Sudden Right Turn At Light Speed

It had been a busy day at the Academy that day as Trent walked through a side area of campus that really no one else seemed to use at all and so to make trips between campus and his lair home Trent had crafted a Teleportation Rune into the ground that activated when he walked on it. As he was about to take a step on it this day however he felt a soft bite of pain in his finger tip and when he paused in step he lifted to offending finger to fing a small cut on his finger.

A paper cut. It was small and really just a nuisance. The shadow pains of battles past felt more painful sometimes. Daining to ignore it he put his arm back at his side and walked forward once more. Unbeknownst to him however was a small insignificant drop of blood fell and happened to land on the etchings in the ground as the wgole that was Trent left campus this drop off blood remained upon the circle of runes keeping them active with the soft hum and glow of passive magics.

In an undisclosed location somewhere near the main island Trent appeared with little fan fair in his lair underground. With a weary sigh Trent walked through the finely pollished and smoothed stone vaults of his home finding his office where he placed the papers of the day on the desk. The last thing he did was to leave the mortal sized office space into the the main halls of the lair large enough to accommodate his collosal dragon form which Trent gladly turned into.

Once the transformation was complete he stretched like a cat and flapped his large sail like wings causing the air to circulate through the entire lair. After a moments deliberation Trent settled his scale color onto his natural copper coloration as he lumbered his way through the massive corridors with a deeply familiar knowledge.

Then there was a sound, it wasn't so much a loud noise, just unfamiliar in the unchanging halls of his home. And it had come from the Vault. Not particularly worried or hurried Trent just lengthened his stride and found himself infront of the large bank vault style door that lead to his treasure hoard. With a small huff of annoyance he spoke letting his deep base of a voice gently shake the earth around him. "I would come out of there if I were you..."

When the intruder stepped out from behind the Vault door one of his scales brows rose as he wondered how the female cold had gotten into his lair in the forest place. While he spoke, voice still gently shaking the walls and for still. "Well a couple of things in fact. First I would consider you a thief, second the golems would deal with you shortly..." almost aas if timed there was the sound of heavy synchronized footsteps comprised of different materials. Each Golem was just under half of Trent's dragon height. "Third I would have to explain to the school board where a student had gotten to and ended up dead in my lair. That is not a conversation I would have liked to have."

With the ease of practice Trent's scales easily shifted from their current copper coloration to a dull Iron Grey. The scales also seemed to thicken and become denser. His bone structure also altered to fit the more broad form of an Iron dragon. "Now, would you like for me to consider you a guest... Or an invader?" the last thing that happened was a shimmer of magic that coated each scale fortifying him against physical and magical attacks.

@MARIE

Trent could only roll his eyes at this young ones lack of emotion and bravado in the face of superior force. Though he remembered fondly his own youth and friends long past before coming back to the present. Even when she said that he lured her into a trap he felt the rumble of a chuckle begin and it turned into a full roar of laughter when she threatened her with a clan coming for him. Trent lowered his massive head so that he could look upon this girl closer up.

"To the students I teach I am called Trent Evansman. Teacher of Multidemension Mythical Creature Biology. And just so you know young one. I have killed gods, a clan does not particularly trouble me." This close up Trent also made a size comparison of this girls size...she was no bigger then two of his scales conbined. "Now pray tell, who are you?"

"Trust me little one, if you were to fight them at your current age I dont think you'd last more then a couple of minutes." Trent gave a small chuckle as he raised his head up once more and began turning around. He did make sure Alyssa was out of the Vault's doorway before closeing it with his tail.

"when it comes to my Teleportation Rune, it's keyed to my blood and im assuming that before I left campus a drop of my blood landed on the circle. Keeping it active after I left." before he began to walk away he turned his head to look at the young girl.

"Young miss. I'm curious, how old do I look to you?" Trent raised a scaley eyebrow waiting to see how this young girl responded. "And if you wish for tea I can arrange that. For I'm now apparently your host for however long you think you're staying for."

Trent's tone went a little toneless but still kept a smudge of humor at the edges as he commented back to Alyssa. "I'll keep that more in mind in the future." with that he begun to walk back the direction he had come indicating with his head for her to follow him.

When she commented on not knowing how old he was Trent nodded and turned to look at Alyssa while he kept walking. "As far as I can remember I'm somewhere past my 40th Millennia of life. I lost track after that. After a certain point it's useless to try to keep track of mortal years."

Turning a corner in the hall he sat down at the edge of a large OLD kitchen that would be more akin to a medieval castle alchemy lab then any modern day kitchen. "I'd have to say I'm more the size of a large castle at this point. But I feel comfortable like this. I can't be like this outside, to large and all. Kind of like changing into a set of authentic silk sleep wear." with a couple flicks of his claws the alchemy lab began to function and leaves from various plants begun to float about as swirls of magic moved them around.

"If you find my size disconcerting then it's unfortunate that I should tell you I can't make myself smaller other then a cramped human form. I feel as if it was crushing me somedays so I think I shall remain as I am. If you wish to change form then by all means this is a safe place. Now, how do you like your tea to taste?"