Saint Joseph School

Friday, July 7, 2006

Guess it's time to start a new chapter of my life. Today was my flight to Paragon City. Flight went well, and I found the school without too much difficulty. One of the students, Stasis Kiss, helped me figure out who I need to talk to, and when. Unfortunately, most of those people won't be in until Monday. Some of the guys showed me where one of the empty dorm rooms were and indicated that I could crash there until the admissions office figured out where to stick me more permanently.

I checked in with MAGI like Mom suggested. They were very helpful in setting me up with some contacts, and I spent a few hours hunting down Hellions in Atlas Park. They're certainly a cheerful bunch, especially after I stick a few spines in them.

Later on, another student named Eshva got an impromptu party going at an interdimensional club called Pocket D. Innovational idea, putting a club in another dimension like that. Lots of students turned out, it was a tad overwhelming trying to keep track of everyone. Got in a bit of an argument with some R kid about a guy who was dancing around in his underwear. Imagine that, first day and already getting into an argument with someone. Don't know how it happened exactly. Guess some things don't change.

I was a bit surprised that one of the students that showed up seemed to be a satyr. I know Mom told me that almost anything was possible at St. Joe's, but a satyr? I wonder what kind of magical mayhem brought him across to our realm. He certainly seemed to have no clue. I did find it amusing that R kept complaining about a guy in his underwear when there was a stark naked satyr standing not ten feet away.

Found out after the party disappated that the Eshva girl got into some trouble and is hospitalized now. I'm not sure exactly what happened, though. It seems that a lot of stuff happens at this school, and I get the feeling that much of it is pretty complicated. I hope she gets better soon, she was quite nice and seemed pretty popular. Oddly, she looked rather much like a demon, though it was clear she wasn't. The other students all seemed fine with her appearance. What a change of pace from Montana, where a demon-girl would be burned at a stake and a satyr eaten for supper!

Some of my apprehensions are fading away. Perhaps Mom was right. These changes seem good so far. I should be thankful for the way things have turned out.

Saturday, July 8, 2006

Learned a bit more about some of the people at the school today. The English teacher, Transonic, was on the comm in the morning. He didn't seem very well in-tune with the school based on how he was talking about Pocket D. It was amusing to hear students telling him that there was a school dance there right after he said we weren't supposed to go on the premises. I was surprised to find out he wasn't Roman Catholic, but was instead a charismatic Christian. I guess I sort of expected the teachers would all be nuns.

I also met an interesting girl on the comm today by the name of Jasmine. People were joking with her about her "eating souls", so I asked her about it. Turns out she's able to break a soul away from a person and send it to hell for judgment, or something like that anyway. From what she said, it doesn't sound like she does it often. Sounds like her story's a bit complicated, but her abilities are a result of powerful magic many centuries ago that somehow resulted in her being part demon.

She also said that she doesn't have a soul. That saddens me. What will happen to her when she dies? Who knows, maybe she's immortal, but I didn't get that impression from what she said. I should send Mom an email and ask her about it. I remember her teaching me that it's possible for demons and humans to have offspring together, or even to merge together, but it wasn't something I paid too much attention to the time. I figured it was a pretty rare occurence. Who'd have thought that I'd run into such a person in my lifetime?

Monday, July 10, 2006

My first day of classes went okay, I suppose. The nuns seem to really enjoy piling on the homework. Fortunately, not all the teachers were nuns! I can't believe how much more demanding they are than my school back home. I'm almost glad Mom pushed so much extra work on me growing up. Almost.

I'm still surprised at how big the campus is. It's going to take some time to explore it fully, to learn where everything is. Even learning the inside of the buildings will be a challenge. I'm going to have to get on top of things quickly, I really don't like being late to class.

I think I had another one of those weird dreams again last night. I really wish they wouldn't fade so quickly when I wake up.

Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Great, managed to stick my foot solidly in my mouth yet again. I met a girl named Cindy this morning before school. Stupidly, I made a comment about my spines being something I could hide, followed a few moments later with a comment about how my hair just refused to be be normalized. She looked a bit put off by the comment, and it didn't occur to me until later that she probably stresses over not being able to look normal herself. So much for being a sensitive kind of guy.

I went exploring campus again after school today and stumbled upon a pitching machine. A cute Latina by the name of Palilla heard me practicing with it and told me she's trying to get a baseball team going. That'd be a welcome change to football, I'm going to try to help out with it. Now if only we could get a soccer team going.