le school tour.

Nathaniel stood in the center of the courtyard with his hands stuffed in his pockets, his uniform tie loose and his blazer left open. He was pretty relaxed at the moment, though there was a small cast over his right leg, just for a little support; as he had broken it a few weeks earlier. Patiently, his golden gaze traveled around the clearing, looking for any unfamiliar faces. The Guardians had sent him here to give one of the students a world tour, more so only so he could get a little more on their good sides.
He didn't know much. All he knew was that this student was a girl having been transferred far from the east coast. That was about it.

Kali sauntered into the Courtyard. It was so interesting here... But so lame. She hadn't seen any guys worth her time yet. She rolled her eyes. So many weird kids here. With such erratic personalities... She grimaced. Why, oh why had she had to come here... Her parents, so paranoid about time... And the timeline. Kali sighed, and wished for the thousandth time she was a normal kid like anyone else. Well, anyone else back home, anyway. Did she mention all the kids here are weird? Kali sighed and tried to focus. She was supposed to see someone... Nathaniel? Yes, that's it. Nathaniel. She peered through the mass of kids, looking for him... They'd given her a brief description... Tall, auburn, amber-ish eyes... In charge... Just the way she liked him. She grinned to herself wickedly.

The young man continued to look around quietly, wanting to get this over with as quickly as possible, as there were certain things he wanted to do, certain people he wanted to meet up with, a certain someone he wanted to avoid with his dear life. He paused when he finally caught the new face in the crowd. Somewhat shorter than himself and thing with long, light brown hair. No, he'd seen a lot of pretty faces at this school, this one wasn't one of them. She must have been the one for which he was playing the guide. Putting a slight smile on his face, he approached her, immediately caught by her feelings of indifference -- and something else there, but he couldn't quite place it. "You're Kali?" He questioned, looking down at her.

Kali looked up at him, eyeing his handsome face, smirking. "I am," she said. "And you're Nathaniel?" She grinned, biting her lip. I do love taller guys... she thought. "You're here to show me around, right?" she smiled more genuinely. "Where do we start?"

Nathan greeted his escort with the slightest bow, a habit that he had since he was a child and usually only used it when speaking the to teachers. "Yes and yes." He answered with a small smile in return, "Well, I think it's safe to say you know where the courtyard is." He said simply, "Let's head through the hallways and to the library." Nate suggested and headed off; He was totally winging this.

"Alright." Kali grinned again, sauntering after Nathaniel, her eyes glued to his backside. She didn't really care where she was going - if she was following him, she'd be content. x3

Nate nodded and began to walk through the courtyard, distractingly catching the eye of the tree he had sat under with Rose when Melody had sung the whole clearing to sleep; he couldn't help but smile. He didn't stop, though, and stepped into the building.
The hallways seemed to be normal compared to the rest of the school. There were lockers here and there; as well as a soft carpet, candle-lighting, sculptures, and painting that were most likely far beyond the age of any resident at Beata. It was elegant, but also something to easily be gotten used to. "You don't, perhaps, like to spend your time in a book, do you?" He turned back for a moment, glancing in Kali's direction.

"Occasionally... But I prefer doing thing of a more... Physical nature." She winked, trailing a finger along the spines of books, glancing at one of the paintings. She gasped, her eyes shooting open. A flash, and an almost completely different scene. The walls and floors were bare. Two men were hanging the painting up on the wall. She began to turn, the vision already fading, but saw two piercing brown eyes, staring back at her, as if the owner knew she was there. Before she could visualize the full face, the vision had already faded, leaving the regular library, and Nate.

Nathan in response simply shook his head and ran a hand through his hair, "Wow." was all he could say, his voice laced with laughter. 'Are you being subtle enough, my dear?' he refrained himself from saying, turning back to look at Kali. He paused a moment in surprise. She seemed -- completely zoned out. "Are you alright?" he asked a little urgently, reaching a hand out as if to help her before she snapped back into the present.

Kali clenched her eyes shut. Don't think about it... Don't think about it... She shook her head to clear it, before opening her eyes and looking up at Nate. "Yeah... I'm fine..." she murmured. "It's just my... Power. Seeing through time, and all..." Kali sighed. "So, where to next?" she said, a smile suddenly on her face again, as though urging him to forget what just happened.

Nathaniel frowned, catching up on the trouble that brewed inside, that she so easily stuffed away. His golden eyes met hers with curiosity before he stepped back and nodded curtly, leaving the library and taking her to the cafeteria, which was more like a large dining hall with an open kitchen at the end. "No where special." he had answered.

Kali nodded, following him. She was much more quiet and withdrawn than she had been in the beginning of the tour. The most she could do was smile, and follow him around. And of course, stare at his backside some more. ;3

"Is something troubling you?" Nathan called behind him, his hands still stuffed in his pockets as he continued forward, taking her up the stairs.

"Hmm?" Kali was barely listening, but she looked up anyway when he spoke to her. "No... It's nothing. Just an incident from when I was little..." she trailed off, obviously not wanting to talk about it.

The young man stared at her for a second, but let it go and headed to the end of the 3rd floor. "This is the medic. wing. It's run by students studying to be healers. You should be cautious around this area, though. One of the Guardians are always here." Nathaniel explained light and gently put his hand on her shoulder, urging her to the window at the end of the all. It was vast, and one could see the entire campus. "There is the gym, and over there is the forest. You can go to either whenever you have free time." He pointed to each.

"Cool." Kali said, gazing out the window. She'd love to go out into the Forest soon. It looked so... Calm and peaceful. So... Normal. She turned back to Nate. "So... Where are the dorms?" she asked, with a sly smirk on her face.

Melody trudged down the hallway of the medic wing, looking down at the paper work in her hand as she hastily signed it. Own thing she hated about the job, was the seemingly endless amount of documents that came along with the practice of healing. She checked here and there and looked things over, gazing out for a moment to look where she was going whenever she spotted Nathaniel and a girl she didn't know, looking out the window. His had was on her shoulder and she looked pretty happy herself.

A pang of jealous shot through the musician's heart, and she forced a smile before walking up to them, blonde hair falling around her shoulder, crimson eyes gleaming in hidden annoyance. Not that it would help, she was sure Nate would notice from a mile away, but she didn't want to jump to conclusions just yet. And besides, she had no right for jealousy.
She wore white nurse's pants and the general top, and her hair was down and curled into waves. "Hey Nate." She called casually, as she made it over to the two. "Hi, have we met?" She asked Kali perkily as she turned to her, a sweet smile plastered on her face.

Nathaniel stuffed his hand back in his pocket as she turned back to him. He was about to turn around and head in their direction with a small smile, "Right this way, miss." He said, the sentence nearly sung; It was right about then he had noticed Melody standing there. In all honesty, he had been so wrapped up in his own thoughts that he hadn't noticed her there before.
"Oh, hey Mel -..." Nate forced a smile and said a little awkwardly. Oh, she was pissed. He could feel it radiating off of her, and he was honestly unsure of what do. "This is Kali. She's new to the school."

Kali turned around, her grin still on her face. "Yep. That's me!" Kali said, her voice bright and perky. "And who are you?" she asked. Kali locked eyes with Melody. She saw through Melody's welcoming smile and saw the jealousy underneath. She resisted the urge to smile even wider. Oooh... Drama already. This'll be fun~

Melody's grin grew. "Oh, no wonder I haven't seen you around." She laughed. "I'm Melody. Welcome to Beata." She smiled sweetly, reaching our her hand for the girl to shake it. Her gaze stayed on Kali, and she didn't turn away. God only knows how awkward this most be for Nathaniel at the moment. D;

Yes. Now Nathan knows exactly how Melody felt in the whole Happy situation. ;_; He stood there awkwardly, watching the small exchange between the two girls and giving Kali a passive look of suspicion, catching onto her mischievous attitude, but was too reluctant at the moment to say anything about it. "Mel..." he called to her lowly, wondering if she would even bother to answer him.

Kali stick her hand out and took hold of Melody's hand, shaking it with a grip hard as steel. Her grin grew wider. "Nice to meet you, Melody. And thanks." She kept her eyes locked on Melody's as she addressed Nate. "Now, how about those dorm rooms?"

Nate took a second to answer, was she talking to him now? "Oh, r- right." He laughed weakly and stepped in between the two of them. "I'll see you later, alright?" The young man gave Melody a small smile, not getting to close, though (he was a tad afraid to touch her at the moment); and started to walk back down the hall in the direction of the dorms. "Let's go find your room..." He said nonchantly to Kali.

"Sounds fun..." Kali purred, grabbing Nate's hand and pulling him along, even with no clue where she was going. She glanced back at Melody and gave her a smirk and a wink. "So, do we share rooms with people? Is there already furniture and stuff. Ooh, how are the beds? Are they the kind with those canopies? I love those kinds..." Hnng... I wonder why... ;3

Melody nodded, and smiled, although her facade was crumbling slightly. A tight, thin smile. "Alright. Well it was nice metting you, Kali! Hopefully we can see eachother again." She called. Empty words with no feeling behind them, lukewarm and perky, just to fill up the silence. Thinking curses in her head and creative ways to kill, Mel keep a small smile as they strolled off. She shot glares at their back and daggers at their hands as they walked away, and she had a sudden urge to sing. Eehh, who could it hurt? I'd just knock them out for a bit. Possibly show Kali to fuck off.
So she let out a four note song, and repeated it. No one else was in the hallway. She knew for a fact that the cameras in the halls had no sound, so nobody could blame it on her. She repeated the song twice for extra measure. God, Melody Delangelo would have her first enemy after this- how exciting. ;u;