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Capriccio smiled as it was her turn to present, she had asked her parents for help on what city to choose. Though she realized that her daddy was pretty terrible at the cities of the Below still, her mama was a big help. “I chose Graven's Gift as my city of choice. My mama said that our great grandparents were from there. Apparently it gets pretty chilly at time, but considering they were imps, it was okay. I want to visit, but I’m afraid that it might be too cold for me…” She then pointed it out on the map and returned to her seat. A girl could dream of travelling at least, she wanted to learn more about the food from there.

“My city for this assignment is Stormgate. I chose it because of the fact that it was ruined, which would be neat to explore and the fact that it was a trade city with the Grimm. Since I’m part Grimm, it would be neat to explore some of my own heritage. I do want to go to the Above in the future to visit my ma’s old home, but I think that will wait until I’m older. Apparently I have a lot of family up there compared to the Below.” Well, he had spoken more about himself than the actual city, but he did answer why he chose the city. It was somewhere he really wanted to visit in the future.

Heru perked up for this next question. She knew which one she wanted to talk about! "So, the city I want to talk about is the town in the Swirling Storm. Or what was the Swirling Storm. It's in Auster, and it's the homeland of Nagas and Bakenekos. My mother is half-Bakeneko, half-Naga, and they came from the town, so a little bit of my heritage is there. Well, half of it is there, so yeah. Um, the town was originally a Naga city and trading post. Bakenekos were wanderers in the desert, and a whole bunch of them were visiting the town when the storm started up. Since no one could go through the storm, they thought that no one ever existed outside of the storm ever. Well...maybe not ever, but they didn't know that us all, like, Demons and all, lived anywhere, and that's sort of funny, since Demons used to live in Auster! So I guess I'm an Austerian on both sides of my family?"

Marco thought of a city he wanted to visit and said "I would like to visit Silverfish City, since I was awoken here in Asphodel Fields I've never seen the nixie city. I would really like to see all the nixie colonies and see how others of my race live and what the city underwater looks like." Marco said cheerfully. He was really curious what life underwater was like since he had never lived like that being raised in Asphodel by the caretakers. Marco couldn't think of anything else to say so he sat back down to wait for the next student's answer.

"I think my favorite form of government is the ruling princes in Zephyros. Each place has a prince that governs their area, but they have a crowned prince they have to report to. That gives a system of checks and balances in a way. Though, I know I'd have a hard time remembering all the princes' names." she finished with a giggle.

Valir. That's definitely where Marrow would go. Imagine all the hidden treasures left under the rubble. Marrow's eyes began to sparkle with interest as he read in his text book about the fallen city. When he was called the boy immediately glanced around the room, feeling a tiny bit of anxiety set in. "Valir," he muttered to the teacher, casting his eyes down at his desk in hopes the teacher would just move on. He didn't of course. "Ugh, I don't know. I guess I'd like to go see how wrecked it is and stuff. Maybe see if they left anything decent behind..." Marrow cleared his throat a bit and sunk further into his seat.

Social studies was one of Teto's favourite classes because she loved learning about other cultures. She leaned forward expectantly as everyone talked, eager to absorb all the knowledge she could. She almost didn't notice when it was her turn to talk, but for once she was happy to speak to the class. "I'll talk about the Kumiho! We're still kinda new, so I bet people don't know a lot about us," she began with a cheerful smile, "we don't really have a government! Well, we have the elders, but I never really thought of them as governing, you know? We listen to them because they're the wisest, most caring people around! We don't have to do what they say, but why wouldn't you? They generally know best." Teto, like most Kumiho, respected her elders with every fiber of her being. Although it was weird when she thought about it too much; you didn't have to do what the elders said, but she'd also always been encouraged to do so, as if it was impossible to consider and alternative.