Private Finished Unstable Compound

With how life was going, Remiel actually somewhat enjoyed class. Apart from being stuck in a room with multiple demons, it was pretty good. It allowed him to continue learning and gave him somewhere to succeed and impress.

Just as he did on any other day, he headed to his science class and sat in his usual spot near the middle of the class. And just as the teacher did any other day, he began to teach about the wonders of science. All was good, at least, until the final few minutes.

The teacher began to hand out simple pink sheets of paper, a project and a rather large one at that. They had to create a presentation of sorts relating to science. Essentially they were going to have a mini science fair.

Rem had few problems with the assignment itself. What did bother him was the fact that this was a group project. He was to work in a pair of two. He already disliked group work, but it was the name of his partner that really hammered the nail into his coffin. Amber Black.

He glanced briefly to the demon before looking back at the sheet

Shortly after an explanation by the teacher about the project and how both members of the team had to make sure they worked together, the teacher allowed everyone to find their partners and start figuring out a plan for the remainder of the class.

Remiel sighed, getting out of his chair, grabbing his textbook and heading to meet Amber. His face didn’t make it seem like he was particularly delighted about this.

@Pallas

Rem listened. The entire time Amber spoke, he just looked at her like she was spitting lies at him. There was no way she could be that enthusiastic about any of it. Even after she asked him questions, he just sighed again and went in a whole other direction.

"Look, how about I just do the project myself. I really don't mind picking up the slack and everything will just be easier for you. You get to slack off and when I'm done I'll just give you a sheet of paper with what to say, you can memorize it the night before and Mr. Colin will never know the difference." It was a somewhat deceitful move to pull on a teacher of all people and he felt guilty just saying it, but in the end it would be for the better, he just knew it.

Now, according to Remiel's vast knowledge of the demon race, he knew for a fact that Amber would drop her good girl act and jump right on that offer.

Seriously? Rem just stared, mostly annoyed as Amber turned the offer down. Why couldn’t she just take the out when he offered. She genuinely must’ve wanted to work on the project with him but in Rem’s eyes that was more concerning than anything. She must’ve had some ulterior motive. Perhaps it would lead to a trap or maybe she just wanted to watch him suffer. Either way, as long as she wasn’t willing to sit out, there wasn’t much he was going to be able to do. He’d just have to stay on guard and suffer through it.

He went into a brief period of thought when Amber asked if he knew about any experiments they could do. Truth be told, he kind of liked the one about seeing which seeds attracted which birds, but he couldn’t let her know that so he had to come up with something new...

That was easier said than done. He didn’t have much experience with science fair type stuff and the only topic he could think of was the unoriginal baking soda volcano.

Eventually his eyes went to the side and he finally spoke, though he sounded a little grumpy about it. “I guess the bird idea wasn’t that bad. If you absolutely feel the need to work on it together then I guess we can do that one. We could talk about why the birds are attracted to different seeds and relate it back to their beak shapes...”

Amber was still too excited about this and it bothered him. At the very least, Rem did kind of like their topic. He’d always really liked birds so it was something he could enjoy learning about. Well, almost, he still had to deal with Amber.

“I don’t think I’m familiar with anyone named Darwin, but for the most part I guess that’s mostly true. Maybe I’d change it a little though. I think the toughness of the seed has more to do with the shape of the beak than the size. Like a larger but longer beak wouldn’t be as good at cracking a tough seed as a smaller but shorter beak.” As he explained, he started to lighten up a little, even if he didn’t notice himself doing it.

Rem shrugged. “Yeah, I guess that’s fine. We could maybe put one close to the ocean or by the lake too. Maybe the lake would be a good spot for the edge of forest one actually...” He seemed to consider that. Four places seemed like a good number. The park, the lake, the school, and by the ocean.

“As for the design of the bird feeders, we probably want something simple that we can make a bunch of but that also forces the birds to pick up the seeds themselves. Something like a tray design.” He moved his hands in a circular motion in front of him as if to outline a tray shape. I have plenty of wood and rope in my room so making those wouldn’t be very difficult.”

Rem let out a quiet gasp and then forced a sigh as he returned to being a grump. It was like he’d forgotten what Amber was for a minute there.

“Anyway the hardest part as far as I’m concerned is the camera. The only camera I have is on my phone and I’m afraid that probably wouldn’t work too well for this.”