[right][b][i][color=steelblue]September 1st, 2020
Science class[/color][/i][/b][/right][hr][center][b][i][color=00ffff]Victoria Stark[/color][/i][/b][/center]
Returning the smile, Tori sat back down. She unconsciously balled her hand to let the warmth of the touch - something rare to her - linger. Feeling suddenly self-conscious, she left the misaligned pencil alone - for now. As distracting as it was... Instead, she busied herself with reviewing her schedule, until Diana spoke again.

[Color=00ffff]"Oh- Yes, actually. I've just got here, didn't even have time to store my things. The traffic in the area is... Worse than the reports said,"[/color] Victoria answered, [color=00ffff]"And a tour would be very kind of you, thank you."[/color] A smile tugged at the corners of her mouth. Maybe fitting in here would not be all that difficult? And the assistance was very welcome - as uncle James impressed upon her, local guides were indispensable when entering an unknown [abbr=Area of Operations]AO[/abbr].

Then the teacher came, and Victoria knew her time of anonymity was coming to a close. As he ran down the attendance list, she took note of Diana's last name - Very Matrixy - before...

[Right]"Stark?"[/right]
[Color=00ffff]"...present..."[/color] Vicky piped up. At least the teacher was kind enough not to even give her a glance, moving on to the next name. Her sensors did notice a reaction to her name on his vitals, though she could not discern whether it was positive or negative. Her eyes then hesitantly ticked over to Diana, hoping against odds that she wouldn't suddenly switch to a more distant and measured mood, like so many others when Victoria's name dropped.