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Character(s): Terra Bradford, Rita Mordio
Location: Dorm B103
Rating: PG?
Open/Closed/Finished: Closed
Summary: Terra's getting a roommate this quarter. Time to make nice~!

It was almost funny, the way her previous two roommates vanished before they settled into their new accomodations this quarter. Terra was beginning to think that her room was cursed. Still, she did get word that a new girl would be coming into the dorms this weekend, and Terra was quietly curious about who it would be. For the moment, she remained seated at the table in the main room off of the bedrooms, a sword laid out on the table in front of her as she carefully cleaned dried monster blood off of the metal, and worked on resharpening the edges.

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Rita, for her part, wasn't that interested in meeting and greeting people. She wasn't even sure why she'd agreed to come here - sure, it seemed as though it was in her best interests right now, but with a whole world out there taking the first option felt almost... stupid, especially when she had a place to return to! People to return to, too... which wasn't exactly something Rita was familiar with.

With a small "tch" as she tried to make herself believe it didn't matter, and that she should just take this opportunity to learn about a whole new world, Rita threw open the door of her new room.

Which was, apparently, to be shared.

Placing her hands on her hips, she looked at the stranger and her weapon critically. "So what, I get a roommate?" She made it sound like it was a total pain. "Which of these little rooms is mine, then?"

Not even bothering to introduce herself.

And Terra half twisted in her seat when the door was flung open so suddenly. Blink. Before she could even say anything, the other girl tossed out questions, sounding like the entire situation was a hassle and a half. And then some.

Inwardly Terra sighed, a bit worried about how this was working out. "It would seem so. Your room is right over there, next to mine." She pointed, still a bit bewildered by how sudden the girl's entrance was.

"Okay, got it."

She walked in, dumped her uniform and schedule on her bed, then came back to stand in the doorway and examine that useless trinket of an emerald ring. "Don't we even get doors?" she complains, after a moment. "What happens if one of us wants some privacy?"

She sighed, and shook her head. "Oh well, it's not like I can expect much from a dormitory I guess. So who are you? Another one of these 'off-worlders'?"

She seemed pretty angry. At least that anger wasn't directed towards her, just the situation. "I never really thought about it." And it was true too - Terra was usually up and out before Rise and the morning bell, so she hadn't had any issues with privacy in the morning. And then she was alone for a good several months after that that it wasn't even an issue.

"I suppose you could hang a curtain over the doorway...?" But then they'd have to get a curtain. And then questions again! "Oh! Sorry, um, my name is Tina. Tina Bradford...and yes, I'm not from around here." She was tempted to tug her hair as proof - there weren't a whole lot of people with her color hair. She'd seen maybe five people so far.

Rita wouldn't really have considered it to be unusual, anyway - Estelle's hair was pink, after all. "Never thought about it? Guess it's not an issue for some people. Then again, I suppose with other worlds there's cultural differences and all..." And not just cultural. She raised a hand to her cheek thoughtfully, wondering if shoving so many different worlds together could possibly have any consequences for the world itself, before shrugging. Eh, she'd work it out later.

She came over and slapped a hand down on the table. "Okay then, Tina. I'm Rita. Rita Mordio. Guess we're stuck with each other. Just don't get in the way of my research, okay?"

Good thing! Terra was getting kind of tired of the looks she got from people who hadn't met her before here. Not the offworlders, mind, but the natives who never saw the green hair.

"Cultural differences...? I guess so, a lot of people here have different kinds of worlds. Some of them have structures similar to this, and others don't have anything like it at all."

She startled a bit at the slap of a hand on the table, glancing first to the hand, and then to the girl. "It's nice to meet you, Rita." A pause, tense. "... research?" Oh please don't tell her you deal with test subjects and stuff.

"Research!" Rita confirmed, emphatically. "You know, when you study stuff? Stuff like..." she waves a hand, trying to come up with something before settling on her favourite subject. "Blastia! And ruins, and aer!"

Come to think of it, she didn't think there was any aer here, or anything similar enough to be recognised as such. Strange.

"Though I suppose other worlds might not have that stuff."

"I know what research is," Terra hastened to assure her, "I meant, what do you research?" A pause. "... blastia? And air? What's so special about air...?"

Other than it keeping them all alive, that is. "I don't.. think my world has blastia, but it has air, and ... I'm sure it has ruins."

"Blastia convert aer into usable energy," Rita elaborated, finally deciding she'd been standing up too long and taking a seat. Despite the statement being somewhat vague without explaining what aer was, she didn't correct Tina's misunderstanding - she couldn't be bothered. "They're an ancient technology from the Geraios Civilisation, and not everything is understood about them."

Placing chin in her hand, with a sigh that could easily be interpreted as boredom, she continued. "They're the main subject of my research."

Terra shifted back to give Rita more room when she sat down. "I...see." Well no, she didn't really see. She got the gist of it, pretty much, and from the long silence that followed, she was mulling over what she was told. "I wonder if there are 'blastia' here in this world too. I know there are ruins - it's a possibility yes?"

"There is a possibility," Rita said, "but if they exist, they're not given anywhere near the same level of importance! I would need to do some studying, particularly of the ancient cultures. Try to draw some parallels, find out what's unknown, go out there and dig around a bit. Of course, this world looks just as crowded with monsters as mine, so that could be a lot of trouble to go to."

She was vaguely aware she was still being somewhat difficult to follow, but continued to ignore it. With a shrug, she decided that this material would probably be best left until later.

"For now, I'll just see what these Garden people have to teach me. It looks like Garden uses 'Guardian Forces', and I don't know anything about those yet!"

Terra considers this, making a valid attempt at understanding even half of what her new roomie was talking about. "When you say they're technology that converts air into energy, do you mean the way they use those cars here? They have 'gas' that converts .. into energy for cars - or something like that."

And on to slightly more familiar subjects! "Do you have anything like this place in your world?" Also, no Guardian Forces? That is sad :(

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