Roy's mood had lightened and he wasn't anywhere near as grumpy as he'd been when he first woke up, but good mood or not, there was no way he was changing into<span style="font-style: italic">that</span>. Thank goodness it was optional.<br/><br/>Their teacher Mr. Winters seemed like the kind of guy who demanded respect. From Roy's experience it was always either the weak bullies or the powerful ones who had such a desire. There was something about Mr. Winters' presence though, that really didn't feel like the weak type. Maybe it was just the extreme confidence with which he held himself.<br/><br/>That aside, he'd specifically called out to a female student in the back. Roy wondered if maybe they knew each other? Oh well. Maybe he should stop thinking about it so much. It seemed they were about to have a physical assessment, and being distracted never helps one's performance in anything.<br/><br/>---------------------<br/><br/>Ijemaru smirked. Too bad for all these other kids who already had a mountain of homework on the first day. Oh boo hoo. It was amusing to watch. He could tell that several of the students wanted to shout out something vulgar and most of them looked like they felt like groaning, but they were too afraid of Mr. Halieu to do so. Oh well. It is the right of passage of the weak to be cowardly.<br/><br/>Kosuke was having an entirely different view on the situation. He felt bad for everyone who had to do the assignment. He felt especially bad for the kid who also had three essays to do. On the other hand, doing the assignment might help him get a better grasp of the ingredients, and he definitely needed that. Alright then, he'd decided to do the assignment anyway. Even if he didn't get any sort of credit for it, he needed to learn this stuff. Unlike Ije-san, he wasn't an expert yet. Heck he didn't know any of this stuff.<br/><br/>Ijemaru noticed Kosuke looking nervous. "Is something wrong?" he asked in a compassionate voice.<br/><br/>Kosuke jumped out of his thoughts and gave Ijemaru a nervous smile. "No," he said, "nothing's wrong."<br/><br/>Ijemaru raised his eyebrows but didn't say anything.<span style="font-style: italic">If he wants to handle it on his own then that's his decision.</span><br/><br/>---------------------------<br/><br/>It seemed like most of Melody's classmates were either two shaken up by the pretest, too nervous to answer or both. This being the case, Melody once again raised her hand and meekly offered her answer. "They were really casual," she said. "They didn't seem to care about anyone around them unless they made themselves noticeable. And they looked like they belonged there."<br/><br/>---------------------------<br/><br/>((Aisen's class continues discussing))