Chapter 1; Episode 10 and 11

Episode 10

Determination

2016 May 24

Yuko is wearing the same Lan Kong school uniform, but her footsteps have a very distinctive sound. They are elegant and full of strength, like she’s walking down a fashion runway. In her role as deputy class monitor, Yuko strides confidently across the room and steps up to the podium.

"Yuko..." The flustered Chelsea sees her savior approach and lets out a sigh of relief.

"Let me, Chelsea," Yuko flashes her signature smile and pats Chelsea on the shoulder.

She turns to face the class, takes a deep breath and declares in a clear, penetrating voice: "Stop talking over each other, you dummies! Raise your hands and speak when called on!"

Yuko's voice shocks everyone present into silence. Yuko's sweet smile and friendly manner lets her get away with calling people dummies without making them angry.

The class is quiet like they’re in the middle of a test, only the whirring fan can be heard.

Ocean scratches his head, shifts in his seat and continues to sleep.

"Everyone, if you want to make a suggestion, raise your hand. Then we'll take a vote. The idea with the most votes will be our booth this year." When Yuko finishes she smiles at the silent students and winks.

A minute passes before a boy raises his trembling right hand.

"Sausage...sausage stand."

"Chelsea, please write that up on the blackboard,” Yuko says.

"Fried ch-chicken cutlet stall." Once everybody has calmed down, the students start raising hands and making suggestions. After being reprimanded they take turns to speak. The atmosphere in the classroom is completely different to what it was just moments before.

"A French... French maid...café..." A timid male student raises his hand and insists on suggesting the booth of his dreams.

Water balloon toss, Haunted House, Black Butler café all get written up on the blackboard. Once Yuko sees about ten booth ideas written up on the blackboard, she raises her hand and asks people to stop making suggestions.

"OK then, let's vote."

Episode 11

Childish Innocence

2016 May 28

Unlike Class 2.2 working together to prepare for the fair under Yuko’s direction, the students in Class 2.3 form a group to handle things as instructed by their teacher. Despite numerous complaints from the chosen students, they still manage to setup their booth in no time.

The large device is assembled and placed in the center of the classroom: tables arranged into three rows covered up by wooden scraps that came out of nowhere, and a freshly painted wooden panel with nine holes drilled equally apart for people to poke their heads through.

"Under my careful planning, we used the least amount of wood and expenses too." The class monitor who always puts a great amount of effort into everything she does, pushes up her glasses and smiles in satisfaction.

Jessy, wearing an adorable mole head costume and carrying a giant inflatable hammer, stands next to the class monitor expressionless.

"Contraption! Begin!" The class monitor raises her right hand and shouts.

People start to appear in the holes, with each student wearing a different color mole head costume. Their appearance is very hard to predict; one is moving at it's own speed, like running a completely different program. Qian Qian's rising and falling is totally random and impossible to predict.

"Begin! Mole Exterminator!” the class monitor shouts again.

Jessy walks silently towards the device and starts swinging his hammer as fast as lightning. Each time he swings it, he hits a classmate, or, rather, a mole.

Before long all the students are dispatched, all except Qian Qian who’s dug in tighter than a cornered mole.

"Ready?" Jessy asks.

"Yeah," Qian Qian laughs as she stands up and ducks down.

"Watch this!" Jessy appears to be enjoying himself. A faint smile appears on his normally cool features.

"Haha! You can't get me!" Qian Qian shields her head with her hands as she darts up and down, avoiding Jessy's hammer and laughing. The two are having so much fun they seem oblivious to the device and rules.

The sound of sweet laughter fills the classroom.

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