[@Bryn][@sassy1085] [@Framing A Moose]

[color=6ecff6]"Ah, Higuchi-senpai, forgive me."[/color]  She hadn't realized until now she was in the presence of the council's president, respectfully bowing to Tora.  [color=6ecff6]"I hadn't recognized you with your new hairstyle.  It's very charming."[/color]  An awkward grin she gave.  [color=6ecff6]"Of course, we will be sure all other duels are handled in the arena next time."[/color]

[color=6ecff6][i]Eh?[/i][/color]  Then as if this day wasn't any more strange, here come this odd little girl stumbling between her and Tora, flattening her face on the cold pavement.  Ouch...that had to hurt.  [color=6ecff6]"Nē, anata wa daijōbudesu?" (hey, are you okay?)[/color]  She spoke in her native Japanese, unaware that the girl possibly hadn't understood her.  A gaijin.


[@Otaku95]

If anything, Asuka was bad at remembering names, but it didn't take much time to realize who this girl was.  It was just...she had never seen her in such a light before.  [color=ed145b]~"Hmm....arigato-gozaimasu, Ryuko-chan."~[/color]  Softly she replied sauntering over to her, her figure once a dark shadow, now itself illuminated by the light of the full moon casting dappled shades across the forest floor.  A wry smile curled her lips, her eyes softening.  Ryuko, there was something so...innocent about her, how she became flustered immediately upon view of her fellow student.  [color=ed145b]~"I'm flattered, but...it will be a long time before your skill matches mine."~[/color]  Usually, she would say this as something patronizing, but a different tone she took with Ryuko, more or less caring and considerate.  [color=ed145b]~"Though...I believe one day you will be a prominent swordswoman."~[/color]