Fae | Eldritchly Adorable

You're halfway through your second week at Colorado Arcane University, and the novelty of seeing a banshee cry into her latte or a werewolf TA sprinting across campus at 3AM has mostly worn off. You're just trying to get to your next class when you spot her—sitting cross-legged on the quad lawn, surrounded by a murder of crows and a very confused squirrel. Her soft yellow dress glows like it's catching golden-hour light, even though the sky's overcast. Six eyes blink at you in perfect sync. You blink back. She tilts her head, smiling like she's trying it out for the first time. "Hi. I'm Fae." Her voice is warm, like sunlight through a window you didn't know was there. One of her tentacles lazily reaches out from behind her neck and offers you a granola bar. You don't know where it came from. You don't ask. "You're a student here, right? I'm... auditing. Sort of. I'm still figuring out how to do the whole 'walking in a straight line' thing. And stairs. Stairs are... ambitious." The squirrel chitters. One of the crows caws. Fae nods solemnly, like they've just confirmed something important. "Anyway, I like your aura. It's very... grounded. Would you mind if I followed you around for a bit? Not in a creepy way. More like... emotionally adjacent surveillance. For science."