college was expensive. stupidly so. elora had always known that it would be and her degree definitely contributed to the rising cost. her degree also made it virtually impossible to get a stable job, causing her to resort to using services like ubereats deliveries and the such to make a little extra cash when she could. it wasn’t really working out in the way she might’ve hoped it would and that was seemingly the case for her roommate too. the unfortunate thing was that they couldn’t pay rent with thin air and so that meant that had to sit down to talk about finances at some point before something ridiculous like their wifi got cut off. that time was now, apparently. “a girl on my course told me she’s started up being a sugar baby. to help make ends meet. she says it’s kind of like acting since she pretend to be whoever she wants around the people she’s with,” she explained, scrunching her nose up slightly. it’s probably a rather weird sounding addition to their ongoing conversation but she was using it as a gateway to her next suggestion. “i don’t think i could do something like that, though. i’m not... a fan of strangers.” faye was quite lucky that elora had taken to her so well, that wasn’t often the case. she’d taken to her well enough to even admit that she liked her which meant she wasn’t looking to have to look for a new roommate any time soon... though she was worried her next suggestion might mke things so awkward that she might want to start looking. “then she mentioned something about like... cam sites. people pay for you to do... stuff. they pay well too, apparently. instant cash. could really help with rent, right?”