Katara, open

[ex_waterben]

Who: Katara, whoever shows up
When: Monday evening
Where: The Meeting Hall between the reses. (Rezzes? Res'? Resi?)
What: Katara fails at computers. Also at finding her room.
Rating: G? Depends on who else shows up. XD

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[spiritsme_away]

The fuzzy haze of confusion that seemed to have flared up upon her journey here hadn't left completely. Chihiro was on her way back to her room from the park, to read a book or lay down or do something to keep her mind occupied when she caught sight of the girl. In someone else's eyes, it might've been amusing the manner of which she did so, too -- coming to a sudden stop at the mouth of the hall, shoes giving a sharp squeak in protest. It was probably kind of silly to think she was the only one around at the moment, but Chihiro wasn't too concerned about that.

She looked a bit, well, different than what she was used to, not coming from an area with much of a wide range of ethnic backgrounds... But her own views mixed with that of the fact that everyone from this school seemed to be from a different place (which was pretty neat, actually; she recalled the boy in swimming class with bright red hair), so it really wasn't as much of a shock as it might have been a few weeks ago. A more important factor, though, was that she looked lost

[ex_waterben]

Katara whirled around fast enough for her braid to cut a circle in the air. She seemed more surprised to see the girl than the girl did to see her. She didn't look like she was from any of the Four Nations (maybe the Earth Kingdom if she squinted), and Katara noted again that she seemed to be a lot further from home than she'd thought--or wanted.

"I, uh . . . Yes," she said sheepishly, shrugging her shoulders. "I just got here. I'm Katara," she added, bowing slightly in greeting.

[spiritsme_away]

Chihiro's entire body froze at the way Katara whipped around, eyes a notch wider than she would have liked the other to first lay eyes on her. She calmed herself down when the other girl began speaking, blinking in surprise and moving to give a bow in return, but not lowering her eyes too far. "Nice to meet you, Katara. I'm Chihiro."

She straightened, letting her hands fold together as she looked at the other girl, a little curious. "Do you... need any help? I haven't been here for very long either, but I think I know where most places are now."

[ex_waterben]

Katara relaxed, glad that the girl seemed to be in a similar situation to her own. Although those clothes . . . she shook her head. It was rude to stare. And at least her name was easy to pronounce--it reminded her again of the Earth Kingdom. Maybe she was somewhere on the far edges of the continent? But how had she gotten here?

"Yes please," she replied enthusiastically. "I've . . . never been anywhere like this before. Where exactly are we?"

[little_usa_pink]

Chibiusa strode confidently down the hallway, her campus map dangling forgotten from one hand. She was finally getting her bearings around the school - although there were a few problems here and there . . .

She turned a corner to what she thought *must* be the library and instead saw more hallway, and two other girls examining a piece of paper. One she thought she recognized - her room was only a few doors down.

"Um," she said sheepishly, "this isn't the way to the library, is it?"

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Katara peered over Chihiro's shoulder, fully expecting it to be some foreign language by this point. Which was why she was rather surprised when it wasn't.

"Hey! I can understand it!" she exclaimed. There was just no end to the surprises in this place, was there. "It looks like . . . Oh, there's my name. I'm in room 107, I guess?"

She looked around again. "So . . . which way is it? Are all the buildings like this?"

[spiritsme_away]

Chihiro looked at Katara at her first statement, a little confused as to why she wouldn't... but, then again, she remembered she wasn't from around here. Not that she thought anyone really was, but... She turned her attention back to the paper, eyes scanning over the names. "Oh! You're right. You're just a few doors down from me, actually. I'm in room 103. I'll show you where it is. I think you'll get the hang of it." She nodded, then turned around to lead Katara off to the dorms when she noticed... another girl.

Chihiro started, eyes widening as she took in the color of her hair. She shook her head at the question, calming her expression down as she spoke. She was pretty sure she'd seen her before, anyway.

"No, the Library's in a different building. It's not too far from here, though." She paused, then added, as an afterthought, "I think."

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Katara perked up at that. "There's a library? How big is it?"