We both walk out into the library. The first thing I will need is to have a direct line of communication with this girl. I walk near the reception desk and turn to the girl.
"Hey, I need your contact info."
"..." She looks down shyly.
Oh yeah, I forgot she's like this.
"Shouldn't you go about this a little more prudently?" (Tess)
"I thought you said that it'd be good to interact with someone who's as bold as me."
"Yes, but there's a difference between boldness and rashness."
I sigh. How do I go about this then?... This ain't exactly something I'm good at dealing with, to begin with. Think me... the best way would be to maintain a concurrent amount of interactions but I don't want to do this. So I have to find someone who'd want to talk with this girl constantly that isn't this old hag...
"...Um... *mumble*what do you and Ms. Tess mean? *mumble*" (Jennifer)
"Just a method to get you to be more outgoing." (Tess)
"Just as she says, I need your contact information for that."
"......Okay."
I take out my phone and she takes out hers. I turn on the phone...great, it looks like I'll have to run to my next class again.
"So what's your number then?"
".....Number?.... we only need to open our phone and.... contacts...magic signature..."
I could barely hear bits and pieces of what she meant. Something about our contacts and magic signature. Do we open our contacts and insert our magic signature like before then? It may be what she meant.
"Alright then." I open up my contacts, " Aren't you gonna open your contacts too?"
"Um... yes." She opens her contacts and I press the button and insert my magic signature. She also does the same thing. Her name appears on my contacts and vice versa. So that was how it worked huh. 'Jeniffer Villanova,' now I just have to find someone willing to chat with you periodically.
"Thanks for explaining, gotta go now."
"First time I hear you say thanks, are you sure it's you?"
"Shut up hag, I'm leaving." I leave the library and head towards my next class.
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I get to my next class and there are two people waiting. I'm familiar with both of them, one of them was Aisha, still has the same complexion and is wearing that necklace, and the other is Rose. Oh great, what now then?
"I'm here."
"Yes you are, and you're late." (Rose)
"I have my own stuff to do too you know."
"So does everyone else, get here on time next time around."
Looks like that's a command, isn't it?
"Yeah, yeah."
"And watch that attitude too."
"Sure, though I'm not exactly thrilled to know that one of my instructors is someone who has knocked me out before."
"...Um, I mean... that was because..."
"Yeah, yeah. Let's leave it at that, I'm sure we have someone else here who has no idea what we're talking about."
"Yeah, I guess."
We both look at her, she's been keeping quiet throughout this whole interaction. She seems like the quiet and cool type but I can't exactly assume that from only seeing her once.
"Is something wrong?" (Aisha)
"No, don't worry about it. We'll be starting then, so what exactly can you do with light magic?"She says as she turns to me.
"Nothing, I have never used light magic in my life." (Luis)
"Then try manifesting it, for now, we'll be using this side of the arena to do some work with light magic." (Rose)
I recognize this pattern. Well, it's better this way I guess. I sit down on my side of the arena and begin thinking about light magic. So what exactly would be the best use for light magic... Is there anything versatile I can do with my light magic like I did with shadow magic...
...I really can't think of anything that may prove useful besides shooting some light magic at someone or maybe blinding them but that only goes so far since they could probably sense me.
I close my eyes and think of a small sphere of light on the palm of my hands... an extremely small light sphere appears on my hand, so this is light magic huh. It's somewhat warm to touch, it feels kind of relaxing.
"Alright, that's all for today." (Rose)
"Understood." (Aisha)
I sigh, looks like I was concentrating the whole class and that was all I was able to do. I guess it's to be expected since my elemental affinity with light isn't exactly the best.
"Sure." (Luis)
"Luis, I have something that I want to talk to you about if you don't mind." (Aisha)
I sigh...
"...Sure, what do you need?"
"Just something I'd like to ask you in private."
"...I'll be leaving then." (Rose)
Oh shit, did she just kick her out? I wonder what kind of relationship they have that she just made a slightly casual remark and she left.
"Take care, Ms. Rose."
She said "Ms." though... I won't think about it.
"See you around." (Luis)
We wait for her to leave the arena and finally she looks straight at me without saying anything. A couple of seconds go by...
"Are you going to speak or are we gonna have a staring contest?"
"Yes, my bad. So, I just wanted to ask you...Why has Vanessa been acting strange all day?"
She's been acting strange all day, does it have to do with the notebook?...No, I don't think it's the notebook... maybe it's her confession gone wrong? What does it have to do with me?
"Why would I have anything to do with her acting strange all day?"
"I saw you talking to her in the morning so I thought you might have done something to her."
I see, so I was spotted. I sigh and start walking away.
"How would I be able to do something to her, she's way stronger than I am."
"Yes, but that's just stronger when it comes to fighting. You could have very well done something to her emotionally."
"And how exactly would I be able to something like that to her? I'm sure she easily disregards what I say and she already has you to comfort her if needed. Unless you are saying she doesn't trust you with this problem and she won't tell you."
"..."
"I'll be taking my leave."
I walk away from the building toward the Training Facility. From what I can sense it looks like she stayed there. She's probably thinking about something...
Someone else is following me right now. Well, I already know who it is but I don't really know why they are following me. I stop at the place where I was walking.
"What is it Vanessa?!"