In his hands, a pebble and a catapult. He wore all black and covered up his face with black clothes, leaving only his eyes, as if he were a cosplay ninja with troublemaking issues.
Vic's face swells with pressure.
Vic: You have murdered my phone! You (points at the culprit) phone sniper!!
Vivian: (looks up at the sniper)
Phone Sniper: (shudders) 'Oh no, it's her.' No phone calls allowed (runs away).
Vic: what? Hey, come back here!!
Vivian: (smiles) What was that?
Vic: bah, he thought I was calling the police
Vivian: And that's why he shot it?
Vic: 'gah' (puts his hands behind his head and walks to where his dead phone was). Now I need a new phone. (Picks it up from the ground, two fingers) And these things are crazy expensive, my mom is going to kill me
Vivian: (looks over his shoulder)
The phone that once attempted to save them from the scrubs a while back, was now in rubble. She felt sorry for him.
Vivian: h-hey-
Vic: do you have a phone?bee can still call Bimee
Vivian: no, I don't ha… Bimee?
Vic: Bimbo
Vivian: … no!
Vic: (gets up, stuffing the phone in his pocket) your opinion doesn't matter
She ignored him, and glanced at the environment around her.
The crooked, torn environment around her.
She cringed at it.
People really are stupid, she said in thought.
Vic: well, (walks up to her) some people like freedom
He had heard her.
Vivian: more than their futures?
Vic: Yeah, I guess. Let's find Bimbo first
Vivian: You know that's impossible, she could be anywhere. And we can't even call her now.
Vic: (shuts his eyes and frowns)
Vivian: what about the Senate building
Vic: I'm not going there
Vivian: What about the hostel?
Vic: Bimbo is never there during the day. She leaves before dawn and goes back after sunset. Though, I wouldn't know about it now.
Vivian: wow (claps), you are so competent for this thing
Vic: (groans) shut up, I knew what I was doing
Vivian: Did you? You planned to find someone despite it being hopeless and…
Vic: ALRIGHT FINE, we can go rescue the dude ourselves! Don't just come crying about the end results later
Vivian: uh… yay 'no way I was going to do this alone anyway' (stops moving and turns around) come this way, were follow the back gate
Vic: but the front gate is closer… and safer
Vivian: which is exactly why we should take the long route, to avoid attention from weirdos
Vic: (looks up and notices the orange sky) It's late, let's do it tomorrow yeah?
Vivian: (pauses, wants to bring out her phone to check the time but stops mid-action) OK, tomorrow morning then
Vic: wahoo, (walks ahead) Finally some breathing time, I'm going to find something to eat, then I'll probably watch that series I just downloaded before sleeping by 11, (turns back and waves at Vivian) later, Vivid (jogs away towards the hostel area)
Vivian: (furrows her brows) 'sigh' (follows behind him)
Meanwhile
The 'no lecturers' gang (and Bimbo who is tied to a chair) had gathered at the Starline event hall, on the east side of the school academic area, for a meeting to discuss what they had achieved so far and what they would do in the future with their leader Osas sitting at the table on the hall's stage,
And his followers sat before him as if he was preaching.
The people of about 250 in number, talked among themselves in low voices, some exchanged clubs and sticks and plaques, some just couldn't stand the heat in the overcrowded hall.
Then, with a loud voice, the mad man spoke.
Osas: (to his followers) Our campaign is done for the day…!
Followers: Yes, it is; that's true; of course
Osas: Now it is time for us to start the campaign at night!!
Followers: (shout in affirmation)
Osas: those of you worrying about whether we'll graduate (climbs the table, lunges on one leg) 'smile' you shouldn't bother yourselves, we have the class rep. in our midst, and she has agreed to handle ALL OF OUR SCORES
Followers: YE-AH
Bimbo: (from the front of the hall) YOU ARE INDEED MAD OSAS, YOU ARE MAD IF YOU THINK YOU CAN MAKE ME DO YOUR BIDDING!
Osas: (stands straight on the table) SHUT UP! You are gonna give us good scores and take 'em to the senate, in place of those lost lecturers, whether you like it or not. And when I mean us, I mean we all! All students at UNIVERSITY OF PORT-TOWN!
Bimbo: BULL…
Followers: YE-AH!!!!
Osas raised his arm, and the noise ceased. His eyes met with a student, chewing relentlessly on cheese balls from a transparent nylon bag. Then it hit him, he hadn't eaten since yesterday evening.
Osas: but for now (sits back down) someone would have to go out and buy food for the…
Phone sniper: Osas, if I may interrupt
Osas: go ahead, bro
Phone sniper: (walks up to the stage) I saw Vic again this evening
Followers: (indistinct chatter)
Osas: what?? And what did you do?
Phone sniper: I-I sniped his phone
Followers: aaahhhhh!!
Osas: silence, (to the phone sniper) why didn't you bring him in?
Phone sniper: not possible sir, he was with that one girl, the one that annihilated our comrades at the old shopping district
Osas: (frowns) …
Followers: (indistinct chatter)
Osas: fellow comrades!
Followers: …
Osas: who knows who that girl is?
None among the followers could confirm, as Vivian was invisible to them. She moved in and out of places like she was a ghost, there was nothing particular about her.
Bimbo: 'damn your luck, Vivian, you really don't exist to these people do you?'
Osas: I see, in that case, someone from here would have to monitor Manic Vic's movement, to be sure he doesn't do anything against our freedom. Do not give him any chances
Followers: YES; THAT'S RIGHT
Osas: now, onto other matters
Things weren't looking sunny for Vic, the most wanted in school, and what about Vivian 'annihilating' people?