Smokescreens and Fireworks
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2018 9:08 pm
((Lukas Nielson continued from Hiding in the Smoke))
Lukas had managed to find a nice, quiet corner of the first floor today. He'd also managed to avoid any insults on his way to the library, which was a personal victory. In fact, it felt like avoiding people's attention was becoming easier more recently. Lukas would like to think that was a good thing. After all, that's what his plan was working towards. It certainly didn't come without its costs.
For one thing, it turned out that trying to be boring was really boring. In retrospect, Lukas really should have put two and two together, but he had never taken up this strategy for such a long period of time. Lunch seemed to extend itself for decades as he sat around in the library studying or pretending to study. There were only so many things he could study and it wasn't like the extended time alone was fueling his muse anymore.
Secondly, it was isolating. Like being in a self-imposed prison and watching everyone else run free on the outside. He'd be lying if there were times he wished that he wasn't going through with this strategy and just hung out with everyone again. Chilling at the lunch table with Gaelan and crew sounded like a much better way to spend an afternoon instead of just sitting in the library doing nothing.
Still, for the moment, it was better that Lukas stayed out of the mess that was George Hunter politics. People were still talking about the Gaelan vs Ivy confrontation as if there hadn't been hundreds already. Then again, the fact that coffee was thrown and the near physical altercation were certainly new developments. They were developments that Lukas hated, but it wasn't like he could do anything about them. Maybe if he was there he could've stopped them from being completely idiotic because it was totally not a good idea to throw coffee at someone. Even if it was lukewarm.
Lukas sighed in resignation.
He probably should've seen it coming. It wasn't like Gaelan and Nick were the most cool-headed. He knew that. That was part of the reason he was distancing himself from them, at least for the moment. If Lukas hung out with them, it would basically be putting himself in the front lines against the assholes. He was such an easy target, Lukas recognised that. Gaelan and Nick were physically stronger than him and Blaise gave off such a strong facade of not giving a shit. All that left was him and people were more than happy to jump at that opportunity. Go for the one who would just sit and take it.
He looked down at his open journal. He was supposed to be brainstorming ideas for a new story or something. Admittedly, Lukas forgot about the plan he made during Spanish. Then again, it wasn't like any new stories were manifesting any time soon. He turned to look outside the window with a forlorn look.
It looked like a nice day outside. Or at least, it wasn't raining. The sun peaked through the clouds and shone some rays into the hallowed library halls.
Lukas sighed to himself again.
Just a little bit longer.
Lukas had managed to find a nice, quiet corner of the first floor today. He'd also managed to avoid any insults on his way to the library, which was a personal victory. In fact, it felt like avoiding people's attention was becoming easier more recently. Lukas would like to think that was a good thing. After all, that's what his plan was working towards. It certainly didn't come without its costs.
For one thing, it turned out that trying to be boring was really boring. In retrospect, Lukas really should have put two and two together, but he had never taken up this strategy for such a long period of time. Lunch seemed to extend itself for decades as he sat around in the library studying or pretending to study. There were only so many things he could study and it wasn't like the extended time alone was fueling his muse anymore.
Secondly, it was isolating. Like being in a self-imposed prison and watching everyone else run free on the outside. He'd be lying if there were times he wished that he wasn't going through with this strategy and just hung out with everyone again. Chilling at the lunch table with Gaelan and crew sounded like a much better way to spend an afternoon instead of just sitting in the library doing nothing.
Still, for the moment, it was better that Lukas stayed out of the mess that was George Hunter politics. People were still talking about the Gaelan vs Ivy confrontation as if there hadn't been hundreds already. Then again, the fact that coffee was thrown and the near physical altercation were certainly new developments. They were developments that Lukas hated, but it wasn't like he could do anything about them. Maybe if he was there he could've stopped them from being completely idiotic because it was totally not a good idea to throw coffee at someone. Even if it was lukewarm.
Lukas sighed in resignation.
He probably should've seen it coming. It wasn't like Gaelan and Nick were the most cool-headed. He knew that. That was part of the reason he was distancing himself from them, at least for the moment. If Lukas hung out with them, it would basically be putting himself in the front lines against the assholes. He was such an easy target, Lukas recognised that. Gaelan and Nick were physically stronger than him and Blaise gave off such a strong facade of not giving a shit. All that left was him and people were more than happy to jump at that opportunity. Go for the one who would just sit and take it.
He looked down at his open journal. He was supposed to be brainstorming ideas for a new story or something. Admittedly, Lukas forgot about the plan he made during Spanish. Then again, it wasn't like any new stories were manifesting any time soon. He turned to look outside the window with a forlorn look.
It looked like a nice day outside. Or at least, it wasn't raining. The sun peaked through the clouds and shone some rays into the hallowed library halls.
Lukas sighed to himself again.
Just a little bit longer.