#thread 03

Joly was all nerves. Not only was it his first time out of France, he was in America, staying for at least the entire semester. More if he decided he liked it. He was also learning how awful his English was. Everything he said he repeated at least three times before anyone could understand him but finally, he was in his own dorm, alone, unpacking.

That lasted thirty minutes before the door swung open and an attractive blond stepped in. It was going to be a pain in the ass having a language barrier with his dorm mate.

It had been a little over a week since the big first date with Mark. And since then, he had called and texted Karma dozens of times. Each time, she didn’t answer. She made a point of ignoring him at school no matter how many times he’d try to talk to her. It was frustrating for her to have let someone into her life - even if only for a little while - only to find he’d only asked her out because of a bet. 

Especially considering how much she liked Mark. 

Today, however, had been a beautiful day and so, with the fact that she had the afternoon off from work at the diner off in mind, she picked up Elliot from daycare and took him on an outing to the park. The boy had been so happy to see her, she could see it reflected in his hazel eyes and hear it in how he contentedly babbled to her on the whole way out to the car. 

She had just settled Noah into one of the baby swings when she saw him approaching, bouquet of flowers held right to his front like a shield. Karma sighed, her eyes darting from her son toward him to ask, “What are you doing here?”

It was tough, getting used to this new land. The Enchanted Forest was huge! There were mountains, forests, lakes, shores, castles, caves... Really, it's the ideal world for an adventurer. Unfortunately for Seto, he decided to check out the mountains terrain and ended up completely lost.

Now, ordinarily, it wouldn't be that big of a deal. Manage your way through a day or two, find a village or something and talk to people to figure out where you actually are, and there you go, you're back on track. The issues right now is the stories and warnings he received about all of the witches that supposedly take refuge in mountain caves. So far, Seto hasn't had much luck with weapons, however he did buy a decently cheap sword that doesn't exactly seem to be very durable. One swing at a good sword and it's destroyed.

It's better than nothing, so the boy's hand hand was clutched tightly around the handle as he wandered throughout the trees and rocks. There was hardly any sound aside from his own movement, which struck him as... eerie, somewhat. But, to be fair, it was better than some kind of dangerous monster appearing out of no where, right?

And in that moment, some rustling of leaves and a snap of a branch caught his attention nearby. Seto froze, raising his sword slightly just in case. At the very least, a person was nearby, which could either be good or bad. Good if they're on his side, bad if they're of the evil kind.

Chitoge missed her old school, that was something she was certain of. Although now she wouldn't have to play lovers with someone she hated at first sight. Just as she started getting comfortable with the lovers charade. Most of all she missed her friends. She rested her chin in her hand and starred out the window hardly paying attention to anything the teacher was saying. Back in America she only ever had one friend, while everyone else feared Chitoge being the daughter of a gangster made her perceived as a bad person. When she moved to Japan she had more than one friend for the first time in ages. Although the only reason she could make friends was because of her fake lover in the first place.

Ah.. Why was she thinking of this all of a sudden? Chitoge shook her head and looked towards the front, realizing the teacher was about to introduce a transfer student. Looks like Chitoge was no longer the new student in this class. Although from what she heard students come and go from this school on a regular basis. She was a little curious as to what it was that attracted people to this city. Was it the high class schools, the city attractions or was it something else? Before any more random thoughts crossed her mind, she overheard the so called transfer student. 

That... That voice..?

She listened closely to the voice, it was familiar. Could it be..? The door slide open and the transfer student walked in. Just as she had thought it was her. Tsugumi Seishirou, her childhood friend. Before even waiting for an introduction Chitoge stood up from her desk smacking her hands on the desk. "T-Tsugumi-!?" she shouted up to the front. She was shocked to see her here, while at the same time it was no surprise. Seishirou was probably instructed to protect Chitoge again.