"Might as well 'die trying' as they say.", Basil shrugged. His hand twirled the blue pen around as he glanced out the window. He leaned over to catch a glimpse of what Autumn was sketching. The resemblance between real life Kai and the one on the paper was uncanny; Basil laughed a little trying to imagine the scene. How she drew Artemis gave some life into the goddess. "I believe Autumn is secretly Berthe Morisot.", he nodded," It looks wonderful!"
Autumn smiled at the boys. "Thanks guys." She pulled out some fancy markers(like Copic or something that blends well) and began coloring and shading.
Kai watched her start coloring as the professor walked in, smiling at his students. "Good morning!" the professor said.
Flashing a smile, he bowed his head in response before sitting up straight in his seat. Basil stared up at the clock wondering when the class would start. The opening of the door sort of startled him. He fixed his hair before greeting cheerly,"Oh, bonjour Professor!"
Autumn put her artwork aside and smiled at the professor. "Good morning, sir!" She brushed some hair out of her face as she spoke, and tucked it behind her ear.
The professor nodded his head slowly. "I appreciate you all for coming to class on time today, although I'll admit I'm running behind schedule," he said with a shrug. "I'm hoping we can just discuss today. Lecturing is boring, don't you agree?"
Basil slowly dragged his journal to the middle of the desk. He opened it then sat his pencil down. Lightly nodding, he listened to the professor. "If I may say, a discussion sounds better than a lecture.", he smiled.
Kacey sat down in his chair and pulled out a pen before slinging his bag over the back of the chair. He slouched back in his chair and listened intently, he wasn't big on class discussions but it was much better than a lecture at least.
The professor cracked open his book, glancing at the students. "Did everyone read The Stranger, and write in their journal about it?"
Basil nodded before putting his pencil to the side. Staring down at his notebook, Basil blinked. He flipped to another page finding his annotations and comments on the book. Tilting his head to the right, his eyebrow pushed up while trying to read what he wrote. The pages looked like Waterloo, at least he read it that's all he has to say.
Autumn opened her notebook and flipped to the page with a nod. She quickly read through her notes, with a satisfied smile. She had enjoyed the book, just like she loved most fiction books.
Kai fiddled with his journal. His notes were incoherent, but he'd liked the book okay. Something about the way Meursault handled emotions sort of resonated with him.
The professor looked around the room again. "Would anyone like to provide a working definition of existentialism and absurdism to kick things off?"
(I've never actually read the book. I didn't even know it existed.)
(oh lol you're good, we could do a time skip if everyone wants to)
(Works for me, I was going to search the story up but realized I'd be spoiling it for myself.)
(Yeah.)