Turning to Stone 2: Celestial Problems (Rewritten)

Chapter 4: A Strange Disease

The rest of history was exactly what Galvana expected: boring as hell. "I'm pretty sure we have a free period after this class. Wanna chill in our room?" Attmoz offered. It seemed like he was trying to avoid what happened, but for Galvana's sake rather than his own. "Sure." She replied with a smile.

They walked down the halls to their room, almost getting lost once or twice but finding it eventually. Galvana reached the door at the same time as Attmoz did, bumping into his hand. They both turned red and awkwardly moved away. "I'll get it." They both said, at the same time. "Here-" Attmoz finally opened the door, revealing Lettuce, R, and Poof staring at them.

"Well, well, well. If it isn't everyone's favorite straight couple." Lettuce said sarcastically. "We're not a couple!" Galvana countered, at the same time Attmoz said "We're not straight!" They looked at each other in confusion. "I'm bi." Attmoz explained. "Oh. ...Same." She was still very much internally panicking.

"Why's Poof here?" Galvana asked, trying to calm down her "tomato-face". "I invited her over. What's the big deal?" Lettuce growled back. "Yeah! ...You guys don't mind, right?" Poof tilted her head at the pair. "Oh, no, it's fine." Galvana climbed up to her bunk, and Attmoz mimicked her.

R was working on another painting. "What's that?" Attmoz pointed at something that Galvana couldn't see, the easel was tilted away. "O-Oh it's... nothing." Judging by the look on Attmoz's face, it was definitely not nothing.

"Lemme see!" Poof stood up to get a good look, and Galvana's curiosity got the better of her. She hopped down to peer at the easel. "Alright! Alright. It-It's for Furnoss. I-I wanna confess and all, b-but he's already got Torrt, r-right?" Sure enough, the painting was of Furnoss. He looked happy, eyes closed and smiling.

"Don't undersell yourself, R! Torrt's already said he's okay with Furnoss dating other people, and we're all sure Furnoss likes you back!" Attmoz climbed down to give R a hug. "Yeah! You're a good..." Poof paused, a smirk appearing on her face. "...R-tist."

Everyone stared blankly at her, but R chuckled. "I-I haven't really heard that-that one before." They laughed louder. It sounded just as robotic as their speech, but Galvana didn't mind.

The bell rang, signaling the end of their beloved free time. "Well, I'm going to my next class. See ya." Lettuce grabbed her stuff and walked out. "Same here. By Galve!" Attmoz ran out of the room a little quicker than Lettuce had, leaving just Poof and R.

Despite the moment that just occured, the attention was back on her. "So, Attmoz, huh?" Poof teased. "Poof, no." Galvana flicked the dandidoo between her eyes. "Hey, he t-talks about you a lot t-too." R pointed out. "He does?" She couldn't stop her face from flushing again.

"Aw! You can't deny it, Galvana!" Poof nudged her side, making her sigh. "Fine, fine. Can you two keep a secret?" Both R and Poof nodded quickly. "I... remembered a lot of things during History. Well, more of everything. And back in our old lives, Attmoz and I were..." She didn't finish, but it was clearly obvious enough.

Poof gasped loudly. "Wow! This just adds so much! The drama! The romance! The... bloodshed?" Galvana shook her head. "Preferably no bloodshed, thanks."

"It's a reference." Poof mumbled, grabbing her backpack with her beak. "Well, good luck to both of you! Now if you'll excuse me, I have my own classes to get to." Galvana was reminded that she was gonna be late if she didn't start running now. "SorryRgottagobye!" Within the blink of an eye, she was gone.

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School had been going on for, what, three months now? Galvana was enjoying it. The initial attention she had gotten had calmed down, people were realizing she wasn't as interesting. She only let her friends know that she remembered everything, with strangers she kept up the lie of amnesia.