"Really? Well, you are the only person that actually listens..." Ashes sighed, shoulders slouching. "But,... okay." He turned to go away. That actually was the first person that had stayed with him for about twenty minutes, the longest anyone had stayed with him.

Ash was just glad that he left. It was eerie how similar their names were...Well, his nickname and the annoying guy's actual name.

Ariel is completing her homework while walking down the hall to get to her next lesson.

Conner is off in the woods.

Ashes is talking all he wants in the cafeteria.

Ash goes to do something, but people surround him, murmuring to one another

Ariel gets caught in the crowd. "Hey, what's going on?" She asks a random person next to her, trying to see if she could get past. In the mayhem, her pencil dropped, and rolled to a stop at Ash's feet. Papers fly everywhere as she trips, trying to grab her pencil.
"Erph!" She tries to muffle her yell of confusion.

Ash was confused as well. He bent to pick the pencil up. Some of the people's mutters could be heard, "How can he stand Ashes?"
"Why did he even bother speaking to him?"
"Why does he carry a sword?"

Ariel rolled to break her fall, and popped up before someone stepped on her. She brushed herself off, and then looked at Ash for the first time. "Oh, thanks for grabbing my pencil!" She turned around, and made shooing motions with her hands to the 'mob' of school children.
"You don't want to mess with him, so why don't you mind your own business?"

"You're welcome?" Ash said, confused.

"Hmm? Oh, right." Ariel took her pencil back, and went about gathering her papers that had scattered. "If you don't mind helping, can you help me with grabbing my homework? It sorta went everywhere."

Without speaking, he started to help her pick up the papers that were scattered all over.