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~Act I: The First Day~
~Scene I~
The classroom was dead silent. She shifted her eyes from the windows overlooking the track to the door that led out to the hall. The solace in the air was unsettling. Of course, for everyone else who sat in class 3-B this was a normal precursor to class, but today there was a different anxiety behind the façade for Rin Kagamine. She looked to an empty desk two rows behind her by the windows and sighed, looking down to the lit black and green display of her cell phone. There were no messages or missed calls. She fiddled with it and set it to silent, but left it in the little hammock of her skirt between her legs so that she could see it if it lit up.
The teacher, Mr. Shion, came in then, just as quietly as his students were sitting in his seat. The class health representative stood up in place of the class representative. "Ah," Mr. Shion noted the representative's absence, "Kagamine-kun is absent today?" He looked to Rin, as though to confirm this. She didn't shake or nod her head, but simply stared back at the teacher blankly, surprised by something about the question.
"Very well," he answered himself, clearing his throat to signal the class to proceed. The health rep took up where she had left off. They bowed, greeting their teacher, and then sat down. Starting off by jotting down Len Kagamine's absence from class that day, the teacher began counting the seats and referring to his chart. "Ah, Nomase-kun is also absent. I have an excuse from his parents… But where is Akita-san?"
Somehow he never memorized where his students sat, and only made a light hobby of knowing anything about them. Was he a klutz in that manner, she wondered? The professionalism of it made her doubt, but she knew that he had a different side to him. "Neru-san is on the student council," Rin explained. Mr. Shion blinked at her for a moment, and suddenly realized what that meant.
"Oh! Yes." he exclaimed quickly, erasing the mark he had made on her name. As he continued counting he mumbled, "Assembly… Assembly…" He stole a glance at Rin,
The class began, and dryly Rin took out her textbook and notepad. They began with a pop quiz. She dated and titled a blank sheet of notebook paper. While waiting for the teacher to finish listing the questions, Rin received a ball of paper from the left end of her row. Mr. Shion, oblivious to this, realized he had made a blunder in mixing up the questions and now had to erase nearly everything and start over again. Rin open the note carelessly and glanced at it.
What happened to Len, today?
She didn't have to look up to know who had thrown it at her. It was Haku Yowane, one of her classmates. She seemed to be looking out the windows as if searching for someone, but she also had an eye on Rin, who grimaced as a swirling sensation filled her stomach. She began to twirl her finger in midair beside her desk. As she went on about this, Haku suddenly began to pay more attention. She shot Rin a glare that seemed to demand something. Rin just shrugged and buried her face in her arms.
It was all a little too much right now…