[hr][right][sup]Monday — Morning — Athletic Field[/sup][/right]A few of the students turned and looked at Kat - for a brief moment, he was the subject of ten or twenty stares. One of the boys responded, "Knock yourself out," before continuing to walk away.[right][sub][b][color=222222]world is fun world is freedom world is laughing world is far away[/color][/b][/sub][/right][sup][color=bbbbbb]"See? I told you [color=999999]Someone else[/color] would do it."[/color][/sup][right][sub][b][color=222222]far away on the other side of the wall[/color][/b][/sub][/right][sup][color=bbbbbb]"Does that kid even go here?"[/color][/sup][right][sub][b][color=222222]cant climb cant traverse cant jump cant cant cant[/color][/b][/sub][/right]
Just when it looked like everyone was about to leave Kat by himself, two students suddenly stopped. Chester had grabbed that boy by the arm, holding him in place. "What's your deal?" The boy tried to yank his arm from Chester's, but he held tight. The procession of students stopped for just a moment, watching the altercation.

"He said he needs help." Chester responded in a low growl. The boy reeled back, as though Chester's breath was somehow toxic, grimacing and pulling himself out of the other student's grip. "Help him yourself, then!"

Chester seemed to let him go, after that. But at least a couple of students seemed moved by the gesture. When all was said and done, six students remained in the athletic field - Kat, Rebecca, Keone, Chester, and two boys whom Kat would have seen Chester hanging out with in the past. He'd probably been told their names at some point, but it seemed far away now.
[right][sub][b][color=222222]far away far away far away on the other side of the wall[/color][/b][/sub][/right]

[color=8882be]Dulac's blood-freezing glare found its way to Kat for just a moment, before she closed her umbrella and went inside.[/color]

[color=82ca9d]Keone blinked for a moment, watching Kat with what seemed, for whatever reason, like wonder. But even so, he lifted his head only slightly. The movement was barely perceptible, especially with the heavy rain.[/color]

[color=ffe0e0]Rebecca looked up for just a moment, as Kat addressed her. The rain was warm enough that she wasn't shivering, but her hair looked like it would take hours to dry. Raindrops ran down her face like tears, but her face was tired, sagging like a slab of meat hanging from a hook. It somehow seemed like there were dark circles under her eyes that weren't there this morning. but Kat had her attention, if nothing else.[/color]