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It was a Monday, The worst day of the week. Luckily enough, it was almost 5pm, which means it was almost time for Gaia to get off of work. She had been working at the college Cafe as a waitress since around the start of her first year in college. The job was barely Tolerable to say the least. She had to deal with rude people and pervs all day long. There was also always, atleast, that one person who would go there at like 8 am and just sleep until 2 pm. "Hey, atleast i get free meals, and coffee..." She tried to convince herself that it actually wasn't that bad, Which it wasn't, she could be working at waffle house. Gaia rolled her eyes and finished up her last few orders, and next thing she knew, the clock struck 5pm. "Fucking finally." She mumbled to herself, hoping that no one heard her. Luckily no one did. Right after that, she put up her apron, and clocked out. She hopped on her bicycle and started pedaling to her dorm. On the way home she would wave to a few people she knew, and whistle the song "This side of paradise" as it had been sick in her head all day.

The heat of the day had finally started to leave the air and with it being just a little bit at 5 pm the wind was bringing a welcome breeze. In the middle of the dorm buildings was a small garden with one big tree in the middle of it and it had become Camille’s favorite place. Even if everyone just saw a big old oak tree, she saw a piece of nature that changed every single day in front of her own eyes. She made a point of drawing it at least once a week and capture the subtle changes it displayed and today was one of those days that she had chosen to draw it. She was sitting up on of the white wooden benches that were close to it, one knee propped up to have her sketchbook against and her hand sketching away on it. Her eyes would go from the drawing to the tree and back again. At first her scribbles would seem almost unrecognizable, but the more she laid down the more the tree came into it’s view. Today she had chosen for a simple charcoal drawing to capture the contrast in the leaves of the tree and the shade that it threw into the ground. It was simple to see that this task was taking most of her attention and unless something zoomed right in front of her, she was likely not going to notice it.

Devan's morning routine started at 4 AM. He woke up, got dressed, brushed his teeth, and went for his early morning jog. It was still dark out as the sun had yet to rise yet. The cold crisp air helped him push further and further each time he went for his morning jog. He knew he was improving his goal every morning and that made him determined. Once his morning jog was done, he went back to his dorm and showered. The cool water running down his body relaxed his muscles after they had been worked during the jog. Devan dried himself and got ready afterwards. His part-time paid internship wasn't going to work itself after all. Getting his stuff ready, he headed out of the dorm and to the Café for a quick bite before he went to work. He didn't see Gaia there since it was really early, but possibly later. Cafeteria was usually open around 5 AM and even though the workers don't come in until 6 or 8 AM, there were cereal and bread out for those who wake up too early. There was a waffle maker too but he didn't have time for that right now. Devan swiped a bagel and started rushing towards his work place which wasn't too far off on a bicycle. He arrived, greeted some of his colleagues then went to the locker room to change into his uniform before commencing his work day. The day was comprised of patrols, small errands, debriefs, meetings, training and small lessons about criminals in the nearby area. One day, Devan will be an official crime fighting detective one day and he will protect those in need. After about 5 to 6 hours of his part-time, he was let go to get to his class on time. Today's classes were Chemistry, Law, and an elective that was randomly chosen not because Devan wanted to but because it was required. The classes themselves were interesting nonetheless, but that elective really took him out for a spin. Why do colleges make students take these dumb electives that aren't even part of the person's major. When his classes were over, it was around

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5 or 6 PM. A whole 13 to 14 hours of being awake and doing stuff, yet he wasn't the least bit tired. He walked alongside his bike, back to the dorm and was locking it up until he saw Gaia. "Well if it isn't Gaia." He grinned as he checked his lock once more before standing up. "How was work today?"

Clementine walked through the dorm hallway, stretching. She was bored. She’d finished her work for the week, and she’d scoured social media after social media. No parties for three weeks!! Ughhh. And she didn’t want to go drinking alone. She knew Devan wouldn’t be down to drink with her either. Or party for that matter. Groooan. How was she supposed to entertain herself?! She walks outside to the same garden Camille was occupying. ’There’s a new face…’ she thought. She walked over quietly, her steps almost inaudible as she did her best not to disturb the artist. Over the girl’s shoulder, Clem peeked at her sketchbook. She had absolutely no cosmic idea what this woman could be sketching. It all looked like lines. After a few minutes, Clementine gets bored of watching without knowing what the outcome would be. She should just ask right? Clem’s voice suddenly boomed, “HI, WHAT ARE YOU DRAWING?!”

She had been so lost in her drawing that she had not noticed the girl sneaking up on her. Even with that big beautiful fro of hair on the girl’s head, she had simply been to lost in own little world. Her head turning from side to side and her eyes dancing from her canvas up to the tree that was in front of her. Slowly the trunk was stating to form and the leaves were taking shape. “HI, WHAT ARE YOU DRAWING?!” It suddenly sounded right beside her ear and it scared the bajeebers out of her. “Aaaah!” She yelped as she jerked away from the sound, her charcoal scratching deep right over the middle of the canvas as it was send flying in the air. “Jeez!” She said, her heart beating in her throat as she now stared at the girl with her big blue eyes. “Man.. you ought to not sneak up on people like that. You almost gave me a heart attack..” she said as she stepped from the couch and picked up her piece. She couldn’t her the groan as she looked at the obvious deep mark that now went right through the middle of the canvas. “Well.. I was drawing the tree.” She said, trying to not be too upset about it and motioned to the tree in the middle of the campus.

Her big smile stayed on her face as she studied the girl. White hair? She looked young. And healthy too. She looked to the drawing pad. Aaaah, now she sees the tree. “You look too young and healthy to be accidentally sent into cardiac arrest by a scare. Although, had you faced your worst fear suddenly, it’s a possibility!” Clementine leaned a bit closer. “Your hair is white! Did you do that yourself? Or were you born with it?” The more Clementine looked to the girl, the more curious she became. “You’re also super fit! Do you jog?” She tilts her head a bit. “What’s your name?”

The sudden barage of question surely kind of took her a back. Some of them even being quite personal for some of her first questions. She picked the canvas off and then placed it back on the bench so at least it wasn’t on the floor. “Yeah, you are right. Perhaps not a heart attack.” She said with a soft chuckle. She put her charcoal away and took out a cloth to wipe her hands on and get some of the charcoal stain off, but they still remained slightly black at her fingertips. “My name is Camille. I transferred here I think.. two weeks ago? So I am still pretty new.” She said then and offered her hand. “And yes, that is actually my hair. It is a lack of pigment, runs in my family. I have a few spots on my skin as well.” She said showing the back of her elbow that also seemed a lot more white then the rest of her skin. “How about you? What is your name?” She asked with a kind smile.

Finn would slowly make his way across campus, a piece of paper in hand and a messenger bag strapped across his shoulder as he would slowly make his way across the campus. He knew he wouldn't have classes for a couple of days, but he wanted to get the way of the land. Being the old man on campus was not something he was excited about so, he wanted to get things out of the way as soon as possible. As he made his way across the garden of the campus, he would see two girls conversating in the corner of the campus. "Uh, hi," he would say as he approached the duo, a small British accent escaping him as he spoke, "I am sorry to bother you all, but I am looking to get to a few places on campus and I haven't for the life of me been able to find these rooms."

Her eyes lit up when told the woman had naturally white hair. How incredible! She couldn't wait to tell her Anatomy class about her! So interesting!~ Clementine sticks her hand out. "Clementine Carter, nursing major! You and I should be friends! You're really pretty, and I like that! Also, drawing is cool!" Her attention turns to the man as he walks up. He looked mature and well put together, almost like a professor! But his accent...Her eyes light up. British?! British people are so cool! Once her hand had been shaken, she scuttles to the man and stands on her tip toes, looking at him. "Are you British!? Can you say. 'water bottle' for me? Also yeah, where do you need to go? I know this campus like the back on my hand!"

She couldn’t help but jerk herself back a little bit from the enthousiasme of the girl in front of her. It was both admirable and a little bit unusual. After all, Camille was usually so lost in her own world that she didn’t interact much with other people. But she took the girls hand and shook it anyway. “Yeah, nice to meet you Clementine.” She said then with a smile on her face. Just then the other person walked up to them and she looked at him curiously. British? Curious.. but before she even had a chance to say anything Clementine seemed to be all over him, like she had been all over her before. She couldn’t help but chuckle softly. She looked at him and just gave a small shrug. “I am afraid she would be more useful the I am, I only arrived two weeks ago myself.” She said to him. “Are you are professor here?” She asked, looking down at his messenger bag.

When the white haired girl smiled up at him with a chuckle, but asked him if he was a professor, he felt a ting of embarrassment in his body. He truly was the older guy, and surely he looked older than he was. He laughed and let his hand fall to the back of his neck, "Uh, not a Professor, no," he sighed, "Actually a first year student." "Uh, watah bottle..." He knew what she wanted and he put a little more emphasis on the British side of things, hoping he could breaking the silence for a minute with a laugh.

Clementine snickered a bit. "Man, that's so cool. And you're only a first year? Wow, you look super put together." She looked him up and down. He doesn't seem like the party type either...Maybe he knew anyone with some fun parties? "If you want, I can lead you around the campus! I should get my steps in, anyhow! Cardio is good for you. In fact, one of my professors made us carry around a pedometer to measure our steps! Health class is fun!" She gives him a cheery smile.

"Sure, that would be amazing..." He said with a smile, as he looked up at the dark haired girl, "A campus tour would be amazing." He would hand over the paper to the girl and smile to her.

“Ooh god.. I am so sorry..” she instantly said as he told her that he was a student. She instantly found her cheeks flushing a bit pink and she moved her sketchbook up as if it would hide her away from him. If he were to look at her again she would mouth the word ‘sorry’ once more as Clementine already had seemed to take up most of the space around them. “Why don’t you two go ahead? Like I said.. I don’t really know the place anyway.” She said with a shrug. “And I can only be here as long is it light outside.. I want to finish my drawing.” She used as an excuse. Even if there was now a dark streak going through the middle of it.

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! "Mnnnnrrffff-" groaned a voice muffled by a pillow, a hand grabbing for the mobile phone making the offending racket. Muffled expletives were uttered when the device was knocked to the floor. Lucas finally brought himself to get up, picking up his phone and turning off the alarm; he reeeaaallly needed to stop gaming so late...even if it was an important dungeon raid event. As had become routine, he started the day with a shower, the hot water running over his body invigorating him further. Once dressed with pop tarts and coffee (double espresso of course) in hand and bag over shoulders, he checked himself: Mobile? Check. Bluetooth? Check. Wallet? Check. With confidence he strode out he door with a whole half-hour to make it to his first class... It suddenly clicked in his mind at the same time the locked door clicked shut behind him. "Aaaaaaaaannnnd I forgot my keys." He sighed heavily. ---- Lucas ran full bore, panting heavily. He didn't have time to wait for the staff of his dorm to open his door, so by his calculations, he might just make it to class with time to spare if he... Tripping on the edge of the sidewalk stone that was higher than the last, Lucas fell hard near the old tree near their dorm! "OhhhhHHHHSHIIIIIIII-AWGH!!"

Gaia had just finished whistling the song, by the time she heard Devan call out to her. She had practically been a walking zombie. Even though she knew that she had not done as much as Devan or a few of her other friends, she could not help but feel exhausted after having to deal with annoying people all day long. Gaia had deliberately planned her schedule so that she would not have any classes on Mondays. She absolutely hates Mondays. After a couple seconds of thinking to herself, she looked up at him and responded with, "Devan, Its a Monday. How do Mondays usually go for me? Horrendous." She somewhat annoyedly stated. She was not annoyed at Devan, She was annoyed at the fact that her boss was supposed to give her a raise. Last year! He kept trying to get with Gaia, she couldn't tell if he was being serious or not, so she would always laugh him off, but she despises even thinking about her boss. She had just finished locking up her bike, when she then would look up at Devan again and say, "Do you want to get a drink with me, Darling? I'm getting one whether you come with me or not..." and sighed. She then remembered she wasn't 21 and shook her head. "Nevermind, you didn't hear that, Mister Police Officer." She teased him and then started to head up the stairs, gesturing for Devan to follow her. @Enummi

Devan sensed she was annoyed the moment he finished his sentence. Working at a Café must be tough if you have to deal with all the Karens now a days— He could relate in a sense. Karens are always calling the police station for all the wrong reasons and most of the time it's their fault. "Understandable, everyone hates Mondays after all." He chuckled out a small joke before she asked about getting a drink with her. "When you turn 21 I'll be the first to buy you a drink, how about it?" Devan smiled and followed Gaia up the stairs. "But in the meantime, I can get you a nice cold Pepsi, Apple Cider, or a nice hot chocolate to ease the nerves?" To be honest, he would probably let her drink if it was in private with maybe some friends that they both trusted. That way he knows that she would be in good hands. Devan then looks around and wonders. "I haven't seen Clem for a few days, I hope she's doing alright." Ah there he goes being the worrywort of the friend group. @Gaiastriii

Gaia would giggle and then shrug. She looked back at him, while at the same time, trying not to fall on the steps, like the clutz she is. She didnt even have to think about it, the moment that Devan offered her hot coco, she immediately responded with, "YES. I mean, please. I just want to relax for a bit, haha. Hot choccy with those small marshmallows pleaseeeee..." A few seconds later, after hearing his worry about Clem, she looked ahead and finally stopped on the 4th floor, the floor of her dorm. She would then turn back around once more, "I saw her pass by the Cafe earlier, I think, but she didn't stop by... I'm sure she is fine. She is such a social butterfly." Gaia stated, somewhat trying to bring light to his worries since she knew he often over thought. She playfully booped his nose and started to walk down the hall, to the Dorm. "C'mon! You didn't promise me Hot Coco for nothing!" @Enummi

Devan immediately stuck out his hand in reflex to the side in case she were to fall, but retracted them when she balanced herself. She can be so clumsy when she doesn't expect it. When Gaia blurted out her desire for hot chocolate, it made Devan laugh. "Then hot chocolate it is. Only for you Gaia." He smiled as they made it to the 4th floor of the dorm. "You're definitely spot on with Clem being a social butterfly. I'll shoot her a text later to check how she's doing just in case." He knew Gaia was trying to make him worry less, but he just can't take any chances. Not since the incident is still fresh in his mind. Devan snapped out of his dark thoughts the moment Gaia booped his nose. Shaking his head with a smile of disbelief, he followed after her. "Do you even have the ingredients in your dorm?" He lightly elbowed her arm playfully. "Let's see. We either need the mix and water/milk. Or do it the fancy way and melt chocolate in milk, add a pinch of sugar and bring out the big mallows!" He always preferred the fancy hot chocolate, it tasted a whole lot better than Nesquik or Swiss Miss. @Gaiastriii

"Unnnnhhhhfuuuck that hurt..." He managed to sit up, cradling his left arm. "SSSSsssss....aaahhhhh....ssssss....ahhhhh...." He looked around to get his bearings. He was near the big tree in the center of the dorm facilities. No blood, no double vision, it seemed he fell on his side, it didn't feel like anything was broken. A few people looked his way, but otherwise kept going. "Gee, thanks..." He muttered to himself with a sour expression, "Nobody help or anything..." He supposed he couldn't blame them; after all, they were all probably as late as he was for class. Maybe he could play up his injury when he got into class... A shot of pain went through his arm as he released it to try and get up. "AAGH!!" He clenched his teeth, cradling his arm once again. Guess he wouldn't need to play it up after all...

Gaia looked at him and frowned, "I only have the mix... Could we go to your room and make it?!" She looked at him with a look of joy after she asked the question. She had never seen his dorm. Any time they hung out he always came over to hers. She had always been eager to see it, and she teased with him about them not ever hanging out over at his dorm. The most frequent jokes were either, "You made it into a sex dungeon didn't you?" Or "Are you hiding bodies?!" Or other teases of the sorts. Of course, she had never meant any of them. She knew Devan was a good guy, and would never hurt a fly... Unless, of course, that fly was trying to hurt his friends or people he cared about. Gaia then leaned against the wall and started to ask, "Devan... have you ever thought abo-" Until she was cut off by a scream. It wasn't loud, as they were 4 stories up at the dorm building, but it was still audible enough to be heard. She rushed over to the railing, and looked out, hoping to be able to see who had screamed.

@Enummi

Ah.. the hanging out at his dorm came up again. He rubbed the back of his neck a little awkwardly and smiled weakly at Gaia. He could always just go to his room for a quick second to gather the ingredients and head back to her dorm room, but then she'd tease him again about being weird that he doesn't let anyone enter his dorm room. It's not even that he has anything weird in it, he just doesn't want people to get the wrong idea most of the time. As Gaia was about to ask him something, a screech interrupted her and they both looked out over the railing to see a blonde guy clenching onto his arm. 'Man he looks like he's in a lot of pain.' he thought then directed his words to Gaia. "Hot Chocolate may have to wait a little longer. Lets go help this guy get to the health center." Devan gave her back a soft pat to reassure her that they'll have hot chocolate very soon, he promised. Rushing down the stairs and out of the dormitory, Devan jogged over to Lucas. "Hey man, you okay? Did you dislocate your shoulder or something?" He analyzed the man before him and noticed some scrapes and dirt on his knees and arms. Looks like he fell, and hard. "Lets take you to the health center. The APRN should be available." Devan was concerned for the guy. @Gaiastriii and @Ravenclaw Indigo

Gaia shrugged, then followed Devan towards the man. Gaia was trying to jog behind him, but Devan was more fit, so Gaia was behind him a bit. She then caught up to him and sorta stood next to him, not really sure what to do. She observed the marks and scratches. Gaia was not very good with blood, as she got nauseas easily. Gaia slowly stepped forward and asked, "What should i do..? Are you okay?" @Enummi @Ravenclaw Indigo

Despite his pained look, he was relieved to see someone finally give a shit. He didn't recognize Devan, but responded to him all the same. "I think you're right...I don't think anything's broken, but I can't move my arm without pain all the same." He unstrapped his bag from his left shoulder, trying to keep his left arm in place, stifling groans of pain the whole time as he offered his good hand to Devin. He got up onto his feet slowly, feeling little pain in his legs other than mild bumps...a gentle massage compared to a dislocated shoulder. He looked to the girl that joined Devin, who likewise asked how she could help. My cup runneth over, now...faith in humanity restored. "If you wouldn't mind, I could use some help with my bag." He nodded towards the bag. Ashe followed Devin to the APRN, he spoke up, "Thanks a lot for your help..." He looked to Gaia, "Both of you. I appreciate it. I'm Lucas, by the way."

@Enummi @Gaiastriii

"Yea no worries!" **Gaia would respond, as she picked up Lucas' bag. She

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Dint mind that lol, accidentally sent it

"Yea no worries!" Gaia responded, as she picked up Lucas' bag. She then looked up at the man and asked him what happened. Gaia did not observe and up rooted grass, or branches, or even a bike or anything of the sorts. She came to the conclusion that he had tripped over himself, and very quietly giggled. She then cleared her throat, trying to cover up her giggle. "I've seen you around before, but it's nice to finally meet you. Even if it's not in the best terms. I'm Gaia! Pleasure to meet you!" Gaia would've shooken his hand, but he was bruised up badly. She instead just patted him on the back gently, trying not to hurt him even more. She still was curious for him to explain what had happened though.

@Enummi @Ravenclaw Indigo

Devan had grabbed onto his good hand gently and slowly helped him up. The poor guy.. He would have helped dust the dirt off of his clothes but that would be a little too forward for someone they just met. So instead he steadied him on his feet before they started their way towards the health center. With Gaia right behind him. "Hey, it's what anyone would have done. Right?" He looked around and saw that there were people around but none offered to help. A shame. "Well good natured people, I suppose." Devan let out a friendly chuckle before Lucas introduced himself and so did Gaia. "It's good to meet you Lucas. The name's Devan. Devan Hearts if you wanted my last name too." he smiled, then looked back at Gaia which caused his smile to grow bigger. Gaia, always the empathetic. Maybe this little encounter will distract her from her horrendous Monday work day. Once they reached the Health center, they made it up to the front desk where a student was just clocked in for their 2 to 4 hours of work study. "Hello, my buddy here seems to have dislocated his shoulder from a nasty fall earlier. Just wanted to check him in." Devan gestured to the student so Lucas can give them his ID number and information. In the meantime, Devan walked over to Gaia and held onto the bag she was carrying and sat on the couch in the waiting room which was literally in the same area as the front desk. "We will wait here until you're all set Lucas." He patted the seat next to him as he looked over to Gaia. Curious still as to what she wanted to ask him about earlier.

"I insulted gravity, and they took it personal." He managed to joke, smiling a bit through the pain, but then grimaced. "Ah, I was running to my class, and I tripped on an edge in the sidewalk. At least I managed to drink my coffee first, or we'd have to add second-degree burns to the list." Once they arrived, he showed his ID (thank God his wallet was in his right pocket or he'd have been in another slapstick situation) and was admitted in. He smiled through the pain at Devin and Gaia and replied. "Oh, I'll be okay, you guys don't have to do that. Thanks again." He said as he followed the RN.

A few minutes later, they would hear Lucas scream from the back: "AAAAAAHHHHHH! FUCK!!" The shoulder being shoved back into place was EXTREMELY painful. Fortunately, he also got some painkillers and a sling which helped tremendously.

Gaia was sitting on the couch, hoping Lucas would be alright. She was waiting for Devan, after Lucas was successfully admitted. She looked up at Devan as he started to walk over, and she tried to put on a smile. "No worries! I hope you heal soon!" She said. Even though she had just met the man, she didn't like to see people hurt. Then looking back up at Devan, and waiting for him to speak up, as it looked like something was on his mind. @Enummi @Ravenclaw Indigo

Devan knew Lucas would be alright but he couldn't help but worry. People in pain was a huge weakness of his. As he watched Lucas follow the APRN and Gaia sat next to him, he was about to speak before he heard Lucas yell. Somewhat wincing at the loudness of his voice, Devan awkwardly smiled. "He'll be okay.." He hoped. Turning back to Gaia, he had hoped to ask her what she wanted to say to him back at the dorm. "Speaking of, before all this happened, I think you wanted to tell me something back at the dorm?" The thought kept nagging at him. Like what did she want to tell him? Was it something serious? or was she going to tease him again about his dorm room? Ah it was driving Devan insane wondering about it.

Gaia looked at Devan and smiled, and then she shrugged. "It was nothing, it was a dumb question. You're focused on school haha.." Gaia said, not really feeling like it was right to ask right now. She then stood up, looked at Devan, and asked, "Soooo, how about that Hot Choccy? Hehe" The woman would giggle. She was promised hot chocolate, and she was not leaving Devans side, until he gave her Hot Chocolate. She looked around, then very slowy started heading for the doors.

@Enummi

Chuckling at Gaia's response about Hot chocolate, he got up and placed Lucas' bag on the counter where the work study student was working. "This is his bag, can you give it to him for us? Thanks." The receptionist nodded and took the bag before Devan followed Gaia out of the Health Center. "I'm coming, I'm coming. Lets go get you that hot chocolate then." It was a nice day out, the sun had some clouds as companions this evening as it started to lower itself almost half way from its highest peak. Devan walked alongside Gaia and spoke to her. "I'm a multitasker, so I can focus on school, work AND social life haha. And-" he nudged her "There are no dumb questions." They had walked a good distance to reach the dorms again. Once again walking up the stairs but instead of going to the fourth floor where Gaia's dorm room was, they stopped at the second floor where Devan's room was located.

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She slightly blushed as she giggled again. "I forgot anyways, haha. If I'll remember I'll be sure to ask. Okay?" She tried to play it off, and then started to act all excited as she realized they were going to Devans dorm. She had looked at the sky, and told herself that she wanted to watch the sunset, then she spoke up again, "I get to see Mister Police Officer's Sex dungeon?! I'm just kidding, hehe. I am excited though.. Say, Why do you never allow people to come over anyways? Hmmmmm?" She asked, clearly intrigued. She waited for him to unlock the door, and walk in, before just barging in there herself.

@Enummi

Did she think she was going to enter his room? Oh dear, seems like there was a misunderstanding when he said lets go get some hot chocolate and walking to his room. He exhaled, somewhat giving up. Devan won't be able to stop her anymore. Unclicking his keys from his waist, he unlocks the door but looks to Gaia before he opens it. "Well... I guess it's mainly cause of my roommate. Not like he's bad or anything. I just don't want to bother him. And-" he rubs the back of his neck and averts his gaze. "I don't want people getting the wrong idea? If you know what I mean." Trying his best to explain, he finally opened the door to his double. Unsure if his roommate was around at all. When he stepped in, he removed his shoes and placed them on the shoe rack before heading to the small kitchen and pulling out all of the ingredients needed for this fancy hot chocolate. He turned on the stove and placed a deep pan on one of the burners before turning to Gaia. "The couch is over there if you want to sit down for a bit while I make your hot chocolate." He smiled as he gestured to their shared area not far off from the kitchen.

Gaia looked around, and admired the dorm room. It wasn't much different than the rest, but then she looked over to Devan as she walked up to him, and teased him, "Awwww, you think if people saw me going into or out if your room, that they'd think," She would raise her eyebrows and smirked, "We were doing that?" She laughed and booped him again, and trotted to the couch. She leaned back, still managing to look at him, "And what if we were? So what if they think stuff, they don't know what is going on, hehe.." and she then closed her eyes and smiled, as she tilted her head back.

@Enummi

They say that you don't know what you have until it's gone. For Lucas, what he used to have was a functional left arm. He managed to make it through class one-armed, but it wasn't easy. Furthermore, while he'd only need to be in the sling for a few days, it would take weeks to fully recover, meanwhile he'd have to be careful or there'd be a lot of pain in his future...actually, there would have been pain regardless, but minimization was the name of the game. FUN. It was early evening by the time he made it back to his dorm. He had called between classes regarding locking himself out, so there would be a spare key waiting for him when he got back. Ordinarily he drove to many of his classes, so he had walked a good long way today; between the dull pain in his shoulder and the exhaustion, he felt beat like a dead horse. Fortunately, his homework consisted mostly of reading, so that was good news; he had nothing he couldn't put off until tomorrow. He sat down on a bench, near the same tree he fell near that morning. He let out a deep sigh; the air was temperate and the breeze soothing. He reached into his bag to pull out the cold soda he purchased at the Student Center; warmed slightly now, but no less refreshing at this point in time.

Rolling his eyes playfully, he gave a hearty chuckle and shook his head as she teased him. He poured the milk into the heating pot and waited for it to begin to bubble before slicing up chunks of solid chocolate into it. "It's not that. In my major people would think I'm the main suspect in a crime... IF a crime were to happen, which it won't! Not on my watch-" he hoped not anyways... He doesn't want to be the reason why his friends go missing or worse... "So.. Yeah I try to not invite people to private places alone." Devan sprinkles some sugar and his secret ingredient... cinnamon. :eyess: As the chocolate starts to melt, giving the milk it's chocolatey color, he began to stir frequently until it was about done. Opening the cabinets, he takes out two of his mugs. One had Grogu on it with the Mandalorian. and the other said 'Just another Monday..' with grumpy cat. Placing them on the counter he carefully poured the contents of the pot into both mugs equally with some left over in case either of them wanted seconds. Now where were the marshmallows? Ah, to keep them cool from the heat he had put them in the lower shelf of the fridge. Taking it out he added 2 mallows per mug and a small amount of whipped cream on one side almost as if accompanying the two marshmallows. Holding the mugs by the handles, he carefully walks over to the living area and sets the mugs on two coasters on the coffee table just in front of the couch. "Careful, it's hot and fresh." Devan smiles as he sits beside Gaia.

@Gaiastriii

Gaia gave out a small chuckle. She was just teasing Devan, she was pretty sure no crimes would happen, atleast, not to them hopefully. Gaia immediately got distracted when she saw Devan bringing over the hot chocolate. She immediately grabbed the Grogu mug and looked over at Devan, like a gremlin and said, "Mine. Hehe..." She stuck out her tongue like a child and teased him some more. Gaia started to blow on the Hot coco, hoping to cool it off some just so she does not burn her tongue when drinking it. She tried to take a sip, It was still kinda hot, she liked hot chocolate, but you can't enjoy it if you're tongue is burning. Gaia set down the mug down, leaned back, and sighed. "Thank you, Devan. I know i seem childish and playful, but i just need some relaxing, it's been a stressful day... Thank you..." Gaia said, her voice tone clearly showing her appreciation for Devan. They had been friends since as long as she could remember. They had been friends since around the 4th or 5th grade, in elementary school. She had moved twice, once in middle school, and once in her freshman year of highschool. When she moved in middle school, it was in the same city, but across town, so they saw each other less. When she moved in highschool, they had each other's contacts so they kept in touch, but her family had moved to Australia. Her parents moved back towards the end of her junior year though. Either way, she was an adult now. She could move wherever she wanted, but she decided to settle here, for now atleast. She smiled at Devan, and then grabbed her hot coco, and took a sip. @Enummi

As Finn and Clementine seemed to be alright with going of on their own to show Finn around the campus, Camille went back to her drawing. She sighed deep as she now saw the deep line of charcoal that now ran through it. She sat down and would eye the tree for a little bit more and the sketch she had made so far before she finally took the paper and balled it up before she tossed it into the garbage bin, having a small celebration to herself as she hit it in. She considered starting a new one, but the sun was already slowly going down and she knew she would not have enough time to finish it. “Alright.. well I come back for you later.” She said to the tree as she started to gather up her supplies and pack them back into her backpack. @Ravenclaw Indigo

'Dang, my favorite mug. Of course she'd snatch it up.' he laughed inside his head and smiled on the outside. Letting the hot chocolate cool off for a bit, he listened to Gaia speak. "Of course Gaia. Anytime. Who doesn't want time to relax after a day of hard work?" Almost on cue, his alexa responded at his command even though he was not talking to the robot. "Playing relaxing music after a hard day of work." A serene melody played on the surround sound stereo and Devan threw his head back with a groan. "I wasn't talking to you Alexa..." Shaking his head, he turned to Gaia with an apologetic look. "Sorry, Alexa has a mind of her own sometimes." Leaning forward, Devan grabbed onto the now cooled down hot chocolate and took a sip. When he removed the cup from his lips, he had a whipped cream stash and wiggled it. "How do I look with a stash?" he narrowed his eyes and made the popular suss face trending on tiktok. He knew he looked silly, but it's always good to make a friend laugh after the stress of a long day. They've been in eachother's lives for as long as he can remember. Sometimes being silly helps a lot more than one might think. Although he probably won't be as silly to new people. It's just a little awkward for him to act himself around people he's not close with. @Gaiastriii

Gaia looked at Devan and then giggled. She could not help it, Devan looked silly. She knew he was trying to humor her, and it worked. She smiled at him and replied with, "Kinda sus, No cap." purposely being cringy and silly. She took another sip from her drink. 'The only thing that would make the drink better is if it had vodka in it', she thought to herself. She had wanted to hang out with all of her friends at once, trying to get them all together was a struggle though because of their schedules. Gaia liked moments like these though. Purposely being silly, and just hanging out, relaxing. The Hot coco added more bliss, of course. She then suddenly brought her hand down really fast, 'SMACK!' She had smacked Devans thigh really hard, well as hard as she could anyway. She then looked at him, after pondering something "So, Devan, What do you wanna do?" @Enummi

As he took in the scenery, he suddenly noticed someone else nearby. He blinked once...twice...wow, she was pretty...wait...he'd seen her before! Was she still here working on whatever she was doing? Oh...she was drawing; so an art major, or just a very passionate hobbyist. While he was curious about it, he was a bit apprehensive about approaching her...it was starting to get kinda late...in this day and age, how would she react to him walking over to say hello? Everyone these days kept thinking that everyone else was harassing them... You gonna use Global Warming as an excuse next? Go talk to the pretty girl, and compliment her art. Just be yourself; you've dislocated your shoulder, how much worse can pepper spray be? Besides, you're wearing glasses, right? Spoke the voice in his head. With a sigh, Lucas walked over to where Camille sat, that old familiar anxiety building... "Uhhh...Hhhhi there! May I, uh, see what you're drawing?" He managed to utter with minimal stammering. @I have Naka to do with it!

She had just finished putting everything away in her backpack that she could, but of course it barely all fit. She ended up with a pencil in her mouth as she attempted put the rest of it in her hands so she could make her way to her dorm. That was when she heard the voice behind her. She would turn around, her arms all stuffed and that pencil in her mouth. “Oooh, hi.” She mumbled around the pencil with a bit of surprise on her face. And of course the everything came tumbling down in her arms and landing on the floor. “Aaaah damnit!” She said annoyed. She quickly started to pick everything up again and placing it on the bench. “Sorry sorry! I am such a clutz.” She said then. She then realized that he had been asking her a question when he walked up. “What were you asking me?” @Ravenclaw Indigo

Ever the gentleman, he quickly knelt down to help Camille pick up her things. "Oh, geez, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to surprise you like that!" He chuckled, "Yeah, I can understand where you're coming from....it could be worse, though." He indicated his arm in the sling as he kept using his good arm to gather her things and help her consolidate them. "Anyway, uh..." He continued, "I-I just wanted to talk to you; y'know, ask about your art and stuff. Oh, uh, my name's Lucas, by the way!" Getting some of his confidence back, he spoke, "So, I just so happen to have a free hand, how about I help you with some of this? Those sidewalks are treacherous, you know." @I have Naka to do with it!

Laughing when Gaia said 'kinda sus, no cap.', Devan shook his head and continued to carefully drink his hot chocolate. In the midst of drinking, Gaia smacked Devan's thigh hard which caused him to almost spit out his hot chocolate. Looking at her with eyes wide, he set down his finished mug and wiped his lips before responding. "Well I should probably text Clem to see what she's been up to. Otherwise I'm not sure. I'm usually out hanging with you guys after work and classes." Devan whipped out his smart phone and texted Clem. "Hey Clem, been a while. I'm hanging out with Gaia right now. Wanted to see what you were doing or if ya wanna hang?" he clicked sent. @Gaiastriii

Like clockwork, Clementine texted back almost immediately. ’I have your location. I will be there in 5 minutes.’

“Ooh no, don’t worry.. I just scare really easily.” She said quickly chuckling as he also bend down to start and help her pick things from the ground. She flashed him a quick smile and once her arms were stuffed again and no more things were on the ground she raised up once more. She looked at him a little bit surprised as he said he just wanted to ask about her art and she flashed him a warm smile. “Aaaw, that is sweet. I am afraid I didn’t really get to the art part today. I accidentally ruined my drawing.” She said. “Like I said.. Clutz.” She laughed at him. “Though at least I didn’t break my arm I guess.” She said motioning to his. When he offered to help her out with bringing her stuff to her dorm she flashed him a smile. “That would actually be lovely, thank you.” She said. She organized the things in her own arms a little bit more so she was holding into it a bit more comfortably before she started to walk with him. “I am in dorm B.” She said, leading them in the right direction. “Soo.. what is your major?” She then asked him, trying to make small talk. @Ravenclaw Indigo

He took whatever of her burden he could carry with one arm. "Ruined?" He chuckled, "Ah I don't believe that for a second; you know what they say, in art there's only 'happy accidents,' right?" Her smile was adorable, her laugh musical. When she mentioned his arm, he responded, "What, this old thing? Nah, I didn't break anything, just dislocated my shoulder." He puffed his chest a little and breathed out, "Yeah, I'll be back to benching my usual 20 reps of 200 by tomorrow." He winced at the tiny stab of pain that his bravado humor dealt. "Ooh owow..." "Dorm B?" He grinned. "I'm in Dorm C, we're practically neighbors!" It was the building next to hers, but that still counts, right? He'd cross the city to talk to this girl again. He was lost in her white hair when he finally acknowledged her trying to talk to him as normal human beings do. "Oh! uh, Engineering, minoring in Computer Science..." He chuckled, "Stereotypical I know, but Lord knows they're stereotypes for a reason." She's been asked this a million times over and you know it, but you're gonna ask anyway, aren't you? "So, uh, I gotta ask, your hair color actually goes down to your roots. Is that...normal?" Natural, idiot, the word is natural! You just called her a damn mutant! SCHMUCK! @I have Naka to do with it!

“Aaah! That is close!” She said in a joyful way as he mentioned that they were pretty close to each other. The entrances of the dorms were actually right across from each other only a small pathway going between the two building. She would look at him with a smile as he explained his major. “Oooh, you are one of the nerds!” She said then excitedly before she realized that was probably a rude thing to say. “Ooh uh! I didn’t mean it like that.. I just..” she said, struggling over her words. “In Art major we tend to give everyone nicknames.. every little group. There are the Artsies, the Sporties, the Beauties and there is also the Nerds..” she explained to him. “I am an Artsy, of course.” She said then, hoping that he was not offended. When he moved the conversation to her hair she did look away for a small second. It was really the first thing people always seemed to pay attention to and she would lie if she said that sometimes she wished they didn’t. She had considered dyeing it at some point, but her mother had convinced her not too. “It is uhm.. a family thing. We don’t have pigment in some of our hair. I just happened to get ‘lucky’ and have it over my whole hair.” She said to him with a smile. “So.. yeah, it is normal for me.” She teased him. @Ravenclaw Indigo

He smiled and chuckled. "It's okay; first of all, you're right...second of all, it's kinda stopped being an insult for us 'nerds,' more or less just a normal descriptor now." She seemed to take it okay when made his verbal faux pa, even teased him back about it. He found it intriguing on an academic level, and made a mental note to look it up later. Partial albinism? Fascinating! Still, he kicked himself for making the mistake to begin with, hoping he'd be able to live it down someday. He chuckled nervously. "Heh...well, I-I think it looks really good on you." He blushed a bit. Once Inside the dorm B building, he waited patiently behind Camille while she told the person at the lobby desk that he was her guest. He then followed her to the elevator, the picture of a gentlemanly escort. @I have Naka to do with it!

"Aaaw, thank you." She said as he complimented her hair. "I got bullied about it a lot as a kid.. but I have grown more fond of it over the years." She admitted. She liked that it made her unique from everyone else. "And I will never have to worry about grey hair!" She chuckled with a shrug. They took the elevator up to her dorm room. Hers being on the third floor on the south side of the building. Room 305. She struggled to get to her keys and opened the door. "Gaia?" She called out, checking for her dormmate, but no answer came. Must still be out. "I uhm.. am sorry for the mess." She said quickly. The general area was not to bad, just a few dishes in the sink and some food scraps on the counter. It was her little bedroom that was the biggest mess. There were drawings everywhere, as well as brushes and tubes of paint. There were at least three cups of dirty water scattered around as well. She seemed to be looking around the room, trying to find something and then promptly closed the door to her room without them in. Moxie had to be inside there and even if this guy was cool, she was not ready to show her forbidden a cat to anyone. "Just put it there! I will put it away later." @Ravenclaw Indigo

The artwork caught his eye immediately when he walked in. "Whoa..." He said, looking at works finished and mostly finished. She was amazing! Some pieces were mundane, others more fantastical; and to top it off, she had a roommate named Gaia. If she just happened to have pizza, then it would be official: He'd died when he fell down, and he was actually in nerd heaven. He placed the art supplies he carried down where she indicated, looking around him at the dorm room that she apologized for the state of. Sure, it was a little lived-in, but his room was just as bad, especially his bedroom. There were rooms that looked like a train went through them...and then there was his room that looked like a train from India went through, dropped off some passengers, then came through again. "It's fine..." He said with a grin, "This is nothing." He motioned to the artwork, "These are gorgeous, by the way!" When the thought of pizza came into his mind, his stomach quietly rumbled a bit. He'd gone this far...maybe he could go further? He didn't want to stop talking to Camille, after all. "Say, um...I'm hungry, are you? I could really go for some pizza right now, would...would y-you like to...to go...with me?"

@I have Naka to do with it!

She couldn’t help but blush just in the slightest bit as he complimented her artwork. She was always proud of them, but her style was sometimes.. not that traditional. Her strokes were wide and rough. Standing close to one of her painting could make you not understand what you were looking at. But the moment you took a few steps back, it would show that intense picture that she had wanted to display. “Thank you..” she said in a shy but happy voice. His next question had her eyebrows raising, though not in a bad way. Was he inviting her along? She had not done that well making friends on the campus yet. Gaia was about the only and she was her roommate, so that did not count. “Actually yeah, that would be lo..” she started to say when the sound of scratching against that closed door of her room. She looked up at the clock, it was Moxie’s dinner time. Of course the cat wanted out now that he knew that Camille was home. “Uhmm..” she said, but the scratching only got more and it didn’t take long before the cat could not help but meow as well. She just looked at them with a nervous expression, her lips pressed tightly together. No use hiding it anymore now. She took the few steps to that door and opened it and the tuxie cat promptly walked out of there. “Please don’t tell anybody.” She said as she kneeled down and petted the thing. @Ravenclaw Indigo

Giggled and waited, not really sure what to do, she just wondered around while waiting for Devan. "Ooooooffffff" She said, boredly. Then continued to look around. It wasn't much different from any other dorm, she just wanted to look around. She then went and sat back down next to Devan, and finished her hot Chocolate. "Yummy"

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@Enummi

(WRONG PROXY, SORRY LOL)

If this were a cartoon or an anime, he would have been making a dumb lovestruck face or have hearts orbiting his head when she agreed to go to dinner. It wasn't a date exactly (was it?), but he couldn't help it; most girls he'd tried asking out to over the years had, at best, politely declined or friendzoned him. This time, however, felt different; she didn't seem repulsed or just tolerant of him, but genuinely interested. That's when he heard the scratching and...meowing? His eyes widened. Was she keeping a pet? Here? Did she have permission from the building? Her expression of being caught red-pawed and promptly begging him not to tell anyone conveyed that she did not. Still, the fact that she was keeping this kitty at all showed her good heart and that she liked cats, both of which he admired. Kneeling down with her, he got a closer look at her cat, Moxie; a sweet tuxie, presently nuzzling their momma for food or attention. "Your secret's safe with me. I used to have a tabby with a mix of black and grey fur named Pepper when I was a kid." he reached his hand out to see if Moxie would accept it. @I have Naka to do with it!

“His name is Moxie. I found him as a kitten near my old dorms. He was cold and underfed. I brought him in and nursed hem back to health and well… I never had the heart to send him back out there.” She explained as she stroked the cat silky black fur. “Then I needed to transfer and well.. I couldn’t leave him behind. So I sneaked him in.” She said her face still a little bit guilty looking. “He really is very sweet, he never destroys anything.” Then she remembered the scratching at the door. “Well like.. that is different!” She quickly said. She then got up and started to walk to the kitchen, Moxie brushing himself against her legs and meowing loudly. “Yes yes.. don’t be so impatient.” She shushed the cat before she took out a bowl and some wet cat food and put it in there. “Here you go~” she chimed as she put the bowl down. Moxie purred as he started to eat, taking small delicate bites. She smiled down at him, a look of her true love for that cat. “Anyway.. Uhmm.. yeah. Pizza sounds good.” She said, going back to the subject from before. @Ravenclaw Indigo

He smiled as she regaled him with how she rescued Moxie. It wasn't all that different from when he found Pepper; a kitten curled up on his front porch, he asked if he could keep her, they said yes. She was a bit of a diva, but he loved his kitty all the same. "It's okay! Honest!" He reassured with a chuckle, "My lips are sealed, I swear." He watched her feed Moxie as memories of Pepper came back to him. She could be finnicky at times, demanding food only to eat a little bit and then stop. Moxie seemed much less picky about what he was fed, kneeling down at his bowl to take his little bites, eating at a steady pace. Speaking of food, the lovely lady had agreed to pizza, and he smiled eagerly. "You will? Great! Just, uh, give me a minute, I gotta put my books away and all that and I can meet you near the tree...or uh you can, y'know, come with me? You've shown me where you live, it's only fair, right?" @I have Naka to do with it!

She shrugged. “Either is fine with me.” She smiled at him. “Let me just grab my bag.” She said. And perhaps he had thought that she meant her purse like a normal girl would, but instead she pulled out quite a decently sized backpack. She could never leave without at least a sketchbook and a pencilcase full of art supplies with her. When inspiration struck, she wanted to capture it, no matter what. She checked if she had her wallet and id as well. “Alright, lets go.” She smiled at him. @Ravenclaw Indigo

He waited as she went to grab her bag. He'd expected her to pick up something like a handbag or purse...no sir, this young lady didn't do anything halfway, instead picking up a whole backpack. He raised an eyebrow, but said nothing; after all, he had his own quirks, one of which being the Bluetooth that never left his ear. Just before they left, he held up a hand. "Wait." He spoke, stopping her, and placing a hand on her shoulder gently. "This is important...do you have...your keys...with you?" They walked together to Dorm Building C, across the quad and past The Tree. Walking inside, Lucas screamed internally as he approached the desk...HE was on duty tonight. "Hello, Scott." Lucas said, his eyes narrowing. "Hello, Lucas." Scott replied, that maddening sneer crawling across that bastard's face as he put down his Switch to give Lucas his full attention. "Forgot your keys again, I understand? Terrible thing to happen..." He motioned to Lucas's shoulder. "And apparently you thought you could ram the door down?" He "tsked" as he handed Lucas the spare key to his dorm. "If there's a single scratch on that door, it's coming out of your dee-pah-siiiiit~" He sing-songed the last word.. With a smile, he took the key, put it in his fist so that the key tip poked out between his fingers, then suddenly grabbed Scott's hair, jabbing him in the eye with the key in his clenched fist over and over and ov- With a frown, Lucas took the key, putting it in his pocket. "Thank you, Scott." He coldly, before introducing the young lady with him. "This is Camille, I'll be taking her up to my room temporarily to get my things." Scott looked at her with a smile, tipping his trilby. "Milady." "That's Scott." Lucas said, "He's a dick." Scott frowned. "Hmpf." He looked to Camille again, "You can do better, I guarantee." With that, he went back to his Switch, and Lucas made his way to the elevator.

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He was legitimately shocked at how she came to his defense against Scott. He could only blink in response. Wow...now I KNOW I'm in love. He thought. Scott was not nearly as impressed, however, merely raising an eyebrow. "Quite the feisty minx, aren't you?" He looked over at Lucas, "She do all your fighting for you?" Lucas met Scott's gaze. "Certainly not, I fight for myself." He made a smirk of his own, then. "No need to be so hostile, just because you keep losing every week on Tournament Night." Scott's smirk vanished. Lucas continued, "And It looks like tomorrow night, I'm literally going to beat you..." He motioned to his shoulder, "With one arm tied behind my back." Scott scowled as Lucas victorious strode to the elevator, pushing the button. "Oh, and one more thing...talk to Camille again like that, you're gonna lose teeth, security cameras be damned." Acting in the moment, thinking only of conveying some primal message to his rival, Lucas wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her close as the elevator doors closed. Her hair smelled amazing, the warmth of her against him felt-WHAT THE HELL WAS HE DOING RIGHT NOW? And it was at this moment He KNEW...he fucked up. @I have Naka to do with it!

After texting Clem the location he turned to Gaia. "Looks like she's on her way over." He pauses as he watched her look around his place before continuing. "We can go out or stay. But I'm not sure when my roommate will be back." @Gaiastriii and @Peachy .

Devan heard the melodic knocking on Clementine on his door. “Yoohoooo!~” she called, “I hope you’re not naked in theeeere!~”

As if clockwork, Clem knocked on his door right before Gaia was able to respond. Shaking his head at her words, he scoffed as he walked over to open the door. Devan leans against the doorway as he looked down at Clem with a twitched smirk. "You wish." He joked before looking over to Gaia, arms crossed. "Clem's here Gaia."

Clem gives a cheeky smile and chuckles. "One dayyy~. Haha, kidding," She turns her attention to Gaia, smiling. "Gaiaaaaaaa!~" Trotting over to her and practically jumping into her, she squeezed her friend affectionately. "MmmmmmMMMMMMM!~"

“You little..!” She started as Scott didn’t seem done calling either of them out yet, but Lucas beat her to it. And he seemed to know exactly what to say to get him livid in return. She couldn’t claim that the whole thing was not very amusing to her and by the end she had quite a smirk on her face. She soon joined him in his stride to the elevator, giggling softly and as he defended her one last time she just flashed him a smile. “What an absolute jerk. I can’t believe they let someone like him be…” she suddenly stopped as she felt his arm wrap around her waist and suddenly pulled her close against him. The movement was so unexpected that she had no way to keep her balance and for a short moment she just sort of fall into him. She quickly found her balance again and pushed herself off him, putting a little bit of distance between. “Woah.. uhmm..” she started, not sure what she was supposed to say about that. The softest of blushes covering her cheeks. She rubbed her arm uncomfortably. The elevator door had already closed and they were just stuck in that space with nothing but the walls around. “I uhmm.. That’s a bit too much.” @Ravenclaw Indigo

He was absolutely mortified, releasing her immediately as she pushed. "Y-y-y-you..." He squinted, taking in a deep breath. "You are absolutely right, I am...SO sorry about th-th-th-that! I j-j-j-j-j..." Again, he paused, took a breath, his heart pounding rapidly in his chest. Calm down...calm down, it's not bad, it was a mistake, calm down, calm down... His voice went off in his mind like a mantra, nothing is wrong, be calm, nothing is wrong, be calm, nothing is wrong, be calm, nothing is wrong, be calm, nothing is wrong, be calm... "I'm sorry you had to see that." He spoke finally, "It's....the product of three years of animosity between us. When I first came here, I started a club...you may have heard of it, the Table Flip Club? Anyway, Scott came around for Tournament Night regularly...he seemed okay at first; then he started to show a certain...intensity, when it came to competition...as in, if you beat him, you'd made an enemy until he won again." He actually smiled, "He's beaten me the least of anyone." he sighed, "And that pisses him off to no end. He'd overheard me saying to someone...someone who asked out of genuine curiosity, mind you, I was NOT bragging...that I had an IQ of 171. He took it VERY personally then...like I was some arrogant ass that needed to be knocked off a pedestal. Anyway...." He made himself look Camille in the eye. It hurt to say it, but he'd now officially made a Bad First Impression, and he didn't want this girl treating him like a psycho. "If you're...weirded out, I totally get it: We can take the next car back down, I'll escort you out before Batshit the Barbarian has a chance to say anything, and...we can call it a night...maybe talk again some other time?" @I have Naka to do with it!

She had wrapped her arms around herself in an attempt to create a small barrier between them. As he started to apologize to her, stuttering his way through the words she couldn’t help but still feel a small bit uncomfortable. It had been such a casual pull, felt like he was claiming her as a victory price against Scott. She had not liked it. Yet as she studied her face she could perhaps see that he meant his apology. That did not mean that she could act like nothing happened though. Even as she listened to his story she would keep her distance a little bit even if some points of his story did make her chuckle a little bit. “So basicly you two are having a Nerd off.” She said, not able to keep herself from laughing at that a little bit. Getting mad about beating the other, boasting about IQ numbers. It seemed just the smallest bit of silly. But she guessed they were important to her. I mean if it was someone calling out her drawings.. she thought she would be pissed as well. As the conversation turned serious again she just looked away from him for a little bit. She didn’t know what to do. Till the point where he had pulled her towards him she had just thought that they could be friends. For her that was the first step in everything. She didn’t easily develop crushes. It had just made it clear that perhaps he did develop them easily. “I.. I don’t know.” She said honestly before looking at him again. “I just.. I don’t do dates. And maybe I should have made that clear from the start to you. I just want to have fun, hang out..” she explained him, hoping he would understand. @Ravenclaw Indigo

He had heard it so many times before. How could he have been so impulsive? So stupid? He was smarter than this, damnit, he knew better! That said, he knew she was being very honest about what she said, she wasn't trying to just get rid of him. She really did want to be friends, she was just...uncomfortable about things turning romantic. At least he made her laugh; he wanted to make her laugh, enjoyed making anyone laugh for that matter. This isn't the end, it's just one step back... He reassured himself, all you need to do is take two steps forward. "I understand, and I'm really sorry." He said, "It was impulsive and stupid, and I'll never do it again...and if I do, you have my permission to dislocate the other shoulder." He smiled, "I still want to take my new friend out for pizza...and maybe invite her to check out my club? I really think an artist like you would find it inspiring. Sound good to you?" He would still feel terrible about his faux pas, even if he managed to recover the evening; but at least he wouldn't have completely ruined things with Camille. And who knows? She might even be amenable to a date someday... @I have Naka to do with it!

She couldn't help but laugh softly as he instantly seemed to joke around again. She couldn't help it. She found him charming in his own dorky little way. "I am not going to hurt you." She just chuckle. "Okay maybe a little. But not that bad!" The tension seemed to be relieved a little bit and just then the elevator door opened to have gotten them to his floor. She took a deep breath then, considering her options. "Alright.. but friend! No more weird hugging!" She warned him with a finger stretched out before she stepped out of the elevator. "Which way?" @Ravenclaw Indigo

"Cross my heart, hope to die, stick your pencil in my eye." He replied with a smile. "Over here..." He said, leading her to his door, room 501. Upon unlocking the door with the spare key and going inside, Camille would have been met with a dorm room that was a similar design to her own, but smaller, as this room was a single occupancy. His room was also best described as an "organized chaos," with books stacked here and there, dry erase white boards with various diagrams and notes written down, and paper, both new and wadded up, lay around on many flat surfaces. On the walls were various posters of geek fandom from Star Trek to Star Wars, as well as one particularly large poster of jet engine cross-section. In his bedroom was, of course, a high-end desktop PC that looked like something out of a sci-fi movie, with keyboards, mice, controllers, and trackballs for both work and play. He also had a headset, microphone, and a microphone headset. His desk chair was also far beyond the standard issue, designed and built to ergonomic perfection. This area was the most immaculate and organized; his bed, by comparison, looked like a drunk tornado slept in it. He chuckled nervously. "Yeeeaaahh, I wasn't kidding when I said your room's clutter was nothing." He proceeded to set down his backpack, checking his phone messages as he did so... @I have Naka to do with it!

As she followed him she couldn’t help but keep a small bit more distance between them then she would have perhaps left other wise. She was still slightly uncomfortable, but at least he had promised to not do it again. She needed to forget about it, but it had just not been her most favorite thing and it might be a little before she could trust he would not do it again. As he opened the door she would peek inside and she would lie if it didn’t bring a slight smile to her face. It was exactly as she had imagined it to be. The most nerd dorm room she had ever seen in her life. If she had been asked to draw his room, it would have been pretty damn close to what she was seeing right now. “You got a single room? Lucky!” She said as she walked in. There were cables everywhere. Like you could not look in a single direction and not see a bundle of wires. He might be in a single room, but he was drawing power for four. “It is.. uhmm..” she chuckled. “Organized chaos.” She then decided. @Ravenclaw Indigo

She put it very succinctly regarding his room. There wasn't a single outlet in the room that didn't have a plug in it, with cables going to where the power was needed most, specifically his computer setup and his entertainment system, complete with flatscreen and stereo surround. He smiled, rubbing the back of his neck. "Thanks for being gentle." he said sheepishly, "Yeah, I came in with a few scholarships and a STEM grant, so I was able to afford a single room. Good thing too, I have certain...study habits that would make living with me a challenge..." He chuckled, "Not that I wouldn't be able to adapt to someone else's quirks, of course; it's just a little easier this way. Besides, I don't like to annoy people." He cleared his throat. "I even have a car!" This time, he WAS bragging. "Another reason why I wanted to come here first before we left; It D'angiavelli's, on 4th Street and D, if you're familiar with it? It's a few blocks out, so..." He put away his phone, made sure he had his wallet, went out the door with Camille, and just as soon as it closed... He inhaled deeply. "Aaaaaaaaannnnnnnd I forgot them again." __ As he still had the spare key in his packet, it was a much simpler matter to go in to grab his keys. His car was a highly efficient looking (if a bit cramped) Smart Car. It wasn't cheap for sure, but with the hybrid engine and fuel economy, it would pay for itself in a year or so. D'angiavelli's was a popular spot, as many other students could be seen there having dinner, watching the game, or being there on dates or meetups. As usual, the atmosphere was lively, and the scent of all things Italian permeated the air. Once they agreed on a place to sit, they began the age long debate amongst not only college students, but all humanity... "Pepperoni, mushrooms, onions, peppers, extra cheese?" He offered, to open the negotiations. @I have Naka to do with it!

She couldn’t help but be impressed by his car. She couldn’t even begin to dream of affording a car! She could hardly scrape by enough funds to actually afford the art supplies that she needed. She had tried to sell her art, but sadly there was just not that much interest in traditional art. Everything these days was digital. She had wanted to dabble in it, see if she could make some buck that way but the bad pat about that is that she needed very expensive equipment to make that happen. So to see him owning a single room and a car, in her mind he was loaded! They put them selves in that small car and drove off to the place he had spoken about. She was still not a 100% back to trusting him, but slowly she was starting to feel more comfortable again. They arrived and found a table that wasn’t occupied and he instantly started that debate about what they were going to have on their pizza and she instantly did not agree. “Ooh no! We are not doing peppers!” She instantly fought him on that topping. “Pepperoni yes, mushroom yes, onions yes. But peppers?!” She quickly shook her head. “I vote for olives.” She said giving him a look of ‘dare to tell me I am wrong for liking olives’. @Ravenclaw Indigo

He met her gaze, looking into her eyes for a solid three seconds. "I don't like olives." He said in a calm tone, his eyes narrowing. "Okay...No peppers, olives on half, and bacon?" He loved bacon. She wouldn't say no to that...she didn't look Jewish, and she was okay with pepperoni and cheese, so not a vegetarian...unless she thinks they use plant protein pepperoni or just has a disgust in general for pork like his sister, the philistine... Okay, I'm officially overthinking this. He thought, "Oh, also, breadsticks or wings with it or anything?"

And of course he went and did it. "Ooh come on! Why does nobody like olives?!" She complained though she had a smile on her face as she said it. She listened to his final suggestion and she just rolled her eyes. "Fine.. I can do bacon." She said to him. Seemed the battle of the pizza toppings was over and she couldn't complain. She got her olives after all. "Breadsticks. I can't do spicy." She said referring to the hotwings. "Actually. Just pick whatever you want. I doubt I can even finish half that pizza." She decided with a soft chuckle. @Ravenclaw Indigo

He smiled with her. "I'm sorry, I just don't! I might try them again at some point when I'm feeling brave, I hear those garlic stuffed ones are good." He would order the breadsticks. "Well, I wouldn't be able to finish it either, but one must consider lunch tomorrow as well, right? One cannot live by ramen alone!" Once they ordered, He fought the instinctive urge to go for his phone, admittedly easy considering the lovely visage before him. "So, tell me about yourself; what kind of art career are you going for? Illustrator, marketing, design?" @I have Naka to do with it!

She couldn’t help but laugh at him once more. That dorky side of him was somehow just very charming to her. He was so easy to talk to and she appreciated that about him. “I honestly don’t know yet.” She said shrugging her shoulders. “I like traditional media and in these times and days there is really not much that uses traditional media. I think I would like to be an illustrator, but even that is all digital. I can’t afford a good enough computer or drawing tablet though so..” she said to him. “Even an Ipad with a pencil is way above my budget.” She chuckled. “But I will figure it out. For now I just enjoy my art and that is enough for me.” She explained. “How about you? What do you want to be?” She asked him, curious about him as well. @Ravenclaw Indigo

She had such a nice laugh. He also loved just how approachable she was; sweet, disarming, humble...a goddess giving a troll the time of day... HEY. He told himself sternly, Knock off the self-pity; she's a human being, just like you, with dreams, flaws, and hang-ups. Look at her smile, listen to her laugh, she LIKES you, because you're more quality than you think. Now answer the lady's question and just enjoy yourself, like a normal person. "Well, I'm hoping to get a job with NASA or something in Aerospace. You'd be surprised how harder it is these days to come by engineers, technocrats, and other STEM jobs...it's why I managed to score so many scholarships." Finally, the food arrived and they ate at a modest pace. "Oh, hey, if you're looking for commissions, I can pretty much guarantee you'll find somebody interested at Table Flip or one of the other 'nerd-centric' clubs. Ssssooooo...we're meeting again tomorrow, I don't suppose I could ask you to come with me?" @I have Naka to do with it!

“Really? So you want to go to space?” She asked him, her eyes wide with surprise and interest. The waitress came over with their drinks and she eagerly took a few draw on her straw from her Dr. Pepper before she continued. “I don’t think I would be brave enough to let them shoot me up into the high heavens.” She chuckled softly. “That is cool though. I hope you made it.” She said to him honestly. She looked up again as he suddenly spoke about commissions. Her eyes showing her interest. “Table Flip?” She asked, unsure what he meant with that. She tried to think about what a nerd-centric club would request for drawings. After a moment her body kind off made a motion of realization as she seemed to have figured it out. “Ooh.. like orcs and dwarfs?” She asked him, her eyebrows coming together a bit. “I uhmm.. I have only drawn realism so far. Hardly dabble in fantasy.” She admitted. She would start to pick at her straw, moving it around in the drink so the ice cube with tink against the side of the glass. “I don’t know.. I don’t want to ask money for shit drawings.” She said unsure. @Ravenclaw Indigo

"Oh, heh, I don't know about going up there..." He chuckled, "Though I wouldn't say no. Anyway, you'd have to be like Air Force or whatnot to be an Astronaut, and well, I feel my strengths are more in designing the rockets than riding them." When she asked about Table Flip, he nodded. "Yeah, Table Flip; it's a club I founded for gaming of all kinds...board games, card games, TTRPG's, that sort of thing." She seemed a bit down when she thought about making fantasy art...an apprehensiveness he knew all too well, especially when she sounded unsure about her abilities insofar as charging for it. "Well hey, what IS fantasy if not reality as the artist envisions it, right? And I think you look beautiful-DAHyour art looks beautiful, aaaannd I...honestly think you should bring a portfolio and let your work speak for itself." He smiled. @I have Naka to do with it!

His little slip up made her eyes go back to his face before he quickly recovered himself. She let is slide, assuming she heard wrong. She sighed then, still unsure about it. “I don’t know..” she said again. She needed money though, she needed to find a way to set those next steps for her art. She was good in portraits. Would it really be so hard to add on elven ears? The armor and clothing would be tricky, but she could use references for them. After a short while and another draw from her draw she finally looked back up at him. “Okay.. I will come. But! Only to watch and maybe show some drawings. I am not saying I will draw peoples characters.” She said quickly, not wanting to give the wrong idea. Asking money for her drawings had always been a thing she had been bad at. @Ravenclaw Indigo

"That's the spirit!" He said with growing enthusiasm. "That's all I really want, after all, is to see you there, show you the club, and all that." He said this with no innuendo or anything implied beneath the surface; above all else, he just wanted to see her, be in he presence. He'd found someone incredible, and wanted to hold onto that. Besides, it felt good to potentially help someone of her talent succeed and make new friends and connections...she seemed to really the money...who didn't need money, right? Which brought him to his next proposal. "Can I be your first commission?" He said, "No pressure, no time limit, payment is guaranteed. The best part is...my commission will be whatever you want to draw." He raised a finger, "Anything you want...provided that the subject is fantasy or otherwise abstract in nature. The purpose of this is to give you an opportunity to prove to yourself that you can in fact draw such things..." He smiled, "Also when you inevitably become famous, I want to be able to brag that I owned a Camille Sinclair Original BEFORE she was cool." He pushed up his glasses, acting like a hipster. "She's all the rage, but you've probably never heard of her." He sipped his vanilla cherry coke in an uppity manner. @I have Naka to do with it!

She couldn’t help the pure confusion on her face as he wanted to be her first commission. “W-wait.. that is not.. it doesn’t work like that!” She said to him, starting to get a bit flustered that he seemed that excited about it. “You don’t just tell me ‘draw me anything’ that isn’t how you make a commission!” She tried with him. How was she just going to draw anything in a subject matter that she rarely had done before. “And I don’t even know how much to ask.. I-I have never done this before.” She started, the softest of stutters in her voice. She let her elbows fall on the table in front of them and started to brush her hair back in embarrassment a little bit. And when he started to praise her stuff without even having seen her drawing fantasy yet. She was almost glad that the waitress came over with their pizza, given her a chance to get her damn blush under control. “Thank you..” she mumbled to the waitress, even though it wasn’t meant as something mean towards her. “Just.. at least give me a subject matter, give me something more then fantasy.” @Ravenclaw Indigo

This wasn't quite how he expected her to react to effectively having carte blanche to draw whatever she wanted; then it occurred to him that he might have given her too much freedom, like being in a sandbox game and wanting something more linear...or working on an engine design without getting any perimeters on size restrictions, power limitations, environment, etc.. This was proven beyond all doubt when she asked for at least some guidance. Crap! He kicked himself for yet another faux pas... "Oh, uhh, yeah, I'm really sorry about that, I definitely need to give you some guidelines..." He thought a moment, "How about...an animal with some nice scenery...I noticed you working on the Old Tree earlier, maybe do that, but like with some fantastical creature in front of it or nearby, maybe the tree itself is magical too?" He stroked his chin. "Yeeaahh...that sounds good. As for price..." He knew she would lowball herself, and he wanted to pay her what he felt she was worth; so he thought back to how much he remembered art pieces being commissioned for; they varied pretty wildy. "Let's saaaaayy..." His eyes began to dart as a lot of realizations hit him all at once... I don't want to intimidate her, but she's good, too, and she deserves a good price, and I don't want her to think I'm pitying her or being a creep by buying her affection OH SHIT that's what she's gonna think if I highball this, isn't she?? But if I go too low, she'll do all that work for peanuts, she's better than that, what have I gotten myself into shitshitshitshitSHIT calmdowncalmdowncalmdown...FUCK here goes nothing! "Six hundred!" He said. SOLD to the moron in the booth! If his brain could facepalm, it would. @I have Naka to do with it!

“Okay.. yeah.. maybe.. that works.” She said as he talked about the tree and the creature by it. What kind of creature could she even draw? She wondered if she could just combine two animal together and make that into something. She had seen pictures of rabbits with antlers, maybe something close to that. The ideas were suddenly sprouting in her head even before he started to talk about price. As he was chiming and thinking she brought her glass up and took another sip from her drink, right at the moment that he suddenly shouted out: “Six hundred!” She instantly choked on her drink, needing to cover her mouth in an attempt to not just spit it all out of the table. She swallowed hard and then coughed up the part that had threatened to go down the wrong hole. “Absolutely not!” She said instantly! “Fifty! At most!” She went against him as she still coughed up that small bit of irritation in her throat. @Ravenclaw Indigo

He watched with concern as she choked and coughed at his exorbitant offer. "I am...so very sorry." He'd said for the second time that night, "Are you okay?" Later, as he pulled a few slices from the pan, he explained, "It's just that I've seen commission prices vary so wildly, even for the same amount of quality in the work. Still...please trust me when I tell you that you're worth more than just fifty." A silence before he suggested, "How about one hundred? Please?" @I have Naka to do with it!

She finally seemed to recover from her coughing as he continued to talk about the price that he would pay for the piece. And as he begged to be allowed to pay a hundred she still did not agree. She grabbed a napkin and wiped of he mouth as she looked his way again, her eyebrows knitted together. “Fifty..” she said once more. “Just.. just let me make it first.” She said to him, still unsure about her ability to create the art that he wanted. Her art wasn’t worth one hundred, she knew that for sure. “If you still think it deserves a hundred then.. fine.” She said, it was the only compromise she was willing to get too. @Ravenclaw Indigo

He sighed. "Okay, Fair enough." She would come around, he thought to himself, she just needed something to boost her confidence; he of all people understood that. The remainder of dinner went by smoothly, with some small talk or comfortable silence. Having enjoyed both meal and company, the two of them were now driving back to the dorms. "So how long have you been-" It all happened in an instant. The automatic braking system kicked in at the same time that he saw it out of the corner of his perception; another car coming through the intersection, nearly plowing into them. On pure instinct, his arm came up to protect his passenger, while at the same time grabbing the wheel with his bad arm. "AAAAH!" He cried in pain, moving his injured arm gently back into place, taking the wheel with his good arm, and quickly parking on the side of the road as he grit his teeth and worked through the pain. Once stopped he groaned in agony. "It's called a stop light, asshole!" He shouted at the long-gone driver, rubbing his shoulder and panting as the pain subsided to a dull roar.

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She hadn't even seen the car coming. It was only because of her reactiom that she suddenly paid attention and saw it. The car came to a stop almost instantly, launching her forward till her seatbelt locked her in place, jamming hard into her shoulder because making her bounce back into the seat. It hurt, hurt a lot, but the moment she heard Lucas cry out she didn't seem to care about that anymore. "Ooh my god!" She said out as he attempted to pull over and put them at the side of the road, getting his frustration out with shouting. "A-are you okay? Your shoulder... ooh god uhmm.." she said, trying to think. "Do we need to see a doctor? I-i could drive. I have a license. I just.. its just car.." she rambled, something that happend when she was nervous. "Please tell me you are okay..." @Ravenclaw Indigo

"I'm fine...I-I'm okay...I think...my shoulder..." He indicated his previously dislocated and very recently re-set shoulder, "I'll check in with the Health Center tomorrow, just in case." He noted that she seemed like she was about to panic...something else he knew all too well. He placed a concerned hand very gently on her shoulder, looking into her eyes to gauge her status. "Don't panic, breathe slowly...are YOU okay?" At her offer to drive, he sighed, thought a moment, then shook his head. "I think I'm good to drive; we're only a block from the dorm lot." Driving that single block and into the parking lot happened without incident. Once parked, he breathed a relieved sigh, looking back at Camille. Wanting to make her feel better, he smiled at her. "So...next week, tacos? Maybe get mugged?" He winked at her. @I have Naka to do with it!

As his hand came down on her shoulder and he told her to breath she did just that. Taking some deep breaths in through her nose and blowing them out. The first two were still quick, but then slowly they became calmer. “Yeah.. I am okay.. Just a sore shoulder.” She said as she rubbed over the part where the seatbelt hat prevented her from being launched forward. She was still not quite recovered from the almost crash when he pulled up into the dorm parking lot. “So…next week, tacos? Maybe get mugged?” She turned to him first with a slight look of confusion till she noticed what he was doing. She quickly gave him a playful push. “Fall dead!” She said to him though she was chuckling as she opened her door and got out, thankful to be gone from that car. “How about next time we stay on the goddamn campus..” she suggested. She stretched herself out a little bit, moving that shoulder. “You sure you are okay?” She asked him then more seriously. @Ravenclaw Indigo

He was relieved to hear that she was okay, aside from being understandably scared and a bad bump on her shoulder...he could definitely relate. He chuckled with her when she playfully pushed him, always happy to make her smile and laugh. She was pretty when she smiled, gorgeous when she laughed...and apparently, damn sexy when she stretched. Maybe it was how she moved, the way her outfit flattered her form just enough, or the sound she made when she stretched... He blinked and shook his head slightly, stamping that thought right out; NOT the time for that. "I'll be alright, I think." He responded, "It was painful, but I don't think I exacerbated anything, just moved my arm wrong. I'll definitely check in with the Health Center tomorrow. I'll walk you back to your dorm, okay?" @I have Naka to do with it!

“Yeah, okay.” She agreed with him as he suggested for them to go back to their dorms. She looked up into the sky and it was already pretty dark out, the stars starting to come out. She brushed her hair to the side and then started to walk to him to her dorm. The whole way there she was just not sure what exactly she was supposed to talk to him about. She was almost nervous to say anything and she didn’t even fully understand why she was. So instead they just walked till they reached the entrance of her dorm. “Well.. this is me.” She said with a soft chuckle. She reached into her pocket and pulled out her phone. “I uhmm… need your number. You know.. since you commissioned a drawing and everything.” She said with a nervous chuckle as she handed it over to him with the ‘add contact’ page opened. @Ravenclaw Indigo

The pair walked in silence; unfortunately, it wasn't a comfortable silence, as he wasn't quite sure what else to say at this point. Still, the night was calm and comfortable, so perhaps nothing needed to be said. When she asked for his number, his heart beat like a war drum. Even if it was just to keep in contact about the commission, there were plenty of others ways to do it; He tried to temper his excitement with the mental reminder she was still a bit uncomfortable from the elevator incident, and only wanted him as a friend for now. Accepting the offered phone, he added his phone number, then took a selfie with a goofy face to use as the profile photo, before finally returning the phone. He then handed his own phone to her with the Add Contacts page. Upon returning to his own dorm building, Scott was quick to pounce. "I see you're alone; guess the date didn't go so well, eh, stud?" "First off, fuck you. Second, it wasn't a date. Third, even if it was, a gentleman never tells, which brings me to my fourth point, fuck you. Good evening, sir." With that, he went into the elevator, ignoring any retort by Scott. He lay down on his bed. What. A. Fucking. Day. More ups and downs then a bipolar roller coaster. Still, all things considered, it was a great day, because he met Camille. he couldn't wait to see her again, and was glad it would be tomorrow. @I have Naka to do with it!

She couldn’t help but once more chuckle at the silliness that he always seemed to have around him. She took her own phone back and then added herself to his as well. She held the phone up for the picture, winking and holding up a peace sign as she took it. Satisfied with it she handed it back to him. “I uhmm.. I will see you around.” She smiled at him then and went inside. She made it up to her room and unlocked the door. Moxie instantly came paddling over and rubbed against her leg. “Aaw, hi buddy. I missed you too.” She said as she picked him up and cuddled him against her. “I had a fun night though.” She admitted to the cat as she took him with her to her room. Getting started on the first sketches for the commission. @Ravenclaw Indigo

The next day, he went to his classes with a spring in his step. Tonight his club would be meeting, and he would get to see Camille again. With any luck, she might even join up and get a few commissions under her belt. He had no doubt in his mind she would have multiple orders by night's end. That said, he would make it a point to let her know that her prospective customers would try to take advantage of her insecurities in order to get a good deal on art by degrading her talent. The University's Kelvin Library was a large, modern structure that worked as a companion building for the Old Nebaum Library, which was now used for mostly older book stock and archived office records. The Kelvin was very modern, having up-to-date wiring for today's overwhelming power needs, more space for finding books, reading and studying, decorative lounge areas, computer labs, and even multiple varied vending machines and a small kitchen facility. This was easily Lucas's favorite building in the whole campus, even when compared to the Student Center. It was here, in a lounge set far enough away as to not be a distraction for others, where the Table Flip Club slowly gathered. The club was about seventeen members strong, with most of them having been able to show tonight. The game for this week was Divided, a space opera themed game about factions vying for power that utilized dice, cards, and a large board. It was time for Lucas to give the weekly announcements, but he procrastinated, waiting with baited breath... @I have Naka to do with it!

The next day she had spend in classes most of the day. They weren’t her preferred classes so she had spend most of the time sketching away in her sketchbook. She was trying to come up with the way that she wanted the piece to look. How the fantasy creature would interact with the tree. What kind of creature it would be. She looked up the rabbit that she had seen before with the antlers. She learned that it was called an Jackalope. From there she got drawn in a google search that led to all kind of fantasy creatures. But the one that caught her eyes the most was a western dragon. Something about the scales and its anatomy spoke to her. Once she had gone home she finally decided on a composition and then made that first detailed sketch on an A3 sized piece of paper. She creatured a forest dragon that would be an emerald green, even if the sketch didn’t hold colors. She had to resketch multiple times before she was happy with it. It was laying down and curled up in a sleeping position, the tree on the campus being the thing that is was sleeping against. Almost like it was protecting it. By the time she finished it she rolled it up, put it in a plastic tube and had to hurry to stuff some food in her face before she needed to run. “Got to go! Bye Moxie! Be good! I love you!” She said to the cat before she went out. She pulled out her phone, looking at the place Lucas had told her to go before she send him a quick text. Don’t forget your keys! And then she was out, running across campus and towards the Library. By the time she made it there she knew that she was slightly late. She was carrying a big bag at her side, multple sketchbooks inside to show her work. She had felt alright the whole day, but now that she was here she suddenly felt nervous. Seventeen pairs of eyes suddenly looking up at her and she just looked around with her lips pressed close. “Uhmm.. Hi.” @Ravenclaw Indigo

He checked his phone again, in case she texted him, smiling again at her text from earlier: Don't forget your keys! She only knew him for 24 hours and already she showed concern; pure honey was bitter compared to how sweet this girl was. He read past his response: Not to worry, I stapled them to my arm this time, it really hurt

Then, he noticed all eyes turn to see her stepping through the doorway, sheepishly greeting everyone. Most were preoccupied or just curious, and either Continued their conversations or activities. A few were more friendly and smiling; with one giving a little wave in greeting. One girl in particular seemed more excited than anyone; short, pale skin, ever so slightly chubby, yet still attractive, her jet black hair in one large braid draped over her left shoulder. This was Jo, a club regular. She was a social and cheerful sort, despite looking like a goth; though in this case, the two seemed like they were already acquainted. "Camille! Hey!" Jo said, "Are you in this club, too?" They'd exchanged a few pleasantries by the time he approached them. Jo noticed this and said "Oh, perfect timing! Camille, this is Lucas, our club President." "We actually met yesterday." He told Jo with a bright smile, "I invited her over." He looked at her, "Welcome to the chaos. Thank you for coming." @I have Naka to do with it!

She looked up in surprise as she heard a familiar voice in the room. "Jo!" She said, a smile instantly on her face as she went to the girl. "I uhmm.. not really. I was invited over. I just wanted to see what it was like." She admitted. "Aaw, you will love it Camille!" Jo said. She shared a class together with Jo and because of her more unique look she had asked her to model for portrait. The girls had been friendly together since then. "Yeah he said I could.." She got interrupted by Lucas coming over and Jo introduced her which made her chuckle. "Glad to be here, I think." She said a bit unsure. "I uhmm.. worked on your commission a little bit. You want to take a look what I got so far?" She asked him. Figuring it was a good place to start. "Unless you guys are starting your game first." She didn't want to interrupt anything. "You taking commissions now? Damn.. That drawing you made of me was so good. I still got it framed in my dorm." Jo said which made Camille blush just a small bit. @Ravenclaw Indigo

I had to twist her arm a little to do it...it's not easy, she twisted back and threw out my shoulder, see, this is what I do for you people..." Jo rolled her eyes and scoffed in her usual manner when dealing with his brand of humor. He continued, "Anyway, her art's fantastic, and I felt now was a good opportunity to start building her clientele amongst ladies and gentlemen of culture." Jo raised an eyebrow. "So why the hell'd you bring her here?" When Camille spoke about his commission, he blinked in surprise. "Wow, progress already? That's great! I'd absolutely love to see it! Just let me get the gaggle under control here; just sit down anywhere!" He broke off and started making his way to another part of the lounge, getting people's attention with a whistle. From there, he went into Club President mode, a side of him that was organized and charismatic. The first order of business wants to ask about Tournament Night, a card game event that took place at a game store outside of the campus. The games required entry fees, so it had to be organized insofar as who was actually playing and who would simply be watching. What also needed to be organized was the team portion of the card game being played, as it could be played as a 3-on-3 match. With business taken care of, the group would get to playing the featured game, play their own brought games, or simply chat and watch others play. He sat next to her. "Okay...let's see it!" He said, excited. @I have Naka to do with it!

@Clementine (@Peachy) - jump "Come right in." he chuckled as he let the door close behind him. "We were just talking about what to do. Any ideas? I'd offer some hot chocolate, but we finished it all." he awkwardly tilted the pot where the hot chocolate was in to show Clem it was empty.

She couldn’t help to smile at the little banter between the two of them. She watched as Jo went off to join the others at the table again and for Lucas to go up front and do his little speech. She couldn’t help but turn her head a little bit as she watched. Such a different side of him. He kept surprising her. And as everyone was done and started to do their thing, Lucas walked back up to her. “Okay… Let’s see it!” He said with that boyish smile on his face. She couldn’t help but smile a little nervously. “Alright!” She said. She took out the tube that had been hanging on her shoulder and opened the top of it. She took the A3 piece of paper out and rolled it the other way so that it would lay more flat. “So.. It is just a first sketch, anything can be changed.” She said, still feeling insecure. “You said you wanted some kind of fantasy creature. I know dragons might be a little bit.. mainstream. But they fascinated me.” She admitted to him. “The color scheme would be greens and brown. Almost like the start of fall, that small little bit of change.” She explained to him and then looked up to wait and see his reaction. @Ravenclaw Indigo

Clem tilts her head a bit. “Hmmm…Why don’t we go walking around the campus?! I need desperately to find a party…There’s been nothing so far, not even by any sororities! We could probably look for a poster or eavesdrop on someone!” She gives a devious smile.

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@Clementine (@Peachy) - jump "I'm fine with that. I don't really have anything to do other than be bored in my room or work out." He looks over at Gaia. "Sound like a good plan to you?"

He was blown away by what she showed him, and this was only the current draft. "Wow...." He said, "This looks amazing so far!" He rolled up the paper gently and put it back in to the tube, handing it back to her. "I can't wait to see the finished product." He said with a sparkle in his eyes. As the night went on, Jo and Lucas took turns introducing Camille to the club members and the games they were playing. Lucas was hoping she would take an interest in one of the games, or get a line or two as far as potential clients; he just wanted to keep seeing her. "She's so nice, isn't she?" Jo's voice registered in his ears. "Uh huh." Lucas responded with minimal effort. "I LOVE that hair! I'd kill for hair like that!" Jo gushed. "Uh huh." Lucas replied, his mind a million miles away as he kept staring at Camille. "....In fact, I think I will." "That's nice." "Would you mind if I stabbed you in the heart to sacrifice you?" "Sure, go ahead." Lucas recieved a light swat to the back of his head. "Nfh! Jo, what the hell??" "Somebody had to snap you out of it; you're in a daze, and I can see the hearts floating around your head." Jo admonished, "Have you talked to her yet?" "Yeah..." Lucas said, "I kinda...made a mistake last night, so...y'know, she's just a friend now." Jo sighed. "Talk to me, blockhead; the Doctor's in." It wasn't just an obscure Charlie Brown reference; She was a psychology major. When Lucas explained the events of Scott and the Elevator, Jo shook her head, facepalming. "Geez, Lucas, geeeeez...not gonna lie, you did screw up....BUT! You're doing right by giving her space for a bit. She's into you too, I think, so you won't need to wait long." Lucas smiled, "Thank, Doc, I appreciate it."

Tyson was nervous, he had finally moved into the doors, so incredibly thankful it was Accessible, and he wouldn't have to try and force his wheelchair through doors. He nervously looked around his room before taking a deep breath, he should probally figure out were to go from here, and he should probally go Meer the others as well. He carefully put his bag on the back of his chair before making his way out of the bedroom, going towards the voices he heard.

The rest of the evening she kind of floated around the room. Most of the games that were being played seemed very complicated. They involved hands full of small dice, or complicated looking three page sheets with all kind of statistics on them. Even if it sounded interesting what they were doing, it just made her mind tumble. On another table they seemed to be playing something that seemed a lot more simple. It involved cards with different kind of drawings on it as well as some statistics at the bottom. There were also cards that were more simple and showed symbols. They seemed to be taking turns. “Uhmm.. could I look at one of the cards?” She asked a little unsure, but the guy didn’t seem to mind and handed her a stack that had been right side up for her to look at. There were beautiful drawings on there. Some had elfs, others had dragons, some had strange creatures she didn’t even know the names of. She really liked those and she wondered if it would be hard to learn. She handed them back to the guy and thanked him before she walked back over to Jo and Lucas with a smile. “Hey.” She said as it almost looked like she had interrupted something. “Did I miss something?” She asked a little unsure. “You missed nothing, don’t worry about it.” Jo said, but she was giggling at the same time. Camille shrugged and then looked over to Lucas. “What is the game these two are playing?” She asked him, pointing to the table she had just been at. @Ravenclaw Indigo

"I'm fine with that. I don't really have anything to do other than be bored in my room or work out." He looks over at Gaia. "Sound like a good plan to you?"

@Devan (@Enummi) - jump Clem pulls his hand, digging her heels into the ground as she does her best to get him standing. “Come ooooon, Devan! My party organ is dying as we speeeak!~”

Clem pulls his hand, digging her heels into the ground as she does her best to get him standing. “Come ooooon, Devan! My party organ is dying as we speeeak!~”

@Clementine (@Peachy) - jump Devan chuckles and lets Clem pull him along. "Alright, alright. I'm coming." They make their way out of the dorm room and outside where the sun had passed it's highest point. It'll be dark out soon.

Devan chuckles and lets Clem pull him along. "Alright, alright. I'm coming." They make their way out of the dorm room and outside where the sun had passed it's highest point. It'll be dark out soon.

@Devan (@Enummi) - jump Clem pulls him along to the commons, still holding onto his hand with one of hers. It’s possible she’d gotten so excited that she didn’t realize she was holding his hand, or she just wanted to hold it. “If we find a party tonight, we should go! I’ve got my classes up to date and I’ve been itching to dance and drink.” She looks back to him deviously. “You’ll carry me to my room when I get drunk, riiiight?~”

Clem pulls him along to the commons, still holding onto his hand with one of hers. It’s possible she’d gotten so excited that she didn’t realize she was holding his hand, or she just wanted to hold it. “If we find a party tonight, we should go! I’ve got my classes up to date and I’ve been itching to dance and drink.” She looks back to him deviously. “You’ll carry me to my room when I get drunk, riiiight?~”

@Clementine (@Peachy) - jump The warmth of her hand always felt comforting, it was always something new when he hung out with Clem. "Sure, but just know I'll be on the look out." When Clem looked over at him with that smirk, he sighed with a smile. "Of course, that's my job isn't it?" It didn't take long until they almost ran into a guy in a wheelchair. Devan pulled on Clem's hand to stop her just inches from colliding with Tyson. "Oh I'm sorry man. Do you need any help? You look new around here." He turns and softly asks Clem if she's alright since he kind of pulled hard. @Ken The Ravenclaw

Tyson flinched slightly as he looked to the people infront of him, that was close. He looked to the person addressing him, he gave a kind smile "um, sorry I didn't see you there ! Yes, I'd love some help, I don't know where to go. And i just arrived today " He chuckled nervously rubbing the back of his neck. He looked to the two before holding his other hand out to shake their hands. "Im Tyson, Tyson Anderson, it's lovely to meet both of you." He smiled widely.

Had it not been for the intervention on Devan’s part, Clem would have been slammed right into the poor man. It’s a good thing he was there. But the way his hand tightened on hers…It made her blush. She couldn’t tell why though. Maybe it was because he was worried about her accidentally hurting herself? Or for the safety of the man… She looked to the man in embarrassment of her actions. “Ah…Sorry, I-I wasn’t paying attention…” It wasn’t often that Clementine was so quiet, or so embarrassed. “I’m Clementine…O-Or Clem. We can show you around…” She suddenly perked up when she remembered her mission as a devious look glimmered in her eye. “Why don’t we show you the commons first? It isn’t that far after all…!~”

@Enummi

Relieved that no one got hurt, he listened to the two speak before Devan shook Tyson's hand while the other still holds onto Clem's. "It's nice to meet you Tyson, I'm Devan and Clem already introduced herself but we can definitely show you around." When Clem mentions the commons, Devan playfully rolls his eyes and smiles. "We will just follow Clem I guess." He finally lets her hand go as they walk beside Tyson so no one gets bumped into if they're ahead. "So what major are you in Tyson?" @Peachy @Ken The Ravenclaw

Tyson smiled at the both of them. "It's nice to meet you both! Oh um sure yes please lead the way." He smiled carefully rolling out of the way. He smiled following behind them. "My major, i am a Architectural engineer. I spend my time looking at Blue prints and trying to find problems in the plans and making 3d models of the buildings. But if someone else asks, I just tell them I play sims in class." He teased looking up at Devan with a smile. "What about you both? What are your majors ?" He asked couriosuly. @Peachy @Enummi

Clementine pouted once he let her hand go but marched to the commons with the two men in tow. She searched the walls desperately for some sort of poster, but found nothing. “Huh? Oh, I’m going into nursing. Nursing is like architecture but with human bodies and if you mess up, someone dies, you go to jail.” She said, nonchalantly. Once in the commons, there were many students hanging out and doing whatever. It was one of the bigger lounge areas, so students frequented it often. She looked to the walls, but no posters were in sight. She sighed in defeat. “Man…”

@Enummi @Ken The Ravenclaw

Devan listened silently as both of them conversed, a smile on his face as both seemed excited to be talking about their majors. Chuckling at the part where Tyson teased about playing sims in class. "Well I wouldn't blame anyone for picking to play the sims over classes any day." He looks over at Clem when she explains that they could go to jail if someone dies. "Well technically you'll get sued first, and if you're found guilty you can get arrested." He adds. "I major in Criminal Justice, if you couldn't tell-" he joked at his explanation of the law. Devan looked around but just as Clem there were no flyers for parties going on. He can tell Clem was disappointed. "Maybe ask the people around to see if they're holding a private party. If not we can just go out and drink." he pats Clem's back to reassure her. @Peachy @Ken The Ravenclaw

Tyson paused slightly. "I- well, that doesn't sound very good. Baing arrested for an accident" He admitted to Clem. He hadn't thought about the Risks of being a nurse and doctor, he better make sure next time he is at his doctor appointment to thank his nurses and doctors. "Those both sound like very stressful majors, I hope your enjoying them tho. And your able to tske a breather i heard studyong for finals with those majors a real headache" He replied carefully coming into the room, he looked amazed to see how big it actually was. He looked to the two "does the school often have parties?" He asked couriously @Peachy @Enummi

Clem turned and nodded to Tyson. “I love parties! But it’s been baron recently! I’m hoping I get some sort of news soon-“ Suddenly, Clementine and multiple other students’ phones go off. They’d received an Airdrop. Clem checked her phone and squealed. “A POSTER!! A PARTY! TONIGHT!!” She begins rapidly and violently tapping her phone with her thumbs. “Oh I’m sending this to EVERYONE I know. Especially that British guy. Oh by the way Devy, I met a British guy! He said bottle of water!” She giggles like a child as she doesn’t look up from her phone, tapping like a madman.

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"I guess you're right. it can be stressful but if you're on top of it all and not get so absorbed into parties-" he elbows Clem before he continues. "-it's a breeze." the moment his phone chimed, he looked at it and Clem squealed right beside him. Almost popping his ear drums with how high pitched it was. Jeez- "Is that so?" he responds at her telling of the british guy she met earlier. "Glad you have an infinite amount of friends Clem." he laughed then glanced at Tyson. "If you're not busy, you can join us?"

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@Peachy @Ken The Ravenclaw

"Ah, that makes sense, well i wish you both luck in your studying." Tyson replied happily, he flinched slightly at the high pitched squeal. At the invitation, he couldn't help but look embaressed as he rubbed the back of his neck. "I've actually never been to party before, I wouldn't know what ro expect but um, sure yes I'd love to go." He agreed with a smile, he was glad he was finslly making some friends . @Enummi @Peachy

She smiled happily knowing that she’d have two friends coming to the party! She squirms happily. “Ooh I can’t wait! And don’t you worry, just stay with me and Devy, we’ll take care of you!” She walks to one of the windows and points outside. “Behind that building, is the off-campus dorms. They’re like apartment buildings, and although it’s land that the campus bought, it’s considered separate since it’s not on the same area as the campus. That’s where most parties happen. There aren’t many dorms there, but it’s super hard to get one off the main ground. They’re not as heavily guarded.” She smiles, looking back to Tyson. “I can’t wait to see you guys there! It’s at 8PM, so in three hours! I have to go find something cute to wear!” She looks to Devan. “Wanna come back to my room and find something cute?”

@Ken The Ravenclaw @Enummi

He looked where Camille indicated. "Oh! That's called 'Magic: The Gathering,' or just Magic for short. It's huge in the industry right now, along with Dungeons and Dragons; in fact they recently merged the lore of those games...." Jo interrupted, "You're interested in the art, right? That's a big part of it! Your work would definitely catch their eye, don't you think, Lucas?" Lucas caught on quick; don't overwhelm the new girl. "Yeah! Yeah, absolutely! The market's a little oversaturated, but there's a lot of pop culture geek stuff that could use great artwork like yours! Games, movies, television, all looking for talent! Heck, I know a lot of the people here would love to commission you!" His phone suddenly rang. He excused himself from Camille and looked at who was calling, then made a confused expression. Jo was nowhere to be seen. He answered, and Jo's voice came in, "Okay, Romeo, you're dying out there, so let's play Cyrano. Pretend you've hung up, then follow my lead." Lucas rolled his eyes, then did as instructed, putting his phone away but still on the line with Jo. "Ask her out to the movies." "So, I was thinking..." He spoke, "Would you like to go out sometime? To the movies, maybe?" @I have Naka to do with it!

@Clementine (@Peachy) - jump Tyson looked a bit worried "is it in the apartments?" He asked wondering how he would be able to get into the party. "Or is it outside ? Um yeah 8 I will be there." He agreed also wondering what in the world he would wear. Being his first party he had no idea. He guessed he could always figure it out later.

Clementine smiles happily. “Awesome! Meet us right at the crosswalk and we can go together!!” She looks to Devan. “Shall we goooo?~”

@Enummi

Tyson nodded and went back to his room, he spent a good long while looking in his closet to try and find out what he should wear, so instead of stressing he decided his clack jeans and jacket was okay. he went over to his desk and played sims , using the three hours to just relax and enjoy the silence.

Clementine smiles happily. “Awesome! Meet us right at the crosswalk and we can go together!!” She looks to Devan. “Shall we goooo?~”

@Clementine (@Peachy) - jump Snapping out of it, he waved farewell to Tyson as he went back to his room. Then looks down to Clem. "Sorry I got lost in my head for a second. Let's go find you something to wear then." He smiled and walked with her back to her place.

Clem happily walks with him back to her place. She unlocks her dorm and walks in, stretching and kicking off her shoes. “Drop your shoes anywhere.” She walks to her room, beginning to dig through her closet. “Devan, I’ve been thinking. I think I finally wanna look for a guy. Or girl, I dunno. But I want to fall in love. And get lucky too.” She looks back. “College is the time for that stuff and what not. People find college sweethearts right?” She continues to dig around. “So, I want to find a lover.” @Enummi

Entering her dorm, he neatly took off his shoes by the door and stepped in. Sitting on the couch or chair nearby as he listens to Clem talk about finding a lover. His chest and jaw tightened a bit at the thought of Clem finally finding someone but he relaxed himself. "Ahahah... Don't people usually have highschool sweethearts? I guess we both have different ideas of what the college life is about. I'm only here to study, but on the other hand you're here to have fun. Which isn't bad" he laughed nervously and rubbed the back of his neck. "I truly hope you find the one Clem. You deserve that and more." Devan said fondly. @Peachy

She stoped for a moment, listening to his tone and response. He sounded…unhappy…but not an obvious unhappy. She peeked at him from her room and looked him up and down. “Well, I’m here to study too obviously! But the work is fine for now. You know I’m always ahead with my work.” She paused and looked down. “We’re different, you know. You’re more serious about stuff, and I can respect that. But you should make time for fun things. If you’re always in a tunnel, you can’t see the lovely fields outside. You know?” It was uncharacteristic of her to get serious like that, but it happened from time to time. “I hope so too. I know I’m still young but…I prefer to do all that stuff when I’m young, it’s just easier I guess. I hope you find someone too, Devy.” She gives a devoid smile. “A black coffee-loving girl whose just as serious as you, cop man!” She giggles before digging through her closet again, throwing clothes behind her onto her bed. @Enummi

“Magic..” she repeated after him as she looked back over her shoulder. “W-wait.. no. That art is way to complicated. Besides it is digital art. I can’t do digital art yet.. I don’t have the tools.” She instantly started as Jo started about the art. Lucas quickly caught on and took over. “I don’t think I could do that..” she just said. “I just.. I was wondering if it was hard to play.” She said. She didn’t understand at all how it worked from looking at it. But if she was going to be here, she wanted to be here for more then just raking in money with commissions. It just felt wrong to her. Then his phone went and he excused himself. She went back a bit closer to the table where they were playing and just watched from a distance. Cards were played from their hands into the tables. Other cards were turned and for some reason the opponent the took a card away and placed it into the pile that they had just allowed her to look at. Damn.. maybe this was more complicated then she though. When Lucas came back to her she looked up for a second before she looked back to the came. That was until he spoke and she instantly looked back his way a bit of a confused look on her face. “Lucas..” she said softly. She was about to turn him down. She still remembered how he had pulled her against him and somehow the thought of it still made her uncomfortable. But beside that she had a good time with him right? Food had been fun.. why would a movie be any different? “Uhmm.. Okay.” She then agreed with a smile. “But in return you need to teach me how to play.” She said as she pointed to the table. @Ravenclaw Indigo

He grinned at Camille's answer. "Absolutely! I'll get my cards and-" "You're not done yet." came Jo's voice, "Ask her what movie she wants to see and when to pick her up. I recommend 'Hearts and Stones,' it's a romcom, pick her up at 8." Lucas froze. "Oh...Oh, I uh, forgot, What movie would you like to see? I'm thinking Hearts and Stones?" "Don't actually suggest it, moron!" Jo admonished. "OR anything you want, really!" Lucas recovered. "Whatever you want!" He chuckled nervously. There was silence... "You CAN suggest the time." "I'm thinking 8? Uh, 8pm, that is." "Oh, good lord. Come see me after you teach this girl to play cards."

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"So uh, yeah, let's show you the ropes!" He pulled out his Magic cards from his bag...all 4 boxes of them. "Uhhh, you only need 40 cards to play, there's just a lot of cards to choose from." Over the next few hours, Lucas taught Camille how to play Magic: The Gathering. The rules were complex, but he was very patient to her, repeating how to do things and in what order as the night went on. He would encourage her when she got discouraged, clarify things when she got confused, and applauded her when she did well. When it was almost time for the session to end, he gave her some of his cards as a "Starter Deck" for future games. "I hope you had fun." He said, a tinge of hope in his voice.

@I have Naka to do with it!

She turned back to him when he kept talking about the movie, coming out with his suggestion. “Ooh uhm.. Hearts and stones is fine.” She said with a smile. She wasn’t actually that up to date with what movies played, so she was fine with watching something he would like. “8pm? Uhmm.. Tomorrow? Or?” She asked, since they had not really agreed on a day yet, so sh just assumed it would be the day after. She couldn’t help but raise her eyebrow slightly at how weird he was acting. He seemed even more nervous then normal.. somehow it was rather adorable though. “Does it even play at 8?” She then asked with a chuckle. Wondering if he just knew the entire schedule out of the top of his head. Maybe that is just what he did. Go to the movies twice a week. And then he moved on to the cards. She sat down with him and the moment he started to explain she would feel overwhelmed. He let her pick some cards that she wanted to play with and she just mostly picked them based on the artwork that was on them. She choose a deck that used white and green cards that was focused on knights and woodland creatures. She made loads of mistakes, kept messing up the order she was supposed to play things in and kept forgetting the instant cards that were in her hand that could have saved her. She often left herself defenseless because she was to eager to attack. Overall the game was a lot more complicated then she had thought. As they finished and he handed her some cards so she could play sometime herself she just let herself fall into the table face first with her arms stretched. “It’s so haaaaaaard.” She complained softly into the table. As she pulled herself back up she stretched out with her arms into the air and couldn’t help but let a yawn escape her. “It was fun though..” she admitted with a smile. She looked at her phon and noticed it was well past 11 pm already. “Damn.. I should get back to my dorm, get some sleep.” Another yawn snuck up on her and this time she covered it with her h

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and. “So.. tomorrow at 8?” She asked him. @Ravenclaw Indigo

She was adorable even when she complained. He felt his cheeks get hot again when she stretched. How was she this sexy without even trying? Maybe it was just how "starved" he was? What was the term, simping? Stanning? He smiled when she agreed to go out with him tomorrow. "Sounds great! We can meet at your dorm!" He then asked, "Oh, would you like me to walk you back? I just need to close us out and I'll be right with you!" "Siiiimmmmmp." Came Jo's teasing voice. "Quiet, you." Lucas replied softly, "And thanks." Anytime." Jo replied before hanging up. He got the room's attention before reminding them of next week's meeting, the upcoming Tournament Night, and how to inform him of new members wanting to join. As the club members filed out, he approached Camille once again, "Okay, ready to go?" He smiled, always relishing the opportunity to spend time with her, whether it was going to the movies tomorrow, or simply walking her home.

It was almost late in the night and Riri was really not someone who loves to be all by herself at night. She so new that this flight is going to be a disaster and she was so angry with herself to be very darn right almost 97% of time. Riri had a piece of paper in her hand which had her dorm block and number written in it. "Dorm B, huh?" She whispered to herself as she walked towards the Dorm building dragging a really heavy suitcase, which apparently will have to be carried to the first floor of the Dorm. "Not a single soul around here to help a girl out" She sighed as she took a deep breath and sat on her bag for a while to catch her breath wiping of sweat from her forehead with the left sleeve of the shirt she was wearing. "Off we go Riri" She said to herself stepping up again as she drags the bag with all her power. It took some real pulling and pushing to reach to the first floor with that heavy bag of hers. Finally she knocked on the door twice and stepped a little away from it waiting for someone to open up. @I have Naka to do with it!

She could only smile at him gently as he seemed so excited about everything. “Yeah, that would be great. It’s quite dark.” She said to him and watched him close off his club. Once he was ready to go out with her she would nod at him and they would go outside. On the way back they mostly just talked small talk. She thanked him for the cards and they spoke a bit more about rules. She also told him a bit more about what she was planning to do with the commission for him. The colors she wanted to use and how she wanted to paint it on a big of a bigger canvas once the sketch was done. She knew of a way to transfer it and she was excited about it. They got inside and took the elevator to the first floor when she saw someone standing at her door. What was even more curious was that she seemed to have a really big suitcase with her. She would look over to Lucas for a moment before back to the girl at her door. “Uhmm.. can I help you?” She asked. She knew that she had not had a roommate since she arrived. They had always told her that eventually one would claim that spot. Was this her? Then it suddenly dawned at her. Moxie was still in the living room.. if that door opened and she saw him. She turned to Lucas. “Moxie is not locked up..” she said to him in a soft whisper that showed a little bit of her panic. @Ravenclaw Indigo @gweniee

Riri waited for like 5 mins and heard someone getting out of the elevator behind her. She was sitting on her suitcase which she turned towards those unknown person. "Umm Hello, I'm Riri" She said extending her right hand towards the girl in order to ahale hands. "I'm actually assigned a room in this dorm, I'm a late entrant to the college. If you live in here can you please open the door for me. No one seems to be there." She says as she get up from the suitcase again wiping some sweat off of her forehead using that long sleeve of hers. "I'm sorry, I'm really tired and just want to crash on my bed" She said as she stood there with all her weight on her left leg while her hands rested on her waist. @gweniee @Ravenclaw Indigo

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@I have Naka to do with it!

Lucas was as surprised as Camille to notice the new face waiting at her dorm. After the new student introduced herself as Riri, Lucas took the initiative. "Well, hey, it's great to meet you, Riri; I'm Lucas, and this is Camille..." He motioned to the lovely lady on his right, "Who is apparently your roommate now! Anyway, yeeaaaah, I can relate to being stuck outside your room, heh...trust me." When Camille mentioned Moxie, Lucas thought a moment. "Hey, listen, if you wouldn't mind staying out here just a bit longer, Camille needs to get a couple of things off the bed in your room...she didn't have a roommate until now, so...y'know..." He turned to Camille, "Sorry, I'd help but...my arm..." He motioned to his still-slung shoulder, "I'll keep miss Williams company until you're ready." He smiled. @gweniee @I have Naka to do with it!

"Hey, Lucas. Nice to meet ya" Riri extended her hand for a handshake. "Umm I'm fine standing a few more minutes outside here. You can go and take care of whatever you want Camille" Riri said as she took her bag aside and made way for her to go in. "Thanks for keeping company, if I may ask what happened to your shoulder?" She asked pointing to his shoulder. @Ravenclaw Indigo

Lucas his excuse was a big help and once Riri said she was fine waiting for a bit more she felt a little wave of relief come over her. “Alright.. well.. I am just going to go do that then! So, uhmm.. Be right back!” She said in an awkward way, not sure how to go about it as she opened the door just the smallest bit to slip right inside and then slam it close behind her. The moment she was inside she was frantic. “Shit shit shit shit..” she cursed to herself. Moxie instantly came out of hiding and stared at her in confusion. “No Moxie! No time for treats!” She instantly said to the cat. She started to move the litter box into her bedroom, gathering toys from the floor, trying to find all of them. She even grabbed all the food and brought it into her room, putting it in the wardrobe with her clothes. Eventually she grabbed Moxie and spoke to the cat sternly. “Now you be good! No door scratching, no meowing! You be a good kitty for once.” She said before hugging him to her. “I don’t want them to take you away..” she said into his fur before she placed him in her bedroom and closed the door. Only then did she move back to the door and opened it. She was clearly flustered and perhaps even slightly windy. “Alright! Sorry about that.. welcome! Come in!” @Ravenclaw Indigo @gweniee

He motioned to his shoulder. "Oh, this? Yeeeeaahhh, When they tell you to return your library books on time or there's gonna be 'consequences?' Turns out they weren't actually joking." He held a straight face for a few seconds, then chuckled. "I tripped on the sidewalk outside, one section's higher than the others. I've already given them an earful about it, so it might get done." His face turned serious for a bit. "But seriously, pro tip, master the Brisk. Walking. Pace. if you gotta miss class, miss class; it ain't worth losing your higher motor functions. We're not made of iron, right?" He sighed, smiling once more. "And that's all for my TED Talk. I'd love to hear more about you! What's your major?" He didn't know why, but Lucas just found it...easier to talk to Riri for some reason, despite her being every bit as attractive as Camille. She had beautiful eyes, and the fact that they were half-lidded from mild sleep deprivation just gave them that "bedroom" quality... Quit thinking with your 'nads, dumbass; she's gonna keel over any minute, and you're only gonna have one arm to catch her with, if she doesn't get to a bed soon...TO SLEEP AND ONLY SLEEP. * He couldn't put his finger on it; something about her felt like she was more of a...kindred spirit? *NAAAAHHH, I'm just feeling more confident, still flying high from the art goddess Camille agreeing to go on a movie date tomorrow....I hope she's doing alright, maybe I should have..." Then, Camille came back, looking like she'd just ran the Naked Mile in Arizona. Good Lord, REALLY?? "Ah, here we go! I believe it's the room on the...left?" He said, leading Riri inside. He then looked to Camille. "Everything okay?" He asked quietly, a hand gently on her shoulder. "If she finds Moxie, just...tell her he's the mascot, that you're keeping him for the....year." (edited)

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Riri chuckled upon listening to Lucas's version of "what happened to his shoulder". "Oh that tip might just help me tomorrow morning in case I don't sleep in few more minutes" She said rubbing her eyes and struggling to keep her mouth shut and not to yawn. She was brought back to reality with a question about her major by Lucas. "Uh ,unm. Yeah" She said sounding a bit startled "I'm here for robotics. I've done my under grad in computer science and I also know a bit of electronics" She said as turned over to look at the door for a second there very much wishing that Camille opens up the door sooner. Meanwhile, when she turned over Lucas seemed to be lost in his thoughts somewhere which Riri tried to break in between but she couldn't. But Camille's hefty entry to the part did. "Oh hey, are..you okay?" She asked Camille who looked as if she just ran a marathon. Riri was more than tired at the moment to even listen to what reason Camille might have for her panting and sweating that way. Not caring at all, she made her way inside the house along with ther luggage. "So guys, I'll take it from here. I'm sorry, but I'm really out of all my energy and I need to hit the bed. But it was nice meeting you both. Let's catch up tomorrow, somewhere?" Riri said as she turned back seeing them whispering something to each other. @I have Naka to do with it! @Ravenclaw Indigo

"WOW, robotics??" Lucas was genuinely blown away. No wonder he felt like he could talk to Riri, because she was a kindred spirit! "That's great! Engineering major, here! And you're in Computer Science, too? Maybe I'll see you in class!" As she caught he and Camille whispering about Moxie, Lucas replied, "O-Oh! Absolutely! I'd love to hear more about your curriculum later! Here, let's get your bags inside!" He picked up a bag with his good arm, bringing it inside the second room in the dorm. "I'd better go now. See you tomorrow night." He said to Camille with a grin. He was practically walking on air when he made his way back to his dorm. Even Scott's snarky dickery seemed charming and witty tonight; Scott would make a strange, confused face as Lucas simply laughed at something Scott said that he meant as an insult, as Lucas got into the elevator.

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“Yeah, yeah! I am fine!” She said quickly as Riri asked if she was fine. Even if her hart was still racing. It had been so good to have the room to herself with Moxie. Now she would need to hide her little secret away. She knew Lucas had been fine with it, but could she trust this new girl who had just came into her life that easily as well? She didn’t know. “Come on in! It is your room too after all.” She said quickly and got out of the way so she could go in if she wanted. The room would still seem to be a little bit messy. Some of her art was not contained to her own room, but in general the place was not bad. The tiniest amount of dishes in the sink and the table cleared. As Lucas his hand came in her shoulder she looked up at him with a worried expression. “What if she doesn’t believe me..? I can’t lose Moxie..” she whispered back to him softly. “What if she tells anyone?” She added to it. In general she just felt really unsure in that moment. She had hoped that she would have some more time to get used to the idea of it. She turned back to Riri as she spoke and was making her way to go inside. She looked back at Lucas, kind of making a face that made it clear she was uncomfortable with Riri going in alone at that point. Lucky for her he seemed to catch on. “Yeah. I will see you tomorrow.” She said to him and waves him good night before she quickly followed Riri into the dorm room. “Welcome to your room!” She said then with a grand gesture as she looked at the girl who seemed way to tired. “Why don’t you just go sleep for now? We can go over like rules and stuff together tomorrow?” She suggested. She didn’t mean that she had many rules that Riri would need to comply to, but it was perhaps a good idea to at least establish some things so they would not get annoyed at each other. @gweniee

Once Lucas got home, he was a bit too jazzed up to sleep, as he was feeling good about his upcoming date. Inspired by meeting Riri, Lucas began doing some research into prosthetics and orthotics...maybe he wouldn't have to worry about his shoulder for much longer... By the time he was finally tired enough to go to bed at 2am that night, he'd drawn up a crude design for a shoulder/arm orthotic unit. He smiled at his work, then prepped for sleep. ** By the time of the date, things had gone more smoothly, and Lucas was able to move the shoulder with a bit less pain, but still needed the sling and a couple of painkillers. For the date, he looked through his closet, until he finally found a pair of jeans and a polo shirt. He looked...exactly like he normally did. This wouldn't do! He needed to step it up, put his best foot forward. He took out the best stuff he had in his closet...dress pants...a button up shirt... (edited)

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looking good and brimming with confidence, he made his way to Camille's dorm and called her up...

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After a lot of heavy lifting and waiting, Riri finally went of to bed. As soon as she just let her body fall on to her bed sleep came like magic. It had been a while since she slept like a baby. On top if that it was a weekend so she could sleep as much as she wanted to because she had no class to attend. The next morning a ray of sunshine fell directly upon her round cheeks, she opened her eyes to the feeling of warmth of the day pulling her sheets a little more towards her and turned to her right where Camille's bed was, but it was empty. Where did she go now on a weekend she murdered to her self as she stretched her arms in air trying yo get over all the fatigue her body had. She quickly picked her phone up from the side stand near her bed and started scrolling through her message she heard some noise from the private bathroom they had in their room. Riri casually threw her phone on bed and got out of those sheets to go on to check if it was Camille. She went near the door and knocked twice on it. "Umm Hey, Camille. Is it you?" She asked.

Camille had also gone to bed soon after Lucas had left. She figured she could simply leave Riri be, she seemed tired and now didn’t seem like the time to actually go and get to know each other. The next morning she woke early and saw that Riri was still fast asleep. She got her running gear on and put her white hair in a ponytail before heading out. The cold morning air greeted her and as she put on her headphones she soon got in the rhythm of her run. The whole time she was smiling, feeling good. After a few weeks of being on the campus she finally felt like she was making friends. She had a roommate.. she even had a date! She couldn’t help blushing at just the thought of it. By the time she came back to the dorm room she was covered in a slick layer of sweat and slightly out of breath, but she was feeling good. She turned the key in the door and went inside just in time to see Riri standing by the door of the bathroom that she had put Moxie into. Her eyes instantly went wide with worry as she just stood there, unsure what to do. “Oooh! Riri!” She then said, her voice sounding almost panicked. “Good morning!” She walked forward quickly and almost half pushed Riri away from the door and shielded her back against it. “I should just get a sho..” she was interrupted as Moxie heard her voice and decided it was time for breakfast and a loud whiney meow came from the other side of the door. @gweniee

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As Riri stood by the bathroom door waiting for someone to respond, Camille entered the room from the front door. At this moment, Riri was more comfused. "Umm , you're here. So w-ho's in there?" She said pointing towards the bathroom as Camille made her way quickly towards the Bathroom door as if she didn't want Riri to go in there. While they were having this conversation about who was in there, Riri heard a loud meow coming from the bathroom. Now she was certain as to what was happening around. "Okay, clearly you aren't making that sound. So you have a cat hiding in there? Please get him out of their. Poor thing" She said as she walked towards her bed and sat right on the edge waiting for Camille to free the cat from bathroom. @I have Naka to do with it!

The moment that meow rose into the air she could feel her body stiffen up. There was no way she didn’t hear that. As Riri commented on it, seeming to know exactly what was going on she just let out a deep sigh and then did pull the handle down to let Moxie out. Moxie walked out in a little strud, seemingly upset at having been locked up. He walked towards the kitchen and jumped on the counter before meowing loudly again. “Moxie! You are not allowed up there! You know that.” She called after the cat before she picked him up and sat him back down. She quickly reached for his bowl and took out a pack of soft cat food from way in the back of one of the counters and started to put it out for him. The moment the bowl touched the floor he walked over purring and started to eat his food. “I uhmm.. I am sorry I didn’t tell you. I am not supposed to have him.. Please don’t tell anyone?” She asked Riri with a sad look on her face as she rubbed over her arm, begging her roommate to keep her secret for her. Meanwhile Moxie was just happy to eat his fill from his bowl. @gweniee

"Moxie is such a cute name" she said as she squats down to run Moxie's back while he eats. "You should've told me yesterday when I came instead of locking him up. Poor thing." she said as she runs his belly to which Moxie gently hits her hand with his tail as if saying let me eat first lady "Umm, you be rest assured this our own little secret" Riri said re-assuring Camille as she stood up letting Moxie eat his fill. "Oh by the way, I remember last night you and Lucas were discussing about going out? Is it a date?" She asked scotting aside to make herself comfortable on the bed again. "Umm, if you don't want to share it's fine" She said running both her hands through her curls trying to free them up a little bit right after she asked about the equation between her and Lucas. She didn't want to come out as a nosie roomate and clearly didn't want to always fight with Camille. @I have Naka to do with it!

Lucas had a new burst of energy and drive unlike anything he'd ever felt before. He enjoyed the day without classes with a spring in his step! He major stop today was going to be the science and technology building on campus. In this large building, there existed some of the best engineering labs in the state, maybe even the country; It was constantly being refitted and rebuilt to adapt to the ever-changing times. One such engineering lab was frequented by Lucas all the time; It was here that he began uploading his orthotic design, tweaking it here and there. He was able to move his shoulder a little, but there was still pain to be had, so he was forced to do some of his work one-handed. Still, he made a lot of progress and even began 3D-printing some of the parts require for his design. It was coming together very nicely! He imagined by tomorrow, he'd have a prototype ready to go! Despite focusing on his work, his thoughts were never far from Camille, always smiling when he remembered the kiss from their date.

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The morning Camille went for her usual run. The entire time she had a smile on her face as she listened to the booming rock music that was playing through her earpods. Yesterday had been so good and she couldn’t remember the last time that she had felt this way. Butterflies? Was that what she wanted to call it? She didn’t know.. but whatever it was, she was enjoying it. With that new found happiness she went to her one class she had to do that day and then spend the rest of it working on the commission that she had promised Lucas. In the end she had decided to make the piece with waterproof black liner and finish the rest of the piece with water color. It gave it a beautiful soft and mysterious feel to it. She worked on it for close to four hours when it was finally in a place that she like it to be and she set a fan on it to get it to dry quicker. It was only when Moxie came to curl around her legs that she realized how late it had already gotten. “Ooh, I am sorry buddy! You must be hungry, ain’t ya?” She asked him as she picked him up and kissed the side of his face. It was something the cat tolerated at best and it soon escaped from her arms and went to the kitchen. She quickly prepared his food and then took out her phone. I finished your commission I think. Want to come take a look? @Ravenclaw Indigo

Lucas grinned from ear to ear when he got the text from Camille. His commission was ready! Of course, any excuse to see Camille was welcome; having the artwork he commissioned completed was just the icing on the cake! Absolutely! I'm on my way! As he gathered his things to leave the lab, he received another text; this one from his dad: Evening, kiddo! Thought I'd send you something interesting I'm doing at work. DO NOT open the email on your phone, it's a big, encrypted file. Take a look at it and send me your thoughts? Thanks! Indeed, he had something in his inbox from Dad's corporate account. His father, the old block Lucas's chip came from, was also a scientist and engineer, having helped to develop quite a few interesting things for the Defense Department. Once Lucas began demonstrating his IQ and desire to become a technologist like dear old Dad, said paternal figure would actually send him blueprints and files on occasion to study and advise on; a minor breach in security perhaps...but on the other hand, Dad usually had permission from his bosses due to his own security clearance, also making sure that Lucas had the same kind of encryption and protections on his own computer. Suffice it to say, this day kept getting better and better! * Upon reaching Camille's dorm and getting permission to go up, He knocked on her door; taking a few minutes to straighten his hair and outfit slightly. He even popped a breath mint...you know, just in case. @I have Naka to do with it!