3000 miles apart

#11#The Tavern Of The Study Companions pt.1

The air was cold, and there must be an AC conditioning system here though I did not have the slightest idea how it could be set up in such a place. There was a breeze. I daresay the smell of salt too? It decorated the walls of the room with coastal scenery, which made sense. The room did a good job of giving the impression that I was actually on the shore, Despite the sand floor, walking wasn't difficult. The floor was of something that was solid enough to not let my feet sink.

About 10 footsteps in front of me I saw a gigantic circled table. 7 people surrounded it, each seated in the center of another circular table, At the center of the main table was a floating circular screen with a countdown timer. The screen moved sideways so that everyone could see how much time was left. Most people at the secondary tables were tapping on the floating screens around them. Many people appeared to be watching lectures, while others were only viewing a document from some studies.

Because of how stunning the scene seemed I forgot that I was standing there and was startled that the people took a moment to look at me and greet me with hellos and welcome."Oh, hi" I managed to say to all of them. They smiled at me and continued with whatever they were doing.

I look at Abbas nervously, and he seems to be silent on purpose to allow me to have the chance to digest what I am seeing. When he saw I got less anxious, he said "Don't worry, Just take a seat among them and we can get you all set up to study, or at least get you familiar with how to do it and after that, you are free to do whatever you want"He assures.

I walked in the main table's direction and I soon found that there was no empty seat for me to sit in. Before I opened my mouth to ask Abbas, the floor ignited with a faint orange right where I stepped into a circular giant block that covered the main table and the secondary ones where students were sitting. The floor started to vibrate with the least noise then I heard Abbas mutter"Don't worry a seat for you is being installed"

Then the main table expanded so that it covered more space and the secondary tables moved farther apart as a result. Within 10 seconds of the expansion, the floor beneath the secondary tables glowed with faint orange too and they moved closer together leaving a space of 2 meters.

The floor around the main table and the secondary tables stopped glowing. I heard a bell ring and I quickly looked at the elevator despite that the sound seemed to come from the ceiling. Then the lights became dimmer and the only lights that were strong were the students' desks and the floating screens.

"This is the Break time ending..." A circle of 2 meters in circumference glowed with faint orange "...and the start of a new focus session" Abbas explains. "Oh, okay" I could not quite hear what he said as I was busy watching what was happening to the tables and all.  I could see the floor in its center had moved sideways, hiding into the rest of the floor, leaving the circle hollow empty but not a second later and I could see that a chair desk set up had appeared from below. And just like that a new desk like the others has been set up with its' table.

"COOL," I bellowed clapping my hands. Then I ran into the new desk to try it out.