[Smile Junky]

"Plenty of beauty, yeah. Got plenty of nastiness hiding behind it too. Some places just hide it better than others do is all." Glas said with a shrug. "Sometimes it's in yer own town, and you just have to live with it. " he seemed to be quite opinionated despite his rather chill behaviour, even if none of his body language seemed to show it.

Seeing that Diana didn't immediately convulse after eating the candy, Glas popped his own into his mouth. He seemed to fully savor the tastes that it presented, fully grasp the complex combinations that were put into it. His own response even was delayed from Diane's own, before he eventually nodded and replied: "'S good"

Starting to get a handle on these two, or at least I think I am. Seem decent enough folk, care about thier folks, thier homes. Glas nodded slowly at seemingly nothing in particular as Calen kept the conversation going with his question about thier time in Vale.

"I've been here about... since the semester started. However long ago that's been. Enrollin' here's been the first I've ever stepped inside the place."

[Vision]

"Shame that it has that kinda side. That being said I would love to visit Mistral at some point, I could certainly do with learning more about the culture at least." she knew that it was unlikely that she could make the trip anytime soon though she still hoped to someday visit Mistral as well as Vacuo and Menagerie.

"Well there are a few ways to grow crops on Solitas. As far as I know in Mantle they grew in naturally warmed caves just adding artificial lighting, however in Atlas they have some pretty high-tech greenhouses." While this wasn't her area of expertise or anything she was fairly certain she had heard something along these lines. "That being said Atlas grown crops are on the high end at this point. Back home we would generally get things that were imported, not quite as fresh but.. affordable. There are loads of cargo ships that leave Atlas with dust so just makes sense to fill them for the trip back."

"I'll have to have a look for that café" whilst she was genuinely intrigued, there was also a little concern at how expensive it would be to buy chocolate from a café. "As for ingredients I use I'm not as knowledgeable about them as you are. I tend to just use flour, eggs, butter, maybe yeast so haven't really noticed much difference."

Diana slightly nodded as Glas talked about coming to Vale before answering herself "Pretty much the same, I got here two or three days before initiation, never been outside of Solitas before then."

[Kingnoname1]

'Thank you Master Glas for your kind words.' Replied Calen happily once again meeting the gaze of Glas before turning to face Diana 'I hadn't heard of such advancements from Atlas, although I've been out of the loop for a couple of years and even before, to my shame paid little attention to the outside world. I guess that's just another gap I can rectify here and experience afterwards. Also if you would ever like help with your own creations Miss Farren know you can call on me, it's the least I can do as repayment.'

'So does that mean you both came up through the combat schools? I'm curious as to how the academies compare, I personally have found the classes to be a very strange way of learning.' Calen's former slight desperation in his tone has melted into  curiosity as the subject seems to be sticking.

[Smile Junky]

"Ain't saying you have to avoid it entirely, just might want to keep a close eye on your wallet when you go. Place still has some pretty parts to it. And I guess if you like artsy kind of stuff it'd be a good place to spend some time." Glas however, was not an artsy kind of person. At all. He just couldn't... really understand most of it when it all got down to it. As much as he also didn't get the hang of his parent's work either, at least things made more sense there.

Part A goes into Part B, rotates around Part C; that's the kind of stuff I get. Can't begin to tell ya why that color and this color make people go 'oohhh' and 'aahhhh'. Diana went on to talk about so many different ways that people could grow crops and stuff, and it all sort of started to fly over Glas' head. Heck, it even was starting to just make him doze off because he had no idea what they were even discussing.

Until Calen referred to him as 'Master Glas" and the thick-coated boy woke up. "C'mooon, I'm not a 'master' anythin'" Glas drawled. "Just call me 'Glas', alright? And yeah, I got myself transferred here as soon as I could. Felt like leavin' Mistral rather quick-like and such. Worked out well enough I suppose, just kinda wish more classrooms had desks next to windows, y'know? Best place to take a nap."

[Vision]

Seeing the response from the other two it occurred to Diana that framing techniques seemed to make for rather poor small talk, shouldn't be that surprising really. While Calen's response had been qualified with why he may not of heard of the tech, the fact that he hadn't completely sapped Diana's confidence on the matter. Rather concerned that she was just making stuff up she decided not to pursue the topic further, responding to his cooking suggestion instead. "I wouldn't want to inconvenience you, but next time I might shoot you a question if you're okay with that?"

Looking back to Glas and the Mistral conversation she continued. "I'll have to make my way there eventually then, heck once I'm a huntress that should be a piece of cake. Besides in a few years I might actually be talented enough to actually get some inspiration from it, so far my drawing is even worse than my baking" she laughed. Whilst not entirely true it was a bit of a touchy subject. Baking she had picked up over time here and there, whilst drawing she had actively been trying to learn though failing so far.

Diana was rather curious if there was a reason Glas had wanted to leave Mistral quick-like, or just that he wanted a change of scenery. He was a very hard person to read, that hood really didn't help. "Yeah that's right. Regular combat school in Atlas and advanced here at Beacon" she considered just leaving it there but decided against it, she didn't want to risk being caught in a lie later. Looking towards the ground she added very matter of factly "Well I was at Atlas academy for a bit but didn't really like it there, so I came here." making eye contact again and shrugging she added "The classroom setting works rather well for some subjects, and there are quite a few more practical lessons."

[Kingnoname1]

Slightly phased at Glas’s preference of address Calen answered quickly. ‘Of course Glas I shall endeavour to remember for later as well. Miss Farren, I’d be happy to answer any questions you have. However, for my benefit, are you satisfied by my terms of address? Or is there something else you’d rather be called?’ Frowning and letting most of the conversation pass him by instead watching the two students carefully. Realising his question had hit both of their nerves Calen decided to try less personal questions.

‘Hobbies?’ Calen asked, filling up the next lull. ‘We got sleeping, drawing and cooking. Anyone got anything else? I’ve always been a dancer myself but I’m afraid of the many things Beacon has on where I’m from its dance scene is not one of them. But I suppose that’s life.’ Finishing with an exaggerated huff.

Reaching into his pocket Calen took out a pencil and a small pad of paper scribbling his scroll number twice before handing them to Glas and Diana. ‘Before I forget, if you have any cooking questions feel free to call at anything, I keep an odd schedule show I’ll usually be up and around and Glas if you ever need a hand, please don’t think any of it.’

[Smile Junky]

“S’alright, man. Don’t gotta make too much of an effort for me, not like I’m gonna bit yer head off or somethin’” Glas reassured Calen. It was really just more of an annoyance thing than any kind of personal insult to the young man. Of course, being called ‘master’ all throughout the day would probably rub him a little raw if he had to be honest. At least his fellow Mistralian said he’d try to remember. Good start, I guess. Just my first day meetin’ the guy, can’t judge him too hard I suppose…
 
Glad raised an non-visible eyebrow at Diana bringing up drawing, though. “You tryin’ to become an artist or somethin’, Diane? If yer lookin’ to be inspired by somethin’, give Windpath a try when yer ready enough to visit. It’s got a cliff overlookin’ some of the swamps that all the artsy people went crazy over all the time. Apparently if you looked at it the right way at sunset it’s all kinds of beautiful or somethin’.” Of course, that meant that a lot of the artsy kinds of folks made regular trips to Windpath, and that was always a time that the less reputable guys had decent paydays. The memory alone caused Glas’ lips to twitch downward in the briefest instance of a frown before his chill returned along with his neutral expression.
 
Their topic shifted back towards hobbies for a bit longer, and Glas wracked his brain to try and come up with something else to share. “Mmm… Guess I haven’t had much chances to indulge in it here in Vale, but always liked going to little musical performances. Couple of guys sittin’ around, doin’ their own thing. Pretty chill time to have around those, yeah.” Without traveling into the surrounding city, Glas couldn’t be sure if there was anything like that. Maybe he’d get lucky, or maybe that was something else he’d leave back in Mistral. At least it was something that he could live without if absolutely necessary. “Oh, and thanks” he added as Calen offered his scroll number to him and Diane. He slowly reached out and grasped the scrap of paper and put it into his jacket pocket without looking at it as he continued on with his conversation.

[Vision]

"I mean only teachers have ever really used my last name, everyone else just calls me Diana or some nickname. So I'm more used to it being Diana, but it's up to you what you want." She didn't mind the name too much as it was more common for some higher ups to speak like that in Atlas. However very few would where she was from.

"Oh no no, don't have any future as an artist." Diana laughed at Glas' suggestion. "Have enough to deal with the hole huntress thing. I just wanted to have a creative outlet or something along those lines. Back home I kept being told reading didn't count as a hobby so I picked up drawing." she shrugged before continuing " Windpath does sound lovely though, I'll have to try to make my way there at some point." She tilted her head slightly to see if it helped for looking under his hood, it didn't. While he was being perfectly pleasant though she found it rather bizarre not seeing his entire face when talked. "Do you go to a specific genre for those performances or just whatever?"

Turing to Calen she asked "You dance? that's awesome. Is it like ballroom dancing or more, I don't know, modern? No dance clubs in Vale, or just haven't had the time?"

Diana took out her scroll as the note was handed to her "Cheers", she quickly added the number as a contact and sent a message to Calen that simply said "Hi. This is Diana Farren's number." Taking a pen out of her pouch she wrote down her own number on the same piece of paper and handed it Glas "Here's mine too if you want it"

[Kingnoname1]

'Well if you truly don't mind Miss Farren ....I've never claimed to be most students.' A small giggle escaped Calen's lips before he continued. 'Do you have a preference on subjects for your art? Landscapes must be difficult with so much to draw and while still lifes or portraits have less moving parts they are on a lot smaller scale requiring more detail.'

The concept of purely musical performances was a new one to Calen. Turning away slightly he let his mind wander, dreaming up possibilities. A opera house with it's centre piece being the orchestral band, but that'd hardly be relaxing; smaller perhaps? Outside under a full moon and along side a fire? Guitars and basic drums replacing the legions of violins and wind instruments? Or maybe it's a jazz thing.

Shocked out of his haze by Diana's question Calen paused slightly before responding. 'Yes ballroom or ballet will always be my second love but really I can enjoy anything where you have room to move. However that seems like just another way I'm unlike most students the ''dance clubs'' are a bit to heavy one the club for my taste. Don't get me wrong I'm sure there is great skill involved in dancing so close together it is simply not a skill I possess.'

Glancing down at his scroll as the message come through Calen continued with his question. 'What about life in Vale in general? It took a lot for me to get used to living in the big city but Forever Fall isn't that far away and there is something to be said about the security.'

[Smile Junky]

“Diana’s a fine enough name. I’m not one for fancy titles if I can help it anyway, too much extra stuff to remember. Kinda don’t have too much of an imagination for makin’ up nicknames either…” Glas said as she scratched his head, well, hood. Come to think of it, he hadn’t had to worry about nicknames back in Mistral either. If people didn’t call him by his name, then it’d just be the ‘Mossberg Boy’. That name wore quicker on his nerves than anything else back home…
 
“Ah come on, just because yer not great at it now it doesn’t mean you won’t in the future. Isn’t art the kinda thing that you get better at the more you do it? Sorta like huntsman trainin’ if you think about it, y’know?” It seemed that his laidback nature didn’t mean that quitting was something he was a fan of. “Shouldn’t let people tell you what you can have as a hobby either, though. Live yer life the way you want to, Diana.” Glas crossed his arms behind his head and nodded knowingly at her, despite getting an odd tilted look at her.
 
“Dancin’ takes a lot of coordination too. You been doin’ it long there, Calen?” Glas asked curiously. He hadn’t met too many dancers around, and since it wasn’t exactly his speed anyway it wasn’t something he sought out either. Cooking, dancing; guy must be pretty popular around here. “Vale’s a big city at least, bound to be some kinda dance place to yer likin’. Does Beacon have one of those school dance things here too? Had a few back in Mistral but… Well that’s not exactly my scene.”
 
‘Wallflower’ was only a small description of how much Glas didn’t want to be there those days.
 
“No place specific, just whenever a couple good ol’ guys decided to sit down together and play for a while. Town square, some on the side of the road. Couple of ‘em practiced underneath a big tree I liked to nap in, so I always got a free show” he said with a shrug. “Don’t need a specific place to make music, really.” Everyone got into the habit of exchanging their Scroll numbers, so Glas made sure to do the same as he registered both Calen and Diana’s into his own Scroll. A quick message consisting of ‘Yo’ to the two of them revealed his own number, and they were now connected. At least in the sense of being able to call each other. “Thanks for the digits. Kinda curious about city life too, now that you bring it up, Calen.”

[Vision]

She would honestly preferred him to just use her regular name and had expected him to do so when offered, but like he said he wasn't like most students. Considering that he seemed to like these titles she asked, "Would you like me to called you mister Shrike then? or should it be master?"

"Both of you are severely over estimating my drawing ability, I haven't been doing it for long." already a bit uncomfortable with being the centre of one of their topics she blushed slightly at their relentless support. "As for what its mostly just sketches, how a room is arranged or simple portraits, from memory. Haven't really tried my hand at landscapes much, the small details there are so hard to get looking right." She shifted her weight uncomfortably as Glas was telling her to stand up for herself "They weren't wrong though, the drawing and a few other things they suggested has helped me become more social. Guess it only remains to grow a spine, hah.." she tried to laugh to play off her self deprecating joke.

Not that familiar with dancing she was surprised that a man was doing ballet as she generally pictured women. About to ask it occurred to her that it could come off as a rather rude question, she was honestly just curious at how common it was but thought better of asking. "I've never been to one so guess my mental picture of a dance club is a bit off then. Honestly I know next to nothing about dance in general, but I'm sure its a great hobby. Have you ever performed your dances?"

"Haven't been here too long so not sure of what will be different. Biggest so far is obviously the climate" she did a little half spin that made her skirt flare out a bit, crossing her legs at the ankles "I could never wear anything like this outdoors in Atlas. As for the city i haven't really explored it yet"


 

[Kingnoname1]

'Only if you feel comfortable with it Miss Farren, I personally use these forms of address simply because it was how I was raised and was drilled in pretty hard. After all there is nothing more impolite than forcing someone to do something they don't want to do.' Replied Calen trying to maintain a comforting tone, he spoke the truth but the titles also helped him maintain some emotional distance. 'And Glas and I aren't necessarily wrong, just temporally off. You'll get there.'

'There are some a couple of studios around the city and they put on performances, luckily as one of the few guys I end up in most of them even if my attendance isn't what I'd like it do be with missions, school, cooking and what not. I've been dancing since I could walk and it's still my second love but sometimes you just want to stretch your legs, drink more than you probably should and do something you'll regret in the morning.' Calen laughed. 'And Glas don't worry we will find the right person to tempt you off that wall before the yearly dance, even if you have two left feet.' Calen's laughter grew steadily but it was more cheerful than his usual slightly mocking tone.

After taking a few moments to calm down turned back to the other students Calen continued. 'I guess they would use guitars and some small drums, in the performance I mean. I just can't imagine people lugging piano's or double basses far. Some use the forests not far outside the city to do something like that, they light bonfires which is kinda illegal but as long as they clean up after themselves to cops leave them mostly alone. Not sure how relaxing it is though, it's more a party scene. As for the city itself it's something you really have to experience for yourself, particularly if you aren't used to city life. Its spread out enough to never feel claustrophobic while the lack of designated quarters mean you can keep finding new shops or entire markets after months of looking. I try to always get a good feel of where ever I am but I still don't think I've seen all Beacon has to offer.

[Smile Junky]

Glad shrugged. "Can't really overestimate somethin' I haven't seen before either, can I? For all I know you got yerself a talent for it, it's just yer mind holdin' you back. 'Course I'm not the best critic either. Might want to give me and Calan a shot to look at it, at least. Might make you feel better about what you got." This girl certainly seemed to be putting herself down a lot over just a hobby... Probably had something in her past that started it all or- Nah, nah... No reason to try and dissect her life, or anyone else's, really.

"Everything takes time to master, can't really be born perfect, 'least in my book. It's why we go to the Academy, isn't it?" There were probably schools for art stuff too, right? He might have heard about some of them in passing back home in Mistral, but it also wasn't something really looked into either.

Glas shook his head slightly at Calen's insistence at trying to get him to be in a more dancing mood. That wasn't exactly likely to happen, not with this Mistralian. "Calen, even if I had three left feet I don't think I'll be dancin' anytime soon. Some people are dancers, some aren't. Pretty sure I'm squarely in the 'not dancin'' camp at the moment." There weren't enough dance clubs in Vale to get him to start picking it up as a hobby, no matter who insisted.

Still, Glas did watch as Diana did a little twirl in her dress, which drew a tiny smile and a nod from the hooded young man. "Guess that's a little true, Diana. Place feels pretty good to me, although I can't really complain about it either way. Any weather's good nappin' weather, after all. Still... Guess if I find myself without much else to do around here I might start walkin' around Vale some more. Gonna be livin' here for the next couple of years, right? Probably need to get a good lay of the land at some point."

[Vision]

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Really sorry for the long wait this time, uni has been hell this week.

"Then I'll stick to Calen for now, we were never big on titles back home."

"Sorry I didn't mean to come off as so dismissive. I appreciate the compliment, It's just that once people hear that you draw they seem to assume that you're some incredible artist. I can do some reasonable portraits but that's about it. As you said its something you learn with time, I just have to spend more time at the firing range than in a sketchbook." she said whilst thinking that she must be horrible to talk to, can barely go two sentences putting my foot in my mouth."Yeah I guess I'll just have to show you guys sometime." she said though secretly hoping they would forget.   

About to take part in the dancing discussion she thought better of it. Calen seemed to be pushing for Glas to take part in a 'yearly dance' of some kind, if she joined in now she could have that deflected onto her which would just be the drawing mess all over again.

"Music and bonfires at night next to the forest sounds lovely. The partying, well not as much for me at least. So far I've really just ignored the city and stayed on campus but Glas is right, we're going to live here now so need to figure out where things are." she said looking towards the city "Glad to hear it isn't claustrophobic, Atlas is very densely built so it sure feels that way. I'll just have to bite the bullet and go exploring, there's a map on our scrolls so how lost can I really get. Anywhere in particular you would recommend checking out, or well... any places I maybe shouldn't go alone?" she asked whilst her own voice was mocking her in her head. Just what people want in a huntress, afraid to go alone in a city, brilliant.

[Kingnoname1]

'And as such Calen I will be Miss Farren.' Announced Calen with an elaborate flourish and bow.

'There isn't much organised crime in the city, except for a few bars around the docks but they are pretty easy to spot. Past the shopping centres and a bit up from the docks you have the best part of the city, in my opinion. Design wise it fades nicely into the start of Forever Fall and the markets are impressive, it is basically on the other side of the city though. The only real trouble you might have are with pick pockets but awareness should get you through unmolested. As for landmarks the school makes a good one, going out from here you've got large commercial or retail shopping centres to the right and the smaller centres with their cafes and deli's closer to the residential bits.' Calen responded smiling at the thought that less than a year ago he was finding all this out or hearing it from others. I wonder what they will be doing in another year? What will I be doing?

Chuckling again from some of his imaginations Calen continued his questioning. 'So if we are all from elsewhere has anyone thought of travelling further afield? Miss Farren you mentioned Mistral but is there anywhere else? I've always wanted to go to Vacuo, I've never been good with the heat but some of the spices are to die for and they have some of he world's leading dance academies, outside of Mistral.