[In which an artist makes her appearance]

[magicalberet]

 O-Oh! Ohhh!

[The sound of a young girl calling out might reach your ears. Why? Well, why else?

Okay, forget whatever line of thought you were going down because it's not correct.

Into the view of whoever may be walking is none other than a girl carrying an easel under her arm and a bag rustling with art supplies on her shoulder. She is running

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[monotreme_101]

[And what's this? Red Beret, meet White Glove.]

Hey. This yours? [Offers the hat.]

[magicalberet]

[Oh. Oh dear. While the beret escaping her was bad, she's now extremely nervous. It's not you Knuckles, she's just an extremely shy little thing.]

O-oh, y-yes...um... Thank you... [She takes the hat and fidgets for a second.
He managed to get her hat..and he didn't dangle it over her head...So he must be nice, right? Right. Adeleine logic never fails! Placing it on her head, she smiles shyly up at him.]

I-I'm sorry...The wind blew it, and... [She trails off.]

[monotreme_101]

Why are you sorry? It didn't cost nothin' to grab it for you. My name is Knuckles - you must be new, huh? [Extends a hand.]

[magicalberet]

Um... But I... mm...

[She looks up and spaces out a little thinking about this. Sorry, she'll be right back in a second before she seems to get this 'oh!' look and returns to earth.]

Y-yes, I'm new... [She stares at the hand for a moment before shaking it in return.]

[monotreme_101]

....Huh. You seem a little overwhelmed. You need help moving your stuff to your dorm? Oh and.. heh.. pro-tip; now would be when you tell me your name in return. Seems fair, huh?

[magicalberet]

[Blink. Oh, right.]

O-oh, I'm sorry! M-my name is Adeleine. [Oh god, she turns a little red and fidgets. So embarrassed. But she tries to fight it off. He asked something else, right?]

I-I'm, um... [Incredibly shy and totally awkward when it comes to talking to new people? The words don't make it out though.] I-I only have some clothes and painting supplies...So I-I don't think I need help...B-but thank you.

[monotreme_101]

You know I'm not gonna bite or anything, right? There's no need to be so nervous, I'm trying to be helpful, y'know. But if you don't have much stuff to move, that's cool - I can at least show you where your dorm IS if you want.

Nice t'meet you anyhow, Adeline.

[magicalberet]

I'm sorry... I just. um. It's not you, it's um...

[She takes a moment to organize her thoughts]

I just kinda get nervous around new people... I can't help it...

B-but, um. I wouldn't mind... if you could help me find my dorm.

[She seems to stop fidgeting, and smiles up at Knuckles. She's slowly overcoming that 'Stranger = Aaaaaaa' feeling and replacing it with a feeling of 'Don't freak out, he's nice so don't Aaaaaa'. It's an odd process.]

[monotreme_101]

OK - Well, you're gonna have to work on that. There's a LOT of new folks to meet here, after all. [Smiling good naturedly.]

C'mon. Dorms are this way. You get your dorm number yet or should we check on the school server n see where the Hands put you? Hopefully you get a nice roomie.

[magicalberet]

I-I had a feeling there might be...B-but no better place to get over shyness, I suppose...

[She thinks for a moment] ...I don't quite know...I don't think they told me.

[monotreme_101]

That's fine, we can look it up over here. [Heads toward the main office.]

So - where you from, Adeleine?

[magicalberet]

O-okay, that sounds good! [She follows]

Me? I'm from, um... Popstar.

[monotreme_101]

Popstar? Oh - Maybe you know Kirby. He's one of the students here.

[Walks over to the computer terminal, logs on and looks up the dorm listings.] Oh, you're in [Insert dorm number here]. I know where that is - let's go get you set up.

Hey, you might also know a guy called Marx? He was from Popstar too, I think.

[magicalberet]

Kirby? Oh, yes! I know him! He's a dear friend. [She smiles more naturally now] But, um... Marx? No, he doesn't ring any bells for me.

[She nods at the mention of the dorm number] O-okay, let's go then.

[monotreme_101]

Oh! Well, I'll see if I can't help you find him then. At least there's a familiar face then, huh?

[Starts off toward the dorms. Boy this guy walks fast.] Glad you never met Marx, though - he was a real jerk. He was my roomie for a while. I offered him a soda this one time? He stabbed my pet. Then, he stabbed me. It was a pretty bad day.

[magicalberet]

Yes, I'm glad I'll get to see him again.

[Well it's a good thing this girl can keep up.]

T-that...That's not even just being mean, that's being outright cruel...
Are the both of you alright? [She's not even going to define 'both of you', because she'd wonder then why someone would consider that she's asking about Marx. She has decided she does not like him.]