Branching Out(Open)

[Alkaiser]

(OOC: This is mostly to meet some new characters, so if we've already had contact unless you have a good reason, don't meddle too far into this. Thanks )

Lunchtime. A time when people are sociable, cheery and mostly hungry. The cafeteria is alive with noise, as trays of food are taken from the long lines to the sea of tables. An estranged Steve Barzahd squeezes his brown paper bag of food as he scans the crowd for open tables. Sighing audibly, he speaks to himself.

"Self, I'm tired of all of this isolation. I've been to dozens of new schools before, so why should this one be any different?"

Alkaiser by nature is a social being. Finding himself at an empty table everyday around noon is most unfulfilling, so he opts for a new solution. A grin glimmers across his face at the thought of changing up the routine a bit. Then again when the routine is chaos, he might just be falling deeper into it. Regardless, he shakes off his doubts and selects a table. A full Hircinian table.

The sack lunch drops onto the table with a small thud, followed by it's owner assuming a spot in one of the open chairs at the almost packed table. "Ooh, last seat. Awesome." he says innocently. He looks up to the others at the table, seeing nothing but confused stares from new faces. There were all sorts at this table, from the small and meek to the large and brutish. "So, how is everyone doing?"

[taru]

Taru looked at the guy who just appeared before him. A red headed guy huh...Haven't seen that many before. Taru scratched the back of his head after this stranger asked how everyone was doing. What a great question. Best thing to ask when you just walk to a table sit down and be all honkey dorey about it. Whatever, he had no grudges against this guy. A few more friends won't kill him. Plus this guy is just a bit youner than him anyways and him befriending a young guy will keep him young when he becomes an old man. Taru thought that in his mind jokingly. Well I better answer his little question. Or someone might get sad.

"I'm fine thanks. And how about yourself red head? Anything good with you...Or you just relaxing and enjoying your little lunch?"

Taru smiled slightly mocking the red haired guy a bit. Taru took a bite of his rice ball and chewed it with his mouth closed without caring about anything else at the moment. Taru looked at the guy and remembered he didn't introduce himself or ask for the guys name. Really impolite. So Taru swallowed his rice and looked back at the guy with crimson hair. A color you don't see that much.

"So you, red head. What's your name? Cause calling you "red head" gets tiresome. And by the way, I'm Taru...I enjoy long walks in the park and japanese food....Not really long walks...Im tired okay. So don't yell at me for being tired!! You red haired guy..Haha..."

Taru drank some of his water and ate more rice waiting for red head's response.

[Alkaiser]

"You like talking, don't you Taru?" Steve inquires as he turns his lunch bag around to reveal a quirky badly-drawn smiley face of black marker. He takes his time after this question, removing an apple, a bottle of water, a sandwich and finally a bag of chips from the paper lunch sack. "I'm Steve, and I too like to talk." Alkaiser gives an odd little grin after this comment, reassuring the guy. "I also like to eat, and I figured this was a great spot for doing both."

Steve looks left and right, exaggerating this motion towards the lunch line and the doors of the cafeteria. "Hey, I'm not in anybody's seat, am I?" he asked, almost sure that he was. He decides to joke on this point. "He isn't bigger than me, is he?" A sarcastic smile shines through once again. Steve had settled into somewhat of a rhythm.

All of the others at the table still remain silent, obviously surprised at their friend's ability to just talk to this random stranger. "So anyways I'm actually having a great day. I aced a test in trig and got to set something on fire in chem, and I didn't even get yelled at for being a Varronite once yet!" This last line was dropped with mock enthusiasm. Alkaiser loved playing small games like this, feeling out his crowd to see if they were anti-Varron or not. If so, he expected them all to leave, but if they had no problems, he knew he'd probably have a much more enjoyable mealtime.

In the worst case scenario, they were violently opposed to the entire transfer population, and a fight would break out. Steve, after his original appraisal of the skills at the table did not feel threatened by this outcome, but there was always a chance that he could be proved wrong. He takes a huge bite out of his apple, hiding his expression in all but his eyes, which were wide open and inquisitive.

[taru]

"You got shot alot at your old school huh..? Just kidding. You talk more than me Steve. That's a long name. A varronite huh...That's strange. Don't worry. I won't kill you. No matter how tempting it may be....Hehehe Just kidding buddy. I won't kill you. I won't let you get killed either. So is your hair dyed or is it natural? I can't really tell with you. Since no one in the end can tell. You got brown eyes so possibly it's natural. But then again you could be wearing contacts! I don't know. I need a nap."

Taru laughed after that due to all his outburts. He had a friend to talk about anything with since they both like to talk. Taru took a bite from his riceball and leaned back on his chair as he tried to think. So a redhaired guy befriended him in the span of 10 minutes and they already been talking. Taru took a huge gulp of water as he almost choked on his rice when he was enveloped in thought. He looked around the cafeteria wondering if anything exciting or anything like that would happen.

"So you have any fights so far steve? You being a varronite and all. I wouldn't be suprised if you got into a few fights or something like that. It's understandable if you did. I won't hold it against you. It's all good. So if you did tell me now cause I'm interested in that kind of subject. Cause I got a feeling in me that you can fight. If that's true, maybe we can use that fighting skill."

Taru finished one of his riceballs then grabbed for the other one and started chowing down on it. In his thoughts he believed he was correct with steve being a fighter. Taru finished the rest of his water and his riceball in a few moments. He gave a small belch then lean back and looked at steve with suspicion then got up from his seat then stretched his arms.

"I'm bored."