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They walk all the way to the cafeteria, people, especially women, still stopping to stare at Blank. Mioko leads them to the back of the seating area towards a table where two girls were sitting.
One girl was tiny, short and extremely thin. She looked almost frail. She has curly shoulder length brown hair, and huge, doe-like brown eyes. She is wearing a knee-length black skirt and a white blouse underneath a soft pink cardigan, black buckled shoes, and a white headband. She looks very child like and young, and sits very straight at the table.
The other girl was completely the opposite. She was very tall, taller than any girl at Trabia. She was thin, but very muscular. Her blonde hair is cropped short and spikey with a red bandanna wrapped around her forhead, and she wears dark, black sunglasses, nearly covering her bright blue eyes. She is wearing very ripped up black jeans, black leather boots, a tight, white wife-beater style shirt, and black leather fingerless gloves. She is leaning back in her chair, with one leg up on the table, and is holding a lit cigarette.
Aki lets out a squeal of excitement and runs towards the table. Both girls stand up instantly, and hug Aki tightly while they all laugh. Mioko laughs and runs toward them to join in the hugging. Both new girls stop when they see Blank, and the tiny girl quickly averts her eyes with a blush. The tall girl however, raises an eyebrow at him and whispers something to Aki which causes her to blush furiously and smack her friend on the arm as the other girls laugh.
Aki leaves the girls and approaches Blank, then takes his hand and brings him over to the small group.
"Girls, this is Blank. Blank, this is Rina," she says, pointing to the tiny, shy girl, "and this is Manami," she finishes, pointing to the tall girl.
Rina says nothing, but blushes as she stares at the floor. Manami however, grabs his hand and gives it a friendly shake.
"It's nice to finally meet you," she says.

Mioko gestures for them to sit. Rina and Manami take their previous seats, Mioko sits down beside Manami, and Aki slides in beside Rina, patting the spot next to her for Blank, grinning up at him.
As they sit, a girl a few feet away turns and spots Blank as she walks away from the line. She trips over her feet, and lands on the floor with a thud, her tray landing a couple feet away. The girls all look over at her, as she blushes deeply and picks up her tray, hurrying off.
"Wow, you sure seem to be popular here Blank," Manami says, taking a drag of her cigarette.

Aki takes Blanks hand and smiles warmly at him as he sits.
"It's because you're a new face," she says, squeezing his hand.
Mioko chuckles and adds, "And the fact that you're smokin' hot doesn't help. The girls here haven't had eye candy as yummy as you since my brother was around."
Aki blushes at her friends comment, and squeezes Blank's hand a little harder.

"We've all been friends forever really, Ever since Aki came here. I was her first friend, then she met my brother, then these two lovely ladies joind our little group. People used to call us the 'fab 5'," Mioko says with a little laugh.

"Well," Mioko begins, "My parents expected my brother and I to work for the government like they do. Buuut neither of us were interested, so we convinced them to send us here, which worked out good for me at least."
Manami takes another drag of her cigarette and says, "I was born and raised in Deiling City, so I grew up being aggressive I guess. My mom thought it would suit me best to be in a Garden."
As for the silent one here," Manami continues, gesturing to a still blushing Rina, "She has an uncanny gift for using magic un-junctioned. People think she's a sorceress. She could be, but no matter. I don't think I've ever seen her use an offensive spell. She was sent here to learn how to use her power to heal people."
"What about you Blank? Tell us about yourself," Mioko says.

As Blank addresses her, Rina blushes further and slouches in her chair, pulling her sweater up over her mouth and nose. Manami rolls her eyes at the small girl and reaches across the table to pat her on the head.
At the mention of guitars, Mioko gives Blank a little wink and says, "You've got the whole package, don't ya?"
Aki grins up at Blank and puts her hand on his thigh, giving it a little squeeze.

Looking over to Aki as she squeezed his thigh, Blank smiled warmly at her before nodding, "I sort of haven't been playing as much as I used to...Like, once in a blue moon I'll pick it up. But it's usually because I'm swamped with work, or I'm busy...doing other things." He said with a wide grin, looking over to Aki with a grin and wink of his own.