Despite everything Julia is actually enjoying her first day of school! She's recruited some people already and they're going to help her fix her nightmarish room and then she'll be able to unpack! She herds her collection out of the cafeteria and towards the staircase to the senior dorm rooms.
"Do... all objects here just come to life at random times, then?"
This is probably a stupid question but that seems like IMPORTANT INFORMATION if it isn't.
"Not all, but you can't predict in advance for sure that one won't. This rug is going to love Julia," Eliza predicts, managing her own Something.
They get the stuff up to Julia's room. Eight flight of stairs are a lot to walk and there's a couple creepy things that run out at their ankles on the way but Orion handles it and they all make it up, sweaty but none the worse for the wear. Julia's pretty sure she built some mana from that after all, even though she doesn't need it.
"Okay!" she says, chipper. "We'll reconvene after dinner for decorating! You can bring a friend if they're really cool."
She counts options off on her fingers. "Is willing to bribe their way in with lemonade or soda for everyone to eat while we work, has some snazzy star decorations they're offering to the project, has an extremely useful affinity like creepy maleficer guys' while not being a creepy maleficer, is a dude and really hot and from an enclave my parents won't make faces about, can sell me nice slippers to wear in my room so I don't trouble my wonderful rug, has seen all of the seasons of Friends and has good opinions and is my size so we can trade outfits, wants to do my history homework."
"I got some slippers, I don't know if the girl who gave me them has more though."
"Ooooh!" Julia examines the slippers. "These are perfect," she declares. "Who'd you get them from?"
"Her name was Lucy! She has a twin brother who was dressed like her but didn't say anything. They're spider silk, they have spiders for it."
"It's practically dinnertime, now, we should get back to the cafeteria so we can get a good spot in line. There's not room for all of you at New York's table but I'll round you up afterwards." And Julia trots off towards the dining room in a very good mood, after kissing her rug good-bye.