New arrivals (569 views)

The door had caught their attention as the twins were in one of their rooms, talking over a song Kana was writing for Linear to play. It seemed like Kana was talking to herself from afar, but as the two emerged to see what the noise outside was about, Linear hid awkwardly behind her from the surprise of seeing a stranger in their house.

"James, did you make a new friend?" She smiled simply, turning to look at Linear. "Oh come on, Lin, no need to be shy..." Shaking her head, she laughed and looked at the raven haired stranger. "I'm Kana, and this is my sister Linear. Don't mind her shyness. She's just scared of strangers."

Linear awkwardly signed a hello from behind her sister, peeking out enough to be seen. Kana sighed with relief when Linear actually tried to greet the stranger. "Are you new here? Let's get along well."

Linear hadn't quite noticed the lack of a shirt, but wasn't phased by it when she did. So she didn't really react much. But, when she heard the question about an instrument, she dug through her pocket, biting her lip, trying to pull out her ocarina.

Giggling a bit, Kana smiled. "I don't, but Linear plays ocarina. Which is apparently stuck in her pocket again...We should re-hem that for you, Lin. It's getting harder for you to put your ocarina in the pocket without getting caught in a hole, isn't it?"

Linear signed in question to what was bothering James, coming out from hiding more easily to do so. Kana pat her head, ruffling the top of her hair slightly as she looked over to Alexandra. "If you don't mind, I'll finish the tour for you- and Lin here can make sure James rests properly. That's what you're hoping for, right, sis?" She giggled a bit at the slight redness, before skipping happily away from her sister and nearer to the other girl. "I write lyrics, but I'm not musical. Linear got all the talent in that."

Linear looked at him curiously, signing in question if he was hungry, or if he'd eaten too much- two polar opposites that even she knew could cause stomach pain. Kana smiled a bit watching, meanwhile, and looked to Alexandra easily. "Yep, I suppose that's true. I'm surprised they thought mine was good though. I honestly never thought it was anything special. I just felt it fun to be able to try to take part with my sister... And I only started fairly recently. How long have you been interested in music?"

Linear smiled and signed that she'd make something, so to go sit down. Kana, giggling, looked curiously at Alexandra. "I'm jealous. I'm a horrible dancer and always fall flat on my face when I try....Ballet requires a lot more grace than I will ever have." Her giggle turned into flat out laughter at her own expense, before the smile turned back to curiosity. "Are you hungry? Sis is cooking. I can help you unpack while she gets something to eat ready."

Kana smiled and joined Alexandra in unpacking when she got the okay, while her sister was off to cook something for them all to eat. "I suppose so. But I bet it'd be neat to watch, too."

"Dating. Which is only surprising to me because my sister never gets along with people so quickly. But he grew on her quickly. They're happy though, so it's all good." Smiling happily, she took a peek at the family photograph. "Isn't that the history teacher, Mister Taylor? It's sorta neat seeing him with long hair." Giggling a bit, she added, "You seem close. Having close family is nice."

"By teacher...I mean teacher? He teaches history here." She explained rather matter of factly. Did this girl know the teacher but not know he was one? It sounded confusing, but then again- was she really one to judge such a situation? Still, being told that the teacher used to have longer hair was interesting- she couldn't easily imagine it since she hadn't really seen it in person before. "Are you related then? Just to make sure out of curiosity."

Meanwhile, Linear was finishing up in the kitchen. Finding herself done cooking, she made her way to knock on James' door before awkwardly peeking in to check if he was ready to eat.

"That stinks...It's hard being separated for a long time, right? Linear and I were separated a long time after we were five too. But you seem to love him a whole lot, so that's great, don't you think? Now you get to see him more at school." Kana smiled gently, pleased for Alexandra- though she didn't seem quite as happy as Kana was for her.

Linear smiled, holding out a stew bowl. Putting it down so she could sign, she noted, "Stew is good for you when you're not well."

"That sounds tough," Kana mused. "My sister and I grew up separately too, but that's because she was taken in by a family friend when our parents died, while I was taken to an orphanage. It sounds like having parents must be rough with the pressure and stuff....But it sounds neat too! The orphanage doesn't really care what I do as long as it's legal and makes me happy...But, how did you feel when he decided to leave? Were you happy for him?"

Seeing him eat, she smiled before getting herself put together, signing she was going to serve the rest to the other two girls. "Don't eat more than you can handle, okay?" She smiled, before heading near the door- but, nervously, she scrambled back to him first, hugging him awkwardly before rushing to go to serve the rest of the meal. Knocking on the open door, she signed to her sister.

"Ah, looks like Lin finished making the food. Should we eat or finish here first?"

Kana smiled and nodded, patting Alexandra's back lightly. "Well, if you need any extra help, I'm always happy to. After all, we're gonna be living together from now on, so we should rely on each other when we can. Right?" Turning to her sister, she ran ahead through the door and hugged her, murmuring a question about what the menu was. As she got her answer and waved a hello to James, she readily went to go get her serving. Stew was always nice in the autumn, after all!

Linear, meanwhile, smiled over to Alexandra, signing, "I hope you'll like it...I worked hard, so...Please tell me if it needs to be changed."

"I expect nothing less from my sister." Kana added to Alexandra's praise, giggling as she finished her stew fairly easily. She wandered to clean her dish as well, smiling to Alexendra. "Definitely, it'll be fun! What do you wanna do?"

Linear smiled gently, hugging him back before taking a bit of time to eat for herself- the praise made her blush, but she was silent both in sign and speech throughout it, just enjoying the food.

"Walking around campus is always fun! Oh, by the way...I work part time at the zoo, so I can probably get you a discount if you ever feel like going there. The animals are all really cute!" Yes, she did love animals. "Though...I think you and Linear and James are all wonderful too...It's great being surrounded by wonderful people."

Kana giggled, smiling in return- she wanted to hug the girl for saying such a sweet phrase, but opted not to as it was improper for the moment. No, clinging to Linear was one thing- clinging to someone she didn't know well wasn't really the best idea. Instead, she reacted with a simple smile and a single word. "Thanks!"

When she was asked what was going on, meanwhile, Linear wasn't really sure how to react. Signing that nothing was going on was pretty much all she could think of, along with signing her own curiosity as to how it came up. "Why? Did you want to do something? You seem to be feeling better."