[center][h1][b][u][color=darkkhaki]Theo Curtis[/color][/u][/b][/h1][/center]
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[color=khaki]"Pace myself... Don't miss breakfast... Get decent headphones... Got it, thanks!"[/color] Theo noted everything down on his phone and ended up lagging a bit behind Iron in the process.  [color=Khaki]"Yeah, I was wondering what the violin music was.  'Nahla', you said?  Does he use magic pertaining to music, or does he just like broadcasting his playing to everyone... on... campus..."[/color]

It was at this point that they entered through doors into the mess hall and Theo got a good look at what truly deserved being the academy's namesake.  He had thought his uncle's dining room was large, this was gargantuan.  Room enough for all students to eat, and food enough for there to be plenty of leftovers of all kinds.  Sure, there were the traditional pancakes, waffles, bacon, eggs, oatmeal, cereal, donuts, bagels, fruit, but there were also foods Theo had only heard about in his studies, and some not even that.

[color=gray]"You can dine with me,"[/color] the older student tossed back and headed to grab a table, to which Theo just responded with a, [color=khaki]"Sure, thanks,"[/color] before he found himself lost in the crowds.  Luckily, though barely, he managed to catch sight of Iron placing his coat at one of the tables.  The awed student allowed himself to be washed away with the crowds, towards the tables covered in food.  Theo wasn't much for going out of his comfort zone when it came to food, but he decided that it might be nice to try at least [i]one[/i] new thing every time he ate here, considering they had such a collection.

After he piled his plate with some such as fried ham, toast, and applesauce (he was pretty hungry, despite eating some before he came), he turned to some of the more obscure foods.  A plate of pastries caught his eye, but other than a small paper sign next to it with "Bialies" written on it, he wasn't quite sure what they were.  They looked like something similar to a flat-ish bagel, but the hole in the middle didn't go all the way through and was filled with some sort of fruit perhaps?  Theo decided to take one, it looked tasty enough.

Returning to Iron's table, he placed his platter of food and coffee thermos (now refilled) on the table across from where Iron was sitting.  [color=Khaki]"It's nice and warm in here.  I wonder if they use magic or just a normal heating system?"[/color] Theo pondered aloud in an attempt at small talk as he removed his long coat and put it over the back of his seat.  He then sat down and began to consume the food, which he found quite delicious.  [color=khaki]"My compliments to the chef, this is good!"[/color]

He ate in silence for a while, chomping his way through his plate until he reached the "bialy".  He picked it up and stared at it for a brief second in thought before looking back over to Iron.  [color=khaki]"Hey, out of curiosity...  Um, is it considered rude to ask others what type of magic they use?"[/color] Theo clumsily asked, still holding onto the pastry with one hand, [color=khaki]"I've never really been a part of any communities with other people who have magic, so I don't know the right way to do things.  Up until I applied here, I've never even met any other people who use magic other than my uncle, and I already know his magic."[/color]

He then took a big bite to slightly muffle the awkwardness of the question, only to make it even more so when his eyes suddenly widened in surprise and he began coughing into the fist that still held the bialy.  It took a second for him to stop coughing enough to swallow it and place the rest back onto his place with a deep breath.  [color=Khaki]"That wasn't fruit,"[/color] Theo grimaced.

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