<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/9tvxbXt.jpg])</div><strong>Character Name:</strong><em>Melody Yeoh (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=348080.msg16381559#msg16381559)</em><br/><strong>Main Progeny Crystal:</strong><em>The Creator of Paradise</em><br/><strong>Wearing:</strong>rainbow knit (https://i.pinimg.com/736x/b2/76/75/b27675ff579eb41da9a68bee0d1e72e3.jpg), white tank top, blue jeans, green converse shoes<br/><strong>HP:</strong>55<em>/</em>55<br/><strong>EP:</strong>70<em>/</em>70<br/><strong>Time:</strong><em>July 2, 3:00pm</em><br/><strong>Location:</strong><em>Triumvirat Villa, Echeveau</em><br/><strong>Tagging | Mentioning:</strong>Prospective Crystelia Coven Members, Alice, Alethea |<br/><strong>Notes:</strong>She starts off stunned, but Melody gives friendly smiles and makes eye contact with anyone who acknowledges her existence.<br/><hr/><strong></strong><br/><br/>Melody waved her hands erratically under the automatic faucet, struggling to get the sensor to acknowledge her existence. The water finally released and the student splashed the cold liquid on her face. Summer sessions suuuuuuucked. Nothing dragged quite like a 4 hour lecture, but she needed to take the condensed session to see if she was really going to change her major in her senior year of college. That was crazy though, right? To near the end of one pathway just to want to switch jump to another? She was on the cusp of a new chapter in her life - she didn't want to be stuck in college forever! - but the shine a Business degree once held had diminished and now she was looking at other options. It would only be a few more classes to get a dual degree. A few more classes on top of that to get some relevant certifications. But if she did that, she wouldn't have time for the internship. She wanted the excitement of working in the field.<br/><br/>She pat her face dry with a paper towel and then looked at her reflection in the mirror. Why was it such a struggle to see where her future might take her? She stared at her brown, almond-shaped eyes and plain, heart-shaped face before adjusting her green tresses. The sound of a toilet flushing snapped her out of her internalized angst and she moved away from the sink with a sheepish grin as other women filed in to take their own turn during the limited break window. Two hours down, two more to go. She could do this. She<em>wanted</em>to do this - she was quite certain that the professor was the reason that her Dynamics of State and Community Politics was so dry to sit through because she had no problem reading the text book.<br/><br/>She rallied herself as she pushed open the bathroom door to step back out into the hallway and was mid-step when she realized that this<em>wasn't</em>the hallway. Her foot hit the grass and the reality she knew behind her vanished into thin air. She froze, hand still out from pushing open the door, as she struggled to process what had just happened. She snapped her head behind her - not the college - and then to the strangely dressed women in front of her. Melody dropped her hand to her side as she listened.<br/><br/>Potentiates...?<br/><br/>The explosion brought Melody out of her stunned silence and she looked to the other women next to her that seemed just as wide-eyed as she felt. One of them stuttered out something that made more sense than heroes and magic and Melody reacted to it. Kind of - still dazed, her normal enthusiasm for meeting new people was subdued, but she moved and reached out to assist Mugi, stopping before actually touching the woman to see if approval was granted. If so, she would help her straighten up and if not, she would stand awkwardly as she tried to process why she wasn't in the hallway.<br/><br/><strong>"That's cool,"</strong>she said half-heartedly.<strong>"My parents are musicians. They compose stuff too."</strong>The distant arguing was off-putting. Was there something to be concerned about? Dead eating bread. Souls. That was concerning, right?<br/><br/><strong>"Sorry, Alethea, was it? What world is this?"</strong>Certainly not Earth. Had she fallen and hit her head on the sink? Melody looked at Fennu who had been singled out by the woman.<strong>"Am I having a nervous breakdown? It was stressful not knowing if I wanted to continue with my major, but <em>this</em>? I don't think it was <em>this</em> stressful."</strong>She turned as she spoke, opening up her question to the group. But her eyes fell back on the presented wands.<br/><br/>She could<em>feel</em>something when she looked at them - when she looked at one in particular. It made the hair on the nape of her neck stand on end at the sensation. Was that what magic felt like? Some strange intuition? A sixth sense calling her down a third option? Could one major in magic? She let out a short, single laugh as the absurdity of her known reality and this fantastical situation mixed together in strange ways.<br/><br/><strong>"Okay, I'm interested,"</strong>she admitted in a whisper. There was wonder in her voice as she followed that feeling that pulled her towards Alethea and the wands. Never one to shirk a new experience, she was ready to admit she was curious and to satiate that curiosity. When her turn came along, she didn't hesitate to choose a wand; it called to her! And the spark of warmth that flooded her? What a vivid sensation! She laughed again, this time a delighted giggle as she turned to look at the other women in this shared, strange dream!