All the students gathered in the hall upon returning with their teachers. Blaine's and Lana's groups coincidentally were in the same area and were able to exchange the crib-notes versions of their tales from the most recent adventure. This was mainly because both parties were curious about what happened while on the planet. Lana had been filled in but not the others.
Lana decided it would be best to wither her armor to avoid questions. When she did, she noticed her uniform was torn and put on level 1 armor to cover herself. Not knowing how long they would be there for, Lana took a sandwich out of her bag and handed it to Paul. Apparently, he had run out while on planet and was thankful.
The teachers took count of who made it back then released the students. They were meant to be gone a week but were only gone a few hours. The teachers needed some time to figure out the rest of the week. It was almost time for curfew so the students didn't really have much of a choice, so to their rooms, they went.
Before going to sleep, Lana asked again about baby milk for baby beasts then pulled the baby out of her undergarment. Kattie looked at the infant beastie and realized she needed to call her father and did immediately. She explained the situation and her father explained what to do. Kattie then went to the beast pantry, got what was needed and taught Lana how to feed the little baby.
[If you aren't busy before breakfast, do you want to come visit? I have something I want to show you.]
[I'll be there at 6:30.]
Smiley face
Smiley face.
The next morning, Blaine showed up right on time. Lana pulled him into the kitchen because Kattie was still asleep. Blaine liked her when she looked like this, all sweet and innocent but up to something at the same time. She was sure of herself and knew how to get what she wanted. Perfect traits for a woman in his opinion. She reached into her cleavage and brought out a black kitten-like creature, called a maccavity. It had roots swirling around its baby legs and small little tentacles coming out of its back, just below its neck. There were little hairs at the ends of the tentacles that acted like little fingers that were highly dexterous.
She had the biggest smile on her face and Blaine was shocked she had a beast without being from the Beastiary family. She could get in serious trouble. His worry level just went up three notches.
"He's still a baby so he needs to stay with me to stay warm so he's a boob-cat for right now. I need a name, though. Any ideas?"
Kyle wanted to come out and hold the baby so Blaine allowed him out. Lana handed him over and the baby protested. Lana took him back but let Kyle pet him. The baby purred at Kyle touch.
"Can we name him Kent?"
Lana smiled, "Kent it is."
Kyle leaned in for a kiss and she gladly returned it. She was happy to have such an amazing man but she also didn't know which one she wanted as her own. He set her on the counter so he could caress her but soon after the baby started meowing for breakfast.
Kyle groaned.
Lana chuckled, "maybe tonight once everything for the day is done."
Kyle nodded, "can I hold his bottle?"
"Of course! Let me get it made."
She did so then handed him the bottle. She placed Kent back in her cleavage since that would be his hiding place and he would need to eat from there during the day. He needed to get used to it. Kent was almost done eating when Kattie heard the cries and came in to see Kyle feeding the baby beast. Blaine quickly took over the body.
"Blaine, you're down here early?" Kattie said, not properly dressed for visitors. She looked between Blaine and Lana and felt she interrupted a make-out session.
"I was having trouble coming up with a name and Blaine is really creative in that way. He was afraid Kent here would be feeling cramped in his current hiding space so… He looked in there to make sure Kent fit okay and wasn't having trouble breathing. That's all." Lana smiled.
Kattie didn't buy it but dropped the subject.
Blaine returned to his room to put on his uniform. The girls did their morning meditation.
Lana contacted Rene and Bonol to see if there was free time around 7:45. Since the time off was unexpected, they all met Bonol at the forge after breakfast. Rene saw them finish eating and walked out with her, stringless bow in hand as requested.
Bonol was already there and had not even started the forge due to the day's strange schedule but this was his home as her tree was hers.
Lana called the meeting so she did the talking. "Bonol, you did such a great job that I wanted to ask if you could use these crystals to make armor. Also, on our adventure, we discovered this bow and I was wondering if it could be restrung? Is it worth it?"
Bonol looked at the treant crystals and thought they would make very nice armor. These were tier 4 so it would be 3 crystals and 4,000 credits each. Lana wanted armor for Dobin, Almin, Alto, Rene, Blaine, and Kattie. Chekof and Karlen didn't need a chest plate. She handed over 18 crystals.
Bonol then looked at her bow and said it was very worth it. It was a level-4 bow. Lana then pulled out the crystal she removed from the mother of the baby kitten and asked if it would work. Lana thought she was a level-3 beast but thought it would be a better match. Lana was the first to commission him after this outing so her order would be done first, a max of 2 weeks. Everyone was contacted and told to see him for measurements to get new armor.
The students were given two days off to mourn those who died on the outing. They found out if was more than just Blaine's class that suffered casualties.
Alto, Dobin, and Almin spent many hours in the game during the two days.
On Thursday, classes resumed but the students would still get their weekend as normal.
In Agricultural Class, they needed to finish their assignment with the carnivorous plants. Lana had turned in a 30 page paper fully referenced with all the data she collected. The other students presented their plants and findings. The other person who got the venus fly trap failed to get his plant to flourish. Which was no surprise. He had struggled all term. He wrote a paper on what had happened before his plant succumbed to neglect. His name was Duff.
Last to go was Lana. The teacher expected a lot from her and had even checked out her plant a few times. He had a lot of questions. They went outside to see her Seymour together. They all could see a 6-foot plant that looked like it had eight mouths that had hairy lips on them.
Lana looked at the class. "The venus fly trap grows to a max of 12 inches tall. The hairs you see get tickled when an insect crawls on it and the two sides close. The plant then releases a substance that dissolves the insect and it then digests it. Once digestion is complete, the petals open up to catch more prey. This plant requires a lot of water and can be very difficult to grow."
Duff walked up and tried tickling the underside of the petal and nothing happened. He then tickled one hair and still nothing happened. "You don't know anything about this plant, do you. Nothing happened!"
He turned just a bit to speak and his hand tickled several hairs and the sides snapped shut and started releasing the dissolving chemical. Duff started screaming. Lana stood there watching, in the interest of science, of course. Would the plant truly consume human flesh? This was important information. The teacher stood there looking between the two students.
He looked at Lana, "are you going to help him?"
She looked thoughtful, "I don't know. Why can't he pull his own hand out?"
Since she said that, he decided to try it and was unable to do so.
"Interesting," was all she said.
She told the plant to release him but was told no, he was hungry and the boy felt tasty.
Lana sighed. She didn't want to do it but realized she must. This plant was too dangerous to have in school.
She walked up to the part that held Duff's hand "wither" and it did. There was no evidence the plant ever existed.
"Go see the doctor, I can't fix that issue."
She then turned her head so her classmates wouldn't see her crying.
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