Cici/Franz: Tour guide

<Candy-Leptic> Franz: He clicked his lighter a few times until he saw a spark. When he did, he quickly put it to his lips, only for the spark to die before actually lighting anything. His shoulders feel and he blinked at it a few times before repeating the process twice. It was freezing outside, and between a tee shirt, flannel shirt, hoodie and leather jacket, he could feel the wind at his bones. If only HU didn't demand students smoked OUTSIDE of campus?? Whose rule was that, anyway? A strong wind picked up and tousled his hair, and he fussed with it until it was back to it's original spot. Then, of course, the wind picked up again.




<christgirl253> Cici: Cold, cold, cold, cold, cold cold coldcoldcoldcoldcoldcold!! She couldn't focus enough to form any thoughts other than that, or to have any movements other than trudging one foot in front of the other. She was bundled in a sweater and fluffy coat, a heavy skirt, socks up to her thighs, and boots, but she was still freezing! Her numbing fingers wrapped tightly around the package she was supposed to be delivering, and she tried to calculate how much farther it was to the University. Hopefully not too far! The schools were only a couple of miles apart, and she had already been walking for hours, probably. There was no way she wasn't close. A strong wind blew and made her stumble into a tree trunk. She pulled herself away as best she could without letting go of her box, her braid whipping about as the wind blew from side to side, as though it was doing it intentionally. She continued ever onward, however, dreaming of cocoa and fire.



<Candy-Leptic> Franz: He was confident the last spark from this lighter was it's last. He rubbed his hands together and looked closer-yup, almost out of fluid. Fantastic. He jammed in into his pants pocket. Why, WHY did he wear pants with holes today?? Purple legs would probably NOT match his hair, he figured. He tiredly learned his back on the building behind him. Fire, fire. He didn't have time to run to his dorm to get a new lighter, or to run to the Christmas dorms and use the fireplace (and risk getting caught!), and he didn't think to bring a match or anything. He slumped down into a sitting position. He only had a 15 minute break between classes, and this was the one time he REALLY needed a smoke!



<christgirl253> Cici: Finally, she sighted the buildings through the trees! She crunched quickly through leaves, wanting to get to the OON house before her fingers inevitably fell off. As she approached, she saw a familiar figure hunched over by a tree. She walked closer. "F-franz?" she asked, although there wasn't really any mistaking that blue mohawk. "H-h-hi! H-have you seen, seen R-raphael?" she asked, her breath steaming in the air like clouds.



<Candy-Leptic> Franz: He set the rock down. There was no way a spark from those would light a cigarette. He was about to face a humiliating defeat when he took note of Cici. "Oh, hey." He got up and brushed off his jacket, his beautiful, beautiful jacket. "What are you- Oh, Raph? Uh..." He messed with his hair again. "Hey, you know what, I think he's in class right now. I mean, like, we COULD try to find him, sure, but it would be hard." He looked around. "Cici, do you want to go inside? Is fucking freezing out here."



<christgirl253> Cici: Disheartened by the fact that he was in class, she nodded fervently at the offer to go inside. "It is f-f-f-freezing!!" she agreed. As they began walking, she asked, "W-why are you s-still in c-c-class? Th-the Academy ended a, a c-couple of, of hours ago."



<Candy-Leptic> Franz: "Oh, uh, I had to take some later classes because of frat things..." Mostly because they were up all through the hours of the night, and that meant morning classes were a no-go. It made him kind of shiver. "Why are YOU here? Your classes ended awhile ago?" He scratched his head, "What, Raph again? You guys are pretty close then, huh?"




<christgirl253> Cici: "Y-y-yeah," she said, sniffing to combat the automatic it-is-cold-outside stuffy nose. "His dad gave some of his, his w-winter clothes to, to my d-dad, so I could take them t-to him. H-he doesn't get home v-very often any, anymore. F-frat stuff," she said with a smile.



<Candy-Leptic> Franz: He held the University doors open for her while raising an eyebrow. "Really? He's never home?" He guessed that made sense, considering Hans and himself haven't visited Feststadt in awhile. Still, he always wrote home. "I take it there's winter in Valentine's Ville, then?"



<christgirl253> Cici: "N-not often." she went inside and shivered even harder as she warmed up, her body trying to get used to the change. "W-we do. It's usually pretty, pretty b-brisk. S-sometimes we get a, a little sn-snow." She stamped her feet and looked around. "To be honest, th-though, I h-have no, no idea where I am."




<Candy-Leptic> Franz: He took a deep breath. Ahhh, warmth! Ahhh, no smoke break... His brow furrowed. Still, he kept the cigarette in his mouth, he could pretend, at least!!! "Oh, where we are? Uh, this is actually the hallway leading to Easter classes, or at least, the level one Easter classes." "I imagine Raph's probably in the Valentine's hallway." Or messing with Geoffrey between classes.... "So uh, I guess I could give you a tour or something? To pass the time? Unless like, you have something else in mind?"



<christgirl253> Cici: "S-sure!" she said, shifting her box. It was a little big, but it wasn't very heavy! She'd wanted a proper tour of the university for a long time now! The last one she had tried to take got cut short. She'd been to the OON house plenty of times, but not much past that. "It s-sounds f-fun!"