theafflicted | 01.50 - week one, saturday

W1 SATURDAY

The first week of the Personal Enrichment Course draws to a close, which means it’s time for the first lesson. Hopefully by now you’ve gotten to know your classmates a bit better - but if you haven’t, that’s okay.

This first lesson is just going to be teamwork exercises, after all.

Bright and early Saturday morning, you wake up. Maybe you had a good night’s rest, or maybe you hardly got any sleep... Either way, the sun is shining, the day is beginning, and Lorelei's voice suddenly comes through everyone's tablets as well as the P.A. system on campus.

”Good morning. All students must report to the lecture hall by 8 o’clock for their first lesson. Lessons are mandatory. Please report to the classroom with its doors open.”

Which gives you about thirty minutes, so it’d be best to hurry. Do you want to be tardy? And if you think about bailing, well… you know what might happen if you fail the course.

When everyone gathers in the same hall they awoke in, Florence is there to greet you. They will gesture for everyone to take a seat, and once seated, the projector in the room turns on. Say hello to Lorelei and her usual cup of coffee.

“Good morning, everyone. Welcome to your first official exercise; today’s activities are designed to emphasize teamwork and cooperation so you are all more prepared for dealing with what’s yet to come. I have already split you into teams for the day, via raffle. There will be two activities total, and you will be completing them in the same teams. Regardless of whether you get along with your teammates or not, you’re going to have to figure out a way to finish each exercise successfully.”

She keeps that same calm, collected smile on her lips as she props up what appears to be a tablet of her own on her desk.

FULL NAV

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Sure it does. I can't force you to trust me. That's something you decide on your own.

[Owen doesn't know if the derisive snort he lets out will come across, but, man. There is something about that answer that rubs him the wrong way.

Probably because it's almost familiar.]

The way you act kind of pisses me off sometimes. Do you want to hurt me? Do you not want to hurt me? I really don't know what to expect from you.

Good, because you shouldn't.

[ :)

Is he just antagonizing Owen now? Maybe, but also, not really. Hien meant it when he said that he can't force Owen to trust him. Therefore, he has to decide whether he can trust him or not. ]

[Instead of coming back with a mature response (that would have probably not been that mature), Owen just.

Walks over to Fai.

And pinches him on the arm.

It won't be that painful, but...]

...

[ Fai just sits there with a blank face. He's not going to retaliate. He's better than that (for once). ]

Tell your partner this game won't last forever. He'll need to stop being a coward at some point.

[WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN OWEN!!!!!]

[ Whatever it means, Fai doesn't think about it for too long. ]

I'm not going to tell him anything, Owen.

Alright. Fine. I'll tell him myself once we're done with this.

[ from the peanut gallery - ]

Can you guys please focus on the task

I'm good at multitasking. It's fine.
Also, Owen, You're a piece of shit.

But it makes it hard for the rest of us to focus...

Okay, I will.

Do you want me to be worse? I'm on my best behavior here.

Please be nice to Owen-san! Even if it's just for a few minutes!

[SORRY RIKU]

I would rather stab myself than have him be nice to me.

[That is definitely coming across on speech-to-text... sorry everyone...]

I don't need you to - defend me.