Board Thread:What Would You Do?/@comment-28718853-20170813033653/@comment-33398500-20171023232747

“Sometimes I hate my job...” 

This was my thought as I stepped toward the door, saying, more out of an abundance of caution than anything else “Excuse me, but apparently there is a bit of an issue with some of our students, so please allow me to go in first to check...” the confused kobold backing away from the doorknob a second as I turned it, able to hear frightened yelping from inside, the matching looks of concern I was used to now creeping onto the faces of the principal as well as the superintendant and his family.

As far as my mood went, having been working here for a year, I was far too accustomed to receiving panicked emails like these, usually when we went on trips into town or whenever we had visits from various volunteers, both women and mamono, and we had never had anything of a major incident in the entire time I’d been here.

As I opened the door, I saw the students: four of them to be exact, backed into a corner with a small figure bobbing up and down in the air in front of them: a fairy. “Aww, come on you guys! Play with me!” she called to the four of them “I don’t bite, and I know lots of games!”

“Instructor! We need help! She’s got us in a corner!!” one of the four then called out upon seeing me. Sighing heavily to myself, I stepped over to the group, saying “Sorry, kiddo, but they don’t want to play with you, I’m afraid... what are you doing here? Your group session wasn’t going to be for another week...” I then started.

“You know this fairy?” The superintendant then asked, looking a little confused.

“Yes I do, sir. She’s technically part of a group of mamono I know that I ask to come in every so often for treatment sessions, a sort of demonstration of how harmless some girls, even mamono can be... though she isn’t supposed to be here until then...”

“Well, I got bored all by myself! I wanted to play games with new friends!” the fairy then complained after landing on my shoulder.

“I’m hoping she means actual games...” the principal then commented.

“Yes, she does... she’s pure. The time she spends here is a structured affair that I keep full control over... coming here by yourself was foolish... come on, I’ll find you someone to play with...”

“Th-thank you, instructor!” one of them called out. “You never know what mamono’ll do!”

“It’s all right, kid... She’s not technically a mamono anyway, but she’s harmless, I assure you... wait!” I then started, as the superintendant’s daughter, going off of her normal outgoing reaction, started to walk over to say hi “G-get away!” one of the guys then shouted in a panic, causing the kobold to jump back in confusion, looking rather shocked: I’m assuming no one ever looked that scared of her when she came to them.

As she started to tear up, I shifted over quickly, kneeling down and saying “It’s all right... they’re just... a bit distraught, it’s not your fault, kiddo... it was a nice gesture.” attempting to calm down the kobold who seemed on the verge of tears. It seemed to partially work, the girl still sniffling, but smiling slightly up at me before hugging me and walking back over to her mother.

“H-how about we go and see the next room?” the principal then asked, now walking toward the door. The superintendant, eager to avert the current situation, nodded immediately “Of course, let’s go...”

“W-why are they scared of me?” his daughter asked her parents, confused as the three walked out of the room to resume their tour. “They’re scared of girls, dear, it’s why they’re here...” her mother explained as they went down the hall.

“Hey!” the fairy on my shoulder then fumed, jumping up and down as if to remind me of her presence “I’m booooored! Plaaay with me!” she then whined, continuing to hop in frustration.

<p class="MsoNormal">“All right, all right...” I started, attempting to assuage the small being, saying to the group “All right, you guys can come out now, they’re all gone.” I said to confirm that the kobolds were now around the corner and down the hall.

<p class="MsoNormal">As they slowly started to move out of the room, the fairy tried to keep from scaring them again by standing completely still as I backed up from the door, her very presence still warding them. “Well, I’ve got to go keep this one in line, so I’ll see you gentlemen later...”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Yaaaay! Playtime!” the small fairy said with a cheer as we walked off back to my office, where an afternoon of snacks and board games awaited to keep me on the pure fairy’s good side.