Graveyard of a Madman Part 12

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NEWS FLASH: CATMAN RINJI SPOTTED IN SUKIYAKI CITY, HOTDOG ISLAND!!!! In the dark hours of the morning, a group of Marines attempted to apprehend the criminal known to the Marines as the pirate captain Catman Rinji. Giant Marine, Lieutenant-Commander Clark M. Gregory was critically injured in the assault and remains in the care of the St. Marcus Hospital. If anyone has any information on the where-abouts of the Nekojin pirate, please alert the authorities immediately!

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Sora read the newspaper with gripping interest, her eyes tracing every word of the headline story. Finally, here was an opportunity! She hadn't gotten together with the rest of them for weeks, aside from Akane, with whom she saw on a regular basis. It was a shame that the tardy bell was about to ring as she sat in her classroom. Of all of the students in the entire class, she was the only one who read the news paper on a regular basis, and this was the reason why! She looked to the front to see Tsukino-sensei go up to the board to start writing the sentence starter for the day. Today it was "If I were a little flower sprout, this is what I would see everyday." It was always something corny like that.

Tsukino: Sora-chan, please bring your newspaper to the front. [She put her chalk down and wiped her hands off.]

As Sora got up from her seat, the school counselor walked into the room with his hands on the shoulders of two very familiar girls.

Araki: Tsukino-sensei, I have two young ladies here that do not have identification that were caught loitering in a soda-shop early this morning. They do not have the proper papers to be out and about, and are hereby placed in your class so that they get proper schooling while they are in Sukiyaki.

Tsukino: Thank you, Araki-san, ladies you may take your seats wherever you like.

Alice: Oh my! How glorious! I do so miss school from my home island! This is going to be so fantastic!

Nikk: I'm eighteen years old, I told you that already.

Araki: That's enough of that! If you don't have proper identification then I'm afraid you'll need to attend school until we get this straightened out.

Nikk, with a somber expression, her hair covering her eyes even more than usual, her head down, and silent walked to a desk with another one empty in front of it, while Alice sat down in the seat in front of her.

Tsukino: [Nodded to the Counselor as he left, and then looked at the newspaper, and her eyes widened.] Oh? [She looked at Sora, who nodded her head.] Interesting... [She smiled and then folded the paper, nodding to Sora to take her seat.] Alright class! We will cover the No tolerance act of Mariejois and how it affects us to this day.

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