Room One - Mana & Scarlet

[Magna]

She wasn't expecting much after seeing how the rest of the first level dorms looked like. There wasn't a communial room for them, only a main desk, then hallways branching off in different directions. On one, she noticed a sign above with the staircase and bathroom symbol on it, and the other had a sign that read 'Rooms.' As she walked down the hall, curses to her father ran through Mana's head. Cheap-ass dad. The idiot could've coughed up another 25 bucks for me to live in. Ugh.... whatever. Guess I'll have to do it myself.

The girl looked at a paper in her hand, then examined the numbers on the doors. After scanning the even-number side for several seconds, she found it. On the same hand, but in different fingers was her dorm key. It fit in easily, and inside was a bare room with two matresses. She instinctively closed the door behind her. The wallpaper was the same as the whole first floor, and there was a desk against the wall. Well... at least it looks pretty decent. she thought to herself. Yeah, and so do motels. The pessimistic side of her interrupted. But Mana ignored the remark and placed her bags on the matress farthest away from the window. She went over to the window for a look at the view when she heard the doorknob click open.

[Scarlet]

Scarlet walked down the hall, the first floor wasn't much to look at, and being on daddies bad side and all, she couldn't hope for anything more. So she sucked it up, and continued down the hall looking at the numbers on the doors as she passed. She pulled off her sunglasses, so she could get a better look, the hallway was a bit dim. Scarlet was wearing a white sun dress, with bule ribbon flowers, she shifted her black duffel bag back up onto her shoulder. Scarlet sighed, it was really her fault that she had ended up here in the first place, but maybe it wouldn't be so bad, at least that's what she hoped.

She stoped as she finally found her room, slipping her key into the key hole she opened the door. Her room mate had already arrived. Scarlet gave a bright smile at her, and put her things by the empty bed nearest to the window where the girl was standing. Looking back over at her new roomy Scarlet smiled. "Hi I'm Scarlet Luminary, it's nice to meet you." She said her Italin accent showing.

[Magna]

[Thanks for joining Scarlet. =^ ^=]

"Hi I'm Scarlet Luminary, it's nice to meet you."

The accent of the newcomer slightly surprised Mana. But it was interesting. She gave Scarlet a smile. "I'm Mana, and I'll be your new roommate." Where's she from? she thought, trying to place what her accent was. It's European.... Italian? Greek? She didn't get out much, and she had to rely on television for help in trying to pinpoint different speeches to where. Mana went back to her bed to unpack her things. As she took out her clothes, she asked the girl, "Scarlet, where are you from? I've heard your accent somewhere before, but I can't really place it."

[Scarlet]

[No prob I like this site]

Scarlet smiled brightly, and nodded over at Mana as she went over to her bed to begin unpacking.Scarlet scanned the room, it wasn't much, a sure fixer upper for that matter. Though the more she thought about it, the more she became to realize that she could fix her side of the room any way she wanted to which made her a bit happier in the least.

Scarlet looked over a Mana. "Huu.. Oh I'm form Italy, Barcelona to be exact." She replied with a quaint smile. Scarlet turned back to trying to figure out how she was going to organize some of her stuff, or she knew she'd be bound to lose something.

[Magna]

Barcelona? She'd never heard of the place. I'll look for it on a map later. Mana thought absentmindedly. Her clothes in her bag were very plain; T-shirts of different styles and color, and ordinary denim jeans. The girl peeked quickly at Scarlet, and how.... fresh and vibrant her dress was compared to the large grey shirt and jeans she wore. She could never pull off anything like that; it was so out of her clothing comfort zone.

Her clothes were folded in a neat pile, and she carried it over to the closet across from her bed. She pulled the door open, and saw the tiny space. It would definitely be enough room for her, but what about Scarlet? Being a girl from a country where it screamed 'fashion capital' Mana had some inferences of Scarlet's wardrobe. Nonetheless, she promptly began hanging her clothes with wire hangers she found in the closet.

[Scarlet]

Scarlet started organizing her clothes in the form of what type they were. Soon enough she had several sections. Scarlet had brought along three skirts that were meant for clubing, two light and airy skirts that went down to about the knee, three sun dresses, her two favorite V.I.P dresses, that had managed to get her into several clubs, several pairs of jeans, and dress pants, and a variety of shirts.

Scarlet glanced over at Mana as she hung up her clothes in their small closet. I thought as much... She thought to herself turning back to her things. She sighed, and headed for the door. "I'll be right back." She told Mana as sheleft through the door, her sun dress swishing behind her.

She returned a few minutes later with a rolling suit case, closing the door lightly behind her she made her way back to her bed. Lifting the suit case up and onto the bed, she unzipped it, and pullied out a thin, but wide box. She opened it and looked over the directions. She mumbled something in Italian before adding in English. "I didn't bring a screw driver." She rolled her eyes and sat on the side of her bed reading through the directions.

[Magna]

When Scarlet came back in, she was pulling a rolling suitcase, and inside was a box. She pulled out instructions and mutterin something in what Mana took as... Italian? Then she said something about not having a screwdriver. Mana took it that in that case were parts to assemble a closet or wardrobe.

The last of her shirts and jeans were up. She closed it, and sat on her bed. The mattress didn't have any sheets on it; she'd have to fix that later. Rena turned to Scarlet. "Is that a closet?"

[Scarlet]

Scarlet looked up from her manuel reading. "Yes it is." She replied with a slight smile. " I didn't know whether I'd need it so I brought it just in case, for me and the room mate I got if they needed extra space also." She said looking over the instructions again her Italian accent showing greatly. " I think I can make do." She said to herself standing and taking out the contents of the box.

[Magna]

"How thoughtful. Do you need any help?" Mana offered. She remembered trying to build something like that once, a bookcase, and she ended up asking her mom for help. Carpentry didn't seem to run in the family, and her mom ended up calling a professional. Her head hung in embarassment, rethinking about assisting. I guess I wouldn't be that much help then. But she didn't take back the suggestion, seeing as it was rude to. Mana would simply listen to Scarlet's instructions. "Hey Scarlet? Do you really have that much clothes?"

[Scarlet]

Scarlet looked up and smiled. "Sure." She replied looking back down. "I could always use an extra pair of hands." She added with a small laugh as she was trying to think of replacement screw drivers. Scarlet was pretty good at improvising and was very hopeful that she'd find something. Scarlet blushed a bit at Mana's question "Umm, I have quite a few I suppose, but I always end up making something, or adding something to a dress or pants, you know, and I always need to hang it somewhere, this will help with that. " She replied taking out one of those point tiped nail files. "This should do." She mummbled to herself.

[Magna]

The girl glanced at the tools and materials on her bed. There didn't appear to tools for her to use. Coincidentally, she had brought with her in her a toolbox, previously owned by her dad. Mana turned around to face her suitcase to take it out. Under the lid was the fire engine red of the box, with grey spots dotting it where the paint had chipped off. The tools inside were of little variety, and getting rusty. No question that the rattling from the toolbox had caught Scarlet's attention.

"I brought some tools with me, it's a hobby of mine; tinkering with gadgets." She was guessing that Scarlet may be wondering why she was carrying around a toolbox. The girl felt inside for the plastic handle of her screwdriver. Once it was found, she took it out and walked over to Scarlet's side of the room. "May I see that?" and pointed to the directions. Mana tried attempted to make polite conversation as they worked. "You seem like quite the designer. Must be that air in Italy. There always seems to be someone inventing or creating something the world can use," there was feeling of light sarcasm in her voice. Off the top of her head, she could list a few things Italy was known for. Pizza, Ferraris, Venice....

[Scarlet]

Scarlet had began making really good use of her nail files when Mana came over to help, she had a tool box set open on her bed. She was happy that her roomate was prepared.

"I brought some tools with me, it's a hobby of mine; tinkering with gadgets." She was guessing that Scarlet may be wondering why she was carrying around a toolbox. The girl felt inside for the plastic handle of her screwdriver. Once it was found, she took it out and walked over to Scarlet's side of the room. "May I see that?"

"Thats a good thing." Scarlet replyed nodding "Sure." she added handing her the directions. "The more the merrier." She said looking over what she'd already managed to assemble. "I suppose so." She said with a smile as Mana tried to make small talk. "I like tinkering with machinery also." She added, letting Mana know that she might be into some of the same things she was, despite how girly she seemed. She laughed "Italy is a place of great arts, but not all it's people are apart of that, they just enjoy living a life... Oh how do you say it..... Some what free, where almost everyone knows someone else." She replied. Thinking about the famous artists that came from Itally, and crafts people, to her art was in the air, and the people just sat back and enjoyed it.

[Magna]

"I like tinkering with machinery also."

The statement wasn't something that surprised her, but then again, Mana didn't really expect Scarlet would be into playing around with technology either. Maybe her thoughts were a bit outdated. It wasn't like females today aren't interested in what could be considered things for 'guys.' Still, it was rare to meet another girl who liked the things she did. She was glad Scarlet did.

"Italy is a place of great arts, but not all it's people are apart of that, they just enjoy living a life... Oh how do you say it..... Some what free, where almost everyone knows someone else."

She nodded to show she got it; well, enough of it anyways. It may have been her English that lost her or just her own mind. She peered at the diagram of the closet. There were nails and screws already in the package, which was pretty convenient. Mana took a look then at the boards, which she could only distinguish apart by its size. Great. she thought exasperately. Why don't these things ever come with a sticker to tell them apart? Well, they've got the sizes for each one of 'em. That's good. A random question popped in her head and she casually asked as she looked from the directions to materials, "Are you into drifting Scarlet?"