Dresden Academy

Phoenix had a long list to sort through, not that she’d actually wanted to go to this stupid thing - there’d be bad music, girls finding an excuse to look as slutty as possible and claiming it was ‘dressing up’, not to mention obnoxiousness by the bucket load. Anyway, the teachers would only make a fuss if she chose not to go and she’d probably get in trouble she could more easily avoid by just following along with the rest of the sheep in this school. She hadn’t really bothered much, in fact she was pretty much in normal clothing, save a red sweater and a short black wig. She’d come dressed as Amelie - but she didn’t expect anyone to get it. She doubted most of the people in this room would have seen a film with subtitles. And if they had heard of the film, they probably watched the dub which is just completely takes away the proper meaning of the film.

Phoenix sighed loudly to Riley’s muttering. “So lame.” She agreed drolly. “Don’t they recognise a prop when they see one?” Her eyes narrowed. “I swear I saw that Adelaide girl just now with some water pistols.” She snorted, glancing about for her. “I mean that just speaks volumes about how fucked up this country when the presence of a cigarette is policed more heavily than replica weaponry.”