Faye woke up completely oblivious of where she was for the first few moments. Rubbing the sleep out of her eyes she sluggishly sat up in her bed, shaking off the light top sheet she used as a blanket. She slipped it off and sat there, at that moment wanting to just.. Go back to bed. The world would move on perfectly fine without her, she thought, but stretched, and rubbed the sleep out of her eyes before stifling a yawn. Waking up in the morning had always been a chore for the young Greek woman, and just because she was now attending a fancy private academy didn’t mean that was going to change… She grabbed her phone off the night-stand, noting the “low battery” warning that flashed across the screen. She rolled her eyes, silently cursing herself for forgetting to charge it again.
She unlocked it, and the most recent messages from a group chat named ‘Book Club’ popped up.
Faye went to reply, but then she heard the call from her roommate.
“Phaedra I’m heading out, if you take too long I’m leaving without you!”
“Wait!” She shouted back through the door. She looked back to her phone just in time to see the logo on her phone, a white apple flash on the screen and flicker out. Her phone died. “Fuck!” She scrambled to the charger, as if it would somehow save the device from powering off. She plugged it in- cursing herself, and swearing that this would be the last time that she forgot to charge the damn thing. Why couldn’t it have just a little bit longer of a battery life?! She thought to herself as she ambled toward the door, still trying to slug off her remaining lethargy. Once she was awake, you couldn’t slow her down, but the problem was always getting to that point of alertness to begin with.
She opened the door to see her roommate Keegan, or Kee, as Faye liked to call her. “Hey! I overslept! Like usual! Uh. Gonna shower!” She said, suddenly getting a burst of energy as she realized what time it was, and how late she was going to make the pair if she didn’t hurry up!
She rushed to the bathroom and practically slammed the door. Moments later she was in the water, frantically going about her routine. The water wasn’t even warm enough to steam up the bathroom. That was perfect for her, she didn’t really like being warm, in really any capacity. It didn’t really fit her high-energy personality, but she never did like being ‘normal.’
As she stepped out of the water, her foot slipped, and she managed to catch herself, just barely, by grabbing the shower curtain, nearly ripping it from the mount! “Eeep!” She squeaked, gaining her composure quite quickly. She looked down and frowned. There was an unmistakable tint of frost where she’d set her foot, melting almost as quickly as it’d appeared. “.... Again?” She thought to herself aloud as she wrapped a towel about herself for modesty’s sake.
She opened the door, and rushed back to her room, holding the towel around her, closing the door with her heel. “Be out in a sec!” She shouted through the door as she quickly threw on whatever she thought looked decent that particular day. She grabbed her phone, which had powered on by now, charged to 20%. Just enough, she thought. She grabbed her earbuds, immediately getting some music going, left one ear open, grabbed her backpack with everything else she’d need and headed out of her room. She grabbed the iced coffee, popped a few pieces of the fruit into her mouth and looked at Keegan. “Hokay.” She said, half sighing as she settled herself down. “Let’s go!”
She unlocked it, and the most recent messages from a group chat named ‘Book Club’ popped up.
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Cinnamon: тoday'ѕ тнe day, ladιeѕ. lav, do yoυ тнιnĸ yoυ coυld convιnce мr. нopĸιnѕ нe нaѕ тo leave тнe rooм? we coυld alwayѕ do тнe ғaĸe ѕeance ιdea aѕ a laѕт reѕorт, вυт ι don'т wanт тнaт тo вe plan a. ι wanтed тo do тнe real ѕeance wнen we goт тo тнe parĸ, and ι dιdn'т wanт тo pιѕѕ тнe ѕpιrιтѕ oғғ вeғore we coυld тalĸ тo тнeм aвoυт тнe тнιngѕ тнaт've вeen нappenιng тo υѕ.
Lavender: Sure thing, I’ll figure something out. Leave it to me! ;0
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Cinnamon: тoday'ѕ тнe day, ladιeѕ. lav, do yoυ тнιnĸ yoυ coυld convιnce мr. нopĸιnѕ нe нaѕ тo leave тнe rooм? we coυld alwayѕ do тнe ғaĸe ѕeance ιdea aѕ a laѕт reѕorт, вυт ι don'т wanт тнaт тo вe plan a. ι wanтed тo do тнe real ѕeance wнen we goт тo тнe parĸ, and ι dιdn'т wanт тo pιѕѕ тнe ѕpιrιтѕ oғғ вeғore we coυld тalĸ тo тнeм aвoυт тнe тнιngѕ тнaт've вeen нappenιng тo υѕ.
Lavender: Sure thing, I’ll figure something out. Leave it to me! ;0
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Faye went to reply, but then she heard the call from her roommate.
“Phaedra I’m heading out, if you take too long I’m leaving without you!”
“Wait!” She shouted back through the door. She looked back to her phone just in time to see the logo on her phone, a white apple flash on the screen and flicker out. Her phone died. “Fuck!” She scrambled to the charger, as if it would somehow save the device from powering off. She plugged it in- cursing herself, and swearing that this would be the last time that she forgot to charge the damn thing. Why couldn’t it have just a little bit longer of a battery life?! She thought to herself as she ambled toward the door, still trying to slug off her remaining lethargy. Once she was awake, you couldn’t slow her down, but the problem was always getting to that point of alertness to begin with.
She opened the door to see her roommate Keegan, or Kee, as Faye liked to call her. “Hey! I overslept! Like usual! Uh. Gonna shower!” She said, suddenly getting a burst of energy as she realized what time it was, and how late she was going to make the pair if she didn’t hurry up!
She rushed to the bathroom and practically slammed the door. Moments later she was in the water, frantically going about her routine. The water wasn’t even warm enough to steam up the bathroom. That was perfect for her, she didn’t really like being warm, in really any capacity. It didn’t really fit her high-energy personality, but she never did like being ‘normal.’
As she stepped out of the water, her foot slipped, and she managed to catch herself, just barely, by grabbing the shower curtain, nearly ripping it from the mount! “Eeep!” She squeaked, gaining her composure quite quickly. She looked down and frowned. There was an unmistakable tint of frost where she’d set her foot, melting almost as quickly as it’d appeared. “.... Again?” She thought to herself aloud as she wrapped a towel about herself for modesty’s sake.
She opened the door, and rushed back to her room, holding the towel around her, closing the door with her heel. “Be out in a sec!” She shouted through the door as she quickly threw on whatever she thought looked decent that particular day. She grabbed her phone, which had powered on by now, charged to 20%. Just enough, she thought. She grabbed her earbuds, immediately getting some music going, left one ear open, grabbed her backpack with everything else she’d need and headed out of her room. She grabbed the iced coffee, popped a few pieces of the fruit into her mouth and looked at Keegan. “Hokay.” She said, half sighing as she settled herself down. “Let’s go!”
