Oktofinitum

Chapter 7

Rexel

Three consecutive gong sounds woke me up, "Good morning living crestures of this realm!" Ang bungad sa akin sa umagang iyon. As usual it was Yada and her overly energetic morning greetings.

"What a miracle that you woke up on time," I replied while stretching, "Let's eat." It was Wendell who suddenly popped her head from behind the divider that separates the dining area from the receiving area.

"Good morning," napalingon naman ako sa boses na iyon. It was Jennifer who greeted us still groggy from waking up. Her hair's a mess and shirt tangled but her 'just-woke-up' look is better than the one who's walking to the table like a corpse resurrected from the dead.

"Are still half asleep, Riezl? What happened to you last night, bigla kang nawala?" Yada's query however fell to deaf ears as Riezl only sat on her chair and lay her head onto the table listlessly, "Nice talking. By the way, one of the headmaster's attendants came here earlier and was asking for you," nguso nito sa akin, "to go to his office before class," she informed me. For what? I wanted to ask but I kept the question for myself. At isang tango na lamang ang sinagot ko.

We had our breakfast quite peacefully. And by peacefully it means...

"Ano ba?! Mainit!" reklamo ni Wendell kay Riezl dahil tino-toast niya ang isang chicken leg gamit ang apoy niya.

"Then move away idiot," walang paking saad naman ng huli dahilan para mapa-simangot na lang si Wendell at gumawa ng barrier sa pagitan nila gamit ang tubig na nasa pitsel.

"Oh my heavens!" ngayon naman ay tili ni Jenny Mae, "Gette! Your pets are crawling everywhere!" she shrieked nervously.

"Peter... Come here," walang emosyon na tinawag lang ni Jorgette ang alaga niyang ahas. At gumapang naman ito mula sa kamay ni Jenny Mae papunta sa kanyang amo na nasa tapat lang ng huli.

"Balita ko next week na ang assessment ah?" Yada prompted the conversation.

"Yeah, why? Every first week of the 6th month." I answered because I was one of the organizing committee who closely monitors the preparations of the said event.

"Wala lang... Kailangan din ba nating mag participate?" lahat kami ay natahimik sa tanong niya, "Beats me," I replied with a shrug and peacefully continued with my meal.

"Here's your schedule for the whole semester, if you have further questions just approach the Information desk located at the Lobby of East Wing," sabi ko sa babaeng binilin ni Headmaster, hindi naman siya sumagot kaya inabot ko na lamang ang papel na naglalaman ng schedule at kopya ng records niya at saka umalis.

Weird. 'Yun ang unang impression ko sa babae. She seems like a C-Type commoner, yet has a quality that says otherwise, something I really can't put words into, and her identity remains a mystery. If my suspicions are correct, she's the girl Yada talked about yesterday.

Paano siya nakapasok at bakit mahalaga siya kay Headmaster? To the point that the only people whom the headmaster personally asked to take care of her were infinitus.

Matapos ko siyang ihatid sa kanilang silid-aralan ay nagtungo naman ako sa akin. Kung mag-reklamo man ang guro namin na late ako ay may dahilan naman.

"Aaaaaah!" sigaw ng pamilyar na boses nang makarating ako sa room namin.

"Yada kase! Nahihilo na ako ano ba?!" kung room nga ba 'tong matatawag, tsk.

"Sunog! Sunog! Sunog! Weeeen si Riezl nagliliyab na naman!" sigaw ni Jenny Mae at agad namang nagpakawala ng water splash si Wendell para mapatay ang apoy ng huli, "Ugh! Now I am soaked again!"