Max’s eyes lit up when he noticed the others at his table. “Hi guys! You are all welcome to sit here!” he said excitedly. “My name is Max!” He beamed, glancing at all of them, even the one who sat at the other end of the table. Max naturally had kind of a loud voice, so he was sure even that kid could hear him. “What are your names?”
Lexath stayed quiet, though it was obvious how much they wanted to awnser. I just wanna make frieeeeeendssssss!
Great, this guy’s friendly. Ezra silently cursed his astral for wanting him to sit here. Ezra quietly unpacked his lunch, which consisted of a turkey sandwich and an apple, as he mumbled, “My name’s Ezra Wakefield.”
“I’m Ava!” She says smiling wide. “It’s nice to meet you.”
“Are you new here?” Max asked, trying to make conversation. “I’m a third year, so if you need anything, you can count on me!” Unless it’s a full moon, he added mentally. He was basically useless those days, but he didn’t want to sound so typical, and also, they didn’t have to know he was a werewolf yet.
Lexath remebered they could sign. "I'm a first year, I think. Time goes a lot slower for me." they signed from across the table.
“Max!!” A girl with long, horridly brush brushed black hair dashed down the cafeteria to her friend, where she saw multiple other people crowding around them. Romilly was a second year, and she had formed a preference to Max last year, mostly for the fact he was the nicest one to her. She ran up to the table and threw her arms around Max’s shoulders to just stand there and catch her breath for a moment.
(If they didn’t know each other before, I can change it no problem)
“I was homeschooled,” Ezra said quietly, quickly biting into his sandwich in hopes of not getting asked more questions. The further I stay away from people, the better. He didn’t have the option to try to make friends.
"I'm a first-year! I went to a more normal private school before this," She explains. the smile was still on her face but her leg began to bounce under the table.
Max grinned, turning to face the girl. “Hey Romilly! Do you wanna sit down?” he asked her. He looked at the others again. “I can be your guide to the school! If you want me to, that is.”
“Yeah,” Romilly untangled her arms from around him, looking at him with a happy smile, which soon shifted from him to the others “Who are they?”
"Can you guys sign?" Lexath asked, moving their stuff closer to the group. They opened their lunch bag and pulled out a baggie of acorns, they were actually pretty good. It was something a lot of fae's ate.
“They’re newbies!” Max replied. “They’re all pretty cool.” He noticed Lexath signing and remembered the sign language class he had taken last year. ”I know a bit,” he signed to Lexath.
Ava turned to see Lexath just on time. "I can!" She speaks and signs. "My parents made me learn at least 3 languages so I chose ASL, BSL, and Latin. Three languages they would find useless!" She also wanted to learn sign so she could make herself go deaf and never have to listen to anyone again but then she found out written and signed orders were included in the curse.
"Awesome, I prefer to talk like this becuase of my curse." They signed with one hand, the other dipping some acorns into peanut butter. Lexath tossed the acorns into their mouth and crunched for a bit, swallowing them.
Romilly sat down in one of the open seats, “Ah…” she tilted her head at the hand signs the others, and Max, were making. It seemed like they were communicating some way, but she didn’t recognize the language. She was only familiar with understanding English so far, and she even had a little bit of trouble with that “Is that, what are you doing?”
Ezra was glad when they started to sign. It was less pressure on him, since he hadn’t had a clue what they were saying. He nibbled at the edges of his sandwich, but in truth, he was already ready to leave the cafeteria. He never usually ate much.
“We’re communicating with hand gestures,” Max explained. “Each one means something. Like, for example, here is ‘I like dogs.’” He signed the last part as he said it. “I’d teach you some, but I mostly know basic stuff.”
“Ohh,” She watched him, “Please, That’s cool. I know something like that. I can’t do it well anymore, though.” She stuffed her hands in her pockets and leaned forward into the table. “I’m Romilly,” she spoke to them all with an excited, while a little unnerving, smile, “Max’s friend, I’m his friend.”
"I think I know everything," Lexath said quietly, it was the first time they had spoken and knowing them, it was probably the last for a bit.
Max was a bit surprised that Lexath was using sign language when they could talk, but he had known some people with pretty weird curses, so he easily shook it off. “It’s impressive that you all seem to know so many languages,” Max replied with a smile.
"I'm Lexath. I forgot to introduce myself!" They fingerspelled their name, smiling shyly as they did so.
(Oh frick I was sleeping sorry!)
Elizabeth glided into the lunchroom late. She'd somehow managed to get lost, even with a crowd of people heading in the same direction. She carefully scanned the lunchroom for an empty table and found that every. Single. One was full, except for one near the edge of the room. She reluctantly glided over and hesitated. "Sorry to bother, could I join you?"
“Of course!” Max exclaimed. “I’m Max, by the way!”
"Elizabeth," she introduced herself as she sat cross-legged, hovering above her seat. "Nice to meet you… I think," she said quietly.