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Neil and his parents had spent a good portion of the day setting up his dorm. There still was a lot to move in and a ton of boxes that needed unpacking. Right now the gimblewolves room resembled more of a storage unit then an actual room. But some where under all the mess was an actual room. Some where. Right now, Neil didn't care to find it.

He'd said his good byes to his parents earlier that day. In truth, he some what missed them already but the gimblewolf wasn't about to admit that to anyone. Let alone him self. No, especially him self.

It wasn't like they were dead. He'd see them on break. He wasn't some pup that ran to his parents with his tail between his legs. Nope.

Neil was back in his room and just staring at the stacks of boxes. The canine wasn't even sure where to begin. His bed was already unpacked and that was what mattered most to Neil at least. The rest of the stuff could slowly come out of the boxes over the course of the week, or weeks. It didn't matter.

It was when the canine pulled a blanket from one of the many boxes did a piece of paper float out as if by magic. It landed face up on Neils naked mattress. He was about to just go ahead and crumple it and throw it away, but then he saw the hand writing and name. Akubi? Neil picked it up and scanned the letter up and down. He read it four or five times before he finally smirked

"You are so cheesy Akubi," His ears flattened some. Talking to him self? That was an age old tell tale sign of being crazy right?

That was just a minor thought though. Right now, Neil was trying to remember what box contained his school supplies. He wasted no time digging through box after box before he finally found a note book and a pencil. He'd gone through half the room just to find such ordinary objects. But it was worth it.

Now the next problem was his desk wasn't put together yet. So, Neil had to result to laying on the floor on his belly. He tapped his pencil to his cheek as he thought of what he'd say to that trouble making unlucky cat.

Starting it off with something like 'Hey Bro' seemed a bit to cliche to him. Part of him felt a bit ghoul like as he actually pondered a witty way to write back to his friend. Keeping pen pals seemed like something a ghoul would do... But this was Akubi so it wasn't that lame right? Right. No one had to know.

Finally pencil met paper.

Akubi,

Was what he finally came up with. Blunt. To the point. He liked that.

You sure are an annoyance you know that? I don't know how you even managed to sneak this letter in but you never stop amazing me with your sly ways. You sure are a punk. You know that?

But I'm glad. I'm a little home sick already and its not even been a full day. So far the Academy seems really lame. My room is all boxes right now. I had to dig through all my stuff just to write to you. So the mess in my room I blame on you. Cause right now Im not cleaning it up.

Neil frowned down at the letter. He tapped his pencil rhytmatically trying to think of a way not to sound like a twelve year old ghoul ranting about nothing. He frowned more.

You better not say good bye. I'd be pissed if you did. Its never good bye between us.

But. Keep it real while I'm away and keep on causing extra trouble while I'm not there.

- Neil

Neil stared down at his letter and was partly tempted to erase the its never good bye between us. That sounded like something some one would write out to a ghoul friend or something after a corny breakup. Neil was quick to scratch it out the best he could.

Its never good bye between us.

There. Now he didn't sound like a dork. Still. It was true. Good byes never really stuck when you were good friends with some one. Neil found an envelope and quickly sealed the letter in it.

Neil felt lonely the moment he sealed that letter. He really was a bout to send off a letter to his good friend. Because Akubi wasn't here. Akubi was far away and back home. He wasn't 'gone' but he wasn't here. It just wasn't the same with out him. This box filled room didn't help the loneliness.

Was he actually sad that Akubi wasn't here? Yup. But Neil didn't shed a tear. He wouldn't. That was what lesser boils did and Neil was by no means a lesser boil. Akubi wasn't dead, he hoped, he was just back home. Yeah. And the little punk had managed to sneak this jackin letter to him so there was no telling how capable he was to sneak him self to this school.

Neil smiled. He'd send the letter off tomorrow and hopefully Akubi wouldn't call him a dork.

Growth: 1

Finished Class

Acting Class


Neils first class. He meets Pepin, Lizzy and Anna. Seems to not get along well with Anna because he is a jerk.


Growth: 1

Finished Roleplay

Little Blue Riding Hood


Neil's blissful wandering has him end up at the swamp where he runs in to Anna. She manages to shoo him off.


Growth: 1

RP with Lifen: Completed
Points: 1
Link:
http://www.gaiaonline.com/guilds/viewtopic.php?t=22934409

Finished Roleplay

You Again


n/a


Growth: 1

Solo

Hrrmphh


Neil had been spending more and more time with Elsa as of late. He saw more of her than he saw of any other student. Some times he could swear she was lurking in his dreams. Neil could never really be sure. He never really cared to ask. The gimblewolf usually kept most of his thoughts to him self at the very least.

Things were quiet around campus. He some times loomed around the campus aimlessly. Well, usually. Mostly. Always almost to be fair.

However, the campus seemed a little more still as of late. Not that it mattered to him much. Neil had been pretty good at detaching him self from the campus matters almost entirely. He'd rarely even show up to classes. His grades were taking a nose curve downward from his lack of interest in actually showing up. Neil was no idiot by any means. When he wanted to be the teen was actually pretty brilliant.

The biggest problem was that he was aimless.

Bad grades were hard to hide from parents. Both his mother and father had talked to him the night before about the subject matter and how they would pull him from his studies if he didn't shape up. Neil only listened quietly to their lecture knowing better than to add his own rebuttal. He sat on the phone and took every thing his parents could give. The usual speech about money, time being wasted, future and respect.

The gimblewolf merely sat there and grimly stared off in to his ceiling.

The memory of being lectured still haunted him a little. He could actually feel guilt and he could feel disappointment, oddly enough, which was odd. When he wasn't over thinking the lecture he'd had he would think about Elsa and what she might be up to. Part of him wanted to go to the demon dorms and just hide in her room for a while. That room with all pictures just plastered to the walls. Those strange photographs that looked like dreams.

He wanted to hide in those photos with Elsa and just stay. Not think about the shame he felt now.

Every once in a while he reminded him self that he was being completely stupid feeling the way he did. And it was true. He was being completely stupid at the moment worrying over such things. Worrying didn't fix a thing. He could go ahead and actually do something about it instead. Maybe. Maybe? Was it to late to catch up? Other students who had enrolled about the same time as he were already well on their way to grade two and some to grade three. Was he being pathetic?

The answer was yes.

Neil dug in his pocket and took out a cigarette and than fumbled for his lighter. With shaking hands he lit the thing and puffed. Why was he shaking? Did these thoughts bother him so much? His future? He took a long drag. The cigarette was almost at the filter now. Neil put it out in his hand and winced a little at the burning.

His mind turned back to Elsa for a moment. It would be so easy to phone her up and go waste some time over at her place for a long while. He could leave his phone here and for a few hours forget about his shame. Part of Neil felt shame for even caring to feel shame in the first place. The whole thought was stupid. Maybe Elsa would have a few kind things to say. Not that he'd bring up his problem to her. She always had nice things to say.

Neil buried his face in to his palms and let his hands slide up to his hair.

Nothing was clear. Nothing was staring him in the face. What path would he take? He could easily just take out a text book and cram fro a few hours. Why did that seem so impossible right now? Why was this so lame?

His fist pounded on the side of his bed. The gimblewolf was frustrated by all of these choices. He wanted to punch some one now. Maybe Roch for the trick with the fake blood. He'd still yet to get him back for that shower prank. But that also seemed empty and to put it lightly 'lame' to him. All of that had happened long ago. Time had passed and moved forward.

Punching people at random also seemed stupid. It was pointless. Aimless. Like he was right now.

The solution was so simple but seemed the most complex option to him. All he needed to do was to start reading. Elsas kind words would only help him for that moment. It was not enough in the end in this situation at least. Maybe he'd bring a text book over to her place and let it leer at him while he hung out with her.

No.

No.

Neil struggled to get back up off his bed and sluggishly, almost reluctantly, grabbed his text book. The subject didn't matter. The gimblewolf stared at the words Chapter One.


Growth: 1
Word Count: 854

RP Music Club: Not Complete
Points:
Link:
http://www.gaiaonline.com/guilds/viewtopic.php?t=23211987

RP Battle of the Bands: Completed
Points: 2
Link:
http://www.gaiaonline.com/guilds/viewtopic.php?t=23297515