Well hello there(closed)

Kuno and Luke walked through the courtyard with Katie and enjoying the silence. "Hey Katie? What's your family like if you don't mind me asking?" She said as they came to a stop by a Willow tree with a bench under it. Kuno and Luke sat down on the bench.

Katie froze with the memories of her father, Dr. Leiden. Good God, she hated him. He always would shepherd her around to various hospitals to have her tested and have her blood sampled for science. For science were his two favorite words, albeit in Dutch. She hated how he treated her like more of a test subject than a daughter. It was only when she had shown aptitude for controlling her unidentifiable blood that she was sent here. It was a blessing to her, finally being free of coddling from endless amounts of doctors.

But all she said was: "They're okay."

Maybe when the time came for Carl to apply for a job, he could put 'wandering aimlessly' as one of his skills since that was all he seemingly did nowadays. Today he found himself breezing through the Courtyard with little interest, stopped occasionally to take a closer look at something or to scuff his shoe for amusement. During this particular expedition, however, he found himself coming across a group of students he hadn't encountered before and he quickly halted his pacing to catch a glimpse of the trio. 

Carl's thumb absently swiped across his bottom lip as he observed Kuno, Luke, and Katie for a brief moment, his interest peaking slightly at the prospect of interacting with other students. He was a bit too far from the trio to hear what the initial question was, but during his slow approach, he was able to grasp the tail end of Katie's measly response. However, he paid no mind to whatever had been previously asked and simply strode towards the trio. 

Halting in front of the small group, Carl flashed a goodnatured grin before finally speaking. "Room for one more?" He breezily questioned, although before anyone could actually respond to his inquiry, he was already working to seat himself upon the bench, jostling everyone slightly in the process. Using his hip to bump Kuno and Luke ever so slightly, he stretched out his legs and splayed a palm out behind him as he searched for a more comfortable sitting position before throwing another lazy grin at the three other students.

Kuno shifted and crossed her legs scratching behind her neck. "Uh hi." She said shyly. Spotting familar red hair she trike into a grin and waved at the boy. But it didn't seem like he saw her and she shrugged and gave a frown.

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Luke smiled over at the boy. " Hi I'm Luke. His is Kuno and Katie. Nice to meet you, uh. Sorry what's your name?" He asked catching sight of Kuno's crestfallen face in the corner of his eye.

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The red haired boy known as Sasori walked through the park-like courtyard, saw his cousin waving from the corner of his eyes and kept walking, acting like he hadn't seen her waving.

Katie nodded and looked blearily at Carl. Hopefully he wouldn't ask anything from her...

Carl's awkwardly splayed hand felt funny against the rough material of the bench they were seated upon, but he did little to reprimend the slight strain in his arm as his attention became redirected once more. He paid no mind to Sasori skulking around the Courtyard around them or how Kuno's face subsequently fell, he only focused on shuffling himself even more to make a bit more room for himself upon the bench. Swiping his thumb absently across his bottom lip once more, he turned his attention towards Luke with a slight, hardly visible glint within the depths of his gaze. "M'names Carl," He stated, flashing a wide grin towards Luke and Kuno as he spoke, "Nice to meet you both." He continued, free hand reaching up to brush a few stray curls from his face. 

Tilting his foot slightly in the direction of Katie, Carl cocked an expectant eyebrow as he observed the girl with little interest. "What about you? Anything to say?" He asked, face heavy with an obviously playful, faux-concerned look that caused his dark browns to scrunch together tightly.  "Or are you mute?" He chastised, the left corner of his mouth upturning into a slightly smirk.

"Say that again, I dare you," said Katie menacingly. She seemed petite for thirteen, but who knew what her gift granted her.

Kuno gave a little frown at Carl. "Leave her alone please. She's just warming up to us and she's a little bit quiet." She said looking at the boy beside her.

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Luke frowned at Carl. He shrugged but let Kuno handle this one.

"Why would I need to say it again?" Carl exhaled breezily, taking no mind to Katie's obvious distaste in his question, "You answered my question, so there's no point in 'saying it again.'" He continued, shrugging his shoulders for emphasis as he flashed an unperturbed glance at Kuno and Luke- why they were getting so riled up over a simple question, he probably wouldn't understand, but he saw no harm in asking such a question.

Katie seemed to accept his shrug, albeit begrudgingly. She could tell he was rather... slow on the uptake.