Outside Voorhees Hall, Columbia University, New York, Thursday

[sampippy]

What was a girl to do when her first year of college was about a week away from being over and she was desperate for one last boost in coolness in the eyes of her peers (namely, her three roommates)? Why, obviously the answer was to invite a guy over! Specifically, a guy she'd slept with like a year ago and who she - let's face it - barely knew aside from that. But he was impressive! Or at least impressively hot, and, also he was nice even if Xanthippe was loathe to admit that was a positive quality in anyone.

So she'd invited Hyacinthe over for a visit. And she'd gone and picked him up on the edge of campus and walked him through it and now they were here, right outside her dorm. It was one of those imposing brown brick buildings, old as rocks and heavy with history.

The sign outside said VOORHEES HALL.

"So, yeah," she said, looking up at the building. At her side, her fingers were fidgeting with the edge of her overly lengthy sleeve. "This is where I live now."

In a building with her last name on it.

[ooc: NFB due to distance, and for the boy mentioned!]

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[vrajna_kralis]

Hyacinthe glanced from the dorm name to Xanthippe and back. "I see," he said solemnly, though his eyes were amused. He glanced back at the building. "I'm sure all the parents who come through are very impressed by it."

He reached for her hand, looking to get her to stop fidgeting by tangling his fingers with hers. Lowering his voice, he added in a conspiratorial whisper, "It looks like the type of building designed to smother all fun. How have you survived the year, ma chérie? You are too alive for this overbearing building."