Aergia sat on a thick square stone in front of the whole classroom. The blackboard behind her was empty except for a single drawing of a smiley face.
*Peel*
The students were all wasting time as they silently watched the floor. Some of them were drawing in their parchments and some of them were just spaced out. She clapped and alerted all the students.
"Hello, Students. It's been a while, I hope you're doing all well after the attack on the Academy. It's good that none of you died because we already had a lot of *Cough*, paperwork. Plus it would suck for the classroom to become an even number. But that doesn't matter for we shall now go back to our planned schedule."
Aergia stood up, straightened the purple bow on her head, and then pushed her pink bangs to the side. "Without further ado, let's start the *Cough* first-ever, class event!"
She pointed both of her index fingers to the ground. *Thump* The walls of the classroom fell outward, revealing that they were currently somewhere outside. But where outside?
They were in a place very far away from the Academy, they were in "Gift Mountain." A place full of rocks, trees, wild animals, and Jack Black.
"Somewhere in this place, is a flag. A rectangular red flag stuck to a metal pole. *Cough Cough* Whoever finds the flag first and returns it here is deemed the winner."
The students eyed each other, most of them were uninterested but nonetheless, they all began to scout their surroundings.
"But before we start, here are some rules you have to follow. Rule one, there can only be one winner. You can form groups but remember *Cough* whoever returns the flag to me is the winner. Rule two, magic is recommended. Use magic either to help yourself or sabotage your classmates. Rule three, have fun."
"And those are all the rules. So let's start this off with a countdown. Three! Two! *Cough* One! Go!"
The first person to act was Vanity. She began to run north where the mountains were. Following her closely were Kyanite and Roland.
"Let's go." Rosemary walked south where a huge river was. Accompanying her was Alphonsine who was dragging a resisting Gale.
"Hey Inku, where do you think we should go?" Asked Marilyn.
Inku vanished into thin air and began to run away from her classmates. Marilyn then took a guest and went north.
"See you guys later!" Yelled Finley who jumped into the ground and transformed into a mole. He then dug underground in hopes of finding someplace.
"This is the perfect time for hunting!" Electa charged east towards the thick forest. Fufluns followed her with an angry smirk.
"Holly fetch me the flag. Im not departing out of this chair." Demanded Aderyn. Holly walked towards her and picked her up like a long flexible cat. "You're heavy." She then carried her and jumped into the cliff to their west.
Progin took off the bandages covering his eyes and walked to the forest." I hope I can find some bears."
Ginto threw Brennan who was currently a blue orb into Amminus' hands. "Dont follow me I have two redheads I have to aggravate." Ginto ran to the river.
Morgan quietly walked to the river while Cynebald then began to weigh his options.
South is full of water, my weakness. East is a forest and I am not too fond of accidentally doing arson. West seems to be a steep fall and the north is full of mountains.
*Cough* "Are you all just gonna stand here? Did I forget to mention that whoever wins doesn't have to take the written and question exam next week?"
After Aergia spoke those words, the remaining students instantly dispersed. The only person left was Parfait who was busy packing his classmates' belongings into their desks.
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Ernest walked alone. His cheerful yellow hair contrasted with his forever emotionless face. No matter what he did or try, his face was unable to show or imitate any emotion.
I am currently in the forest. It's quiet and I can taste the air. It tastes like apple cider. It's been quite some time since I got here, and I haven't seen any signs of the flag. The entire floor is currently covered in brownish-yellowish leaves.
*Crunch Crunch*
I like the sound of the leaves. It makes my fingers tingle from the satisfying sound it creates.
*Crunch Crunch*
The sound makes me feel a certain emotion, that for the life of me, I couldn't write or begin to explain. Right now I would feel like I'm on cloud nine if it weren't for the fact that I am not the one making those sounds.
Ernest turned around and was faced with one of his classmates. She was a girl with gray hair who was taller than him by a couple of centimeters. She was wearing the Academy uniform alongside green vines that covered her arms. She also had a red hibiscus covering the top of her hair.
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"Have you seen Electa? I have to stop her from killing the animals."
Pandora? Can't say that I had seen her anywhere. Literally.
"No answer? Well since it's just the two of us, it's a perfect time to reduce the competition. I might be a peace-loving person but from time to time, a good fight purifies my anger."
"But I hardly think this would be a good fight." Said Fufluns, a smug smirk forming on her face.
Ernest responded with a bow. He then left while Fufluns watched in a daze caused by the sudden refusal of her fight.
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Ernest was walking aimlessly. He didn't need to win this game since he had the knowledge from his past life to help him with studying. He remembers how hard he studied and how it was a chance to get rich from doing hard brain labor.
I didn't have the necessary intelligence or willpower to get a science or math job. So when I got stopped by a wall, I just kinda broke. All my acquired knowledge was useless and since I was different from others, I sorta gave up on life. I know it was pathetic but it doesn't matter now.
"It seems we have met again." Fufluns appeared from the back of a tree. She was slightly sweating and there were leaves stuck on her shoes.
Ernest turned 90° to the right and began to walk away.
What a peculiar person. Ever since I was born in this world, I have met nothing but weirdos. If I wasn't already a weirdo in my past life then I would definitely be one now.
"What a coincidence meeting you here again in this vast forest." Fufluns dropped down from the tree in front of Ernest. This time she was more sweaty and her smile was twitching.
Ernest walked past Fufluns.
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Life is so random. One day, you were just minding your own business, sitting on a plane, and the very next second you're dead from an explosion. And then suddenly you open your eyes and you're a toddler in a crib.
But life is not that bad. It's mediocre at best and mildly unpleasant most of the time... I miss the internet.
In front of Ernest was a plastic tree with green leaves. It was smaller compared to the other trees around it.
"It would seem this fight is destined to happen." The tree turned around, revealing a hole in the top middle. In the hole was Fufluns' face.
"Since I challenge you, I will give you the first hit. Since a-" Fufluns was pushed over by Ernest. "Fuck you! Bitch get back here!"
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Ernest walked backward, without taking his eyes off the struggling Fufluns. Since the costume provided no holes for her hands, she was just rolling left to right like a moron.
Okay, it's hard to walk backward but if I take my eyes off that idiot, then she appeared again randomly... Okay, I think this is enough distance. She is just the size of my thumb.
Ernest turned around. In front of him was Fufluns who was floating in the air doing the lotus position.
"You probably expected me to be enraged but that is beyond me, I have achieved one with nature and became a symbol of peace and tranquility... Are you still here?"
Fufluns opened her eyes including her newly acquired third eye, and Ernest was gone. The forest began to shake as a loud yell echoed through it.
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A metal stick was stuck in the middle of the mountains. It was engraved with runes and had a small brown rope attached to it. The rope led to behind a small boulder, where Amminus was currently hiding alone.
"Whistle Whistle, I don't know how to whistle so I am just saying the word." Shabina was walking up the mountain path.
A grin appeared on Amminus face for somebody had finally appeared. He sat silently behind the bolder while wearing a green camouflage jester outfit and a small black bowler hat on top of an orange hard hat.
Shabina stood dumbfounded in front of the metal pole. She was wearing, the male academy uniform, blue ice sunglasses, and her ten ice rings.
On top of the pole was a metal egg timer. Shabina jumped and tried to reach the egg timer but the pole was too tall for her. She pondered for a bit as she thought of how to reach the egg timer.
"Climb the pole." A sunrise-like whisper came from the boulder.
Shabina spun 127° to the left and faced the boulder. "Do it. Do it. All the cool kids are doing it and you're also a cool kid, right? Don't tell me you're not cool." The boulder egged Shabina on.
"Ok sentient boulder," Shabina pointed her thumb towards herself "I'll prove to you my coolness." She ran and jumped towards the pole. She grabbed onto it with both of her hands as she headbutted it.
*Clink*
The metal pole snapped in half and fell to the ground. Shabina pointed to her head, her glasses were cracked in half, gud twing aye hab dis tick fouarhid!" Shabina slammed to the ground next to the snapped pole.
Amminus jumped out with rope in hand, "you fool! You have fallen for my trap!" He shuffled like a spider towards the snapped pole and the idiot.
"Is what I would say if you didn't BREAAAAAAAK it!" Amminus crouched down and caressed the broken metal pole.
"My child, the love of my life, and my honey sugar pea... WHYYYYYY!" Amminus punched the ground as tears began to fall from his topaz yellow eyes.
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*Crunch Crunch Crunch*
"🎶 Eating branches, I am eating branches 🎶
"Yeah!" Electa skipped and crushed the leaves that coated the floor. She was carrying two sticks that were currently being kept for a certain omitted reason.
While she sang and munched the high-fiber food, she joyfully enjoyed the autumn woods and the smell of freshly baked pumpkin pie.
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*Crack Crumble*
A mole burst through the stone walls of an underground cave. The mole in question was Finley and the cave was his old lair. It was where he lived hundreds of years ago before he went and began to terrorize humans for fun.
The mole shifted and became a blob of black good. The blob increased in size and configured itself to become a more humanoid form. The blob exterior transformed into black silky cloth commonly worn by sisters in the church, a habit.
Then the hands and face of the habit were replaced by slightly toasted toast-colored skin with long metallic silver hair that draped over the face.
Finley put her hands on her hips and stood proudly in her old home. "My wonderful man cave is still popping!" Finley began to admire the belongings inside her cave.
"My bone pile, my glowing blue crystals, my pool table, my 2-meter diameter mirror, my anime body pillow, and my wooden ridable pony... Wait a minute!"
A shocking look could not be seen on Finley's face because of her fluffy whip cream-like hair.
"Why is that here?! A foreign object in my cave!" Finley angrily stomped on the ground as she moved toward the object.
She opened her left palm and pushed out a wooden handle. The wooden handle extended upwards as a metal blade formed on the top.
She tightly grabbed the handle before slamming the axe into the wooden pony, destroying it in half.
With her empty hand, she grabbed her bangs and ripped them off clean. A hole then slowly started to form on the blank skin where her face should be. The hole grew in size, covering her whole face.
*Krikikikikiki*
Inside the hole were multiple huge shark-like teeth. In the middle, the lantern of an angler fish slowly gutted out. It shined brightly as the pupil inside scanned the cave.
*Krikikikikiki*
Finley ran like a madman as she once again hunted an unwelcome intruder in her territory.
*Krikikikikiki*