<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/a/ac/Taro03.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Taro Ikeda (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=257738.msg12730054#msg12730054)<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Track & Field, School Grounds<br/><strong>Time:</strong>Flashback - a few days before school starts, very early morning<br/><strong>With:</strong>Shizuma<br/><hr/>"Playing among the clouds?" That did sound like he was dreaming, but if he did, she would probably be floating a few centimeters above the ground and would have said something like 'you are our only hope, Taro Ikeda', before whisking him away to some spaceship.<br/><br/>No, if this were a dream she wouldn't look so crestfallen at the mishap. So she was probably telling the truth, which began to make some sense, now that he thought about it. Her outfit still didn't make much sense to him, but the girl looked so sorry about the whole situation that he began to pay more attention to her voice and expression. "I'm fine. Better question is, are you okay?" He asked with some concern in his voice.<br/><br/>Taro pushed himself up and ran a hand through his hair, crossed the short distance between them, and offered his hand to her, only to withdraw it briefly, to wipe his hand on his trouser leg. Extending his hand again he put on a small smile.<br/><br/>"Let me help you up." Yep, she was just a girl, now that he paid a little more attention, ran her voice through his head again. And a rather embarrassed girl it seemed, blaming herself for a small, simple accident. That wasn't right.<br/><br/>"I'm Taro, by the way. Taro Ikeda. You must be one of the new students, I guess, miss...?"