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[h2][color=AFC195]Takahashi Nori[/color][/h2]
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[b][color=AFC195]Name:[/color][/b]
Takahashi Nori

[b][color=AFC195]Gender:[/color][/b]
Male

[b][color=AFC195]Age:[/color][/b]
17

[b][color=AFC195]Class:[/color][/b]
3-2

[b][color=AFC195]Hobbies and interests:[/color][/b]
Nori is very much interested in spirituality, literature, and languages. In his spare time he can be found either feeding his lust for literature, browsing through books, or spending his time outdoors, going for a jog or swim. Needless to say, he is part of the literature club, although not everyone can appreciate his love for old and foreign books.
Although one might expect Nori to excel in school due to his curious nature, he is actually your average student. He is just a little bit better in the languages, and a little bit worse in mathematics. (To him it is like a language he is not able to master.)

[b][color=AFC195]Personality:[/color][/b]
Nori is a soft-hearted person, who is rather serious and focused most of the time. He can at times be very mischievous though, playing pranks on those close to him. He especially has great pleasure in scaring his little sister Yumiko by telling her ghost stories.
Nori is not especially introverted nor extroverted. He is an easygoing person and gets along with almost anyone. He values life greatly and can see the beauty in almost everything and everyone. Accompanied with this characteristic is that one of the only things that can really put him on edge is when someone talks low of themselves or others (especially when it is not justified).

[b][color=AFC195]Biggest Secret:[/color][/b]
What started off as an innocent experiment now turned into a mild obsession. Secretly, Nori really likes woman’s clothes. He loves looking at them and sometimes even goes as far as trying them on. There is no “evidence” of it though: he does not keep girl’s clothes in his closet, nor has he ever taken pictures of himself wearing it.

[b][color=AFC195]Biggest Desire:[/color][/b]
Making this world a better place. Either by doing something amazing such as finding a cure to a terrible illness, or perhaps by writing something that will touch the hearts of millions, or simply by bringing others comfort in times when they need it. Nori wants that, when he will look back on his life, to feel like he did not wander here without a meaning. He wants to feel needed.

[b][color=AFC195]Biggest Fear:[/color][/b]
Death. Anything that concerns death or dying scares Nori to... death. He is terrified by the idea that one day he will lose those precious, beautiful people around him and the thought that one day he will leave them, too. He is already repulsed when he sees a dead bird, let alone see a human corpse. What especially scares him is the thought of someone close to him dying due to an (unknown) illness.

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[i]Ihr naht euch wieder, schwankende Gestalten!
Die früh sich einst dem trüben Blick gezeigt.
Versuch ich wohl euch diesmal fest zu halten?
Fühl ich mein Herz noch jenem Wahn geneigt?
Ich drängt euch zu! nun gut, so mögt ihr walten,
Wie ihr aus Dunst und Nebel um mich steigt;
Mein Busen fühlt sich jugendlich erschüttert
Vom Zauberhauch, der euren Zug umwittert.[/i]

Slightly annoyed Nori looked up from the tiny book. He had been wanting to start reading it for quite some time, but now the restless atmosphere around him made it simply impossible. Outside, the spring winds rustled through the fresh leaves. It was as if there was something about it that seemed to stir commotion amongst the students.
For a few days now there had been a rumor going around the school, the subject of which had not met Nori’s ears yet. He couldn’t be bothered too much though; it was probably some gossip about who started dating who, or some crazy scheme or plan. Either way, something about which Nori couldn’t care less. He’d rather pick up something useful, such as the contents of his book.

Once more he attempted to take in the words, but whispers kept invading his thoughts, flooding the sentences and drowning their meaning.
Nori sighed and shut the book, putting it cover down on the table. He took off his glasses, placing them on top of the dark crimson booklet, and rubbed the bridge of his nose. [color=AFC195]"What is everyone so agitated about anyway..?"[/color] he wondered to himself.
While he leaned back in his chair and stretched out, a pair of students passed him.

"Yeah right. I'm not wasting my time on that stuff. Real or not, you don't mess with that stuff, you know? Let Keigo mess up on his own," a male voice called out.

The name Keigo rung a bell. Although Nori had never talked to him, he had heard that Keigo was always up to date with the latest rumors.

Next to him, a girl bopped up from her seat, a mysterious spark in her eyes. Nori watched as she left the classroom with a firm step.

[color=AFC195]"I think I might leave as well..."[/color] he determined and gathered his belongings, carefully putting the book in his bag and the thin rimmed glasses back on his nose.

As Nori walked through the hallway, slipping by still busy classrooms, his eyes got drawn to one particular group of boisterous students. A small flock of people had centered themselves around one boy.

"Oh! Keigo-kun, tell Etsuko-chan what you told me!" a girl cried out.

[color=AFC195]"So that’s Keigo, huh..."[/color]

Now knowing the face of the person linked to the rumor, Nori couldn’t help but get a little curious. He decided to approach the group and resolve what the fuss was all about. Drawing near, Nori listened carefully as the boy explained his story.
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Nori smirked faintly, raising an eyebrow at Keigo’s description. [i]This[/i] was the big rumor? This was what the students had been rambling about for the past few days? It honestly didn’t sound any different from the ghost stories he scared his little sister with.
The mention of how Keigo had found a list of numbers which he supposedly had not written himself made the story only slightly more believable; but how could he prove that he wasn’t lying and actually hadn’t written the list himself? Even so, even if Keigo hadn’t, maybe one of his friends had in an attempt to play a trick on him. (Nori had some experience with this himself after all...)

His thoughts got disrupted when a small, dark figure bumped into him. When he looked down he noticed it was the girl from before who had left the classroom so assertively just moments before he had.
Slowly a name came to mind. [color=AFC195]"Rin..."[/color] Seeing her almost childlike expression of fascination Nori couldn’t help but smile. [color=AFC195]"I don’t want to spoil the fun for you, but you know it’s just another ghost story, right?"[/color] he said nearly apologetically.

"Don’t you have anything better to do with your time?" he heard from behind him.
Turning around towards the source Nori could hardly distinguish a dark-haired boy facing Keigo’s group.
[color=AFC195]"Well at least he isn’t talking about us,"[/color] he murmured, more to himself than to Rin. Moreover though, how did Nori realize only now that he was not wearing his glasses? He must have lost them in the small collision just then.
[color=AFC195]"Ah, don’t move..."[/color] he ordered Rin and gently grabbed her by the shoulders as to ensure that she indeed wouldn’t. Bending down, he reached for his glasses which had fallen exactly in between the girl’s feet. He got up again and held them up against the light, checking for any scratches, before putting them back on their original spot.

The first thing Nori noted when he had regained his vision was how teeming the classroom had gotten. Around him had gathered students from all years. Being in one of the higher classes, he hardly recognized anyone. One particular person he could immediately identify though.
Making his way through the crowded room, rising above all other students, was his classmate Gruffydd. With a thunderous voice he overwhelmed the remaining murmurs.

"My, my, how positively [i]noble[/i]," he spoke as he approached the center of attention. "You’re Keigo, right?" he paused for a moment, awaiting the boy’s response. "I just have to tell you how courageous that is. You go around telling everyone about how somehow got this mysterious code, to text from this mysterious building, and then suggest that [i]someone else[/i] go and try it out. How unspeakably [i]brave[/i] of you."

Nori watched Keigo stiffen up completely. He could understand his reaction; although Gruffydd was a good-natured person, you definitely didn’t want to get on his bad side, especially considering his muscular build.
He saw the smaller male struggling to find words and believed he could even smell his cold sweat. A small chuckle escaped his lips at the thought, breaking the tension in the room.
[color=AFC195]"He’s got a point there,"[/color] Nori immediately added, not wanting to create the impression he was laughing about the large Welshman.
[color=AFC195]"Why don’t you show us the way, and go on in first, Keigo?"[/color] he suggested with a teasing voice.
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"Hey, idiots, leave him alone. He was just kidding!"

Nori’s heart dropped at the words. How did he not realize that he and his fellow classmate just made the situation very tense, putting Keigo on the spot. He heard Gruffydd mutter; Nori did not understand a thing he was saying but recognized the language to be the Welshman's native tongue. He then continued aloud in Japanese. It stunned Nori to hear such words from his classmate, especially after his tone only moments ago. But he agreed; the two of them should have seen from the start that it had all been a mere joke.

Until now, Nori had remained silent, but the thud in his side awoke him from his trance.
[color=AFC195]"I... I apologize for my behavior. It was indeed a joke and I should have reacted accordingly,"[/color] he said while looking down, and paused for a moment. [color=AFC195]"I most certainly didn’t mean to turn it in such a grim situation,"[/color] he looked Keigo in the eyes. [color=AFC195]"I'm very sorry,"[/color] he stated in a solemn manner, bowing as he spoke these words.

Having said this, Nori slowly backed off, trying to slip out of the classroom unnoticed. Although he had created the conditions himself, he really felt the need to get out of there. Luckily for him, the hallways had cleared up as most students had either gone to their clubs or gone elsewhere, so he could exit the building without too much hold-up.

Feeling the breeze through his hair, Nori let out a sigh, both of relief and regret. [color=AFC195]"Man... I really screwed up, didn’t I?"[/color] he murmured. This had not been a good way to start off the year. [color=AFC195]"I should have acted more mature, more according to my year."[/color]
He wondered whether he should linger around the school any longer today; he definitely didn’t feel much like it. Maybe going for a jog would put his mind off the subject.
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