002 :: action

[vanadiel_knight]

[It's lunch time in the cafeteria and Akiela is currently sitting by her lonesome at a table with several books sprawled across the surface.  Clearly, classes have hit her hard.

Very hard.  She's practically slumped over the table in a dead faint.  You might even think she's sleeping... if it weren't for the tiny fact that she seems to be talking to

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[fierybluebird]

You all right there knightling?

[Better than armor-girl right?]

[vanadiel_knight]

[Your naming skills still stink.]

[Akiela sits up and makes a face when a piece of paper sticks to her cheek. She'll pull that off drearily and give you a sleepy thumbs up.]

I'm alive?

[fierybluebird]

And studying hard it would seem. [Is no longer carrying around bottles of green tea to give to people since the nightmares went away, but holds up a finger.] Hold still and breathe, eh? [And soon returns with a freshly brewed bottle and sits down across from her.]

[vanadiel_knight]

I'm... trying? I don't know how much of it is actually taking though. [She gives a sheepish laugh and blinks when Marco poofs, only to reappear with a bottle. She gives it a curious head tilt while straightening into an upright position. A brief run of her fingers through her hair reveals not two or even three, but five writing utensils.

She makes a face and sets them down.] I failed holding still but I'm still breathing. Do I still get the prize? ... whatever it may be?

[eggplantallergy]

[Hears the conversation and stops beside her with a raised eyebrow. There seemed to be no one about her either.]

Talking to yourself is not healthy, no matter what world you come from.

[vanadiel_knight]

[Akiela opens her eyes to look up at you with a confused, possibly half-conscious stare. After a moment she gives you a tired smile and a little wave.]

Hello Gakupo, I find it very therapeutic. ... or I might, if I were talking to myself. ... though I sort of am at this moment. I'm not quite certain anymore. How are you, by the way? [Rambles.]

[eggplantallergy]

[Sits next to her, since clearly, she needed real people to talk to. He was getting a bit worried.]

I'm fine, thanks. But...are you?

[vanadiel_knight]

[Somehow, in her addled state, she realizes she's being a bit... strange. She gives a little sigh and tries to reassure you with a less tired smile and a more... hapless, one.]

I've a newfound hate for knowledge... and I'm a little homesick. That's all.

[ready_set_fire]

[oh, okay. it's... a crazy girl. or sleep-talking, but having spent time among lunatics, Ace's first conclusion is 'aha, insane!']

Yo. [a gentle poke to her shoulder] Mental-breakdown-chick?

[vanadiel_knight]

Akiela.

[Have a blank look stranger.] And I wouldn't say I'm experiencing a mental breakdown quite yet.

[ready_set_fire]

I call 'em like I see 'em. You weren't exactly looking like the epitome of good psychological health, there. So I'm guessing Akiela's your name rather than something meaning 'Go away, and take your lunch with you'. [he flops down quite happily in the seat beside her, tray now on the table, reassured she's not going to flip out and kill anyone]

I'm Ace! That's my name, not a description, by the way.

[vanadiel_knight]

I'm beginning to doubt there is such a thing. [She straightens, amused.] Oh I would never say that. It's a terrible thing to pass up a chance at free food.

Nice to meet you, Ace.

[notanobject]

[Whoever made this rule about no weapons in the cafeteria is a fool. An untested, ublooded, pacifist fool, at that. And who also didn't appreciate how stripped bare one feels without a sword in hand.

However, he still needed to eat. And if that meant that the only steel he had was a fork and knife...He'd swallow his pride and comfort long enough to also swallow a few spoonfuls of food.

Which was what he was on his way to do...Right up until he sees and hears someone slumped over a table. Asking if this person is well or sane isn't something he is used to.

Poking them with a butter knife and seeing if that gets a reaction out of them, however? That is.]

[vanadiel_knight]

[At being incessantly prodded with a butter knife, Akiela does the only thing someone sane could do at that.

Counter it with a spoon. In the midst of instigating a cutlery battle, she glances up at Oswald with tired eyes and... blinks.]

Hi.

[notanobject]

[Respect for you has just gone up significantly, Akiela. Oswald dispenses with the prodding, after getting parried by the opposing cutlery. There may be a small blessing that neither of them have broken out the sporks, yet.]

"Hello."

[Now that they've had their greeting, maybe it's time to fully switch over to words?]

"You counter well, despite your mumbling."

[vanadiel_knight]

[Puddings and jellies beware. Have a tired but amiable grin, Oswald.]

Thank you, your thrust is quite impressive. [No, she's not entirely aware that he might be serious.] I don't believe we've met. My name is Akiela.

[xiiicard]

[Someone needs to put Ryoji on a leash... Or at least, tell him that you don't poke people that you don't know in the middle of a cafeteria. Even you do have only the best of intentions.

But... It was a girl, so Ryoji couldn't stop himself from wanting to get to know her.]

Are you all right there Miss?

[vanadiel_knight]

[A strange girl with pointy ears, but hey, she's certainly not going to bite that finger off. Have her turn to face you. Or rather, have a sheet of COD 101 notes turn to face you. After a barely concealed mutter of annoyance, she peels the sheet from her forehead and puts it back on the table to give you a mild grin.]

Sorry, hi and certainly. [But the disjointed way she says that might make you think otherwise...]

[xiiicard]

[Even better! Boobs and intact fingers! And even for someone as oblivious as Ryoji could be at times, even he could pick up on the fact that the person(?) in front of him wasn't as all right as they claimed.]

Are you sure? I mean, you look a little tired there. Unless you use that method to study frequently?

[vanadiel_knight]

... I don't study frequently, actually. [Have a soft laugh at that as she leans back and sighs.] It's a shame. My first world crossing and I happen to land in one that values the written word.

[She sighs, shakes her head and glances back at you.] But enough of that. Forgive me, my name is Akiela. And you?