Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-26915308-20190930025851/@comment-26892768-20191001230800

Shantae, Sky, and Bolo walk off, Shantae in the center this time as she walks at a faster pace than the other two before staring at Beacon.

"Wow..." Shantae breathes.

"Pretty big." Bolo nods, rubbing his chin thoughtfully.

Sky rolls her eyes at the obvious observation, then looks at Shantae with a smile. "Everything you ever thought it would be?"

"And more..." Shantae nods slowly, stepping forward again as she rummages through her pockets. "Hold on, I need to take a-"

Aaaaaand she is promptly hit from behind by an absolutely packed green and black duffel bag, causing her to yelp in surprise and fall over.

"Hey!" Sky yells at the culprit, who is casually walking away like nothing happened.

"Hm?" They turn their body slightly, allowing the briefest glint of purple and red to be seen, before they turn around completely. "Oh! Sorry. Thought I'd be a more obvious hazard."

The culprit is a girl in rather peculiar clothing - a yellow headband, skull earrings, purple glasses, a short purple crop-top with a jagged, torn end that would expose her midsection if not for the black and green corset around it, ripped jeans and a belt with a skull buckle, light green leggings under said jeans, and purple and white sneaker-boots. Topping off this whole look is a gray trenchcoat around her whole figure, her red eyes, and her hair that seems to naturally transition from a dark gray to a dark green.

She's also carrying way more luggage than she probably should be. Like, her backpack goes over her head, goes at least two inches further than her hips on each side, and is absolutely stuffed to the brim with things. And this is without taking into account the aforementioned duffel bag and the suitcase she's carrying with her other free hand.

"...right." Sky shoots a glare at the girl as she helps Shantae up. "Well, I think-"

"It's Rachael, by the way. Rachael Cadaver - but everyone just calls me Rottytops." The girl interrupts.

Sky blinks, somewhere between confusion and anger. "What?"

"...'Rottytops'...?" Shantae asks, rubbing her head.

"I figured you were going to ask for my name at some point, best to get it out of the way now." Rottytops shrugs. "And I think Rottytops is a better name than Rachael, don't...oh!"

And suddenly she puts her bags on the ground and dashes over, getting down and starting to help Shantae up, much to Sky's visible dislike and intensified confusion.

"You know, I didn't really care too much before, but now that I've got a better look at you, I am so sorry I nearly messed up your cute little face!" Rottytops apologizes to Shantae, to the purple-haired girl's confusion. Then Rottytops pushes her glasses up, the light catching in the frames and obscuring her eyes. "It's like you're a main protagonist's love interest in a slasher film where everyone knows that you'll inevitably get-"

"How about you don't?" And then Sky pulls away Shantae from Rottytops, causing the latter to look confused for a moment.

Then she gets up casually. "Eh, fair. Probably doesn't want to talk to the girl who just knocked her over with luggage, anyway."

"Why do you have so much, anyway?" Bolo asks.

"Well...when I was packing, my brothers told me to bring everything I could carry. So I did!" Rottytops finishes with a cheery smile.

Bolo is silent for a moment, scratching his head. "...really?"

"I'll admit, they probably weren't thinking this much," Rottytops gestures to her backpack, the duffel bag, and the suitcase, "but what can I say? I'm a bit of a packrat."

A skillet proceeds to fall from her backpack and hit the ground with a clank, and Rottytops proceeds to casually stuff it back in.

Sky stares at Rottytops. "'A bit.'"

"That's what I said." Rottytops nods, before turning around and walking away, picking up her stuff as she does so. "Hope to see you all in class!"

There's a moment of silence between the trio as they take the encounter in.

"...she was...weird." Bolo comments.

"Let's hope we don't have to talk to her anytime soon." Sky huffs, then turns to Shantae. "Come on, how about you get back to taking that photo?"