NAME:  Karen Schmidt<br/>ROLE IN SCHOOL:  English Teacher<br/>TIME OF DAY:  Afternoonish<br/>LOCATION:  Heading for her suite<br/>TAGGING:  None presently<br/><br/>Karen had managed to find the gymnasium by following the flow of moving bodies.  She sat and listened quietly to the speech the Dean gave, smiling a bit.  He seemed like a truly kind man.  And that was good quality for the leader of such a school as this.  Listening as he went about the speech, she thought it curious that he mentioned earbuds...and she thought to Jake for a moment, before tucking him back into the corners of her mind and continuing to listen.  Finally, the speech was done and Aaron left the podium.  Students began to talk once again as they left the gymnasium and Karen slowly followed the flow out.  Once outside, she looked up at the sky, just staring at the beautiful day for a long moment...and then looking down.  She didn't have time for this.  She had much work to complete before the next day.  With that thought in mind, she began to walk back into the main building, turning here and there as she followed the corridors back toward her suite.