[Action | Open to Fourth Wall | Lots of places, lots of times!]

[gunbladegrrl]

[Maria has been engaged in some particularly worrying behavior lately!]

[For one, she missed a few days of classes. Which is a first (and in her intention, a last). Perhaps even stranger, she hasn't been training for a while. And that puts her on edge, tight and wound-up like a spring twisted too tight. Which has manifested as a tendency to stalk about Garden as if looking for something, though she never seems to find it.]

[Today, though, that tension and anxiety has eased slightly. On the other hand, Maria has finally again started to carry her massive duffel bag full of books and various items -- and by her expression as she walks through the halls, doing so clearly leaves her in pain. Pain she grits her teeth against and refuses to succumb to, but that's Maria.]

[Help her? Mock her?]

[Action] • Arrival

[socialdisaster]

[Squall hadn't known what to expect after defeating Ultimecia, but suddenly standing in the Garden library had been furthest from his mind. He read the letter that was lying on the desk in front of him, but scowling at it wasn't going to help things make more sense, so he's now walking briskly through the hallway, heading for the Headmaster's office, looking for any signs of his comrades -- no, friends -- along the way.]