Yokohoma School for the Gifted (A BSD Fanfic)

Ch.3: Orientation Dinner

The tour was a bit lengthy, but with the help of their... peculiar... guides, they were able to finish touring the whole campus with two hours to spare before the appointed time of the dinner.

The school was huge, to say the least.

They'd been shown to the administration block, which housed several staff only offices. Then they'd been shown to the various different departments and their lecture rooms. Tanizaki explained that this was because along with providing support and help for ability users, education was also a key factor that made the school, well, a school! Various different programs were offered, with each having it's own department. The maximum amount of subjects they could choose per year was nine, however the minimum was five. Along with that, there were recreational activities they could choose, depending on who they were assigned under.

"Assigned?" Atsushi questioned. Tanizaki rubbed the back of his neck before explaining.

"Well..., other than the principal, there are three important board members who contributed greatly to the building and development of the school: Mr. Fukuzawa, Mr. Mori and Mr. Fidtzgerald, who's a wealthy American benefactor. Although these three men have a major role in the teaching of ability users, they each have... conflicting teaching opinions. Because of that, the school is separated into three factions; one for each head. When new students are registered, their names are automatically shuffled and placed under one of the three factions."

"That's super complicated!" Akiesh exclaimed with a hand supporting his head.

"You said it, bro!" Ty complained, supporting his head as well.

"And a little unnecessary, don't you think?" Amire chimed in. "I mean, all three of them practically had the same goals in mind when the school was being developed, right? If so, then how hard could it possibly be for three people to get along?" she asked. The brother and sister looked at each other for a while, as if psychically debating on whether or not they should tell them something.

"We'll let you see for yourselves during dinner." he said and dropped to subject entirely.

The tour continued on to include them seeing the school gardens, gymnasiums, pools and finally the library and dorms. Three of each, to be exact.

"Let me guess. One for each faction." Ty asked in a bored tone. His accusation was proven correct with a smile from Naomi and a nod from Tanizaki. Ty rolled his eyes. "Just how extra can these people be?!"

"Haha~. You'll find out that too~." Naomi chuckled a bit.

Finally, the tour of the campus was over and the their guides offered to let them stay in their own dorm to freshen up and wait until it was time for the orientation dinner.

"Oh yeah. One more thing." Tanizaki remembered as he faced the others. "This year, a new program was put in place so that certain people could attend, whether or not they had an ability. These are often persons who aim for a job in a certain sector of the government. Mainly in the Special Abilities Department. They keep track of ability users throughout the country." he said as if it wasn't really that big a deal to fuss over.

"Interesting. Thanks for the tip." Ty said in another bored tone, prompting a slap on the head by Amire. "Don't be so rude! Now, how will we know which faction we're in?"

"They'll announce the placements at the end of the dinner." Naomi told them. "Speaking of, we should get ready in a little while from now. It's way better to be a little early for stuff like this~!"

...

"Ah. I see what you mean now." Amire deadpanned as she and the others arrived at the school auditorium.