She’s almost enjoying her game today.

A large motivator of her dropping out was doing a presentation and getting so frightened by speaking to her class she ended up throwing up, and even fainting instead.

“Definitely… hff… could be worse…”

“Mmgh… hhhngh…”

Shinobu abruptly awoke from a shallow sleep, her breathing having grown unsteady and more difficult.

For a moment she was uncertain of what happened, but then the searing pain became evident.

It started with her left shoulder then crept to her arm, before manifesting in her jaw and neck.

“Hahh… khaff… hnhfff…” She panted, a cold sweat exasperating the already present thick sweat coating her body.

“Mmnghh…” moaning in discomfort, Shinobu rocked back and forth until her right arm reached a bottle of Absinthe, half drunk, and tilting it to chug it down, followed by a monster can.

“Hhngh…”