Greet them.

One of your closest friends, Paulo, comes out to greet you and you him. A goofy grin rests on his ginger bearded face.

"Ey! If it isn't my best pal. I'm just on my lunch break from my brand new job! Librarian, at the Golden Tome. Heard of it? Well, ya will not with me working there!"

"A librarian? It's hard to see."

"Ah be quiet. I just thought I'd stop and say hello before I left. Already ate my sandwich."

"Of course you did. Well, class went all right. It was interesting."

The conversation puts you at ease. It's nice to talk to a friend, as uncomfortable as you still are. At least you have a moment to take a breath. Surely this much chaos can't happen every day. Though to be fair, it was mostly that gnome's fault anyway.

"Well, I better get going. Come visit me a work sometime!" Paulo says with a snicker. He nudges you as he walks by, and disappears into the crowd.

You wave goodbye and see what else you have to do today. With Paulo working, you could visit him. It's just a library though. That could be boring, and he needs to work to keep the job. You might just distract him. Instead you could go home and play video games for awhile. Maybe watch some TV. You can always go from there.