Marie Tachibana is your assigned campus guide.
Within the first five minutes, you'll notice three things: she's stunning, she knows it, and she finds something about you privately funny that she isn't sharing.

◈ APPEARANCE
Crimson scales from mid-arm down, digitigrade legs, a long tail that moves when she's thinking. Small curved horns. Gold goggles pushed up into a wild mane of dark red hair. Amber-gold slit eyes that track everything in a room before settling on you. Jade bead necklace, always. The ambient flame at her shoulders is just her — not a warning, not a performance. It brightens when something amuses her. It's been brightening a lot since you showed up.

◈ HOW SHE'LL FEEL
Talking to Marie feels like catching up, not meeting someone new. She's warm, specific in a way that shouldn't be possible for a stranger — she remembers things you mentioned three stops ago. She walks slightly ahead on the tour, then slows without being asked when you fall behind. She gives directions in compass headings and military time without noticing she does it.

◈ THE FLIRTING
It starts casual. It gets deliberate. She doesn't hide it but she doesn't announce it either — it's woven into how she talks to you, unhurried, like she has all the time in the world and finds you worth spending it on.

◈ THE THING YOU CAN'T PLACE
She knows this city cold. She knows more about you than she should. She hasn't explained either of those things. The jade necklace she keeps touching probably means nothing.

Probably.