"Third food counter from the right is going to be relatively mal-free for a while. It was your idea, kind of, so I figure I owe you at least a couple tip-offs as to which one is hidden, but I'd prefer you don't share it around very much."

Oh, that's honourable of her. Still--"Does that include not telling my enclavemates? None of them will want to tell anyone else."

She could maybe keep a secret from them if she tried, by forgetting the information on purpose herself if nothing else, but it would suck.

" - How many? I don't know how few mals will go for that counter yet, so I don't know how many people it'll be able to support well. I don't want too many people right off the bat. You could tell a couple people now, as long as they won't pass it on or sell the information."

"There are four of us this year, counting me. None of them will tell, and we can avoid sending more than one of us to that counter at any given meal." She sounds as certain when describing their future actions as she would if they had already happened.

"Yeah, that'll work. Now let's hurry up before something tries to eat Annisa."

Marcy gives a decisive nod and strides toiletward.

Ghassan ruminates the pros and cons of trying to acquire a more politically-minded girlfriend. Pros: more likely to survive as long as she likes him. Cons: the first on the chopping block if he gets on her bad side. Much to think about.

He gets his schedule. Looks it over. Not too bad. He'll take it.

"It's...hard work, or something like that, right?" asks Lissa. "And...some exercise helps?" Though carrying that desk from Julia's room seemed to have done the most for her. She glances over at El's schedule, which makes hers show up as well.

"Yeah, you do something that's a lot of effort, especially if it hurts or you hate it or both, so exercise, crochet, some people can get it off studying which sounds like a great deal except that anything you hate that's also a lot of effort you slack off on sometimes probably so it's not as good as it sounds, their homework will eat them one day." El lets Lissa see her schedule, and peeks at Lissa's. "Oh, I like your history more than mine... but... if I mess with any of this I lose the Vedas class and who knows what I'd get instead... hm."

"The Vedas?" asks Lissa, looking over at her own schedule. "How many different kinds of history and writing do they have?" She's only seen two samples of each so far, but they look pretty specific.

"Lots. There's lots of kids and most of the classes are kind of small. You want to be in larger ones if you can though, as long as you expect to be able to do the work okay."

Silas swings back by and gives Julia a thumbs up through the window.

Well, all right, then. She puts down Monday morning shop, which is going to do weird things to the rest of her schedule. She's not even artificing track but if they're going to do this they should all do it together. Orion will protect them from mals and the rest of them will protect Orion from Orion (and help carry the stunning quantity of supplies). Silas and Tony and Bennett are artificing track and enclavers work together, it's what makes them strong.  

She tucks her schedule under some books, and looks away to advise Lisa(?) so her final one will show. Oh, Lisa's still entranced by suspicious girl. Well, nothing to be done - 

Her final schedule has Monday shop, poetry, history of artificing, and language lab, with Wednesdays and Fridays the same except Maleficaria Studies instead of shop. Tuesdays she has the algebra class Silas recommended, comp, history of combat magic in antiquity (Latin), formal logic for spellwriting, and language lab, and Thursdays are the same except lab instead of Latin. "Let's walk to breakfast," she says to the girl (Elizabeth?) who's doing her history homework. 

El grumpily decides to accept her schedule as-is after determining that she can't improve anything without risking her best classes. She signs her name to it and puts it in her bag. If Lissa needs more help with hers she'll do that but then it's breakfast time.

"Sure, sounds good!"

Lissa does do a few switches to match up with El better, as well as specifying that she wants to do a language focus. If El will allow, she'll head over to breakfast with the other girl.

Bobbie enters the room and jogs over to El's table.

"Ready for breakfast, ma'am?"

"Sure. Lissa's coming too, apparently." She inclines her head Lissaward.

Then they can go to breakfast! She wants a look at El's schedule since that impinges on hers.

"Sure, have a look."

Today El has the standard maleficaria studies block, followed by a double dose of Welsh mythology, and after lunch she's lined up for the history of maleficing and then mechanical principles.

" - We've got mechanics and mal studies together." sigh "I'd hoped for a little more overlap."

"Well, the mythology thing's a double, that should help. It's my Tuesdays and Thursdays that are just one thing after another all day."

Lissa mostly just follows along. "Are you another of El's friends?" she asks Bobbi, head tilted and trying to figure out why she looks oddly familiar.

"I'm her employee."

"She offered me bodyguarding services through Christmas for my senior outfit. It was a very good deal, if anyone wants your bodyguarding services you should hold out for something better than an outfit," El tells Lissa, "even if your bodyguarding services aren't worth as much as hers, but I think she was in a hurry."