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"Welcome to Gamma State University," the chipper troll guide called over the group. Her green painted lips and fluttering olive eyes shone in the harsh morning light, demanding the student's attention.
"Why do they call it Gamma State?" John leaned over to Karkat who would hunched beneath the weight of his hoodie.
"They don't know much about state systems. They just figured every good university has state after the name," he shrugged, yawning in a feline manner.
The woman waved for the group to follow her into the pavillion so that she wouldn't have to talk over the drowsy youths. Her hips swung cheerily as she walked in her clenched-tight pencil skirt, her gait wide and inviting. It seemed that the midblood was enjoying her less violent duties as an admissions counselor on Earth.
In the rounded stone pavillion she invited all the less-than-enthusiastic students to take a seat on the steps as she began her speech. As the students nursed piping cups of cheap instant coffee the troll woman began. She folded her hands over her stomach and kept her feet together as she informed the class about their first day on campus. They would be paired up with a roommate, troll or human or both, and they would have two hours to get acquainted. Once they had become friendly or positively calignous lunch would be served in the grand cafeteria. Your options would be something simple like pizza or something grand like Alternian Loks Soup with Demanche and Grub Sauce... whatever that was.
Finally, she informed the students that no living arrangements were settled through the office. Because of recognized quadrant romantic lifestyles amongst the troll's culture where you lived was under the consent of the roommate's decision.
"And lastly, please take note of our facilities. Besides your usual human university staff we include an Alternian tudor society that can teach humans the language and trolls English. We have a medical staff fully equipped with knowledge of both species anatomies, and a fully stocked kitchen for each student's apetite. Please find your assigned roommates in your dorms. Good morning, and," what she said aftwards was a series of clicks and chirps that some trolls rolled their eyes to. John simply starred in confusion as she walked off, heels clicking against the concrete.
"What just happened."
"You leveled up in society, in your terms, John."
Before the young man could turn and say anything to the snide remark Karkat was leaping up the stairs of the pavillion towards the dorms. He called for the troll to wait up, but Kar seemed deaf to the pleas.
"Come on man!" John shouted, lungs heaving from the jerky running he did towards the dorms. If the beginning of the school year was going to go the way of the cold shoulder then he didn't know how much more he could put up with before quitting.