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 Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 2:39 pm
Academy Interaction #1
Arriving at the Asylum Academy [ The Gates ]Pages 8 and 9
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Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 8:36 pm
Journal Entry #1
Arriving at the Asylum Academy I have just arrived at the Asylum Academy. In fact, I have only just entered my dormitory. This journey has been very interesting thus far. I appeared near the gates, where a man was standing around, waiting to greet me. His name was Astra. He seemed a little excited and awkward when I first appeared, talking rather quickly and giving sheepish looks. But he welcomed me nicely, and the directed me to Aerin. Aerin, a nurse, had to put a feed into my neck. I wondered if I could just use the few powers I still had to open doors and such similar things, but I think that this feed does much more than that. While I am here I will use the feed to do things, and attempt not to use my powers very often. I do wonder how things will go with the other students. I do not think that there are any like me, and I have a feeling they will all sense that I am different. I do not believe that I will make any friends here, but that is not my purpose and it is not something currently important to me. I wish to study at the Academy simply to have a taste of mortal life, something to both cure my boredom with immortal matters and to give me an interesting experience. Of course, I have taken mortal-like forms before, but I have never put myself in a situation such as this. It should prove to be interesting, which is all that I want. I still must decide which classes to take, and that may prove difficult. What will best give me an accurate view of mortal life? Perhaps I will discuss it with one of the teachers here. They are older, and know more than the students do. And I believe that they will be more willing to talk to me and treat me more like a mortal than the immortal that I am. And that is what I want. My only fear in coming here and doing this is that I will become too much like a mortal. What if I forget my real self? I will never be able to describe immortal life to mortals, and therefore will seldom be reminded of what it is like. What will happen to me then? If I spend too long here, will I forget how to return home? If I forget, then how will I ever get back? If I act too much like a mortal, will I actually become one? It does not seem plausible, and I do not know of it ever happening, but it is something that I feel must be considered. Perhaps if such a horrible thing happens I will not mind, because that will mean that I have become so like a mortal in my ways that I would have turned into one, and then will I know the difference? I suppose it is no use worrying about these things now. I have barely even started this adventure, and I will consider that possibility if it seems like it will soon arise. Now I should go and explore this place. Perhaps I will meet someone interesting, or at least someone who will give me an interesting taste of mortal life to prepare me for the months ahead.
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Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 8:37 pm
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Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:09 pm
Journal Entry #2
A Friend and Little Progress The past few days have been rather uneventful. I am getting more and more used to being a mortal, almost to the point where it seems natural. Of course, the feed does help. Before I could open doors without any movement, and with the feed I can still do the same. There are some other things it helps with too, like notes for classes and such things. The experience is proving to be interesting, if uneventful. I suppose that is the type of life that the mortals lead. I met a very interesting girl by the name of Astrid my first night here. I have not seen her since then, though, and I am beginning to wonder if I will. She asked many questions, which I thought would be annoying. But she was straight-forward and did not seem afraid, and I ended up liking her a lot. She mentioned another student, a boy, who is bonded with Anubis. I still should check that out, though I do not know how I would go about finding a boy when I cannot even find Astrid, a girl who is in the same dormitory wing as I am. Perhaps when I see her next I can ask her how to find him, they seem to be friendly. Apart from the staff, Astrid is thus far the only student I have met here. I am interested to meet more students, and to gain as much from this experience as possible, but none seem to be available for talking. I either see them in groups or pairs or do not see them at all, and if they see me they typically ignore me. I plan on being here quite a while, however, and the opportunity shall arise. Or perhaps that is just my immortal thinking, as I am used to knowing that the opportunity shall come again when I turn something down as a goddess. When you live forever, all chances come again. Does it work on a smaller scale in the mortal world? I should think so, but I could be mistaken. I would also like to revisit Aerin, the nurse. He is apparently strange to mortals, and I would like to know why. If I cannot find out merely by talking to him, I may ask another student. When I arrived, Astra had warned me not to mind how Aerin was different, however I did not notice very much odd about the man as I was apparently supposed to. Then again all mortals seemed odd to me at the time. Perhaps after a few months of this I will get to know the “normal” mortals better and figure out what makes him abnormal to the rest of them. Hopefully by my next journal entry I will have met more students and have gotten to know the staff better. What is the point of all of this if I don’t actually have a good experience? Perhaps I will stroll the hallways at night again, and find an unsuspecting student who will almost have to talk to me.
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Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 2:26 pm
Journal Entry #3
Dreaming Last night I had my first experience with dreams. Though I have been sleeping as the mortals do since I arrived at the Academy, I have thus far been above dreaming, which is a major significant occurrence to some cultures. I must say that I did not like the experience at all, and do not wish to repeat it. However, although I could easily stop myself from dreaming, I will not. In this dream my worst fears had come true. I was completely mortal, with no chance of going back home. I knew I would be stuck on this plane and would eventually die. The worst part about the dream, however, was the fact that I was not upset about my fate at all. I was happy to be completely mortal, to be able to stay here after my time at the Academy. I wanted to procreate, the way the mortals do, and raise a family. I stopped caring about my past completely, and looked only to my short future. It was all very wrong and I woke up feeling nearly panicked, something that has not happened before. I generally can control my emotions well. I know that it was not real, but it still frightens me that it could transfer to my waking thoughts. I do not think that that could happen easily, but it is worthwhile to fear it. I cannot let that happen. Not only would it be awful to become mortal, but there is not a chance that the other gods would not come to this plane only to taunt me. It is clear why I did not like this dream, but in order to fully receive a mortal experience, I cannot allow myself to stop them. Nor can I allow myself to stray from the normal sleeping patterns of the other students and teachers. This body will not let me avoid sleep entirely, but I can go quite a bit longer without sleep than most mortals can. I have not tested to see how long, as I have been at the Academy during all my time here as a mortal and have forced myself into what they consider a normal sleeping pattern. Why did I just now have a dream? I am at a partial loss to explain it, as I have but one theory. Perhaps I have not yet actually been in need of sleep until now, and last night my body finally needed real sleep. I could not tell the difference between the real sleep and the fake sleep, except for the dream. Does that mean that this will happen often now, nearly every time I am actually worn out? I suppose it is better than having the chance that I could dream any night. After I spend more time here, I will try to work out my dreams on the calendar and find the average time between them, so that I can at least prepare. Is this what mortals face nightly? Are dreams always so awful? I wish I knew the answers, but I do not. I have never been very interested in the phenomenon of dreaming, and have only heard second-hand about the mortals’ views of it. And that was likely millennia ago; things may have changed since then. I will perhaps ask Astrid, if I see her again. I heard some other students talking, saying that she had gone to see Aerin and is now older. I am unsure how that works, though I do remember her going to see Aerin as I brought her to the infirmary doors, but new mortal technology often escapes me. If I cannot find her and another dream comes, I am considering a trip to the library. Hopefully they will have books on dreams, and I can find information on them that way.
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Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 12:52 pm
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Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 1:11 pm
Journal Entry #4
Various Thoughts The other day I met a boy in the hallway by the name of Xyre. He was a strange boy, at least compared to the mortals I was used to coming across. He seemed to have little control over his own body, specifically his tail. It was as if it had a mind of its own, and was a separate entity rather than part of the boy himself. We talked only briefly, but I believe I have learned a lot from him. I no longer think all mortals are so much the same after all, and I definitely do not think that the other students find my presence here to be strange. They are all quite different, which is part of the reason why they came here. Yes, some are more different than others, but there is a general air of strangeness about the entire Academy and everyone who dwells inside of it. Everyone has their own strange story, and mine is not that much different than any other. I believe this is a very good thing. If I am not that strange I will get an even better mortal experience. The students are used to the unusual, and I think a major factor in them not wishing to talk to me is that I simply do not talk to anyone all that often. So I am now attempting to change that. I would like to talk to more of the students, and get a feel of their stories as well. And I’d like to continue speaking to the ones I have already met, especially Astrid. I still have not come across her again, but I am aware that she has aged. Another thought that has crossed my mind is the question of when exactly I will go back home. I was generally thinking once I was done at the Academy, but now I am not so sure. What if I wished to stay longer? Would that be a bad or a good thing? It is not as if I don’t have an eternity to be immortal, but I am afraid of what the general tone will be once I go back. Will I be ridiculed by my fellow immortals? Many have come down to mortal life to try it out, but it is typically the lesser immortals that stay for such long periods of time. I had said I would be coming back after I had finished up all schooling at the Academy, and that is what is expected of me. I should probably not worry about it now, however. I need to focus on the task at hand and not preoccupy myself with the fear of losing my popularity with the immortals. For now, I am going to finish the remainder of my class work and then go to bed. Since I have begun dreaming I have come to enjoy it every now and then. It is not always so terrible as it was the first time I experienced it. Hopefully my dreams will be entertaining tonight.
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