Alice twisted back and forth as she stood, trying to work out some of the soreness in her back. Traveling by train had been her only real option coming to the academy, since most of the money she was getting from her renters was going right back into maintaining the house. Still, the only thing she really regretted about the trip was that she had fallen asleep sitting up, and now her back was extracting it's price for her foolishness. A small price to pay, seeing as she now stood on the threshold of what was likely the biggest event of her life. She, along with many other future Dawn Slayers, stood together before the steps of the school, waiting to begin their journey.

Then, all of a sudden, begin it they did. The person who had been leaning against the wall, presumably a teacher of some sort, turned to open the doors, urging everyone to follow him. The display he put on, while undeniably impressive, seemed wasteful to her eyes. The simple task of opening the doors could have been done without summoning a giant, right? and the way it burst into flames like that, did he get any of the energy back from summoning it? Maybe she had missed something important, she was just a student after all. She probably would have had to create something similar to open those doors anyway. Putting the issue to the back of her mind, she shrugged and followed the teacher, patting her tote bag subconsciously to check it.