She shuffled her feet and looked up at the light indicating what floor they were on, scratching her cheek gently.

"S-swimming....I d-don't think....I've b-b-been swimming....ever...actually..." she mumbled, trying to recall if she had. She knew she hadn't since the fire, but she wasn't sure if the orphanage had taken them to the community pool before that. The time in between, and her year in a coma had blurred those memories nearly to nothing. "I t-think I'd....f-feel too exposed...in a s-swimsuit."

Anne looked back to the shorter girl, obviously impressed. She was no slouch in academics herself, but...had never taken any sort of standardized tests, or really been graded on a normal scale. As for a student council...well, her school had one, but the president had been a rather confrontational deaf-mute girl, whom Leslie and she had not gotten on well with.

"T-that is pretty...amazing actually...I c-can see....why y-you w-were offered...t-those scholarships..." she trailed off, looking at Michael curiously. She'd heard nothing about the school at all until she arrived, though that was mostly her own fault. "W-what s-sort of things....d-did you r-read about it?"

"Hey, they make full body wet suits if a one piece is too exposed for you."
She offered as a matter-of-fact, she wanted to enjoy time with her friend and she loved swimming, or she remembered loving swimming anyway. she turned her back to the door leaning calmly against it as the elevator slowly moved downward.
Anne seemed like such a sweet girl, Michael couldn't help but wonder why she was so shy and seemed to have such trouble with people, it was really bothering her now but, she didn't say anything about it.
"Well, heard it was strict for one thing, read something about students lead lives in some of the highest of the world's positions... didn't list names for security reasons though...
she shrugged softly looking up at the elevator roof.

She considered that piece of information with interest. A full body suit would cover all but the scars on her face, wouldn't it? Then a swimming mask of some sort...she could claim to have sensitive eyes (eye really, but that was something she wanted to hide to). If she could find those things here, maybe she could give swimming a try. She thought she might enjoy that, as she had always loved to look at water, be it the ocean, a river, or even a rainstorm.

"I t-think I'll...see if I c-can find one....l-like that t-then....thank y-you for t-telling me about t-them..." she murmured happily, a small smile turning up the corners of her lips. She blinked a few times at the information about the school, rather surprised she had chosen to attend such an apparently prestigious institution.

"I w-wonder what...m-makes this s-school so...s-special...I mean...I've n-never seen s-such a nice d-dorm before...and the f-food is always...w-wonderful...especially c-considering h-how low...the t-tuition was..."

She smiled slightly though she didn't notice the elevator had stopped and when the door s opened suddenly she ended up falling backwards landing rather hard. She winced slightly though it didn't hurt too much, from the waist down her nerves were a little weak at receiving sensation after all.
"Smooth elevator ride..."
she groaned slightly as she pushed herself off the ground glancing back and forth once, glad no one other than Anne had seen that happen.
"Hmm, you know I guess you're right... I went on a tour of NYU dorms once before... it was a tiny room with three beds & three desks with a bathroom off to one side and a hotplate in a mock kitchen thing on the other. Is pretty damn nice here. owner is probably some rich nutjob."

She winced as Michael fell through the opening doors and shuffled over to help her up, careful to keep her left profile turned towards the girl on the ground so she could see her. It seemed she did that a lot, actually, favored her left side that is. Never looking over her right shoulder, always keeping people to her left, turning a bit too far to the right when looking in that direction. Little things, but a tad odd when taken together...

"Are y-you alright?" she asked softly, her hands seeming fairly strong for all that she kept them hidden. She didn't pull, so much as offer support if Michael needed it. She nodded slightly at the description, having seen similar rooms at her former school.

"M-my last dorm r-room was a...t-two person arrangement...t-though...it was s-special because....m-my roommate was b-blind....Our entire c-campus was....f-funded by private s-subsidiaries...and w-was f-fairly well off I w-was told....but t-this place is even m-more so....if I'm r-right. B-but....m-maybe we'll see s-some statue....of a f-founder or s-something...while we're out...t-that'll give us a c-clue?" she smiled faintly as she spoke, fondly recalling her last three years of school.

"Oh yeah I'm fine, barely felt it... nerves don't really work all that well below my waist, technically my doctor's don't even know how I can still walk around."

Michael had taken her assistance and just laughed nervously before she'd hear Anne begin to talk about her last dorm room. she smiled slightly patting her friend on the shoulder.
"never know, but wouldn't get my hopes up, we should just enjoy the walk really. Great day for it, and great looking place for it right?"
she turned walking backwards toward the door to the outside stretching slightly letting her hands rest behind her head as she walked.

She smiled softly, relieved that Michael was unhurt. She quickly pulled her hands back to herself, crossing her arms and tucking them at her sides. She frowned a bit at the description of her new friend's leg and turned her gaze forward again, shuffling towards the doors to exit the building.

"I...c-can imagine w-what that....m-must be like." she murmured, with the tone of her voice and aura indicating she didn't need to imagine it at all.

She smiled again at the casual pat on her shoulder, though her muscles tensed reflexively at the contact. She nodded at the suggestion and moved to keep her friend on her left side, her eye darting to make sure Michael wasn't going to run into anything.

"Indeed...m-maybe we'll f-find other....places t-to visit aside f-from the mall and c-classrooms..."

"Well I'm sure the island is big enough, hey maybe we'll find out own little hiding spot around the island for when we just don't want to deal with anyone. Always wanted one of those get aways."

she mused turning around again once she passed through the doors out of the school. she let her eyes wander aimlessly for several silent moments before she'd speak again.
"Alright you choose Anne, Which way first?"

she smiled trustingly, she was always quick to trust people, there was of course good reason for that, when someone couldn't lie to her without her knowing, it made things far easier.

"L-like a secret c-clubhouse.." she murmured, giggling softly into her sleeve covered hand.

She followed Michael out onto the grounds and popped open her umbrella, using it as a shade against the sun beating down on her. It was going to hot enough walking around in this weather with all the clothes she was wearing, without letting herself be exposed to the hated sun the entire time.

"Uhm....m-maybe...t-towards the m-mountain?" she hesitantly suggested, pointing towards the towering figure on the other side of the campus from them.

"Towards the mountain it is!"

she offered Anne a cheerful excited smile, really there was nothing in the world that could bring her down right now, well... nothing on earth anyway. She led the way whistling slightly glancing back now and then to make sure Anne was following alright, the limp in her walk obvious with every other step. she caught sight of an odd aura behind a tree but, it was gone as quickly as it appeared she shook her head sighing slightly.
"must be jet lag or something, I keep thinking i'm seeing something or feel like i'm being watched... ever get those feelings?"

She was rather surprised at how comfortable she found herself with Michael already. Perhaps it was the way the energetic girl reminded her of one of her former classmates? Or maybe she was just that likeable.

"It s-seemed a good...l-landmark..." she murmured softly, smiling a bit at the enthusiasm in her new friend's progress ahead of her. The limp gave her a moment's concern, but the earlier comment about not really feeling anything put her mind at ease. She'd seen far worse ambulatory problems, and Michael seemed fully adjusted to hers.

At mention of the odd feelings and seeing things, Anne's shoulders hunched inward slightly, her hands pulling the umbrella down closer to her head, shielding her from view.

"Y-you're asking...t-the wrong p-person...I always f-feel....l-like someone is...w-watching me..." she mumbled, glancing up and smiling a bit wryly. After a moment, she continued, a thoughtful expression crossing her features.

"T-though...now t-that you..m-mention it...it d-does seem....t-to feel l-less....paranoid w-when I...f-feel that way h-here....l-like maybe someone is w-watching me..."

"Alright, so I'm not the only one... may be there are hidden cameras or something around the campus... i mean with what i read about the discipline here I wouldn't put it past them."
She sighed softly at the idea of people constantly watching her every move. she hated that idea of course she could have been wrong and unfortunately for them both she was.

"Ah well, whatever should probably just ignore it for now, we are on a secluded island that's managed by the school so I'm sure it's safe."
She continued walking towards the mountain, the woods around the school were oddly quiet, there was almost nothing there except the sound of the wind in the trees. she wondered for a moment if the entire forest was man made there were some bugs it looked like but, those were impossible to avoid when you transplanted trees from wherever they got them... but the lack of birds was disturbing, she wondered if maybe they had an ultra sonic device set up to keep them away but, she didn't say anything about it.

She nodded thoughtfully, untroubled by the idea of cameras watching them on the school grounds. Her last school had a rather extensive surveillance system, in fact the system was explained to every student upon arrival for their own good. With as many students having potentially life threatening disabilities as the school did, sometimes a well placed video camera was all that saw a crisis in progress.

"R-right...I m-mean if they are....w-watching us...it's f-for our....p-protection s-surely...." she murmured, sounding fairly convinced of this supposition. Not completely mind you, but Anne was rarely completely convinced about anything.

"T-though....I have b-b-been having....s-strange d-dreams since...I g-got here..." she added softly, turning her umbrella slowly in her hands as she shuffled along a bit behind Michael. Her aura whirled with a startling mixture of raw fear, shame, and misery for a moment, before returning to its usual muddled mess as she smiled slightly, shrugging.

"T-though that's...p-probably just...anxiety f-from the m-move..."