Caleb S Bugai Alkalians (epub)

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.Is that any reason to make an example of him?”Almost stomping over to him, Prof.Kaloss remarks, “I will run my class however I want, Mr.Wyseinburg.I am the teacher, and you are the students.I do not need advice on how to deal with tardy individuals.Is that clear?”Staring right back into his leering eyes without fear, Sean gives a thumbs-up and says, “Yep, loud-and-clear, professor.By the way, looking forward to passing your class this year, sir!”Yet glowering down at him, Prof.Kaloss replies in an obviously sarcastic tone, “As am I, Mr.Wyseinburg…” He returns to his desk, activates the runes, and a faint-blue rune above Sean’s head pulses before dumping water all over him and his desk.“As am I.”While the rest of the students sneer and giggle at the intentional act of humiliation, Sean shakes his head about to throw off access water like a wet dog, upsetting the students immediately adjacent to him.Satisfied, Prof.Kaloss’ grim voice begins to lecture to the whole class, and Sean looks back to Matt over his shoulder and gives him a thumbs-up and toothy grin.Completely confused by Sean’s upbeat behavior in this cold and dark class, Matt can only hope that he would be able to help him survive it for the fall semester.***Once Prof.Kaloss’ class concludes with him giving the class homework of getting the required textbooks for the study of runes, Sean, now understanding Matt would get left behind again, tells him to stay close and follow him.They make their way through the crowds of students as they migrate through the halls in the same direction, and just as Matt begins to recognize the area, they are back in the cafeteria for lunch.He had been so caught up in adapting to his first two classes that he didn’t realize half the day had already gone by, and he is just about starving.Still following Sean closely, they get into the line of students going before a buffet, serving all kinds of hot foods and cold drinks, and they retrieve their respective meals of choice.Matt takes a few pieces of fried chicken, Sean grabs a sandwich, and they both get a bottle of soda.Walking away from the end of the buffet, Sean leads him past the many tables, some rectangular and some circular, throughout the cafeteria already taken up by students until they get to a small, circular table at the far side of the vast room.As the walls shine in shades of brown and gold, the tall windows along the wall they sit next to appear to be open gaps showing the grounds outside the campus building, with the sun beaming through and the open fields of grass all around.“So, amigo,” inquires Sean as he takes a bite of his sandwich, “how were your first two classes of the day? Well, besides the ‘cold’ reception in Kaloss’?”“Oh, well, Professor Malkia’s class seemed alright.She was much more, uh, happy to see me than Professor Kaloss was.How about you?”“Bah, I got history class, with a Professor Roskin.Crazy little man.Wouldn’t stop talking the whole two hours, he just kept rattling on, a mile-per-minute.He might as well have told us the whole history of our kind in that first class, but no, all he talked about was how great and important history is! And then guess what he does? Right near the end of class, he gives us two whole chapters to read before tomorrow! Pff, history’s going to be a real drag this year.”“Uh huh,” Matt replies while munching on his crispy chicken.“But what about Professor Kaloss? He didn’t seem as happy to have you as he did me.”“Nah, we’ll be fine, in his class,” assures Sean with a wave of his arm.“He’s actually not that bad of a guy to get along with.Well, as long as you don’t do anything stupid, like misuse or ‘disrespect’ the runes.Sure, every now-and-then he’ll pick out someone to make an example of, most likely me, but he’s honest, and he will be pleased when you complete your assignments.Even if it doesn’t sound like it.But trust me, as long as you follow my act, and by that I mean working with the runes and not my behavior in-class, you should be alright.” He takes another bite of his sandwich before finishing, “Kaloss may not like certain individuals, but he wouldn’t dare overlook those ‘sacred’ runes we’ll be working with, and he’ll give credit where credit is due.You understand, yes?”“Uh, I think so.”“Good! Don’t ya worry, Matt, we’re gonna have a blast in that drone’s dark little lair this year!” He grins cheekily while twisting off the cap to his bottle.After he takes a drink, he begins to say, “Now, I wonder how-” before his eyes spot something behind Matt, and he exclaims, “Ah, there she is! Hey, Rose, over here!” While Sean waves with a silly look on his face, Matt turns in his seat to see Rose come over to them with a grateful smile and sit down at the table, her entrée consisting of a bowl of soup and a bottle of fruit juice.“And how was your morning?”“Oh, it went by fast, I’d say,” she replies, and continues between ingestions of spoonfuls of soup.“My first class was mechanics, where we will be learning about and working with machinery and how they are used in our society.And my second class was musical instruction, where we’ll be practicing and performing music.”“Music!?” Sean marvels.“You play music?”“Yes, Sean, I do.On the flute, before you ask.And how did you guys fare?”“Oh, well, we’re still in one piece.We could be in for some bumpy rides in my history class, or in our runes class, but we should be fine!”“Ah, that’s good.” The three continue to eat their meals without much talk for awhile, until just as they are finishing Sean asks, “So Matt, what’s the next class on your schedule?”“Oh, uh, hang on.” He fishes out his folded-up class schedule from his jacket’s pocket, unfolds it, and finds the name.“Alchemy, with a Professor Loske.”“Aw, bummer, I don’t have that class!” Sean pouts as he pounds the table.“Man, that guy is funny, in a weird way.He gets all gaga over the whole scientific processes and experiments, and sometimes, it can be a little creepy.And yet, he is a nice guy.” He turns to Rose.“What about you?”After she downs the last of her juice, Rose says, “Well, actually, I have that same class, too.”“What!? Aw, double bummer!” Sean grimaces before giving a sorry look to Matt.“Hey, I was hoping to help you get to the next class, as I’m quite sure you’ll probably get lost again looking for it, but it seems you’re gonna have to go at it alone.”“Oh, he can go with me, I know where it is.” The guys look to her as she explains, “I passed it on my way to mechanics class and back.”“Really? Oh, yeah, I suppose that’s where it is.Then we’re all set! You two will go to alchemy, I’ll be in biology, and then we’ll meet back up in gym!” Before either of them, with curious surprise on their faces, ask him how he already knows their last class of the day happens to be gym, he gets up from his chair and adds, “Well, we better off, the crowd’s on the move [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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