The Testing ☢ The Pain ☣ The Revolt

[The 49th Alias]

Pepper smiles warmly at Alex, offering her right hand out to him. "Well then I guess you'll just have to learn from me," she says sweetly, hoping for a handshake to hopefully make Alex feel a little more at ease. "And I'm not very normal," Pepper adds with a small smirk, her eyes lighting up with curiosity.

[SapphireEdge]

(Oh, and I read Myra's return too! Oh well )

Maria kept going until they reached the far corner of the library, which was a secluded place, with a giant beanie cushion placed against the corner. Maria grinned and took a running jump towards it and landed on her back on top of the cushion, which compressed to snugly fit her body. She laughed and smiled up at Cody. She shuffled over a little and patted the space on the cushion next to her. "Come sit!"

Marco shrugged, "It ain't no masterpiece I can tell you that." He stole a glance at the painting which he had done in art class a few years back. At the time, he had hated it, and now he was even more against the piece.

Alex thought for a second before putting his right hand forwards into hers and giving her a weak handshake. Her hands were warm and petite and his own lingered against hers for what felt like a fraction too long, before he quickly retracted it. He smiled a little at Pepper's statement, "Well, that makes two of us then." He shrugged slightly.

[The 49th Alias]

When Alex's hand lingered within her's for a moment, Pepper almost wanted to keep holding it, but once his hand was retracted, she tucked her own hand behind her back to grasp the book once more. "If I may ask," Pepper asks quietly. "What're you doing here?" Her tone remains a soft and non-aggressive one as she pulls the book out from behind her back and sets it very carefully back onto a shelf.

[Thecrowmuse11]

Myra
Myra stared at it. "What is a masterpiece?" She asked, admiring the way the ice crystals looked against the flames. It was so pretty... She didn't know how he could be so dismissive of it.
Cody
Cody tilted his head, looking at the beanbag "Are you sure we'll both fit?" He asked, not really wanting to crush her against the wall. That might make her like him a lot less...

[SapphireEdge]

Alex looks around the giant library, "Well, I was really just exploring. To be honest, I was kind of lost but I figured that to be lost here wasn't too bad a thing."

Maria rolled her eyes and stood up, moving in front of Cody. Although he was a lot bigger than her, she quickly moved with him so that his back was facing the wall. In one swift move, she pushed him backwards and down into the cushion. "It's okay, I can sit on top of you!"

Marco grimaced, "A really good painting done by a really good painter...so not this one evidently." He began to walk away, "Come on, we need to go see some other parts of school."

[Thecrowmuse11]

Cody
Cody grinned, and sat on the cushion. He liked this idea.
Myra
Myra nodded slowly, peeling her gaze of the painting. She looked around, her eyes constantly being snagged by other pictures that she considered beautiful.

[SapphireEdge]

Maria smirked and slowly stalked forwards, lowering herself onto her knees in front of Cody. Once kneeling she sat down on his thighs, wrapping her arms around Cody's neck and leaning forwards and pressing her nose against Cody's."

Marco started to saunter down the hall. "So we learn five different subjects a day, each for one hour. In the morning we come in at 8:30 and get registered by swiping our own special cards in the machine by the entrance. We have break at 10:45 and lunch at 1:05 to 2:05. Then after our last lesson we sign out and leave school."

[Thecrowmuse11]

Myra
Myra was listening attentively, but she kept stopping to stare at a particularly colorful picture, and she was soon far behind Marco. She was trying to figure out what each one was made of. Was it 'paint?' Was it 'cran?' She eventually decided that the rough ones where cran, and the smoother ones where paint, but some she couldn't figure out at all.
Cody
Cody was a little surprised, and awkward, having her nose against his. He was uncertain what he should do next... Did he pull her up? Hug her? Maybe even... kiss her? What did she want? Was this just playful? He sat there, a little stiffly, looking into her eyes, and waiting for her to make her move.

[SapphireEdge]

Maria frowned and sat up, sliding slightly down his thighs, but holding herself up with her knees against the cushion. She kept her arms around his neck, "You feel stiff. You need to relax." She smiled down at him and managed to manoeuvre a little uncomfortably until she was sitting sideways on his lap, their faces closer once more.

Marco turned to Myra, who was caught up on a picture. "Wow, I didn't realise you'd get so amazed by these." He speculated. Seeing this pictures was basically an every day occurrence for him so they were nothing special...but he did think, they were quite amazing and creative actually.

[The 49th Alias]

Pepper smiles. "A kingdom of knowledge is a good place to get lost in," she tells him, offering Alex her hand once more. "Come on, I wanna show you something."