"Well… Aiki and I will have to go to school tomorrow, so… I guess you're welcome to stay here or go with us." Eiji shrugged a bit and leaned back in his chair. "We could lend you one of our older sister's old uniforms if you wanted to try and fit in. She graduated and moved out a few years ago, but she's… around your size, I'd say."
Really, what Farah wanted was to sit by the door to Aiki's closet and stare at the wood until Saul burst through to save her and bring her back home to the Otherworld. But given the current circumstances, that was neither healthy nor realistic. "I'd love to come with you. I didn't know you have a sister." She arched her eyebrows.
"Y-Yeah… like Eiji said, she moved out years ago. And she moved pretty far away, so we mostly just see her on holidays." Aiki replied, laughing softly. "She's… uh… I think she's 21 or 22 now, so she's been gone a while. But yeah, she was about your size I think, so her old uniforms should fit okay."
Farah nodded slowly. "Alright, I'll see what your First World schooling is like. Will I be allowed to come in?" A curious light showed in her eyes as she sat up a bit straighter. She was eager to explore the First World and its mysteries. Rosalind kept so much from her.
"Yeah, you should be able to come in as long as you're wearing a uniform and act normal." Aiki shrugged. "Just blend in and you should be fine. Even if you're doing schoolwork, it's probably easier than what you're used to since you're older than us. Other than history, since I doubt you know much about the history of our world…"
"No, I'm afraid I don't know much about the First World at all," Farah admitted. "Until now, I wasn't aware First Worlders and non-fairies were even able to use magic. What other kinds of schoolwork are there? Do you use your abilities?"
"Um… mostly normal subjects like math and English and stuff, but we do have a practical class where we use our powers. Sometimes we're pitted against each other. If anyone asks, we could tell them you're a foreign exchange student we're hosting. They'll probably ask you what your power is, though, so you might want to have a predetermined answer for that." Eiji hummed thoughtfully. "And if you're doing the practical lessons, you'll probably want to pick one element to use, since it's not… really possible for people here to have more than one. In most cases, anyway."
Farah listened carefully and nodded. "Well, I am a mind fairy. It's what I'm strongest in, so I suppose I'll use those abilities. But I wouldn't want to fight anyone your age. I'm afraid that would be a bit unfair."
"Well, you could go easy on them." Aiki suggested. "Some of us are actually stronger than you might think, though. There's a lot of people who could already be pretty dangerous if they wanted to be. But you should probably go easy either way. Or just say you don't want to participate because you're an exchange student or something."
“Alright. But, um…” Farah felt incredibly stupid, but she didn’t know how else to ask her question other than directly. “What exactly is an exchange student?”
"Uh… basically somebody from somewhere else who's transferring… somewhere." Aiki searched for the right words. "Sorry, that's… not a good way to put it. Ah…" They looked to Eiji for help, and he spoke up to offer a better explanation. "An exchange student is essentially someone who is supposed to study at a different school temporarily. Since that's normally pre-planned and acknowledged by the school, you'd be more like… a shadow, I guess. You'd be following one of us around to 'see if you like the school', even though you're obviously not actually considering going there."
“Ah,” Farah hummed in understanding, and she looked immensely curious at the description. “Alfea doesn’t have exchange students since it’s the only college for fairies in Solaria. It sounds incredibly interesting.”
Aiki and Eiji nodded. "Yeah, typically exchange programs are from other countries, but that's not always necessarily the case. But like I said, you would probably be more like a shadow, and then you wouldn't have to do as much. Or pretend you're a normal student there."
“I guess we’ll have to see then, won’t we?” Farah remarked. Her eyes glanced around the room taking in the little details. “Is all of the First World this…” she tried to come up with the word she was looking for, but instead chose, “interesting?”
Aiki and Eiji looked around when Farah did, and Eiji looked back at her at the question. "Interesting? Well… uh… we live here, so it's probably more interesting to you than to us. It isn't super exciting if you've lived here for sixteen years."
“I could say the same about the Otherworld, but knowing the things Aiki has told me and now getting to meet you, I believe you would soundly disagree with that statement as well,” Farah replied, her eyes absorbing even the most minute details of her surroundings.
"Yeah, it's definitely different there…" Aiki hummed thoughtfully and Eiji yawned. "Well, if you have any questions, feel free to ask. Probably me rather than Aiki since my grade in history is much better." "Hey!" Aiki squawked. "Uncalled for!"
Farah chuckled quietly. “I don’t have very many questions currently, and even if I did, I’m not sure if they would make any sense. I’m not sure how to ask anything at the moment. Bring here on my own is overwhelming enough.”
"I understand that… really, though, feel free to ask if you want to know something. We won't think you're stupid or anything." Eiji stretched and sighed. Aiki got to their feet, getting uncomfortable just sitting for an extended period of time. "We've still got a while until dinner though, so we should find something to do…"
Farah nodded. Her eyes lit with potential for action or excitement. “Tell me, what is it that magical First Worlders do for fun in their free time?”
"Uh… watch TV or play video games sometimes when we don't have homework or other stuff to do." Aiki shrugged. "We've got a TV in our room if you wanna try. Do you have that kinda stuff?"
“Yes, and no,” Farah answered. “The same technology in the First World exists in the Otherworld, but we’re not allowed to bring much technology into Alfea besides our phones. So while I am familiar, I also may need to be taught.”
The twins nodded a bit and Eiji got to his feet as well. "Well, we should get started, then. Do you have any games on your phone?" He asked. "That might make it easier to gauge which games you might find fun."
Farah rose with the twins, but she shook her head quickly. "No. I don't have much on my phone for fun. There's only one game on it." She looked slightly embarrassed. "It's… Candy Crush. Saul, Ben, and I are in an ongoing competition to see who can make it the farthest."
"Candy Crush? Uh… I don't think we have a ton of games like that. We'll just opt for something pretty easy." Eiji laughed nervously and led the group up the stairs. "We have… uh… MarioKart isn't too hard, is it?" Aiki asked, looking to Eiji for confirmation, but he only shrugged in reply.