MU With a ZING!

Chapter 03 - Welcome to MU and Meeting Roomies

When Marian rose that evening after the sun finally went down, she knew today was the big day. The day when she would be making her dreams a reality. Time to get a move on then! She tossed the duvet covers to the side and went to use the bathroom while her bats who also were stirring went to lend their assistance by getting her things set out which would be easier to get once she finished getting clean up. Marian allowed the heated water to fill the tub to the brim before grabbing the shampoo and bar of soap to wash herself, wanting to look her best when she head over.

Today was going to be her very first step into a whole new life for her. She had been preparing for this big moment since, but it was hard to keep from bursting out in giggles thinking of how exciting yet overall nerve-wracking at the same time. She had done extensive research on what it would be like on campus, learning some of the lingos and what were the norms so she didn't go acting like an idiot around company and not know what such and such was. It would be so embarassing not to mention feeling like such a total idiot if she somehow said something offensive or worse.

Plus it would be an absolute nightmare if I come to the school looking like I just came from my great-great-great grandmother's funeral. She had learned that between the two timelines and this century's fashion were considered somewhat outdated to the more modern and chic in the other realm. Marian knew if she went there in her drab attire, it would have made her stuck out like a sore thumb and probably be looked on as a weirdo or something. Thankfully Mike was able to lend her his assistance, getting her a few fashion catalogs mailed along with their usual corresponding letters, using the mail order service and filling in all the details about her size, measurement, cup and bust as well as what style to go for before sending it out through the same mailing system as before.

It had been a very expensive purchase, with all the shipping and care that was charged, but Marian had some money saved up from previous birthdays and holidays that Grandpa Vlad and Aunt Lydia contributed and then Dracula giving her and Mavis an annual allowance that over the past few decades had made up a tidy fortune for herself, using that to make the necessary purchases.

Of course, she did make plans to find and locate the nearest currency exchange station as mentioned by her aunt; the importance of it as the money used was much different compared to here and knowing some places couldn't just make exact change with a lump of gold if you wanted to buy a cup of coffee or whatever caught her eye there as she did find herself keenly interest in some of those "electronics" Mike mentioned in his past letters and thought getting a phone in case she wanted to contact her family would be great, especially if it was one of those handheld and could take with her everywhere. Marian knew she was going to be having a lot to deal with, but at the moment, she thought about how she wanted to look presentable to the rest of her future classmate, and wanted to fit in by looking like she was like the rest of them.

Classmates - she was going to be surrounded by other monsters her age; this was so exciting! It left her absolutely giddy as she finally finished her bath, waving her hand to have it drain while drying herself off but left her hair damp and in a loose bun at the moment. She went to go grab the green bottle containing the potion which was supposed to be helpful in keeping her skin from burning, and was strongly recommended she put it on every morning before go out.

"Just because the sunlight there is not as extremely harmful as the one over here, doesn't mean you can't keep from letting your skin become ghastly by looking like some leathery carpetbag and ruin your fair complexion." Aunt Lydia's words while telling her she had one of her former colleagues, a witch in the business of brewing potions and poisons, place a order under her name and would be delivered on a weekly bases to her campus. Her dad was also on that same page, thinking how he didn't want her to come home looking like she was boiled alive after being gone, but Marian made sure to promise him that she would wear the stuff even on days when she didn't go out in the daytime.