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Muka had heard they needed some guides around campus. He wasn't sure he was equipped for any sophisticated guiding or complicated questions but the strix had decided to help once he'd learned it was only scarelings. How bad could it really be?

He'd sent a note to Needle to invite her along and then dressed in his most kid-friendly outfit. His suit was very dark and sleek but his waistcoat, buttoned tight across his round belly, was a bright pattern of pink skulls swirled with black and gold paisley and each skull had tiny beaded eyes. The beads were iridescent and shimmered almost like the eyes were glowing. He figured a scareling might like it since... well he loved to stare at it too!

The strix was watching the crowd of children and stroking his beard when he felt something bump into his stomach. "Hello!" He grinned in response and plopped his large hand flat on top of the ghoul's head. It was like a pat.. but he never lifted it. Just held her there. He hadn't noticed the snakes until they were winding around his fingers.

"Ooooooh hee hee.. I eat all of the things." His sharp teeth snapped in what he thought was a teasing way. "My name is Muka, little Miss Meddy, and I am a strix! What are you? Your hair looks del-" he paused, tapped a talon on his chin in thought, and corrected himself, "lovely. I will most definitely show you around!"

He flared his giant wings for effect except a few of the shy children seemed to yelp.

Oops.

"Ah.. hrrm.. of course." A picture? People didn't often ask to photograph him. Muka had only ever been involved in formal photos so he felt slightly at a loss for what to do with himself in a candid shot.

The strix adjusted his pose several times and made a few odd expressions before settling on his usual giant grin and simply tucking his hands into his suit-coat pockets. "How's this.. hrm? Or ah.. heh.. would you like to get in and we can have someone else take it?"

So jealous? This little ghoul was doing horrible things to Muka's almost non-existent ego. He puffed up like the flashy birdy he was being made out to be and grinned even brighter. His hands were fairly large compared to hers so he did his best not to harm Meddy with his talons.

"Well there's a different dorm building for, hrm, all species. I live in the monster dorms! High up in the tower with the other winged creatures." You could see most of the buildings from where they stood so he pointed it out. "You would probably be there too! Everyone gets a dorm that, heheh, is special just for them." He started to walk.

"What do you think you would have in your room, little miss?"

Did all scarelings ask so many questions? Muka didn't mind really but he wondered if this ghoul took any breaths between her rambles of statements. Even so, he found her rather cute.

"Well my dorm is rather far but ah..heh.. I think there are some open ones for the tours." He made that up. If there weren't he'd just bust into someone else's room and use them as an example. "There are lots of other monsters of all kinds! Big, small, ah hee aquatic, winged, firey.." He waved his hand as if to say 'and so on'.

"Oh yes I know some ghosts! In fact," Muka giggled and squeezed her little hand. "My ghoulfriend is a ghost and I also have a friend who is a mirror ghost... " He clacked his teeth momentarily. "Perhaps you should not meet her.."

They were now in the center of where the dorm buildings were spaced. "Would you like to pick one or shall we screamie-meanie-grimey-toe?"

Muka almost disputed the 'forbidden love' claims from the little ghoul but the more he thought about it, the more it seemed appropriate. At least from Needle's end of things. He was more than happy to tell her about their romance though, as they walked towards the monster dorms.

"Well I needed a prom date but did not know many ah.. ghouls. And she was also seeking a date so we decided, though we had just met, to give it a try!" Muka snickered. "It wasn't all very ah..heh.. romantic to begin? More of a social experiment but hah.. it has worked out!" Perhaps he wasn't good with romantic storytelling.

"My family knows." He held his fingers to his lips though, bringing the bubbly little gorgon in on the conspiracy, "But her family does not.. so shhhhhh!"

Right at the door of the dorms he produced a picture from a wallet inside of his jacket. It was the prom photo from last year. Needle looked pale and lovely as always and Muka was much thinner and with much less of a beard. "Here she is."

"Yes of course that's how it happened!" Muka didn't mind encouraging the ghoul's romantic illusions. "And prom is very fun. There's games and dancing and FOOD! Hee.." He patted his large stomach again before holding the dorm door for the ghoul.

Thankfully he was not too far off about there being a dorm room already set aside for them to look at. A boil he didn't know, who was closest to the entrance, had his room opened for viewing. He was some sort of cat-monster judging by his swishing tail and his room was customized with perches and dangly things to play with. They also were not the only pair in there and some of the children were climbing on the oversized cat trees in the room.

"As you can ..ah.. see, each dorm is designed for the student. Mine has high rafters for all the bird minis." He giggled. "And I have a balcony so I can fly straight out of my room!"

"I think so.." Muka scratched his chin because he honestly didn't know. He didn't even deal with any of the paperwork involved in his enrollment, his father did. "And just so you know.. every room has hee, special accomodations for minipets!" He patted her.. snakes.. again.

"I know that dragons get their treasure lairs and ah..hmm.. aquatic creatures can have pools and such." Muka grinned. "I believe it is the same in the other dorm buildings as well!" He then leaned to whisper, "The demons have the nicest rooms."

He then offered her his hand if she wanted to move on.