Winter Rowd dot Com [Closed]

[Xena]

OOC: Open thread.

"Eh? Library work?" I read the note aloud incredulously. I've been stationed for library work for the day. I didn't know this day would come. I thought I scheduled it for December 2008. My term wouldn't last that long, which is why I scheduled it that way. I never liked library duties, where I'm supposed to keep everyone quiet or else kick them out. Not good for PR, but it's only the rules so...

I walked to the library, doing it as slow as possible. Maybe Rose got it too, and if I walk in I'll just walk out. I hoped for the best as my footsteps echoed in the library hall. I opened the door leading to the vast library where we once held our council meeting. Half of the place was filled with students reading, some laughing about the paperbacks' titles, some playing board games and some, of course, using the computers. I raised my hand to my lips and blew a shrill whistle. The room grew quiet and eyes stared at me. "Quiet," I stated, pointing to the numerous signs around the room, "Or else I kick you out."

My eyes turned to the librarian herself, and I walked over to her. "Rosielle Casablanca?" I inquired about the public relations officer. "Is she stationed here as well?" To my dismay, the librarian shook her head and returned to her work. I sighed, sat down on an empty chair, watching the students go about their work silently. I supressed my own giggle when I catch students laughing with no sound coming out, only their facial expressions showed their humour. Good thing for the others playing serious board games; Games of the Generals, chess, scrabble. Some were even playing Snakes & Ladders.

After an hour or so in supervising, I took a break. I wasn't at all hungry, my breakfast keeps me through until lunch. The time was 10:25 am. I positioned myself, this time, on a swiveling chair in front of an open computer left by a rushing student. I dismissed his demerit because I was going to use his computer anyway. One of my duties was to check if the students were visiting any unapproved sites like RuneScape or MaidMarian. I pressed the arrow key down, and the websites appeared as: Alice Academy, Blackle, Google, MSN, Yahoo!...

I came to a halt on approved sites when I came upon winterrowd.com, an unfamiliar site. I entered it, and came a list of hyperlinks. I clicked one. How many horses... Where is the face... And the sudden picture took me by surprise, displaying a man with a clawed face, stony-blue eyes, and a psychotic smile. I stood up from the chair and it fell behind me. Quickly I pressed Alt along with F4, exiting the window immediately, not bothering with moving the cursor. Who entered the darned site, anyway?

[Elyon Brown]

Hearing a chair fell nearby,Elyon ignored it for a while.She even realized that she kept staring at the girl who has been surprised.It was Xena.Seriously,she doesn't know what was going on but,curiosity was burning all around her.Even if Xena yells at her,she walked bravely to her,calmly with a blank face,without saying anything.Xena stared at the computer.

Also looking at the computer screen,it was just nothing,just a list of programs.Maybe she saw something strange and just closed the window."What's wrong?"she finally asked.Right now,she was emotionless,not smiling.As she was waiting for the answer,she stared at the computer again.Staring at it for a long time,she felt dizzy.It's as if the computer was hitting her or something.

It gave her a headache.Was she being paranoid?The computer didn't hit her but,she was sure that she was being hit by that computer,she was sure.No doubt about it.She held her head in pain,the more she stares at the screen,the more her head will have pain.

[Xena]

"Stupid unapproved site," I whined softly, entering in a code sequence that locks winterrowd.com from the library computers. Every single one of those black beauties. "What's wrong?" Came a female voice, and I looked up from my key-entering work to see Elyon Brown, staring at my PC's screen.

Jeez. Wrong coding. My fingers went to work with blocking the site while my gaze totally turned to the girl. Ech, odd enough, with all the time I spend with computers I get to memorize the keyboard without using the proper guide. For example, instead of using simply the left pinky for a simple letter such as 'A,' I use my left ring finger instead of my left pinky. In fact, my pinky fingers seem to be of no use when I type. That goes with the thumbs, too.

"Unapproved site. Not good for students with heart problems," I replied. Many beats too late. Of course it isn't good for students with heart problems. It's surprising. "Hey, are you alright?" I inquired her, finished the code and looking at her sort of dazed expression.

[Elyon Brown]

+----That computer is surely crazy.Technically,the computers will not give her headaches but,this computer is so abnormal.The words from Xena was a blur but,at least she can manage to hear still."I don't know but,it's as if the computer is hitting me with a piano,making me dizzy."she replied,still looking at the screen.Something's wrong.Maybe there is some kind of demon in that thing.Frowning,she held her head,more pain.

"What is wrong with that computer?"she whispered to herself.Well,she was having curiosity burning all over her,hoping that she will not make that behaved student mad but,she just had to ask"I don't know but,I just have to ask,what did you see in the website you just opened?"maybe,the thing Xena saw in there is a demon or was Elyon just imagining?Seriously,she is not paranoid right now.

Now,something appeared on the computer but,she didn't manage to see it,her vision was a little blurry so,she can't really see it.'What was that?'she asked herself as she squinted on the computer screen,still,it didn't work but,she still didn't give up,she again squinted.----+

[Mira Jing]

The little girl peered at the librarian blankly from across the desk, looking clueless and feeling that way. Less than a day ago, she'd been told to stay put until someone came to get her. Someone did come to get her and brought her here. But what was she supposed to do? This morning she'd followed someone here, hoping she'd know what to do, but...it seems that her plan had failed.

"..."

The girl, Mira, was wearing a yellow, cotton dress, and white slippers. She had enough common sense and experience to wash and get dressed in the morning, and had learnt to get her food from the canteen. She understood about languages, and could therefore communicate with the people here, thanks to her alice.

The librarian, feeling nervous under the stare of the eleven year old child, made a motion with her hand, waving her off. But Mira, who didn't know what she was doing, merely copied the action, with a little sparkle in her eyes. Now a little irritated, Pointed over to where two girls were at a computer, one of them typing while looking at the other girl, and the other girl looking sick, and told Mira to go.

Mira silently and obediantly did so. Her sandles not making the slightest sound as she slowly made her way to the two. They seemed to be friends, or at least they knew each other from somewhere before, judging by their casual speech. She stared at the computer moniter, at what the girl was typing. She pointed at the screen, at the text for the code to unblock websites.

"What's that?"

[Xena]

OOC: Ne, if any of you want to see the site, just enter winterrowd.com, please. ^^;;

"I am VICTORIOUS!! Mwahahahaha--"

"Cut that audio, kid," I warned at a student who was in a state of panic due to the loud, booming speakers producing a villanous laugh and trying to cover everyone's ears. Must be losing his common sense. I gestured at the speaker button and even mouthed the word 'push' for him to understand. Possibly, he was mute, for he gestured back by pointing his finger to where I motioned, shrugging. I nodded and let out a smile when he did so, and he smiled sheepishly as well. "Elyon, I think you need to rest for a while," I said to the familiar student. "Maybe you didn't have enough breakfast or something."

I turned back to my computer, opening a brand new Internet Explorer window and typing in the site winterrowd.com, and the reason for me to type it instead of just scrolling down with the arrow keys is because when I block a site, I erase it completely, as if the site never existed. As in, deleted from the History. While I typed I heard Elyon murmur to herself, and then pressed Enter to reach the supposedly unapproved site. "I don't know but, just have to ask,what did you see in the website you just opened?" I shrugged, turning to her while the site loaded. "Some jerk made it, probably trying to scare people off," I said, not really answering her question yet. "Just a face like the one in the movie Saw, only creepier, like a crossover appearance from Saw II and Chuckie. The killing doll?" I added, acting as if with a knife. "You know Chuckie, right?"

"What's that?" Came another voice, pointing maybe to the window with the coding, still opened. "Coding for blocking sites," I replied, giving off a cute smile. I turned to the female that spoke and thought the same adjective as well. New student, spelled C-U-T-E. I giggled despite Elyon's state and decided to introduce myself to the new girl. "Hello there, my name's Xena. You?" I half turned my attention to the monitor, before pushing full of it. The site wasn't blocked. My jaw dropped. The cursor clicked on Jingle Bells on the page. Wrong coding? Please, please tell me it was a wrong coding. "What the--" I let out, then regretted it. After all, what makes other people nervous other than seeing a seemingly higher person being nervous? My fingers turned to the keyboard, typing as if endlessly, the keys clicking under my fingers.

"... I hate library duty."

[Mira Jing]

"Coding for blocking sites,"

Mira stared at the girl. A what for what what? The girl kept the words in her mind, despite not knowing what the heck it meant. She didn't ask for the meaning in simple terms either. They probably wouldn't tell her anyway.

"Hello there, my name's Xena. You?"

Her expression brightened somewhat. It was something that she understood. Her mind tranlated the japanese into her mother-toungue, with a silent 'ping' in her head upon completion. The girl's name was Xena. Xena wanted to know her name. The dark-brown haired individual pointed to herself with her left, index finger and smiled sweetly.

"My name is Mira."

Her smile faded, as the girl turned around, and her introduction was complete. Just as she'd been taught to do by Yuan. She looked at the other girl, the one who looked rather ill. Was she also here to 'Coding for blocked sites'? Mira pointed at the girl.

"You are also coding for blocked sites?"

It was stupid question for anyone else to hear, but the smaller girl didn't know that. She knew that a 'site' referred to a page on the internet. She'd been on a computer once, and Yuan had told her a lot about it. All of which she'd memorized. And something 'blocked' was something not accessable. She didn't know what coding was though.

"... I hate library duty."

Mira nodded, this time, fully understanding. Hating was not liking. Duty was work. This girl hated working. That was something the chinese girl had in common with Xena. Yes, Understandable.

[Elyon Brown]

+----'You know Chuckie, right?'to say yes,she nodded,glancing to the girl popping out from nowhere,she smiled and introduced herself"Hi there,I'm Elyon Brown,nice to meet you,Mira."she already knew the girl's name since,Xena and that girl introduced their selves before Elyon did.Replying to the cute and friendly girl's question,she replied to her with a smile"No,I don't code for blocked sites.I was just checking on Xena,who was actually shocked a while ago."she seemed a little better but,not too much.

She just ate a lot of breakfast,she does go on a diet if she has to.Just like Xena,she hated library duties,even if she didn't tried and she doesn't know why.Maybe because,you have to handle the people who are in this place,always reminding them to keep quiet.Don't know but,handling people just gives her a big headache but,she hides it all the time.Yawning,she told Mira"For me,I guess it is a little tired to code for blocked sites."seriously,it is.

With a smile,she looked at the screen and frowned afterwards.Really not addicted to computers.Only addicted to reading.With another yawn,she realized that there were noise all around"What a great noise."she whispered with a frown,funny.She didn't know that it was already getting noisy a while ago.If she would quiet them down by herself,she would feel that she is butting in.----+

[Xena]

This is seriously, seriously taking up much of my library time. Students that entered only recently while I entered the code began to crack up jokes, sending some of the children the room erupt in gales of laughter. "Tsk, tsk, tsk," I let out, entering the last break for blocking. This time I exited the window, then opened up a new window; this time Mozilla Firefox. I typed in the website's address, and only noticed the words in the title bar.

Winter Rowd - the best place for online pranks. Figures.

And the bold, red text send up a smile on my face. Access denied - Dans Guardian. This site has been blocked by the computer's IP address. Replacing the title bar was the same two words, Access Denied with an exclamation point. I sighed, leaned back, trying to relax when I remembered library work. I looked towards the librarian, who was eyeing me mischeviously. I snapped forward, stood up, trudged to the noisy students - those that just entered, three of them - took each of their wrists in each hand, one hand holding two, and glared at them. I turned my pupils to cat-like yellow. "Noisy," I growled, already nodding to one of the signs up on the library walls, "So get out."

One of them shook his head, and without further time extension I pushed them out, almost screeching in a wail of frustration, "And don't come back until you've pledged to be silent!" All right, that was corny, I know. But what else can I tell, being so nicey-nice to students during library work? These children needs to have discipline. I turned back on my heels and walked back to the room and sighed when I reached my companions. "Well, my shift ends at about four o' clock. Do you want to wait for me--" I lifted two fingers, "Or we could take an early lunch together?" I shrugged.

If they worried about the librarian, I made a gesture to her and said, "She could take care of my shift while I'm gone. What do you say?"

[Mira Jing]

Mira stared at the non-coding girl, then at the coding girl. Elyon and Xena. Not names she'd ever heard of. The chinese girl was used to hearing names like 'Xiu Mei' or 'Gui Gui', not these foreign names. But those two girls' names had a nice kind of ring to it.

When Xena suddenly stood and advanced on the three new arrivals in the library, Mira would fall backwards, landing on her back out of shock. She sat up, leaning on her hands behind her, and watched as the red-haired girl proceeded to kick them out.

"..."

She watched silently as Xena walked back towards her and Elyon, the little girl's lips slightly parted, still a little in awe. She hadn't expected the older girl to go and do that. Was she a librarian too?

"Well, my shift ends at about four o' clock. Do you want to wait for me--"

"Or we could take an early lunch together?"

Standing up slowly, she wobbled a little before finding her balance again. She stared up at the girl, who then made a gesture towards the librarian lady. She blinked.

"She could take care of my shift while I'm gone. What do you say?"

Her mind processed the words. Lunch..together? It was an invitation, wasn't it? An invitation to eat lunch together. Right. Right? A small hand would reach and tug the shirt of the girl who issued the invitation.

"An Invitation for lunch?"

With her free hand, she pointed to Elyon, and nodded slightly confusedly. It was an invitation, right? She repeated herself a little softer.

"An Invitation?"

[Elyon Brown]

+----'An Invitation?'hey,this girl must be chinese or something and needs to learn a lot more about English terms."Yes,it is an invitation.I'm too hungry,I think."just then,her stomach grumbled and told them"Yeah,I am pretty hungry alright."her face dropped and was embarrassed,she just hated it when her stomach growls.It just sounded like she farted and this year,she seemed to be getting hungry so easily.

"Well,do you accept the invitation or we rather just stay here and wait for Xena until her shift ends?"she asked the cute and friendly looking girl as she smiled to her.Normally,Elyon can control her hungriness since,she is used to it.For crying out loud,she can't force the girl to accept the invitation.Waiting for an answer,she looked around,the library is also big.Everything is so big in this school especially,The Freedom Space.----+

[Xena]

I felt something tug at my shirt, and I looked at the small hand gripping it. Mira. "An Invitation for lunch?" she asked. Maybe she was uncertain about what I meant? I smiled and nodded at the younger girl. "That's right, Mira," I replied softly. "Yeah, I am pretty hungry alright," came the voice of Elyon Brown. I raised my palms out in level with my head. "Told ya' you didn't have enough breakfast," I added after hearing the low grumble from her stomach. My hands fell down to my sides. Elyon's reply also meant agreement, leaving me to wait for Mira's decision.

I placed my hands on my hips, leaning weight to my left leg, the smile growing to a pretty grin. "Oh, Mira," I started, the mischevious glint in my eye, "Wouldst thou likest to have lunch with I? It won't cost you a thing; dost thou agree?" Some Castlevania-slash-Biblical talk mixed with modern. I don't know if using the term 'I' at the near end in the first sentence was correct though. I blushed somewhat, giggling in my head.

[Mira Jing]

When the two older girls confirmed the fact that it was indeed an invitation, the smaller girl smiled, both her hands back at her sides. They were asking if she wanted to go with them to lunch! She was about to nod and accept, when Xena suddenly placed her hands on her hips and started talking rather...funnily.

"Oh, Mira, Wouldst thou likest to have lunch with I? It won't cost you a thing; dost thou agree?"

The girl giggled. She knew this! It was 'acting in a play' or something, right? She'd done it once before while performing in Beijing. Mira would have responded like that, but she couldn't remember the proper term for it, not knowing it well enough to activate her alice with. She nodded with a happy smile. She was going to have lunch with these two people she'd just met then!

She did remember once being told not to talk to strangers, but they introduced themselves, and she knew their names. Therefore, they weren't strangers right? She hoped so.

[Xena]

OOC: Mira will post once, then Elyon [or vice versa], then the thread is closed. Who'll make the continuation thread?

Yay.

A complete hour or so as a break from library duty. Also an early lunch, meaning five hours with no meal break afterwards. Which also means, spending Rabbits for Mira, because she's a new student. For Elyon, I guess she can provide Rabbits for herself, although I'll lend in a hand if she's short on the coins and papers or completely clean with them.

I made a move for the door, looking back at my two companions, gesturing outside. Then I turned to my left, where the librarian sat, organizing recently returned books, and this time stated, "Going for an early lunch." To which she replied with a single nod, barely moving her head to glance at my leaving figure.

I stepped through the door, leaving it open, and waited for the two females. When they did get through [it's inevitable that you guys don't, so forgive my godmodding] I informed them, "We're going to the cafeteria." I let out a hand to Mira, welcoming the new student more than the familiar female. Who could blame me for doing so? A new student needed much more help in going around the place.

When [if?] she took my hand, I beamed, and then led her to the cafeteria.

[Mira Jing]

Her bright smile never left her face as she walked swiftly to the open doorway where Xena was, her dark brown hair flowing back, past her shoulders with her quick movements. Her eyes showed a small amout of joy, probably since it would be her first meal with human company since her entrance to this school.

As she reached the doorway, she paused and jumped through, onto the outside pavement. She looked at the outstretched hand for a second, before taking it with her own, smaller hand, grinning up at Xena. Her hair now falling back past her shoulders with her movements now calmed. As they walked towards the cafeteria, she would turn her head, and stare at Elyon, still smiling. This would be fun.

[Elyon Brown]

(OOC:I will.In the dorms and canteens area.)

+----Smiling,she followed her two companions to the exit of the library.Hearing Xena talking to the librarian,her smile still didn't fade as she continued to follow the two girls for the canteen.Well,in the canteen,there are a lot of food choices in there so,she still needed to choose a food in the canteen which will take a very long time so,now she was thinking about an order.Those food are all so delicious.Elyon can't just eat them all,that will be so ridiculous.Spaghetti?No,she ate that food a tons of times already.

Thinking for another one,she decided to order french fries but,she also ate that all the time for snacks.She decided to order 'leche flan' for dessert and rice with fried chicken for the lunch.It will be a fun lunch.Not a boring lunch like just being alone.Just snapping out of the thought,she still followed the two girls without her smile fading away from her face.----+