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! ]]

Comments

[ladyofluminosity]

[ Ban, you are certainly in luck. Hearing the question, Lux turns, all smiles. The welcoming committee name tag is clear as day on her blazer. He may have even seen her around earlier in the day, directing frightened first years.

...Wow, okay you were really tall. Not quite her brother tall, but still. The teen looks up. ]

Of course. But if you have a question, maybe I can help you. That is what I'm here for, after all.

[cure_fire]

[Oh thank god, there was a welcoming committee. Smiling from under his shaggy locks, Ban pushed them up with a hand.]

Ah yeah, I'm just checking in with student services. There was a mix up with one of my courses and I wanted to make sure that [He peered at the paper] traditional magical girl off time things wasn't a misnomer.

[ladyofluminosity]

[ Ohhh, that's what this was about. She would laugh, but that would be awfully impolite, so instead she'll just smile sweetly up at him. ]

Oh, of course. That isn't an unfair assumption. Some of the course titles are a bit, mmm, odd, we'll say. I think you should be all right, but if you want I can still take you, just to be on the safe side.

[cure_fire]

Thanks, that'd be appreciated. Back home, they call that a "free period" and I was't too sure if it was a thing...

Oh, I'm Ban Kenji, nice to meet you. [He bowed a little.]

lord I just realized she has the worst name to pronounce in Japanese ever, sorry Ban |D

[ladyofluminosity]

I'm Lux Crownguard, it's a pleasure.

[ Lux was used to the bowing, so to speak, but it was still a bit odd for her. Such formalities were meant for her prince, not for the guardians of the crown. Still, after being around people who did this regularly for so long, she at least figured out somewhat what she was supposed to do, and bowed a bit in kind. ]

That name--you're from Japan, right? I believe there are quite a few students here from that place. Hopefully that will make you feel a bit better about being brought here suddenly.

good lord yes

[cure_fire]

Ah yes at Kibogahana. [Which was a mouthful all around but he grinned.] I guess being brought here was a weird miracle in itself. I'm not particularly of the magic TYPE.

You might say I'm an unpowered civilian who KNOWS magical girls.

Nice to meet you Crownguard-san.

[ladyofluminosity]

Kibu--Kibogahu

[ Good lord that was a tongue twister. Her sweet, cool exterior chips a bit in embarrassment as she completely butchers the word. She looks a bit embarrassed. Best just to give up.

Right, formalities. That was a thing there too, right? He wouldn't be the first person to call her that, but it felt so... distant. ]

If you're here, then obviously Headmistress Palida saw something in you. Likely you won't stay an "underpowered civilian" for long.

Oh, and you can call me Lux, if you prefer. That's what everyone calls me.

[cure_fire]

[He nodded, rubbing his head a little.] I guess so. Lux it is then.

[He smiled just a bit, like he had an inkling of what the Headmistress thought.] Yeah, I guess so. There's so many different magical people here...

[ladyofluminosity]

[ That gets a bit of a chuckle out of her. ]

We were all called, just like you. While there are quite a few students from what I assume to be your world, there are quite a few of us who aren't. It makes things interesting around here, to say the least.

[cure_fire]

I guess that makes me feel better about being called then.

[His hand brushed against the pocket where he hid his transformation item. While he wished he had been given a more sentai-ish transformation device, being able to carry on his friends legacy in another world was thrilling.]

So um, which way is it to the student services again?

[ladyofluminosity]

Oh, right! Here, follow me. This place can be a bit confusing.

[ She begins to walk, albeit somewhat slowly so he can keep up. Not that he would have any problem with those long legs of his. ]

[cure_fire]

Thanks.

[Following alongside Lux, he grinned at the sight of the campus in full.] This is a great place. It's so unique...

[ladyofluminosity]

Do they not have places like this where you're from? I'll admit, I know next to nothing about Japan.

[cure_fire]

Well, where we come from, there's two types of heroes. Three if you get technical. But there's no real Superhero School so to speak.

[Precure don't usually go to school for their stuff.] I'd imagine it's different in other worlds or other places at least.

[ladyofluminosity]

Only two types? But can't anyone be a hero if they really wanted to?

[ Well, except Noxians. Or maybe Zaunites. Or people from Bilgewater.

Okay, maybe not EVERYONE everyone, but most everyone. ]

Superheroes?

[ Lux blinks a few times. Wait, what was a "super" hero? You've piqued her interest. ]

[cure_fire]

Well, heroes become heroes for different reasons. As explained to me, you have to be chosen to become a Precure, a Sentai team arises depending on the circumstance, and Riders tend to work alone in their world.

Yeah, Superheoes. That's the general term for the three types of heroes in my world: Precure, Sentai, Rider. Although some are debating if Riders are superheroes, since they exist in another parallel world.

[ladyofluminosity]

Riders? Sentai?

[ She obviously knew what a Precure was, if her dormmate was any indication. There were quite a few here, in fact. Educate her, new friend. ]

[cure_fire]

They're armored fighters, who fight for the safety of the world just like Precure do. Although they fight for different things than love and justice.

Riders are defined by belt transformation devices typically, and Sentai work in groups. The real difference is that Sentai also drive giant robots, and Riders tend to have differing powers.

[ladyofluminosity]

[ That sounds... really interesting, actually. ]

If they don't fight for justice, then what do they fight for?

[cure_fire]

Family, life, safety of earth, depending on the hero and team, it can all change in an instant.

[ladyofluminosity]

Are these heroes commonplace in your world?

[cure_fire]

Fairly commonplace. There's a new team about once every year or so. At least for the Sentai. And Precure too.

[ladyofluminosity]

Interesting! I hadn't realized that such things weren't uncommon on Earth. I always assumed that they were quite rare.

[cure_fire]

Well I'd most likely say it's because we're being attacked so much by otherworldly enemies that it causes so much flare up of heroes.

[ladyofluminosity]

[ She pauses, her expression turning slightly dark. ]

That sounds similar to my world.