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.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlXuRYLQbSJ
"Time's up!" a teacher's voice rang through the room, "Utensils down, papers flipped."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9RvOAxOX3O
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.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzeqBp6SZnE
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.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG4d6pWER2o
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.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYNpkZuyXK6
"Hey, Freir!" a very obnoxiously loud voice called to Davo.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWPEiY80IN4
"W-what do you mean?" Davo nervously responded while looking toward the door. It was Amaliva, a stupid cheerful smile upon her face.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ829lZvvJz1
"Hi!"873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrpWlbPhl5g
"Oh, you. Not all Westerners are Freirs, you know. That's racist."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSbBvr4QNFZ
"Hah! A humor like always, Davo. So how's the test been to you?"873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡteM3eQgCCt
"Fine. I feel confident."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeO0mBGyacO
"Of course you would, you're a noble after all." She gave a little wink to that statement.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa06084zm64
"Alright, I need to know. How do you know where I come from and have you told anyone about it?"873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNikcas4oU
"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?!873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx7zpYkNBBT
"Wh-"873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuqNyH3VDE9
"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.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2NDX49adY
"Wh... well. Okay. Good enough."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyrM9GOI23X
"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.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQZmCF1EcbE
"And here's the strange one," Amaliva announced. Davo nodded in amused agreement.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4M53X0P91N
"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..."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOUL8CMWlnJ
"Thank you for that compliment, Malro my boy," Ek expressed, shimmying next to Amaliva on a cushioned piece of furniture.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfevFyiP1C1
"Oh?" Keko wondered aloud, "So we now have cushions and pillows? That's strange."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqE5FglVOgZ
"Almost as strange as Ek," Imillia commented. Half of the room gasped at the sudden change in the girl's humor.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQyevKA28lE
"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.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWMAJo10Ab6
"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.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFMQ78igrXF
"That wasn't expected at all," Ek said.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAOTnYEIAJp
"What?" Malro inquired.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3qR9Xuy8Qa
"Keko just sat next to Imillia."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRsINg33QtU
"Oh. I get it." The other three nodded in agreement, while Keko and Imillia wondered what exactly was happening.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY0NnSLEOBg
"SO! Tests..."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG7BVTPx8oj
"How did you do, Ek?" Amaliva asked, back in her seat next to Ek and Davo.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQl51h8xU1L
"I feel terrible about it! Probably the best I've felt in my entire life."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Ak3S910OL
"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."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQDfTTIGwz3
"Couldn't agree more," Malro acceded with, "My test was done vocally in a room with really scary administrators."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7gio3eFGjT
"Oooh, spooky," Ek remarked.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEGEicyR8ag
"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."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFkUi1LfXux
"Don't worry, dear, we all feel dumb together," Amaliva coaxed, "I think I did pretty bad. I hope I passed."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeSgDqcMpCt
"Same," Imillia concurred.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXruotOOKsh
"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."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkwDpNFYSWo
"Aye," Amaliva began, "So would you say you were... Freir-ly confident?" A cheesy smile came across her lips due to her own joke.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTagXIwR2hY
"Hahah," Ek fake-laughed, "Very funny. You see, this is why my jokes are better."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡELjvNtZ1nx
"Bad dog," Malro scolded, lightly hitting Ek's arm, "Doggies aren't supposed to make others feel less significant... even if it's true."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlEUgaBV9Ij
"Ouch, Malro, that hurt," Amaliva pouted, feeling an evil grin beginning to form, "So does being blind make you less significant?"873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIpuEHjJdbq
"Obviously I'm not the blind one here because I know I'm the better-looking one."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3v8scDdEMK
"Damn!" Ek yelped in amazement, "Good one, you two! And that comeback, Malro! I didn't know you had it in you."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdk93yen1wp
"Shush. What does a good dog do?"873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvgTb1vMhi2
"Oops. I mean, woof. Woof, woof. Woof." Ek started scratching the bad of his ear with his hand like a dog.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY7gfxT27eG
"Good boy." Several pairs of eyes were confused on what just occurred.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsTztnZEzv7
"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."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7pCNhDpUJD
"Nap day," Imillia replied, "We're all tired, so we could skip club time and nap."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhm1O88zKvF
"G'night!" Ek yelled, pushing Amaliva off of the cushion in order to stretch and begin the start of a long hibernation.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNXydhl9DvG
"Not if bastards keep taking all the comfy spots," Amaliva muttered.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmiXJZCEs0C
"I'm pretty tired," Keko said, "I think I'll go to my room."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDITRw77fr
"I'll go to mine, too, then," Imillia responded in pursuit.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkCqPd1LTvk
"No, you can stay here with the others." Keko put his hand out to stop the girl from rising from her seat.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAciQanPElK
"No, Kekie, I'm going with you." A firm look of defiance came across Imillia's face, something scary for someone so small.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFhSZ0qMlWj
"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."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs0SriIvfNW
"Okay." The girl stood up, resuming her usual facial expression, and followed Keko out of the door.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzquY4at60Q
"I swear, that guy is one of the densest sods I've had the misfortune of meeting," Amaliva sighed.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2LOCubKM4
"Aye," Davo agreed, "Poor girl doesn't have a chance with someone who's as blind as Malro is."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡirceVAxYTj
"Damn, Malro," Ek exclaimed, "Everyone's picking on you today! Whatchya gonna do about it?"873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡedEpw5ig5s
"I'll visit them in their dreams and brainwash them into puppies," Malro answered, "Kind of ike I did with you."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9ArBjdkrg
"Oh, woof woof. Woof. Wof. Wop. Pop-a-doodle."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbx8hktbok4
"Odd bunch we are," Davo chimed in, "All of us."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoDKXWBRzad
"That's what happens when a bunch of Westerners congregate," Amaliva guessed.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1wryqRpnzl
"I'm off to the room to sleep," Malro stated, "You coming, Ek?"873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQI4NuBtsnK
"Woof," the other replied. The two boys fled the room, leaving the last two behind.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRphLKx6WxC
"Is this going to be tradition, having just us two at the end of every short conference?" Davo asked.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4pTlzzz8zK
"I think so, Davo," Amaliva answered, "But I kind of like it."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeJDfgPxx8i
"Okay? How does that change anything?"873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7TB7ppRxhB
"You're my friend, Davo, so I'm going to put this bluntly: you're a prick."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGaXObHrhak
"Thank you."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡByh5Usew83
"No, really, you have too much bravado, too much say for yourself. Quit it. Quit being a Freir and be a Westerner."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5tzYyCHTJK
"What if I like being a Freir instead?"873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡewSZTHyWdu
"Then." Amaliva leaned in close to Davo, "I'll never like you enough."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG9pZxxbFNL
"Uh... okay?" Davo leaned back against his chair. "What does that mean?"873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpIMSZDsGel
"You're my friend, Davo. Not much else. Bye, see you in the fourth degree, handsome."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBGVSY63sv7
"Um, sure. Yes. See you." The girl exited the room.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe4GVUpCsGw
Now, Davo began thinking, That girl is just a bundle of puzzles.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNAO0ffLTbP
