The Aftermath

Despite the thousand apologies and explanations offered by Hans Basil to his closest friend and roommate John Bow over the misunderstood "joke" the night before, the Silent Killer was having none of it, discreetly despising the perpetual disparaging of the 'sensitive topic' while a conglomeration of sorrow and anger was simmering just beneath the surface. The duo had a silent lunch, with the past event still playing on their minds. The final nail in the coffin?

Joker turned Emo Boy Nick Ivans was going through a very tricky phase, one so delicate and slippery that one wrong move could plunge him into the depths of the icy ocean and freeze more than just his heart.But should he manage to cross this 'bridge' successfully, the rewards awaiting him on the other side were great, too great in fact for failure to be an option. At the rate things were going for Nick, chances are he'd get across without much trouble, and recieve his rewards. Hopefully, he understands that it's not in the bag yet, and he still has to avoid slipping and tripping. Will he get overconfident of success, and be rewarded with failure instead?

The paucity of activity due to the advent of Finals lead to Sue Anne cooping up in the library to study as she discovered one too many times that uncooperative house and roommates caused her hostel to be an unsuitable environment to study. While cramming Math formulae in her head, she recieved a message from Hans inviting her to dinner. For once in a long time, she accepted his offer, not because she felt bad at rejecting him so many times, but because she was genuinely hungry. And so it led to Hans, John and Sue having a relatively quiet dinner, with sparse conversation strewn in between consumption of food. Not one of the three able to hold a proper conversation with the others? Is this a sign of things to come for the trio?

After the awkward dinner, Sue returned to her self-described "Isolated Island of Distraction" while Hans and John trooped back to their hostel, determined to shove last minute notes into their minds which were already replete with the apropos of Math. Amidst the studying, John felt a sudden urge to play with Hans' lighter, and started burning pieces of paper, much to his delight, while Hans looked on amused. A sign of truce?Anyway, John should be careful. Playing with fire might end up with him getting burnt. Who knew that the effects would be so immediate.Shortly after playing with fire, John felt a burning sensation coursing through his veins. Unable to shake it off, he realised he was contracting a fever. With exams the next day, will the fever cause him to lose focus? It seems the lesson for playing with fire was taught much sooner than expected. Hopefully John learnt it.

While Sue Anne could definitely claim the title of the luckiest girl in Sunway, Lady Luck looked to have added a little twist in the plot involving the former. As if her failing attempts to study amidst noise pollution was not bad enough, a blackout occured, darkness conquering her entire apartment. A little unlucky? Especially with exams the next day. And with no place of solitude to escape to, how would Sue adapt? Perhaps Lady Luck forgot to register 'Bad' as her middle name.