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No objections to her seating choice. Hildegunde relaxes, suppressing the urge to snrk at the 'feeling the love from all of you' comment. Silly professor. She is not here to love, she is hear to learn. She sits in full shrimp position, head craned forward and back hunched, observing with the kind of intensity that is usually reserved for the hunt. A small scowl on her face. Was that the purpose of this school's meddlesomeness? This 'deeper understanding'?

She feels her muscles tighten as the sword is tossed into the air, but makes no attempt to get up. It's showmanship. She knows this. She remains seated, watching idly as Davil and Ciara attempted to 'save' the professor.

Still, expected showmanship or otherwise, her eyebrows do raise when the sword flies towards the wall. Impressive. She silently wonders how a PB would interact with her Ethos, but she dares not raise the question.

"No practice. Two questions. One, does our PB extend to inanimate objects on our person, or is it only to our own living personhood. Two, what are the consequences of continued attack from our peers if our PB breaks?"

The first question is asked to see if she can eventually answer her private one. She's mostly thinking of Chloe when asking the second one. She seems to have calmed in her outward sadism from yesterday, but she still doesn't trust her.

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Just as a heads up, I won't have a post up until Monday at the earliest. Wednesday at the latest.

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Hildegunde's face scrunchies up some as she observes this man - hardly any older than her - tumble into the classroom. Her stomach aches at the scent of the stew, still not having eaten today. To top it all off, she's still groggy from having more or less just woken up. The chaos from yesterday still feels fresh in her mind. She still has to stop two girls from killing each other later today. Even if she were not so annoyed, her response would probably not change.

She speaks without raising her hand. Her voice is sharp and clear. Her expression one of unamusement.


"Hildegunde Nachtnebel. Nineteen. My fun fact is that me sitting here hurts no one. My unfun fact is that I am already very tired of this school's prying into other people's business when unnecessary. And I sure hope you'll take the hint before asking 'bout the last bit."

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Hildegunde was one of the last to enter the room. Like many of the students in the halls, she was a certifiable mess; her hair stood up in various spots from running, her jacket still unzipped. She was more relieved than anything to find that their professor wasn't here yet, only to immediately feel a new sense of dread. There was hardly time to breathe in the familiar essence that flowed freely here, or bask in the mundane nostalgic scent of eraser shavings.

Indeed, even her worries about the upcoming fight were swiftly replaced with a much more immediate anxiety.

Seating arrangements.

She spots her place almost immediately, right next to where Outis would be. A place that the Strigidae was trying to swap with her. Why was that damned half elf everywhere?

No matter. Chloe or no Chloe, she'd have done what she's about to do all the same.

She seats herself on the floor, in front of the furthermost row. The ground is more comfortable to the hunter. Furthermore, she wouldn't have to deal with any of the students acting up and distracting her if they were all behind her. Some teachers would object to this, but in Hildegunde's experience, it was usually students who paid this more mind than instructors. And she did not particularly care what the students thought.

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Still here! Going to need to play some catch up, but I should have a post up later today.

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@Nanaya Yeah, feel free to skip until the classroom comes up.

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Hildegunde awakes alone. Confused. Bewildered. Long after Iraleth and Ciara have left.

It takes a few moments for the events of the previous day to come back to her. The announcement. The bridge. The auditorium. The head advisor's office.

She grimaces. The advisor's office - it was a baffling series of events that by all means didn't have to happen, and now here she was, trying and failing to play peacemaker for the two younger girls. She wonders, briefly, if her brother felt the same way about dealing with her in her youth. It is both a comforting thought and a saddening one.

The blankets fall haphazardly to the floor as Hildegunde gets up. The ping was missed on account of the silencing of her Adapa. Nonetheless, sensing that she is running behind, she begins to dress herself as quickly as possible, the door practically slamming behind her. Had the duel already started? Is she too late?

Time, Freischütz.

8:45, Fräulein Nachtnabel. Hildegunde's pace slows for a moment. She's got over an hour for the duel.

Then, he breaks the news.

[color=0000000]You have class in room 103 at 9:00 AM.[/color]

"What?" She is so taken back by the news that she speaks this aloud. A few students stare at her. She pays them no heed.

[color=0000000]You have class in room 103 at-[/color]

"Yeah, I got that! Where the fuck is room 103!?"

The duel slips her mind entirely, panic having set in. She quickens her pace once more, practically running through the halls. She feels a grin - a far more playful one than usual - in her mind's eye. She holds back a groan at the news.

Chloe will be there.

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@Nanaya I can get one down, sorry everything has been so much forever.

EDIT: I've set the post close to when class would start, so if you wanna do shenanigans before class time, that can happen, and you can also reasonably skip me until class starts without asking. Felt like this was the most responsible way of going about it with my schedule being what it is right now.

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@Nanaya Hi I'm so sorry, life is real hectic rn. Full permission to skip me, just assumed Hildegunde is going to head to class. No detours.

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Yeah, just me now. I'll try to get a post up after work