It was 5:30 am when Alex woke up face down on the hardwood floor. His throat was dry, his eyes watery and every muscle hurt. He was in such pain because he was the idiot that passed out from exhaustion on the auditorium stage. Moving slowly Alex got up, feeling each and every muscle scream in pain. Looking around Alex was ashamed of himself, sleeping in the gross clothes he exercised in, not going back to his dorm and possibly the worst was not getting a good nights rest. Slowly Alex made his way around the stage picking up all the paraphernalia he brought with him. When he got to his laptop it was still open on a Michael Jackson video, smiling Alex closed it down [i]The Moonwalk wasn't so hard once I got a hang of it... that zero-gravity lean though, it's probably why my face hurts more than the rest of me[/i]. After picking up his laptop Alex made his way back to his dorm, forgetting the Ballet instruction manual on the podium.

Once back Alex quickly had the hottest shower he could bare. Feeling unbelievably better Alex went put on a fresh uniform and started on breakfast. [i]Scrambled eggs and bacon, that will make me feel better[/i]. As he started cooking Alex felt weird, like something was missing. It wasn't ingredients or anything like that it was some thing else... then it hit him [i]Oh God. I feel weird that my Soundtrack of Life isn't playing... I think I might hate Deep Ground a little bit[/i]. Turning off the heat Alex sighed and went over to his laptop and just had it start playing music. 

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Getting back to his cooking Alex cooked up, plated up and sat down to eat. Midway through his early breakfast Alex was notified of receiving a message through Deep Ground Online. Alex debated actually reading it, mainly because he hadn't read anything sent to him since he went on his hiatus. Deciding that he didn't care what spam this Silver Joker was sending him Alex deleted the message without looking at it [i]"Your Final Vengeance"? That's pretty arrogant assuming there is a vengeance I want or that if I did want it, it would be my final one. I could be an extremely vengeful person for all this Joker knows![/i] Finishing his meal in piece Alex savored the nice feeling he had from good music and a good meal that he made. After cleaning up after himself Alex grabbed his old music player that he got from his dad and for the first time since arriving at Purple Crown Academy he went out with his ear buds in and the music playing loud.

It was still early, but Alex decided to start making his way to the main campus. As he went down stairs he saw an older girl in green, this reminded Alex that he hadn't even had contact with the Green King, something he needed to do for a laundry list of reasons. Pausing his music Alex decided to send the 'new' Green King Tender Fern

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[b]To[/b]: Tender Fern
[b]From[/b]: Unrelenting Jukebox
[b]Subject[/b]: I should have contacted you ages ago
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Hi Tender Fern,

I'm honestly not sure where to start. I suppose I should apologise for my year long absence from DGO, but more importantly I should congratulate you on becoming the Green King, even with the circumstances being so unfortunate. 
Second I want to apologise for not even arriving in time to assist in the defense of our base. (Well I would have been as useful as a bucket of water at a volcano, but I still feel awful about the situation)

I want to make up for this rudeness and lack of punctuality in any way, if I can please let me know.

With the Kindest of Regards,
Unrelenting Jukebox
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Sending the message, Alex hit play again and started on his way again, light on his feet occasionally there was a skip or a pause to enjoy a particularly good part of a song.