taxonomites | 忌辰: [ visual | location: the academy ]

It's warm enough to go barefoot again. To sit in the grass for hours under Taxon's fake sun.

River is doing just that, curled up over in Wilde. All anyone will see of her when she turns the visual function on is the bend of ankle to one side of the frame as she props the tablet up to give everyone a good view of what it is she's looking at.

The building itself is smallish and unremarkable. What's inside is the real trick that keeps River's foot tapping anxiously.

"Three-hundred sixty-five," she says, and her foot pauses before moving out of frame. "Gregorian. Full circle. Measurement based on solar orbit doesn't count, but they all progress. Marches forward like it knows where it's going down here with spinning wheels where they bury you."

Her feet come back. Feet and calves and the hem of a sea-foam green sundress one might kindly refer to as 'ill-advised,' pacing a few feet in front of the tablet. A few feet closer to the building but no farther, sounding like she's walking tightrope when words start up again. "Snake eats its tail. Consumes and weighs the scales against venom..."

For most people it would be so simple to walk into a building.

"It's the way of things." River pauses, then. Feet stop pacing and slowly hair moves into frame and then her face as she bends down to look at the tablet. Her eyes look tired and determined in a terrified kind of way that can't be skewed much by being slightly upside-down. "It's mine, and I require assistance.

"Komma med din tanden."

Another pause, longer, and she looks away before leaning forward and clicking off the tablet.

[ ooc: HOLY CRAP ONE YEAR IN TAXON, ilu guys ridiculous amounts ♥ pretend this all happens on the 10th because I'm impatient, and be warned that this post will have a lot of Academy stuff (linked above) in it, in case anything from that kind of scenario isn't cool for you.

komma med din tanden - bring your teeth ]

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Introductions (such as they are) made, Charley sits cross-legged in the grass, near River, watching the gathered crowd curiously. She doesn't know anyone here and -- as staring at people rarely seems considered polite -- finds herself studying the building. It looks ordinary enough, but practical experience suggests looks often as not deceive.

Glitch looked up (after also texting Buffy and Levi) and gave Charley a hesitant smile. She wasn't immediately familiar, but with his half-a-brain that didn't mean much.

"Hi," he said and waggled his fingers. "I'm Glitch, how d'you do?" Odd circumstances for an introduction, sure, but politeness won out.

ooc: I expect much threadjumping for a bit :D?

Charley offers a smile and a tiny, finger wiggling-wave in return.

"I'm Charley; and it's good to meet you, Glitch."

[occ: jump! jump! which is i hope to say i am not being terribly rude jumping about like this.]

It's at this point that Godric steps forward from the shadows. He's been there the entire time, having gotten there first, but in typical vampire fashion, he's been lurking. Although, he hadn't actually intended to lurk, or to surprise anyone. He'd just been quietly enjoying being perfectly still, as only a dead thing can be. Not usually one to revel in his vampire nature, having recently been human has given him a new perspective on things; one he's still working out.

But there are more people here now, and Godric realizes he's being impolite.

"Hello," he intones softly. "My name is Godric." He recognizes Glitch, though they haven't spoken much, but the girl, Charley, is new to him.

Charley startles but recovers quickly. Being in a strange place surrounded by strange (and in Godric's case, surprisingly stealthy) people, but that's hardly a reason not to be friendly. She smiles up at him.

"I'm Charley. I'm... well, a bit new here, I suppose."

It takes Kaylee a bit to actually get from the ranch to the Academy, and she arrives just in time to hear the tail end of introductions. She offers Glitch a smile and glances to check up on River before turning to introduce herself to the others.

"I'm Kaylee," she says, holding her hand out from habit more than anything. Not everyone shakes hands, and she knows it. Then it's back to watching River. Becoming as bad as Simon here, Kaylee...

River looks up with an almost-smile, close but not quite there, for Kaylee before she stands up.

"Almost there."

Glitch got to his feet as well, with a smile for Kaylee and a vague nod to Godric (he'd forgotten him, it had been a long time). He glanced at the building, then back to River for guidance. It was a motley group, to be sure, but they would be all right.

They had to be, right?

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