dear new life, [open]

[Nera Augustus]

"Krrpiit! Krrpit!"

"hrmm....."

"Krrriiipt Krrrpitt"


"Shut up R'-Pierre, .....ten more minutes"

"big Sis, It's time to get up for school...."

"hm?"

"You know that place you're supposed to attend thanks to the courts sentencing?"

"Hm....."

"I made breakfast!"


It was at that moment Nera's eyes finally opened. Bright blue hues stared dully in the direction of the blonde teenager who was brandishing a spatula. The smell of waffles and eggs permeated the air in a trickling sensation. Nera shot to a sitting position, her extremely long hair, matted around her. She gave a slightly glare towards the door which now lay empty. With a yawn she kicked her legs over the side of her overly large bed and walked the short distance towards the tiny kitchen/ sitting area. Part of living on a boat meant close quarters. In her arm she gripped tight to a bright blue care bear plush that her brother had won her at the fair a couple years earlier.

Her brother continues to make the waffles and stack them high on the plate. Nera sat down and sat like a statue at the table still hiding behind her blue bear. Antony turned with a smile and began to laugh nervously.

"You might want to get dressed, I need a couple minutes for the eggs anyway"

Nera gave him a snort before tromping back towards her cabin and throwing on her new outfit. She had taken care to lay it out the night before. Finally she combed her hair and began to do herself up for the day, waking up in the process. Robespierre, the falcon who had taken to being her alarm clock that morning, tucked it's head down and slept. Nera looked around and sighed.

"Yah, you get to sleep." she pouted before finishing with her makeup. She heard a cry from the kitchen to let her know the food was getting cold. With a start she jumped to her feet and rushed towards the kitchen- she was running late, well....later then she wanted to be. Antony said nothing, just held out the sacked breakfast in front of her with a sacked lunch in an another bag. Nera shoved both into her napsack and jumped out onto the deck. It didn't take long to hop down from there onto the side walk and begin running towards the school.

The sun was rising in front of her. 5am was just a brilliant time in the morning. It didn't take her long to find the school- having been a couple days earlier to scour it due to her unyielding curiosity. She smirked to herself and slowly walked onto campus.....obviously no one was present quite yet, but....it might just be fun to explore. Slowly, very slowly she began to take in her surroundings, holding her backpack straps and looking utterly lost at where to start.

[Nakamura Atsushi]

[OoC: Sorry if it's not too much to work with.]

It was always fun to beat the traffic to school. You got to enjoy the weather with no one around! Of course, you could do that in your own back yard, but M didn't really have a back yard. His only real option was to get out, so he did. And now he sat before the school against a tree, leaning his head against it. The breeze felt nice, calm. So he was really relaxed. Of course, then he heard the sound of footsteps. Now, being the guy he is, he hasn't really adjusted to a peaceful setting yet. So he was paranoid. He stood to his feet and turned, only to find a girl running on to campus as if she had a class to get to this early. Highly unlikely.

He shrugged after observing her for only a moment, and started slowly walking around, not paying too much attention to the girl. She seemed odd enough, being here this early. But, then again, so was he.

[Nera Augustus]

[not at all ^.^]

Mia heard the footsteps as soon as they began. Her eyes flicked faster then her head as she turned to gaze at the figure who walked yards away from her. It seemed that, after all, there was someone here this early in the morning. Glare from the rising sun made it hard to see exactly who. She quickly replaced her bland face with a pleasant smile. Without another thought she began to walk up to the guy. He seemed harmless enough, but as always she kept on her guard.

"Excuse me"

She looked curiously onward at him. Her innocent mask perfect and ready to go.

"Excuse me, sir?"

[Nakamura Atsushi]

So, in walking away he'd gotten her attention. Odd, sort of. She came over to him seemingly quickly. He turned once again to face her as she approached and decided he'd try real hard not to be a prick. Maybe all she had was a question? Or something real simple, like. But strange people were hard to trust anymore.

"Yeah?"

With just one look at him, he would likely seem like the lazy, 'what a drag' kind of person. Mostly because he really wanted to relax somewhere right now.

[Nera Augustus]

Nira could tell easily he wasn't exactly in the mood for playing along. However, she didn't rightly care. Instead she smiled sweetly, and gave an innocent glance around the area.

"Do you attend this school?"

It was an honest question. Meeting new people was absolutely essential to fitting in, and usually this would help her stick out less like a sore thumb. Her brilliant blue hues gazed at him in a steady and strong manner, showing neither fear nor intimidation by him. She made it obvious he was free not to answer, although she was also trying real hard to use guilt tactics. They were always the first tactics she used, if only to get them out of the way....most the time they worked anyway. Her smile was steady as she waited for an answer, calmly- as if she had all day to wait.

[Nakamura Atsushi]

".. Yeah."

He'd give a little nod after his reply and put his hands into his pockets. This girl seemed really cheery, and really.. fake. His old instincts were kickin' in, but he didn't want to listen to them; that'd lead to some really bad stuff. So he ignored himself, essentially. 'twas better to start trusting people, anyway.

"I'm fairly new myself, if you're looking for a tour or something. So, sorry, but I probably can't help with that."

He tried to sound nice, but it wasn't exactly natural to him. Hopefully she wasn't a bratty type, yeah?

[Nera Augustus]

"Oh? Really?!" She smiled brightly.- or at least continued to do so.

"Well then, do you mind exploring with me? It's always more fun with company..."

Again. A serious request. However, the tone of her voice made it clear he had a complete choice in the matter. She just beamed at him and stood there almost bouncing up and down. Her long hair ghosted above the ground lightly as she did so, bouncing left and right. This guy seemed aloof enough, and hopefully he didn't have anything going on. But her main concern was why he was here this earlier, and probably even more important was the idea that he might be dangerous or the 'bad-ass wannabe' type. She sometimes hated those people...they always proved to be boring and self righteous. However she just stared at him curiously, but without judgement.

[Nakamura Atsushi]

This girl was amazingly jumpy for being up so early. What, was she hyped up on caffeine, or something? Oh, well. Exploring with her couldn't be too bad, right? It was always good to make friends, socialize. So M would do that. But first, introductions. His hand out for a shake, like a man. ;]

"Sure. I'm 'Mir.' Nice to meet you."

So, being as jumpy as she was, hopefully she could continue a real conversation. It was never good to just be walking with someone in awkward silence, really. That is always just, y'know.. awkward.

[Nera Augustus]

She took the hand gladly and gripped it tightly.

"I'm Nera, Nera Augustus. Pleasure is all mine I assure ya' " She continued to beam her brilliant smile before turning and pointing to one of the larger buildings. It seemed he was not going to bother wasting any time.

"Over there is where I was headed first. It's the biggest building by the looks of it...what do you say?"

She was already walking in that direction. Her feet taking her into a light skip. Rest assured, most of this energy would vanish around 3pm and she would be dead asleep. But for now, she played an imaginary game of hop scotch on her way towards the building. Arms spread wide, and one leg poised up with the pointed toe of a dancer, she continued to hop lightly.

"How long have you been going here? What do you think of the place? and what are the classes like?- Oh sorry...I'm just shooting out questions aren't I?"

She stopped and turned to smile nervously at him again.

[Nakamura Atsushi]

Manly grip, she had. Huh. Anyway, she was gettin' a move on already, so he'd follow her. Not he had something to do, at least. And she seemed she'd make things interesting.

"Works for me."

He started walking and she started hopping. She was really damn energetic. It was like she took 10 5 hour energy drinks. And that's just unhealthy, really. Just waiting for the inevitable crash, though. Somehow it seemed like it'd be kind of odd though. He already couldn't imagine this girl calm, really. And she quickly lashed out question after question, only to try and apologize for it all in only a few seconds. She really knew how to talk.

"Haha, it's okay. I, uh, I'm actually relatively new, here. It's my third day here, since I enrolled just before last weekend. I haven't met all too many people, but it seems just.. Alright, I guess. Nothing amazing. And the classes are kind of.. small. Not too many people. I suppose having small classes will really help with the learning process, though."

It actually didn't occur to him where they were going this whole time. He wasn't paying attention to their surroundings, mostly just the conversation and staying upright..

[Nera Augustus]

Nera turned and stopped in her tracks. She was capable of a great many things, but staying still was well- something she did rarely. Luckily this was purely her. She paused and pointed to the sky behind them.

"Woah! The sunrise."

She stared at it for a long moment before looking back to him.

"It's my first day here...maybe we could be buddies then? I haven't heard much about this school...but it seems like a fun place. Though, I'm still a little curious about all the security precautions to get in here." She seemed to be musing aloud almost as she stared up as if looking for answers to her questions. After a moment she shrugged and turned to start walking, this time normally.

"I love the sunrise, but I didn't think others would be here as well...So it's nice to meet someone, especially someone new like me. Small classes are good though...I like them better then big classes." She rambled on again.

[Nakamura Atsushi]

This girl said so many things in a short moment that it was actually funny. This guy, M, of all people, he started to smile. He didn't want to, part of him just said that maybe this strange girl was playing at some sick game, taking advantage of the new, vulnerable 'Taemin.' But he refused to believe it, once more. Most likely because it wasn't true.

"Absolutely. I don't think it'd be a bad idea."

He'd follow her at a leisurely pace, grinning, and letting out a silent laugh on the side. No doubt this girl was going to make things a hell of a lot more interesting. But now he was at that point where he didn't have much else to say.. =/

[Nera Augustus]

Nera finally reached the door and shoved it open with one tap of her foot. She peeked around the corner, looking to see if anyone was inside before stepping inside herself. She looked around curiously before fully entering the hall and looking both ways.

"Not going to lie though, this place is kinda creepy....."

She retorted and looked back at him.

"Do all high schools look like a prison on the inside?"

She really wouldn't know. She had never attended public school in her life. Guess this really was the chance for new experiences.

[Nakamura Atsushi]

"There's no one here, that would explain the creepiness."

He waltzed on in after her, still grinning. She seemed really clueless about the place. Kind of funny, actually. Of course, he couldn't quite disagree with her, either. The place did have an odd feel to it. But it certainly wasn't a prison. It didn't have the best vibe, but it wasn't like you were going to have sloppy joe all day.

"I don't think anyone's here. School shouldn't start for another hour and a half, which means we got about an hour to look around all the buildings before faculty arrives, assuming they get here a half hour early."

A shrug.

"Where do you want to start?"

[Nera Augustus]

Too bad, sloppy joes were really tasty. She looked back and gave him a clueless shrug.

"I really don't know, there is so much to explore."

This guy seemed to be doing alright following her around. It was turning out to be pretty fun to do so as well. He at least was providing interesting information about her new home here. She looked up and down both halls before finally pointing to her right.

"THAT WAY!"

She called it loudly so that her voice echoed. Quickly she began to walk down the hall, her eyes bright with curiosity, but her lips pursed in a nervous way. It was almost as if she didn't want too be caught. Secretly she was cataloging all this information in her photographic memory. Already she was planning possible escape routes, different object that could be used as weapons...everything she was calculating as she walked around, acting like the innocent new school girl. At least she had confidence in her ability as an actress. Her confidence in her ability to get around the school in an hour-......less then satisfying.