[sylvanSpider]

=-=ZEKE=-=

Zeke nodded. Botany was never his thing and he wasn't sure if he'd be able to...at least, without major guidance. His planet was all infrastructure and buildings. Few plants grew in the wild there, and the few that weren't were almost always for decorative purposes. Zeke had never bothered. A couple of the maids kept house plants, and he was sure one his dad's contracted felis kept her own garden. She was always his favorite of his dad's meager attempts to make his self-absorbed mother jealous, and he actually hoped he'd marry that one. He scratched his head, “Well uh....I can certainly try. I've never grown a plant before in my life, if you want me to be honest. Shit. My room is the only room in the entire place that doesn't have a window. Erm...maybe it did. But I needed another bookshelf.”

He blushed at his confession of having useless books in favor of light but brightened up again quickly; the chellix would never allow him to be down for too long, thankfully. He found that he dealt with himself a lot easier with the stuff, so he eventually just incorporated it into his daily habits. “Oh yeah, this shit? It's verrrry illegal. Some addicts get ah...carried away. It can make people crazy in excess. But it's the same for all the drugs on campus I guess. Chellix is just my poison of choice. The entire system is pretty underground, but it's established as it is. I get my shit from the business district. My lady is very...good...at what she does. I've heard some shit about her though. If we do decide to start doing this more au natural method...we'll want to keep it hush hush. She's got some shady connections and won't like the aspect of competition.”

Zeke noticed, black eyes turning to his companion's belly and grinned, “Earthen food it is! I know a few popular human places. Uhm... brace yourself for some very odd choices...” He got up and stretched and at the same time George spread her wings, swooping down and claiming her spot on Zeke's shoulder. “Well then, shall we get going?”

=-=MAGALI=-=

Magali laughed seeing the confusion on Meeqa's features, “It's okay, I'll show you one of the nights we both are at our dorm rooms. I was actually hoping to ask you if I could use you as a model for future projects...so if you say yes you'll definitely be seeing it!” Already her mind was reeling in different ways she could use Meeqa if she accepted. She was beautiful and would make for the perfect subject. She'd been eager to get to her easel almost since meeting the woman, but of course she'd never do anything with her as the subject unless she gave permission.

Magali's ears perked up and her tail swayed, already excited at the fact that she wouldn't have to escort. Dancing sounded like a lot more fun than actually selling her body as the other felis did. She knew there was real money to be had there, and she knew it would make her family proud but if she could avoid it, she was going. “I can't wait for lessons to begin! Will we be uh... practicing in the dorm room then or here?”

She could tell when they were nearing the club, as suddenly there were people. There were people everywhere, of all different races. Her cheeks flushed with the excitement. Her village could have fit several times inside this huge building and she had never before been exposed to so many people. The figure at the door was intimidating but seemed friendly enough. She couldn't keep eyecontact for long, choosing instead to look up at him through glances from her toes to his eyes and back down again. “It's... it's a pleasure to meet you,” she squeaked.

Inside was another series of wonders. Any windows that the club had were darkened in order to make way for the dazzling synthetic ones. The pair walked through a short narrow hallway which soon opened up into a massive space. Loud music was pulsing and there were dancers on a stage with customers all around them throwing their qanta at the dancers just simply for existing in front of them. It seemed perfect, and more important to Magali, fun. A permanent smile seemed to stick to Magali's face as she took it all in. “So this is home for you, huh?” she breathed almost inaudibly over the music.