Heroes of Silvatica City

Olivia was about to tell him that the action he could take was to leave them all alone, but the others had all warmed to him. Cha and Amber were still prickly but that was just their personalities. Scoffing, Olivia got to her feet and gathered up her stuff. "I know what I'm doing: leaving," she said. Jin put her chin on her hand and smiled wistfully. "Ahh, she's so cute when she's angry," she swooned.

Olivia didn't really want Lola following her, but her 'cousin' had a habit of sticking with her. Lola went up to the roof, her favourite zen spot, and a place only her group were allowed thanks to their parents' positions at the school. Lloyd was also unnerved by the stranger, but that was her natural response to someone new. His clothes were also too loud for her eyes. "So~," said Jin, putting her chin on her knuckles, batting her lashes at the wizard. "Tell us about where you're from, De."

Lola knew her well enough. Olivia sat cross legged on the roof and closed her eyes, beginning a mini meditation session to calm herself down. Cha smirked mirthlessly. "So powerful? Ya can't say somethin' like that and not back it up." Lloyd had been avoiding looking at the wizard because of his obnoxious clothes, so she saw Chloe slipping away as plain as day. "Where are you going?" she asked loudly from the table.

"Dude, after lunch," Cha grunted irritably. She hadn't been asking for him to prove himself right away but this guy was definitely a jumped up weirdo. Lloyd blinked a couple of times. "Can it wait until after lunch?" she asked, using an informal phrase to sound more friendly, like Lily instructed - but coming off as rude unintentionally.

Amadeus was certainly trouble. Seeing as he hadn't officially joined the school, he was barred from being in any of the classes so he had to sit in the principle's office with Squishy and wait for SHADE to come get him. Honey looked a little disappointed in him but remained smiley as ever. They decided that he would attend school here, to give him something to do and so that SHADE could keep an eye on him without keeping him locked up. He would be sleeping at SHADE base, though. By the time that was sorted, it was the end of the school day, and everyone was either hanging out in the library studying or going to their clubs. It was a Tuesday so it was cooking club day. Jin was there nice and early, helping everyone get set up. "Welcome to all our newbies," the teacher was saying. "And welcome back to our returning students. We're going to keep things nice and simple today, and learn how to cook a good noodle soup. This is a very versatile dish that you can change up with lots of different flavours. It's cheap too!"

The chatter in the room stopped abruptly when Drago stooped into the room. "O-oh, hello young man," greeted the teacher, going pale. "Um, are you lost?" Jin was curious, and looked a little closer. The leaflet that she'd dropped earlier was sticking out of his jacket pocket. "No, he's in the right place," she said to the teacher. She was right at the front and had an empty space next to her, though there were other empty spaces at the back. "I-in that case, come in," the teacher invited.

Huh... He nodded at her. Instead of just glaring at her, Drago had nodded at her and greeted her. That tiny movement was surprisingly nice. Jin gave Drago a small, slightly confused smile, and then turned back to look at the front. She knew how to make noodle soup, having done this many times before at home, so she got to get up and help some people who were struggling. Drago didn't seem to be struggling, though, in fact he had a surprising flair with his ingredient usage. And his big hands were being very delicate. Jin ended up watching what he was doing a bit longer than she meant to.

Jin shook her head slightly, because she'd been watching him too long, and went back to work. Her neighbour was an old lad who lived by herself, and she was feeling under the weather at the moment. So Jin was making her a nice chicken broth, with a hint of ginger and spiciness to calm her sick stomach and to scare off the bad juju. She was adding a lot of touches, including boiling the chicken separately before adding it, but she was finished a lot sooner than some of the others.

There was absolutely nothing in what Jin was doing that would give away that she was making this for an older person - she was just making spicy chicken noodle soup. Then Drago got up and looked like he was either about to punch her or take something from her station. The latter was more likely, so she didn't flinch. But then he put a small bag of lentils on her bench. "Oh... Thanks," she said with a smile, picking up the bag and sprinkling a small amount into her soup. Lentils probably wouldn't be good for her neighbour, an old and probably incontinent lady, but a small amount wouldn't hurt. Also how could she say no to Drago when he was so nice? She looked over at what he was doing. "So... What you making?"

Jin was impressed. "Huh, no way," she said. "Khow suey, that's Thai right? N-no, Burmese, or something. That's really interesting." To think he would make something so unique and complex in his first class. This guy must really like his food. "You like East Asian food, huh?"

Jin blinked and then smiled slowly. "Me too," she said. It didn't seem like Drago had said that to be dismissive or rude - the pause sort of gave her the impression that he was shy, not pissed off. Maybe he was just a quiet, anxious guy, and not some scary gangster like he appeared to be. She didn't want to talk to him too much and make him uncomfortable, so she went back to making her soup with a big smile on her face, clearly having enjoyed that little interaction.

Jin grinned. "Yeah, he gave me some lentils," she said, pointing to her soup. "He's cool, sweetie. Be cool."