39 Vol 1. pt. 39 Patch 7.0: Pirates and Scholars (2/2)

They are indoors and surrounded by walls, a floor, and ceiling. Fenrir doesn't know if a hallway technically counts as a room, but it meets all the same conditions, so it counts. Wait, not all hallways have roofs. What if it's an outdoor hallway? Do alleyways count as hallways?

Thelmes takes Fenrir out from his thoughts before he experiences too much existential dread over the classification of rooms and hallways. ”Just step up to the line on the right and run until you make it to the line on the left. That's all.” Thelmes explains. ”Whenever you're ready, please step up to the line and wait until I say to go.”

Fenrir steps up to the line. Thelmes counts down from three, shouts to go, and then Fenrir dashes from the starting position! Thelmes uses a small stopwatch to keep track of the time. It looks steampunk in design with its cogs which draws Serra's eyes to it.

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Steampunk and pirates go hand in hand, so of course she's going to think it's an awesome looking watch.

Thelmes stops the watch of stopping as soon as Fenrir completes the circuit by reaching the line to their left. ”Splendid! Going by the time of your lap, your average Speed is seventeen.”

”D, right?” Fenrir asks, hands on his knees as he catches his breath.

”Correct!”

Cassiel goes next. She only gets a fifteen.

She doesn't have to look at Fenrir to know how he's looking at her.

Rock is last.

While Rock may be strong and durable, she is very, very slow. It takes her roughly three times longer than Cassiel to eventually come running over the left line, and she collapses into a panting mess as soon as she does. Serra scoops up Rock and showers her in praise to reward her for trying so hard.

”Ah, well, artificial companions can't be good at everything. She gets a four in Speed.”

The group is led back to the first room so that they may sit and rest for a break. This also gives Thelmes the opportunity to measure their Intelligence as it's done the same way that their Standing was measured.

Fenrir gets an eight, Cassiel gets twelve, and Rock gets… two.

While Fenrir is disappointed in his low Intelligence, Rock doesn't have the slightest care and just continues resting on Serra's soft thighs.

Fenrir is jealous of Rock. Getting a lap pillow right now would be amazing, especially since she's wearing thigh highs.

He looks down at Cassiel's thighs. Too much armor is in the way.

”What do you think you're looking at?” Cassiel asks, glaring at him.

”Disappointment,” Fenrir answers.

”I think this bastard here needs another Health test, preferably administered involving bullets,” Cassiel tells Thelmes.

”Ah, to be able to tease one another is a great aspect of friendship. Cherish it while it lasts! You never know when your best friend is going to accidentally blow themselves up in a freak accident involving monkeys and pigs,” Thelmes says as a couple of tears run from his eyes.

Seriously, why a pig and a monkey? Why?!

Fenrir gives up.

Whatever the reasoning behind trying to combine a pig and a monkey is, it is something that Fenrir knows he will most likely never learn about.

”Why a monkey and pig?” Serra asks.

Fenrir looks at her with wide eyes. How could she just… go and ask something like that?

”Ah, well, why not?” Thelmes answers her.

Fenrir has a feeling that ”why not?” is the reasoning for much of what these scholars do.