Around Campus

[masterandchief]

Who: Master Chief, Acorna
When: Late morning
Where: Starting at the Faculty Dorms, walking all around campus
What: John and Acorna, both new to the campus, go exploring together to find places and familiarize themselves with the campus.
Rating: PG

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[acorna_h_li]

Acorna Harakamian-Li gave herself a quick look in the mirror before she covered her cloven, hoofed feet with a pair of sturdy slippers and headed out the door. Not knowing who exactly she was going to meet, Acorna decided to err on the side of caution and dress up a little, wearing the scarlet and lilac dress she had sewn together on her first day at narhii-Vhiliinyar. She smiled at the old memory. What a fiasco.

Hopefully, this expedition won't turn out as awkward as her first days with her people. The man she had communicated with seemed polite enough. Hopefully, he won't stare at her opalescent horn spiralling out of her forehead, as some humans tended to do when they first meet her.

As she stepped outside, the wind blew her silvery mane out of her face. Shielding her eyes against the sun, Acorna spotted a tall man standing much like Nadhari did when she worked for Uncle Hafiz. 'I suppose that's him. He must have been in the military at some point in his life.' Acorna stepped forward to greet him.

[masterandchief]

John's eyes glanced over the silver haired woman quickly, from head to toe and back up again. He noted the horn quite curiously but his eyes only lingered there for a second more than necessary and then never strayed there again. He fought cloven-footed, eight foot tall, blue monsters for a life; he had seen just about everything that was going to surprise him already. Not to mention he knew what it felt like to be stared at. In his MJOLNIR armor the Chief was always being stared at, either with fear or awe... or a mixture of both

[acorna_h_li]

Acorna smiled. "It's nice to meet you, too, John."

The first thing she noticed about John was how tall he was. Acorna knew that her race was taller than humans (she was just over six feet herself, and that was the average height for Linyaari females), but this man was equivalent to Thariinye. The second thing she noticed was the lack of emotions that she was picking up from him. A trace of unease and uncertainty was all that she could read.

Hopefully an attempt at humor would help him to relax. Acorna grinned, showing her teeth in a manner that would be viewed as aggression in the Linyaari culture, but was a friendly gesture amongst humans. "Are you sure you're not part Linyaari? You're simply too tall not to be, and your mental shields are impeccable." Like she thought, attempt at humor.

[masterandchief]

It wasn't, however, in John's nature to relax. But he did acknowledge her attempt at loosening the mood. He was used to the Marines trying the same thing when around him or in a particularly 'sticky' battle. Or, more often than not, both.

"I'm sorry. I don't know what the Linyaari are like. Is that what you are? I'd be grateful if you explained your race to me though." John attempted a small smile, but it hardly reached the corners of his mouth and was nigh but detectable. He gestured for her to begin walking with him; that was, after all, what they had gathered here for. "If while we walked around the campus would be all right?"