"That work period might be worth it."

"A whole afternoon? Yeah. But I feel like there's a part of this deal we're not seeing yet."

"Hate this," she grumbles. 

"Jialin, let me see your schedule." El wants to know if she has a work period too.

Exact same one, in fact. 

"Well. That clinches it. We're being steered."

She gets the freshmen to show her their schedules - and they all have the same work period, too.

...Luthien gets up to check the room for traps again. 

So they're what, babysitters?

That'd be a very weird trap. 

Manageable, though.

Which means it's probably not the only thing. 

Yeah...

She doesn't have any good ideas for what else might be lurking, though. 

They'll have to wait and see, it seems.

Yeah...

They can ask what Shinta and Dani's schedules are like at breakfast. Might be another clue.

Just unfortunate they'll need to sign this one first. 

Mm. Nothing for it.

She puts her name on it and slips it in her desk with a very dramatic air of resignation. 

El does the same.

"Think breakfast will be soon?" she says, tuning out the freshmen who are making their own assignments. 

"Not too much longer, shouldn't be."

Do they have any real way of checking the time...

...Not so much. Hopefully the bell will be audible from here.