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Bella successfully manages to stay in all weekend except for when she joins packs of students headed for the dining hall. If the elves are still stalking her, she doesn't notice them. On Monday, the subtle artist elf is present in their shared course, and looks at her, but doesn't bother her - Bella leaves with another classmate anyway.
Traveling in packs is quite effective, she decides.
Except she doesn't do it in her own dorm.
It's pouring rain outside Tuesday afternoon and Bella doesn't want to go to the dining hall. She has some stuff in her room - not serious groceries, but enough that she can heat up some broth and noodles, liven it up with a handful of miscellaneous dried herbs, and call it soup. She is hanging out in the kitchen doing this when Brad from down the hall, the same fellow who attempted to interrupt Celo at his baking, chooses to bother her.
"Hey, Isabella."
"It's Bella."
"But your full name's so pretty," says Brad. "You should go by that instead. So Isabella, let's go out tomorrow, I'll show you a good time in town, we'll have some fun."
"No," says Bella, "thank you, and it's still Bella."
"Isabella's prettier. Like you, you're pretty. It's not like I asked you to make like a nymph or something, I just want to take you out," says Brad. "Is it the money, I bet it's that, I can cover it, we can go someplace nice and you can get whatever you want."
"It's still no. It's still Bella."
"Don't be such a bitch, you never have plans," snaps Brad, "what are you going to do, eat at the dining hall and re-read your textbooks, you can come out with me."
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subtly_artistic
subtly_artistic
"Yeah, I get my ridiculous heroic power fantasies out of my system in my sleep in between mind-maintenance and memory review."
Celo giggles. "Awesome."
subtly_artistic
"It's pretty cool, yeah. Some non subtle artists can learn to lucid dream but it's harder and you can't do as much with it."
"I don't sleep much anyway," shrugs Celo. "And I'd probably use it for different things."
subtly_artistic
Bella can guess. "Do you not need much sleep or are you just an irresponsible partying college kid?"
"Do I have to pick just one?" he asks, grinning. "Nah, it's the first one. I like my classes."
subtly_artistic
"What all are you in besides the one with the psycho murder teacher?"
"Two with the murder teacher," he corrects. "Plus a bunch of Domestic Arts stuff."
subtly_artistic
"I didn't even look at that section of the catalog, I have no idea what the Domestic Arts courses are like."
"Cooking and sewing and stuff," he shrugs. "It's fun, I love it."
subtly_artistic
"Cool. I have four subtle arts courses - intro perception, utility psionics 1, intro psych, and the lab. And Basic Knife to get my WP out of the way and Imperial History."
"Basic Knife is still hilarious," says Celo. "I mean, I get why you're in it and all, but it's hilarious."
"Much better," he says, laughing.
subtly_artistic
"But even if I'd decided to take that instead of Basic Knife this semester I'd have to pick up something for WP. Or fill out all the paperwork for a Magical Threat exemption."
"Yeah," says Celo. "The point of the WP requirement is supposed to be safety, but taking Basic Knife doesn't actually make you any safer, that's what's funny."
subtly_artistic
"Also, so far all the threats I've encountered have been from other students, who are subject to equal requirements regarding learning to wield things."
"Yeah, that too," he laughs.
subtly_artistic
"You're a freshman, right? Where'd you learn to take out seven elves?"
"I'm not a freshman, and I had one of Coach Sadist's courses last year too," he snorts.
subtly_artistic
"Do they just sort of tuck the non-human students wherever in this hall regardless of year?"
"Guess so!"
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