4 July / Howdy Neighbor-Rino / PG / Ended

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Characters: Kanata Sorami, Kiri Fukkiru
Time: 5 pm
Location: Dorm 20D

Kanata gave a big sigh as she pushed open the door with her hip. She had all of her bags tangled around her arms and closed the door with her foot before taking off her shoes and ceremoniously dropping all of her belongings onto the floor. She proceeded to plop down next to her belongings for the bed was just too far away and outta sight from her right now. Kanata gave a little stretch and closed her eyes for a few minutes to regain some energy. She had been traveling all day just to get here and when she did she had gotten lost to the dorms, but she did get to meet some new people along the way.

When she opened her eyes she scanned around the room. It was big, much bigger than her old room back at home, but then again everything was bigger than what she was used to now. She had a slight frown on her face as she realized just how poor she was in comparison with the majority of everyone at the school, maybe even the city. Kanata rolled onto her belly and placed her head delicately in her hands while her feet kicked the air gently. But, she thought, if all goes well here soon I'll become a famous musician and be able to buy a big house with my room just as big as this! A big goofy grin spread across her face as she began to fantasize about her sky rocket to fame and all the big things she could have. Heck, even her boobs might become bigger when she became famous.

Well if I want to become famous then I need to practice! she determined with a fierce nod. Quickly, but gently, she pulled out an old record player from one of her bags and plugged it into a nearby outlet. She sifted through some of the few records she had and placed one onto the record player. Her hand took the needle carefully and placed it onto the record and a fast jazz song began to belt out of the record player with surprising quality.

Kanata then grabbed for a black case and opened it as her head bobbed up and down to the beat of the song. Her heart quickly filled with admiration as the brass trumpet gleamed up at her. She ran a finger lightly along the trumpet before picking it up and began to play along with the song.

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Kiri walked down the hallway that contained the girl's dorm rooms. "20D, 20D, 20D..." she repeated to herself, carefully reading the numbers on each door as she passed them. "I wonder who my room mate is... I hope she's nice! I bet she's awesome. I wonder if she'll be really smart, maybe she could help me with my homework sometime..." she pondered, now walking aimlessly. Behind her trailed a big suitcase, a backpack was flung over her right shoulder, accompanied by a large guitar case on her left shoulder. Finally she came to room 20D, "Ah-ha! Here it is!"

Inside the room she heard the sound of a loud trumpet being played, and being played quite well. "I wonder... If she likes jazz music? She must have a pretty loud stereo," Kiri commented, standing the rolling suitcase at her side. Her fingers grazed the doorknob before taking a firm hold of it, "Okay, here goes... 1, 2, 3!" She flung the door open, and skipped happily into the room, "Hey there, dorm buddy, I'm Kiri Fukk-" In her excitedness, she tripped over the pile of Kanata's things, falling clumsily to the floor.

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A rather crude note erupted from the trumpet as Kiri burst into the room and then fell onto the floor with a loud bang. Kanata grabbed at her heart as she spun around to see what had just happened. She frantically looked around the room before her eyes landed on Kiri who was sprawled out across all of her belongings.

"Eh?? Oh! I'm sorry about that! Please, let me help you up!"

She bent down and lent out her free hand as her other clutched at the trumpet. When she helped Kiri up she quickly went over to the record player and cut off the music. It had been so loud that it came a bit of shock to Kanata when silence quickly took its place. "Er.." She spun around on her heels to face Kiri again. Her hand scratched lightly at the back of her neck as she looked to the side. "I'm really sorry about that! The noise and the mess, haha! Please forgive me?" Kanata said a bit nervously. She wasn't sure how much she had just offended the girl and plus she was a bit embarrassed that the girl had just stumbled into the room right in the middle of her "performance". Right after she said this she began to fluster around the spot she was standing on before giving a deep bow. "And I'm Kanata Sorami! I'm a first year!" When she lifted her head back up she had a bright smile on her face.

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After being helped up, Kiri intently looked at the trumpet in the girl's hand, only half listening to what she was saying.

"And I'm Kanata Sorami! I'm a first year!"

Kiri snapped out of her train of thought, then returned the girl's smile with huge grin of her own. She bowed herself, "Kiri Fukkiru, first year as well! A-and don't worry about the mess, it's no problem, really! I probably would've tripped whether there was stuff on the ground or not." Kiri smiled sheepishly and scratched the side of her head.

Suddenly, her eyes snapped back to the brass insturment as she finally made the connection. "Do you play the trumpet? Was that you playing a minute ago?" Kiri's eyes gleamed with amazement, "You sounded awesome!" Her hands clasped together tightly, "That was amazing!"

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"Kiri Fukkiru, first year as well! A-and don't worry about the mess, it's no problem, really! I probably would've tripped whether there was stuff on the ground or not."

"Aha, I'm sure you're not that clumsy!"

Kanata turned around to place her trumpet back into her case.

"Do you play the trumpet? Was that you playing a minute ago?" A light blush came over Kanata's face as she stopped in front of her case. She bent down next to the case and proceeded to place the trumpet back inside. She gave a small nod and let out a "mmhm" to answer Kiri's questions. "I'm sorry if it was unbearable. I'm still learning, but when I get the urge to play, it just comes over me and I can't help but go with it!"

"You sounded awesome!" Kanata's eyes slightly widened at the compliment before they closed and a smile graced her face once more. Her eyes looked at the guitar case that was still hanging around Kiri's left shoulder and they brightened immediately. "You play guitar? So you're a music major too? Is it a bass guitar? They always have such nice sounds! Like ba-bum-da-da-boom. Oh wait...that sounds a bit more like a drum doesn't it? Except drums have more of ts-ts-barrrrrrrrr", Kanata continued to roll her r's with her tongue before laughing at her attempts to imitate the instruments she had named.

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"You play guitar? So you're a music major too? Is it a bass guitar? They always have such nice sounds! Like ba-bum-da-da-boom. Oh wait...that sounds a bit more like a drum doesn't it? Except drums have more of ts-ts-barrrrrrrrr"

Kiri let out a loud giggle before answering Kanata, "It's just a regular acoustic, but I'm saving up money to buy a bass! And yeah, I'm majoring in vocal. I've been playing and singing since I was eight though."

"So, you're majoring in trumpet playing? That's pretty awesome!" She walked back to the door and wheeled her suitcase into the room, making her way around the pile of stuff and to the bunk-beds, "You want top or bottom? I'm fine with either." She said, turning on her heel to face Kanata with big smile.

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"Ah! Acoustic has a very nice sound too! It can make me feel very..." Kanata tapped her chin thoughtfully with her finger as she searched for the word. "...Mellow! And geez, since you were eight?! I mean I've played the bugle since I was ten, but I didn't get my trumpet till I was thirteen! I'm way behind I guess haha." She shifted her hand to the back of her neck as she grinned sheepishly.

"You want top or bottom? I'm fine with either."

Kanata followed Kiri to the bunk-beds and began to examine them. She took the pillows from both beds and stretched them, fluffing them up, beating on them before she turned her attention to the mattresses and started to bounce up and down on them. Then she proceeded to climb onto the top one and kicked her legs out over the edge. "I guess I'll take the top one!" Kanata always liked high places and plus there was a window next to her that let her look out at the city lights and stars when it was night making her feel just the littlest bit at home.

"So where are you from? What's it like there?"

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"So where are you from? What's it like there?"

"I'm from Toshima, so I'm not too far from home. I lived near Ikebukuro, so... I guess it's almost the same as here. I'm pretty used to the city."

Kiri turned toward the window and glanced outside, her eyes softening. "I'm going to miss this little smoothie shop that was just down the street from my place, though. It's where I started performing. They had open mic nights and whoever played got a free smoothy- and they were GOOD smoothies..." She paused and looked up at Kanata, scratching the back of her head. "Ahh, sorry! I'm rambling, aren't I? What about you? Where did you live?" She asked with a chuckle.

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"Toshima...? Sorry but my geography isn't that good..." Kanata laughed a bit uneasily. She scratched the back of her head out of embarrassment, fearing that she just made a fool of herself. Geography had always made Kanata's head hurt. She came from a village of around 1500 and to learn that there were places where that number didn't even scratch the surface of that always seemed unreal to her.

"I'm going to miss this little smoothie shop that was just down the street from my place, though. It's where I started performing. They had open mic nights and whoever played got a free smoothy- and they were GOOD smoothies..."
"You played regularly at a smoothie shop! How cool! I've just played by myself in the fields near my house....Oh! Though once I did get to play during one of the festivals. That was fun!" She looked off towards the side her eyes far away as she started to remember the festival, her village, her family, and became homesick. It was starting to set in that she would be at Aozora for the rest of year, maybe even the next few years to come, away from her home. Only during school vacations would she be able to go back and visit them and only for a short time at that.

"Ahh, sorry! I'm rambling, aren't I? What about you? Where did you live?"
Kanata was brought back to the room. "Ah no! You weren't rambling, I enjoyed you talking very much!" she said maybe too enthusiastically. "Ah- I come from a village that's near Tsuwano, which is already a small town. But it's really beautiful there! There's rivers, hills, and we're even near the sea and the mountains! It has everything!" Her arms spread wide as if she was trying to hug the whole room and she abruptly stopped letting her upper body fall back onto the bed. Kanata stared up at the ceiling before letting out a thunderous laugh.

"Hahaha looks like you've got me rambling too!" She got back up to her original position and stared at Kiri from the top of the bunk bed with her legs swinging exuberantly from the side. "So now that we've gotten to know each other what should we do now?"

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Kiri flopped onto her bed, hugging her pillow, "The country sounds so nice and peaceful~" she lulled, resting her head on her hands for a moment, getting lost in her own thoughts again.

"So now that we've gotten to know each other what should we do now?"

"Hmm." Kiri rummaged her head for ideas, kicking her feet back and forth through the air as she thought, when a loud grumble ran through her belly. She rolled over onto her back and sideways so her head was now hanging off of the bed, looking up at Kanata's feet. "I haven't ate since I got here. Are you hungry at all? We could go on an adventure to the Cafeteria! I don't know my way around this school at all, so we'd be like explorers!" Kiri exclaimed, throwing her arms up in the air.

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"We could go on an adventure to the Cafeteria! I don't know my way around this school at all, so we'd be like explorers!"

Kanata hopped off the bed and made a dull thud as she landed. She flung her arms wide open and spun her way towards the door barely tripping along the way. "What a great idea! Exploring can be so much fun and it's even better when with a friend! C'mon let's go!" She darted back over to Kiri and grabbed her by the hand, pulling her out the door and then into the hallway. "Oh, I hope they have great food in the cafeteria!"

[ooc: pffft look at this short reply. Anyways do you want to end it and start a new thread in the cafeteria?]

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Kiri ran as fast as she could, trying to keep up with the girl who was pulling her along through the hallways. She never was the athletic type. "I'm so hungry~" she sang between breaths, "I wonder where it is, and how big it is!"

[hot day-um that is shorttt. But yeah, Let's start a new one in the cafe.]