But Education is Important [Closed] [3/3 slots]

Lise was immediately unimpressed by the inputs from this random person in the class. While she had a reputation as something of a somewhat lenient teacher with most other misdemeanors, blatant acts of bullying like this was something she despised.

"You there. Get out of my class" she spoke firmly to the snobby girl. "That's right. Leave your things, wait out in the corridor. How dare you speak like that to your classmates unprovoked? How dare you speak like that to anyone while my class is in session?"

Lise would make it perfectly clear that she would not tolerate anything like this within earshot. If the snobbish girl refused, she would get Ark to escort her out of the room, and refuse to proceed until it had been dealt with. The principal would be involved if it was resisted any further.

Once that was dealt with, Lise would pay attention to the introductions of the other students. Johan was from Minnesota it seemed, but was raised by British parents. "Ah, that's very interesting" she remarked, impressed. "It's interesting when you think about the scale isn't it? If our origins were from a country as big as America, we'd think of our families much closer in origin if we were as far from each other as Northampton and Kensington. But, in terms of England, that's similar to say, St Louis and Chicago in American terms, and Shizuoka and Tokyo in Japanese terms, so to say?"

Lise's display made a huge impression on Colin, Luke and Bellamy. They noted her patience with playful messing around, but actual bullying, she'd come down like a ton of bricks, then just as quickly return to her usual mood.

Lise then turned to Chenjin. "Ah yes, and what resort island would that be?" she asked, curiously. But if he didn't answer, she wouldn't press further, she didn't want to possibly expose him too badly.

Next, Lise listened to Tadayoshi, who said he was a local from Shibuya. "You know, that's something I didn't know to be true, but yet I somehow knew it to be a fact" she said, smiling. "Yes, there doesn't seem to be any end of coffee parlours here, not that I'm complaining".

Next to speak was Akemi, who only said a few words about being from Saitama before sitting back down. Lise would have ordinarily asked for a little more info, but, decided to be a little bit easier on the class for the time being. After all, she was much more interested in Anzu's introduction. She noted that she didn't reveal her origins. But Lise might be willing to help her out with a story.

"Ah, mountains and trees. I take it you're from the Chubu region?" she asked, curiously. "Perhaps Tokai where the mountains descend to the sea? Or more inland toward Chukyo? Or perhaps a more rural setting? Like a town in the Koshin'etsu region?"

Lise wouldn't press her too hard, just hoped that she could pick one of those to be relevant to the class at hand. If not, she'd relent and move on. She would then turn to Luke. "Now then, where would you be from?"

"Hi there" Luke said, standing up. "My name's Luke James. I'm originally from Osaka, but, well, had problems with family and ended up being adopted by Colin's family, along with my brother Bellamy, could I please be excused from explaining more?"

"Of course" Lise said, gently. "Do you remember anything about Osaka though?"

"Well... the main thing I remember about living there is the Tsutenkaku Tower" Luke said. "Bellamy and I went there as children and the view was... just incredible".

"Ahh, yes, the Tsutenkaku Tower, I remember the view myself" Lise said, smiling. She then looked at Bellamy. "Do you have anything to add, Bellamy?"

"N-no I don't, Hamelin-Sensei" Bellamy answered, hoping that would satisfy her.

"Very well, you may be seated" the teacher said. "Now then, thank you all for your introductions. For the remainder of the class, I will give an overview of our lesson plan for this term".

Lise would then go over the outline of the term plan, handing out copies of the course outcomes to everyone. Following that, she would also let the snobbish girl back into class, but give her a strict warning that any further behaviour like that would earn her a detention. Following that, Lise would give the class a relatively free reign to discuss their first geography tasks within their study groups (as well as any other sundry discussion) until the bell rang.

Both Luke and Bellamy raised their eyebrows at the word that Chenjin said, then the brothers exchanged curious looks. That was an odd word to say... yet as far as they could tell, this kid was actually a kid. Or was he...? It wasn't beyond the realms of possibility. Plus he was stubborn enough to try and insist on trying to be friends with that horrible girl.

"Welp, what can ya do?" Bellamy muttered to Colin and Luke. It wasn't their business what went on, plus the teacher had made it very clear that any conflict was not welcome in the classroom.

Their attention turned to Tadayoshi, who noted that their surnames were 'James', and they asked about Sophie. He mentioned that he had a job with her, which made the three of them stare.

"You mean... you're with AE-" Bellamy began before Colin tapped his leg with his foot. "A...kihabara hobby store? Nice stuff!" the disguised Impmon corrected himself mid-sentence.

"That's great, Tadayoshi. Sophie asked us to work for her too a few days ago" Colin answered his classmate. "I'm surprised we haven't met yet, but, I suppose we will once we go through orientation".

Luke meanwhile turned to Akemi. "I think we will. If you guys need any help, I'm happy to assist. I got an A in geography last year"

"Hee, Lukey the super-nerd" Bellamy said playfully. "But seriously, he saved my ass with that-"

"Language please..." Lise warned.

"Ah, sorry, saved my butt with that end of year exam" Bellamy said, realizing he had to behave himself a bit better in a class setting. Colin was grateful that Luke was a diligent worker as well, and kind enough to help others out instead of maximizing his own marks.

For her part, Lise was satisfied with the answers the digimon made to their introductions. Some were a bit odd, but, as long as the digimon behaved like students, she would tolerate their presence.

The rest of the class involved planning out assignments and brainstorming ideas before, seemingly all too quickly, the bell rung, indicating morning break.

"Very well, no homework this week, however I would advise your study groups to get together sometime to discuss the subject of your first assignment" Lise said, which involved a group presentation and report about a major city outside of Japan with at least 5 million residents, due in 10 weeks. Before long, Colin and his partners made to leave the class, but Bellamy turned to the others they had met today.

"Hey guys, wanna hang out with us for morning break?" he asked Johan, Chenjin, Tadayoshi, Akemi and Anzu. "We generally hang out on the roof garden if ya wanna join us".

Colin, Luke and Bellamy stared at Chenjin when he blurted out "AEGIS" in front of them all. However, Bellamy quickly decided the best course of action was to simply scoff at it as though it was no big deal. "Yeah, English speakers call the hobby store AEGIS, so what?" he said, shrugging. To his horror, he looked up and saw that the teacher was looking at him as he said that. Hesitantly, he tried to subtly put his finger to his mouth to indicate that he couldn't say more about it. Thankfully, Lise took the hint and gave a respectful nod in response, not asking any query about that.

Colin would then grin at Tadayoshi. "Yeah, well, we're new, but, a bit beyond Rookie" he winked.

After class, they all headed up to the roof garden. There was a bit of a chilly breeze up here today, so hardly any others were up here at the moment, giving them a nice area of privacy for the time being. In fact, there was an obscure area by the air conditioning exhaust vents that provided them with full privacy if needed. Plus, the air around them was warm, making it all the more comfortable.

Colin noted that Johan and Tadayoshi broke away for a moment, making him blink for a bit. But, not to be rude to their new classmates, he'd answer Akemi. "Yeah, Diginoir... apparently that's a delicacy in..." he was about to say "Terminus" but decided against it. "...Paris" he finished, awkwardly, thinking it sounded French enough for that.

Luke and Bellamy meanwhile were picking up enough hints that perhaps the time was about to come that they could be honest about things with their current company? Tadayoshi apparently was a new member of AEGIS, Chenjin knew about Diginoir, well, they were prepared to be honest if others were too. But they'd wait for Johan and Tadayoshi to rejoin them first.