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[selfconcept]

Congratulations! You survived the first week of Personal Enrichment Class! Or at least, your body did if you feel like astral projecting. It's time to mingle with your fellow students after the Saturday lesson. Maybe get revenge. Or maybe you're going to your room right away. Either way, it's free time! Let loose. Go wild.

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[escardos]

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in the dullest voice possible: ]

She can go on the Internet, then.

[selfconcept]

Are you trying to get under her skin?

[ Is that what it is?? Because it's starting to get under his. ]

[escardos]

Am I…? Is that how it is…

[ flat pauses, looking like he’s genuinely thinking about this.

after a few seconds, he nods, shrugging nonchalantly. ]

I guess I am. Sure, let’s go with that. I mean lots of people already think I’m kind of annoying and stupid, so I’m just going all out.

[selfconcept]

[ Hm.

Alright. ]

Guess I'm learning something new today.

[ That Flat is self-aware. Amazing. ]

Anyway, I'd like it if you didn't play your trombone longer than two hours.

[ He's half expecting Flat to say no. ]

[escardos]

Oh…

[ now that’s a tune that flat can understand. he glances at the walls of the booth, and then back at hien. ]

Maybe that’s why Mister Sabo had checked in on me on Thursday… I thought he was worried I had been trapped or that he wanted to see me play. [ he sounds just a little disappointed ] Is this not sound proof?

[ no, he didn’t realize this. ]

[selfconcept]

It isn't.

[ So Flat didn't realize. Well, he gets it. ]

Though I asked the Instructor for it, I dunno when it'll get done. Are you used to every wall being soundproofed?

[escardos]

Ohhh, I’m so sorry. If I had known that I would have explained myself before doing that, so that you guys would have known.

[ he sounds sorry, but it also seems like he would have done it anyways, had he known. ]

Well, kind of? The rooms in our classrooms have to be strong enough to withstand a lot of stuff.

[selfconcept]

Withstand what? Disasters? Music instruments? Some loud sound physic experiments?

[ Hm. ]

[escardos]

Fights.

[ :3c ]

[selfconcept]

[ Hien slowly blinks. ]

Are your classrooms equivalent to the endurance of a military bunker?

[ That's... hm. He's not surprised by fight schools, but classrooms like that make him wonder just how bad the fights get. ]

[escardos]

Ah, I’m not sure about that.

[ he shrugs, smiling brightly regardless. ]

I do have a friend that’s really passionate about studying military and war, so maybe if you get the chance to meet him, he can tell you!

[selfconcept]

[ War and military. The first person Hien thought of was Shin, but like... Shin. Passionate.

... ]

What are you the best at? Regarding fighting.

[escardos]

Oh…

[ there’s a pause… until… ]

I’m terrible at fighting, actually! Haha! I’ve failed out of self-defense every year that I’ve taken it.

[selfconcept]

Hm?

[ That sounds weird to him. ]

Then what do you excel at?

[escardos]

It's on my profile!

[ a beat. ]

Well, there is other stuff that I'm good at, but mainly what's on my profile.

[selfconcept]

Wasn't that a school for fighting and not for hacking?

[ ????? ]

[escardos]

I never said that the school was for fighting. Just that the classrooms had to withstand fights and that we had a self-defense class.

[selfconcept]

So you're in the school for your hacking abilities.

[ Is that it??? He feels like he has to fight to get context clues. ]

[escardos]

Ah, not really?

[ he taps his chin, thinking about it. ]

I mean, I managed to become good at that because of The Professor's guidance.

[selfconcept]

[ He closes his eyes for a second. ]

Alright. So it's something to the side.

[ Like an extracurricular. And then Flat got shot somehow. ]

This was bothering me a little, but you said that everyone thinks that you're stupid and annoying.

[ ... ]

Just gonna say if that's what you dish out, that's what you'll get.

[ He shoots Flat a short wave before leaving. He needs that nap now. ]

1/2

[escardos]

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hehe. ]

Do you think I don't know that?

2/2

[escardos]

[ setting up the last part of his trombone, he'll play a loud glissendo to the hien that's walking away, just to emphasize his point. ]