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Carlos sighed nervously as he looked at the building in front of him. It was his first day at a new school and as interesting as this experience was bound to be, he was terrified. He was the outcast at his last school, the guy who was too much of a nerd for even the other nerds. Not that he minded too much. His books were much better company, as were the creatures that he would study. Granted that made him a target for bullying which was why his parents up and moved them, well that and after his last experiment they needed to find a new home anyway. He didn’t mean for the chemicals to react the way they did. At least no one was home. His parents had taken the opportunity that their house became a toxic waste site to move the whole family to a small desert town. Of course Carlos’ siblings weren’t thrilled, but they understood.
“You the new kid?” Carlos startled as someone spoke to him, breaking him from his train of thought.
“Y-yeah.” The girl smiled brightly, dark eyes lighting up as she nudged him.
“Come on newbie, I’ll show you to the office. I'm Dana by the way.”
“My name’s Carlos.” Dana smiled at him before looking forward again.
“So you know, you’ll probably get a lot of attention. We don’t get many new students here in Night Vale.” Carlos nodded. He had happened to notice that as he was stared at almost as soon as his sister had dropped him off at the front.
“-need any help.” Carlos flinched as he realized he missed what Dana was saying.
“Sorry?”
“If you need help, just stop by the radio class. I’m usually there with Cecil and his brother.” Before Carlos could ask who either boy was, or where the class was for that matter, the bell rang. Dana waved before hurrying off towards her own class. Swallowing nervously Carlos knocked on the office door. Instead of it opening a letter was slipped out from underneath the door. Confused Carlos picked up the small red envelope addressed to him. Inside was his class schedule as well as a hall pass. If that wasn’t a clue as to what he should expect from living in this town, he had no idea what was.