angel's song

don't you see my smile? my happiness, my warmth, my beating heart? i'm right here. your heart's safe with me.

[grumpytree-blog]

without a voice. [ open ]

Well this is awkward.

When Tsuyukusa had awoke, he had felt a difference in his entire being to begin with. Having to lived as a demon all his life, it was difficult not to notice that he was not currently in the body that so easily separated himself from being a human. Not to mention the pair of wings on this body that her was occupying made it the entire ordeal even more irritable.

Having seen the face before, the… once male had already so simply stepped out of the girl’s dorm room in order to find the location of his body. With blue eyes scanning the area for any sign of life, the young male was all more than ready to shout at the first person he caught eye of in order to gain some kind of information.

Unfortunately enough, as soon as the usually very loud-mouthed brat parted his lips to speak, not a single word came from his mouth. Oh. Hell. No.

Being a demon known for speaking without any sense of both hesitation or consequence, this had filled his annoyance to the brim.

And now, what those probably previously seen as nothing more than innocent little blond girl with a pair of wings on her back — an angel — would now be seen approaching whoever just may be near. And based off of the current expressions, it was easy to tell that whoever was in charge of this body was not a happy camper.

And with little to no mannerism at all, Tsuyukusa had so boldly pointed at said person with hope of grabbing their attention.

Yeah. You. Get over here. Now.

Before he learns just how physically weak this body is, too.

[anmuli-blog]

"...---"

Upon waking up, Nill felt.. weird. Out of it? It felt different than how her body normally did, and her first concern was over if she had caught some sort of illness or not. But, upon making her way to the washroom to wash her face, she would look up at the mirror to see somebody else. Eyes would widen, a hand reaching up to the reflection, then to herself -- or himself, now. Though it hadn't yet hit her that she could speak now, not being used to that sort of thing. It had .. become normal for her to stay quiet no matter what, since even if she tried, nothing would come out. 

Upon leaving the building on confused, wobbly feet like a newborn deer, the girl-turned-boy would hear the pitter pattering of shoes against cement grounds, turning around to see none other than herself. 

Once again, her eyes would grow wide, and so would the other's as they stared down their own body -- except they weren't the one in it. 

" Ah.. !? "

Softly, the girl inside the demon's body would gasp, and hands would fly up over her mouth as she heard herself -- it wasn't her own voice, but she heard it. And for a moment, she completely forgot about her surroundings. About her own very self standing directly in front of her. Quietly, slowly, she would mumble with this new-found voice, growing louder and louder. Though her speech wasn't fluent since she had never actually spoken before, the words were comprehensible.

" How.. how? "

Although the voice wasn't her own -- it would never be her own -- it came out in quiet, feminine squeaks. She kept repeating that one word until she felt something wet slide down her cheeks. She didn't have to check to know what they were. Sinking to her knees, she would begin to sob, covering her face as the feelings overwhelmed her. To feel a voice hum deep in her throat, to hear herself speak at will .. to hear herself. Even if it wasn't her own .. she never knew something like this could happen.

To hear her own sobs, to hear her own whimpers as she cried .. it only brought more tears to flow down. Nothing else existed to her during this moment. 

" Nill, " she would say with a cracked voice. " Nill. I am Nill. " The more she said it the more she cried, to the point where she could no longer speak through choked sobs -- through all this, she hadn't yet once questioned how in the world this could have possibly happened. Not once.

[shionoflosttown-deactivated2012]

Forced Fun {pool party event || open}

[shionoflosttown-deactivated2012]

Shion let out a small yawn. Maybe he could slip away gracefully. The student who had brought him here seemed to have disappeared so now he could make his exit. Or so he thought. With his luck there was another person standing near him.. and staring. The man blinked down at the blonde girl with a weary smile. He hadn’t seen her anywhere before but there was no reason to be rude. Besides she seemed to be choosing to be anti-social like him as well.

Unsure if the girl was a student or not, Shion chose a more generic greeting. Not that it would have mattered much either way. “Hello there,” He said with a small smile.

“Is there something I can help you with?” Shion silent wished she would speak. It wasn’t helping the awkwardness of the situation that she was quiet.

[anmuli-blog]

Trust me, if Nill could speak, she would be more than happy to. 

But alas, she didn't have the vocal chords to do so, as much as she'd like. Her smile only grew brighter as he smiled in return, giving him a small wave as he spoke in response. Though at his question, Nill would shake her head, and following up after that, would hold out her hand, palm facing upwards.

Pointing to his hand, and back to her own, she would make a wordless attempt to ask him to copy her action.

[shionoflosttown-deactivated2012]

Forced Fun {pool party event || open}

[shionoflosttown-deactivated2012]

He’d been tricked.

Tricked by a student and pretty much dragged to the pool party he’d been trying to avoid. It wasn’t like Shion was against having fun or anything, but swimming? There was the whole issue of the scar that wrapped from his face all the way around his ankle. That wasn’t exactly something he’d like to parade around. So Shion stood awkwardly in the background, hands in the pockets of his jeans. It was too hot to wear anything other than a tee-shirt but between that and his longer pants the mark was hidden.

The second reason Shion had been avoiding the party was the students. The teacher was younger than most. Just two years older than most of the seniors- only twenty. He technically wasn’t even legal and looked like a student himself. And they also seemed to get out of hand a bit.

Students were already playing some odd water game where they sat on each other’s shoulders, splashing around, talking about sex and condoms, not to mention the fact they were screaming children to begin with.

God this was awkward as fu-

[anmuli-blog]

Nill was quite the wallflower as well.

Having never been to one of these things before, living in a dangerous city and all with a past that was better left unsaid, the girl had edged away from the pool once her little friend's.. well, friends had started crowding around her. Nill was no social butterfly -- although she was brave enough to force herself to approach people, the circumstances were completely flipped around in this sort of situation.

In her cute little bikini and all, Nill had set her sweater aside, which had been soaked after she slipped into the pool upon her arrival -- and looking around, she would see someone who seemed to look and feel just as awkward as she felt, who seemed to have removed himself from the crowd and standing far off to the side.

Tilting her head, the girl would stand, walking over to him and once she made sure she had his attention, would wave and smile softly, standing a respectful distance away from him, though still close enough.

[anmuli-blog]

"Hey there! Hope you don't mind this!" [ Forehead peck! ]

Aaaand another--

Nill could vaguely remember Dawn telling her about this sort of 'event', but she never thought she'd be a part of it! She could only blush and cover her face in embarrassment.

[anmuli-blog]

"Pardon me, milady. Please do consider it an honor." Rachel curtsied politely, stepping up to the girl, resting one of her frail hands on the side of her face and placing a gentle kiss on the side of her cheek.

-- !!

Um, wow!!

The girl certainly hadn't expected anything like this. Should she return that? Thank her? Shake her hand? .. Hug her? Really, all the girl could do was stare in surprise.

[anmuli-blog]

l - l - l - l a t e ! [ closed ]

[brightsoul]

At least everybody was having fun!!! Dawn herself was sitting near the pool, her feet dangling in. She hadn’t spent much time in the pool, the main purpose being that a lot of people were swimming around, it would be awkward to paddle, only to hit someone’s chest. It was embarrassment that she’d like to avoid, but she still wanted to talk with people! So she grinned at the people wading around. Hehe, maybe she should talk Len into making more events like this.

The trainer took a little sip from the cup in her hand. The lemonade quenched her thirst for now, but it made her a little thirst. Shaking it around in her hand, the trainer began to wonder if she could make this at home… It would probably be easy, and it would be a great addition to the maid cafe. Besides.. Maybe she could get Len to help her?

A giggle arising, she heard a padding bit of feet heading towards her.  Hm, it wasn’t safe for someone to be running around the pool and she didn’t want anyone hurt. Dawn lifted her gaze from the pool to the source of noise, to find Nill.

“Nill! Hey!! Be careful; Don’t slip!”

[anmuli-blog]

Just as her warning registered, Nill halted in alarm, though a little too sudden -- someone who had been walking by bumped into her, foot catching in a stray puddle of water splashed out from within the pool and luckily, instead of falling onto the poolside, she had fallen straight into the pool itself, sweater still on and all. A silent gasp slipped past her lips as tiny, angel-like wings fluffed up, a small splash causing tiny waves and ripples throughout the water, some possibly splashing up at Dawn.

A few feathers were scattered around the girl as she pushed the hair out of her face, wiping the water out of her eyes as her face reddened in embarrassment. She had just arrived, and already she had attracted more attention than she'd like! 

At least it was the shallow end, and turning around to face Dawn, face still red and all, pushed herself up onto the side, removing the soaked hoodie and frantically flapping her wings in an attempt to try them. Too bad the feathers once-smooth texture had become all clumped up now.

Hands flew up to cover her face, hiding her eyes from view.

She was so embarrassed!!

[anmuli-blog]

l - l - l - l a t e ! [ closed ]

Hours and hours and hours later, Nill would, at last, be ready for the pool party. Of course, even she realized how late she was -- approximately six hours late? No doubt she had missed tons and tons of fun events -- it was a shame, but.. at least she had gotten to go at last. She had refused to let herself do anything until she had completed every single last piece of homework that had been assigned, and it had taken much longer than she thought it would.

Having quickly changed into the cute little bikini she had bought with Dawn, whom she had pet during gym class and befriended after Dawn approached her, they had quickly grown to like each other quite a lot, even shopping together and buying similar swim wear. 

Throwing on a thin sweater, the girl would run as fast as she could to where it was being held, and though it was late and dark out now, she hadn't much problem finding it, with the loud, blasting music, the laughter, and sounds of splashing water.

And upon arrival, fortunately enough, she had spotted Dawn, frantically waving to her and making her way toward the other.

[burnsblue-blog]

03. abnormality. | event open

[ It was the stench that bothered him, at first.

It smelled of rotting flesh and the smell itself was familiar. Ghouls. Here, they were called “zombies”, he believed? Ugh, what a drag. He’d come here to be normal, fuck his life. Still, he worried for the safety of others as he always did, and decided that it was probably unlikely that this many of them came to drag him back to Gehenna. Though, it was also possible that that much was true, it was still in the demon’s best interest to get rid of as many as he could.

Guess that whole idea of people thinking he was human here was scratched. 

Calmly approaching the outskirts of the school, the ghouls—zombies—followed him, groaning and apparently thirsting for his hellish blood. At least he could try and get them to follow him farther away from the school so if he…well, lost it, for lack of better words, he wouldn’t destroy anything. Hopefully his training would prove to be fruitful. 

And he drew the Kurikara, blue light igniting around him and at his temples, ears elongating with teeth that rivaled that of a sizeable lion, tail lashing out in an entirety of blue fire. ]

Oii, let’s play—!

[ And with that, the closest one near him combusted in azure. ]

[anmuli-blog]

She was alone.

Armed, but alone.

Nill didn't have quite the physical strength or the heart to bash their heads in, but she could knock them away from her with a bat she had found in the gymnasium. They got up faster than she'd like, but still giving her enough time to flee. She had always been good at running away, quick on her feet and all. But this was different. They moved painfully slow, and she had a feeling that she wasn't their only target. They didn't make use of weapons, but from the few scratches she had received from them, they were strong enough as they were, as it hurt quite a bit.

Initially, the girl was at a loss of what she should do, merely running for her life and blindly knocking away what she could. But, a sudden flash of blue light would catch her attention, and seemingly the zombies around her, too. They looked in the direction it had come from, and although it must have screamed danger, Nill decided to trust that light. And taking the chance now that their attention had been divided among her and the light, she fled away from the crowds of zombies, gasping for breath once arriving at the source.

And she would see the boy she had met, just the other day. The one who had taken a while to understand the meaning of her actions, but had been kind to her all the same.

If she could scream, she would. No, not because of the sight of Rin's demon form, but the sight of zombies bursting into flames -- vaguely familiar faces, though deformed, bursting into flames .. she couldn't take it. And though they were dangerous now, there must have been some sort of cure to help them, and to kill them.. out of the question.

The girl managed to weave through body upon body of rotted corpses, coming to Rin's side before moving behind him, making sure that none would come up to him from behind -- even though he would probably be able to take care of them anyway, and Nill would have been no good if they were to ever become more outnumbered than they were.

Tugging at his arm, a hand would reach out to the hand holding the sword, gripping it tightly and forcing him to lower it, her eyes meeting his as she furrowed her brows, shaking her head.

' Stop it, ' she wanted to say.

Though her expression held pure terror, it was obvious that she was trying hard to stay strong, to protect herself since she would never want Heine to have to go through the fact that she would have died here, that he would blame himself for allowing her to come here. 

It was okay to knock them away, since it seemed impossible to knock them unconscious without destroying them somehow, but she didn't want to do that. She wanted to save them.

[anmuli-blog]

oo1 { descent

[burnsblue-blog]

[ It took a few moments, but his eyes lit up at the action, being able to realize that she was trying to convey her name to him. Something appeared to be wrong with her ability to convey her thoughts through sound, but otherwise, she seemed to be of a sound mind. Maybe she wasn’t a demon afterall!!! If she was, she was a good one, at that. ]

I think I get what ya mean. So you’re Nill?

[ It really was simple to get on Rin’s good side. All you had to do was show common hospitality!! He felt a little bad it had taken him so long to understand, and that he had reacted so negatively, so he smiled sheepishly and scratched the back of his head, disregarding her wings. After all, he had a tail—he just hid it because wow, he didn’t want just everyone here knowing he was a demon prince of Gehenna. He figured he’d ease into this time because hello, last time everyone was shocked to hear he was a demon and hated him for weeks. He didn’t want that to happen. 

Look at him, actually being intelligent with the way he handled social interactions for once. Guess there was a first time for everything!!! Nonetheless, he holds a hand out to her with an awkward grin. ]

Sorry fer not understandin’ ya earlier. Call me Rin, Rin Okumura.

Is yer throat sore or something…? I mean, I shouldn’t be askin’ ya questions n’ all if you can’t talk—

[ Can you spell awkward. ]

[anmuli-blog]

Finally being able to properly convey even one thing no matter how small, it had brought a big, warm smile onto the young girl's face, giving a big energetic nod in reply to him. 

Though at his next question, she would shake her head again, then lifting her hand to lightly scratch the back of her head to show that she was thinking -- thinking of how to explain why she hadn't been speaking. She didn't mean to be rude, but this boy seemed a bit slow so she would have to think of an unmistakable way to tell him! 

.. Her brain would, quite literally, feel like it was exploding at how no ideas would come up on how to show him that she didn't have vocal chords. But as her eyes wandered, they would come across a stone on the ground, and her wings would fluff up like a light bulb popping up above one's head when they thought of a good idea. 

Running over to grab the small stone, she would wrap her fingers tightly over it, ducking down to roughly draw a portrait of a person's head, all the way to their chest, although she hadn't added any details since they weren't exactly necessary. Though she would carve a rough children's book-like drawing of vocal chords in the neck area, then carving her name next to the person and drawing a big 'x' over the chords.

Looking back up at Rin, she would point at it with a finger, hoping that he would understand.

[anmuli-blog]

oo1 { descent

[burnsblue-blog]

[ Her first reaction made him pretty nervous—this was often the reaction he got if people sensed he was a demon. They got all freaked out and got upset really easily, and instinctively, he took a small step back, brows furrowing. He really had no intent to scare anyone, honest. But how had she caught on so quickly? His tail wasn’t out—I guess the sharp teeth and pointy ears were a little weird, but most people over looked that… 

Sighing a little, he tried to understand what she was trying to do, considering just walking away because wow, clearly he was making her extremely uncomfortable. Maybe it was the sword? He just didn’t know. ]

‘Eyy, sorry if I scared ya, or somethin’…

[ Can you spell awkward? It only confused him more when she started pointing at his hand and stuff, he pursed his lips in complete idiocy, not having a single clue as to what she was referring to. Was her name Hand? Or Point? He didn’t get it at all, which wasn’t saying much, considering how dumb Rin was. All the smart genes went to his brother, but hey, thats the price you had to pay for being older and better looking and more powerful, he supposed.

What was even going on anymore—maybe if there were people this all the time he wouldn’t have to feel so weird about being out of place, either. Sighing in a bit of an exasperated fashion, he mirrored the action she was doing out of instinct, wondering what possibly it could mean. ]

I don’t think I quite understand yet….

[anmuli-blog]

Nill was surprised to see him take a step back, and thinking that he was going to leave, she would find herself moving a step forward towards him to close up the small distance he just made, hand reaching out reflexively as if to ask him not to go. Although the hand would fall as she sees him stop, though the next words made her wings perk up, and her head would turn from side to side, a soft smile appearing on her face. She wasn't scared!

Her face would brighten up noticeably as she watched him put out his hand for her; she had gotten just a tad worried since he seemed confused, and she didn't blame him -- she'd be confused too, if she could speak and a person she approached didn't speak at all! 

Gently, she took hold of his hand, lifting a finger to make sure he was watching before daintily placing it onto his palm, tracing over it four letters at a moderate pace. 'N-I-L-L'. 

When she was done, she would point at herself and smile. Hopefully he'd be able to understand that she had been telling him her name!

[anmuli-blog]

oo1 { descent

[martyrised]

Enjoying the vast experiences outside the school shouldn’t come as shocking to those who might know the newly enrolled junior. Or, perchance it was best to say it was merely a temporary escape from remaining inside the institute, having been hidden away within rooms upon rooms since her initial arrival. Studious lives were not kind to one’s free time from her observations, yet with the knowledge of which the Grail bequeathed her so graciously with would aid her in several of the subjects she had assigned herself — even if she may not be a true student, she will gladly portray the part.

Blonde tufts brushed against the frame of her visage, a book in hand as soles trekked the grounds of the school. Had it been a more dreary day, the stroll would have been postponed until she deemed fit, wishing to find a more peaceful place to indulge in the literature she was now capable of scanning; if she had been but a mortal child, one would never see the image of this fair maiden reading.

… fortunate was the one who gave scene that they appeared lost, too.

Lilac hues examined the petite student as her strides slowed to a halt, curiosity growing at the sight of those peculiar, yet brilliant, wings she donned. Simply as if an angel had found it’s way to her, only this time physically rather than in the mind of her childhood self — nor did this one instruct her to do anything in God’s name, either, compared to the others whom presented themselves so swiftly back then.

Allowing herself to think over the situation, a bookmark was placed within the crook of the page to mark where she had left off. A pivot of her heel and she made way in direction of which this human[?] stood near the dorms. Benign smile found it’s way to her lips before she began speaking to this stranger before her.

“ I apologize if I am being rather intrusive, but do you happen to be lost? ”

[anmuli-blog]

The winged girl hadn't actually noticed Jehanne approaching her until the woman spoke up, startling Nill just a tad as wings fluffed up a tiny bit in alarm, then flattening down again. Turning her head from side to side to try to spot just who had been speaking to her, it wouldn't take long before she noticed Jehanne, who was closing the distance between them step by step, with a book in hand.

The way she spoke made her seem like a noble of some sort, though she didn't seem so like one. Although Nill herself could easily imagine that being her own manner of speech if she could actually.. well, speak. In response to Jehanne's unexpected question however, Nill would scratch her head nervously then holding out both hands up the each side in alignment with her shoulders, moving the up and down as if she were weighing something -- she was trying to say that she was kind of lost but at the same time not exactly, but she felt like she was only making a fool of herself, and she must have looked so silly.

Hands falling back to her sides, her shoulders would appear to shake very slightly, though with the way that her mouth began to shape and how a little cough-like sound would come out of it, it would make it obvious that she had let out a nervous giggle, albeit a silent one.

But following after it would be a very bright and kind smile, a hand extended towards the older female in greeting for a handshake -- and hopefully she wouldn't mind Nill flipping her hand over to her palm afterwards to trace down her name with her finger.

This person seemed kind, even though they had barely exchanged a few words-- no, even though Jehanne had barely spoken much to her, Nill had already decided that she would want to become good friends with this person.

[freckledstrappies]

Are you the little mermaid? [C l o s e d]

Second day. First trail. It should be of no surprise that in this school of new faces and motives there weren’t many people capable of possessing what was needed to become magical. The population itself was too mature, too strong, and to top it off- too devious. Those of whom were acceptable in the world of wonder had to be innocent, somewhat weak in the soul, and more importantly- easy to manipulate. They needed to to want something and want it desperately. Otherwise? They wouldn’t comply to the rules given for the exchange and instead would either ponder too long or shrug it off and go back to whatever it was they were doing before being gifted with the grant of one wish. So where was the alien suppose to find those who came to minimal requirements? He couldn’t well just seek into every soul, no! That would take too much time, too much of his energy; and without girls (or in some cases, boys) killing witches off and bringing the rest of their grief seeds to him? He couldn’t spare the spells it would take to look into each and every detail. It would wear him out, take everything in his power away from him, and well, to be powerless? Kyubey didn’t want to take the chances. If he was brought down to such a degree it would be estimated he wouldn’t be able to thrive or live any longer. The beings in which he was parasitic off from didn’t seem to want to help him, not mention didn’t even seem to possess their abilities from the time they once had. Therefore he had to come to terms and do it the hard way, the way beasts did it. Observe his prey, seek into their movements, their stance, their /body language/. Holding a chin up high and a chest puffed out meant a no go. Sulking around and trying to keep a somewhat straight posture meant a go for. And who in this place was doing just that? A young blonde girl with nervous blue eyes and a voice that couldn’t reach out to anyone. She was the perfect candidate for the running, and a creature that he could confide in. Someone who couldn’t speak out like the rest of the world was bound to desire, no, /lust/ the craving of speech. That being said, he wasted no time in following her around for the day; silently, but nevertheless- stalking. From what he saw throughout the hours spent, she was shy, a bit anxious; and whenever she felt threatened, the little wings against her back would ruffle. Careful actions and procedures would need to be taken accounting for with this one. Who knew how she got those appendages, much less what she could do with them.   “Yᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴɴᴏᴛ sᴘᴇᴀᴋ.” It wasn’t until the start of the day’s end did he finally decide it was time to reveal himself to his victim by ever-so lightly padding up behind her. “Tʜᴏᴜɢʜ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ᴏғ ᴡᴏʀᴅs ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴍɪɴᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘʀᴏᴄᴇss ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴏɴᴛᴏ ᴍᴀᴛᴇʀɪᴀʟ.” Bright pink eyes shown up to the back of the student’s head as he waited for her to turn. “Wʜᴀᴛ ɪғ I ᴛᴏʟᴅ ʏᴏᴜ I ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ɢʀᴀɴᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀ ᴠᴏɪᴄᴇ ᴏғ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄʜᴏᴏsɪɴɢ, ᴀ ᴠᴏɪᴄᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʙᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴏᴡɴ?”

[anmuli-blog]

As for Nill, she hadn't noticed the stalking at all. She had been far too occupied with trying to be helpful to others, approaching and greeting, showing kindness and making friends. She had grown to become less anxious when approaching people, and she was proud of herself for that, as that was a huge step that she had taken. It was really nice to be able to feel herself grow so much in such a short span of time.

The sudden voice had caught her off guard. From what he said, it made it obvious to Nill that the words were meant for her. Turning around, she would blink in confusion as she saw nothing but the campus in front of her, no person to match the voice with. That was until her gaze cast downwards and her eyes locked onto the tiny, cat-like creature staring up at her from the ground.

Staring back, the girl's eyes held a curious glint as she knelt down to Kyubey's level, hesitantly reaching out a hand to poke at his ears before petting him like she would a stray cat. It hadn't yet hit her that it was this creature that had spoken to her, and only when he spoke again did she stop, hand retracting in alarm. His mouth didn't seem to be moving, but.. no, it felt more like he was speaking directly into her mind. It was.. a weird sensation.

But.. what he said caught her attention faster than anything. Eyes watched the incubator intently as she listened carefully to every word that followed. 

Was this reality? Was he messing with her? But.. it didn't seem like he was lying. And if this really was all true, then he had really made her hopes bounce up high. It would be cruel to tell her it was all a joke now, and a huge part of her desperately hoped that it wasn't. 

Her hands clasped together, and though her eyes still held a doubtful glint, they also looked hopeful, and lips pressed together in a tight, thin line, though the corners lifted into a nervous smile.

Though she hesitated a moment, she nodded.

'I would love that.'

[destructivelungcapacity-deactiv]

Welcome to The Real World. -Open-

[destructivelungcapacity-deactiv]

Tap Tap Tap-

The wait was killer. But, Ryou patiently held it out… he offered the phone and it’d be stupid for him to take it back now. There wasn’t much worry, Nill was handling it well and as long as she didn’t break it all was fine. He took the time to mutter to himself how stupid it was that everything was on your phone these days, but snapped out of it when she handed it back.

The message wasn’t the best thing he had seen, but the fact he was able to read it at all was better than nothing. He really had no right to talk, and the fact that ‘LOL’ hadn’t made its way into that message had him thanking her in his mind.

‘-Will you be exploring? I will come with you!’

Okay, this should have been expected.

“Er- yeah. I’m new here.” Ryou started, avoiding the last sentence he read while handing the phone back. What was he going to do now? People seemed pretty insistent on following him when they said stuff like this. When he looked up to say the rest, Ryou caught the red on her face and found himself stumbling to assert the rest of his words.

“I wasn’t going to explore, I was just… looking around.”

Exploration and looking around are pretty much the same thing, idiot. Get it together! He sighed. This was turning out worse than Ryou thought- he wasn’t really looking forward to the company he didn’t plan on having, but he certainly had questions about the winged girl, and he needed to take some look around campus before it came back to bite him in the ass later.

“I don’t really care if you follow me, or even lead the way- just give me my phone back before you leave, Nill.”

[anmuli-blog]

The girl breathed a sigh of a relief as he seemed to understand what she was trying to say with the words she typed out, since she knew full well that it was far from perfect -- she sincerely hoped that attending this school would improve her knowledge in writing, and as well as about the world. She had promised Bishop and Heine that she would work hard in the studies, and she will. She'll do her best to learn as much as she could, and when she went home, she'll be more helpful than ever -- that'd surely make her happy, as well as the others happy too.

“I wasn’t going to explore, I was just… looking around.”

A giggle escaped Nill's lips, hand raising to cover her mouth to stifle any more that may come by (even though there was no sound either way) -- the way he contradicted himself just now -- seemed like something Heine would do! He seemed so different from how cold he was earlier, and she could see now that even though he came off like that, it didn't necessarily mean that he was actually angry at her approaching him. At least, that's what she hoped.

Though he expressed it in his own way, she was happy to hear that he didn't have a problem with her accompanying him. Of course, she realized that his phone was something precious to him -- well, they were valuable, and expensive at that. She held the phone back out to him, making sure he had a secure grip on it in taking it back before she let go -- she didn't want it to fall and break! That would have been terrible and she would've been at fault, and she would never want that.

With another silent giggle, she did a tiny twirl and stepped behind him, placing her hands on his shoulders and giving him a small, gentle push forward. 'I'll follow you!' is what she meant by that, and hopefully he understood.

She was happy! Even though he didn't show it well, he seemed to be friendly, and she enjoyed being around him already. Hopefully they could become better friends in the future! Even though Ryou might want otherwise, Nill truly, genuinely wanted to become friends. It was the same with everyone whom she would happen to meet in the school, but that didn't mean that each person was 'just another friend'! She would treasure them all, with her own individual thoughts of each one -- kind thoughts, of course.

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Thankfully enough, she seemed to have relaxed a great deal. Maybe the whole ladies man act wasn’t for him. Saying that he should be himself was a bit of a stretch, but acting how he usually did was probably for the best. No matter how awkward he could be.

But why wasn’t she talking? Was she nervous? It would make sense, after the…. um… interesting show he just tried to put on. But her behaviour almost seemed to suggest otherwise — it almost seemed like she needed him to know something, or look at something. He wasn’t incredibly perceptive, and to be honest, he would have simply walked away if he hadn’t caused her an inconvenience in the first place.

A gesture to the throat. An x shape. A talking motion. An x shape…. was she thirsty, perhaps? Maybe she couldn’t talk because she was so thirsty. Or maybe she couldn’t talk at all…

“Hmmmmm….. do you need me to get you something?” That was probably the only way he would be able to get an answer out of the girl, given that she refused to speak. He only hoped that one of the host club’s supervisors didn’t come along and start yelling at him for abandoning club duties. Getting in trouble was the last thing he wanted, especially with all the shenanigans that had been going on since his arrival.

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He.. didn't get it.

He didn't understand it! How! Though it's not like she expected that he'd understand what she was trying to communicate through such actions that weren't really all that specific. Her expression became confused, and a little disappointed that he had misunderstood her that way. Shaking her head, she would repeat the earlier actions, but now that he didn't understand the first time, she would glance around the room, searching for something.

Eyes brightened as she caught sight of a notebook on one of the tables in the room, and luckily, it had a pen slid into the binding rings, so she wouldn't have to look around the room some more, since writing objects would be much more difficult to spot, especially in a big room like this one.

A hand reaching out to gently tug at Shouma's uniform, she quickly fast-walked over to the table, taking out the pen and picking up the notebook to make sure that it didn't contain anything important and that it would be okay for her to draw or write in it.

Though even if it did, she only needed one page, so it would probably be easy enough to just rip it out afterwards, and it'd be completely empty again.

Clicking the pen out, she would open to the first page of the notebook and write down one, single word.

'mute'

Holding it out to him with a sad expression on her face -- though she didn't notice herself that she had such a look on, she would wait for him to read it, hoping that he would understand this time.

.. And there was a reeeeally good chance that he finally will.

Hopefully.

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“Ah… I guess maybe you don’t need help with that stuff…” He mumbled in response to her shaking her head about. Well, that was good, Shouichi was getting kind of tired of hearing people having trouble finding their way around the place. “But… you ARE lost. Okay…” Maybe she just feels lost, despite kind of knowing the layout around the place, despite knowing where she needs to be already?

Maybe it’s… just a bit intimidating for her? Or maybe she just wanted someone to keep her company?

Nill, huh? He thought in response to the tiny shake.

“Well, I may not be the best at trying to translate what it is you need… So hopefully you can bear with me on that, but… Whatever it is Nill, I can help you wherever you need to go. “

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Company might be a good idea. The place was way too big for her to explore on her own, and quite honestly, she was afraid of getting herself lost somewhere and become unable to get herself back to the dorms. Although she didn't have much problem running errands back where she came from for Bishop, she usually had someone with her, and once she had become used to the streets and how to navigate them, she often went by herself, though Bishop would still suggest that she had someone go with her, since the entire town was full of danger and although Nill was a quick thinker, she could hardly defend herself properly.

Even if she did, she can't even bring herself to hurt a flea, so it would be pointless anyway. 

Hearing that he would help her, her entire face would brighten up, blue eyes almost even shining, smile widening even further. She was practically jumping like a ball of joy, though she wasn't literally jumping up and down. Just bouncing a bit on her heels.

Though it would be hard to tell him that she would love it if he would look around the campus with her through just actions while standing still, she decided to take his hand -- hoping that he'd be okay with her just doing that without asking first -- and gently dragged him along for a few steps and stopping, looking back at him. 'Let's look around together!' 

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“Eh?”

It took him a moment to notice the girl waving at him. A sigh passed through his lips as he stopped his aimless wandering to watch her approach. It was strange that she didn’t say anything, but then again he himself wasn’t one to talk much.

When she offered her hand, it took the boy a moment to respond. She seemed strangely quiet. Slowly he took her hand, lightly shaking it. Normally speaking was not something he did unless being spoken to, but  here he found an exception. 

“Good day.”

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He seemed the quiet type -- just as she had guessed, and she gave him a kind smile, still. It was.. kind of awkward, actually. They were both so quiet, and although neither of them were at fault, Nill would have loved to be talkative and make conversation, but alas, she didn't have the vocal chords to do so. Used to, but not anymore. 

Shuffling her feet nervously, her small, angelic-like wings would droop a little, seeming a little downcast at not being able to offer much to the silence. But, soon she would have an idea -- although it would seem repetitive to Kanon at first, and kind of awkward, she couldn't think of anything else otherwise to continue on -- and hopefully he would figure out that she couldn't speak at all.

Extending her hand to him again, she would smile nervously, hoping that he'd do the same. And when he did, she would gently take it, using her finger to trace four letters onto the palm of his hand. N-I-L-L.

To confirm that it was her name, she would point at his hand again, then to herself.

And another smile!

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Shouichi watched her gesture from herself to the girl’s dorms, and around the campus. He already could discern from this that she was unable to speak, in a way, and well, was trying to make gestures and didn’t seem to know sign language—but that was okay, neither did Shouichi.

“Okay, you’re lost… you need help finding your way around the campus… and to your dorm?” Totally not exactly what she was trying to explain, but it was something, right? Shouichi still looked at her face as he tried to discern what she was trying to say. Well, he could definitely tell she WAS lost. That was at least something that was being conveyed really well.

“If you’re lost I can show you were you need to be… Do you have a map on you… any paperwork on your transfer here?”

Nill didn’t really have to worry about introducing herself, Shouichi didn’t really think that he was that memorable of a person, well, more humbly so and less self-consciously so. But he watched as she started to point to his hand, and laid it flat— realizing that either she was going to write on his hand, or in the slightest, draw out letters on the palm of his hand with her finger.

Something that he was probably going to ask her to do in the long run. Good, good.

“Um, I’m Shouichi, by the way—” He said, quickly and sheepishly, and a little bit quickly, feeling like he should have been the one to introduce himself first, that is, if she was going to draw her name on his palm, he could only really guess at this point, but…

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Ahh, he seemed to be getting it wrong -- she would shake her head at everything, expression only growing more and more worried-looking as he continued on with his assumptions on what was wrong -- not that she blamed him, because well, if she had a voice to speak with, she could just tell him what she was so confused about.

But seeing him lay out his hand for her and introduce himself, her worried expression would melt into a bright smile, gently taking it and tracing her name onto it, slowly letter-by-letter. Just four. Nill. Luckily the letters differed from each other, so that he wouldn't misunderstand which letters she had been tracing on.

Once she was done, she would give his hand a tiny shake, smile widening as she conveyed the warm 'nice to meet you!'.