Scenario:The Other Side of the Sky - Chapter 1: Remedial Class Delinquent - Episode 4
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The Other Side of the Sky - Chapter 1: Remedial Class Delinquent - Episode 4
The staff room is flooded with members of the Mysteria Academy of Magic School Board demanding the expulsion of the problem students. Elmott searches for the best way to protect his students and receives a hint from Percival, who has been gathering the individual accounts of the townspeople in order to learn from them.
On his way to the staff room, Elmott notices a cocky Tsubasa strutting along.
Elmott: Hey, do you have a minute?
Tsubasa: Wha?
Elmott: Tsubasa, what was up with you this morning? Did you stay up all night? A kid's got to hit the sack early, you know.
Tsubasa: You're way off base. Stay out of my business, okay?
Elmott: Hahaha! Your business is my business now. I'm your teacher.
Elmott: I know you want to catch some z's in class. But what are you here in school for?
Tsubasa: Oh, yay, a lecture...
Elmott: Hey, do I look some kinda stickler? All I'm asking is what's so fun that you bother coming here.
Tsubasa: This is my home base. There's no other reason.
Elmott: ...
Lyria: Oh, Elmott!
As Elmott is trying to puzzle through the meaning of Tsubasa's words, he hears a voice behind him and pivots toward it.
(Captain) and the others are jogging in his direction.
Elmott: Hey, don't run in the halls. You wouldn't want to trip and fall.
Lyria: Aaah, I'm sorry...
Lyria: Um, Elmott... sir! How did it feel teaching again?
Elmott: Hey, being called sir just doesn't feel right to me.
Elmott: I think I'm more of a Teach guy myself.
Elmott: Pfft... (Captain), are you gonna study together with this crazy bunch of kids?
Lyria: Heehee, that would be fun, but we're trying to help out the academy on our own.
Elmott: (Captain)...
Elmott: Tomorrow I'm supposed to teach fire magic. You wanna be my guinea pig?
Lyria: N-no! Quit laughing, (Captain), and just refuse!
Lyria: Actually... we're trying to help out the academy on our own.
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Elmott: Pfft... That twinkle in your eyes is about to blind me.
Lyria: We were on our way to go talk with Mr. Bertrand. Do you want to come along, Elmott?
Elmott: Ah, why not? I've got to hand in some class records anyway.
(Captain) and the rest then head to the staff room.
The room is jam-packed with irate people hurling criticism at Mr. Bertrand.
???: Mr. Bertrand! Last night, yet again, those rotten apples stirred up trouble!
???: 'Twas a fight! A giant brawl of hooligan against hooligan.
???: They are besmirching the name of the venerable Mysteria Academy of Magic.
???: Expel those delinquents this instant! Their very presence is a violation of the other students' rights.
Mr. Bertrand: Come now, everyone. There's no need for such anger. I urge you to remain calm.
Mr. Bertrand: You have my assurance that we will reform those students.
Mr. Bertrand asks the teachers for their understanding and desperately explains the new policies the faculty plans to introduce.
Whether or not they are truly convinced, the people reluctantly leave the room.
Mr. Bertrand: Phew...
Lyria: Is everything all right, Mr. Bertrand?
Mr. Bertrand: Yes, but, well... it's been rather embarrassing to have you see this.
Elmott: So... who were those folks?
Mr. Bertrand: They're from the Mysteria Academy School Board.
Mr. Bertrand: It's no exaggeration to say that their support is what keeps the academy operational.
Mr. Bertrand: They also have a certain amount of clout when it comes to the academy's educational policies.
Elmott: They were sure itching to have the remedial students expelled, huh?
Mr. Bertrand: Yes, but I won't permit them to do that. I intend to protect those students, come what may.
Elmott: (Protect them, come what may... Teachers sure have their work cut out for them.)
Elmott: (But, Mr. Bertrand... Those students mean the world to you, don't they?)
Elmott can perceive the dedication in the educator's eyes, and it quietly moves him.
That night, Elmott is gazing out of the Grandcypher alone.
Elmott: (Well... What's this we have?)
A figure emerges from the shadows and begins to speak.
Percival: The teachers and students suffer together, and then they grow...
Any version of Percival is a crew member
Elmott: Humph, it's not anything that special.
No version of Percival in crew
Elmott's fellow night owl is Percival.
The young lord of flames is crossing the skies in search of valiant allies who share his dream of creating a utopia.
Elmott: Humph, it's not anything that special.
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Elmott: What gives anyway? You sure took your time coming back.
Percival: How was this town able to recover after being leveled by an army of the dead? That's what I've come to learn.
Percival: It's my duty to listen to the vox populi. You have to keep an ear to the unfiltered voice of the people and brush aside rumors.
Elmott: Practicing your statesmanship, huh? Any citizens of the country you found are bound to be happy.
Percival: That's why I'm here. It's going to be a productive trip.
Percival: Heh...
Elmott: Huh? Remembering something funny?
Percival: No, it's just that when I was walking through town earlier, I came across a parent and child fighting.
Percival: Their points of view were so far apart that no conversation was possible.
Percival: But I had a thought while watching them.
Percival: Family or not, sometimes conflict is inevitable. That's the first step to understanding.
Percival: The people are the foundation of a country. But they can't be treated as one undifferentiated mass.
Percival: By listening to individual people's stories, you can make great discoveries.
Elmott: Pfff! You're a peculiar guy, you know that?
Percival: It's in my nature.
Elmott: ...
Elmott: Ah! That's it!
Percival's speech gives Elmott an idea.
Elmott laughs to himself, imagining tomorrow's class.