A/N: I had the most hilarious day today, and I'm just tired as hell, so there's an afterschool chapter. Please enjoy.
"It's your quiz, so I suggest you all wake up. And for what it is worth, I'm sorry for giving you your test on a morning like this. While I would prefer to give you a quiz on a different day, one of the classes has to have their quizzes on thursdays, and you were all selected. As consolation, raise your hand if you want an energy boost."
Ran's speech was both apologetic yet also strict, her nature as an ancient Shikigami as allowing such words.
The entirety of the class stumbled forward as Ran blessed them with energy, simple life energy infused inside as the class woke up slowly, their minds refreshed and now awake.
As Reimu was also blessed by Ran's life energy, she felt a small addition, a chi message that said, "Good luck."
Smiling slightly, Reimu began her quiz on Functions.
"Full class workshop. Just start."
Akyuu's words were distant and out of focus, as her thoughts seemed to rebound strange signals, or so Reimu sensed.
"Why..."
Reimu's mental senses attuned to the energy around her prickled, as she focused in on the specific train of thoughts that caught her attention.
"Oh Kanako, why, why, why do I have to listen to these stories? It's not that I'm trying to speak from an elitist point, but former hell these kids are horrible! I'm not even sure if they want to be here and are just screwing around..."
Akyuu's unexpected speech got a small reaction out of Reimu, her eyes narrowing in amusement as she realized that Akyuu shared her own thoughts.
But as the pair of stories followed one another, one about a Reimu put her head down, napping for a short while until Akyuu's screaming reached her ears.
As Reimu rubbed her ears from the verbal assault, she glanced up only to meet Akyuu's rage filled eyes.
"Reimu! How could you sleep in class like this, not paying attention to the students and their obviously wonderful pieces of fiction that I can't help but admire! If you sleep in class again, I'm sending you to Yukari!"
"Wow, she must be really pissed today, and I just added to that. I should apologize..."
As if from the expression on Reimu's face, Akyuu's features shifted to a more solemn gaze as she whispered softly so that only Reimu could hear, "I'm sorry, today is just a stressful day. And you've helped with so much in this class..."
Reimu nodded almost imperceptibly as she whispered back, "It's alright, don't worry about it."
As the class stared in shock at the exchange, Akyuu walked to the front and motioned for the class to continue, as the class went on until Lily's voice rang out, and Reimu headed to her next class.
A collection of Incident Solvers had gathered inside the reactor room, as Okuu performed a routine check up on the nuclear reactor to ensure stability and functionality of the reactions.
After staring at them oddly for a second, Okuu shrugged as Orin joined her for the maintenance check up...
"We'll use this stage to finish up our discussion on the Bees, then head out to the gardens to make sure that your plants are doing okay."
Yuuka brought out the projector once more as it began streaming a series of incredibly high quality images to form a video.
"The Outer World has already seen a frightening example of what a world without bees could be. In China, there's a region which is famous for its pears, even with a lack of bees. And yet the pears are growing wonderfully, if a bit less than before. Because they're being hjan pollinated by humans. They are unable to truly replicate the efficiency, the intelligence, and complexity that only bees hold.
As for the solutions that the humans are attempting, well, it's going terribly. Some hope to isolate pathogens and remove them in order to cure the honeybees, but that method would take decades for the honeybees to recover, and it's uncertain as to whether or not they would recover or even if they'll be able to survive another crisis.
Others claim that genetically modifying bees, like the ones from African areas could prove fruitful, but there's the high risk of a new breed of killer bees being spawned.
So far, our solution is the only one that seems to work. We're trying to pour resources into natural communication and treatment of the bee populations, getting them to move away from the outer World for a while so that they can recover and gain power in Gensokyo, and hopefully recover enough to reenter the Outer World. While it isn't a perfect solution, not much is in Gensokyo or the Outer World."
Clapping her hands, Yuuka announced, "Please hand your papers forward, and we'll be heading out to check our plants."
As the class passed papers to the front and met up outside, Reimu and Rumia found their cabbage already growing nicely, as Reimu began watering the plants, even as she fell into a silent drone...
"Reimu!"
Rumia's voice startled her out of her stupor, and Reimu glanced down to see that she had over watered the plants. Quickly moving down to sense the plant's condition and that of the earth, Rumia watched nervously as Reimu sighed in relief as she said, "Good, not too much of it got into the plant, and a lot of it is moving down into the earth."
As Rumia looked at her strangely, Reimu sighed as she apologized, "Sorry, I was a little distracted."
Shaking her head, Rumia replied, "It's okay, but just remain aware next time, okay?"
Reimu laughed as she said warmly, "I'll keep that in mind."
The pair went on to finish their plant caring, and soon headed back through the Gap as Lily's voice rang out.
"I suppose that I'll make the muffins today..."
Her group was missing or skipping class, she knew not which, as Reimu began working on the Zucchini Muffins with the ease and efficiency of a long time chef.
Soon enough, her group still not seen, Reimu took the muffins for herself, and headed to her next class as Lily's voice rang out.
"Well, today's your mile run."
Meiling's blunt statement was met by whining and cries of indignation as she stomped her foot against the ground, creating a massive tremor.
"Quiet."
Most of the class quaked in terror at their teacher's display of power, as Meiling sighed and said, "I don't want to make you guys do it either, but I warned you all about this a week ago too. So quit complaining and get this over with already."
Their mile began.
But not without shenanigans.
Flips, crab walks, handstands, spinning, skipping, if you can name a ridiculously motion then it was performed, as the Incident Resolution team played about during their mile, still managing a better score than anyone in their class. Laughter resounded from all around at their antics, and Momiji even cracked a smile, despite the militaristic tough attitude she was supposed to show during the class.
And so, the stage ended with Lily's voice ringing out, and Reimu and Marisa went to pick up their kids. Upon finding them, they headed towards the culinary classroom, as Rinnosuke had asked them to assist him after school with a few students, with Sakuya joining them.
Upon arrival, they put their plan into action.
Rinnosuke handed them a recipe and asked them to work on the cookies for the class.
Unfortunately, the trio had plans of their own.
Though the trio were exceptionally skilled in baking, their actions volumes of a different story.
Sugar was added into dry ingredient bowls, coca powder was added at the wrong time, and in general the recipe was nearly a disaster.
Reimu, Marisa, and Sakuya watched in amusement at the frantic motions of the novice and singular advanced student, Cirno already freaking out at the horrible monstrosity that they had created.
The pair's laughter resounded through the classroom amidst the screams of more ingredients and help, as Rinnosuke stared at the two girls for what they had done.
Matching cheeky grins showed on their lips, as the two kept on laughing while they said, "I haven't been this stupid in a long time."
As the cookies were somehow salvaged by Cirno's miraculous skill as an advanced student, the cookies were soon in the oven and baked to a nice crisp.
Taking only a few cookies, the trio let out another bout of laughter as they flew off with the kids, returning to the Hakurei Shrine.
"Why don't you come in, Sakuya?"
With surprise, she accepted the offer as Reimu fell onto the futon for a nap even as the Three Fairies of Light began their homework, and Marisa alongside Sakuya began preparing the afternoon snack whist chatting...
