A shy soldier amidst the snow

[shysentinel.livejournal.com]

Who: Nephenee and YOU
What: Meeting people, being shown around, everything and anything
Where: Campus
When: December 3rd
Warnings: Depends on who shows up. Also grammar mangling.

The snow crunched under Nephenee's feet as she came to stand in front of the school. It had been a long journey, but finally she'd made it here, to this place that taught one how to fight and become stronger. It was so much bigger than she'd imagined, bigger than some of the buildings in Begnion even; how was she going to find her way around here? The sentinel shifted uncomfortably in her armor. Though glad she had worn her longer leg covers today, this armor wasn't suited to the cold, and her lance and shield felt like it might freeze to her hands. Clearly she hadn't figured on it being so cold when she arrived here.

She slung the shield over her back, walking now. Maybe if she looked around, she could find someone to help her?

[No, she has no clue what she's doing, other than having a few papers telling her a room number and some other things. She looks pretty lost. Come help?]

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[will-be-god.livejournal.com]

A black cat-like creature darted out in front of her, looking up and grinning before vanishing in a beam of red light.

At the other end of the beam was a man, staring at the spot where the beast had been as he put something into his jacket. "Forgive the intrusion. Weavile thrive in cold temperatures."

His eyes, icy as the snow around them, turned slowly up and down her. "...You are a warrior. That is the state of the world, what the human spirit has always held at its core..."

WHOOPS SORRY I AM LATE

[shysentinel.livejournal.com]

Nephenee startled as the strange creature ran up to her, and reached instinctively for her shield. It wasn't needed, however, as it vanished into a small circular object in the man's palm. "Uh, it's alright." What was a Weavile? Weren't they little bugs that got into grain?

The second statement puzzled her even more. Sorry Cyrus, she's not one for understanding the heavy, philosophical stuff. "I don't understand what ya mean, sir. I know how ta fight, yeah."

[will-be-god.livejournal.com]

By this point he had already started to walk off, but her words halted him. "...You are outfitted for war. What do you bring to this place?"

I TOLD YOU

[brbraindancing.livejournal.com]

Archie had a grand total of three Pokemon. Somehow or other, he managed to misplace them. Sharpedo had been returned to his Pokeball, and Crobat was currently perched on his shoulder, but Mightyena was missing.

Well, not missing, he was currently charging head-long at Nephenee. The Dark-type Pokemon skidded to a halt in the snow, sniffing at her feet eagerly. He then proceeded to bark loudly. Apparently he'd found someone he liked.

"There you are, Mightyena!" Archie finally caught up to the dog, who barked again in greeting. Crobat remained perched on Archie's shoulders, looking quite bored. "Jeez, sorry 'bout that. Can't take my eye off him for a second. I'm Archie." He grinned at the girl. Quite cute, actually. Archie pat the dog Pokemon on the head - he'd found quite the interesting young lady~!

OH BOB

[shysentinel.livejournal.com]

Well, what was this then? It was a strange wolf like creature, but it sure was cute. After she saw it was friendly, Nephenee smiled and scratched it behind the ears, "Hi there, little doggie. I ain't seen something like you before." She looked up to the voice, and the smile turned a bit nervous. He reminded her a bit of Devdan...

"It's okay, he's a cute dog...I'm Nephenee. Pleased to meet ya...you, Archie."

Re: OH BOB

[brbraindancing.livejournal.com]

"Same," Archie replied, grabbing the over-zealous dog by the fur around his neck. "Didn't mean for him to get loose. Not easy to keep a leash on him though!" Archie had tried once. It hadn't ended well. "So, you're a student here?" He asked Nephenee, lifting an eyebrow.

Whoops breaking the pokemon character combo

[ordonaryguy.livejournal.com]

Link had been wandering about outside, admiring the snow-covered campus. It wasn't very often that snow fell in Ordon Village. The only other time that had seen snow was when he was in Snowpeak, and he was too busy to stay in the snow any more than he had to.

As Link strolled along in the snow, he noticed a girl in armor walking past, who looked a bit... lost. Well, all the more reason to ask her if she needed any help!

"Hey, there!" Link greeted Nephenee as he headed towards her.

Oh boy a Link *u*

[shysentinel.livejournal.com]

Nephenee turned to see the young man walking towards her, and smiled. "Hi. I'm...trying to find my way around here...do ya know this place?"

[ordonaryguy.livejournal.com]

"Yeah! I'm a student here!" Although he didn't know the complete layout of the school yet, he hoped that he would be able to help this girl. "Is there anywhere in particular you're looking for?"

[temptedthesnake]

No cute Pokemon, and no helpful young boys this time. Just a very disgruntled looking librarian, wrapped up in a winter coat. Nephenee's odd costume initially earned her only a quick double-take. Her lost expression, however, is what caused EVA to stop and turn around.

"Can I help you with something?" she asked, not even bothering to smile.

[shysentinel.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I'm trying ta find my way around here. This is Smash Academy, right?" She had to wonder a bit why the woman wasn't smiling. Sure it was cold, but it was so pretty outside!

[temptedthesnake]

The voice didn't quite match the outfit, EVA noted. Her expression unchanging, she nodded. "That's right. Are you looking for anywhere in particular? The dormitories are that way," she said, pointing at one of the larger buildings on campus.

[green-arachnid.livejournal.com]

There was a girl wearing multiple layers of sweaters and scarves. The girl seemed to follow this newcomer around wherever she went.

Spinny was actually quite curious of this new person. Wasn't she cold wearing just that? But she couldn't get herself to go up and ask the person. What if she took that shield that was on her back and hit her with it aaaahhhh...

[shysentinel.livejournal.com]

It took a bit, but at some point as she wandered about, Nephenee realized she wasn't alone and, looking over her shoulder, spotted a quiet, cute little girl. "Aw, hi there."

[green-arachnid.livejournal.com]

OH NO She was caught! Spinny scrambled over to the nearest object to hide...or at least tried to. All the layers of clothes she was wearing ended up making her waddle over to the object, and she couldn't completely hide herself from view.

She was hating this season even more now, sob.

[natureprincess]

If Nephenee walked long enough, she was sure to encounter a strange sight. The chances of her seeing seeing an odd banana toting dinosaur sort of thing before now were probably slim, so it was sure to be a sight.

There was a young woman standing besides the magnificently strange beast, its head between her hands as she gently pet its muzzle. The creature rustled its... were those giant leaves? They looked like giant leaves.

"...it's up to you, you know," the woman was saying, apparently in the middle of a conversation. "Which would you rather do?"

[shysentinel.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Nephenee had never seen that sort of thing when she happened upon the pair on her way to the dorms, so she just stopped and looked at the...what in Tellius was that thing? The two seemed to be friends, so she eased a bit, but...

"..." Have an armored girl staring at you and your bananasaur, Erika.

[natureprincess]

The big leafy creature noticed the little soldier first. It nudged Erika to look in her direction. Someone was there. Confused, Erika looked and... "Oh!"

She smiled and gave the other girl a nod of her head. "Hello there... Are you new?" Erika couldn't recall seeing her before, or anyone in that particular kind of outfit. Goodness it looked so cold!

[pkmachomega.livejournal.com]

Nephenee might have caught Claus right in the middle of destroying a small shrubbery. It wasn't because of any kind of destructive malice, he was just very very cold, even all bundled up, and it was just a chunk of wood sticking out of the ground, very much dead, and... a well aimed PK Fire set it ablaze. Just as he did to, he spotted the oddly dressed girl nearby, and jumped as if caught.

"Oh!"

[shysentinel.livejournal.com]

Nephenee jumped a tad as Claus yelped, but already she was intrigued by the fire. "Magic?" She asked, raising an eyebrow.

[sicklypriest.livejournal.com]

After lunch, and while things were slow for him, Rhys went outside to get an up-close and personal look at the falling snow. Only a few minutes wouldn't hurt! he told himself. While staying out in below freezing weather never did any good for his condition, it was a secret pleasure for him. Watching the white world from a frosty window was warmer and healthier for him, but he couldn't help but feel like he was missing out. The crunch of snow under your boots, getting flakes stuck in your hair... It was marvelous, and he'd be more than willing to risk his health just to sneak outside.

He wasn't dressed (http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg43/Scarlaluna/92.png) like a priest or a healer at the moment. It may look different than what Nephenee may be used to. Speaking of Nephenee... Rhys had yet to even see her. But that was about to change.

Peering out across the white landscape, he spotted an interesting figure past the fountain. Whoever he or she was, they were clad in blues. Bells rang in his head and he tried to answer them with recognition of this person, but nothing came to mind, as hard as he tried to recall. She was so familiar... where had he seen her before? ...Oh! That was armor! And a lance and shield? Could it be...

Nephenee! From both wars; how could he have forgotten for even a moment? Unable to stop himself from grinning, he abandoned whatever he was doing and hustled over to greet the young sentinel. He hoped she would recognize him, too. "Um, hello, there!" he greeted as he walked. "Could you be who I think you are?"

[shysentinel.livejournal.com]

Nephenee was still wandering around a little when she heard the snow crunch behind her and a familiar voice, and turning, she spotted the priest...or who she thought was the priest. What was he wearing?

"R-rhys? Is that you? Wow, I never reckoned to see you here! How ya been?"
And then she remembered hearing of him getting sick easily from the others in the army, "Whatta you doing outside in this weather?" She frowned.

[sicklypriest.livejournal.com]

Oh no... familiar scoldings. Usually, they came from somebody he was more familiar with, like Titania or Oscar, and here at the academy he might hear them from even Ulki. He smiled through it and sheepishly replied, "I'm... I thought I'd take a short break and have a stroll through the snow... Um, anyway, I'm doing well!" His slight fumbling hesitancy in speaking recovered quickly, and right away he was asking about Nephenee.

"I never thought I'd see you here, either? Oh, isn't this a splendid surprise? My day just got so much better!" The priest was all smiles about this. He clasped his gloved hands together in gladness. "What brought you here?"

[bestsweater.livejournal.com]

AND SO, after a very interesting time in the school's network chat, Brock was preparing good old TD-34 for a Russian invasion. It dawned on him, however, that he was probably going to run out of cookie ingredients sooner or later, and also he was a little worried about Nephenee getting lost on the way to his dorm.

So out into the cold he went, tracing steps towards the student dorms and hoping to run into his new friend on the way. Except it dawned on him that he had no idea what she looked like--oh well. He was bound to get lucky just by narrowing things down to an unfamiliar face.

[shysentinel.livejournal.com]

Well, Nephenee was indeed lost. She was trying to find the teacher's dorms, but she had managed to lose herself in this new place. So she picked a building and wandered toward it. It was the right one, but she didn't know this. So the armored sentinel stood out against all the white as she walked, not entirely sure herself how she would recognize this Brock fellow...