The plane ride was a long one between Russia and Japan. It was surprising that Valechka had been able to scrape enough money for the trip to school. She was first bussed for hours to the airport, where she waited again, alone for the plane to finally arrive. Valechka kept herself busy with folk songs taught to her by her grandmother. Going through customs was difficult. Not only was there a language barrier, Valechka had never gone through an airport before. She went to claim her baggage, a small sack tied together with a strip of paper given to her at the airport she came from, marking it as her's.

Valechka broke a sweat as soon as she left the airport.

When she finally arrived at Four Winds, there were sweat stains in her outfit, especially on her back where she carried her heavy bag. "Finally" she huffed, looking at the colorful display before her. The signs around her seemed to suggest, with Valechka's limited knowledge in the native language, that she was in the right place. She looked around, scanning for others who she may ask for so much as directions, before spotting a lithe, brunette girl standing alone. [@Ayemdar]

"Hey!" Valechka waved, running toward the girl, trying to stop her. Valechka tugged on the dress of the excited-looking girl. "My name is Valechka Borisovna Borisenko." she introduced, speaking her name in a manner too quick for the average person to catch any individual syllable of. "This Four Winds, yes? Am excited to go to school. We are class mates, yes? Very nice. Nice meet you."