Ajina, Kokoro, Trinn, Opal and Ignatia piled into a rickety boat. Hagrid reiterated the three person maximum. The girls ignored it. Hagrid grabbed Ignatia and Opal by their collars and tossed them into a separate boat. Trinn responded, somewhat in kind, by beginning a great pantomime of seasickness, while still pulled up on the shore.
Hagrid, not wanting to put a STUDENT in a boat with the left over insane girls, one of which had wings she was flapping repeatedly - in the attempt of a vertical takeoff, it seemed, hopped into their boat himself. Waving a large pink umbrella at the fleet, they began to move across the black water, towards the castle, candle lit and beckoning.
The boat ride was not without tragedy, however. Ajina, who had been busy organizing her backpack for maximum escape efficiency, was disrupted as Trinn began throwing her haircare products at the unknowing children.
Kokoro was again on her Ibook, not caring where or where not mechanical devices would work. This caused a little bit of an uproar when Trinn smashed into her, accidentally causing the computer to have to reboot. Kokoro lost her temper as completely as if she had been Opal losing, well, anything.
"GYAAA!" she yelled, throwing herself at Trinn. "My pooter! I was watching Love Hina!" Trinn, not expecting an outburst like THAT from the usually complacent Kokoro, was knocked completely out of the boat.
"Trinn-chan?" Kokoro peered into the black waters they were skimming over, lightly. And, as she was bending down to see what had become of her sometime tormentor, a hand with, strangely enough, talons reached out and yanked her in, head first.
The cat girl surfaced a second later, yowling frantically. Ajina, disturbed, poked her head over the water in time to see Trinn, laughing wildly, fling herself back into the boat. She had demon wings. Again.
Kokoro clawed her way into the boat, where she sat screaming her head off and cursing all water. This lead to no end in panic among the legitimate students. They had no idea what had really happened, other than that some one had been pulled into the water. They huddled together, awaiting certain doom.
Ignatia, meanwhile, was frantically pulling Opal down from her flight attempts. "Stop it, now!" she called, as Opal's dragon wings carried her upwards once again. Ignatia yanked on her boots, and Opal came crashing down. And, in the nature of the day, and of boats, they were all tipped into the water, poor Hagrid too.
A drenched Opal, and a very irate (and drenched) Ignatia hauled themselves into Kokoro, Trinn and Ajina's boat a minute or two later. The curious thing was that Ignatia, who had retained a semblance of humanity until that point, was now quickly gaining her bird-like, red features. It was happening as she was screaming and shouting at Opal, at Trinn, at Kokoro, and even at Ajina. By the time the boats had docked, far under the shadow of the castle, all the Genoise girls, with the exception of Ajina, had animal pieces.
They stampeded out of the boat, and followed the bedraggled Hagrid up the cliffs to a main door. Only Ajina stayed behind for a moment, to finish her packing. As she turned to follow her friends, she came face to face with a large owl. Ajina let out a short, startled, 'eep', as her wolf ears and tail popped out. She shook once, head to toe, before composing herself, and heading up to the doors.
Hagrid, not wanting to put a STUDENT in a boat with the left over insane girls, one of which had wings she was flapping repeatedly - in the attempt of a vertical takeoff, it seemed, hopped into their boat himself. Waving a large pink umbrella at the fleet, they began to move across the black water, towards the castle, candle lit and beckoning.
The boat ride was not without tragedy, however. Ajina, who had been busy organizing her backpack for maximum escape efficiency, was disrupted as Trinn began throwing her haircare products at the unknowing children.
Kokoro was again on her Ibook, not caring where or where not mechanical devices would work. This caused a little bit of an uproar when Trinn smashed into her, accidentally causing the computer to have to reboot. Kokoro lost her temper as completely as if she had been Opal losing, well, anything.
"GYAAA!" she yelled, throwing herself at Trinn. "My pooter! I was watching Love Hina!" Trinn, not expecting an outburst like THAT from the usually complacent Kokoro, was knocked completely out of the boat.
"Trinn-chan?" Kokoro peered into the black waters they were skimming over, lightly. And, as she was bending down to see what had become of her sometime tormentor, a hand with, strangely enough, talons reached out and yanked her in, head first.
The cat girl surfaced a second later, yowling frantically. Ajina, disturbed, poked her head over the water in time to see Trinn, laughing wildly, fling herself back into the boat. She had demon wings. Again.
Kokoro clawed her way into the boat, where she sat screaming her head off and cursing all water. This lead to no end in panic among the legitimate students. They had no idea what had really happened, other than that some one had been pulled into the water. They huddled together, awaiting certain doom.
Ignatia, meanwhile, was frantically pulling Opal down from her flight attempts. "Stop it, now!" she called, as Opal's dragon wings carried her upwards once again. Ignatia yanked on her boots, and Opal came crashing down. And, in the nature of the day, and of boats, they were all tipped into the water, poor Hagrid too.
A drenched Opal, and a very irate (and drenched) Ignatia hauled themselves into Kokoro, Trinn and Ajina's boat a minute or two later. The curious thing was that Ignatia, who had retained a semblance of humanity until that point, was now quickly gaining her bird-like, red features. It was happening as she was screaming and shouting at Opal, at Trinn, at Kokoro, and even at Ajina. By the time the boats had docked, far under the shadow of the castle, all the Genoise girls, with the exception of Ajina, had animal pieces.
They stampeded out of the boat, and followed the bedraggled Hagrid up the cliffs to a main door. Only Ajina stayed behind for a moment, to finish her packing. As she turned to follow her friends, she came face to face with a large owl. Ajina let out a short, startled, 'eep', as her wolf ears and tail popped out. She shook once, head to toe, before composing herself, and heading up to the doors.