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Who: The Chitoku inaugural class.
Where: Chitoku campus, various locations.
When: Sunday, April 3, 2022, two days before the start of spring term.
What: The school has opened its doors.

After eight years of careful planning and preparation, the campus of Chitoku Academy for the Gifted was coming alive at last. Helpful staff members had been posted everywhere in anticipation of the crowd, and seemingly every variable had been accounted for in order to make the move-in and initial orientation go as smoothly as possible...

Save, that is, for the weather.

The sky had just opened up on several hundred students and their families. Boxes and suitcases were being hastily hauled to whatever shelter could be found, with the aforementioned helpful staff members now acting as guides to the most convenient locations, and clusters of people seemed to naturally form around them, waiting for the downpour to slacken so the day could proceed.

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Haruka tilted her head a little as she absorbed what she heard. She replied, once she formed a thought,

"Well, if you're assigned to 510 then yeah, we are. If not this is a bit awkward." She shrugged and nodded her head. "I'm Haruka Shikata. Nice to meet you I guess."

"Um…", for a moment Himeko seemed like she had lost the thread of the conversation.
"I probably expressed that awkwardly…but we really are! Roommates, I mean. I double-checked!", she said, well realizing that she sounded just plain naive here. She didn’t really care, though. She tried to keep her act going, so that it could hopefully break the ice between both of them.
If there was something she didn’t want, then it was a roommate she couldn't get along with.

"Shikata Haruka-san...Haruka-tan...Haruru! I think that would be fitting!", she smiled, looking at her roommate. "Nicknames!", she then started her explanation to not leave the other girl in a state of confusion. "I like to give them to people, I meet. …As long as they aren’t older than me, at least. It would be kind of disrespectful to call a senpai by some nickname, right? Ah, but if you prefer being called by your real name, that’s fine!"

"Naah, Haruru is fine. Thanks, I guess," Haruka replied. That seemed to be the theme of the day. She already had 'Kiri-chan' and now this. "So does that mean you need a nickname too? Just 'Uehara-san'?"

"You like it? That’s great!", she said cheerfully. Since her roommate accepted the nickname given to her, Himeko felt a little relieved. This had to mean that they could get along, after all.
"You can call me whatever you like! Just don’t use my surname...I’d prefer something cute!!, the small girl explained.
Himeko disliked being called by her surname with a passion. It wasn’t just because it reminded her of being part of that family. She also somehow really hated the sound of it.

"Cute, huh..." Haruka turned her head upwards as she seemed to think.

Cutesy...probably average or smaller...higher pitched voice....hyper...

"Hachi?"

Himeko thought about her roommates' answer for a moment.
Hachi...that kind of nickname was new to her.
But it wasn’t bad and she had to admit it did sound cute,too.
"I’m fine with that! Hachi it is!", she finally responded.
"Well then~ I hope we'll get along well!", she added after a short pause, thinking about some more questions to ask her.
"What kind of things are you specialized in, Haruru?"

She had always been curious. And since they were roommates now and therefore would probably spend a lot of time together she needed to know what kind of person Haruru was.

"Drama," Haruka replied, smiling a little that the nickname apparently went fine. "I'm in swim club and drama club too. You?"

“The dance club and the school band! I'm specialized in music.”, she answered the question.
“Drama seems like a cool choice,too! I’d like to see you perform someday!”, Himeko added cheerfully and slightly impressed.

"Huh. Interesting," Haruka said. "I used to do a lot of piano. What's your specialty?

"Hopefully soon?" She smiled but there was...a very slight tension for a moment in her muscles that quickly faded as she lightly massaged her shoulder. "It's my specialty so it'd be sucky not to let me actually apply it."

"I'm not that good with instruments...Just had a few guitar lessons a while ago.",Himeko admitted and chuckled a little at the thought of her guitar teacher getting all worked up because she neglected practice again.
"I just sing!", she then answered Haruru's question.
"But piano is nice, I guess! My sister used to be very talented as far as I remember."

She noticed something a little odd in her roommate's reactions for a few seconds as she spoke about her drama activities but initially left it at that, just observing her a little closer.
"I hope so, too! I'd like to see how good you really are!", she nodded to herself while speaking.

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"Sounds cool," Haruka replied. "I've done a few songs for fandubbing but not my specialty? Must be pretty good if that's what you're here for.

"Thanks. You'll probably hear something here eventually anyway." She smiled a little. "Probably so loud and obnoxiously you'll be throwing things at me to get me to stop 'FOOLISH FOOL'ing."

"Well~ I've had lots of training ever since I can remember.It's some kind of family thing...", Himeko shrugged. "But you are into fandubbing? I've seen a few videos online. That's interesting!"

She laughed a little at Haruru's comment. "As long as you don't start screaming while I'm asleep that probably won't happen! I don't guarantee for anything, though.", she replied jokingly.
"But if there's an important audition coming up, I'll end up being the one, that will annoy you instead, I guess."

"Yep. I have my own MeTube channel too, as JacqliFrost," Haruka said. "It's not in-depth training but its practice.

"Okay then. Let me know and I'll know when to avoid sharp objects." She tilted her head though, looking genuinely interested, as something pricked her interest. "You actually go to auditions?"

"I really need to check it out, then!", Himeko said a little excited.

She nodded in response to Haruru's question but shortly after she remembered that this wasn't an appropriate answer for someone who couldn't see.
"Ah, yes I do. In order to become an idol there's no way around them. I'm only going to the ones for huge agencies, though.", while speaking suddenly something came to her mind.
"Before I forget! I know a lot about the entertainment industry and auditions in general. There are a lot of audtitions for people specialized in drama as well. So if you need any information, just ask!", she offered in a friendly manner.

"Wow, aiming pretty high," Haruka said, but she looked a bit impressed. "Thanks. I'll keep that in mind. Haven't tried a formal audition but I've always wanted to."

She was far enough from home anyway that she wouldn't need to worry about checking in first too.

"You been to a lot of auditions?"

"Yeah~ maybe. But as I said it's more of a family thing. Only the best agencies are acceptable!",Himeko noticed Haruru's slightly impressed expression. As always she didn't really feel like she deserved it in any way.

"You should really try, then. It could change your entire life drastically!...And it's surely an experience", she continued cheerfully.

However, her roommate's next question made her mood drop a little.
"Yep. Probably been to more than you can imagine."

"Maybe?" She turned her head upwards. "If I were one of those super lucky prodigies or the star of a shojo, that'd probably be the moment of discovery, changing everything and starting a climb through turmoil and rivals and the trials of show business and maybe even love, culminating into either being the top of the show world or crashing and burning.

"But more likely I'd just get a rejection. Experience either way I guess." She shrugged a little.

"Interesting. Have you gotten any parts yet?"

Himeko chuckled at Haruru’s fantasies.
“Just try it out! Even if it’s just for the experience.”, she said with a nod in her direction.
“I’ll keep an eye on drama auditions for you and tell you when something interesting pops up!”
Acting was normally not her métier, given the fact that she sucked at it. The only thing she could do was her cutesy act.
But she had her connections and was sure that she could obtain some usable information, soon.

“Not really. Just some advertisement work, when I was a little younger.”, she answered truthfully.
“I still lack something… “, she added, sighing deeply.

"Thanks. I'd appreciate it." Haruka smiled. "It might be a good chance to get more variety."

She tilted her head slightly at the sigh. "No feedback from those auditions to give you a hint?"

“No problem!”, Even though she knew Haruru couldn’t see it, Himeko smiled back at her.

“Not really. Huge agencies have better things to do. They would never give you any hints. My instructors back in Tokyo vaguely told me what it is I lack… but I still don’t fully understand.”, she replied. The thought of her failed auditions and the time after that made her shudder.

"Sucky," Haruka commented with a succinct nod.

"What did they say, if it's okay to ask?"

"I'm not convincing enough. I still don't fully convey the meaning of the songs I'm singing and dancing to...or something.", she answered.

Himeko wasn't sure why she told her roommate what she was lacking, but she also didn't really have a reason to keep quiet about it.

"Huh." Haruka seemed to think on that. "Bit like acting? My old captain said it's hard to sound believable enough if you don't have something you can invest and believe in. I don't know if that counts with song and dance though?"

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"Something you can believe in...huh?",Himeko thought about the similarities between acting and her stage performance problem for a second.
"I think you're right with that. Come to think of it, it is pretty similar.", she finally replied, with an excited expression on her face.
"I do suck at acting but...Haruru~! Maybe, you could teach me a little?! It doesn't have to be much! Just some basics would be fine!"

"I guess I could?" She tilted her head slightly. Interesting turn considering Imaizumi's nickname for her. "I've never had to teach anyone before exactly. So I can't say I'd be good at it but on the brightside, if it's not useful you can just blame me for being a terrible sensei?

"You could also stop by drama club and see how we do it."

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