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[lighthoused.livejournal.com]

[ Making their way from the Garden Lobby to the Fisherman's Horizon inn are a boy and a girl, each with a course catalog tucked under their arms and matching confused faces. Their bodies are turned into each other slightly, enough to let onlookers know that they're friends. The girl's eyes keep darting about, whether in amazement or sheer surprise is difficult to tell. The boy looks warier, shoulders hunched, stooping like a silver gargoyle over his companion. At some points, the girl rushes into the fancy shops, leaving the boy alone on the street, his eyes snagging on every pooled shadow.

They're probably going to get epically lost. Help them out?

ooc: Feel free to tag either one or both of them--no guarantee Bun and I will be on at the same time, sadly. ]

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[betweenpaths.livejournal.com]

Hey now. [He grins playfully.] Sora would be in a lot worse shape than I would can if he were here. At least I've had time to pick up a book or two.

[He glances at the catalog again, smile fading slightly.] Looks like we need to a pick a major to get started.

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Right, on those long portal-hops between worlds. A little grammar here, a little arithmetic there...

[ There's a bench close by on the avenue, so she invites Riku to sit with her. ]

Let's see...our options are Bladed Weapons, Firearms and Projectiles, Blunt Weapons, Martial Arts, Para-Magic--I wonder if it's different from regular magic?--...? [ A pause. ] International Business? Intelligence, Covert Operations--doesn't that sound like a spy movie?--Piloting, Battlefield Medicine and Computer Science.

[ Her finger stops on the last entry and she breathes. ] That's quite a list. Is the Keyblade a 'bladed' or a 'blunt' weapon?

[betweenpaths.livejournal.com]

It's not like there's any sort of an in-flight movie for entertainment or a stewardess to offer me little packs of peanuts for the trip.

[He follows, glancing over her shoulder to look at her list instead of pulling out his own and wondering about the same question himself.] I'm not sure, although it is called a blade anyways. Personally, I've never considered it to be a sharp weapon like a normal sword is, but... [He pauses briefly, idly debating on telling her the next fact.] We had been able to cut through a building with it, when Sora and I were fighting Xemnas.

None those options sound like the kind of normal majors we have at home.

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[lighthoused.livejournal.com]

[ A long, startled pause. ]

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[lighthoused.livejournal.com]

...through a building?

[betweenpaths.livejournal.com]

[The tiniest, slightest proud smile on his face. They were words that he never thought he would say.]

It was coming straight at us. It was cut through it or get turned into a pancake on it's side.

[He pauses, the pride beginning to fade.] I don't think either of us expected that to happen, but it did. That battle was pretty intense.

[lighthoused.livejournal.com]

[ Kairi just watches him as he explains, slightly wide-eyed and slack-jawed. ]

That's incredible! [ Her expression slowly shifts from amazement to worry. ] You guys really did fight for your lives, huh...?

[ She turns back to the course catalog. Maybe they could teach her how to fight properly, here. Next time--she could go with them. ]

[betweenpaths.livejournal.com]

[His own expression falls to something much more somber.] We were fighting for more than just that. We couldn't let him win.

[He looks over to her again, watching her for just a quiet moment.] What do you think about courses?

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[ She nods, feeling foolish, and turns back to the book. His question makes her frown, and she flips to the semester schedule. She frowns. ]

Riku...finals are two weeks away. There's no way we could hop in now. [ Concerned, she goes back to the original specializations list. ] I vote we pick our majors, then see if we could do some independant study for the rest of the semester. What do you think?

[betweenpaths.livejournal.com]

[He reaches a hand over to tilt the paper into his direction. Kairi's a pretty good student and even though they tease each other, he doubts that she's joking about that.]

That's a good an idea as any, since we won't have enough time with classes. It'll give us more time and a chance to get use to this place too.

[lighthoused.livejournal.com]

Yeah...as long as we actually get some catching up done, I don't think they'll mind. [ She tilts the page farther for him to get a better look. ] It says here we can double major, if we want. What are you going to pick, Riku?

[betweenpaths.livejournal.com]

They shouldn't. I would think that it would be a lot easier for them to put integrate new students in between semesters than in the middle of one.

Double majoring usually means more work, but... [Looks over at the sheet in silence again.] Maybe the Covert Operations or the Blade Specialization. What about you?

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[ Kairi gives her friend a sideways look, then laughs. ]

I can see it now: 'Riku, master of espionage!' It suits you, though. As for me...

[ She thumbs the page, feeling a bit awkward. ] I don't know; I don't know what I'd be good at, in this list. I've never done any of this stuff.

[betweenpaths.livejournal.com]

Well, lets face it, you and Sora would make horrible spies. [He smiles a little.] I guess it would, having spent a year learning how to do recon.

They're not exactly anything that we're used to doing exactly. But what about one of the magic courses? Or the medicine?

[Something nice and safe. From the sounds of the course content, she'd be learning to defend herself, but Riku still would not want her to just jump into a battlefield guns blazing. Who knows how harsh the weapon specializations are to their students.]

[lighthoused.livejournal.com]

You think I'd be good at magic?

[ Honestly surprised to hear it! Not that she isn't flattered. ] I was thinking of taking the bladed weapons, since I need to get better with the Keyblade.

[betweenpaths.livejournal.com]

I think it's worth a shot for you. Not everyone's good at magic. Sora's better at it than I am.

[He flips over to the course descriptions and flips it back, trying to look at what's available.] From the looks of things, most of the weapons-related classes you need to take anyways [Or at least the introductory classes, which is what she could use.] or have the option of taking them.

It's just a thought.

[lighthoused.livejournal.com]

[ She nods, relaxing. ] You're right...I could always change, too.

[ She gives one of his silver tresses a tug. ] I like the way you think.

[betweenpaths.livejournal.com]

[He doesn't object or bat her hand away, but he does make a funny face at that.]

Hey, come on. I thought you were way past the hair pulling stage by now.

[lighthoused.livejournal.com]

[ She offers him a bright grin. ]

I could always braid it, instead.

[betweenpaths.livejournal.com]

I think I'll keep it down for now.

[He pauses, trying to look up at his bangs.] I guess it is pretty long though, huh?

[lighthoused.livejournal.com]

[ The sight of him, staring up into his own bangs, makes her giggle. ]

You're probably overdue for a haircut. I wonder if there are barbershops in town.

[betweenpaths.livejournal.com]

[Why do you always have to giggle at him Kairi?]

There probably is. But I don't know if I'd want one yet.

[lighthoused.livejournal.com]

[ Because he is giggle-worthy! Albeit less so than a certain spiky-haired clown-shoe'd Keybearer of their mutual acquaintance. ]

Doesn't it get in your eyes?

[betweenpaths.livejournal.com]

[Totally. But that one is a little more laughing-worthy than giggle-worthy.]

It does, a little. But I didn't really notice it for that year. [Because of the blindfold and all. He shrugs.] I don't mind it.

[lighthoused.livejournal.com]

Well, it does give you that 'mysterious' look, I guess. As long as you don't mind--it is your hair, after all.