[IC] Protectors of Tommorrow

[Forsythe]

September 1st, 2020, 07:40
School premises

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Victoria Stark

She was so late. The cab came to a halt at the entrance to the campus, having been stuck in traffic for about an hour, wasting all of the buffer time that Victoria put in her plans for today and then some.

Tori stepped out and went to the trunk to fetch her suitcase, giving the cabbie something extra for making a valiant effort to make up some of the time lost. As the car departed, she looked at the buildings that were about to become her new home for the foreseeable future. I will not be late on my first day! Time to improvise. she thought.

Originally, she wanted to first check in to the dorms, maybe unpack, find out where her first class was and go on with her day. Oh, and probably talk to whatever roommates she might be assigned to. The odds of her getting a room for herself were probably nonexistent.

As it stood, she barely had the time to orient herself and get to class. She needed to stow her suitcase somewhere for the time being. A quick check of the email she’d received a few days ago confirmed that check-ins were open until after lunch, so she could do that in her lunch break, and conveniently, someone would be manning the desk.

She headed to the dorm building, the wheels of her suitcase bouncing on the pavement as she set a brisk pace towards the entrance, following the map from the e-mail. Fortunately, the person at the desk was willing to take care of her luggage for the time being, and explained to her how to get to the classroom she needed to be in.

As Victoria made it to the door, she checked the time. 07:55. Time enough to see what seats were left and set up. Straightening her necktie - something she did unconsciously whenever she felt nervous - and brushing a speck of dust off her cuff, she opened the door and entered the classroom, her eyes scanning over the place to find an empty seat, wondering how full the class was and whom she might end up sitting at a desk with.

[Nallore]

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Diana Smith

Location: School Grounds
Skills: N/A

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Diana had gotten her classroom and dorm room assignment the day before, she was in her bedroom in her aunt's place as she looked at her. "I'll see you later Aunt Kristina." Diana said as she gave her a wave and smile, she had been living with her aunt for awhile now ever since the snap. "See you later and text me if you need anything." Diana's aunt said as she nodded as Diana left. Once she was outside Diana looked around for a moment there wasn't anyone nearby which was a good thing then, as she used her power to teleport herself onto the school grounds. Her usual spot so she didn't come in unnoticed by anyone was a large bush as she teleported just behind it.

Diana looked around, she used her powers fairly often to get around and stay on time with her classes, Diana had her dorm already unpacked having done that the day before to. She looked at her schedule seeing that she had a science class first, as Diana entered the building following behind a few other students.

Diana found it pretty easily after looking at the school's map and entered the classroom she saw a few familiar faces that were in her classes the year before. However Diana noticed a girl that she didn't recognize and made her way over to the empty seat next to her and gave her a friendly smile. "Hey there, i'm Diana it's nice to meet you." Diana said extending her hand towards Victoria.

[Forsythe]

September 1st, 2020
School premises

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Victoria Stark

As she looked over the classroom, Tori notices most of the seats were already occupied. Not unexpected, given the precious few minutes remaining until the class was supposed to start. But it quite limited her options when it came to picking where to sit.

In fact, she located only four empty spots. One was next to a guy who was surrounded by a group of others and seemed to be chatting at them rather than with them. Way too social to deal with on the first day, Tori thought.

Now, Victoria was used to the fact that with her preference of suits, she would usually look overdressed for most occasions. This classroom was no exception. But quite frankly, the hotpants and tube top the girl next to the other free space chose to wear were on the other side of the spectrum, and Victoria actually quickly averted her gaze, like she walked in on the girl in the gym showers.

Leaving the THOT to her questionable attire choices, the last two places were an empty desk in the front row of the window aisle, facing the teacher's desk. And score, she thought with a barely perceptible smile, making her way to the desk.

As she walked by, her sensitive audio receptors were being put to work, Victoria curious about the class's reaction to her. They ranged anywhere from muted catcalls to confusion whether she was another student or a new teacher. She also caught a 'rich bitch' somewhere in there. Oh, this was going to be 'fun'.

A while later, she almost finished setting up on her desk - No clutter; her writing utensils neatly arranged in the corner. Paper notebook. Victoria actually had no need to take notes, as she could just commit information to her nigh flawless memory. But she actually needed to practice her handwriting. Muscle memory - or what passed for her equivalent - took her almost as much time as it took the average human, annoyingly.

She was just about to adjust the position of the pencil that offended her by being 0.5° tilted to the left from its ideal position, when someone addressed her. Her hand freezing halfway to the pencil, Victoria looked at the newcomer, who, it seemed, had already made the decision to join her at the desk, shattering her fortress of solitude. In a microsecond, she took in the sight of her. Blonde. Slightly smaller than herself. Decently clothed. Athletic. Smile that seemed genuine. Actually, quite aesthetically pleasing. Victoria decided she could do far worse for company and stood up, shaking the offered hand. "Good morning. I'm Victoria. Nice to meet you too." She did not volunteer her last name, as neither did Diana, and it allowed Tori to delay the usual reaction when people found out.

[Nallore]

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Diana Smith

Location: School Grounds
Skills: N/A

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Diana gave Victoria a friendly smile as she took her hand and shook it. "It's nice to meet you Victoria." Diana said as she looked at the girl for a moment, she wore a suit which was a little bit weird to be over dressed in her opinion. She started to pull out her notebooks setting them down on her desk as well as her pen and pencils to. She looked back at Victoria for a moment she hadn't seen her before and she knew a couple of people in school by name Victoria as far as she knew wasn't in the school last year.

"Are you new here?" Diana asked Victoria, as she set her book onto the desk and turned to face her their teacher hadn't come in just yet and she figured she could make some small talk and get to know Victoria a little bit better. "If you need a tour of the school or something I can show you around if you haven't gotten one yet, and I could show you where your dorm assignment is to." Diana offered, as the last of the students started to come in.

Just then their teacher came into the classroom, an older guy around in his early fifties or show with long brown hair thats slightly greying in places. "Alright, hope you all had a good summer." He said as he looked over at his students as he took out his student roster to do attendance.

[Forsythe]

September 1st, 2020
Science class

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Victoria Stark

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.

"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," Victoria answered, "And a tour would be very kind of you, thank you." 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 AO.

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...

"Stark?"

"...present..." 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.

[Nallore]

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Diana Smith

Location: School Grounds
Skills: N/A

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"I'll happily show you around the school then after class then and show you where your dorm is." Diana said giving Vicky a friendly smile as the teacher continued to do with the rollcall. She looked at the teacher when he called for Vicky's name she looked at her for a moment, Stark was a pretty common last name. Though the Starks are pretty famous being Iron Man and all that though she wasn't really going to pry or make it a public scene if Vicky actually was related to Tony.

"Diana Smith?" The teacher called out as Diana turned her attention to the front again and raised her hand slightly. "I'm here." Diana called back to get his attention as he started to write down her name. After rollcall was done the teacher started to approach the dry erase board and started to write down some problems for the class to solve.