Aaaaand nevermind, it's pretty much just as I expected it to be. Though, the teacher seems pretty nice. I packed a few energy bars in my backpack just in case if my disguise starts to fizzle, too. Between trying not to completely dominate the class in everything and keeping up said disguise, I'd have to say that the first day actually isn't all that bad so far.
I'm also glad that my disguise hides the faint light that appears when I'm manipulating objects. That'd be a dead giveaway to the fact that I'm just pretending to be human.
And for my disguise to drop in the middle of math during 5th grade? Nope. Just... no.
Okay, I should probably be doing more than just staring off into the distance while I'm typing this. Let's see what this worksheet has to throw at me.
Neuropathic Link Established
50x5=250... easy,
72x3=216
12x7=84
Dang, these are pretty easy.
Heh, let's just throw this one into the mix, shall we?
(4x²-9)=(2x+3)(2x-3)
Let's see how Ms. Julie handles that when she grades these.
"What's that?"
Wha-- "Oh, um... hi, er..." I trailed off at the sight of the girl next to me.
"Lily."
"Ok. Hi, Lily," I began, "so... you were wondering what I was writing?"
Lily nodded her head, still staring at the factorization that I had just done.
"It's called factorization. You'll see it when you're in... high school? Yeah, pretty sure you'll see it in high school."
I smirked as her brain attempted and failed many times over to process what I said. probably shouldn't be breaking their minds though. They've got their own worries.
Lily shook herself back from her stupor, and began attempting to solve 34x7.
Just what I suspected. 'Cause you know... me already getting experience from years of helping out in the lab and all... yeah.
Oh hey,lunch bell.
Cafeteria's a bit small by my standards, but taking into account as how it's apparently both the gym and a lunchroom, I'm not complaining for the school's money saving strats. Lunch itself was kinda meh, but aren't all school lunches? I mean, I don't have any experience with stuff like this, but I've read and watched videos, and generally school lunch is represented as either bombarded in the microwave, or as pre-cooked slabs of somethings.
Though, I probably shouldn't be stereotyping. This mac n' cheese is actually pretty good.
Wait... why are those kids going out the back door? Aren't they supposed to go back to class?
I quickly shoveled the rest of my lunch into my mouth, grabbed my backpack, and ran after the next few kids who were about to leave.
"Why are you going outside?" I asked, blocking the door, "What about finishing school?"
The three boys scoffed. "Duh, it's called recess, blondie. Now get out of our way!"
Oh yeah. Right. I completely forgot that most elementary schools have 1st recess after lunch.
Yeah.
But geez, those guys could've been a bit nicer, y'know? 'Cause seriously, blondie? Sheesh.
The playground was actually pretty big compared to even the jogging track that circled the lab. Altogether, I'm estimating that it's almost 2 football fields across, and one wide.
At least there's somewhere I can sit and read.
Fifteen minutes of reading about theoretical physics later and it's time to go back to class and start the whoooole cycle all over again.
After a gruelling process of reading through the textbook to finish the next few week's worth of homework, I'm pretty sure that I'll be perfectly fine in terms of grades for a little while. At least I can go back home now.
Half an hour drive to school, half an hour back. Why couldn't we have chosen something closer?! I can tell that Delmar's probably working on something big, too, considering as how he's just kinda... wilted... in the driver's seat as we're driving home.
I'm not gonna bother him for now. He needs rest.