Loner

[Tamika Dombrovski]

Tamika sat in the common room staring in to space. There was no one about, and she was starting to get lonely.
She probably could have met people in classes, but her being her, she had woken up late and forgotten to get her schedule. So while they were at classes, she had sat drawing. She had filled one of her moleskin notebooks, which quite annoyed her, as they were a tenner each off the internet.
So now she just sat there. Willing someone to walk past. The only person she knew was Will, and as much as she loved her friend, she wanted to make new friends. That bloody owl was doing her napper in too.
Had she been at home she could have been out with Pavel...
"Don't Tamika, just don't," she thought to herself.
So she focused her eyes back on the spot she had been staring at before. Just staring. Taking in the sounds from outside and above or below the floor she was on. After a few minutes she started thinking, "How long can I stick this place...?"

[Madeleine Baudelaire&Russ Ford]

A rare free period.
One of life's simple pleasures.
And, for once, Madeleine didn't have any homework to do, or work to catch up on thanks to the constant training plans. So she was free.
She could practice her shapeshifting into an inaminate object, but if she was honest, she wasn't really that bothered.
So, to the common room it was. Maybe she'd find someone to talk to besides Levi - who seemed to be the only person talking to her these days.
She walked through the common room, and saw an unfamiliar girl sitting on a chair, drawing in a notebook.
Go on, talk to someone who doesn't already hate you, Maddie.
She walked over. "Hey," she said, smiling. "Are you new here?"

[Tamika Dombrovski]

Tamika jumped as she heard someone talk to her.
"Hey. Are you new here?"
She looked to up to see a girl smiling at her.
"Hi, yes I am," she smiled back at the girl, "My name's Tamika."
She closed her notebook, using her pen as a bookmark and shook the girls hand.

[Madeleine Baudelaire&Russ Ford]

"I'm Madeleine," she answered, shaking Tamika's hand firmly. "What group are you in?"

[Tamika Dombrovski]

"I'm in the carers," she replied, "What about you?"

[Madeleine Baudelaire&Russ Ford]

"Head of Warriors," Madeleine said, sitting down in a chair. "You're in Will's group, then?"

[Tamika Dombrovski]

Tamika smiled when Madeleine mentioned her friends name, "Yep, that I am."
She pulled her feet up to sit Indian style on the chair, "So I'm guessing you're on a free now?"

[Madeleine Baudelaire&Russ Ford]

"Yeah," she replied. "Thank God. I think if I hear one more lecture on how I'm sending airwaves out wrong, I'll shoot Professor Archer. Literally."
Those bloody airwaves... she had some form of block, and she wasn't able to control them properly.

[Tamika Dombrovski]

Tamika thought for a moment, trying to recall if she knew whom Professor Archer was, alas, she failed.
"What does Professor Archer teach?"
After asking she realised it was a stupid question, as he probably taught something to do with airwaves.
"Wait, what is she on about airwaves," Tamika thought, "Oh argh, confusion..."

[Madeleine Baudelaire&Russ Ford]

"Air," Madeleine said, bringing her knees up and hugging them to her.
This was probably the least heated discussion she'd had all week.
"What subjects do you take?"

[Tamika Dombrovski]

"Fire, and apparently I have to take class for my Shining, even though I'm perfectly capable of controlling it..." She said the last part in annoyance, she hated being taught how to use something she'd been doing for years, fiends.

[Madeleine Baudelaire&Russ Ford]

Madeleine frowned "Shining? At the risk of sounding incredibly stupid, what's that?"

[Tamika Dombrovski]

"Oh, it just means I can converse with anyone else who has the Shining whilst still holding a conversation with someone who doesn't have it, if that makes any sense..."
Tamika was also quite awful at explaining the Shining, still, made explanations all the more fun.

[Madeleine Baudelaire&Russ Ford]

"Er... okay," Madeleine said, smiling a little. "Afraid you've lost me a bit."

[Tamika Dombrovski]

Tamika started thinking of a better way to explain it...
"Ah wait, have you ever seen the movie or read the book The Shining? Basically that but, y'know, real."