& you ain't barely started ~ [ O p e n ]

Morgan had been sorting out his school things for a bit, which drained him. He felt quite tired after looking at the timetable and all the different classes that he had to choose from. Not to mention the extra activities that the school organised that he still needed to sort through. It made Morgan feel glad that he had already unpacked his things and tidied up the room, aswell. It was one less thing that he needed to care about. The thing that he desperately needed, though, was to just turn off his brain for a bit. Thankfully, Morgan knew just exactly what he had to do, to do so.

The young man would put on blue jeans and a white t-shirt that had 'SING YOUR LUNGS OUT' in big red letters splattered across it. That's right. Singing was his little escape. Not dancing, but singing. To Morgan, singing felt less taxing than singing. Not to mention, that if he overdid it, he would lose his voice and that was a great excuse to not talk. He didn't practice that often, however, so that he wouldn't destroy his vocal chords. Then he truly would be without a voice.

As he was thinking about what song he should start with, his feet brought him to the courtyard. He was looking for a more secluded place, where he wouldn't bother anyone, in case they were studying outside or the like. Morgan was walking around and he did find a suitable place. The problem was, that there was an another person present. It seemed to be a girl, laying down on the ground, chilling. She seemed to be so peaceful; Morgan didn't want to disturb her. The young man would shake his head and come closer to the girl. He could at least ask if she was alright with him singing, right? If she wasn't, he could find an another place instead. "Um.. Hello." The young man would say, sheepishly, as he stopped a little bit away from the girl, to keep his aura at bay as much as possible. He wasn't sure if she could hear him. "Would you mind if I sang just over yonder for little bit?" The young man would ask the girl.

"No! It's not the same thing, I'm telling you!... What do you mean 'In other cultures it might be'?!... No I don't care what he told you, that's not at all what I'm looking for... Just go to the place I told you to go, and you'll find it, alright? And be quick about it, I don't got long until my next class!" Kaiden sighed heavily as he quickly pressed the red icon on his phone, hanging it up and ending the call. These delivery services were not reliable at all. How long had he spent looking for this specific map? Months, maybe a year now? Finally he heard about the location of the map in the city, but of course he had classes all day and couldn't go out and get it himself. Instead he found a younger student who wasn't doing anything and payed him a few bucks to go and fetch it for him, but that was apparently a mistake. THe kid had no sense of direction and had gotten completely lost. It looked like Kaiden would need to go after school himself anyways... He couldn't count on anyone.

Grumbling to himself Kaiden would continue walking through the courtyard, books in hand moving towards his next class when he noticed something odd. A familiar looking girl was standing at a distance and spying on another two people talking not far off. From his distance, it didn't look like she was involved in their conversation at all, so what exactly was she doing? Spying? Arching an eyebrow, Kaiden grew too curious to pass up this chance to kill his boredom. Walking behind the ghost hybrid he simply said. "Who're we spying on?"

Morgan was glad that the girl didn't mind him approaching her. It was kind of hard to find a truly quiet place, considering the amount of students that attended the Academy, but he still felt bad, having to disturb her like that. The girl than glanced to the side, saying something about spying. Wait, spying? Morgan turned his head in the direction she was looking at in a flash, noticing a peculiar duo of presumably students. One of them most definitely was, as it was his fellow dorm-mate. It made him think, however. Morgan didn't hear anything, himself. The girl must've had some exceptional hearing to be able to hear the duo talking, especially since she seemed to know exactly what they were talking about. There was no way one would sneak up on her. Morgan reckoned that she must've heard his arrival long before he actually spoke up to her, aswell.

He was kind of unsure of what to say. Probably call them over, like the girl did? Morgan was at a bit of loss there. "There's nothing private going on here." He would say, though he felt like it was somewhat out of place. "I was just asking if I could practise my singing a bit, that's all." The young man would explain the situation, trying to show that there was nothing shady going on. Not that he probably needed to, but he felt a bit better after disclosing that.

The duo were quickly found out and Kaiden was caught between a rock and a hard place. Somehow the woman that the ghost hybrid had been watching spotted them even from this distance and so did her friend. Goddammit, this was a really awkward situation. Kaiden was about to explain to them that he wasn't spying on anyone, but simply asking the shorter girl next to him if she was. That however didn't really seem to matter anymore as everyone moved on from the subject. Upon closer inspection, Kaiden couldn't claim to know the girl or the man she was with, however his knowledge of the odd genetic makeup that the academy comprised of told him that the girl was not a human. If she were to hear Kaiden's voice from that distance anyways, it was a pretty safe guess really... Then again, he heard her as well. Huh?

He shook the odd thought though when the man spoke up, explaining that he was simply asking if he could sing a song. Kaiden couldn't help but cock an eyebrow up and look at the ghost hybrid next to him. Sounded pretty odd to be sure, but he didn't have anything against singing... Well, not from this guy anyways... The same couldn't be said for everyone he knew though...

Kaname apparently knew these two already though, which kind of diffused the awkwardness Kaiden had felt. He couldn't claim to be her friend, but Kaiden was already acquainted with the ghost hybrid from their study group. Somehow knowing someone who knew the two strangers in front of him put him more at ease. Deciding not to awkwardly stand there while the three friends conversed, Kaiden simply stepped forward. "I uh.. I'm Kaiden. Cobalt dorm." He blurted somewhat awkwardly holding his hand out for a handshake before realizing that made things even worse and he put it down. Finding out the other girl's name was Quinn through Kaname, she suggested that Morgan ask her first. "What kind of music do you sing? Not pop music... I hope." Kaiden asked Morgan with a hint of nervousness in his voice, hoping to god the man wasn't a fan of HERS... Otherwise he might have to ditch these three people as soon as possible.