PP SYS Ch 35: You Are All Mad

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PP SYS Ch 35: You Are All Mad

[Hassel is also one of the Elite four of this island, so he is more than he looks.]

"Pleasure to meet you, Sir," I said, and Hassel smiled and then ushered me into the room.

"No need for that, Landon! Just Hassel is fine," The teacher laughed, making the strange ponytail on the top of his head bounce around. "So, what kind of art are you interested in?" Hassel asked, and then grabbed my hands and rubbed them. "These hands seem tough but skilled! Maybe you would like to start working on a carving? That would keep you busy with it if you take your time for the next two weeks to a month! What do you say?"

"I guess I can try," I said, but I was worried. This seemed like a big project for my first attempt, and Hassel seemed to have a lot of faith in me.

[Believe in yourself. You can do anything that you put your mind to, and if you can't, I will help you find a way. I am here to help and guide you to the best of my ability without impeding your growth as a human to reach maturity.]

Cryo spoke up, and I was reminded of how much I had changed since he had come into my life. He was right; if I failed at this art project, then it wouldn't be the end of the world.

"Okay! Let's start with a small piece first," Hassel said before grabbing some supplies for me to use. "What do you think of this block of Marble?"

I nearly choked on my tongue as Hassel brought over a two-foot-wide pillar of white marble and set it on the big table in front of me. Trying to swallow my spit, I looked at the white pillar and wondered what I had just got myself into, and how he had just carried the thing over!

"Thanks, Cryo," I said, and then grabbed my supplies before heading to the cafeteria. I was a bit surprised when Hassel asked me to sit at their table, but everyone seemed happy enough that I was there.

"So! You are the magnificent child that fell from the sky and now has Hassel nearly in tears?!" Asked a big man with suspender jean shorts, a pink and white striped button-up shirt, a big mustache and slicked back black hair, and a single lock hanging down the front.

"Uh.." I started to say, but Jacq spoke up.

"Yes! This is Landon! You are going to like him! I think that you have him after Hassel, right Saguaro?" Jacq and the big man nodded.

"Yes, I am very interested in what you can create! So much that I prepare you one of my own specialty dishes to see what you think!" Saguaro declared, and Geeta, at the head of the table, laughed gently. Something about the woman seemed calm, but at the same time, she seemed deadly, like a viper.

"You never seem this excited, Saguaro. Has this child really stirred your spirit?" Geeta asked with a soft giggle.

"Hassel can attest, and we will not be the only ones! I think this man was sent here to stir all of our passions!" Saguaro said, but a woman with glasses and purple hair in a high ponytail clicked her tongue.

"So what, he can carve some rock, and he has weird Pokémon? Come from somewhere else? And we just trust him? You all are mad, and he is probably just trying to wrap us all around his finger!" The woman said as she gave me a sideways look.