Call Me "Ozzie" | ONC24

A Typical School Day

"Wake up, newbie!"

"Jeez, have some respect!" I pull back my blankets.

Cranel, Heartman and Grambell stand at the foot of my bed, holding onto my blankets.

"We have a strict hour of getting up in the morning, so you should be thanking us." Cranel points out. "You have thirty-two minutes to get ready before breakfast and then first period."

"But it's still dark," I turn to the windows in the room.

"Yeah, cuz we're not necessarily on the surface." Heartman informs. "After the incident they had us all transferred to the underground facilities. Practically, if anything happens, no one can hear you scream."

"You had to add melodrama," I roll my eyes. "Fine, thanks. Now, get out. I'm going to change."

They leave, and I turn to the bundle of clothes I received yesterday. Not only am I wary of the clothes, but of everything as a whole. Underground facilities? What happened to the upper campus? How are we all stuffed in here? I get dressed in the pants and long sleeve before getting the badge on my desk.

O. Aphelion

Hellhound

D - Rank

I walk out of my room as Ms. Delight enters the common room, is what I presume it is.

"Good morning children! Hope you had a nice night's rest."

"Good morning, Ms. Delight!" I chorus with everyone.

"Now, after breakfast, classes start, so let's get you something to eat."

And we follow the woman, the daughter of Hecate, out of the common room and through a maze of hallways. I walk up to Cranel.

"Cranel, where're we going?"

"My name's Oliver, you know?" He looks unamused. "We're going to the cafetorium. We'll have our usual MGIM."

"MGIM?"

"Military-grade instant meal."

"What are we?" I make a face. "Prisoners?"

"It gets worse, Babydoll, it gets worse." He pats my head.

We enter the huge room and sit down at a long table. With a simple flick of the wrist, Ms. Delight makes our plates appear in front of us and smiles encouragingly.

"At least try to act like you enjoy it." Is all she says.

I look down at the clearly dry and nasty, tasteless food before pushing it away.

"I'd rather starve. Even my mother made better food." I sigh.

"Mine did too, before she sent me here." Oliver nods. "Did she send you here?"

"No, I ran away after she did an exorcism on me and called the academy." I explain.

"She did and exorcism on you?!" Heartman laughs. "Really?"

"Yeah," I nod.

"How did it go?" Grambell asks.

"Well, the Holy water stung when it splashed in my eyes, but aside from that it was......kinda funny to witness." I chuckle.

"Woah, woah, woah, do that again!" Oliver shakes me.

"Do what?" I frown.

"Laugh." Heartman instructs. "Do it again."

"Why?"

"You know, a majority of us from whatever category are blessed." Oliver explains. "For example, my dad knew and was good friends with Hermes, so Hermes blessed me. Theo was blessed by Ares and Winston by Athena."