Underneath Infinity(Azurite thread)

[thepanda]

"Easter...Egg?" He blinks, comprehension replacing slight confusion quickly across his face. "Oh, right. Easter, yes. A bit early for that, yet." He smiles, happy that the mood seems to have at least partially stopped its downward spiral. "I'll meet you in the cafe, alright?"

He heads off, following his memories to the land of food and drink.

[Anastasia]

With a final goodbye in his ears, Azurite heads down to the first floor.

All things considered, you find that you hope you don't have the class before lunch more than a few stories upstairs. With clear halls and a minimum of direction searching(Thank God that these hallways are sane.), it still takes you a good five minutes to reach the cafeteria.

It's still gray through the windows showing the snow storm, yet there are a few students here, eating, chatting and studying.  Going in line, you find they seve snacks and drinks afterschool as well, as it's used as a study hall of sorts for those who wish for a more relaxed afterschool setting. With a drink and a light snack, you start to kill the time...

A passable half hour goes by this way. It's a nice enough cafeteria - decent chairs, tons of space and tables, and a nice ambience. There are even some pleasing flowers here and there on some of the tables, and the sounds of lightr studying and friendly chatter help. Just as you wonder if you should consider a book or a nap, you see Eudial coming through the big main double doors.

[thepanda]

Azrite waves her over, mentally noting that he really should be getting supplies if this was going to be as bad as the news had reported last year's storm.

[Anastasia]

Eudial quickly works her way to your table, smiling a bit now. "Hey," she nods as she sits next to you. "Anyway, yeah. That's all taken care of now."

[thepanda]

"So what's the word?" he says, leaning back in his seat and lazily sipping a bit of cocoa.

[Anastasia]

"As far as Professor Tomoe can tell, it was just an old experiment that got forgotten in the shuffle here," Eudial says, sitting down and breathing a obvious sigh of relief there. "So it's hopefully a one of a kind phenominon."

[thepanda]

One of a kind, huh?

"So what's a Daimon?" he asks. "And what kind of experiments cause a reaction like that, anyway? I'd figure if you were summoning creatures from the great beyond or something you'd at least be cautious enough to use wards and the like."

He shakes his head in disbelief.

"Loosing something like that in the shuffle, well..."

[Anastasia]

"It's not exactly a summoned creature," Eudial shakes her head. "It's...well, it's more of a created creature. It tries to bond to something and uses that as a basis for it's body."

Pausing a moment, Eudial decides to go on. "There was something of a mess around the time your sister died, and some things got forgotten in it. That was one of them."

[thepanda]

"I see," he says, his curiousity piqued. "so why create something like that? A spirit guardian or wards would probably be better suited to protecting something than an egg of concentrated evil."

[Anastasia]

"It's a mess," Eudial snorts. "The Daimon eggs were a mistake, one that we've dealt with." Letting a slightly pleased smile form on her face, "There isn't a daimon left alive now."

[thepanda]

Azurite clears his throat.

"Are you sure about that? I mean, there was that one that seemed to get overlooked. There could be others." He leans back, his eyes fixing on the snow falling outside a window.

"How much longer is the school going to be open? If it keeps snowing like this people are going to get stuck out here."

[Anastasia]

"We're fairly sure it's the last, and Professor Tomoe will have someone triple check to make sure," she says smoothly, to reassure. "Besides, it's not like anything that could evade our sweeps would be any stronger than the egg today. It only woke up when you roused it - and that was probably only because you have some magic on you." Brushing it aside and raising up in confidence the entire time, she goes on.

"It'll stay open until everyone leaves," Eudial shrugs. "At worst, there's plenty of space if anyone does get stuck here."

[thepanda]

“I’d rather be somewhere nice and cozy in this kind of weather,” Azurite says, watching the falling snow. “I wouldn’t have even come out today, except I needed some gro-” he pauses, and then hangs his head.

“Some groceries. I forgot to get the groceries. I can’t believe I forget to get the groceries.” He looks up, frowning accusingly at the snow. “I don’t wanna go back out into that. I bet the shops are all closed by now, too.” He heaves a sigh.

[Anastasia]

Despite herself, Eudial laughs ever so little before she shows some measure of restraint.

"If you need to go out for that, I'll give you a ride," she offers, amusement blowing away the last shards of her sombre mood. "There should still be a few supermarkets open if we have any luck."

[thepanda]

“I’d be ever so grateful if we could,” he agrees readily, recalling the underground-and-therefore-not-snow-covered passages she’d once driven him through. “You’re a lifesaver, Eudial-san.” He rises to his feet, moving to help the woman from her seat. “Shall we?”