its_rose_damnit | Twenty Rose Petals Fall

[It's never simple with the Malnosso. Never. You give, they take, it's common knowledge around these parts now. Expecting anything less is just asking for trouble. Perhaps that's why Dist happened to return from his mission in the midst of an experiment. Or maybe his luck really is as poor as he complains about. Take your pick.

Regardless, instead of a man casually returning to the village, a young and very nervous young boy is stuck wandering around the square. He...knows this place. He remembers it. The name isn't ringing any bells right away, but Saphir knows he's been here before, long ago. And he also remembers two very important things about his sudden surroundings:

The Professor is here, and there should be a book - a book he can talk into.

In no time, Saphir locates his journal and hesitantly opens it up. He fiddles with it and - due to his skill with mechanics - figures out how to turn on the audio as well as make a filter. He doesn't understand, though, when the filter breaks, and just talks regularly into the strange and fascinating little book.]

P-Professor? ...Professor Nebilim, are you here? I-I think...I'm lost...a-again. [He ducks his head, somewhat ashamed, and on the verge of a meltdown.] Can you come get me? I'm...I-I see the fountain. I can wait there. P-Please hurry...

[There's a lot of really weird stuff wandering around right now. Halp. ;A;]

[OOC: So Dist here is now chibified! Replies will come from

minifontaku!]

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Wha--why not?! If the Professor's the teacher, she's the best! She's really nice, and...and really smart! She can use the seventh fonon and she's taught us all a lot of things! [SCHOOL IS COOL, OKAY.]

[Well, Pao-Lin's not going to argue Gelda's teaching merits, since she doesn't know the woman that well. (Seventh fonon...?)]

Well, I had bad experiences with school back in my world. So since it's not required for me to go to school here, I don't go. But I'm sure Miss Nebilim is a great teacher!

She's the best teacher ever... [Totally biased, sure, but whatever. Saphir has never encountered a nicer, more caring, and intelligent person in a very long time. It's probably for that reason that he's getting a little impatient at this point. H-He really wants to see the Professor again soon...]

A-Are we almost there?

Yeah, the school's not that far!

[In fact, as they're rounding the corner, the plaza is not too far away, and the school should be well in sight.]

See? Over there.

[There it is! Saphir perks right up and begins moving a bit faster, passing Pao-Lin by a few feet in his excited rush. Hopefully the Professor wasn't too busy and could see him for a few minutes! He wouldn't mind just sitting in on one of her classes until she was finished, if he was allowed. The boy loved to learn from the Professor, and he'd even try to pay attention if he could, maybe!]

Do you think she'll be there? Come on!

[Pao-Lin speeds up her stride a little to keep pace with the excited boy.]

Well, it's the afternoon, so school might be out already... [Hooray for not paying attention to this?] She might still be in one of the classrooms, though.

You really think so? [He thinks to ask if Pao-Lin would know which room is the Professor's office, or where she would be inside the building, but remembers she doesn't attend classes. Ah...so they'd have to check the rooms one by one? Or maybe there was someone there to guide them at the front. Some schools had those! The really big, fancy ones!]

I hope she's still there...

[Pao-Lin's only been inside the school's cafeteria and gym/stage area or whatever, so she's not really familiar with the rest of the layout. So yes, they're just going to have to check all the rooms. She'll let Saphir take the lead on this.]

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