school: mandricardo

[shaft]

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week 0, monday, athletics field

[shaft]

[ Claude is standing on the track field, seemingly enjoying the weather, and looking quite like a student in his... purple... uniform.

It's not his colour, but oh well.

He waves when he sees Mandricardo. ]

Good day, sir Mandricardo! My heart rejoices at seeing your stunning form once again.

[duranduel]

Yo-

[Says Mandricardo, ready to give a quick greeting back, but then Claude just KEEPS GOING and his face turns a bright vibrant red.]

Y-You don't need to say it like that!

[shaft]

Don't I? But it would be insincere of me to temper the sentiments that exist so warmly in my bosom.

[ he's.... CUTE. ]

What brings you to the field?

[duranduel]

[spoon stop contributing to mandy's bi crisis]

Don't joke around like that...anyways. [A cough.] Uh, I was kind thinking 'bout training, actually.

week 0, wednesday, classroom

[shaft]

[ Claude is snooping around for Mandricardo, perking up when he finally spots him hiding in one of the classrooms. ]

Hey there, I don't expect you're in here because you're that eager to learn?

[duranduel]

[Yeah, here he is, just head down on the desk. He's tired. He's depressed. Life is horrible. The Easter Bunny isn't real. All sorts of disasters happened today.]

...Maybe I am? You don't know that...

[shaft]

All right. What're you here to study then?

[ Takes a seat across from him. ]

[duranduel]

...

[dryly:]

"How to Open Up a Hole In Existence To Disappear Forever 101".

w0 post invest

[duranduel]

[Mandricardo is just wandering without thinking. He doesn't want to think. Nothing adds up. The campus is deathly silent. It doesn't make sense. Nothing makes sense.]

[He catches a familiar face out of the corner of his eye, and stops, turning towards him.]

...Oh. Hey, Claude. What're doing out here?

[shaft]

Hey. [ He looks, not great, as most people probably do. ] I'm trying to find a friend of mine.

This whole thing's got me a little wound up.

[duranduel]

Hm?

[A friend?]

W-Who are you looking for?

[shaft]

Dimitri, he's an old classmate of mine. I haven't been able to get hold of him since this morning...

week 1, monday, library

[shaft]

[ Claude loves the library. He lives here now.

He's also in considerably better spirits than he was when he saw Mandricardo last. ]

Looking to get some extra studying in?

[duranduel]

Um.

[He's carrying some books, but he just. Shakes his head.]

Not really...what about you?

[shaft]

Oh, I'm just doing some reading. There's a lot of things that I've encountered here that I'm unfamiliar with.

[ Like Halloween.

He peers at Mandricardo's books. ]

And you?

[duranduel]

Oh, uh. Just history stuff.

[Some Middle Ages books! Fun! There's even a book on Charlemagne.]

w1 tuesday

[duranduel]

[There's someone being gloomy by the bonfire. This isn't the typical introvert gloominess. This is someone staring at the fire like he's internally wanting to have a fight with it. Totally different! Totally.]

[Anyways, he stiffens when Claude walks up, letting out a gruff:]

...What do you want?

[shaft]

Oh?

[ Claude is, of course, not at all deterred by the dour attitude. ]

Did something happen?

[duranduel]

What didn't happen? All this foolishness, one after the other...

[Grumble grumble.]

As if a king should have to deal with such things.

w3 monday or tuesday

[duranduel]

[Mandricardo is just passing along through the hallways, poring over the Horses vs Cars textbook from class - he's in armor, with a dunce hat perched on his head. Its a bit of a silly sight!]

[The memory that comes is not so silly, however.]

[Mandricardo stops in his tracks, and just. Slumps a little against the wall.]

...Not again.

[shaft]

[ For a second, Claude thinks there's a third person in their vicinity, the images he sees there so far removed from the man in front of him. It brings a certain uneasiness to his stomach, but he pushes past it as he looks at Mandricardo. ]

First of all, why are you wearing that?

[duranduel]

...

[He looks ashamed - of course, mostly because of the memory, but the hat is...]

...I don't know. Feel like I have to.

w5 monday

[duranduel]

[Here they are in the summer dorm! Mandricardo is still awkward about this new Summer-ee, but he's definitely coming over to check out that wyvern. What a cutie!]

I didn't know you had a pet dragon, Claude.

[shaft]

Yeah, she was hiding in the dorm all winter. Cold-blooded, y'know?

[ She will just stare him. She is very regal. ]

[duranduel]

[Pointing at her.]

Is she...pettable?