Johnathan had to think this through. Nothing came easy to him, but it seemed Evelyn already came up with something. With all the knowledge he has of being omnivident, he attempts to come up with something. "Well, to be honest, I'm stumped. But here's what I have. We all have spiritual energy, correct? So can we somehow use that and turn something? Or am I completely off?" He really didn't expect himself to be right, but it was a shot.

Tsubaki watched as one by one each of the students upstairs showed off their powers. Gregory was an Angelorum Ars Salutis, and of all the demostrations was Tsubaki's favorite. Then a show-offy girl, who was probably a Spiritorum, evidenced by her dual powers, went. Then the white hair girl got angry and got a tiger, but was far too loud about doing so. The boy Tsubaki knew as Dom went next, producing a gust of air during a backflip. It could have been more impressive.

That left just Tsubaki and two others left, and the girl in charge virtually skipped over the shier one, answered a few questions, and made her way to the other boy. She had asked him about his power, then if he had ever had a near death experience. He hesitated a moment before replying with an affirmative answer. This meant he too was probably a Spiritorum.

So far no one had bugged Tsubaki about showing her arte, and that was fine with her. She didn't really favor being the center of attention, and didn't really feel her arte would be as impressive as everyone else. If after this last boy Tsubaki didn't have to go, she would probably let out a sigh of relief.

"If you began to see spirits after dying... You must be a Spiritorum disciple." Unfortunately this didn't really clear up what his actual abilities were, but then it hit her that Mrs. Rachel's note had his powers listed. "Sorry, I should have remembered about this before making you bring up a painful memory," she said, reading his abilities from the letter. "Lightning and flight... Okay, let's head down to the s**** and see what you guys can do."

When the students started filing through the door the senior slowed her pace until she was next to Tsubaki. "It seems I forgot about you during all that. You're the other transfer student, correct? I appreciate having another experienced Omnivident with us."

Lotus started down the hallway with Dot right next to her the whole. Then she thought of something, did her father know? Because he had told her stories and had even talked about Dot. She wish she could ask him. She then remebered the letter she received, and she remembered she wouldn't be able to see him again. Her eyes started to water as Dot began to rub against Lotus's leg. She reached down and petted Dot till they reach the bottom.

"Oh, yes, fresh from Japan!" it was more of a startled statement that an exclamation. "My name is Tsubaki... but you probably know that."

She was growing rather red in the face, after just that brief exchange. This wasn't like talking about school work with Logan. The senior had already expressed gratitude at having Tsubaki onboard, and she hadn't even done anything yet. And despite feeling like she shouldn't say it, the next sentance slipped out.

"I've never actually fought a spirit before. Sumimasen."

Alice grinned at Tsubaki. "Modesty? How refreshing. We don't get much of that here. It doesn't matter that much if you've never fought a spirit before. I'm happy enough about how I don't have to waste time convincing you this isn't a dream. It won't be long before I'll have you ready to plow through the ghosts!" While they were talking they reached the s****. From across the room they could see the three-way sparring session as well as Johnathan, Evelyn and Carter discussing their assignment. Sir William appeared beside the group along with three of his cohort ghosts.

"Alright, Dominic, Damian, and Lotus, you three will each be sparring against one of Sir William's knights. If you can make them vanish, you win. The rest of you will be testing your skills against my own familiar." Alice snapped her fingers, and her totem appeared in midair with a puff of smoke and dust. "Everyone, meet Phora. Just like with the knights, if you can make her vanish, you win, but she's quite a dirty fighter so capturing her will give you passing marks too."

The pixie observed her designated opponents. "Isn't that the walking hospital?" She said, pointing to Gregory. "No fair! If they get to heal themselves then I'm using my claws." The creature pouted like a bratty child until Alice rolled her eyes and gave the go-ahead. Clapping her hands together she smiled devilishly at the students. "So if I tear him up, they won't be able to heal themselves and I can use my claws!" In Phora's mind, rules existed only to be bent to her advantage, and she charged wildly towards Gregory from the air.

Meanwhile Sir William and Co. chattered amongst themselves. "Ms. Pearson never ceases to bewilder me." One knight began. "She claims to want to protect the students, yet she sics that evil monster on untrained kids."

"Not to mention she expects these unarmed kids to fight us!" Another chimed in.

"Oh, quiet, you two," William said. "It's precisely like what they encounter on a real mission. Being prepared is a rare luxury. The single difference is that they're up against fairies and gentlemen rather than liches and the king of Hell. As for weapons..." With a wave of his hand a variety of spectral medieval weapons popped into existence in front of the newcomers, from shortswords to spears, axes to flails, and even an enormous warhammer. "They appear intangible, but rest assured you can wield them. Take your pick."

Though never having battled a spirit on the field, Tsubaki had sparred before. Forgoing a weapon, mixing with her small size and graceful moments, allowed Tsubaki to move quickly through the other students and in front of Gregory. She would be his shield, and, focusing her spirit to draw her sigil in the air, arx would be her's. First came the circle, then the flurry of hand moments, creating an elaborate sign of red hovering in the air.

Thrusting out her open palm she called out, "Arx, be my shield," As the faint red ribbons materialized into the solid circle of energy in between her and the fairy.

The calling of the sigil's name wasn't necessary, but was recommended by Tsubaki's Sensei. He had said she may find it helpful to focus the power she needed to create the manifestation, and so far it was working out well. He also said to use it as a war cry to shock your foes, but with Tsubaki's sweet voice, that hadn't been working as well, so far.

The s**** seemed to continue the dream-like situation. It was amazing how such a huge s**** was hidden underneath a school, just for this purpose. The assignment was a bit strange to Dom, but he got into the mood of things surprisingly quick. The concept of defeating ghosts didn't throw him off at all. In fact, he seemed to ignore it all together. What Dom thought was that if you hit them hard enough, they'll yield, just like everyone else.

More excited than he was upstairs, Dom took a good look at all the weapons summoned in front of him. Using medieval weapons was probably the strangest part about this exercise. He wanted something that was lightweight, yet still packed a punch. A longsword didn't give Dom enough space and a warhammer definitely was too large. A short sword could work, but just wasn't right. The flails would probably hurt himself before he hit any ghost. After a few seconds of contemplating, Dom picked up a pair of daggers. They were surprisingly longer than what he saw in pictures, making them the perfect size. He held one upright while the other was upside down. Dom stood ready to continue on while waiting for the other two to choose their weapons.

"Sparring with ghosts eh? I don't think anything from here on out will surprise me" he murmured lowly. He looked at the collection of medieval weapons and pondered over what to quick, a sword was not really his thing, he was not very quick with them and daggers seemed rather useless here. There was a warhammer available but even with his strength it would be rather slow in battle, he looked toward the axes however and made up his mind grabbing an average sized axe. Seeing that one student chose to defend the other and that another had not attacked yet, he stood ready for the ghost to make a move first.

Having built up a good deal of momentum Phora was unable to stop herself from crashing straight into the shield. Behind the circle of energy she shook her head clear and observed the mysterious object. For a moment the totem was distracted by poking and prodding this strange disc she had never seen before, eventually peeking over the top of it and staring at Tsubaki in bewilderment. "Witchcraft!" She said accusingly. "It's a stupid spell too! A magic doughnut is the best thing you can make?"

Without warning she kicked off the back of the shield like an Olympic swimmer and rocketed towards a new target, this time Fiona.

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About ten feet from Dominic one of the knights waited patiently as he selected a pair of daggers. But instead of bum rushing into the fray he simply bide his time, just like the knight. "Strange. They usually charge me without thinking. Still, you needn't wait on the others. Any time you're ready."

The second knight seemed quite excited when Damian chose an axe. "A true warrior's weapon!" He chortled. "And between you and me, you're one of the only people I've seen choose something that pierces armor more effectively than a butter knife. Aren't you the Spiritorum boy? Before this is over you should work out how to use that lightning you've got."

Lotus was suprised to learn she would be fight some ghosts. she jumped slightly when some weapons appeared in front of her. she studied each weapon before she finally chose a small sword. her and Dot then prepared to duel.

"Yes, we all have spiritual energy" replied Evelyn dryly, trying her best to be civil with the boys. "However, you have access to sigils that can do...stuff. If we use your sigils, Carter's crystals and my keen sense of supernatural fluctuations, we'll be able to find a means to imbue objects with enough energy to significantly influence spiritual beings."

"I suppose I have to thank your enthusiasm for this." Gregory said. He tensed after seeing the tiger walk to them, but seeing the girl who summoned the creature hugging it like a pet, he eased. Someone else showed his power as well, which looked to be manipulating the wind. If he remembered, it was one of the groups of Arte Naturae who used that. The others didn't show theirs, 2 boys, and the girl he didn't catch the name of.

"You're welcome!" Fiona replied happily. She didn't say how he put his arm in front of her when the tiger appeared. She appreciated that, although she wasn't sure what he could do besides get chomped on. Other than Lotus, someone else had wind, which was neat she guessed. She didn't get to see the others do their power before walking downstairs along with the rest.

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Gregory

Gregory braced himself for Phora, although Tsubaki did that in his stead. He chose a spear for his weapon, although he would rather have a baseball bat in his hands. Still, he liked the reach, and there was always the other end to swing with. Even without thinking, his Ars Salutis enveloped him, the light barely noticeable. His mind always seemed to calm down in fights, just enough to think more about the situation.

Fiona

Fiora took a pair of daggers and put them behind her belt. The other weapons seemed either too long for her to use, or just plain heavy. She marveled at the pixie. Sure, it was annoying, but a real life pixie! What other real supernatural creatures are there? Of course, it wasn't as marvelous when it was coming at you at a high speed. Quickly thinking of what to do, she thrust her right hand at it, a arm of chains coming out of it. There was a gap in it were wide enough to trap the fairy, which she hoped would go in it.

After being complimented for his choice of weapons, Damian was a little surprised. The knight then suggested he figure out how to use his lightning ability. Although unsure how to do so he hoped it would come to him in battle. Speaking of which, he decided it was time to get started so he responded to the knight "Thanks, that was exactly why I chose the weapon but enough of that, let's battle." Damian then walked forward and swung his axe at the knights torso.

Lotus looked around. Then she saw one boy swing at a ghost. she saw her chance. she lunged at one of the other ghost sword straight outwards, Then she crouched as she slid towards his legs. At this time Dot jumped over Lotus aiming at the same ghost. They knew one of them would hit it.