Knowledge is a gift • OPEN

After a tiring morning socialising in the Vermilion common room, something was that definitely not her forte, Emma had decided to seclude herself to the library. She had expected like most libraries that it would be near silent aside from the sound of pages turning as students studied various textbooks or just enjoyed a good fictional story. The neko was definitely drained from her previous conversations, in fact if she wasn’t careful she would more than likely fall asleep reading at this point. She raised her left hand to her mouth as a quiet yawn escaped her lips. Well, she wasn’t against taking a small nap in the library should it come to it, but first she wished to do a bit of preemptive studies for the courses she had signed up for.

Emma had decided to sign up for a couple classes based around the world’s species, one of the few things that did interest her was learning all about how different races and cultured worked. Plus being able to speak multiple languages would always come in handy should she choose to travel in the future. As the lavender haired girl entered the library she noticed a few unfamiliar faces, not surprising, she knew very few people here and the ones she had met seemed strange to say the least. Honestly, she wasn’t sure why she expected the people here to be normal, this was definitely not the academy for regular minds and bodies. Still, they were definitely a lot more quirky than she originally anticipated.

As Emma’s orchid eyes scanned the shelves she found the section she had been looking for, information on the known species of the world. A little light study on some of the more common races in the country would definitely help her in the long run. Carefully she placed a finger on the spine, gently pulling the book out towards her and out of the shelf, she looked around commiting the location to memory so she could easily return it once she was done. The neko nodded to herself, satisfied she would be able to remember the exact shelf and location without hassle as she made her way back to the seating area. Before Emma could sit down however, she spied what appeared to be a giant of a man, well at least compared to her small frame, he had to be at least a good foot and a half bigger than her in her current form. While she wasn’t generally one for staring, she had come from a very small village where most of the townsfolk were either human or neko and while she was short compared to most this man made her feel like she was but a mere morsel that he could swallow whole.

Emma sighed to herself, turning her attention away from him, not wanting to be caught practically glaring at him considering her sullen expression. She was being ridiculous, sure he was tall, but there was no way he could eat her without at least chewing her up into pieces. ‘Unless I go to my full cat form, then he probably could.’ Emma contemplated as she sat down, watching as a strange fiery red headed girl attempted to converse with the giant of a man. She carefully lifted her book up to cover her face, attempting to appear as if she was reading it while observing from just over the pages. She was interested in how the two creatures would interact, a book teaches theory, but seeing interspecies interactions first hand would be far more interesting. As the redhead approached the giant man, Emma noticed that she wasn’t that much shorter than him, only a few inches in difference. ‘Geez, is everyone in this academy a flipping giant?’ she asked internally as she continued to observe.

Much to Emma’s dismay it seemed her attempt to stay covert was a complete waste of time. Not only did everyone in the vicinity seem blatantly aware of her the redheaded girl even took the time to greet her. Honestly the neko had avoided learning most people’s names, even the ones in her classes and dorm, still it seemed this one knew hers. Emma sighed internally, admitting defeat as she lowered her book and gave a small, salute like wave with her left hand.

“Yo.” she responded to the initial mention of her name, before groaning at the stupid pleasantry that always irritated her ‘How are you?’. Still it would be rude not to respond, “I guess I’m disappointed.” Emma answered, it was the truth after all. Disappointed that she wouldn’t get to simply enjoy the interactions from the sidelines and would have to actually participate in the conversation. Part of her thought she should probably ask the redheaded girl for her name, but she decided against it, for now she would just hope it would crop up in the conversation naturally.

Well at least this gave her the opportunity to find out more first hand, although It didn’t seem that the neko was going to have much chance to study before starting her classes after all. Emma closed the book she was holding before focusing on the location she had memorised previous, before opening up a small near invisible rift in the air to which she pushed the book through, the other side residing on the shelf she had collected it from. To anyone with heightened visionary senses they would notice a small ripple in the air where the book disappeared, to anyone else it would look like it had been swallowed into nothingness. Emma then made her way over to the two towering giants, now that she was closer she only felt more tiny in comparison.

“Tall.” the neko voiced her thoughts without meaning to as she gazed up at the golden eyed male, her face showing just as little emotion as her voice. Suddenly she remembered her brother's advice on introducing herself. While she tended to hate most physical contact, a simple handshake was doable. The lavender girl offered her small outstretched hand towards the giant of a man "Emma." She stated bluntly while awaiting him to shake her hand. Seeing as the redheaded girl already appeared to know her name, she didn't see the need to repeat the action to her.