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After toting the last load of her things into her dorm room Fiona decided she would take a break and go explore the school grounds. She wasn't really sure where she was sure where she was heading she just felt like exploring. She managed to make her way around without knocking anyone over so she was getting quite excitable when she managed to stumble into the library.

Fiona stepped in and looked around with large eyes
I could make so much paper mâché with these she giggled at the thought and with a hand absentmindedly waved the thought away. Fiona wouldn't take anything from the library unless she was going to read it. Don't want to get in trouble my first day here! she thought as she scanned the library.

The roc noticed a girl with long green hair slump forward at her table surrounded by a mountain of books. Fi turned her head slightly in thought sending her own long hair swinging forward. The girl looked like she was frustrated.....without another thought Fiona marched forward carefully keeping her wings tucked tight.

"Hello there!" she burst out a little too loudly and looked over w
when the librarian shushed her. A blush creeped across her cheeks.
"Looking for something?" Fiona asked the girl as she peered at the titles on the books. She noted a few she had read before...and some...had been sacrificed to make art.

Fiona just smiled brightly as the ghoul..Sophie stuck her hand out in greeting. She had to take a quick mental breath inward as she thought to herself Ok you can do this, just pretend her hand is made of glass Fiona returned the gesture and shook Sophie's hand with a gentle movement. The roc wanted to almost dance at that moment. The ghoul wasn't wincing or screaming....yet, which was always a good sign.

"I'm Fiona Farore" she politely dropped Sophie's hand before her luck ran out. "I'm new yes, it's my first day!" getting a little to enthusiatic in her movements Fi managed to knock one of the mountain of books over. Her eyes widened and without thinking gave a small flutter of her wings sending pages blowing.

"Oh I'm so sorry Sophie!." Fiona stood frozen for a moment before calming herself and with slow movements began tidying up her mess. She hopped that the ghoul wouldn't be too upset with her. As she picked a book up to replace back into a neat stack she noticed Sophie's notes under it, Fiona scanned the page carefully each of the words flicking on bright bulbs of recognition. Hoping to make up for the mess to Sophie she burst out excitedly.

"I have a book about this! I picked one up one day, the paper is very old looking I thought it'd make good art." She beamed proudly at herself and then gently grabbed Sophie's hand and began to drag her out of the library. "It's in my dorm I'll show you!"

Fi felt her growing bubble of anxiety burst when Sophie told her that her "accident" was ok and she didn't seem made at all. In fact Fiona thought maybe she seemed a little amused. Which was perfectly fine with Fi, just as long as no one was upset she was good. The ghouls have even given her arm a pat, Fiona was just beaming with excitement at the moment.
" Oh yeah! I picked up this book a few months ago in a trade. I thought the cover was pretty and the pages are really thick and old. I didn't get a chance to read it just flip through. I remember something about a desert in the human world and...ancient relics in a necropo... Uhmm a tomb thing." Fiona chattered on as she lead Sophie to her dorm room, her tempo increasing as she got more excited.

Fi stopped abruptly as the ghoul asked about her art. She dropped Sophie's hand to brush her hair back nervously. Fiona's cheeks grew a little red as she answered " Oh umm paper mâché.... Ooh! Or for making a collage!" Fiona didn't wait to see what Sophie's reply would be, the roc whipped around and placed her hand on her dorm's door. Unfortunately that's when disaster struck, instead of turning the knob she managed to pull the door off of it's hinges.

Her face bright red Fiona stepped aside holding the door as one might a single piece of paper. "Please ....come in..." she managed awkwardly before setting the door to the side as she mentally cringed. Quietly Fiona headed straight towards the boxes containing her books and began to promptly dig through them in a methodical manner.

Fiona let out a small breath that she hasn't noticed she was holding when Sophie only giggled and gave her a friendly wink at the ghoul's strangeness. "Oh yea like I said this book....is just too gorge to use for my silly art projects." Fiona grunted slightly as she began sorting at a faster pace. The ghoul stopped for a moment to tie her hair back more securely as she was determined to find this book and help Sophie out. You couldn't properly hunt for things with hair hanging in your face.

She was so focused she almost missed the second question. " I really like it so far. I haven't gotten to meet too many other students yet but it seems like a great place. AHA!" Fiona raised her arm victoriously as she clutched the book. " Here it is Soohie!" Fi tripped over a stack of books only just managing to right herself as she rushed around the table she had been at to hand the other ghoul the book.