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Who: Armand Sauveterre (Augustine Sycamore), Asher Guthermuth (Gladion), and Casimir Gutermuth (Kaltz)
When: June 19th
Where: A school classroom
What: A parent/teacher/student conference regarding one suddenly much more rebellious 14 year old

It had been a couple weeks since Gladion awakened. Not just him, but the rest of his family, and maybe he could have convinced himself this whole life he'd been living wasn't just a blatant lie if it wasn't so painfully obvious that none of them belonged together. His "brother" had immediately turned his nose up at anything human, as if he'd never even pretended to be one at all. His father less so, but the fact that he likewise wasn't human was painfully obvious.

Gladion? Well, he was human. But he didn't belong here, and after remembering everything, he wondered how he could have ever even faked his way into imagining having anything resembling a normal family life. For three days after awakening, he didn't even bother to come out of his room except to eat, and made it clear that he didn't want to hear a word from his supposed family. When he did come back to school, he just made up a story about having been sick.

And now? Well, now he's in a classroom sitting grumpily at a desk because his formerly favorite teacher got concerned enough to set up a meeting with his not-actually-father, and he's stuck here waiting for it to happen.

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Ever since Asher arrived in Green Valley, Armand always helped him out in various situations. From tutoring him to helping him out of his dilemmas, it is no surprise that he considered him as his favorite teacher.

So when he noticed that Asher somehow distant himself after a few days of absence, he knows something must have happened to him for some reason. In fact, he is very concerned about his favorite student to the point that he called his father, Casimir for a student/teacher/parent meeting.

And as Asher's father is on his way to Green Valley, he decides to use this time to talk to his student before his arrival. But as he enters the classroom, he can clearly see that he's not happy that he's here.

"Asher," he said as Armand takes his seat on his desk that is right in front of Asher's. "I'm sorry if I have to call you here all of the sudden."

Sorry. Yeah, sure he is. It's not that Gladion doubts his sincerity--there are plenty of things that felt perfectly genuine when "Asher" did them--but it's hard to take that seriously when nothing in that life was real to begin with. What's worse is that he can't explain it. Even if he wanted to, he wouldn't know what to say, and he'd be fighting against the feeling that it's a horrible idea to say anything at all. Probably he'd just end up with a headache.

So instead, he goes with what he does know and can say. "You're worried about me." It's not like he doesn't understand the motivation, especially since he knows he's been acting weird (for "Asher", at least), but he says it flatly, just stating a fact. "But you're wasting your time. And mine."

That's not right. The Asher he knew wouldn't talk back like that. Not only that, he knew that he wouldn't ignore his worries regarding him or another student as well regarding the murders.

"Trust me, I feel that this meeting isn't a waste not after your strange absence for a few days now. Where were you that caused you to stop going to school lately?" If this is about his bullying or family problems, he knows that calling this meeting is a very good move on his end.

"I was sick." The answer is flat and pretty obviously a lie, or at least not the whole truth. 'Sick' doesn't cover his change in attitude. But it's the easy explanation and the one he's given everyone who needed an explanation so far, and he really doesn't want to talk beyond that.

Well, it makes sense, yet he doubts that he can believe it. Besides, that excuse has already been used a lot of times and most of them are used in many lies before. Also, he knows that it's not like Asher to lie like that.

"That's true. But I'm more worried regarding your rebellious behavior lately. Is there someone troubling you?"

Well, yes. There is. Quite a lot, actually. But it's not anything he can talk about, and it would be easier if his well-meaning teacher would just leave him alone. Still, maybe it's an effect of the false memories or the fact that his teacher is actually concerned, but he lets a thread of honesty slip into his answer.

"It's not something you can understand."

"What do you mean?"

That answer makes him more worried about him. In fact, Armand even wonders if his problems have anything to do with his family or his friends. There is also the serial murders, but he doubts that Asher would get involved in them.

"Look, I'm your teacher, Asher. If there is something wrong regarding with your family or friends, you should try to share with them to me. So regardless of your problems, I will try to understand them just to help you out."

Obviously that would just make him more worried, and Gladion's kicking himself for it. But he can't help it. Talking in this situation is confusing and hard no matter how he looks at it, and he can't explain no matter how willing someone is. He could barely talk about anything when he was talking to his father and they were both in the same confused boat.

"Just forget about it." He crosses his arms as he says it, then looks away afterward, really hoping his teacher will just give up, even though he doubts it.

Armand then frowns at Asher's vague answer once more. He really wants to help him out on his mysterious problem, yet he still refuses to tell him about it. And even if will try to understand him, the rebellious student still adamant on letting him help on his problems.

Seeing that questioning him more will lead him nowhere, he just said nothing else while hoping that his father would arrive here on time so they can discuss Asher's sudden change of personality.

Casimir (that's not his name. But it's what he needs to call himself here) pushes the door open, holding it until it can be shut silently behind him. Being called for a parent-child meeting is... awkward. As much as he wants Asher to be his child, he's not. He's not the one he remembers, and that was going so horribly....

Casimir seems distracted as he walks into the room and takes a seat. Maybe he should say something to the teacher... but he doesn't know what to say, and doesn't say anything.

Oh good, his "dad" is here. He's really not sure what's going to happen with all of this--it's not like the older man can explain anything any more than Gladion could. He's barely spoken to the man he thought was his dad since all that happened, anyway, so he can't even guess how he'll handle the situation. There's at least a mild comfort in knowing he understands it well enough, if nothing else.

He says nothing, just glances over when he notices the door move, then pointedly looks away from both of the adults in the room.

Once he notices Casimir's arrival, he is relieved to see him, seeing that he can finally start the meeting.

"Hello, Mr. Gutermuth. You're just in time. Asher is with me in this room," Armand says as he gestures him to his said 'son'. "Speaking of which, I need to discuss with you regarding his rebellious behavior lately."

He nods slowly, unsure what to say. Gladion has been acting differently from Asher, but...... it's only natural, considering what happened to them. There's no way to even begin to explain that. No matter how much he wants to go back to how things were.

"I see." His expression might be mistaken for sadness at discovering his son has been acting up, but it's unlikely that Gladion would take it as such.

Frankly, Gladion is doing his best to ignore everything that's currently happening, so he doesn't notice that expression at all. As far as he's concerned, there's nothing to say, so he's not going to chime in unless there's a reason.

He then looks at Asher again with a worry of his aloof behavior before he returns his focus on his student's father. "Well, is there something happened with his family life recently? Like someone just passed away?"

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