The first sign of life she had seen in these corridors proved to be a woman, tall and blonde and most certainly not a student. Carmelina was not sure whether this was a relief or simply more embarrassing, but she was too glad to see her to consider the matter for long.
“Oh yes, it will be! If you can help me,” she exclaimed, although why this woman wouldn’t be able to help seemed a silly possibility. She must work here, in some capacity. A future coworker! Carmelina surveyed her as covertly as she could manage, trying to deduce which role on the staff she might possess, futile an endeavour as it was. Pushing down that burning curiosity, she remembered that regardless of who this was, first impressions would matter; though whether she could salvage this from seeing her known to the staff room as the ditz who could barely find her way to her own classroom was already questionable.
“The castle is even more of a labyrinth than I remember,” she confessed, shaking her head and smiling pitifully at her own hopelessness, “and I am losing all hope of ever getting out again, as the stairs have quite escaped me.”
“Oh yes, it will be! If you can help me,” she exclaimed, although why this woman wouldn’t be able to help seemed a silly possibility. She must work here, in some capacity. A future coworker! Carmelina surveyed her as covertly as she could manage, trying to deduce which role on the staff she might possess, futile an endeavour as it was. Pushing down that burning curiosity, she remembered that regardless of who this was, first impressions would matter; though whether she could salvage this from seeing her known to the staff room as the ditz who could barely find her way to her own classroom was already questionable.
“The castle is even more of a labyrinth than I remember,” she confessed, shaking her head and smiling pitifully at her own hopelessness, “and I am losing all hope of ever getting out again, as the stairs have quite escaped me.”
