Sticking with Mrs Florence we soon arrived at the office where she printed out the class schedule for me. Taking a look I saw it looked pretty normal. With classes like Algebra, US history, and PE but there was one class that caught my eye. It also seemed like this was the first class on my schedule today.
"Robotics…"
Hearing my murmur, Mrs. Florence glanced at the schedule in my hand, her eyes pausing on one of the classes. "Ah, Richardson's class," she said, raising an eyebrow. "He's a good teacher and is quite passionate. But if I were you, I'd start making my way over now. He's a stickler for punctuality, and he won't hesitate to lock the door if you're late."
I nodded, pocketing my schedule "Thanks for the heads-up. I'll get going then"
"Wait a second," she said, stopping me mid-step. "Richardson might also give you a hard time for missing all of last week. Like I said he's a real stickler for punctuality"
Grabbing a notepad and pen from her desk Mrs Florence began writing something before passing me a paper that had her signature on it. "Just this once, I'll write you an excusal form. Don't make it a habit, alright?"
"Thanks, Mrs. Florence,"
She gave me a firm nod, her expression softening slightly. "You're welcome. And Kol? Try not to let Flash or anyone else get to you. If it ever feels overwhelming remember my class is open and I'm not the only one. I'm sure there are plenty of teachers here willing to lend you a hand."
"Thank you again Mrs Florence" I said with a smile. Before heading off to my next class. Using the school map I was able to find my way through the many hallways and eventually reached my class.
The door had a small sign on the side stating what classroom it was and the teacher in charge. Double checking I made sure I was in the right place and walked in where I was met with the sight of an older man looking over with a dissatisfied expression. Many of the students noticed this as well and began snickering to themselves but were hushed up fairly quickly by Mr Richardson.
"Would you mind enlightening the class on why you're late Mr Dagon?"
"Had some trouble on the way here and I brought an excusal note" Reaching into my pocket I handed it to him and he got to reading right away.
Furrowing his brows Richardson made an even more dissatisfied expression but eventu just sighed and pocketed the note. "You're off this time Mr Dagon but don't think you can show up late to my class again or ditch like you have been. Now go to your seat so we can begin class"
Nodding in reply it took all my willpower not to roll my eyes. I'd had teachers like this in my last life too and wasn't looking forward to having one again but it is what it is. Looking for an empty seat I saw that the only one available was way in the back next to a curly haired guy. So I made my way there and silently got seated beside him.
"Ditching Richarsons class for a week and coming late? You have my respect" The curly haired guy said while leaning on his arm. "Mine telling me how you got away with it? Every time I try he starts harassing me and calls my father"
"Ever tried getting bullied? Does wonders when it comes to being let off, teachers become really sympathetic" I replied iIn a serious tone but one look at my face was enough for him to realize I was joking.
"Ugh forget I asked… I think I'll just stick to class. Getting bullied just doesn't go well with me. I'm just too handsome for that?" I couldn't help but chuckle after hearing such a narcissistic reply and he laughed alongside me but I guess we got too loud because Richardson quickly stepped in.
"Osborn! Dagon! Since you two like talking you'll both be in charge of reading all the material today"
"Ugh not again" Harry complained while I looked at him in surprise.
So this guy was Harry Osborn… Aka Goblin Jr but from the looks of things he hasn't gone down that path and is still just a regular rich kid. Realizing this I visibly relaxed and then panicked again because I didn't have a text book to read. All I had was a pencil and a folder.
"Any chance that I can use your textbook too?"
"Sure"
The rest of the class continued on smoothly. Richardson did try here and there to make it tough on me by asking the most difficult questions but knowledge on how to make a Baymax made me more than qualified to answer. Much to Richardsons disappointment but eventually his sour expression slowly began to take a turn.
He may be a stickler for time and pretty annoying in a lot of ways but at the end of the day he did truly love robotics and began treating me differently because of it. At some point he even told me "well done" after a particularly hard question much to everyone's surprise.
"No way… Did Mr Richardson just compliment you and smiled?" Harry was completely blown away. The only person he'd ever seen Richardson treat like this was his best friend Peter.
"Yeah I guess he's just happy that I understand the material"
"If you say so"
The rest of the day went pretty smoothly as well. I didn't really have any other tough teachers to deal with and the rest of my classes were pretty easy as well. So before I knew it my school day had already ended.
But If I had one complaint about my day besides the obvious bully in the morning then it would be my lack of school supplies. Reminding me that this was something I needed to take care of.
'I already had some ideas of where to get some school supplies without needing to spend money. I just needed to-' However before I could finish that train of thought I suddenly heard a familiar voice.
"Kol!" Gwen shouted as she told something to her friends before heading over to me.
"Was Mrs Florence able to help?"
"Yeah actually, thanks a lot for that I'll find a way to thank you sometime"
Gwen just shook her head at that response before saying "I don't need thanks, I only did what was right." Hearing such a response I couldn't help but lightly smile. It's no wonder that she became Ghost spider in the future. With such a personality and moral compass she was bound to be a hero.
"Alright but still repaying favors is also the right thing to do." I was going to be equally stubborn. Obviously I couldn't do anything now with how broke I was but one day I'd do something for her.
Gwen just sighed figuring such a discussion would lead nowhere and began asking about my classes trying to see if I experienced any other trouble. Once that was done I bid her farewell and continued leaving the school.
"Wait besides school material there is also one more thing I need to do" Pulling out my system I moved onto the mission tab.
-Completed Missions!-
[Attend School] +50p
Total Points: 150
-Mission Tab-
New! [Stop Flash's reign of terror] +50p
[Build Yourself a Happy Marshmallow] +50p
[Make your first purchase] +50p
[Gain access to another world] Gacha draw +100p
Nice attend school got completed and it even looks like I got a couple new missions. There were even some things I noticed about the missions.
They both related to plans I already had in mind. From the start I was always gonna buy something from the system and try to gain access to new worlds. But flash being added to my quest list basically confirmed it. Which is nice, this means the system should avoid giving me tasks I don't plan on doing. Instead it will reward me for doing things I was gonna do anyways.
Still I should test this out further. Example I already know it creates quests based on goals I have in mind but will that happen to every single one? Could a quest be something as simple as getting school supplies? Figuring it was worth a shot I began focusing my thoughts on that but nothing changed even after several minutes.
"Guess it wouldn't be that easy. The quests are already convenient so I won't complain"
Speaking of these missions I should probably try completing a few more. Making a purchase from the shop would be the easiest but I want to stock up a bit on points beforehand. Besides, I'm in no rush. I haven't even built Baymax yet. So instead I'll do that first.
The only problem is that I don't really have tools or parts to do it… Taking a moment to think I tried to come up with something and that's when I remember Tony Stark. The guy was genius enough to build an arc reactor in a cave.
I wasn't anywhere near that level but the tech know how was there. I just needed to be creative and not bind myself to the idea that I can only work under certain conditions.
"Dumpsters should have what I need… some bin stores as well for really good prices. I could probably also get some school supplies while doing that" Feeling a plan forming I began thinking about some other places I could check out before checking the time.
3:50pm
"Plenty of time" I didn't have a good phone to find all these places nor did I have the memory to know where they were but a couple questions should be enough to get me around. I was also completely fine with not being able to get everything. I didn't really expect to, it was a ton of stuff to even get my Baymax project started.
"We'll let's get this dumpster diving started"