*set ignore_past true

The video is still going, covering topics that are either completely inapplicable to me or beyond anything that I can understand. Then it stops so suddenly that I question if the film isn't simply malfunctioning.

"The rest is stuff we don't talk about in this class so we'll just skip it," the teacher says, "Don't tell anyone who asks, though. Curriculum says I have to show the introductory video at the beginning of every year." Strange, I thought it was the principal who gave the teachers orders. Is it possible this 'Curriculum' is someone even higher up? "Tomorrow we can talk about getting some actual work done; until then, you can just chat the rest of the hour. I won't tell if you don't."

Despite his instruction, nobody really talks to each other except two people in the corner discussing a rendezvous point after school. Everyone else just starts tapping on little boxes similar to the one Daniel gave me before coming here. And so it continues until the bell rings...

*page_break Third Hour...
*goto_scene 1-6third-1