It was a new day, plagued with yesterday's problems. The lack of adult supervision was an issue indeed, but to many it wouldn't have meant much. It meant something to Thomas, though, and while he wasn't sure exactly what it meant, he had some pretty good guesses. But that was what worried him. Thomas stretched and sighed, mulling over his theories as he sat in the newspaper clubroom. He turned from his laptop and stared out of the window as he reflected on his thoughts. The day outside looked rainy - a somewhat apt reflection of Thomas's mind. Things were getting clouded and he was pretty sure he didn't like where things were headed.

Thomas had stayed behind for a few reasons. He needed to do some work for the club, and he was waiting for a reply from Retsu Goroshi. The second reason was something of an unlikely occurence, he knew that very well. But try as he might, he saw no reason that the... thing would lie to him about a girl he's never met before. Regardless of the specifics it was clear that she had some link to the problems at hand. But he hadn't gotten a reply yet, so Thomas had decided to do some of the leftover work.

Thomas glanced outside idly. He wasn't sure where the rest of the newspaper club were. Finn was gone, either to the basketball club or gone home; probably the latter considering DGO came off maintenance. It would be the same for the rest of the club, particularly those who participated in other clubs. The rest were done with their work and he didn't want to keep them there if they had other things to do, though they were free to stay if they wanted to. Thomas was just editing the articles about the festival, a fairly simple task. Still, it helped him to think about that day and what he heard from the malicious entity that had possessed Maribel. And more importantly, it helped him to think about what to do next.

He honestly wasn't too sure what to do. He didn't want to enter Deep Ground because there was a possibility that he could meet [i]that[/i] while he was there, but he knew he'd have to go eventually, if only to prevent a repeat of the festival's events. Thomas scrolled through an article on the student council president's mysterious hospitalization, though it was mostly speculation on what'd caused it. Thomas knew what caused it, sort of, but he hadn't told anyone about it considering the sensitive nature of the event. He wanted to tell Yoshino Tsugumi, but he couldn't do that just yet. She'd been under quite a lot of stress and he wasn't prepared to add more. But the longer he waited, the more risk it carried of damaging Maribel's relationship with the girl. But he couldn't do anything about it just yet.

Thomas shut the article and rubbed his eyes. That was the last of them, so his work was done. He could go home and do his homework, and then... Thomas opened his eyes and stared out into the school yard as it began to rain. He supposed that he couldn't avoid it for long; he'd have to go into deep ground eventually. He had a feeling that something would happen, though as to what it would be, or how large an impact it would have, he didn't know. Thomas sighed and got out of his seat. He took his bag and umbrella and began heading out of the school. He'd have to face DGO and the thing that'd possessed Maribel sooner or later, he just hoped that he'd know more about it before he did.