1st Prayer [Video]

[hamburger_princess]

[It seems there's another new student entering the academy today!  This one doesn't look very happy about it, though.  Not happy at all.  Cecilia's face is a mixture of confusion, righteous indignation, and just a little bit of trepidation as she clears her throat and addresses the network in her best Royal Voice.]

It seems there has been a bit of a mix-up.  I am quite sure I never signed my name to any forms enrolling myself in this academy - I feel that I would certainly have remembered doing something like that.  Setting that aside, there are several reasons why this cannot possibly be the case.  One, I have already completed my schooling under private tutors at Curan Abbey.  Two, I am the Princess of Adlehyde, and my responsibilities lie elsewhere at the moment as my country works to rebuild in the wake of a devastating war.  Three, the war in question was against the demon race to begin with, so I can think of no reason that the same demons would wish to enroll me at a school for training more of their own kind.  And four, I have no interest whatsoever in training to become the kind of ruler that would treat her people the way the leader of the demons did in Filgaia.

If it would be possible to speak with the headmaster of the school, I'm certain we can clear this all up.

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[high_on_daylight]

I've graduated from Mahora Academy three times.

Trust me, they don't care.

[hamburger_princess]

So this is intended as a form of torture, then?

[high_on_daylight]

Nah. They're not that creative.

As near as I can tell, we're dragged in here and saddled with student loans, which pay tuition, which goes to the teachers. Who are also the school board. And are major leaders in the Netherworld.

My recommendation's to dig in and expect to be here a while.

[hamburger_princess]

But I can't stay here! There are things I have to do at home.

[high_on_daylight]

Then you've got a quest to do, figuring out how to get out of that contract. And then how to get home.

It could take a while, unfortunately. They're used to that sorta thing here.

[hamburger_princess]

Why would they want someone like me here in the first place?

[high_on_daylight]

Tuition fees, exacted from the largest Netherworld finance companies, who go along with the whole thing for bribes.

Pretty simple system, really. Tough to crack.

[hamburger_princess]

So it really is all just about money, then. I think I'd actually prefer it if they'd brought me here out of spite.

[high_on_daylight]

Evil is so petty sometimes, isn't it?

[hamburger_princess]

I don't even know what to say.

[high_on_daylight]

I plan to make the best of this, personally. Toy with the world, attain power - you know, the works.

[hamburger_princess]

You wouldn't rather go back to your own world?

[high_on_daylight]

I'll see if I can figure that riddle out in time.

[hamburger_princess]

I'll assume that means 'no.'

[high_on_daylight]

I had to wait over a decade before I got a chance to get out of the last time I was locked into a school. I thoroughly expect things to be no easier here.

[hamburger_princess]

A decade? But you don't look that old...

[high_on_daylight]

You presume me to be human, and bound by a human lifespan.

[hamburger_princess]

[Well, that immediately puts her on her guard.]

If not a human, then what are you?

[high_on_daylight]

I am Evangeline McDowell. Check my title.

*Her status screen shows 'High Daylight Walker' right now.*

[hamburger_princess]

High Daylight Walker...?

[Give her a moment.]

A vampire?

[high_on_daylight]

Yep.

And who do I see but a bona fide princess? How interesting~

[hamburger_princess]

I won't simply let you take me without a fight.

[high_on_daylight]

If it ever comes to that, I'll make sure you get a fight.

Not that I guarantee it'll be fair, though~

[hamburger_princess]

I'd rather it not come to that if we can really help it, to tell you the truth, but I'll keep that in mind.

[high_on_daylight]

We'll see. Right now, I don't have any angles against fellow "out-of-system students".

Who knows what I'll decide in the future, though? That's part of what I do, after all.

[hamburger_princess]

Fighting among ourselves is only likely to work toward the benefit of the demons running this place. At the very least, I'm hoping the other 'students' will be able to recognize that.

[high_on_daylight]

You give them too much credit.

[hamburger_princess]

I suppose we'll find out.

[high_on_daylight]

I wonder how you'll turn out amidst all this.

Some in this situation might lose themselves, after all. Young people, forced into a world not their own, change in order that they might survive.

Who's to say how human you'll be when you return home?

[hamburger_princess]

I've survived far worse than this. I don't intend to lose myself in this place.

[high_on_daylight]

I guess we'll see.

[evil_administration]

Hi dood.

We're here with a message from the Dean, dood. He couldn't be bothered to come he said. Please don't shoot the messenger, OK dood?

Ahem... it says...

"Not my problem, toots," dood.

[hamburger_princess]

Not my problem? How is it not his problem? My signature was clearly forged, and the Adlehyde royal seal was nowhere to be found on that document!

[evil_administration]

Don't freak out on me, dood! I'm stuck here too! I'm just doing my job, dood! That's better than most other prinnies...!

[hamburger_princess]

Do they intend to ransom me back to my kingdom? Is that what this is about? Because I'm afraid that's not likely to make them very much money.

[evil_administration]

Dood, like they tell us anything?

[hamburger_princess]

So they've enslaved you to do their dirty work around this place, then?

[evil_administration]

Yeah, dood, it sucks pretty bad.

[hamburger_princess]

Well, I suppose this isn't your fault, then. I'm sorry for getting angry earlier. But this is all very frustrating.