[h2]Clarabelle Halloway, the Ethereal Dollmaker[/h2]

Clarabelle's progress had been rather slow, behind the instructor. Walking like this was tiring. She wanted to bring out her dolls and not have to bother with anything like this. Meeting the new students... they couldn't be her friends. Not like her dolls. So did it really matter? It didn't. So the walk was just tiring. The sunlight, too, beating down on her... though the wide-brimmed sun hat she had selected at least served to keep it out of her eyes. She just wanted to get somewhere cool, indoors, where all her friends could come out and play... not surrounded by people who she simply wished would go away.

The mentor decided to speak to Clarabelle. For a few moments, the small, pale girl remained silent and unmoving. Was she fine? No. Not until she could just be alone with her dolls, out of this heat, this light, away from all these people.

"... I want to go inside," was the simple, softly-spoken, monotone response. It was the truth, naturally. She wouldn't be comfortable until she was out of this sunlight. She wanted to be somewhere cool and dark, somewhere with her dolls. Somewhere where she could be with the only things that could ever be her friends. Being here was simply a waste of time. Her blue eyes happened to raise and glance about, taking in the sight of those around her. There were so many people... so many people around her.

"..."

Clarabelle wished they could all just be dolls. It would make everything so much easier.

Life would be easier if everyone were dolls.

[@Silver Carrot]

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[h2]Natsuki Sumiko, Starblazer[/h2]

"Haaaaah, this is going to be great!"

In contrast to the pale girl, there was a strong source of exuberance striding through the field. This source of overwhelming positivity and cheerful smiling was none other then Natsumi Sumiko. And right now, she was in a wonderful mood. She was going to meet a bunch of new people, all kinds of new people with all kinds of new abilities and powers and all sorts of interesting things! The kind of people she could definitely make friends with. But, of course, Sumiko was determined to make friends with everyone. That was one of her many life goals, others including 'be a hero' and 'help everyone I can'. These were the core tenants of Natsuki Sumiko's beliefs. In fact, you could likely call them something along the lines of 'The Code of Natsuki Sumiko'.

She happily marched her way up to the others, giving everyone a proud, happy smile and putting her hands on her hips.

"Hi, everybody!" she declared, raising one hand and giving everyone a firm thumbs up, "I'm Natsuki Sumiko, age fifteen! I've never dated anybody, I can hit things really hard, and my favorite food is tamagoyaki, but I'll eat just about anything that tastes good! I hope we can all be good friends!"