Recent content by Atticus

One of the classes they were to undertake in the first year was History of Elbion, and as the College was open to all that came from here and all over, there was a day free for the students to go explore. They were given sheets of parchment with questions they had to fill out during the day, all...

Atticus gave her a smile, although it did not reach his eyes. "I will see you around, Sven." Collecting his things, Atticus gave her one last attempt at a smile. It was bigger, wider, and yet still unable to reach the dullness in his eyes. When he left, the fire seemingly settled to a lower...

He opened the first book to where he had marked a place within, cleared his throat and read. "There are three ways to test unidentified potions. Exposure to natural elements, spellwork, and the potion testing. Please turn to page 681." Atticus then found the next marked page. "Potion testing...

"I believe the same." Atticus gave her a sad smile. It was tired, drained, as if there was a weight bearing on him. That his smile was able to still take shape was a testament of his new self since coming to Elbion. Making friends had been a blessing, and a lightness all the same. "You will...

"And you will get them!" Atticus muttered, reaching for his bag and taking out a book. He winced once he looked to Suleiman and the cheek sporting the rouge Aiko gifted him. "Anything to help you out, Sully." He sighed, almost begrudgingly. There was still pink to his cheeks, slowly receding as...

He needed a moment. Atticus rose up and walked back towards the large window he had been lazing along the window bench. His things were still there, neatly splayed out around where his form had been trying to read earlier. It was as if he purposefully placed them where they were to appear busy...

Atticus held several books in hand, and was not smiling due to having to lug them all the way from a class several floors above. He had dropped a book, but a passing fourth year girl with a confident smile was able to save it from splaying open upon the stone floor. The way she executed the...

He flinched. Head snapping up, Atticus stared at Svenia. Saw her attempt at forgetting the question that haunted him. "Yes... that one." He had finished it already, but if she asked him in that moment what his work was looking like, he would be unable to recall exactly what he had written. "I...

It was a simple question, but Atticus knew not many would know how heavily it would pull at his strength. It started at the corners of his lips, how they would fall downwards as the cheer and spark of life in his dark eyes would fade into the dark brown irises. How a person was now stepping back...

Pink certainly was not Atticus' colour, but it brightened across his cheeks in a vibrant shade as he helped Svenia to take a seat. The poor young man practically threw himself back in a bid to put distance between himself and Sven, too preoccupied with the scandalous comment Suleiman had said...

Atticus sipped his coffee, and a surprising and delightful sound came from him as he looked down at his drink. No milk. No cream. There was something about this in the way it was prepared that made it feel light across his tongue. Soft and smooth, the crema still intact even as he gave it an...

Atticus blushed. His smile turned sheepish, nervous, and his chuckle reflected such a feeling. "I don't think... I mean, who knows..." Never had it occurred to him to strive for such a goal. The image of one of his portraits hanging up in a public hall or gallery made him smile wider. "I...

Atticus gave Aiko a grin at her comment on the view, as if she had been the one to call attention to the view, but it was her verbal agreement to what he had said that made him proud. He did love Elbion, or what little he had gotten to see of it around his home, but it was a pride of his to...

He did not need to see past the brave face she put on, nor the strength in her voice to mask the grief, for Atticus felt it deeper than anything he had come to known. It was kindred, that as soon as she said those words and trailed off, that her body stiffened only slightly did he wager he knew...

Atticus whistled to get the attention of the other girls, holding up his caramel coloured coffee. "One of you take this up for me, yeah? And Sven's too." He smiled. He knew enough about Sven at that moment to know if he offered her help, she would shoot him down promptly. Carefully, he wound a...