Family Issues (Assassination Classroom/????)

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The upcoming school year was to hold three truths, or so Nagisa expected. One, the whole year would be spent stuck in the End class and looked down on by everyone not in Class E. The reason why didn't matter, Class E was Class E. Two, Karma would make things interesting, even if it would be a little annoying. Three, there still wouldn't be any chance of finding anyone that would look Nagisa straight in the eyes . After all, if your family can't look you in the eye, who else could?

Well, Karma-kun came close, but that wasn't quite what Nagisa wanted. Mostly because Karma had a tendency to… employ Nagisa in his schemes, but also because the relationship didn't have the right kind of feel to it. They were very clearly co-conspirators and friends and not... Just Close? Family? Trying to put the wanted feeling in words, even just thinking them, always made it sound strange.

As if Nagisa didn't even know what was supposed to go after being able to be looked in the eyes. Which could even be true, of all the sad possibilities. But it wouldn't do to let something like that ruin day one of class when day one of class would ruin itself, right?

Then class started with an explanation (not really) of the squid monster that was their teacher, the prize, and a demonstration of its utter unkillability. As it was something that had destroyed most of the moon and also happened to be able to move at Mach 20, being able to avoid pistol shots was less than child's play. Knives? What was less than less than child's play? Because that was what avoiding the rubbery blades was to the monster.

Even after a few days, Nagisa still was amazed by the sheer speed of the teacher. It was unreal! But, just like the last few lunches, this lunch passed with the teacher leaving for some far-off food, a few classmates commenting on this thing or that about the food, and then everyone breaking into their small groups or eating alone as Nagisa habitually did. The bread today was … okay. Nothing special.

So, Nagisa thought, this was going to be life for the next year. Rise, Shoot, Clean Sit. Bread and a drink du jour, classes, then go back and pretend that everything was normal. Well, no. He'd be feeling better tomorrow, and even better the day after that, and he could start … doing something. Scribbling in a notebook was something, but it wasn't constructive. Tomorrow, something important would go into the notebook.

Yeah. Tomorrow, something important would go into the notebook and the further away yesterday became, the better everything would be.

That was Nagisa's silent mantra, 'Tomorrow would be better than today, and the day after tomorrow will be better still.' Say it enough and perhaps it'll even become true, right?

[list type=decimal] Yesterday's events, laid bare in summary:

• It's visiting day with the birth family. If only mother wasn't so strange, and father wasn't comatose. Still, the Nanjo hired doctors said that things were looking better. Even if they'd said that a thousand times, the thought was what counted, right?
• There was a little electrical short, and nobody said anything, but Nagisa could feel the answer in their gazes. There was still time to get better before having to duck out of swimming, right?
• Any kind of break made everyone in the family nervous. Moreso when people might see the strange mix of metal and flesh underneath. Well, if nothing else, perhaps that antique hand-cannon could be used for anti-sensei purposes?
• Psychic powers, it seems, aren't very handy when they make apparitions appear and things break. Or at least that's what sis claimed, and everyone was feeling on edge after hearing that strange noise.

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Character Sheet

Family Name: Shiota
Personal Name: Nagisa

Born: July 20
Height: 159 com
Weight: 48 kg.

TO BE FILLED IN LATER

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