#mikhailvolkov

Name: Mikhaiil Volkov Species: Vampire Created by: @nectar-cellar (as adult) <3 Bicycle: AnoeskaB Bicycle Male (black) Traits: Bookworm, Disciplined, Good, Hopeless Romantic, Vegetarian (I made an exception for Mikhail... since we made him a vampire, I want to make sure he doesn’t try to feed on his classmates) Part-time Job: Bartender (saturdays) Color: Orange Food: Tri-tip Tofu Steak Music: Pop Sign: Taurus

Upon reaching the exit, Candace paused... her broom would surely be noticeable here. She reluctantly decided to take the bicycle home, grateful she’d summoned it here earlier when no one was around.

She had tried to talk to a couple of other students before leaving the building, but it seemed like everyone was in so much of a hurry to leave, they didn’t notice her approaching or trying to talk to them. She shrugged internally. For a first day, not bad at all. She’d have to try and find some more information on her Great Aunt’s exploits here to see how best SHE could exploit the connection.

Candace turned a small smile on Mikhail, “So... what is that student doing in the machine there?”

“Well, it has not been fully explained, as the teachers are not present today, but my impression is that they were loaned to the school in case students wanted to volunteer to be test subjects for these machines. They’re meant to.... enlarge? our ability to learn. For a short time only.” Mikhail fell silent for a moment after this exposition, then concluded with, “I myself am unsure I would want to volunteer.”

Candace looked back at the screen and gave a soft gasp, “Oh. Oh my... I think that’s a more intimate view of muscle and sinew than I ever really wanted to see...”

Jamal looked pleased, “Oh, I LOVE when they get detailed like this. It’s so hard to understand sometimes from just text descriptions, or diagrams. There’s nothing like seeing the real thing!” 

Mikhail looked thoughtful, “Intense, but interesting.”

When the video ended, both students exchanged information with her, though Jamal seemed unenthusiastic about it. “Well,” he said, “they told us this morning to make sure to network with all our fellow students because some projects may require collaboration outside school grounds and hours,” and ended with a shrug. He turned and left the room after that, throwing out to Mikhail behind him, “I’m going to go check out the computer room.”

After a short bit, many of the students started filtering out of the drums room. Candace decided that a room with less noise might allow her more latitude for interaction with some of her fellow students. As she stepped out the door she could just see the pale-skinned ... vampire? heading around the corner at the end of the hall. She followed and joined him and another guy into a room full of what looked like various types of research machines. The two males were staring at a video playing on a monitor on the wall and seemed a bit perplexed by the lecture in the video.

As Candace stepped inside the door, allowing her ears to absorb the sounds, her eyes likewise absorbed the sights. And what sights! Faith’s brothers might not be much to look at, but they were clearly talented musically. She glanced to her right, at the pale-skinned guy in the green blazer. ‘Is he a vampire?’ she thought to herself, ‘and also... a hunk’. Beyond him, another guy in a leather jacket was clearly grooving to the beat. ‘ALSO a hunk.’ Immediately in front of her was a third hunk with rippling muscles watching the drummer and tapping his foot.

Faith chattered as they exited the music room and walked the large U to the drums and DJ room on the other side of the school, telling Candace about the school, mentioning the names of the other students, and making sure she knew when mealtimes were in the cafeteria. Candace nodded and gave small encouragements and smiles at appropriate moments. The school was far larger than she had imagined, and seemed to have a different room for every possible subject... including several different music rooms, each focusing on a different type of instrument.