<div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/ini4gN5.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Erica Weaver<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Hallway --> Parking Lot<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Amane Marina<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Erica had no qualms falling behind Marina, and listening to the blonde as she spoke. Yeah, it seemed like she was echoing what Erica had been telling herself back when she failed the first few times, but she'd since lost sight of it. Still, just hearing her role model say those words was enough to re-invigorate her, and completely revert her back to her original line of thinking... Yeah, it wasn't like she'd come off as some kind of cold hearted bitch or anything, she just tried to start up friendly conversation. With that, she would go on to pay close attention to what else Marina had to say, even if most of it seemed to be an aimless tangent about the idol culture in Japan, and just why it was so heavily consumed. Still, she could almost make the mental connections for how it was going to come full circle and help her out... The idea was for her to learn and mature, right? Just like those idols did, according to Marina.<br/><br/>As such, the blonde teacher would be able to see that her mood had brightened up considerably by the time that the two of them had gotten out to the car. Though it would be difficult to tell how much it was her advice, and how much it was Erica just generally being upbeat, and not being the kind of person to stay down for too long.<br/><br/>The suggestion for her to join a club was interesting though, and while Erica had taken a look around while when she first arrived on the campus, she didn't really see anything that stuck out too her at the time. Truth be told, the thing that had made her most nervous about joining the swimming team, or any other athletic based program for that matter, was that Erica was far from the most athletic person in her class. Sure, she had the figure for it, but she often was one of the first ones out of wind during PE, and had the most struggles when it came to anything physical based. Then again... It was just like Marina had said, this wasn't just another year of her life... This was her year in a foreign country, a chance to really expand and broaden her horizons... If she wasn't going to take the opportunity to take a few risks and make a few mistakes, when was she ever going to get the chance?<br/><br/>Worst case scenario, it wasn't like anything that happened her could follow her back home, right? It was a way of thinking that hadn't even crossed her mind until this moment, but now that it had slammed into her mind, it all just seemed so obvious! Smiling excitedly, Erica would nod her head, finally seeing an opening to give a response after Marina's tangent had come to an end.<strong>"That's a great idea! I'll take a look around after school, to see which clubs are still taking members, or what I'd be good at... Or... yeah! Thank you."</strong>The comment on her figure seemed to have gone completely over Erica's head for the time being, she was far too excited with what she perceived to be her own epiphany, but was really just her taking Marina's advice to heart.