<div class="floatleft">(http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg142/ElectricBadger/689692f3-16d0-4737-b1e8-8fd6cf2ee976_zpsfe857379.jpg)   </div><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 24pt;">Nys Vendatti</span><br/><strong>Location: The Gauntlet...of DOOM!<br/>Tagging: The elf, the human, and the in-between</strong><br/><br/>Nys, for his part, was starting to think the same thing as Murrin; but consoled himself that this was, after all, only the first day, and at least the dwarf seemed to be relaxing a bit.  Nys could always ask for some more advanced toys to play with.  For today, the chiming mechanism actually proved to be a bit intriguing...he could think of a few uses for such a thing.<br/><br/>And then Murrin announced the Gauntlet and opened the door.  Unlike many of the other students, Nys was rather excited about the prospect: a bit of excitement and danger was more promising than the dull lectures he'd come prepared for.  It didn't really cross his mind that there would be undue danger; this place was financed by the scions of the rich and powerful, after all, and killing them off routinely would prove expensive and counterproductive.  He grabbed his satchel and the school tools, then moved down the ladder with the rest; once below, he looked around with a smile.<strong>"Speaking of Nana,"</strong>he glanced at Na'ima,<strong>"she has a den that looks a lot like this.  More statues of half nude men, though."</strong><br/><br/>Another grin accompanied the announcement of groups.<strong>"Well, this ought to be fun.  So, Ellen, I'm Nys, this is Na'ima and Melda.  Tell us about yourself - any experience with this sort of thing before?  Particular skills?  Fear of small, enclosed spaces with skittering insects and no light?"</strong>He raised a brow at Ellen's serious look.<strong>"Please don't tell me you're going to scream about spiders.  I swear, I will spank you."</strong>He leveled a stare that implied he would in fact do so.<br/><br/>