Character : Nathan Fiore, Club Activities
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The orientation class took about one and a half hours before finally ending.
The student council team introduces us to all sorts of things that exist inside the academy, like the facilities, the list of clubs to join, or even the student council group itself. They also mentioned things like how the classes will be held during weekdays and what we can or can't do as students of the academy.
Aside from explaining the rules, they also tell us what will happen if we do break them. Depending on the severity of the crime, our punishments vary from simply being told to run around the academy multiple times in a single day to literally being escorted out of the academy by the government officials.
One senior mentioned an example of a really bad crime that happened many years back, when a group of senior female students forced themselves onto a junior male student. Many of the boys in our classroom, including me, formed a really perverted grin from hearing the case. However, the case wasn't so simple.
The poor male student was literally beaten up, locked inside a dorm for days, and deprived of nutrition. As a result, the group of senior students ended up getting jailed by the authorities.
That story really took a turn, but the senior convinced us that it was real. The group of female students never saw daylight ever since, and that story really made everyone aware of the consequences if we were to commit a serious crime.
But seriously, that poor male student was so lucky.
Anyway, after the orientation class ended, we were given freedom to explore the academy by ourselves. There's no guide or anyone to tell us where some places were, so we just have to ask around. There are also seniors from the second and third years here, so there's also options for us to communicate with the older students.
After the short class, our group went to visit the canteen to see what kind of meals they offer. To my surprise, they have all sorts of meals from various places, just like Uncle Josh's restaurant but scattered into multiple shops. Looks like the chefs of Ellen are really just that considerate towards people from other places.
Then we visited the laboratories in the laboratories building. Lily was specifically curious about what kind of labs they have over here, and we ended up taking a look. After looking around in the laboratories building for a while, we noticed that there are actually a lot of labs here that we don't even know existed.
Mechanical engineering lab, informatics engineering lab, even origin technology lab. Those things are truly what makes this Ellen academy special, because they only existed here. They are also what made Ellen so advanced in information and technology than other places.
We then continued our tour to the clubs building. The seniors from the student council firmly mentioned that every Sunday is known as club day here in the academy. And from what we saw after arriving, that senior definitely didn't tell us how crowded it was.
When there's no class or official activities from the academy, the students would spend their time right here, at the clubs building. There are over twenty clubs in the academy, and each club has their own room here. And every single room is crowded with students from various years, and I don't doubt if there's a few first year students inside the club rooms.
After all, we were immediately invited to join a club, right after we arrived at the lobby.
"Want to join the dance club? Your body looks really good!" A female senior asked me, out of all people, to join their dance club.
While it is true that my body is well shaped, that doesn't mean that I have the capabilities to dance. My body is indeed flexible, but the reason behind it is for combat reasons. It is definitely not built for dancing.
I can already tell how much Lily and the other two will mock me for simply being offered that. It's annoying, but I can't hate the senior from the dance club for offering me.
Instead, Lily took that offer and signed up. She mentioned that she was always into the art of dancing, and she was quite mesmerized when she saw the dance club's performance at the show last night.
Jonah was still concerned as to what club he wants to join, and I suggested to him a club that he has never thought about joining before. He agreed to the idea, and we both left Lily and Nyssa to the club room on the fourth floor.
"Welcome!! We're always glad to accept anyone who is willing to change!!" A senior greeted us after he opened the door, and Jonah was only laughing while scratching his neck.
Welcome to the body builders club, Jonah. Your chance to be a better person starts here.
"Wait, you're not joining!?" Jonah angrily asked, but I only waved my hand at him before walking away.
"No way! You've seen my body! I don't need it, so goodbye."
"Nathan, you traitor!!" Jonah yelled, but I was already running away.
And there I go, running away from my roommate after luring him to join the bodybuilders club. I wanted Jonah to join, but I can't sacrifice my precious time by joining alongside him. My body is doing just fine, and entering a club like that will only be a waste of time for me.
Instead, I have a club that's been on my mind for a while.
"Eh?? Aren't you… Prince Nathan?" A female senior from the club I visited seemed to recognize who I am.
"Nice to meet you. I'd like to join." I said with a friendly tone, and the female senior looked really happy seeing me.
"T-Then, come in!"
The senior then allowed me to enter, and I walked inside while looking around. The club room looked pretty plain considering what they were about. There are books all around the red colored walls, and there are tables placed all around the room for the members to sit.
At a glance, this room may seem like a library because of how many books there are. But, this isn't the reading club.
The senior arrived at a door on the right side of the reading room, and she stood by the door to say something to me.
"Every member is currently present. Aside from you, there's actually one more newcomer from the first year here." The female senior said to me, and I became wondering as to who has the similar curiosity like mine.
The senior then opened the door, and I followed behind her into the real room belonging to the club.
"Welcome to the Origin Science club!" The senior said after we entered, and my eyes were feasted by various mechanical machines that's so gigantic.
This club room easily has one of the largest rooms in the building. The mechanical machines and tools that were placed surrounding the room were all at least five meters tall and seven to eight meters wide, and they looked like a big problem if they were to explode. But, all these machines are here for a reason, to research everything about origins.
But… aside from mechanical machines… There's also something else.
Or rather… someone else.
"Oh. It's you." A voice muttered to me after I got closer, and I knew who he was immediately from his dirty dark blue scarf.
Even with our academy's uniform, this guy always has the grimmest appearance than everybody else. It's probably his long hair that covered his face, added with the dirty blue scarf around his neck. Whatever it is about him that made him look so scary, it's working so perfectly.
Eric Axwell. The top ranked student in our year.
He is… joining this club?
"Eric Axwell… You're joining this club?" I asked him, and he nodded slightly.
"I have some questions that I need answered. This club has the highest probability of answering them." He mentioned what's on his mind, and I chuckled at his answer.
"Crazy. I thought the same thing." I walked closer to the large table where he is standing next to, and I noticed the senior has now sat down on one of the many seats.
Aside from the female senior who welcomed me, there are also five other seniors sitting on this large table. All of them seemed to be busy with whatever they were doing, but there was one female senior who kept an eye on both me and Eric so intensely.
From the looks of it, Eric must be talking to her before I arrived. As such, I became curious as to what the two were talking about.
"It seems like we have another newcomer!" That female student who was staring at us said in a loud and cheerful manner. "While I do fear that we may have more first years coming, I understand that it's not like all of you are going to come in one batch. So, a reintroduction will have to be done, as many times as needed!"
She seems to be… quite the eccentric one. Looking at her appearance, she does look like a mad scientist that has not slept for many days. Her academy uniform looked really messy, and she even did the tie wrongly. Her glasses were incredibly big, and there were bags underneath those beautiful red eyes. Her long hair is tied on the right side, and she stared at both me and Eric with both her hands holding her cheeks.
She is the definition of a mad scientist. Seems like Eric also understands that, because he was quite used to it.