This is the best day of your life!

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You stare in amazement, eyes glittering with wonder, then turn to look into the face of your saviour for the first time. Sh-she's really pretty.....

"Are you alright?" She asks in a gracefully elegant voice, looking you over.

Instead of responding, you just sort of drool a little bit. She's super pretty, and her eyes sparkle like they're made up of stars.... she's got long, silky hair that's the reddest you've ever seen, and she's so tall too. She's in the full school uniform, blazer and tie and all, indicating that she's a Warrior student too -- she's even got the optional navy elbow gloves on, too. Her clothes are totally immaculate and pristine, and even through them, you can tell that she's in really good shape...

"You didn't get hit in the head, did you?" She asks, leaning in and taking your face in her hands to look over the top of your head from all angles. A shudder of happiness runs through you, and you feel as though you could just melt away and die happy on the spot.

"H-hellooo...." You finally manage to get out between your numb lips, looking right up into her eyes as she analyses your head for damages. She looks back down at you, then releases your head, and takes a step back. You stretch out a hand for a shake. "I'm Ya- I'm Jo- I'm Pe- I'm Ra- sorry, I'm Debbie." You get out, and lift your hand higher, hoping that she'll take it.

The lady looks at you for a second, complete confusion on her face, then bursts out into the most elegant laughter you've ever heard. Your face goes red, but all of that embarrassment washes away to make room for happiness as she takes your hand in hers and shakes it.

"I'm Nora." She replies, reaching up to wipe a tear from her eye. "Oh, you are adorable. Can I keep you?"

You nod eagerly and rapidly, which just makes her laugh again. She shakes her head and sighs.

"Tell you what, Debbie -- if you're not hurt, why don't we go spend the start of lunch together?"

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YOU NOD EAGERLY AND RAPIDLY!!

With a smile, she leads you by that same hand out towards the door, passing by the groaning pile of three defeated Sorority girls. You're so swept up in Nora's beauty that all thoughts of what was going on there pretty much has no place in your head, but you should probably spend some time worrying about that. L-later, though! Much, much later!!

{endif}You rock back and forth on your chair excitedly, sitting across from her at a table. After taking a moment to go back and say something to your three assailants, the two of you went to the Food Court, and she bought you each a cupcake from the really good place. You wanna eat yours right now, because it looks really good and the frosting looks super soft, but you're waiting for her to take a bite of her one first so that it's not rude.

"So, Debbie." She says, picking her blue-frosted cupcake up elegantly, which you didn't even know could be done. "What made you want to come to Coinpilfer?"

You snatch your cupcake up off the table at the opportunity, and are about to scarf if down, but then pause -- would she think less of you if you didn't take any bites? Your lips shake as you look down at the cupcake. But you really wanna.....

You clear your throat and **** yourself to put the cupcake back on the table.

"I wanna become a Warrior." You tell her, managing to drag your eyes away from the cupcake. It's made easier by how nice it is to look at Nora. "I wanna do it lots! I think Warriors are super duper cool."

Nora smiles, and leans in to take a delicate bite of her cupcake. You take a deep breath, then move your hands to pick up your cupcake again, doing your best to make it elegant like hers was, but sort of just ending up with it being normal-looking. But that's better than greedy!

"Well, that's nice to hear." Nora says. "This is my third year at Coinpilfer, so I'll officially be a Warrior by the time it's done. Does that make me super duper cool?"

"Iunno are you any good at it?" You take a big bite of your cupcake and start chewing, icing getting on the outside of your lips. At this point, you've decided the best compromise is to at least eat it in multiple bites, regardless of how graceful each one may be.

Nora laughs a very genuine-sounding laugh of delight, and takes another bite of her cupcake.

"I certainly hope so." She says at last, with a smile.

"Oh, no!" You say with a start, suddenly sitting upright in your seat. "Why are you paying for these?! You saved my butt back there! I'm being such a bad person!"

"No, it's fine, they're not expensive."

"But even still, I should be doing something to repay you!" You point out through a mouth full of cupcake, absolutely devastated. "Do you have metal armour for your Warrior gear? I could polish it! What do you need?"

Nora's about to dismiss your words with a wave of her hand, but then she pauses. "Listen, Debbie, I wasn't going to ask this, but...." She says finally, picking her words carefully

You maintain eye contact and lean in to take another huge bite of your cupcake while she stops to think. You've probably only got 1.2 bites worth of cupcake left, so you'll round down and have all the rest once you're done with the bit you've got now.

Nora swallows her tiny bite, takes another, and chews, looking off into the distance instead of at you. "Well, you're very cute and bubbly. And to be honest, in the short time we've been talking, you've already made me very happy."

She sighs, and sets her cupcake down. You've finished all of yours by now. There is nothing left in hand or mouth.

"Tell you what." She says. "My Warrior partner has been.... causing me a lot of stress, lately. She hasn't applied herself to classes since first year. And being the top of the Third Years is a weight of its own."

Wait, no way, she's top of the Third Years?

"If you promise not to tell anyone... and I mean anyone -- then maybe there is something you could do for me."

"Can I have your cupcake?" You point. She nods. You devour it whole. "I promith to keep't secreh, byth way." You say through your mouthful.

"Well, then -- how would you feel about.... giving me cuddles and affection, whenever I'm stressed out or worried? I don't get a lot of chances for breaks, and you're so adorable, I'm sure it would make me feel much better. But you can't tell anyone, alright?"

Wait a second -- you swallow -- is she asking YOU to cuddle her? As payment for saving you? But that's.... that's exactly what you want to do anyway! Oh, wow, this is the best! That's like you're being paid to make up for being paid earlier! You nod your head in excited agreement. AND you got cupcakes on top of it all, what a bargain!

Nora grins and sits back in her chair, relieved.

"Good! Good. Thank you." She says. "You can find me any time in the Arena. They don't technically let First Years in there, but I'm the champion, so they'll make an exception if I say so. Have you been there yet?"

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"Well, that's where you'll find me any time you want to talk, or you think I need a bit of.... support."

She rises from the table (she even does that elegantly...) and gives you another smile.

"But until then, I should be going, and you should go and enjoy the rest of your Lunch. I'll see you soon, Debbie."

With that, she turns, and heads out for the Courtyard. You watch her all the way to the door. Man.... that was awesome! She's awesome! And it sounds like she's a really good Warrior, too -- being the top of Coinpilfer is no joke. Most of the time, even at the start of the year, the best Third Year student is better than even some professional Warriors. And she's so pretty too.... You can't wait to cuddle with her!