Have you ever realised that you've never actually seen your own face? It's impossible to physically see your own face. The closest we get to seeing our own faces is the reflection in a mirror, or a photograph taken by ourselves or another.

Ever wonder what you look like to others?

I know exactly what I look like to others since I can read minds.

Today, however, I don't need to wonder or read their minds. Today I know what I look like to most people: I look like a complete idiot.

That's because today is the day of the P.K. Festival. And today I am cosplaying as the Ylissan Tactician, Robin from the game Fire Emblem. I am not what you'd call a 'happy bunny' today.

I was perfectly ready to just skip school and say I was ill, but then I'd have to live with both the guilt trip from both Hairo, as the class rep, and from my mother who spent time making my outfit over the past week, which, I admit was very kind of her. As I said, she's a caring soul.

So now I'm stuck here, looking like an idiot. It doesn't matter really though. No one's going to care what I look like. They all look like idiots too.

This coat is quite hot. It's thick and the dark purple colouring doesn't help. The whole outfit is warm, really. It'd not be too bad if it wasn't nearly summer but it's really warm outside too. Unnaturally so, yet there are dark clouds just visible on the horizon as if waiting for a chance to strike.

I haven't forgotten about the premonition I had a few weeks ago; and I'm worried that this might be it. Those clouds are foreboding. Malicious looking, even. I don't like this. It just had to pick the day of the P.K. Festival, didn't it? What a pain.

I guess it could be useful as I can use my cosplay as a disguise if needed, since the coat has a hood I can put up to hide myself a little, but someone will probably recognise me if I do have to. How do I get around this if worst comes to worst?

I'm almost at school now, and I'm getting odd looks from the other classes, who are doing other things for the Festival, rather than cosplay like our class. Maybe I can slip inside unnoticed if I turn invisible. As you know, I really don't like to stand out. Unfortunately I don't see anywhere that I can go to turn invisible without people noticing; my outfit is too conspicuous for that. Good job I have other ways of getting around this.

Using my hypnosis, I can make things appear completely normal, like my antenna. This is why no one questions them, however this is on a much smaller scale than that thankfully. People will still see my outfit but perceive it as something completely normal, and hopefully not question it or stare at me.

It seems to be working as people stop looking, and not even Mr. Matsuzaki, the head of discipline questioned it as I walked past.

Now don't accuse me of abusing my powers, that's not what I'm doing. I'm just trying to get by and avoid standing out... Okay maybe I am abusing them a little, but no one has to know that.

The clouds overhead look more foreboding than they did earlier. I don't like it. I can't tell that today is going to be bad.

Despite that, no one else seemed to notice the weather. I can hear that their thoughts are only of the Festival. Probably a good thing, really. At least for me...