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(Oh yes, Lillie, we must all think toast. *Giggles*)

Mina took her time getting down to the dining hall. She didn't like getting there too early, although she could never figure why not.

When she reached the hall, she grabbed a plate of toast, spread some margarine over it, and fetched a bottle of mineral water (The orange juice and milk were positively repulsive) then finally made her way to a seat. Since the beginning of the year, she had sat in the very same seat at a table filled with other girls. No one else had ever attempted to take her seat before, fortunately. (And it wasn't fortunate for Mina, it was fortunate for whoever thought about attempting to take her seat.)

Mina sat down at her seat, avoiding Iaran. Brat. She thought, just as Iaran announced to the entire table that Elily, another of the girls, snored in her sleep. Iaran had always been much too hyper for Mina's tastes. Mina had been pondering for a while whether or not she should suggest to Iaran to try and control herself, but had never really wanted to. If Iaran didn't take it well, she might start a fight, and Mina wouldn't really want to hurt the girl. After all, it wasn't Iaran's fault she was so energetic. She probably just had some sort of mental disorder or something, Mina had decided.

[Hey, it's ok, I don't mind. Anyone else can bunk in Elily's room too, if they like.]

Elily blinked in surprise and stopped walking along with the current of students steadily streaming into the dining hall. She looked on as Iaran walked until their usual table. Elily lowered her gaze, as her confident posture faltered.

Do I...really...snore? she thought, Iaran's statement imprinting boldly in her mind.

A gentle nudge by a passing student jolted the now thoughtful Elily from her thoughts. She made her way to her usual table, avoiding any eye contact but managing to smile to her friends at the table.

Elily said nothing much as she ate her breakfast of lightly buttered toast, a slice of ham and a glass mineral water. Today's orange juice just seemed...weird and rather unappetizing in her opinion, and she hated milk.

A group of senior students, possibly in year 6 [18], walked past by the table, whispering loudly about the Selected Squad results being announced today.

"I heard Prof. Fina and Prof. Meyya saying that only 12 were chosen, each a different job..."

"And when I asked Prof. Gildom, he said it had been a tough time for the proffessors to choose the 12..."

At those words, Elily raised her head in a snap. Selected Squad results out today? She daren't look at anyone else, so she quickly looked back down on her plate. It had been a long and grueling series of tests. 300 candidates who made it through the preliminary round had to face three extraordinary tests of skill, strength, wisdom, and courage. These tests were no easy matter, and there were rumours that a candidate, a Dark Knight, of all jobs, perished in the cruel last test, while many others withdrew halfway in the test. She herself barely made it through the final test alive, she was thankful for that.

Andy had rounded the last corner of the corridor and dashed out of the boys domitory block when he stopped and suddenly realised...

"Aki!" he muttered under his breath.

He had forgotten to call his dormmate, Aki when he left in a rush! He turned around to see Aki sprinting as fast as an Turilian athelete towards him. He call out out to him...

"C'mon, hurry!" and both of the ran toward the majestic dining hall to wait for the eagerly anticipated first meal of the day, breakfast.

Menai entered the dining hall with the rest of the students, somebody trodding on her foot as they went by. Her head jerked around to see who it was, but the person was already gone. Drat.

She looked around for a friend, and spotted Iaran pouncing on Elily, and making a comment on Elily's snoring. Menai smiled, and walked over to Elily.

"No, you don't snore," Menai assured her, taking a seat.

Elily smiled for the first time that morning. That sure was reassuring, even though she personally didn't see anything wrong in snoring.

'The orange juice looks strange today. Better steer clear of it...' she muttered to Menai. Elily wondered if she should tell Menai of what she overheard a while ago, but decided to put it off till later. She went back to finishing the last of her toast.

A Year 4 berserker ran to the next table excitedly, practically shouting.

'Hey, Selected Squad results after breakfast!!'

Elily's eyes widened as she almost choked. After breakfast?! That was fast, faster than she expected. She was expecting that it would be announced tomorrow at earliest.

((This is before Menai sits next to Elily, and the berserker announces his announcement))

Seeing Elily slightly upset, Iaran thought to correct her rude comment. She sat down next to Elily and smiled sheepishly, "Elily, i'm really sorry for announcing that you snore. Please forgive me, I'm just a little nervous about the results today, and spend half the night eating chocolate to calm my nerves. I promise I'll try and control myself from now on."

Glancing around the table, Iaran noticed people giving her weird looks.
People really don't like me here do they? I just feel so out of place, and I guess my way to solve that is being nice to everyone, but I am a little loud Iaran made up her mind then, she quickly got up and excused herself, then she made her way over to the songstress in the corner of the hall.

"Hi, i'm Iaran, you're.. Karmina aren't you?" Iaran quickly smiled trying not to go hyper, "I was wondering, because you seem a bit lonely, would you like to hang out with me today?"

Maybe if I act really nice, and don't go hyper, I'll have a friend who truly appreciates me, not for my weird hyperness that I've thrown on Elily....

((Iaran is trying to change the way she acts, I hope your characters don't hate her too much... She acts like I do, so I feel a little sorry for her...))

[Hey, it's alright. Elily doesn't hate Iaran at all. She is, after all, one of her roommates = friends. ^_^ ]

[Hmm. If Eo doesn't post, she might miss out on a lot...]

(Ria, just so you know, I don't have anything against you or your character. I'm just doing my job here, and my character naturally is very mean. You shouldn't feel sorry for your character, as it's just a roleplay, and I'm playing my role by acting the way my character normally acts. She may not like your character, but don't take it so personally.)

Mina rolled her eyes at Iaran as she hurried off to apologize to Elily, obviously realizing that she must have done something wrong. But what Iaran did next surprised Mina. Turning away from Elily, she began to make her way over to the Loner Girl's table.

The Loner Girl was a girl who had been sitting by herself the entire year. Mina didn't know her name. She didn't seem to have made any friends, and Mina could see why. She sat by herself at her own little table in the corner and ate each meal very precariously, as if concentrating very hard on eating. She never spoke to anyone, but rather let her eyes venture around the room, observing the activities of each person. Mina had watched her many times before, and discovered that this girl had some rather odd habits.

Mina watched closely as Iaran spoke to the Loner Girl. From where she was sitting, she couldn't see the expression on the Loner Girl's face, nor could she hear what was being said. However, whatever Iaran was saying, she seriously doubted she would get much of a response from the Loner Girl. After all, she was a loner. She didn't speak to anyone.

During Iaran's little speech, Karmina's mouth dropped open slightly. She was unused to people talking to her at all, let alone a person knowing her name. Goodness, she must be a bit more prominent than she realised.

Closing her mouth, she blinked a few times. Her brows made a tight, cross little furrow in her forehead. It was not exactly complimentary to seem lonely. Was that what everyone apparently saw? She did not like the thought and was about to make a sharp answer when she caught herself.

Think toast.

She had no idea why that odd sentence came back to her but it relaxed her face muscles. Be nice. Anyway - if everyone thought she was lonely, perhaps she really was. Karmina didn't have many friends, nor had she noticed a particular absence of them. Being alone was fine with her, but perhaps company would be a nice change. Besides, she added to herself, even if I'm not lonely, maybe Iaran is feeling a bit so.

With the air of one who is doing the right thing, she smiled wanly. "I'm fine actually. And yes, it is Karmina." She gestured to a seat. "If you don't mind this old-fashioned thing, I certainly don't mind chatting with you today." She tried to grin but only managed a smile. Hopefully it seemed warm enough.

Oh get a grip on yourself and be you, an irritated little voice told her. It's only for a day anyway. With that in mind, Karmina lightened up considerably.

"So - are you looking forward to the results?" she asked, leaning forward with interest. What could possibly be better than to get another person's opinions on such a hot topic?

Malea looked up from her book. She had notices that a lot more people had come into the dining room. She stood up and got a piece of toast, and sat back down. She heard someone yelling that the results would be posted after breakfast. She wasnt that nervous. She didnt really care if she was chosen. Her powers were mediocre, and she wasnt expecting to be chosen. She put her book down, and started to nibble on her breakfast.

She looked around, and saw another girl that was sitting alone too. She wondered wht her name was. She started to stare at her.

((You're right Apricus, that was silly of me. Now, back to the RP))

Iaran smiled at Karmina, then sat down. "Oh, i'm very excited about the results, I can't wait. Oh, and I take it you're a songstress?I'm a theif, incase you couldn't tell." She held up her daggers and smiled, "Here's one of your potions by the way."

Giggling happily, she handed over the potion she had stolen. "Sorry, I couldn't resist."

((Sorry it was short, i'm going out to the movies now, so i'll be back later))

Menai heard the Year 4's announcement. Startled, she put the glass of orange juice she had been drinking rather hard down on the table. She wiped her mouth with the back of her mouth, going several shades paler.

Of course! How could she have forgotten all about the squad? She sighed, and looked down at her toast. She didn't feel like eating now.

Malea saw another girl walk up to girl in the corner. She saw her take one of her potions, then give it back. She decided to have some fun, and make the potion float. She consintrated, and slowly, the potion llifted out of the girls hand. She started to giggle a little.

Iaran watched the potion float in Karmina's hand. Startled, she looked around the room and spotted a girl giggling as she used her powers to make the potion float. Getting slightly angry, she glared at the girl, then turned back to Karmina and set the potion down, "How rude! Who is that anyway? She's such a show-off!"

Before Karmina could reply, Iaran stood up and walked over to Elily, "Elily, when are we getting the results?" she whined, "I wanna see who made it in!"

((Sorry to have left Karmina there, but Iaran will be back, after she gets an answer from Elily))