Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-24487330-20140819174713/@comment-24487330-20140819232103

Lan couldn't help but crack a smile at Skailyn's reaction. Seeing her act all sheepish was adorable. Catching himself thinking about that, though, made him realize that this exercise was going to be more difficult than he'd anticipated. Trying to focus back on the task at hand, he took a seat across from Skailyn and opened up the book. "Yep, ready," he answered. "Let's see here..."

...About five minutes later, Lan had only advanced five or six pages. The first part of the novel gave a condensed summary of Heathcliff Molten's military career, most likely to familiarize readers with his background for the sake of clarity in later chapters. Unfortunately, this expository style wasn't the least bit interesting to the Faunus boy, and he soon set the book down and sat back in his chair, rubbing his eyes and groaning mildly with boredom. "Uuuugh, this is a history lesson, not a story...Why does this have to be so plain and boring...?"