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@Hopeless Swan

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Jackie shivered and groaned thinly, slowly trudging her way up what seemed the looooooong path (though it was, in reality, quite short, merely cutting across a courtyard from the meal hall) back to her building, back to her dorm, back to the little halo of glorious sunlight that lit it up with brilliant, life-granting sunlight. It had been overcast for nearly a week straight, and she could barely go outside. But needs must, and she'd needed to eat. For the past few days, she'd been subsisting entirely off of instant noodles cooked up in her dorm. She was wracked with intense tremors every time she'd gone outside for the past two days. She glared up at the sky, grumbling. You know, as much as I'm glad I'm your daughter, would it kill ya to get rid of some of these clouds? Of course, no answer was forthcoming. She hadn't expected one. She resumed her walk, plodding along with tiny, exhausted steps. The breeze threatened to blow her over, and she could actually feel herself leaking solar light, could see it coming off of her luminescent golden hair in little flecks of flame that floated up into the gray sky for a few feet before dimming and dying. Even though it was still pretty warm out and she was dressed in a thick, warm hoodie, there wasn't much that outerwear did for the kind of cold she was currently wrapped in. It was a bone-deep chill, and she hated every second of it. Or, well, she had when she'd gone out. At this point, she barely had the energy left for hate.

Most people would've killed to be in her position. A legitimate excuse to have a single dorm? Phenomenal! Not so Jackie. She was outgoing and social, and found the isolation stifling. Every so very often she'd hear rumors of another sun child like herself, but none of them had come to fruition. You'd think, she thought irritably, that with all the sun gods out there—Helios, Ra, that Aztec one whose name I can't pronounce, Huitzilosomething—one would show up here. So entrenched had she been during her day of blahhh that today was one that she'd been looking forward to all year: the day of arrival for new students.

The first she knew about it was when she saw someone she'd never seen before. Fully conscious of her appearance as she shed feather motes of brilliant light, she walked over towards a girl who was hanging out from over a balcony flooded with songbirds. Quirking her eyebrow in curiosity, she tried to muster a shout, but all that came out was her ordinary voice. She rolled her eyes, gnashing her teeth in annoyance. Sheesh. I need to my room, stat. But first... She looked up again, analyzing the building where she saw the girl. Now that she thought about it, she realized that she was putting out a faint halo of subtle light. Jackie grinned lopsidedly, some modicum of energy returning as she contemplated meeting all the new students. Can't wait to meet her!

Once she was inside, among the brilliant fluorescent bulbs, she felt a bit better. Not well enough, though. A recharge was in order. Luckily, her dorm seemed to be along the same hallway as New Girl's, only a few down the row. Padding down the hall with slightly more orderly steps, she clicked open her door, swearing slightly as the lock stuck. Just like it always seemed to. As soon as she opened it, a blast of intense light illuminated the hallway, and she sighed in relief, grinning and feeling the aches and pains of an overcast day fade slightly. The light dimmed, and so did her smile. Ughhhhhh. I need a SUNNY day soon! There's only so much more of this I can take. With her exhaustion assuaged, she shut the door, immediately feeling her newfound energy beginning to sap. She winced. Better make this quick, then. She approached what she was pretty sure was the girl's door and, taking just a moment to compose herself and set her hoodie into better order, knocked loudly on the door.

"Hey! Anyone home?"
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