forum Hey. -waves awkwardly-

Started September 17, 2019 by @saor_illust school

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"Yeah, so? All pools are chlorinated, unless they're natural," Loren pointed out. She herself didn't like the fact that it smelled so strongly, but she'd gotten used to it.

"Well, with the fanciness of all this," Emrys gestured around them, "I would've thought they'd have a super fancy, indoor lake or something. I guess not." She shrugged and started towards an empty section of the bleachers. "We should probably sit down," Emrys said, glancing at her phone. "Class starts soon."

"Yeah, okay," Loren sat down in one of the closest seats and pulled out her phone. This is why, in times like this, she had an offline game downloaded on her phone at all times. To play games, of course. Plus, they didn't use any data.

“Y’all don’t get it!” Zuri grumbles as they walk over to sit on the bleachers.
“I’m a siren. I like the ocean. I do not like CHLORINATED pools.”
She flings her bag off her back and on the bleachers with a thump.

"Oof, I forgot about that," Loren said, laughing softly.

"Oh, yeah. That would be a problem." Emrys looked around quickly, then leaned towards Zuri. "I could probably change that. As a thank you for getting us out of homework in the future. Just say the word, and poof!" She splayed her fingers in an imitation of an explosion. "Indoor ocean."

“When the time calls I will definitely take you up on that offer.” Zuri responds with a grin.
(I forgot, who’s doing the teacher this time?)

"Awesome." Emrys gave Zuri a smile and glanced at her phone again. "Well, class started a minute ago, and there's still no teacher. Then again, that's not too bad, compared to some of the teachers I've had in the past."

Two adults, one male, one female walked into the room. "Greetings, I'm Ms. Bloomheart," the female said. She had blonde, curly hair that went down to her waist. Her green eyes sparkled in the light, and she had a body shaped not unlike that of an hourglass. She wore a yellow dress that was relatively long, and ended at her ankles. She had on black high heels, though the heels weren't tall.
The male waited a bit before introducing himself. "I'm Mr. Glassman," he announced, adjusting the way his circular framed glasses fit onto his face. They were black rimmed, and he himself had a body that was obviously kept in shape daily, even though he had on not only a blue, red, and white plaid coat, a white sweater, and a dark blue fluffy coat on.

"We have two teachers?" Loren whispered to Zuri and Emrys. She'd never had more than one teacher per class before.

“That’s pretty common for gym type classes I’m pretty sure,” Zuri whispers back.
“It’s always a guy and a girl too.”

"Really?" Emrys whispered. "I hope there's not going to be two classes, 'cause that would suck." She eyes the two teachers. "They're very well dressed for a gym class." Her eyes widened, and she groaned quietly. "Oh, that'd better not mean it's a history class that just happens to be in a gym."

"God, same," Loren agreed.

"Alright everyone! I want all of you to pair up! If there is an odd number of you, there will be ONE group of three! I repeat, only one group of three!" the male, Mr. Glassman called out.

"Wanna stick together, find out if we can be a group of three?" Loren whispered to the others.

"We're totally being the group of three," Zuri agrees. "I mean, grouping up is kind of reassuring. Maybe some group physical activity?"

"Yep. We're going to be the group of three," Emrys said confidently, glancing around at the other kids. "Looks like they're all pairing up. Good." She looked at Zuri and nodded hopefully. "I hope it's not another icebreaker."

“I’m guessing we’re doing some basic physical activity so the teachers can see where we're at.”
Zuri scans the class to make sure there wasn’t one line wanderer that one of them would have to pair up with. She didn’t see any.

"Yeah, probably," Loren agreed.

"Okay! I want all of you to discuss why we might want to have some controlled fights among the students!" the female, Ms. Bloomheart yelled.

"Controlled fights?" Loren questioned. "I mean, they're probably to develop student strength."

"Yeah," Emrys agreed with Loren. "Also, probably to teach control and let us learn how to fight without the whole, dying-if-you-fail thing." She grinned excitedly. "I honestly can't wait."

"We love not dying," Zuri adds.
"Ya'll don't have a chance. Especially if we get fake weapons."

"I mean, like I said, I try to avoid violence as much as possible, so I don't know how much I'm going to enjoy this class," Loren made a small face.

"Okay class! Now that you've discussed this subject, I want raised hands to tell me what you think about it!" Mr. Glassman called to the students.

"You'll probably be fine. Hopefully, they won't make kids who don't want to fight, fight." Emrys reassured Loren. She looked up as the teacher spoke, then ducked her head. "Yep, nope. Don't call on me."

“Alright, I’ve been thinking about this. I know I said I wouldn’t use my voice on you guys, but first of all I’d have to if we fight, and second of all I totally want to raise one of y’alls hands for you,” Zuri says.

"Oh, please don't!" Emrys looked up and gave Zuri a pleading look. "I mean, I know an answer, but… who wants to talk out loud?" She grimaced and ducked her head again, staring intently at the ground.