[center][b]Jaclyn Kent[/b][/center]

When the curtain went up and the Headmaster started his speech, a pained look crossed Jack's face in the early stages of the oration. When he discarded the self-sabotaging script and started to ad lib, things got much better and Jack started to actually listen properly.

It wasn't as though anything that Arrun said was wrong, necessarily, but it rubbed Jack the wrong way. Maybe she was taking it the wrong way, but she didn't think so. All the talk about enthusiasm, wasted potential, opening doors... it just felt like he was grilling them about their motivations and piling on expectations. Is there really anything wrong with being here [i]just because[/i]? You waste even more energy if you hurry through the wrong door, so to speak. [i]'Gah, I am so done with this doors metaphor.'[/i]

Standing as the freshman greeting was concluded, Jack filed out with the crowd of students that had chosen not to remain and talk with the staff. Since their seats were close together, it didn't take her long to spot Reya's parasol expanding as she exited the auditorium. Seeing as they seemed to be headed in the same direction, she figured it'd be nice to walk with someone she kinda-sorta knew.

[b]"Hey, you headed to the buffet too?[/b]