Like a house of cards;; [Open]

[Dominik Kurt]

How long had it been since he went to the school? He felt himself smile slightly as he wandered the grounds aimlessly. First classes had gone well, it was lunch time now and he had a small break. He should have been eating but he was to excited to be back. He had no idea he had even a small chance of being accepted back, especially as a teacher. Truly it was an amusing predicament. He recalled the times he brought hell down on people's heads when he had attended. He had been kind of a ruthless little brat for awhile but luckily he had matured considerably since then. His brown eyes took in all of his surroundings. Remembering the details like he had when he was young. He deeply regretted not coming a few days ahead of time before his actually job started. He would have loved to have more time to paint or draw. But for now he would justify his late arrival with sketching a few things while lunch was going. Besides, Gunther needed to stretch his wings before he pecked Dominik's eyes out. And by the size of the bird he knew it would hurt quite bad. His eyes searched the sky for a few seconds as he finally made his way to the destination necessary for the sketching. The pond.

Dominik peered around for a few seconds before finally allowing himself to sit at the edge of the pond. His jacket had been discarded in his classroom earlier, but it was obvious he still wore dressy clothing. His legs were adorned in fitted suit pants, a deep black. His torso had on a cream colored button-up long sleeved shirt. The sleeves were rolled back neatly to his elbows, if not they'd be covered in ebony pencil and all sorts of thing from his classes. He sat the small sketchbook he had been carrying beside him and peered in the pond. Hand toyed with the ebony pencil he was clutching and he watched the koi move slowly. His ears caught sound of an odd hopping but he didn't seem to be too worried about it. A moment later a peregrine falcon had hopped in to view, wings slightly outstretched for balance. The falcon seemed to be considering the fish but thought against it as soon as Dominik sent him a look. He hopped up beside him and used a small leap to perch on his left thigh.

He didn't say anything to the falcon, didn't use his powers. Because long use can severely hurt his chances of being able to teach his next class. He simply lifted the sketch pad up and began drawing. The koi were being captured on the paper as they moved, his bottom lip was caught between his teeth as he absently nibbled at it. He probably looked a little odd, sitting by himself and sketching. Especially with a large bird of prey perched peacefully on his thigh. It was obvious the bird was being careful to not rip his pants.

[Avery Sainsbury]

Today was prefect for Avery. Not too cold and not too cloudy. Her favorite thing was sitting in the sun. finally she had to admit to herself that her ability had a perk. She could make it sunny. The headaches bothered her now and then but she knew that it was something she just had to deal with. As long as she didn't make a flood or another horrible hail storm her headaches stayed to minimum of a dull pain. Like a song she couldn't get out of her head.

She smiled as she walked to the pond. It was a trip that she made regularly. She really did enjoy the pond and today was perfect. She even picked out what she considered the perfect outfit for the occasion of such a nice day. Her blonde-ish hair was put into slight curls today. As she walked they bounced off her shoulders. Avery was so happy today. She made sure she looked as good as she felt. Finally arriving at the pond, she headed to her usual spot. A place where she could watchthe Koi fish close by but not have to fall in to see them. Walking up to the spot she stopped dead in her tracks.

Her eyes widened as she saw probably the biggest bird she had seen that wasn't in a zoo. Although Avery wasn't to use to seeing pretator birds so the size to her was anormus. To go along with the big bird there was a guy. Avery thought maybe in his twenties if that. He didn't look really old, but she was pretty sure he was a teacher or something along those lines. Mostly due to the way he was dressed. Still she couldn't believe it, a really good looking guy who had a big bird on his thigh and he was drawing it. Avery felt that if that was her she would have ran away as soon as it landed near her. Though she kept quite and just watched. She was admiring the bird mostly.

[Dominik Kurt]

Dominik's pencil flew over the page swiftly. His eyes would glance up every now and again to confirm what he was drawing was as correct as he wanted to be. He wasn't quite sure what he was going for with this image. He was simply sketching whatever his hand felt like sketching. Gunther shifted pleasantly on his thigh, large eyes peering around with a watchful, intent look. Most likely making sure someone couldn't sneak up on the man. Dominik seemed to be shutting out the world around him as he immered himself deeper in to the picture he was drawing. Dominik had the tendency to do that, especially with his art. It was safe to say you could set off a bomb around him and he'd probably never actually notice it. He chewed more on his lip as his pencil kept flying around the paper. The koi would pop their heads up to catch a bug or two on the surface, giving him more reasons to continue shaping them in his drawing. He would randomly glance at Gunther in mid-swipe of his pencil but continued to keep his actual focus on the drawing.

Dominik was pleased the sun was out. He hated moving about in hot weather but today was a fine day for being outside. He liked the winter well enough, but he disliked being too cold. He always felt bad letting Gunther fly around in the Winter, preferring the bird to stay near home. Though the falcon was considerably intelligent the human still seemed to worry about him. Gunther rustled his feathers patiently, head cocking to the side before turning completely to stare in Avery's direction. He puffed up a bit to appear more intimidating but made no move to actually get closer. Dominik kept sketching before his eyes finally caught on to Gunther. At first he just raised a brow before his head looked away from the paper for the first time and actually peered around him. "Oh." The first words spoken outside of his classroom. What a good start. Gunther made a low noise in his throat but once more made no move to actually get off Dominik's leg.

Dominik blinked for a moment before his brow raised at Avery this time. He knew what she was staring at. "Peregrine falcon, his name is Gunther, he is quite friendly." He said calmly. A hand raised to brush over the bird's head as he offered Avery a smile. "Exploring like myself?" He asked curiously. He didn't really know any students at this point so it was always nice to talk to one. Well he assumed she was a student because she didn't appear as old as him. Though he kept any thoughts of what she was to himself. He would hate to offend someone right off the bat. Gunther continued to eyeball her as if the bird couldn't decide if she was friend or foe.

[Avery Sainsbury]

Avery took a little step towards Dominik and the Falcon, Gunther. "He..won't bite me..will he?" Avery eyed the bird cautiously. She was very frightened of the big bird. She never really saw one before and she was quite curious about the bird. Avery also wondered who the guy was. She didn't remember seeing him around before. Walking closer she stopped when she was about and arm and half lenghts away from the guy and the bird. She stood mostly still just looking at the bird making sure he wouldn't try and attack her.

"He is a very pretty falcon. I have never seen one before. He is so big...Kind of scary..." Avery tried as best as she could not to sound like a little kid on a field trip. The bird really did make her feel slightly uneasy. Mostly because she has never seen one before, and the bird looked like it could eat her with no problems or regrets.

Avery shifted slightly as she shook her head. "No. It is such a nice day. I decided to come to the pond and watch the Koi fish. This is the spot I usually come to. I can watch the Koi fish without falling in. But when I came I kinda got scared with Gunther." Avery shook her head again shaking her blonde curls. "Oh I am so sorry, I'm Avery. Avery Sainsbury." Avery held out her hand. Watching to make sure the bird didn't try and go after her hand. Although Avery loved all animals it would take her awhile to get use to a big Falcon like Gunther.