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> Request Jaq to add you Student council, and remain. Paperwork for the staff.
It's about perspective. Somewhere, a look outside welcomes with radiant brilliance of the spring's sun flowing through the sparse oaks and spruces to the frivolous symphony of countless birds. A perfect greeting for a new day.
Here, on the other side, the wild forest suffers little sunlight to pass. Shrouding the high foliage outside with sickly lime colors. Here, it's dark, calm, serene even, with not even the gentlest of winds upsetting the scene. Here, the birds are replaced by crickets, eerie silence, and the shadow of the large manor itself.
Yet, something ruffles in a large bushes mere dozen meters away - small, yet just enough to grab your attention among the tranquil greens.
Then, eyes. A pair of dark, hazel eyes meets yours. Intrigued, you hold your breath, until, a moment later, a deer skips from among the foliage, but abruptly freezes, as if realizing it's sin of disturbing the stillness of the gloomy woods. Nonetheless, it's curious gaze never never leaves yours.
Mere meters separate you and this newfound, yet so familiar creature... Mere meters, a thick wall of reinforced concrete, bulletproof glass, and iron grating for a good measure.
...So close, and yet so far.
A quiet sigh escapes you as you lean on the windowsill. "Soon..." you muse absentmindedly to Cat Don Fluffles sitting right next to you, seemingly appreciating the view as well.
Soon you will what? Escape? When? How? With whom...? Is this graduation a means to truly leave, no strings attached? Could it be this easy? Why now?
"Aki." Jaq's stern voice grabs your attention, and you look away from the window and back inside the room. "Stop brooding. I've prepared the documents. Come."
Guess that's it for observing the local fauna. For the final time you meet eyes with the denizen of the forest, who, as if on cue, scampers back into the endless green. At the very least, there is life different than monsters...
"Beautiful, wasn't it?" Muses Angelina, as she sits cross-legged on a folding chair near the doors. The facility assigned all groups an overseer from the student committee, and Angelina volunteered to look over you and Jaq. "...Unlike this miserable pit of a room. Truly, a disgrace to Student Council, and good taste as well. I used to frequent this place and loved the regal feel this room had." She says solemnly.
"I guess it was." You state as you join in with Jaq, but ignore the furniture question. But you cared little for deer's beauty, for you it was free.
"Overseer, let me remind you that you are obligated to oversee our work, not my fashion sense." Jaq replies with disinterest as she sits straight at a cheap student table straight out of a classroom. Truthfully, the student council room went through quite the metamorphosis. "The previous furniture was excessive and took too much space... And it was just a deer."
"So you were looking too." Angelina says. "Noted."
