me in our battle morphs, nearly tearing me to
pieces and such. The morale of the story, then, is don’t give a
girl with scary eyes and scarier tantrums a reason to hold a grudge
with you!”
“ Wow, that’s scary,” Matt
complies after gulping. Glancing at the table of women across the
cafeteria from them, he adds, “I don’t know if I would believe you,
after how nicely she treated me, if I hadn’t seen what she did to
that Ryan guy.” Looking back to Sean, he asks, “Did Lyn stay mad at
you after all that?”
“ Eh, well, no. Once the
gang war all cleared up, she, or more precisely one of her girls,
as I made sure to always avoid her after her outrage, came to me
and apologized for her loss of temper at me. And I just smiled and
nodded, wanting to say, ‘Don’t expect me to come back for your
help!’ All I can say is, Matt, be very, very careful with those girls. They
could make your first few months here at school pretty nice, or
they could do the exact opposite and make it a waking
nightmare!”
“ Uh, yeah, I’ll be
careful.” A moment passes with the three eating their meals before
he asks, “So, what did you two talk about while I was
gone?”
Rose clears her throat of the juice
she is drinking before replying, “Well, I was just telling Sean
about how Cynthia Volvaron is in my music class.”
“ She is?”
“ Yeah, and, I suppose Sean
wasn’t exaggerating about her looks. She really did have all the
guys in the room constantly gawking at her. She was also quite
aware of the hold she had on them. She would purposely move in, uh,
suggestive fashions, and speak in an alluring tone that made the
guys melt when she talked to them. I didn’t care much for it, of
course.”
“ Ah, I see. So, does
Cynthia play an instrument, then?”
“ Oh yeah, she does. She
plays the violin, and, from what I’ve heard so far, she’s very good
at it.”
“ Huh, that’s interesting.”
As they finish their meals, Matt looks to Sean and tells him, “By
the way, I probably won’t be joining you back in Kaloss’ for
detention. Lyn said she could get me moved to the study hall she
and her group uses.”
“ Oh, really? Hmm, I
suppose that’s good for you. Plus, that leaves him all alone with
me! Muahahaha!!” With a devilish grin still on his face, he gets up
from the table with his tray and says, “Okay, guys, see ya both
later in gym!”
“ Yeah, we’ll see you
soon,” Rose returns as she and Matt get up, and the three part ways
into the moving mass of students as they leave the
cafeteria.
***
Later that day in gym class, Matt,
Sean, and Rose, along with the rest of the freshmen class, emerge
from locker rooms off to a far side of the arena, all changed into
workout clothes like t-shirts, shorts, sweatpants, or athlete bras.
Matt is wearing a red tank top and loose, black shorts, Sean has on
a torn and ragged t-shirt and some ripped-up jeans, and Rose wears
a green training bra and matching, tight shorts, with her amulet
still hung around her neck. After Prof. Serpanz yells at them to
warm-up with three laps around the arena, all the freshmen take off
into steady jogs while Matt, Sean, and Rose bundle together to chat
as they run. Sean begins the conversation with, “So, how was
alchemy?”
“ Eh, it was okay,” Rose
says, “we just got to look at and feel different samples of
elements, which we tried to change into other elements, some of us
better than others.”
“ Heh, sounds like simple
stuff. How’d you guys do?”
“ Well, that’s the strange
thing. I did just fine, changing some copper into iron after a few
tries, but Matt…” She glances to him, who nods, and continues,
“When he tried changing the copper sample into silver, it instead
turned into a rare form of metal known as ‘aegis steel.’
”
“ Aegis steel? What’s that
supposed to mean?”
Matt replies, “Well, after the half
hour or so of him trying to figure out what happened, how it
happened, and
pieces and such. The morale of the story, then, is don’t give a
girl with scary eyes and scarier tantrums a reason to hold a grudge
with you!”
“ Wow, that’s scary,” Matt
complies after gulping. Glancing at the table of women across the
cafeteria from them, he adds, “I don’t know if I would believe you,
after how nicely she treated me, if I hadn’t seen what she did to
that Ryan guy.” Looking back to Sean, he asks, “Did Lyn stay mad at
you after all that?”
“ Eh, well, no. Once the
gang war all cleared up, she, or more precisely one of her girls,
as I made sure to always avoid her after her outrage, came to me
and apologized for her loss of temper at me. And I just smiled and
nodded, wanting to say, ‘Don’t expect me to come back for your
help!’ All I can say is, Matt, be very, very careful with those girls. They
could make your first few months here at school pretty nice, or
they could do the exact opposite and make it a waking
nightmare!”
“ Uh, yeah, I’ll be
careful.” A moment passes with the three eating their meals before
he asks, “So, what did you two talk about while I was
gone?”
Rose clears her throat of the juice
she is drinking before replying, “Well, I was just telling Sean
about how Cynthia Volvaron is in my music class.”
“ She is?”
“ Yeah, and, I suppose Sean
wasn’t exaggerating about her looks. She really did have all the
guys in the room constantly gawking at her. She was also quite
aware of the hold she had on them. She would purposely move in, uh,
suggestive fashions, and speak in an alluring tone that made the
guys melt when she talked to them. I didn’t care much for it, of
course.”
“ Ah, I see. So, does
Cynthia play an instrument, then?”
“ Oh yeah, she does. She
plays the violin, and, from what I’ve heard so far, she’s very good
at it.”
“ Huh, that’s interesting.”
As they finish their meals, Matt looks to Sean and tells him, “By
the way, I probably won’t be joining you back in Kaloss’ for
detention. Lyn said she could get me moved to the study hall she
and her group uses.”
“ Oh, really? Hmm, I
suppose that’s good for you. Plus, that leaves him all alone with
me! Muahahaha!!” With a devilish grin still on his face, he gets up
from the table with his tray and says, “Okay, guys, see ya both
later in gym!”
“ Yeah, we’ll see you
soon,” Rose returns as she and Matt get up, and the three part ways
into the moving mass of students as they leave the
cafeteria.
***
Later that day in gym class, Matt,
Sean, and Rose, along with the rest of the freshmen class, emerge
from locker rooms off to a far side of the arena, all changed into
workout clothes like t-shirts, shorts, sweatpants, or athlete bras.
Matt is wearing a red tank top and loose, black shorts, Sean has on
a torn and ragged t-shirt and some ripped-up jeans, and Rose wears
a green training bra and matching, tight shorts, with her amulet
still hung around her neck. After Prof. Serpanz yells at them to
warm-up with three laps around the arena, all the freshmen take off
into steady jogs while Matt, Sean, and Rose bundle together to chat
as they run. Sean begins the conversation with, “So, how was
alchemy?”
“ Eh, it was okay,” Rose
says, “we just got to look at and feel different samples of
elements, which we tried to change into other elements, some of us
better than others.”
“ Heh, sounds like simple
stuff. How’d you guys do?”
“ Well, that’s the strange
thing. I did just fine, changing some copper into iron after a few
tries, but Matt…” She glances to him, who nods, and continues,
“When he tried changing the copper sample into silver, it instead
turned into a rare form of metal known as ‘aegis steel.’
”
“ Aegis steel? What’s that
supposed to mean?”
Matt replies, “Well, after the half
hour or so of him trying to figure out what happened, how it
happened, and
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