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[falsesmile]

[ The video flickers on to a teen girl in loose black robes. At a glance, it might look like she's offering the camera a cocky half-smile, but a closer inspection will show that the expression is an illusion, caused by a small scar at the corner of her mouth. ]

Would anyone like to meet at the malt shop before school starts again? I think some of us will need a lot of help catching up for this world’s history class.

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video.

[doneproperly]

[Mandrake's sitting at the kitchen table in his house-- how he desperately misses having an office, this is so undignified-- trying to familiarise himself with the network and the workings of the communicators. Finally, he figures out how to respond to the posts that intrigue him.]

I have been catching up on it. It's not terribly difficult to understand, just lengthy.

[Spoken like a true nerd.]

[falsesmile]

[ She leaned comfortably back against her bed's headboard and nodded approvingly. ]

You're on top of things.

[ The tiniest bit of flattery. ]

[doneproperly]

[A small smile at the corner of his lips, like he's accepting of the compliment while attempting to stay modest.]

Not as much as I would like to be, but I try. Understanding this world's history is imperative to the understanding of our current predicament.

[falsesmile]

Our predicament, or this country's?

[ She propped the communicator up and rested her chin in her hands, perfectly at ease with this level of comm technology. ]

voice;

[resoul]

You could always just not go to school.

[falsesmile]

Shouldn't heroes be role-models?

[ Her voices is playful and clearly teasing. ]

[resoul]

Uh huh, like you believe that any more than I do.

video

[attractedtodarkness]

I can't believe there are so many of you who actually want to go to school.

[Not that she's against it entirely but really they've all been kidnapped and given powers, why is school a thing people are concerned about?]

[falsesmile]

It will be a new experience. Besides --

[ She wagged a finger and offered a wry smile, voice teasing. ]

Shouldn't heroes be role models?

[attractedtodarkness]

[Violet rolls her eyes]

Only if you actually want to be a hero.

video

[sniptuck]

Oh! Good thinking.

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[falsesmile]

Are you another new arrival?

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[sniptuck]

Bingo!

video.

[ex_question191]

Ooon the plus side, totally fresh start for the ol' GPA, right?

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[falsesmile]

[ She ran through the acronyms she'd picked up over the last several years of travelling through Basic-speaking words, but nothing came to mind. She frowned, slightly, and raised an eyebrow. ]

The old what?

[ex_question191]

[ slower, like he thinks she didn't hear him. ]

G.. P.. A.

[ and then, to clarify: ]

Grade point average? It's basically how well you're doing in all your classes.

video

[huntergames]

[ Another teen girl, around the age of fifteen stares back in boredom. ]

Ugh, no more classes. Can't we just get milkshakes and eat instead?

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[falsesmile]

I think we can manage both.

[huntergames]

But classes are boring. The history of this world is hard to understand, too.

video.

[projectkr]

[More teenagers who want to go to school. This could be a good chance to meet others before school starts.]

I've been reading up on the history of this world. My notes could come in hand if other people need to catch up too.

[ permavidddd ]

[falsesmile]

[ She flashed him a grateful smile. ]

There's a few of us who'll need the help.

[projectkr]

[Gives her a small one in return.]

We could make it a study group and I can go back as far as necessary for those who don't come from Earth to start with. History is my best subject.

text.

[immigrantpunk]

what like a study group?

[ text ]

[falsesmile]

That's what another boy said.

[ text ]

[immigrantpunk]

damn beat me to it

idk how i feel about doing schoolwork when there's no school

doesnt seem right