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The assignment I was trying to finish was due the next day, and my roommate was having sex in the other room.

I did my best to ignore the incessant moans of ecstasy and jotted down the mystic runes and glyphs from my Applied Enchantments textbook onto the paper, mapping out which symbols could be engraved onto circuitry for maximum magical potency without disrupting the electrical flow, but it got harder to concentrate as the groaning and panting got louder.

Worst of all, I couldn’t really say anything about it. School rules allowed it in her case, seeing as her species feeds on sexual energy for sustenance, and besides, what could I say to her about it? That I’d rather she starve to death so I could do my homework?

“Is it always like this?” my study partner asked.

I looked to the other side of the table. Gorgophone Diamondback, my study partner for the evening and best friend at the school seemed as irritated by the current state of affairs as I was. Even though she usually took things easier than most people, tonight her usually quiet hair of snakes was hissing restlessly. She held her brow as she wrote, her normally upbeat face looking even more exasperated than I was. Though I couldn’t tell for the large, tinted goggles protecting everyone from her paralyzing gaze, I wouldn’t be surprised if she had bags under her eyes from the stress of tonight alone. And I didn’t want to say anything, but she was rattling her tail as well, something I’d noticed she usually does when, if you’ll pardon the pun, rattled.

Answering her question, I sighed, “Every… damn… night.”

“You know, Victoria, you could always ask her to do it in her partner’s room.”

“I wouldn’t call anyone she’s fed on a ‘partner’, per se. They’re more part one night stands, part fast food item.”

“Just fast food? You’d think she’d have found someone of higher quality than some mass-produced slop.”

“Shockingly, I don’t normally ask her about the culinary quality of the other students.”

“Analogies aside, have you ever asked her to do it somewhere else?”

“Fine”, I sighed. “I’ll ask her when she comes out.”

And right on cue, the noise in the other room reached a climax and stopped. Within minutes, my roommate’s latest meal, one of the quarterbacks from the school football team, dizzily walked out. He was hastily dressed, and had a disoriented, but nonetheless thoroughly satisfied look on his face.

He was followed by my roommate, Eva Naamahspawn herself, and I tried to brace myself to not be affected by her certain “qualities”… and failed miserably. She just oozed sex appeal, the epitome of feminine beauty, with absolutely perfect teeth… eyes that sparkled like jewels… shining, flawless skin… curves that a movie star would kill for… long, luxurious hair that flowed like a waterfall…

Then I managed to pull myself together, and my head cleared. I looked at her again. She was still very beautiful, but now she wasn’t overwhelmingly so. I could also now notice her inhuman features as well: the gazelle-like horns extending back from her head, a long, thin tail with a heart-shaped tip, hooved feet that somewhat resembled high heels, and small, bat-like wings folded into her back. The long, wavy hair that fell to her waist was coloured silver, and her shining, amethyst eyes had thin, ovular pupils more catlike that human. Her sensual lips contorted into an impish grin, and she pointed at me and started laughing hysterically.

“You should see the look on your face!” she laughed in her throaty, sultry voice. “And that drool! You could flood the Nile with that stuff!”

“Very funny”, I said with no small amount of irritation as I wiped the aforementioned drool off my mouth. “I’m guessing you ‘forgot’ to turn off your aura just to see if I’d react this way again?”

“I can’t help it. It’s just too funny!”

I gave her a disapproving look and looked towards her meal for the evening. He still appeared dazed, but had pulled himself together enough that he wasn’t aimlessly wandering around the room anymore. I focused my senses on him, and there didn’t seem to be a trace of magic on him that would indicate that he was recently under a charm spell. Call me prejudiced, but succubi didn’t exactly have a reputation for following the laws against using mind affecting magic to lure someone to bed. So far, Eva seemed to behave herself in that regard, but the suspicion was still there.

She seemed to realize what I was thinking, and immediately she gave a hurt look and began to tear up a little.

“Is that what you really think of me?” she asked. “You think I would use my abilities in such a way like some kind of predator? Really, Victoria…” She stopped to sniff a bit. “I thought you knew I was better than that.”

“Sorry!” I said, flustered. “I try not to assume the worst, but I- hold on, are you really upset, or are you just trying to get a reaction again?”

Immediately she reverted to an amused smile and shrugged, saying, “Eh, it was worth a shot.”

I sighed in frustration. Eva loved to get under people’s skin, and her natural ability to read the thoughts and emotions of others certainly let her know the right thing to say to do that.

She continued, “I’ll admit that my lilim brethren don’t exactly paint the most shining example, but have you ever seen me charm someone to feed on them?”

“No, but you seem perfectly happy with using them to get someone to buy you a drink.”

“Come on, that was one time!”

“Three times,” I corrected. “Actually, more than that, but I’m being generous and am counting multiple such uses of your powers per bar visit as one ‘time’.”

“By that metric, it’s actually been … five,” Gorgophone added.

“You caught me doing it those times, too?” Eva asked, seemingly genuinely surprised. “I thought I was being more discreet than that.”

“We decided not to say anything about it until recently,” I admitted. That was mostly because she got us free drinks that way too, but she’d never hear me admit that out loud.

It was then that Gorgo cleared her throat and turned her head in Eva’s direction as soon as she got her attention. That reminded me I still had something to ask.

“Right,” I said. “Hey Eva, I should ask you about your late night… feeding sessions.”

“I’m tempted by the offer, but I just ate, darling,” she said with a smile.

“What- no! I mean, since I usually study at night, could you feed in your partner’s room more often from now on?”

“Sorry, I can’t. Demon Code prohibits it.”

“The what now?”

“The code of law that all demons must abide by, on pain of death. Specifically, it is against the Code for lilim to feed on a willing meal in their place of residence. We must invite them into our own beds to do so. And since your own laws prohibit me from charming someone for a meal, this is the only option.”

I looked at her skeptically and asked, “Is that really true?”

“First I’ve heard of it,” Gorgo said, sounding no more convinced than I was.

Eva gave a snicker and admitted, “Okay, you got me. There is no such law in our Code. In all seriousness, though, if my feeding in here bothered you that much, you could have told me earlier.”

“So you’re okay with doing it somewhere else when I’m studying?”

“Of course I am. I have no reservations against feeding somewhere else. And I certainly wouldn’t want it to affect your marks.”

It was then that we heard a thump at the front of the room, and we all looked to see Eva’s recent meal trying to walk through the door, seemingly forgetting that he was a fully corporeal human being.

“Damn it, I forgot he was still here!” Eva said, and hurriedly opened the door for the guy, letting him lumber out into the open hallway.

Once he had left the room, Eva called out, “Thank you for the lovely evening, sweetie! Don’t forget to call me if you’d like to go it again!”

The only response she received was an incoherent, but affirmative sounding groan from down the hallway.

“Will he be okay making his way back to his dorm room by himself?” Gorgo asked.

“No clue”, Eva cheerfully said, “but it’s going to be fun finding out in the morning.”

And with that, she closed the door and announced, “Well, time to turn in for the night. See you two tomorrow!”

But just as she was about to leave for her bed, I told her, “You’re not leaving that guy to wander aimlessly through the halls all night.”

“Oh come on,” she complained. “It’s getting late, and you know I get drowsy after a late night meal!”

I gave her a stern glare.

“Fine,” she sighed, “I’ll help him.”

And with that, she left for the hallway, leaving Gorgophone and I alone in the dorm room. I let out an exasperated sigh and rested my head down on the table.

“So this is what dorm life is like for you?” Gorgo asked. “I should really count my blessings that my roommate keeps to herself.”

“I’ve only been living in this dorm for a month”, I said. “But it feels like I’ve been dealing with her for a year.”

“Really?” she said, somewhat confused. “I really thought it would feel like a long- oh right, a year is quite a while for humans. I keep forgetting that”.

I couldn’t help but crack a smile at that. It was interesting how different species viewed time based on their different lifespans. It was hard to remember because she didn’t look much older than me, but Gorgophone was in her seventies, and could easily live up to a thousand, given a healthy lifestyle. I had no idea how old Eva was though, although she did once say the Victorian Era was overrated during a school steampunk convention…

“Well,” I said, looking up, “might as well get back to work. I’ve got the assignment half-finished at this point, so I could avoid an all-nighter if I hurry. How about you?”

Gorgo gave a smirk and said, “Only half? You really should hurry, slowpoke, I’m on the penultimate paragraph.”

“You could do well not to brag,” I said as I picked up my pencil again and got back to work.

All in all, it was just an average night at the Aleister Crowley University of Supernatural Studies.

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The assignment I was trying to finish was due the next day, and my roommate was having sex in the other room.

I did my best to ignore the incessant moans of ecstasy and jotted down the mystic runes and glyphs from my Applied Enchantments textbook onto the paper, mapping out which symbols could be engraved onto circuitry for maximum magical potency without disrupting the electrical flow, but it got harder to concentrate as the groaning and panting got louder.

Worst of all, I couldn’t really say anything about it. School rules allowed it in her case, seeing as her species feeds on sexual energy for sustenance, and besides, what could I say to her about it? That I’d rather she starve to death so I could do my homework?

“Is it always like this?” my study partner asked.

I looked to the other side of the table. Gorgophone Diamondback, my study partner for the evening and best friend at the school seemed as irritated by the current state of affairs as I was. Even though she usually took things easier than most people, tonight her usually quiet hair of snakes was hissing restlessly. She held her brow as she wrote, her normally upbeat face looking even more exasperated than I was. Though I couldn’t tell for the large, tinted goggles protecting everyone from her paralyzing gaze, I wouldn’t be surprised if she had bags under her eyes from the stress of tonight alone. And I didn’t want to say anything, but she was rattling her tail as well, something I’d noticed she usually does when, if you’ll pardon the pun, rattled.

Answering her question, I sighed, “Every… damn… night.”

“You know, Victoria, you could always ask her to do it in her partner’s room.”

“I wouldn’t call anyone she’s fed on a ‘partner’, per se. They’re more part one night stands, part fast food item.”

“Just fast food? You’d think she’d have found someone of higher quality than some mass-produced slop.”

“Shockingly, I don’t normally ask her about the culinary quality of the other students.”

“Analogies aside, have you ever asked her to do it somewhere else?”

“Fine”, I sighed. “I’ll ask her when she comes out.”

And right on cue, the noise in the other room reached a climax and stopped. Within minutes, my roommate’s latest meal, one of the quarterbacks from the school football team, dizzily walked out. He was hastily dressed, and had a disoriented, but nonetheless thoroughly satisfied look on his face.

He was followed by my roommate, Eva Naamahspawn herself, and I tried to brace myself to not be affected by her certain “qualities”… and failed miserably. She just oozed sex appeal, the epitome of feminine beauty, with absolutely perfect teeth… eyes that sparkled like jewels… shining, flawless skin… curves that a movie star would kill for… long, luxurious hair that flowed like a waterfall…

Then I managed to pull myself together, and my head cleared. I looked at her again. She was still very beautiful, but now she wasn’t overwhelmingly so. I could also now notice her inhuman features as well: the gazelle-like horns extending back from her head, a long, thin tail with a heart-shaped tip, hooved feet that somewhat resembled high heels, and small, bat-like wings folded into her back. The long, wavy hair that fell to her waist was coloured silver, and her shining, amethyst eyes had thin, ovular pupils more catlike that human. Her sensual lips contorted into an impish grin, and she pointed at me and started laughing hysterically.

“You should see the look on your face!” she laughed in her throaty, sultry voice. “And that drool! You could flood the Nile with that stuff!”

“Very funny”, I said with no small amount of irritation as I wiped the aforementioned drool off my mouth. “I’m guessing you ‘forgot’ to turn off your aura just to see if I’d react this way again?”

“I can’t help it. It’s just too funny!”

I gave her a disapproving look and looked towards her meal for the evening. He still appeared dazed, but had pulled himself together enough that he wasn’t aimlessly wandering around the room anymore. I focused my senses on him, and there didn’t seem to be a trace of magic on him that would indicate that he was recently under a charm spell. Call me prejudiced, but succubi didn’t exactly have a reputation for following the laws against using mind affecting magic to lure someone to bed. So far, Eva seemed to behave herself in that regard, but the suspicion was still there.

She seemed to realize what I was thinking, and immediately she gave a hurt look and began to tear up a little.

“Is that what you really think of me?” she asked. “You think I would use my abilities in such a way like some kind of predator? Really, Victoria…” She stopped to sniff a bit. “I thought you knew I was better than that.”

“Sorry!” I said, flustered. “I try not to assume the worst, but I- hold on, are you really upset, or are you just trying to get a reaction again?”

Immediately she reverted to an amused smile and shrugged, saying, “Eh, it was worth a shot.”

I sighed in frustration. Eva loved to get under people’s skin, and her natural ability to read the thoughts and emotions of others certainly let her know the right thing to say to do that.

She continued, “I’ll admit that my lilim brethren don’t exactly paint the most shining example, but have you ever seen me charm someone to feed on them?”

“No, but you seem perfectly happy with using them to get someone to buy you a drink.”

“Come on, that was one time!”

“Three times,” I corrected. “Actually, more than that, but I’m being generous and am counting multiple such uses of your powers per bar visit as one ‘time’.”

“By that metric, it’s actually been … five,” Gorgophone added.

“You caught me doing it those times, too?” Eva asked, seemingly genuinely surprised. “I thought I was being more discreet than that.”

“We decided not to say anything about it until recently,” I admitted. That was mostly because she got us free drinks that way too, but she’d never hear me admit that out loud.

It was then that Gorgo cleared her throat and turned her head in Eva’s direction as soon as she got her attention. That reminded me I still had something to ask.

“Right,” I said. “Hey Eva, I should ask you about your late night… feeding sessions.”

“I’m tempted by the offer, but I just ate, darling,” she said with a smile.

“What- no! I mean, since I usually study at night, could you feed in your partner’s room more often from now on?”

“Sorry, I can’t. Demon Code prohibits it.”

“The what now?”

“The code of law that all demons must abide by, on pain of death. Specifically, it is against the Code for lilim to feed on a willing meal in their place of residence. We must invite them into our own beds to do so. And since your own laws prohibit me from charming someone for a meal, this is the only option.”

I looked at her skeptically and asked, “Is that really true?”

“First I’ve heard of it,” Gorgo said, sounding no more convinced than I was.

Eva gave a snicker and admitted, “Okay, you got me. There is no such law in our Code. In all seriousness, though, if my feeding in here bothered you that much, you could have told me earlier.”

“So you’re okay with doing it somewhere else when I’m studying?”

“Of course I am. I have no reservations against feeding somewhere else. And I certainly wouldn’t want it to affect your marks.”

It was then that we heard a thump at the front of the room, and we all looked to see Eva’s recent meal trying to walk through the door, seemingly forgetting that he was a fully corporeal human being.

“Damn it, I forgot he was still here!” Eva said, and hurriedly opened the door for the guy, letting him lumber out into the open hallway.

Once he had left the room, Eva called out, “Thank you for the lovely evening, sweetie! Don’t forget to call me if you’d like to go it again!”

The only response she received was an incoherent, but affirmative sounding groan from down the hallway.

“Will he be okay making his way back to his dorm room by himself?” Gorgo asked.

“No clue”, Eva cheerfully said, “but it’s going to be fun finding out in the morning.”

And with that, she closed the door and announced, “Well, time to turn in for the night. See you two tomorrow!”

But just as she was about to leave for her bed, I told her, “You’re not leaving that guy to wander aimlessly through the halls all night.”

“Oh come on,” she complained. “It’s getting late, and you know I get drowsy after a late night meal!”

I gave her a stern glare.

“Fine,” she sighed, “I’ll help him.”

And with that, she left for the hallway, leaving Gorgophone and I alone in the dorm room. I let out an exasperated sigh and rested my head down on the table.

“So this is what dorm life is like for you?” Gorgo asked. “I should really count my blessings that my roommate keeps to herself.”

“I’ve only been living in this dorm for a month”, I said. “But it feels like I’ve been dealing with her for a year.”

“Really?” she said, somewhat confused. “I really thought it would feel like a long- oh right, a year is quite a while for humans. I keep forgetting that”.

I couldn’t help but crack a smile at that. It was interesting how different species viewed time based on their different lifespans. It was hard to remember because she didn’t look much older than me, but Gorgophone was in her seventies, and could easily live up to a thousand, given a healthy lifestyle. I had no idea how old Eva was though, although she did once say the Victorian Era was overrated during a school steampunk convention…

“Well,” I said, looking up, “might as well get back to work. I’ve got the assignment half-finished at this point, so I could avoid an all-nighter if I hurry. How about you?”

Gorgo gave a smirk and said, “Only half? You really should hurry, slowpoke, I’m on the penultimate paragraph.”

“You could do well not to brag,” I said as I picked up my pencil again and got back to work.

All in all, it was just an average night at the Aleister Crowley University of Supernatural Studies.