Chapter 2: Primp Town and School Scheduling

We landed safely at this new location, encircling us is a forest. At this point, the sun is about to go down and the place began to darken. Ringo gestured that I'd follow her in a specific pathway. "So, where are we heading to anyway?" I asked. "Outside this forest is a place known as Primp Town. Over there is a magic school the main magic instructor Ms. Accord, should be able to help us." I went on to question her. "How though, you're school is a normal high school while this town has a magic school. These two things aren't related to each…" Ringo stops me and pauses us from our running to give out clear reasons. "Okay, the reason why I stopped you there is because my school receives students from Primp Magic School, and vice versa. How this works is that half of each school day, students that go to both schools start out their day in Suzuran High School. Reason why that goes first for them is because learning academics first helps them jumpstart their brains and get them working. And then, these students go through the second half of their school day by learning about magic of all kinds. The academics help them try to understand certain complexities surrounding magic, such as reading comprehension and mathematical skill. And so, both schools go by just about the same schedule for class periods and the like."

I stood there for a second dumbfounded, she wasn't kidding when she said that these two places had a good relationship. "Come on! You can't stand there forever, we need to keep going!" "Oh, right!" I said. We kept running or what seem to be an eternity until we finally could see the school. "Before we enter the school, we need to find one of my good friends." "Uuuuh okay…" We looked for her friend and surprisingly, it didn't take very long. "Hey Amitie!" Ringo yelled out. That's when I saw Amitie, she had blond hair and a wore a peculiar hat. This hat looked like one of those Puyos. "Oh hey, Ringo! What brings you here at this time?" "You think that you could get us into the school? We need to find Ms. Accord, it's important for this guy here. Isn't that right Dave?" "Yes indeed." "Well first off hi Dave, I'm Amitie! Secondly, I'll let you guys in through here, you'll find Ms. Accord at the end of the main hallway." Well I guess that's a good thing. "Great, thank you Amitie, I'll tell you about Dave at another time. We then turned to enter the school and walked through until we saw the main hallway. The door at the end was labeled with the name "Ms. Accord". Ringo heads inside room first, I was quite hesitant and nervous to come in. Then I hear a voice in there. "Oh! Ringo… what made you come here at this time?" I assumed that it was Ms. Accord talking. "Oh well, I have something that you need to do for someone else to "transfer" to Suzuran High." I hear Ringo discussing to Accord the situation that I was currently in. "I see, could I see this person?" "Sure." Ringo replied. "C'mon! Get in here you, there's nothing to be stressed about… Ms. Accord, this is Dave." She pushes me inside, I stumble for a bit, and that's when I took my first look at Ms. Accord. She looked a nice person, and willing to help anyone unfortunate of getting into a jam. I saw Accord holding a black cat sleeping on her lap "Ah I see *giggle*, he's quite the shy boy." "H-hey! I don't find that funny!" I yelled. At this point her giggling turned into full-blown laughter. I was seriously embarrassed through all of this shit and I'm sure that Ringo was too.

We all managed to regain our composure and got back on track with the problem at hand. "Alright, you think that you could help me not be an outlier in Suzuran Ms. Accord?" I practically sounded like I begged for it to happen. And so, I heard a slight bit of giggling from Accord again. Oh no… what was she planning for me? How mischievous could she be…? "Of course Dave, but you'll have to do something for me in return…" I knew it, she has something for me that I'm not looking forward to. "You must enroll for Primp Magic School, don't worry though, I'll have everything arranged so that you'll be one of those "half-students"." Well, not what I was expecting… And I now knew what term was used for students that went to both Suzuran High and Primp Magic School. "So I guess I'll be coming to Primp on the second half of school days…?" I assumed. "That's correct, very astute of you, I didn't expect you to know that already *giggle*." At this point I felt kind of relieved that she was impressed with my supposed intelligence, thanks for that background Ringo, I sure needed that. "Although here's some that you may not know that you probably should…" Accord's expression changed to be more relaxed. "What might that be?" I asked. "Well, we haven't had too many students that are in you age group… You'll probably be one of the oldest coming here each later half of school days. Not saying that there's only a select few, but just not numerous amounts of older teens have the desire to learn magic nowadays. So for that reason, since you're a "rare specimen" in this sense Dave, I need you to break that mold. Teens these days are so preoccupied with their lives concerning other things. Sure, some of those things may be important, but magic holds a special place in these worlds. I would list reasons upon reasons regarding this, but none of us have that sort of time."

Accord asked me one final question of the night. "So Dave, could you be a angel and accept my part of this agreement? Who knows, you might meet some new friends to learn, grow, and bond with. Basically I'm saying that it'll be healthy for someone like you. Dave, you seem to be one with little social interaction, that could be disastrous you know…" I thought about it for a while, I had no magical power to utilize. But maybe, just maybe, there will be a workaround to that little issue. Plus, I needed friends to talk to face-to-face to fix up my social awkwardness. So, I decided to throw Accord a bone, or in this case, a fish since she has a cat. "Alright, you win, I accept your proposition Ms. Accord. I recognize that this will help me develop into a normal person in Suzuran's society." Her face lit up with excitement. "Oh boy, this is going to be so fun *giggle*. Now I just need you signature as proof that you'll be a half-student for Suzuran High and Primp Magic Schools." I wrote my name in cursive with a pen from nearby. "Thank you very much Dave, this will be helpful for changing Primp Magic for the better." She smiled, although behind it was a little creepy as well. I shrugged it off and wondered what was to happen next. "I'll have this document delivered to Suzuran High, so that they can integrate you into the school as a half-student. They'll come up with a schedule for the first half of school days your… and then this school will do the same for the second, you start tomorrow by the way. Making up compromises to whatever you need as credits, all so you can graduate."

Accord finishes going over that important cluster of information. I was rather annoyed that I'll be experiencing school bullshit again. However, my world had no such thing as magic. Maybe this magic school could change my outlook on committing time to school stuff. "So are we done here?" Accord asked. "Yes we are, come on Dave, we're going back to Suzuran." "Uh... okay Ringo." We left Primp and returned to Ringo's home in Suzuran, Ando Family Fresh Produce. She told me to wait outside the storehouse, so I waited. At this point, the store is closed to the public. "'Kay, my family said that they'll kindly take care of you since you don't have a home to stay at. There's an empty that room that is available, I'll show you to it." Staying silent, I entered the store after Ringo. I finally saw her family, and likewise, they saw me. We greeted each other with nods of approval. Ringo's family consisted of her parents, and an older sister. I continue to walk with Ringo towards my new room. "Here it is Dave, your lodge." I wouldn't call it a "lodge" if I was her, this wasn't a cabin after all. I walked inside to inspect it more closely, it looks kind of like a room at a college dorm. Oh well, I'm not complaining, as long as it's organized and clean, I'm fine with it. The bed was a tad small, but was quite soft. The pillows as well, they were feather pillows to be specific. Good thing that I can expect myself to just pass out from soft comfort on my bed. Then saw Ringo start to head out of the room, but then she turned back to face me and said "You should expect there to be a uniform for you, every male student has to follow the Suzuran High dress code." What?

I didn't know what she was talking about. What kind of school dress code only applies for guys? "Wait, what do you mean by... do female students not go by a similar uniform?" I questioned. "No, the dress code works very differently for girls, as long as they look professional without revealing certain… "assets", they can basically wear whatever they wish." She shook her head. I was slightly confused for a brief moment before I realized that by "assets" she meant cleavage and stuff like that. Beyond that, I was further puzzled as to why they are so strict with the male student side of the dress code. I decide not to question her about that, and besides the school itself could probably do a better explanation of it than Ringo herself can. "Oh yeah, Dave? I wanted ask you something… something involving me trying to bring into Ms. Accord's room, why didn't you come in right away? There wasn't anything to be weary of, so I don't really see why…" I took a moment to collect my answer and replied "Okay, it's just that I didn't have too much social interaction in the past, Ringo. Even if I'm not too shy, I just don't have experience in the realm of actually talking to others. So I wouldn't really know how to start up a conversation without screwing it up most of the time." Ringo's expression devolved into sadness at that moment. "Oh, you poor thing… I should have been more cognizant of your feelings." It's clear that she is torn in her heart. "N-no, it's fine for that case, you didn't know, and I don't blame you for it. Now I should ask this really quick question just for the sake of convenience. Where's the bathroom? I want to take a quick shower so you can take as much time as you need. A girl shouldn't rush like a guy, I happened to be aware of little stuff like that. Ringo stands there for a bit, appearing rather surprised at what I said. "Well, thank you for your thoughtfulness, Dave! And, to answer your question…"

She shows me the way to the bathroom, it turned out that it wasn't too far away from my room. I also saw that Ringo's room was next to mine strangely enough. "Alrighty, thanks a bunch Ringo, but…" "But what?" I realize that there are things that I did not have, spare clothes. "Shit… I don't have spare clothes.. Oh, sorry for the language, I'm a bit too much like an adult in that way." "It's fine, I don't mind. I swear on an occasion too, not like it's irregular for people our age here…" As I sigh in grief, I hear a voice that I don't recognize. "Did a certain boy say that he needed spare clothes? Well, I have them for you here!" It was Ringo's mother. "Well, I'll be… they're all my size too. How did you know?" She then explained "When I saw you walking around with my lovely daughter here around the shopping district… I knew that you could potentially be a guest for this place, so I took precautions. Might have been jumping the gun a bit on that, but it was worth it in the end." I was a tad bothered that I was basically spied on, but if it was for a good enough reason like this one, then fair enough. "Gee Mom, that's uh… interesting for you to do…" Ringo pointed out. "Thank you for your generosity Ms. Ando, it is much appreciated." I said. She then bows in contempt and goes off doing other miscellaneous matters. I proceed to take the quick shower that discussed with Ringo about. I get out of it a little over ten minutes and let Ringo do her things in there, because I like to be nice for other people. And besides that, I went in first to avoid any possible crazy misunderstandings involving… "assets". After all Me and Ringo only just met today, I didn't want our bond to degenerate itself from crap like that. I went back to my room to lay down on my bed. Soon enough, I fell into the dream realm of my subconscious.

Author's Notes: This chapter was a tricky one for me to put together as some of the readers may have noticed. All of the stuff regarding the school schedule for the main character, and the fact that he is one of these half students. To put it simply, it wasn't easy to have the plot explain these things in a good and efficient manner.