Julius sat, lying back in the forest zone. He tried carving his name into a root on the ground with a rock but after enough cuts it just exploded into pixels. He brushed the imaginary dirt off his shirt and stood up to look around for, well, anything. He was bored out of his mind waiting for something, anything to happen. XANA hadn't done anything yet, he would have felt it, so that was off the list, the warriors were at school so he was SOL there too. He would meditate but he had just finished a lengthy session. Life without sleep and nothing to do was a prison in itself, but to be imprisoned in Lyoko just added insult to injury. 

But then something made him jump, as all of a sudden, seemingly from every direction a voiced called to him. [color=cadetblue][i]"Julius I'm testing to see if this channel works, can you respond?"[/i][/color] to which he fell right back onto the hard dirt/rock combo that was the floor of the forest zone. A smaller than usual rectangular screen appeared in front of him with Matthew's face in it. [color=red]"Ah, uh, Matthew why are you smaller this time? And.. Why are there so many people behind you?"[/color] He asked, rubbing his lower back. It was loud wherever he was and he could hear Deija asking about him. [color=red]"And Deija, I suppose I answered your question?"[/color] He started to chuckle but was cut off. [color=red]"No... I hate to kill the mood, you all look so, well, sad about something. But I just felt XANA. Have you all noticed anything?"[/color] He held his lower back and looked toward the tower to his right, and proceeded to scan the area. None of XANA's monsters were around, so the tower must not have been in this zone.

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The whole lunchroom giggled as Francis was pulled by his ear all the way out of the cafeteria by Jim. The level on noise never settled from that moment, as conversation stacked onto the laughter and soon enough everyone had raised their voices. A regular high school cafeteria volume, nothing out of the ordinary. It was weirdly normal considering the information Julius just relayed to Matthew. In the madness, however, a few voices could be heard. "Yeah, the hot water in my dorm is way too hot, I swear the shower just sprayed out steam this morning! I had to get these stupid bandages because I burned myself on it!" From some jock who was sitting by Francis. "Did you see Nick went to the infirmary? That dog he hides in his room bit him, I'd like to see him keep it hidden after this!" from some girls giggling a table over. "Haha, didja see that guy's car in the sinkhole out front? I hope it was Mrs. Meyers, I failed her test last week." Said one of the more rebellious students.