witchesreign | [Tuesday, Jan 11th, Lunch, Cafeteria]

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[Tuesday, Jan 11th, Lunch, Cafeteria]

[Luke is in the cafeteria, with the translating collar thinger stuck to his neck: it seems to do a pretty good job of telling others what he is saying, but isn't much help as far as Luke barely understanding any English so far.

Still, he is good spirits, and happy to be free of classes for a little while. He'd only arrived last night, and was late getting to all of his classes today, so he hadn't had a chance to meet anyone, really.

With a tray of food in hand, he looks for a place to sit, or people to talk to. Or maybe just people to listen to. To listen at? Ugh, stupid English.]

((OOC: Mingle intro post for Luke! Also if anyone else wants to be hanging out in the cafeteria for their own purposes, go for it! All are welcome.))

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[Marco just so happens to have a conveniently empty seat near him should anyone be daring enough to sit near the guy picking at his food like a bird.]

[WHO NEEDS TIME/SPACE LOGIC. SITS WITH EVERYONE]

[Which is to say, Luke spots someone who looks like he might be lonely, or at least bored, and gathers up his courage. Inwardly recognizing the irony of getting nervous over finding a table to sit at after all the legitimately crazy and dangerous stuff he'd been through]

Hi. Is it okay... if I sit here?

[The translator at Luke's neck repeated his words, causing a slightly awkward wince from Luke at the foreign sounding echo]

[YAY!]

What? Yeah, of course. [Gestures helpfully and kicks the seat out to make it easier.]

New here?

[Luke catches the affirmative answer and smiles, setting his tray down and taking a seat]

Thanks! Um... I can't understand much of what people say yet, but it's nice too meet you. I'm Luke.

[Nods and holds out a hand to shake.]

Marco. [Makes sure to make his words as clear as he can to give Luke time to get used to them.] Nice to meet you. Welcome to the Garden.

Marco... [Luke repeats what he figures must be guy's name. And he has heard a welcome enough times by now to figure out what it is]

Thanks, this place is really nice. Are you uh... from... here?

[Luke still wasn't sure what the name of this planet was, but he at least had guessed that a lot of the cadets weren't actually from this world]

No. [Shakes his head no.]

Different world, eh. I'm from an ocean called the Grand Line.

An... ocean?

[he'd learned that word while crossing one, but how could someone be from an ocean?]

Sorry, I thought you said you're from an ocean.

I am.

It's how my world is divided up geographically. [Since he's using foreign words, he's also trying to be helpful with hand signs, and divides up sandwhich on his plate into fours.] 5 oceans in my world, and this one, [draws the imaginary line with his knife across the middle of the sandwich.] Is the Grand Line. Crosses through the others dividing them up.

[Because ooc we don't know what the planet/world is called and ICly, Marco just calls that ocean his home.]

[Luke clearly focuses pretty hard on what he's being told and shown, but most of the words go over his head. At least he can understand ocean and five, and mostly figure out the map that is being drawn for him.

One thing, however, continues to not add up]

So... everyone lives in water?

On. [Hovers one hand over the other.] On ships or islands.

On... What's 'ships' and 'islands'.

[Mostly seems to be speculating to himself, repeating the words in English, then in his own language:]

Boats?

[Nods and gestures more.]

Ships are big boats. Islands are small bits of land surrounded by ocean.

[Rinoa's already found a table, but as far as she's concerned there's always room for other people. Especially people who look new if the way he's looking around is any indication.

Getting up she walks over and waves at him cheerfully.] Looking for a place to sit? You can sit with me if you want.[Of course in true Rinoa fashion, she doesn't exactly wait for an answer before pulling him towards her table. Welcome to the whirlwind, Luke, enjoy the ride and hope her charade guessing skills are better than her listening skills are.] You're new right? My name's Rinoa.

Uh- w-whoa! Hey!

[Luke does not exactly mind being dragged around, and doesn't resist much, but he's more than a little surprised to find someone so eager to get acquainted. Since he had arrived on this planet people had mostly kept their distance.

And then she is talking to him, and Luke blinks at her for a few seconds before sorting out 'new' and 'name' which were words he recognized.]

Hi... [The translator as his neck repeated his words in English, Luke still hadn't gotten used to that] I'm Luke. N-Nice to meet you...

[She's not good at this whole 'distant native' thing. It doesn't bother her very much though, she'd much rather have lots of friends. The new guy being cute is just an added bonus.]

Oh. Guess I hadn't considered that you probably speak a different language. [This fact doesn't bother her though, who cares? Since when was talking super important? Because if it was the be all, end all of things Squall would have way more problems than he already did.]

Luke, huh? Nice to meet you. Have you been here very long? [She waves cheerfully to cement the whole 'nice to meet you' concept before sliding back into her seat. Really Rinoa should be thanking him. She'd almost been tempted to pull out a math book and do some homework over lunch and who wants that?]

I'm sure you'll learn the language soon enough, everyone seems to do a pretty good job of picking it up. Apparently we've got some really good teachers here.

[Luke's face became steadily more uncertain as she kept talking, and he inwardly cursed this translator for not working in reverse. He had never been all that smart, and picking up a completely new language out of no where wasn't that easy.

As it was, he had no idea what she'd asked, though he could tell from the tone of her voice that there had been a question.]

Sorry... [Might as well start there] I can't understand much yet, I only got to this planet a few weeks ago, and well... learning a totally new language is hard. Um, you said your name was... Rinoa?

[For someone who couldn't understand her, he did a great job of answering her questions. That's convenient.]

I've never tried to teach someone before, but I'll help you if you want? How hard can it be? I've been speaking this language all my life.

[Fortunately for she's not really expecting him to understand most of what she's saying. So long as the I'll help you part gets through she'll be more than happy.]

Uh...

[Luke blinked slowly at hard, he caught a few words that sounded familiar, but not many of which he actually knew the meaning to, and all together he couldn't figure out any idea of what she'd just said. He gave up and hung his head with a sigh]

Sorry.

[Realizing that he hadn't gotten any of that, she makes a face and then tries for a new tactic. Picking up the Apple from her tray, she hands it to him with a smile.]

Apple.

[A very basic, to the point "This is what we call this here" that hopefully might get the point across better than a long speech. If not she'd have to start naming other things at random and hope he caught on sooner or later.] Really, she's probably not the best candidate for a teacher position of any sort.]

[This game, Luke at least knew, he repeats the word, with a bit of an accent]

Apple.

Thanks.

I just wanted to help, being alone and not understanding a lot of things must be pretty scary.

[She smiles at that, really brightening up with cheer. Why hadn't she just done it that way to begin with? So this of course shall continue until she's named everything at their table and then probably some of their surroundings too~~but mun is way too lazy to actually do so.~~.]

[Seifer's sulking in the cafeteria, clearly not pleased in the slightest. He's bruised, beaten, and an ego that is absolutely shattered. He's just sitting there, poking at his plate and glaring at the newcomer if he even dared to step over to him.]

[Luke actually looks past the sulky cranky blond several times as he scans the cafeteria, only settling his eyes on him the third time he looks around, and then responding to the open glare directed at him with a slightly wide-eyed blink.

Luke looked behind him, wondering if maybe the glare was meant for someone else but he was the only one in the line of the gaze.

Now, Luke was used to the locals here not exactly being cheerful toward him. He figured that went along with being alien to the world, and was willing to endure it.

But this was a little something extra. Actually, it was a little familiar. Not quite as hot a glare as he usually got from Asch, but close enough that Luke was panged with nostalgia.

And it was that pang that convinced Luke to head over to the cranky guy's table. If he was anything like Asch, Luke wanted to know him]

Um... excuse me, [A pause while Luke waited for the translator to spit out his words in english] but is something wrong?

[Seriously? This guy had the nerve to show up to him and ask him if something was wrong? The bandages and bruises weren't enough that this person had to rub some additional salt in his wounds.]

Would you rather I state the obvious or can you figure it out on your own?

[Luke had no idea what the guy said, but his tone and look implied continued unhappiness. Unfortunately for the blond guy, Luke had been immune to glares and insults for a while now. So he responds with an honest smile]

Sorry, I can't really understand what you're saying. But you look like you could use some company, can I sit here?

[Seifer continues to scowl at him, hardly pleased by his good natured attitude.]

If you must.

[Guess no one warned him that he wasn't exactly the most likeable guy around.]

Are you that desperate to make friends?

[Luke didn't know what 'desperate' was, but he definitely remembered friends. He looks a little surprised at the question, then smiles. He didn't LOOK like a guy who wanted to be friends, but this was why you couldn't judge people on just them glaring at you]

You want to be friends? Sure! Nice to meet you.

[Is he for real? Whatever. As long they didn't prove themselves to be incompetent.]

Never said I wanted to be friends. You're the one that seems insistent on getting to know me.

I'd say nice to meet you, but chances are you'll be avoiding me soon enough.

[Aang is just coming off the line with his food when he sees an unfamiliar person looking lost. Naturally, the thing to do is to go up to him and say hi.]

Hey! Looking for someone?

[Luke startles a little bit when a short bald kid appears just as he is looking for a table. Did the guy just ask if he was looking for someone? That's what it sounded like, but Luke couldn't quite be sure]

Hi. Uh... sorry, I can't really understand you.

Oh... You don't know English. [Aang scratches his head, trying to think of the most simple way to phrase his thoughts.] No problem!

Are you new here?

[Luke nods, taking a stab in the dark, that he'd translated that last part right]

I just arrived today.

[At this, Aang gives him a 'welcome to Garden!' grin.] You can sit with me!

[Luke was pretty sure that had been an invitation. It was great to find some friendly people here]

Sit with you? Sure, thanks. What table?

Table... [Aang looks around the cafeteria, but for some reason, his friends don't seem to be there. Oh well! He settles for an empty one a few down from them and points to it.] There?

[This at least is simple enough for Luke, so he follows the boy's gesture and takes a seat there]

So, what's your name? I'm Luke.

[He sits down across from him with a smile.]

It's nice to meet you, Luke. I'm Aang. So where are you from?

[People don't sit near Shanoa, or to be more accurate, she doesn't sit near people. It's just extremely awkward, you know. She still hasn't gotten used to the food in this place (why is it called a hot dog? It looks nothing like a dog), and as a result, has been eating a bit slowly. She looks up and sees Luke]

Your food will get cold if you continue to stand there.

[In the bustle of the cafeteria, Luke only realizes the pretty black haired girl is talking to him when he finds her looking straight at him. He hadn't understood what she'd said, and her look wasn't exactly welcoming, but it didn't look like she was telling him to buzz off either, so he approaches her table]

Hey. Sorry, I couldn't understand you, but.... can I sit here?

[Shanoa's grasp of English was rather...outdated, to put it politely, and she couldn't understand what half the things people here said. She understood the boy's difficulty. She nods to let him know he's welcome. There's plenty of room for him to choose a seat.]

[That is apparently enough for Luke, he brightens and takes a seat across from her at the table. This girl kind of reminded him of Tear. Maybe quiet, but still nice]

Thanks. I'm Luke. Nice to meet you.

[Luke? A very simple, but nice name. It's one that was fairly common where she came from.]

My name is Shanoa. It's...nice to meet you as well.

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[And then Luke feels someone's tray jab into his back, startles, and barely managed to keep his drink and roll from sliding off the tray]

Wha- hey!

[]

Don't you 'hey' at me! Move out of the way!

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[Tuesday, Jan 11th, Lunch, Cafeteria]

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No problem, welcome back~

Thank you! <3

anytime XD

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Hey, life happens. S'cool. We've all been there.

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sorry for the tldr, WON'T USUALLY GO THAT LONG.

ITS FINE o/

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it's fine!

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Absolutely, please excuse mine D8

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no worries! my computer broke D: