Happy, Happy Birthday (Open)

[Sage Ersilia]

Sage couldn’t remember the last time he had winded down and practiced his archery. It had been a while, and he truly felt at ease when his fingertips touched the bow again. Nothing made him feel calmer and more in tune with his surroundings, and each time his fingers pulled the string, it was as if everything was gone. Nothing could pull him from that moment, or so he thought…

An arrow whooshed through the air, but it was not his own, and it struck just an inch or so off from the very center circle. Emerald eyes turned to see who had made the shot, and he was most certainly surprised to see his cousin, Thyme, standing with a triumphant smirk.

“Nailed it”

Sage smiled, moving over to him with curiosity.

“Ty? When do you learn how to do that?”

Thyme grinned again and turned his back as if it had been something small that required no effort at all.

“I have my ways”

Sage clapped in appreciation regardless of his cousin’s cockiness before he turned to fire his own arrow, hitting dead center and leaving Ty gaping in awe at how easy the boy had made it look, though he did not want any praise.

“It’s not about hitting the center, Ty…it’s about concentration; consistency. Enough practice, and of course you will hit the center…but can you do it several more times without once losing focus?”

Thyme groaned and picked up his arrow again, firing a second time, but this time around, the arrow landed farther away from the center, much to the boy’s dismay.

“Concentrate”

Sage reiterated, and his younger cousin rolled his eyes.

“Sorry if I got distracted. When bacon pops up in your mind, you don’t just say no”

The emerald eyed boy laughed before Thyme brought up the real reason he had come into the room.

“Eighteen today, huh?”

Eighteen. It was hard to believe that today, Sage officially became an adult. However, to him it was like any other birthday. Sure, he liked celebrating and being with his family, but all the attention made him feel awkward every year.

“Hmm…I guess so”

He responded to Ty, his words showing little interest. His cousin did not appear to like this answer, and he grabbed Sage by the back of his collar, dragging him away from the targets.

“W-what are you doing? Where are you taking me?”

Thyme smirked and continued to pull him along, grip tightening a bit more before he spoke.

“Away. We’re celebrating properly. You’re not gonna hide in here all day and just shoot arrows”

“I wasn’t hiding in here! And celebrate how?!”

Thyme shrugged.

“How should I know? We’ll get some people, put our heads together, and make it happen”

Sage sighed and had a feeling that this was going to turn into a big mess. Well, at least his birthday wouldn’t be boring, right?

[Cassidy Mitro]

The door opened but the hallway wasn't empty. What kind of person would she be if she didn't know her heart's desire's birthday? She'd even made sure to follow him bright and early when he'd left his dorm room to go practice shooting arrows. She was hyper excited about it and had peeked in to watch him shoot, practically swooning at him when he let his shots fire. Of course, once Thyme came around the corner Cassidy had to run and hide. Once Thyme was inside she ran from her hiding place and moved again to peek in at them.

She obviously did not like what she saw. How dare Thyme manhandle her Sage! Cassidy held back a growl and prepared herself instead. The moment Thyme was close enough to the door, she shoved it forward so it would connect to his face. She wiggled inbetween the door and wall and slipped inside the training room. Her goal now, was to bite.Which wasn't very suitable considering what she was wearing. She'd gone for long hair, a denim mini skirt and a black polo neck that sat tight agains her, hoping this would be enough to make Sage see she was not as childlike as he thought.

Her black boots covered half her carve and were very high heeled. Cassidy grabbed Thyme's arm and bit into it as hard as she could, feeling her teeth grind against his bones. All she wanted was for him to let go of Sage.

[Thyme Ersilia]

Thyme had not expected retaliation for the way he had handled Sage. He was not hurting him or anything, and he didn’t see anything wrong with trying to push a person into enjoying themselves on their birthday. However, as he came closer to the exit, the door was rudely shoved into him. The boy released his cousin to bring his hands to his face in pain, and when his eyes opened to see what had occurred, he had been startled to see a little girl biting into his arm. Thyme yelped in pain, attempting to yank her off of his arm, but the hold she had was like a crazed dog.

“What the hell? GET OFF ME!!”

Sage was wide-eyed, gaping at young Cassidy’s reaction to his cousin, and his eyes shut tightly as Ty let out a small scream from the teeth grinding against his bones.

“Cassie, stop!”

“Dammit! That’s it!”

Thyme kicked at one of her legs from behind the knee cap like Taitum had done to him once before, and promptly pinned her body to the ground with his knee, his hand holding her arm with a vice like grip. He glared down at her with angered blue-green eyes as the blood trickled down his arm.

“That hurt. Are you gonna calm down now and tell me why you're acting like a rabid dog?"

Sage reopened his eyes, shocked to see Ty pinning the young girl to the ground, but he was relieved to see she had been stopped without being harmed. He frowned at the sight of his cousin’s arm and then down to Cassidy.

“Ty, are you okay?"

Thyme glanced to his wound, which looked none too comfortable.

"I'm gonna need a big band-aid..."

Sage smiled a bit at the joke, but looked back to the girl, eyes filled with confusion.

"Cassie…what’s going on? Why did you bite him?”

[Cassidy Mitro]

Cassidy eeeped when Ty tried to yank free from her and flinched when he screamed at her to get off but she saw his behaviour toward Sage as being treatening so she would fight and fight and fight as much as she could. She didn't care about getting hurt. Fighting was in her blood and for someone she cared that much about. Only when Sage told her to stop did she stop but it was far too late by then to do much because Ty was already launching his own Counter attack. Cassidy's eyes barely grazed across her crush...

Cassidy gave a little scream at the kick into her knee cap. She hit the ground hard and then was pinned to the ground by the boy on her back. She screamed and tried to pull free but the more she pulled the more pain she was in. Cassidy let out a gasp and lay very still slumping onto the floor. Sage didn't try and come to her aid either which made her frown. Hadn't she just tried to save him from rough handling and now she was being roughly handled and he did nothing.

Cassidy met his eyes with hurt in her own then quickly flicked her head to the other side so the cheek that had been pressed to the floor was completely visible red against her normally pale skin. How could he do this to her? She thought he liked her and cared for her and he actually had to ask why she'd tried to defend him? He couldn't think for himself? Was he really that dumb? Even Lani would have known what was going on and would have shoved Ty off her by now.

But not Sage.... Maybe he wasn't so great after all. Cassidy closed her eyes tightly and slowly began to glow. She would not say a word. Not a single, utter word....

[Lani Hunter]

"No, no I'll be home soon." Lani said with a smile as he walked across the lawn his breath showing in front of him in little puffs. He grinned listening to Caroline's complaints over the phone. His mother soon came back on and asked him if he was behaving and how his school work was going. He lied and said school was well and that he hadn't gotten into any trouble. When his mother asked if he wanted to talk to his father he squeaked out a random excuse and hung up after telling her he loved her. He would love going home if it weren't for his father. He sighed and pocketed his phone. This was a slow day. He wasn't sure what he was doing he just couldn't stay cooped up in his room any longer. He was walking trying to see if he could find Cassie and coax her into hanging out with him for a little while.

Lani was sauntering through the halls looking for something to do when a sound caught his attention. He heard shouting and shook his head a little at the pair of male voices. His long legs lengthened his stride and his interest grew as a shrill voice called out in pain and frustration. He hadn't really cared too much and curiosity was more what pulled him toward the sound but then he heard a voice he recognized. Cassie. She screamed and Lani's blood boiled and he saw red. He broke into a run and skidded a little on the floor as he came to the hallway. He had to back track a few feet as he had slid past the hallway but as soon as he was set he rocketed down it.

There in the middle of the hall was a strange sight. Two boys, one standing looking down with what looked like curiosity and the other had blood trailing down his arm and was pinning a terrified and glowing Cassie to the ground. Lani didn't wait to think about what happened all he saw was his honorary little sister pinned on the ground. In the blink of an eye Lani slid and hit the boy holding Cassie with his shoulder knocking off his grip and then grabbed his shoulder hauling him off of the little girl. With a growl of fury he pulled back his fist and punched the man square in the jaw, a blow that would send him flying back. He reached down to help Cassie to her feet. "Are you alright?" He asked glaring death at the two boys daring them to try to explain themselves. No one would hurt Cassie, not while he was around.

[Sage Ersilia]

Thyme had hoped that the girl would stop her fighting once he defended himself, but she had a wild spirit and fought him as if her life was on the line. He could not understand what had caused such a behavior from a little girl, but if Sage cared for her, then she must have not normally been like this…or maybe she was and his cousin just had a very bad judge of character.

“Calm down…”

He uttered in annoyance, and when she finally did stop fighting, Sage frowned and placed a hand on his cousin’s shoulder.

“Ty…please let her go now…I don’t know who taught you that, but please…she’s a lady…try and show a bit more respect…”

Ty rolled his eyes, hesitating to release her arm as the girl gave them the silent treatment and began to glow.

“I don’t know if I should…she won’t bite me again, will she?”

Sage stared at the light the girl emitted, as if drawn to it, and whispered softly.

“Cassie won’t hurt you…”

Thyme slowly began to release her, and Sage held out his hand to the girl, ready to assist her when a stranger suddenly swooped in to her rescue, punching Thyme square in the face. Sage fell back, crying out in surprise, and his younger cousin flew back from the sheer force of the hit. If he was not angered before, he certainly was now, and the blond regained his composure after a moment to gather together what had just happened. He glared intensely at Lani with furious blue-green eyes, and he wiped at the bit of blood escaping from the corner of his mouth.

“Oh, you’re dead…”

Sage saw the anger his cousin had, and he flailed desperately, moving to grab his cousin’s arm and stop him before things got out of hand. But upon contact with skin, Sage yelped in pain and pulled his hand back from the electricity that began to form around Ty’s body. His emerald eyes were wide with fear, and he mouthed to Cassie and Lani to run. This was bad.

[Kane Woonren]

((Apologies on the intrusion))

The halls weren't exactly empty, but they weren't at their busiest at this time of day either. Kane's wings were folded across his front, looking somewhat like a cape or something more than what they actually were if someone wasn't paying attention. His tail twitched behind him, a couple of students backing away from the large man with the large lizard tail half dragging behind his long form. His wings, when stretched out as wide as they could, were about as tall as he was. His tail was about five feet, maybe a little more. He'd never bothered to properly measure it, it really didn't matter that much to him... he was tall enough without knowing how big he was with it.

He had just gotten done with cooking, and still had his apron on. A powder blue one because his white one had gotten spaghetti sauce all over it. One of the students had managed to make spaghetti sauce explode while he was cooking it. He wasn't really sure how he'd managed to do it. He guessed something to do with his powers or one of the others playing a prank or something. Either way, he had managed to make it practically explode out of the bowl at him. He had other aprons, but it was one of the ones his mom had bought him so he was having it cleaned rather than just replacing it. His head jerked out of his thoughts with a loud sound from behind him.

He heard a scream come from down the hall, and he moved quickly towards where it was, trying his best to get around the crowds without completely flattening someone. It took him a minute or two to make it down to the room, and saw the scene of the two boys about to get into a fistfight... although from the look of it it had already started. His tail twitched behind him, his wings flaring behind him so he could move his arms a little better. He wasn't all that sure what was going on, but there were two others that were standing off to the side. A young girl and a boy, but he didn't really recognize any of those involved.

There was, almost literally, electricity in the air as the 7'4" man reached down and grabbed the two boys shirt collars and pulled them back away from each other, his claw-like fingers cutting through the shirts but he wasn't paying that much attention. "Stop it, both of you," he said, his voice soft but firm.

"I don't care what happened, but you're not going to fight in here. Whatever happened's not worth what'll happen after you get done." He released their collars and stood between them, his tail twitching behind him erratically with his current mood. He crossed his scratched up arms, gently tapping his elbow with his finger.

[Cassidy Mitro]

Cassidy was not of mind to do anything Thyme told her to do. Cassidy raised her eyebrows when Sage intervined and told his friend to let her up. She had a funny feeling he wouldn't. Oh so now it was okay to stand up for her. She wasn't just a lady. She was younger too. He half let up and she was about to burn him too but suddenly he was shoved off her and a punch was landed on Thyme's cheek. Cassie was helped to her feet and her eyes found Lani. Her brother. HER Lani. Her eyes narrowed at Thyme.

Her Lani had come to her rescue when Sage had stood there and done nothing. She rolled her shoulder and held her arm. Cassidy stood beside her brother and watched sparks fly from Thyme as he threatened Lani. Her eyes flicked to Sage when he mouthed for them to run and she rolled her eyes.
"We're Not running! He can Bring it. Lani's bigger and stronger and He's the one who should be running! I'll burn his eyes out!"

Cassidy screeched almost spitting in anger as she moved so close to Lani that they were arm to arm and ready to battle beside each other cause the stubborn girl who had started all this had such a thing as loyalty. Maybe Sage needed a lesson in loyalty! Her eyes flicked to Thyme's bleeding arm and she smirked. Blood. She'd bitten him so had that he was bleeding. The moment the monster man burst through the door behind Lani and herself, Cassidy was so startled that she fell away from him and screamed.

"Lani!"
Cassidy was too slow in her warming before the man picked both boys off their feet. Cassidy scrambled to her own feet, anger taking the place of fear in her.
"HEY!"
She screamed at the giant of a man glaring at him as he told the boys to quit fighting or else. Cassidy shot a 'it's all your fault' glare at Sage and moved quickly to take Lani's hand in hopes to keep him calm with giant teacher threatening.

"We're in a training room. Training rooms are for training. We were training..."
Cassidy tried to cover as she half glared up at the monster then her better judgement finally hit and she added more softly then before.
"... Sir...."
She tugged at Lani's hand trying to get him to bag off from the giant man but her eyes continued to inspect the demonic wings and tail with child like curiousity.

[Lani Hunter]

Lani's mind finally caught up with his body and he realized he might have made a mistake by acting instead of assessing the situation. Then one glance at Cassie and he dismissed the thought. Someone was trying to hurt Cassie. His anger flared and his lip curled into a feral snarl. Someone had hurt his little sister and they were going to pay for it. Lani let out a bark of a laugh when the other boy threatened him, sparks jumping out of his body. He opened his arms cockily inviting the boy to hit him. "Bring it, Sparky," he taunted. He looked at the other boy mouthed for them to run and smiled. Well this could be interesting. A nice way to test his powers.

He glanced at Cassie as she spoke and he felt a little warmth flowing through his heart. It was just the kind of thing for a child to say. He felt a little proud but also a little embarrassed. He shook it off, this was no time to be thinking. He felt comforted when Cassie's arm touched his and he drew upon her strength and with one hand he gently pushed her behind him. If anything he could use his body to protect hers. The sparks might prove to be a problem, his brain told him and he grinned. With telekinesis, no matter how uncontrolled he could take this guy down without even touching him. He had a feeling if he did indeed touch him Lani wouldn't be feeling so great anymore.

He shifted and in a fluid motion he rushed forward intending to feint toward him and grab at the boy's shoes with his mind. Just enough physical attack to distract from the mental attack. Cassie's cry called his attention and his eyes hadn't even had time to swing in the direction of the commotion at the door before he was pulled back in the opposite direction of his attack. He yelped startled as the mans strong hand pulled him back by his collar causing his feet to backpedal to try to keep under him, an action that probably would have been deemed comical had it not been so serious a situation. He looked up to see the other boy in a similar situation. The man's hands felt strange and Lani felt a little scratch and a chill ran up his spine. Were those claws?

The man's voice was commanding and Lani stilled. He steeled himself and looked to the side to get a better view of the man. His jaw dropped and his eyes practically popped out of their sockets. He first saw a man, then a dragon, then... both? He didn't realize he was in shock ogling at the man until he felt a small hand brush his own. He was ashamed to say he jumped a little. He felt himself shaking and swallowed hard and clamped down hard on all his his emotions. He shot a glare off at the other two boys and a little more slow that he would have liked he started working out a lie.

Cassie beat him to it and Lani forced down the urge to smile. Girl after his own heart, he always thought. He quickly gathered her excuse and nodded. "Exactly," he said lying smoothly and as easily as breathing. "I'm really sorry it came off looking like what it was." He hung his head as if ashamed and the looked up at the other boy. "We were just sparing, seeing how much of our power we could use under pressure." He bobbed his head a little and glared at the boy. He blinked and it was gone and he was smiling like he and the boy had been long friends.

[Thyme Ersilia]

Thyme was just about to teach Lani a lesson, or so he thought, when he was so rudely lifted off the ground by a clawed hand. Wait…clawed? He had not even seen the face of the person who interrupted before Cassie jumped back with a shriek of fear. Sage did not affected by this appearance. In fact, he seemed greatly relieved and was happy that the fight was stopped before it began. It would have been ugly since the three were all too stubborn to just walk away. Ty glanced back to see the man, his reaction was similar to Cassie’s, and he thrashed around desperately to get away.

“Let me go, jerk!”

Sage shook his head at Ty to not yell, since he was the only one of the group who actually recognized the man. He was the new Culinary Arts teacher, Mr. Woonren, and it seemed he had just left another class since there was still a powder blue apron around his waist. It made the man look much less intimidating when worn and drew eyes slightly away from the more obvious draconic appearance.

“Hello, Mr. Woonren”

Ty felt the hand release his collar, and he turned back to the man, not really caring whether or not he was a professor.

“What’d you do that for? I didn’t do anything wrong here!”

The boy glared at Cassie and Lani as they tried to pretend that the whole situation was simply a training session. However, he did not tell the professor what had really happened, since he would not get his revenge. Why did Sage even hang out with these crazy people? A little girl who would turn into flesh eating zombie and a guy that would punch you for it? It seemed rather ridiculous, but then again, he was around people he was pretty sure had killed before or were lying about their sexuality.

Sage didn’t really like the excuses, since it was not truthful, but he did not want anyone to get in trouble for simple misunderstandings. So, in a rare moment, he decided to go along with the lie and pretend that all was well.

“Everything’s fine, Mr. Woonren. No one got hurt, right?”

Thyme frowned at Sage and pointed to his bleeding arm, and Sage sighed.

“Well, not badly anyways…”

The green eyed boy turned back to Mr. Woonren with pleading eyes.

“Do you happen to have any experience with first aid? Ty could use some bandages…”

He then glanced over to Lani and Cassie with a worried expression.

“Are you both all right? No one was hurt?”


Some birthday this was turning out to be. A few minutes in, and there was already blood drawn. Sage could understand why Lani had done what he did, but what he still could not fathom was why Cassie had bit Ty in the first place. It was a bizarre occurence, but as long as no one was seriously injured, all was well, right? He just hoped the blood didn't draw in the sharks.

[Kane Woonren]

((I am so so so so so so so so so so Sorry T_T))

Kane rubbed his head, nodding to Sage. He had a massive headache all of the sudden... he grunted a little bit, reaching into his apron pocket and pulling out some aspirin. He pulled out two and popped them in his mouth, swallowing them down. He coughed for a moment, listening to the excuse spout from the little girl and then echoed by the other three. He was a little disappointed that they were lying to him like that, but he didn't really know it was a lie. He just knew that, at least most of the time, training matches didn't involve screams he could hear in the next passageway. He sighed a little bit, shaking his head.

"Whatever you say, just try not to hurt each other," he stretched out, looking at the numerous scars and scratches up and down his arms. He folded his wings again, forming a cloak around himself. He looked down at the request, pulling a package of bandages out of his apron. Despite the fact that he was more than used to his claws by now, he still tended to cut things from time to time. That, and he ran a cooking class. It was amazing how many of the students managed to cut themselves with knives and the like. No matter how many times he told them to be careful.

"Here we are," he said, cutting open the package with his finger, handing the bandage to the bleeding boy. He didn't really get to use the training rooms very much when he had been in school. For the most part, his training involved learning not to cut himself, other people, and fabric. Also, walking without hitting people with his tail and controlling it, and also there was the obvious gliding that he learned to do. He couldn't really take off and fly or anything like that. He could keep himself in the air, but he couldn't just go from nothing to flying with a couple of flaps like some people seemed to think he could.

"Oh, and Happy Birthday Sage," he said as an afterthought. He got an email when it was a student in one of his classes' birthday. Not that he'd actually signed up for that or something they just sent him one, he guessed. His tail twitched behind him for a moment. "If any of you feel like it, I'll be in the cooking classroom, trying out a new dessert recipe I got off the internet. Should be done in a couple of hours, if you want to come down and be my guinea pigs. No fighting, and stay out of trouble. Any of you."

With his last words he looked over the group with a rather hard look, which was a little difficult for him to pull off. He smiled at the little one of the group and turned around, heading back out the door and into the hallway. "Training room or not, it doesn't mean that you won't get in trouble for fighting."

[Cassidy Mitro]

Cassidy pouted when she was gently pushed behind him and he took a protective stance to make sure she couldn't get harmed by the sparks that would be thrown out by the boy before them. They were a team and if Lani got hurt then she would get hurt right beside him. His pain was her pain and vice versa. She'd convinced herself of that a long time ago and she was ready to stand by that conclusion. Lani had been as shocked as she was when the demon man. When her hand brushed Lani's and he jumped she jumped too a little.

Her eyes glanced to him before she worked out her lie to get them out of this trouble. Cassidy narrowed her eyes when Thyme complained about the bite he'd recieved from Cassie.
"You deserved that! And more..."
Cassidy narrowed her eyes at Thyme forgetting about the teacher there for a moment as well as the reason for her biting Thyme. She had done it to help Sage from getting shoved and yanked around like he was a washcloth on a dirty floor.

"Do you always yank and pull Sage around like a dirty mop head? This is his day. Don't you get that?"
Cassidy froze and quickly fell silent remembering who was beside them. Cassidy saw the smile and softly returned it watching the man walk out then turned back to Thyme and gave him a reluctant glare holding out her hand impatiently.

"Let me do that. You'll only do it wrong because you're a boy and that was my fault. But you still deserve it... just so you know... Good thing you didn't fight Lani. You would have gotten worse..."
Cassidy flicked her eyes back to where the taller man had disappeared to. Curiousity genuinely peeked. Her daddy had wings. Her daddy wasn't as tall. Oh how she wished to fly again. He'd smiled at her hadn't he?

He'd smiled at her.... Cassie's mind was awas with ways of getting Mr. Woonren to take her flying... Once she had peace and quiet she'd formulate a plan to get on the dragonic's good side...

[Lani Hunter]

Lani watched the exchange between the boy and the teacher with bemusement. He gave the sparking one a nice glare. His mind without having a name to give latched onto Sparky. Like it or not that kid would, at least in Lani's mind be known as nothing else. Didn't do anything, huh? Perhaps he should teach Sparky manners. Never was it alright to hurt someone younger and much smaller. He was really glad he had come along but at the same time he was rather unhappy the teacher showed up he would have really liked to knock Sparky's lights out. "Oh so you're the martyr in this situation?" Lani asked him mockingly. He raised a brow in challenge. He glanced back at the other kid. He wasn't really sure what to think of him. He hadn't been in on messing with Cassie but he certainly hadn't tried to help her either.

Dragon man's presence was overwhelming and so Lani decided to keep his mouth shut for the most part. He commanded attention and Lani was more than happy to keep an eye on him. He would not want someone like him to sneak up on him. He nodded at his light scolding and simply answered, "Yes sir." Lani knew when to keep his mouth shut, well most of the time, he had had a few lapses recently with that... Oh well. Lani looked down at Cassie, she was certainly handling this better than he had expected. Caroline would be hiding behind him and it seemed Cassie was upset by him moving to block her from them. Only when the bandages were discussed did it occur to him why Cassie had been being held down.

He looked upon the bite mark without sympathy, he believed Cassie when she said he had deserved it. Either way, no one hurt his little sister and got away with it. Lani nearly bit his tongue when the teacher wished the one boy, Sage, a happy birthday. Well that was certainly an unexpected thing. He felt a little twinge of guilt at ruining his birthday. He wondered what on earth had possessed Cassie to bite the other guy. He trusted Cassie's judgement, she was a very competent and intelligent girl. Though, he knew she was still growing and still learning, perhaps it wouldn't be a bad idea to discuss with her the instances when you should and should not bite someone. At least he knew she was pretty good at defending herself, that made him feel a little less worried, but not by much.

He nodded a little at Sage's question and looked down at Cassie his brows coming together with worry. He really hoped she was alright. He looked around the room at their strange collection. Things had certainly gotten sticky around here in a very short amount of time. He nodded at the man even more shocked that he was the cooking teacher. "I never pass by free food," Lani assured him with a smile trying to get him to go away. He really squirmed under his gaze. He was glad Cassie was at his side now, it really helped him keep his wits about it. He put a hand around her shoulder both giving comfort and taking it. He also hoped to calm her down, she seemed very livid.

His brow rose at her exclamation. He remembered how much she idolized Sage and realized it went far deeper than what he had passed off as a child's runaway emotions. Lani looked at the bite mark on Sparky's arm. It looked rather vicious. When Cassie went to help he felt a surge of pride, perhaps he wouldn't have to talk to her about biting people after all. Lani's eyes hardened in reaction to her threat. He nodded a little in agreement, not necessarily believing it but hoping he could bluff it enough where he wouldn't get fried. That wasn't on his list of things to do today. He stood where he was and his gaze passed to Sage. He kept one eye carefully on Cassie ready to pounce if Sparky tried anything. He blew out air and stuck his hands in his pockets. "I'm really sorry about this, Sage," Lani said genuinely. "I'm pretty sure this isn't how you wanted to spend your birthday."

[Sage Ersilia]

Sage nodded gratefully at the bandages offered by Kane as Ty continued to grumble about the situation. He didn’t think there would be any more fighting now, but Thyme was clearly still irritated by Lani and Cassie’s presence. Sage tried to ignore the tension behind the lies given to the teacher, and he smiled at the birthday wish given to him. He had even been kind enough to offer them free food later, and the boy considered taking him up on the offer. Ty was practically drooling at the idea of it.

“Thank you, Mr. Woonren. I will consider it. Your desserts are delicious”

Ty just about cheered, but the teacher’s last words before he walked away left him stiffening with worry. Taitum would give him hell if he heard anything about the fight, and that was worse than any trouble the school could give him, really. And if things couldn’t have gotten any worse, Cassie stood firm in her belief that she had been in the right to harm him like she did and that he somehow deserved more. The boy was fuming, and Sage sighed in disappointment.

“I was trying to get him to go out and actually have fun! And then you came in and bit me! What do you want me to do? Let him waste his entire day shooting arrows and hiding from people? Of course I came in and dragged his ass out of there! It was for his own good!”

Sage blushed in embarrassment at the fighting over how he should be handled on his birthday. Was this discussion really happening? However, things calmed down ever so slightly when the girl offered, well…demanded that Ty let her tend to his wound. Sage found it mature of her to want to take responsibility for her actions, but at the same time, he knew it would only cease to make his cousin even more angry.

“Boys fight all the time. I can take care of myself, but I might have rabies, so I'll have to get it checked out”

Ty grinned teasingly and did not seem to notice how Lani’s expressions changed. It appeared that the real nature of the situation was becoming clearer to him, and he calmed down significantly, much to Sage’s relief. The mention of his birthday brought forth an apology almost immediately, and the green eyed boy smiled, shaking his head.

“Don’t be. The day is young, and it’s only a birthday. I’ll have many, many more, so everything will be just fine…so long as there is no more biting or fighting…that would be nice”

Sage laughed lightheartedly, glowing a bit as he watched Ty and Cassie carefully.

“I don’t really know what to do today anyways…should I do adult things now?”

[Cassidy Mitro]

Cassidy smirked when Lani posed a challenge at Sage's whine younger family member and rolled her eyes. Could he be any less mature if he tried? Cassidy looked between the two blonde boys before her and Lani and wondered how Sage even put up with the idiot because he was sooooo imature. Where did he grow up? In the stables? The arm wrapping around her shoulder, made her shoot her eyes to Lani instead trying to keep in mind that everything was okay now and that she had to concentrate on keeping from jumping Sage's cousin again.

Cassidy sent Thyme fuming again and a self satisfied smile slipped onto her lips. Ty needed to learn some manners and he needed to learn them fast. He was far too cocky and self absorbed. Even from where Cassidy was standing, she could see that.
"Who's birthday is it? Yours or his? Sage has a mouth. If he wanted to go out and have fun on his birthday he would but didn't you think that maybe shooting arrows was what he called fun?"
Cassidy scolded Ty when he attempted to defend himself.

Thyme mentioned having rabbies and Cassidy's face fell into an annoyed look as she stared at him for a while. Finally she quirked her brow at Ty.
"Bandage your own arm now. I might give you herpes as well."
Cassidy's eyes narrowed dangerously at Ty waiting for him to mess up the bandaging and daring him to say something else insulting so she could kick him or something. Why were boys so... self absorbed until they turned like eighteen. Sage and Lani weren't like this.

Cassidy had completely forgotten about the fact that both Lani and Sage were watching the two younger ones with worried eyes, careful not to have anything kick off again it seems.