Digging in dirt (Ms. Kassune)

[sephora]

Sephora walked out of the dorm building and into the sun, its golden rays warming her olive skin. She stretched, the white sun dress (see sig) lifting to expose more of her slender thigh. Putting on her sunglasses, she smoothed a hand over the dark ponytail. Sephora's peach-painted toes wiggled in her brown sandals, the straps loose around her dark ankles.

Walking around, Sephora ran her fingers over the leaves of the plants that danced between the buildings, greeting them. Finding a secluded spot, she dropped to her knees and stuck her fingers into the ground. All around the girl flowers shot out of the ground and blossomed, perennials and annuals that would never be found in the area graced the air with their unique fragrances. Sephora sighed, reminded of home.

[kassune]

Micha had been walking through the grounds when she saw Sephora, walking along, and noticed something peculiar. It almost seemed as though she were friends of the plants she touched. Something about the smile on her face, the glimmer in the girl's eyes told her that there was more to this girl than met the eye. Tailing her expertly, clinging to the shadows as they travelled across the grounds, she watched on as the same assumption she'd made earlier become ever stronger.

At last, in a quite secluded area, she stopped and knelt down. ~What is that girl doing??~ she wondered, curiously. A moment later, the area was surrounded by beautiful flowers, many of them native to the Middle East, Europe, and southern America. Slipping back out of her hiding place, Micha walked in casually, as though she'd just been passing through, and reacted accordingly at the site. "What a beautiful garden Sephora. How did you get all these plants to grow here?" She inquired, expertly lacing her words with surprise and awe, appearing to any listening to simply be a passerby impressed by an exceptionably talented green thumb.

OOC: "stumbled" on Sephora's handiwork.

[sephora]

As the flowers grew, Sephora's body filled with a sort of ecstasy. The life of the plants coursed through her, their consciouses slowly melding as part of her own. The stories of each blade of grass flooded into her mind, battles with groundhogs for precious nutrients in the earth. Insects coming to fertilize and then eat them.

_{someone's coming}

Sephora's hazel eyes opened, her head jerking up and around, spotting the gorgeous women just before her full lips turned in a smile and said, "What a beautiful garden Sephora. How did you get all these plants to grow here?"

The girl didn't quite know what to say. Michaella Kassune, her sex ed teacher, had just stumbled upon her using her Qi to grow and communicate with the plants, a thing that her father had said to never let anyone see. Sephora's own tutor had tried to kidnap her, her father later finding a letter in his things. The letter was from a rival drug lord, wanting to kidnap the girl and use her to spy on his other rivals with her. . . talents.

Sephora smiled innocently at Ms. Kassune, "I just have a green thumb, I suppose." She spoke in Armenian without thinking.

[kassune]

She was shocked to see Micha, that was for sure. Her body language betrayed her, despite that innocent smile. She was lying, that much was easy to tell. Micha just smiled and acted as if she noticed nothing.

"Ah, well then, I wonder if you would mind helping me with my own garden. I could give you some extra credit and I would love to have some of these plants in my class room. It'll kind of...brighten up the place." She smiled that little knowing smile.

"So, Sephora, would you mind telling me a bit more about yourself? I enjoy getting to know students. It makes them more 3 dimensional than if I just knew them in the classroom."

Play nice, yes, that'll do. Plus, who knew what all this girl could do with that little talent of hers. It also makes you wonder, why would a girl like that end up in a place like this?

"What about telling me what exactly landed in here in the first place, hmm?"

[sephora]

"Ah, well then, I wonder if you would mind helping me with my own garden. I could give you some extra credit and I would love to have some of these plants in my class room. It'll kind of...brighten up the place." Sephora paused. Ms. Kassune was still wearing that tilted smile, the girl was unsure if she was jesting or not. "I'm sure I would love to help you, Michaella." She said in Armenian.

"So, Sephora, would you mind telling me a bit more about yourself? I enjoy getting to know students. It makes them more 3 dimensional than if I just knew them in the classroom. What about telling me what exactly landed in here in the first place, hmm?"

The girl paused. Her teacher had just spoken more in one breath than she had during the entire class. The blue-eyed girl was unsure of if she should trust this woman or not, especially after she had seemed to materialize in the grove.

"Well, I'm Armenian as you know," Sephora laughed softly, "and I came here as many other students do, to evade danger." She felt that was cryptic enough. The girl had not said if she was the danger or if she was IN danger. She had also not given away too much of herself, as her father had told her to trust as few as possible. Trust always got others hurt.