"I guess it wouldn't hurt to get it checked out, though hopefully it isn't anything serious. I'll probably just need to take it easy for a day or two."

Just then, Kat heard a very familiar voice coming from inside the room. Straining her eyesight as she peered around Darwin's body, Katrina's eyes lit up when she saw that it was indeed her classmate and dear friend Sondra Van Ryan, whom she noticed, even in the little light that was available in the room, was very wet and very naked. The sight of Sondra's naked body made Kat blush, and she tried as hard as she could not to stare.

"Um...hi, Sondra," Kat said, smiling nervously as she struggled to keep her eyes on the woman's face instead of her chest, "Did...uh...did the lights go out while you were in the shower?"

Darwin shifted her weight only to look at the new arrival, she had grown used to seeing naked women... most of which were usually a bad sign for her mostly leading to her getting attacked by a fellow student though she never read books by their cover. she turned and offered a shake of her head.

"I take it you and this young lady are friends since she knows you, she just had a nasty fall down a set of stairs."

Her voice still the perfect match for a male's rather than her real gender, her clothes hair and seemingly her figure matching the voice to a tee once sondra's eyes would acclimate. Though for a 'male' she was indeed quite calm around the wet, naked woman whom had arrived

"And Indeed I do hope it was a shower or a safe swim rather than... well the alternatives."

A finger ran over her damaged ear as if it were a scar she'd gotten at the school; it did help the appearance like she had been savagely beaten in the past to help girls give in to their captors.

Extending a hand in greeting, Sondra smiled warmly at Darwin as the two students shook hands. Then Darwin spoke, and Sondra's left eyebrow cocked very briefly, so fast that it might have seemed to anyone who had managed to notice it at all to have merely been a slight twitch. That small gesture was the only sign that she was even the least bit surprised by the sound of the rather masculine voice.

Male? That voice is certainly too deep to be coming from a girl... A few suspicious thoughts immediately began to run through Sondra's mind, but the mention of her friend taking a tumble down the stairs forced her to put those thoughts to the side, and Sondra shot a worried glance Kat's way before turning back to Darwin.

"Unfortunately, the reason for my current state is indeed due to, as you put it, 'the alternatives'," Sondra replied noncommittally. she gave a slight shrug and added, "It's nothing I haven't gotten used to by now, though. After going through the same shit practically every day for five years straight, it's become little more than an annoyance..."

Sondra turned briefly towards Katrina again before returning her attention to Darwin once more. "But enough about me. Apart from a few minor scratches and little bruising here and there, I'm fine. I'm more worried about Kat right now. How's she holding up?"

Sondra's words were edged with worry, and a look of deep concern shown clearly on her face. Sondra was a deeply altruistic and empathetic woman, and it pained her to see anyone, let alone someone as close and dear to her as her friend Kat, in such a bad way. She only wished she could do something to help ease her friend's pain.

Darwin took a look between Sondra & Katrina with a subtle nod and shrug in the same motion.

"As far as I can tell she's just a bit battered & bruised but, No doctor after all So I can only go by what I've read and remembered in books."

The response was calm and cllected though still seemed all too deep for a student here then attention and mind returned to sondra and her recent encounter.

"Right... damned things are a pain and a half... getting knocked unconscious is a god send i suppose... The name's Darwin by the way... I'm assuming yours is Sondra or is that just a nick name dear?"

Darwin's male role was that of the polite considerate guy, the type that usually got walked over unless provoked her perfect vision of a male.

:Sandy moved back to her chair, picking up her cup of coffee and pulling her knees up to her chest, adjusting the hem of her skirt to cover her feet:

She should be alright. There..:yawn:..aren't any signs of a concussion, and she isn't bleeding.

:she decided to ignore the continued talk of being attacked, sure now that this was just some trick the other girls played on new arrivals:

((Posting for my Sondra and Kat characters--going to be heading out of town tonight. got some family stuff to tend to. Probably won't be back for about a week.))

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Darwin, Sondra replied warmly, carefully hiding her myriad of suspicions behind her outwardly friendly demeanor, "any guy kind enough to help out a young lady in need is alright in my book. As to a response to your inquiry, Sondra is indeed my real name. I generally don't go by any nicknames..." Sondra giggled, "though occasionally, I am referred to by some of my friends as 'Kitten', due to my...sexual nature."

Sondra looked Darwin over, a curious expression on her face, as she took in the 'male's' outfit and 'his' deep voice and calm demeanor. "So, Darwin...You seem a little young to be a member of the school faculty...or any other staff member, for that matter...and there aren't any male students at this school. So, what brings you to this island?"

She kept her tone light and conversational, again masking any hint of suspicion that she was feeling.

What indeed? Who is this male? A stowaway? A female student pretending to be male? Or...was it a monster in disguise?

There have been many instances of demons and other monsters pretending to be a human male, as Sondra knew very well from previous experiences. A few were even foolish enough to pretend to be male students, which was the most ridiculous thing any monster could do when prowling around a private all-girl school on an isolated island.

Still,there were those who were stupid enough to try it anyway, and Sondra decided at that moment that, whatever Darwin's response to her inquiry might be, she would definitely keep a close eye on her new friend.

"Well actually I just make sure the water in the pools stays safe and act as a tailor. lot of replacement uniforms need to be made around here for reasons I'm sure are obvious Sondra."

She made up off the top of her head she sounded honest enough and of course showed no tells.

"If I had been a monster none of you'd still be dressed and you know it."

"Who said anything about you being a monster?" Sondra asked innocently, while in her head she was thinking, So what? The fact that everyone's still got their clothes on but me doesn't mean a thing. You could just be biding your time.

"I was just curious. After all, it's not exactly a very common sight to see a young man such as yourself in an all-girl school like Shokushu. All the men I ever see around this place are old enough to be my father, if not my grandfather, and are generally either one of two types: stuck-up snobs with who always have a bug up their ass about something or someone, or lecherous old men who like to leer at young women and make suggestive comments at inappropriate moments."