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((srry mate its hard for me to keep up with the setting, my bad))

((It's fine...I think Kiwi need to post though, oh and sorry Steffie, kinda having a convo...

SoraKitty, you didn't read Froggerlogger's post did you?))

((*glares* You're all morning people, aren't you. And Dart, that's fine. I wasn't expecting him to automatically know 'these are bullied from other kids', after all! XD Sora Kitty: Oh, good. Now I can make Sarah's roommate. >D))

Sarah stared out the window. Bands of color chased each other to the horizon. After a lot more running around, things had settled down in the dorm. Part of her wanted to observe, but by the sound of things, tension and lost possessions were rampant. She didn't want to get caught up in all of it.
Sarah finished unpacking quickly. She didn't have much. The room - more like an apartment - was much too large for her, so she arranged her stuff in a small, close area, like a nest. She felt much better when it was finished.
It was dark now, and still no sign of a roommate. Sarah sighed. She was fine by herself - she'd been alone all her life, after all. But still, she thought with a slight pang, it would have been nice to share this with someone.
The door banged open and Sarah jumped. "Hello!" yelled a cheery voice.
Sarah turned to see a sprightly girl of about fifteen standing in the doorway. She had bright blue eyes and hair of mixed blue and green, with a necklace to match. She wore a tropical halter top with decorations of flowers, khaki shorts, and flip-flops with small charms ranged along the straps. Although she was slender and lightly tanned, her cheerful smile and buoyant attitude made Sarah think she was perfectly ready to take on the world - and win.
The girl scanned the room for a second, looking puzzled, then spotted Sarah by the window. Her expression cleared and she bounced over, dragging a rolling suitcase behind her. "Hi! My name's Mizuki Rill, but you can call me Melanie," she said, making a face at her real name. "Dad's crazy about all that Japanese stuff. What's your name?"
"Um... S-Sarah Holtz," Sarah said, tentatively shaking the hand Melanie offered. This girl was more overwhelming than Gallant.
"Hi Sarah!" Melanie said, then suddenly swept Sarah into a hug. Sarah froze. Was this how Melanie treated total strangers?
Melanie let her loose and stepped back, holding Sarah's hands. "I think we're going to be best friends," she said, her eyes shining. "I mean, I hope so!" She laughed. "I mean, it would suck to live with someone you didn't like, right?"
"Right," Sarah agreed. Despite herself, she gave Melanie a shy smile. The girl's happy attitude was infectious.
Melanie saw the smile and grinned in return. "That's more like it! You can't be gloomy all the time! Even if you're a little homesick, you'll get over it. Oh, come on now," she said, noticing Sarah droop at the mention of home, "it can't be all bad. Here. Why did you come to school here?"
Sarah hesitated. "Because they offer scholarships?" she said, but Melanie was already shaking her head impatiently.
"You and I both know that's not the whole story," she said, eyes sparkling mischievously. She leaned closer. "Come on. What makes you special enough to get in?"
Sarah held back. No one knew her true power except Toby. However friendly this girl might be, Sarah didn't feel like sharing her deepest secret with her ten minutes after they met. Still...
"No one notices me," she offered. "And even when they do, they can't remember me for long."
Melanie clapped her hands. "Awesome!" she said happily. "You would make a great spy, you know that? Or a bank robber! You could take stuff and no one would follow you, 'cause they wouldn't even know you'd been there!"
"I guess," Sarah said. She hadn't thought of that.
"Me, I haven't got any special powers," Melanie continued. "I'm one-eighth sea serpent, though - my great-grandpa was one." She made a disappointed face. "But I'm so far down the line, all I got were these ears and the hair." Melanie leaned over, parting her long hair, and Sarah saw with a shock that Melanie's ears were more like fins - blue and green, just like her hair.
"But anyways!" Melanie said loudly, jumping back up and startling Sarah. "I won't forget you. I promise." Melanie held her hand on her heart solemnly. "I'll write your name on a thousand sticky notes and stick them all over the place. On the mirror, in my notebooks, on your bed, on your shirts!"
With the last word she lunged at Sarah and tickled her sides. Sarah laughed, squirming.
"That's the spirit!" Melanie said, pumping the air. She smiled. "Come on, let's get ready for bed. I want us to make a great entrance tomorrow!"
***
Sarah had to give one thing to Melanie - she woke up fast. Five minutes after she first punched the alarm and groaned, she was over by Sarah's bed, shaking her and saying, "Get up! Get up! It's the first day of school!"
Sarah drowsily made her way to the shower while Melanie went through her small pile of clothes, tch-ing and scoffing every once in a while. "Don't you have anything pretty?" she wailed as Sarah came out in a towel.
Sarah blinked. "I didn't go shopping very much," she murmured, still half-asleep. It was true. Her birth parents sometimes let her tag along when they took Toby to the mall, and he'd made sure they bought her clothes. But since coming to live with Mrs. Torino, she'd had to update her wardrobe from the Salvation Army bins.
Melanie let out a despairing sigh. "Figures," she said. Then she squared her shoulders with renewed purpose. "I'll just have to help you out, then!"
A good half-hour later, Sarah was dressed in one of Melanie's flowing ocean-colored tops and her own jean capris. "Luckily, we have the same shoe size," Melanie had muttered as she dug out some stylish flats. Melanie had tried her best with Sarah's hair, but it didn't have much volume or spring. So she'd settled for making sure it was neatly combed and held a few strands back with a barrette.
Melanie herself was wearing an empire-waisted green top with flyaway sections that set off her hair quite nicely. She wore jean shorts with tiny seashells stitched onto the hems and her charmed flip-flops. Her hair was waved and her eyes had a hint of blue eye-shadow. On anyone else, it might not have worked, but Melanie projected so much confidence that she could have made a potato sack look good.
"Now, do you have everything?" Melanie asked. "Backpack, paper, pens-?"
"Class schedule, books, room key," Sarah finished. She blushed a little. "Thanks for doing all this for me."
Melanie stepped back and wiped a pretend tear from her eye. "My baby, all grown up," she sniffed. Then she gave Sarah a confident smile. "We're gonna knock 'em dead!"
Grabbing her own backpack, Melanie headed out with Sarah in tow. "Now, remember, speak up whenever you can," she said. "Draw some small thing on your papers so the teachers'll remember-" She broke off as she spotted a knot of students up ahead. Melanie smiled and waved, pulling Sarah with her as she went up to the group. "Hey there!"

((*is ded* O_O My God. I had no idea this would be such a long post. *stretches cramped fingers* So, yeah. Melanie's an NPC, so anyone can use her, control dialogue, etc. She's very peppy and energetic, if you haven't noticed. A bit of background is that her great-grandfather and grandfather were Japanese, but her father was born in the US and so was she. Melanie lives in Florida. Her parents were really late dropping her off because their plane came in late.
And I still have to do Jasper's first morning post. burning_eyes ))

Saki looked at Kit. "Huh? Your sister's a vampire?" she asked. "Maybe I should meet your sister." Well, at least I'm not the only vampire here, she thought.

((Sorry for the short post. I couldn't think of anything else to say. sweatdrop

I have to go to bed. I have two mid-term exams tomorrow and I don't want to fall asleep in the middle of them.))

((I know. X.X I think I'll re-read the posts to make sure I didn't miss anything. And make Jasper's shorter. After all, I don't have to worry about controlling his roommate.))

[[I know that! =o

I got nobody to talk to! Dx]]

((dang i cant post any more today, knowing you guys ill wake up to a novel, well ill try my hardest to catch up. cya))

((Exam time? eek Good luck, Stefis! I'll see if I can't do something about you and Ryuk being ignored tomorrow.))