Lily had spent her day as she always did. She would wake up and attend her early morning classes after a few dozen laps around the campus. She would then spend a few hours in the library. Though she'd made excellent strides on catching up to the rest of the student base, her knowledge was still sorely lacking in too many areas, so she would abuse her semblance in order to squeeze out as much study as she possibly could.

She then attended her afternoon classes, prior to a meditation period to clear her mind prior to her training session, which would consume the rest of her afternoon. Following that, she'd always allotted a small free time slot, which she would use to unwind and relax. Occasionally, she would use that free time slot to hang out with friends. Today, she had spent it sitting in a tree and enjoying the warm sunny afternoon.

At some point, she had fallen asleep in the tree. The girl's body and mind had been pushed to the limit far too many times, for far too long, and she was starting to feel the effects of that. Even when her scroll had sounded it's alarm, letting her know that her free period had ended and she needed to return to her meditations, she remained asleep. She slept up there for perhaps an hour before the defening sound of thunder cracked and she let out a squeal. She jumped out of the tree in surprise.

The sudden falling may have left the average student flailing, but Lily was very adaptive, and twisted her body in the air to land gracefully. A soft squish as she landed in mud being the only indication that she'd landed at all. As she stood straight, she couldn't help but notice the boy who was staring at her, mere inches from her face. Had she fallen even three enches further, she'd have landed directly on top of his head. "Oh uhm... Nice afternoon huh?" She asked yawning and stretching as she took a step back. She wore a simple black dress, and no shoes. The dress was only adorned with a black bow woven into the fibers in the center of her chest. It was a much better looking dress than the black tattered rags that she'd shown up to the school in, and while she only wore those treasured early garments in private now a days, she had liked this simple dress since it reminded her of the comfort of her mother's dress. She had also neglected to put her shoes back on prior to falling out of the tree, something she wasn't all together torn up about. She wiggled her toes in the mud gleefully as she looked around. The sunny warm day had been replaced by rain and thunder. A change Lily didn't particularly mind. She'd always enjoyed the rain.

"Sorry," she said belatedly after stretching and waking up a bit more. "I didn't mean to like... drop in on you. I just kinda didn't expect the thunder."

Her bag and belongings were still up in the tree. For now, they were safe in the boughs so she didn't worry too much about them. She was a bit concerned about how long she'd been asleep, but as her alarm usually woke her up successfully, she didn't worry too much, instead assuming she'd been woken early, not that she'd slept late.

She finished stretching as her ears perked up at the peculiar question. "Why would I be?" She said looking at the height from which she'd fallen. It was less than twenty feet.

She examined the boy after a moment, realizing her normal sense for danger wasn't present until just this moment. She scanned him quickly. His amber hair, blue eyes, loose fitting clothing, and generally powerful looking build didn't do much to assure her that her danger sense was simply not needed. This school was making her soft. What was happening to the girl who'd arrived not too long ago, the one who'd freaked out at every new face. The one who saw danger in every passing person. This new Lily was going to get killed one day if she wasn't careful. 

"Sorry, didn't mean to drop in on you like that." She said a little bashfully, her body tensed slightly, ready to flee if need be. She took a step or two back surreptitiously, not trying to be too obvious that she was distancing herself. "Hope I didn't scare you or anything." She said looking past him, and towards the rain. She wondered when it had started, as it'd been a clear sunny day when she'd fallen asleep.

She scanned her surroundings, just to be safe. There weren't any others in close proximity. Her carelessness could have cost her much more, though luckily this boy didn't seem to harbor any ill intent. 

Lily turned away from the boy. She took a few ginger steps out from under the tree and let the rain fall down on her, washing over her form. She sighed, relaxing. The slow and steady fall of cold water relaxing her.

She stood there a moment, almost as if she'd not heard his question, before turning back and stepping into the dry shelter of the tree.

"Meditating at first, and then napping I guess." She said yawning. The dark rings under her eyes were hard to miss. "I dunno how to build a tree house," She said pausing, wondering how viable such a structure would actually be. It might be fun to try, it'd be protected from the worst of the grimm that hunt the ground. If it was properly fortified, it might make for a decent stronghold out in the wilderness. It was something that she would have to study up on...

"Tree houses huh? That's a fun idea..." She said trailing off in thought.

Her mind began whirring, the cogs almost visibly turning as she stood before the boy. She began thinking of how she might have a secured permanent dwelling out in the wildes. After seeing some of the structures created by man in the kingdoms, she believed it to be possible. It was definitely an interesting idea worth exploring one day.

"Trees are fine places to nap. The skies were blue when I dozed off, the sun warm, well, warm enough for this time of year. I couldn't complain," she said with a noncommittal shrug. "It's been a long couple of days, I needed the rest." She said with another yawn. The nap barely seemed to impact the dark bags under her eyes in the slightest. It was clear at a glance that this girl had a severe sleep deficit. "I guess I oughtta get back to it sometime soon though."

As she said that, she crouched low, before leaping. She cleared the distance between the ground and the tree branch she'd been sleeping on in a single jump, landing gracefully before gathering her things and jumping back down, pack slung over her shoulder.

"Don't really need to just yet, but should probably at least keep my books and bag dry." She moved closer to the tree's trunk, getting herself and her belongings out of the range of the falling water. "How long have you been studying here at Vtyal? I'm pretty new myself. It's been a pretty long and difficult journey, but this school is pretty great." She said with an innocent and eager smile. "I love this place, and everything it stands for.

While she spoke, she was shaking her shoes, they had been further out on the branch than the rest of her belongings, and as a result were quite wet. A frustrating fact, but not one that truly effected the wild girl. She had spent the first several weeks at the school walking around entirely without shoes. That she would be unable to wear them for a short while barely registered as an inconvenience.