Dreams CAN come true! [Lobby | Open]

[gunblade-grrl.livejournal.com]

[Maria manages to make it past the front gate, the checkpoint, and into the Garden proper --]

[And then it's too much. Her bag drops from her hands with a thump as she just stares upwards, left and right and all around, at everything.]

I'm finally here!

[Wedding vows have been spoken with less rapture; worlds have been saved and villains cast down with less satisfaction.]

Comments

[sweetapple-seed.livejournal.com]

Well, you sure sound mighty excited to be here! Sends most people's heads into a spin, first time they get here.

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[gunblade-grrl.livejournal.com]

[Drawing her fists up to her chest, she presses them together to keep all the sheer glee from erupting.]

I've wanted to be a SeeD since before I can remember! And now here I am! In Balamb Garden! This is the happiest day of my life!

[sweetapple-seed.livejournal.com]

Whoa there, now! Now how about you settle down some? [] So, where'd you come in from? I dare say you ain't one o' them off-worlders like most of the newcomers are, right?

[gunblade-grrl.livejournal.com]

Dollet. I saw the SeeD exam during the siege when I was little! [Which raises some questions, given that she's a teenaged girl and that was 20 years ago.]

[alwaysanarcher.livejournal.com]

[Wow, someone's enthusiastic. Cissie can't help smiling a tiny bit, even if she's currently more than a little miffed at Time Compression.] Welcome aboard....?

[gunblade-grrl.livejournal.com]

[Oh! There are other people here! She quickly and furiously debates if she should salute, but... wouldn't a faculty member be more formal? She settles for grinning broadly.]

Thank you! I'm very glad to be here!

[alwaysanarcher.livejournal.com]

[That smile's contagious!] Need any help finding anything? I wouldn't mind showing you to the dorms or cafeteria or whatever.

[gunblade-grrl.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, please! I should probably put my things in my dorm...

[Hefting the bag back into her hand, then onto her shoulder. It makes the muscles in her arm (especially her forearm) stand out.]

[eggplantallergy]

Yes, you are! [Smiles brightly to her before looking to her in confusion.]

So...you're new?

[gunblade-grrl.livejournal.com]

[Oh! Is this a SeeD? Should she salute? Making a good impression was paramount! Maria inwardly frets for a good few seconds before deciding against it.]

Yes, fresh off the boat.

[eggplantallergy]

You must have had a long trip then!

I'm Gakupo. [Bows to her before standing upright.] Welcome to Balamb Garden! Did you get a letter from the Headmaster?

[gunblade-grrl.livejournal.com]

[Maria makes a surprisingly game effort at a SeeD salute.]

Very long. And yes! [She produces said letter from a pocket.]

[moirailcompass]

[Nepeta had made a habit of spending some time in the lobby each day. It was where all newcomers would pass by, after all, and if another troll were to appear she didn't want to miss them.]

[She had kind of been drifting off into her own thoughts, so when Maria lets out her exaltation it starts her and she nearly falls from the bench she was perched on.]

Eheh, wow, you're the furst purrson I've seen so excited to be here.

[gunblade-grrl.livejournal.com]

Of course I'm excited! I'm --

[She's turned to LOOk at the person addressing her, and Waaaagh! NOT HUMAN!]

[But that only lasts a moment! The letter had warned her, after all. If being a SeeD meant accepting weird people and offworlders than so help her she would.]

I've always wanted to be a SeeD. Being here is a dream come true for me.

[moirailcompass]

[Nepeta was a little use to that reaction, and really, she couldn't fault the other. When she had first come here she had spent a lot of time staring at all the humans too.]

[Nepeta still didn't understand entirely what beeing a Seed meant, but it was obviously very important to this person]

Well congratulations then!

[gunblade-grrl.livejournal.com]

[This is about all it takes to win Maria over: supporting her dream.]

Thank you! Are you a cadet too?

[focusedfate.livejournal.com]

[Cid can't help but crack a smile at her enthusiasm.]

Welcome to the Garden, Cadet.

[gunblade-grrl.livejournal.com]

[Uh-oh! He's got to be a SeeD, maybe even an Instructor! Maria fumbles over herself for a moment before straightening her spine, finding her stance, then delivering what is honestly a fair approximation of a SeeD salute for someone who just started.]

Thank you, sir!

[There's a pretty unsubtle element of 'recruit at basic training' in that recitation. Also why is he so tall, she's gonna get a neck cramp...]

[focusedfate.livejournal.com]

At ease.

[She certainly didn't seem to be an off-worlder... To know the SeeD salute before even really getting settled in was unheard of from those who didn't belong here.]

You are from this world, I take it?

[fierybluebird]

Congratulations.

[gunblade-grrl.livejournal.com]

[That startles her out of her rapture.]

Th-thank you!

[And, assuming this man is a SeeD, she promptly makes a very game attempt at a proper SeeD salute.]

Sir!

[fierybluebird]

[Waves off the salute.] I'm a pir-- cadet, not a marine. Or SeeD, eh.

[subjected]

[ Well, a display like that is... awfully hard to miss. Claire pauses mid-step and then pivots to study this latest arrival, albeit with characteristic serious-faced silence. She's 'here,' so... good for her?

As a side note, the woman just came from the training center. Her gunblade is hanging holstered behind her, even if it's not immediately recognizable as one while folded up. ]

[gunblade-grrl.livejournal.com]

[Whoa that has to be a SeeD. Maria immediately snaps into a stiff-backed, rigid, but pretty game effort at a salute. It might as well be a neon sign that says "really really trying!" Possible too hard.]

[subjected]

[ A slight pause as Claire watches neutrally... and then returns it with such precise fluidity you'd think she was making a point of it-- and in fact, she is. That's how it's done, though it's then quickly dropped in favor of a question that's rather to the point, if still deliberately even-voiced: ]

... New cadet?