Dorm Number 3OH!3

Well, this was it. Jacob was now a Summer, and therefore would be heading for the Summer dorms, room 303; natch. As he walked to the dorm, he wondered who his roommates would be. To be fair, he only knew two people, so the chances of him seeing someone he already knew were very, very slim. Still, it would be nice to meet new people, and what better way to do that then to be forced to live next to them? Reaching the door, he unlocked it and pulled it open, letting it close behind him as he stepped into the room. When he entered the room, he noticed that he had stepped into a common area, simple enough to give the impression of common-ness. With no one there, he took a look for his room within the room, which he had written on a scrap of paper for himself. Finding said room within said room, he unlocked the door and stepped inside.

The room he was greeted with was simple, yet regal at the same time. The floors were of the wooden variety, with a bed, desk and shelving unit standing upon it. The curtains were open, allowing the bright sun to stream in and coat the room in its warm rays. Leaving the door open, he stepped forward and stood in the sunlight, letting the warmth bathe over him. It was quite nice. This would be a fine place to stay.

Suddenly there was a door closing as someone stepped out of one of the neighboring rooms. Dorm 303...She hadn't seem any of the people who shared the dorm with her yet, but Aiko hoped they would like her. You know, whenever she met them.
She was very short for her age, with very long blonde hair that went down to her waste, though she often had it in pigtails to shorten it a bit. Of course, her pet white dwarf rabbit, Kaoru, was riding in the hood of her sweater, paws clinging to her shoulder. She brought the little guy almost everywhere in her free time. He was just so cute and fluffy and fun to feed grass to when they went out to the courtyard!

Aiko glanced sideways at the sound of a door close. Oh, that must be one of her neighbors! She only recently came to the dorm herself yesterday...Maybe this person had been here longer and had some advice?

The sound of a door closing made Jacob turn around to find that he was not actually alone in the dorms. There was a young-looking blonde girl standing out in the common area, so the young man put on a smile and moved out of his room to greet her. "Hey there," he called out, crossing over until they were standing a comfortable distance apart: not far enough away that they were strangers, but not close enough that they were intimates. "Looks like I'm your roommate. My name's Jacob. What's yours?" He had had a revelation earlier: if someone didn't want to say their name or reveal anything about themselves, that was alright, but it was a base-enough question that he shouldn't feel awkward about asking it. Besides, shouldn't he know the names of the people he would be living next to all semester?

Aiko wasn't the one to be shy, however. "My name's Aiko, nice to meet you!" She said, returning the greeting with a small wave. The thought crossed her mind that he might be new as well, just by how he worded his greeting. Or maybe she was just trying too hard to interpret a simple hello, not that it wasn't often of her to do that. She should really just ask instead; Aiko was a curious sailor. "I just got here yesterday, but you're the first one I have met so far. Are you new as well?" She asked. Perhaps it was just them two in this dorm? Or was there a third person she had yet to meet? Well, the more the merrier she always said...Not really, but she thought it a lot.

Another new person, then. Well, that was good in a way. It meant that he wasn't the only person who wasn't too sure about the prim and proper way to conduct business at this school. "Yes actually, I am. It's good to know I'm not the only one, and in the same dorm too." He gave her a wider smile and stepped close enough to offer his hand for a handshake. The thought occurred to him that her power, or really anyone's power, could be killing people with just a touch, which would explain their social reluctance. No… no, that was weird. He had to stop thinking like that. It was strange, too strange. They'd wear gloves, obviously.

But Aiko happily shook his hand; no damage done. Though she was always eager to get to know people, so her next question was pretty normal if not straight-forward. "So, what's your power? You don't have to tell me if you don't want, but it' always fun to ask!" She added quickly, not wanting to offend.

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Well, that was an easy question to answer. "I can create darkness on my palms," he explained. "I can also cover things - mostly light sources - with said darkness and use it to heal minor wounds. How about you? What kind of power do you have?" It was actually really neat to learn all the different powers of the students here. Aiko seemed like a really nice, rather bubbly person. Maybe it was a blonde thing. Wait, that was racist. Or, rather, hair…ist.

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Aiko's eyes widened in surprise. "Woah; that's really cool and pretty coincidental, actually. What I mean is, I can manipulate the shadows and darkness! Like, move them and stuff, and Katsuo says our grandpa was able to make some of them three-dimensional for a short period of time. Our grandpa was cool~!" She chattered out of excitement, kind of rambling on now. She hadn't expected to meat another darkness-user or whatever people would call it. It was no doubt giving her a new perspective on things; Not to mention this guy with said similar abilities lived in the same dorm as her. Maybe they could be friends! That'd be cool, right? Her mind was storming with ideas and thoughts again, as usual. So bubbly; so excited.

Jacob could see the machinations of the young girl's mind working wildly at this new development, keeping the smile on his face. She certainly was eager, wasn't she? "Heh, yeah, what a coincidence. Our other roommates may have a hard time seeing, huh?" It was cool that they had similar powers, though there were key differences: she could move shadows around while he could heal injuries. Still, it was like they were darkness roommates or something. That was cool.

Aiko giggled at his joke. "Oh, I'm not even that good at using my gift yet. It kinda gets out of control sometimes." She admitted, but smiling nonetheless. Kaoru poked at her hair again, sniffing it as she tried to get her master's attention. The schoolgirl blinked in surprise, picking up her rabbit from her shoulder and holding the fluffy animal in her arms. "Hehe, I forgot to introduce you to Kaoru! She's a really sweet, cuddly bunny. I just love bunnies!" Aiko said, snuggling Kaoru closer to her. The rabbit sneezed from Aiko's hair falling down to tickle her nose, and Aiko relaxed her hug.

Looking at the rabbit, Jacob figured that the school allowed pets, which was interesting. He hadn't heard of a school that did that. His family had never owned a pet, so there was that. "She is quite cute," he agreed, grinning as the bunny sneezed from the young girl's hair. Looking around the room, he remembered the remaining, assumedly empty dorms surrounding their own. "Do you think our other roommates have come here yet?"

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Aiko shrugged. "I don't really know. I know there's supposed to be another person who got here before me, but I haven't met him...Or her." She answered, also beginning to look around in curiosity, as if she expected that their roommate would magically appear through the walls or something. It'd be pretty neat to meet a student who could walk through walls, or just plain turn invisible, especially if they happened to be their roommate. Wait no, that was probably a bad idea. Then they could easily sneak up on her or watch her do something embarrassing like, write in the diary she planned to eventually get(once I learn the keep up with Katsuo's ;-;).