(Aaah! Oh no, I knew this would happen... Now I've really got to backtrack.)
Back in her dorm room, which was completely silent except for her own footsteps and heavy, excited breathing, Mina sat down on the edge of her bed. She sighed, then buried her face in her hands. They were warm and sweaty, she noticed.
Carefully, she began assembling a mental list of things she needed to get done over the next few hours. Packing was first on her list, so, sliding off her bed, she pulled open the closet and tugged her dusty black suitcase.
She began with her clothes. All shirts, shorts, pants, skirts, and cloaks were tossed in without much precision or care. Mina had too many other things on her mind to bother with folding, tucking, or stacking. However, when she realized that her entired suitcase was already filled by the time she had gotten halfway through the clothes she wanted to pack, she knew she had no choice but to do so. Sighing again, she pulled everything back out and started over.
Nearly an hour later, Mina was finally closing the last of the clasps on her suitcase with quite some difficulty. She had managed to pack most of her things, although it had taken quite a bit of effort. She had ended up taking out all of her clothes, refolding them, and putting them back in again no less than five times. Shoving in her books had been even harder, as they could neither be folded nor compressed to make them fit better. Mina didn't remember her suitcase being that small before. It seemed to have shrunken since the last time she used it.
At any rate, Mina was finally done packing. She sunk back against her bed, her full suitcase sitting on the floor next to her, threatening to burst open. A large lump in one of her pockets on her belt reminded her that she still had her newest job sphere with her. She smiled weakly to herself. The day was still young, and she had quite a while until she would finally leave that evening to try out the sphere and do her training.
Mina sighed a third time, and her sigh slowly turned into a long, lazy, yawn. She climbed up onto her bed and fell back against her pillows. The room was fading from sight...
Several hours later, Mina awoke with a start. She opened her eyes briefly, then, finding she was still tired, closed them again. She laid where she was, still in her bed, and listened. The sounds of many pairs of footsteps, laughter, and conversation was drifting through the crack beneath the door and into the room. There were people outside.
Mina turned over on her side and opened one eye. She looked out the window to see the sun beginning to sink down over the trees of the campus. It was evening already?
Opening her other eye now and sitting up, Mina tried to recall what had happened that day. It seemed further away now because she had slept. She yawned sleepily and shifted, turning so that she was now sittiing on the edge of the bed with her feet dangling over the side.
It must be nearly dinner time. She thought, looking out the window again. The footsteps outside of her door were beginning to fade away. Everyone was going down to the dining hall.
A sharp pain in Mina's stomach alerted her of her own hunger. It was only then that she realized that she hadn't had any lunch. Getting up off of her bed and nearly tripping over the suitcase that remained on the floor, Mina made her way to the door. She smoothed her hair down as she opened the door, slipped out, and closed the door behind her again, then began heading down toward the dining hall. Remembering her plans for the evening as she went was a bit difficult, as there was a large, empty gap in her day, but she was able to recover them after a bit of thought.
(Whew. Long entry.)
(Well, this is going to put a bit of a dent in my RPing, but... I'm leaving on vacation this Friday afternoon to go to California. I'm going to be there for about ten days or so, so that means I should be back around the fifth of July. I was wondering if one of you would like to take my character during that period of time? Considering this is such an active RP, I know that when I come back, everyone will be so far into this that it will be beyond the point of backtracking. If any of you would like to take care of my character, I would really appreciate it if you could PM me soon.)
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