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Chapter 2 - I'm New around here

Finally stepping outside of what he could only describe as a shack given its rundown and small stature, Thorald decides to take a look at what's below the cliff as soon he will just jump off.

"Hmmm, a lake? No it would be more accurate to call it a pond. Well at least I won't have to worry about making a crater dropping off from here, but first lets make sure my body is up to a passable standard." Slowly he turns around and scans the forest behind the shack for something to test his body with.

"Ah, that will do." Looking at the massive rock formation he decides to make it his punching bag.

"It seems to be what a kilometre maybe a little more, good chance to test my speed." Getting into a ready stance lightning crackles and pulses around his body, and then he pushes off from his spot forward towards the rock formation, the ground cracked and burned beneath him, and trees knocked down by the sheer force of such movement.

Coming to a stop just before the rocks he states "6 seconds, slower than before, guess I've been slacking off in recent yea-"

*Sniff*

*Sniff*

Turning his head back "oohh right yeah forgot about that, better fix that before it attracts attention" Reaching out his hand He mumbled "Reverse" as he slowly turned his hand counter-clockwise. Time began to reverse, returning the terrain to how it was just before his run.

After doing so Thorald noticed it took a bit more energy than usual "Makes sense that the laws of time are more resistant under the 5th Dimension the the 4th Dimension, though not much, its still much more than I would like so I've got find a work around for this in the future along with this whole space being a whole lot stronger issue."

Now facing the rock he decides that the 'Hidden' formation needs to be expanded for this. "Expansion" after saying this the 'hidden' formation that previously only covered the shack that he was in is now covering a 3 kilometre in his direction to allow a little more leeway as 'Hidden' hides not only changes in the area from the area outside it until removed but also hides sounds, scents, shockwaves due to rebound implemented into the field to keep the affects inside rather than just a more static version of invisibility, this can actually be used for combat.

"Alright so this is what W200xH100xD300, so 50% shouldn't be that much right?" Thorald Raises his fist ready to punch the rock and in a split second slams his fist straight into the rock. 

*BOOM*

*Crack*

*Crack*

*Crumble*

*Thud*

The devastation left behind by that single punch caused cracks to form all the way down the rock, a huge crater in the rock from the impact and large chunks of rock crumble and fall from the previously sturdy formation now leaving Dilapidated mess off debris in its wake.

"Pretty good if I do say so myself, though I was expecting the entire thing to crumble not leave some of it in tact still, was that due to the stronger space laws that maybe the Earth is stronger? Or more likely I'm a little weaker? Food for thought." After Thorald's contemplation over his prior demonstration he decides to cast a "Reverse" to restore the rock to its prior state as to not attract attention after he takes down the 'Hidden' Formation as while little it still takes a bit of mental energy to power.

'Maybe I should head into the city and try to find some information as judging by the sun its what 6-7am and judging by that ID I have a school to find' With that Thorald decides to head back to the edge of the earlier cliff and cancels his 'Hidden' and just walks of the edge.

"Feather"

*Plop*

As Thorald just gracefully falls into the pond he makes his way to the slope. Standing back up he enacts a "Warm" to dry his clothes, body and hair. "Now where do I find this Senba high?"

Looking at the nearby structures just over the wall in front of him he sees what he knows to be a mall "Lets try asking some people there for directions" he makes his way to wards the wall and jumps over it to the other side under a "Lone" rune that hides his body from the site of others, only to immediately cancel it just before he leaves the alley.

Walking down the road hearing the hustle and bustle of the local populous and seeing holograms as advertisement billboards did briefly make him halt until he remembered that back on his Earth there was already holotables in homes so this was only around the corner as its just a larger scale in the end.

"Now who to ask for directions from" He scans the crowd to see an elderly woman sitting on a bench with who he assumes to be either here friend or Husband he walks over to them. The woman see him and Thorald noticing that he has her attention begins.

"Hello there ma'am, I'm new around here and I was wondering if you could help me with directions to Senba high as I'm a new student there." He finished as politely as he thought he was.

The women after hearing that quickly turns to her Husband only to see him asleep lets out a sigh and turns back to the boy before and says "No need to worry dear, of course I can, Ignore this rude sleeper over there while I do. All you need to do is go to the end of that road, turn left, follow that road for 2 blocks and then turn right and then you'll see it right at the end there deary."

After she finished Thorald thanked her and went on his merry way will admiring, being surprised by and also in disbelief at some of the ways they use technology that back in his world was considered Experimental or ground breaking.

After he finally arrived at the school just as he was about to step through the gates he was stopped by who he assumed to be a guard?

"I'm going to have to stop you the young man, I've never seen you around here before and only students are allowed on grounds during school times." Seems he was right about that guard part.

Thorald reached for his wallet and opened it to show the guard his student ID "I'm a new student here and I'm a little late as I was asking for directions." 

"Oh my apologies then" he looked at the ID "Thorald, its fine just make sure your on time next time. Oh there's also a school map at the start of the right corridor past the the front doors you can use that to find your room and considering your a new student your also going to be in class 1-A as both of you are in the same class."

Thorald hearing that turned to thank him before heading off to face the music that is "School, the worst place to be especially in what I can tell is Japan, or at least they speak Japanese and that whole 1-A class system kind of gave it away."

"Sigh, happy thoughts maybe I can find someone interesting here, who knows" Thorald finally made his way into the building.

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