[OPEN]

[transfusionem]

Who: Adelaide & OPEN
What: Getting settled into the school and perhaps being a nuisance.
Where: Around campus
When: Late February
Notes: There shouldn’t be any warnings so far.

keeping pace; around campus at night
[Adelaide’s always been a runner - it was something she was good at. It was something she got a scholarship for! But that scholarship doesn’t matter anymore and everything’s just a mess and she has no idea what she’s doing at any given time.

So she runs.

She mainly runs at night, when it feels the best. The sunlight makes her feel sick, makes her feel like she’s running through cold molasses, and she just wants things to be easier. So she can be found running most nights, no matter how cold or snowy it is. Whenever she spots someone she slows down, offers them a nod or a wave - and if it seems like they want to talk, she stops completely.

Maybe if she knew more people here, she’d be less restless.]

pushing forward; the library
[Studying magic might just be the worst thing Adelaide’s ever had to do. It’s magic - shouldn’t it just, like, work?

Apparently not. It doesn’t help she’s come in so close to midterms - the downsides of transferring in, she supposes.]

Uuuuuugh. [Long, loud, and she sprawls back in her chair.] I’m never going to catch up.

gaining traction; aube 4 common room
[Studying isn’t going so well, and she doesn’t feel like going running again. Both of those things would probably be better uses of her time, but... Well. She’s got time to spare to deal with the fallout of that.

And she has plenty of time to learn new hobbies, which is what she’s doing now.]

Hey. [Greetings, stranger. She motions at you with the knitting needles she’s holding.] Do you want a scarf?

[Because someone is getting this scarf she’s trying to knit, if she manages to get the yarn to cooperate.]

wildcard;
[Feel free to run into Adelaide Wherever, or you can hash out plans with me over on discord (nickknack#8156) or plurk (daintily)!]

Comments

Night

[bejustorbedead]

[Ky never felt like he needed sleep since he woke up, and he was coming back from Soliel at an hour most people would considered ungodly, bundled up for the weather, keeping a surprisingly good pace when their paths crossed and then merged]

Huh, rather odd hour to be jogging.

[transfusionem]

Couldn't sleep.

[The words are a bit sheepish, and she ducks her head down while raising a hand to scratch at it.]

And just laying in bed staring at the wall sounded pretty boring.

[bejustorbedead]

[He laughs a bit]

Fair enough, It was a bit silly to ask that given I'm out for the same reason.

[transfusionem]

Seems like a fair enough question to me. [She shakes her head.] It's like, you don't wanna believe you're alone in it all, so you gotta ask. You know?

[bejustorbedead]

I think I understand that...

[He reaches back, tightening the cord tying his hair back, going to walk, a silent gesture he didn't want to make her stop her jogging completely]

I think a fair amount of the students and staff are either natural night owls or insomniacs.

night

[suddenlybees]

[ Another night owl... It's always interesting to Kano, to see the different sets of people he's more likely to meet during the day versus the night, and it's very late into the night when he spots Adelaide making her laps around campus. Imagine running during the winter... It's hot and miserable when you run, and the moment you stop, your sweat freezes and it's cold and miserable. Winter's just miserable. It's too cold.

When she slows down to give Kano a wave, Kano twists that into an invitation to join her, picking up the pace from where he'd been taking a leisurely stroll down the sidewalk. ]

Hi, hi~ Is this a late night jog, or an early morning run?

[ It's another restless 3AM night for him, same old, same old. ]

[transfusionem]

[There's more people out than she was expecting there to be - sure, it's just the one, but she had been anticipating nobody.

She's not sure if she's happy for the company or not, yet, but it offers her a distraction so she'll take it.]

A little bit of both? [She huffs out a laugh.] Depends on if I get any sleep once I get back to my dorm.

[suddenlybees]

Oh~ So it's that sort of run~

[ The sort where you physically tire yourself out, so you can conk out the moment your head hits the pillow, without your thoughts keeping you up. ]

How 'bout it, should I help tire you out?

[transfusionem]

Yeah, guess it is.

[She's been having a lot of runs like that, lately.]

Heh - you saying you want to race?

[suddenlybees]

[ He has to laugh, waving a hand in front of his face in dismissal. ]

No way, no way~ If it's a race, I wonder if I'd be any good as competition?

[ Does he look like an athletic child??? No, but he also isn't breathing hard at all as he runs, as he can hide that in his voice and just laugh to his heart's content. ]

It's that other talent of mine, you know? People say it all the time! That talking to me is exhausting~ So I thought we could just chat 'til you get sick of me~

wildcard;

[yokeye]

[Toki approaches Adelaide with an over-dramatic wave late one evening, before she's started her run. He's barrelled into his speech before introducing himself, as he tends to do.]

Good evening, young lady~! I have a very exciting proposition for you~! Would you perchance be interested in a fish tank!? It's dorm-approved and well cared for!

[transfusionem]

[It takes her a moment to react, so startled by Toki's...everything. She needs a bit to process everything.]

A...fish tank? Why are you giving away a fish tank?

[yokeye]

It's a long story! When I came here I had a pet jellyfish! His name was Tsuyukusa! He wasn't supposed to live long, I knew, so I expected him to die here and he did, on Valentine's Day! I came back from Soleil and he had disintegrated sometime during the night! Yuya, that's my roommate, and I decided adamantly that we didn't want any fish because Kuroko would eat them! And I didn't want a new jellyfish because that would taint Tsuyukusa's memory! So I cleaned out the fish tank and it's just taking up space in the room that could be used for something else and I don't need money so I don't want to sell it, I want to give it away to somebody who wants to keep fish or other marine pets! But! It could probably be repurposed for a heater and a sunlamp and you can have reptile pets instead or a terrarium for frogs or salamanders and if you had little tiny tree frogs you could fit a whole village of them in it; it's a pretty big tank! If you do want fish, I also have lots of decorations like coral and a little castle and everything that are just sitting around in the bathroom and you can have those too!

[transfusionem]

[...]

I'm sorry your jellyfish died! [She does, at least, sound sympathetic.] But I guess if you want to get rid of it, I could...take it? I don't see why not.

[There's a lot to unpack here and she's just not going to.]

[yokeye]

That's okay! It was his time~!

[He's really getting rid of the tank because looking at it makes him sad.]

Do you want to come get it now!? Or I can leave it outside your room! Did you want all the decorations?

library

[spelleton]

[ He's passing by when he hears the groan. That sounds like a student having troubles. ]

Greetings. I heard a very distinct cry of distress. [ His voice is amused. ] Is there anything I might do to assist you?

[transfusionem]

[It was very much a cry of distress. Save Her.]

I don't know. [She laughs weakly, looking over her stack of books.] I transferred in right before midterms.

[She's fucked.]

library

[notwithoutafight]

[ Over at a nearby study table, another recent transfer student is struggling to catch up in her classes as the threat of midterms rears its ugly head. About the only subject Videl feels comfortable with is math; thank goodness math is still the same in this bizarre school.

She lifts her head from her book as she hears her own thoughts given voice by someone else. ]

Tell me about it. [ Videl laments with a mirthless chuckle. ] Who thought this was even fair?

[transfusionem]

The people who saw the future, probably. [Ugh. Seers are cool and all, but this seems incredibly unfair.] That probably means passing or failing doesn't matter.

[Which isn't really much of a comfort at all.]

[notwithoutafight]

[ Videl's upper lip curls in disgust. If someone has already seen the future and knows that she's going to fail her midterms, then Videl is all the more determined to study harder and prove them wrong anyway. Fate can shove off; the only person that decides Videl's life is Videl (and sometimes her dad). ]

That'd be a crummy power: always knowing if you're going to pass or fail, no matter how much you study. [ She leans back in her chair. ] I'm glad I didn't develop that one.

[transfusionem]

I dunno. [She stretches, twisting to get a better look at Videl.] It might make it easier not to worry about things if you already know what's going to happen.

[She's not sure knowing her life was going to radically change would make things easier to deal with, but it wouldn't have hurt.]

What kind of power do you have?

[She's legitimately curious - speaking of things so plainly is still so new to her, and she's not sure if it's polite to ask? But she's going to anyways.]

Wildcard, moving in

[infestedcouncilpresident]

Room 403 was, according to the paperwork, Adelaide's room. The paperwork also listed her roommate as someone named Kohaku Yuhara.

The room, when Adelaide arrived with her suitcase or whatever, was decorated sparsely with a few posters for Japanese pop bands or video games. The TV was on and showed a paused fighting game of some kind, probably Street Fighter or something. All of Kohaku's stuff was neat and organized. There was no offensive odors or anything. Her roommate was apparently a very tidy person.

Kohaku herself, a Japanese teenager with a very androgynous appearance, was working on condensing her stuff so it didn't take up the whole room when Adelaide came in. She turned as the door opened and spoke in accented by understandable English. "Sorry. I meant to have this all cleaned up sooner but I got distracted. You're Adelaide, right? I'm Kohaku, and I guess you're my roommate now."

[transfusionem]

Adelaide is glad her roommate is there already when she's dragging her suitcases in - she doesn't have all that much stuff, to be entirely honest. She has some clothing, the books and supplies she'll need for her classes, but that's...It. She'd have brought the stuff from her old dorm if she could, but...Well. There simply wasn't anything to bring.

Which will at least mean their room won't be so crowded.

She offers Kohaku a bright smile, before setting down a suitcase to free up a hand which she offers to the other. "It's no problem! It's plenty clean already - and it's nice to meet you."

[infestedcouncilpresident]

Truth be told, Kohaku had been medium terrified of meeting her roommate. She'd never had one before and had heard horror stories. But Adelaide seemed normal enough. Maybe this would be fine.

She offered her own hand, which was pretty heavily calloused. The sword hanging by her bed was the cause of that. "You too."

A pause.

"Do you need any help with those?" She asked, gesturing at the suitcases.

[transfusionem]

It'll be fine - unless Kohaku has a problem with vampires, in which case things probably won't be fine?

Also, a sword? That gets Adelaide's attention - her eyes widen and she looks surprised, but she tries to tamp down on her curiosity."

"Ah, no, I don't have that much stuff so it's not a big deal," she says as she starts dragging her suitcases into place on her side of the room.

There's a pause.

"So, do you like, sword fight? Is that a real sword?!"