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Liliac ran down to the great hall. She looked around. "Interesting," she thought. "I've never seen so many different dragons all in one place.. looks magnificent though"

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“Oh! Hi!” Flamesurfer found the dragon who she asked for directions instead of Araceli. “Never seen a lot of dragons, together, huh? It’s like 1000 dragons in a really big hall.”

The great hall was a massive cave that could probably fit millions of dragons in it. There was a large platform on one side where an earth dragon watched students enter and be amazed at the massive size of this cave.
"Welcome students, please take a seat, anywhere is fine." The earth dragon spoke, upon noticing Students wondering what they were supposed to do.

Araceli sat down near the front of the cave, looking around this.. massive cave

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"Yeah.." She managed to snap herself out of the trance she was in simply gazing at everyone. "I never did tell you my name, did I? I'm Liliac."

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●∘◦❀ Pitaya ❀◦∘●
Diamond dorm had been... interesting. While he had claimed one of the lower bunks just out of safety and for his own peace of mind, it had been quite empty for lack of a better word. He was sure it was beautiful but by virtue of being blind, he couldn't tell. The announcement coming out of nowhere had him warbling in fright as he looked around to try and see where the voice was coming from. The announcement itself only had his glimmering gems dulling even more as the dragon trembled at the implications of such a ceremony.

Regardless, a teacher knocked on the door and helped lead Pitaya out towards the Great Hall. It was almost embarrassing to have to enlist the help of a teacher for such a mundane task but as soon as he was led to a seat within the hall fairly removed from the others, Pitaya relaxed. Curling up, he braced himself for the flood of information that would undoubtedly follow as more and more dragons filled up the hall with their vibrations and chatter, each sound overwhelming his senses.

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“Yeah! Wanna sit together? I hope we get a lot of fun while studying! I wanna meet a LOT and A Lot of dragons!” Flamesurfer said swiftly.

Liliac gazed at Swift. "I'm afraid that if I touch it, it'll bite my hand off," she said with a smile. She was only joking. "Sometimes I wish I could fly well. This clipped wing of mine prevents me from it. Is flying fun?" She nodded towards her left wing.

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“Oh, I’m sorry for you. But yes, flying is fun, especially in competitions. By the way, you don’t need to be scared. Swift will not bite anyone, even strangers. And after a while in the flying lessons, I think you can fly better than you flew! I hope the professors are good!” Flamesurfer cheered.

Yumi and Mimi dashed through the halls, choosing not to use their wings, but their agility and smaller size to navigate the caverns. Mimi lead the way, slightly reflecting the light from the torches on her scales so the twins wouldn't get separated. Reaching the Great Hall, Yumi and Mimi sat way in the back, talking in hushed tones, not using telepathy for the time being.

"Are they going to start the ceremony?" Liliac asked.

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Suddenly, Halu heard a voice from out of nowhere. He jumped, startled, which was unlike him. He hated being this lost, and retracing his steps had not worked in the slightest. Now, he was supposed to go to some ‘Great Hall’ for a ceremony, and he didn’t even know where he was. Just then, a rush of noise came from down the hall as dragons began flooding the walkways as they headed towards what must be the Great Hall. Halu couldn’t see them, but he could hear them just fine, and it made his ears hurt from here. He dreaded the thought of a large ceremony with all the dragons- he still hadn’t had a chance to put his luggage away, either- but for the sake of no longer being lost, he begrudgingly followed the noise.

Halu trailed behind the large crowd, arriving arguably late to the ceremony, even if it hadn’t quite started yet. The number of dragons everywhere was astonishing, the sheer size of the Hall even more breathtaking, but the noise grew so tumultuous that Halu had to resist the urge to wrap his tail around his ears. Trying not to get anxious from all the dragons and their clamor, he found a seat a little off to the side and settled there, uncomfortably twisting himself around the luggage he never dropped off at the dorm he never found. Once again, he began melting into the shadows, but his eyes glowed brightly under the cave light.

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“Yes, I think so. Which seat do you want to sit on? There are different colours. What is your favorite colour?”

Itsu just sorta moved with the current of dragons to the ceremony. Her back fox was, well, back. She had no idea where Vix or the grey fox, who she dubbed Eclipse for now, had gone, but she didn't worry. Perhaps they'd stayed at the dorm. Vix always returned, if no one else. Most of them did. Her soft paws avoided stepping on the other dragons. Flying in large crowds was not her strong suit. She was more agile on the ground than in air. Despite her fluffy appearance, Itsu was surprisingly muscular, her sheer bulk able to hunt wolves on a regular basis, her breed's natural diet.

On her way to the hall, she was rammed into by a smaller dragon. She turned to see a dark, yet sparkly dragon, looking apologetically at her.

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Illusionist was speeding through the crowd when he unexpectedly hit a wall of red and white fur. It turned out to be one of the dragons he'd glimpsed among the others on the way to his form. He remebered her colors, but not her face. The dragon had oddly fox-like ears, and a fluffy hairstyle, and golden eyes. She was mainly white, with a mane along her back that faded into a red toward the base of her tail, feathered wings, and a tufted tail, with stripes of shades of red on it and her legs, from what he could see. Most notably was the black and white fox casually riding on her back. The creature stared calmly at him. Weird, foxes were normally skittish around dragons, maybe this was her pet or something? He didn't know, but foxes were an exotic pet from what he had heard. And rats were better, in his opinion.

She turned to look at him, and he ducked his head apologetically at her. "'Scuse me." He mumbled, heading past her to the ceremony, he faintly heard a quick response from the other dragon, and soon heard her pawsteps behind him. He soon joined the other dragons, sitting somewhere random since he had no friends yet.

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"Purple is enticing," Liliac says. She looks around once more, studying every dragon's feature- scales, wings,- well, almost everything.

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“Ooooo, sure! Let’s set at the purple area!” Flamesurfer shaked Liliac’s claws, and held her arm. She then led her to a 6-dragon table, and sat on one of the chairs. “Let’s sit… here!”

Aether tsked in disgust as everyone dashed haphazardly to the Great Hall, like a bambling bumbling band of baboons. Did they not know anything about etiquette? About grace, poise and manners of that sort? Well, obviously not, she thought, recollecting herself before demurely walking to the Great Hall herself, curling her tail as she sat down in the Great Hall, nearby Pitaya. Her wings always fluttered whenever she was sitting or resting, so once again Pitaya was sure to be alerted. “How are you?” She asked, her voice melodious as she addressed Pitaya

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"Perfect," Liliac says. "Anyways, you mentioned two dragons called Araceli and Frost? Who are they?"

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“They are some of my new friends… but I’ve never seen them for 2 hours already, and can’t find them. They are both in Opal Dorm.”

●∘◦❀ Pitaya ❀◦∘●
Flinching at the unexpected voice so close to him, Pitaya whipped around and only received a jumbled image of what he assumed was the dragon he had talked to a few times already. "Ah... uh... It's loud. Too loud. But I think I'm okay." He mumbled, trying his best not to flinch when a loud peal of laughter shook the room. The vibrations running through the floor was giving him too much information at once and even if he closed his cloudy eyes it wouldn't help chase the images away. Instead he turned to Aether and tried his best to smile, though it came off more like a grimace

"So how are you settling in?" He ventured meekly, figuring that it was rude to not at least try and make niceties with someone he had run into multiple times.

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"Hmm.. I'm in Opal Dorm. Maybe after this whole ceremony over I could go check with them?" Liliac asks. "I wonder, too, if the teachers will be nice.."

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