[Seraphina King]

The sounds of large punching-bag being stuck, along with the rattling of chains could be heard just outside one of the doors in the girls' side in the Bolt Dorm. Inside that room on one side was Seraphina, who was undoubtedly the source of the noise. Her hands were neatly done up in hand wraps as she struck the large punching bag that hung from the ceiling. Occasionally she threw out a kick or two, but mostly stuck to her fists. On the bed next to her was an assortment of clothes that had been recently unpacked. Mostly this consisted of tracksuits, uniforms, and a few casual clothes. And as the cherry on top of these clothes, underwear.

Off to the side was more equipment and bags. A few Pokeballs were on a table next to the bed as well. The bed itself had been all done up recently. It was clear that she had just moved in. Right now, Seraphina's mind was focused on the punching bag, but she had hoped that her supposed roommate would have been here. Would have been nice to meet the person she'd be living with for the next however-long time frame. So until they showed up, she was free to train to her heart's delight. Would be bad to lose her form while she was at the academy.

She wondered what type of person they would be, specifically. The only thing she could imagine was some sort of up-tight person who would have an issue with everything she did. That would be. . . funny in its own way. Since she would be doing whatever the hell she wants anyway. She wasn't demanding, of course. So long as they got along well, things would be just fine. But honestly? She was hoping she would get along with them. Not just because she was alone here, but because being stuck in a room with someone you hate sucks. And she didn't want to end up getting expelled if she needed to choke a bitch.

[Sophia Schuster]

It had been a good stroll, Sophia felt. She had dropped by the school's Pokemon Center to properly heal Cotton, as well as he two new Pokemon. Even if not all of them were exactly combat-capable, it looked, she was happy to have their numbers crawl steadily upward since arriving at the island. Though that battle with Muslin had been worrisome, the trip as a whole was filled with pleasant feelings. A quiet “ehehe” escaped her curled lips. It was no secret she was pleased.

With a quiet hum, the young lady made her way to her room. The matter of a roommate had completely escaped her mind until she heard. . . chains? Her eyebrows furrowed. What, exactly, was going on in her room? It was possible her roommate had moved in, but. . . what would include chains? A punching bag never occurred to her. She stood at the door for a moment, hesitating. How should she have gone about entering her own room? While her background was definitely one of privilege, etiquette was minimal; even her father was pretty easy-going and relaxed when it came to manners.

With a quiet rap of her knuckled, twice, on the door, she waited a moment before beginning to open the door. Had anything odd been going on, that momentary pause would have given the occupant time to stop. As she stepped in, she caught glimpse of another girl. She seemed to be around Sophia's age. Her eyes flicked upwards, noticing the ceiling mount, and the issue of the chains had been resolved. A quick shift to the side revealed the stack of clothes and. . . other things. Seemed like this was, in fact, her roommate. Others might have frowned at the apparently physically-oriented roommate. Sophia, though?

She was intrigued.

”Good afternoon.” She greeted before closing the door behind her. ”Is it safe to assume you're my roommate?” It seemed less like a question, but more a supplementary inquisition to explain who she was. ”Good to meet you. I'm Sophia Schuster, and I'll be your roommate for however long we'll both be here.” She offered a hand, thrusting it forward while hosting a pleasant, even warm, smile on her face. She'd never met a boxer before.

Though she'd been out and walking for a bit, she was relatively clean. At least, no dirt or dust had stained her clothes. Her silver hair was tied off on the left of her head in a side-tail. Blue contacts hid her true eye color. Her top was a two-layered ensemble, with a plain white blouse underneath and a short-sleeved crimson poncho. From her waist, a pleated skirt of a similar maroon color reached halfway between her feet and knees. Brown Mary Janes encased her feet, with black socks shooting into the canopy that was the maiden's skirt. Though her outfit was clearly not designed for excessive physical activity, it would, at the very least, not get in the way of general things.

All in all, though, she probably looked almost like a sort of doll. One with an odd fashion sense.

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[Seraphina King]

Seraphina continued to swing at the bag, aiming at theoretical weak spots on a person's body. She was in the zone. At least, until she heard a faint knock. Stopping her punches and slowing the bag to a halt, she turned around to look at the door. Could it be? Sure enough, the door opened to reveal a girl around her age. A rather cute one at that. The girl greeted her first, and asked the obvious question one would in the situation. Before giving any answer, Seraphina looked over the girl from top to bottom, then whistled. Was she from a high-class family or something? The clothes she had on were a slight indication. Either that, or the girl just liked to keep her appearance up. Seraphina was more inclined to go with 'rich girl' on account of the polite speech.

That might be me, yes. Unless I accidentally unloaded all my stuff and installed a punching bag into the wrong room. Man, that would suck. She was pretty sure this was the right place, anyway. But judging from the way the girl was accepting her, it seemed to be the right place. Taking the girl's hand, she responded. Yeah, likewise. Seraphina's my name. Seraphina King by technicality. She moved over to her bed as she spoke and flopped down on it before going through a but of her clothes to put away. You took me by surprise though. You seem like a polite gal. Not that there's anything wrong with that. I was expecting some bratty bitch. She laughed out loud. Of course, she knew nothing about this girl. Nothing concrete. Perhaps she was just so confident in her intuition? At least in the fact that living with the person wouldn't be unpleasant.

Hey, we even match. She pointed at her side-ponytail. Well, not with clothing. I look like a sweaty mess. You look like some sorta doll. To be specific, she had on a loose tank-top just over her bra, and a pair of sweatpants. Naturally, this was something even she wouldn't go out in, so it wasn't that bad. As she was sorting through the clothing and putting them away, she stopped once she held a pair of her panties. Hey. Do rich people have nice-looking, sexy panties to go along with their clothes? Just occurred to me, since I've never seen down a rich person's pants. Better wording could've been used, naturally. But with a mouth as loose as hers, worse things could have been said.

By the way, how long you been here? I'm like, completely lost on what I'm supposed to do around here. Maybe she would have someone who could tell her what's what. It would certainly make thinks a lot easier than to figure them out late.

[Sophia Schuster]

Well, it certainly seemed that her roommate was an amusing person. Seraphina King was about as polite as Sophia was, but it seemed the prior had a much rougher way a speaking. That was fine, though. Sophia just had to hope that no slang came up. While she wasn't necessarily sheltered, she was never good with the nonsensical pseudo-language that had come up. The basics she knew, but the terminology evolved far faster than a Pokemon apparently could.

Still, polite? She'd only done the bare minimum. Still, she noted that same hairstyle decision before blinking and letting out a faint “huh?” at the comment about looking like a doll. She might have blushed over that, or the underwear comments, had she not been looking herself over. She didn't look like that, did she? Sure, her clothes were a bit better than the average store-bought things, but they weren't that ornate, right? She'd need to tone it down a little if that were the case. Excessive attention would be bad. Dismissing that line of thought for the time being, she tilted her head and smiled.

”You know, you keep saying 'rich', but it's not like that means we're a different species.” She sounded more amused than annoyed. With light steps, she sat down on her bed. ”Underwear is underwear.” She declared, not at all bothered at the sight of the other girl's. At that other question, though, she crossed her arms and tilted her head.

”I've only been here a day. As for what you can do, well, it is a school.” Learning seemed like the obvious. Maybe Seraphina wasn't entirely sure what to try? ”The most notable classes would be Battle Tactics and Breeding, which would be Pokemon battling and breeding. Other than that, there's a navigation class and physical education.” Punctuating her words with a faint “Hum”, she let her legs kick at the air.

”I plan to hit all the classes, but my focus will be battling and breeding. Pokemon are why I came here, after all.” If not for Cotton and Cloud, she wouldn't have come here. There would have been no need to. She gazed at her apparent roommate, expression pleasant and gaze soft. ”If you're lost, though, does that mean coming here was decided for you?” Perhaps it would have been prying, but she did ignore that “by technicality” regarding a family name. That sounded much more personal than the motivations for coming to the school.

At least, in her mind it did.

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[Seraphina King]

At the very least, it seemed like Seraphina had thrown Sophia for a loop, if only temporary. She might have said something that would be deemed odd. But she was understanding enough. She did bring up a good point though. With a laugh, she responded. Sure, sure. It wasn't really so much of you being the odd species, but me. You seem down to earth anyway. There was rich, then there was normal, and finally there was Seraphina. She would stick out regardless of how she changed her appearance. Her personality could only be changed so much. Underwear is underwear, huh. Yeah. I like that. I should use it sometime. She treated the simple answer as some sort of profound wisdom. She was probably just joking around though.

It seemed that this girl had only just been here a day as well. So she wasn't exactly all-knowing about the academy like Seraphina hoped. You say that like it's common sense, but I've never been to school. I wouldn't know the first thing about what I'm supposed to be doing. Supposedly you learn some stuff here and there, but I'm not sure where that stuff is supposed to be. I figured I would just be teaching myself. This girl would know more about the subject than her. But more importantly, they had some weird classes here. Well, battle tactics I understand, but breeding? I mean, if you want to specialize in having babies, that's cool. But I didn't think that would have a class for something like that here. She guess that some people just really wanted to have babies. Her roommate being one of them. Hopefully this didn't mean she'd find her roommate's belly steadily growing. It was probably just practice. No 'real life experience' involved.

Navigation and PE sounds fun. Battle tactics, I think I could swing. Breeding? Maybe. Could be fun. She'd sample everything to see what she liked. And if not? She'd just skip. No sense in doing stuff she didn't want to. There would probably be a whole bunch of other things to do anyway. And then Sophia asked why she was here, albeit with different words. Well, sort of. This is more of a vacation for me until I want to go home. But I'm only lost because I've never been to school. It's sorta like going to another planet and being expected to know how to act. She laid down on her bed and stretched. How long should she even stay here, anyway? That was a question she never bothered to ask herself. It was likely one she didn't want to ask herself since she had just gotten here. It would be bad to think about leaving right as you got there.

[Sophia Schuster]

”Aha. Now I see.” Suddenly everything was in a different light for Sophia. Her roommate must have been privately tutored, or something like that. Well, no. Teaching herself? Homeschooled, then. That filled in a few gaps. Now, she could properly address those questions. Or, at least, she would have, had Seraphina's phrasing not been a little. . . off. There might have been plenty of little Pokebabies running around sooner or later, but she herself was not having anything. Nope. Nosiree. That was probably a decade off, at the earliest.

”L-let me change my answer, then. I'll start with the basics, so forgive me if I go too far. A school is an institution in which numerous charges- that is, students like you or myself- come to learn whatever fields are being taught. Subjects are generally taught in classrooms, though there may be some variation here given some of the subjects. Teachers, individuals who are supposed to be well-learned on the subjects, teach a class, which is that collective group of students I mentioned before.” She wasn't a teacher, so explaining everything from A to B, all the way to Z, was the only way she could properly share her knowledge.

”Now. . . physical education and navigation are probably pretty well-defined by their names. Battle Tactics will be teaching us how to best make use of our partners' abilities in battle, or how to best make team synergy, I would imagine.” She nodded before placing a hand on her side, where a small pocket that held her balls was hidden. ”Finally, Pokemon breeding seems to be a bit more complicated than just putting a male and female in a room together, so that class will likely teach all the nuances of Pokemon and how to breed them.” That last bit she tagged on because she didn't want any misunderstandings. She might have been wrong, but something just seemed. . . off in that phrasing. Dangerously off.

”But, yes. I'll attempt to take as many classes as possible, but. . . if there's a schedule conflict, battling and breeding take priority.” She paused, having watched the girl flop back onto her bed. Honestly, Sophia wasn't sure how to address the whole “school being a vacation” thing. Honestly, that sounded very bad. Terrible, even. She wouldn't pry, though.

”If it's a vacation, then try to take in all that there is to be experienced, then- foods, drinks, and sights as well as the whole student package. You may find that you enjoy it all more than you'd hoped.” The girl just smiled and stood straight before reaching down to unfasten her shoes. It was time to take it easy, and perhaps offer more answers to her roommate. She'd have to be careful, it seemed, on the assumptions.

”Did I manage to get it that time?” She finally asked, tilting her head. Her tone was purely inquisitive. Neither a hint of mocking nor annoyance was there. After all, one that lacked knowledge could not help what they had been deprived of.

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[Seraphina King]

Seraphina furrowed her brow as she considered this girl's words carefully. She could understand some of the premises that this girl presented, but some still seemed foreign. Regardless, she had gotten the gist of things. Anything else could be learned when she attended one of these classes. She could only wonder what these teachers would be like though. She'd see just how well-learned they really were. Even if it meant testing them herself. As for the other students, at least she'd have other people to talk to during class. How hard could class be anyway?

More importantly, she seemed to clarify the whole breeding misconception. That was probably good of her to do so before she said something that might have offended the poor girl, if she hadn't already. It was Pokemon-centered breeding. Was that really a big thing with Pokemon? Sure, the battling was something that lots of people did. Breeding didn't seem like an important aspect. But given the way Sophia worded it, there might have been more complications to it than initially believed. I see. I'll probably just go to every class and see what they're like for now. I'm not actually sure what I want to focus on. She could see herself just continuing to sample everything and not worry about focuses. That would be fine too.

Yeah. This isn't a vacation to just laze around. It more to do something different than I had been. A way to experience something new. It would be silly not to try everything out. That was already her plan from the get-go. Seraphina could see things going on of a few ways. Either she enjoys her time all the way through, she hates it and quits, or she ends up getting kicked out for some reason. The explanation that Sophia had given her was more than enough to get her started at least.

Using her legs to vault herself back to her feet and off the bed, she stretched her arms a bit. Yeah, that should do it for now. If I had any questions I'll just ask you. I know enough from watching some battles on TV to get by, but I'm sure I'm missing some things. For a professional fighter, watching a lot of TV is an inevitability. Necessary rest periods after fights and training sessions made it so. She had learned quite a bit about Pokemon battles in that time.

[Sophia Schuster]

Seraphina had gotten a good outlook on classes. Truthfully, for anybody that didn't have a goal in mind, taking in a little bit of everything, to figure out what worked best, was the best course of action. Honestly speaking, it'd still be a good idea even for those with a solid direction in mind. All in all, her roommate seemed like an open-minded individual that, though having unique circumstances, was very much capable. That was a relief.

”I'm glad to have been of assistance, then.” She practically hummed in response to her roomie's conclusion. She was curious about other things, sure, but further breaking the ice- and actually naturally learning about each other- was definitely first on the list. There was a natural order to lots of things, and this was certainly one of them. She reached for that pocket after sliding her Mary Janes slightly underneath her bed.

”In that case, Seraphina, what Pokemon do you have with you? I believe the school supplemented students that didn't have any with them.” She released Cotton and Cloud first, not wanting to clutter the room with too many Pokemon. The Mareep and Eevee just looked from their owner to the stranger, a certain sheep looking much less curious and more as though he was willing to accept whatever tribulations the universe had in store for him that day.

”This is Cotton the Mareep and Cloud the Eevee. They've been with me for a few years now. I also caught two other Pokemon while on a stroll earlier, but. . . this room is nicely-sized, but letting them all out at once could make things stuffy.” She let out a sheepish laugh before tilting her head. Just what kinds of Pokemon would her roommate have?

Considering the punching bag, probably Fighting-types?

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[Seraphina King]

Well at the very least, her roommate would be a positive force rather than a negative. That was always good. Well, no sense in dwelling on the worst case scenario when it already didn't happen. Still, Seraphina was a little curious about Sophia. What she was like and all that. At present, she was rather easy-going. Almost creepily so. Most people would at least be somewhat annoyed by her after talking this much. It wasn't a bad thing, but it made her wonder what was going on in that head of hers.

And then, she asked about Pokemon. Right. That's what this school was for. Ah, one sec. Crawling over her bed and grabbing the two balls on the tabletop, she released her Beldum and Togepi. Tyson is the Beldum, Sugar is the Togepi. They're both little assholes that like to break things so be careful. They were a bit rowdy, but they weren't violent; especially towards people. But not a moment after showing her Pokemon, she had already moved over to inspect the other two Pokemon. Normally she wouldn't go touching people's Pokemon, but the fluffiness of those Pokemon called out to her. She couldn't help herself. First, she sampled the fluffy sheep, then the small brown one. Needless to say, she was pleased. Geez, these guys are too cute. She was hardly concerned about the other Pokemon the girl mentioned. These little guys had captured her attention completely.

Of course, she managed to control herself long enough to stop feeling the coats of the Pokemon. Oh, and how about you? I'm guessing you came here because you wanted to study something Pokemon-related? The obvious guess was breeding, but perhaps that was just part of it? She couldn't be sure with how little she knew.

[Sophia Schuster]

Though Sophia kept the warning in mind, she was a bit surprised. They were. . . well, it wasn't right to assume what a person would use. Still, she'd need to look them up later for research purposes. She was going to start speaking, but she froze, mouth open, with a hand slightly raised and index finger faltering as it curled back into her palm. She blinked as Cotton was attacked by grabby hands. She tilted her head as Cloud was given the same attention. The sheep took it submissively while the Eevee growled and hissed and. . . did a number of other unpleasant things before hopping along behind Sophia. The Eevee knew who she liked.

”A-ah.” Snapped back to reality, the girl let out a sheepish laugh. ”Well, like I had said, I plan to focus on battling and breeding. I tend to take up things that interest me, learn what I can about them and hone the skills involved. Since these two have been my friends so long, I finally decided I wanted to learn about the things that the world harps about so constantly.” She produced a third ball before releasing the Larvesta she had obtained just after arriving at the port.

”And I forgot Silk. This guy was stowing away in my baggage, so. . . I decided to catch him right fast when I saw him.” The Larvesta just looked around lazily before half-buzzing and curling as much as it could, seeming to try to sleep. Still, going by Seraphina's reaction to the other two, Sophia figured it was a safe bet that releasing the bug was a good idea.

”But, yes. I want to learn more about them. I'll probably learn a number of things that I didn't count on, but that'll be fine, as well. You called this place a vacation. While I wouldn't go that far for myself, it will be. . . a nice change of pace, with new things to look into. I'm happy that I have someone so like-minded on the situation as my roommate. I hope we get along in the future, too.” She was practically beaming. Of course, it was a great thing that she had a roommate she could get along with.

. . . if she didn't, the time in the school would have likely been very unpleasant.

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[Seraphina King]

The only unfortunate thing about Seraphina's serenading of the Pokemon with her hands was that the Eeevee didn't seem too keen on it. She shot it an annoyed look.Soon. She would win it over. Her own Pokemon were cute and all, but they weren't one bit fluffy. Maybe she could go off and catch a few? That seemed like a worthy investment of her time. If she was going to be grabbing Pokemon, having cute ones would be good.

Ah, okay. So it really was just as simple as she put it. Somehow, Seraphina felt that she shouldn't have been surprised. But more importantly, she pulled out a third Pokemon. It was a bug Pokemon, but it was also fluffy? This girl seemed to have a lot of the cute Pokemon. To pet, or not to pet. Geez, you even got a free third Pokemon. Lucky. She laughed a little, but was still fixated on the little bug Pokemon. It seemed sleepy. Damn, this wasn't good for her heart.

More importantly, this girl seemed rather happy to have her as a roommate. Seraphina couldn't tell anymore though. Was this girl genuinely happy, or was she some sort of airhead? She wasn't trying to be mean, especially considering how nicely Sophia had been treating her. But. . . it's something she had to consider. For both their sakes. Well, I suppose my idea of a vacation is a bit different than most people's. I guess a better way to describe it is. . . a way to expand my interests. A way to explore some new paths in life. Honestly, saying it was a vacation was a very lax way of putting it. In fact, it's probably a bit insulting to the school itself. Almost as if she isn't taking it seriously, when she has every intention to do so. She wants to enjoy her time here while it lasts. Or more specifically, to forget about her most recent chapter in life, if only for a while.

After all, isn't that what a vacation is? To stop worrying about life for a little bit to enjoy yourself.

[Sophia Schuster]

"Be careful there. Cloud is a very picky thing. The only human that's able to touch her without making her angry is me." A sheepish laugh punctuated it, as though the girl were fully aware of the issue, or perhaps the fact that her spoiling the Eevee had led to that point. Unfortunately, Sophia wasn't going to be that strict with her Pokemon unless something terrible occured. It just wasn't in her. Maybe she'd need to fix that later?

"Though, if you want more Pokemon, you could always go capture more." She tilted her head, her eyes half-closing. "You'll need to be careful, though. Some of them are surprisingly strong, even if they're in the wild." Muslin was a nice addition to her team not only because of the fact that she was strong in general, but because she managed to be a threat to Cotton. Cotton might not have been trained for combat, but she knew for certain that the Mareep wasn't a pushover.

"If you head towards the Nature Dorm's areas, you'll probably find things similar to what I have. Though they were in the distance, I saw quite a few things running around on all fours." She figured that Seraphina had an attraction to pet-like Pokemon. At least, that's what she thought it was- "cute" Pokemon. Of course, considering that the girl had an egg and a floating machine, it was very likely that that wouldn't help.

"If there's something you think you'd want, I can try to keep an eye out for it to let you know if there's a good place for them, too." In that case, though, she was looking to build a beneficial relationship between herself and Seraphina. She didn't like relying on others, but a give-and-take relationship would be acceptable, if she ever needed information in the future.

She might have been good-natured, but she did have some business smarts, even if it'd likely prove unnecessary.

[Seraphina King]

Picky, huh? Well, they would see how long that would last. Seraphina figured she'd have enough time to get Cloud to warm up to her. There was no rush. Or alternatively, she could just get an Eevee of her own. Yeah, I can see that. She knows what she wants at least. Certainly something that she would have to avoid with her Pokemon. Having spoiled brats like that would be a pain.

Sophia gave her the obvious answer. Capturing Pokemon. That was something they did. Hell, it was the main thing that people did here. If it was out in the wild, she could get it. As for the part about some Pokemon being strong? Well, Seraphina was confident in handling herself just fine. I think I'll be fine. Not like they're all out to kill me, right? And even if they were, she had experience in that kind of thing. A lot of experience.

Nature Dorm, huh. I'll think about it. I wanna see everything on the island first. She would like a fluffy, furry, pet-type. But she could hold out a bit to see what everything on the island was like. Still, this girl was being awfully helpful. Uh, thanks. If you need anything I'll keep an eye out as well. For what it's worth anyway. No telling how I am in battles. I could suck! She laughed, and then sighed. It was a content sigh. This was a nice meeting of roommates and likely a good omen for what was to come. Hopefully things would stay pleasant. But Seraphina couldn't really see them going south.