Backdated to Round 2, Day 1

[shishi_sonson]

Characters: Roronoa Zoro, O*P*E*N
Format: Open
This log is: Open! (I'm so agreeable!)
Location: The Jetty, overlooking the water
Summary: Zoro, freshly arrived at the school, immediately gets lost. Please help.
Warnings: Mild language

"At least the weather's nicer here..."

A gentle, rising breeze carried through his hair as he stood at the cemented rise above the water, while the man himself stared quietly out towards the cloudy sky; Zoro would never have admitted it out loud, but despite having been whisked away from any sign of familiar surroundings, he felt somewhat at home as he watched a lonely boat, the only one out on the water, gliding across the silky lake. Perfectly silent, standing as firmly as a statue with his lean, strong arms crossed over his chest, he simply stood there with his lips curled into a slight frown and his chin firmly, stubbornly clentched.

Just what was with that 'tutorial', though? he wondered quietly, his expressions changing briefly as he thought to himself. Mere moments after he arrived by the train, he'd practically been shoved off by the conductor; maybe he had come off as a tad bit rude when he had repeatedly interrupted the man's glowing breakdown of the school they were headed to and its inspiring history, but that was no reason to throw him off.

After learning a bit about himself - things that he suddenly 'knew' upon arriving, like his 'Weapon' - he had slipped on his new glove, shrugged casually, then began his journey, heading immediately for the central building. Apparently, this was the place to go for a good meal, and Zoro's stomach was already growling.

...so, how did he wind up at the jetty? The guy at the booth said I just had to go straight ahead, but there was a building in my way, so I just made one turn, he mentally grumbled.

So long as he was there, he felt, he might as well enjoy the view. There was no way he had already gotten lost; no, someone else had just given him bad directions. He'd find his way when he was good and ready.


"...dammit, I'm still hungry..."

Comments

[monkeystail]

"History... Though I dunno what sort of history, I don't recgonize anything of it! And mathematics," Huashi said the word 'mathematics' slowly and carefully, no as if she didn't know it, but as if she was paying proper respect to whoever had taught her that word and the concept of math first (that was, Wujing. She hadn't listened to Xuanzang).

"Other things I think, too, languages, but I don't know any of those!" She didn't seem particularly embarrassed at admitting what she didn't know. It wasn't as if she needed those languages, normally she would understand people anyway!

[shishi_sonson]

Pensively, Zoro raised a hand to his chin and rubbed it thoughtfully, taking in her words as they walked. He may have been a little dim at times, but he wasn't stupid enough not to recognize an opportunity like this when he saw it. Math and science were things he could skip, but languages and other options could really come in handy during his travels.

He smiled a little, and this alone was a rare occurrence. "Is that so?" he asked aloud, not expecting a real answer. "How about a place to train? As long as I'm stuck here, I'm going to build my strength back up."

[monkeystail]

Huashi shrugged, was about to point out the direction of the gym, but paused halfway and brought her arm down. Considering Zoro had started to walk off for no reason at all before, if she pointed out some new direction, he may start to follow that. So better not do it.

"There's a place, yeah! They call it a gym. But you need to have a Player to use it," Huashi scoffed and shrugged. "I just use the outside. There's lot of space!"

[shishi_sonson]

"Hmm..." grunted Zoro in response again. "I don't need space, I need something heavy to lift."

Waving the notion off as he shook his head, as if to shake the idea out of his very brain, Zoro instead continued to pursue Huashi towards the Main Hall. Training was one thing, but gaining strength would be impossible on an empty stomach, so certain things needed to come first.

Moments later, the two arrived at their intended destination. The Main Hall rose high above them almost mountainously, casting an enormous shadow over the surrounding courtyard, and dozens of other students passed them by, coming and going through the large entrance. "Well, thanks," Zoro said dismissively, reaching for the door.

There, Zoro stopped just in front of the main entrance with his hand on the door's handle; his normal instinct would have been to simply go right ahead in and find food, and had Huashi been any other regular person, he would not have really minded whether or not they followed after. He was where he needed to be, and that was that.

Still, he looked at her for a moment with a sideways glance. He was hesitating, and his lips pursed together briefly as he attempted to think of what to say next.

"...so, um...you wanna grab a bite to eat with me?" he asked, sounding strangely awkward.

[monkeystail]

"Sure!" Food was never wrong, after all, so she bounced up and basically pushed Zoro inside in front of her, both because that was amusing, and to make sure he didn't suddenly veer off from the door and down the steps or anything silly like that.

She wondered, briefly, how he was going to find his way around this place from day-to-day, from dorms to the dining hall and the gym and the classes, if he chose to go.