http://contempsi.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] contempsi.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] witchesreign2011-08-30 09:46 pm

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Choice A - Fisherman's Horizon
[For someone who isn't exactly used to setting foot in a town and having people actually stroll by - sometimes waving or offering a smile, other times a crotchety old glare and a mutter about "kids these days" - this place is rather unsettling for a kid who'd almost, bitter as it was, gotten accustomed to pretty much the whole of humanity running screaming in terror. Whether it be away or toward, with crudely brandished makeshift weapons.

Hope clasps a hand over his tummy, exhaling slowly before continuing his trek toward the Inn as he'd been directed. Now that it's finally sinking in that this is a safe place, at least in comparison to what he's endured over the past few days, most of the unconscious fight-or-flight reactions are kept at bay.

And thus he's busy craning his neck this way and that, trying to take everything in. One thing that catches his eye in particular is the huge circular panel and everything that surrounds it. So much, in fact, that he's too busy twisting his head around to try and get a better look at it as he walks. Most likely bumping into other fellow students on their stay here or the town's citizens as he does so.

He can be caught on his way to the inn or heading toward the Garden a bit later, changed into his student uniform and looking every bit confused and bewildered as before.
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Choice B - Balamb Garden
[The next term won't be starting for a little while, Hope was told, so he's entirely free until then. After making it to the F.H. Inn, he'd spent some time sitting on his bed staring at the class roster—only to discover some very familiar names, one more bemusing than the others.

Therefore! First order of business? Finding the others. It's just a matter of finding the right classrooms.

Willing his heart to stay where it belongs (that's in his chest and not leaping out of his palate the way it's been threatening), hesitant footsteps carry him away from the large directory panel he'd been staring at and toward where he might find one of those very places. He only gets halfway up the stairs before pausing again, lifting up the wrinkled sheet in his hands and staring down at all the names, course numbers, and corresponding rooms. It's starting to all blur together, making his head spin. Hope squeezes his eyes shut with a frustrated sigh, then practically leaps up the rest of the stairs leading to the elevator.

It's entirely hit-or-miss for him, but he'll be hitting up the Farron, Villiers and Katzroy courses first thing - and in that order. Other cadets might see him weaving his way through random little crowds of fellow students, probably getting smacked into due to his tiny (therefore near-invisible) height and knocked around a few times; or he'll be nervously waiting outside one of the classrooms, attempting to find a way to peer inside. He can't summon up the courage to just barge on in there, as much as he'd like to.
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BREAKS HIATUS FOR HOPEY DOPE

[personal profile] brightens 2011-08-31 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
[ There really wasn't much Vanille liked more than being let out of class early, especially when it was about to be lunch period. She could take her time walking to the Inn to switch out her books instead of carrying all of them with her all day long, take her time eating her food... It was definitely a bigger treat than teachers probably ever realized. Particularly when their dorms were so far away, and they had to spend so much more time traveling.

The walk was definitely something she relished, though. Fisherman's Horizon had this nice homey feel to it that really put her at ease.

Walking down the hallway in, somehow, an even more cheerful manner than usual, she spots a familiar head of fluffy white and— she can't help herself, darting over to him, almost completely abandoning her plans for a nice, calm walk. ]


Hooooooooope!
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/ ' u')/

[personal profile] brightens 2011-08-31 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
[ By the time he's turned around, she's already closed in on him, leaned in to give him a little squeeze, and then pulled back, hands resting on his shoulders. ]

Huh? What do you mean 'brought me?' I walked here from the inn, just like everyone else, silly! [ Don't say weird stuff, Hope! ]

Say, shouldn't you be in class? If you're skipping out, you might want to go somewhere less obvious, yeah? If Seifer catches you out here, you'll be in big trouble! Unless... You got let out early, too? Are you waiting on someone to get out to go to lunch together?
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B; hoo-boy.....

[personal profile] subjected 2011-08-31 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
[ Claire doesn't follow her students out immediately once class ends- with the inherent weirdness present since so many people started developing unusual abilities...? Yeah, no. Her own malady is plenty stressful all on its own, and so as the last of the students filter out, she keeps to herself, busily messing with one of the sets of heavy blinds on the windows instead. Irritated, she presses it back insistently, contemplating using staples or something to make sure it stops letting in even the faintest hint of sunlight.

If nothing else, it's a blessing she managed to get the school to agree to those blinds in the first place though, as well as classroom lighting closer to what she can tolerate at length. However, she's still dressed a lot warmer than you'd think someone without a dress code would choose to during the summer. Even her legs are covered across the length present between boots and skirt, in addition to the long sleeves, gloves... and elbow-length, hooded cloak. All dark colors. Her pale pink hair makes quite a contrast, cropped at a layered angle above her shoulders.

... Think carefully, Hope. Does this really look like the woman you want? ]

A:

[identity profile] nobleidealist.livejournal.com 2011-08-31 04:59 am (UTC)(link)


Dad's clothes are a lot better than these..

[identity profile] adewdropbright.livejournal.com 2011-08-31 01:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[ By now Aerith's discovered some semblance of control over the spontaneously growing plants. Mostly, it's that her power seems to want to make everything prettier, and if she focuses on plants that are already there, they become healthier--sometimes dramatically so, but it's still less conspicuous than flowers springing up between the cobblestones.

So she's focusing on a hanging pot of wisteria (and it is looking radiant *shot*) while Hope is focusing on the panel. This isn't a recipe for disaster, no sir. It is, however, the reason they bump into each other, and Aerith's concentration is broken as she's thrown off-balance, her head turning to Hope. ]


Oh--oops!

[ There's a small bed of petunias spontaneously popping up around them; a nice way to break a fall. Of course, their sudden appearance might cause that fall... ]
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[personal profile] brightens 2011-08-31 04:03 pm (UTC)(link)
But you were in classes before... You can't just quit in the middle of the quarter, can you?

[ Confusion is confusing. ]

Hope, are you feeling okay?

B: VILLIERS class!

[identity profile] haha-steelguard.livejournal.com 2011-08-31 04:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[Just in time to hear a familiar voice over the general hubbub as class ends!]

Looking good today, guys. I know you all have plenty of other things to study and learn, but don't forget to take time out to clear your mind and get your bodies working!

[He waves his students out, though he's not following immediately; he generally puts in the time and effort to tidy up just a little between classes, after all.]

[identity profile] adewdropbright.livejournal.com 2011-08-31 05:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[ There's a small frown of dismay as the flowers are beheaded and otherwise decimate, but she is more worried about the boy. ] Gesundheit. It's all right, I wasn't looking. [ And, well, the flowers that got in his way are hers, but she's not admitting that. She has no idea if he's a native or not.

...Maybe what he thinks about those will give her a hint. ]
Are you okay? At least the flowers broke your fall. [ Drawing attention to them to take away attention from herself and the fact that she's doing strange magic. :|b ]

[identity profile] nobleidealist.livejournal.com 2011-08-31 06:19 pm (UTC)(link)
W-Whoa!

Uh..I'm leaving my room? I mean my name's Lloyd. Lloyd Irving.

[identity profile] nobleidealist.livejournal.com 2011-08-31 06:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh cool, so we're like...roommamates!

That's not so bad!
So what's your name?

aha, uniform :)a

[identity profile] adewdropbright.livejournal.com 2011-08-31 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, you know how it's been around Garden lately. Flowers aren't too unusual. [ She says that in a bit of an undertone because it's proooobably not wise to let FH know the Garden they already dislike is having strange magic flying around. But...yeah, the native cadets must be aware by now. ]

[identity profile] haha-steelguard.livejournal.com 2011-08-31 07:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[Give him a moment. His mental gears just shifted without a clutch.]

[The training dummy he'd been hefting drops to the ground as he turns to look at Hope. But hadn't he...]

[Yeah. He had. Time Compression had done it again. Still...]


Instructor Villers. Who'd've thought, huh?

[This isn't the first time he's done this. But it doesn't get any easier.]

[identity profile] adewdropbright.livejournal.com 2011-08-31 08:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah--so that's why I haven't seen you around before. Nothing to say sorry for. The flowers are... well, they're mine, but they have minds of their own. Still working on keeping them to where they should grow! [ For a few seconds she places her hands on her hips and looks down at them as if she'd lecture them for misbehaving before simply dropping the attitude, tucking her hands behind her back and looking at Hope with a pleasant smile again. ] I can't really explain it better because I don't understand it myself... It's something that's affected a few of the people from other worlds.

Anyway, I'm Aerith. I teach for Magic 101 and Sociology.

[identity profile] nobleidealist.livejournal.com 2011-08-31 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Hope? Nice to meet you. You just got here too, huh? Seriously, this place is kind of weird..

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