Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-25249965-20140815041213/@comment-25291880-20140816132522

"Are you alright?" The guy asked, "Don't worry, after the big welcome speech, we'll have some elbow room". He was half-right about that. The other half meant that another stampede would begin again as students would try to get the heck out of there. Ryland looked at the helpful man again and saw his reassuring smile. He nodded to show he was fine.

At least you ran into someone nice, He thought, and looked down at the floor. All his stuff had fallen out thanks to his worn-down bags. But thanks to the stranger he had managed to get most of it back without getting trampled to death, "Um...thanks." His brother had taught him to try and be polite. Around him the swarm of students was starting to die down, as were the lights, and Ryland knew that the speech was about to begin...