Jenny really wasn't paying much attention to the people around her, rather lost in her book, until everything quieted down and she took the cue to close the book and look up at the podium. She tried to pay attention out of respect, but when she surmised that it was all nearly the same as last year, her mind began to wander to more interesting things, such as counting the number of polka-dots on the shirt of the girl sitting in front of her, running through a mental checklist of things to do once the assembly ended, or even coming up with different ideas of where her favorite show might be going in the upcoming episode and trying to come up with a probability that her favorite character will finally end up with someone this time. What? She had a slight touch of whimsy to her, too.

When the assembly ended and everyone got up to leave, she hurried quietly on her way to her room to get to unpacking her things. She arrived shortly before her roommate and set to work, methodically unpacking books, a few technological gadgets, and her clothes. She was very neat and orderly and had very few things to personalize her side of the room - no posters or anything like that, just a small framed picture of her with her parents that she sat on her desk and a quilt her grandmother made that she neatly spread over her bed.

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Crispin got up and stretched when the meeting ended and then headed out to look at the board with his buddies. He scanned it over and was a little disappointed that he hadn't been placed with any of them this year. Oh well, usually there was some sort of reasoning behind the living arrangements, he figured. Besides, this was a chance to make a new friend. The others went off without him as he looked at the board once more before heading off to his assigned room. "Yeah, I'll see you later!" He called out to them, but only got a casual wave back from one. That was normal, though, as he usually was more of a tag-along than an important part of the group.

When he got to his room and opened the door, he found a red-head boy roughly his own age already in there. He gave a cheerful smile to the other and offered a handshake in greeting. "Hello, roomie! My name is Crispin." Unpacking could wait, there was a new person to meet!
(this is of course assuming Tumaini got there first? If not, Crispin paused in his packing to greet him on his arrival. up to you)

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(will post for Marcela tomorrow... I ran out of steam)