Tavish's day finished faster than he'd have liked. He had arrived in the island at dawn, had settled into a comfortable dorm room (empty save for himself) less than an hour later, had wandered around the school twice by himself by nine a.m.. He had moved on to strolling through town afterwards, eating lunch in an elegant steakhouse. By dusk, he'd already loitered around most of the island.
He was just making his way back to the school when he saw the lights for the new Italian restaurant he had seen this afternoon finally lit up and the doors already open for business. He strapped his longboard to his bag (one custom-made to carry boards) then made his way inside the establishment.
The sight that greeted him was a strange one. By the window sat two girls, one with... Tavish had to blink and squint. 'Weird, alive... hair. With a mind of its own. That's gotta be a hassle. Does she even get a 'bad hair day'?' was all he could really think about the other one. He figured he'd have to get used to seeing strange things like this soon. This island was supposed to be a home to people like that, people like him, after all. He couldn't imagine the chaos if something as bad as a war suddenly rose from the citizens of the island.
As he made his way to the buffet, he eyed a beautiful, ice-blue entity slowly fade behind a woman as she spoke with a man. 'Maybe it left to give the two some space,' Tavish thought as he looked away. He decided that this getting used-to might take a while longer than he expects.
Halfway towards the buffet table and he was already hearing about how horrible the food here was from the crowd. So heeding the majority of what he was hearing about the Italian cuisine, he took only a handful of bread sticks and pizza. He wasn't too hungry anyway. 'And how could anyone mess up bread sticks?' He'd just come here to rest... and get a drink maybe.
Tavish turned from the buffet table to look for some place to sit. The place was pretty crowded despite the horrible, but free, food. He sighed. On one table, a couple looked like they were ready to leave.