<strong>Chise Yoshida</strong>(http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=195720.msg9539470#msg9539470)<br/><strong>Location: </strong>Tea Club room<br/><strong>Tags:</strong>Open<br/><hr/><br/><em>". . . from the space which is not space, into any time when the Words are spoken, can the holder of the Knowledge summon The Black, blood of YibbTstll, that which liveth apart from him and eateth souls, that which smothers and is called Drowner. Only in water can one escape the drowning; that which is in water drowneth not . . . "</em><br/><br/>The mousy student's words echoed down the mostly empty school hallway. Her arms were loaded down with a hefty stack of books, the top of which was held open, pinned under her chin. She looked down her nose at the words, eyes moving quickly from left to right. She was hardly paying attention to where she was going, though the bookworm had gotten used to catching movement in the peripheral vision outside the boundaries of her glasses and so navigated most obstacles around her with ease.<br/><br/>Chise was pleased. She had finished all her regular classwork for the day already and was looking forward to a little recreational reading in her free time that evening. She nearly reached the school's exit when she remembered - quite suddenly - that she was supposed to be somewhere that afternoon. She gasped and nearly dropped her tomes. Chise had only transferred to the school a few days ago and had chosen the tea club when the guidance counselor encouraged her to join an extra-curricular activity. Japanese tea ceremony had been one of her personal interests for years so she was pleasantly surprised to find a match so quickly, but club meetings seemed like more of a bothersome obligation than real fun. Chise shook her head, her long brown braids flopping around in the movement. It didn't pay to think that way, she had to come out of her shell some time and she was being quite closed minded about the whole thing. The other club members could end up being great people, after all.<br/><br/>She allowed her mind to daydream about what meeting them might be like. At first, it was filled with quiet, calm individuals who liked quiet and only spoke in short, polite conversations. But then she sighed.<em>"But, no... that wouldn't be the case, would it? They'll likely all laugh at me and be popular kids who joined the club out of boredom... or they'll glare at me when I show up late. Oh man! Well, I guess there's no point sitting here thinking about it... I've got to get there!"</em>The panicked girl hugged her books tightly with one arm as she raced down the hall. Pulling, her backpack around front, she stuffed the written works inside... well, as many as she could. She still had several books to carry but she was able to retrieve the paper that had the club's classroom on it and she dashed directly towards it.<br/><br/>There was something of a commotion going on in the room beyond the door, but she couldn't hardly guess what it was about. Obviously, they must have moved on with club activities without her and it made her ashamed that she'd forgotten. Chise swallowed hard, reaching out to place a quiet knock on the door. When no one answered right away, she opened it and announced her presence. "Hullo? I'm a new member... I'm sorry I'm late and... ah...." She looked left and right, blinking in shock at the strange scene.<em>"What the....?"</em>She just continued to stand in the doorway, her jaw dropped and a lost stare stuck in her gaze.