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[right]Interactions: Lynn
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[quote=Lynn][color=8A2BE2]“Party boy, don’t sweat it.  We cool,”[/color][/quote]

[colour=SkyBlue][I]’Darn, she must be very popular!’[/I][/colour] Daniel thought to himself with no hint of irony, completely missing Lynn silently reorienting herself after the odd phrasing, mistaking it instead for cool charm.

[quote=Lynn][color=8A2BE2]“I just moved here from Oregon a couple of weeks back and figured I’d see what the vibe was ahead of the start of class.  Not sure what I think of my potential classmates.  My name is Serenlight, Lynn.  Put it together, and you get me, Lynn Serenlight,”[/color][/quote]

Smiling politely and repeating the name a few times in his head to try and reaffirm it, Daniel couldn’t help but feel a little envious. [I]That[/I] was an introduction! Confident, concise, new or not this Lynn Serenlight was clearly going to have no trouble making friends in the school year. Daniel suddenly felt a pang of self-consciousness, compared to Lynn he was a neonate to the party scene and was beginning to get reminded of that fact.

With luck, he could play it casual and not let his inexperience of how his peers spent their time show. He just needed to avoid the topic wherever possi-

[quote=Lynn][color=8A2BE2]“You come to a lot of these?”[/color][/quote]

Ah, well, nevertheless.

[Colour=SkyBlue]”O-oh, yeah, absolutely!”[/Colour] Daniel yelled, matching Lynn’s volume and yet still finding it hard to hear himself think. [Colour=SkyBlue]”Actually, just a few months ago I was at…”[/Colour]

Deflating, grimacing in that way people do when their brain wonders what the hell their mouth is even talking about. Daniel was good at some things, a few of them perhaps even unexpected, lying was not among that category. His stomach had already been lurching when he answered Lynn’s question in the affirmative, trying to come up with an example simply made it twist into a Gordian Knot.

[Colour=SkyBlue]”Um, to be honest with you, no I don’t,”[/Colour] his smile remained yet his face sagged a little, it was kind of nice being seen as a normal kid by someone who didn’t know better, [Colour=SkyBlue]”this is actually the first [I]real[/I] party I’ve been to. As you can probably tell, I’m not very used to it.”[/Colour]

Daniel rubbed the back of his neck, even if his lie had barely made it a few steps forward before stumbling he still felt bad even attempting it. Lynn was thankfully easy to talk to and it was wrong of him to take advantage of her newcomer status, perhaps his moral fiber had changed more than he realised. With a glance, he looked at the party with renewed eyes, spotting some of the familiar faces and pairings thrown together by the merriment. Ella and her friends happily chatting away, Tuyen trailing behind Vicky - who looked a little more on edge than she normally did - even Lexi was taking the time to interact with a boy Daniel didn’t recognise.

[Colour=SkyBlue]”Well, welcome to Cornell, Lynn.”[/Colour] He said, turning back to face her. [Colour=SkyBlue]”My party knowledge might be lacking but I’m happy to give you the lay of the land, so to speak. These are good people here.”[/Colour] He hesitated a little, even Daniel wasn’t that naive. [Colour=SkyBlue]”Er, some are a little fractious before you get to know them, b-but they mean well… I think.”[/Colour]