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Jimmy Joined Florina grabbing a Hot Coco and snacks. "I hope these are like that new mars bar I tried" putting the candy in his pocket sipping the chocolate " oh my apologies miss I never asked where you were from" standing with Florina as they waited for word to go

Duo nodded as the two spoke, not saying anything for the fear of being either awkward or saying something weird. "H-hey!" He said, as Umbraja mentioned Lupin having less social skills then 'her robot friend'. Lupin seemed to be slightly offended by this as well, wondering if he was too blunt. "Y-you guys! I'm not... blunt... am I...?" His last two words came out more like a nervous whisper. It was obvious that he was embarrassed, as a sliver of blush creeped across his pale face.

As Lupin introduced himself, holding his hand out towards the lady, Duo nodded. "I'm Duo." He said, pointing to the large tattoo on his arm, which read 87 - D.U.O.. He didn't know if people didn't notice it, or just assumed it wasn't his name... the latter was far more likely, as the tattoo covered up a large portion bicep. Actually, it wasn't even a tattoo, it was built into him. No amount of laser surgery or home remedies would be getting that thing off.


OOC: Yes, D.U.O. is an acronym, but I'm still working on it.

"...Chance. Fionna."

Having spent the whole of the time in silence and disinterest, these were the first words the assassin had spoken since following the white-clad woman. Strange, lurking figures in the halls, all sorts of individuals and objects Chance had never before seen and could never even begin to guess as to their function - these sights of things she could not comprehend were quite common here. The strangeness of this otherworldly academy finally drilled an important message into her skull: This place is like a madman's dream... no reason to be so surprised anymore.

Before she was to hear the stranger's meaningless banter, Fionna availed herself of a cup of "hot chocolate" as these people called it. She took a sip of the unknown liquid...

"Kah!"

...and looked as if she wanted to dump the contents into whatever passes for the academy's sewer system - right where this crap belongs, she thought. Still, she reluctantly drained the cup completely in the interest of etiquette.

After consuming that hogwash, Chance dared not give the candies a chance. To her, they didn't even look edible....

Lupin smiled sheepishly as Umbraja explained that it wasn't a big deal that he had almost no social skills. "I think you have more social skills than I do at least. I have no friends whatsoever, and I'm considering on whether or not I should adapt to be a shut-in." Lupin chuckled and rubbed the back of his neck nervously. Rubbing his neck was always a tell-tale sign that Lupin was nervous. Meeting new people was something of a bother having almost no experience with it. As soon as Umbraja released his hand, another boy had come up and introduced himself to Lupin, holding out his hand. All Lupin heard was that the boy's name was Jimmy. "Nice to meet you, I'm Lupin Sumer." Lupin took Jimmy's hand and gave it one firm shake before letting go.

Lupin smiled warmly as Umbraja began talking about the school. The school was certainly an intriguing place to spend time, or so Lupin thought. He watched Umbraja as she surveyed his appearance, taking in hers. She was actually a nice-looking girl. Not the best looking girl out there, but she was really nice. He almost missed answering her questions. "Yeah, I'm a student here. No one really sees me because I'm taking the most advanced courses the school has to offer which very few students get accepted into. I'm referred to as an overachiever and a workaholic, so people expect that out of me." Lupin paused to take a breath. He didn't want to ramble on too much or cause any trouble for Umbraja. "I haven't seen the Groundskeeper recently. I guess he's been busy with work, or I'm too caught up in mine to notice his activities. Sorry if I'm not much help." As he said the last sentence, Lupin's voice softened. He despised letting others down, even if he didn't know the person very well.

((OOC: That's fine! Please take your time! I understand computer problems. I've had many of my posts deleted and re-typed because of them. That's one thing I hate about electronics these days.))

Umbraja grinned widely for Duo's confusion over her words and gave the boy a pat on the shoulder for it, murmuring a quiet little whisper, "It's a joke, buddy. Humor. Look it up." Then she arched a brow at Lupin's shut-in comment and nearly snorted a laugh for Duo's response. "Oh you are brilliant, Data. Absolute comedy gold," she teased him lightly and tossed in for help, "Joking again," with a little wink then smiled between the two of them. "Good to know they're still teaching around here. I was starting to think the place had closed down," she spoke as she gave a look around at the shuffling Lurkers and very few active faces. "Shame no one seems to know where Jikial got off to," she half grumbled but shook it off with a nod toward the registration table.

"Maybe we should all go sign up for that Awesome Prizes thing before we go. School spirit and solidairty, ya know," She flashed a grin at the students in particular but didn't leave the assassin or the detective out of it as she waved the lot of them toward the booth.



(OOC: You don't have to sign up but we won't be able to do the fun holiday themed stuff until we get at least a few pairs registered. And so you know, the plot of this RP is the fun holiday themed stuff. We're just killing time right now with a wild goose chase.)

When she said it was 'humor, look it up' Duo did just that. He looked up the definition of humor. "the quality of being amusing or comic, esp. as expressed in literature or speech." He said absentmindedly, as he stumbled upon the definition. He continued to look at random websites from his humor search, reading random things, as Umbraja spoke again.

When the mention of awesome prizes thing came up, Duo tilted his head. "What?" He asked, clearly having not heard of this before. She mentioned school spirit, which made him start thinking again. They were throwing this party... was there a special event today? He looked at a mental calendar. February 14th. Valentines Day. He hadn't realized it before, as Duo was terrible with keeping up with time. "Oh, uh, sure..." He said, curious as to what the 'thing' was. Edit: He wandered over to a booth where people seemed to be signing up for 'something' and wrote his name down.

Lupin shrugged his shoulders and spoke in a nonchalant voice as Umbraja stated that it was a relief that people were still teaching here. "It's actually working really well for me if I must say so." He smiled warmly before turning to face Duo. "Thanks, I really appreciate the offer." Lupin shot a side glance over to the registration place. "I'll go over and register now I guess."

He briskly took long strides over to the booth and leaned on the counter. "My name's Lupin Sumer, and I'm entering." The woman nodded, and Lupin rushed back over to the others. "Well, what did you think of my social performance?" He grinned at Umbraja.