On the platform: New characters and old ones that want to come and meet them!

[utopiamods]

As you all crowd onto the platform with your new and still bizarre mix of faces, expressions, clothing and wild theories, you are met by two girls. Both are in uniforms that would match if not for the colour differences - skirts, waistcoats, and light summer shirts that seem totally inappropriate for the thin layer of snow and ice coating the station platform. Both have a beret with a crest - one shows a sword, the other a shield.

At the first lull in the chatter, the shorter girl speaks up, her soft voice somehow cutting over you.

"Excuse me,"

She explains, in precise, quiet sentences, that they're prefects, representing the two schools in Rakuen. Nanami of Fortitude, she says, placing a hand on her own collarbone, and Santana of Conquest, here pointing to the taller girl she's leaning against. The girl nods, looking fairly bored.

"We will be sorting you now. When we say your name, please move quickly and quietly to whoever called you."

"Yeah," Santana interrupts, "Then we can go back to the dorms. It's not getting any warmer however many times they make us do this."

They separate, moving to stand several metres apart, and both pull a list from their waistcoat pocket. Alternating, they start to read out your names.

Comments

[knightime]

[Dave is in the school uniform shivering quite a bit and scowling a little. He rather be back in the dorms right now. His tolerance with the cold was jack shit, and being out here was fucking terrible. Still, the hopes that someone he recognized outweighed staying warm. They could just quickly move to the dorms after anyways.

He looked around at all the new faces, hoping to see a familiar one. He didn't pay attention to the names being called. He couldn't remember the names of his friends. Dave had to rely on his friends faces.]

[greenspaces]

[ She doesn't remember what her friends look like. So it stands to reason that the malnourished, shoeless girl walking past him doesn't even know who he is. But Dave might recognize her -- the buckteeth and glasses, a ragged shirt with an atom symbol on it.

She stops to yawn. God, she's so tired and lost. ]

[knightime]

[He freezes up for just a second. She looks...terrible. But he knows that face. That hair. The shirt. He doesn't take another second of staring before he goes after her. Dave is typing into his PDA before he stops short; hesitating before grabbing her wrist gently.

He wasn't sure why she walked by him without acknowledging him. Did he look different? Was he someone that wasn't in her life? Maybe in different universes or timelines, Dave Strider wasn't a part of her life. That thought was a little scary.]

[greenspaces]

[ She turns around and her face is one that lacks comprehension -- who is this person? Why is he grabbing her wrist? She doesn't recognize what he looks like, but she does recognize the sunglasses -- maybe it's just a boy thing. ]

My best friend got sunglasses for his birthday.

[knightime]

[He hesitates for a moment before holding up his PDA to her.]

name???

[What was it? Why couldn't he remember what her name was? It was so dumb. Seeing her face but not even knowing a name to put it to.

But she said her best friend...huh. When was his birthday anyways? Not important.]

[greenspaces]

[ She's a little lost in thought right now, forgive her. Her bloody fingers reach out to touch the screen of the PDA, because she knows that red. That's Dave's red -- with the courier font and the sassy, condescending question marks. This had to be Dave in person, or an impostor. But she knew that she had seen pictures of him before; why couldn't she remember what he looked like? ]

His name's Dave. And he types in the same red that you do. [ Those fingers reach up to smudge his sunglasses. ] But my name is Jade Harley.

Are you my best friend?

[knightime]

[He lets the PDA drop, not even caring if it gets damaged by the snow or something. Dave had grabbed Jade's hands, looking over them. There's a grimace on his face and he almost forgets she even asked him a question. He nods a little before moving to pick up his PDA again. He put her name in the same note as he put John's name.

...But he didn't know how to go from here. Think, damn it. Well, she definitely needed to get out of the snow more then he did. That's a given. And she needed food. He might take her to the shop after they went to the dorms perhaps...

Dave gave her a glance over to see the state she was in more clearly. Her clothes, her physicality...her lack of certain accessories.]

[greenspaces]

[ She doesn't even think twice -- this is the boy she spent so long looking after, the boy who forget she was alive. Jade knows that she should be angry, because Rose and Dave didn't save her (couldn't save her, more like). But instead, as he examines her hands (which hurts, she winces), tears well up in her eyes.

As soon as he let her go, she wrapped her arms around him. ]

I'm sorry.

[knightime]

[He's not used to it. The only person who's really ever gave him hugs was his Sis, but she wasn't here. It takes him a moment to awkwardly hug back. This was Jade though. One of his closest friends. The one who thought he was so cool despite him being not as cool as he acted.

And she was here. And she looked like shit. And, he was going to fix that.

He let go and...wow okay, maybe he should have paid attention to what school she was in. Dave pointed to the crest on his school uniform in a questioning manner. He then pointed in the direction of the school and held out his hand in a friendly gesture. And now he was scared again. Would Jade get sick of him? He couldn't talk. Asking questions was harder. Sure he had his PDA, but he didn't want to keep staring at a screen when he could stare at her face to face.]

hey bb u///u

[adorned]

[Rapunzel looks ridiculously out of place. She's still wearing the soft, shiny pink dress they'd given her for the celebration after she'd returned, and she's fidgeting with her crown like she doesn't know what to do with it. She's also hopping from foot to foot because being barefoot in the middle of winter is not the greatest idea in the world.]

Hey darling~!

[knightime]

[Oh dear god, this place is stealing Disney princesses and throwing them into their fucked up fighting games. Why would you even.

He approaches her though. She's running around with no shoes on in a dress and crown. He automatically points down at her feet which could mean a multitude of things.]

[adorned]

[She blinks at him, then down at her feet, then at him again.]

What's wrong?

[knightime]

[He points at her feet then at his. Can you see the difference? He sure can.]

[adorned]

[She can! And then she blinks again, and stares...]

What are those things on your feet?

[knightime]

[...Really? Really??? She either doesn't know what shoes are or she forgot what shoes are. Both are equally stupid.

He takes his PDA out and types out a simple word.]

shoes

[adorned]

Shoes?

[She's not usually this stupid, really.]

What's that?

[knightime]

[Oh dear god. Why is being Dave suffering.]

shoes
the plural of shoe???
shoes are the things on my feet
so you know
youre not barefoot
in the snow
like right now

[smupette]

[Well guess who was stepping off the train Dave Strider? She was confused, only a little. Adjusting her shades. Dammit she's twenty degrees of confused- and it's cold.

This doesn't sit well with her.

No matter. Sis tries to keep her cool even looking around.]

[knightime]

[Dave freezes up when he sees her get off the train. Sis?!

He doesn't even think really but he's shoving through the other students to get to her quickly. And then he kind of just stands there staring at her. What if this Sis was some crazy alternate universe version too (this is more normal then not)?]

[smupette]

[Her attention is grabbed immediately, who else would come barreling for her? She gives the most faint of a smile and waves at him. He hopes this is her Dave and not some ass backwards universe where he can speak and he can communicate.]

Dave? [She holds her breath..]

[knightime]

[He kind of stands there for a minute longer before waving at her. He then waves his hand in the gesture equivalence to 'Hey' before shoving his hands back in his pockets.]

[smupette]

[Wait, that was that you just did there. She squints her eyes and her mouth falls open just a little. She...couldn't think of anything to do back. This is definitely her Dave. He has no speaking ability.]

I'm sorry, what?

[knightime]

[He looks a little put out. His Sis knew ASL right? After all...huh. Another gap in his memory. This was getting stupid really quickly.

He pulled his PDA out to type into it. If she couldn't understand him through signing, he'll just do what he does with everyone else. She didn't seem surprised that he couldn't talk though. That's something.]

really
i just said hi
jegus
school???
i mean
what school did you get stuck in

[smupette]

[His Sis has forgotten ASL. It's need to be remembered. Or something. She was lacking this huge gap in her memory and she hadn't pinpointed just...why yet.]

I..didn't exactly catch it. I'm sorry.

Conquest. Why? [Fuck Dave, if you got a different school did. She honestly wouldn't know how to feel about it.]

[knightime]

[At least text is a beautiful thing that saves them from a lot of awkward conversations. Although the scowl and Dave wording out what looked to be an angry fuck, probably gave away what school he was from.]