Morning Tea
The Daily Verse's student gossip section. We serve our tea HOT!
S: Hey, have you guys heard about the phantom dog? There are rumours going around that the ghost of a white terrier has been seen hanging around the school. He wears this pink bow and does dog stuff. Look, Look, Look, I know that sounds stupid, but he's also been seen on impossibly high towers barking into the night sky like he's laughing. I saw him do it once too! He was on the Tokyo Tower and I swear—I Swear— I saw some guy appear next to him—from out of nowhere! Furthermore, they say that he has the power to make people disappear! One minute he's in one room the next he's in a completely different part of the building! And that's not all, he can make other people disappear with him. How cool is is that? There was one-time Chairman Faust went into the chem. labs and then never came out again. My friend was the "receptionist" for the lab, basically, she makes sure that the people who sign up to use the lab don't steal or break anything. She says that the Chairman went in, but then he never came back out, so then she went to go check on him and he wasn't there! BUT, you know who did come out of that room? The phantom dog. My friend even told me that he was wearing a pink ribbon collar. Cool Right!
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Totally Cool! What isn't there to love about a Phantom Dog that can make people disappear?! Dogs are God's gift to Earth. I haven't seen him myself though. I have heard weird things about Chairman Faust though, like weird stuff, not even that its bad just that-its weird. Like there are times you call out to him to try and get his attention and its like it takes him a minute to figure out you're talking to HIM. Like, is there another Chairman? What is the confusion? He's also just, in general, a pretty eccentric guy. I mean, he drives a hot pink limousine around? Who does that? It's so fun, but also questionable. Right so, phantom dog. I'll keep my eyes out and let you know what I find. BTW, there have been more ghost related stories this week than any other week, I've been with the TDV. Who we gonna call?
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S: The First Year Rep. has a secret girlfriend. I've seen them together myself. She's this blonde airhead type. He's always kind of staring at her. Like, not a full on stare, but a bunch of short longing stares. Y'know? A really love-struck look. And the girl, she's like always smiling, but not in a friendly way, but an empty way. Not to be rude, but she seems kind of slow or maybe just really socially awkward. Any ideas on who she is?
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Similar submissions have been flooding TDV for a while now. It seems like multiple people have spotted our dashing young Rep. with a blonde girl, but I'm not sure if their dating. I can confirm The Looks he gives her, I've recently spotted them out myself, but The Looks are weird. They aren't like happy looks, but agitated frustrated looks. He doesn't seem happy when he's with her. He seems...constipated. Secret lovers turned star-crossed lovers, maybe? Anyways, your guess is as good as ours. The only way to know about their relationship is to ask the class Rep. and hope he decides to be honest. (Speaking of..plug for the next issue of The Daily Verse where we interview The Prodigy himself!)
Speaking about the identity of this mystery girl, from what we gather she is another first-year student. She apparently has a tight group of friends, but not many friends outside that group. She seems to have OK, decent-ish, grades: better than normal in terms of horticulture class. No one knows the much about her, to be honest, but according to everyone we've talked to she is very nice and polite. We don't know anything else, but be sure that this will come up in the interview.
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S: Hello. I've written to ask if anyone has any knowledge regarding the Software Development Club's new treasurer. Funny how the other two people in leadership positions are established third years with spotless reputations and who are beloved amongst the people of their year, while this new treasurer is an unknown. One of these things is just not like the other. The sudden founding of this club is suspicious in and of itself, but its internal workings also don't add up. I've prattled on long enough and I would really like to know your thoughts.
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Hello there, well, hm...I've never heard of the new treasurer until recently. I haven't even seen him around campus. That could be because he's a first year. In terms of what we know about him...uh...nothing. We couldn't find a single person who knew much about him. Then again we're all second and third years here at the TDV. I'm sure a first year would know something, maybe we'll add him to the interview list as well.
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S: Do you know if Saitou-senpai is single? I've heard rumours that he's dating the VP of the new Development.
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Hi! What a shame it would be if our shared Saitou-senpai had a girlfriend. I bet that whoever it is would get a lot of problems from other jealous girls. As of now, there is nothing to give us reason to suspect that he has a girlfriend. I do know that he is close to the SDC's VP though, but it is also a possibility that they are just close friends. Childhood friends perhaps? Anyway, I don't think he has one. Saitou has proven himself to be a very honest person who operates on integrity. Remember that time where the soccer team had their jerseys stolen and the money from their club account went missing? It was Saitou-senpai who came forward naming his own best friend as the culprit, even though the two of them were as close as brothers!
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S: Did you hear about the First Year Rep's brother being a thug I heard that he assaulted the child of a prominent family just before school started? How terrible for the First Year Rep. that he has to be related to a guy like that because he can't babysit his brother all the time and his brother's actions reflect poorly on him.
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I've seen the First Year Rep's brother myself and he's always so loud and obnoxious. Yeah, its too bad that the Rep. got stuck with a brother that makes him look bad, but I think it says a lot about the Rep. that he still stands by his brother. He's the dutiful kind after all, so it makes sense. Again, though, this feels suspicious. How did such a violent guy end up in the True Cross? Especially after assaulting a student from such an important family. This just doesn't make sense to me, and when you stop to consider the fact that it doesn't look like his grades merit a scholarship, it just makes you wonder even more. Must be Chairman Faust and his eccentricities again~~~~
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S: Did you hear that apparently, the Software Development Club has its first new member? Apparently, it's a first year that started the year late. I was excited to find this out, so I went to the Student Life Club to get an application for the club and learned that they were still not accepting any new members. What's the deal?
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Really?! This is my first time hearing about that. I went to the SL myself a little while ago and found the same thing. I guess it hasn't changed. We're back to the original question then: What is this new club and why are only a select few students being permitted to join?
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S: Hi! I hear the new president is from a yakuza family. They say that his Father used coercion to win the vote and become governor.
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Hi! Wow, this is...more serious fare than we are used to. That being said, SAME. I've been hearing similar rumours. It doesn't help that not a lot is known about his family. No one in the local area seems to know about them. It seems like they moved to Tokyo from Kyoto, and ever since no one has anything to
say about them. Actually, people do and its usually good, but that's like even more suspicious isn't? Who gets these kinds of approval ratings? No matter who you are someone isn't going to like you. That's just life, but apparently not the life of the Saitou's. For what its worth though, the president acts like a complete gentleman. He just doesn't have the air of a thug, ya'know. You can usually tell with those types. His reputation is spotless within the school and rightfully so, he's earned the reputation he has. He's a model student.
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S: Do you think the First Year Rep. is sick? I mean he is always in class and he does well in Gym, but his overall demeanour is dull. I don't mean he is dull! He is quite bright, but there are times when he just seems so exhausted. I even notice some really bad bags under his eyes and sometimes out of nowhere he'll start shaking and his eyes will flicker wildly across the room. I'm actually really worried about him. I thought about going up to and have somewhat broached the topic when talking to him, but he always manages to derail the conversation. What do you guys think?
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Interesting! I haven't heard of this at all! Usually, whenever anyone talks about the First Year Rep. its usually to compliment him over something cool that he did, but not much else. In fact, hm...I'm gonna catch fire for this, but oh well, there is not much else that we know about the class Rep. We know all about his accomplishments but his personal life remains a mystery. Aside from his brother he doesn't seem to have any close friends. He has friends, obviously, but they don't seem all that close. Furthermore, no one has anything bad to say about him (maybe, he's a yakuza too ;)) The only way to have such neutral reviews is to be so distant that no one knows you well enough to have something bad to say.
About his health, he seems lively enough to me. Though, now that you mention it. He does kind of...of get this faraway look in his eyes. I don't know him that well. I've taken a few photographs of him, written one or two articles, but that's it. There's just not enough information to go on, because no one really has any extended contact with him. The only person I could think of is his brother. Hm, his brother maybe someone to add to the interview list.
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S: I've heard rumours that the Student Council's VP is secretly a scholarship student, which doesn't make sense because he always wears designer clothes. Also, he is very educated and seems to be close to a lot of prominent families here at True Cross, but in the same vein while he associates with well-known families his family is a mystery. So, I'm not sure what to make of these rumours.
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I've heard this rumour too! I don't know where it came from. Unlike with Saitou-senpai, where the rumours seem to be trickling down from people's parents, the rumours regarding the Student Council VP are coming out of nowhere, up until this year his status as being from a legitimate family was never questioned The VP is honestly one of the kindest and most humble people I have ever met in my life. He is always helpful and considerate, not mention the respect and care he treats his juniors with. I find it sickening that he is having to defend himself from such baseless accusation simply because people are jealous of him.
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S: Hello, I think I have some interesting news for you. Yesterday while I was going to my English class (I was running late because I went to the bathroom) and I saw the Second Year Rep. getting into a fight with the current President and the Third Year Rep. It looked pretty serious too. I know the Second Year Rep. and I've never seen her act like that before. She seemed really upset and was speaking really forcefully. I was looking at them through a window, so I couldn't hear what they were saying. Thoughts?
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Hello! Thank you for sharing. A blow-up between three of the most respected and loved students in the entire True Cross! What could be juicer?! Hm...Could it be a love triangle perhaps? No, I don't think so. The Second Year Rep. has a boyfriend and their relationsip is going strong. They're just made for each other! Maybe there was a rumour going around that upset the Second Year Rep.? I have heard a thing or two about her, but the stories were so bizarre I just wrote it off. Anyways, here at the TDV we're a highly respectable student paper and as a representative, I hold myself to the highest moral standard, so I make it a point to mind my own business and respect the privacy of others.
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That concludes this week's issue of The Daily Verse and I would like to personally thank each and every one of you who reads our newspaper and supports us. We here at The Daily Verse are sending you all the love in our hearts! Also, don't forget that in next week's issue we are interviewing a member of the new Student Council and no promises, but I will be hunting down some members of the Software Development Club and hopefully be getting some answers form them. Stay tuned!
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Ikeda Mio
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Chapter Notes:
Hey guys! How's it going?
Man, going back over these chapters I can't help but wonder why anyone ever read my stuff, to begin with. There were so many grammatical errors; it was actually kind of awe-inspiring. The upside to that though, is that I'm finally getting around to fixing it up. Also, I finally feel good about the way the formatting looks on here. If any of you guys read my this story when it was up on AO3 you'll know how much time I took formatting all the chapters-it was a lot of time. It was disappointing then, to come over here and not be able to copy the cool format I worked so hard on over there. Now though, I feel pretty good about the way this looks. The formatting is simple, but clean, and unlike the first time I posted this story here it's actually consistent from chapter to chapter.
The thing is that I typically write really fast; I write a whole chapter in one sitting. What can I say, when inspiration hits me it just hits me? There is a serious downside to that though because whenever I finish writing I'm usually so tired that I don't even think of taking the time to edit. That was then, now I'm definitely going to change how I approach writing this story moving forward.
Have a great day! Thank you so much for reading!
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