It was a cool, crisp day on the school grounds of Sunnydale high. The arrival of spring had many a student lounging around outside, enjoying the sun's rays on their skin as they tried to put off going to class. And though he didn't join them, a part of Seth wanted to sneak off to the rooftop and simply nap away first period in the sunshine, though he knew he couldn't. He had missed enough classes already this month, working on various projects in his Uncle's shop, and he knew action would be taken against him soon if he managed to miss anymore school, so he half-heartedly dragged his feet one after the other, through the school grounds, and into hte main building, where most of his time here was spent. The hallways were crowded as usual, full of students gossiping about who was dating who, what the teachers got up to in their free time, and what Ultimatum was up to on any given day. All in all, it was a familiar sight, but not one he was particularly fond of, he sighed wistfully as he thought of the half-finished service droid he was constructing back at the shop. He would have been able to make good progress on a day like today if he wasn't stuck here, but there was nothing he could do about it, so he'd just have to suck it up, and hope the day passed by quickly.
Eventually, he reached Class 302, homeroom, where he normally spent his time staring out the window staring at the clouds, wondering what he was doing here, consuming all of the things Ultimatum wanted him to think or do, never encouraging his mind to truly quest for information, unlike his personal hobbies, which always kept him entertained and yearning for more. The class was mostly full by the time he arrived, but that was nothing new, the day he was the first person in the classroom was the day the world would end. He made his way over to his window seat in the back left corner of the room, and greeted a few classmates when they waved at him, or wished him a good morning. There was still a few minutes left before class would start, so he began brainstorming ways that he could improve some of his creations further, though nothing was coming to him at the moment. It was almost funny to him how much harder he found coming up with new ideas was while sitting in a place of learning than it was in his cluttered and disorganized garage.
Eventually, he noticed a new face enter the classroom, though not too many people glanced her way, the first thing that caught his eye about her was her vivid red hair. The second thing he noticed was the way that she coolly observed her fellow students and surroundings, as if they weren't worth her time. It seemed that Sunnydale would have a new topic to gossip about over the next few days, it wasn't often that a new student transferred into their age-group. After a few moments, Mr. Henderson loudly cleared his throat to catch the attention of the still chatting class. Once he knew he had that, he beckoned the new girl up to the front of the class to introduce herself, and everyone's eyes focused onto her. Normally new students were pretty nervous, and stumbled over their words, but the cold monotone introduction of Lucy Bastion was perfectly understandable, and almost immediately after she finished speaking, many of the students threw each other uncomfortable glances. It seemed the comfortable warmth that Spring had started to bring back to Sunnydale had been convincingly squashed by this new student. Seth raised an amused eyebrow at Lucy and smirked slightly, as if to say 'well done', before returning his gaze to the sky outside his window. What a decidedly interesting person. Maybe today wouldn't be so bad after all.