Back to Issy's perspective

You feel like crap, your shoulder aches from all those serves and now you're sitting in the middle of skill foundations trying your hardest not to fall asleep. Which in fairness isn't that hard as Rone plonks himself down next to you.

“Sup girl, oh damn you look terrible, in like a good way though.” He bails out midway as you give him a 'keep going I dare you' look.

“Don't even. It's not been a good 24 hours.” You sigh, you know its unfair to take it out on him so you resolve to not bite his head off.

“Aww dat sucks, wass happened?” At that point your phone goes off and a quick glance reveals its Chelsea.

CA: Hey Issy I'm sorry I'm gonna have to raincheck tonight I've got a fair bit of uni I need to catch up on, really sorry. Make it up to you sometime?

“Ugh.” You sigh even louder causing the man up the front of the room giving the lecture to briefly pause and shoot you an angry look.

“Sorry,” you mumble weakly, he continues his stern look for a moment then resumes his lecture.

You contemplate fobbing Rone off but you decide to be honest for some reason. “Ah it's girl trouble, ladies are tough.”

He smiles clearly not expecting you to say that. “Haha, say it ain't so, At least tell me you have locked down some of your girls to come watch us Saturday night.”

“Pfft, all contingent on whether there's a surprise exam tomorrow but I tell you what I'll show a little faith and you can watch me bring some people. ”

You pull your phone back out and decide to message Chelsea back.

ID: Tell you what, make it up to me Saturday night, you are coming with me to watch Our basketball team's trial game. Tell Stacey and Grace to come as well.

30 seconds or so go by before you get a response.

CA: Ooooo basketball, alright, Stacey will come as long as she doesn't get gangbanged... Can't make any promises about Grace though.

You stifle a small giggle, “So I'll get a couple of the girls there but remember the cheerleaders are mine.”

“Pfft says the one having girl trouble at the moment.” It's your turn to give out the stern look and he responds with a deserving eye roll. “ Oh fine, I'm sure the boys will behave. Just make sure you don't let that blonde outta your sight.”

You two chat till the end of the end of class. As you're leaving Rone turns to you with a serious face and says “I am actually serious about tomorrow make sure you study up cause I'm sure its happening.”

“Fine I'll study, I promise. But if you're wrong and I've studied for nothing...”

He gives you a bright smile as he walks off, you wonder how he knows this but you get the impression he isn't going to share that any time soon.

You walk back to your room and drop onto your bed, it would normally be the perfect time to open up the AMA and assess how things were going but you just couldn't bring yourself to do it. As much as you want to know what Scarlett is thinking you know that if the app would tells you it's bad you're likely to run off and do something stupid.

“No Isabel do not open that app, you will see her tomorrow at gym, just talk to her, maybe there's something you can do or say or...” You bury your face in your pillows and resist screaming, frustrated at your lack of control over the situation.

You fling your phone away and decide that you're going to trust Rone. You throw yourself into study and refuse to check your phone. It's difficult to start with but you soon find yourself lost in different readings and youtube videos talking about how to activate different muscles and what to do for common issues like joint pain and lower back stress.

You briefly look around and realise that for the second time this week you've been able to lose yourself in study. Something that high school you would be shocked and appalled about. You look around and your eyes settle on your phone, you find yourself getting drawn in. Suddenly you feel exhausted like you have been fighting this feeling for hours and now can no longer resist. Slowly you get up and walk over to your phone. You pick it up then open the app.

Scarlett Winter: EVENT

No new information to be shown until the event has ended.

“WELL FUCK YOU APP, I THOUGHT YOU WERE GIVING ME NOTHING LAST TIME WITH THIS WHOLE LOCK BULLSHIT, NOW I GET NOTHING NOT EVEN A SCORE!?”

You fight with all your mental strength not to completely lose it and smash the phone. Several deep breaths later you slowly lower the phone from above your head, still squeezing it tightly like you hadn't quite made up your mind not to smash it. Several more deep breaths go by and you slowly loosen your grip and then notice something.

You have two new achievements

*The dip: Lose 20 points or more with someone in a single interaction. You really shouldn't get coins for this one but you know what? you probably need 'em. 50 coins

The good Samaritan: Without you or them knowing it you just received a lot of help from a stranger. So earlier you get rewarded for fucking up a relationship and now you get rewarded for someone else cleaning up your mess. Why the fuck do thing in the store even have prices if all I'm going to give these fucking coins out for nothing..... 75 coins

Total coins 355

“This did not help. What the fuck is even going on. I knew things went bad last night but what is this good Samaritan? Did someone else do something for me that I don't know about? What is a Samaritan?”

You'd had barely any significant interactions with other people so it was quite a brief update from the AMA this time. The two achievements also did nothing for your understanding of the situation as the first one suggested you had done some serious damage to your relationship, which was of no surprise based on the way things ended and the second one seemed to suggest someone else had been helpful or done something and that resulted in some kind of improvement?

You stare angrily at the app for a while. “Fuck me while I'd be anxious about a situation like this in the past, actually having a way to quantify a relationship then seeing how much I've damaged it is incredibly stressful.”

You suddenly feel another wave of emotional exhaustion wash over you, like the energy associated with attempting to push through this situation had started to wear on you. So like any university girl would you decide to go shopping.

Welcome to the shop

RECOVERY FTW – 100 coins

You recover suspiciously quickly from all sorts of situations. Had a massive leg session one day? Next day you will be fine. Huge bender last night? this perk guarantees you wake up feeling fine the next morning. Just been punched in the face by some other slut for stealing her man/woman? No sweat by tomorrow morning no one will be able to tell.

THE MOST HEALTHY GIRL IN THE WORLD – 500 COINS

Remember how you got sick that one time cause the guy next to you came to work with a cold? Remember how you cause that STD after a series of very questionable decisions with the girl/ guy you thought was fantastic. Well remember them fondly because you're now immune from sickness. Yes that's right you don't get sick anymore. Disclaimer this does not effect injuries in any way.

HOWS THE WEATHER UP THERE? - 100 COINS

Feel like an extra 4 inches? No gentlemen not down there, Height. Taller people earn money, are more sort after in relationships and seem to garner more respect more easily? Also maybe you want to start a career in professional basketball. All these possibilities and more are one button press away.

“Hmmm I mean the healthy one is a real no brainer but like the other good ones I got last time its too expensive for me at the moment and I don't know when it's even coming back. An extra 4 inches would put me at 6'3, I don't really need the height that much and I guess if there is a situation id like to look bigger I do have heels, so that one's off the table. And I've wanted the recovery one since I saw it last that would be amazing just from a gym point of view.”

You let your mind wander with the possibilities outside of gym as your finger makes the familiar motion to press the button and the wonderfully satisfying coin animation plays. On that note you realise that you have very little else to achieve tonight and you may as well get some sleep as there's a lot riding on how tomorrow plays out.