<div class="floatleft">(http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/55877467/Keiko%2BKubota%2B15876427.png)</div><strong>Character Name (PC/NPC):</strong>Mayumi Melançon (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=193964.msg9485792#msg9485792)<br/><strong>Year/House:</strong>First year<br/><strong>Relationship Status:</strong>Single<br/><strong>Wearing:</strong>url=http://cfc.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-set/.sig/yNQ6HHsYWeK4qDs8IvKAAA/cid/112931537/id/vPzlyo2R4xGRiEy-O-wIHA/size/c600x471.jpg] This outfit[/url], but changing to Beauxbaton uniform<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Bordeaux carriage/ joined carriage?<br/><strong>Date:</strong>September 1st<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Valter Endresen, Open<br/><br/>Mai hated being late. It was the one recurring thought that went through her mind as she ran along, struggling to drag her luggage with her, pet raccoon screeching angrily as her cage swung from her hand. She had it all planned out neatly, really. Her overnight train from her home in Tolouse would arrive at 7am, which gave her more than enough time to get breakfast and wait for the carriage. But how was she to know that the streets in Bordeaux were so... confusing? Urgh!<br/><br/>She turned the corner and sighed with relief when she saw a carriage, as blue as the seal wax on the letter that had been sent to her. At least she didn't have to spend time on the pavement worrying about what the carriage would look like or whether the letter was a hoax after all... Seeing her, an impatient looking man wearing a smart blue suit that matched the carriage shouted at her to hurry, and Mai did her best, panting wildly. The man helped her with her luggage, and finally, she was on the carriage.<br/><br/>It was slightly embarrassing to note that the carriage started to move immediately after she stumbled into it. Pretending not to care, Mai tucked a stray strand of her dark brown hair behind her ear, smiled her thanks at the man, and went to look for a seat. Most of the students were moving in the opposite direction, because that was where the changing rooms were located. Looking behind her, Mai shrugged her shoulders.<em>Since I'm already here, why not change first?</em><br/><br/>Turning around, and nearly knocking into another student with a wild mop of dark hair, Mai quickly ducked into the next empty changing room, luggage and all. Pulling out her new uniform, she examined it for the first time. It looked... normal. Not that Mai was complaining. She had no idea whom to get help from if it was some complicated set of robes, like those she imagined witches wore. Not bothering to fold her own dress and blouse, Mai quickly dressed on the blue outfit, sans hat and coat. Jumping out of the dressing room again, she dragged her luggage once more, excusing herself as she squeezed out of the crowd.<br/><br/>It was emptier on the other end of the carriage, Mai was pleased to find. Finding an empty seat, Mai plonked herself down next to her luggage and Reine's cage. The Japanese tanuki hissed at her, but Mai simply smiled at her. "You'll have the freedom of the castle soon, you rascal," she told him as she put her own dress away in her luggage. She had just taken out a book to settle herself down for the rest of the way, when she realised she was seated opposite mop-head boy.<br/><br/>"Oh, uh... Hi?" she said, startled. "Sorry for earlier... It was crowded..." Mai started to feel uncomfortable, as she usually did around strangers. She was all too aware, too, of her Asian accent, which she normally did a good job of speaking French without. Desperate for something to say, she began to ramble, "Uhh... I hope it's okay if I sit here. My name is Mayumi Melançon, but people usually call me Mai. And uhh... Are you going to do anything about that hair?"<br/><br/>She clapped her hand to her mouth even as the words escaped them. "Uhh... Ahhh... I mean, it looks good. Just, you know, a little moppy."Mai's voice was high and squeaky now, her heart thumping wildly.<em>Way to go for first impressions,</em>she thought in dismay. "Err... E-E-Excuse me!" And with that, she shot out of her seat and ran off, before tripping on her own feet and falling onto the carriage floor with a loud<em>bump</em>. As far as first days of school went, this certainly wasn't looking to be Mai's best.