BogMod/SummerSnowStories1

It was the middle of the month of Ascending Water of the 767th year of the reign of the Scarlet Empress. At the Four Lotus Academy it was raining. No raining is the wrong word for it. It was pouring great buckets. Within the walls of the school, on its grounds, about 20 young students were jogging through the rain. 14 years of age the students wore the red and white of the school. Standing under a small canopy a barrel chested man yelled at them to pick up the pace or they would have to do another set of laps.

"Ever notice...how the worse the weather is the more he keeps sending us out in it?" Huffed one of the students, a green haired girl by the name of Summer Emerald Snow. Beside her was another girl with short red curly locks by the name of Vel. Both girls were good friends, top of their swordsmanship classes and decently popular. Even though Vel was a patrician from the Realm and Summer was from the tributary of An-Teng the two girls had known each other since their first year at the Academy when they both were 8. "Well...you know what...they say. The secret to great teaching...is making your students suffer." Came the reply and both girls laughed a little at it before lowering their heads and slogging their way through the downpour.

"Mela's beard!" Vel swore suddenly. The two were heading back to their room after their fitness class had finished, both rather looking forward to