[Meanwhile, Keiko opens the door to find a similar room to L/H's... mostly. Hers also contains a bunch of plush animals and Kirbies. just as she enters, a woman is tacking a Kirby poster to the wall. She's older than Keiko, in her early twenties, maybe. And quite pretty. Her dark hair falls to her shoulders. She's wearing a pair of jeans, cut off to be short shorts, a cropped tank top that's barely long enough, and red-and-whit ( Oh dear ) (Cut: top that's barely long enough, and red-and-whit) and red-and-white stripped stalkings. She's not wearing shoes, though Keiko can see them strewn on the floor.] [She looks over at Keiko as she finishes tacking the poster up, and smiles. "Yo."] (We've met her, haven't we?) (In the first session?) ( As a matter of fact, yes! ) * Keiko blinks at the mass of plushes, and then the woman, saying awkwardly, "These are all yours?" Her voice is... surprise mixed with relief. [Also, Keiko's stuff from Zunkuft is there, in a briefcase in the middle of the room.] [She grins. "Yep! You don't mind, do you? They spruce up the place a bit."] (Yeah. Her 'stuff'.) [Other things of note: An actual plant on the window sill, a floor lamp, and a few books piled on the dresser.] (You know what she has for stuff? What Zunkuft gave her, and what she's wearing. ^_~) ( Pretty much, yeah. ) * Keiko shakes her head slowly and says, "No, no I don't." Beat. "I just..." she trails off, then says, a bit more rigidly, "I'm Keiko." * Keiko closes the door behind her. How's the woman feeling? [She holds out her hand. "Zarina. Zarina Nahr. We met earlier.... kinda."] * Keiko nods slightly and smiles a little back. It's... genuine. Strangely. She carefully puts out a hand and gives a weak shake, before nodding. "I was the one who spoke in your head." Her smile widens as they touch. ["Oh yeah? Cool. Our team doesn't have anyone that can do stuff like that."] * Keiko keeps that smile on her face, even as she draws back. "Cool.." she trails off, then goes, "Don't... mind me." Beat, as she glances to the suitcase which likely contains only clothing, and then heads over to the bed, sitting on the bottom bunk just sorta 'cuz it's there.) [She roots through a box (all of her stuff is in boxes, and she seems to have quite a bit, actually), and pulls out a poster for Dragon Creed, some kinda punk band full of guys who look like girls, and one girl who looks like a guy.] [She starts pinning it up. "Hey, which bunk do you want?"] * Keiko blinks, looks up, looks down, then says, 'Uh... the..." she smiles wanly. "I've never slept like this before." (Okay, Cham's kicking me out. I'll make a run, hopefully getting back before Rowyn's ready to intersect. ^^;) [She laughs. "Yeah, me neither."] (And ha.) * Disconnected * Attempting to rejoin channel #mc4dorm * Rejoined channel #mc4dorm * Mechalink is now known as Keiko * Keiko manages a weak laugh, then is silent for a long moment before saying, "I... I'll take the bottom one." She stays sitting on the bottom one! Convenient. [Zarina nods. "Ok."] * Keiko nods back and remains on her bed. "So... Zarina. What do you do?" [Zarina snickers. "Same thing you're going to be doing. Fighting terrorists."] * Keiko frowns a little and says, "Not what I meant..." [Zarina laughs. "Ah, I get it! You wanna know what my powers are."] * Keiko nods slightly. "Yes." A small persuasive smile. "It's only fair." [Zarina takes a seat by the table, chuckling. "Heh, well, you're going to be disappointed, I think. They weren't very imaginative with me since I was the first. All I got was increased strength, stamina, and the ability to make people like me."] * Keiko chuckles a little and says, "Doesn't sound bad..." she trails off, then goes, "Like you?" Beat, and her posture stiffens. "Changing the mind?" ["Kinda. It has to do with emitting pheromones."] * Keiko exhales slowly and bites her lip a moment, before saying, "How... much do they like you?" ["A lot. But don't worry, I don't let it go anywhere. Besides, I don't emit them unless I want to."] [She smiles crosses her legs. "Besides, it's kind of a lame power set. I had to learn kickboxing just so I wasn't helpless."] * Keiko exhales slowly and looks away, not responding. Her arms are wrapped around the duck again. She responds to that second set with, "It's not so bad." ["What, the powers? Enhanced strength doesn't do much for you if you can still get your butt kicked by a thug."] [She grumbles. "A guy with a knife in the holoroom. That was embaressing."] ["The kickboxing is... rough. My guardian's a tough teacher. But it's working, too, so it's not so bad."] * Keiko smiles slightly and looks back to her. "At least they can't turn you off." She stands up slowly and goes over to the suitcase, picking it up and taking it back towards her bed. [Zarina tilts her head. "Turn me off?"] * Keiko plops the suitcase on the bed, using both hands to do it, and shakes her head. "You'll never not be strong." She raises one of her arms and shows off the fact that she... really has no muscle tone. At all. ["Hey, it's not always a good thing. You should see the problem I had with paper cups."] [There's a knock on the door!] [And Zarina goes to answer it!] * Keiko sits back down on her bed and gets back to hugging. She doesn't seem sad, just withdrawn. (Am I swapping over there?) ( Yep!)