[u][i]Red Winston[/i][/u]

(Since True Night said she would probably not post soon, I am going on with the introductions)

Red was about to tell Poppy that it would be a good idea to go to the Administration Room and pick their rooms, since students were already leaving the Cafeteria and most probably heading there and it would be tiring if they headed there and there was already a crowd. His plans, however, were once again cancelled, because Nikki and Amanda returned. Red was glad to see Nikki, a thing he actively showed with a grin, as he valued her both as a trusted associate in the Academy and as a person who could get along with Nikki, so that they can help each other adapt to their new way of life. Amanda, of course, would once again find a way to trouble his well-meaning plan, by blurting an insulting comment against Poppy. Red was a straightforward person himself, but only doing so if asked for his opinion, never crossing the line and just saying out loud whatever came to his mind. That's why he couldn't cope with Amanda. The last thing he wanted now was Poppy feeling disheartened because of her and judging Nikki because of her cousin's actions.

He laughed at Amanda's comment, trying to turn the insult into an innocent joke.

"Amanda, you little teaser! Poppy here might think you are a bad fella if you go with your jokes right from the get-go! But am I pleased to meet you!" he said and approached her, putting both his hands on her shoulders.

He approached the side of the face that wasn't next to Nikki and whispered in a cold tone, his smile dissappearing:

"I won't do you the favor of insutling you, because that's what you crave for, attention. Instead, I will sincerely ask you to be polite just once, because not everyone can stand your humiliating comments."

He backed off, his smile returning as soon as his face could be seen by the other two and hoped that Amanda would understand that the situation needed subtlety. He turned to Nikki, this time his smile being sincere. He touched her hand with both of his own, once again not realizing that she might misinterpret his actions and said with an unintended innuendo:

"I am glad to see you again, Nikki! I was looking forward to seeing you again (so that she could meet Poppy and be friends)!"

Then, he realized he hasn't properly introduced the two parties.

"Oh, excuse my rudeness...Poppy, this is Nikki, the one I was telling you so much about (that she would be a good friend for her) and the other girl is her cousin, Amanda! Nikki, Amanda, this is Poppy, a nice person I met in the Cafeteria earlier! I was about to tell Poppy to go to the Administration building, to find who are roommates will be. Maybe we could all go together?

[i][u]Christopher Fox[/u][/i]

Christopher returned with a small plate with little food. He couldn't eat too much, his appetite growing smaller because of his body condition. Hopefully, when he gained some weight, he would be able to eat some more.

"The lady in the Cafeteria didn't seem to recognise me, but she is the same as she was twelve years ago. She is either too old to change, or she is a Spatial user..." he joked.

He sat in the table, taking the first bite of normal food after twelve years. He was never fond of gastronomy, but right now, he elevated it into a God-sent science in his brain. His table manners was one of the few things that didn't change over the years and would possibly never change, as they were something he learned from his foster family. It made him wonder if everyone was okay back home. He had to go pick any letters he had received in the past years and see if they have contacted him and he was pretty much sure they had.

He thought of picking a conversation with Dana and Teresa.

"Is anyone of you a first year? It will be good to know who my classmates will be..."

That reminded him that, by school procedure, he also had to share a room with another person, thus, before any of the girls would answer, he also asked Henry:

"By the way, from your reaction, you didn't know I would be coming back. But being a teacher, you would know most of the students of the Academy, with the exception of the first years. So, by process of elimination, who could be my possible roommates?"