The silence lasted quite a while and I was just beginning to wonder if their brains shut down, when:

"Don't joke around! Mark is a fat gloomy guy. No way you are him. You also don't talk like him and there were no options in the room that would let you change your appearance that much."

...They think of me as fat and gloomy?  While I was slightly overweight it wasn't that bad. We also had some other "fat guy" in class who was even fatter than me and they got along with him just fine. So why do they think this negatively of me? Also, I don't speak like him? I didn't change the way I speak. In the first place, how am I supposed to talk in a different way?

Well, I can understand the part with my appearance.

"Well then look at it this way, look at my shirt and then think about the heritage that we all got scanned for."

I am still wearing my t-shirt after all. 

And I need them to believe me. Because when the monsters appear it will be advantageous to have a group to work with and while I don't have a lot of friends I don't want to lose the few I have. 

"Heritage? Do you mean that a heritage can change your appearance that drastically? But even then... I don't really believe it and a t-shirt is not nearly enough."

Well, he is a logic type so if you come with logic he will be somewhat easy to convince. 

But the others look still somewhat stupefied. While the girls look disgusted? I don't really know how to describe that kind of face.

Well first concentrate on convincing Matthias and then the others. So I go to my seat take my bag and...

Slice right through the soft fabric of it.

...Oops 

"..."

"..."

I proceed with grabbing my phone that fell out and completely ignore their stares.

Don't stop now, don't get embarrassed...!

While taking my phone I pay attention to only use the backside of my claws so that I won't damage it.

... Now that I think about it I wanted to first show him that I know the code to my phone. I never told it anyone so it would work somewhat. After that I wanted him to ask me some questions that could confirm my identity but...

I just noticed that I can't use my claws to enter the code. 

So I walked to Matthias and handed him the phone.

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While I managed to keep my face devoid of emotions, my wagging tail betrayed me. I desperately tried to keep it still but it didn't work

Stupid tail.

He looked stupidly at my phone in his hand and apparently didn't know what I wanted from him. 

"I can't enter the code with my claws so enter it as I say."

He seemed to have understood what I wanted from him and what I wanted to accomplish with this.

He is smart as expected.

So I whispered him my code, after all, I didn't want everyone to know it.

"It's 29460"

He typed it in and my phone unlocked.

I looked at him triumphantly.

He looked back at me, a bit unwillingness in his eyes. 

Wait so he just doesn't want to accept that I could be Mark?

Does he actually already believe me, at least partially? But I didn't do much! Or does he also have a heritage and now he is concerned that something like this could have happened to him as well?

That would be possible. Anyways I now have to completely convince him and then start convincing the others. 

"Now ask me some questions that only Mark, in other words, I, can answer."

He thinks for a moment.

"When is your birthday?"

What kind of question is that? That is something anyone can know if he ever looked a bit into me.

Well if he wants to know.

"It's on the 7th July 2001."

I answer and look at him while making a face that displays obvious doubt as to why he asked that question.

"What was your most recent mark in PE?"

He completely ignores my doubts and continues asking.

"It was a mark 2 in gymnastics."

"What was our last excursion as a class?" 

"It was before the Christmas holidays, we went to Berlin and visited the Reichstag."

He nods and thinks for a bit. Meanwhile, I am still confused as I don't know why he asked such generic questions everyone in our class knows. Well, at least the boys. The girls have PE on the other side of our gym and it is separated from us by a wall that can be let down from the ceiling.

Anyways why did he ask such useless questions and yet seems like he understands and believes me?

"You still look like you don't understand why I asked such questions."

I nod as confirmation.

"If you look around a bit you will see that everyone is here inside the room. Well everyone but Mark. And now here is a person who claims to be Mark and knows stuff only someone from our class should know. So if everyone is here but one and then a stranger appears that knows such stuff it is somewhat obvious who you are."

Ahh yes, that is one way to do it. However, this method has the problem that the answers to the questions can be easily found out just by a little investigation. However, no one has ever had a reason to investigate me or someone else from the class.

"So you believe me?"

"For the moment, I am willing to believe, as it is impossible to tell what exactly could happen. So it is possible that you are indeed Mark. Once Maurice wakes up we can have him confirm it."

Ok, that is enough for now. With this, my chances have risen at least. 

So I turn to look at the rest of the students who are awake.

Sanan still looks like he is doubting me a bit however it has gotten better. While the 2 girls look at me with a strange face. Is that disgust or shock? However, there are some more emotions mixed in that I can't read.

Meanwhile, the no-name Ben who stands next to Matthias looks like he trusts Matthias's judgment. 

I haven't introduced him till now but basically, he is the type of guy who just perfectly fades into the background. However now he looks like some he-man copy. Did he have some kind of complex about his below average strength?

So now I have 2 guys somewhat convinced that I am Mark and still have 2 more guys and 2 girls to go.

...STOP!

Why does Maik look like he just had some nerdgasm???

That face is creepy. Please stop looking like that. 

I was just about to tell him to wipe that face of his face when a loud slightly female scream echoed out.

"NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

Ah, the scaredy cat of the class is awake.