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[thathyuusound.livejournal.com]

[Some of you may have already seen this tall, skinny blonde man wandering the halls curiously. He's explored pretty much every place he's been told he's allowed to go so far. Now he's wandered into the Quad, and is generally poking things and looking around for something to do, and/or people to question.]

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[vestigiaflammae.livejournal.com]

[Lea's hanging out on one of the benches in the Quad -- because it's much less boring than a dorm room with no roommate to talk to -- and trying to make his way through a copy of the Garden rules. There's definitely something in there about having to be able to recite them. From memory.

He's valiantly struggling not to be put to sleep by the attempt, but he's losing ground.

It's a welcome distraction to spot the blond guy poking his nose into things. He drops the rulebook back to his lap and waves a hello.]

Hey there! Looking for something?

[thathyuusound.livejournal.com]

[He's just noticed the other guy when he looks up and waves. Bright smile plastered on, Fai approaches.]

Hello! Just exploring and looking around to see if my friends arrived here as well.

[vestigiaflammae.livejournal.com]

[Yep, another newcomer. Lea smiles back at him - at least the guy's friendly! - but his smile falters a little at the mention of friends.]

Sorry, but there's no guarantee they'll be here... I've only been here a couple days myself, but I might have spotted one of them. What're their names?

[As an afterthought:] I'm Lea, by the way.

[thathyuusound.livejournal.com]

[How interesting. Fai's pretends he didn't notice that.]

I'm Fai. I'm happy to meet you, Lea. [He pauses to give him a friendlier, more sincere smile, before continuing.] I'm looking for three people and our mascot. One is a teenage girl named Sakura. The other teenager is a boy named Syaoran, and the third person is a tall man named Kurogane. [Resisting the impulse to give a nickname for Kurogane is easy - he doubts Kurogane would be walking around calling himself by a silly name.]

And there's Mokona. She's small, white, and round with long ears and a gem on her forehead. [He points to his own.]

[vestigiaflammae.livejournal.com]

[Lea thinks seriously about it for a few minutes, but finally shakes his head.] Sorry... I haven't met anybody like that. That doesn't mean they're not here, but I can't really help.

Nice to meet you too, Fai. Are you gonna be a student here?

[thathyuusound.livejournal.com]

Ah, thanks anyway.

[Oh well. He'll keep looking.]

Yes. There's a lot here I can learn about while I wait.

[vestigiaflammae.livejournal.com]

Yeah. [Cheering up again at the change of subject.] That's what I figure -- even if I can't make it home right away, at least I can learn magic and fighting here, so when I do get back I can get right to doing what I want!

[thathyuusound.livejournal.com]

I imagine a lot people here have that plan, right? It seems like a good idea.

[vestigiaflammae.livejournal.com]

I bet so! Like I said, I haven't been here that long either.

[He smiles, a little embarrassed.] Of course I wanna find a way home most of all, but who knows how long that'll take?

[thathyuusound.livejournal.com]

If you don't mind my asking, how long have you been here, Lea? [Fai looks perfectly intrigued. It'll be interesting to see how the different information he can get from everybody matches up.]

[vestigiaflammae.livejournal.com]

Four days. I've been wandering around asking about things, but I know I've got a lot left to figure out! It's a big place.

And kinda weird, too.

[thathyuusound.livejournal.com]

It is. It's pretty easy to get lost in here, isn't it?

[vestigiaflammae.livejournal.com]

Yeah it is! You'll probably wanna stay away from the training grounds unless you're a pretty good fighter. They have real monsters in there.

[thathyuusound.livejournal.com]

[Fai makes a face at that, as though it's something he'd never consider doing.]

Thanks for the advice. I'll be sure to avoid that area then, if I can.

[vestigiaflammae.livejournal.com]

I mean, it's a cool place, but you wouldn't want to walk in there accidentally.

[Grins] So what kind of stuff do you do, Fai? Magic? Fighting?

[thathyuusound.livejournal.com]

Oh, some of this and some of that. [Fai laughs a little.] I'm really good at cooking!

[vestigiaflammae.livejournal.com]

Cooking? Seriously? [He laughs, too, sounding enthusiastic.] What kind of cooking?

[He grins and shrugs] I dunno if they sell it somewhere, but they just don't have any good ice cream at the cafeteria.

[thathyuusound.livejournal.com]

Desserts are fun to make, but meals aren't so bad. [A nice, sweet cake sounds so good.]

I could probably make it, if I could get a hold of a recipe and a kitchen.

[vestigiaflammae.livejournal.com]

Desserts are the best kind anyway. [Ice creeeeam.] Maybe they let students use the cafeteria? I dunno, I can't cook anything.

[thathyuusound.livejournal.com]

I will have to ask. Wouldn't that be delightful?

[vestigiaflammae.livejournal.com]

Yeah. If you cook anything, I get to try some!

[Since he totally helped. What. He wants desserts.]

[thathyuusound.livejournal.com]

I think that sounds fair. After all, who's to say I would have thought to make ice cream if you hadn't mentioned it?

[Fai will let him try it first.]

[vestigiaflammae.livejournal.com]

Sounds fair to me.

[Score-- okay maybe he's getting too into this. Right, dignity beats free ice cream. He grins, waving a hand around the quad.] So, have you seen the whole place yet? It's pretty neat. Not that I wouldn't rather be home, but --

[Shrug.] I can show you around if you want!

[silencesenshi.livejournal.com]

[Hotaru quite enjoys the outdoors, so she's happily enjoying her time out here, sitting by one of the flower beds with a book over medicine in her lap. ...Which is quite odd, considering she's only twelve years of age. Will he bother her?]

[thathyuusound.livejournal.com]

[He will, approaching with a friendly smile.]

Pardon me, I was wondering if you might be able to help me.