I'll try and wrap up the other missions pretty soon, but for now you're free to do whatever you'd like. I would think it'd be about 5 in the afternoon, time wise, so if you think that's enough time to attempt another Special Assignment and your character feels up to it you could do that, or you could interact with other characters or the school environment--feel free to ask me about any facilities, but pretty much it's got anything you could think of that might be had at either a prestigious boarding school or a military facility.

Also, maybe something like Thorntail/Thornclaw for the Cactus Cat? Maybe just Thorn? Rather generic, but all that pops into my head at the moment.