “it was as though” is used so much this entire book it could be in a bingo card

- What the hell did obelus just inject into her?

- Of course it’s not that easy to kill obelus, what was I thinking

- I hate how obelus can see right through ampersand. I’m scared, for real

- THE KAVEH CAMEO!!! Y’all have no idea how happy finally reading Kaveh’s name made me. For context: I listen to Lindsay Ellis and Kaveh Taherian’s podcast “Musicalsplaining”, so I’m fangirling hard right now

- Call me naive, idc, I was hoping Nils wasn’t just a shitbag

- Oh shit! Cefo was bonded to them too!

- He called her “dear one”! That’s cute. Well, as cute as an alien and girl dynamic can be lol

- HE FUSION BONDED WITH HER WITHOUT HER KNOWLEDGE??? AND SHES OK WITH THAT???

- I can’t believe it ended on that note. I don’t even know what to feel

In conclusion:

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Nanowrimo day 15

I've hit the halfway point! 25,312 is my count rn, hoping to get to tomorrow's goal before today ends, bc I know that I'll be busy on saturday.

In other news, Cefo just finished having a fight with his ex-boyfriend. So that was fun, especially since I didnt even know he was bisexual before I wrote it.

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x stands for deaths

suspicion that ampersand and cefo were in a relationship but unable to fusion bond due to law; ampersand may not have lied, technically, when he said they were “next of kin,” it just wasn’t a “legal” relationship

suspicion that stelo and krias are symphyles and maybe participating in high language?? they move and speak as if one unit, not separate entities, sounds like high language. could just be really well coordinated network language tho. but still; between them it’s SELVES not SELF. hmmm

kaveh did not confirm if the woman he got pregnant carried the baby to term, so kaveh having an actual kid out there somewhere is unconfirmed

edit: thanks @ hiperpotato-blog for pointing out cefo and enola were bonded too! i edited the chart! also interesting thing i noticed in the short blurb of enola talking about it, but he mentions also being denied the ability to bond to obelus. so at some point in the past, he may not have only been amicable, but in a relationship with obelus, just not bonded. but i think that’s the only place in the 400-or-so pages of totd where that’s implied, and he seems to hate obelus now, so did not include that on the chart. if they were involved at some point.. well, they ain’t no more.

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PRVL, Vol. 2, Ch. 9: False Start

Summary: The day has finally come for Patton, Roman, Virgil, and Logan to choose their first official mission as Huntsmen.

Word Count: 4,564

Warnings: Nightmare, mentions of the death of a sibling, arguing

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He was on the shore.

It was that time of day when the sky was just starting to tint to warmer colors, the limbo where it wasn’t quite the evening but wasn’t quite the afternoon. The tide splashed at the rocks under his feet; he looked down to find his pants rolled up and his bare feet splattered with sandy mud. Seagulls squawked and yelled in the distance.

A hand tugged at his sleeve.

“Virgil! Virgil, look!”

He turned just as she twisted away and pointed down the beach, away from the rocks they were on and towards the acres and acres of sand. Dad, Papi, and Aunt Diana sat on the beach towels, too far to make out any expressions, but their laughter echoed over the crashing of the waves.

She looked back up at him, tugging at his hand. “There’s a crab!” she laughed. “It just walked over to us! It wants to be friends, Virgil! You have to meet it!”

Furrowing his brow, he leaned back, trying to resist her pulling. “What?! Crina, it’s a wild animal! It’s going to hurt us!”

“No, it won’t! It’s not a Grimm!” she shot back.

“But it has those claw things!”

She pouted; leaning back with all her weight, she dangled on her heels and used his arm to keep upright. “Virgil, please?”

“I don’t want to,” he firmly answered. “And let go, you’re gonna fall.”

“Okay!”

“Wait, Crina, don’t—!”

With a giggle, she flopped onto the ground, throwing her arms out across the rocks as dirt speckled her indigo swimsuit. Her head narrowly avoided a sharp rock; he let out a yelp of fear, but she flung her flipflop towards him. He caught it just before it sailed over his head.

“Then let’s go swimming!” she exclaimed.

He frowned. “What if there’s sharks?”

“Dad says they can’t come this close to the shore unless they need help,” she replied.

“But what about Grimm?” he asked. “What about the one Uncle Chao said he fought on his way to Vale? The Cefo—Cepal—”

“We’re not on the shore of Vale! This lake doesn’t even leave Anima! I learned so in class, and Miss Borealis never lies!”

Before he could say anything else, she scrambled to her feet and started to run towards the water. He gasped and clutched her flipflop to his chest.

“What are you doing?!” he yelled.

“Proving it!” she called back. “There’s nothin’ scary here, Virgil!”

“Crina, come back!”

She was waist deep in the water by now; he knew her well enough to understand that once she was this far, there was no convincing her to stop. Letting out a whimper, he cast a glance back towards the adults before throwing her shoe down and hurrying towards her.

A flash of red caught his eye, off straight ahead in the water. He blinked and froze. It wasn’t glowing like the eye of Grimm, but something about it still made his blood run cold…

“Come on, Virgil! It’s fine!”

His eyes flicked down to her before snapping right back to the red. Something wasn’t right. This… This wasn’t…

A red cowboy hat was in the water.

This wasn’t how this memory played out.

Virgil gasped, blinking furiously as he looked down at himself; no longer was he wearing the clothes over his swim gear as he had been years ago, but instead he was clad in his regular outfit he wore nearly every day at Beacon. His weapon was nowhere to be seen. He looked back up to see the cowboy hat getting closer and closer, towards him and—

“Crina!”

She was treading water now, laughing and splashing towards him. Crina waved at him and beamed, but he cursed under his breath and started to wade through the water.

“Crina, get out of there!” he yelled.

“No, you come here! There’s nothing to be afraid of!”

“Crina, please, I’m serious!”

The water was starting to slow him down, but he pushed on as fast as he could; he spared a glance over his shoulder, thinking maybe he could call the adults for help, but he was greeted by a beach empty except for the crabs. Tears pricked at his eyes as he whirled back and dipped his front half into the water.

Virgil hissed at the cold, but he kicked forward anyway. “Crina, hold on, I’m coming!”

Just as he reached out, Crina splashed him in the face, causing him to yelp and reel back from the salt water in his eyes. He heard laughing over his thundering heartbeat.

“See? There’s nothing to be afraid of!” she giggled.

As soon as he was able, Virgil blinked his eyes open and snatched her hand. “Crina, trust me, there’s a lot to be afraid of right now!” he firmly stated. “We have to get out of here!”

She shook her head, humming. “You gotta get it, Virgil,” she replied, voice oddly calm for what it usually was when she had been at that age. “You gotta face your fears to get to the good stuff.”

“…Huh?”

Before Crina could say anything else, a hand in a red glove shot out of the water and snatched her shoulder, dragging her under the waves. Virgil screamed and dove after them.

His breaths came in whooping gasps as he kicked and pulled against the current. She was just inches out of his grip, he could reach her if he tried, he just had to get a little further…

“Virgil!”

The world shook.

“Virgil, come on!”

She was too far.

“Come on, Nuckela-V!”

An ache settled into his chest, rapidly spreading through his body, his shoulders, his legs, his arms—

The world shook again. All that Virgil could see was black.

Crina was gone.

…But she had been for a very, very long time now.

He wasn’t at the ocean. He was at Beacon.

It was a dream.

It was a dream.

It was a dream.

Letting out a groan at his aching body, he buried his face in his pillow and tried to pull his blankets over his head; the bed shook a few times, causing him to only moan louder.

“Stop…”

“No! Get up, you Sleeping Far-From-Beauty!” Roman’s voice boomed. His bed shook again, and Virgil finally realized that Roman was the cause. “It’s mission day! Mission day, Virgil! Get up!”

There was a sigh across the room. “Roman, please, leave him be,” Logan said. “He appears to be awake.”

“His eyes are still shut!”

“You gotta let him wake up on his own,” Patton added, voice muffled from behind a door somewhere.

The bouncing finally stopped. Virgil almost let out a sigh of relief.

“But what if we’re late?” Roman asked.

A laugh echoed through the room—one that Virgil only vaguely recognized. He cracked his eyes open at the sound.

“Don’t worry about that. Ozpin always gives this long-winded speech about that war eighty years ago and how that inspired the tradition of naming everyone after colors… It’s not really all that important. You can miss the first few minutes without any terrible consequences.”

Virgil blearily looked up at Roman, who was staring back at his own bed with a faint dusting over his cheeks; he craned his neck to follow his line of vision and saw Riad propped up on his elbows, smiling softly back.

Without much warning, Roman flapped his wings and dove towards Riad, tackling him back onto the mattress with a peck on the lips. The two erupted into giggling.

Letting out a disgusted grunt, Virgil forced himself past the aching to slowly push himself out of bed and head towards his and Patton's closet.

It was going to be a long day.

“…Bond cannot exist without effort.”

“Professor Ozpin’s already in the middle of his speech!” Logan yelped over the pounding of their sprinting feet.

“Thank you, Logan!” Roman panted. “We have ears!”

“Which is why today, while the rest of the world celebrates peace…”

“Gosh, we’re so late!” Virgil whimpered.

“And whose fault is that?!” Roman retorted.

“…Huntsmen and Huntresses will work to uphold it.”

“Boys, stop fighting!” Patton snapped. “We’re almost there!”

The four skidded to a stop at the edge of the amphitheater, doing their best to catch their breath as they hovered at the door. Ozpin’s speech continued, but they all kept quiet.

“As first year students, you will be tasked with shadowing a professional Huntsman or Huntress on a mission,” he said. Roman poked his head around the corner just in time to watch screens pop up around the room. “Some of you may be taken out of the kingdom for several days. Others may work within the walls for the rest of the week.”

“Boring,” he muttered under his breath.

“But no matter which path you choose, remember to be safe, remember your training, and remember to do your very best.”

Applause began to fill the room as he walked off stage; Roman frantically waved the others over.

“Come on, now’s our chance!” he hissed.

Team PRVL quickly slid through the doors, doing their best to keep casual as they pushed into the dispersing crowd. Their eyes all flicked around as they scanned for any signs they’d been caught; after seeing all of the professors and staff had safely been distracted, they allowed themselves to relax.

“That could have been planned better…,” Patton sighed.

“Oh, how nice of you to join us!”

All four yelped and whirled around; Roman and Patton both tensed as soon as they saw the owner of the voice.

Melina put a hand over her mouth as she laughed. “You guys are so funny!” she giggled.

Logan adjusted his glasses, letting out a huff before he crossed his arms. “Team LMNN,” he said. “If you could give us a little warning before you sneak up on us next time…”

“Aw, but where’s the fun in that?” she replied.

A hand rested on her shoulder; Li raised his eyebrows at her. In an instant, the mischievous air melted off of her, and she looked back to PRVL and shrugged.

“Alright, I’m sorry.”

Li lifted his gaze away from Melina and turned it towards Patton, making brief eye contact; with a soft gasp, Patton snapped his eyes down and looked to the floor. He raised a hand to rub at the opposite arm as Roman subtly stood in front of him, shooting Li a cautious glare.

Letting out a hum, Li tilted his head to get a better view of Patton. “How was the dance?”

Patton’s head snapped up, eyes brightening with a twinge of hope. “I-It… It was great!” he exclaimed. “We had a really fun time! The music was good, and the punch was delicious…”

“That’s good,” Li interrupted. “Glad to hear it.”

A beat of silence fell over the group. Virgil and Logan both frowned and looked to Patton for answers, but he was too busy staring at Li to notice. A dumb, soft grin rested on his face.

“Right,” Roman said, glare still aimed at Li. “Well, we need to go choose our mission. We’re already late enough as it is, as Melina so kindly pointed out. Try not to let the Grimm kill you wherever you go.”

Melina let out a laugh and beamed. “Aw, you’re so sweet! Good luck on your mission, too!”

Taking Patton by the shoulder and turning him away, Roman waved a hand over his shoulder as he lead them away. Logan and Virgil glanced between each other and Team LMNN before hurrying after them.

“Uh, what the heck was that?” Virgil asked.

“If Li has the audacity to leave our poor Patton to go to the dance alone, he can handle a little rude behavior,” Roman grumbled.

Patton pulled himself out of Roman’s grip. “What? No!” he said. “He didn’t just leave me to go to the dance alone! He was busy! And see, he asked about it! He cares!”

Quirking an eyebrow, Roman shot him a look. “If he cared, he would have taken time out of his oh-so-busy schedule to go with you.”

“You don’t know that,” Patton replied. His eyes flicked a way as a scowl etched onto his face. “A—A stupid dance doesn’t determine that sort of thing.”

“Stupid? Patton, you were going on all night about how great it was!” Roman shot. “Don’t let yourself hate last night just because Li didn’t think it was worth his time!”

“I’m not!” Patton snapped, bringing his head back up to glare Roman down. “Li has nothing to do with it! It—I—Dancing with you was alright, I guess, but the stupid music was too loud, and the dumb punch was gross, and—”

“That’s enough,” Logan interrupted, stepping between the two. “We’re not here to argue. Let’s just pick a mission and discuss this later, alright?”

Patton’s face reddened, and he quickly turned it to face the floor; Roman shook his head and crossed his arms, eyebrows furrowing at their leader. Logan and Virgil glanced at each other for a moment before Virgil reached up to rub the back of his neck.

“Logan’s right,” he said. “If we wait any longer, we’re gonna get stuck with something awful. We need to hurry up.”

Letting out a sigh, Roman nodded and looked towards the nearest screen. “Let’s check this one first.”

He pushed past the others to head over, and Logan cast one last glance at Patton before following.

Patton remained still, shoulders tensing as his eyes fell shut. His hand reached up to grip at his arm again. Biting down on his lip, a few shaky breaths fell out of him.

Cautiously, Virgil crept towards him, and he reached out to touch his arm. “Patton? Are you—?”

“I’m fine,” he snapped, ripping himself away from the touch. He turned his face away from Virgil’s sight. “I’m sorry.”

Without another word, he followed after Logan and Roman. Virgil swallowed thickly and did the same.

Logan shot him a quick glance before turning back to the screen in front of them. “Well, there’s three missions here we can choose from,” he informed. “There’s working as junior detectives in downtown Vale—”

“No,” Roman interrupted.

“Alright… We could join a Hunter starting next week on a Search and Rescue—”

“Absolutely not.”

Logan shot a glare at Roman before letting out a huff and turning to look at the bottom-most screen. “And finally, there’s Village Security in a place called Prism Village, starting ASAP. Are there any objections to that?”

He turned to give Roman a pointed look, but Roman was turned away, brow furrowed and arms crossed. “Well… That’s not too far from here, is it?” he asked.

“Not at all. If I remember correctly from my travels, it should only be about an hour by airship,” Logan answered. “It’s on the coast, however, so it is possible that we may be traveling by boat.”

“I know where it is, Logan; it’s hardly two day’s walk away from where I live,” Roman said.

Virgil raised an eyebrow. “Then why’d you ask?”

“It was rhetorical!”

Patton huffed and pushed past them, dropping to his knees in front of the screen. “Does anybody not want to go on this one?”

“I’m fine with it.”

“It seems adequate enough.”

“Whatever you guys want.”

“Cool,” Patton said.

He tapped the screen, and a keyboard popped up; Patton typed in the letters P, R, V, and L before leaning back and listening as the computer processed it. As soon as the noise stopped, he glanced back at the others.

A squeal pierced the air, and Roman lifted his hands to cover his mouth. He bounced up and down and babbled out some gibberish; Logan raised an eyebrow at him.

“Are you alright, Roman?”

“This is it!” he yelled, hands flying into the air as his wings flapped so hard they nearly crashed into a couple of nearby students. “We’re going on a mission! Our first mission! It’s finally happening!”

“Dude, relax. It’s not like we’re walking out of here and slicing Grimm up,” Virgil huffed. “We’ve probably still got hours to go before we do anything.”

“Still!”

All at once, four separate ringtones echoed in their pockets; the four simultaneously pulled their scrolls from their pockets and opened the screens.

Logan raised an eyebrow. “What in the world…?”

New Group Chat: You, Roman Reptilia, Virgil Vengier, Patton Passio, Unknown Contact

Message from: Unknown Contact

--Hey, studying warriors! This is your Huntsman Captain speaking (AND THIS IS YOUR HUNTSMAN CAPTAIN YELLING!)! I hope you’re ready for an exciting week! Please get your luggage ready and meet me in Room 113 in the lecture hall. I’d like you to be quick, but don’t strain yourselves! See you soon!

“He didn’t even give us his name?” Virgil muttered.

Patton got to his feet and brushed his knees free of dirt. “Well, kiddos,” he said, “I guess we should get going.”

He turned and pushed through the remaining students towards the exit; the rest of the team followed close behind.

The doors to the academic building slammed open, echoing through the empty halls so loudly that it nearly covered up the arguing that flooded in with the four sets of brisk footsteps. The flutter of wings sounded at the same time as a loud huff.

“Well, if it’s such a big deal that you need to call Daddy and Daddy, why don’t you just use your stupid scroll?!” Roman snapped.

“I told you, it died last night!” Virgil shot back. “How was I supposed to know they shut down the CCT for investigation after someone tried to break into it last night?! Besides, it didn’t take half as long to waste our time going there and back as it did for you to pack and repack all of your year’s supply of hair product!”

“So you admit it! It was a waste of time!”

“How could it have not been?! What the hell else is there to do besides call my Dads there?!”

Logan let out a moan and rubbed his temple, taking a beat to hoist his duffel bag further over his shoulder. “Would you two please stop? Our Huntsman is going to hear you. Do you really want this to be his first impression of us?”

Virgil scoffed. “Not like it can get much worse for me. Roman already made the whole damn school see me as a villain; you think this guy hasn’t heard? It’s not gonna do much if he finds out I actually enjoy talking to my family.”

You insensitive jerk! Virgil’s mind screamed. Patton’s right behind you!

Sucking in a gasp, Roman stopped dead in his tracks and whirled around to face him. “Are you saying I don’t love my family?!”

“I’m saying you’ve already ruined my reputation and refuse to apologize for it, and there’s nothing you can do that’s gonna make that any better!” Virgil yelled.

Roman’s face turned a deep scarlet, jaw clenching as he drew in a breath and pulled his shoulders back. His eyebrows twitched away from furrowed, instead giving his bare forehead a nice few creases. He gripped his ammo sash tightly as his eyes darted away.

“Is everything alright out there?”

All four heads snapped to look down the hall, towards the door where the voice had come from; Patton shot a quick glance between Virgil and Roman before inching forward, shifting his bag as he moved in front of them.

“Everything’s fine, just a little… spat,” he called. “Nothing to worry about!”

There was a pause, and then a zipper slowly sliding shut.

“Are ya sure? It sounded pretty intense to be just a spat,” the voice responded. “It’s alright if there’s some tension, ya know. I’m sure we can work through it all this week!”

Patton looked back to his teammates, watching as Roman continued to stare at the floor while Virgil’s glare bored into him. Logan’s eyes shut as he adjusted his glasses and sucked in a deep breath. Biting his lip, Patton tugged at the collar around his throat and shrugged.

“Um…”

“No matter! We can talk about that later!”

The voice cleared its throat as footsteps approached the door, stopping just before the owner stepped through. Again, it cleared its throat and sucked in a deep breath.

Fingertips slowly poked around the corner.

“Da, dadada da da da da…”

As the voice sang, Team PRVL could only stare at the arm gradually emerging from behind the door. A tan coat sat over top of a crisp, white dress shirt, and when it got above the elbow, a pair of pockets sat on the upper arm, one with a picture of a snowflake and the other of fire. Not long after that, the body of the person started to appear, and they saw an orange pen in the front pocket next to a light blue tie.

A shock of purple hair was soon after that. All four felt their hearts stop.

“Dr. Picani…?” Virgil whispered.

Dr. Picani shot a wink as he continued to sing. He leaned dangerously on one leg, showing three more pockets on the other side of his coat.

“Di da-dele-da-dele— Whoa!”

Dr. Picani stumbled, the weight of his grey and blue duffel bag tipping him over, and he crashed to the ground unceremoniously. Before any of the students had a chance to react, he jumped back to his feet and brushed the dirt off of his coat.

He adjusted his tie and cleared his throat, shooting a smile at them. “New students! Do you how do?”

The four blinked in stunned silence.

After a beat, Roman shook himself out of the trance and raised an eyebrow at him. “Dr. Picani, we’ve… had you for Psychology all semester,” he pointed out.

“Yes, all four of us are in your three o’clock Monday-Wednesday-Friday period,” Logan added.

Laughing, Dr. Picani waved them off. “I know that!” he said. “But that’s for lectures and classroom stuff! You’re all new to the whole job-shadowing thing, aren’t ya?”

Patton, Logan, and Roman glanced at Virgil, who pressed his lips together and looked away.

“Well…”

“Of course you are!” Picani interrupted. “Therefore, you’re all new students to me for this!”

“Wait,” Logan said. His eyes snapped up to look at Dr. Picani. “Wait, wait, wait—Are you the Huntsman we’re shadowing on this mission?!”

Dr. Picani grinned and gestured to his duffel bag, which was still laying on the floor. “Well, I wouldn’t have packed all this just for a friendly greeting in the hallway, now, would I have?”

“But… You’re a Psychology professor,” Virgil stated.

“Doctor,” Patton corrected.

“Whatever.”

“Aw, just because I have a PhD in Psychology doesn’t mean it’s the only thing I’m good at!” Dr. Picani pointed out. “I’ve roughed up a Grimm or two in my day!”

Roman frowned. “Aren’t you the professor that always says violence is never the answer?”

“Doctor.”

“Patton.”

Letting out a hum, he placed his hands into his pants pockets and looked at the ceiling. “Yeah, when it comes to disagreements with other folks who might not think the same as you. There’s always a better way to solve a problem than to punch your way through it then. But when it comes to Grimm, I believe it’s okay to kill when they’re attacking innocent people, even though I will admit I’m not particularly fond of doing it myself.”

Dr. Picani reached down and grabbed his duffel bag; he hoisted it over his shoulder before shooting Team PRVL a smile.

“And that is exactly why I chose to be the shadowing Huntsman for the mission you kids chose,” he stated. “Prism Village is full of a lot of people who are kind and lover-ly, and with the Grimm between kingdoms getting worse and worse, it’s our job to protect those people. If I can use my skills to show you how to use yours, then that’s the greatest thing I can do as your professor.”

“Doctor.”

Patton slapped his hand over his mouth as soon as the word slipped out, and everyone turned to look at him; Dr. Picani giggled and nodded.

“Thank you, Patton,” he laughed.

Pulling his eyes away from Patton to look at their leading Huntsman, a frown etched deep onto Virgil’s face. “Dr. Picani… What did you mean when you said the Grimm were getting worse?” he softly asked. “Is that true?”

The smile on his face dimmed. His eyes darted away as he sucked his lips into his mouth, forming a perfectly straight line across his face. Tilting his face down a bit, Dr. Picani offered them a slow and thoughtful nod.

“Well… Yes, I’m afraid the amount of Grimm attacks these past few months has gotten a tad worse than in the past,” he admitted. “No one’s really quite sure what’s going on, but… I-It’s not really anything you kids should be worrying about yet. Yeah, we might have a little extra work to do than usual on this mission, and some villages might be a little bit more at-risk than most times for Grimm attacks, but I’m sure we’ll have it all figured out and taken care of by the time you graduate. Nothing for you to worry about when we’re in Prism Village; I hardly think you’ll even notice a difference!”

The grin plastered right back onto Dr. Picani’s face, and he pointed to the door behind them. When none of them moved, he began to walk towards it.

“Now, come on! Our airship isn’t gonna wait all day for us, and we do have a bit of a schedule to keep.”

The four glanced at each other for a beat, and then Patton and Roman shrugged and followed after him. Logan moved to do the same, but a hand caught his wrist before he could get far. He turned to look as Virgil bit down on his lip and looked to the ground.

“Uh… Logan?” he whispered. “Is there any chance I could use your scroll at some point today…?”

Logan frowned, but nodded regardless. “Of course. Are you… alright?”

Virgil quickly nodded, yanking his hand back to shove them into his pockets. “Of course I’m fine,” he huffed. “I just—I wanted… Uh…” He growled and squeezed his eyes shut. “Nevermind. Forget it. I’ll just… use mine when we get to the village.”

“Are you sure? Virgil, I’d be more than willing to let you—”

“I said, forget it. It’s fine,” Virgil snapped.

Logan lifted his hands. “Alright.”

Virgil hunched in on himself and stormed ahead; his stomping footsteps echoed through the empty halls, leaving Logan to sigh and follow after him.

By the time he caught up to where the others were waiting just outside the door, Virgil had already shoved by and was on his way to the docks. Roman and Patton shot Logan a questioning look, but all he could offer as an answer was a shrug. Patton shook his head and hurried after Virgil while Roman bit his lip and followed at a much slower pace. Logan remained close to him.

Dr. Picani paid close attention to the scene with a watchful eye. Pressing his lips together, he let out a soft hum before he tapped something into his scroll and pushed ahead to join them.