Underneath (open)

[Shino Nanao]

The North Woods, a place where some gruesome things have been said to happen to some students late at night. However, it was a complete contradiction between what was fearsome at night, to the point where it seemed almost peaceful during the daytime. Being declared the time of 'lunch', Shino was still particularly adorning the academy outfit on her body. On the flat bottom on both of her palms was a bento box filled with the different assorted goodies. Time had managed to bring the ambiguous girl to a giant tree within the woods, all for the purpose to have a simple peaceful lunch away from the general student population. Placing a hand against her heart, she sighed out loud as she began to take a seat against the oddly enough, smooth trunk of the tree. Untying the cloth that encased the bento box, she opened the box and wasn't too amazed at what she prepared.

The meal was a practically simple, a square of rice with a piece of umeboshi on the middle of it. For sides, she had a few pieces of takoyaki, and three small sandwiches as the second side. Picking up the black, gold embossed chopsticks, her hands picked up pieces of rice before sliding the end of the chopsticks into her mouth. The action of eating continued to occur for a good few minutes, but had only gotten her half way through the rice, with the umeboshi already eaten. Topping her bento with the cover, she began her usual day for every lunch time, staring at the sky through the various holes that weren't covered up by the leaves of the trees in the surrounding area. It was.. peaceful to say, peaceful enough for the girl to begin humming a tune. It was rare for any student to come during lunch, so what were the chances of anyone interrupting her traditional way of solace?

....Together when...?

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P.S: If your wondering what the hum sounds like, its the tune of Ayumi Hamasaki's "Together When.."

[Elyon Brown]

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[`Shaira`]

The sun is shining brightly and the sky is blue. She can feel the peacefulness of North Woods. "What a beautiful day!" She said and run around the north woods. She is happy to see this beautiful scenery. She picked some flowers and smell it. Others are beautiful but has no scent and others are simple but has a very beautiful scent.

She is wearing a blue T-shirt and red pants. She is also wearing a pair of slippers. Her hair was tied up with blue ribbon. She stretched her arms and yawn. Then, she smell something good. "It smells good. It is a Japanese food! Its been a long time since I don't eat Japanese food. Maybe because I'm somewhat busy."

Then, she heard a girl humming. It was beautiful. Very beautiful. the song is familiar but she really can't remember it. Being curious, she walks towards the girl who is singing.

"Hi. Your voice is beautiful. Could you sing it? The song is very familiar. May I know your name? But, if I'm disturbing or interrupting you, I'l just leave." She smiled and it faded away.

[Shino Nanao]

Something was weird, something else, or someone else was here. The first clue was that some of the creatures around her had stopped making noises, such as the chirps from birds, or the sounds of crickets. Instantly on the defensive, Shino stopped her humming and emerald eyes began scouting the area like a top notch radar. It seemed a bit quaint for her, but her right ear twitched as she caught onto the sound of a girl's voice. A brow raised curiously and noticed that it was the exact same tune that she was humming to previously before. Tracing the angle of where the sounds came from, Shino's head eventually located the girl sitting atop one of the tree's branches. Honestly, Shino had found it awkward for someone to be humming along with her, but could only clasp her hands behind her back and chuckle at the stranger. Muttering a kind 'hello', she lowered herself and began lying against the tree's smooth trunk again.

"Hi. Your voice is beautiful. Could you sing it? The song is very familiar. May I know your name? But, if I'm disturbing or interrupting you, I'll just leave."

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Shino thought with just a bit at the irony of what she was previously thinking before. The thought of people coming here during lunch time was a bit odd, but she found herself drilling her emerald eyes to the new stranger. However, the annoyed face seemed to change in a few seconds, replaced by a more motherly and respectful grin. It wasn't often that she was questioned on her singing voice, but she had been told before that she had a 'good' voice, but not one of 'beautiful' standards. Seeing her smile begin to fade, Shino stood up, dusted herself, then walked to the second new stranger. Bringing her arm up with her hand open, the gray haired girl hoped that she would accept her handshake as a friendly gesture.

"...My name is Shino Nanao, I just transferred to this Academy not too long ago. I'm not sure if my singing voice is 'beautiful' but, thank you for the compliment. Its also alright, you can stay here you wish too, since I'm not alone anymore.[/center]

[Elyon Brown]

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[.ten.shii.]

Normally Sayu would choose to wander around some place less green, like the town or the dormitories, but to day she felt as if it was better to walk around places like this for once. She trudged through the thick grass, breathing in the cool afternoon breeze, basking herself in the warmth the sun provided. It was rather peaceful here, actually, no matter what people said about the place. Perhaps they wanted to scare new students off, she thought frowning. How mean of them. Why would a person go through all that trouble just to make a student's stay here unbearable? That's how other people amuse themselves, she concluded, turning left, thus entering another atmospheric change.

There was a human sound echoing through the trees, more of humming than a bird twittering. Odd. Who else would be here? She continued down the path, seeing this as evidence of someone else going through the same way- it was fresh. Maybe that person would be the one who had made the sounds. The song she was humming was unfamiliar...must be Asian, she thinks. She went on.

Further up the path there were other sounds that joined the humming- but later on the humming was gone, and what was left sounded like human language. She approached the makers of the noise- three girls who seem to be friendly enough, one of them being Shaira. She tilted her head in wonder. What could they be doing here?

"Um..."