Induction: Leilah

[Professor Rudra]

Rudra opened the door wide for the girl to step through, showing her a bright smile as she did.

She wasn't sure what to expect on this one, but she wasn't going to hold back whatsoever. She'd had a good nights rest (if you count four hours as good), had a healthy breakfast (poptarts), and was completely ready for a day of wowing initiates.

"Come on in, Leilah, have a seat anywhere."

[Leilah Jinan]

Leilah looked around as she walked in, "Wow, nice place. Never been here before." she walked over and took a seat as instructed. She was completely at ease, though extremely curious.

"So, what's the damage?" she asked with a half smirk.

[Professor Rudra]

Rudra gave her a slight smirk, eyes barely giving her a moment of affirmation before she disappeared into a side room. She returned with a rather innocent looking shovel and a thick chair. She set them to the side and pulled out a sizable piece of chalk before she started drawing on the floor.

"What's the damage," she snickered, "that is Terry's line, I do believe. How much do you know about the supernatural, Leilah? Magic, monsters, etcetera etcetera."

[Leilah Jinan]

Leilah frowned slightly, contemplating whether her instructor was being sarcastic or serious. "Well...I'm pretty sure there was a vampire living under my bed when I was five." she smirked. She pretty much only said this to gage her professor's reaction.

After a few seconds she came to the realization Rudra was being serious. "Oh...you're serious huh..." she chewed her bottom lip for a second as she thought. She sighed, "Honestly, I believe there's stuff out there that isn't readily accepted by others." she admitted.

"My mother is a deep believer in the supernatural, and I don't think she was too far off on her ideas." she paused, "Why?"

[Professor Rudra]

Camille finished the last line, and turned her head back up to Leilah as she stood to drag the chair and shovel into the chalk circle.

"Oh, I'm sure you would have known if you had a vampire," She nodded, "You would have heard the whining. Somewhere about a hundred years ago, every time a new vampire would turn up they'd think they were obligated to be tortured souls. A good portion of them write this obnoxious poetry. But, I digress..."

Rudra looked back over her handiwork for a second before kneeling down beside it again.

"My point is that, yes, I'm dead serious. All of it is real, believe the stories, because most of them are true." She slammed her hands down on the circle as if punctuating her sentence. There was the atypical Light, heat, sound, and smoke, and the chair and shovel had disappeared, replaced with an...admittedly plain but fully functional grandfather clock.

"Ah, perfect!"

[Leilah Jinan]

Leilah was startled, which is hard to do. "Ooookay...." she said not quite sure how to take Rudra. "You sound like my mother...just a little more...teacher-y..." she shrugged.

She was started to say the least by what happened next. "Wow...a teacher and an alchemist. You must come in pretty handy..." she smirked. She was a bit uncomfortable, hense the sarcasm.

[Professor Rudra]

Rudra cocked an eyebrow, call her a hypocrite, but she didn't like sarcasm of that nature. She pulled her instinct back though. It was probably nothing more than a knee jerk reaction on the girl's part, nothing she could criticize. Still, she just let out a small huff and turned to her new clock, opening up the front panel to set the time correctly.

"I do come in handy and I do not sound like your mother," She pouted out of view of Leilah before coming back to herself, "Okay, so I sound a little bit like a mother, I can't help it..."

She snapped the glass panel back shut over the hands and set the pendulum swinging before she turned back, "I still haven't heard your reaction. Do you understand what I'm telling you?"

[Leilah Jinan]

Leilah crossed her arms over her chest, "So...pretty much you're just telling me that what people like to pretend are out there, really are?" she shrugged, "I can believe that. Would prefer some proof, but hell...I can't see the wind and it still blows." she stated.

She was pretty sure the professor was being serious...but still...she was going to wait and see. She believed there was something out there, but she never expressed it verbally. She wasn't the "hunt the UFOs" type.

[Professor Rudra]

Rudra was retrieving the key from her pocket even before Leilah finished. She could tell an acceptance when she heard one, even if this one was I a bit dodgy.

"I'll tell you what, Leilah, you give us a shot and we'll see how it goes. Money back garantee and all that." She dangled the key from a single finger enticingly. It was very delicate with some sharp edges wound into the shape of a heart at the end, "This key is made of platinum and Angelite and represents your membership. Know that, when you join, you can't speak of any of this to anyone, and most of all you can't loose this key. Not only would it just be bad, it's also really expensive."

She held the key out and waited.

"Your choice."

[Leilah Jinan]

Leilah looked at the key. She recognized Angelite even before Professor Rudra told her what it was. The Angelite in the key seemed to pull to her, and even before she realized it, her hand was held out palm up to receive the key.

She was a little startled at how readily she accepted the key, but decided it could do no harm...or so she hoped. "Alright...sure." she said, with a firm nod of her head. "Let's do this."