Pantheo High: Enrollment

Planning, Talking, and more Talking

Psyche stares at them in disbelief, as if she just saw the most messed up movie on repeat. She then looked at them, thinking they must probably be the dumbest group of students to ever live.

Psyche: So, let me get this straight: your job was to shoo a cat, but instead of calling animal control, you summoned a giant killer Shih Tzu to do the job for you and ended up with an even bigger problem. Am I leaving out anything?

Bragi puts aside his guitar as he clears his throat.

Bragi: Look, even if we did call animal control, it would've made a big scene. I mean, guys in uniforms catching a potentially harmful monster inside a school? Nobody needs that kind of press.

Rose: Until now.

Bragi: Shut up.

Loki raises his hand as if he was in class.

Loki: And you left out the part where I cast Hagalaz. I mean, that's gotta count for something, right?

Bragi snorts.

Bragi: Your spell did nothing. And if your neat little tornado spell can't do anything to 'em, neither can any of our spells. Not mine, not Loki's, not even Rose's, and he only knows one spell. Well, technically, he doesn't know any spells.

Psyche looks at Rose in confusion. Rose shrugs and smiles a bit.

Psyche: Then what's with the... Yknow??

She puts her arms forward and starts waving them. Rose removes his blazer and rolls up his sleeves to show cylindrical, green crystal armbands. Inside of them were these tiny brown seeds that lined up in the center.

Rose: Not much, really. They're rose seeds: grown from the garden of the Hesperides. Just enforce your will and it'll grow into whatever shape is necessary.

Psyche smiles a bit.

Psyche: Neat.

Loki clears his throat.

Loki: Um, guys? Elephant in the room?

Psyche shakes her head.

Psyche: Right. Continue.

Bragi stared at his guitar, almost as if he was trying to find an answer in it.

Bragi: There must be something we can do to get rid of it. A spell, an attack. Seriously, I'm all ears.

Psyche looks at all three of them. Loki seems to be the most skilled in magic, with Bragi being in second. Rose... doesn't seem to do a lot. But then, what can you do, when you don't have magic? Psyche then points to Rose.

Psyche: Hold on. Rose, you mentioned a summoning circle, right?

Rose: Yes, but we don't really have that anymore. Big magic dog covered it up, remember?

Psyche: I know, but can you make a summoning circle to send it back?

Rose looks to Loki for an answer, who responds with an exasperated sigh.

Loki: We'll need the school garden, for more natural power. And we still need to keep our furball friend at bay.

Bragi: We also need to lure the thing out in the open to do so.

A muffled roar could be heard in the background, as the bookshelves and the floor shook. Chandeliers swung from side to side and books fell off the shelves, raining on the four as they curled up and covered their heads with their hands. Except for Bragi, who covered himself under the sturdy frame of his guitar/ax. Once the rumbling stopped, the four popped up their heads from the sea of books.