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[ ★ ] “This place is so far from the Agency...” A slight sigh escaped from his lips, as he observed his new surroundings, Sunset University. The school had quite an impressive show of greenhouses. However, a faint feeling tugged his stoic heart.  “It’s hard to admit... but it feels lonely without them.”

A gentle snip was sounded in the quiet room and was soon accompanied by falling leaf to join the pile of leaves already accumulated on the table top. Setting the pair of scissors aside, Reika stepped back to admire her floral creation and gave a thoughtful hum as she examined the arrangement. 

Daisies...

Turning from the flowers in front of her, she was just about to make her way to fetch the daisies she needed when unexpectedly there was a loud shattering of glass, causing her flinch. Once the final tinkling of broken glass had settled, the brunette glanced up to spy a hole in the window. A quick search revealed a baseball to be a cause for all the trouble, her eyes immediately shifting to gaze outside.

   Shintaro's hand hovered over the Cola button on the vending machine, utterly speechless at the OUT OF ORDER light flashing up at him. How did this vending machine expect him to survive the day without a soda? He certainly couldn't, and this behavior was unacceptable. He kicked the vending machine, only to come off worse-for-wear as it banged his big toe and left him hopping away angrily. 

Curiosity was a terrible thing. It made people do things that they wouldn’t normally consider otherwise, such as attending a Valentine’s Ball instead of curling up in a comfortable chair with a good book and a cup of tea. Such was the nature of Reika’s problem.

She was curious...

It would be all too easy to blame her attendance at the dance on her grandparents and their desire to see her have an enjoyable university experience and get out more but there was more too it than that. Part of the fascination was the event itself, for she had never been to a social gathering quite like it before, but there was equal allure in setting foot on the Sunrise campus and seeing how it differed from that of Sunset University.

It certainly was a sight to behold...

The young brunette had followed on the tail of a crowd entering the gym although she stopped not too far from the doorway so she could take it all in. Resplendent decorations were draping from the walls and ceiling, set to glittering as the light from the disco ball flickered from overhead. Various couples were clustered around the refreshment tables while others made the most of the dance floor and the romantic music wafting from the speakers. She had to smile in amusement at some of the couple’s attempts at dancing, the uncoordinated enthusiasm a far cry from the elegance required.

This promises to be an entertaining evening...