First Day Sorrows (Open to up to 3 others)

Ariana walked through the schoolgrounds. She was… confused, to say the least. She’d never been anywhere this complex in her life. There were too many hallways and too many doors for her to figure out anything. She didn’t know where she was supposed to go, or what she was even supposed to be doing. She knew she’d been accepted into the school, but she didn’t know if she had to meet with anybody or anything. She hung her head and leaned against a wall. What was she even supposed to do… no, why was she even here? She didn’t even know why she had decided to come to Syne, other than that she had just suddenly had the notion to join the academy. She wasn’t aggressive or even assertive enough most of the time to be a true huntress, though she may have knowledge of maneuvering fighters on a battlefield.

She sank down against the wall, starting to shake slightly. What was her point in coming here? She’d seen some people already, but hadn’t even been able to ask them what she was supposed to do. She reached up and wiped at her eyes, her hand coming away moistened by tears she hadn’t known had begun. The girl sank her head between her knees, unsure of what to do and fairly unable to actually approach anybody about it. Her self-consciousness of her lisp, her eyes… her everything… it stopped her from talking to others when she had the slightest urges to-- like now, when she wanted to talk to somebody about what she was to do… not only that, but she wanted to meet somebody here, to at least say she knew one person at the school before she returned home to… herself.

Rika Titania wasn’t known to be the most observant person. Many would point out that the girl was perhaps a bit thickheaded generally, and her ability to read people was less than spectacular. While Rika would disagree about her being thickheaded…provided she were familiar with the term. Rika had been on her way to the school’s training area, having decided it was a great day for her to get some practice in and while she COULD have trained anywhere technically, she’d made a habit of running into strong and interesting people there, so the pigtailed girl figured it was the best place for her to practice.

Though if there was one thing Rika was, it was inattentive and as such the pigtailed girl could easily be distracted y any such happenings on her way to her destination. As such it wasn’t surprising that the strange looking girl, who looked somewhat familiar though Rika shrugged it off after a few minutes deciding it probably wasn’t important. The girl did look sad, which prompted an immediate reaction from Rika. The pigtailed martial artist wasn’t the type to just ignore someone, especially when they were as obviously troubled like this girl seemed to be.

As such, Rika approached the girl, a curious look on her face as her blue eyes scanned over the girl trying to note any possible injuries, though she didn’t really see any…why was she crying?

“Hey, are ya alright? I can help ya if ya need….” The pigtailed girl asked upon approaching the stranger, holding a hand out to the girl to help her to her feet with a concerned look on her face.

The Campus was like a labrynth. not in the sense of tall walls and dead ends you might intiially credit to the term but more in the sense that any door or walkway seemed to never narrow down. It would have been one thing if there was only one route to follow but each new path seemed to just create even more options.
His sword case slung over his shoulder, his duffle along side it tied to its side, Ache flipped open his scroll again trying to follow the Arial map and pick out where he was and where he should go by the looks of the buildings and topographical features around him.
He kept walking barely registering where he was walking when he heard two voices. Apparently two other student had stopped to chat but one of them was on the ground seemingly overwhelmed by something given her flushed appearance. He wasn't quite close enough to hear what the girls were discussing but he was hoping one of them could point him on where he needed to check in, the cargo ferry he had come in on had precious littler information on where students needed to report.
"Excuse me?" He called raising his voice as he picked up his step. "I just got here, do one of you know where I have to check in for orientation?" He asked hopefully looking between the two of them. "Erm.. I'm not interrupting something am I?" He asked cautiously seeing tears in Arianna's eyes

Drake had been casually wandering around campus for about 20 minutes before he decided that he was, in fact, lost. He had no idea how to find his classes, or even his dorm. Consequently, he felt it was time to try and meet new people. He knew he struggled making new friends, but he was also aware of the fact that the next few years would be much longer without any friends.

Drake looked around at the multitude of students, wondering who he could talk to or ask for help from. His probing eyes settled on a group of three students not far from him. He strode forward, intending to be as friendly as possible. Unfortunately, as Drake neared the group, he noticed that one of the girls seemed to be distraught. Drake, unwilling to bother her, began to move away when he heard the boy ask about orientation. Drake was determined to know what he needed to do to begin his training at Syne, so he stood apart from the group, hoping to glean some information, while at the same time trying to avoid upsetting anyone further.