<div class="floatright">(http://www.drowtales.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/noir.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Saif Ramesses<br/><strong>Role:</strong>Valedictoriamummy<br/><strong>Mood:</strong>Nervous, amorous and eager.<br/><strong>Where:</strong>The Great Hall<br/><strong>Wearing:</strong>Clean, white button-up shirt, slacks and dress shoes over linen wraps.<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Nimh<br/><strong>Mentioning:</strong>Starfall, Andi<br/><br/>Saif found himself relaxing a little now.  He wasn't usually that eager to make conversation, but Nimh had been the one to break the ice and she had a certain way of propelling things on her own.  Almost as if she had topics of discussion prepared, but who in their right mind would actually prepare for socialization like that?  Saif flushed a little under his wraps at memories of a younger self who did exactly that.  Still, the little dragoness had captured his interest and his eyes followed her hands to her notebook.  Huh.  She didn't like the eggs, apparently.<br/><br/>That bit got a smirk out of Saif and when he read it, but was pleased when she looked back up to talk about classes.  Now there was something Saif had been prepared for.  Strictly speaking, he didn't need to be here at orientation.  He'd toured the castle the previous night, found where his classes where and knew how his way around.  Still, it was only polite and he wanted to do it at least to support Starfall.  How would it look to her if he avoided orientation given her role in it?<br/><br/>Either way, Nimh's talk about biology perked Saif up, "Yeah, I have biology first as well!  I've already studied mythical biology a fair amount and did conventional biology courses at home with my tutors, so I'm just curious how these instructors will stack up with what I already know.  I'm sure I haven't learned everything, so it should still be a fun experience."<br/><br/>Then, Saif saw her.  Was that who he thought it was?  Andi was here?  That was a bit awkward.  What was he saying?  It was really awkward.  Andi was the one other person he'd actually been kind of serious about, but of course, her beloved William was the one who really owned her heart.  There hadn't been a great end to that relationship and like the vampire herself, Saif was eager to leave the other be for now.  He was making friends and developing new relationships.  He'd moved on, she'd probably moved on, it was best to keep his distance.  At least, for now.<br/><br/>He kind of pitied Nimh, though.  The dragon shared her dorm with Andi, right?  She'd probably snuck in her blade collection, maybe even started sharpening them or something.  Hers was a very noisy hobby (although he never would've called it that to her face).<br/><br/>"I think I'm looking most forward to the sorcery classes, though."  Saif said, focusing on his new friend, Nimh, "I'm pretty well versed in magic, at least the old Egyptian stuff, but I'm far from an expert there.  It's not like you can take classes for that in regular human schools, though, so I can't wait to see what this school offers."