Newvit High School

Tai sighs. He thinks back to his mother's words...

Earlier...
"Tai, please be good at school, okay? Try and make some good friends and behave, alright? We really can't afford to move again. Oh, and plea-"

By that point Tai had headed out the door in somewhat of a rush just to escape his mother and the somewhat rundown house. Of course, he hadn't exactly hurried to school afterwards, but...

Present...

Well. She had a point. I just need to graduate. Make it through one year here. And as much fun as being the angsty, emo kid all year, would be, I should probably...

Tai turned his head toward the book-nerd, being careful of seeming too interested. "What are you reading?" He asked.

"Azazel? You gotta be kidding me, right? You mean The Scape goat. The one who got cast out of heaven and taught the woman how to use makeup, and likes to fuck mortal maods... Sounds super scary to me! You gonna pull him out of Dudael, where he was imprisoned?" Vincent asks, still calmly interested in what he going to say.

"Oh... That's unfortunate... Are your pictures lost forever?

How did it happen? I mean... If you dropped your camera, the card would be the safest part right?"

Tai

"Cookbook."  The guy turns the page without looking over.  Oh, a recipe for crème brûlèe...  You've never had anything near that fancy.  Why is he reading something like this?  Is he just looking at the pictures, or is he actually memorizing this stuff?


Levi

"Yep.  About two dozen for me.  More for you, I guess."  The president switches which leg is crossed over the other.


Vincent

"A-ha!  Wonderful!"  The cloak-man strokes his goatee.  "Most of the fools in this school would simply stare at me in slack-jawed silence, but you've got the intelligence I expect of a contemporary!  Hahaha...  The first meeting of the Occult Club is Wednesday, I hope to see you there!"


Karl

Raine looks at Karl's crumb covered hand.  "Ahhhhh..." she whimpers loudly, then jumps up.  "Pleaseexcuseme!"  She storms off.  At high speed.  And takes a seat next to the boy with the sunglasses.  She gives Karl a few terrified glances.


Leia

"That card's... probably fine.  I'll probably have to cut the thing out or something though.  I'm hoping the eggheads have a better idea, though.  Maybe some fancy thing they can do to pull it out... I dunno, wirelessly or something?"


Morgan

"Meow, meow," Somnis answers.  She doesn't really seem to be listening to Morgan as she rubs noses with the cat...

"Well, call me interested. I love weird stuff. I'll see you there, if everything goes right." Vince sits down for his class, and looks at the other students, trying to get a gauge on who he might make friends with this year.

Karl waves at the girl, stares at her for about a minute, then gets up and walks over to the red-head girl.

"Hi, I'm Karl, want a pop-tart?" He questions, extending his arm. "My parents divorced like twenty years ago, but my dad is rich because he won the lottery a couple of times. I live in a mansion, but I don't go to the top floors often because usually I just sit on the couch and watch commercials. TV today sucks, but the commercials are really high quality. You can tell that they put a lot of effort into cooking those burgers, or baking those pop-tarts. Are pop-tarts baked? That's a question I have asked myself a lot before, but I think they might be fried. But if they are fried, then does that make them circus food? I like the circus. Too bad they banned elephants. Sure, they might be mistreated, but they were fun. Speaking of fun, I'm a big fan of balloons. Have you ever heard of milking yourself? It's when you take a gallon of milk and pour it onto your face. It's pretty cool, and I'm sure ladies love it. But you're a girl, though, so I think you would have to lemonade yourself or something. Are lemons attractive? I mean, they have the pointy bits at the end. Do I find that attractive? Maybe, but I'm not your average guy. Anyone, back to my parent's divorce. They did it, and my dad still pays my mom alimony. What do you think of alimony? Personally, I think that if you can't support yourself, then you should just marry a rich guy. What is money, anyways? I mean, I know it's ink on paper, but how does it get its value? You know what I value, I value a good pop-tart. Have you tried the new raspberry flavor? It's great. The guy at the corner store says I keep the store in business with me buying all of the milk and pop-tarts. How do you like your milk? I never liked skim, it just tastes like water. I guess it has extra calcium, but I drink a lot and I'm not buff like Arnold Schwartzennegar is. Is that how you say his name? Speaking of names, my name is Karl. What's yours? Like, what do you own? Do you have a car? I never got a license because my dad has a guy to drive me to places. He's cool. His name is Tony, and he has big muscles. He sells powdered sugar to the kids down the street. But I know it's not powdered sugar, it's obviously marijuana. But I don't like to talk about politics. You know, politics is an Albanian word. I think that's why they started civilization on this continent. You know, why are Europe and Asia different continents? I mean, where do you draw that boundary? And is Georgia in Europe or Asia? The country with Tblisi as its capital, not the state. Are you from Georgia? That would be cool. How are the peaches in Georgia? Want to hear a joke? How did the chicken cross the road? WITH HIS FEET!"

Karl paused a moment to laugh.

"So, back to commercials. They're really great nowadays. I watched a bunch of old commercials on VHS, and they were pretty bad. Do you like old commercials? I don't, really. I also don't like cats. I've never seen one, but they're the cousins of tigers, so they should be dangerous. Are you dangerous? My dad warned me of dangerous woman. Are you a woman? You look like one, but how can I really tell? What if all we see is just a manifestation of what we want reality to be, controlled by our subconscious, and everyone sees the world differently? What's different about you? I heard some people are one in a million, but there are like 7 million people. Can I find six other yous in China or something? Speaking of China, what's your opinion on Chinese food? I think it's a little too sweet for my tastes. I prefer Mexican food, like tacos and hamburgers. But I heard that hamburgers were french. Or maybe that was tacos. Are there french Mexicans? Have you seen a French Mexican? I think they would be cool. Speaking of cool, we're so close to winter now. Do you like the cold? I don't. It's too cold. But I don't like the hot. I like a compromise. Speaking of compromises, how knowledgeable are you about the western theater of the American Civil War? It's interesting how the Confederacy advanced in New Mexico, even though nobody lives there. Like in factories. Why do people not live in factories? Why do people not live? Do they just stop breathing? Does death scare you? It scares me. I mean, you just stop being alive. How will I know when the next pop-tart flavor comes out then! Okay, but seriously, if lemons are attractive, what about limes? Do you find limes attractive? Am I a lime to you? Is sprite really a lemon-lime soda? Like, at the sprite factory, do they squeeze fruit into the cans? That would be cool. But squeezing is weird. Same thing with moist. That makes some people uncomfortable. Does it make you uncomfortable? You know, uncomfortable should rhyme with affordable. You know what else is affordable? Pop-tarts. That's one of the reasons I like them. Milk is really cheap when you look at the right places, though. Have you ever seen a cow? I haven't. It would be cool, because I drink so much milk. Doesn't that give you vitamin D? Isn't that in the sun? How does the sun get vitamins, when it isn't even alive! I'm telling you, science is weird nowadays. Speaking of science, what's your favorite class? I like English because I get good grades because I already speak it. Isn't it so quaint how people can get by with thirteen years of school without even speaking English good? What is it with quaint, though? Like, what does that mean? And why is it called the Webster dictionary? I know that last names sometimes indicate pastimes, but what did a webster do? Catch spiders? I guess that's why we don't see many websters anymore, if you know what I'm saying. Do you know what I'm saying? Maybe our minds shift what others say, and in an alternate dimension, I'm talking about something stupid like how lemons are attractive? Who would say such a thing! I know I wouldn't, since I'm well at English. You see, most people would say good, but well is the correct terminology. Are you smart? Do you know how to do the computers? I always thought they would still be big, ever since they revealed the original X-Box a few years ago. The world really is changing fast. You know what else is changing fast? Profit forecasts on cereal companies. I read an article on Wall Street Journal the other day about that. They say Kellogs could have anywhere between a 500 million loss and a 2 billion profit! It's not a very safe stock to invest in. Where do you put your money? I put my allowance under my mattress. That's what old people did back in the sixties. Did you experience the sixties? I mean, it would be cool to meet a World War Two veteran here. Oh, I guess war is politics, and I don't like talking about politics. Do you like your mattress hard or cold? I like mine firm, so I get the in between spot. You know, I had a dream last night that I was INBETWEEN two different mattresses, and they were eating me. Scary stuff. Do you like scary movies? I don't. They're too scary. Oh, yeah, I almost forgot! What's your name, I need to know it because I learned from a magazine that told me that people's names determined their futures, and I want to talk about the future. Do you think we'll have flying cars in the future? That would be cool."  

Karl pauses a few seconds to catch his breath.

Dewey goes to the library and heads over to the librarian.
(As a side note, if possible I'd like to request him and the librarian already be familiar with each other, maybe even on a first name basis. Also, are clubs the only way to raise stats or would other activities such as volunteering at the library have a chance as well?)