9 - Part B:

Silver Wing Explorer...

Deck...

Everyone seems to be cheery despite not knowing where the hell are we going or what will we be doing.

Not to mention that all the windows in this mini ship are tinted blackly which means that we can't see what's going on outside.

Though I said mini ship, this place is too spacious for a class of ten students and one advisor.

This is making me feel anxious.

Either that or I just had a really bad day yesterday.

I just can't get all cheery and excited like my classmates do.

"Umm... Linel? You don't look so good. Are you not feeling well?"

I look towards my seatmate Aeris who asked me that question.

She's wearing a multi purpose combat suit like everyone else and has a worried expression on her face.

Like me, she's strapped tightly to her seat by a seatbelt unable to stand up and do whatever.

This kinda feels like that I'm a vicious criminal wearing a straitjacket except for the part that I could move my hands freely.

I answer the worried Aeris.

"Well kinda... But it's not worth worrying about. Thanks for the concern by the way."

Somehow, I don't feel like talking to her about my troubles since there's a grumpy Wren staring at me.

Aeris seems to get the picture and answers me with a gentle smile.

"Alright Linel! But if you ever feel sick, just tell me. I'll be happy to help in anyways I can."

"If I ever feel like throwing up, you'll be the first one to know."

I said jokingly.

Instead of being offended or gross out with my joke, Aeris seems to be satisfied.

"You can count on me Linel!"

She said with a smile.

What's up with that?

By the way, if you're wondering why I'm sitting beside Aeris, it is because that we're in a boy-girl sitting arrangement and I was randomly paired up with her by Ms. Diana.

I'm actually glad that I get to sit beside Aeris since the other girls are just kinda awkward especially Ace and Kana.

Well Ace is not really awkward but sitting beside her means that you should refrain from touching her and she'll probably do something that will keep me from touching her like synthesizing an ice wall to act as a binder and such.

As for Kana, she'll just stay silent the entire trip unless I talk to her and talking to her is a pain.

She'll try to scam me in buying her products.

Wren is a pain to be with since she's a stuck up princess who needs a lot of attention.

Not to mention what happened yesterday on which will make things awkward.

As for Maple, she's crazy.

Anyway, back to reality.

Suddenly, a suspicious blue and white capsule falls on front of me and lands on my right thigh.

I pick up the capsule with my right hand and examine it.

Aeris who notice the capsule that I'm holding, stares at it as well.

"This is?"

I asked myself while examining the capsule.

"A medicine for spacesickness and jet lag."

(Note: Spacesickness or spacesick is feeling sick in the stomach while riding in a spacecraft because of its motion.)

A voice from behind answered my question.

There's only one person in this room who would "give" me this thing and answer my question in a emotionless manner.

"Uh... Kana, I don't have my cell phone right now to pay for this thing since Ms. Diana confiscated all our cell phones earlier."

"It's on the house."

I heard Kana's answer, it took me by surprise since she always charge me randomly and tries to scam me.

I couldn't help but to express myself in an exaggerated manner.

"Really??"

"It's on loan."

For a minute there, I thought she's being kind and considerate for once.

Somehow I knew she was going to pull a fast one on me.

Figures...

No! Wait a minute!

Didn't she just say that it was on the house?

Better ask to make sure.

"Which is it?"

"It's a gift."

A gift? I don't remember doing something great for her to receive a gift and it isn't my birthday as well since that's like three months away.

So I ask about it.

"A gift?? For what exactly?"

"For being my first customer."

Her first customer huh...

She must be referring to when I bought that stun gun from her last week.

If that's enough to earn favors from Kana, I might as well buy her other products.

She can do a lot of unbelievable things as long as it's related to technology and maybe I can ask her to make me some stuff as well.

"I see... I'll gladly accept it then."

I said to her and place it inside a small tube like sealed pouch that's on my right chest.

(Meanwhile...)

Kana fix her glasses in place as soon as she heard Linel accept her gift.

(Back to Linel)

"Linel, aren't you going to drink that?"

Aeris asked me.

I answer her.

"I'm reserving it for later in case I feel much worse."

Though I'm not spacesick nor jet lag, better keep it just in case.

"Alright Linel"

Aeris responded cheerfully and starts humming Luna's song called "Milky Cereal Galaxy" to pass time.

"Hmm hmm hmm♪"

(Just in case you're wondering who's sitting with who, this is their sitting arrangement and what they look like.)

Legend:

LA= Linel and Aeris

ZK= Zack and Kana

RM= Roc and Maple

AL= Ace and Lokki

WM= Wren and Mathias

D= Diana

X= Blank

Entrance/Exit

Rest Room

X X

X X

X X

X X

ZK AL

LA WM

RM D

Pilot's Room

(Back to Linel)

Sigh* Just my luck.

One thing that I don't want to think about right now is Luna.

Just hearing her song brings back horrible memories like the time time when she forced me to play "swordy" with her by pounding me with a meter stick.

Just remembering that causes me to have a stomachache.

I can't ask Aeris to stop humming because she looks like she's having a lot of fun doing that and I don't want to ruin her fun.

Maybe it's time to take that medicine Kana gave me.

I open the sealed pouch and took out the capsule that Kana gave me.

When I was about to put it inside my mouth, the entire ship starts shaking violently which took me by surprise and made me drop the medicine.

Tutututututututututututututututu*

Everyone starts panicking.

"OH MY GAWD!! OH MY GAWD! WE'RE GOING TO DIE!!" (Mapel)

"Stop freaking out man!" (Roc)

"WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!" (Maple)

"Duuuuuuude! This feels like a massage!" (Zack)

"..." (Kana)

"Dude! It tickles! Ahahahaha!" (Zack)

"OH YES! YEEEEEEEEESSSSSS! I'M! I'M-" (Mathias)

"Shut up pervert!" (Wren)

"YES! YES! INSULT ME MORE! YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSS!!" (Mathias)

"SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!!" (Wren)

"Uhh... Ace? I-is this normal?" (Lokki)

"I'm not sure myself." (Ace)

"N-not sure?? Wh-what do you mean not sure??" (Lokki)

"Hmm hmm hmm♪" (Aeris)

On second thought, some of us are panicking.

Now I don't feel like panicking since it will make me look like an idiot.

So what I did instead is look at the window to see what's going on.

We might have ran into a nebula or something.

(Note: A nebula is a cloud of gas or dust in space that can sometimes be seen at night.)

As I look at the window, I saw that the black tinted glass is now bright orange.

Something in my mind says that I experience something like this before.

"WE'RE GOING TO CRAAAAAASH!!"

Maple shouted from the top of her lungs.

Suddenly, Ms. Diana stood up from her seat.

"Everyone! Please calm down. We're not going to crash or die. This is just a normal occurrence when we enter an atmosphere of a planet."

Ms. Diana said like a kind and gentle teacher she is to calm everyone down while trying to keep her balance.

"Oh! Really? Pfft* Boring!"

Maple who was screaming like an idiot earlier calms down.

More like, she suddenly become bored.

Talk about crazy.

The one's who was panicking earlier seems to calm down as well.

Soon after, the shaking has stop.

I look out the window to see where we are now.

I did, All I see is blue and white substance everywhere that looks like cotton.

Is this what a sky looks like?

If so, it's-

"Beautiful..."

And Aeris took the words out of my mouth.

Its certainly beautiful I say.

"It's like a whole new different world."

I said out loud.

"Hi hi hi... It is a whole new different world Linel. Hi hi hi..."

Aeris said happily.

I look at the giggling Aeris and she's charming as ever.

Now I'm all flustered for saying some thing embarrassing on front of this charming girl.

"Ha ha ha... It is, isn't it?"

I said while rubbing the back of my head with my left hand.

"It is Linel. Hi hi hi..."

And we both burst into laughter.

"Hi hi hi..."

"Ha ha ha..."

"Hi hi hi..."

Suddenly, I felt like somebody wants to murder me.

I look around to see who's giving me that feeling and saw a Wren on fire staring at me angrily.

What's her problem?

Few minutes after the trembling stops, Ms. Diana went to the center front and calls for our attention

"Listen up everyone."

All of our attention turn towards Ms. Diana.

She starts explaining.

"For your finals exam, all of you will be playing a game in a tropical island."

We heard that, we start talking to ourselves.

"A game?"

"A game huh..."

"A game? Sound like fun!"

"Dude! A tropical island! Awesome dude!"

"Good thing I'm wearing my sexy underwear!"

"Shshshsh! Everyone! Please be quiet."

We all shut our mouth as we heard Ms. Diana's gentle scolding.

Ms. Diana continues...

"Ehem! So the game that you're all going to play is a game called Flag."

"Flag?"

Everyone asked in unison.