So this is what people consider news here?

Hmph. It looks like the romance novels the girls back home read in between classes. Please tell me there's a reliable way to get actual news.

The Princess is impressionable...she better not be reading trash like this. I should maybe go over to Ahiru's dorm and take the paper, if she hasn't already deposed of it.

So, I have my barracks assignment...Nyi-Enas. What sort of name is that? It looks like someone just randomly pulled letters out of a hat.

Does this mean it's time for me to meet my roommates now? Hopefully they won't be idiots.

((OOC: Strike is hackable. His quack is worse than his bite...really!))

Listen, I understand that this place is in the middle of a war currently, but...I can't stay here. There's something very, very important that I must do back home. If I promise to come back, then can I leave? I actually would come back, too...even if it's probably their fault they got into this mess, if there's really anything I could do I'd just feel bad abandoning them...Damn it, why do I always have to get so caught up in other's emotions?

And what's with this outfit, anyway? Is this some sort of uniform? The mask makes it difficult to see, and I keep tripping over the cloak the cloak gets caught on things. I'd like my normal clothing back.

I feel...I feel like I have to protect..someone. Someone that's not Rue even though she's the one that would need it, particularly now that Ahiru's...

No, NOT him. I'm not going out of my way to protect him! I don't care how much he cares for Rue, he's only hurting her--

But maybe it'd be better if her heart was--

Why am I thinking these things?!

((OOC: Strikes are thoughts. And so AU!Fakir arrives! He's currently forced into a costume of canon!Fakir from episode 10--I'll try to find a picture later, but for a description he's basically wearing the mask in his icon (I'm using the half-one because...well, because I can), a brownish-red cloak, a white top and black pants. Very...1800's-ish. It's also causing some of Fakir's believes and ideals in the first season seep into his thoughts, which is confusing him greatly.))