Jay sat up reluctantly, his mop of black hair a complete mess. He'd slept in his uniform accidentally, as usual.
"Your hair looks like a bird's nest," teased Akio, throwing the alarm clock back at him.
"Enough with the avian jokes," grumbled Jay, smacking it out of the air before it hit him in the face. He stretched his wings, opened the tenth-story window, and stepped out onto the windowsill, making a rude hand gesture at Akio as he casually jumped off the ledge.

"Show-off."

[wooooowww didnt even brush his teeetthhh xD For shame for shame]

I'd fallen behind while thinking and staring at the scuffed carpet. I caught up quickly. Sometimes I was glad Zen was a staggering 5'3 at his age. It made keeping up with his fast-paced steps alot easier. I peered over his shoulder a bit. He had switched out the schedule for a book from his satchel. Looked like some fancy spell book, probably from whatever fancy spell class that he still attended because they didn't kick him out the first day for drawing ******s all over the assigned spellbooks.

"So where are we going this morning?" I asked, ignoring his glare as I interrupted his reading.

"Breakfast. Where else would we be going this morning?" he replied with a bit of malice, and to this I simply shrugged.

"I dunno, I've only been here a few days." I drawled slowly, Zen snapped his book closed with a hint of exasperation.

He pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed.

"And yet you've managed to get your schedule changed twice already."

"Does that make me special? You know I simply can't stand beening special. I might even have to stop. Oh how tragic."

(I mean, he hasn't eaten yet)

Jay whooped in exhilaration as he did an aerial 360, there was nothing better than flying. Poor Akio. Well, maybe he could make mechanical wings, which was certainly possible with Akio. But they would never be as good as his. He leveled out into a glide and touched down outside the open cafeteria window.
(I'm guessing buffet and everything, like a fancy hotel?)

Akio got dressed quickly and headed out of the room, taking a left and stepping into one of the school's glass elevators, hitting the button for the school cafeteria. If nothing, the food was good and the floors were polished. As the descent began, the enchanted walls and floor changed to show a scene of another place, it was so real it was like actually being there.

[omg probably xD and Icarus :0]

I pushed the heavy wood doors open just as theres was a large clink sound as an Avian perched on the cafeteria window. Zen looked at me pointedly before walking past and towards the pile of plates at the end of the buffet table. God that even sounds wrong in my mouth.... 'Buffet Table'.

I trailed after him warily, side eyeing the few people already eating.....early bird gets the worm.

God that was awful.

Besides what was it any of Zen's business if I kept my wings hidden or not? ******, I bet he'd hide his hairy legs if he could.

The Avian at the window was alot bigger than me, their wingspan was huge, probably triple mine. I might as well be a hummingbird next to a seagull. [Uhhh shoot now I'm trying to remember if he was a Frigite or Kite uhhh I think there both big birds? xD] I bet he's a good flyer.

Not saying that I'm an awful flyer...

I picked up a plate.

(Kite xD also half Pacific Swift, that's where he got his wing coloring from although it's not totally accurate)

Way to make a dramatic entrance.
Jay slid inside, folding his wings, sneakers hitting the polished floor with a muffled thud, ignoring the stares. He got them wherever he went. Half-breed, what happened to your family? Avians of different species didn't mix. They would say that this is what happened when they did. An explanation for why his life was such a mess. Sometimes he felt like going his sister's way. They were probably right. Not that he cared, or so he told himself. Imagine what they'd say if they saw him perching on a vertical surface. Freak.

I watched the other avian slink through the window from the corner of my eye. Absent mindedly just piling whatever Zen got on my plate aswell. I wasn't an expert on bird species, I never bothered to learn but I'd never seen a large bird of his color before.

I went back to staring at the white tile as Zen moved on from the buffet and started scouting for a table. Maybe I should be more involved with him, but I've been in one of those funks. Besides Zen can handle himself, all I have to do is step in his footprints..... hoofprints?

Akio, looking high on sugar, strolled into the cafeteria via the normal door. "Jay," he said, a bit too loudly, "Guess what just happened?!"

"What? Did your toothbrush explode again?"

"No no no! One of the messenger pigeons gave me a scroll! I got onto the robotics team! This is AWESOME!!"

Jay rolled his eyes and lined up to get bacon.

(So Sorry I fell asleep last night >.>)

Zen fell in line next to me, eyeing the guy who'd just strolled in the door. I bet he knew him. I swear the goody-two shoes knew everybody.

He took a seat at a smaller table near the back, and I plopped myself right across from him on the other side. I started assessing my plate.

I guess salad isn't so bad....

I picked up my fork and stabbed at a spinach leaf.

"Messenger pigeons are stupid," huffed Jay, sitting on the table rather than the chair.
"Why, are smaller birds below you? Would you rather have messenger ospreys or whatever you are?"
Jay threw a tomato at him. "Wrong bird of prey."
Akio neatly caught it in his mouth, "Falcon? Eagle? Sparrowhawk?"
"Shut up, Engineer Boy. It's a kite. Also a Pacific Swift but that's not important."
"Woke up on the wrong wide of the bed, Pacific Kite?"
"No thanks to you."

[lol inventing your own bird species are ya? xD Oh and are we talkin' birdy pigeons or avian-pigeons? I think birdy but just need some clarification ^w^]


Zen pulled his bag from his shoulder and set it next to him on the bench, he rummaged around pulling out his spellbook getting set right next to his salad. I swallowed my mouthful of plain spinach (apparently Zen picked up Balsamic Vinegarette, nasty)nasty) and pointed at his fancy gold-gilded book.

"What are you studying?" I asked trying to sound as genuinely interested as I could.
He didn't look very impressed with my attempt at small talk, but he didn't sigh outright so I took that as a good sign. He'd been doing alot of that lately...

"Were learning a Duplication spell." he said drizzling vinegar on his salad.
"That sounds pretty useful." I said tilting my head a little bit. I did sound pretty interesting in all seriousness.
"I thought you weren't interested in spell casting?" Zen commented looking suspicous as he fingered his book open.
I just shrugged.