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[Xena]

I'm free from worrying and such. I kinda figured I needed a new start after doing so much that I wish I didn't, things I wished to take back. But that can't be, right? Of course not! Drumming my fingers melodically on my dormitory desk, I gazed at my room. No, that was an inappropriate term. My One Star room. Better than those that are Zero Star - and a step below the only Two Star student. I'm proud being that way; then again, 'being proud' is one of the reasons I'd like to restart with a cleaner sheet of paper.

I frolicked to my One Star room door, being my One Star self, and opening the door in a Corporealist-student-way. How is that? Opening it like how it should be! Twist knob, pull/push door, and it's open. Simple, riight? I seriously need to work on my PR, a term used to abbreviate Public Relation. Before, I was the Alice Academy One Star Public Relations Officer (a position I call AAOSPRO) and I was doing fairly well with my doggone life. But in the next student council elections, I came out as this! The new Vice President! And now I ponder and wonder over and over again what the voters could've seen in me. I couldn't care less and resign - something I am not familiar in doing. Might as well endure the term.

I stayed in the female's dormitory corridors, hovering and prancing and walking about. Waiting to meet a few students. Odd enough, I couldn't find any trace of life. Are they avoiding me? I thought in mock anger. They voted me as this and now they can't accept the result?! It was not a surprise to find male students in the girl dormitory building either, but no one? At this hour? It was already afternoon, at around 4. Oh. Maybe they think I caught a disease or something, not roaming in the school grounds. I used to do that EVERY SINGLE DAY. Must be why they voted me. There's nothing to politics than a nice reputation and a friendly face.

I practically froze on a specific corridor, then I pushed my back against a wall. People! Come to me... Please?

OOC: Boys and girls are welcome ^^

[Xiang Lien]

Quiet… The dorm is quiet and deserted, that’s a good sign, a blonde-haired girl thought as she walked through the dorms hall. Dragging her white-colored bag, she walked slowly, trying desperately not to attract any attention. Avoiding any misfit she could get herself in. After years being an outcast, she learned one thing. Alone is better. Something bound to happen if she tried to socialize with other people. They threw things at her and spit out cruel words. To them, she was a puppet. A mere puppet that can be controlled easily. The feeling of sadness, sorrow, empty and loneliness was natural to her. She learns how to cope with it. But deep in her heart, she knew she could break anytime. She was like a fragile glass, with a slightest touch she could break into tiny pieces.

Tap…Tap...

Her ears then caught the sound of footsteps. There are people here. Slowly, she inhaled her breath and exhaled it. She needs to calm down. Xiang clutches her bag tightly and continues to walk. Fastening her pace, she passes various corridors. This dorm is quite huge and can be easily lost. The main objective is to find her room fast before anything unwanted happen. For instants, meeting people. But it seems God had twisted her fate. In front of her was a girl that was standing against a wall. Oh, no! She needs to pass her but how?

[Xena]

I couldn't believe the odds of meeting a single girl in A CORRIDOR. Are all the others outside, playing their mindless games and using their God forbidden alices? I was getting annoyed by the second. These people are... Hapless. Gritting my pearly white teeth behind my cherry coated lips, I moved inch by inch in an irritating manner to the end of the hall when I spotted her. A STUDENT! There really are angels; my light bearer had called upon her angel to meet me here. Thank God.

Sadly, 'light bearer' can also be translated as 'Lucifer.' Which may be the reason why the girl seems to be avoiding yours truly. Waah~! I hadn't done anything wrong, so why me? I looked at her, my eyes averting its gaze from the white wall in front of me towards her. I smiled, released my against-the-wall position earlier, and began to walk towards her, hands at the side with my feet prancing in flowerly grounds.

"Hiya!" I began cheerfully, but not that cheerful to frighten her away in the thought of me being a psychotic crimson-haired girl in the obvious goal of eating her alive. Mwahahaha. I stared -- wait, 'staring' is a term used in a manner of rudeness, so think of a more positive phrase -- at her eyes with my crimson-colored window to the soul.

OOC: C'mon, members, POST.

[Xiang Lien]

The girl spotted her! If she could hide in a hole, she would do it. She needs to gets out of there, fast. If there’s truly a God, oh please help her. Tilting her head down, the lass looked at her shoes and the clean corridor floor. Never leaving her gaze, she didn’t notice the girl flash a smile. She was quite concern of the girl’s action towards her and couldn’t help thinking what harm the girl would bring her. Noticing the heavy foot steps, she rises up her head. Curious, if the girl had leaved her.

Ahh… If she has a heart attack, she would be dead right now. There, the girl stood in front of her and it was so close to her. Never, she had a person this close before except for her Popo. People tend to stay away from her as further as possible but this girl was actually getting near her. Blood rushed to her cheeks due to overly reaction of anxiousness. "Hiya!" She cringed hearing the words that came out from the girl’s mouth and she could see the girl was staring hard at her like she was an alien or something. ‘If someone greets you, greet them back.’ Her grandmother‘s words echoed through her head. Gulping, she opened her mouth and manages to mutter a word.

“He...llo...”

[Xena]

She can talk, but I think she was reluctant in that. Was I that resented? My right arm twitched slightly as I raised it for a polite, friendly handshake. The Academy was getting on my nerves; no students, no teachers, all boredom and weak hope! I felt paralyzed although my arm was twitching to the left, right, left. All of them small movements that are nothing compared to a rough and sudden jerk of the body.

At the very least, I had a new..erm, friend. Or voter? Well, it doesn't really matter because the elections are over and I have no intention of being voted or elected again. Evaar. Unless the people have a problem, I would stay in a hollow shell and only come out at night where I can scare people. Mwahahaha.

"I'm Xena. Who are you, may I ask?"

[Xiang Lien]

Looking back down to her shiny black shoes, she prayed silently the girl would walk away. Nothing is good if she met a new person. Every time she tried to be friendly, they will think she was a loser, outsider, nerd or mostly the F crowd. No one even wants to talk to her. They would only talk if they want to mock, tease, insult and bullied her. She remembers one time; she refuses to finish their homework and ended up being thrown food and rubbish like she was a dustbin. How cruel they could get? She walked home, smelling like garbage. From that moment, she never disobeyed them again. Tilting her head up, she saw a slender hand extended to her. She felt a bit confuse. Is this girl wanted to shake hands with her? Doesn’t she felt gross touching her? "I'm Xena. Who are you, may I ask?" Her voice rang through her head. Her tone was soft and there’s no trace of mocking in it. Could it be possible she wants to be friends with her?

Noticing, she spaced out in a long time. She hurriedly gave her right hand to shake hands. Xiang hand was a bit shaky due to this was the first time she shake hands with someone.

“My name is Li Xiang Lien.”

[ame]

"Ima nanjika oshiete yume to itte dakishimete

Haikyo no machi ni mioboe ga aru
Anata to megutta sa shinshuu no naka

Doushite hitori atashi wa hitori
Suguru sugu ni yume nanda to kizuku.."

"My name is Li Xiang Lien" A girl interrupted the song. A chinese? Kikuri is a chinese person too. So she thought it would be nice to make friends with her. Standing beside her. She speaks suddenly.

"You're a chinese right? My name is Kikuri Ai. I'm a half chinese and japanese, I hope you will be my friend." Kikuri said while handing her hand out to her.

[Dante]

Dante just woke up from his sleep, his white hair was all messed up as he got up from his bed. Dante was feeling bit the same about this morning, he was going toward the sink and reached for his toothbrush.


" Another time.... another boring day. " *Grabs the toothbrush.* " Hmmmm...... " * opens the faucet * " What?! "


Dante noticed that there was no water coming out of the faucet, so he went out with a glass in hand hoping to find a water dispenser, he went out wearing only his black pants as he walks along the corridor.

[Xena]

Well, isn't this sweet. She wasn't afraid of me after all.

My gaze left hers as my smile widened to crink up my eyes. That took the same muscles but a lot more strain. When I opened them again, there was another girl, and she had introduced herself just now. I thought of it as rather good, although I felt quite odd by the sudden introduction. Yet there was something else that I had not noticed and now took in. She wasn't talking to me, but to Li Xiang Lien.

And who was I, a sandy claws (Santa Claus) ornament? I was supposedly doing the talking around, yet I'm getting left behind. How cruel, decisive and assertive. Well, who wouldn't move on if they actually hadn't taken action to do so, anyway? I managed to ease up on my smile to a shy lip curved upward. Then again, I was nowadays turned to those that introduce immediately to strangers as somewhat naive. But I was desperate for students and I have them, so it's only my fault. "Um... I'm Xena..?" I stated reluctantly, hesitating whether the new girl would be interested in finding out who I am or not... And throw me out a window or something.

Other footsteps, and I quickly turned my head sideways to see the owner of the sound echoing in the somewhat deserted corridor. A blast from the past; Dante Tepes. I had been in such a state of shock that I just noticed that my hand did not yet let go of Li Xiang's own. I gently let go before turning fully toward the familiar boy. "Dante?" I confirmed, not being able to believe my own eyes. It had been such a long time when we last saw each other, and that time happened to be when he almost died. But he didn't because he had 'demon blood' running through his veins yet I could not notice the difference in a humans blood. Aside from the adjective, I did not see any difference at all despite me having some of it running through my own veins.