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Baum sighed and looked down at the assignment. It wasn’t to say that he was bad at art but drawing was never his strong point and they were trying to draw people around campus. Sure the teacher didn’t expect a masterpiece but Baum wanted to be better than this… With a groan he crumpled up the piece of paper and threw it in the trash. At this rate he was going to have to figure out if skipping the assignment would be too big of a hit on his grade. Of course that would be giving up wouldn’t it and if there was anything baum hated it was giving up so… another piece of paper it was.

“Ugh this is no good… no good at all” Baum stated his wings flapping a bit in agitation. He normally liked to cover them with his sweater as people were less likely to throw the mutant card at them, but they had been rather sore today so out of the sweater they came.
“Couldn’t we just have drawn stick figures” He muttered out loud. well he supposed that stick figures was the extent of some people’s talent but still. With a groan he practically collapsed on the table and covered the sketch book with his head as he laid on it.

Baum sighed and looked at the ever growing pile of crumpled up pieces of paper. It was now bordering on the absurd and he was half tempted to walk to the other side of the room and grab the trash can. He could know sympathize with some of the animated characters he had watched in movies. Still he was glad that most everyone had exited to the courtyard or other such places. He was definitely not the best of models and the people in the classroom mostly knew he was prickly so they tended to stay wawy….

So it was understandable that a surprised look crossed his face when someone actually sat down at his table. He unslumped himself and sat up straighter. While he was prickly some of the time he did like to have a good set of manners and who knows maybe new angles would help him better with the assignment. He gave a slow blink about her before thinking about her offer. Alright, he would go with it. It might be interesting if nothing else.

“Hello Dianthe, I’m Baum. I’m okay at art I guess.” He trailed off here to look at all the crumpled pieces of paper. “Well most of the time but I’m definitely open for ideas. New angles by this point are most welcome”

He was a little uncomfortable at her glances towards him, but he was new and different on top of that and it wasn’t like she was flat out staring. Still old habits were hard to break. Ah… the draw question. Well he figured that was going to come up. However she was pretty nice about it and well it wasn’t like he hadn’t expected it at some time. He absent mindedly laced his hands together, resting his chin on them.

“Alright, I would be up for that. Random people walking by doesn’t seem to be working as you can see and I’m up for helping another student get a good grade” Baum finally answered. “I just am a little tense being a subject so pardon any body language I might give off.” His wings arched a bit as if to agree with his words.

Thinking about it, it probably wasn’t the fairest idea. Baum had all sorts of extra features that dianthe didn’t have. However he supposed he had nice colors to work with and like he had thought earlier it wasn’t as if the teacher was expecting a masterpiece from the freshlings

“Thank you very much for the offer. Do you get many people that chew on the cap?” Baum asked with a rare smile, although he supposed the questions weren’t entirely unfounded. He was known to chew on his own caps or pencils if he got really into a project. “So… if art isn’t your thing, what subjects are your favorite… ah sorry if that is too personal. I just find some times talking makes arting go faster”

He had basically a rough sketch at the moment. It wasn’t as bad as the others but then again it was a rough sketch. Maybe it was company. Since he was half focused on the conversation he wasn’t over thinking his work. Hmm maybe next time if there wasn’t someone to talk to he could try drawing with music. Looking back at his drawing he decided it might actually be good enough to start putting in the actual lines now.

“Ah yeah, I know that habit. I guess I do have to confess to chewing on the end of my pencil if I’m in deep thought. However I can say that I’ve ever had the desire to chew on markers so they should be pretty safe from me. ” He pointed out and then waited to see if she would answer his other question.

“That’s a pretty awesome goal; there aren’t enough people that are interested in History. Everyone here seems to want to go for some art goal” Baum replied. “I can’t say I’m quite decided yet. I really like learning about the criminal justice system and I think I want to maybe be a police officer but you never know if something else will come up by the time I graduate the academy” Baum finally decided. Ah line art was done, all he needed was color it in now.

It hadn’t gone so bad. She hadn’t commented on his mutations and he had carried on a small little conversation. He would have to tell Kadali he might have actually had fun today and looking down at his artwork he felt satisfied enough to turn it in. For an assignment he was dreading he supposed it hadn’t come out too bad. He was glad he had tried to tough it out instead of just giving up and storming of. Of course since they had both finished it was time to go turn things in

“Well I figured there weren’t enough heroes out there so …” He trailed off and moved a strand of hair out of his face. “Well thank you none the less. And no you don’t offend me at all. The drawing looks pretty nice. Ah I finished yours as well” he replied showing her the picture. “I guess this is where we part to turn things in. Thank you again for your suggestion. It was a nice break” he smiled before going to find the teacher.