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It had been a very long time since Cordelia had any kind of contact with Lucia, so it was a little surprising when the cat Raevan had called out of the blue asking to hang out. Surprising, yet welcoming. The basilisk had been wanting to get out of the house as of late, even despite it being winter, and meeting a friend somewhere was just the excuse she was looking for.

Fast forward a couple hours later and Delia was standing outside a cafe in Durem called Scrumptious, a place Rivener had recommended to her via text. Though she was still only a Frei and didn't ever really have the need or want to ingest human foods and beverages, Cordelia was still up for experimenting. Besides she figured since Lucia was a Sigel now that the girl might be up for grabbing a bite to eat before venturing on to some other activity in Durem.

Cordelia rubbed her gloved hands together as she shrank deeper into her scarf and warm layers. She had another excuse for coming to Durem. There was something out in this direction that was calling her, but she still couldn't figure out what it was yet. She hoped that if she continued to explore the city that maybe she'd somehow stumble upon whatever it was that was calling to her. If she was lucky, she might find it today and finally put her questions to rest.

If the snake had feet she'd be hopping from side to side as most people do when having to stand outside in freezing temperatures for longer than a couple minutes. Instead she was swaying a bit erratically and hugging her arms as close to herself as possible. It was starting to garner more stares than just being a half body usually did since it sort of looked like Cordelia was dancing instead of just being cold while waiting. Where the hell was Lucia?!

Finally reaching her tolerance for cold, Delia rushed inside the cafe behind a group of less bundled up humans. Sighing with relief, the girl patted her cheeks to get that cold blood moving again. Floating to the side and out of the way, she'd never seen so many people crammed into one little place before, Cordelia looked down at her phone. It was well after their agreed meeting time and no messages. As the daughter of a Shade, this ticked her off immensely. A few minutes late is forgivable, but more so and said late party should at least have the decency to call or text to say they were going to be late or at the most apologize.

Yanking her gloves off and stuffing them into her coat pockets, Cordelia's fingers furiously began typing out a text to the late Raevan. She was so concentrated on crafting just the right balance of understanding and annoyance via words that she hadn't seen the guy with his arms full of hot coffee trying to carefully maneuver through the sea of people. Everyone was so busy trying to avoid him that they ended up shoving into the persons next to them. Cordelia unfortunately got caught up in this whole mess and her phone went flying out of her hands and skidding under a table a few feet away. Absolutely speechless and horrified, her guardians would be furious if she lost/broke that phone, the basilisk hurried after it, failing to notice whom was seated at that particular table right then.

It was really hard to get at things on the floor under other things when you couldn't bend or stoop down like humans and other creatures. Thus Delia had to pretty much launch herself under the table as she was floating towards it to get down there without the trouble that sometimes could come with being a half body. Her aim was pretty good and she made it under with only a little skidding. Even better, the extra speed she'd picked up from her launch had actually allowed her to beat another person to her phone.

Cordelia was just coming up and about to apologize to the person seated there when the other blurted out 'here you are!' She blinked once and looked between her phone with the awaiting text message and the cat Raevan in front of her. Taking note of the food and such, "Wait...you were inside this whole time? Uggghhhh!" The basilisk's body went limp in mid-air as her head rolled up to face the ceiling in defeat. "I feel like a complete idiot for not thinking of that. I froze my ribbon off waiting out there for nothing!" The girl grumbled some more as she slid into a chair across from her friend, folded her arms and promptly placed her head into them face down. This was precisely the reason she hated the cold, well one of the other reasons that is, it made her slow and that included her thought processes as well.

She knew Lucia was just trying to help by comforting her, but it was hard to get that feeling when all Delia could feel was her friend shaking against her back, trying desperately to keep her laughter from spilling out. It couldn't be helped though, she supposed if their roles had been reversed then she would have thought it pretty damn funny as well. Thus the only thing Cordelia could do was sigh in half defeat, half content as the excess warmth from the cat was much appreciated after the chill of the outside air.

Peeking her face out to the side of her arms, the snake pouted and replied, "No, it was partially my fault as well. I don't think so well when I'm cold, sorry." Once Lucia let her go and returned to her own seat, Delia lifted her head completely up, yet only to prop it with her right hand. "Sooo...what's up? I was kinda surprised to hear from you today." Cordelia's silver eyes went wide when she realized how that might have sounded and she quickly added, "That's not to say I didn't want to hear from you or that I'm use to not hearing from you, I mean, I mean...ugh!" Finally conceding to her inability to be articulate today, Delia laid her head on the table again, this time chin touching the surface and arms hidden well under the table. "I'm sorry. How about you talk now."

Of course she wasn't on anything, just upset from having been in the cold too long and because of it bumbling through a conversation like she was some new born Frei. Cordelia shook her head at the offer of food and drink, the smells weren't exactly enticing to her at the moment, but she did need something if she was going to kick the fuzzies from her head then.

"Nah I'll pass on the human food, but if you don't mind, the steam from your drink should be enough to help clear my head at least." With a grateful look, the snake gently wafted the steam in her direction and lightly breathed it in. It wasn't smoke, but it would do for now or at least until she got warmer.

Like a person with a cold who could finally breathe, Delia sighed in relief. "Mmmm...school? As in school school? Like with humans and such? No, but I mean in my family it's like tradition to be home schooled." The girl laughed, already seeming in better spirits. "Why do you ask? Are you going to one? Isn't that hard seeing as we develop faster than most human children?" Cordelia couldn't completely suppress the look of disgust she got when she thought about having to hang out with a bunch of human kids. Thank the heavens for home schooling.

Cordelia leaned back in her seat and gave a look of distant, yet serious thinking. That's right. Since they didn't look like grade schoolers and obviously didn't act like such after a good year or two, depending on development, Raevans could just enroll at a college if they wanted. After all, she knew a lot of Raevans that actually did paying jobs, Lucia included. College would be just like that. Well except you pay them instead.

The basilisk sighed, a bit in frustration and some in longing, realizing that perhaps she was still too young to go to college as well. All the working Raevans she knew were Sigels after all and college just seemed right up there with that. Yet it begged the question, why were all her close friends so much older than her anyway?

"College could be fun. Since we're here we should look around if you're thinking of going to one even if it's not this one." Idly twirling a strand of black hair with her finger, "Mmm...me? Well I guess a lot and then again not a lot." Delia gave a chuckle. She honestly couldn't remember when she'd last talked to Lucia and what about. "Still doing the violin thing...got a phone finally, obviously, computer too. Oh that reminds me I'll have to give you my email address sometime today too. Ummm...Ebby got a new job, oh and my grandfather moved in with us not that long ago. He's pretty cool. Likes to fiddle around with all kinds of tech and such in the basement. Something blows up down there from time to time and then Ebby blows up. It's pretty funny when she lectures him." The Frei stifled a laugh this time and asked, "What about you? How's Yuurei?"

"Uh, sure." Honestly Cordelia was dreading going back outside so soon. To most people it probably wasn't that bad, but to her it was twice as cold since she had to live off the heat of others or things like fire or the sun. But maybe it wouldn't be as bad this time since she would be with Lucia (of whom she could make sure to stay very close to) and they'd be moving around more.

Sucking it up, the serpentine Raevan floated after her feline friend. Not able to suppress a huge shiver the moment the cold air of outside hit her skin, Delia made quick work of fishing her gloves back out and stuffing her hands in them. "So do you just want to walk around aimlessly from building to building or do you have somewhere specific you'd like to go to? Like any departments of study you're specifically interested in?"