of heliohapt

Call me Sharrkan, alright? Stop by dorm B-1 and say hello. ( rival days )

[yamuraeha-blog]

—science is wonderful!

drifting through the hallways with a nose buried deep into a book was a woman that cared little for her surroundings. with her petite stature she proved easy to miss, and yet the shock of aqua strands protruding from the top edges of the tome seemed to brilliant to ignore. for the most part, the bodies around her made way for her aimless wandering, parting into a path only she would walk before closing back in. her presence was demanding in that sense, her concentration so admirable no one would dare break it.

until, carelessly, someone unwittingly became her obstacle.

no matter the reason as to why this individual decided not to make way for her, it was still her fault for not being careful in her steps. still, as the pages were roughly shoved into her face so suddenly and alarmingly that her eyes closed shut, she couldn`t help but inwardly curse the situation. with a high pitched yelp, yamraiha took a step back, paying careful attention with how her hands recovered the text of which its pages were dangerously close to ripping out.

“sorry, so sorry—” the blue haired woman began, glancing upward to finally see who she`d collided with. “are you okay?”

[sharrkkan]

Normally, Sharrkan was careful to pay attention to where he was going so as not to collide with anyone else who happened to be walking nearby. After all, the run in with that one teacher had been kinda weird and had made him a little more wary of paying attention to where he was going but old habits die hard and sometimes his old habits got the best of him. He had his bag slung haphazardly over his shoulder, open and threatening to dump everything out as he walked, and a binder was in his hands.

He was flipping through the loose sheets of paper like finding whatever it was was a matter of life and death and maybe to some it would be--to him it was just a matter of shit did I bring the homework or am I gonna have to turn around and run back to the dorm--

His thoughts were interrupted, however, when he made contact with someone else and he let out a surprised bark.

"Oh, hell, are you--" Sharrkan paused, not seeing anyone at first, though he caught a glimpse of bright blue which caused him to look down and see the female. "Sorry 'bout that!! Wasn't payin' too much attention..."

"I'm alright, are you? It's gonna take more than someone like you to do me any harm ... I didn't knock you over or somethin', right?"

[nishinonya]

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[detonare]

sharrkkan started following you.

[detonare]

What’s with that suppressed snigger? What’s that supposed to mean? Deidara repressed a scowl, not wanting to show a slight annoyance. After all, Sharrkan seemed to be the type who just naturally laughed a lot. 

As they approached the school store, Deidara pulled a hand from his pants pockets and briefly held it open for him. 

“Bulletin board, hmm? Yeah, I should check that out … “

His eyes scanned the shelves for his textbook, but he wasn’t focusing all that much. He grabbed one book, thumbed through it, and upon finding French words instead of Spanish, placed it carelessly on a pile of other things. 

“Man, don’t you feel like all this work during senior year is a little excessive? It’s my last year, I oughta be focusing on what I actually want to do, not Spanish or whatever, yeah?” 

[sharrkkan]

Sharrkan nodded in thanks as he stepped into the store, pausing briefly to look around and examine the displays. There were a lot of shirts and sweatshirts and some sweatpants set out all over and he thought about maybe coming back sometime to get himself one, but for now, that wasn't why he was here. 

He went right for the textbook aisles and had to stop again due to the complicated setup. He couldn't immediately tell which books were in which aisles and he stared at the sign hanging from the ceiling for a good couple minutes before giving up and going straight to looking manually. 

Hearing Deidara speaking from somewhere in the aisles he made a point to start listening, catching something about how the workload for them was excessive considering it was senior year. Sharrkan shrugged, though it wasn't as if his roommate could actually see him. 

"I guess, kinda. I always heard that the year before last was the worst with the workload, you know? Everyone always seems to be talkin' about how senior year is just all fun but I'm up to my eyes in homework." But he could agree, he'd rather be taking classes that he wanted to rather than another math class.

[sharrkkan]

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“That seems obvious.” Shuu replies simply. It was morning and Sharrkan was being cheerful and energetic, so clearly he’s either a morning person or on some kind of drug. The former being the more likely. Shuu noticed that he did appear to have become a little more subdued, though it wasn’t really surprising. Shuu had that effect on people.

For a moment Shuu is quiet, considering, and then he decides that he might as well just ask since that is the best way to get answers.

“Why did you ask me to come with you?” The tone of the question isn’t exactly accusatory, but it is blunt.

[sharrkkan]

Maybe it was obvious. Maybe it was too obvious. Ah..ha..h.h..aha. Sharrkan decided not to respond to the statement, possibly reading too much into it and taking it as a masked insult when it was probably nothing more than a simple observation. This teacher didn't seem particularly interested in spending time with a student this early in the morning but he felt as though he couldn't just dart off, after all he'd walked into the poor guy and knocked him over. 

He smiled instead, scratching the back of his neck and shrugging. He really didn't have any solid idea why he'd asked. "Haha, umm... I dunno. I thought it'd be nice, I guess!"

Well, if he wanted to go his own way Sharrkan wasn't gonna stop him. But he didn't particularly mind the company. "You don't have to, I mean! I guess it's a little weird 'cause I'm a student."

[sharrkkan]

(( wow ok i have been MIA for a little while bc of stuff like work and real life duties but!!! i'll hopefully be getting to posting tonight after i get off work i gotta get back into the Groove ;u; ))

[sharrkkan]

tutoring for (almost) everyone || open

[headstrongidealist-blog]

|Sharrkan would have avoided a hit by calling magicians frauds—Akko agreed, most were. Witches, however..no. They were pure and magical! Just like the ones at little witch academy.|

Yeah! It’ll be amazing!

..Hey, Sharrkan? Do you have an idol?

[sharrkkan]

Did he .. have an idol? Sharrkan was silent for a couple moments, mulling the question over. He felt like he should have one, like it was a good thing to have, but no one came to mind. He looked up to a lot of people, like his kendo teacher and plenty of other people from back home, but he didn't ... think he could call them idols. 

"I don't think so!" He confessed, feeling a little silly about it. "Ah--" Something seemed to occur to him suddenly, and he grinned.

"Actually, I think my friends would probably be my idols. I look up to all them a lot, they're really great people." It sounded like a cop-out, didn't it? He didn't have any other answers, so it'd have to do.

[sharrkkan]

training and breakfast ♚ open

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“Is there some rule against that?” Shuu asks rhetorically, automatically defensive. It had been mere coincidence that he’d entered through the door nearest the gym this morning, but he’s never liked being questioned about the reasons for his whereabouts. It occurs to him belatedly that Sharrkan probably wasn’t questioning him, just making a general observation, but his friendly attitude had already put Shuu even more on edge than usual.

“I suppose I am a morning person.” Or at least he usually woke up fairly early in the morning, he just wasn’t the sort of person to sleep in.

[sharrkkan]

After his statement, Sharrkan began to immediately sense hostility and maybe he needed to be more careful about what he said to teachers. He was used to being buddy-buddy with most everyone (or trying to be, at least) and sometimes it slipped his mind that he couldn't quite be that way with teachers. He kept quiet for a couple minutes, thinking that it might be best to go their separate ways once they reached the dining hall.

He chose not to answer the question, since ... he didn't have an answer. He felt like it wasn't supposed to be answered, anyway. Somehow, Sharrkan felt like he'd run into the wrong person. "I kinda am, too! During the week, at least." Was he talking too much? He doubted a teacher cared much about his personal habits--

[novosonia]

a hella friendly princess

[novosonia]

Sonia gasped and let out a delighted laugh as Sharrkan went so far as to bow before her. She wondered if he was being so formal because that was his nature or if it had to do with her title. Either way, it impressed her! 

Clapping her hands together, she returned his smile tenfold.

“Yes, I must agree! I’ve heard that student councils should always form deeply rooted bonds and lead their classmates throughout a school year filled with fond memories, the occasional trial and tribulation, and romance!”

If he were to ask where in the world she heard that from, “My Japanese dramas, anime, and manga!” would be the immediate answer from Sonia. Suffice it to say, she had little knowledge of real public school life and a lot of high expectations.

“To be quite honest, it is very relieving for me to be able to take a sort of leave from doing princess-like duties! Being trained to rule a country as queen is hella stressful more often than not! However, I do not deem myself any more qualified to be a member of the student council than anyone else, of course. I consider it a large honor!”

[sharrkkan]

Sharrkan folded his arms over his chest and laughed, thoroughly enjoying Sonia's demeanor. She was very energetic and it was like a breath of fresh air, something he could absolutely appreciate. She, in turn, seemed to enjoy his display which only resulted in the grin on his face widening. Girls always seemed to like the bowing. It made him feel fancy, too, so everybody won.

She was definitely excited to be there and to be a part of the Ashbury student council, though he admittedly got a little lost when she suddenly went off about .. romance? Well--he did like to flirt, yeah, but he hadn't exactly envisioned romantic encounters when pictured himself as a member of the council. It sounded like something you'd hear on a TV show.

"Hopefully it'll get to be even half as interesting as all that," he said with a laugh, reaching up and scratching the back of his neck."

"Though I don't think anyone's expectin' it to be anything outrageous. Maybe someone'll start throwin' punches at one of the meetings--" He stopped himself, finding that possibly tactless and he grinned instead. He wouldn't be the one to start, of course, but he could be the one to safely get the ladies out of the room--

"Oh, yeah? It sounds like you like bein' a princess, though! Must be a lot for you to take in, yeah?"

[sharrkkan]

training and breakfast ♚ open

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Instead of resolving itself the situation seems to have gotten more confusing. Is Sharrkan asking that they walk together or eat together? Or perhaps both? Is that something students and teachers normally do? Shuu has no idea. He’s fairly certain there aren’t any rules about it though, so it’s possible.

“I suppose.” Is all he can think to say. Perhaps if he just starts walking, it will become clear. So he does just that, heading towards the cafeteria and assuming Sharrkan will follow if he wants to.

[sharrkkan]

Sharrkan kind of froze after he made the offer, feeling as though he'd done something wrong. Maybe that had been a bad idea. Maybe that really wasn't actually allowed and he was about to get slapped with a detention--oh. The biology teacher was agreeing to it and the senior found himself grinning again, hiking his bag further up on his shoulder. 

"Good! Great," he finished, lowering his voice a little and trying not to sound so cheery. It was early, after all--not many people could handle that much energy so early in the morning. He walked around and headed off towards the dining hall, glancing back over his shoulder. "Don't see many science teachers hangin' around the gym this early in the morning!"

[novosonia]

a hella friendly princess

[novosonia]

Sonia immediately recognized this exotic looking young man as a fellow member of the student council. She lit up, even more excited than before! This was the perfect opportunity to become friendly with someone she’d be working alongside all year long! And he seemed so kind!

“Sharrkan! Of course!” she exclaimed. “What a pleasure to finally, formally meet you! On a one on one basis, I mean!”

She reached out and took one of his hands, shaking it firmly. This was a friendly gesture, was it not? Surely it would let Sharrkan know that Sonia was a Cool Young Lady, willing to develop a wonderful friendship and make amazing memories with him.

“Speech and debate! Yes!” Sonia continued. “Isn’t it wonderful to be classmates and fellow student delegates? Are you very interested in government, Sharrkan?”

[sharrkkan]

Sonia seemed incredibly excited to find out that he was a fellow member of student council, which only made his grin widen. She was obviously eager to get to work regarding student affairs and, of course, that wasn't a bad thing--she actually seemed like someone who'd do a really good job with such a position. Sharrkan was kinda looking forward to working with her.

She shook his hand and he returned the gesture, not without noticing how firm her grip was. That seemed like a pretty good sign regarding her resolve. "A pleasure! I've seen you around, yeah, but it's good to actually meet you." He finished by letting go of her hand, dipping into an overly dramatic bow. 

He stood back up just in time for her to register that they were also in the same speech and debate class, and he grinned. "Interested in government ... kinda, I guess! I think it's cool to help lead the students and decide on events and stuff. I guess it's natural for you, bein' a princess and all."

[gearheaded]

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[gearheaded]

“I’m a junior.” She answered, swinging her arms in front of her and cracking her fingers. She hadn’t realized until then that they felt tense from having tightened them into fists earlier. She grinned over at Sharrkan. “So, you’re like, what is it called? My senpai or something?”

Skipping a step, she hopped from one to the other, landing solidly on her two feet. Sometimes, Winry was glad that she wasn’t a klutz, otherwise doing small things like those would be trouble for her. “If anything I’ll get the homework from a classmate later.”

She didn’t really have many friends yet, but she did have more than a few acquaintances. She was sure that they wouldn’t mind giving her the assignments she’d missed. For the most part, they were nice people. “Ah, what about you, though? Don’t you have a class right now… or…?”

[sharrkkan]

So she was younger than him, like he'd guessed. Junior wasn't much below senior, though, so it wasn't as though he was dragging a poor little freshman off to skip class with him. Sharrkan stretched as he walked, reaching above his head before glancing back down at the mention of being her senpai. He chuckled, nodding. "I guess it does! That'd make you my, uh--k...kou..kouhai! That's the word."

He occasionally glanced up over his shoulder, making sure that no one who could get them into trouble was around. Once they got out of the building he figured they'd be alright, but they still had to go down at least one more flight of stairs and then get away from the building itself. Most teachers were in their classes right now, though, so he wasn't expecting to get caught.

Winry asked about his own classes and he shrugged, shooting her a grin. "Well. Yeah, but I didn't really feel like goin'. My free period was before this and I just wasn't feelin' it, you know?" 

[sharrkkan]

training and breakfast ♚ open

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It was odd and slightly annoying how cheerful Sharrkan was. People weren’t supposed to be cheerful around Shuu, they were supposed to be scared. Nevertheless he finds that it’s difficult to stay angry when a bright smile is being directed at him. Something about sunny dispositions has always confused and intrigued Shuu, he isn’t sure whether he wants to understand it or somehow be a part of it.

“Yes. I started working here last year.” He says, though it wasn’t really a question.

After a moment, he adds, “I intended to get breakfast as well.” The implication being they should go to the cafeteria because he does want food and is getting increasingly uncomfortable just standing here with Sharrkan being friendly at him.

[sharrkkan]

Sharrkan generally didn't listen to rumors about students or teacher, or even about himself--he'd never even heard anyone talking about him, if only because he didn't care. So, naturally, he hadn't paid any mind to the particularly menacing rumors surrounding the teacher. Hell, he hadn't even known about him until this morning.

"Last year, huh? So I guess I just missed having you!" He went on to add that he had been planning on getting breakfast and Sharrkan paused--he almost suggested that they both go, but was that even allowed. Was he allowed to eat with his teachers--he did't see why not.

"Why don't we go, then? Since you were plannin' on heading that way anyway!"

[detonare]

sharrkkan started following you.

[detonare]

“Spanish. I’m flunking now but the teach’ll let me pass if I complete some tutoring hours or some shit like that …”

Or at least, that’s what Deidara was supposed to do. Instead he was hoping to have a new pal who’d assist him in the best way possible—by completing his homework. Ahh, damn, now what was that in Spanish again…

Deidara was bright, he was smart enough to get a hold on the language if he could be bothered to put effort into it. But his interests could be found elsewhere.

“So I gotta find one, and soon. I guess you can’t help there, yeah?” 

[sharrkkan]

Sharrkan had to hold back an uncharacteristic laugh at the note that his roommate was failing Spanish but he quickly caught himself, a bit appalled that he would even start to laugh at someone for something like that. Well--he might laugh a little at someone who was his friend. But Deidara wasn't his friend. Not yet, at least. He'd hold off laughing for now.

"Hmmn," he mused, dragging out the sound before shrugging. He was right, a Latin scholar wasn't going to be much help when it came to Spanish, but he also didn't know anyone off the top of his head. 

"There's, uh--a bulletin board, in the tutoring center, where you can leave your name and stuff to find a tutor, if you wanted to do that." That way, someone could come to him! The store came into sight and Sharrkan kept his speed, shrugging again as he glanced at Deidara over his shoulder. "A lot of students do that."

[sugar-ache]

[novosonia]

a hella friendly princess

Sonia was ecstatic! She truly didn’t expect to be elected to the student council during her first year at a new school — and to be a captain of the archery team as well? What a promising start to a beautiful year! The princess felt blessed and couldn’t wait to acquaint herself with as many classmates as possible. Being president of the student council was her ideal goal, as it would have pleased her parents most, but she was a little relieved that she wasn’t in that position just yet. Maybe next year, when she was more familiar with the school and all its inhabitants! This year, however, Novoselic’s sole princess wished for nothing more than to develop memorable relationships and fond memories with her classmates.

She didn’t quite know how to approach anyone, and felt that she’d be considered fairly odd if she just waltzed up to a person to thank them for electing her to the student government. What if they voted against her? That would be horribly awkward… But, if they did vote against her, she could ask why and how she could improve as a student delegate! That was the professional, political thing of her to do, after all. Being a princess, next in line for her country’s throne as queen, Sonia needed all of the practice she could get! Not that she wasn’t trained in Novoselic… She was — almost too much. This was a different setting, though! Different people! It was all refreshing and new.

It was settled then. Sonia was going to make her very first friend… somehow.

The princess walked up to someone that she spotted on campus, someone who looked approachable to her. Everyone looked approachable to her. She promptly tapped their shoulder, a wide and warm smile on her face.

“Salutations, fellow classmate! My name is Princess Sonia Nevermind and I would like to extend my appreciation to your electing me to be a member of our beautiful school’s student council!” she exclaimed, curtseying elegantly. “I am incredibly honored, and I do hope I will meet all of your expectations — and that we may become friends!”

[sharrkkan]

Sharrkan wasn't doing much in the hall, other than stapling up yet another set of flyers. These, however, weren't his own advertising, but rather advertising for the kendo team. They liked tot have as many people join them as possible to have the best experience they could manage, and what better way to do that than to advertise? He'd volunteered to hang them up across campus, and he was sticking to that.

He wasn't expecting to be stopped. At least--not by an elegant Kingswood girl. When he felt a dainty tap on his shoulder he glanced around and paused when he saw her, slowly grinning as he finished up with the flyer in his hand. She started talking before he even turned around, introducing herself as Sonia Nevermind--wait, did she say princess? 

She was thanking him for electing her to student council. The statement made him grin, and he held back a chuckle. When she finished, he waved his hand lazily and nodded to her. "Princess, huh? That's pretty cool. Name's Sharrkan." He paused again. She looked a little familiar--oh, right, she'd mentioned student council, but he could also remember seeing her in a class.

"We'll be on student council together! I think you're in one of my classes, too--speech and debate, yeah? You look kinda familiar."

[sharrkkan]

training and breakfast ♚ open

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“You should be more attentive to your surroundings.” Shuu informs him impatiently once he’s on his feet again. He straightens his lab coat and runs a hand over his hair to smooth it, ignoring the student’s attempts to brush him off. As he suspected the boy is much taller than him, and obviously athletic. No wonder he was knocked over. “What had you in such a rush anyway?”

Sharrkan, he mentally files the name away in case it proves of any use, though he doubts it. “I’m the Advanced Biology teacher.” Shuu has kept to himself for the most part since taking the job, so while rumors about him have flooded the school he hasn’t actually encountered many students who aren’t in his class. “Dr. Iwamine.”

[sharrkkan]

Sharrkan was ready for a scolding but, much to his relief, it never came. Instead the teacher (at least, he looked like a teacher? He was much smaller than the senior, but he had an air of authority about him) simply stated that he should be more careful, pay more attention, things he really already knew that he should be doing. "Yeah, got it, sorry 'bout that!" He grinned lopsidedly, though it faded when he asked another question.

"Oh, uh .. I'm running a little late. My workout took longer than normal, I'm trying to go get breakfast before I need to leave for class." An honest answer. He was generally a good student--he didn't often break any rules or step out of line, so teachers had no need to keep an eye on him.

"Bio, huh? I took that before you got here I guess. Nice to meet ya, though!"

[sharrkkan]

tutoring for (almost) everyone || open

[headstrongidealist-blog]

Um..well, other witches do talk bad about her, but they were probably just jealous. She wasn’t old like them—let alone old enough to retire. She’s probably doin’ the latter!

|There could be headlines literally in Akko’s face claiming Shiney Chariot was retired and she still wouldn’t be convinced.|

[sharrkkan]

He wondered why she'd be badmouthed. Was she a fraud? That could be, a lot of the more famous magicians were nothing more than tricksters but that wasn't something that he was about to say out loud, lest he get hit. Sharrkan shrugged again, leaning forward and back on the table as he listened, mulling over his words before he spoke himself.

"Yeah, well ... not a lot of people can get by without someone badmouthin' them. People like to talk. I'm sure she's off doin' her own thing and getting ready for a big comeback."