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Alex had just left his dorm room, closing and locking the door behind him before he began his slow, steady shamble down the undead dorm halls. He had a book tucked beneath one arm and his hands buried deep in his pockets as he slouched along. He had only made it a few steps before stopping, and cocking his head to the side, he turned, remembering that he could have taken his skateboard out to get some more practice on it...

But then he would have to walk all the way back to his room! He glanced back at those long, loooooong 15 feet, and decided better of it, and just continued onward.

He couldn't have said how far he'd gone, or even exactly where he was, when something caught his eye. There was a light on, and a door slightly ajar, and a ghoul's voice emitting from a bedroom to one side.

Funny, he didn't remember anybody having a room here. Maybe it was a new student? He shuffled towards the slightly opened door, just in time to hear the ghoul say 'I wonder if I'll get any visitors today.'

Now Alex was not the type to just go knocking on complete strangers doors, so he was just deciding to keep moving along when he heard the voice again. 'Wouldn't you guys love some company?'

You guys..as in..plural? Was it a..party of some kind? He raised an eyebrow, his curiosity now getting the better of him as he made his way back over to the door. Raising a fist, he began to rap on it lightly.

Alex still really couldn't quite believe that he'd knocked on a complete strangers bedroom door. He was just debating turning to flee (ahahahhaa, riiiight) when he heard her mention some cuties that might try to run away. W--why would they try to run away? Oh Jack, had he stumbled upon some mad scientist's bedroom that was chopping up zombies into little pieces to sell to the pawn shop in the Maul?

He began to worry quite a bit, until the door opened wide suddenly to show nothing more then a nice, young zombghoul on the other side, with a few of her pets slinking around.

Ohhhhhhhhh...well, that made sense. And was also somewhat embarrassing since he'd apparently gotten completely the wrong impression.

"I'm Alex! Er...Alexander, I mean. But you can call me Alex, or even Xander." He didn't offer his last name, since everyone seemed to think it sounded so classy and formal and it really didn't suit him at all.

He peered around her room, debating whether he should enter or just go about his way. It would have been rude not to at least stop and have a small chat though, he supposed, especially after being somewhat invited, so the six foot one zombie stepped through the doorway.

"New, huh? You seem to be all settled in!" He admired the cleanliness of her room compared to his own, and eyed the little creatures scattered about. "They're uh...cute?" he supplied, rather more of a fan of eating such creatures then keeping them for pets. But to each their own, he supposed.

He nodded as he stepped further into the room, his hands finding their way into his black pants pockets. Alex would be just fine, and it was what most people called him anyways.

"I've been here for a few months now...3 or more." Had it really been that long already? The time had just flown by since arriving at the school. "So I'm really still quite new myself." He looked around for a place to sit, but then opted to lean against a wall instead, not really planning on staying all that long, since he had a book he needed to return.

"Oh, there is a theater! It got rebuilt not that long ago, and we just recently had a school play. The Cracker of the Nuts, it was called. Uh..but then the Christmas Invasion hit, which I'm sure you've heard about on the news...so I'm not quite sure what the condition of the theater is anymore." He decided to leave out the part about him actually being in the play himself. It was a rather minor roll, and he hadn't really enjoyed the experience all that much.

"Well, I..I like to read, mostly. I attend classes everyday, and occasionally I do some battle training with a close friend of mine. And, well, I like to shop..for ties. I have a collection of sorts." Collection? More like an obsession. "What about you? Anything you like to do besides drama?"

"It was! Well, the main actors did a really good job, anyways. It was too bad it all got ruined at the end. They all put a lot of hard work into it." Unlike Alex who had basically just shown up, gone on stage, and got attacked by gnomes. Really not the most enjoyable experience ever for the zomboil.

He had to smile at her tie comment "I'm a firm believer that anybody could look good in a tie, no matter the situation," he held up his own, a silky black one with red skulls decorating it, before letting it flop back into place. Yes, he was rather fond of ties.

"Oh you know, the usual classes. Human Studies, Mad Science, First Aide, Minipet training...anything I can get myself into, really. After all that I just hang out in the library, until they kick me out for the night." unless of course he hid in some dark corner and continued to read all night like he'd managed to do in the past.

"You know, you could get a class list from the office, and there are always plenty of students willing to show you the right way to go." That's what he'd had to do, anyways. "But..uh..sure, I could show you around I guess." He shrugged. Why not? Not like ever had any big important plans or anything.

His hair was wild yet stylish? He smiled bemusedly. He never styled his hair, always just letting it fall however it felt, which always seemed to be in some sort of crazy disarray that for some reason looked like he spent hours putting each piece in place. He didn't really understand it, but he supposed it worked out for the best since he was really too lazy to give a Jack what his hair looked like from day to day.

"Well, black is pretty nice in that it can go with anything, right?" Wow, they were still talking about ties. He couldn't decide if this was the best conversation ever or the strangest. Normally nobody wanted to hear him talk about ties, since, lets face it, they were just a thin strip of colored cloth that were not very exciting. He wondered if she was just doing it because she thought that's what he wanted to talk about, or if she was genuinely interested.

"Oh it's no problem, I'm pretty much free most of the time that I'm not in classes. Was just on my way to the library if you wanted to tag along?" He hadn't really planned on any company, but she was new and really, why not?

Suddenly the conversation swung back in the direction of ties, and he was thrown off a little, thinking that the topic might have died. "I er..I have.." That was a good question. How many ties did he have? He had a smaller collection that he'd brought to school with him, plus the ones he'd bought since arriving, as well as his giant collection back at home. "Well, over 50 at least." He grinned, but that was a huuuuuge understatement on his part. He had well over 200, creeping up on 300.

He may have had a bit of a problem.

"Well, I keep mine on a tie rack." He laughed, though fitting all fifty on there had been a bit of a challenge. If he bought anymore he was going to have to start hanging them in the closet instead. Which was fine, really, as he only had four shirts hanging in there and the rest of it was completely empty.

"Ok, sure, come with me then!" He grinned, turning around to make his way back to the door and back out into the hallway, waiting for the zombghoul to follow before continuing on.

"It's really no problem." He replied "I was new here once too, and needed help finding my way around. It's the least I can do." He reached up and pushed his hair back out of his eyes as he talked.

"There are a lot of great students in this school. I'm sure you'll make a lot of friends easily."