Collage has just begun for Novella, well for Nov (male) and Ella (female), due to a registration slipup. Novella prefers to see him/herself as without gender, but a series of events force him/her to confront this issue. Somehow this relates to a time in the past referred to only as "Before". Who is this person who knows Novella's secret? What happened? 

Akisa is my personal favorite character. Dark, silent, and for all intents and purposes, emotionally non-existent. Despite this, she finds her own nature someone laughable, hence the bright pink bow. One can always here music from her dorm room, ranging from industrial to dark techno. Although strongly antisocial, one can gauge her state of mind from just how loud the music is played: If it's at a normal volume, everything's fine; if it's loud, start to worry; and if there's nothing, call the paramedics. She keeps a sketchbook for her journal, although no one knows what she really draws. Akisa and Novella attended the same high school.

Cheery and extroverted, Miki is a member of nearly every extra-curricular activity in the list. Well known on campus, Miki often writes in a small pink legal pad, and is admired for her long blonde hair. She finds Nov journaling around campus, and begins to wonder what could be so interesting to write about all the time. 

Kaze is the president of the college writing club, The Winged Scribe. He defines himself through his writing and stories. In recent years, he's become obsessed with one story in particular. He's convinced that this is his first, "real" story, but he cannot complete it. It's been started, languished, scrapped, and then restarted several times. And although Kaze admits he's made no progress at all, he refuses to give up. When he discovers Nov, he becomes convinced no one else can help him.