modernmiko
The time was close to everyone returning back into class. Nutrition break, something that some schools had for students to receive that extra "boost" to concentrate in their classes, talk among fellow peers, and get a snack to eat if they needed one. Even when everyone was outside, joking around, laughing, conversing, and even trying to get assistance from professors, there was one person, sitting as a visitor to the institution, calculating, like a spider at the edge of his web. His name was Claude Faustus.
As he sat back down and welcomed back everyone with a simple nod for everyone to listen to what the professor had to teach, he was simply sitting there, looking around and writing. There was now a hushed atmosphere, with conversation muted, only with minor sounds of pencils and pens writing notes. He notices that the students were a little terrified of him, the presence of a man dressed formally, well kept, and with his yellow eyes simply looking around was enough for most of them to get back to work. But one student in this class room stood out: a young girl who was focusing on what the lesson plan was. But Claude wasn't surprised, if anything, he knew of this girl's heritage, and her "connections" to an old world.
Secretly, Claude was there in the institution for more than just an actual visit. As the class walked out, all ready and anxious to get going home, away from this institution and away from their studies, he asked the teacher beforehand to let the girl stay behind outside about an offer from the Trancy estate. However, this offer wouldn't be of money, but for a means to a possible end.
"Thank you for your extra time, Ms. Higurashi." He said in a somewhat welcoming but chilling tone of voice. The kind of tone that wouldn't simply be friendly nor hostile by any means: just strictly business. "I have an offer for you regarding some of your possible personal battles if you are interested in hearing."