"Alright kids, since today is the first day of school, I won't ride you too hard! Just complete this five-hundred-question pop quiz we prepared to refresh your memory on last year's material, and that will be enough. You have forty minutes, and your time starts now!"
I am seriously missing the vast plains, the provocative clown mobs, or the arenas you finally reach after endless treks the second I open my eyes.
When I get explicitly dropped straight into a scenario like this, I have no idea what to do. I am in school, inside a classroom where the heaters haven't even been turned on yet, staring at a massive stack of papers placed right in front of me.
I need to catch my breath. I need to momentarily divert my attention elsewhere, pull myself together, and analyze the situation. Thank God I'm sitting right next to the window; I figured if I just turn my head and stare outside, I might regain my composure, but instead, I experienced the shock of my life.
