The last student to arrive at and emerge from the forest that night was also the most<a class="link link--external" href="https://64.media.tumblr.com/d653340efc7ec59f0dea64ebea705e40/tumblr_otkxitxbIA1va87k2o5_1280.jpg" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank">used to darkness</a>. In her shadow form, she had slithered along the forest floor instead of tiring herself on a doable if admittedly long hike from the Uber she had ordered to take her to the edge of it.<br/><br/>And now she spoke from the shadow dimension as well, hoping to slightly unnerve anyone who wasn’t cool enough to stand up to her sense of humor.<br/><br/>“The name’s Angel...Death Angel. And I’ve been here since the beginning of time...<i>watching</i>all of you,” she pretended to cackle, since she hadn’t met most of them at Orientation.<br/><br/>“Nah, just kidding, I’m Kira Beck,” the lithe Japanese American smirked after letting the previous phrase land, before revealing her<a class="link link--external" href="https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/8185f166-fd34-4bce-a741-70ba7f32a5e2/d7hp7gh-d5d781d1-9908-4f65-9041-65ef19b7db72.png/v1/fill/w_748,h_1069,q_75,strp/katana_2_0_by_ninjatic-d7hp7gh.png?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwic3ViIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsImF1ZCI6WyJ1cm46c2VydmljZTppbWFnZS5vcGVyYXRpb25zIl0sIm9iaiI6W1t7InBhdGgiOiIvZi84MTg1ZjE2Ni1mZDM0LTRiY2UtYTc0MS03MGJhN2YzMmE1ZTIvZDdocDdnaC1kNWQ3ODFkMS05OTA4LTRmNjUtOTA0MS02NWVmMTliN2RiNzIucG5nIiwid2lkdGgiOiI8PTc0OCIsImhlaWdodCI6Ijw9MTA2OSJ9XV19.GyCiGHpd-X5qJfHd7u4Nb7nF78NTm9OOqfLeK_Ca4sU" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank">human form</a>. “Pleasure to meet...most of you,” she then teased Mike, who she had connected with online and then in the bedroom.