"Ara. Pleasure to meet you Carmen."

Well, Ara seemed nice. He certainly knew how to introduce himself. Carmen expected to have to begin the conversation, but Ara did the honors. “So, you’re a student at Athalia Academy right? How long have you been attending?”

"Yes, I attend the Academy," Carmen responded with a polite smile. "Myself and pretty much the entire student body have been attending for, oh...two days now?" She chuckled. "We sort of...destroyed the entire campus during that time, so they sent us out here. Not much to destroy here, huh?" She smiled again, giddy from the combination of her own happiness and her cocktail. "So, we're all only a little bit less new than you are! All you missed was some Hellspawn attacking us...you know, normal stuff." She chuckled again to herself in a more dignified fashion. [i]He probably thinks I'm a fruit...a very [u]sophisticated[/u] fruit though! Obviously,[/i] she thought to herself. "I'm assuming you're also a student?" she asked. "What's your story?"

Just then two people Carmen vaguely recognized came strolling into the bar, the female clearly embarrassed that people had seen her holding the male's wrist. Carmen smiled at them as they looked around and greeted the group, then turning back towards Ara.