Education in the big city

I used to think the knowledge I had gained throughout my upbringing would be enough to carry me through much of my life. Yet my recent adventures have shown me that there is a lot more knowledge out there for me to acquire. Growing up in the majestic lands of the Tire woods , my chances of getting a formal education were very slim. Be that as it may, I still learnt a lot growing up in those woods. My school was the forests of my homeland, and my teachers were the elders of my tribe.
 
Our investigation of the Triad took an academic turn when Ko Rava asked for our help in dealing with a problem at her former school. Her teacher Master Opah was worried that the Triad had infiltrated the school and wished for her to investigate this further, I was happy to help her and so were the others. We would disguise ourselves as students at the school which would give us the chance to look around the school grounds and talk to the other students to gain information. Master Opah must have assumed us misfits would get involved because he had uniforms for us to use along with fake student names for each of us, I rather liked my fake name which was Liu Ru. Zyanya’s illusion powers also helped for those of us who did not look young enough to be attending school. Arthom was made to look like Ko Rava's Leishu friend Mokoto, and i looked like very similar to Yifeng with the only difference being the colour of my hair. I did not understand why Zyanya decided to make Mogg look like Gurval, im sure she had her reasons though.
 
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I was amazed by the grandeur of the school buildings and the exquisite grounds. Looking around I noticed that most of the students were Mokuna and I had yet to see any other Leishus. This observation prompted me to ask Ko Rava how she had gotten into this school in the past, she told me her admittance was due to her family heritage. I tried to get more information from her regarding this but all she said was that her family had connections and were important. This answer only made me more curious about where she came from, but I could see she did not want to talk about it further, so I let the matter drop.
 
The school day started with roll call and then we went to our first class for the day, Lore and War run by Master Afah. It was interesting to hear about the other major battles that had occurred in Mayhos. The only conflict I had known of was the one between my people and the Solen, and that was because it had been drummed into my head when i was young.
 
We finally got our chance to do some investigating when the class broke for recess. We made our way with the other students outside and then Ko Rava, Syrus and Yifeng approached a bunch of girls. I could see Ko Rava was glaring at the main girl of that group, I sensed from the look she gave that her past with this girl was not a good one. While the rest of the group was focused on this confrontation, Yifeng was sneakily going through that girls bag. From what I could tell she had found something of interest and managed to slip it in her pocket before the girl noticed.
 
It was not long before a bell sounded to indicate that recess was over. We headed to our next class, Chi and Spirit led by Master Natsu. It started off as a self-reflection class but then turned interesting once the sparring session started. When it came time for Arthom and me to spar, Arthom stood with his arms crossed and simply said no. My ego got the better of me and i got annoyed thinking he did think me enough of a fighter to even spar with, so i punched him in the face. Only my angle was off so the punch hurt me more than it hurt him. I gritted my teeth as pain shot through my hand and waited for him to retaliate. But he just glared at me while clenching his fist's, which in a way was much worse. Wanting to avoid further embarrassment I then tripped him, and once he was on the ground I quickly blurted out to him that I was sorry and only did it keep up appearances. He did not respond and just picked himself up off the floor. Mogg and Zyanya’s session was a bizarre one, Mogg punched himself in the face and Zyanya tried to pull his pants off. Before the class had ended I noticed a pouch of berries had been placed in my hand, but I did not see who put them there, maybe Arthom forgave me after all.
 
When we had our next recess break Yifeng gathered us together and told us about the envelope she had found in the girls bag, which had the Triad Lotus flower symbol stamped on the front of it. At Mogg's suggestion we went to Master Opah, who then brought the girl to an empty classroom. We questioned her and she admitted that she was seeing someone from the Triad who was much older than her. He was basically grooming her promising her fame and fortune, who knows how many more students had fallen under his spell.
Master Opah had been right to fear the Triad’s influence and told us he would deal with the girl. Our concern now was her Triad boyfriend, during our questioning she had mentioned that he would come by the school every afternoon. We decided that we would capture him the next time he came to the school and interrogate him to get further information about the Triad’s movements.
 
Overall my experience of attending a fancy city school turned out pretty good in the end.