[color=#FF7433]“Death is the woman,”[/color] Esperanza said, frowning. [color=#FF7433]“And everyone cannot avoid her forever, no matter what. The world will die one day, and then the...the universe. There is no escaping her.”[/color] It was a rather bleak outlook that she blurted, but the girl clearly didn’t see it as such. After all, Death was the final gateway to the afterlife, for good or bad. She held no judgement, no malice. She welcomed all with maternal warmth. 

As Grace went on, drawing out file after file of student and headmaster alike, Esperanza couldn’t help but feel a bit...disappointed, really. This girl-cat-rabbit clearly thought herself above her. It was the sort of pretentiousness that her family had warned her others might hold, the easy dismissal, the slight amusement. Esperanza had been hoping for her roommate to be another, simple girl like her. One that she could talk about boys with, or binge-watch movies with, or share secrets; like in the movies that Esp had watched before her arrival. Perhaps, even, show interest in her religion.

She doubted that she would get that sort of closeness with her roommate.

Regardless, Esperanza didn’t want to upset the being she would be spending the semester with, so she nodded and gave Chu a little squeeze. [color=#FF7433]“Oh, yes. That would be nice.”[/color] With that, she left the main hall, smiling a bit as Chu lapped along her chin.

[@The One]

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Gael cocked his head to the side. [color=#ff66ff]“A servant, then? From what it seems, he doesn’t appear to have much in the way of independence.”[/color] Reaching into his pocket, he drew a pair of lollipops, unwrapping one and offering the other to Miarikia. “Candy?” He asked. Regardless of her answer, he proceeded to cork the opened one into his mouth, poking it about with his tongue. 

[color=#ff66ff]“I would think that bringing up demonic possession in front of a Demon would be in rather poor taste, Miss Miarikia,”[/color] Gael said, [color=#ff66ff]“especially when implying that you would have no issue in binding other students that happen to be Hell-bound. Although that’s a matter of mindset, I would suppose.”[/color] Smiling, he clambered onto his bed, wrapping an arm around the stuffed bear he had laid there. 

[color=#ff66ff]“There’s no need to demonstrate your knowledge, Miss Miarikia. I can already tell that you’re a very sharp young lady.”[/color]

[@The One]