{Proposal: Apply at Daybreak Academy} [open]

[ninehilist]

Who: Nines, anyone who runs into him
What: So thanks mostly to Lia, Nines is now working at the Academy! His luggage is 80% computers by volume and he is a tiny shrimp.
Where: Lumiere Dorms mostly
When: Early August
Warnings: None planned, but 9S does have his own warnings that can come up!

[He still can't really believed he agreed to this, but, well. Lia made several good points and if some of his trackers were right, it's possible YoRHa had managed to track him down so....honestly going to Europe? Not the worst idea he's ever had.

That would belong to "refusing to call ahead and arrange for help getting his luggage up to his assigned dorm because his luggage is mostly computers and he doesn't trust people to carry them". Despite being 5'2". In his boots. And having the physical strength of a particularly weak child. His rideshare at least got them out of the car, but now he's standing in the middle of the academy grounds, staring at the map of the academy on his phone and wondering how the hells he's going to get 100+ pounds of computer up to the fourth floor.]

Comments

[buddinghopes]

... Need a little help there, Nines?

[Hi, Nines, it's the girl who talked you into this, having gotten her stuff back in her room ahead of time.]

[ninehilist]

[Nines starts when Lia speaks, having not been paying attention to anything around him.]

Oh. It's you.

[buddinghopes]

Yeah, it's me, hi. I got all my stuff to my room already.

[She's eyeing his luggage.]

... Will it help any to know we have elevators in the dorms?

[So, you know, don't have to get all of that up stairs.]

[ninehilist]

I figured, most places require them nowadays after all.

[So. Not really, since he still has a hundred pounds of computers to haul up there.]

Do you guys have any trolleys or anything?

[buddinghopes]

My roommate has a cart I could ask her to borrow that would probably help. Want me to go ask?

[ninehilist]

How big is the cart?

[Because.

Yeah, look at the boxes and bags, Lia. They are Legion.]

[buddinghopes]

It's a pretty-decently sized garden cart. Liiiike, about 34 by 18 inches?

[...]

And you do know I wouldn't be opposed to carrying some stuff, right?

[ninehilist]

You saw how many computers I had in my apartment and how big they were.

[Can you even carry something that big, Lia?]

Besides, they're fragile.

[stavros]

[A short teenager comes out of the library, heading down the road to the Lumière dorm. A few things are noticeable immediately:
-Despite this still being summer break, she's wearing a full backpack.
-Despite this being summer break, she's got a long scarf on, emblazoned with a cross on either end.
-Apparently, if this girl is any indication, a belt on which a whip hangs at her side is considered an acceptable uniform alteration.

She blinks, waves, and walks over to the boy and his mountain of luggage.]

Ah, greetings. You must be new, and I... presume you need one of those luggage tubs or a cart.

[buddinghopes]

[... She's just.

Casually transforming right on the spot.]

[ninehilist]

[Nines looks up from his phone, taking in the weirdly dressed girl approaching him.

...huh. Maybe she just runs cold.]

Cart or trolley, yeah. I'm not sticking my computers in any sort of tub.

[ninehilist]

...right. Magical girl. [. . .] Does that come with super strength?

[buddinghopes]

Sure does!

[...]

So should I go ask about that cart?

[stavros]

[She scratches her head, but it's probably just a turn of phrase. Ah well.]

I can see if I can get some. Where are you aiming to go? One of the dormitory towers, I assume.

[ninehilist]

Lumiere 402. That's apparently where they put TAs.

[ninehilist]

Sure, why not? I'll stay here.

[stavros]

Oh, that makes it easy! I live in Lumière as well, so I know where they keep the luggage carriers. Some people are strong enough to carry them, as well. At least it isn't far, but I must admit the school predating motor vehicles makes it somewhat difficult...

[buddinghopes]

Either way, see you shortly!

[A dash back to the dorm and one short conversation later, Lia returns with roommate and cart!]

[lifeforced]

[Becky's following closely behind Lia, pulling along said cart. She's a small girl, standing less than four feet tall, and looks rather young—probably around seven?—but the way she carries herself doesn't quite match up with that.

Once she and Lia have both come to a stop, she looks at the Big Old Pile Of Computer.]

Yeah, okay, I can see why hauling it up the hard way is out of the question. [Will they be able to make this just a single trip? She's not entirely sure but she hopes so.]

[ninehilist]

And this is around a hundred pounds or more of computer, so...

[ninehilist]

[Nines isn't going to judge a weirdly young looking person. The Red Girls taught him better than that.]

I wasn't going to leave my computers back home. They're too valuable.

[buddinghopes]

[Lia's looking between the cart and the luggage.]

Think we can manage in one trip?

[lifeforced]

[Becky's been looking back and forth as well, having been going over that question mentally already.]

One way to find out; we can start tetris-ing stuff on until we run outta room and see if there's anything left over.

[stavros]

I'll see what I can do. So I presume you're teaching something computer-related?

[ninehilist]

The boxes with an X on them are the most fragile, so don't put those on the bottom.

[And he's a scrawny boy, so he'll point out the boxes that can go on the bottom and...probably let Lia do this because Lia is a magical girl with super strength who can lift the big boxes onto the cart.]

Thank God for elevators...