[hr][right][sup]Monday — Morning — Cafeteria[/sup][/right]

[color=fdc68a]"We can bring in a hot plate, do it here,"[/color] shrugged Kat. The thought of food was usually safe from the loom of depression. [color=fdc68a]"That way it's warm when they get it. Admin won't mind."[/color] Admin could be spiteful, from time to time, but mostly they were apathetic. And they wouldn't mess with a fundraiser like this one, surely.[right][sup][color=222222]oh yes they will[/color][/sup][/right][color=fdc68a]"Anyway, that way you have time to study."[/color] The clock counted another three seconds up. Click click. [color=fdc68a]"...oh shgitz, study!"[/color]

Kat stood, wiping his mouth. In truth, his thoughts on the gym final had been nothing deeper than 'I can probably wing it' all week, but he hadn't expected to actually [i]forget[/i] about it. Was that another thing that was wrong? [color=fdc68a][i]Or am I just that useless?[/i][/color][right][sup][color=222222]you know you are[/color][/sup][/right] Was someone talking? [right][sup][color=222222]...[/color][/sup][/right] Kat looked to Rebecca, his bag halfway to his back. He felt rain-chilled blood run a little colder.

[color=ffe0e0][i]'Maybe the timing is just off... it seems like it gets this way every year. When everyone is stressed out about tests, everyone gets like this...'[/i][/color]

[i]Everyone?[/i] [color=fdc68a][i]Even me?[/i][/color]

Kat had an Abraxas pendant on a keychain on his bag. He thumbed it under the guise of checking his phone, and prayed to the Monad, the sliver of sun that the Teacher said lay inside of him. [color=fdc68a][i]Is it so? Is this just something that happens?[/i][/color] But the sun and its warmth was missing. [color=fdc68a][i]What's going[/i] on?[/color]