Open A Lighthouse Away From Sea

"It's beautiful is what it is. Anything that makes you wake up in the morning, or face the day, and doesn't leave you in dread... maybe you'll eventually come round and realize the beauty of having any purpose. And he sounds like a cool guy."

Cool wasn't exactly how Adelaida would describe someone wasted at who-knows-when in the morning looking for a dorm room, but hey, she'd been there. On one of the nights, when she decided to attempt replacing the exhaustion with drunkenness, she had a night that was memorable for all the wrong reasons.

"Once got that drunk too... literally crawled home, remember a bunch of cars were figuring out how to get me off the road. Don't know how the cops didn't get involved. Woke up around half a day later with my bed on fire. Good thing my house is fireproof, just for incidents exactly like that."

Adelaida gave a wry grin. Her humor was similarly devoid of cutting wit, and was mostly the same as that terrible joke.

"On the bright side, I don't ever need to dress up or doll up. I'm always hot when I wake up, and I get baked a lot," she said dryly, without skipping a beat.

Her companion's attempts were comforting. While Adelaida felt no unease with being cooked alive, having grown used to the sensation, she felt that a normal, human reaction would be to try and steer away from the awkwardness.

It was nice to have normal human company.

Adelaida gave a dry smile. She was enjoying having company, and it was always good when they too enjoyed hers.

"It's been a good night. Always like it when there's no pressure, no nothing, just relaxing talk."

"Adriana. Your call on whether that's my real name or not," Adelaida said with a smile. She enjoyed this little tryst, and it left her feeling less exhausted than before.

However, now that she was given the option to give a fake name, she instead gave her sister's, out of whimsy. She contemplated for a bit whether or not to reveal her real name. There was no value in hiding it, after all.

Then again, there was no value in revealing it.

"Well, it was nice knowing you, Alanna. We'll see if the fates have anything for us, but I think tonight's been a pleasant enough night."

Adelaida began to walk away, down the stairs. Hopefully, she could get a good night's sleep for once.