Rare was it that Rayner ventured out of his manor, and even rarer that he dared to go any further than his yard. So, having shown up on campus for one single important test, his courage had only lasted him so long.
Cowering in the janitor's closet, which had been left half-open, the boy shook. Oh man oh man, there really were too many people... Euch. And it smelled. Pulling a few q-tips and a plastic bag from his coat pocket, he swabbed a few samples from various cleaning tools there: a comforting, familiar action. You'd think the Janitor's own closet would be the cleanest place in the school, not the other way around...

















