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[7-days-clapping.livejournal.com]

[Neku is... not exactly sure what to make of all this.]

[He had been so happy to be back to his life, to be away from all the crazy and killing. Maybe it was because of the exhaustion, or from just coming out of the three longest weeks in human history. But those few days had felt like a snap second, and this new development was absolutely not a welcome one. Maybe a few months ago Neku would have whined endlessly about his sudden transfer to 'Garden' or whatever this place was called... but right now his focus was on getting home.]

[If he knew where the 'scientists who are taking care of it' resided, he would probably have badgered them at least once. Fortunately for the scientists, he doesn't know where they are, so he instead focuses his attention on the minor problem of figuring out what the hell he's going to do with himself. If this SeeD thing really is for real, he's going to end up being a mercenary... Neku hadn't really paid much thought to erasing the Noise, back in the Reapers' Game. Maybe killing people was just the same? He didn't know. Though, admittedly, it was very hard for him to conceive the idea of killing other people; having been dead three weeks himself and fighting tooth and nail to return to life, doing that to other people was definitely a subject that wasn't sitting well with him anymore.]

[Another change from a few months ago. Before the Game, he might have accepted this with open arms. Now, however? Jury's still out.]

[Currently, Neku is wandering the Quad with a course catalog in his hands, looking as much like a freshman as it is physically possible to get. Since he came, Neku's been actually thinking about what he wants to do here. He... kind of has experience with all of the fighting forces, blades and firearms and whatnot. But still, killing people isn't on his top ten list of things to do when he grows up. 'Para-magic' maybe? Magic has to be similar to the pins he's familiar with, and at least he's not directly hurting people there.]

[...You know what, he's just going to roll up the catalog, shove it in his pocket, and look around the Quad. There has to be something to do here that he can use to get his mind off of this.]

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[vestigiaflammae.livejournal.com]

[Lea is flopped out on a bench on the side of the Quad, turning his newly dented Frisbee over and over in his hands and trying to figure out just what he's going to do himself. Day two! Still not home. Maybe he should start a journal.

Even lost in thought, though, he can't help but notice the lost-looking kid with the orange hair standing in the middle of the Quad. He was doing exactly the same thing yesterday. So it's only natural to bounce up to his feet and head in that direction. He could use the distraction]

Hey there! Whatcha looking for?

[7-days-clapping.livejournal.com]

[Oh, you are so considerate, Lea. Whatever would Neku do without you. ...Whoa, what are those things in his hands? Is that a... why does he have a Frisbee?]

...Nothing. [And this time he means it. He really is doing nothing.] Who are you?

[vestigiaflammae.livejournal.com]

So you're just standing there for fun? [Hands on hips, dubiously looking over the other kid.] Well, whatever! I'm Lea. Just got here yesterday. What about you?

[7-days-clapping.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I do it every day. Helps circulate my chi. [His mother is one of those people who likes to get into every fad that comes along, and then loses interest a few days later. Only reason he knows what chi is.] ...I arrived last night.

[Beat.]

...I'm Neku.

[vestigiaflammae.livejournal.com]

[Chi huh wait didn't that blind kid say something about that yesterday--] Hey, are you one of those earthbenderwhatsits? Awesome! Man, everybody here has cool powers, I'm telling you.

Nice to meet you, Neku! Figured out what you're gonna be taking yet? I sorta just pointed at things in the book, they won't let you do anything cool until you've been here a while.

[7-days-clapping.livejournal.com]

Earth... what? [Okay seriously what is that. He just completely lost this kid's train of thought.] I don't have any special powers.

(Not anymore, anyway...)

...I don't know. Nothing looks very good.

[vestigiaflammae.livejournal.com]

I guess you're not, huh. I met this girl yesterday who said she used chi and stuff to move earth around. It sounds crazy, but she actually showed me a bit! [Grins] Her name's Toph, you'll probably spot her around somewhere. Really short, black hair.

I don't have any special powers either, but from the looks of some of those classes they teach magic here! I just went for the classes you've gotta take before you take any of the cool ones -- [He reaches over to make a grab for Neku's course catalog.]

[7-days-clapping.livejournal.com]

...Idiot. I didn't mean it.

[What? Seriously? Neku is mentally face-palming right now.]

[And he has no time to react before Lea's pulled out his course catalog and is flipping through it with gleeful abandon. Neku doesn't even bother to grab it back.] ...What are you doing?

[vestigiaflammae.livejournal.com]

Around here, how am I supposed to know? [A one-handed shrug while he holds up the course catalog in the other.] Here, check it out. If you take this one field etiquette thing, plus the weapons intro course, they'll let you take any of the fighting classes after.

...Or this guardian forces intro thing, whatever those are, that one lets you take the magic classes! I'm going for all three of them, plus a couple of boring etiquette classes and stuff 'cause I figure I might get in trouble for not knowing that stuff if we're actually here for a long time.

[Takes a break to breathe.]

[musagetes.livejournal.com]

Are you lost?

[Apollo's carrying a bag of art supplies when he spots the redhead (he is a redhead, right?)]

[7-days-clapping.livejournal.com]

[Yep, redhead. Don't let the purple hoodie-jacket-monstrosity put you off.]

No.

[He knew he was in the, erm, Quad. And there was a map in that course catalog, wasn't there? Fo sho not lost.]

[musagetes.livejournal.com]

New, then?

[7-days-clapping.livejournal.com]

Yeah, new. Woke up last night and I was here... wherever 'here' is.

[This whole 'wake up in a new world' thing is remarkably familiar, and Neku no gusta.]

[musagetes.livejournal.com]

Balamb Garden. Other than that, unless you're from here no one seems to know where the Garden actually is.

[7-days-clapping.livejournal.com]

...Great. [He rolls his eyes. This is really beginning to suck.] ...There isn't a city called Shibuya anywhere nearby, is there?

[musagetes.livejournal.com]

We're not on Earth, so no. Is that where you're from?

[7-days-clapping.livejournal.com]

[Not on... what... how does that even work]

Yeah, it was. [He's not going to bother asking about 'Japan'. Not on Earth anymore, welp.]

[lighthoused.livejournal.com]

[ Oh look a new person. INCOMING REDHEADED WELCOME WAGON. ]

Hi! Are you new?

[ ALL OF THE SMILES. This boy looks sort of like Sora, if Sora hadn't eaten in a month. ]

[7-days-clapping.livejournal.com]

[From out of the corner of his eye, Neku catches what appears to be a flash of red hair and lots of pink clothes. Whoa hey it's Shik--]

[...Wait. That's not Shiki...]

You're not, I'm guessing.

[lighthoused.livejournal.com]

Not exactly. I've been here for a few weeks, now.

[ Gives him a once-over. Neku, your stomach is attempting to reach your spine, that isn't healthy. ]

Need help finding the kitchens?

[7-days-clapping.livejournal.com]

...Who mentioned anything about the kitchens? [Seriously. What the hell?]

[lighthoused.livejournal.com]

Nothing, nothing. [ Still giggling a bit, though. Any resemblance he might have had to Sora disappears in the face of that sullen disposition. A smaller smile this time. ] I'm Kairi, who are you?

[7-days-clapping.livejournal.com]

[Maybe she is like Shiki. This girl giggles all the time, too, and rambles about stupid things. All he can do is hope she's not one of those fashion freaks. He doesn't want to repeat the loose button incident, thank you very much. (...In public... She made him take them off in public...)]

...Neku. Neku Sakuraba.

[lighthoused.livejournal.com]

[ Hey, Kairi's slightly--slightly--less shallow than Shiki. She'll endeavor to put a smile on your face, Mr Grumpypants. ]

Nice to meet you, Neku. Garden's not too hard to get used to, I promise.

[7-days-clapping.livejournal.com]

...Maybe. [He shrugs.] Scheduling is the main problem...

[lol why did he just tell this random Shiki lookalike that.]