Feferi Pisces

[Closed roleplay blog for SkaiaNet Institute]

[colorfulcephalopod]

Not an Average Progress Report

It wasn’t too long since Feferi had moved to SkaiaNet Institute. As part of her registration, a copy of her study was sent to the nearby labs. She would have to go in every so often to be checked, letting her information be updated. It so happened that today was a day to go in.

She got up early, and dressed in white capri pants and a white shirt. Out of a habit for classes, Feferi tied up her tentacles in a matching ribbon. She slipped on her shoes and headed out the door. 

It was a bit of a walk to the labs from her housing. Feferi took it with a smile, though. She took this time to look about the campus in a different light. 

At the labs, Feferi showed her student ID card, and explained that she was there for her progress appointment. She was taken inside and to the lab that would conduct the tests. The tests, unsurprisingly, didn’t take long. They were the same ones that she had back home, with her pseudo-family. When they were finished, she was escorted to the same door she came in through; the one that was on the border of the campus.

She was heading back so that she could study and finish her homework, maybe hang out with Aradia. Those ideas were stopped when she saw a humanoid figure low to the ground. She paused to watch as the figure went after some of the woodland creatures that were in the field. The sight caused her to giggle. A bit too loudly, it seemed, as the figure’s- a catboy maybe?- attention turned to her. So, the girl waved and introduced herself. “Hi there! I’m Feferi.”

[damaramegidorping-blog]

Learn the Lines

[colorfulcephalopod]

damaramegidorping:

“Call me Damara. It is no worries. It’s pretty calming at a day like this” she said, 

Actually, she had been cutting classes all day. There was literally no stress in her enviroment as of that day, but she enjoyed making it sound like it. Always a sucker for sympathy, that one.

A plan hatched at the back of her mind. It had been all too quiet around the campus lately. What it needed was that little, special touch of Damara. But she also needed a partner in crime.

Damaras eyes trailed Feferi, and she lost herself in thought so completely that her staring was starting to become a little bit rude. She wasn’t one to care in first place anyway. Feferi totally looked like a goody-two-shoes, but wuth a minimum of friends beggars couldn’t be choosers. Besides, had she called in Kankri the excitement would probably bust his wires or something.

“Hey, wanna do something real fun with me?” she asked, smirking.

Feferi nodded at Damara’s dismissal of her worry. While she wasn’t the best with socializing, she was easy-going enough. So, with Damara being okay with her, Feferi was okay in return. Her mind was relaxed.

It didn’t last very long.

There was something about Damara’s smirk that seemed... off. But, there was also something inside of Feferi that didn’t want to acknowledge that. Feferi didn’t do much with the other students, and here was another girl inviting her to hang out. Feferi bit her lip while she thought. It didn’t take long for her mind to be made up.

She nodded to Damara, “Yeah, sure.” A smile warily grew as something raced in her blood. Damara’s smirk didn’t seem so unsettling now. It seemed to spark a sort of excitement in her. 

[sugarcookiesandcatacombs]

one way to make a first impression

[sugarcookiesandcatacombs]

She grins as her new roommate took her handshake. She thinks this was starting to go well, or at least better than a few minutes before hand. “Considering the fact that where going to be living together I’m sure we won’t stay strangers for very long!” She spoke in a chipper tone hoping that they would really know each other by the end of the week, she was really excited to be living with someone for the first time in her life. 

She smiled as Feferi went back to her bed and suddenly became nervous. She’s been told before she can be off putting is that what this lapse of silence means? She tries to be friendly just still struggles with social interactions. Maybe her new roommate saw her room and thought she was weird? That wouldn’t be much of surprise. Sure there where a few Knick knacks on her shelf like pressed leaves or river stones she found on her wanderings. And an old looking skull that might have put people off. It was a gift from her guardian at the hospital she could never dream of giving it up. The zombie posters might have put people off. She made a side glance to the blonde bombshell actress with brightly colored chainsaw in her hands and a decapitated human head on her hip wearing a blood stained cheerleader outfit. Or there was the poster of small elementary students lined up in front of a school with rotting flesh and dead looking eyes.

Okay yeah, being put off by her Room decorations is fair, she snaps to attention when Feferi spoke up again. Right being friendly asking questions this was good. “Oh not that long just a few months it’s my first school year here I never heard of Skaia net until now actually!” She gives a wide grin before continuing “how about you? Is it your first time or are you an expert already?”

[colorfulcephalopod]

Feferi giggled and shook her head. “Sorry, you probably have more experience. I only know the technical things, like maps and rules and whatnot. This is my first year at SNI; my first time in school, really.” The semi-aquatic being shrugged easily. 

She looked at the bareness of her walls. If Aradia ever saw them, it probably would be apparent that she hadn’t lived a normal life. She wondered for a moment if they would ever be filled... The thought dissipated when Feferi’s eyes once again focused on her new roommate. If her smile had faltered, it was back once more. Aradia was a nice girl, and she was happy to be roomed with her; Feferi didn’t want to her dump petty insecurities onto her.

[colorfulcephalopod]

Learn the Lines

After getting the part of Hermia in the school play, Feferi spent her free time with her script. Whether she was reading through, or reading her parts aloud, she was trying to get it memorized. It wasn’t a hard feat for her, but she wanted things to be so ingrained that she couldn’t mess up if she tried. 

The day was nice, and she had nothing to do, so Feferi dressed in a simple skirt and shirt combo and headed out of her dorm with her script. She walked the campus, wondering where to sit herself. The lake was an option, but it didn’t seem too appealing. Feferi walked around a bit more before settling beneath a tree south of the basketball courts. 

She began from the beginning, reading over everyone else’s lines and speaking hers aloud. Feferi could say some of them from memory, but she needed to know all of them by memory. 

[damaramegidorping-blog]

She liked being away from people. Well, it was partly due to her lack of friends (although it was a growing list!), but also because she liked spending time away from crowds. It made her feel… Safe, in some way. It was refreshing at the very least, not hearing the chatter of students all of the time. This particular day, considering it was so nice outside, she was sitting under a tree escaping for a little smoke. A “little” smoke including three cigarettes at the very least. Her habit was becoming a bit dangerous for her. Not even she was immune to cancer after all.

And then, all of a sudden, a cute girl seats herself on the other side of the tree, obviously not taking note of Damara on the other side or the smell of smoke. She sat there for a moment, just listening, before putting her cigarette out. “It sounds nice”, she said. “The play, or whatever you’re reenacting.”

[colorfulcephalopod]

Feferi jumped a little, a ripple of the tree behind her showing before her skin settled back into it’s normal pattern. She really had to practice that so she didn’t utilize her camouflage each time she was caught off guard. 

The girl looked turned, looking on the other side at the person who just spoke. “Oh, thank you. It’s for the Welcome Fair’s play. We’re doing ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’,” she explained, scooting a bit so she could see the girl she was talking to. 

As she looked at the other girl, Feferi felt as maybe she had imposed on the other student. “I’m sorry if I bothered you with my practicing. I didn’t notice you when I chose this spot,” she held out her hand, “I’m Feferi.”

[sugarcookiesandcatacombs]

one way to make a first impression

[sugarcookiesandcatacombs]

She blinks at the new girl, in all her tentacle hair glory, she knew there were going to be some odd looking people in the school but she didn’t expect to be rooming with one. Well at least she seemed nice, that was a positive, introduction could have gone better sure but the girl seemed pretty collected considering someone literally just kicked in the door. 

“Oh, right roommate, well I knew I would eventually be getting a roommate since there where two beds but nobody told me anything specific including the name of my new roommate.” She glanced at her room. Most of her decorations was blocked off on the separation wall including the decorative atomically correct skull that was a gift and bad zombie movie posters. That was probably for the better, she didn’t want to scare off her new roommate. However Aradia had a feeling with Feferi’s calm demeanor it would be pretty hard to scare her off. That was probably a good thing. She blinks once again at the strange looking girl with pretty eyes before closing the door behind her and taking a few steps into the room. She pulls a leaf out of her and tucks it behind her ears trying to make herself look a little presentable. She sticks her hand out in front in a gesture for a handshake and speaks up again.

“Well it’s nice to finally meet my roommate, I’ve never really had one before, but either way welcome to the dorm! I’m Aradia Megido I guess where going to get to know each other pretty well huh?”

[colorfulcephalopod]

Feferi slides off her bed and takes Aradia’s offered handshake. “That makes two of us!” the girl smiled. “Well, I hope we do. It would suck to live with a stranger.” Which is what the two were right now, except for names.

After the greeting, Feferi returned to her bed and watched the other girl. She wondered what Aradia was like, what she liked, and everything else that ran through her mind while waiting to meet her. To be honest, Feferi didn’t really know what she should do. She wanted to know more about Aradia, but she didn’t know if she could ask all her questions. Did she even know what she would ask? At the lab, she seemed to have socializing down. She never really had many first meetings, though. 

Making her first step into this territory, she opened up with a harmless question: “How long have you been here?”

[twoinonespecial-blog]

Fish Are Friends, Not Food

[twoinonespecial-blog]

Nice to meet mew, Feferi!

The living tentacles that made up Feferi’s hair caught her eye, and she stared curiously for a moment. Was her neighbor part fish? That would be so awesome, if she was! Not that she wasn’t eager to make a new friend no matter what the other girl was, but a fish-human hybrid friend especially appealed to her fish-loving side.

Felicity stuck the empty sticker sheet in the hallway trash bin before quickly turning back to Feferi. 

I love all of those fish! I hope you don’t mind me asking, but are you a mutant too? I love your hair! Er, I mean, your tentacles?

Oh dear, Felicity sincerely hoped that she wasn’t offending Feferi. That was the last thing she wanted to do to her dorm neighbor.

[colorfulcephalopod]

Feferi kept her smile; she was genuinely happy that things were going well! Felicity seemed like good company, and it seemed that she was interested in Feferi just as much as Feferi was interested in her. 

She giggled at the mention of her tentacles. “You can call them hair, everyone does. Even me,” her smile shifted. It was like she was laughing, but with only her lips. She didn’t know how to approach the other question...

“I wouldn’t call myself a mutant, only because I don’t believe I have any mutations. I’m a hybrid of cuttlefish and human DNA. I share traits between both species, though not all are as strong in my heterogeneous mixture as they would in a homogeneous. But no mutations from either species, as far as I’m aware.” The words came from her years of study back home. On cuttlefish, humans, and her files. She was, and is, a project after all. Feferi just hoped that her little spiel didn’t make her sound pretentious.

[colorfulcephalopod]

Learn the Lines

After getting the part of Hermia in the school play, Feferi spent her free time with her script. Whether she was reading through, or reading her parts aloud, she was trying to get it memorized. It wasn’t a hard feat for her, but she wanted things to be so ingrained that she couldn’t mess up if she tried. 

The day was nice, and she had nothing to do, so Feferi dressed in a simple skirt and shirt combo and headed out of her dorm with her script. She walked the campus, wondering where to sit herself. The lake was an option, but it didn’t seem too appealing. Feferi walked around a bit more before settling beneath a tree south of the basketball courts. 

She began from the beginning, reading over everyone else’s lines and speaking hers aloud. Feferi could say some of them from memory, but she needed to know all of them by memory. 

[twoinonespecial-blog]

Fish Are Friends, Not Food

[twoinonespecial-blog]

The sudden voice beside Felicity startled her, making her jump. She thought she had gotten caught already for a brief moment, until she focused on what the other girl was saying. Wishing she could squeal in excitement, she turned to her neighbor and beamed at her.

Do you really like them? Fish and cats are awesome! What’s your favorite? I like tabby cats and catfish the most!

The words were scribbled into Felicity’s notebook as fast as she possibly could write them; her excitement rising rapidly. Was her neighbor as big of a fan as she was of animals? She sure hoped so.

I’m Felicity Rivers! Who are you?

[colorfulcephalopod]

Feferi was quick to return the smile before reading the words. “I’m not too big a fan of cats, but they all look cute. My favorite fish, though, that’s a hard one. I like cuttlefish, not trying to be narcissistic, and nautilus, lion fish, jellyfish, and a whole bunch of others!” As she named the different types, Feferi was ticking them out on her fingers. 

The cuttlefish girl held out her hand with a smile, “I’m Feferi Pisces!” Wow, this was great! Feferi was really excited to get to know her neighbor. She couldn’t wait to find out what else they had in common. Or what they didn’t. Feferi just couldn’t wait to be friends with her, if she was being honest. 

[classicrustmaster-blog]

Cronus: Be an unwilling statue

[classicrustmaster-blog]

“Alright. VWell. Pleased to meet you, Feferi. Thanks for helping me out here. Heh. I’d shake your hand if I could do anything but, you knovw. Speak. Heh. Guess my joints need a little oiling or something. this ain’t ewver happened before, so. Just trying to guess. You knovw. Yeah, you knovw.”

“Sorry for making you do all this. Heh. Really shouldn’t hawve gotten into the rain to begin vwith. Didn’t expect to get fully paralyzed, but. Ah, vwell. Least i’m vwaterproofed, right? Man, it’d suck to be dead just like that. If i’m gonna go out, it’s gonna be on the edge of a plank fighting a bunch of space alien pirates and ewventually giwving an AVWESOME one liner as I fell dovwn into the space alien ocean. Man, that’d be great.”

“But that ain’t really a big deal right novw. Really grateful for you doing this, baby. Like, REAL grateful. Didn’t vwanna hawve to stand there in that stupid position for days or vweeks or months or vwhatewver vwaiting for someone to bring a vwheelbarrovw owver or something. You’re, like, literally my guardian angel. That’s the best vway my vwordbase could describe this sorta thing, Like, for real.”

[colorfulcephalopod]

Feferi smiled as she pushed Cronus along the paths. She liked the way he filled the silence, it even brought out more than a few chuckles from her. It made the labor enjoyable. 

“Don’t worry about it, Cronus! I’m sure anyone else would have done the same. Well, maybe they would have actually carried you to the nurse, but I’m sure that you would only had to have waited a few minutes for help.” Feferi craned around Cronus’s running form, seeing the staff building coming closer with her every step. 

“Alright, you’ll be turned around for a bit,” Feferi started to maneuver the cart as she spoke. She did this so it would be easier to get Cronus through the door. Before she could even attempt that feat, the girl removed her umbrella and folded it up; it wouldn’t be worth much if it got broken. After a small bout of struggle, Feferi successfully got Cronus through the door. Sure, there were her apologies for any discomfort, but she finished her obstacle. 

As Feferi wheeled Cronus to the nurse’s office, she smiled at the staff members that looked at the two students. At the infirmary, Feferi made a short summary of Cronus’s problem as she pushed the cart into the area that the nurse directed her. They helped move Cronus from the cart and onto the ground. With a smile and a wave to him, Feferi excused herself from the room. 

There were some seats lined along the wall to wait. She could leave, but that didn’t seem like the right thing to do. Besides, if something like this happened to her, she’d want to have a friend waiting for her. A bright face to look at. It didn’t take much to convince herself to sit in the plastic chair and wait for Cronus to come out. Besides, he said his joints just needed to be oiled. How long could that take?

[sugarcookiesandcatacombs]

one way to make a first impression

Aradia was glad to have gotten some much needed sunshine and fresh air. She was just coming back from a romp around the forested area surrounding the school. She actually had the time of her life hiking through bushes dirt ridden paths over moss covered rocks and up trees. But now she was returning to the school planning on listening to music before dinner. She goes through the familiar halls heading towards her dorm, one glance and it was obvious the girl had been outside. Her hands covered scratch marks with dirt under her nails, leaves stuck in her massive hair, her hiking boots covered in dirt along with the edge of her long skirt. 

And Aradia wouldn’t have changed it for the world, she finally reaches her dorm casually kicking open the door with a bright grin and stops in the doorway seeing a stranger in her dorm. She widens her eyes and drops her foot from the kicking position and gives a sheepish smile. Well, it was one way to make a first impression. “oh, uh, sorry about that I didn’t think anyone else would have shown up.. what are you doing in my dorm again?”

[colorfulcephalopod]

Feferi didn’t have much to unpack, so she was left with not much to do. She took a look at the dorm and noticed the other adornments. So she did have a roommate. She wondered what the girl she shared a room with would be like. Maybe they’d have things in common. They could possibly be friends; best friends, maybe. But, she wouldn’t know until she met her and tried, and that would still be a 50/50 chance.

The girl didn’t pay attention to any one thing while she waited, her mind tripping over itself with nerves and excitement. It seemed like it was a short time between then and when the door was opened. Her first instinct was to smile. Why would Feferi not do that? The girl wore one, though, it lost some of that wild happiness upon seeing the cuttlefish-girl. Her second was to stand up from her bed; Feferi stayed on her bed, though she did scoot closer to the edge. “Oh, you must be Aradia,” she piped as she began to answer, “I’m your roommate, Feferi Pisces. Did they not tell you about me?” 

[colorfulcephalopod]

Fresh or Salt, It’s All Water

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Meenah was too focused on the fish just out of her reach to realize she wasn’t alone at the lake. When she heard the voice and was hit by a small wave, she was so startled that her wings shot out instinctively as she whirled around.

Oh, no. She had terrified some poor girl. Meenah flapped her wings once to cover the short distance between them. The chick was see-through? Okay, weird. Anyway.

“Hey, hey, its alright. You just scared me, okay? I’m not gonna hurt you.” Meenah offered her hand to help the girl get up and put on her least threatening smile.

“The name’s Meenah. What’s yours?”

[colorfulcephalopod]

By all means, Feferi shouldn’t have been scared. But in all fairness, she didn’t expect the other girl to pop open some wings. It was a sudden shock and her skin was mimicking the scene she had seen behind her. It was a natural response, one that happened quite often growing up. Feferi was trying hard to learn how to control it.

At the girl’s reassurance, Feferi nodded and took a few deep breaths. In and out. Her skin shifted back to its usual colors of tan and pink. She took the offered hand and smiled back.

“I’m Feferi. Sorry, you kind of scared me in return.”

[classicrustmaster-blog]

Cronus: Be an unwilling statue

Okay.

That’s j-

Oh, no.

He couldn’t move. He, j-. He couldn’t move. His joints couldn’t move. Like, at all. Cronus was currently stuck in a running position. Just a few moments ago he was sprinting to get under an awning,  trying to avoid the rain. He was waterproof, sure. But sometimes…sometimes those little metal joints rusted awfully fast. As in. A few seconds sort of fast sort of thing. Yeah. That had just happened. He was standing in the middle of the grass, looking incredibly goofy and frozen in place. This was not good. He was going to have to call out for help. Oh, no. Oh nooo.

“Sooooooo. Uh. HELLO?! ANYBODY?! I’m sort of, uh. Stuck. Yeah. If anybody could carry me off to the nurse’s office or something that vwould REALLY be ideal. like for REAL. I’m not EWVEN joking.”

[colorfulcephalopod]

While everyone was hustling to get out of the rain, Feferi was hurrying to get into it. Sure, she’d have to change her uniform, but what ever. Feferi wanted to feel the water come down on her. It couldn’t have been too much different from a shower. Even still, she brought with her an umbrella. That was in case the rain came down hard, like a storm. 

As she walked the almost empty outside, enjoying the rain, she took in the frazzled student in the grass. He was calling out for help, and Feferi just couldn’t leave him there to rust. She hurried over to his side. “I’m here to help!” she started off, then actually got a good look at him. She knew from his shouts that he needed to get to the infirmary, but doubted that she could transfer him on her own. “Oh, wow. I didn’t think this far ahead...” 

An idea popped into her mind. She remembered seeing some dolly carts in club building. Maybe if she ran, she could get there and back quick enough so that the damage wasn’t too bad. She was about to run out again, then realized she had her umbrella. Feferi took a few seconds to open and position it, but smiled when she succeeded in keeping the rain off of him for the little bit of time she needed. “Alright, I’ll be right back, then I’ll get you to the nurse,” she nodded and smiled before dashing off to get the tool.

It didn’t take too long, but it was probably longer than the other one would have liked. When Feferi returned, she came back panting. She gave the boy a smile, “Sorry, but now I can get you to the nurse,” she huffed and showed off the cart. 

The young girl positioned it closely to the male student. “I’m going to try and get you on the cart; try to help if you can. And let me know if I hurt you, okay?” She maneuvered around him and used all her strength, but in the end, Feferi got him on the cart. She also managed to catch his name from seeing his ID; it was Cronus. Beaming, she got behind the cart and headed towards the staff building. “Oh, I’m Feferi, by the way.”

[twoinonespecial-blog]

Fish Are Friends, Not Food

So, maybe it was a bad idea to put stickers on the door of the prefect’s dorm room, but it was Felicity’s room as well. If anyone else complained, well, they were clearly not appreciative of some wonderful stickers. She was willing to take the fall for her decorating, though she thought of it as a masterpiece.

Once the sheet of stickers was blank, the mutant stepped back and admired her work. It was perfect! A neat arrangement of feline and aquatic life stickers adorned the plain wooden door; bringing a lot more color to the hallway of the sophomore dorm building. Surely someone would appreciate the decorating as much as Felicity did!

[colorfulcephalopod]

Normally, Feferi didn’t interact with the on-goings of the sophomore building. It wasn’t like she didn’t want to, but more like she was trying to learn how to. “You learn from observations,” one of the team members back home had said to her. So, that’s what she did a lot. 

This was her day to step out of that. Feferi had seen her neighbors before, but never like this. One of them was just standing out admiring their door. But why would she want to admire something so bland and uniform? That caused the cuttlefish girl to do a double take, because the door no longer was just like the others. It seemed the other girl decorated it with stickers, and it was amazing. 

“Oh my, that is so cute!” she said, standing next to her to admire all the stickers. The cat ones were cute, but the fish ones were just adorable. She was glad she was next to someone who liked fish so much; they’d have something to talk about now!

[colorfulcephalopod]

[vottum-deactivated20170112]

D listens to Feferi and nods. This girl was good at the part. She was able to change her tone mid way through a long set of lines as the characters tone changes. When she finishes, D hands her a script that had highlighting over Hermia’s lines.” Learn these by the day before the play. that’s when dress rehearsal is.” He says and offers her a small smile.” Congratulations, you got the part.” 

[colorfulcephalopod]

Feferi just kind of looked at the script for a moment. She had actually got the part? She could feel her smile through the tightness of her cheeks. “Wow, I can’t believe it,” she whispered to herself. “Thank you!” she said to Mr. Strider, finally getting a good look at his ID. Feferi stood up and swore she could have skipped out of the auditorium. She was full of excitement and couldn’t wait to practice her lines. 

[colorfulcephalopod]

Auditions: Happy to be Hermia

[vottum-deactivated20170112]

D Strider was siting at his desk, going through the various notes that he had taken during the auditions. He knew that he shouldn’t be too picky because everyone was just a high schooler but he was used to true star quality and talent so it was hard to get used to people stuttering over their lines or forgetting them in the middle of the audition. 

When he hears the door open, he turns his head to see who was walking in-part of him hoping that it was one of his students. But it was someone that he had yet to meet. He hoped that they wouldn’t be too bad or ask what part they should try out for. He already had enough of those todays and he really wanted to go home in a good mood. 

As the girl makes her way to the stage, D gets an other page ready to take notes. He nods and writes down her name and what part that she was trying out for. There wasn’t many people who were trying out for Hermia. Most of the females were going out for Hippolyta or Titania so he was looking forward to see what she was going to do for her audition. 

Throughout the audition, D takes notes and nods. He liked the girls tone and how her voiced seemed to fill every inch of the room. She was a little stiff, though that could be caused by the nerves of trying out. Once she was done, D sets his pen down.” Good. Nice tone and projection.” He says and bites his lip, he knew that they didn’t have time for call backs. He motions her over to the desk, and rumages through the papers on his desk.” Read some of her lines please.” He says. 

[colorfulcephalopod]

Feferi relaxed at the praise. She did well enough to actually read some lines, that was good. She made her way to the desk. Picking up the script, she looked for Hermia’s first part that wasn’t a single line. It was pretty early after the character’s introduction. She felt a bit better going into this reading than reciting on the stage.

“ ‘I do entreat your grace to pardon me,’ “ she started, taking a slight pause for effect before continuing with the line, delivering it with the same ‘firm-yet-almost-unsure’ tone she spoke with to Mr. Droog a few days prior. At the start of the second statement, her tone changed to accommodate for the needed effect of the the words. It was a solid and questioning tone. But not questioning as if actually asking a question; more like how a spoiled child would demand for an answer and still appear really sweet at the same time. 

Feferi turned her eyes towards the drama teacher, hoping that she did adequately at least. If she was being honest, she actually felt good about her reading. Maybe she really could do this acting thing.

[colorfulcephalopod]

Auditions: Happy to be Hermia

Standing outside the auditorium doors, Feferi doubted if this was the best thing to do. She had overheard conversations at lunch about auditions for a play. Feferi read tons of plays during her younger years, and had dreamed of actually preforming. Not really because she wanted to be an actress, but because she thought it would be a fun experience. Now, though, the girl was just a bundle of nerves. 

Feferi tried the doors, and they were opened with ease. It was too late to stop now. She looked around and spotted the teacher up near the stage. She had the urge to tuck her tentacles away, feeling them squirm. They were held up by her ribbon, though, so it would be a pointless gesture. 

She made her way to the stage, thinking over different monologues she could do to display her possible ability. She really only picked the role because it’d probably be better than being lovesick, an emotion she had never felt before. Hermia was mainly happy (and in love), and the young hybrid had experience in being happy. ‘Maybe I could do poetry. Shakespeare wrote poetry, too. Poetry can convey the emotions better,’ Feferi nodded to herself as she chose to recite poetry.

Standing center-stage, Feferi took a deep breath. Now it really was too late. “My name is Feferi Pisces, and I’d like to audition for Hermia. I’ll be reciting “Love’s Language” by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.” She closed her eyes, searching for the poem she would read in the lab. After a moment, she began to say the words she knew that she knew. Her voice filled the room with the lovely poem. Her eyes were open by the end of the first stanza, and by the end of the passage, Feferi wasn’t so nervous anymore. Until she looked at the teacher. He was so stoic, she didn’t know if she blew it or not. “Did I do that right?”

[dandroog-blog]

Dan: Consult Feferi

[dandroog-blog]

“I’m gonna be straight with ya, kid. That’s how everyone does it. I think you’ll get it.” He closed the folder and added, “I meant it, feel free ta bug me anytime. Just not now. I got a hundred more of these meetin’s ta do today. Anyway, ya can scram now if ya want.”

[colorfulcephalopod]

Feferi nodded, and stood up. “Alright, thank you, Mr. Droog,” She smiled widely once more. Opening the office door, she turned towards the counselor and waved. “I’ll see you around campus, Mr. Droog!” On that note, she left his office feeling a lot better than when she walked in.