Lan
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Post by Lan on Jul 1, 2011 3:32:10 GMT -5
It had been a long night. From her daily cleaning routine to candidate lessons to stalking the infirmary to running around trying to find where Nikola had gotten to, Tesla had had a very long night indeed. She was tired. And hungry. Well, mostly hungry. As such, she found herself in the dining hall in the early morning, just as the dragon candidates were waking up. The light rays took her by surprise, as did the occupants of the dining hall. As she walked into the large room from the kitchens with breakfast food in tow she surveyed her options. While there was more people than she was used to, there was still one empty section of a table left. Taking a deep breath, she made a beeline for it.
Tesla sat down, setting her tray down on the table in front of her with the utmost delicacy. Then she began her usual ritual of eating. She took her handkerchief from her pocket amd wiped her hands and arms off rigorously before replacing it. She manipulated her bowl and her cup until they were sitting in just the perfect locations. She moved the spoon so that it was sitting perfectly at tangent with the bowl. Only after she had surveyed her handiwork did she finally set to work on actually eating. She picked up her spoon with her left hand, transferred it to her right, touched the back end onto the table, and then finally she dipped it into her porridge and neatly moved a spoonful into her mouth.
As she continued to eat she grew more and more tired, so that inbetween bites she found herself closing her eyes because their lids felt so heavy. When she realized what was going on she shook her head, curly ringlets of hair tossing about in front of her face. While it did nothing to actually make her feel more awake, it did give her the drive to stay awake as she tried to inspect her food and her tray for any stray hairs that might have fallen from her head. |
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Reky
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Post by Reky on Jul 3, 2011 19:42:06 GMT -5
Most of the working weyr was up by now. Where some people might have slept in to avoid the early morning breakfast rush, Osine consistently rose with the sun to make the most of her day. It had taken her a little while to adjust to the time zone, but now that she had, keeping on a strict sleep schedule was a breeze. She was up and at 'em this day, like every other day, and shoved her way through the bustling dining hall with hungry determination. It wasn't like she was going to waste time being pushed around by other people. Just because she was a candidate didn't meant she had to let everyone else get food first.
And food she did get. She was fairly sure that the lineup had been much longer than where she had jumped in, but no one was pitching a fit about her cutting in line, so she didn't bother moving. There was an art to it - in big crowds, you simply came up beside the line where there was a clump of people, and the person behind you would be confused about whether or not your were in front of them or behind them or if you had been there from the start, and you could get in. Osine didn't make a religious habit out of this, but when the opportunity presented itself, she never passed it up.
Eventually, she had her spice rolls and milk and scouted out a spot. She spotted someone standing to leave and grinned. Bingo! She shuffled over to stand nearby, then pounced on the empty seat before anyone else could. A droplet of milk splashed from her cup as she set it down in a hurry. She wiped it with her sleeve.
"Morning," she piped up to the girl next to her. She wasn't quite touching Tesla, but she was close enough that she figured she should say hello, lest the proximity be awkward. Words generally softened the tight space between strangers. She left it at her chipper single word, though. Speaking was only good for so long; otherwise, it began to waste precious time. Eager to get to her chores, Osine began to wolf down her breakfast. No time to lose! [/blockquote] |
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