May 9th, 3019
10:30 A.M.
Cambridge Training School, Cafeteria
As David is pleading Max to stop acting like an animal, and Max keeps asking for more beast meat promising he'll do anything.
"Alright, both of you calm down!" They don't seem to hear me.
I have a single tiny lump of mashed potatoes left so I split it and throw one half to each of them. David seems to have sensed it and dodges while Max just opens his mouth and perfectly catches it.
"What?" They both say
"Lunch is about to end so I just want to make it clear" I turn to David.
"You said you're joining?"
"Yes, are you going to your extracurriculars today or did you take the day off?"
"Yeah, Max isn't going to Practice today and I already asked a day off too"
"Sigh, I'll ask a day off I guess"
"Yes! Thanks man" I say
"Why Basketball though can we do something else?"
"No, we are just hanging out at the court we don't really play"
Max smiles and turns to face him "I mean maybe we could, Dave how confident are you of beating me?"
"100%"
"Bullshit!"
I have to stop them again "Guys stop we have to review" I start to pull out some books
"The Math Final is today, remember?"
David nods, while Max widens his eyes and then they droop down.
"Oh that's today right"
"Yes Max it is" I narrow my eyes at him.
"Did you submit the work I helped you with?"
"Yeah but I still hate this class"
"Me too Max, me too" I say "But we have NO choice, besides it's the last day and we get Thursday and Friday off, so quit whining" We all study quick and review before the bell rings *RING*
"Pack it up, it's the moment of truth"
"Right" Max looks confident again, that's a good sign.
...
May 9th, 3019
11:34 A.M.
Cambridge Training School
"Common guys I know we have 5 minutes and we just did it, but I want to review again, if I flop this my parents will kill me!" We all sit down in our seats.
We see a small humanoid robot approach and greet the class as it passes our exams. It seems to be a prerecorded message from Professor Medral, our Math teacher.
"Good morning, Students, if you're seeing this message, I unfortunately had something come up and could not be there for you, we will place a substitute in the classroom very soon as I don't know when I will be back. They will grade your papers and give assignments as usual."
We receive our papers and discuss. "Where do you think Math Geek went?" Max says.
"I don't know, but quiet down! I heard these robots are very strict, they might fail us if we talk" David speaks and we quiet down. Two hours pass and the rest of class goes by uneventfully. I'd like to think I did good on the exam. *RING*
"Attention Class" The bot says "You are Dismissed"
We all pack up and move out "Ugh, finally the silence was killing me!" says Max, I look at my watch, 1:30.
"There's no point to Study Hour since it's the last day of the semester, let's all go to the weight room. I want to see if I can finally break through" Max and David turn to me.
"So how IS the progress so far?" Asks David
"Bad, I'm stuck in a bottleneck and I still don't know why, my build is very similar to Max, just smaller and a little shorter at 5 '10 but that can't be the reason for my struggle right?" I ask a little upset. Max puts his arm around me.
"Don't worry bro you got this! I will personally coach you" He smiles at me
"Oh Egos no!" I push his arm away "Your idea of coaching is always just taking off your shirt and flexing talking about just how great YOUR training regiment is and how strong it's making you" I say bitterly.
Max blushes a little and is about to defend himself when I hear David say "Maybe You shouldn't focus so much on Constitution so much and focus more on Agility or Vitality. It isn't all about strength you know?"
"You think I haven't tried? Agility is harder to train and I haven't made any progress there either, and Vitality is worse than both of them. I can't even feel my own ego properly. How can I train Vitality!?" I say, my whisper shouting.
"Hey I'm just saying, you have focused 80% of your efforts on strength, and fine I agree with you on Vitality so today just listen to me and do Agility ok?"
"Fine"
Max shows his device to us "Hey Did you hear? It wasn't just Mr. Medral, but now Cranston, Samara and the rest of the Professors all went away on business, isn't that weird?"