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A. Redbright Institute

School might be out for the summer, but there are still plenty of students around. Some of them have dorms here, and others are just there for the summer classes. Regardless, Ekko is also there, keeping track of the underclassmen. Occasionally he has to guide a student to their classroom after they've gotten lost.

Sometimes he wonders why he took the position, but of course he knows why. It's just another small step in a quest for recognition. It's worth it. Even if he does have to deal with dealing with young kids.

Still, if he's needed or called for, he's there to help.

B. Everywhere

Ekko is seventeen and has about a year before he'll graduate. He knows that he wants to stay in London, and his grades are good enough for the universities here. But he also knows he's going to need a job. Which means there's a kid walking all over the place checking out stores and popping into them to ask for applications. Thankfully most have gone the way of electronic applications, but a few of them still have paper forms.

For shame.

He still takes them, slowly amassing a small collection of application forms over the day.

He may bump into people in his hurry to visit as many stores as possible. He could rewind so it never happened, but sometimes it's easier to just go with the timeline.

"Didn't see you there."

C. Wildcard

Choose your own adventure!

[Prose or brackets okay by me!]

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"That's the girl," He's pretty sure anyway. Ekko might not be involved in everything the way Bianca is, but he's involved in a few things at an aggressively intense level.

"They seem to get into everything, one way or another," just a gentle, fond jab at them.

Knowing the ribbing is a playful ribbing, Clara smiles and tries not to laugh. Thank goodness no one is paying attention to her much. "Good thing you'll be with them. Who knows what will happen to them if you don't join them!"

Probably be in trouble, most likely. "Will you be also going with the group to attend the guardians ceremony in a month?"

Ekko smiles back, pleased with the smile he coaxed out of her. At least the underclassmen are actually at their classes now. "With witches? Probably trouble!"

The guardian ceremony? He considers it for a moment, it's not like he's going to end up as one and he's never been the biggest fan of law enforcement. "I might. We'll have to see what happens."

"I'm sure with you around they'll be safe and sound," she jests, "which is why I'm hoping you'll go with them to the ceremony with the others but it's your call."

Last thing she wants to do is push him into something he didn't feel comfortable with. "We should, shouldn't we? Everyone has been so excited for it! Those in the staffroom at least. I know some of the teachers are taking bets on the guardians." A disapproving cluck from her here. "A lot are riding on the bet that there'll be no fae."

"Just like they should be." And if Clara puts it like that, he feels like he has to go, even if he technically doesn't. Gotta protect the people he really cares about, after all.

"People take bets on that stuff?" He feels like he shouldn't be surprised. "There's probably a reason fae don't usually get into it."

"They do, apparently. Probably because they're bored."

She places a hand on her cheek and tilts her head to the side, looking a little concerned. "It's just-- It seems a little unfair is all. If we're supposed to work together, why aren't we allowing opportunities for everyone?"

Surely a fae would be a good guardian. Lots of magic, connections maybe, and they can travel around in the Other Realm from what she understood. No need to pay them for travel costs.

"Is it 'cause they don't want to or 'cause they can't? Those are two different things. If they've got the option, then it's fine, right?" Nobody should be forced into something they don't feel like doing.

Fae might be good guardians, but they're also pretty fickle and trusting them sounds like a bad idea. Especially with something important like this.

"From how the staff talked about it back in the lounge, it sounds like a bit of it being both?" She tilts her head like that'll help her remember better. "They said something about leaving groups and new territories here. A lot of political talk, I must admit."

Which she doesn't have the head for, to be honest. That was more of Francisco's thing with how she had been content to cook and mend clothes. But! Th fae can't be that bad. A little strange from the stories she's heard but she's sure they're perfectly fine once you get to know them proper.

How bad could they be?

... Clara frowns and looks around to see if there's any wood around them. Then, after a few seconds, knocks on it. Just to be sure.

"I guess," Ekko only cares about Redbright and what could potentially be threats to it. Everybody deserves to have a safe space and it's important to him that fellow confused supernatural kids keep on having Redbright.

So he might decide to become involved in that side of things.

"Gotta knock on wood for a thought?"

She likes to think no one would want to bother the Redbright territories. Who would want to take a safe place away from children, teenagers, and adults who needed it?

His question brings her out of her worried thoughts as she laughs a bit, feeling silly for doing that now.

"Never hurts to be careful. Especially if you wonder how exactly bad a fae can be. I hate to be superstitious but--" Hello yes, they are here aren't they? A ghost and a boy who has powers out of something from a comic book or a game. "--life knows how to throw curveballs at you. Especially given last month and-- and everything, goodness."

Ekko'd like to believe that too. But he doesn't believe in the other groups that much. They might actually want some of the territories. How should he know?

"Might be a good idea, considering everything." Not that Ekko's superstitious about anything- except the dead. "It could get worse before it gets better."

"I hope it doesn't come to that," she says, her smile dropping a bit at the idea of something worse happening then vampires kidnapping students from here or a mundane clinic getting involved with shady supernatural elements.

She hates to imagine what could be worse than that. "You and the others should just focus on your studies and projects and looking for jobs after school. Not-- Not property disputes or things like. It just seems so strange. Like everyone is holding their breath for..."

For something. What that is is her, and possibly the school's, biggest concern.

"For something big and dangerous." He frowns. Of course he understands what Clara's saying, and of course she wants to keep the students safe- but he wants the exact same thing.

"I can't just sit back when my classmates are getting threatened. It doesn't feel right to leave things to everybody else."

Well, she couldn't argue with him on that. He has a point. They couldn't just stand around and let attempts on them happen. It'll only invite more trouble, for sure.

"I'm sure in the future, we'll get a chance to do something." She likes to think so. Much as the school and its territories are supposed to be safe zones, she knows sooner or later they'll have to do something to show they weren't to be pushed around. "I shouldn't be telling you this but-- I know that the staff have been debating getting 'into things' as I heard them say the other day. Getting more involved. Throw their, our, hats into a side."

The options were limited if this was the case: Circle Daybreak is an obvious choice given the founder of the school and then there's... others.

He knows they'd rather take a neutral stance to all of this- but it seems like they're getting dragged into the whole territory claim business.

"We're getting cornered into it... If we have to, we have to. I'm not just going to let my classmates get threatened or worse."

"I know you won't. That's why the others trust you when it comes to those sort of things." She gives a smile, more reflex than anything, and hopes they don't have to do much in the future. Maybe after whatever these tentative plans are the rest are planning and debating about, they'll be able to stand back and just let things be.

Hopefully. She should keep a close eye on those developments and see if there's anything she can do to keep it peaceful as possible. "Ah! Speaking of the others-- I'm sure they're wondering where you are! I'll watch the hallways and make sure. You go rest or catch up with others. Alright? I'm so sorry I took up a lot of your time."

"Don't worry about it. It's got to be lonely hovering around." But he really should start going. There's plenty to do and plenty of students to keep track of.

"See you around."

She waved her hand, both to shoo away the concerns of her status and to see him off with a more believable smile on her face. "Take care! Make sure Bianca doesn't get you today. She's been trying to get more hands to help with a charity drive for the weekend!"

With that, Clara turns is quick to head down the hall to what looks like a little scuffle between a group.

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