Looking up once she heard a familiar voice, she shut her laptop and let a small smile appear on her features. “Well, I didn’t realize you were standing there… and I kind of just lost something I’ve been working on for two days now.” She explained putting her hand on her chin, clearly bitter about the situation. “A whopping $2.50?” She said with a laugh. “Well, how about I just apologize instead?”

“Okay see, I’m cool with dead bodies. I help out in a morgue sometimes, but I don’t want to think about my own dead body, y’know?”

“ Do you get to like... examine them?  You know, perform autopsies and whatever? ---That’s understandable. Plus, if you ask me... those dead flowers kinda topped it off and make it seem like a threat or something. ”

“Alongside dead roses, a note with the sentence “pink looks good on your body” was written and, y’know, no thanks.”

“ Yikes... The use of ‘on your body,’ though.  Sounds like you’re halfway to being dead or something. MAJOR creep vibes. ”

“Yes hurray, new year blah blah. I haven’t gotten laid in a few days and that’s annoying me more than the new year is exciting.”

“ I think this is the part you stop complaining and go out and get some action or something.--- At least, I’m pretty sure that’s usually how things like this are handled... ”

Sitting on a bench in the hallway, Kiara had her laptop on her lap as she worked on a lesson plan. Completing the last slide, she was pleased with her outcome and just as she was about to hit save, her computer crashed. Kiara froze before her jaw dropped. “No fucking way.” She muttered not noticing that someone had heard.

“YEAH, YEAH

I’m FINE. It’s just scratch.”

“No, no you do not. Just hope you don’t get a creepy anonymous gift.”

“ Creepy anonymous gifts, huh? ”  She repeated, pursing her lips.  “ I can only imagine what you’re even talking about around this place. --- What does pink have anything to do with it? ”

Adrian wandered the halls, looking into a piece of paper. He looked down at the paper then, would glance back up on the walls. Where the hell was his classroom? Seeing someone pass by he quickly got their attention and  walked up to them. “Hey, Sorry to bug you, I’m looking for classroom… 145? Mind helping the new guy out?”

“ --- You mean the math room?  Yeah--- you know, I would help you out, but then you’d be obligated to teach a bunch poor, defenseless teens one of the worst subjects known to man. ”  She explained with a careless shrug. “ And it’d be all my fault for not stopping you while you were ahead. ”

“Well, safe to say I will never wear pink again.”

“ Do I even wanna know? ”

“No, the knife isn’t for you unless you’re the one who gave me that…gift, for lack of a better word.”

“ ------Gift? ”  Fae repeated, keeping her eyes steadily on the knife, almost forgetting to breathe. “ What kinda gift’s got you sharpening a knife like you’re gonna... do something with it? ”

Belle: why is the room spinning???

Belle: i didn't even drink today..

Belle: I've been perfect.

Fae: Sounds like it probably has nothing to do with alcohol then...

“I’ve been taking drawing classes when I get some free time and I think I might actually be improving. Here, look for yourself! Doesn’t it actually look sort of nice? I mean…sort of bad but still sort of nice, right?”

Fae gawked at the drawing for a few long seconds, unsure how she was going to break the news that it looked horrible. “ I--I mean, sure... yeah, ”  she began, though her tone was giving away all of her distaste. It was a short lived attempt. “ I’d hate to see what your drawings looked like before this... improvement, frankly. ”  Still looking at the picture for a few seconds, she frowned and met the woman’s eyes again.

“Not pride, but being a bitch keep the weak away” She smirked to the girl “Well can I do both?” she asked “No not yet but I’m trying to find a way to sneak around with out looking super suspicous , trying to find where camera and gaurds are and everything” Luna spoke to her.

“ I don’t know where you come from, sweetie, but bitchy people aren’t strong. ”  Fae said, widening her eyes in slight annoyance, but only briefly. “ I mean you could do both, but when you get caught you’re not going to have anyone as a witness, to testify on your behalf. ---That’s why I’m coming with you. ”  Her words came out as a matter of factly and she shrugged. A slow grin crept over her lips and she peeked back over at the girl. “ I may have an idea of where we could go... c’mon. ”  Before the girl had a chance to respond, Fae took off.

“Oh, thank you…” She smiled. looking down at her own notes. “Everything just looks a lot nicer when it’s neat, tidy and organised. When I highlight things, I like to make a colour key so I know which pieces of the works are relevant to the thing I’m working on…”

“ Definitely nicer... Wai-wait... you’re saying your notes have always been this organized?  ”  Fae enthused, prompting her elbow up on the desk and resting her chin in her hand; still gawking down at the girl’s papers. “ Heh-- I thought maybe this was just a class you were really into or something.  Damn.  I don’t think my notes have ever looked even remotely like this at all.  That’s even more impressive.  Which class is this for anyway? ” 

“That’s okay, it doesn’t matter to me how you feel. You’ll be okay, I’m sure of it.” He smiled sarcastically, trying to hold back his laugh. “Hmm, maybe you have a point man. We’ll be like King and Queen psychopaths of Plath academy.” He raised an eyebrow at her. “Oh good…let’s go.” He smiled, offering her his arm sarcastically, as he began walking away from her.

Mouth gaping for a moment, a harsh laugh bursted from her throat. “ You’re an asshole too?  Who woulda thunk it? ”  She said, sneering at him now. “ You know... that has a sort of ring to it, I am definitely okay with this... we could reign and honestly?  Hopefully knock some sense into these people.  Are they really being honest during their therapy sessions? ”  A grin swept over her lips and she dramatically reached out, taking his arm. “ So, where’s this secret hideout? ”

“guess I’m just a rude person” Luna shrugged to the girl “Like I said i’m sure the story is cool and all but I’m not interested” she said “Yes leave the campus, is there any other meaning of leaving?”

“ That’s something you pride yourself on, I gather? ”  Fae snorted and rolled her eyes quickly before shaking her head, and shrugging it off. “ Well, obviously leave the conversation taking place here... but leaving campus is a lot more exciting. Have you been to the outskirts yet or anything yet?  There’s gotta be at least one area with no cameras. ”

“Listen I’m sure this would be a cool story, but I’m really just trying to find my way around here and get find a way to leave asap..okay?”

“ ----Okay, RUDE, the last time I checked one at least waits until the story progresses before they decide that they don’t want to hear it. ----Hold on, you mean, leave the campus? ”