Opening Ceremony!

[principalmouse]

Who: Everybody!
What: Opening Ceremony! Say hi to all your new friends! It's a meet 'n' greet!
When: OPENING DAY!
Where: Just inside the Academic Building
Warnings: None yet. Yet.
[In a wide open hall with banners and a various sundry of celebratory items, the headmaster's rousing speech begins to come to a close.]

In short, you all are here to save our world! There is a threat out there that we must face, but we cannot face it alone. [His demeanor is pleasant, but thinly veiled. His stress is evident in his words, but he is attempting to stay cheerful.] We must do our best to watch over our friends and family and neighbors, no matter who they may be.

We are all responsible for one another. [He lets the silence hang for a moment before letting off and overly cheerful--] HaHa! [Was that a bit forced? Or was it just me?]

Well, guys, it’s time for me t’go, got lotsa stuff to take care of bein’ headmaster and all. But please, get to know one another, go check out classes, and find out where you live on campus! [He gestures to various sections of the room, all labeled with bright colored papers and text.]

I’ll see y’around!

[And with that, the headmaster is off! No, seriously. Watch him go, he’s movin’ fast for such a short guy.]

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Comments

[believedinapeach]

[..What? Shifu gives him a good long look.]

How old are you?

[shepherdofthefrost]

[ Yeah, you may have one-upped him on the class, old fuzzy guy, but he can still baffle you with a couple of things. ]

Just a couple of decades over three hundred, give or take a few years.

[believedinapeach]

[Is this entire relationship going to be founded on one-upping each other? Jack's answer successfully throws him for a loop. Shifu's ears fall back as he stares.]

Three hundred?

[He's just a small fraction of that age! He can barely imagine what such a long life must be like.. But even Oogway lived to be a healthy 1,000.

He shakes the thought and looks back up, a little more scrutinizing.]

I'm.. guessing it's something to do with magic, then?

[shepherdofthefrost]

No, I just eat my vegetables and use a strict daily regimen of skincare products to make sure I stay young and healthy-looking. [ The sarcasm isn't biting or malicious - but it's sarcasm all the same, and he quirks an eyebrow with a grin. ]

'Course it's magic. I never heard of anybody living that long without it.

[believedinapeach]

I only ask because I know someone who did. My.. an old friend of mine was well over ten centuries old at the time of his passing.

[shepherdofthefrost]

[ Jack sits up, curious now, and raises his eyebrows. ]

Ten centuries? People don't - live that long. Not normal people, anyway.

[ He's seen enough of them die to know. ]

How?

[believedinapeach]

..Master Oogway wasn't normal. But he wasn't magic.

He was the one who developed Kung Fu. Hundreds of years ago, he mastered the secrets of inner harmony and focus. He lived a life of peace and kindness.. [A soft, heartfelt chuckle escapes him. No sadness or mourning, only fondness.]

I personally believe that he reached his age by sheer force of will.

[shepherdofthefrost]

[ Okay, he admits that's pretty sweet. It earns a faint smile from him, at any rate. ]

Uh-huh. Sounds a little far-fetched, but then, who am I to disbelieve that a guy lived a thousand years on guts alone?

[ Seriously 300-year-old frost spirit resurrected by the Moon he really can't be talking. ]