[Color=pink]Melanie Rose Pourri[/color][hr]
[I]Art Building, Photography I with Mr. Aaron Ramsey, 11:00AM[/i]

Melanie reluctantly bundled back up in her poofy, pink winter jacket and put on her gloves. She grabbed her camera off the table, fumbling a bit and causing the lens to extend. The girl let out a quiet growl under her breath and pressed a button to zoom back out, withdrawing the lens. She flung the camera strap over her neck then followed after her teacher, leaving her backpack behind.[hr]
[I]Eukary Quad, Photography I with Mr. Aaron Ramsey, 11:05AM
Interacting with [@Crystal Amalgam][/i]

The field was as cold and miserable as it was just five minutes ago. Melanie rubbed her hands together and stared up at the dark, looming clouds as her class walked across the Quad. Her freezing breath blew alway into the sky, carried by the wind. [I][color=pink]The Fall semester is almost over... I just have to get through my last couple finals--and Winter Carnival-- and then I can enjoy some time on Winter Break..![/color][/i] Mel thought optimistically. [I][color=pink]Maybe I can try to help the Spring Semester students move in, and maybe they'll be nice to me and we'll be friends one day...[/color][/i]

A gruff but friendly voice broke her train of thought. [B]"Alright class, disperse! Take pictures of both people and scenery. You have up to twenty minutes, but head back inside when you are done or you get too cold--I don't want any of you to turn into popsicles! And don't forget--[i]flash[/i] photography, please,[/b] the professor announced before waving the group off.

Mel turned to a calico cat-girl who was standing next to her. [Color=pink]"Hi! Will you be my partner?"[/color] she asked. The girl shook up head furiously. [B]"No, no, no! I'm sorry. Katie and me always pair up. Toodle-doo!"[/b] she rushed, before disappearing into the crowd. Melanie frowned and turned to the next nearest person. [Color=pink]"Hi will you--Oh um, would you--or you... oh..."[/color] the skunk-girl's face got longer Nd longer each time she was turned down or ignored. It seemed that yet again Mel would be without a partner and would have to either talk to a stranger and ask for help, or else partner up with her teacher. She shivered at the thought. It didn't feel right, even if he looked nice in his aviator jacket. 

There were very few people out and about. There was a big, mean looking polar bear chilling out at on a snow-covered bench, a turtle plodding as fast as his stubby legs could carry him, and a small bird just about to enter a building. The turtle looked friendlier, but Mel didn't want to put him at risk for her school assignment. Mel was just about to build up courage to talk to the polar bear when she spotted one more person coming from the library: a white goat with luxurious fur and a vibrant red coat. 

With a sparkle of in her eye and renewed pep in her step, Melanie Rose shuffled through the fresh white snow after the goat. [Color=pink]"Hello! Hi there!"[/color] she called out across the frozen tundra. [Color=pink]"I'm sorry to bother you, but uh, could you help me with my photography assignment, if you're not too busy?"[/color] Mel asked as she got closer. She held up her camera eagerly, and looked up at him with her black, pearly, pleading eyes. She caught her breath for a few moments and then added, [color=pink]"Please?"[/color]