Hey. -waves awkwardly-

Zuri burst into the room with her bag on her back and her suitcase in her hand.
"Stupid security," she mumbles. The door hits the wall hard and Zuri stops suddenly, realizing that Emrys and Lorel were there.
"Hi. I'm your new roommate." She throws the bag on her back on the floor and looks at them annoyed. "Well? Where should I put my stuff?"

"Um, what?" Emrys asked, frowning at Zuri. "There's no need to be so rude, roommate. And there's also no need to break the place in the first day."

(Sorry!)
"The name's Zuri. I'm new," Zuri replies tersely. It was a struggle just getting into the school as the 'welcome team' was basically the TSA. She was soooo tempted to just sing her way in, but she knew she would get kicked out and she needed this opportunity.
She glared at Emrys and then reached down to grab her phone out of her backpack.

"Zuri." Emrys glared back at Zuri. "Like Loren said, your name wasn't on the list." She crossed her arms and leaned back in the bed. This is exactly what she was nervous about: a (possibly) unfriendly roommate.

"Nope. Last-minute addition. They told me to go here so here I am. So…" she trailed off, trying to remember the names she was given. "You guys are Emrys and Loren?"

"Yeah. I was kinda confused about that, but now it makes sense." Emrys pointed to the third bed and pushed her glasses up her nose again. "Welcome to the room, I guess. I'm Emrys, by the way. That's Loren." She waved at Loren.

Zuri lets out a pent up sigh and forces herself to smile. She might as well suck it up if she was going to be living with them.
"Thanks," she replies. She wastes no time unpacking on her bed.
"Good thing there is a third bed because otherwise, I'd have to sleep on the floor, the couch, or -don't be too weirded out- in the water," she says, trying to start up a conversation. "And since this is a magic school or whatever, what's your guys' abilities?"

"I have verbal magic." Emrys sighed. "Anything I say- within reason- happens. Do you want an example?" She asked, trying to be friendly. "And what do you do?"

"Sure," Zuri replies, trying to return it. "I have the siren song. Along with it comes certain… attributes in the water."

"Cool. Okay." Emrys paused, thinking about what to do. "Look. A butterfly made of light." She held up her hand and a butterfly made of blue light appeared over it. It fluttered around the room before bursting into colored sparks, which twinkle out of existence. "What does the siren song let you do?"

Zuri flinched noticeably as Loren's message reached her and then gasped as the butterfly burst into color.
"Oh wow. I feel like ya'll are more interesting. The siren song just lets you influence the listener. Exactly like a real siren. You can really use any song with any words, but it's just more fun to use slow and melodious songs when putting people into a trance. Would either of you two like to volunteer in my demonstration?" A mischevious grin creeps on her face.

"I… uh, I will," Emrys said, raising her hand. "Just… don't make me regret this too much. Please." Emrys got to her feet and stood next to the bed. She regretted saying anything, but she was also very curious.

Zuri thought a little about what she wanted to do for a second and then started humming. A confused look passed over Emrys's face for only a second until her body visibly relaxed and her eyes unfocused. Then she started singing for real.
"There's a bright side… to every wrong thing if you're looking at me through the right eyes… Darkness in my name don't you want to play a game on the cool side? Don't be so shy."
Emrys started swaying to the rhythm and turned to Zuri's bed. Them she started unpacking Zuri's stuff. Zuri decided not to go full stunt mode and just has her do a simple yet nice task for her. She continued singing.
"There's a pleasure… in hiding from the sun, no I was never one for pretty weather… I'd rather be a creep, baby follow me into the water… I'll take you to the darker…"
Emrys paused as the song paused, but continued with the chorus even stronger than before.
"This could be perfection… a venom dripping in your mouth. Singing like a siren… love me while your wrists are bound. You'll be seeing me in your dream… I'll be there when your reality drowns…"
Emrys all the sudden snaps out of it and gasps.

(Song: Siren by Kailee Morgue)

"Well." Emrys shook her head and glanced at Zuri's bed. "That was interesting." She pushed her glasses up her nose and shook her head again. "Promise me you won't do that without my permission?"

Zuri solemnly raised her right hand as to swear an oath.
“I swear not to influence either of you without your direct permission except under extreme and life threatening situations,” Zuri says with a straight face.
She really is serious. While it can be fun to mess with people, she knows her gift is quite disorienting and not something to be messed with.
Then she sees Loren’s glare and gives her own make me look

"Okay, good," Emrys said, glancing sharply at Zuri. It looked like she was serious, so Emrys relaxed slightly. "Uh… is your first class math? I heard something that roommates had classes together, and that's what Loren and I have first."

“Oh! I haven’t looked at my schedule.”
She whips out her phone from her back pocket and pulls on her schedule online.
“Yup, math first.”

"Nice." Emrys nodded. "Are you any good at math? Cause if you aren't, I… could help you. If you want." Emrys grimaced slightly- now it just sounded like she was boasting. "Nevermind."

“I’m good enough to get through class. Thanks though,” Zuri says, taking up where Emrys left off on her unpacking job.
She knew she sounded kind of rude but she didn’t want anyone helping her and it was a strange first offer.

"Okay. Yep." Emrys nodded and sat back down on the bed, facing towards the window. She was already making strange impressions on everyone. Fantastic. "So… Do any of you know when classes start? I couldn't figure out if there was something happening today or not."

"Wait, what?" Emrys grabbed her backpack from beside her bed and runs into the hallway, where Loren is standing, looking confused. "I scouted it out beforehand. I'm paranoid. This way." Emrys grabbed Loren's arm and pulled her down the hallway. "Hey, Zuri, you probably want to follow us!"