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Beryl Harken- VGNB Dorm

There was a rustle of cloth from where Beryl sat on the bed as she rose to her feet. She very deliberately set herself between Gratia and Luke, her eyes fixed on those of her teammate. Deep sea blue boring into obsidian black.

"Gratia," she said, her voice missing any of the somewhat innocent warmth it had held only minutes earlier "Back off."

A bit of harmless prodding to see what effect it would have on Luke's ahoge was one thing. Letting her teammate use threats and pain to get a result went against everything that Beryl believed in.

If it caused trouble later, so be it.

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Beryl Harken- VGNB Dorm

"Physical...attraction?" Came the slightly confused reaction to the newcomer's comment. The black haired girl glanced between the two other people in the room as they started quiping at each other. Gratia in her normal emotionless way that still somehow managed to come off as abrasive. Luke in his straightforward and honest manner.

What did she mean by physical atra- Ooh, his thingy moved!

Any further thoughts about the meaning of Gratia's comment went out the metaphorical window as the boy's hair drooped from it's normal physics defying stance. Beryl's eyes fixed on it to catch any further movements. It wasn't exactly a piercing stare, no need to make the nice boy any more uncomfortable than Gratia was already making him. Instead it was the gaze of a hunter still watching it's prey from the shelter of the underbrush.

Or water if you happened to be a more aquatic predator.

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I'd say more the troubled Luke than the troublesome Luke. What with his current situation and the fact that Gratia is about to have a go at his hair.

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Beryl in fact has no idea what effect she is having.

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Beryl Harken- VGNB Dorm

Beryl lit up at that, her dark blue eyes somehow managing to grow giant sparkles. Her mouth opened slightly and what probably would have been best described as an "eeeeeeeeeeee" if it had managed to escape emanated from somewhere within her lithe frame. The thought of a pool that big was apparently pure heaven only to be surpassed by a large river or lake.

Suddenly her face shifted through a variety of emotions ranging from dismay to thoughtfulness to quite hope that was accompanied by another look at Luke.

"Um," She said with a slightly embarrassed look now on her face. "Would you mind showing me the way there some time? I seem to have lost the brochure map."

Assuming there ever was one. Seriously, do they just make the new students wander around and hope they learn the layout that way?

"I know it's a bit much to ask to somebody I just met...but you seem like a nice guy and I still don't really know anybody here."

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Beryl Harken- VGNB Dorm

"Hmmmmm." Came the interested reply as the otter faunus leaned forward slightly to rest her elbows on her knees and cup her head with her hands. "Well that certainly sounds like it has an interesting story attached to it. I'm seventeen which puts us closer in age than pretty much anybody else I know."

Something had been bugging her ever since she learned she had been coming to Beacon. It was a bit silly when she thought about it, the chances of a big school like this one not having what she was looking for were slim to the point of hilarity. But still, her faunus blood would not just let it drop.

"Say, do you have any idea if this place has a pool or anything of the sort. I think I'm going to go crazy if I don'thave anywhere to swim and I'm not looking forward to taking a dip in the bay."

The last bit was accompanied but a slightly annoyed little huff.

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Beryl Harken- VGNB Dorm

Beryl looked up at Luke when he spoke. For a couple seconds she sat there, a finger tapping against her chin and a thoughtful look on her face.

"Well this is not exactly my first time in Vale. I've traveled here a few times before. There was that one charity drive a couple years back and I came to Vale with one of the priests once. Never actually been to Beacon though, so that's new. It's interesting being around so many other people my age. Back at the church in Mistral everyone was either older or younger than me. Kind of hard to connect the same way with somebody ten years older than you, ya know?"

Hanging her headphones around her neck Beryl did a sort of wriggle-hop to the end of the bed closest to Luke. The way she was staring at him made it obvious that he had her full attention.

"How old are you, by the way? Can't be too far off from me."

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Beryl Harken- VGNB Dorm

"Well that certainly sounds interesting. I'll be sure to tell you if I ever catch it doing that."

Beryl had moved over to her bed while Luke talked and was now sitting cross legged on it. She pulled out her scroll and was idly flicking her way through her vast library of songs. All of a sudden she froze before smacking a hand to her forehead.

"Where are my manners. Please, have a seat....somewhere. Oh, there is a chair."

Apparently she had not had much of a chance to check out the room before falling asleep.

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Beryl Harken- VGNB Dorm

All of a sudden Beryl was right in front of Luke. Her eyes were so dark of a blue that they were almost black and they shone with interest as they fixed themselves on the collection of fairs that stood proud in their defiance of the laws of physics. Her mind whirled through all the possible reason for such an anomaly. Anything from some odd side effect of his aura or semblance to some piece of faunus ancestry that made that bit of hair stiff enough to stand on it's own.

Or hair gel, hair gel would do the trick as well.

For a second her hand started to move towards the odd bit of hair. Fortunately for Luke, she realized what she was doing and stopped herself. Making a small coughing noise as she backed away.

"That's some very interesting hair you have there."

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Neryl Harken- VGNB Dorm

"The name's Beryl Harken." She replied as she reached over her head, turning the tail stand into a handstand. "I'm the replacement team member for VGNB. Just got in today, hence the jetlag."

A quick push from her tail sent her back onto her feet. One last full body stretch accompanied by something that was halfway between a hum and a groan and she had all the kinks worked out at last. The entire process also had the added bonus of getting her blood flowing so the cobwebs were more or less gone as well.

"What are you two going to be doing anyway? Like I said before, half alseep when Gratia told me so I'm kind of curious."