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Ashley blinked, face flushing slightly red. O-oh, sorry... she stammered, and then quieted again as she listened to him continue. She was very slowly getting more used to it, and didn't wince quite as much as she had been before. His voice was still booming around her head though, ringing in her ears a couple seconds after he'd stopped speaking. But, that was her fault for not listening properly or... something. She blinked and then shrugged her shoulders. It's ok, she nodded. I'm a little confused to. I've never done this before! she smiled as she turned towards the doorway. "It's by the entrance gates," she said aloud. "Follow me." She felt odd to be the one leading, but since she was sure she was heading the right way, she didn't mind all too much.

His thoughts were coming to her rapidly now, too jumbled for her to properly make them out. She frowned slightly, and then a new voice invaded her head. She turned to stare towards another male, who was seated and playing with ice. She stared in shock for a moment, amazed by what he was doing. Then she smiled, trying to catch his eye as she waved slightly. She heard his thoughts of being alone, and felt a little bad. "We're heading to the ramen stand by the entrance gates," she called quietly. "If you want... you could meet us there?" Then she turned, smiling at Rekyi before exiting the hall.

[Next post in the off campus subforms, the Ramen Stand thread.]

Tama squeaked happily as he saw a smile on the purple haired girl. He loved making people happy. And he was sorry for encasing mom in ice earlier. He had no way to say it though. He sighed in his mind but squeaked happily. He didn't want anyone knowing that he was unhappy. He scurried around the table, squeaking at interesting things. Napkins... a grain of rice that fell out of mom's lunch. He picked it up and gobbled it down quickly and sqeaked in admiration. Then he wandered around the middle of the table. There was a shining metal bed. He sat down in it and looked around. His mom was happily eating, and the purple haired girl was smiling at him still.

Haruko gasped as she saw Tama's tail twitch and shimmer. The opal in his tail glowed and she expected another outbreak. Luckily he only chilled Rin's slushie. And she was smiling. Haruko's eyes grew wide and she happily ate another bite of fish and drank more juice. She was having a great time, but Fayth didn't seem to be doing much. She sighed. She felt like the other girl was being left out. Then she laughed as Tama found another grain of rice and laid down on a spoon. He was so inquisitive and curious. Luckily, he was a mouse. Not a cat. She giggled to herself and finished off her fish.

Raylanna after a bit of searching found the dinning hall. "Finally." She said to herself. "Time to eat." She paused a moment, out of the door of cource, to look around and get her bearings. After that moment had passed she went over to the machine and swiped her card per the instructions. "Tomato soup and a tuna sandwich on white bread." She told it. After a couple of moments it produced her lunch and she took the tray and made her way over to an empty table by the large windows. After taking a seat she bit into her sandwich. "Not half bad." It was just the way she liked it. Not to much mayo.

Kana tried again, this time taking a normal sized bite, maybe even a little smaller than normal, and ate it quickly. Her face was still red, but otherwise she seemed to have regained her composure pretty well. She didn't even mind that he'd laughed. Besides, she'd been laughing too. She blinked, ears perking as she heard him speak of what they should do next. Her eyes flicked towards him, staying there for a couple seconds as she made sure her mouth was empty of food before speaking. "Your... tree?" she asked curiously, eyes slightly wide as she tried to figure out what he meant. Did he have his own tree? Was it different than the others in some way? She had no idea, but suddenly she really wanted to know. "Ok, let's go there!" she cried happily, and then popped another bite into her mouth, chewing and swallowing quickly since she was now eager to go see what he was talking about.

Kana glanced up at him, smiling back before popping the final bite of fish into her mouth. She chewed this piece slowly, savoring it, and then swallowed. She set her fork down and then patted her stomach a couple times, grinning broadly. "That was wonderful," she said happily, and then pushed back her chair as she hopped to her feet. She stretched her arms over her head and then let them flop back by her sides as she stared around for a second or two. Then her right hand lifted to grab her plate and she looked around for a place to put it. She wasn't just supposed to leave it on the table, was she? She looked back at Yuri again, blinking in confusion. She wasn't used to leaving things out for others to clean up. She always did those things herself. She hadn't really eaten in the dining hall before, so she couldn't do something based on last time, since there was no last time. She rocked lighlty back and forth on her feet, growing somewhat impatient. She wanted to see what Yuri's tree was!

Yuri saw her impatience as she looked at him and blinked a few times as she did not move. Leaving the blood on the table he walked over to her and grabbed her stuff from her, taking it over to where he'd seen, in the past couple of times he'd been here, people dispose of their trash and return their trays. He then walked back over to her and smiled. "Let's go..." he did not wait for her at first before leaving to the door, as he went he observed the other people there, his right hand dyed red from the blood when he'd dipped it in the pail. He went up to the door, and opened it for her. He waited until she was past it to continue walking, and walked from then on beside her on the way to the courtyard. "How familiar are you with fire?" he asked, it seemed a random question-though in truth it was the least random question out of all of them that he had asked so far. This one had a purpose for being asked...he did not want to hsow his tree to her if she was like hisAunt and was Pyrophobic for any reason...even if it were the black flame. But then he remembered that he had healed her when she was engulfed in his Black Flame...so he doubted that she was afraid of it-but did not stop her from answering as they made their way to the courtyard....

[Post in Courtyard, North or South-either's fine]

Haruko sighed. Fayth, the other girl with them seemed unresponsive. Like she was her off in her own fantasy world. Haruko sighed and looked over at Rin. "I've decided that you, Rin, are my Big Sister!" she said. She smiled at the older girl and waited for a response. She liked the older girl. And she seemed responsible and mature enough, so Haruko decided she would be her older sister. Many of her friends from First grade and Kindergarten had a senior elementary schooler or a high schooler who they called Big Sister. But she never got one. She grinned ear to ear at her new desision and looked down at Tama.

Tama liked the desision too. "Squeak!" he said affectionately to the purple haired girl. He walked over to her and rubbed himself onto her hands and squeaked affectionately again. His mom seemed to lik her. He did too. He smiled in his mind and walked over to his mom. She picked him up and put him in his room. He soon fell asleep.