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Oh yes reality most definately disagreed. It disagreed in the form of a tall feline ghoul reading the menu for the next day.

Nefertari was new to the school, having come to learn and spend time with her cousin, and needed to know feeding times. Food was important to the athletic feline, she needed her strength on the field and needed the calories to stay beautiful! Slowly she glanced over the menu when she suddenly heard the sound of hooves. That's odd, who else would be around the cafeteria so late?

The winged sphinx turned to see who was here so late when said person decided to bump square into her chest. Tari looked down at her linin covered chest at the ghoul who had bumped into her. She had a book in her hand, mostly likely had been reading while walking. She was lucky the ghoul hadn't hit her beaded collar, that might have been more painful.

"Well hello there," she chuckled, "Funny bumping into someone here."

Nefertari giggled as the ghoul jumpped back as she made contact. It was cute. She looked all nervous, as if Tari was waiting there to pounce her. Well maybe some other time but not right now. Suddenly she blinked when the ghoul's tail...er.....was that a tail? No it was a snake! She had seen enough to know them. Hooves? Snake tail? She was a chimera! Well that was cool! At least she was a fellow monster. Tari had been worried about meeting more than monsters and undead.

"Well nice to meet a fellow monster. I'm Nefertari, new student. Just call me Tari. And you are?" she smiled down at her, fangs flashing.

Tari smiled at the firm handshake, she liked someone with confidance. At least thats what she thought people had when they could at least shake her hand with some strength. Though this ghoul hardly looked like the rough and rumble type. Book, glasses, nervous = Nerd. But then again Tari was quite intelligent, as her race was well known to be. She was also glad the girl was as new as her.

"Well its good to have a fellow kitten around," she pushed a lock of black hair over her shoulder, "I was just looking at the menu. Not sure what kind of prey they have here. What are you doing here?"

She smiled at the snake and waved to it. She liked snakes, they were considered great creatures in her homeland.

Tari looked over at the food and was not impressed. Granted she liked food on the go but maybe not that much right now. She sniffed a bit, her ear flicking and her tail swishing back and forth.

"Not exactly appitizing this late at night. Any place else we can get some nibbles?" she looked to the ghoul. Granted she hadn't been there probubly much longer than her but maybe she had at least heard of somewhere they could eat. If nothing else Tari would sniff something out.

The ghoul was cute for a nerd. She could definately do nice with wearing smaller shirts to show off her waist and something to magnify those long legs. She may have been shorter than Tari but she could still have nice looking legs. She smiled back to the ghoul, just as honestly but with undoubted confidance.

"Yeah, curfew will getcha every time," she grinned a bit. More than once she had gotten in trouble for going out after dark but in the desert that could be far more dangerous. No road signs and no landmarks; and your tracks could easily be erased by a good wind. She stretched her wings a bit then began to think.

"Well I've got some snacks at least in my dorm. I know I've got some bread and basbousa. Also some egyptian tea," she looked to the ghoul to see if any of that interested her. She was always willing to be social and missed her pride back home. At least Nubi, her mummy friend, promised to write to her every week and demanded to hear what kind of classes she was taking.

Nefertari smirked. The ghoul seemed quite uncomfortable going to random people's dorms. While that could be a good thing they were living in the same place, not like they wouldn't run into each other again. Well she could put up with it for awhile. She nodded to the ghoul.

"Alright, why don't we meet in the Monster Dorm Lobby for our little outing? That way it's not as far a walk for either of us," she was already walking towards the exit of the cafeteria. She wanted to stretch her wings a bit so she was going to fly back to the dorms. Her wings were large and feathery, very soft looking considering how much time she spent keeping them clean. Maybe it was just the cat in her but she couldn't stand to be dirty unless she was playing sports.

Tari flew lazily back to the dorms. She knew her walking companion would take longer to get there and she enjoyed the night air. She still missed the desert, long stretches of sand with dotted oasis making meetings far more fun. She landed on the roof and made her way down to her own dorm. She made some tea, dark and rich; then she got out the basbousa she had brought as well as some flat egyptian style bread. It was the main food of her area as well as meat.

The ghoul made her way down to the lobby, smiling as she saw the other waiting for her. It would be a nice evening snack. Maybe they could talk more with something in common to keep them occupied....like food! She liked the look of the strawberries, something rare in her area. They were considered a delicacy as they so rarely grew in the arid climate.

"Well, lets get this late night picnic underway!" she set her own food down, pouring a glass of tea for herself. "So where are you from Taryn?"