[OPEN] MAGICAL MIDGET ADVENTURES... STARTO!

[shortafewcircuits]

Characters: [AU7] Waver Velvet, OPEN
Setting: Dormitory floors, fourth floor, random floors.
Format: Action
Summary: Waver searches for her family, sulks around as Wavers do, and then explores a little.
Warnings: May include monsters etc. I'll update accordingly.


Dormitories

[Waver doesn't want to believe what she's been told. It would be so much easier to tell herself this is a prank, or she's being held for ransom, or... something. And that's why, as soon as she's able, the magus wanders the dormitory floors with only one goal on her mind...]

Brother! Brother? Derry! Where have you gone? Derry...!

[The girl's search for her sibling is more than a little frantic, and she'll stop to ask anyone if they've seen him, whether she recognises them or not.]


Floor 4

[After giving up her search, Waver can be found sulking in an out-of-the-way chair with her bowl of oatmeal and a small pile of books pilfered from the library. Every now and then she makes a note of something on her phone, but for the most part she just looks like your average Waver, trying to distract herself.]


???

[Eventually she'll get bored with reading and attempt to go exploring. She's not daft enough to leave the stairs on any floor that looks suspicious, but sometimes things don't go according to plan, do they? It only occurs to her after some time that she should probably rush back to her room before nightfall, if what she heard was true...]

Comments

Floor 4

[nonacquiescent]

[Of course another Waver would have the same sort of idea. Although he'd already eaten, and the nutrition bars weren't exactly great for snacking on. But he does come to the lounge with a few books in hand. Books on magecraft from the Tohsaka library.

He stops when he spots the other sitting across from him. It's not just that she looks familiar, it's that she looks exactly like him. But he hadn't heard of three instances of the same person before, two, sure, but even that was strange enough. So he ends up just gawking without saying a word.]

[shortafewcircuits]

A photograph would last longer. Though, I'd have to conclude you're a creeper and box your ears if you tried to take one, so I don't recommend it.

[She doesn't even look up. It's just annoying that she's being stared at for no apparent reason.]

[nonacquiescent]

I don't think you're seeing the obvious problem here.

[shortafewcircuits]

Don't I? The obvious problem is that you--

[And then she looks up.]

--how awkward.

[nonacquiescent]

Yeah. Now do you get it?

So, uh...let me guess, you're Waver Velvet.

[shortafewcircuits]

No, I'm not. Is that your name?

[nonacquiescent]

...You're not? Yeah, it's my name. But if you're not a Waver Velvet, why do you look like my twin?

[shortafewcircuits]

Waver Archibald El-Melloi. I don't know why your surname is different from mine.

[nonacquiescent]

...

[And as soon as he hears that name, the books in his hands drop to the floor.]

What?

[shortafewcircuits]

What's wrong?

[She only ever gets that reaction from boys interested in her until they find out who her father is. Not exactly the case, here. At least, it shouldn't be.]

[nonacquiescent]

Please don't tell me you're...n-no, that's impossible... A Kayneth Archibald El-Melloi is your cousin or something, right?

[shortafewcircuits]

Why would papa be my cousin? You're speaking complete nonsense!

[nonacquiescent]

...You're serious? Professor Archibald, of all people, is your father?!

[shortafewcircuits]

...Yes? Isn't he yours?

[nonacquiescent]

NO! He's my teacher! We're not even close to being related!

[shortafewcircuits]

...Why would you need him to be your professor? You should already know English...

[nonacquiescent]

...He teaches English in your world?

[...]

If I said 'magecraft', would that mean anything to you?

[shortafewcircuits]

Mostly.

[She's just going to tilt her head at him.]

Yes? I'm a tenth generation magus, after all. Why wouldn't it?

[nonacquiescent]

Because he teaches at Clock Tower? So he's a professor in-

Wait, you're seriously tenth generation?!

[shortafewcircuits]

No he doesn't. He teaches secondary school in Fuyuki City.

...Are you not?

[She feels like she's been asking this question a lot.]

[nonacquiescent]

I'm...

[He bites his lip. Will she look down on him if he admits the truth?]

I'm third generation.

[shortafewcircuits]

[She blinks, but there's not even a hint of scorn, disapproval, or anything like that.]

Your parents must be completely different from mine. I just can't wrap my head around it. What about Derry? Is he different, too?

[nonacquiescent]

I have no idea who that is. So I guess he's pretty different.

[shortafewcircuits]

...You don't have a brother?

[THE MOST SHOCKING DEVELOPMENT YET!]

...Ah, maybe because you're a bloke, you have a sister?

[nonacquiescent]

I don't have any siblings to speak of either way.