1st dream - [Video]

[dreamingoftruelove]

[When Giselle flips on the video feed, she has a bright smile on her face and some freshly cut flowers in hand.]

Hello there, everyone! Welcome to our newest students and welcome back to everyone that was in stasis.

[She’s still not sure she completely understands how that works, but what she does understand is that years have passed without them. That’s got to feel strange, so she wants to do her best to be reassuring.]

My name is Giselle, and it’s lovely to meet all of you. It’s also nice to see old friends again. Oh, I’m sure we’ll have a wonderful year!

[There’s no hint of sarcasm in her voice, either. She genuinely sounds that optimistic about the future.]

If anyone new would like a tour around campus, I’d be happy to show you around. I know I was a little nervous when I started here. Everyone was very kind so don’t worry. This school can be a little unorthodox, but also a lot of fun.

[For a moment, she considers what else to mention. Things that students might want to know about beyond the basics.]

There are a lot of clubs here, so you’re sure to find something to keep yourself busy with. And if there isn’t a club for something you enjoy yet, then the teachers here are very supportive to students who want to get one started.

[She waves.]

Well, that’s it for now! Oh! Also, I have some romance books I’d be happy to loan out if anyone is looking for something new to read. Bye for now!

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[knighterrantofthedragon]

[He chuckles lightly at that reaction.]

Ah... well, I'm glad you like it. It got me into more than a little trouble, as a child.

[dreamingoftruelove]

Powers can do that.

[Hers have caused mass spontaneous musicals.]

How long have you had them? Mine first showed up when I was twelve, and I started hearing people's thoughts. I could even talk to animals.

[knighterrantofthedragon]

Oh, I must have been... five? Perhaps six years old?

[He smiled a touch self-consciously to himself.]

I was, ah... something of a headstrong, impassioned boy as far back as I can remember. I imagine my childhood tantrums would have been nightmarish enough, without the tendency for starting fires accidentally. ......perhaps once or twice not entirely accidentally, before I knew better.

Thankfully, it was... relatively weak, for the first few years, and I had my grandfather to teach me some discipline before it, ah.. fully developed.

[dreamingoftruelove]

Oh goodness, you certainly developed your powers early. That must have been difficult to get used to when you were still so young.

[And on that thought, she's very glad that she developed hers when she was old enough to understand what mutants were.]

Did your grandfather teach you to meditate? That's what my mother taught me for mental focus. It worked for a while.

[knighterrantofthedragon]

[Alric smiles goodhumoredly at that first observation.]

I suspect it was more difficult for my family than for myself, in retrospect... but, ah... anger has always been what triggered it most severely. My grandfather's something of a celebrated fencer, and he introduced me to swordsmanship, for the discipline, as well as a... less destructive way to channel my frustrations.

Ah... well, that, exercise in general, and music.

[dreamingoftruelove]

[Alric, you are singing the song of her people.]

I've learned fencing, too! Although my instructor taught me a few different sword-fighting styles, including kendo. I'm also a big music fan. Do you sing, or do you play any instruments?

[knighterrantofthedragon]

[He brightens a little at that--honestly he doesn't meet that many girls in his social circles who want anything to do with swords, or if they do, they don't admit it. Certainly not with the breadth of interested to have studied more than one style.]

Indeed? ...ah... I hope to see you at the kendo club, then. I've been thinking of suggesting to Mr. Hijikata that we might include the occasional sample of other styles that club members might wish to present. I'd certainly look forward to a demonstration, Miss Giselle.

Ah, as to music, I suppose I can sing, if pressed, well enough to not humiliate myself too irredeemably, but the guitar is actually my instrument of choice. I, ah... have something of a fondness for blending arrangement and composition from rock and classical genres.

[He smiles a touch sheepishly, as though aware that some people would surely be scandalized by such a thing, but there's a bit of enthusiasm, there, too; he does seem to be pretty earnest about the music.]

[dreamingoftruelove]

My father has some contacts in the entertainment industry and my instructor teaches actors how to convincingly use a sword and is hired to choreograph battles sometimes. He's good at the actual techniques rather than just faked ones, though.

[Because contrary to what some people might think, she does know the difference. She can appreciate the flashy techniques, but she knows what actually works and what is just for show.]

I'd really like to hear you play sometime, Alric. That sounds lovely.

[knighterrantofthedragon]

I certainly hope to see you at the kendo club, then, Miss Giselle.

[Well, he's plainly impressed, and makes no particular effort to conceal it. He nods to that suggestion, a touch sheepishly.]

And, ah... yes, if you'd like to, of course, it would be my pleasure.