>>5252298You decide that it might be time to show a <span class="mu-i">little</span> effort, and so you make the decision to not purposefully bomb assessments to keep your score low, instead just resolving to work without particularly showing off or trying that hard. You’ll see how far that takes you in the class. Your real focus isn’t in that aspect anyway - you honestly reckon you could probably qualify as a shinigami now if you wanted, though even you recognise that that line of thought is rather naive.
No, instead you’ll put your effort into your social life. After all, having people around who are willing to do things for you is a power in and of itself - and one that no amount of training can replicate. The best kind of win is one that never puts you in danger, after all.
Considering that, you sit through the lecture, only really paying attention to the fact that you all will be granted your asauchi, the weapon that once imprinted on will become your zanpakuto, in the next few days. Instead, you look around the class room again, looking for people you could potentially slowly turn into your personal pawns. Three people stood out to you, one of them being a large, scarred boy that everyone seemed to give a wide berth. You had heard he was from the Rukongai, and from a high district at that, and the facial scar made the nobles shun him even further. He would likely be easy to make yours with a little bit of kindness, fake or genuine.
There was also the ice queen from before, Tsukuya. Some of the noble boys had tried to approach her, and she’d shut them all down with a single word. Perhaps you had the key to opening her up? And there was also that other girl, who’d been sitting quietly in the back. You’d noticed her because she’d been the only one other than you who had actually been keeping an eye on everyone else here. You wonder if her silence was from meekness, or something else.
You go to speak to…
>The large boy from the Rukongai>The quiet girl in the back>Nohara Tsukuya, the noble from earlierFeel free to write in suggestions for what to say or conversation topics.
