NEW BEGINNINGS

[makenaide]

Spring is here and newest crop of students have finally arrived at Crux Academy and Nebulae Institute. Both campuses are abuzz with activity as first years filter in, some confused, others excited and honored to be attending such a prestigious institution. Class assignments would be found on the large bulletin board toward the front of campus, and while some friends may find themselves once again sharing the same class, others will be given the opportunity to nurture new relationships with future friends (or enemies).

Classes for the first day will be short, punctuated by a welcoming ceremony led by each school's respective headmaster and headmistress, as well as an upperclassman that has some significance to the rest of the student body. Students are then permitted to take the rest of the day for themselves, to get acclimated to the campus as well as Galactica, should they so choose. Why not explore the school? Take a trip into the city? Or perhaps get to know your dorm mate, classmates or fellow faculty members? Or perhaps, if you are that sort of person, terrorize the town? The choice is yours.


[[ This post signals the opening of the dressing room! Feel free to use it as a catch-all, or create your own posts should you so desire. Welcome everyone and have fun! ]]

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KONATA IZUMI | CRUX ACADEMY

[bluehairedotaku]

A. CAMPUS

[This is the worst thing that could have happened.

After having enjoyed an existence as the Freakazoid of magical girls and getting all the perks of being a heroine with little of the effort and all of the slack, Madoka The Goddess Of The Cicles Before Homura Screwed It All Up finally saw she was an inept Magical Girl, and thus sent her here.

As of now, she was more panicked over the fact she had absolutely no manga or anime DVDs in here.]

O-Oi! This is too sudden! Where is the nearest manga store!? Where am I going to store my figures!? Can I have a computer in here with games and is 4chan unblocked by the network!?

[The five feet tall squeak pulls the first person she sees by her arms, in utter terror at the fact she will have to work for the first time in her life.]

B. GALACTICA



[Needless to say, Konata either didn't bother or outright forgot to get herself out of her magical girl regalia, so now she is walking along the streets, bag in hand as if she was in Akibahara, looking at the glasses in some admiration.]

Ooooh... some new canons! If I get the chance to bring some of that up in my dorm, it will be a fun experience to witness! This world might not be so bad...

A.

[ladyofluminosity]

Huh?

[ Feeling a tug on her sleeve, Lux turns slowly, seeing the likewise short girl practically trembling in fear. Oh, you must be new. She didn't really understand anything you were talking about, but she'll play along at least. ]

You should have everything you need in your dorm room, don't worry.

[ Lux Crownguard, light of Demacia and friendly welcoming committee member, at your service and missing the point completely! ]

[bluehairedotaku]

I-- Iverymuchthakyouforyourhelpteacher!

[Konata bows deeply for what she immediately identifies as a professor in a skill she mastered with Ms. Kuroi, and the rest of the staff of her school in her universe. She rises back up just as quickly.]

But I mean-- I won't have to live on a steady diet of ramen, will I!? I have so much to live for! I... [Konata realizes this teacher has absolutely no idea what she is babbling about.] I mean manga! Comics! Movies! En-to-tainment! I left all of my stuff in my room back home!

[ladyofluminosity]

Teacher?

[ Lux blinks a few times, then tries not to laugh. ]

Oh, no, I'm not a teacher. I'm just a student like you.

[ Oh, you really were new, weren't you? She was rambling and Lux, being the sort of girl she was, did her best to try to follow. But she wasn't quite sure what Konata was going on about. ]

All right, slow down. It's okay. I can tell you're far from home. Let's take it one thing at a time, okay?

[bluehairedotaku]

[Konata stammers, and now feels silly She looks uuuup. Well... Where to begin? She had been picked to be a magical girl, she was in another universe, and she had the potential to be a main character in a dating sim.

This was cooler when she blew up monsters and didn't have to be responsible. This time, she bows again, but this time in a more normal fashion, trying to get a breath.]

My name is Konata Izumi, and I am from the Saitama Prefecture, and I am a big fan of comics and manga, and I am now a protagonist of a very weird one.

I want to go home.

[ladyofluminosity]

All right, that's a start. I'm Lux Crownguard, it's nice to meet you. Getting home isn't difficult, but you just got here, right? Maybe give it a chance first before throwing in the towel?

[ Although there was one thing that was nagging at her. She probably shouldn't say anything, given her state, but maybe it was something she was missing. ]

What is a comic, exactly?

[bluehairedotaku]

[Konata sighed. She could return, and... well, that'd involve a lot more business she'd have to deal with in regards to getting drunk with power and wanting to take over the Earth before getting bored.

At her request, she will give it a chance, but-- what?]

You don't know what a comic is? My, my... how can you not know? It's a comic! It's...

[Brings a notebook, and drabbles a small, silly comic, and proudly shows it to Lux.]

You tell a story through tiny pictures and panels! Most times it has text, but there can be whole worlds in them! Whole stories and doujinshi probably not allowed on campus!

b

[friendshiprocks]

[ When Hime hears 'canons', she thinks 'cannons'. Which is why, when she hears Konata talking, she can't help but turn around to look because what the heck is that girl talking about with regard to cannons. To Hime's confusion, she doesn't see any sort of cannons or anything around here. Just a girl with shopping bags. ]

Those aren't cannons.

[ said in a 'well duh' sort of tone of voice. ]

[bluehairedotaku]

'Canons'! As in stories! I don't think I need any cannons with the things my wand can do! It's also a great back-scratcher!

[Konata proudly waved her wand around, clearly having gone a good time without use. Not that she would be allowed to bring a canon or any sort of weaponry like that into campus (and not that she'd consider any of that useless, as she was as pragmatic as a fox) but this girl... hmmm.

Konata put a hand below her chin, and walked up to Hime, comparing her own 1.50 meters of height with Hime's own.]

Care to tell an upperclassman where are you from? Maybe I'm using strange language since this isn't the first time it's happened.

[friendshiprocks]

[ That is a pretty nifty wand, Hime has to admit, her eyes trailing it as Konata waves the wand around, not even thinking 'hey, she should probably put that away before somebody gets poked'. Hime's a bit of a shrimp also, and as such, is juuuuuust barely taller than Konata. Tiny balls of blue unite. ]

I'm from the Blue Sky Kingdom, [ said as if Konata's going to know where that place is, ] but I've been living in Pikarigaoka for the past year or so.

[bluehairedotaku]

Hn... Blue Sky Kingdom does sound like something coming out of a fantasy manga. I don't think I've heard of Pikarigaoka Prefecture, but neither have people so far known about Saitama Prefecture.

[Konata walks close to her, towered by a whole millimeter, which would make Hime taller everywhere on Earth but the United States.]

I don't think I've seen you around! I'm Konata Izumi, a student from Saitama Prefecture! Nice to meetcha!

[friendshiprocks]

Well I am a princess. I guess that's kind of like a fantasy manga?

[ Though really, why would this girl go to 'fantasy manga' as her point of comparison to begin with? Hime's got no clue. ]

I'm Hime Shirayuki, [ said as she practically shoves her hand at Konata for her to shake. ] Nice to meetcha as well!

[bluehairedotaku]

[Konata blinks at the gesture, seeing it more as a western custom, but she happily shakes it.]

I think it is! Some guy lied to me about there being no manga on this world, so if you want, we can watch anime and read manga together! I can bring over snacks to my dorm if you want.

Campus

[zetsuketsu]

Eh?

[Konata probably could have picked her targets better, because the sleeve she just grabbed happens to belong to the guy who'd gotten bored with Nebulae's welcoming festivities and opted to ditch them to see if he could mess with the newbies over at Crux.

And judging by the apparent crisis this one was going through, he'd hit the jackpot!]

Hmm.... [He looks thoughtful for a second, tapping his chin before declaring.] Nope. None of those things even exist here.

[bluehairedotaku]

You are so cruel!

[The words spear through Konata like a naginata.]

How do people even live here!? Do they collect eachother around a fire and tell tales like children and cavemen!?

[zetsuketsu]

[Why, thanks for the compliment, Konata. He chuckles a little bit, because her despair is hilarious.]

Yeah, something like that. It's super boring though and most people you talk to around here probably won't even have heard of any of those things you just mentioned.

[bluehairedotaku]

This world can't be! I need to get home fast! I'm going to stuff my dorm with figures if I have to! Quick! Is there at least an ice cream store! You know more!

[So she holds his hand.]

You direct me now!

[zetsuketsu]

Heh! As if.

[Konata's early assessment of her new acquaintance here was spot on. So, here's her upperclassman lifeline callously pulling his hand free from her grip with a coldhearted laugh.]

Like I have time to drag around some newbie. All I'll do is tell you that you'd better get used to living in a world without the things you love because you're stuck here now.

[FEEL YOUR DREAMS TURN TO DIRT.]

[bluehairedotaku]

[Konata is left as a blue statue where she is. Possibilities run through her head about instructing the savages of this world about the wonders of the written word and graphic visual novels, to them beget a new generation of animanga in a new dimension. She doesn't move from her place as she processes how to do this.

When Konata realizes this guy was as full of lies as the stables Hercules had to clean, she has decided she will befriend Lock as she's found a similarly devious soul.







And by Befriend, it is Nanoha's usage of the term which means Absolute, Painful, and Extended Annihilation until there's a crater where Lock used to exist.]

A

[cure_fire]

[Whoof she has a grip.]

Um, there there? [Said Ban, patting her on the head.] It's not the end of the world. Yet, I think.

[bluehairedotaku]

For me it is the end of a thousand worlds full of magic and giant robots and fan fiction...

[Konata is not a child per se, but the headpat somehow manages to calm her amidst her whimpers. Looking up, Konata is at least comforted by the sight of a cute guy attending her.]

Have you had a collection so big and wonderful you could stare at it and feel wonderful about having it? I left my stuff back home...

[So she amps up her desire for attention.]

[cure_fire]

Sounds like one of my mangas...

[He grinned a little.] Well not to brag, but I've collected some stuff before once my mom realized I was a artist at heart. I made a manga about the Precure and I was chosen by a magazine to run my stories in there.

[bluehairedotaku]

Hnnnn.... really? Why, you look too good to be a manga artist! I've heard making manga is a tiring job, but you don't look that bad.

[Konata rubs her chin at the sight of this boy admitting he's as much of a fan of manga as she is.]

I would like to read that someday, though! I'm not that big on magical girls, but it'd be useful to read more now that I am one. My name is Konata Izumi. What's yours?

[cure_fire]

[He chuckled at that.] I've been known to pull some all nighters at times. Trust me.

[Nodding, Ban said,] Kenji Ban, nice to meet you. Konata is it? I'm okay with that?

[bluehairedotaku]

My brother!

[Konata brings a thumbs up for being a fellow all-nighter, whistle and all!]

Nice to meet you! I didn't think I'd see many boys in this job, but tell me what your favorite animes are. Maybe I can help you ink manga during one of these nights.

[And probably and completely fail at doing anything.]