Orientation: Really? You Thought This Was a Good Idea?

[Winifred Winters]

Winn walks down the hall of the XU dorms, testing doorknobs to see if any of the rooms are unlocked. She also defaces any whiteboards she comes across.

[Victoria Valentine]

Victoria's door, surprisingly, was open.

Only it opened into apparently a star-filled void.

[Winifred Winters]

Without even a moment of hesitation, Winn steps into the void.

[Victoria Valentine]

She immediately found herself ensnared in tentacles that seemed to melt out of the void.

"WhOoO dArEs..."

[Winifred Winters]

"'Ey! Hands off, creep!" Winn says.

[Victoria Valentine]

"fOoLiSh MoRtAl... WhAt BuSiNeSs HaVe YoU iN mY rEaLm..." The tentacles started to wrap more thoroughly around her, slithering up her limbs and toward her neck.

[Winifred Winters]

"Nunya," Winn says, struggling against the tentacles.

[Victoria Valentine]

"ImPuDeNt FoOl! WhY sHoUlD wE nOt DeVoUr YoUr SoUl FoR yOuR aRrOgAnCe!"

[Winifred Winters]

"If you're gonna do it, then do it!" Winn snaps at the voice. "Otherwise, cut the crap, spooky."

[Victoria Valentine]

"FoOlIsH mO- oH, tHe HeLl WiTh ThIs..."

The tentacles didn't let go, but Victoria's face, fifty feet high and glowing red, melted into being in front of her.

"Seriously, you have some bad thrill issues, dear."

[Winifred Winters]

"Sorry, I don't scare so easily these days," Winn says. "I like the giant face tho'. Gives ya a whole Oz the Kinky and Many-Tentacled Vibe."

[Victoria Valentine]

"Okay, let's try this again, just with some manners this time. Or I let the tentacles have a party this time."

With that, she was tossed back into the hall, the door slamming shut.

[Winifred Winters]

Never one for maturity, Winn immediately took out her marker and started vandalizing Victoria's door instead.

[Victoria Valentine]

At which point, Victoria opened the door, glaring at her.

[Winifred Winters]

"Howdy, neighbor," Winn says. "Happen to have an egg I can borrow? I need to egg some awful, stuck-up bitch's door."

[Victoria Valentine]

"You know, I thought it'd be at least a week before I had to beg the Headmistress to let me turn people into frogs."

[Winifred Winters]

"Is that why your door leads into Under the Skin? You're a witch?" Winn asks.

[Victoria Valentine]

"Yes, actually." Duh.

[Winifred Winters]

"Cool," Winn says. "Robots and witches and mutants. Can't say this place isn't interesting, at least."

[Victoria Valentine]

"And explosions. You can't forget the explosions."

[Winifred Winters]

"They do tie the whole damn mess together," Winn says. She fishes a flask out of a pocket and takes a swig before offering it to Victoria.

[Victoria Valentine]

Victoria took a whiff of the flask, immediately wished she hadn't, then took a swig anyway. "Ngh, tell me that isn't really paint thinner," she said, passing it back.

[Winifred Winters]

"Nah. This is good ol' fashioned rotgut," Winn says. "Breakfast of the scum of the earth."

[Victoria Valentine]

"We need to do something about your pallet, darling." She held her hand out. "Victoria."

[Winifred Winters]

Winn tucks the flask back into her jacket, "Yeah, you don't drink it for the taste."

"I'm Winn."

[Victoria Valentine]

"Well that's just a wasted loss of taste buds," Victoria said. "So what were you trying to sneak into my room for?"

[Winifred Winters]

"Why not?" Winn asks.

[Victoria Valentine]

"So you're that eager to get intimate with elder evils? Tsk, that's not what anyone would call a healthy policy, dear."

[Winifred Winters]

"I am all out of fucks to give about my health," Winn says. "Seriously, look at my complete and utter lack of stock of fucks to give in that department. None on the floor, none in back. De nada."

[Victoria Valentine]

Victoria smirked. "And I suppose your innocence is right out, too?"

[Winifred Winters]

"I'm as innocent as a schoolgirl," Winn replies, her voice all sweetness and light.

[Victoria Valentine]

"Mmm, well that'll get fixed soon enough here, even if it wasn't a complete lie."

[Winifred Winters]

"It wasn't a lie. Have you met many schoolgirls? Bitches be cray-cray," Winn says.

[Victoria Valentine]

Victoria smirked. "Okay, I like you."

[Winifred Winters]

"Yeah, but do you like-like me?" Winn asks.

[Victoria Valentine]

"Not until after dinner and a few drinks. That are a lot better than that stuff, I might add."

[Winifred Winters]

"Exciting. I'll have to dress up and everything," Winn says.