<div class="floatleft">(http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p121/Mab_faerie/Elliquiy/Beauxbatons%20Academy/EmilieEve_zps84bc92d6.jpg)</div><strong>Character Name (PC/NPC):</strong>Emilie Callahan (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=193964.msg9475925#msg9475925)<br/><strong>Year/House:</strong>1st Year<br/><strong>Relationship Status:</strong>Single<br/><strong>Wearing:</strong>Beauxbaton School Uniform, Fall/Winter Version (http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=112894508)<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Bern Carriage<br/><strong>Date:</strong>September 1st<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Afanassii, Marston, OPEN<br/><br/><hr/><br/>At the dumbfounded expression of the boy standing before her, Emilie immediately felt a twinge of guilt at her unexpected outburst.<br/>"Ah, sorry. I didn't mean--uhm, that is, to say... uh, ahm... you're right, I'm sorry." Emilie sighed quietly, internally frustrated at the clumsiness of her words and mannerisms. With a deep breath, she gathered her thoughts and repeated herself,<br/>"I'm sorry, you're right. Candy is for eating. My reaction was silly, pardon me." Emilie switched to English as well once she realized that this new figure seemed to be American instead of the French she kept expecting everyone to be.<br/><br/>Turning her attention to Afanassii, Emilie politely accepted the offered candy and tried a small bite, looking for all the world as if she was taste testing poison.<br/>"Oh!" She exclaimed after the initial bite, smiling slightly. "This is actually much better than I'd expected. Uh, not that I expected it to be bad of course! I mean, I like it. Thank you for sharing with me."  Internally Emilie could feel herself cringing. Could she be any worse at this?<br/><br/>"Ah, while I'd love to stay and chat, I think we'll be approaching our destination soon and as you can see, I am obviously not in uniform. If you two would excuse me a moment?" Emilie asked and began rifling through her carry-on bag for the uniform that was hopefully not too wrinkled from being folded and shoved inside a messenger bag.<br/>"Afannassii? Ah, I'm sorry, but if it's not too much trouble, could you keep an eye on Poe for a moment?" Emilie gestured to the tiny raven that appeared to be fast asleep judging by it's silence over the past few minutes.<br/>"If you can't, it's alright, he's usually pretty good about being left alone but it would make me feel a little better to know someone was looking after him." Emilie felt awkward asking a favor of someone she'd only just met but figured bringing the bird into the changing rooms with her probably wouldn't go over too well with anybody else. That reason aside, it was just a lot to carry around when trying to undress and redress as smoothly as possible.<br/><br/>Offering a simple curtsy and a meek smile, Emilie stepped away from her seat and made her way down the aisle towards the changing rooms, taking her cue from the various written and visual signs dotting the walls of the carriage.<br/>When at last she'd made it into the changing room Emilie did her best not to grumble aloud about how absolutely ridiculous she found the informs to be and promptly failed in a rather spectacular fashion.<br/>"Come attend a classy, formal magic school, they said. You'll learn all about the arts and society and magic as a whole, they said. It will help you develop into a unique, smart and special little snowflake, they said. Just be sure to wear that uniform so you can look exactly like everyone else. And don't alter it in any way either. We wouldn't want you standing out or trying to be different. Go be unique on someone else's time." Muttering to herself, Emilie tugged on the pale blue uniform, taking care with the buttons and zippers so that nothing tore or snagged.<br/><br/>When she was finished, she turned to face the full-length mirror that accompanied the changing room and groaned in disgust.<br/>"Look at me. I look like someone's silly, spoiled daughter. Oh god, I<em>hate</em>this uniform." Unable to stand seeing herself in the ensemble a moment longer, Emilie gathered her things and swiftly returned to her seat, pleased to find Poe safe and sound as she'd left him.<br/><br/>"So, what did I miss?" She asked, glancing about and praying to god that she didn't look half as ridiculous as she felt.