I'm new here (Open)

[Sophia Foster]

Sophia stepped into the office. She had just arrived at the school and needed to check on a few things. What was her schedule? Where was her dorm? She arrived rather late in the year so, she didn't really get the chance to learn with the other students.

The room was deserted. Sighing she sat down on a chair in the corner and resigned herself to waiting around until someone came.

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Rina (as her brother so affectionately called her) was sooooooo incredibly bored! She too had arrived late in the year such that it was pointless for her to attend classes. Aerina did anyway, it was something to do, but she wasn't going to get into the really interesting stuff until next semester. To alleviate her boredom, Aerina started looking into summer classes held at the local university. There was one in particular she'd enjoy, just a simple culinary course, but it was only four weeks and was interesting enough so that she didn't rot over their month of break.

She just needed approval from the administration, hence why she'd come to the main office today. When Rina entered the room, not a soul was in sight save for a young blonde girl sitting in the corner. Aerina looked around the room again, searching for any sign of someone official, but there was none. She turned to the girl, holding tightly the approval form in her tiny little hands. "Excuse me," she asked the girl. Her voice held the thick accent of her homeland. "How long have you been waiting here? Very long?" Hopefully not.

[Sophia Foster]

Sophia looked up at the girl who just walked in "oh, no I wasn't here long." She stood up. The girl appeared to be a few years older that Sophia but, she seemed nice enough. She was the first student Sophia had encountered so, she realized she had to make a good impression if she wanted to make friends here.

"Name's Foster, Sophia Foster. I'm new here. What's your name?" Sophia brushed a strand of her blond hair away from her eyes. Absentmindedly she thought it would be a good idea to pull it up later.

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Oh, phew! That was a relief. On the one hand, that still meant that this girl would be helped first whenever someone did show up, though on the other hand, that also meant that it was also less likely that the office was just abandoned and they'd both have to wait forever. Well, at least they wouldn't have to wait alone.

Aerina smiled, noticing that this girl was just about as short as she was. Younger certainly, but Rina had often been overshot by girls younger than her. She nodded. "Nice to meet you Sophia." She wondered if Sophie was a proper nickname? Would she even like a nickname? "I'm Aerina Sahni. You can call me Rina or Aerina, whichever you prefer." She took a look out again at the empty office. "I hope they aren't gone for too long..." she mused softly. Then she turned back to Sophia, her brunette curls falling over her shoulder. "Shall we wait together?" she asked brightly.

[Sophia Foster]

Sophia smiled. "Okay Rina," she said sitting back down on the chair and motioning for the other girl to sit by he.r "I don't know if it's considered rude to ask this, like I said I'm new here but, what's your power and how did you discover it. Personally I have electric manipulation. I discovered it when I was watching the season finale of this show I'm obsessed with and I got to excited resulting in me shorting out my TV. Nothing dramatic."

Sophia realized she was babbling. She was still a little nervous about starting at this new school but, if anyone asked she would most certainly deny it.

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Aerina smiled at the use of her nickname. Friends from back home never dared call her Rina if only because it seemed like such a sacred and personal thing, something only her brother was allowed to call her. In a way, Aerina was glad that people here didn't have that sort of impression and could use it freely. The Indian girl took a seat next to the blonde, her face bright at having a waiting companion.

"Oh, it's not rude at all, I don't think," she said, dismissing those worries. Then she listened to the brief story. Aerina knew there were some who didn't so easily share their powers and origin stories, but she thought each one was absolutely marvelous to listen to. She had her smile throughout the whole tale. "That's still really amazing. You didn't break the television, did you?" Which made her wonder what happened in those instances when the manifestation of destructive powers caused things to break, large or small? Were they insured? Could people get a special fire insurance if they had pyrokinesis? Aerina would have to do research on it later.

"My story isn't very special either. I was walking home from school one day and butterflies started to gather around me out of nowhere. Oh, I can control and speak to butterflies, that's my power. It's neat, isn't it?" Aerina loved sharing her power with other people too.

[Sophia Foster]

Sophia looked at Rina in awe. "That's so cool! It reminds me of Antman. Only with butterflies!" Suddenly realizing not everyone knew who these characters were Sophia added "he can shrink down in size and control ants. Your power reminds me of him except minus the shrinking and with butterflies. Sorry, sometimes I forget that nor everyone knows all of this."

She giggled a little at her own idiocy. She was as quirky as heck and that wasn't going to change.

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"Antman?" Arerina repeated with a tilt of her head. She wasn't terrible into the superhero culture, so only the most well known would her ear recognize. Like Superman, Batman, and Spiderman. Anything more and and she was lost. Her brother might know. "Ohhh, that sounds cool!" Though she personally thought that the name 'Antman' was really stupid. She wouldn't say that out loud though. Not at the cost of a potential new friend. "Yes, I don't know much about those things," she admitted with a giggle. "Perhaps you can tell me more?"

[Sophia Foster]

Sophia smiled "maybe sometime soon. I have to go in a bit but, I would b glad to tell you about it. Most people besides my friends just tell m to shut up." It was true they did. Sophia didn't let it bother her though. She was gonna like what she liked and not let anyone tell her she couldn't.

She really liked this Rina girl. Sophia had a feeling they would be great friends. Suddenly her cell phone rang. Pulling it out of her bag she realized it was her father. Turning to Rina she said "I gotta take this. I hope we net again sometime." Before stepping out of the room.

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“Oh, okay, that’s fine.” Couldn’t be helped if she had to leave, but sad that Sophie didn’t get to see anybody in the office yet. Aerina wondered what she was waiting for, exactly. “Let’s meet up again sometime, all right? Do you know what room you’re staying in yet?” Leave it to Aerina to push for that information so this one meeting wasn’t just a random fluttery event that they’d both forget in an hour. Nope, Aerina wasn’t about to abandon the possibility of a new friend so soon after meeting them!

But then Sophia’s cell phone rang and she had to leave. “Aww, okay. I’ll see you later, then, Sophia.” Aerina sent her a smile and a wave as the blonde stepped out into the hall. Aerina sat back in her chair, listening to the sudden silence, then pulled out her own phone to send her brother a text.

I love it here! Already making friends, so don’t you worry about me. Ttyl~ <3

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