Less than usual introduction (Open)

[Danni Lauraina White]

If you can make it through the first week, then you can make it through them all. That had been something her mother had told her on her first day of school. As in, ever. But, the advice hopefully would carry over in this new place she found herself a resident of. It was her second day in, the first having included a heavy dose of mind-blowing and a tour. Metas. It was still a strange concept for her even if she'd heard about them before. Well, heard as in caught a conversation in passing. And even then, she hadn't been paying much attention. But now, it seemed that she had little to no choice.

Danni wasn't sure on how she felt about all of this. Disbelief? Maybe some. Detachment? Slightly. She didn't really feel very different than she had before. Kind of like how she hadn't felt the transition from fourteen to fifteen. Maybe it took a little time for the feeling of change to settle in? There were things that came to full notice of course. Like the arrangement of her new room for one. She had no choice but to be fully aware of it as she spent what time that wasn't taken for travel, listening to introductions and touring, to try to arrange her room in a way that wouldn't drive her completely insane. It had been clean though, so there was the upside. Still, it would take time for her to get certain patterns in order. Get things set up just the way they should be. Luckily, the bed faced the way her old bed had at home, and the window placement was in the same spot as well. The fact that the room wasn't on the right floor could be overlooked.

But, she wasn't worrying about her room right now. She had it set up to the best of her ability and now was out of it and wandering. Sure, during her wandering she had gotten a bit lost, but that was kind of expected and she didn't worry about it too much seeing how she would either find her way back eventually or have help getting back to her room by asking someone for directions. She was glad that she wasn't obsessed with knowing where she was at all times. That was a pretty big dash of luck. Though she wasn't totally lost either, seeing how she would have really have to have been out of it to not realize that she was at least on the ground level of the building.

She was just rounding the corner of the hallway she was in when she felt a stirring in her shirt.

"Hey, calm down in there. I don't want to get detention or something on my second day here." She said to the suddenly restless mouse.

"I know this place probably smells different to you but you're gonna have to wait until we get back to the room." She added as she continued to walk.

Of course, Simon didn't choose to listen as he was getting free of her shirt and scurrying down the front of it before making a daring leap from her belt-line and onto the floor.

"Damn it Simon!" She blurted out in a hushed shout.

She then went to trying to scoop him up only for him to decide to scamper up the side of the pants of a stranger. How awkward. He must have smelled something he liked. It was near feeding time for him.

"Do you mind?" She asked the person, obviously asking if it was alright if she plucked the mischievous mouse off of their person.

[Alena Milosz]

Aimlessly wandering the halls of Hammel was growing to be something of a habit for Alena. Although she had grown used to living in another country, there always seemed like something to explore within the school. Not to mention, a meta school always had something picture worthy within their hallways, and Alena always had her camera.

She hadn’t particularly been paying attention to where she was going, but there was still that energetic bounce within her step, walking to the to beat of some tune within her head.

A space cadet, and certainly unaware of the small creature that was headed her way. It wasn’t until she felt the slight pressure of little feet climbing up her jeans did Alena notice. Curious eyes looked down, lighting up at the creature. “Oh hello!” She called to it lightly, unsure if the mouse came to her because of how she smelt or the one that sat on her shoulder.

Of course, her mouse wasn’t quite the same. Built from an energy construct, there was almost always a small spirit looking creature within the presence of the Russian. Today just happened to be a quiet mouse.

When she heard a voice, Alena looked up. Her hand curled gently around the animal, a thumb brushing lightly across its fur as she extended her arms to the person. “Oh, is he yours?” She asked, accent still coming through. “Quick little fellow.”

[Danni Lauraina White]

Well, if the other girl was anything to go by, the people of this school were indeed a lot less... jumpy.. when it came to things. For example, it had taken people she had known in the only town she had ever lived in, a little while to get used to Simon running free from time to time. There was also the fact that the girl hadn't seemed at all surprised by Danni's albinism. The pale figure had somewhat mixed emotions about that. You see, she was rather proud of her unusual appearance and a little surprise would have been flattering. But at the same time, she was interested and comforted by the fact that her appearance was taken as something normal as it made her feel a little less homesick.

Yes, it was only her second day away from home, but she missed it. It was partially her never having been away for long bar the odd school vacation, and partially because she kind of had a thing about too many changes. It wasn't so much of a thing to the point where it would drive her nuts like her shoes being out of line or her study desk being a mess, but it had her a little... off. Not by enough to be actually noteworthy, but just a bit.

"His name's Simon. And yeah, he's mine. He just pretends not to be sometimes to have me chase after him." She replied with a slight smirk after accepting the dormouse back from the girl who was handing him to her.

"And, I'm Danni." She said, introducing herself.

She hasn't missed the accent that the other girl had spoken in even if she hadn't pointed it out. Danni wasn't exactly versed in accents though, so she couldn't tell what kind it was. It wasn't Asian, that much was sorted out. Well, not typical Asian anyways. And it wasn't country.

Simon was returned to the inner workings of her shirt, clambering in willingly now that he had had a chance to try to give her a start.

[Alena Milosz]

Although she had yet to make it through a full year at Hammel, living in a meta school did have its fair share of sights. Having met a person who could change their appearance to that of a dragon, was one. Although Alena often struggled controlling her reactions, she tried her best to keep a cool composure. It often failed.

Not to mention, a cute mouse had her distracted. Hazel eyes barely moved from the small creature until the person holding him spoke again. It was only then she straightened her back, looking up.

The largest sign she offered was a slight widening of her eyes, fingers instinctively curling into her camera. Oh how she’d love a chance to take a photo of this beautiful girl. Only having ever met one albino person before, she couldn’t help the innocent awe struck look she wore.

“It is a pleasure to meet you, Danni.” She replied sweetly, rocking back on her heels before forward again. The mouse on her shoulder jumped off, cutting through the air as ran through the air, hovering just a foot away from the girl. “I’m Alena.”

Finally tearing a hand away from her camera, she stuck it out with friendly formality. “Are you the doctor’s daughter?” She asked curiously, unaware of the slight offensive nature of her question.

[Danni Lauraina White]

And there it was. A reaction. It wasn't a huge one but it was enough to have her heart flutter slightly in delight. The other girl's eyes had widened slightly on her looking at her directly for the first time. Danni instantly wondered what she might have been thinking. She missed the flexing of fingers around the camera, at least on a conscious level she did. No, the small creature there that Danni finally noticed after having been to transfixed on Simon to have earlier picked up on, was enough of an anomaly to have the albino girl forget about taking in body language for a moment. That was, until the other girl spoke and had her making eye contact.

A smile came from her when she was told it was a pleasure, but she was briefly distracted as the light-mouse... at least that was what she was going to dub it for the time being... jumped off of the other girl's shoulder and ran through the air to hover there a bit of a ways away from Danni. Was she dreaming? Danni did often wonder if her conscious life was actually reality at times. Her eyes flickered back to the newly introduced Alena to see if the other girl was seeing what she was seeing.

She didn't seem to be acknowledging it. Damn it. Danni did her best to try not to stare at the floating mouse even as she accepted the hand and shook it, but it was quite hard. That was, until she was asked about being the doctor's daughter. Then, she looked at Alena straight on again with a brief moment of confusion as her mind had taken it literally briefly due to her father indeed being a doctor. Then, when she got the reference, Danni ended up laughing some.

"That would make things a lot more interesting, wouldn't it." She replied with a smirk.

She then decided to take a small leap with her next comment.

"That mouse is adorable, by the way."

Well, either the brunette would expose that the mouse was really there, or Danni would look a little crazy.

[Alena Milosz]

Although Alena didn’t look to the mouse as it kept near the new girl, she was hyper aware of it. After all, it was a creation from her own energy; it looked at the girl with the curiosity Alena felt. Ears perked upwards as its nosed twitched as if it were actually sniffing the air.

“Would it be?” She asked, slightly confused by the response. Furrowed eyebrows gave way within her expression as she pondered over it. She had heard the school’s on-call doctor had a daughter, was it wrong to assume it was this girl?

But distraction hit her before she could think to ask, and her eyes lit up, the mouse standing on its hind legs. “Thank you!” She chirped, looking to the creature and then back again. “I think she likes you.” Although each energy construct was part of Alena, she had little control over them. Each did as they wished – thus far it was still impossible to create a specific animal. They just appeared when they wanted and what they wanted to be as far as she was concerned.

The mouse skipped through the air, running around Danni’s head before settling again, cleaning its whiskers, and Alena couldn’t help the giggle that passed her lips. “She is very friendly.”

[Danni Lauraina White]

Okay, now Alena seemed like she was confused. So... she wasn't making a Doctor Who reference? Comparing her to Jenny? Well crap. Danni had thought it was the whole pale hair pale skin thing but it was possible she might have gotten that wrong. Well, she couldn't guess correctly all the time.

"Sorry, thought it was a Dr. Who ref." Danni replied, rubbing the back of her neck a little.

At the other girl's reaction to her compliment on the mouse, the albino felt a flood of relief. Okay, good, she wasn't going crazy this time. It made Danni smile a bit wider than she might have normally as she was told that the light-mouse seemed to like her. Danni watched it as it ran around her head then smiled again as after the mouse stopped running to clean it's whiskers, she was told that the critter was friendly.

"Do you have her around often?" She asked with a slight tip of her head.

[Alena Milosz]

Alena gave a light laugh at the remark, not making the connection to the popular television show. With her general love of pop culture, of course she knew of Doctor Who, but it definitely hadn’t been the first thing to come to mind.

“I mean our school doctor.” She tried to clear up in a friendly tone. Just met and already miscommunication; Alena lifted her hands, giving them a little wave as if to brush it over. It was hardly a concern, as it didn’t do any damage. There wasn’t need to be sorry.

Dropping the subject, Alena felt her energy spike when asked about the mouse. Easily excitable, the energy constructionist was more acute to it than others, despite her lack of control. “Oh, sometimes.” She chirped, rocking back and forth on her heels.

“I don’t choose them.” Although that seemed potentially negative, Alena never thought of it as a bad thing, and as if on cue, there was a light glow of energy waist height to the Russian’s left side, and with a swirl, it took shape into a porcupine, which hobbled through the air until reaching Alena’s hand, to which she pet the smoke like figure as best she could.

“Hey!” She grinned at the little creature, eyes beaming at the sight of him. “They just come and go as they please.” The Russian added as she looked back at the girl.

[Danni Lauraina White]

The school doctor. Of course. That would be where the mix up was from. She chuckled a little, scratching lightly at the spot on her forehead where it was between and a little above her brows. It was something she did when she got a bit embarrassed. Not all of the time, but sometimes. It was an honest mistake, right? And she wasn't the type to destroy herself over mix ups, so that was a good thing. No, what bothered her was when things were dirty or disorganized.

"Haven't met the doctor yet." She said after lowering her hand again.

The other girl seemed to light up when Danni asked about the mouse and Danni made a mental note about that. Good to know what a person's likes were and stuff if you were going to be getting along with them, right? Assuming they were going to get along. They weren't pulling each others hair out yet, so that was a good sign, right?

She listened to Alena speak about the constructs, even if both of them ended up distracted by the cute little hamster that formed itself in the middle of it. So she didn't choose them and they just kind of came out on their own?

"That must make it pretty hard to walk around in town, huh?"

Well, she doubted it would be ignored. Especially if a tiger decided to come out or something. Unless Pilot Ridge was fine with things like that?

[Alena Milosz]

The otter swam around the air as if through water, around both girls before flipping onto its back and coasting by. The Russian reached up a hand, petting the ghost like creature lightly. When her hand dropped to her side, she looked back to Danni and let out a light laugh. It was true; walking around in public was always harder with energy constructs that threatened to come out at any time. She'd often try to get them to hide within her clothes or bag if they refused to leave, but it was never easy.

Especially considering when her ability manifested, she was in public. A connivence store. Then again, that didn't quite matter as she left the country that night via a surprise visit from her sister.

"Sometimes, yes." She admitted with a shrug. "Even with training, it's still very hard to control them or make them come and go." The lion; the first energy construct created, and try as she might, Alena couldn't get it to show up again, or even anything that was remotely close to its size. She'd have a dozen bunnies hopping around before him again.

"So you're new? I haven't seen you before."

[Danni Lauraina White]

Danni watched the otter, trying not to seem too interested at the same time though. What, she didn't want to seem like one of those fawn eyed tourists or anything like that... But, it wasn't easy. Seriously, it was hard not to stare when she wasn't used to seeing something like this. She wasn't used to any of this, actually, with how short of a time it had been that she had been knowingly a metahuman and learned about others being the same.

She snapped out of her thoughts and realized she had indeed ended up staring when Alena spoke up and brought her out of it. Then, with a slight flush of embarrassment, Danni went to paying attention to what the other girl had to say.

"Hell, I'd imagine so." The albino commented when she was told that sometimes it was hard to go out with that ability of hers.

"Kind of sucks how we have to be all secretive about what we can do, but worse comes to worse, there's like different holidays and stuff where you could pass it off as a trick or decoration, right?" She added, trying to put a positive spin in the end where the beginning had been a bit... depressing.

"Yeah, I just moved in. Almost literally. This is actually my second day of being here, second and a piece of being officially a meta. How about you?"

[Alena Milosz]

For Alena, the creature was completely normal, but she never expected others to get used to the fact. Going out in public was tough - it was an easy ability to notice. No matter how much she liked it there'd still be that problem until she had better control, which was a long way for the Russian.

Just the other day her entire room was filled with woodland creatures as she attempted to recreate the lion that had only appeared once on the night of her manifestation. Needless to say, it didn't work out well.

Her eyes lit up at the idea of passing her ability off as a trick; it had never occurred to Alena until this conversation. Excitement flooded her features as she clasped her hands together, rising up onto her toes before rolling back on her heels again. "You're right!" She squeaked as the otter jumped around playfully.

Raising her hand, Alena extended a palm into the air facing the other girl. "I like you."