Rat started to unpack his stuff from the trunk he brought, he had borrowed it from one of his friends in the Thieves Order, it was worn and had a small hole in the side. Christo sat quietly on his bed watching Rat. It was really strange for Rat to meet someone so nice, back home it's more competitive, and manners go right out the door.
Rat unpacked everything but the box at the bottom of his trunk, he had brought his mask, just in case he needed to sneak around. He couldn't let anyone see his mask though, he was actually really well known in Marleybone, he did a lot of work there. So he kept his mask in a locked box.
When he was all done he carefully shoved the trunk under his bed and turned back to Christo who was still sitting there quietly, "You don't say much." Rat remarked sitting down on his own bed.
Christo smiled, "You looked busy so I didn't want to bother you, plus it's fun to watch you" his voice was really polite as he spoke, "So how do you like it here so far?"
"It's okay, not great." Rat lied, he actually did like it here, everyone was way nicer to him, but then again they have no idea who he was. Rat stood up and walked to the door, "I'm going for a walk" Christo looked a little upset, he was like sad puppy, Rat felt bad, "You wanna come? I don't actually know my way around here."
"No it's fine, I have to meet my friend in the shopping district anyways." Christo got up and grabbed his wand off his nightstand. "I'll see you later Rat" Christo smiled at him and walked out the door.
That was weird. Rat went out too and looked around, it was busier than when he arrived, class must of been in session when he came through the world door. It was a nice day and a lot of people were hanging out with their friends. Rat walked around looking at all the schools, when he got to the spot where the death school should be it was gone, he had heard about the death school falling, he never thought it meant the actual school had fallen.
He made his way out of Ravenwood and out towards the commons, a lot of people were here, a lot of them already graduated, a girl with pale blue hair was near a tree handing out newspapers. Rat made his way to her.
"Hey can I have a newspaper?" Rat spoke nicely and she looked at him and smiled.
"Yeah sure!" She handed him the paper, "Haven't seen you around before, you new?"
Rat nodded, "Yea I just got here today,"
"Oh are you Christo's roommate?" as she spoke she put the rest of her newspapers away into her bag.
"Yea I am,"
"Hi, I'm Kestrel, I'm his friend." She put out her hand and he shook it, "Though I haven't seen him yet today, he usually helps me with the newspaper, he never met me in the shopping district."
"Really? He left for the shopping district like ten minutes ago." Rat caught himself a little concerned.
"Oh dear… could you help me look for him?" Kestrel swung her bag over her shoulder, she looked really nervous.
"Yea sure" Rat nodded and Kestrel a little bit.
"Thanks, let's start in the shopping district" She let him into a tunnel to their left and they came out in the shopping district, It was busy and people were running around with bags from the stores. Kestrel led him to the fountain.
"This is where we usually meet I don't understand where he could of gone!" Kestrel was starting to panic and Rat noticed.
He put a hand on her shoulder and tried to calm her down, "Hey it's okay we'll find him, Wizard City isn't that big we'll find him in no time."
Kestrel looked at him and nodded, "Yea I guess." Rat carefully took her hand and led her around all the shops looking, finding nothing Rat turned to look at Colossus Boulevard, the gate was up off the ground only a little bit, though it was big enough for someone to fit under.
"He couldn't have gone in there could he?" Rat was really worried now looking at the gate.
"He wouldn't… the place is overrun by gobblers…" Kestrel gripped Rats hand hard. "We should check."
Rat shook his head, "If it's overrun you stay here, he might just be in the bathroom or something so you should stay here incase he comes back."
Kestrel looked at him wide eyed, "It's only your first day how could you possibly fend off a group of gobblers on your own!"
Rat got down on the ground getting ready to go under, "I can handle myself quite fine, I'll see you in a few minutes." he smiled at her and rolled under.