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When everybody had finished exploring the campus and taking pictures, they all returned to their rooms and found headphones waiting for them with a note.
Arnold read. "To help you on your road to absolute coolness. Please put these on every night. As you progress on your road to coolness, you will be given options to customise the sound you hear. Those who manage to put these on every night until the end of the year, will receive a massive cash prize"
He blinked.
Well that was one hell of a way to motivate somebody to put on headphones.
He put them on and heard the sound of the calming ocean.
That was it, nothing alarming.
He looked at Trent who also was putting on his own headphones and already putting his clothes into the laundry shoot and put on PJ's.
Both of them shrugged at each other and went to bed, when they laid down on the bed, they saw options staring back at them.
'Joint room'
'Separated rooms'
Arnold blinked as it was clearly on Joint room mode.
He pressed separate and watched the magic happen, the bed moved to the left and a wall began to unfold itself.
And another room was born.
So cool.
He stretched, got up and brushed his teeth in his new bathroom and then went back to sleep.
The headphone kept that soothing ocean sound all night.
They were woken up when the headphones turned off.
Now, usually when somebody wakes up, they wake up somewhat terribly unless you had something that lasted all night.
Both guys should have had musty crust under their eyes, squinted eyes and their faces looking a mess.
However, they both woke up without any of those, instead they both looked oddly attractive as they woke up.
They stretched and took off the headphones, Arnold went to the bathroom and tried what was in the shower, a special shampoo, aftershave, toothpaste, sponge, even deodorant.
People use free stuff especially when it looks nice.
He used it and came out, looking again more attractive, his hair was shiner and his skin looked smoother.
He smiled and changed his bedroom to joint.
Trent had apparently cut off his side which explained the wall, so he went to get a morning coffee.
He was asked what kind of drink, since the machine had saved what he liked and he was soon finished his ranked number one.
Suddenly they both heard 30 seconds of one of the hottest bands currently out there.
"Hello, students to your very first day and your first step into absolute coolness" said, the man on the advert that had been mocked around the world. "I'm given you all an hour to get into your uniforms and head outside to start your run. Anybody who decides to ignore this will be given detention, your points will be docked and you'll be blocked from many amazing buildings from campus."
Before he said. "Those who complete this morning exercise will be given a whooping 300 points that you can use to spend at a clothing shop that has a robot that will dress you in your ideal combination of clothes. Remember everybody, those who are counted as Cool and attract attention are those who jog at ungodly hours of the morning and go to the Gym"
And it really was the case.
When Arnold got out of the heated apartment, it was still dark and a cold, wind was brushing against his face.
Not only that but he looked terrible, their uniforms were suits that went around their heads as well.
Everybody expected laughter and mockery, however it never came.
It was because they were all in the same boat and looked terrible together.
Suddenly a kart pulled up and out came their worst nightmare.
A muscle bound PE teacher with a blow horn.
"Alright you maggots! Time to Run!" yelled the man. "Anybody who isn't here yet, will get detention. Now follow this Kart and don't stop until you see it come to a complete stop!"
And then the guy hopped back into the kart and they began to run, thankfully the man was driving super slow so those who had toothpick legs could keep up.
However it didn't take long until they all noticed that not a single of them felt themselves dropping off.
If they felt tired, their suit would massage their muscles and allow them to continue.
But that did not stop the sweat and heavy breathing.
You can only imagine the smell and stink within the suits when the Kart finally stopped and the sky began to look bright.
They turned and saw it had stopped at the Spa, they were told to walk into the Spa, and take off their suits which they did.
The Spa really was what they all needed, their veins were pulsing and visible on their bodies but not many people questioned it because getting to relax just made the questions melt away.
Arnold took his ID and saw points added onto it, then he saw the vending machine filled with stuff, good for your skin and body.
Points were exchanged for these things; Arnold knew it was a smart idea since not everybody here was rich or well off.
He got a low-fat Yoghurt and drank it in the steaming sauna.
After an hour of relaxation, they were all shuffled to the exercise rooms with new suits just for the rooms.
They put them on and began to exercise the rest of their body, some hopped on balls, others on treadmills, some went to work out their arms.
Either way they were expected to rotate and every minute spent they got points, everybody saw videos on how to properly work out.
When they were finished, they all had showers and went out for lunch.
Those who got detention found out they couldn't go into a shop at all and could only watch with envy at those who could.
Those who could, found that when they entered unpopular shops like board games are Us, they only got 5 points, however if they entered a popular shop, they got way more.
The higher rated a shop is, the higher the points they were rewarded were.
So, through phones, the news got out quickly about this and videos were everywhere, telling them how to stand, pick up things and even have lunch.
Those who could follow the instructions well got points.
People get addicted to points especially when you can suddenly afford things you couldn't normally afford before.
Arnold walked past a shop and saw a crazy nice looking purse but it had a heart stopping price.
27 million points.
Only the coolest out of all of them could afford such a purse.
He saw cool, latest mobile phones and the lowest was several thousand to millions.
He and many other nerds cried at the sight of those phones as they pressed against the windows and other electronic devices.
They then went to sign up for Clubs, on a board, the current popularity of each club was shown and everybody regardless of what club they entered, got points.
But the popularity would decide how many points you got per minute.
It was because of this that not many people flocked to knitting or chess.
Some people joined extreme clubs, knowing full well they were terrified.
But the points were pretty good for it.
Arnold went to join the martial arts club, even though it was mandatory that they all received some form of training, he didn't just want to win against regular people.
And then they were allowed to do anything for the rest of the day.
Some people went to the club ground and met their club heads.
Arnold was very interested when he saw a female beat the daylights out of a dummy in the martial arts building.
He went to eat and the campus went into club mode.
Music started blasting out of everywhere and the screens changed to show different versions of cool dance moves, there was even cool party foods being displayed out.
Those who got the most out of the night, managed to nail the dance moves and order popular drinks.
Arnold came back at 9 and saw Trent with headphones on reading a book instead of joining the party.
"I'll rather not have something blaring in my face and have people dance awkwardly around me" he said as Arnold shrugged and went to his room, he turned the TV on, put the headphones on and flicked through channels.
Even the TV had the coolest channels on and if there were cartoons, everybody was good looking and did cool stuff.
Arnold didn't even remember falling asleep, he just woke up with the TV still on and spawned uncomfortably in a chair.
He stretched and went to the bathroom, he noticed he was singing an anthem that he had never heard of before.
He got out and stared into the mirror, that's when he decided to change his hairstyle that suddenly did not look so flattering to him.
He combed it back and let some hair strands fall and then he smiled, showing his pearly white teeth and came out, putting on his now cleaned and Pressed suit.
He put it on and pulled back the wall only to see Trent in his underwear with a towel around his neck, drinking Coffee, when their eyes met, they felt like something had changed about the other overnight.
Trent eyes looked less 'What are your orders?' and Arnold had a stronger presence.
Both of them stared at each other.
And then the morning announcement came on.
"Just to remind you all, your daily run will begin in an hour" said the principle.
Both of them made it outside and began running, looking around there was something different about everybody else too.
They ended up at the Spa and did their usual relaxing, the 'Never date' vibe they all had before was lesser and their body certainly looked better.
Some people had changed their hairstyles like Arnold had and were even eyeing the eyes contact store and perfect teeth store.
Arnold also noticed that there were more people hovering over the clothing store than yesterday.
Arnold walked to his first class, he followed the signs and saw the video telling him how to walk and run, for both males and females.
There were even areas where you could stand and practise posture to get points.
He entered the classroom and waited for everybody to appear.
"Hello, my name is Mr Social" said the man, and nobody made fun of him for that. "This is the male class so I will be teaching you how to make an engaging and cool conversation. Now, not every person is the same so I will also be teaching you how to smoothly change the subject once you have picked up on the signs that somebody is not interested"
He then began to write in chalk on the board and then helmets came from above.
"Don't worry, these helmets are just here to help you absorb a bit better" said the man. "At the end of this week, I want you all to go online and have a chat with a complete stranger, preferably somebody close to your age. It can be text or video. You must provide proof that you have kept the person engaged. For those who have kept the complete stranger engaged the longest, they will receive bonus points on top of the completion points. The top engager will receive a cell phone"
Woah!
Arnold and everybody knew they had to focus now, during this time, nobody noticed their eyes were slightly glazed over since they were facing the front.
They finished class an hour later and he went to personal grooming class, some guys around him acting like they were given the secret to eternal life when they told how important a shower was.
Apparently, they thought this was a choice or because nobody wanted to go near them they were never told.
And then after that, it was just regular class, he was taken advanced mathematics and Science.
When both lessons were over, he opened the door to find the club's had already started.
He walked past a choir room and heard music playing.
He walked outside and saw girls trying and failing to kick high in the air for Cheerleading club.
He heard screaming from above as people parachuted from a plane and cried for their mommies.
He walked past the poetry club and the skateboard club, both of them were crashing and burning in two different ways.
So many socially acceptable clubs were all happening at once and yet the people taken them weren't socially acceptable.
However they were getting there.
Arnold then entered a certain building and met the receptionist.
"Male Martial Arts is happening on your left. Please take a suit when you come in" said the receptionist.
He walked to the right and saw suits for learning martial arts, he went to the changing room and put a suit on and then came out to wait for the sensei.
He wanted to change from looking wimpy and skinny.
His drive was shared by the whole student population.
However, those whose problem could easily be fixed in a day were starting to come out of the wood workers and reveal some genuinely cool looking people on campus.
And those people were already shocking their families when they late night video chatted.
And scene!
Chapter 3 has been written but I'm not satisfied with what I posted so I'm rewriting the next chapter.