Event Private Finished You're gonna go far, kid

"I want to be the auditor," Nia said firmly. Of course, this boy was a stranger and would not know that such a definite answer, spoken without verbal pauses, was completely out of character for the girl. "Based on what I have recently learned, I believe there is no one better suited for such a position than I am."

Suddenly, Nia's right hand started to twitch, causing a mark to be made on her page. She let out a heavy sigh and sat down in the chair behind her. She finally looked up at him, her eyes a strange combination of focused and terrified, "What position are you running for?"

At the word confident, Nia's hand started to twitch again. She glared at it, "I am confident now but I do not know how I will be later."

She glanced at his poster. Though she was viewing it from a strange angle, it was still ten times better than anything she could ever hope to create. "From what I understand, the number and quality of posters have, at least, an indirect impact on election outcomes. That should at least help your chances."

She reached out her left hand, the one not twitching, and lightly shook his, "A pleasure Thievenne. My name is Nia. That is all anyone ever calls me."

Nia's eyes grew wide at the mention of running together. At first, her expression seemed shocked and put off but suddenly softened. She stood up, her eyes moving back and forth, up and down, as if searching the air for an answer.

After a moment or two of this, along with a few shoulder twitches, her eyes came back to Ven's and a small smile crept across her face, "I think that is a wonderful idea. Although, I don't think I will be much help with the posters," She glanced back at her sad attempt, "But if you are willing to work on the posters, I can conduct research that will better our odds."

Nia picked up a book that had been sitting on the table, "I picked this up at the library on my way here. There wasn't anything specific to student council elections but the librarian said this is the best place to start, no matter what level of governance you are running for." She held How to WIn an Election: An Ancient Guide for Modern Politicians by Quintus Tullius Cicero.

Nia smiled again, "Sound's like we will make a good team then."

She grabbed the rest of her things and joined Ven at his table. She pulled up a chair across from him and opened her notebook to a blank page.

"I only vaguely remember last years elections... There were posters everywhere, which is why I came here to start. They appear to be the main way to inform the general public that you are running."

She watched as he began to add her name to the poster. This was definitely going to help her chances.

Turning her attention back to the book, Nia opened to where she had left off, which was barely a page or two into the meat of the book.

"To start, we need to 'secure the support of our friends and win over the general public'. It goes into some specifics about how to do that..." She was quite as her eyes moved quickly over the next few pages, her attention moving to her notebook every few paragraphs to record something she found vital. Finally, she turned her attention back to Ven, "There are three tools we have to do this: favors, hope and personal attachement. We should start with close family and friends, make sure they have our backs and then begin branching out from there."

Nia leaned back in her chair, her eyes moving to her hands as she began to fiddle with the helm of her skirt, "I don't have many friends but I believe the one's I do have will be quite supportive." Her eyes moved up to meet his, "What about you?"