[center][h1][b][color=green]A L B E R T A[/color][/b][/h1][hr][b][color=gray]AVALICE DORMITORIES — DORM C-C[/color][/b][/center][hr]
Alberta clicked her tongue at the boy's retort. How was she ever going to last the year rooming with someone like him?

Before she could get the last word in, the arrival of Alberta's other roommate interrupted the brief dispute. Unlike the wild and rambunctious Ty, this dapper young boy submerged in elegant blue robes appeared less hostile than she was initially dreading from another male roommate. Looming over Kress, Alberta examined him through a menacing red glare, as if she were about to tear him apart into the tiniest of shreds. But perhaps that was just her battle temperaments tainting her thoughts again, Alberta was in every way exhausted and the very thought of having a myriad of things left to organise was wearing her patience thin. Kress was perhaps the most non-threatening thing she'd encountered all day, she didn't want to waste anymore stress on him.

[b]"[color=green]You must be Alstein, then. And yes, I do hope our residence here lasts a [i]very[/i] short amount of time.[/color]"[/b]

As Ty continued with his preparations, Alberta went on to unpack one of her tea brewing sets. Its crate was far too heavy for her to lift and far too fragile for her to even try, she didn't even trust her own magic to be able to assist her somehow. Instead, she bent down and pushed the crate from behind towards the far end of the kitchen, producing a horrid screech as it scraped against the floorboards. Once she started unloading the glass teapots and teacups from it, the jarring clinking noises they made as she rushed to arrange them inside an overhead cupboard bounced around the walls of the terribly cramped kitchen. Alberta wasn't doing it on purpose, though given the discourse from earlier it wouldn't be surprising if her roommates thought she was.

She continued to march around the dorm as she filled the already limited space with her possessions. In the kitchen, a whole pair of cupboards had been dedicated to housing jars upon jars of her loose tea leaves, sun-dried flowers and baked spices of all kinds, as if it were the secret potion compartment of some deranged alchemist. In the bathroom, two of the four shelves inside the single toiletries cabinet were filled to bursting with her numerous soaps, fragrances and skincare products, which upon opening would blast unsuspecting visitors with an overpowering floral scent. In the common room, Alberta's potted plants occupied almost all of the provided shelves and tables save for the one used for dining, with the biggest ones standing tall in all four corners of the room. At least it started to give the dull, dreary space the life it needed, but now the rest of the dorm was starting to look more like a separate apartment for Alberta than a dorm room meant for two other people.

For the next whole hour, Alberta locked herself in the bathroom, furiously scrubbing her body of the filth from her afternoon brawl. Her meticulous skincare routine took even longer, as she executed all twenty-four steps with equal precision and care. Anyone who dared to disturb her in the bathroom would be faced with yelling from her side of the door.

But even after she finally left the bathroom, dressed in her puffy cotton nightgown and the smell of rose-sceneted soaps lingering around her, Alberta always found a way to be mad at something. 

[b]"[color=green]Right. Now that we're all here, it's about time I lay down some rules. Rules that should be simple enough for the two of you to follow, at least.[/color]"[/b]

She pointed towards the kitchen and the bathroom. [b]"[color=green]One. Don't touch my things. I don't need you boys getting your grubby little hands on them, [i]especially[/i] on my tea set. Fingerprints don't come off easily on my glassware, so I'll know.[/color]"[/b] Alberta then pointed her thumb behind her, gesturing to their bedroom. [b]"[color=green]Two. Under no circumstances should anyone enter my side of the room. Not only is that really weird, but I don't want you boys messing with my decor.[/color]"[/b]

She then gestured towards the plants scattered around the common room, an intense, fiery glint in her eyes. [b]"[color=green]Three. If any of you come within arm's reach of [i]any[/i] of my plants, I'll tear your side of the dorm down to its foundations. Understood?[/color]"[/b]

It didn't matter to Alberta if her roommates voiced any disapproval. As long as she was around, she would be sure to enforce her 'rules' if anyone were to break them.

Alberta sauntered back to her side of the bedroom without the courtesy of saying good night. She had nothing else to say to the boys, the day had stretched for far too long and all she wanted now was some peace, quiet and privacy. Ignoring the rumblings in her belly, Alberta took to some light reading at her desk before going to bed, hoping she could distract her hunger and anxieties with a bit of magic theory. Yet it would soon be all for nought, as her head sunk into the stale yellow pages of her ancient textbook.

[b]"[color=green]Ugh. I hate it here.[/color]"[/b]

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