Tale 003 - First day of Mayfield Elementary.

[theboywiththebook]

Page 1 - Phone

[Henry has risen from his bed and his drone mother has told him it was time for him to go to school. He sighs, rather annoyed as he would like to stay at home and write down more of what he remembers from his book. Oh well he guesses he'll do it at the school. However...he doesn't even know where it is. So picking up the phone he hits a bunch of random numbers. Last time a bunch of people had talked to him even though he was trying to call Emma so maybe this time someone could help?

Note - people living at 754 Partridge drive can interrupt Henry on his call.]

Hey can anyone tell me where the elementary school is?

 

Page 2 - Walk to school

[Thanks Yuuko you abandoned  Henry at the prom. But it's okay he met some interesting people so he forgives you. It had been fun but Henry was now brought up with the horrid fact that he needed to attend school by his drone mother. Guessing skipping that one day didn't help much did it? So getting up and getting ready Henry had left his Mayfield house to walk to school.

Will he meet anyone on the way?]

Page 3 - Mayfield Elementary Lunch time

[So today has been positively boring. Henry never had to endure any annoying teachers before. He much rather have Miss.Blanchard/Snow White as his teacher still than these creepy drones. So ignoring half of his classes (mainly for the purpose they were saying if you wanted to survive a nuclear explosion you needed to hide under your desk. Yeah that doesn't work.) it was time for lunch. So Henry is just going to be sitting far away from the drone kids off on a table of his own.]

Comments

[on_bailes_strand]

[A little boy with red hair stands next to Henry's empty table.]

Um...can I sit here?

[theboywiththebook]

[Henry looks up raising a brow at the boy. He doesn't sound like a drone. Drone kids usually go 'Gee wilikers' or something.]

Uh yeah sure.

[on_bailes_strand]

[The child pulls up a chair and sits down.]

So...why are you here by yourself?

[Connla had only come here because it was only right for him, as an experienced class representative, to give any potentially new children a warm welcome.]

[theboywiththebook]

I don't know anybody who goes here and I didn't want to sit near the drones. They get annoying after awhile.

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[tsunmuse]

[Ako's being quiet as she walks to school as well. It wasn't like she was going because she wanted to, but it was boring anyhow in this little town even without it. So she nearly bumps into Henry.]

Sorry.

Re: 2

[theboywiththebook]

[Henry notices the girl who just barely missed him. She doesn't look all that happy to be going to school either. Well that's what he's assuming. She's caring a backpack after all.]

It's okay. You're not wanting to the elementary school either?

Re: 2

[tsunmuse]

Eh. It's a letdown after a while. I'll bear with it, if only for the fact that the non-drone teachers are a lot more interesting than this dated material.

[imaginarynumber]

[She's trying to be more social lately, so when she sees the boy walking to school past her, she pushes herself to poke him in the shoulder and say hi.]

Um, hello!

Xiiioooon...yes I feel bad about what happened to you in Days.

[theboywiththebook]

[Henry turns and stares up curiously at the stranger that just poked him. Drones don't usually go out of their way to do that kind of thing do they?]

Um hey...you're not a drone are you?

Her canon-point is post-game, too ;w;

[imaginarynumber]

[Xion smiles at the boy, trying to be as friendly as possible. Yes, without Roxas and Axel she's going to need to take some initiative!]

Would a drone be able to do this? [A dramatic pump of her arm and wiggle of her fingers.



But nothing happens.]

...Oh right, I forgot I can't do that anymore.
Oops.

Mayfield Elementary

[splashpuppy]

[Hajime approaches Henry at lunch]

Anyone sitting here?

[theboywiththebook]

[Henry looks up to the girl who just approached him. His face is going to turn red a little.]

Oh no, just me.

Hajime's actually a boy... with goofy hair

[splashpuppy]

It okay if I sit there then? There aren't nearly enough kids here that aren't drones.

2

[unexculpable]

[Well this guy here is on his way to the high school. He certainly seems thrilled to be going. Oh wait. No. No, he doesn't.

Still, Ed's pretty sure he hasn't seen Henry around before. If he needed some help finding the elementary school he'd have a legitimate excuse for Al when he asked why he was so late for class.]

Hey. Heading to the elementary school?

Re: 2

[theboywiththebook]

[Has Henry heard that voice before? Turning around he see's a taller ((see Ed you are tall!...just only to kids)) boy approaching him.]

Yeah, I don't want to though. The drone teachers are annoying.

[unexculpable]

[Sob Henry you're such a sweet kid. Never mind that Ed's 17.]

The others aren't much better, either.

[... waaaait a second.]

You sound familiar. Did we talk on the phone or something?

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[charming_freckles]

[People sitting alone? That's not right. Sue trots right up to Henry's table, Puffy perched atop her head.]

Hi there! Would you mind if we joined you?

I may make a log for all the people sitting with henry...than they can make a club.

[theboywiththebook]

[Henry looks up to the girl who's all sunshine. She's not drone happy thankfully. He can just tell like everyone else okay? He does notice the weird...rabbit cat thing on her head though.]

Uh sure I don't mind. Um what's that on your head?

Oh boy! A club!

[charming_freckles]

Thanks! Want some chocolate chip cookies? They're fresh and really tasty!

[Sue plops down, setting down a sack lunch.]

Oh, this is Puffy! He's a very unique fellow! My friend's father found him in a mine and brought him home, and no one has ever seen anything like him before or since! Don't worry, he's very friendly!

Poof poof poof! [The small creature chirps affirmatively.]

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[kinship]

[Cain is always looking for new faces in the populace at school, especially when the influx of people began arriving each month, and it's not hard to spot this poor despondent boy at lunch.

So he's slipping over and sitting on the table with Henry, giving him a warm smile.]

Your first day?

Re: 3

[theboywiththebook]

[He is pretty despondent all right. Henry's just chewing away at his lunch when suddenly some boy comes sitting at his table. Staring at him curiously Henry nods.]

Yeah kind of...

[kinship]

[At least he's not intimidating, he's tiny and skinny and always smiling. Opening up his lunch bag, he wrinkles his nose sadly.]

...It's not too bad in the school. Say, what did you get for lunch?

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[truffulacide]

[evidently this guy. Once-ler's on his way to work right now; in fact, he's walking down his driveway when Henry passes by, though he thinks nothing of it. not at first, anyway. he keeps a safe distance from him until he notices how the other is walking right past the bus stop, and it's at that point that he finally quickens his pace and speaks up.]

Hey, kid. The bus stop's over there.

Re: 02

[theboywiththebook]

[Oh hello sir who made a whole tree population extinct how are you today?

Henry however is too lost in his own world when someone from behind tells him the bus stop is the other way.

Turning Henry looks up at the beanpole. He looks passed the man to see said stop.]

Oh I guess didn't see it. I'm sort of new around here...

[truffulacide]

But you hate sore feet, right? Those're one of those universally hated things, right up there with sunburns and stomachaches. Taking the long way isn't going to help you avoid those; just save yourself the trouble and go back.