Catch-all; Sieghart

[momming]

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Week 0: Monday

[ercnerd]

[En route to another section of the campus, Sieghart, now clad badly in Spring Dorm color, grins at a familiar face.]

Oh, it's you. How's class treating you?

[momming]

Oh, hello!

[ ... wow, he sure is living the school spirit. ]

It's... very strange to be back at school, honestly. I'd already done my time. And what about you? Did you get enough rest?

[ercnerd]

[It's embracing the school spirit or wearing the same clothes for so many days in a row.]

I slept the whole day! . . . Well, I got up for short periods of time. But I didn't go anywhere.

[That was a heavenly day.]

That means I've more or less won the challenge.

[momming]

[ She blinks. ]

Challenge?

[ Was it a challenge?? ]

[ercnerd]

The challenge! Did you forget? I was supposed to rest for an entire day, and I did. It wasn't even that hard.

[momming]

I know you said you might take it as a challenge, but I didn't actually intend for it to be one...

[ercnerd]

It's not like I forced myself. Thanks to that, I do feel more rested now.

[momming]

Have you had a proper chance to explore, then? With the classes?

[ercnerd]

I'm on my way to one. I'm not interested in attending, but I should see what all the excitement is about.

[momming]

Oh? Which one were you looking into?

[ Please at least don't sleep during class... ]

[ercnerd]

FILM 198!

[He makes no promises, but it turns out that sleeping is impossible when confronted by the professor's obnoxious singing.]

[momming]

[ Good job, professor. ]

Ah, something about... cats. I think.

[ercnerd]

That's right. Are you planning on attending? Should we go together?

[momming]

Why not? I think it could be interesting.

[ They can suffer together, it promotes bonding. ]

[ercnerd]

Then let's go! We wouldn't want to be late, would we?

[He doesn't care, but he also wants to sit down as soon as possible.]

[momming]

I'm right behind you!

[ LET'S GO WATCH A TERRIBLE MOVIE. ]

[ercnerd]

[Under ordinary circumstances he would nab a seat in the back of the classroom. Seeing as he's accompanying Otome, he sits behind the seat of her choosing. And just in time, for class begins shortly.

The portion of the movie they're shown is . . . okay, as an experience, but it's when the professor first breaks out into song that Sieghart makes a face like he can't believe this is reality.]

[momming]

... Ah, someone's really into this.

[ Also quietly murmured-- she sits in the middle, honestly. Sorry, Sieghart. ]

[ercnerd]

[That's better than the front.

And the moment the song ends, it starts up again, because none of them has learned their lesson.]

How can someone do that with a straight face . . .

[momming]

... Well, he seems very into it. I can't help but respect that enthusiasm.

[ Even for a movie like that. ]

[ercnerd]

Enthusiasm is one word for it.

[It's on the fifth reenactment of the song that Sieghart rests his forehead on his palm. This is it. They're in Hell, and they're never getting out.]

[momming]

... Excuse me, could we discuss the sinuous nature of cats and--

[ Listen, she's desperate enough to get the professor talking ]

[ercnerd]

[The professor has to finish singing first. Once that's over, though, Otome's request is answered and a proper discussion ensues (for now), to which Sieghart sighs in relief.]

Thank goodness.

[momming]

[ Otome flashes him a faint smile-- and then they are stuck in Discussion Hell. ]