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[escapedpandora]

Testing time's the worst.

[That sounds more like a comment to himself than to anyone else, though, even if there's a responding bark in the background. But for once, it sounds like normal teenage whining.]

Whoever thought it was a good idea to make everything due at the same time must have been an idiot. Or a sadist. Probably both.

[A sigh.]I

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[ninthserenade]

Man, I hear you. I'm glad I never went to that kind of school cuz I'd probably go nuts from all the work.

[Pause.]

You could try one of those weird paper volcanoes.

[escapedpandora]

It's usually okay. They don't give out that much stuff.

[Until it starts procrastinating and it all adds up.]

I just think it sucks that they're all due the same week. And I'm pretty sure someone else is doing the volcano thing. [A pause.] More than one person, probably.

[ninthserenade]

It's still exhausting.

[He'd never get anything done.]

Oh.

[escapedpandora]

Yeah, but-- that's what's expected, right? [Normal, he means to say. That's what is normal.]

video;

[quackery]

What kind of project does it gotta be? Just anything to do with science?

voice foreeeevs. maybe.

[escapedpandora]

Kind of? It's a science project, it's trying to prove something.

[quackery]

But you can prove whatever you want?

[escapedpandora]

Um. Kind of, I think? As long as it has to do with science and... science-y stuff.

[voice]

[mentis_reae]

I always saw finals period as the crucible by which a student's true mettle was tested. Crucial to determining who was truly fit to go on.

[voice]

[escapedpandora]

Wouldn't it be better to do things one subject at a time, though? I mean, sometimes they all kind of fuse together and I can't tell one thing from another.

[voice]

[mentis_reae]

Indeed - but being able to keep your mind uncluttered is a crucial skill in the working world, as well. It's something you must learn.

[voice]

[escapedpandora]

It seems kind of harsh putting everything together when it could be spaced apart, though.

[Or maybe it was just the snappy moods of everyone stressed by finals.]

[voice]

[tinderfoot]

This for school?

[voice]

[escapedpandora]

Yeah. I kind of... forgot about the project for a while?

[voice] Ah, sorry, thought I tagged this! :x

[tinderfoot]

Well, what do you have to do?

[voice] no worries!

[escapedpandora]

Something to do with science? I'm not really sure. People are supposed to choose their projects and stuff.

[Voice]

[gaveherwings]

Are there any limitations, on what sort of projects you're permitted to do?

[Voice]

[escapedpandora]

Um... don't blow up the school?

...I think powers would be cheating, too.

[Voice]

[gaveherwings]

What about studying other people's powers?

[Voice]

[escapedpandora]

Wouldn't that be... well, wouldn't it take a long time?