EE Arc 1: Enter Walker High

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"Oh, uhm, I'm Imani," The timid female nodded to Sia. "It's nice to meet you, Sia."

Imani took the comic back into her hands and skimmed through a few pages before turning back to Sia.

"Spider-Man is such a cool hero, I would love to be in his shoes for a day. Heh, I guess you can say I just really respect the guy. I wouldn't mind being a hero when I grow up. I really appreciate this comic, but I... uhm, I'll hand it over to the comic shop. I'm sure they'll have a better use for it than I will. I, erm, I'm not a huge comic fan. I'll be sure to stop by when I get some stuff for my little garden."
 
"Just find a seat Jordyn. Hope someone took notes that you can get a copy of." The teacher replied with an in-enthused shrug, looking to the clock. "Made it in time before the first class of the day ended at least. That's better than young Sia could attest to. That's a student you might find a lot of similarities to. Anyways -" they stated, getting back to the lecture.

Draven shifted his head from staring out the window to the door on seeing Jordyn walk in. The characteristic fedora he had with him went into the air, signalling there was a spot by him. And if Jordyn was lucky, a spare set of notes.

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"Are you sure?" Sia asked, tilting her head in an expressive statement. "Well, it is yours for what you want to do with. It is a nice comic though. Marvel does promise this particular Imprint is based off actual tales from Spider-Man. The Marvel Adventures Imprint is the one that's all fictionalized." She then glanced towards the clock. "That said, a comic is a nice little piece of entertainment. Not too much, not too little. And good to read back on. Even the fictitious ones."
 
Jordyn made a quiet grunt of acknowledgement before scanning the room to scope out a free seat. She caught sight of Draven waving his fedora towards her and took it as an invitation to take that seat. While they weren't too familiar with each other, he was at least someone she could recognize since they were part of the same grade and ended up in a few classes as classmates. 

Jordyn made her way over to the empty seat and sat down in it, giving Draven a nod as thanks before slapping a few pieces of scrap paper and a pen on her desk from her backpack. "How much did I miss?" Jordyn whispered.
 
"Totally, I'll be sure to give this comic to someone who really wants it." Imani nodded, laughing nervously. "I can't wait for whatever today's demonstration is going to be about. I heard it's gonna change the way we use energy. It sounds like a stretch, but interesting, nonetheless. What if Mr. Petronov was inspired by a Superhero?"

Imani caught herself before her imagination took the best of her. She was very quick to fix herself before admitting her love for comics. She cleared her throat and glanced at the clock.

"Regardless of whatever it is, I'm super excited to see what he has to show. I just wish time can fly by faster."
 
"Missed enough to be a problem." Draven replied to Jordyn, keeping his eyes on the lecture but talking to her. He slid over his notebook to her seat and had it open on the class name and date. It seemed it contained all the important information so far. He glanced over to the clock in the room, feeling like the amount of sunlight and the time had to be wrong.

"Still got, some time left." He whispered before turning his head back to the lecture, only to stop and gaze at her face, noticing the bag under her eyes. "You don't look too good."

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"There has to be someone there who'll appreciate the comic greatly." Sia agreed with approval in her voice. "Very nice of you to do that. And, maybe." A bit unintentionally, she glanced away at the mention of Petronov before looking back to Imani. "Maybe Doctor Petronov was inspired by a super hero. A lot of people are. Though whatever he has, it does sounds big. I'm not terribly excited to see it, but maybe that's just because I'm not excited for school, no matter what stuff happens to motivate academic success. My dad wishes I would apply myself more to my studies though..." She trailed off in thought, thinking back to something before remembering she was in front of someone else and snapping back to really talking.

"Time does feel so slow when you're waiting." She agreed, looking to the clock. "But it's a lot nicer when you have someone to talk to." She added, turning back to Imani with a reassuring smile. "Don't feel so bad about laughing. The rest of this year is going to be stressful, don't need to make today even more so."
 
"Aww, school isn't that bad," Imani giggled. "My dad always told me that the only thing people can't take from you is education. I guess that's just him looking out for me, but I think he's got a point."

Imani stuffed the comic book in her backpack, very careful not to bend or ruin even a piece of paper on it. She took an empty seat next to Sia and made sure to pack her stuff before anyone took them.

"If you're having a hard time with school, I can help you out. I take a ton of notes, especially during math. But I think you have a point about this being a stressful year... Mid-Terms, Finals, and a bunch of quizzes in between. Maybe it's not as bad when we're Juniors or Seniors. Heh, that's a while away."
 
Jordyn blinked in slight surprise that Draven was willing to share his notes with her, considering how late she showed up to class. Nonetheless, she wouldn't squander the generosity of a classmate. Hunched over in her seat, she scrawled down the notes as fast as her hand would go, making abbreviations here and there and writing down what seemed like the biggest takeaways from the lesson so far. Unbelievable, already starting up a lesson on the first day... figures... guess she breezed by the syllabus pretty quick. She grumbled internally. 

Her attention was caught again by Draven's remark. Jordyn made a slight grimace and subconsciously rubbed at one of her eyelids. "It's nothing. I just covered for someone last night at my job and woke up early to do my morning shift before class. Forgot that it was the last day of summer, but I needed the extra money anyway." But now she can't sleep in anymore, so she has to find a night shift opening soon... maybe if the guy she covered for keeps doing no-shows, she won't have to do much begging.

"I can't even catch a nap in the library cause this science thing is going on..." Jordyn jabbed a finger to the wrinkled up flyer next to her notes. It didn't matter to her if the teachers made their own conclusions about her chronic lateness, but she didn't like being seen as a total slacker to anyone who knew her. She was hard to convince to study, but even if she hated most of her schoolwork, ditching school on purpose was mostly for her own sanity.
 
Draven let out a breath, a form of sadness becoming expressed in his face and body emotion. He placed his hand on her writing hand, the other going to retrieve his black fedora and sliding it over to her.

"Forget the science thing. Take a nap now. I'll just write a copy of my notes for you." He stated, more demanding than a request, but not as demanding as an order. "Seriously, the hat blocks out most school light. I use it to snooze all the time." He whispered. "And no, I don't have lice and I certainly hope you don't either."

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"I've got a few things nobody can take from me, other than an education." Sia replied with a shrug, watching Imani take a seat next to her. "That said, I uh..." She paused in her sentence, wanting to say something, before saying something else entirely. "Studying with a friend would be nice." The tone of that last statement was more awkward than her previous, more distracted and casual statements, as if wanting to avoid admitting something. Wonder what.

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Draven glanced to the clock and frowned. He was writing a copy of his notes for Jordyn, while also alternating in writing new ones.

Two hours before the demonstration. Ugh. Feels like this morning is going to stretch forever.
 
"Sometimes having a friend to help you out help you understand the material better. Maybe we can study in the Library during our free time." Imani smiled. "I'm a bit of a study freak, errm... a nerd if you will."

Imani dug through her backpack and pulled out a notebook that was full of very detailed notes, the more important ones written in red ink. She slid it over to Sia and let her view at her leisure. Her notes were so organized, one can easily learn more from her notes than the class lecture. 

"I'll let you copy anything you need." Imani gave her a thumbs up. "You mentioned that you got something else that no one can take. What is it, anyway?"
 
Jordyn eyed Draven before hunching her shoulders and nodding. "You're too nice, y'know that?..." She muffled a yawn and tipped the fedora to block out the sun's rays aimed at her. 

"Wake me up when it's time to... do that thing we have to go to..." She said as she dozed off, laying down on her desk with her head resting on her crossed arms.
 
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