001 | Voice

[foepas]

The end of the term is nigh.

[Alec draws out the pause for a moment, before he continues.]

And whatever other overdramatic bullshit phrase people like to use in lieu of admitting that you're scared that you'll fail.

Perhaps if you spent more time studying and less time talking about it, you wouldn't be so far behind that it requires cramming.

[His voice is an arrogant drawl; he's poking at people because it amuses him to do so, nothing more, nothing less.]

Just a friendly bit of advice. Maybe you can use it when you have to repeat this year again.

Comments

[stubbornskeptic]

Who said they were stupid?
Needing extra help with something does not have anything to do with your intelligence as a whole, you know.

[foepas]

It really does.

[stubbornskeptic]

Does working out to build up your strength mean you were never capable of strength to begin with?

[foepas]

Sometimes.

[stubbornskeptic]

Well, I disagree.
We wouldn't bother with school at all if it didn't help us improve.

[foepas]

You bother, then?

[stubbornskeptic]

Going to school?
Well, yes!
Obviously! :B

[foepas]

You bother with caring?

[stubbornskeptic]

I wouldn't call it much of a bother, really.

[foepas]

That's not the point.

[stubbornskeptic]

Is caring not cool anymore?

[foepas]

Pretty much, yeah.

[It certainly hurts more than not caring.]

[stubbornskeptic]

Then I suppose I am not cool!
And you know what?
I don't care either way!

[foepas]

Congratulations?

Big deal.

[stubbornskeptic]

And not caring to the point of coolness is a big deal, I presume?

[foepas]

It depends on if you want to make something of your life or not, I suppose.

[stubbornskeptic]

Do you?

[foepas]

Don't be stupid.

[stubbornskeptic]

I genuinely can't tell if that's a "yes" or a "no" at this point, Mr. Campion.

[foepas]

My name is Alec. Use it.

[stubbornskeptic]

Sorry.
I tend to use overly formal modes of address to tease my friends and may have jumped to that habit out of nervousness.

[foepas]

Some of us like to be defined by our own existences, not family history.

[All the more so because Alec's family is one that prides itself on bloodlines. It's a heavy weight.]

[stubbornskeptic]

I understand.
And I'm sorry, again.
Actually, I'm sorry for getting on your case in general!
I guess I take school a little too seriously, sometimes.

[Especially lately, when social things have gotten so uncomfortable that she hardly wants to focus on them.]

[foepas]

Apparently so.