Davo is ready to take on the challenge of Five Triangle Arts. He was when he entered, anyway. However, he will never be ready for... a written test.
He fared perfectly fine in the physical exam when he entered the Academy as well as the physical exam just minutes ago after the newbies had taken theirs, but to retain intelligence of such as rudimentary culture, history, and even science is too insignificant to remember! That's right, as simple as he is, Davo was raised as a noble. His childhood during the Freir War consisted of a rather pampered yet exerting lifestyle. He was a prince, after all! It's not as if he's not knowledgeable, it's just... learning is stupid. He's a full-grown man now! Well, maybe he has yet to be able to grow a beard, but he's sure it's his blood lineage that keeps him from growing facial hair. Yes, he definitely convinces himself that he's too good for this whole 'learning' thing that he has to do while undercover.
But no, he must learn. He can't fail this test. No, never! Failure would mean expulsion of the studentship in the Academy for Davo, and that means never meeting the Eslient, and never fixing the view of the West to all of these stupid, immature, racist, dumb students!
Oh, the students. Putting on the facade that Davo is nice to them? Yes, he does, but he really hates them to his core. The previous Scentral generations are the reasons for his bloodline's downfall, his natural rights as a noble crushed into a fine dust underneath the imposing doom of the Empire. Plus, it never hurts that the Freir Kingdom was striving for equal rights amongst nobility and commoners, as well as between Magon and Nigon. Even if the former ideal is complete bullshit, it never hurts.953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQOMlopgkcp
"Time's up!" a teacher's voice rang through the room, "Utensils down, papers flipped."953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFHdINWdEUT
Over already? Well, it wasn't so bad, Davo thought, I feel confident about my ability on this test. I must have done extremely well because of my noble background.953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZVVdkTD1AE
After the tests were taken and everyone filed out of the classroom, destined to immediately go somewhere to lounge or sleep, Davo made his way to the small Westerner's room. A place that has been repeatedly called the "Little Westie's Room", mocking a toilet room. Damn bigots, Davo thought while walking past the Scentral students.953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXzaHyUocLX
Inside the room, Davo made himself comfortable. He was oh-so tired and ready to take a nap. Someone would probably wake him up when they entered the room, so it was promised to be a short nap indeed.953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5jEZxF9NfE
"Hey, Freir!" a very obnoxiously loud voice called to Davo.953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlVQewY7DyP
"W-what do you mean?" Davo nervously responded while looking toward the door. It was Amaliva, a stupid cheerful smile upon her face.953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT5jY0uRCs9
"Hi!"953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb6VWDmarEY
"Oh, you. Not all Westerners are Freirs, you know. That's racist."953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAaE3GdGWb0
"Hah! A humor like always, Davo. So how's the test been to you?"953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSPBiWEIEyl
"Fine. I feel confident."953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ66q7xh4qwQ
"Of course you would, you're a noble after all." She gave a little wink to that statement.953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6mZu02Bdlh
"Alright, I need to know. How do you know where I come from and have you told anyone about it?"953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvBDDoHF4We
"Davo, everything about you reeks narcissistic, pampered overlord. You're a noble through-and-through, and the only nobles that have that hate in your eyes could be Freirs." Narcissistic? Pampered?! What HATE?!953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Nd16UhBrG
"Wh-"953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjf06ET7fUt
"And I never told anyone. Anyone who can't tell who you are doesn't deserve to know who you are. So don't worry, honey, I never told the Scentral bastards." Another playful wink.953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡai0oQv82Lt
"Wh... well. Okay. Good enough."953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8D2jFCKV0e
"HELLO THERE," Ek barged in, quite literally barged in the door, "The great Ek is here! Oh, I know, I know. Oh, please, ladies, contain your squeals! I know I am just too much!" Ek spun a chair and threw it in front of the doorway.953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj2tQoPmd71
"And here's the strange one," Amaliva announced. Davo nodded in amused agreement.953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWlWt4gWE3x
"Hey, fellow blues," Malro greeted, tripping over the chair planted by Ek, "Ow! Gods damnit, Ek! One day you'll be the death of me..."953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ8mXOvqRyu
"Thank you for that compliment, Malro my boy," Ek expressed, shimmying next to Amaliva on a cushioned piece of furniture.953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdgJKMfQvhA
"Oh?" Keko wondered aloud, "So we now have cushions and pillows? That's strange."953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2JR0LzIz0Z
"Almost as strange as Ek," Imillia commented. Half of the room gasped at the sudden change in the girl's humor.953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡms4OEE8FXC
"Okay, you fuckin' bastard," Amaliva accused, standing and grabbing Keko's collar, "What is that thing and what did you do with the real Imillia?!?!" She pushed him against the wall, her brow furrowed in a fake look of anger.953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZmIeCCQcfc
"Hey, it's not my fault she knows a joke," the young man pointed out. He brushed Amaliva's hands off of him, grabbing a seat next to Imillia.953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9L1EgKCaqy
"That wasn't expected at all," Ek said.953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLsi6IEXgxr
"What?" Malro inquired.953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJmqZCkTVTo
"Keko just sat next to Imillia."953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFnTi1Csy63
"Oh. I get it." The other three nodded in agreement, while Keko and Imillia wondered what exactly was happening.953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNQKDSU1D1t
"SO! Tests..."953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZMGEmBiDbK
"How did you do, Ek?" Amaliva asked, back in her seat next to Ek and Davo.953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMQEPxJ2lZ8
"I feel terrible about it! Probably the best I've felt in my entire life."953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudRtRnHDtT
"That's a sad life you have," Keko interjected, "But I feel good enough about the exam. We Westerners have enough brain to get things done, that's for sure."953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRz14ATSkzH
"Couldn't agree more," Malro acceded with, "My test was done vocally in a room with really scary administrators."953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYBZSolyHXn
"Oooh, spooky," Ek remarked.953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6AoOVH1QM
"I could feel the atmosphere change every time I got an answer wrong. So I feel like I did well enough to pass, but bad enough to feel dumb."953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeP1EWqCWbO
"Don't worry, dear, we all feel dumb together," Amaliva coaxed, "I think I did pretty bad. I hope I passed."953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIPRqQ3p8ix
"Same," Imillia concurred.953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ZXjcEgf8e
"And I feel fairly confident," Davo said, "I would complain about the test because it was dumb, but I knew enough to be only a little dumb myself."953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCneSTOGIP6
"Aye," Amaliva began, "So would you say you were... Freir-ly confident?" A cheesy smile came across her lips due to her own joke.953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5taXIO0ToI
"Hahah," Ek fake-laughed, "Very funny. You see, this is why my jokes are better."953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7WGJuuDtlo
"Bad dog," Malro scolded, lightly hitting Ek's arm, "Doggies aren't supposed to make others feel less significant... even if it's true."953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiAhFP8Ke6K
"Ouch, Malro, that hurt," Amaliva pouted, feeling an evil grin beginning to form, "So does being blind make you less significant?"953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1ZE93UuLb
"Obviously I'm not the blind one here because I know I'm the better-looking one."953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5w4Zq6dVGq
"Damn!" Ek yelped in amazement, "Good one, you two! And that comeback, Malro! I didn't know you had it in you."953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡreY1zj1pZu
"Shush. What does a good dog do?"953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpXOhBB1EcB
"Oops. I mean, woof. Woof, woof. Woof." Ek started scratching the bad of his ear with his hand like a dog.953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8OIdEyM8aj
"Good boy." Several pairs of eyes were confused on what just occurred.953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY8ZaciWjb0
"So," Amaliva started, staring too long at the spectacle, "What are we going to do today?" She looked around the room this time, surveying the blank, sleepy expressions on everyone's faces. "Really. We all look like the recently deceased."953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYDjl6NbqlY
"Nap day," Imillia replied, "We're all tired, so we could skip club time and nap."953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKWRPx7q8OF
"G'night!" Ek yelled, pushing Amaliva off of the cushion in order to stretch and begin the start of a long hibernation.953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOmAMqQU8I8
"Not if bastards keep taking all the comfy spots," Amaliva muttered.953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡthzzhanrKb
"I'm pretty tired," Keko said, "I think I'll go to my room."953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpAaeWbyjHU
"I'll go to mine, too, then," Imillia responded in pursuit.953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gieBL7ruK
"No, you can stay here with the others." Keko put his hand out to stop the girl from rising from her seat.953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ24fSAXwFqx
"No, Kekie, I'm going with you." A firm look of defiance came across Imillia's face, something scary for someone so small.953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaXt2Fzmo68
"Uh..." Keko looked around the room for visual advice. Everyone was shaking their heads, a few of them smirking or giggling. Even Malro shook his head. "Oh. Um, fine. You can come, too, Imillia."953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL4UIQjhEwR
"Okay." The girl stood up, resuming her usual facial expression, and followed Keko out of the door.953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJJxRI67qNi
"I swear, that guy is one of the densest sods I've had the misfortune of meeting," Amaliva sighed.953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3E0KXKnvTX
"Aye," Davo agreed, "Poor girl doesn't have a chance with someone who's as blind as Malro is."953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr3ITgfoTQO
"Damn, Malro," Ek exclaimed, "Everyone's picking on you today! Whatchya gonna do about it?"953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTluCjkzj9H
"I'll visit them in their dreams and brainwash them into puppies," Malro answered, "Kind of ike I did with you."953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkdiwpXWnQn
"Oh, woof woof. Woof. Wof. Wop. Pop-a-doodle."953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7kBtq48ss2
"Odd bunch we are," Davo chimed in, "All of us."953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT2osI2uV9W
"That's what happens when a bunch of Westerners congregate," Amaliva guessed.953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4A7rKkjc7w
"I'm off to the room to sleep," Malro stated, "You coming, Ek?"953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDOMGp4dSDk
"Woof," the other replied. The two boys fled the room, leaving the last two behind.953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjT8eJWmCCf
"Is this going to be tradition, having just us two at the end of every short conference?" Davo asked.953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1A5mmUN6x
"I think so, Davo," Amaliva answered, "But I kind of like it."953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjadDo4DEhl
"Okay? How does that change anything?"953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgON8XGRPRe
"You're my friend, Davo, so I'm going to put this bluntly: you're a prick."953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTkAbeJm97s
"Thank you."953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWBONEjqQU
"No, really, you have too much bravado, too much say for yourself. Quit it. Quit being a Freir and be a Westerner."953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGEWLNxKljW
"What if I like being a Freir instead?"953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzf4I1MWDvc
"Then." Amaliva leaned in close to Davo, "I'll never like you enough."953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFh3T35ELrH
"Uh... okay?" Davo leaned back against his chair. "What does that mean?"953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqf5EUDepu1
"You're my friend, Davo. Not much else. Bye, see you in the fourth degree, handsome."953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtibWrtCobx
"Um, sure. Yes. See you." The girl exited the room.953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1TiSd4LXu9
Now, Davo began thinking, That girl is just a bundle of puzzles.953Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsHA5M7tnho
