[h3][color=lightcoral]Katsuragi Rin[/color][/h3]
[i][color=gray]Masuda High School - Cafeteria[/color][/i]
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A notebook is quickly closed. Rin was diligently taking notes throughout the entire lesson. Though, her upperclassmen seemed much less inclined, considering their... [i]laxness[/i]. Was this normal? She was online and home-schooled most of her life, her only classmates were names on a screen. It was way easier to get away with slacking when you could just turn off a webcam. The bell ringing is what snaps her back to reality.

Right, lunch.

She stuffs her notebook into her bag. She'd spend most of her lunch writing up an essay draft, Shiro Amakusa seemed the most important figure in the Shimabara Rebellion. Or maybe it was the Shogun. Or Matsukaru Shigeharu? She didn't know. She stumbles her way through the crowded halls, bumping shoulders with other students, though she's quick to flash a mean face. Someone shoves her to the side as they cut their way out of the classroom, Rin barks out an annoyed [color=lightcoral][i]"Hey!"[/i][/color], though it falls on deaf ears.

She makes a quick stop to her locker, dons her signature jacket over her shoulders, and makes her way back to the cafeteria. Technically not allowed, but also not a problem since it was lunch. No teachers or authority to hound her for wearing it; she'd freeze to death otherwise.

Stepping into the cafeteria was an assault of the senses. Crowded. The line for food was long. Lots of chatter. Rin shivers as she tries to find an isolated table.

Well, there was laptop girl who was in Mr. Hagino's class earlier, sitting next to a classmate was a good idea, compared to sitting with a stranger [sub]even if a classmate and a stranger were technically the same thing considering she never talked to anyone.[/sub] 

But the girl seemed...

[quote][color=459F4F]"You lazy fucker! I paid you five hundred dollars to do something simple so I didn't have to, give me my money back or I want those Arcane Crystals in the guild vault by END OF DAY!"[/color][/quote]
Busy.

She takes another look around: two girls sitting together; one eating a bento, and another eating fish and rice. Also her classmates. They were both sitting quietly, so it seemed like a good study spot, but what if they were friends? Would friends ever sit that quietly in silence? Would it be awkward if she just pulled up to their table and started studying?

After a minute or so of awkwardly strangling her bag strap, she forces herself to sit at Sayaka's table. She had headphones on and seemed engrossed enough in her yelling that she'd probably just ignore Rin if she sat there and worked. 

Was it technically a bad study environment? Yes, but Rin grew up with cartoons and sitcoms blasting in the background whenever her mom wasn't home. Which was nearly every day.

She sits a little to Sayaka's left, opening a bento box from her mother, and setting up her notebook to get started on an essay first draft. She shrinks into herself a bit; just avoid eye contact, focus on work, everything will be [i]fine[/i].