If Hunter had to openly admit one particular thing that he learned about Aurora Academy for the short span of time that he had been attending ever since transferring from Korea, that request in itself would have been almost impossible for him to answer. Although he had seen many factors and qualities of luxury and glamour alike as a result of the lifestyle that he had accepted and been thrown into ever since embarking his journey within dance and performance among several other musical oriented businesses and jobs, he was truthfully impressed by what the campus had to offer, as well as the sheer quality and cleanliness that it had been fixed and maintained within. Out of all of the things he had to list and acknowledge about the schoolgrounds, those prior two things would likely and easily take the top two points of higher and personal importance to him. Those were definitely two things to take note of, rather than the single one that hypotheticals would have inquired him upon. Not quite answering the question at hand effectively, but to add to the list anyways, he would have also commended the general layout of the campus itself, as it certainly held a rather blossoming and aesthetically pleasing look in his opinion.

Midway into his own, self-proclaimed tour of the very grounds that he had been thinking about, his thoughts entered a brief cease as he turned a corner of one of the outer buildings; azure voids of his catching a glimpse from side to side - to and fro - in order to take the scenery within his intellect. Soon afterwards, he stared with a subtle blankness off into the distance before averting his gaze towards the earthen terrain beneath his heels. Blinking quietly, he pursed his lips and closed his eyes slowly, his chest expanding and rising within an equally as gradual fashion all the while in a heavy breath.

After a temporary trance, the air that he held within his lungs expelled outwards and within the spaces around him silently and with somewhat of a weight to it.

...And if I had to give a fourth thing... he thought to himself, ...it would definitely be how huge this place is.

A vague look of concern, caution, and curiosity all the same would have been apparent within his eyes and general expression alike before he veered his gaze and attention right once more, scanning the clearing before ultimately deciding to embark upon another stride within that particular direction. Truth be told, navigation hadn't been his strong suit. Dancing he could do. Singing was a natural talent. He even had a fantastic gift for acting and drama in general that he had discovered, with no less thanks offered towards his locked away parents, even despite how much of a hindrance they had admittedly been to him throughout the entirety of his childhood.

...Navigation, on the other hand, was a lost cause for him more times than not. Whenever he traveled during tours in the past, his manager had been the one to guide the group around- and if it wasn't him, then it was the valiant and all-knowing leader of the twelve member group all in all, Ryuki. Then came Wukong, surprisingly, and then everyone else. ...And honestly, everyone normally had a decent sense for direction except for him. Such was the reason why he was beginning to start his own tour around the campus without waiting for his best friend to accompany him and veer him back upon the right paths when he swerved off, but it was far too late to turn back by then, of course. He'd already covered about half of the campus through confused and interested wandering alike after finding out that the small map of the academy that he had picked up earlier proved to be of no use to him, after all.

Half of the campus covered, but how he found himself back at the main classroom buildings for not the second, but the third time during his venture was far beyond him, though something he decided to dismiss and not argue as he stood before the entryway to the ground floor. His head tilted up to take the sights of the building in its entirety in again, and after he breathed another, soft sigh of exasperation, he merely shook his head with an amused, self-mocking smirk before deciding to walk in yet again. The hallways around him were familiar; not to the point where he could see and memorize them like the back of his hand, but familiar enough since he had been there no more than half an hour beforehand. His feet brought him across the span of the first floor out of curiosity, as he admittedly hadn't taken care to thoroughly peruse the area the first time. For the most part, he only took care to examine a few of the classrooms before coming across the exit and leaving on a whim in hopes to find other buildings.

History decided not to repeat itself that time around as he stumbled upon another doorway; not necessarily by virtue of being lost, though by virtue of hearing an interesting thing. A voice, specifically- and one that seemed to be pretty on tune and melodious, nonetheless. Out of absendminded and unknowing curiosity, he had found his way over towards the main doorways to the auditorium and leaned against the opened frames as he took a low gander across the seats and the walls, among the many other features visible within the room. A small smile crossed his lips as the girl afar continued to sing, though it hadn't been long before his attention drifted over towards the aforementioned girl in question.

He listened quietly to her lyrical composure; the smile upon his face continuous all the while as a result of how he was rather impressed in her voice. She seemed to stop after a small amount of time, and it was then that he found himself making a decision in hesitation, bouncing between the options of whether or not he should keep silent and continue on his way, or to address her.

Well enough, he decided on the latter as he lifted his hands a tad, taking care to scope a moment in which she had stopped singing in order to give her a few claps from his current position. A good-humored and friendly laugh cleared the air softly. "You have a beautiful voice," was his simple, one-sentence greeting, though he didn't quite say anything more for the meantime, for sake of testing the waters.

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In response to the expression of gratitude that he had received, the azure-haired teen merely gave a nod within an initial reply of his own; the smile that he wore remaining continuous and even broadening ever so faintly as he chuckled softly. Despite the lack of deeper detail that he would have been capable of attaining from the distance that he occupied within that particular moment in time, he tilted his head within a subtle and faint angle while glancing over the girl for a couple of moments. Before long, however, he took note of how the other student afar had called out in order to add a couple of extra statements of her own in addition to her first remark. Eyes of a sapphire-like resemblance in both coloring and seeming glisten would have veiled over and unveiled accordingly and swiftly as he blinked. His arms had apparently crossed themselves within an absentminded command during the time that he had settled against the primary entryway's door frames, though they had easily undone themselves as he gave his frame a soft push from the shoulder on, shifting his weight back towards his heels and feet in general to maintain his balance all the while. Both of his hands slipped briefly within the pockets of his pants as he shrugged, beginning to make his way down the aisles and over to the central stage all the while.

"For an unfinished song, it actually sounds really good, in my opinion," he said back. By that point in time, he had ventured halway down the current aisle within a quick and brisk stride; complete with a noticeably widened step pattern as a result of his own height and overall build. "As weird as the lyrics kinda sound, I'd be lying if I said that I didn't like it," he took care to add after little time had passed since that first, returning statement of his.

Speech and vocally, he entered a temporary pause in both thought and for sake of taking a break, and had simply allowed himself to continue along his own path while still peering up at the girl as he walked closer. Rather than making his way within an ascension across the steps to meet her specific location, however, he merely and gradually diminished the distance between himself and the very edge of the stage. It was a heightened ledge for sure; one that would prove to be more or less painful to most in the event that they had been enough of an unfortunate soul to trip or fall off of it. Thanks to his own height, though, he managed to be able to see over the platform with some degree of ease. Ceasing his stride upon finding himself no less than a few inches from the stage's border, he simply reeled either one of his hands from their respective pockets, settling them comfortable upon the stage floor as he laid his arms across it within an equally comfortable fold. He leaned forward and laid his chin on top of them, crossing his legs casually where he stood at the same time.

"It obviously didn't have much of a background melody, but, I mean...I guess that's to be expected since it's a work in progress~. ...That, and I guess there's really nothing around here for you to play for some sort of background music." Another pause would have been taken as he allowed his attention to stray from the neighboring student and towards the stage surrounding them- and it was then that he seemed to finally notice a noticeable amount of what appeared to be sawdust and other dust-like particles scattered across the floor near where he was. Likely from stagecraft, he assumed, though who had produced it beforehand would have been a moot point for him to address and think upon at that moment in time. When he realized it, he lifted his arms up slowly and straightened his posture, quirking his lip and inhaling deeply as he brushed whatever pieces of stray dirt and the like off of his skin and sleeves with a moderately discontent and uncomfortable look upon his face, though just for a split second or two. Once he had cleaned himself off accordingly, he breathed a soft, gentle sigh, shaking his hands as if to rid them of any final traces of debris while glancing back up at the other. "...It sounds like it's gonna be some sort of love song, though," he finally went on afterwards. "Is that what you were going for, by any chance?"

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Nodding in agreement towards her initial statement, the sapphire-eyed boy allowed the given, lone, and temporarily silent gesture of his to speak for itself as he shrugged, keeping his gaze upon her very own form in the process. Soon after doing so, however, she seemed to be well within what appeared to be some sort of thoughtful trance; something that he was internally and vaguely thankful of since it hadn't enabled her to catch wind of his personal conflicts with things that almost any other person would nonchalantly brush off without being too irked by it. In the process, he also noticed that she had seemingly shifted her position a little bit. At first, he simply seized the chance to be unnoticed as he gazed at her while wondering the reasoning behind why she would do so, but it hadn't taken too long for the realization to click rather quickly and suddenly within his intellect. Although he expressed no major signs of the revelation as it gave him a light shock and reality check from his current angle by the bottom of the stage, he gave a soft, non-forced cough and began clearing his throat before accordingly turning around. Rather than leaning forward against the edge like he had done earlier, he assumed a new position against the farther length of the stage for a short while, leaning the upper portion of his back, as well as the bottom of his shoulderblades, against the angle that the wood behind him created. It was an uncomfortable switch at first, but after adjusting a fair amount, it proved to be bearable and tolerable enough, despite the fact that the angle itself was jutting faintly into his shoulderblades.

Crossing his legs one over the other as he leaned against the stage, he peered upwards and towards the ceiling for a couple of moments, quirking his lip in surface leveled thought all the while. He mulled over her latter words as his eyes distractedly wandered across the inverted span of the rooftop above, nodding his head from side to side while doing so in a rather lazy manner. "Mmm...well, if it's a melody you need, I can help with that. Turns out that you've got a musically inclined person right here," he offered with a chuckle. Glancing over his shoulder, he spared her another look before turning around and finally beginning to start off towards the steps. "I've basically spent my entire life in music. My parents were vocal coaches for Broadway and stuff, and then I got involved in music in Korea, so I'm willing to lend you a hand if need be~."

A few steps later, and he would have reached the top of one of the flanking flights of stairs leading to the top of the stage floor itself. He walked over towards the girl, though took care to stop a reasonable distance away for sake of personal space, as well as any sort of comfort that she possibly wished to maintain. After stopping a few feet away, he crouched, sighing softly with the movement before peering over at her with a smile. "If you want my opinion, the guitar would be nice, but not exactly that fitting for the few lyrics that I heard. Sounds like some kinda wartime business mixed in with, like...somehow endearing stuff. Maybe...it could involve symphony instruments for a sort of heavenly thing, if that makes sense. Mesh some violin and a little bit of piano with the normal instruments you'd hear in a song, and I feel like it would actually sound pretty nice if you do it right."

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Giving a nod and a gentle, amused chuckle, the teen shrugged leisurely upon hearing the latter portion of the other's response- though it had been more than apparent that he had paid attention to take note of her earlier remarks, as well. "I never really would've suggested it if I wasn't able to help out," he spoke back casually, tilting his head. "If you're game for everything, I also have another friend that can possibly help out, too, in the near future." Glancing over at the auditorium doors - the very same ones that he himself had walked through just several moments prior - he peered through and into the hallway beyond for a brief period of time before sighing. Within the following time span afterwards, he cast his bold, sapphire hued gaze upon the girl for yet another time during that particular experience and meeting. "...He's probably not gonna get here until a bit later, though. He's still gotta go through a few things here and there before he gets officially settled into the academy."

A soft breath and sigh alike would have been taken as he entered a temporary pause in speech, hooking the eastern extremity around and resting it upon the back of his neck. It moved faintly in a rubbing motion, though its fingers eventually curled a tad in order to faintly scratch the skin that rested across it as he thought on select matters for a short while- including but not limited to the introduction that he had been given. His eyes kept themselves upon her as she offered him a name of her own, and to that, he simply allowed his smile to continue and broaden slightly. Shifting his attention upon the hand outstretched towards him for a little while, he contemplated the gesture for a split second or two; not quite because he had to figure out what it meant, though to decide whether or not he should as a result of some personal issues of his- and the very same ones that were in relation to his earlier, unnoticed little fiasco with the stage floor dirt. After a noticeably and reasonably short time, however, he reached a gloved hand of his up, gladly and firmly taking her hand within a gentle grasp of his own before giving it an acceptable and accustomed shake.

"Artemis Nike...? Heh. A nice and pretty name, if you want my honest opinion," the boy remarked in honest commentary, giving a subtle laugh of what could have been both ongoing amusement and approval at the same time. He released her hand accordingly, drawing it towards his own form once more and leisurely draping it over his knee in a similar manner to the western extremity, all while he still maintained his crouched positioning. "I've, uh...got a few names of my own. Name's Hunter Jae-Seok Yoon. Hunter's the American one; Jae-Seok is Korean. Aaaand...then there's my stage name, Baekho." Raising an eyebrow in interest, he shifted his hands to bridge the gap between his knees, loosely intertwining their fingers all the while as his gaze remained upon Artemis all the while. "The last one's honestly the main one that people tend to know me as more times than not, but you don't seem to... It's surprising, but also kinda relieving at the same time," he added with a laugh.

Soon after he had finished his most recent remark, either one of his hands would have trailed upwards, hooking behind his neck and twining their fingers together once more in a casual manner. "Also...you're a third year, then...?" he mused out loud. A flicker of curiosity sparked through his expression - from the questioning quirk of his lip to the similarly matched glint within his eye - as he absentmindedly tapped his thumbs against the back and base of his neck. "Huh... I'm not the keenest on ages, but...I'm a fourth year, and you don't really look that much younger than me~."

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In response to the thanks that the girl had spoken to him, Hunter simply returned the gesture with an acknowledging nod, listening to the remainder of what she had to say in the process in a calm, collected, and respectful fashion. Upon taking note of the later remarks that he had been presented with, however - courtesy of the newfound acquaintance of his that was the neighboring student, of course - he gave a sarcastic and exaggerated gasp, staggering backwards and shifting upon his feet slightly in order to keep his balance. The given action of both mock pain and amusement alike would have been coupled with a swift strike of the eastern extremity across his chest, and he clenched the aforementioned hand within a loose fist above - or, at the very least, quite close to above - the spot in which his heart was safeguarded beneath. "You wound me, Artemis... I'll have you know that I work really hard to get my name out there...!" he sighed with a seemingly serious sharpness, the only things betraying the emotion being his exceeding amount of purposefully bad acting, as well as the smirk that continuously tugged upon his lips. Soon to be added to that list would have been the beginnings of a chuckle as it stifled within his throat, though were only broadened in volume and released a small while after his smile had begun to assert itself upon his features. Shaking his head, he shrugged while shifting upon his feet once more in order to assume the prior and proper crouch that he had taken not too long after arriving upon the stage floor itself. "...Iiiin all seriousness, though, that's partially why I'm here. Baekho...or "white tiger". That little name is a nickname of mine for an idol group that I'm in. My manager decided to let a few of us come here after some scouters asked us about the powers that we had, and even though he was skeptical, he let it happen on that small hope that letting us run free here would let other people know about us. It's just me right now, but a couple other friends of mine should be here soon." Tilting his head, he balanced his elbows upon either one of his knees before allowing either one of their respective hands to hang loosely and comfortably within the space between of them for yet another instance. "Once they're here, maybe I could introduce you to them...? We could make it a sort of music session to help you out."

Towards the latter end of his most recent remark by then, the azure haired teen would have given another chuckle, though allowed it to ride out accordingly and trail off into a sigh as he began to gather his thoughts once more. As the sigh extended and slipped from his lips, he settled his intellect upon the other topics at hand. Due to a sudden bout of thoughtfulness that he had achieved upon trekking upon the rails of their conversation again, the sigh had transitioned into a soft, low-toned hum as he eyed the alleged third year sitting before him. He gave her a casual shrug after a little bit of time.

"Eh...well, while I'm not really in the same boat, I'm pretty sure it's not much to fret over, right? I mean, it's bound to happen to some people, right?" he pondered out loud in a curious voicing. "I mean...I haven't been here that long myself, but I heard that there's a fourth year here that's twenty or so. Not for academic reasons, but, like...personal issues? Stuff that happened to him in the past...? Something like that, but as far as I know, those are just rumors..."

Trailing off once more, he puffed his cheeks out in thought for yet another instance. Glancing down at the ground beneath him, he eyed the stage secured below his heels before sighing and tilting back ever so slightly in order to finally take a seat- although in a clearly but faintly reluctant and uncomfortable manner all the same. Crossing his legs, he quickly twined the fingers of his hands together and placed it within his lap, though not before brushing several stray specks of dust and sawdust from his clothing. "Yeah, though...it's uncommon, but not really anything to be weirded out over, right?" he asked questioningly, his tone sounding to be reassuring as he did so. "You're eighteen like I am, but got held back for logical reasons. ...You just need to work on your attendance habits," he added, his voice inheriting a lighthearted tease by the end of his remarks at the given time.

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Throughout the conversation, as well as the responses that he had received from Nike's behalf, the tiger felt his smile instinctively broaden in approval and liking alike, especially and specifically upon hearing her own approval in regards to his introduction offering involving his fellow friends and group members. "Haha...well, it's fine if you don't know us now. It's why some of us are coming here, anyways~. Gotta spread the word somehow," he replied leisurely, shrugging as he spoke those words. His smile broadened within an amused and polite manner as he shook his head and went on, however, saying, "Anyways, though... I'll let them know, then. They're fine with making friends and stuff, so I'm sure that they'll be glad to meet you," before beginning to glancing up at her as she began to move. Tilting his head, his eyes shifted between her and her bag, and his mind became clarified upon hearing her next few statements.

With a brief nod and an, "Aaaaah~," in understanding, he nodded once more before beginning to stand up as well, though kept his attention swiftly an initially upon his clothing for yet another time soon after finding balance upon his feet. In a quick manner, he took care to thoroughly brush whatever dust and other debris had managed to cling onto his clothing, clapping whatever substances that had remained upon his hands and gloves off soon after finishing doing so. Once content with the makeshift cleaning routine, he gave a hesitant nod to himself before peering back up at Artemis, offering her an ongoing smile. "Well, if it's fine with you, I'd love nothing more than that," he responded, glancing down and towards his pocket as he slid a hand of his within it. Pulling it out, he activated its screen before entering his pass code - which was admittedly longer for security's sake, though was entered within an obscenely hastened fashion as his thumbs tapped across its screen within a seemingly memorized and experienced way - before he created a prompt to compose a new contact. Once it was open, he tilted his head up, taking a couple of steps over and holding his phone out towards her. "Just leave your number and save it~. You can take a look at mine after that since it should also be on the list, or I could just enter it into your phone while you do yours. I don't mind either way~."

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