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

[wishingalone]

Why yes, it's lovely. I quite enjoy this time of year.

[She smiles pleasantly down at the spider -- then scoooots over a few inches to the left, because eek. Bugs. She looks at it, though, and tilts her head. That voice...]

Your voice is very interesting, little spider. Not at all what I would have expected.

[remanens]

[ What's wrong? Chaos spider just wants to get all close and friendly-like. Why you gotta do him like that, Mumi? Moving a bit closer, it crawls up onto the back of the bench, before settling next to her arm on the top.

Don't worry, he won't bite unless asked. ]

Wow, talk about rude, blondie. I didn't realize that Crux kids were so judgmental.

[wishingalone]

I was hardly being judgmental! It was a fair thing to notice.

[She sighs, melodramatically, and... moves her arm. Then Mami cuts the little spider a look. WHY MUST IT BE SPIDERS? D:]

I thought you might be, let's say, someone's familiar. Or perhaps their pet.

[remanens]

[ BECAUSE SPIDERS ARE FLUFFY AND ADORABLE. Don't judge.

Her voice raises a bit in pitch, as Lumina has gotten a little bored of this game. ]

He's not a familiar. Just a little creature I invited over from the void.

[ Hopping down from a nearby, dressed in a striped sweater and short, frilly black skirt, she puts a fist under her chin. She smiles smugly. ]

But I thought someone like you would be able to figure that out. What do they teach you in that school anyway?

[wishingalone]

I thought your voice was being thrown.

[Mami looks up from the spider to Lumina, after she leaps down. Her scowl turns into a more neutral expression; Mami tries to be pointedly polite to people, especially if she picks up on hostility.]

[Of course, the cracks are visible; she's tense and nervous, and she eyes Lumina with a frown that she can't quite repress.]

They teach us a number of useful skills. And we make quite a few wonderful friends there. But... not a great deal about void spiders.

[Mami don't nervously glance at the spider, it ruins the effect--too late]

[remanens]

Wow, what's with this tense atmosphere all of a sudden? It's like I offended you or something. Talk about rude!

[ Lumina, you know exactly what you did. Still, that gets an easy smirk out of the younger girl, who lets her hands swing behind her back. ]

I'm surprised, what are they teaching you in that school anyway? Oh, right, love and justice. How's that treating you? Doesn't look like it's really doing you any good.

[ Spider bro agrees. Was he nodding? ]

[wishingalone]

[All of the frowning. All of it!]

...I'm learning some very useful information. Love and justice is simply the basis of what we learn.

Are you a member of that... other school?

[remanens]

Love and justice are boring. Besides, nobody really believes in that stuff anyway. The world's out to hurt you at every turn.

[ She rests a fist under her chin. ]

You mean the better school.

[wishingalone]

Love and justice are everything. The most important things in this world. I should think your school would teach you that!

[She says it coolly... but it's Mami, and she can't entirely keep her frustration out of her voice or her posture. She gives away more than she'd like.]

[remanens]

Ooh, sounds like I struck a nerve~

[ She practically cooed it, a smug grin spreading across her face. ]

I didn't know blondie here was so touchy! I guess I better be careful next time.

[ Not. ]

[wishingalone]

Hmph.

[Any pretension of keeping it cool has slipped. ...oops.]

I wouldn't expect manners of someone from your school. I suspect it isn't in your coursework.

[remanens]

Sorry blondie, but I'm not a delinquent. I'm a good girl.

[ Because yes that's how it works. ]

[wishingalone]

Is that so? Do your best to stay good then.

[She stands up from where she was sitting, her arms folding. She gives her a good side-eye.]

I wouldn't want our interactions to become impolite.

[remanens]

That's all up to you. I don't really care, you seem to be the one getting her ribbons in a twist over every little thing.

[wishingalone]

Gh--

[Totally called on it. Mami huffs, then starts to walk away. If only she could handle things a little more gracefully.]

Hardly. I'm perfectly composed and intend to remain that way. [she is such a liar right now] Enjoy the rest of your day.

[remanens]

Whatever you need to say to help you sleep at night, Ribbons.

[ Congrats, you have a new nickname! ]

Oh, trust me, I will.

[ And before Mami gets the chance to leave, Lumina disappears in a surge of shadows. At least the spider has manners and waves before poofing off as well. ]

[wishingalone]

Ribbons? Why--why see here--

[Lumina's teleported off. Mami is left staring... then frowning. NEXT TIME.]