them. This place was packed the other days, what's going on? Is there some special Friday event I'm not aware of? Maybe I should ask someone.
...
Well THAT was no help. I asked three people and none of them were helpful in the least. They just kind of shifted and mumbled and then told me to go away. "Go away, Fumbles", actually. Apparently I'm still stuck with that stupid nickname, and no closer to an answer about why half the students are missing. There were a lot of empty desks in class, now that I think about it. Morning classes were even more subdued than normal.
I'm starting to think that there's something weird going on here.
xx48.11.05 / 17:34 / Still Friday
No C 2 (you know, because she's the 'Other Charlotte', the 'Second Charlotte' and also Charlotte Crescent so two 'C's—forget it, I shouldn't explain my jokes) at afternoon classes and I couldn't find her after school, either. Feeling really kind of stupidly awful about that. Now I have to wait until after the weekend to apologise, if I'm even still here then, I might NEVER get the chance!
Anyway. The feeling that something weird is going on with this school just got stronger this afternoon. Here is a transcript of an attempted conversation I had with a fellow student:
Charlotte (me I mean, not Other Charlotte): Hi! This class is pretty boring, huh?
Student: Um. Sure.
Charlotte: What's your name? I'm Charlotte, Charlotte Powers, I just moved here from out of town, are you a local?
Student: Um.
Charlotte: Sorry, I kind of asked too many questions then. What's your name, to start with?
Student: Um. I really need to concentrate on my work ...
See? Weird! Nobody answers questions around here, nobody tells me anything.
Enough of that, anyway. I have to think about tomorrow's bus trip. Could I go today? No, I want to get a good distance away and it's already late, and I don't feel up to an overnight bus ride. This place is surrounded by mountains but there must be a road out, right? The forest I arrived in kind of blocks everything off in that direction and there are mountains behind that, but it's pretty clear the other way.
...
No information on the local nets about bus tickets or anything, I guess I'll just go to town tomorrow morning and ask around. Early night, then, I have to get up early tomorrow!
xx48.11.06 / 05:02 / Saturday
far too early don't even know why I'm writing this except had weird thought if students weren't at school where were they?
another headache today worse than last one maybe I'm not drinking enough water
okay going out to find bus bye
xx48.11.06 / 09:41 / Still Saturday
There are no buses out of town. Is that weird or is that WEIRD? I noticed something else, too, in town; very few private vehicles. It's all taxis and local buses and trams. Some people have bicycles, some people have skateboards. Hardly anyone has a car.
My headache's getting worse, I bought some medicine but it's not doing much to help. It makes it hard to think straight and I'm really tired.
On the positive side of things all of the pastries and buns and things I bought for breakfast are delicious and I found a nice poster of a tree. When I get back to my apartment I'm going to put it up on my wall, then I'm going back to bed.
xx48.11.08 / 07:31 / Monday
Feeling great today! I slept through most of the weekend, I've never done that before, I was just so tired all the time and also that stupid headache really was a nuisance, it wasn't so bad on Sunday as it was on Saturday but like I said I was just so tired, I just got up once to have a shower and get some food from the vending machine outside and then I went straight back to bed again. Like I said, though, now I feel great! I woke up at six o'clock and went through my whole exercise routine, I admit I've been really bad about it lately but I just had so much energy this morning I thought 'why not?'. I miss the training room, punching Imaginary Bad Guys isn't
...
Well THAT was no help. I asked three people and none of them were helpful in the least. They just kind of shifted and mumbled and then told me to go away. "Go away, Fumbles", actually. Apparently I'm still stuck with that stupid nickname, and no closer to an answer about why half the students are missing. There were a lot of empty desks in class, now that I think about it. Morning classes were even more subdued than normal.
I'm starting to think that there's something weird going on here.
xx48.11.05 / 17:34 / Still Friday
No C 2 (you know, because she's the 'Other Charlotte', the 'Second Charlotte' and also Charlotte Crescent so two 'C's—forget it, I shouldn't explain my jokes) at afternoon classes and I couldn't find her after school, either. Feeling really kind of stupidly awful about that. Now I have to wait until after the weekend to apologise, if I'm even still here then, I might NEVER get the chance!
Anyway. The feeling that something weird is going on with this school just got stronger this afternoon. Here is a transcript of an attempted conversation I had with a fellow student:
Charlotte (me I mean, not Other Charlotte): Hi! This class is pretty boring, huh?
Student: Um. Sure.
Charlotte: What's your name? I'm Charlotte, Charlotte Powers, I just moved here from out of town, are you a local?
Student: Um.
Charlotte: Sorry, I kind of asked too many questions then. What's your name, to start with?
Student: Um. I really need to concentrate on my work ...
See? Weird! Nobody answers questions around here, nobody tells me anything.
Enough of that, anyway. I have to think about tomorrow's bus trip. Could I go today? No, I want to get a good distance away and it's already late, and I don't feel up to an overnight bus ride. This place is surrounded by mountains but there must be a road out, right? The forest I arrived in kind of blocks everything off in that direction and there are mountains behind that, but it's pretty clear the other way.
...
No information on the local nets about bus tickets or anything, I guess I'll just go to town tomorrow morning and ask around. Early night, then, I have to get up early tomorrow!
xx48.11.06 / 05:02 / Saturday
far too early don't even know why I'm writing this except had weird thought if students weren't at school where were they?
another headache today worse than last one maybe I'm not drinking enough water
okay going out to find bus bye
xx48.11.06 / 09:41 / Still Saturday
There are no buses out of town. Is that weird or is that WEIRD? I noticed something else, too, in town; very few private vehicles. It's all taxis and local buses and trams. Some people have bicycles, some people have skateboards. Hardly anyone has a car.
My headache's getting worse, I bought some medicine but it's not doing much to help. It makes it hard to think straight and I'm really tired.
On the positive side of things all of the pastries and buns and things I bought for breakfast are delicious and I found a nice poster of a tree. When I get back to my apartment I'm going to put it up on my wall, then I'm going back to bed.
xx48.11.08 / 07:31 / Monday
Feeling great today! I slept through most of the weekend, I've never done that before, I was just so tired all the time and also that stupid headache really was a nuisance, it wasn't so bad on Sunday as it was on Saturday but like I said I was just so tired, I just got up once to have a shower and get some food from the vending machine outside and then I went straight back to bed again. Like I said, though, now I feel great! I woke up at six o'clock and went through my whole exercise routine, I admit I've been really bad about it lately but I just had so much energy this morning I thought 'why not?'. I miss the training room, punching Imaginary Bad Guys isn't
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