[center][h2][color=0072bc]Nakkashiro Touka | 永花城　十花[/color][/h2][/center]

[quote=@White Feather]

[color=#a2a8ff]"I wouldn't ask if I didn't want to."[/color] Leagsaidh giggled, though not in a rude way [color=#a2a8ff]"Anyway, why wouldn't I want to sit next to you? You seem like a perfectly nice girl."[/color]

Again? Another blusher? That was twice today. She was on a roll. And there was still plenty of time to get a third for her hat-trick. And what was with that stare? Did she have something on her face? Maybe it was still red from her little 'chat' with Alice. Had she been crying without realising it? Her hand went to her face, but it was as dry as a bone. What had she been looking at? Leagsaidh's own cheeks went a light pink color as she sat down.

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Touka was really surprised when the redheaded girl, who introduced herself as Leagsaidh O'Donnell, sat by her side and actually started to chat with her like it was nothing. She tried her best to reply to Leagsaidh as best as she could. However, when the other girl began to blush Touka wondered if they weren't just being awkward for no reason and smiled a bit when she thought about how silly they were being.

[quote=@White Feather]

[color=#a2a8ff]"Well, it's nice to meet you, Miss Touka. Or should it be Touka-Chan here? Touka-Sama? Touka-Gozen, maybe? Or just Touka-han? No, that doesn't sound right. Too impersonal..."[/color] Leagsaidh detracted a little, pondering what honorific to address Touka with. Why couldn't it just be like Ireland where 'Miss' for unmarried women and 'Mrs' for married women would suffice?

[color=#a2a8ff]"Heh, sorry. I'm still getting used to the culture here. I'm Leagsaidh O'Donnell, though just Lexy will suffice." [/color]

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[color=0072bc]"Is it really right if I call you like that? We've just met and I don't was to be rude. Though, if you insist on that, I'd like you to call just Touka."[/color]

[quote=@White Feather]

"Thank you for talking to me"? What kind of self-deprecation was that? How lonely does one have to be to end up thanking someone for talking to her? [color=#a2a8ff]"I'm surprised. A pretty girl like you should be surrounded by people. Why is there no-one over here?" [/color] She didn't say it to flirt. She was simply stating a fact. Touka was a good looking girl - in fact, dare she say, she was absolutely gorgeous, in the least-homosexual way possible - yet she conducted herself with such timidity, like she expected Leagsaidh to suddenly get bored of her and walk off. It was obfuscating, to say the least. Maybe she was just bashful?

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Lexy's next statement surprised Touka. She never had thought of herself as nothing but unfitting and, even though men always seemed to turn their eyes to her wherever she goes, no matter how she loathes them, this was the first time a girl other than Seika said that Touka was pretty.

Touka felt her cheeks getting warm from the sudden influx of blood, yet again, but thought that lying to her possible new friend wouldn't be right. She brushed her left bang aside and removed the eyepatch to let Lexy take a look at her fake eye, before saying [color=0072bc]"This is just one of the reasons why they avoid me."[/color] Touka covered it again once she was sure that Lexy had time to see the lifeless orb that occupied her eye socket [color=0072bc]"You see, I'm a cancer patient. Actually, my mother died of an eye cancer, so mine is genetic. All I can do is keep it at bay, but I'll never be free of the disease."[/color]

[color=0072bc]"While Japanese people welcome foreigners with open arms, they're harsh with those of their own that don't fit the norm. Being the illegitimate daughter of the Academy's de facto owner, doesn't help my case very much."[/color] Touka explained the reasoning behind the other girls' actions.

[quote=@White Feather]

[color=#a2a8ff]"I'm from Dublin, in Ireland. It's a beautiful country, though Japan comes pretty close."[/color] Her eyes lit up like candles as she spoke and she was getting increasingly passionate. [color=#a2a8ff]"Eire, in its home tongue. Home to the shamrock, Guiness and Saint Patrick.[/color].

She paused thoughtfully [color=#a2a8ff] "Actually, you might not know of Saint Patrick. He's more a Christian figure than a Shinto... Buddhist... erm, eastern figure.[/color]

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Touka's eye shone a little when Lexy mentioned that she was from Ireland and talked about the Christian religion. The dark haired girl showed a sliver of enthusiasm for the first time ever since she got in the Academy when she said [color=0072bc]"I thought that you were European..."[/color] Touka paused and stuttered, still unsure if she should say the next thing that came out of her mouth [color=0072bc]"Lexy? Isn't Dubu... Duburiin... Dublin, the place were there's one of Europe's most famous colleges? I'm thinking of studying overseas once I graduate from here and that name came up during my searches for European colleges."[/color]

[color=0072bc]"I'm sorry, but I really don't know anything about Saint Patrick, the one that I'm more fond of is Saint Paul. His letters are one of the most beautiful part of the Holy Bible, in my opinion. Don't you think so?"[/color]

[@White Feather]

[center][h2][color=fff200]Miyama Kirika | 三山　霧乎[/color][/h2][/center]

After her uncalled introduction, Kirika went to sit with a wide grin on her thin lips. She found a place besides a girl with short dark hair, somewhat big breasts and a pretty hat [color=fff200]"Excuse me. Could I sit here, please? By the way, I'm Miyama Kirika, it's nice to meet you."[/color] Kirika bowed in an energetic manner, hitting her forehead in the desk [color=fff200]"Ouch! That one hurt, but I'm ok, don't worry... by the way, I really liked your hat."[/color] The petite girl said while rubbing the red spot that appeared almost immediately on her forehead and playing brave as small tears streaked down her round face.

[@Crimmy]