---ZEKE---
Zeke looked up to his dragon. No wonder she was a creature of the morning—she could take naps whenever she damn well pleased. He grinned at his new roommate, satisfied that she was happy with the place, “Well, I'm glad, because it's close, easy to get to, convenient. Not to mention, if I'm not at the dorm or the library, I'm most likely found here. I'm ah...not too into parties.”
He colored with the question, simply assuming that everyone crazy enough to become a student at the university would have been familiar with it, “It's uh...chellix. You know...I guess it could be described as an 'upper'? I don't know, I drink it with my coffee, but hardcore users sniff the stuff if they have noses. It's got a lot of applications, half of them incredibly irresponsible and all of them addictive. Guess you could call me an addict by now, but I use so little of it compared to others that I don't really think anything of it...” His voice trailed off, hoping that he didn't spoil his roommate's feelings about him. If he did, he'd just be more secretive about it.
When he realized his rambling did the exact opposite of chase her away, he offered her a lopsided smile, “Yeah, actually. Exactly. That's what makes humanity so...curious. Nothing that they do should work, but it does. That, I think, is the human condition. It was their struggles with themselves that spurred them in to space to begin with, so I guess we should be grateful, but shit.”
He took a sip of his, and finding it had cooled to a drinking temperature as he spoke then took a larger swig, sighing contently. He was already starting to look more awake. “Then I think they chose us as roommates perfectly. Hmm, a lofty goal, but I think it's one attainable nonetheless. Especially given the intelligence that seems emanate from you. We'll see how well you do in school, ultimately, that's what will decide it.”
If Zeke's grin was wide before, it was larger now, black eyes lighting up, “Wanna find a former civilization? You find it through graveyards and the like. A tomb or something similar dictates quite a lot about how a particular human civilization lived. If you think about it, it's something that all civilizations have in common—citizens die. What do you do with the bodies? Well, it varies from culture to culture. Some simply buried them, which caused problems in and of themselves, but if you take a look at others, they burned them. Shit, some even turned their dead into decorations! Well, maybe not their dead, per se, but definitely their enemies! I should uh...clarify...that not all human cultures did this, but it's still spectacular to think about! Then, you look at others and the tombs are...just...massive, giant monuments to a single mortal life...almost always male, to be expected from a primitive species, but it's just...Actually, when we get back to the dorms, I'll show you. I went on a dig on Earth over the break and took lots of pictures.”
----MAGALI---
Magali followed behind, eyes wide and ears pressed back with the air of one who had never before been in a city, much less one almost exclusively inhabited by others her general age. It was almost too much to take in. The banner seemed to welcome new students and Magali could almost feel the embrace of belonging somewhere—of not being the only artist. There were other likeminded individuals here.
“Whoa,” she breathed, eyes dancing from one attraction to the other in awe. “Oh, I'd love to see you dance!” She tried to take in the location as best she could, knowing that she'd be needing to return on her own terms, alone. “You said there were escorts too? Other felis like me?” In all actuality, she didn't give a shit if there were other felis there or not, she simply needed to know if there was a safe way she could do what any felis was bred to do to make money and not get killed and sold into slavery. She gulped. The idea was terrifying for her having no experience.
She craned her neck to look up at the giant building. The building by itself could have housed her entire village with room to spare. “There's....there's so much to see. Show me your favorites first!”