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"Si, school!" Terra said. "I have never been! Ah, but my room, it is downstairs," she said, starting to lead the way. It seemed she even lived on the same floor as Roch--not that she realized it. "I do not think I have any neighbors," she said. "It is very quiet down here," she added as she headed to the room across from Roch's.

Her room was rather empty, but there were beautiful pieces of cloth hanging on the walls in various stripes of colors. Her mat in the corner was neatly made, and her kitchen even had decorations, such as beautifully painted pots and pans. There was a small four person table in the corner with simple wooden chairs--she had found them on the corner of the street and cleaned them up.

"I do not have much," she said again, "but I ask that you make yourself at home." She headed for the kitchen, gathering her supplies to make beans and rice and simple tortillas.

Terra went still, her mind going to the past for a moment. "It is... lonely," Terra admitted. "But I will grow used to it," she added, starting to cook. She wasn't looking at the other ghoul as she said that. Life had been lonely, actually.

There was a small painting on the wall by the pieces of cloth that Xiu was looking at. It was a picture of a skeleton--but one that was gorgeously dressed with beautifully coifed black hair decorated with roses and flowers painted on her skull.

"I hope you are not bothered by spices, senorita Xiu, I tend to make things a bit spicy," Terra called over her shoulder.

"But--" Terra started out, only to stop and smile slightly. "Would you set the table por favor?" she asked. "The plates and cups are in that cabinet," she added, pointing.

There were only four plates and four cups, but they were hand cast and painted, and quite beautiful. She had obviously been very careful when packing them to bring them from home.

"I completely forgot," she said abruptly. "Were you not looking for someone? I do not wish to interrupt a meeting--"

"Gracias, senorita Xiu, you are most kind," Terra said as she stirred the rice and flipped the tortillas with an expert move. "Mi Madre, she made those," she added in a quieter tone. "She was very good at glazing, so do not worry, they are far tougher than they look! I am afraid I never got to her level of ability, though. I enjoy playing in the mud, but clay, she eludes me." That seemed to have been a joke.

"Do you mind water?" she asked a second later. "I have not learned what drinks are popular here, or I would offer them," she added as she brought the food to the table. It looked far different from the usual stuff seen in Halloween, but it smelled great.

"Si! It was one of the things that DID stick with me," Terra said as she started dishing out the food. "Ah, I forgot the forks," she said, heading back into the kitchen and returning with the silverware before sitting down.

She bowed over the food, a simple, graceful motion that indicated she was mimicking her madre. Then she dug in. "I am very hungry!" she announced between bites. "I forget to eat sometimes," she admitted. Then she grabbed a bottle of hotsauce from the table and topped off the already spicy food with it.

"Too busy, I think," Terra said, slowing down her eating. "Would it be rude to ask you about yourself?" she asked. "I am not quite sure what species you are, I admit," she said, flushing. "Where I come from there is mainly undead. I am the only reaper that I know of. In fact, I only just met--"

She stopped, her mind rushing, "another reaper this week."

Terra smiled. "I wish to meet many, many people!" she said. "I have met a very fun ghost named Siobhan and a very protective one named Frost, and a most wonderful gentleman named Nahm! And a very strong reaper named Hel," she added. "Oh, and one of my favorites--please do not tell the others--an undead named Merope! He is very much my opposite," she said. "He comes from somewhere very quiet underwater."

Then she stopped, her eyes widening. "But you say there are so many more people that I should meet--I have a lot to do," she added, wondering where she should start. "Oh! Perhaps you know of some of the other reapers? I would like to know who I should meet!"