Eira: Chapter 3
"All right kids! Quiet down!" A new teacher called. "Well… You didn't meet me yesterday, but I'm Tony Eisler. I'm your homeroom and alchemy teacher. I'm teaching the you little kids from the Lemouri building every day right before lunch. Make sure you show." He said gruffly.
"Geez… He's mean…" One of the kids said.
"You wanna fight, little kiddy?" He glared.
"N-No sir!"
"Today's introduction to alchemy is before lunch. I'll see you then. Until then, you have some time to set up your workshop. In this academy, you have one class a day, but the assignment usually takes all day. So be prepared." He closed his book. "OK! Get going." Everyone started to stand up, when he snapped his fingers. "Eira! Do you, uh… Need help getting to your Atelier or anything?"
"No thank you, Uncle Tony." Eira shook her head. "I'll see you at Alchemy Class."
"Mr. Tony is your uncle?" Riku asked Eira as they approached their Atelier.
"No. I call all of my parent's friends from Al Revis Uncle and Aunt."
"Ohh~" And so the door opened to their Atelier. It was pretty much set up for them. All they had to do throughout the year was customize it.
"Sorry I'm late!" A familiar voice said as footsteps ran in. "Eira, hey!"
"Who's this?" Riku asked.
"This is one of our other members, Sarah. She signed up before you."
"Oh. I'm Rika. It's nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you too. I'm Sarah Nelkin." She smiled and sat down with them as they started talking about themselves. Suddenly, Sarah started getting quiet and timid.
"What's wrong?" Eira asked as they sipped on soda.
"Oh, nothing!" She waved her hands. "It's just… I'm a little shy when I first meet people." She shook her head. "I'm usually really tomboyish and I speak in slang, and I sometimes am cute and squeaky, but… Right now, I'm just getting the feel of talking to you guys. Sorry… I know I'm weird."
"No, it's fine." Riku as Rika stood up and smiled. "We don't care if you're a bit odd. That's what makes everyone more interesting." He then looked over to Eira. "Like her. She fell down the stairs when she was a kid, so she has amnesia, and can't display any emotions, even though she feels them."
"Ooooh, I thought you were just quiet." Sarah jumped up and leaned over Eira. "Oh well! You're super cute, which makes up for that." Sarah chuckled to herself, "Sorry, I love cute things. I even think krill is cute."
"Krill…?" Riku crossed his arms sarcastically. Suddenly, there was a slam of the Atelier door. As fast as a gecko against a wall, a figure with fluffy yellow hair crawled the walls and jumped in the rafters. In the process, the monkey knocked over items in the atelier and broke some pots, not to mention knocking Riku over very dangerously.
"Ahhh-!" He yelled as he almost fell to the floor in a bad position.
"Rika!" Sarah cried and grabbed him. She held him tightly to her, as if protecting him from something. "…Ah!" She said quietly, as if she had realized something.
"…?" Riku looked up at her.
"KA-NO-N!" A scary female's voice boomed through the hallways. The door once again slammed open and in came a woman who looked like the kid that had just gone into the rafters. "GET DOWN HERE, RIGHT NOW!"
"NO!" The girl of about 13 cried as her mother scolded her with the eyes of a demon. They both had animal ears, but the teenager had no tail. "Kilie's taking class here; Why can't I?" She exclaimed.
"You're too young!"
"Liar! Kids who are 5 years old come here!"
"Geniuses!"
"And 13 year olds come too!"
"KANON, WE'RE GOING HOME!"
"No!" She yelled. "I never get to see Papa, and you just think of me as your babysitter!"
"N-No I don't!" Nike rebutted. Two more pairs of footsteps clomped down the hallway.
"Kilie, Gun-chan, talk some sense into her!" Nike cried for help.
"…Kilie, I leave it to you." Gunnar patted his eldest on the shoulder.
"Mm."
"Hey, um…" Nike walked quickly over to where Eira and her group were. "I'm sorry about this… My daughter's not enrolled in Al Revis and she still came here, so I'm trying to get her back. I'm sorry about the damage. Sorry, Eira-chan."
"Please don't fight!" Sarah put her arm in front of Eira and Riku. "You shouldn't be doing this!"
"…Right." Nike nodded slowly.
"Oh Kanon~~~" Kilie called out.
"Eep!"
"Guess who this is~? It's your lovely, elder sister!" Suddenly, Kilie jumped up into the rafters, keeping herself levitated by pushing her feet against right angle corner of the celling.
"N-No, Kilie Ane, don't hurt me…!" She cried.
"Kanon!" She hugged her sister, and smashed her to the floor, at least 8 feet below.
"Guh…!"
"JESUS CHRIST!" Sarah called out in shock. "What's your problem? She's going to die?"
"No, this is how they usually are." Gunnar laughed.
"Crap, man!" Finally, Sarah's boyish side had come out.
"Now, give up, Kanon." Nike leaned down to where Kanon was being sat on by Kilie.
"No!" She started to get tears in her eyes. "I want to be with Papa…! I'm not a babysitter…!" Kilie stood up and held Kanon with one arm.
"…Mom." Kilie said seriously. "She has to pay back her debt for breaking all of the stuff in this Atelier, you know." She said, obviously acting. "So let her be in this Atelier."
"Kilie Ane…" Kanon looked up amazed at her sister. Oh dear, now it looked like Nike might cry.
"…Do what you want!" She yelled. "But don't come back!" Nike ran off.
"Nike!" Gunnar called for his wife and ran after her. Kilie patted Kanon on the head and jogged out of the Atelier.
"…Ah!" Kanon gasped. "Eira!" She hugged her "cousin" tightly and smiled. "It's been so long!"
"True, Kanon. It's good to see you. You seem to get along with Kilie just as much as usual." She hugged Kanon back.
"…Yeah." She said quietly, and looked around. "Sheesh, I really did screw this place up! I'll clean! But first…" She turned to Sarah and Riku. "I'm Kanon Damm! It's nice to meet you! I'll be in this workshop from now on."
"Nice to meet you. I'm Rika." Riku smiled.
"C-C-"
"Hm?" Kanon looked at Sarah.
"C-Can I pet your ears…?"
"Um… Sure…?" Kanon tilted her head, and Sarah approached the fluffy entity delicately. She petted the little ears, soft as velvet.
"…Howaaaaaah~~~" Sarah had pink sparkles around her as she petted the ears. "Heaven~~~"
"Sorry about her… She loves cute things." Riku apologized for their upperclassman. 4 members. 1 to go to reach the minimum, and a week to do it.
Here's Kilie's character note!
Kilie
Personality: She was originally intended to be a kind, loving sister. Lady-like, gentle. However, I've already got Kanon, who is the spitting image of her mother, Nike. I needed someone who took after her father. So, I took Kilie and made her personality do a 360! She's tomboyish, low-pitch voice, rough, crazy. It's like… If you had a girl-version of Gunnar. No joke. Kanon and Kilie have a cat-dog relationship. Kilie's form of love is, well… Sitting on her and giving her orders. Kilie always takes the front lines.
Name Origin: I got her name from a villain, elegant character from the Tales of Symphonia Drama CDs. She was intended to be kind back then, but it moved over to the new character just fine.
Appearance: Like I said, a girl Gunnar. His hair-color, and a spiky ponytail. Her hair reaches down to her waist. Kind of like Yoko's hair from Gurenn Lagan? But no headband. I based part of the clothing off of Kaori Kanzaki's clothes from To Aru Majutsu no Index. However, I changed it enough to make it my own. I really wanted to show Kilie's well-toned body, but still making it covering enough to make it manly.
