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The Dango common room is mostly colored in various shades of blue. The walls of the spacious, normally brightly sunlit room are white with an eerie silvery glow emitting from them, providing a fascinating atmosphere at night. Its ceiling is high, and the windows reach nearly from the floor to the ceiling, and they are rarely veiled by the heavy royal blue curtains hanging next to them. Covering the entire wall on the right are ceiling-tall bookshelves - a private library of the Dango house, providing most additional literature that students might need as well as various interesting journals and books, including crossword and puzzle magazines.
The floor is covered in dark cherrywood tiles, which are surprisingly nicely complemented by the dark blue seats and cushions, ornamented with light blue and white details. The furniture is mostly designed in the japanese style, with only few influences from the west. Near to the windows, a few bonsai are placed to the mercy of the students - it is their right and their duty to care for them. They are the symbol of the students' growing knowledge, and it is said that if they wither, the students' brilliancy will fade as well.

Solstice already prepared to take a student to detention having been informed through earlier use of the runner system, the one in which the runner didn't have to run but rather just hand a letter through a portal so it'd end up in her pockets.

Solstice came down from the celing hanging upsidedown and the portal floated down with her as she came to rest next to Kaede, hatless for a change, she hadn't had time to put it on. Hey there Kaede you wanted me to take a student didn't you. Which one is it? she said apparently not noticing there weren't many students here yet.

Trace had walked into the Dango common grounds. He saw the colors was set a little at ease. He liked the color blue, to him it represented calmness and coolness. Trace then saw other students and thought to himself,''It seems these guys will be my roommates from here on. Its best not to get on their bad side''. He then walked towards a wall and stood there,admiring the atmosphere.

"Ah Okay then" Solstice said smiling. Solstice's opinion on Kaede was quite respectful too quite alike to Kaede's. Solstice respected Kaede mainly for being a teacher and thus her superior, or something to that effect though in truth such boundaries of rank meant little to her however she had clearly worked for this position and was apparently deserving of it. Surely that was worth some respect? Other than that Solstice knew little else other than that she had access to some whopping powerful Kido. She watched Kido class often so she had talked to Kaede prior to this. Hopefully she would get to see Kaede demonstrate a powerful Kido this year. Maybe a forbidden one if she could find the right situation. I heard him shout out said Solstice. So did you examine him for any traces of alchohol?

Aloe had caught up quick enough not to make herself the last into the common room. As she stepped into the room, she breifly slowed to a stop as she admired the colours it was decorated with. Such cool blues, it seemed like a perfect place you could get lost in your own thoughts, and perfect place for reading, like Aloe did often.

Speaking of which, the second part of the room to grab Aloe's attention was the bookshelf. It looked like there were more than enough books to keep her busy for the whole time she was at the academy, if she ignored the other stuff she was supposed to be doing though. She wasn't the kind of person to choose books over everything else though, much as she liked them.
For now, she decided to indulge curiousity and walked over to the bookshelf, running a finger along the books as she read their titles. So many different topics, there was no way she could read all that she wanted to read.

She went to reach for a book that caught her eye. It seemed to be about kidou. But before she got a hold of it, she heard another student who was standing at the bookshelf too ask a question, though it didn't seem to be directed at her, or anyone else. The question, though she couldn't answer it, reminded Aloe that she shouldn't let herself get engrossed in books right now. There would be no point in sucluding herself from everyone else until they approached her, so she stepped over to the man that had spoken what she thought were his thoughts.

Tapping James on his shoulder to get his attention, Aloe smiled in a friendly fashion with her books held to her chest under her right arm.
"Hello there." Aloe greeted James with a soft, yet energetic voice that portrayed her gladness to be where she was. "Nice to see a fellow book lover." She could only assume that James really did like books, but it seemed like a good enough guess given where they both were standing.

James had essentially been in his own world since coming to this academy. Other than the speeches made by the headmistress and the deputy, no one had made any effort to communicate with him. Of course they hadn't been on the school grounds for too long but still with this number of people, he kind of expected to make small conversation at least once by now. A tap on his right shoulder, and a soft voice were the first to attempt a connection with him.

Trying to be friendly, he turned and started talking with her in his usual deep and calm voice. "Well, its not so much that I'm a book lover, but that I love what is in the books. I enjoy learning in almost any form, and reading is one of those forms." Most people would find the combination of James's voice and easy going nature to be very relaxing, and with the fact that James takes particular care of his natural good looks some ladies would even find him fairly attractive. James put out his right hand to shake, not realizing that she was holding a pair of books, as he started to get a good look at her. All the while, he fininished his self-introduction, "My name is James, James Zachary Garath. Pleased to meet you."

Light blue eyes... white hair... loves books... so far so good, he thought sizing her up in the back of his mind with that same small smile he had, though this time there was a kind warmth to the smile and his overall persona.

"Feldric-san, do you still want me to repair your shirt?" Questioning Ryan as she stepped into the Common Room, Tsubame continued far enough inside to allow him access before taking in the first portion of the dormitory. The interior was reminiscent of one of her recent customers sense in decor, and she smiled softly at the overwhelming blue theme. Considering the the cherry wood, Tsubame's mind formulated a color scheme that would have worked far better base off the red hue the wood held. "Rather tastefully decorated, and spacious wouldn't you say..."

Making her way further inside, Tsubame dropped onto the nearest navy cushion and glanced at the students already assembled inside. She could only hope that each would be reasonably kind. Returning her mottled eyes to Ryan, she waved him over with a sweet little smile, remembering the needle still held loosely in her right hand. Tsubame had said she would fix that damage to his shirt, and she would, even if she was discomforted while mending the fabric.

Hunbaba entered the Dango common room.He took a moment to take in the appereance of this chamber as well, every thing in this academy looked so fancy and still he was in the poshy House.He walked closer to Kaede to get his instructions.He was eager to meet his new room mate."Um Who do we sleep with???"