Finally all dressed up, Ted strutted out into the hall, trying his best (and yet still failing) to look feminin. "What do you think?" Ted gave the girls a twirl, but caught himself on the hem of the dress and tripped over. "Damnit! I'm never going to get the hang of this..." Ted attempted to pull himself to his feet, but tripped over again. "How do you people cope wearing this stuff??"

ooc: this takes place after the registration plot

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Raina rushed up the stairs extactic to see her room had survive. Naveed had mentioned finding her triton earlier - but neglected to give it back- so she thought her room must have been demolished. There wasn't much in her room to begin with but there was one thing Raina was looking for when she pulled her matress up in the air and leaned it against the wall. "My guitar!" she exclaimed pulling it out happily.

Ali heard the glee of happiness from one of the nearby rooms. Getting up off her bed where she had been laying and relaxing she made her way to the joyous sound.

Slowly walking down the hall and listening for more happy sounds Ali thought she heard a guitar being strummed. Following the sound she knocked on the door.

"Hello in there."

Raina spun on her heels. "Raven!" she exlcaimed so happily leaping to her friend and throwing her arms around her. "You're ok woman! Thank God." she could feel the room get a little warmer with Raven in it. "It's good to see you, I didn't see you since we got seperated at the processing."

ooc: Sorry Raven, little short, PM me if you have somewhere you wanna go with this

The joyous person was Raina. Ali hadn't seen here in a really long time. It appeared Raina was more than happy to see her friend. Wrapping her arms around Raina made ali feel good. She had friends here and it was so nice.

Stepping back but holding onto Raina's shoulders ali looked her friend over.

"You're looking pretty good. I'm sorry you guys were in that place for so long. I wanted to fly in there and torch the whole place but it didn't seem to be a good idea to do alone."

Ali pulled Raina close and gave her another reassuring squeeze before letting go and stepping back so they could talk.

"Yeah, things got pretty hairy and I ended up taking three of the younger kids to make sure they didn't get caught. It's so good to have everyone back again."

Glancing around her friend's room Ali gave a slight nod.

"Looks like your room was saved the Extreme Make-over Mansion edition treatment."

She couldn't help but giggle at how silly that sounded. Although, for the most part it really was a mansion make-over.

Raina sat on her bed to chat with the fellow red-head. As Ali started sharing what had happened to her the scar around Raina's neck hurt. She didn't want to talk about the camps anymore. "I'm glad you're safe, it was hard, but we're all better for it I hope." she patted her bed that was covered in dust for Ali to sit down. "Yeah, it's a mess in here eh? I've been working with the others non-stop to get the place fixed up. My brother's in town too eh? A few old friends as well. You'll have to meet em. " Raina tried to think back to the last time she saw Ali. The day she met Rupert. She gave a shutter. "So whatever happened with Mandain?" she asked curious if he was now a student here or not.

The gesture to sit down didn't go unnoticed. Ali sat down and listened to Raina. The two of them hadn't seen each other in wuite some time. Sometimes ali thought it was funny how the two of them got along, were both redheads but had totally opposite powers in regards to Raina's ice manipulation. They certainly made quite a pair.

"So you have family and friends in town huh? That's a good thing. I'd like to meet them. Are they here at the mansion or are they staying in the city?"

When Raina asked about Mandain Ali wasn't sure what to say. She never felt a connection to mandain. More like he had tried to make a connection with her. That's when Seraph popped into her head.

"I'm not sure what happened to him. I'm not even sure what was going on with him to be honest. On a new note, however, I have met someone who has sparked some interest. Do you know Nathan, or maybe his other name of Seraph? We have a date coming up after he found me out dancing on the basketball court."

Raina giggled. "Well my brother - Naveed, and Flloyd my uh.. well, Flloyd. They're both from my tribe back home. They got an apartment here in the city. Costs a fortune. No idea how they afford it. I'm thinking Flloyd is secretly rich. " she grinned.

She was curious when Ali mentioned a new man in her life. "Hmm... his name does ring a bell... is he here at the mansion now? To be honest I met so many while in the camps it's hard to tell who I know and who I dont! I'm sure I'd know to see him." she admitted. "but I'm happy for you. It's nice to be able to get out and do normal things after so long. Did you hear that I'm now a mansion teacher?" she asked. "Of music." she grinned. "Not entierly sure how it's going to work. I plan on scoping out that music room soon though."

Ali also giggled at Raina's comment about Floyd being secretly rich.

"Well, you never know..."

She gave her friend a playful wink to play along.

"Yeah Nathan is here in the mansion. He said he had been put in the camp, but I don't know if you saw him there or not. He's really sweet and acts like a gentleman. At least when he's around me he does. He might be different when he's around others though. I'm not sure but he comes across as being genuine."

Hearing Raina was now a music teacher at the mansion Ali gave the other redhead a hug and a big smile.

"Wow! That's great! I'm so happy for you."