:A small girl with reddish brown hair ambles her way across the tree strewn quad, pulling a suitcase on wheels behind her slowly. She stops under a broad limbed tree and stares at the buildings, then at a key in her hand, frowning as if to scowl the location of the door it belongs to out of it. After a long moment, the girl's head begins to drift downward, her chin nearly touching her chest before snapping back up. She sighs quietly and puts the key in her pocket, slapping herself on both sides of her pale face, making a rather strange scene as she repeats the slapping ritual a few times, until her cheeks are rosy pink from the blows:

Darwin always seemed to wander the school though as usual wasn't in her uniform. she was wearing her usual masculine get up chest adjusted to appear flat thanks to her little effort in altering corsets for this purpose. The slacks were white & button down black under the button down was a matching black tee shirt. She looked to the new girl with reddish brown hair and approached her curiously after her face slapping ritual.

"Are you alright miss? Anything I can do to help you?"

Her voice was well trained and speaking in a man's voice was no trouble for her at all and obviously it had been perfected after so much time with it.

"The name's Darwin by the way."

She introduced herself with a subtle smile and gentleman's bow a few of the other students in the quad glancing slightly jealously at this new girl whom apparently had gotten the attention of the only 'male' their age on campus of course only the single monster she had met, Diana & Violett knew this person was truly just another girl here.

:Sandra turned her head to look at the "man", blinking heavy lidded eyes a few times slowly, the dark circles beneath them giving her an almost whimsical, raccoonish look:

Are you...a teacher here, sir? I can't seem to find my :yawns: dorm.

:She pulled the key from her pocket, holding it out with a slightly shaky hand to the girl in disguise:

She shook her head noticing the seemingly tired girl was half ready to fall over she looked at the key and took it upon herself to help with the suitcase with a polite smile still showing on her face. she'd take the key and nod.

"Oh I know where that room it, Been empty since I got here follow me if you wouldn't mind, oh and sorry I didn't catch your name."

She said offering free hand to Sandra to help her traverse the dormitory if she needed the help all the while her popularity would drop just a little from jealousy of course she avoided her question entirely.

:Sandra let go of the suitcase without comment, smiling slightly as the "man" offered his hand:

Thank you, sir. Oh, I'm :yawns: Sandra Channing. You can call me...Sandy if you prefer.

:She took his hand gently, leaning on it a bit for support:

"Sandra, It's a nice name; Sandy just doesn't seem to fit unless you're always like this... then sandy would be pretty cute really."

She smiled leading Sandra into the dormitory building and towards her room, which was surprisingly located on the first floor just beyond the common room though she stopped in the common room for the time being.

"Would you like some coffee maybe try and perk you up?"

:Sandra fell in love right then, then realized it was just her reaction to hearing those sweet sweet words:

Did you say...coffee? Oh God, I'd love a cup right now.

:She smiled more brightly, becoming more animated at the thought of getting a fix of caffeine:

And...what do you mean Darwin? Like :yawns: what all the time?

"I mean you seem so tired, are you like this a lot?"

she asked as she kicked the coffee vending machine a few times forcing it to work in the same way other students seemed to do since it had begun to malfunction. She'd fill the largest cup she could find with coffee and bring it along with a small thing of sugar to Sandra.

"Kind of like sandy with the sand man's sand; don't know thought that might be cute... want cream or milk or something too?"

Her sentences blending together a little as she continued to be overly kind to the new comer; partially due to what she knew so often happened shortly after new comers arrived.

Oh. Actually, I am like this all the time...I have a sleep disorder. Car accident a few years ago. :frowns, seeming to deflate slightly: I can't really get any sleep anymore. :tries to smile again: You think Sandy is cute for a girl who can't sleep?

:Sandra's eyes locked on the coffee as the machine dispensed the black gold into the styrofoam cup, her small pink tongue darting out over her lips:

"In a way not that I think sleep disorders are cute of course."

She offered the cup to Sandra politely snickering just a little at how her tongue reacted to just seeing the drink in the cup. She stretched and took a seat on the sofa that sat in the common room. a faint shriek could be heard echo through the halls though quickly and abruptly the shriek was silenced.

"Usually doesn't need any sugar or cream though surprisingly I've never liked black coffee before here."

:takes the coffee in both hands, grinning happily now, not bothering with such impurities as cream and sugar, blowing on it to cool it down to drinkable temperature. She starts at the shriek, head tilting toward the source, her eyes unfocusing slightly:

Did you hear-..never mind.

:Sandra shook her head, sighing, seeming to ignore the shriek for some reason. She took a sip of the coffee and actually purred, sinking into a chair with a happy sigh:

Thank you so much Darwin. I really needed this.

"Not a problem Sandra I love to help with new students here Make them feel welcome."

She stretched her legs a bit in her slacks the lights flickering once or twice before failing the dormitory and common rooms going nearly pitch black. Darwin looked up at the ceiling taking a deep breath and releasing a dejected sigh rubbing at her forehead.

"Great the junction box must have failed again..."
This is going to be fun...

just as she thought this a few screams could be heard at the sudden darkness, fear of the dark was common enough here... given certain circumstances.

:Sandra had just settled into the comfy chair when everything went black. Her hands let go of the cup, the precious coffee falling to the ground as she curled into a ball on the chair, knees pressed to her chest, hand clenched into a fist and pressed to her mouth to muffle the low cry escaping her lips:

Ahhhh....no no no no no no......what happened....Darwin...why is there screaming? What's going on?

:She began to rock almost involuntarily, eyes wide as she stared at the barely visible form across from her, her attention jerking toward any hint of movement, real or imagined:

The best way to explain was elusive as always. not that she often needed to explain to students about things like this.

"Independent power supply goes out now and then animal or something nibbles through a wire or something like that at least. as for the screams... well a lot of the students are freaked out by the dark; lot of rumors around about strange creatures on the island that like to umm..."

She paused standing moving to the vending machine again to prepare another smaller coffee cup before returning offering sandy the cup and continuing.

"Well the rumor is they like to rape students..."

:Sandra just stared at the "man" dully, not fully comprehending:

I'm sorry...did...did you just say "rape"? And what do you mean "strange creatures"?

:She hugged herself tighter, chin lowering to her knees defensively, eyes still wide and frightened. The sight and smell of the fresh cup of coffee slightly eased her fear, if only enough for her to lunge for it like a snake, before retreating back to her curled up position, sipping it almost automatically:

:she reflexively murmured: Thank you.