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A small café.

Eli walked into the café wondering what is was, he'd just come down from the academy after getting signed in and all that, although he still hadn't been living as a part of society for long so most the building around her still confused him, but he knew there was only one way to find out what they were and that was to check them out

Eira glided into the café her white blond hair flowing away from her face. She ordered a laté, then spotted her cousin. "Eli!" She cried rushing to give him a hug around the neck.

Eli was still looking around trying to work out the purpose of the building when he heard his name being yelled out, he turned but before he could see who it was they almost tackled him with a hug, Eli went along with it and hugged her back with a smile on his face, "hello"

Eira pulled away with a smile. "I don't know you were here!" She said grinning. She resumed her place in line- so she wouldn't loose it.

Eli realized it was his cousin as soon as she pulled away to walk into some line, "Eira!" he yelled jumping forward to just her his own hug, understanding why someone had randomly given him a hug, "I didn't know you were here ether"

Eira smiled. Eli was one of the only people she could ever fully trust. "Yeah here I am. What courses are you taking? And what's your.. You know. ((Power))." She asked him tossing her hair behind her shoulders again. People around the store looked at her and stared. it's like they've never seen white hair on a your person before. laughed Eira in her head.

Eli didn't seem to notice any of the people or how wierd white hair was supposed to be, he was used to living in the forest alone with his family, so everyone looked strange to him, "well I got Science, English, Geography, Languages, Gym..." he said then taking a moment to think what his others were, "Wood Shop, Power Control, History of Elements and..." he said scratching his head a little trying to remember his last one, "oh yeah, Survival"

"Practically the same courses then. Maybe we can help each other on our homework?" Eira suggested. "And your power?" She asked whispering. She always forgot other peoples powered- no idea why. You would think she would remember her cousins but- nope.

Eli shrugged, "mum always said it was something that sounded like nature, what about you, wasn't it something to do with water?" he asked remembering one time when he visited her, but back then he'd been away from nature too long and felt way to sick to pay very much attension

"It's snow and ice. I forgot what it was called though." Eira said moving forward in the line. She was itching to show Eli what she could do- but that would have to wait till after her frozen hot chocolate.

Eli nodded and was about to reply when he got distracted by Eira moving forward, also someone at the front just walked away and he thought he realized what everyone was doing, he quickly jumped in the line behind Eira before anyone else came to line up then tried to hide his joy at being able to play this game with a bunch of people, "what's this game called?"

"What game?" Asked Eira raising a brow while tapping her foot. She couldn't wait to taste her favorite drink again.

Eli shrugged getting confused, "this one" he said indicating to the line, he thought it was some sort of line game but it didn't seem very fun, 'maybe it'll get better the further you get in the line' he thought to himself

"All we are doing is standing in line for food silly." Laughed Eira pleasantly. Finally the line moved up again. She eas almost the next one to order.

Eli looked at her a little confused, "oh, so this is what ma was talking about..." he said remembering that his mother told him he wouldn't be able to go hunting and foraging for his own food whilst around other people, "civilization is complicated" he said looking up ahead wondering what type of berries of meat they were selling

"Not really you just need to get used to it. So, what are you getting here?" Eira asked. She moved forward again.

Eli noticed how none of the 'food' they had looked anything like that which he'd had before, "I think I'm good, I was just exploring anyway" he said thinking that he would just grow some food later, "what about you?"

Willa sat quietly at a table in the cafe reading one of the few books she was allowed to choose from her grandmas collection. It was a privilege she knew but she was almost through and she has yet to find the library at her new school. She was contemplating finishing up her exploration of the town when two new people stopped in to order. They were both older than her and the girl was very beautiful, but she was about to dismiss them and returned her book when she heard them mention the Academy. At this she perked up listening in on their conversation, stifling a giggle when the boy hopped into the line like it was a game and he was about to try to win.

"I'm getting the frozen hot chocolate- it's the best thing here." Eira explained. Finally it was her turn, "hello miss. Could I have a medium frozen hot chocolate please?"

"Yes, that will be 2.25" the cashier stated.

Eira rummaged in her poket and pulled out a five. "Here you go." She said smiling. Te chaser gave her the change and Eira stepped aside.

((Beautifuly written stephine btw))

Eli followed her to her side and tried not to show how confused he was, he didn't understand how something could be frozen and hot nor did he know what chocolate or a two twenty five was, but he saw Eira give the woman come little paper thing and she assumed that was a two twenty five, "is that a chocolate?" he asked looking at the coins the woman gave her

((I'm just laughing because is he genuinely stupid because it seems like it))

((haha :P I wouldn't say stupid, but he's lived in a forest all his life, so everything is pretty much new to him, I thought I'd have fun with it))

((It's more creative than I've seen before))

((Thanks :) I like to have fun with it, and if I can make other people smile too then all the better))

"No Eli this is money. This is what you pay for things with." Giggled Eira. "I'll have to explain some things to you before school starts." She decided ask she walked to a table. "Eli would you want to sit here?" She asked her cousin.

Eli gave her a blank look almost completely confused, "yeah... probably a good idea" he agreed while following her to a table next to some little girl, "na, lets sit here" he said sitting down with the girl while wearing a grin as though it was a perfectly normal thing to do, then turning to face the girl "hello, my name's Eli" he said introducing himself

Eira bit her lip and frowned a bit. She had no idea who that girl was- she wasn't, couldn't, go sit down next to a stranger. Rita hugged and walked solomly behind Eli and sat down next to him. She said nothing but gave the girl a smile.

((stephanie?))

((sorry we had visitors and I wasnt able to jump back in, later today maybe))

((No it will be later I will work on it in the car))

Shocked Willa watched as the boy decided to sit down with her insted of just breezing past as his companion did. It seemed like split second decision and so she hopped it wasnt because she was starring as she thought she was being discreet in her easedropping. After he greeted her she remained still for a few moments to long and didnt snap back to her manners until after the girl with the beautiful blond hair asked her name.
"Oh, hi my name is Willa". she looks around at the other tables quickly. Gaining some confidence that they didnt sit here out of necessity she asked, "Are you two from the Academy?"

Eira nodded. Well at least she's like us. she thought eying the girl. She seemed harmless enough, and a good blast of snow would hold her off in case she tried anything. Eira swept her blond hair over one shoulder and said, "yes we go to the Academy. You are too then?"

She closes up her book folding in a napkin to the spot she was reading and places it in her lap so as not to seem rude. "Um, yes. I was exploring the town, this is my first time here." She had not met many other students the halls and rooms were still oddly empty. There was a different feel to them than other people.

Eli chuckled a little happy to have been right, "I might need to learn about this stuff" he said waving his hand and the cafe, "but you shouldn't forget about the charms" he said with a smile pointing out how he knew to sit here by indicating to his own one around his neck, "Also it's the first time I've been here too, just enrolled earlier today"

Eira bit her tongue inside her mouth. Be nice she coaxed herself. "So...er Willa. whats your... power" Eira said mouthing the last word, as to not let surrounding strangers hear.

Eli didn't understand why she was being quiet about the word power but shrugged it off and figured it was another thing she'd have to teach him about, then out of curiosity he turned to Willa wanting to know her ability as well, his eyes widened as he got a better look at her charm, which was that of a leaf, "is it the same as mine?" he asked not thinking about how many different powers there could be

Willa got the feeling that the girl did not like her, but she got that a lot. The boy, Eli she reminded herself, was however, very eager and seemed like he genuinely wanted to know. So she ducked her head a bit embarrassed but decided to show these new strangers.

Looking around curiously again she noted the number of people in the cafe was enough that no one might be paying attention to them. She long ago learned about safety in numbers. Turning her hand over so that her charm fell into her upraised palm and cupping it with her other hand to block it from easy view she concentrated on that place inside her where her powers grew from. The leaf which had been hard as an oak leaf and a dark green in color began to soften and grow paler. It took a few moments to happen as speeding up this process for a normal leaf took hours, but with her charm, which was a part of herself, took only minutes. Soon it started to shrink in size and took the form of node newly sprung from a twig which did not exist.

Letting her power go the leaf began to grow again, rebounding to its natural full leaf state. Any other leaf she would have to expend energy to grow again but her charm worked differently and made this form of her powers easier to handle. "It's much easier for me to make them move around but there aren't a bunch of leaves scattered around in here and moving them would make a commotion."

Eli stared at the leaf in awe, he thought for a second then nodded, "so you can grow fauna" he laughed and grinned, "that's amazing, I'd show you mine, but like you said, this place isn't full of leaves" he said feeling a little queasy just thinking of how far away he was from nature, he hadn't touched a tree or even a plant for a few days now

"They use to follow me around when I was little, loose leaf litter from the yard or the streets. I had to learn how to control them just to make them stop, really. The growing is something new in the past two years its why my Gamma sent me away. I am suppose to learn if there is more to my powers while I am here." As she finished speaking her words sped up and got more frantic. It was a deep worry that things would just get worse in this new place. At home all here cousins knew to give her some space.

Eli laughed a little at the idea of leaves following someone around, "That sounds beautiful, personally I don't think I'd have noticed if the leaves were following me, where I lived they were everywhere anyway" he laughed forgetting to mention that he lived in a forest, "they made great friends" he said with a massive grin remembering how he used to run around playing with the plants around him

His lightheartedness made her smile "Of course leaves are everywhere, even in the bleakest of cities there are places of grass and trees. Leaves, in particular, have a habit of getting away from those places and finding me no matter where I am." She laughs at the image of him with a small storm cloud of leaves following at his feet.

She loved nature just as much as the next person, maybe not as much as Eli going by his silly grin when he talks about being outside, but she has seen the darker side of her own powers, remembering the cuts that her older cousins would wear after teasing her.

"I never thought about the difference before, but I really only interacted with the leaves." She furrows her brow in contemplation shortly before moving her thoughts on. "I look forward to seeing you in your element Eli." Glancing at the girl again she wondered what she did. If Eli says he is similar to herself that would mean the girl could do something entirely different. She never actually got her name but was to afraid to ask, how polite was it to wonder around saying 'what can you?' She will need to learn proper etiquette for this place and soon.

((I want to join in but I also don't._.))

((I'm all good with you joining in :) I don't really know what happened to Jess though, but to be fair it was just the weekend :P))
((If you like just put your character in the Cafe, Eli'll drag her into it after seeing her charm ;) he's not too knowledgeable on 'proper etiquette' ether :P))

Eli tried to keep is grin enthusiastic, but he began to feel queasy again so he relaxed back into his chair again, "to be honest I don't know a lot about cities, I used to live in the forest" he said proudly, he didn't realize it wasn't a common thing he just assumed she didn't since she talked about different cities.
Eli noticed her glace at Eira and his grin came back a little, "I think it's different, I can't really grow things like that, but I can do other things" he said with a slight laugh

((kay))

Savannah made her way into the small café of Hawksville, the small town near Baldiver Academy, looking around at all the people. All normal people, with no idea of what went on at that 'boarding school full of snobbish rich kids'.
Fingering the charm that rested on her neck, she looked at the line. Not too bad.
A few kids about her age sat at a table near her, but she ignored them. Standing at the end of the line, she tapped her foot absentmindedly.

Eli noticed a glimmer in corner of his eyesight just as he finished laughing, he glanced over and noticed another charm, he didn't know why be he could somewhat sense them, he instantly jumped out of his seat excited to meet more new people, "Hey! come sit with us" he called out to the girl that just walked in, he had a silly grin on his face again and his own charm dangling in plain view

Savannah immediately jumped away from him. She couldn't stand people like that, instantly greeting any particularly pretty female that walked into the room.
Then she realized it wasn't like that at all. Noticing the charms around each of their necks, arms, or wherever they might have been, she approached him.
"You're...from Baldiver?"

Eli chuckled a little and fingered his own charm for a second, "yep, although I'm pretty new around here, actually I'm new to towns in general" he laughed while sitting back down, "my name's Eli" he said still grinning, happy to meet new people

Savannah nodded courtly, sticking out a hand for him to shake.
"I'm Savannah. I assume these folks are also from the Academy?" She said in a low tone. Even mentioning the Academy around locals would cause them to roll their eyes and scoff.