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[silence_is_golden]

[In a lonely corner of the cafeteria is a stranger with a big stack of paper. He looks like he's pretty hard at work, but upon closer inspection it appears he's just doing a bunch of folding.
Envelopes... Who folds envelopes these days? More importantly, what sort of deranged maniac sings a song about folding under his breath while he is?
As he works he starts to focus more on lyrics that rhyme than folding envelopes, and eventually...]

Orange...? No, that's not right. ...What rhymes with orange?

[...He loses steam completely and stops to survey his work.]

...Ah. I'm never going to get paid for these ones...

[The kid looks at the clock and then stares ominously at the handful of envelopes he botched. Darn it... He's still got a lot of paper left and a lot of time to kill so he stacks up his failed attempts and moves them aside, then begins folding something else.]

Comments

I am sorry whoever you are.

[throughthefireandflames]

[And now, what better to go with paper than a FIRE LIZARD appearing next to the dude folding envelopes.]

Hello!

hahahaha

[silence_is_golden]

[Fire... Lizard...
He stops what he's doing and stares. ...And stares... Slowly and silently, he slides the paper away from FIRE LIZARD. If he looks very confused that's probably because he is.]

... Hello.

Let me just...use the worst icons for this.

[throughthefireandflames]

What are you doing?

[She asks, not used to anyone she knows folding envelopes.]

I don't know what you're talking about, these look wonderful

[silence_is_golden]

Um... I was making envelopes.

[He answers, not sure what Fire Lizard is even supposed to be.]

... What are you?

fffft thank you!

[throughthefireandflames]

Oh I'm a Pokemon!

[Blink blink.]

We're a bunch of creatures who can assume human forms thanks to the school, pretty much.

[silence_is_golden]

Pokemon?

[So... Not Persona. Well, somebody isn't hip with the news that creatures can turn into people and it's quite a shock. What if there are cat people...]

Because of the school? That's amazing...

[throughthefireandflames]

It is, isn't it? I can show you my true form, if you'd like!

[silence_is_golden]

You can do that?

1/2

[throughthefireandflames]

...well yes, I did say I can assume a human form. It means I can turn into a creature, right?

2/2

[punchvolcanoes]

[POOF! And now there is a Charizard in front of you.]

1/2

[silence_is_golden]

I thought it might be a magic spell, or--

2/2

[silence_is_golden]

[That is a dragon. SHE'S A DRAGON.

He's completely and utterly speechless. He's seen dragons and he's seen people with wings and stuff, but besides one beary strange individual, no creature he's ever met has been able to turn human or switch forms without trying to kill him.

He tries not to break eye contact as he stands up, approaches slowly, and... pats her on the head to make sure she's real.]

Alas I have to go to bed soon, I am sorry but he is ADORBS

[punchvolcanoes]

[Awww she loves head pats! Is that a purring sound.]

Are you kidding me he's such a dork (good night, btw!)

[silence_is_golden]

[Cat senses tingling... Must spend time with cat...
That... Shouldn't be cute. But it's cute. (Not that he would admit it.) You got a smile out of him, Charizard!]

Cool. How's it work...?

[punchvolcanoes]

Well she was gonna tell him how it does, but she was still in Pokemon form. Instead he got a bunch of roars and grunts.

[silence_is_golden]

[As much as he wished he could, he did not speak Animal so all he was hearing was a bunch of roars and grunts.]

I can't understand you...

[iaiai]

[Someone was on the hunt for paper. She had a lot of fliers to make and not a lot of time to make them. Her large stacks of paper were in her dorm, but she couldn't go back there yet.

She'd have to find paper elsewhere. Like in the loneliest part of the cafeteria.]

Excuse me!

[silence_is_golden]

[Someone was making disappointed faces at some sad-looking envelopes. He ditched them and started to fold up something else before someone approached him, then glanced up mid-fold.]

Hm?

[iaiai]

I saa~aid! Excuse me!

[She leans forward and presses her palms against the table.]

Can I use some of your paper? [She pauses, giving the sad-looking envelopes a critical stare.] What are you making?

[silence_is_golden]

Oh. Sure.

[He stares at the envelopes when she does.]

They were supposed to be envelopes...

[iaiai]

[She takes from his stack of paper, but situates herself into a seat across from him instead of leaving with it.]

What happened to them? They don't look like envelopes.

[silence_is_golden]

I, uh... Messed up on those ones.

What do you need that paper for?

[iaiai]

Hm. [She reaches out and takes one of the messed up envelopes. She unfolds it and gives it a good stare.]

I'm going to make fliers. I'm starting an "advice colum-n"!

[silence_is_golden]

[But why do you need fliers for an advice column...? He tried not to think about it too hard and started folding up a paper crane.]

Good luck. What kind of advice?

[iaiai]

Thank you!

[She started folding and unfolding the paper she held, attempting (unsuccessfully) to match Yu's folding.]

Any kind of advice!

[silence_is_golden]

I'll have to ask for some advice sometime, then.

[> With your current level of Expression, you may be able to help teach her Origami...
He watches her fold with obvious interest, and then turns his paper to face her so that she'll have an easier time copying him.]

Here, try it like this.

[He also folds slower.]

[findthepenguin]

S-Senpai! What are you doing here?

[Kanji's trying to conceal his utmost happiness.]

[silence_is_golden]

[He glanced down at his paper and then stared at Kanji.]

... Folding envelopes.

[findthepenguin]

O-Oh. Yeah. Uh. I can see that.

But what're you doing here instead of Yasogami?

[silence_is_golden]

[Oh. OH... That's what he meant.]

My parents moved here.

[Wait a minute... He stares incredulously at him.]

Kanji... Why aren't you in Inaba?

[findthepenguin]

...

I thought you knew?

[He folds his arms and looks down at the floor, ashamed to admit this to his Senpai.]

I uh... failed out of Yasogami.

1/2

[silence_is_golden]

[Well, that's... Unexpected, to say the least. He frowns apologetically at Kanji.]

I didn't. ...I'm sorry.

[He frowns some more, this time because how could he not know about something that huge? After what was probably the most awkward silence in Kanji's life Yu stands up and gives him (what he hopes is) a comforting pat on the shoulder.]

Well... This is your second chance, right? You can do it.

2/2

[silence_is_golden]

[A long pause.]

I'll be watching you.

[... Okay, no. He's just messing with him.]

Just kidding. Do your best, all right?

[findthepenguin]

[He was relieved that Senpai didn't judge him too harshly. In fact, the comforting pat was more than welcome, though if it was anything more than that, Kanji would have been weirded out.]

Heh. Thanks, Senpai.

[He smiles sheepishly at him.]

[silence_is_golden]

You don't need to thank me.

So... How long have you been here?

[jonny_talbain]

[One of those failed attempts is spirited away to return a few moments later as an oragami crane.]

.....that's about the only thing I know how to make.

[It is an awkward Hello but it is a Hello nonetheless.]

[silence_is_golden]

[As if he isn't hilariously awkward, himself.]

... Me too.

[jonny_talbain]

Ahh.

[An extended hand.]

Looks as though you're new. I'm Jon.

[silence_is_golden]

How'd you guess?

[Is he serious? Is he joking? it's a mystery. Whatever the case, he shakes Jon's hand.]

Yu Narukami.

[jonny_talbain]

Well, not that I'm Mr. Sociable, mind. But I've not smelled you around campus before.

[He's actually NOT joking.]

Where'd you transfer from, then?

[silence_is_golden]

Oh... I guess you've been here for a while, then.

[It's a completely legitimate way of finding people to him. It does raise the question "Is Jon related to a bear," but that's not important.]

Yasogami High School. It's in Inaba -- small rural town in Japan.

[jonny_talbain]

Ah. Well, the city may be something of a change for you then... it's relatively large. I'm a transfer from Capcom High on the other side of town but previously, I came from England. If you couldn't tell.

[His accent is a little on the thick side, after all.]

[silence_is_golden]

I'm from a bigger city, but... Nothing this big.

Haha, I figured. Is Capcom High much different?

[jonny_talbain]

There are a lot more robots attending there, a lot more monsters attending here, but there are a lot of similarities. And both are vastly different to any other school I've seen.

[...which isn't many. But still.]

[silence_is_golden]

[Robots...]

Oh... [Nod.] Yeah. I've never been to a place quite like this.