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Dorm Appearance:

Pearl walked into the dorm and looked around. She walked over to the bed on the left and sat down on it.

Lori walked and and saw the room, she sighed, it was fancy, but not over the top like she feared, she was from the 4th caste, and she disliked it every time someone flaunted their own money to those with less money than them. She looked around and saw her roommate and nodded, going over to the right bed.

Pearl looked at Lori. "So, what's your name?" she asked as she adjusted so she was sitting chris cross apple sauce on her bed.

Lori looks at the girl, “Lorian.”

Pearl nodded. "Nice, name," she said. She wanted to get a good relationship with her roommate just so she had one place she could be happy at.

She smiles, “What’s yours?”

Pearl smiled, "I'm Pearl," she said. She flicked a strip of silky, long black hair over her right shoulder so all her hair was behind her back and not draped over her shoulders.

She watches the girl closely, her dark blue eyes following the movement of her hand then her hair.

Pearl looked back at Lori. "Something wrong?" she asked as she moved her legs to rest on her right side and placed her left hand on the smallest white pillow that sat beside her.

Lori watched the girl, then shook her head, “No, nothings wrong exactly, just don’t want to be here.”

Pearl smiled at Lori. "Don't worry, It'll get better from here," she said.

“Ok,” Lori frowns slightly and leans back on her bed.

Pearl looked at the wall of the dorm then over at the entrance. "So, where are you from?" she asked Lori out of pure curiosity.

“I’m from Columbia, caste 4.”

"Columbia must be beautiful," she said hoping to cheer up her dormmate.

“It’s okay, I mean, I never go out much.” Lori sighed softly, then started to hum softly.

((Pearl is a girl?))

Sorry, miss type, sometimes I type so fast that I spell something wrong and auto correct corrects it.))

And I meant started to hum))

((And auto-correct corrects it incorrectly))

Pearl smiled at her. "That's fine,"

She pauses, smiles then continues.

Pearl joined in with her humming knowing the tune that she was humming.

Lori hum a higher note then speeds up, slowing down, like she was reading it off of a sheet of music.

Pearl tried her best to stay with Lori. She hummed her parts softer so she could hear Lori and make sure she was humming her part properly.

Lori bites her lower lip, then cuts off, muttering something.

Pearl stopped as well. "Sorry if you don't want me to join in," she said looking down. She knew her humming was bad and she didn't even want to know what Lori thought of it because of comments other people had made to her.

“No, not you, you did very well. I just play it better on an instrument, preferably trumpet.” She smiles.

Pearl smiled back at her as she looked up slightly. "Thanks," she said. A small amount of blush showed on her cheeks that she liked Lori's complement. "But, you still can hum it better than me," she said. "You really have some vocal talent," she added.

She nodded, “Thanks, my mother was from the 5th caste (that is the caste that preforms, right?) and she thought me.”

((You mean taught not thought right?))

Pearl continued to smile at her. "You can do it amazingly, Lorian," she said.

Yeah))

“Lori.” She smiled, “I go by Lori.”

Pearl nodded. "Okay," she said. "Well, you can do it amazingly, Lori," she said correcting herself.

She nods, “Thanks, but I don’t do it that great.”

Pearl laughed softly. "You're better than me," she told Lori.

She shrugged, she never liked to brag, and she didn’t like to rub it into someone’s face that she was better a some things than they were, so she just stayed silent.

Pearl glanced at her. "So, what do you want to do while your here?" she asked trying to start another conversation. She wanted to get to know her dormmate and was getting pieces of information bit by bit.

“Nothing besides trying to go home with a good reputation.”

Pearl smiled again. "Smart," she said.

She shrugged, “I never wanted to come, but if I went home with a bad reputation then I’m screwed.”

Pearl nodded in agreement. "Somehow, I feel like I already screwed up," she said.

Lori smiled slightly, “What do you mean?”

Pearl glanced at Lori then at the floor. "I befriended one of the other girls and then she was really nervous when she got here so I gave her some advice but, she kept coming back to me nervous so, I left her. I feel really back for her now as well," she said. She did actually feel bad for taking somebody's trust than using it against them it felt like.

Lori paused, “Go back to her then.”

Pearl looked down. "Do you want to join me? It might help to have a friend with me," she said. She hoped Lorian was her friend now so she didn't mess up now with Lorian.

She smiled, “Sure.”

Pearl nodded as she pushed herself forwards with her hands they slipped off her bed onto her feet.

Lori stood and walked to the door.

Pearl followed Lori quickly wanting to go back and help Vivien.