990/Heart of Fire, Darkness of Fear.

Heart of Fire, Darkness of Fear.
Date of Scene:	09 January 2024
Location:	Club Building
Synopsis:	Norie Okana and Anna Domenico meet for the first time. And Probably not the last time!?
Cast of Characters:	Anna Domenico, Norie Okana

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Anna Domenico has posed:
Anna Domenico is one of the students in the dorm that's been displaced due to a mysterious explosion. Anna wondered if this was a common occurrence. Wasn't the school supposed to be 'safe' according to the girl she met in art club?

Luckily, her room wasn't damaged, so she gathered a few things and went to the temporary shelter setup in the club building and rolled a sleeping bag onto the floor. She was going to just relax. Get some sleep. Get back to class tomorrow and not sweat it too much.

She could investigate the explosion, but.. eh. She's sure the school is already on it. Won't there have to be one for an insurance payout anyways? Isn't that how things worked? For now she was stealing a desk in the art club's room to tap away at a laptop.

Norie Okana has posed:
Norie Okana has also been displaced! She's not taking it well and she's angry, because of course Hinoiri Kirara has something do with it. She's been packing around a backpack, too, replete with bedrolled sleeping bag and some necessities. She wanted to break into the yearbook club and ruin all of Hinoiri's work on the yearbook... but the door was locked.

So thusly, Norie Okana peeks into the mostly empty art room because she hears some small noises and slides into the room. "Uh." she says. "There. uh. Room for. One more?" she asks in her strange neutral monotone. Maybe being alone in a room made her feel uneasy right now. At least her parents called to check up on her right after the explosion.

At least.

"...O..On second thought...maybe I outta. Find a a different room. Sorry. Sorry." she says as she turns around and starts to leave already!?

Anna Domenico has posed:
"Eh?" goes Anna as she looks up from her laptop. "Huh?" Before she can even respond to the girl at all she's already retreating and trying to leave and she reaches a hand out in a gesture, though she's all away across the room. "Woah, hey. No it's fine. There's plenty of room here, don't go anywhere." she says as she stands finally. "Ah--" she bows.

"My name is. Anna. It's fine. I just like the art room. If you wanna hang out here tonight there's plenty of floor space. I'm just checking my e-mails about. Painting work." she says, lowering her hand finally.

"I'm a professional painter, and all. So. Gotta keep on top of things." she says, rolling her shoulders a bit. "So uh. You we're displaced by this strange explosion, too?" she asks. "Hey, what's your name?" she asks.

Norie Okana has posed:
Norie Okana stops and turns back around as Anna asks her to stop. "Oh. Alright then." she says. She bows back. "I am. Norie Okana." she says as she places her backpack on a nearby desk and starts to setup a place for the night, setting the sleeping bag down on the ground and leaving her backpack on the desk right there. She listens to what Anna has to say.

"Professional painting? That must be a... fun. Job? Hobby? Or is it both, pleasure and profession?" she wonders. Still. ""I. Dance. Or. I used to until...I was kicked out of the dance club." she says with a sigh. "Now it's just for fun. If I can get the energy for it nowadays." she says.

"So uh. Any work?" she asks, peeking at the laptop curiously.

Anna Domenico has posed:
Anna Domenico listens first, answers next. She's in no rush to get to bed or anything yet. She hehs. "No new work. And no current works sold. Some days are just slow. It's the nature of business."

"-and. It's a little of both a profession and hobby. I paint for myself often." she says as she sits back down onto the desk, though turning to face Norie.

"Oh. You're a dancer? Why we're you kicked out of Dance Club?" Anna asks as she shakes her head. "Anyways. I'm a transfer student from Italy. A chance came up. So I took it. I'm here now." she says. Nevermind she's here searching for a nissing family artifact.

"It's been a little bit of a culture shock settling in. Been hard to resist the urge to shake hands." she chuckles a little.

Norie Okana has posed:
Norie Okana looks at her gloved hand, wearing one of the gloves Veronica made her. She's glad they don't really shake hands in Japan. It'd cause more issues for her. She lowers her hand as she looks at Anna through her fingers. "Uhm. I kind of. Attacked a student. It was dumb." she lies. "I shouldn't had done it." she says quietly. It's a lie. She didn't attack the student. At least not on purpose. It was. energy drain. Not that she's gonna tell Anna that.

Oh. Italian. Why does that make her shift. Ugh. A sense of disdain. "I see. How was Italy? Do you miss being away from home?" she asks as she sits in the opposite desk, turning to face Anna.

"Japan does have a much different culture. Have you tried the food?" she'd offer. Her donut places. But that isn't very Japanese-style. Why does she like the things anyways.

Wait, because they're delicious, that's why.

Anna Domenico has posed:
Anna Domenico doesn't know how to respond to that. "Well, at least you have remorse for it. Right?" she asks. "Which is better than some folks I know back home, eh?" she says as she settles a little in her seat.

"I do miss being away from home, but you need to have new experiences, too, you know?" she says. It's also a lie. She's here to find her family's missing property. The new experiences are just a bonus to everything else.

"I have tried some of the food. It's rather good. Do you know of any places I should try?" she asks curiously.

Norie Okana has posed:
Norie Okana seems less than eager to have new experiences. Or she just has a straight face. Either, or. "I guess that's true." she says a little softly, in her strange monotone. "As for places to try, there's lots of places. Including the usual WcDonalds and what not. There's a curry place that does good curry called Korma Chameleon." she trails off. "I don't really eat...out.. often." she says as she shifts in her chair.

"Would you like to go to the Korma Chameleon sometimes soon?" she asks in a wondering tone.

"With me?" she asks. "I mean. The food is pretty good and. It's a small mom and pop kind of a place and they do Japanese curry, too, so you should be able to get a good taste of everything." she says as she sighs. "and I admit. I."

"Eat too many donuts sometimes. Rather than real food. I should. Eat more. Real food." because that's what humans do, right?

Anna Domenico has posed:
Anna Domenico listens. "Think I've been to that curry place before, but eh, I can go go again though." she says. "Know a girl named Veronica? She took me." she says. "Also, hey, are you asking me on a date? Because that sounds like you're asking me on a date." she says with a coy little smile.

"I mean you even punctuate it weirdly and everything, you can just... ask me on a date you know, that isn't weird." she says as she chuckles a little.

SShe might be expecting an embarrassed reply. That might be her intent. Well.

It is her intent.

Norie Okana has posed:
Norie Okana ehs. "Veronica? Oh. She's. My dormmate. You've met her already? She has a cute cat... I wish I could pet it..." she says quietly. "ERM. Allergy. Thing." she says softly, coughing into one of her gloved hands. She really doesn't wanna have to explain the... 'Not.. touchy anyone' thing to some stranger she just met. Again.

Then she goes on with the teasing. "PFffffbbbbttt. What!?" she sputters out. "No--no it isn't like that...!" she Kermit flails a moment in the air, before standing up. "Y..you're..."

"SO MEAN!" she splutters. "INCOURAGABLE!" she says. "CRUEL!" she huffs and grabs her bag and sweeps up her sleeping bag from the ground as she starts to storm from the room. Like she's sleeping here now.

"F---f---fah-Fine!" she splutters. "Friday at..at 4! BE THERE OR DON'T I DON'T CARE!" she says with the reddest, angriest blush she has as she storms out of the room.

Anna Domenico has posed:
Anna Domenico watches this trainwreck unfold. She can't help but remain straight faced through the whole ordeal. Before she laughs finally at the end of her quiet vigil watching. She giggles and slaps her lap. "Ha...! It's.. a date!." she manages to say at the end, just as Norie crashes dramatically out the door.

Norie Okana has posed:
Norie Okana huffs from ALL the way down the hall in another club room by now. "I HATE YOU ALREADY."