Kristopher always woke up before his alarm. It really bugged him not to get those last precious minutes of sleep, though he had a habit of staring blearily up at his bedroom ceiling before his alarm finally woke him up completely, so it didn't matter. With a long sigh, he threw off the covers and literally rolled out of bed, cursing when the floor knocked out the last of his lethargy from his head. He picked himself up and headed for the dining room; his mother had already left for work, and warm breakfast was served for Kris beforehand along with a note: "Eat. Do better on test. Mom."

"At least she's feeding me well for it," Kris grumbled, settling down to eat. Between bites, he absentmindedly surfed the web on his Neuro Linker, checking his high school's daily bulletin, though he had no clubs to attend today. If only I lived more north or south, he thought, and I could've been attending school in SoMa or Silicon Valley. His mother didn't make enough to move again however, so for now his education was rather lackluster, even for someone at the top of his grade.

Allowing himself a self-indulgent grin, he switched gears, temporarily closing the internet connection on his Neuro Linker to double check the backdoor program he'd installed recently. This, along with regularly spoofing his IP address, allowed him to anonymously access local networks to check for possible Burst Linkers like himself, to gather information on possible BP "farms" while remaining hidden. He'd gotten to Level 3 this way, and though running low on BP, he'd never once had to Physical Burst, nor was he going down easily in a fight. Plus this was how he spent clubless lunches, where there was nothing to do but eat and relax or Burst Link; he especially enjoyed the pockets in time it created, so it wasn't as much of a guilty pleasure.

Dressed in his school uniform with blue junior tie, he walked the short distance to school from his apartment. Again, he made it to school before even the first bell rang, and grimaced at the thought of lost minutes of sleep piling up.