"...Natalia Yasnikov, who will speak to you about Government Service"

Natalia was a taller than average woman, standing over all but one of the visitors. Her slightly more rounded eyes and pale skin betrayed her as a hapa. She looked a few years over 30 and wore a buttoned up, striped business style suit which were overshadowed by her large but firm breasts above. No cleavage was visible but an observant person would've noticed a faint shape of an angular eagle tattoo above her left breast through the shirt she wore, marking her as property of someone from one of the Russian provinces - not a huge surprise given her last name. Below, she wore a pencil skirt that reached above her knee and below that was stockings covering her legs with a fishnet pattern if one looked close enough. Her face was not what you'd consider beautiful but it had its own allure with her full lips and a slender nose and eyes that darted around, analysing the students before her.

"Mrs. Yasnikov," the teacher spoke, "is going to speak to you about Non-White Women's contribution in Government work that you can choose to undertake after graduation. Take it away, Mrs. Yasnikov." After the eccentric teacher took a few steps backwards and whispered something quietly to one of the other visitors, the tall woman in front of the class began to speak... "Hello everyone, my name is Natalia Yasnikov and I work in the travel and movement branch of the Government. What my job is, is basically to help with setting up programs that help young Asian girls like you find a White partner outside of the Region so you can experience other parts of the world" Zhou could hear muttering around her after the words were laid down which were promptly shushed by Miss Junli who then resumed talking with the visitor.

"There are a surprising amount of ways in which Asian girls like me and you can support our White governors and it can be a great opportunity for those of you who want to move to other wonderful places around the world." Lao leaned in towards Zhou and whispered that "we all know what the real reason for that is" making her chuckle loud enough to warrant a sharp look from the intently listening student in front of her. "As some of you will be able to tell, I have lived in Russia. I've been there for the last 12 years with my husband, which was an opportunity given to my by other government workers like me who encouraged me to move somewhere else and find a nice White man to marry there. Different places have different people, my own father was Russian so I thought that learning a bit more about that half of myself was going to be a great experience so decided that I had to go there, but there are many other opportunities like that given to you." It had seemed the presenter has taken a complete detour from her presentation about 'government service' to her experience as a young Half-Asian woman in Russia and in general, her fawning over the country. She seemed to finally regain her composure with a clearing of her throat, "We have many other programs to help you with entering such a career," Mrs. Yasnikov paused to show a leaflet she had in her front pocket of her blazer, "and I hope that I have interested at least one of you here today."

No matter how much Zhou tried to focus on what the presenter was saying, her mind kept wandering back to worrying about whether Mrs. Peterson caught onto her lies or not. Her tone was certainly venomous and skeptical of Zhou's story, however there was the inkling of hope that it worked and Mrs. Peterson was only going to give her the light punishment for being late to class instead of for the lies that were told to her. Zhou shivered lightly at the premise of what would happen to her in that case. She tried really hard to put on a mindset of 'oh well, guess I'll find out when the time comes' but the sickly feeling in her stomach kept creeping back every one in a while. For now, Zhou had to be on her best behaviour as to not cause more trouble and dig herself a deeper grave.

With a clasping of her hands, Mrs. Yasnikov asked the class for any questions. Most were specific inquiries about her experience in Russia and, of course, being around Russian men with a few more serious questions about what kinds of careers there are for Asian girls in government or what are the requirements to be able to work in government in the first place... Zhou mostly focused on thinking about what was in store for her after classes which gave her a sickly, faint feeling during the time. Only time could tell...

"Okay, that would be it for my presentation. If any of you girls are interested or want to ask other questions you might have not been comfortable asking to the whole class, I will stick around for a while in this class after the bell." And with applause, Natalia took a few backwards strides with Miss Junli taking her place to give a quick word, no doubt from a feeling of compulsion, about her own idea of what government work sounded like before announcing the second speaker...