Rosalyn paced around the sidewalk of the GLU, her eyes focused half on the path ahead of her and half on the blue holographic screen of her Holo Caster. She scrolled through her schedule for the day, the student rosters, appointments with other faculty members, missed calls... Images flashed through the display faster than the average person could read as Rosalyn tried to absorb the information to the best of her abilities.
The first class wasn't set to start until that afternoon, but she still felt the pressure slowly crawling through her spine. There was a smidgen of doubt about her abilities lurking somewhere in the back of her head that had been impossible to dismiss for the last week or so. She wished that she had brought a pack of smokes with her, but she was forbidden from taking them outside her home- something about not wanting to give the students a negative influence. Not like the drinking and smoking age in Orre is 16. She didn't
need the cigarettes, but they'd help her relax at the very least. With a sigh, she shut the Caster off and spoke into it. "Set reminder at 2 PM," She paused to give the Caster time to process her words. "Lunch, possibly with co-workers. Ends 2:30 PM." With that, she tucked the Holo Caster back into her armband and continued down the path leading to the Main Instructional Building.
Not twenty minutes later, she had already settled down in her classroom. Room 124, sitting somewhere in the back of the building. At her feet laid a large padded mat with a generic stadium design on it, clearly designed to practice physical activities on. It was somewhat out of place in the middle of a classroom, surrounded by three stacked rows of tables, each row elevated slightly above the one in front of it, but the class she was to teach would certainly involve quite a lot of physical interaction. She looked around the room and smiled contently at its current state. No needless frills, no useless decorations, no flyers clogging up the notice board, spotless, and it smelled like
clean. Her regular Pokemon had already gotten used to the room and her schedule, and were informed of her plans for the first day. Belle had been told to stay behind at her apartment to guard it for the day, Laine was still in his Pokeball and strapped securely to her belt, and Straid was hovering near the corner of the room. It was somewhat unsettling to most people, being watched by an unblinking psychedelic "bird", but Rosalyn was used to it. Made her feel more secure.
Rosalyn sat down at her desk and glanced at the clock. There was still a fair amount of time until her class started. She leaned back on her rolling chair and relaxed, maybe her worries weren't warranted. Maybe she was just being stressed out for the sake of being stressed out, her small assembly speech had gone well after all. She figured that she might as well see if anyone would be willing to go for a late lunch. As she flipped through her Holo Caster's virtual rolodex, her eyes fell on one certain Gray Curtis, a fellow teacher. She'd seen him around a few times, never actually interacted with him. Seemed a bit sloppy, maybe too laid back. She didn't even know what class he was teaching at that time, but figured that it should end around the same time as hers. Never a bad time to make new alliances, she thought. With a quick gesture, she brought up Gray's contact data and dialed his number. As she waited for him to pick up she set the Holo Caster down on the table with the 3D camera facing towards her. She didn't expect him to have a Caster, but it wouldn't hurt to take appropriate precautions.