[u]Codi Bailey and Rosette Sauveterre[/u]

Codi was leery about making introductions to strangers in the dark, but decided it might be better, in her case, if people judged her based on personality, versus the way she looked. “Nice to meet you, Theresa!” she replied to the introduction with friendly enthusiasm. She then fell silent as another conversation ensued, and then, after the flash of light, and what she saw in it, was very uncomfortable, to say the least. She wound up punctuating the silence with a nervous, uneasy laugh, although there wasn’t any real joy in it. It was more sheepish and embarrassed, and quickly ended with a quiet, “Oh…my…” As she had nothing really appropriate to say in reaction to the turn of events.

Codi had suspected there might have been people who could produce light, obtain something that did, or see in the dark, so she hadn’t expected that people would do things, believing that nobody would see them. She also did not quite get what was happening, but she suspected she was better off not knowing at all. She had only seen the light for a second, enough to see the French woman—Victoria? And Henry reacting with shock, and then where he was shut out of the cafeteria. She was completely silent for a moment, before nervously laughing with Theresa, whose problem she did not notice, as she couldn’t take in the entire scene within such a short time frame. She wasn’t laughing because of the idea of messenger pigeons, but mostly because laughing was something she felt a compulsion to do with other people, and it helped relieve the anxiety.

“Codi, are you alright?” Rosette asked, the voice coming from close by her. Rosette had been forced to move, as Henry had nearly crashed into her in the process of charging out of the cafeteria. She was very quick, though, and was therefore unharmed. She had landed very close to Codi in her dodging attempt.

Codi yelped, “How do you keep sneaking up on me?” She exclaimed.

“Aside from the sound of my voice, there is nothing that allows others to detect my presence. I make no ambient noise, nor do I have a scent or heat signature. It may be a hindrance, seeing as I cannot see in the dark any better than you can, and people may have a tendency to trip over me.” She said. She then asked her question again, “Are you alright?” She repeated.

“Uh, yeah, just a little weirded out…what just happened?” Codi asked, uneasy.

“I am not quite sure, nor am I positive that I wish to know. This school is quite a strange place, and I think perhaps that it might be a bit dangerous, as well, considering the information I have gathered, so far.”

“I think I agree with you. Also, doesn’t the weather seem really weird, to you? Did you hear any thunder before that lightning hit?” Codi asked.

“As a matter of fact, no, and I had been thinking that was quite unusual, as well. Is it a regular weather pattern on this island, or was it deliberate? Nothing is impossible.”

“I don’t know where this school is located, so I don’t know what the weather pattern would be, although we’re somewhere in the tropics, so storms like that could possibly hit. I really don’t know, but I’d look it up if I could. I’d like to know about this sort of thing so I could be better prepared for it.” Codi told her.

“Well, if there were any notable fauna on this island, that would be a very quick way of determining where we are, or, at least, the general vicinity.” Rosette said. “After all, animals aside from birds or sea-faring creatures cannot travel off the island, so they would become distinct as a population due to the isolation.”

“Well, I’m not really familiar. I know there’s lots of palm trees and that some of them grow coconuts, but I wasn’t looking that close. Coconuts don’t even help the case, they’d just drift in the current and go somewhere else. For all I know, someone planted the trees.”

It seemed that the main reason Codi and Rosette got along was because they both shared an analytical side that made them work well together when solving a problem.