Just being Eliska(Open)

[lilo]

The long haired girl walked into the library, her gaze shifted through the big bookshelves, the chairs, and tables. This was Eliska's first time actually coming here, and with her quiet self it was probably the best place. So sitting down at a table she looked at each row of books. How would she ever decide what to choose. But in the end she knew she probably would be falling down and the books toppling over on her. Shaking her head she walked into science section, she still was trying to find as much stuff about her power as she could get.

Nuclear radiation was still being studied and was written about in many books.Grabbing more then one book she traveled back to her table setting them down. Then she went into the history section and grabbed a few books that she saw had something related to Nuclear power plants and such. Finally she sat down at her table, looking at the many books she had she grabbed the first book to read. After reading about half the book and getting almost bored she pulled out a piece of pen and paper. Writing a few facts down she got up and decided that if you were in a library you should get books you like. Pushing all the books she gathered to the side she looked around the room for fictional books.

After gathering books for reading and reading at least two, she stopped yawned and looked at the books. It almost seemed that carrying them all back was impossible. So Eliska out of pure thought her thoughts turned bored. Turning the book over in her hand and then set it on its side and then she set another on top of it. Then another and another, actually quiet surprised it did not fall yet she set the others next to it and then built them up to the top like the first. Finally when satisfied she set one book faced down on top of the rest. Then as she got up the books were knocked over by the slight move of the table.

They all came clattering to the floor with a loud thump as each book hit the ground. It seemed to last long and Eliska refused to look around just in case any eyes were on her. Sitting back down carefully she looked over to the other side of the table where the books had fallen. Some lay open others were closed and somewhere still sliding off of other books. Her smile turned to a complete embarrassed one, she looked at the table to see that at least two books had not fallen. But before she even got up two more loud thumps were heard and she got up walking over to the fallen books.

[whirlwind]

Upon entering the library, Angelina took a deep breath. She had always loved the smell of books, both old and new, and so this was a place she often came to relax. Of course, just as much as she found the scent comforting, she loved to read; it was the one place she could be, when she was younger, without feeling weighed down by all the pressures and expectations of her family. As a young girl, she would often times curl up in the window seat of one of the large bay windows of the manor library, pull the drapes, and hide there in the sun-warmed space with a book until her parents had stopped fighting, or it was time for her lessons. Now, she came here when she had time away from her schoolwork, Student Council work, and Prefects work; admittedly, that was far less time than she liked, these days. So, she would make use of this precious time she had, when all her work for the next few days had been completed, and she didn’t have any outstanding missions to deal with.

Selecting a historical fiction novel, the brunette curled herself into a large armchair on the second level. However, being the woman she was, she was well in view of the lower level, and as she was close to the staircase, she could see the rest of the second floor also. Should anything… funny crop up, she would know about it, and thus she was in the perfect position to deal with it, in such an event. Angelina was about three-fourth of the way through her book, when such an instance occurred; accompanied by a very loud sound of falling books, at that. Mahogany eyes flashing, Colonel Une scanned the second floor; nothing. So the disturbance had come from the first, then. Closing her book, the braided-bun-haired eighteen-year-old stood, smoothed out her skirt, and placed her book back on the shelf; she had already read it, but picked it up so she could enjoy re-reading it. Adjusting her glasses, the lenses flashing dangerously, she strode purposefully down the stairs.

As she discerned, approaching the study tables, it had been her roommate for this year – they were changed from year to year, to forge new relationships or some drivel like that – Eliska Bennntly, who had caused the commotion which had gotten her attention. She resisted the urge to snort in disgust; younger students, especially those that didn’t know much about their powers, were so… juvenile it was almost amusing. Smoothing her expression to a cold mask, Angelina approached the darker-haired female. Bending down, she picked up a few of the books, noted that they all pertained to nuclear power in some way, and then placed them on the table once more. As she straightened them into an orderly fashion, she cast a critical glance at Eliska. “Best be more careful in the future, Miss Benntly,” she admonished coolly, neutrally. “You wouldn’t want to break something valuable by mistake, after all.”

Her tone suggested she doubted that Eliska possessed the intelligence to be careful, but that she would over look it simply on virtue that they were roommates.

[lilo]

Looking up at her roommate she said hiding the irritation in her voice "And what do you mean by that, I don't believe it was just a warning about knocking books over." But she shut her mouth, Eliska's brown eyes looked at the books and then she began picking them up. Temporarily ignoring Angelina while she finished picking up each book. When she was finished she got up dusting herself off and she began putting the books in piles of where they should go. Then after sorting them, her body turned to face Angelina and she said "Anything else you would like?" Her body movements showed that she was obviously irritated by Angelina's tone. Before letting her answer the question she picked up a pile of books and began putting each of them in their rightful place. She wondered why she had been assigned to such a very irritating roommate. But with much luck she kept her mouth shut about it and kept her quietness.

Once or twice she would try to talk to her roommate but in the end she would sit back and just leave it alone. It just seemed like the right thing to do, since she rather not be messed with either. Coming back to the table she picked up another pile of books taking them to there place. Finally when she was done she looked back at her roommate and smiled, it was only a little friendly the other half of it was not very happy but it fit in. Folding her arms across her chest she began to think. Nothing seemed to be happening anyway so what was the point of watching her. It would seem quite creepy in her eyes. So with a shrug she sat down and looked up at Angelina, what was she to say to her roommate. They did not seem to have much in common unless you count being perfects. Which she cared less for then most things.

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[whirlwind]

A smirk touched her lips for all of a moment, before her expression had been wiped clean once more. So, Eliska was more astute than the brunette had given her credit for, it seemed… “Smart girl,” she said simply, before aiding in organizing and putting away the books. No, she wasn’t being kind, she was observing the darker-haired female. As to what she observed, it was that her room-mate seemed to find her irritating, and that though she attempted conversation at times, she simply gave up rather quickly. Again, the German-French woman praised the younger, but only in her mind this time. She knew, it seemed, that Angelina herself wasn’t one for conversation. When they had finished, and Eliska had taken her seat again, the pale brunette answered the question in those eyes. “We may not have much in common,” as she spoke, some of the ice melted from her alto-pitched voice, “but I would like to commend you for seeing through what I said… and also for your foresight to learn about something before attempting it, especially when it comes to your powers.”

She wasn’t being kind, as she never was and her tone showed this, just… appreciative of the intelligence she had observed in this girl she had previously written off as a dimwit. “Most would just stupidly fumble through on their own, hurting themselves and others in the process…” She was more disgusted at the stupidity itself, rather than the consequences, and that showed in the momentary sneer with which she said the words. “In fact, I read some of these books myself, as they also pertain to the manipulation of electricity at times, when I was younger and training to control and use my powers.” Angelina felt nothing when saying this. After all, most everyone knew that she could control her quite infamously powerful azure fire, and her lighting, which, she had heard it whispered about campus, was one of the few powers which could perform a one-hit-kill if she wished it to. Though Angelina loved how everyone feared her… it did get lonely at times.

Even if she would never admit it, there were times when her own self-imposed loneliness made her want to cry.

((OOC: I seem to be having one as well, sorry... I'm also very sorry for how long this took... Life... kind of ate me for a while... -_-"))