[Action] In Before Dawn

[wildmelody.livejournal.com]

1.
[Hibiki decided to go out for a run before classes began that morning. Any of the early risers, ie, before 5:30 would see her jogging the path outside Balamb Garden, not straying far from the Garden itself. She's just stretching out now as the Fairy Tones are warming up with her as well. Care to join her for a jog?]


2.
[it's lunchtime and Hibiki felt like her head was going to explode. She thought school was hard before, she had nothing to say about SeeD stuff.]

Mou, there's way too much to learn here! How am I going to learn everything in a semester? I barely can write English!


3.
[Classes are over, and she's doing some karate in a open space. Punching and kicking, it's well practiced but kind of rudimentary at best. But her form was good and she was working out vigorously in a kata.]

Comments

Door number three? |D

[vestigiaflammae.livejournal.com]

[Lea's looking for a spot to sprawl out and do homework -- there is so much homework -- when he spots a girl spinning and... dancing?

Nah, those were fighting moves, though he doesn't know what kind. He's going to stop and watch.]

Hey, you're not bad at that!

heheh yay yes!

[wildmelody.livejournal.com]

[Ogod the homework. The only reason Hibiki was actually exercising was to try and clear her head from SO MUCH HOMEWORK. But she smiled at Lea as she punched out, slowing her kata to a close.]

Thanks! It's a fighting style from back home. I'm just a beginner with it though.

[vestigiaflammae.livejournal.com]

Never seen it before. I guess we're from different places, huh?

[He holds out a hand, returning the smile.] Nice to meet you, I'm Lea!

[wildmelody.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm from Kanon Town, on the coast of Japan, Earth.

[She shakes his hand vigorously.] Hibiki Houjou. Nice to meet you Lea!

[She's not going to ponder the lack of a last name. Maybe it was a cultural thing from his homeworld.]

I've only been here a month. How about you?

[vestigiaflammae.livejournal.com]

Hibiki, huh? That's a cool name... I'm from Radiant Garden. [Sounds like she's from a big world... a town on a coast in a huge place, huh? He shrugs it off.]

It sounds like I got here just about a week after you!

[wildmelody.livejournal.com]

Radiant Garden. It sounds beautiful, like it's a world of light.

[She grinned.] That's great then! I need to meet more people anyhow.

[vestigiaflammae.livejournal.com]

Yeah... I kind of miss it. They've got these fountains in town that practically glow when the sun hits them right.

[He shrugs.] Hey, we'll get back home eventually, though, right? What classes are you taking?

[wildmelody.livejournal.com]

Oh wow. Kanon town has a few places like that. The sunset is so pretty.

Ah well, I'm taking the beginners things. Strategy, combat, and some remedial stuff for English writing and reading comprehension. I'm kind of a terrible student since it's not my first language.

[vestigiaflammae.livejournal.com]

The sunset's my favorite! Especially if you can find a good place to watch it.

Hey, me too! Except for the English stuff, I'm lucky, they speak the same language here as back home. They give out translation things, though, right? I've seen those on some people.

[wildmelody.livejournal.com]

Yeah, like from a rooftop or something.

[She grinned and rubbed her head.] Yeah, I've got one of those translation things but it doesn't do anything for my reading comprehension. Or how I can't write things without learning it first.

[vestigiaflammae.livejournal.com]

Yeah, exactly!

...haha, gotcha. So they're not still making you do all the reading, right?

[wildmelody.livejournal.com]

Well I'm trying to catch up on it. I can't slack off but with my English the way it is, it's kind of tough. But I have some foundation for it so it's not completely foreign to me.

[vestigiaflammae.livejournal.com]

So they've got English where you're from, you just don't speak it, huh?

[wildmelody.livejournal.com]

That's right. It's a secondary language in my home country. At least the translator helps me out a lot for speaking or else I'd be unable to communicate.

[vestigiaflammae.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's a plus... [Shaking his head.] Hey, if you need help with any of the classes we're both in, I could study with you! The translator can handle stuff if I read it out loud, right?

[Besides, then he doesn't have to sit around and read books in silence, because that's boring.]

[wildmelody.livejournal.com]

That would be appreciated then! I'd enjoy that a lot. Better than reading in silence, right?

[vestigiaflammae.livejournal.com]

Way better! Maybe you could show me some of those moves, too. [Grin.]

[wildmelody.livejournal.com]

Definitely! I'll teach you karate as best I can!

[vestigiaflammae.livejournal.com]

Cool, it'll be a nice change from studying! So you said you're in the strategy and combat classes, right? What about the Garden rules one?

[wildmelody.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm in the monday-wednesday-friday block for that one. First class of the day actually.

[vestigiaflammae.livejournal.com]

Seriously?

[Laughing, a little embarrassed.] Me too! I guess it must've been putting me to sleep, I should've spotted you before now.

[wildmelody.livejournal.com]

I know the feeling. It's why I'm in remedial, or finished for today. I slept through most of it.

[vestigiaflammae.livejournal.com]

It's not gonna help you out if you sleep through your remedial class too, you know.

[wildmelody.livejournal.com]

I knooooowwww but it's so boring...! [The last is said with a light whine but she's smiling all the same]

[vestigiaflammae.livejournal.com]

[He laughs.] C'mon, I sympathize, but you've still gotta stay awake. Just think, once we get through all the boring stuff we get to take really cool classes!