The Shadow Journal (Rated R) ~RPG Tread~

[bronislav84]

Karai Horoshi [C]

Schedule
1. Calculus - Mr. Hawkhouser
2. English - Mr. Warden
3. US History - Miss Caramel
Lunch - Mr. Warden's Classroom
4. Computer Graphics - Mr. Yagami
5. Physics - Mr. Glass
6. Gym (Acrobatics or Karate depending on the day) - Mrs. Martin

I'd been following along with the discussion, having eaten 2 slices already and reaching for a third but stopped myself. Jon showed up but hadn't said anything. There were five slices left.

Still hungry, but pausing to speak, I decided to comment. "First of all I don't think we're really witches, just like Mrs. Bells wasn't either. Witchcraft deals in making potions and casting incantations, not writing things in cursed books. I dunno what we are, but I don't think 'witches' would be the optimal word to describe us."

Luc's words rang true with me. I looked at Pete. His first proposal made little sense to me. "Pete, that makes no sense to me and I agree with Luc. If we trust each other we should see what everybody writes because something like this shouldn't be a secret. If we don't trust each other, then we should definitely all see what's written because a lack of trust compels people to eliminate secrets in order to facilitate trust. Both ways, keeping it secret doesn't work." I shook my head at this, thinking of another thing to add. "God, I sounded a little nerdy. It sounded way better in my head than out loud, heh."

"That said, I definitely like the idea of getting Warden out of action and maybe a couple of the other teachers, but simply getting him sick wouldn't really work to our advantage. He would come back eventually and would just double the workload or something. What I suggest is we have him take a cruise for a week or a month. I dunno about you guys, but I think he's stressed. If he takes a rest then comes back, he might be nicer to his students. I say we write 'Mr. Warden takes a month long vacation starting today.' with the day being tomorrow since the predictions come true on the next day." I said, thinking about another slice of pizza but still controlling myself.

Hmm, what else? I really felt like another slice, but I had another idea. "I dunno about you guys, but I still can't get over what Becky did to me. I can't say I totally loved the Cheerleader life and want it back, but I would really like to get back at her, maybe do something to the whole squad too. You guys really have no idea how fake those girls can be, and what's worse the squad last year tried to force it on me as well. Extreme dieting, tons of makeup, wearing bright colors, stuff like that. I bet some of them stuff their bras, even. I've always prided myself on being real with my appearance. The large majority of my popularity was from the fact that what you see is who I really am, and people looked up to me for that. I could look good without makeup and eat like normal people then work it off at night, which I still do. Sure it helped that I didn't need any of that stuff the others did anyway, but the squad last year never could get over it. I'm sure this year it's more of the same fakeness." I paused for dramatic effect before continuing. "Please, I'd like to do something to them, especially Becky who is the Vice Captain now. Those girls need to be knocked down a couple of pegs, especially since they're often mean to the other students. How about we get them sick with a Cold and runny nose, then give Becky the Flu? What do you say Luc? Please?"

While I waited for them to come to a decision I looked over to the five slices of pizza left. "We have five slices left and there's six of us. I've eaten two and Pete had one, which means there's enough for each of you. If everybody who hasn't eaten any takes one, there would be one left for whoever is still super hungry. If my math is right, I mean. There's only 20 minutes left to the period and the rest of you haven't eaten. Everybody who wants one should have a slice now, because when that bell rings I'm taking what's left and putting it in my locker to take home."

[Nythe]

Steve Ansell [N-C]

Steve came down the stairs, stopped for a second it took the automatic door to open and then exited the hospital. His regular respiratory examination revealed no changes in the last few months. Just as he expected, his condition was steady for a while now after all. Steve took his cell phone out of his pocket to check the time. He was done with the examination faster than he had expected, which meant he would have to go to school after all. His mom was working afternoons this week, so she was still at home meaning he couldn’t just go back home and spend the rest of the day on his latest animation project. He didn’t fancy spending a few hours on his own just wandering aimlessly around the town either, which left him with no choice. He made his way through the parking lot to find his blue Toyota Yaris. He started the car, turned the radio on and drove off.

About 15 minutes later he stopped in front of the small house he called home. He hadn’t bothered to take his textbooks and notebooks with him to the hospital, so now he had to return and take them. He pulled the handbrake and considered leaving the engine running while he fetched his bag, but opted against it. Steve ran across the lawn; it was merely to avoid getting wet in the rain, he was in no hurry to go to school. It was just before the lunch break, anyway, so he had more than enough time.
He entered, said “Hi!” to his mother while passing by the kitchen door and headed upstairs. His room was in its usual state of what Steve called “organised chaos” – it was a mess at a first glance, in fact it was a mess at most of the following glances as well, but Steve knew where everything was. He knew for example there was a bunch of half-read books gathering dust under the bed, his DVD collection had been flung alphabetically towards the corner and some broken souvenirs from various holidays found their resting place behind the curtain. Steve skimmed the schedule on his desk.

1. Chemistry – Mrs Black
2. English – Mr Warden
3. US History – Miss Caramel
Lunch
4. Computer Graphics – Mr Yagami
5. Advanced Algebra – Mrs Rene
6. French – Mrs Blanc

With half of the classes already over, Steve gathered what he needed for the remaining three from different places on and around his desk and put them all into the bag he brought from behind the door. With everything ready, he took the bag and returned to the car, stopping only to grab a pair of buns from the kitchen.

After another short drive Steve arrived to school. He had some difficulties finding an empty parking space as everyone else had come here hours ago. After a few laps around the parking lot he briefly considered looking for a vehicle he recognised to belong to one of his French class-mates and double parking next to it, before noticing a small space between two SUVs, just big enough for his small Yaris to squeeze into. Steve opened the door slowly, careful not to leave a mark on the red SUV. He opened a big black umbrella and crossed the road that separated him from the school grounds.

He turned around the corner and immediately noticed the charred remains of once strong and proud tree lying on the ground yards away from its roots like a burnt match discarded by a giant. Steve’s eyes instantly found a similarity between what he saw and a movie scene. He reckoned it was something fit for the scene from The Two Towers from The Lord of the Rings trilogy where Saruman is defeated by the Ents. Intrigued, Steve continued towards the entrance, hoping to find somebody he knew to ask them for more information about what had happened. There was more than enough time for the students to spread news and rumours about what might have happened. Chances were he won’t even have to ask about it, the whole school was probably talking about this. Steve made his way through the corridors towards his locker in order to put away his umbrella and books he wouldn’t need for a while.

[VampirateMace]

Lucy ‘Luc’ Briar [C]

Lunch -Mr. Warden‘s Room-

Luc couldn’t help cracking a smile when Diego mention teaching Marly a lesson in humility. His suggestion to make the teachers sick was entertaining, but bringing that sickening cheerleader a lesson sounded great.

Pete seemed to think they could make Marly smarter with the book, thus ostracizing her friends.

(OOC: This shouldn’t actually work, but it’s a fun thought.)

He also said they could just make her wet herself... it lacked class, but it was a simple plan.

Karai chimed in next. She didn’t like Luc’s assertion that they were witches, and she liked Pete’s plan even less. She seemed to think Mr. Warden just needed a vacation. Luc couldn’t even imagine Mr. Warden on vacation... He’d hit the beach in a suit probably.

Karai shifted gears, talking about the cheer squad, the girls that tried to get her to conform to their ‘beauty habits’, then harassed her. She wanted to make them sick, colds and flues. Yeah, Luc could get behind that kind of revenge. Heck, she’d probably stand beside Karai any day. And Karai was right, she was gorgeous without all that crap the cheerleaders did.

She then suggested they eat the rest of the pizza. Luc looked at her drink and trail mix, she hadn’t even opened them. She tended to avoid eating, but it was something that had to happen eventually. She reached for a slice, “Yeah, okay.”

Luc took a couple bites before continuing the conversation. Everyone that had spoke so far seemed to want the cheerleaders to go down.

“So, Cheerleaders then? Becky and Marly have the flu? Which means the other cheerleaders will probably catch it too…” asked Luc looking around the circle for votes.

[DVB]

Diego Vendrix [C]

Schedule
1. Home Economics - Mr. Baker
2. English - Mr. Warden
3. US History - Miss Caramel
Lunch- -Mr. Warden‘s Room-
4. Computer Graphics - Mr. Yagami
5. Advanced Algebra - Mrs. Rene
6. Psychology - Mr. Giovanni

Diego listend to what Becky did to her. He was infuriated. Karai was a wonderful and nice girl. She didn't deserve this slander. He wished there was a way to get her to confess, but that would be problematic. The cogs in his head began turning as plots began being formed. Diego nodded. "Yeah, what Becky did was cruel. There should be some sort of legal action that could have been done against her. Or some other way to humilate her," Diego added before he smiled.

"How about we get her to humiliate to herself by confessing all of the secrert she has?" Diego suggested with a sly smile.

"Okay, so what so we have for the professors? Do we have the catch a bug? Do we have them take a vacation? Maybe even Mr. Warden could go on a wilderness sabbtical to see if he really wants to teach. Some fresh air and time to think could help find what he is meant to. Guy seems kinda miserable," Diego explained to them. He liked school, but he has felt still unknown about what he wants to do in life. Well kinda. If he won the lottery, he would have time to be able to write, though he wouldn't have the massive resources of literature and information he could have at college. He wants to go to college, but not sure which major.

"As for the cheerleaders, I don't think all of them should get sick. Marly and Becky especially though. Maybe they go to a party or show up at school drunk or something," he wondered out loud as he finished his lunch and downed the last of V8 Sparkling Juice.

"So, for Becky: We get her to confess her secrets out of her being drunk and she gets in trobule for it," Diego suggested.

[pikachu725]

Peter 'Pete' Votthed [C]

Schedule
1. English Lit. - Ms. Prillwitz
2. Physics - Mr. Filarski
3. US History - Ms. Caramel
Lunch - Mr. Warden’s Room
4. Calculus - Mr. Lark
5. Logic and Critical Thinking - Mrs. Johnson
6. Psychology - Mr. Giovanni

This was getting confusing. Pete had no idea what they were doing to whom. First it was Mr. warden getting a vacation, then it was Marly and Becky getting drunk, then it was all the cheerleaders getting the flu, and then it was Becky telling some huge secret she wanted to keep hidden. It was utter hysteria bouncing around in Pete’s brain. ‘Do we do this...? Do we do that...? How can I stay on top of this situation? They’re crazy... I have fury....’ No matter, he was fine with letting them bicker. He would just chime in when the time was right, and make them do what he felt was the best option. Timing is everything, after all.

"As for the cheerleaders, I don't think all of them should get sick. Marly and Becky especially though. Maybe they go to a party or show up at school drunk or something,” said Diego as he downed the remainder of his V8 drink. “So, for Becky: We get her to confess her secrets out of her being drunk and she gets in trouble for it," he finished. This seemed to stir up some trouble, but Pete was calm and collected, which was quite unusual for him.

“What we need is a happy medium. Something that everyone can agree on, without having people be unhappy. We should probably give Mr. Warden a vacation, or even better, a better teaching opportunity at another school. As for Marly and Becky, we want them to show up to school drunk? Or just have them say something while drunk to get them to reveal something embarrassing. If we really want to, we could also write about something to benefit ourselves, like getting someone to fall in love with one of us, if we’re single that is.” Pete proposed. He thought that this would maybe get them to see his way of thinking, and he hoped that he could sway them with this proposal.

[bronislav84]

(Sorry for the short post, but I don't have a lot to work with at the moment)

Karai Horoshi [C]

Schedule
1. Calculus - Mr. Hawkhouser
2. English - Mr. Warden
3. US History - Miss Caramel
Lunch - Mr. Warden's Classroom
4. Computer Graphics - Mr. Yagami
5. Physics - Mr. Glass
6. Gym (Acrobatics or Karate depending on the day) - Mrs. Martin

It was a good idea to comment on Diego's idea, since he supported me about Becky. "I really like the idea to make Becky confess. There's a party this weekend where she may be able to do it, but I'm not sure I can get you guys in. I've lost a looot of my influence in the school, and nowadays I tend to not bother people. I'm not sure how we can get into that party to watch it happen, but we should definitely make it happen regardless of if we go or not."

I turned to Peter. "Pete I'm not sure how I feel about your proposal about love, but I think it's fine as long as we agree to not affect each other with the Journal. As in no hurting or forcing each other on anything, including love. We stick together, and let things come naturally." I turned to Diego at this point. I was aware he had a thing for me, a little.

I nodded to Luc eating a slice. We were down to 4 slices of pizza, then she was asking for a vote. Fine by me. "Yes, definitely let's give the two head cheerleaders the flu, which they should decide to come to school with the first day because it's not too severe, and infect the whole squad." I giggled at the thought of that. "And I'm definitely for giving Warden a month long vacation, but I'll let you guys decide what kind."

I pulled out my schedule for everybody to look over as Diego suggested we do earlier. "I think maybe we should get my Physics teacher Mr. Glass in on the vacation. He's also strict, but not as strict as Warden. He could also stand to lose some weight, being a portly gentleman."

[VampirateMace]

Lucy ‘Luc’ Briar [C]

Thursday
Lunch -Mr. Warden‘s Room-

The group was slow to ponder Luc’s question. Deigo wanted Becky to come to school drunk and spill her secrets, he still wanted to know what they‘d do to the teachers. Pete didn’t think Becky’s drunkenness needed to happen at the school, but that she should defiantly spill. He wanted Warden gone in a passive way, vacation or a better job. Karai mentioned a party over the weekend that was a good opportunity for Becky’s downfall. She thought Mr. Warden and Mr. Glass both needed vacations.

The others kind of just shrugged. (sorry guys, got to post if you want a say)

Luc thought it was kind of soft, but she pulled a pencil from the front pouch of her bag and scribbled:
Mr. Warden and Mr. Glass take a week long vacation.

(Everyone: this isn’t going to end well, you don’t take a week long vacation without notice, unless you’re sick or hurt.)

She pondered getting the cheer squad leader drunk. It was Thursday, from what she understood, having seen the market fire entry and a few others, you could only write things that were one day ahead of when you wanted them to happen. She tapped the pencil on the table, “Okay, so I’ve arranged a vacation for Mr. Warden and Mr. Glass. Tomorrow, I’ll be able to set up Becky’s confession.

The bell rang as she was speaking.

Luc nodded to the group and pocketing the pencil picked up her bag. She tossed the journal in, noting that she still need to add blood and commented, “Let’s meet on the bridge in Daffodil Park after school. The fountains are kind of noisy, so we can discuss what else we want to do without worrying too much about being overheard.”

She stopped at her locker, then headed to her first afternoon class.

Computer Graphics - Mr. Yagami

Luc picked a computer on the far side of the room. Yagami instructed them to continue work on their pretend ads. It was a stupid project, but kind of fun.

[DVB]

Diego Vendrix [C]

Schedule
1. Home Economics - Mr. Baker
2. English - Mr. Warden
3. US History - Miss Caramel
Lunch- -Mr. Warden‘s Room-
4. Computer Graphics - Mr. Yagami
5. Advanced Algebra - Mrs. Rene
6. Psychology - Mr. Giovanni

Diego saw Luc wrtie down their first command.

Mr. Warden and Mr. Glass take a week long vacation.

"Wait, shouldn't we have them come up with an excuse or something? We don't want them to get fired," Diego pointed out though he wasn't sure if that's how it worked or if people paid in heed. He then heard Pete's suggestion, which made him suspicious even more.

While Diego toyed with it, he quickly dismissed it, as the love would not have been true and thus empty.

Though considering Karai shot down the idea before looking at him, he wondered if she knew about his growing feelings for him.

Was she implying he would do that?

Ouch, right in the feelings. He actually visably winced at that as he turned away.

“Okay, so I’ve arranged a vacation for Mr. Warden and Mr. Glass. Tomorrow, I’ll be able to set up Becky’s confession," Luc said. Diego nodded though he had a bad feeling about that.

The bell rang as she was speaking.

Luc nodded to the group and pocketing the pencil picked up her bag. She tossed the journal in, noting that she still need to add blood and commented, “Let’s meet on the bridge in Daffodil Park after school. The fountains are kind of noisy, so we can discuss what else we want to do without worrying too much about being overheard.” Diego nodded at her response before recycling and heading over to his next class, who he had with her and Karai.

Schedule
1. Home Economics - Mr. Baker
2. English - Mr. Warden
3. US History - Miss Caramel
---Lunch---
4. Computer Graphics - Mr. Yagami
5. Advanced Algebra - Mrs. Rene
6. Psychology - Mr. Giovanni

Diego was working on their advertisements. He figured this was important. Remembering what he learned from reading the art book he checked out from the library, he applied to here. As he was working, he wondered about Karai. He still felt a bit... hurt that she didn't trust him enough.

[bronislav84]

Karai Horoshi [C]

Schedule
1. Calculus - Mr. Hawkhouser
2. English - Mr. Warden
3. US History - Miss Caramel
Lunch - Mr. Warden's Classroom
4. Computer Graphics - Mr. Yagami
5. Physics - Mr. Glass
6. Gym (Acrobatics or Karate depending on the day) - Mrs. Martin

Mr. Warden and Mr. Glass take a week long vacation.

I saw Luc write the first prediction but not mark it with blood yet.

Diego was concerned about it being an unannounced vacation. "Don't worry, they'll probably notify the school in advance." I said as I reached over to close the pizza box with the 4 slices left and wiped my behind as I got up. My legs had stiffened up a bit and I wobbled a little, holding onto a nearby desk.

Was he sad that I mentioned that love should come naturally? The way he winced made me think he might be. I would have to comfort him. Can't bear to see him feel down because of me.

“Okay, so I’ve arranged a vacation for Mr. Warden and Mr. Glass. Tomorrow, I’ll be able to set up Becky’s confession," Luc said as the bell rang and I nodded at that, officially ending Lunch period. I was still looking forward to making her and Marly sick. Hopefully we would be able to do that later sometime.

Luc said we should meet at Daffodil Park after school, and it would be a relatively safe place to discuss more stuff. Awesome. Maybe I could still convince the others about giving Becky and Marly the flu.

We left the room to go to our next period. I liked this class, and on top of that I liked that I shared it with Luc and Diego. The three of us usually sat together. While the others went off to class I ran off to my locker to stash the pizza. I also checked to make sure my laptop was still in my bag, which it was. I entered Computer Graphics just as the bell rang, heading over to sit between Luc and Diego. He was on the right while she was on the left.

Schedule
1. Calculus - Mr. Hawkhouser
2. English - Mr. Warden
3. US History - Miss Caramel
Lunch
4. Computer Graphics - Mr. Yagami
5. Physics - Mr. Glass
6. Gym (Acrobatics or Karate depending on the day) - Mrs. Martin

Class had started and I opened my laptop to continue work on my advertizement about Coca Cola. I tapped Diego as he was typing and talked to him. "Did I hurt your feelings? I'm really sorry if I did, but I just think it should come naturally is all. We should get to know each other better, maybe do an activity together outside of school first."

At this point I received a text message. My phone vibrated and I pulled it out of my pocket to check. It was from Hank. I gasped, enough that Luc and Diego could hear.

No doubt you'd heard I went home early today. My dad called and said he got a promotion. We're moving to San Fransisco first thing tomorrow. You won't have me to look after you anymore, so stay out of trouble okay?

"Aw man, why did this happen?" I spoke out loud but not loud enough to disturb the class. "Hank is moving away first thing tomorrow."

[Nythe]

Steve Ansell [N-C]

1. Chemistry – Mrs Black
2. English – Mr Warden
3. US History – Miss Caramel
Lunch
4. Computer Graphics – Mr Yagami
5. Advanced Algebra – Mrs Rene
6. French – Mrs Blanc

The lunch break was pretty much over, so the school corridors were filled with students; a lot of them going to their lockers, while the others were already heading for the classrooms. Steve managed to make his way through the crowd without bumping shoulders with other students more than a handful of times. The area around his locker was relatively empty, apart from his left-hand locker neighbour.

“Hi, Neil!” Steve greeted him. “How are you today?”

The short, blond guy turned his head. “Hi, Steve. I’m okay, I guess. Hi, Steve. I’m okay, I guess. You know how such gloomy weather always affects my mood. How are you?”

Aside from being locker neighbours, Steve and Neil had little in common. From what Steve knew about him, Neil main interests in life were music and gaming; he spent most of his time playing either his guitar or MMORPGs. Neil was fairly popular and nosy, so little of what was going on in school went past him unnoticed. Steve was rarely interested in that, but if you wanted to hear some gossip, Neil was your go-to guy.

“I’m fine. I had a medical examination this morning, you know, for my asthma, so I’ve just arrived to school. Any ideas what happened to the tree?”

“Apparently, it was hit by lightning during the storm. Why couldn’t it start a fire in the school instead, right? It only missed by what, 15 yards.” Neil raised his voice as the bell went off. “Anyway, I’m off. I have to get to my English class on the other end of school. See you.”

“Bye.” Steve squeezed his umbrella between four that were already there – Steve regularly forgot his umbrellas in the locker if it stopped raining while he was in school – and also put a bunch of books into his locker, hoping nothing would fall out from it before he could close it.

As a result of the bell, the amount of screaming teenagers in the corridor has dropped considerably and Steve was able to get to Mr Yagami’s class without ever feeling like a battering ram repeatedly crashing into a thick wall of armoured concrete.

Computer Graphics – Mr Yagami

When he entered the classroom, it was already mostly full. Steve took his usual seat in the third row. The assignment was boring; they were still working on some pretend ads, which was child’s play. Steve did a fair share of animating in his videos, so on a task like this he never got out of first gear. He absent-mindedly made a few clicks and looked around. Only a minority was seemed to take the assignment seriously. He leaned back on his chair and stretched his arms overhead which caused a couple of faint cracks in his back as his vertebras readjusted themselves.

“It looks like we’re all set for another boring pointless class.” Steve quietly said to himself. “Yay for that.”

[pikachu725]

Peter 'Pete' Votthed [C]

Schedule
1. English Lit. - Ms. Prillwitz
2. Physics - Mr. Filarski
3. US History - Ms. Caramel
Lunch - Mr. Warden’s Room
4. Calculus - Mr. Lark
5. Logic and Critical Thinking - Mrs. Johnson
6. Psychology - Mr. Giovanni

“Ahem... Today... we we will be learning about residuals. Please open your books to page 725.” said the the ever-monotonous Mr. Lark. He continued to teach from his wheely chair from behind his desk. Pete knew this stuff for the most part. ‘ Studying... good for you.’ Since he knew all of this residual stuff, he decided to think about what Luc said.

‘They’re out for a week... both of them... I don’t have... no wait... they aren’t my teachers.. so.. that’s sucks... suckish... sucking.... supine... blood... what. What am I thinking about? I’ve arranged a vacation for Mr. Warden and Mr. Glass. Tomorrow, I’ll be able to set up Becky’s confession.... I’ve arranged a vacation for Mr. Warden and Mr. Glass. Tomorrow, I’ll be able to set up Becky’s confession... I’ve arranged a vacation for Mr. Warden and Mr. Glass. Tomorrow, I’ll be able to set up Becky’s confession...’ Those words kept swirling around in his head. He tried to shake them by literally shaking his head, which caused a commotion in the class. ‘Right... don’t shake your head... that makes you look dumb... anyways... Diego... like Karai... and Karai.. well she was distracted... It’s nothing...’ He looked up at the clock, 12:48, only 12 minutes left. Pete surveyed the class to see if anyone was watching him, but instead all he saw were 23 other people texting.

‘I’ve arranged a vacation for Mr. Warden and Mr. Glass. Tomorrow, I’ll be able to set up Becky’s confession... I’ve arranged a vacation for Mr. Warden and Mr. Glass. Tomorrow, I’ll be able to set up Becky’s confession... I’ve arranged a vacation for Mr. Warden and Mr. Glass. Tomorrow, I’ll be able to set up Becky’s confession... I’ve arranged a vacation for Mr. Warden and Mr. Glass. Tomorrow, I’ll be able to set up Becky’s confession... this doesn’t sit right... What... hmm... why...’ Pete fidgeted uncomfortably in his seat, maybe he would be able to get his mind off of things with some logic problems, specifically the ones that were for next hour.

[VampirateMace]

Lucy ‘Luc’ Briar [C]

Thursday
Computer Graphics - Mr. Yagami

Luc busied herself selecting just the right background color for her ad. Orange was supposed to make people more hungry, green was supposed to calm them, and so forth and so on, but a huge block of a harsh shade could also be a real turnoff to consumers, Mr. Yagami had told them.

Diego sat down near her, and Karai sat between them with her fancy little laptop. She asked Diego if her comment about love coming naturally had offended him, and if they could maybe hang out. Luc felt a twinge of envy. She knew Diego liked her. But then, she had to agree, things like that should be natural… at least among the Coven members.

Karai got a text. "Aw man, why did this happen? Hank is moving away first thing tomorrow," she told them.

“Seriously? That quick?” commented Luc as she applied her light orange background. Yeah, that looked okay… Hank, well, Luc did have some concern that he was going to squeal. Maybe things were better this way? … That also meant Karai was free, didn’t it? No one ever asked her out on account of him, even though they weren‘t really going out. Now, Diego would make his move, wouldn’t he?

Class felt awfully slow. Finally the bell rang. Luc went to pick up her book, the monotonous Mr. Lark was up next. Luc didn’t dislike him like she disliked Warden, but she did find him incredibly boring.

Trigonometry - Mr. Lark

Mr. Lark, who’d actually gotten out of his wheeled office chair, that was never good, was writing something on the board. Equations, Sine and Cosine… He glanced over his shoulder at the class when the bell rang, “Pop quiz everybody! Get out a sheet of paper and number it 1 to 10!”

[DVB]

Diego Vendrix [C]

Schedule
1. Home Economics - Mr. Baker
2. English - Mr. Warden
3. US History - Miss Caramel
---Lunch---
4. Computer Graphics - Mr. Yagami
5. Advanced Algebra - Mrs. Rene
6. Psychology - Mr. Giovanni

Diego was almost finished with his advertisement for Bluesky Soda, an organic soda brand. He figured since people were becoming more health-conscious, he figured he could promote a healthier soda at the least. "Did I hurt your feelings? I'm really sorry if I did, but I just think it should come naturally is all. We should get to know each other better, maybe do an activity together outside of school first."

Diego mentally celeberated in joy. He began thinking of what they can do. The first thing that came to mind was video games. Howeverm he then heard Karai gasp and he looked to her.

"Aw man, why did this happen?" Karai spoke out loud but not loud enough to disturb the class. "Hank is moving away first thing tomorrow."

Diego winced.

"...Sorry to hear about that, Karai. But... I'll be here for ya. I'll make sure that the others will leave ya alone. How about after school we play video games or something," he offered to her in a comforting manner.

Schedule
1. Home Economics - Mr. Baker
2. English - Mr. Warden
3. US History - Miss Caramel
---Lunch---
4. Computer Graphics - Mr. Yagami
5. Advanced Algebra - Mrs. Rene
6. Psychology - Mr. Giovanni

Diego sighed as he was in Algebera, waiting for this class to be over. He would hear Karai's answer before they left for class, well, he could meet her at her locker soon.

[bronislav84]

Karai Horoshi [C]

Schedule
1. Calculus - Mr. Hawkhouser
2. English - Mr. Warden
3. US History - Miss Caramel
Lunch
4. Computer Graphics - Mr. Yagami
5. Physics - Mr. Glass
6. Gym (Acrobatics or Karate depending on the day) - Mrs. Martin

The Coca Cola ad was coming together. I added some animation and music to it. Even myself as the announcer.

He would be there for me, and we could play video games after school. Definitely. I was about to answer him when the bell rang and I couldn't say anything over all the shuffling and people running off. I closed my laptop, put it away, waved bye to the others and went off to Physics class.

Schedule
1. Calculus - Mr. Hawkhouser
2. English - Mr. Warden
3. US History - Miss Caramel
Lunch
4. Computer Graphics - Mr. Yagami
5. Physics - Mr. Glass
6. Gym (Acrobatics or Karate depending on the day) - Mrs. Martin

Physics is given in a lecture hall/lab. It's not a lab like for Chemistry, but there are tables for the experiments we sometimes did with models. Mr. Paul Glass was a portly man in his middle 50s, and he walked kind of like a penguin. It was kinda funny, but those who made cracks at him often found themselves in a heap of trouble. Mr. Glass was known for his tests being hard, and for being really tough on people who were late to class. He especially liked to call on the kids in the back of the class, and when they didn't know the answers to the questions he gave them serious detentions. Needless to say, if you had him for Physics and liked to slack off the class was hard. Me? I was doing good in his class because I actually paid attention.

Today we were continuing the lecture on how to calculate electric resistors in Amps. It was a formula and we would just have to cross multiply and solve for a variable. Just basic math. He then went on to talk about different kinds of resistors that could be attached to the circuits.

I followed along with the lecture.

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Diego Vendrix [C]

Schedule
1. Home Economics - Mr. Baker
2. English - Mr. Warden
3. US History - Miss Caramel
---Lunch---
4. Computer Graphics - Mr. Yagami
5. Advanced Algebra - Mrs. Rene
6. Psychology - Mr. Giovanni

Diego was currently thinking of alot of things. He was doing all right in Advanced Algebra and most people were actually done with the work, resulting in the latter half of class being goof-off time. As long as they were quiet, they could talk and relax.

Diego was simply thinking of the book. He kept wondering what could it be used for. He was doing all right in class. To be honest, he wanted to win the lottery, invest wisely and live modestly while spending his time writing. Writing novels of all sorts and maybe moving on to other parts of the media. He had all sorts of movie and video game ideas.

He also thought of Karai. THis would be more or less his first date, well pseudo-date at anywayz. He thought of his other friends in the group. He liked them all though he felt something was up with Pete. He didn't know what, but he rubbed Diego the wrong way.

"Don't trust him..." Diego told himself in a different voice before Diego shook his head. He sighed as he looked at the clock and waited for the bell ring. He wanted to go to Karai's locker and confirm their meeting.

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Steve Ansell [N-C]

1. Chemistry – Mrs Black
2. English – Mr Warden
3. US History – Miss Caramel
Lunch
4. Computer Graphics – Mr Yagami
5. Advanced Algebra – Mrs Rene
6. French – Mrs Blanc

About midway through the class Steve decided his ad was finished. He then managed to endure the boredom of the rest of the Computer Graphic class through a combination of daydreaming and browsing the internet. Finally, Steve’s timewasting efforts were rewarded with the sound of the bell.

5. Advanced Algebra – Mrs Rene

Advanced Algebra was Steve’s least favourite class. It wasn’t that he was doing badly; he merely had no interest in this part of math. Unfortunately, he found that out too late and was now forced to put up with it for the rest of the year.

Today, Mrs Rene gave them a bunch of equations they were supposed to solve before the end of the class. For most of the students there was more than enough time to finish the assignment, but for some reason Steve just couldn’t focus on the letters and numbers in front of him. He managed to get it all done with a couple of minutes to spare, thanks to his good eyesight which enabled him to copy some of the results from a bunch of students sitting around him.

Steve than spent the remaining few minutes watching the seconds hand do its last few rounds before the bell went off. Meanwhile, Steve also made some plans for the afternoon; he wasn’t in the mood for animation, so he would either play some video games or go to the mall and look for some new computer accessories.

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Peter 'Pete' Votthed [C]

Schedule
1. English Lit. - Ms. Prillwitz
2. Physics - Mr. Filarski
3. US History - Ms. Caramel
Lunch - Mr. Warden’s Room
4. Calculus - Mr. Lark
5. Logic and Critical Thinking - Mrs. Johnson
6. Psychology - Mr. Giovanni

Pete looked around after entering Mrs. Johnson's room. It was plastered with dog pictures. Everywhere. Pete took his seat Mrs. Johnson started talking. In the least feminine voice he had ever heard, she said,

"Now class open our notebooks and write this down. Four friends participated in a golf match for help raise money for a local charity. The competition between them was steep and each played one of the best games of his life. During the 18-hole match, each friend played very poorly and over par at one hole. But, each also scored a hole-in-one at one hole. Most amazing, these accomplishments all happened at different holes. Determine the full name of each golfer, the hole number for each poor shot and each hole-in-one, and their final scores.

1. John got the first hole-in-one. Mr. Knight had the highest score (which in golf means he lost the match).

2. Steve, whose last name isn't Price, was over par six holes earlier than his hole-in-one shot.

3. Bill placed ahead of Walter but after Mr. Grant.

4. The man who got the last hole-in-one had the lowest score. The man who was over par last got his hole-in-one first.

5. From the highest score of 64 to the lowest score of 57, the friends placed as: the man whose over par game was 12, Bill, the man who got a hole-in-one at the second hole, and Mr. Mann.

6. The man who shot a hole-in-one in the 6th hole had his over par game in the 4th hole.

If anyone solves this correctly in the first 5 minutes of class, you get one point of extra credit. Otherwise, this is your daily work, if you don;t finish it in class, it becomes homework Have at it!"

'Too easy' Pete thought. He knew right away that Mrs. Johnson had a website full of these problems, and luckily for him, he had found it. He quickly scrawled a grid with the five necesities, first name, last name, hole over par, hole in one, and final score. He quickly scribbled down the answers on his paper and walked up to Mrs. Johnson.

"I'm impressed Pete, only 5 minutes? Good job. Now go do something productive." Something productive for Pete meant thinking about absolutely pointless things. 'Now... what else to do... maybe I should get into gaming... it would be weird... maybe.. hitting forehands are need work... all your base are belong to us... So bored...' Pete waited for the bell to ring at 2:00 so he could go to psychology with a bunch of the members of the covens.

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Lucy ‘Luc’ Briar [C]
Thursday

Schedule
1. Chemistry - Mrs. Black
2. English - Mr. Warden
3. US History - Miss Caramel
Lunch
4. Computer Graphics - Mr. Yagami
5. Trigonometry - Mr. Lark
6. Psychology - Mr. Giovanni

Luc and the rest of the Trig class sluggishly made their way through the boring pop quiz equations and definition questions, that Mr. Lark had scrawled across the board. After all the papers had been turned in he assigned them a light homework assignment that most of them were able to get the majority of done in the last fifteen minutes of class. It was busy work, but it helped Luc distract herself from thoughts about how two of her closest friends were hooking up.

6. Psychology - Mr. Giovanni

It was a relief when the bell rang, and she ran off to her next class. Psychology, it was generally interesting, and Mr. Giovanni had a tendency to go off on tangents about people who’d gone insane or turned out to be sane after all.

As the class settled in Mr. Giovanni sat on his desk (Luc suspected he was lucky the desk was metal, because he was a somewhat tall man and a bit overweight, so if the desk was wooden it’d probably collapse), “So, students…” Long pause, he liked those, seemed to think they were dramatic. He crossed his arms, “Let’s talk about obsession.”

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Karai Horoshi [C]

Schedule
1. Calculus - Mr. Hawkhouser
2. English - Mr. Warden
3. US History - Miss Caramel
Lunch
4. Computer Graphics - Mr. Yagami
5. Physics - Mr. Glass
6. Gym (Acrobatics or Karate depending on the day) - Mrs. Martin

The bell rang and it was time to head to Gym.

Today was Karate day, and we were going to prepare for tomorrow's mini tournament. And by that I mean everybody trying to take me down. I had the highest belt in the class (Green, which really isn't that much of an achievement), so Mrs. Martin decided to do it like that. If you took me down, you got a stripe on your belt. If I took down the whole class and nobody defeated me, I could get my Blue Belt. Depending on how many times I lost I would be graded and could still get a stripe or two. I was looking forward to it.

So today was just a boring practice day. The only thing that made it fun was that I had this class with my girlfriend Anna. I met her in the Gym Locker Room, and we changed into our uniforms. I wore my usual clothes under it, minus jacket of course, and we walked around barefoot. Thankfully the mats were scrubbed between classes and everybody was required to wash their feet with soap in the showers or I'd never step foot out there. The class was coed, with the boys entering into the Gym from their side of the lockers.

We were all just chatting and socializing while waiting for the class to start. Mrs. Martin walked out of the little office and addressed the class. We immediately became silent and sat down. "Alright class, as you know today is practice for tomorrow. Pair up with whoever you like. You'll be practicing techniques we learned this past week, on each other." She wrote a list of the techniques to practice on the board and went around the class, making sure the students were doing it right.

Of course I paired up with Anna. We proceeded to discuss the day's events while trying to land blows on each other or dodging, glancing toward the board to make sure we went down the list the teacher put up.

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Diego Vendrix [C]

Schedule
1. Home Economics - Mr. Baker
2. English - Mr. Warden
3. US History - Miss Caramel
---Lunch---
4. Computer Graphics - Mr. Yagami
5. Advanced Algebra - Mrs. Rene
6. Psychology - Mr. Giovanni

Diego didn't have a chance to meet Karai at her locker in between classes though he was sure they would be able to talk more about this after school. In the meanwhile, he was going to his last class, much to his relief, Psychology.

He had it with Lucy and Pete.

As he sat down and took out his notebook, he began listening to what Mr. Giovanni said. He enjoyed the arguments and discussions they had. H esaw the teadher go and give his dramtic pause before he crossed his arm. Diego did the same as he wondered what today's topic will be.

It appeared today's topic is obsession.

Mild disappointment. He thought it was a free topic day. He had one in mind. His eyes trailed to Pete for a brief moment. "Nah... Pete doesn't seem like someone to be a sociopath..." Diego thought. Pete's strange behavior reminded him of an evil mastermind chessmaster though Pete seemed like too much of a good guy for that.