And then barely ten minutes after she saw him slinking off to the showers, a confident knock comes at her door, the faint lingering miasma of dead mal wafting through the gaps. 

- It's enough to surprise a small smile out of her (no one except Orion seeks her out like this, and, well...), and she decides she's feeling lonely bored and magnanimous enough to open the door for him, a "Oh alright - " spilling from her tongue -

- But it isn't Orion on the other side. Instead, it's an unpleasantly familiar blonde girl, her carefully tended curls pinned back with a nice barrette Lu last saw gracing Luisa's hair, a carefully nice blouse arrayed artfully over her shoulders with a bra strap peeking out - 

It's a girl with a sharp grin and a sharper knife, which immediately dives for Lu's stomach as soon as the door is even a little open.

What the fuck!!!

Lu twists mostly out of the way, calling one of her own knives to her hand - not fast enough, Jacky's blade still grazes her stomach -

Jacky pushes her way in, kicking the door shut behind her, and presses the attack. 

"What the fuck, bitch?" Lu says, parrying and summoning another knife she can return the attack with. 

"Luthien," she croons, matching Lu blow for blow. "You're so pretty. I knew you'd be even prettier with some blood on you."

- What.

What?

What?!?

She's so busy blushing she almost misses a step in their fight. But only almost. "Next time ask me out like a normal person you fucking creep," she blurts out, almost automatically. 

Giggle. "But you and me aren't normal people, Luthien," she keeps crooning Luthien's name, saying it like she's savoring a very nice chocolate. 

"I'm nothing like you."

"But you are, Luthien. You're beautiful, and you could be so much more." Their fight is almost a dance, and with little flicks their shining blades get through but never land a solid blow, drawing thin lines of blood. "This school was never meant to hold you."

"Shut the fuck up."

"Why? This school is our trap - but it could be your chrysalis if you'll just reach out and take what you deserve - if you want me to shut up, make me, rip my mana from me - "

Luthien shakes her head in denial - 

- And leaves an opening.

And Jacky's knife gets through, burying in her side. 

She crumples with a strangled cry. 

Jacky kneels over her, stradling her. "So pretty. My prettiest Luthien. We're going to have so much fun."

"Fuck - you - "

She lashes out, knife cutting a brilliant silver arc -

And catching on Jacky's forearm instead of tearing out her neck, drawing a moan and a little wiggle from her as she presses her hips down on Luthien's and draws another knife, apparently trying to cut Luthien's clothing off. 

!!!

- And there's a sharp concerned knock on the door, nevermind it's nearly curfew, and a raised concerned voice - a familiar one -

- Orion?

- And a loud curse, and then the doorhandle melts, again, and Orion bursts into her room (also again).

And Jacky turns slightly - pretty clearly in the middle of Up To No Good - and looks at him with blood on her face -