Mami threw some jewelry magazines onto her bed and loomed over them, casting a critical eye over each. Picking up one labled Tiger's Eye she flipped through it and then swiftly tossed it back onto the bed. ″Nothing.″ She muttered before snagging the next magazine. She looked through it quickly then paused on one page. ″Maybe...″ Placing it at the head of her bed she went on to look through the rest. After she had finished she had five in her nothing pile, and three in her maybe pile. Crossing her arms she began to tap her foot. ″How should I go about this... should probably scope the places out during the daytime to see if they may have what I need.″
Turning away from the bed she grabbed a note book that was on her nightstand and quickly began to jot down locations of jewelry stores. ″After classes tomorrow I'll go check for the silver crystal.″ Clearing off her bed, Mami prepared herself for sleep and opened up her window shades so that she could see the moon. Sighing whimsically, she reached out for the moon and pretended to hold it in her hand. ″Its a shame that I can't see you in your full radiance all the time.″ Lowering her hands Mami went on to sleep.
As she slept, her mind brought her to a foggy plain where there was only a light coming from up in the sky from a balcony. From how dark it was, it seemed that the balcony was just a floating ball of light. ″You have to find the silver crystal.″ Called a soft sweet voice.
″Who are you?″ Mami called as she walked towards the light. A silhouette appeared in the shape of a woman with two buns in her hair. ″Who are you?″
″Hurry, find the silver crystal.″ the light began to fade away, and Mami began running after.
″Wait! Who are you? What is this crystal supposed to be for?″ Given no response, Mami just kept running on and on in the foggy darkness.
Awakening, Mami found herself blinded by the rising sun. ″Gah!″ She quickly pulled the curtains and began to rub her eyes. ″I'd thought I'd learn by now to close the window at night.″
That day during classes Mami began jotting down notes about some pulsars, but soon found her attention drifting away to the window. The sun was shining so brightly today. Beginning to chew on her pen she looked back to her paper and began to doodle while half listening to the lecture. 'That girl... who is she? I think she's someone important... I wish she'd give me more to go on than just get the crystal.'
After classes, Mami went straight to the nearest jewelry store, Osa-P. Putting on some sunglasses due to the light, Mami surveyed the signs for the store and saw there was a huge sale going on today. Women seemed to be flocking all over to come into this store. Looking inside she tilted her head and saw a mob trying to get at the jewels that were wanted. While looking about, Mami saw that there were some crystals stored up high away from the jewels on sale. They were each rather pricy, but there was one in particular that caught Mami's attention. It was hit by the sun and a rainbow began reflecting off of it. It was circular and sitting upon a pedestal. Mami's mouth became agape. 'Could that be the-' Before she could finish her thought she was hit in the face with a crumpled up piece of paper.
Mami caught it and looked agitatedly down at it. Then she looked up and saw a girl with long strands of of hair connected to some buns. ″Hey, that hurts, dumpling head.″
The girl turned about and looked coyly at Mami. ″What? Oh I'm sorry...″
Mami huffed and looked back at the paper. ″30 percent?″ As Mami stated this the girl before her let out a cry of shock. A cruel enjoyment came to Mami as she heard the response and she continued. ″Study harder, dumpling head.″
The girl now was glaring at Mami and snatched the paper out of her hands. ″It's none of your business!″
Mami rolled her eyes and looked back to the jewelry store. 'You were just throwing it away. Did you really think no one would read it? Sheesh. Have some common sense. 30 percent... haven't seen anyone get grades that bad before.' Mami stuffed her hands into her pocket and went on looking at the crystal in the store. 'Think I found my first place to search...'