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Living Quarters--room 042. Loki was...less than pleased by the items he'd been given, or that he had only a single room. It was better than the dormitories though, and he had made do with far less before. Still, the house robes...Red and Black, while nice, were not his colors.

His mind was already turning with the beginnings of plans. First priority was to learn the magic of this world. Apparently it was more effective than his own, and that annoyed him greatly. So learn this world's magic, get the lay of the land so to speak. Learn more about the major powers. Survive.

Find him in the common hall of the living Quarters, the Library checking books, or checking out Makerion Keep--since he is "House Ka". Feel free to mistake him for a different house with his green, gold, and black outfit however.

Personal Business--closed to Roisin Murphy

While settling in, Loki had not forgotten he'd agreed to help someone here. Roisin had managed to find most of the loopholes, while bargaining with him, and he was pleased. It was always more fun to work with clever people. Besides which, he truly did want to help her for now. Learning more about her unwilling passenger was necessary for his own purposes. Could the demon be friend or foe? How much of a threat was he?

The first step to doing all of this, would be learning more about how the demon was bound. Which meant taking a look at her tattoos. Sketching them, analyzing the way the magic wove through them--he could tell the general pattern, but not the details of the weaving yet. If the spells were 'clothes' she wore, he could tell the clothing was meant to protect and contain, like a coat-keeping body heat in. But the 'how' it kept the body heat in was what he was missing.

So he'll be looking for Rosh, while also learning his way around the campus.

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"Sword, axe and shield." Hendrik replied. "And what of you? You have a warrior's air about you. Or is magic and schoolwork more suited to your tastes?" He could admit that he was curious about the man who had been kind enough to take more than a moment out of his day to speak to a simple knight.

A warrior's air huh? That was a new one for Loki. Perhaps it was simply the result of all he'd been through--he was one who survived. At least until very recently. "It's true that I favor magic more, but I'm not incapable at all of fighting if needed. I favor daggers, though I'm also proficient unarmed." And with a spear, but Loki saw no need to mention all that he could do right away. "Mostly I was trained by those about your size and build, so I've had to learn how to be smart." There was a twinkle in blue-green eyes. "Tricky, and clever."

He nodded. "Then perhaps some time you would care to grant me a demonstration as to how you wield your daggers." Hendrik didn't brag about being a master swordsman or anything else of that nature. He simply did what needed to be done when it needed to be. The glory and ego all went to Jasper who was a mastermind tactician. If Jasper and Hendrik were compared to a hare and turtle, Hendrik was definitely the turtle. He was the might, Jasper was the brains.

So he nodded. "Clever can sometimes win battles."

"Perhaps. It would certainly be something familiar in these unfamiliar surroundings." Loki's smile was only very slightly sharp. Blue-green eyes still twinkled, hints of mischief. "I was raised as a prince ought to be, after all."

Hendrik nodded his agreement. That was the best sort of philosophy, to find the familiar in the unfamiliar. "You are a prince?" he asked, obviously impressed. Well no wonder the man spoke so well.

Jasper and this man could be friends so very easily. No doubt they would converse for hours and never run out of topics to talk about.

And then there was a certain prince who would never have such warrior instincts and in that thought, Hendrik felt sorry for the Sultan of Gallopolis. His son Prince Faris wouldn't ever be much of a fighter.

"Second prince, but it's really no matter." It was a matter, and Loki smiled internally. No need to let on however. "I doubt it makes much difference here in any case."

The knight shook his head. "Status or rank do not matter here so far as I have found." That may have changed of course in the brief? time that he had been away but so far nothing had changed. "If it mattered at home and someone arrives from there to enforce it, it would still be of no real consequence."

"Then it is as no matter, truly." Just to reiterate the point. While it did matter to Loki, it would matter less depending if and who showed up from his world. Here, it would apparently make no difference--which chafed a bit, He would adapt, he always did.

"I will have to replace my daggers before I can give you any sort of bout, however. I hope you're not in a hurry." Still with an easy smile and affable manner.

He smiled. "They do repairs and craft other weapons as long as the shop that did so for me still remains intact." He'd had a dagger commissioned there once too but hadn't checked out to see if it was still in business or what the story was so far.

"But I am in no hurry."

"You'll have to introduce me to this shop if they are still around. And I'm sure I'll need to stay in practice with more than just magic, so I look forward to it." Blue-green eyes sparkled with mischief.

The knight nodded. "I can do so after class today if you have the time. They are not too far of a walk from here as I recall." He recalled walking to and from the place more than a few times before he gathered up the courage to have the dagger commissioned.

Hmmm...

"After class would be fine. I should learn my way round town anyway." This way Loki could also learn what might be required in pricing, and what other options they might have.

Hendrik nodded with a smile. "Then it is agreed. After class I shall show you." And half of him wondered if he should commission another dagger but it would be for himself this time, in memory. However, that information he kept to himself.

"I look forward to it." Said with a genuine smile. "Although I think any further discussion will have to wait. Our teacher is likely to come back soon."

Hendrik simply nodded and waited for the professor to return.

"Then after class." Loki agreed. It wasn't too much longer before the professor came back and class resumed.

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