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[hellomgann]

Character(s): M'gann, Open to everyone
Location: Starting in the lobby, then anywhere!
Rating: PG
Open/Closed/Finished: OPEN!
Summary: M'gann finds herself in Balamb Garden. Backdated to the day before classes start.

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[willnotsubmit]

One last day to make certain everything was mentally laid out as well as possible. Mitsuru intended to make the most of it, even if it meant she'd be walking circuits and exploring every single spoke on the main wheel.

At least, that was the plan, until she reached the lobby for one more review of the map. (To ensure that everything was properly memorized.) She noticed the ripple in the crowd before she actually saw what was causing it, but adjusted her course so she was moving nearer.

...And, once she got close enough, another face joined in the staring. Although, Mitsuru liked to think that she was at least a touch more discreet, and less rude. Even after encountering pink talking animals, seeing someone with green skin came as a shock. As well as just catching the tail end of that clothing transition.

To her credit, she managed to not focus just on that; once the newcomer started walking, Mitsuru was quick to notice that searching look on her face. And, was also quick to fall into step with her.

"Hello. Are you looking for something?"

Plus, it was economic to use this to orient herself at the same time. Mitsuru kept her face perfectly composed as she asked, as if speaking with green tinted people was all part of the days itinerary.

[hellomgann]

After all the attention she had drawn in the lobby, M'gann had figured the students of the school would steer clear of her for some time, but was proven wrong upon being address by the girl. She paused from her walking to turn and face the stranger, her auburn eyes first taking in her red hair-- so much more vibrant than her own! -- before giving her a small smile.

"I'm trying to look for my friends. Have you seen..." Well, it'd be strange to try and describe the group of masked heroes. But Wally was a rather public figure, wasn't he? And if she happened to still be on Earth and had just wound up somewhere she wasn't familiar with, surely they'd at least know who Kid Flash was. "Kid Flash?"

[willnotsubmit]

"The name isn't familiar, no." Although her eyebrows did arch up for a moment when she heard it; not the common sort of name one would hear in Iwatodai.

"Mind you..." The next bit of information was a bit awkward to say. "I haven't been here long myself. But, I'm certain I would have noticed a name like that, at least on the class lists if nowhere else." And with that bit of confessed ineptitude out of the way, it was clearly time to follow it up with something that showed confidence and competence.

"What about directions? Are you familiar enough with this place to look for them?"

[hellomgann]

She was a bit surprised that the girl hasn't heard of Kid Flash-- wasn't he always on the news with Flash, doing interviews about a situation they had just fixed up? It only served to confuse her further on where exactly she was.

"No, unfortunately I'm not. I only just arrived here this morning. So this place... isn't on Earth, is it?" Her expression was a troubled one as she looked at the redhead, brows knit.

[willnotsubmit]

"You're from earth?"

Mitsuru couldn't keep from sounding a bit doubtful when she asked that, but quickly recovered.

"My apologies; no, as far as I can tell, this isn't earth as I know it. None of the names match up, for cities or for continents. The...Attitudes of people here are also starkly different."

By which she meant 'you can talk about magic and the paranormal without anyone batting an eye.'

[hellomgann]

"Oh! I'm not originally from Earth-- I'm from Mars, actually, but I'd been living on Earth for a little bit before arriving here." But she had caught the little bit in the other female's words that hinted she, too, was from Earth, and couldn't help but grow curious.

"So are you here because of... 'Time Compression', as well?"

[willnotsubmit]

"...Mars."

THAT made her stop in her tracks for a moment, and even have an astonished blink or two before her feet remembered to keep moving. Green tinted skin was odd, but could be processed; she could even accept coming from some odd, alternate dimension that allowed for skin tones and clothing like that.

Once other planets in her own solar system were brought into it, though, Mitsuru started to doubt her hearing.

"You're...Not referring to the fourth planet from the sun, correct?

Ah, and yes. That was the explanation I was given." She managed a slight nod at the Time Compression question, but kept her focus on the 'mars' part of the discussion.

[hellomgann]

M'gann was positively beaming when the girl correctly identified her home planet. "Yes, that Mars! Does that mean you're from Earth? Did you just get here, as well?" She was practically humming with curiosity and questions now, eager to know more.

[willnotsubmit]

"Yes..."

'Could we backtrack to the part about being from a barren planet?' her expression said. It was just a question on how to be TACTFUL about asking that.

"You...Are aware that on earth, most people don't consider Mars to be habitable, correct?"

Not the best way of handling it, but M'gann wasn't the only person puzzling over other planets.

[hellomgann]

"I am, but then again Mars isn't really a place for humans to to live on. I'm a martian, which means my physiology is use to the conditions of Mars which makes it habitable." She smiled then, as if it were a simple explanation that doesn't take much to absorb.

[willnotsubmit]

Simple, Mitsuru couldn't argue with, especially with how easily the information was stated. Easy to absorb, however...That was proving to be something else entirely, and she stated as much. In that, at least, she could afford to be a little honest.

"I hope you'll pardon my saying this, but that's a lot to take in. You don't appear very different from a...A normal person."

Aside from the green skin, but a red haired girl certainly wasn't what came to mind when thinking of the word 'alien.'

[hellomgann]

A normal person? Those words caused M'gann to absolutely beam. Did she really pass off as an average, ordinary girl? Not at all a (literal) alien to this place? There were no words that could fully captivate how ecstatic she was to be told that she could actually pass off as someone who belonged with humans.

"Really? Thank you! I really don't want to stick out." But then her expression became troubled as she finally realized all the information she had so carelessly shared with a stranger. She had essentially told this girl her place of origin, where she was from, clearly giving her all the details about how she was an extraterrestrial, and they hadn't even exchanged their names. Was there a way to cover it all back up?

"About that... I know I just met you and I told you a lot about myself and where I'm from and what I am--" M'gann caught herself before she began one of her nervous rambles, and slowed down her speech as she eased into a more wary, careful tone with a touch of shyness, "But... could we keep that just between us? I have a feeling the people here wouldn't really be too excited about the idea of someone like... me being here."

[willnotsubmit]

Out of forming S.E.E.S., experiencing the Dark Hour and summoning Penthesilea for the first time, having her motorcycle destroyed by Shadows, and the unfortunate events of July, this day wasn't all that remarkable.

However, compared to a normal day, it still measured up on the oddity scale a great deal. One thing Mitsuru was promptly grateful for, however, was that she suddenly had a favor being asked of her; that was far, FAR better then trying not to stare and compute how mars was supposed to support alien life.

"It shouldn't be a problem." Besides that, she was quite familiar with being tasked to keep secrets.

...Granted, that hadn't always worked out for the best. She quickly shied away from that thought before she had long to dwell on it, although there was a flicker of uncertainty that played across her face.

"As long as the faculty knows whatever they need to, I don't see why the student body should need to hear about it from me."

[hellomgann]

Her gratefulness was more than obvious with the way her shoulders relaxed and her entire face lit up, a smile stretching across her lips. "Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you! Don't worry, I won't keep my information from the faculty, I promise!"

It wasn't until after her bout of glee did M'gann realize that she was missing a vital piece of information, and she couldn't help but give a small noise of surprise. "I just asked a huge favor from you and I haven't even introduced myself! My name is M'gann M'orzz, but you can call me Megan. It's nice to meet you!"

[willnotsubmit]

At this point, the best Mitsuru could do was nod politely; doing so was better then staring or looking bewildered, at the very least. That much enthusiasm was quickly placing her outside of her comfort zone when it came to introductions and conversation.

"It's...A pleasure." She managed, before quickly latching onto the idea that giving her own name would be the proper thing to do.

"I'm Mitsuru Kirijo, currently enrolled as a Cadet. I'm a first year, much like you." Another polite nod, to cement the introductions in place.