Alice smirked and protested, "I am not grumpy." In fact, Alice wasn't exactly the cheery type. When she was a little girl she was bubbly, but these days she was anything but. She peered around the room, not at all surprised by the mess she saw. She shrugged, "Eh, I've seen worse." She sat down, plopping her bag on the floor in front of her. "I'm surprised your best buddy isn't hanging around."