Start of #Hisame buffer: Thu Jul 20 22:27:32 2006 [20:42:42] * Now talking in #Hisame [21:00:01] * The day's classes seemed long, if only because of the stresses of the previous night. You haven't seen Matt or Karen all day, and you get back to the dorms without incident [21:04:45] * Given the events of the morning, you decide to find the resident administrators. At the very least, they might have done something, or found out something new. [21:10:19] ( Should I start now? ) [21:16:44] (Yeah. Sorry about the lackluster narration. I just don't have much dramatic to go off of.) [21:17:39] * Hisame looks around, trying to find one. Or trying to remember a place where they tend to spend their time [21:23:02] * The RA office is off the dorm lobby. The door is closed, with a whiteboard bolted to the front. It reads "P. Kostas: 430 M. McFadden: 330 G Kantor/H Kantor 230" [21:24:19] * Hisame looks them over. THe only person she really remembers speaking to earlier was Millicent, so she heads to 330, hoping she remembered her. [21:27:09] * When you get to room 330, the door is open. The seniors seem to get far better rooms, as the door opens onto a fair-sized living area. Millicent is playing what looks like a game of solitaire, while a short girl with sharp features and a light build is playing the piano. She stops when you come in, and announces to Millicent that somebody's here. She looks up. "Afternoon... Hisame?" [21:27:25] Ah, Hello, Millicent. [21:27:35] * Hisame starts to bow a bit, then stops, then extends her hand. [21:29:21] * Millicent shakes Hisame's hand once, then lets go. "Is something happening?" [21:30:49] Ah... not much, since yesterday. I was wondering if you had learned anything about the strange events. [21:33:03] * Millicent sighs. "Could you close the door? This is confidential." [21:33:40] * Hisame nods, and goes to close the door. [21:36:30] * When you close the door, Millicent's roommate begins playing the piano again. "This is just tentative, and nobody's quite sure what happened, yet. But according to Walter's divinations, someone got through the seals, and caused this. A... mass halucination. And then they left." [21:39:48] It sounds as if it were done out of desperation. Or the person who did this was so powerful that they did this just to show that they could... [21:40:41] * Millicent nods. "Desperation, a show of power... Maybe just a message. It doesn't seem like this is the end of it." [21:42:52] I guess we should prepare ourselves for more... would it be a good idea to write about the dreams so the details are preserved, so if there are more of these dreams, they can be compared? [21:44:28] * Millicent shrugs. "It depends on how well you can keep it hidden. If this gets out to the unaware students... Well, I don't think it'll be good." [21:44:48] * Hisame nods. [21:46:47] * She motions at the coffee table. "Do you like cards? We're playing Canasta." [21:47:08] Ah... I would like to play, but I do not know the rules. [21:47:12] * Hisame cheers up a bit. [21:51:14] * Millicent shrugs. "That can be- Hm." She pauses. "I'm actually not sure if I can expand the mindset any further. We might actually have to be in the same room." [21:52:43] ( We aren't? ) [21:54:01] (Well, you two are.) [21:55:17] * Millicent frowns. "The Kantors don't want to come up here. Maybe some other time." [21:56:43] * Hisame nods. A little dissapointed. A little confused. But mostly glad just to have someone to talk to. [22:00:40] Um... I hope I am not too forward, but what the principal said yesterday... everyone has come very close, but have not outright said what the nature of the school is. I am curious about how you have been dealing with your nature. I only discovered this recently. [22:01:47] (...Was that supposed to be garbled? Because while Milly can probably understand what she means, I can't) [22:02:49] ( She's saying. "Everyone's all but outright said that none of us are human. How have you been coping with it? I only discovered my own nature recently" ) [22:03:05] ( I figured HIsame wouldn't know "all but x" as an expression yet. ) [22:04:08] (Aah. I parsed 'nature of school' and 'nature of students' as different things) [22:05:23] * She shrugs. "I've never thought of myself as human. Ever since I could remember, I've been different." [22:07:02] * Hisame nods... [22:08:28] I am not sure about how I should tell my parents, or even if I should. It is disorienting. [22:10:21] * "The sooner you accept it, the easier it'll be. My roommate's a siren. I'm a bodhisvatta. You're a fox." She shrugs. "Trying to stay something you never really were... well, it just isn't good." [22:13:23] Bodhisva... ah! [22:13:32] * Hisame bows. "I am honored to meet you." [22:15:31] I guess it would be best to not deny this. I will think about telling them when I arrive home. [22:16:29] * Millicent smirks slightly. "You're one of the most easily-influenced people I've ever met." [22:17:39] Well, I can say it now, but trying to bring myself to actually do that will be much more difficult. [22:21:08] * "Still, I make a suggestion, and you decide to follow it, just like that? Hachiko." Her tone is a little bit mocking, albeit not cruelly, and a little bit amazed. [22:22:44] * Hisame smiles, a bit complimented, a bit embarassed. ^^; [22:25:10] * Millicent finishes shuffling the cards. "Not to kick you out, but I'm supposed to keep my door open, and we can't talk like this with the door closed. I'll see you around." [22:25:53] * Hisame bows. "Thank you for your time. It was a pleasure to talk to you. [22:26:03] * Hisame opens the door and exits. End of #Hisame buffer Thu Jul 20 22:27:32 2006