#SRY FOR YAPPING ND SORRY THIS REPLY TOOK SO LONG TOO OMG...

[nrc-asteryn-crew]

"Ah... I see. Sorry if I shouldn't have mentioned it... I uhm. Think that it's a lovely gift, though. I get the feeling of being homesick... and- I hope you can go back home soon!"

They said in response, offering her a small smile, not really knowing what else to say. They didn't want to assume what sort of circumstances Calypso felt homesick from, but they still felt really bad for her. They understood that feeling more than they'd ever admit to.

...Now that they thought about it, they sort of wished they had something like that from their parents too, but... they were never really the kind for gifts like that. And that was okay! They were busy people!

"Oh! Ahaha- 'fashionista' is certainly a word, but yeah, I guess so!"

They responded, a little embarrassed to have it pointed out so blatantly like that, despite that being the whole point of dressing up in the first place...

- Kiyuu

(For Kiyuu :3)

Another day at NRC. Another day. Calypso was busy counting the dust particles on the ceiling of her bedroom, like she’d been doing for the past few days. She’d finally managed to land a few friends of her own, but she still felt just a little alienated in this new world.

“Maybe a’notha walk won’t hurt. Might meet someone new…” she mumbled to herself as she prepared to wander around campus until something interesting happened.

That’s what she usually did, anyway. Wandered around until someone stumbled onto her path or she stumbled onto theirs.

She whistled softly to herself as she aimlessly walked around, ignoring the stares she got from various students.

She must’ve been too caught up in her own world, since she was only brought back to the present when she bumped into someone, sending them stumbling.

“Oh! Sorry ‘bout that, hun…. Let me help ya up!”

Calypso extended her hand to the poor soul she had knocked over, pulling them back onto their feet.

“You alright?”

— @bubblin-trouble

Kiyuu was on their way to Pomefiore to find Aros, fiddling with a pocket mirror while touching up their makeup. They wanted to ask him about his skincare, since they weren't sure how the difference in environments should be changing their routine.

As Kiyuu lifted the pocket mirror into her line of sight and began to apply some lip gloss, they suddenly crashed into someone else, causing them to stumble, one of their hair ties getting caught on their sleeve and untying itself, and their lip gloss smudging off of their lips and onto their cheek.

"Ah- shoot-!"

Kiyuu yelped as they fell, their pocket mirror clattering to the ground. They hastily moved to pick it and the hair tie back up, putting the mirror into her pocket before looking up, registering the voice of the person that they had bumped into.

"I'm so sorry! I should have been paying more attention... Thank you, though."

They responded, a little bashfully, grabbing onto the hand that was reached out to them, and pulling themselves back up to their feet. They steadied themselves, then padded a finger over their cheek, trying to work out how much lip gloss had smudged, before wiping some of it off with their finger, and sighing quietly.

They tilted their head to the side, bringing a hand up to retie the wisp of hair as they spoke.

"I'm okay though- don't worry! Are you?"

- Kiyuu